Importance of the human factor
By Eleanor Gaudion and Michael Posey*
American maritime strategy in the South China Sea often starts by counting ships. Planners must keep enough hulls forward...
New US Navy Secretary
President Donald Trump announced on social media that he was nominating Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao to assume the position full-time.
The former Virginia Senate...
Officer’s political free-speech case begins
Legal action under military law is being taken against U.S. Air Force Maj. Jason Watson, known for his repeated public calls for President Donald...
Strain of long deployments
Annabelle Loma has spoken with her husband only a few times since he attempted to jump overboard from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln...
AUKUS dependent of workforce
By Raelene Lockhorst*
The success of Australia’s nuclear submarine program will depend on whether workforce, education and migration policy can keep pace with defence ambition....
Chief of Navy Change of Command
By Leading Aircraftman Chris Tsakisiris
On 7 July the RAN sailed into a new chapter with Vice Admiral Matthew Buckley assuming command from Vice Admiral...
US Navy meets recruiting goal
The Navy met its recruiting goal for Fiscal Year 2026 three months before the fall deadline, the sea service announced last week. The Navy...
UK Defence Investment Plan
The UK’s new Defence Investment Plan (DIP) has detailed four platform types to be introduced into Royal Navy (RN) service, as central elements of...
Hormuz: Merchant ships could go uncrewed
Reportedly, approximately 20,000 seafarers on board some 2,000 ships, including tankers, bulk carriers, cargo ships, and cruise ships, were stranded in the Persian Gulf...
Making public case for naval strategy
Today the US may have the political conditions necessary to build a larger Navy, but it lacks a publicly articulated maritime strategy, argues naval...