Maritime
Ready for Action: Marines Practice Littoral Combat Tactics in Hawaii
The newly-redesignated 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment and the Marine Corps Tactics and Operations Group wrapped up Exercise Spartan Trident earlier this month. The three-part exercise “facilitated the development and refinement...
Marine Corps Regiment Redesignated for Maritime Operations
In a recent ceremony, the United States Marine Corps redesignated the 3rd Marine Regiment as the 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, enshrining the Corps’ return to its naval heritage in the...
Here’s What You Need to Know About the Coast Guard’s Icebreakers
The U.S. Coast Guard’s duties state that it is required to “develop, establish, maintain, and operate, with due regard to the requirements of national defense, aids to maritime navigation, icebreaking...
Robert C. O’Brien: The Jones Act Is Essential for U.S. National Security
Before World War I, the United States relied on a combination of U.S.-flagged vessels and foreign vessels to conduct trade across the Atlantic, in U.S. coastal waters, and across our...
Prioritize Plan A: America’s Navy Must Come First
Last month, the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan marked its eighteenth year and November 24 marked three years since the first American casualty in Syria’s civil war. As these conflicts drag...
The ASEAN-U.S. Maritime Exercises Are More Important Than Ever
The inaugural ASEAN-U.S. maritime exercises (AUMX), coming off from last year’s naval exercises with China (ACMX), display a regional desire for inclusivity and balanced security ties with the two great...
China is Waging a Maritime Insurgency in the South China Sea. It’s Time for the United States to Counter It.
The United States’ present approach to countering China’s continued creeping aggression in the South China Sea has failed. The U.S. Navy is not achieving it long-term political objectives of using...
The One Plane China Fears Most (And It Can’t Fire a Shot)
China was on everyone’s mind at the 2018 Singapore Airshow earlier this month. As Beijing’s military continues to encroach on its neighbors’ naval territories and claim international waters for itself,...
The Chinese Century?
NO ONE can say we didn’t see it coming. Since the end of the Cold War, and even before, it has been obvious that a rapidly rising China could eventually...
Afghanistan’s Stabilization Can Ensure Maritime Security
I recently participated in an international maritime conference—SAGAR Discourse dialogue organized by the Forum for Integrated National Security—that discussed “security and growth for all” in the Indian Ocean region. The...
Why the Indian Ocean Must Not Become Like the South China Sea
Rising Strategic Uncertainty in the Indian Ocean The pursuit of contesting regional orders by major powers has engendered a strategic environment of uncertainty and mistrust in the Indo-Pacific. As geopolitical...
Russia vs. America: The Race for Underwater Spy Drones
Russia is developing a family of unmanned surface and underwater vehicles, a high-ranking official in that country’s navy said this week. While the U.S. Navy has been developing naval drones...