SecurityCommentary
A Shrinking Fleet and Slower Shipyards are Forcing Unsustainable Deployments for the US Navy
Since the end of the Cold War, for 30 years, the U.S. Navy has sustained a third of its fleet deployed on the backs of… Read More
InternationalNews
US Sub Sinks Iranian Warship off Sri Lanka, Killing 87 and Expanding War Zone
REUTERS—A U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, killing dozens of sailors and dramatically widening Washington’s pursuit of the… Read More
EnergyNews
Trump Orders Oil Tanker Insurance Support, Says Navy Could Escort Ships in Gulf
WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters)—President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had ordered the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation to provide political risk insurance and financial… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The Other Golden Fleet: The Urgent Need for a Strong Merchant Marine
“The President has been clear—we must bring back our American maritime industrial might.” This recent statement by Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan channels… Read More
SecurityNews
Experts Warn of Tool China Is Using To Play ‘Long Game’ in New Cold War
America is in a new Cold War with China and ports are at the center of the conflict, according to foreign policy experts. “China has truly a global portfolio… Read More
SecurityNews
Navy Admiral Faces Questions Over Boat Strikes in Classified Briefing
The Navy admiral who oversaw the controversial deadly boat strike on an alleged Venezuelan narco-terrorist vessel will meet with members of Congress on Thursday. Members of both the House and… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The US Navy Is 250 Years Young—But the Next Few Years Will Not Be Smooth Sailing
On Oct. 13, the Navy is set to celebrate its 250th anniversary. Every Oct. 13th is a day to celebrate and reflect on the founding… Read More
SocietyNews
Painting of Jesus, Removed by Biden Admin, Restored at US Merchant Marine Academy
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy has restored to prominence a painting of Jesus Christ at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York,… Read More
SecurityNews
‘The Show Must Go On:’ Trump Celebrates Navy’s 250th Birthday Amid Government Shutdown
President Donald Trump hosted a Navy celebration today for its 250th birthday at Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, Virginia, Sunday. While the government has been… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Better Together: Reviving US and Indian Maritime Industries
To date, much ink has been spilled on the threat China poses to the U.S. in the Indo-Pacific. What’s gotten less attention? The fact that… Read More
PoliticsNews
Navy Requesting Cutting-Edge Nuclear Prototypes to Power a New Era of Warfare
Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan put out a call Thursday to America’s technological innovators to power the Navy’s future with small modular nuclear… Read More
PoliticsNews
Former Navy Pilot Congresswoman Could Face Retired Marine Lt. Colonel Challenger in Virginia
Retired Marine Corps Lt. Col. Mike Williamson on Tuesday announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in a bid to unseat a retired Navy helicopter… Read More
LawCommentary
Students for Fair Admissions and Naval Academy File Motion to Vacate Opinion Allowing Academy to Use Race in Admissions
Imagine judging a trial, ruling for one party, and writing a 179-page opinion, only to find the same parties asking you to vacate your opinion… Read More
PoliticsNews
Hegseth Announces Renaming of Navy Vessel Obama Admin Had Named After Gay Icon
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth made good Friday on his promise to fight wokeness in the U.S. military—including retroactively, when it comes to left-wing activism… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Achieving Sea Superiority Through AUKUS
Whoever rules the waves rules the world. This argument, made famous by American naval theorist Alfred Thayer Mahan, rings just as true today as it… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Why South Korea Is Key to US Shipbuilding Strategy
The U.S. Navy desperately needs help. Today, it maintains fewer than 300 ships—a staggering fall from the 1,200 it boasted at the end of World… Read More
SecurityNews
‘Readiness Over Wokeness’: GOP Lawmakers Salute Renaming of Navy Vessel
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has reportedly ordered the U.S. Navy to rename a tanker vessel that had been christened the USNS Harvey Milk after… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Why the Western Hemisphere Should Cooperate
Last month marked the 40th iteration of Operation Tradewinds, a multinational security exercise hosted by U.S. Southern Command in the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Phelan: ‘The Era of Excuses and No Accountability Is Over’
This month, businessman-turned-Secretary of the Navy John Phelan testified before the House Appropriations Committee. The testimony—which also included acting Chief of Naval Operations Adm. James… Read More
SecurityCommentary
New Shipbuilding Deal Promises Swifter Sailing for the US Navy
Last week, America’s largest military shipbuilder signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries, the global leader in shipbuilding with a roughly… Read More
Raw Sewage From Mexico Sickening Navy SEALs, San Diego Residents
THE CENTER SQUARE—San Diego officials say Mexico is continuing to release millions of gallons per day of raw sewage into the city’s waters despite its… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Peace Through Technological Strength: How Trump’s America Tames the Chinese Dragon
In the days around the U.S. presidential election, dozens of People’s Liberation Army warplanes cruised through Taiwanese airspace. Such behavior is a microcosm of China’s… Read More
SecurityCommentary
A Fleet Built Too Late Is a Fleet Built to Fail
“We are also going to resurrect the American shipbuilding industry,” President Donald Trump declared in his address to a joint session of Congress on March… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Trump Is Right. It’s Time to Make Shipbuilding Great Again.
America desperately needs to make shipbuilding great again. President Donald Trump announced in his Tuesday night address to Congress that he will sign an executive order creating… Read More
LawAnalysis
US Naval Academy on Trial for Unconstitutional Use of Race in Admissions (Part 2 of 3): The Witnesses
Can the U.S. Naval Academy continue to use race and ethnicity in admissions decisions, even though the U.S. Supreme Court expressly forbade the use of race in… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Naval Academy Ignores Students’ Right Not to Recite Preferred Pronouns
Something is amiss in Annapolis, home of the U.S. Naval Academy. A rot growing like kudzu across this bucolic campus is undermining the Naval Academy’s… Read More
PoliticsNews
‘I SEE NO APOLOGY’: Naval Academy Postpones Anti-Trump Lecturer, Critics Demand Answers
The U.S. Naval Academy announced that it would postpone a lecture featuring a politically charged speaker who suggested she would use the event to attack… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Building Better Ships, Including Ford-Class Aircraft Carriers, in Virginia
Larger aircraft carriers of the Gerald R. Ford class are one of the Navy’s top acquisition projects because their role is central to America’s naval… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Naval Academy’s Choice of Speaker Runs Afoul of Pentagon Edict
By inviting a speaker, history professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat of New York University—who has already said that she plans to attack presidential candidate Donald Trump in… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Navy Secretary Faces Criticism Over Shipbuilding Delays, Cost Overruns
At a recent hearing of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, the panel’s chairman, Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Calif., revealed the extent to which, he says,… Read More
