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The aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, right, the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) and the guided-missile cruiser USS Vicksburg (CG 69) transit back to their homeport of Norfolk, Va. Enterprise, Porter and Vicksburg are returning from a deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility, where the ship conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jeff Atherton/Released).

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The U.S. Navy Must Grow to Confront China (But We Must Study Past Sins)

China’s threats against Taiwan, backed by a rapidly modernized and expanded U.S. Navy, fuel the urgency to grow the U.S. Naval and Maritime fleet. However,...

Brent SadlerNovember 10, 2022

MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Aug. 24, 2022) An F/A-18E Super Hornet attached to the “Fighting Checkmates” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 211 prepares to launch from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), Aug. 24, 2022. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. 6th Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jack Hoppe).

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How the U.S. Navy Can Compete with China in the Gray-Zone

The latest entry in the U.S. Naval Institute’s Maritime Counterinsurgency Project, titled “Winning without Gunsmoke in the South China Sea,” comes from Wendell Leimbach...

James HolmesNovember 6, 2022

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China-Russia Rapprochement: Preparation for Parallel War and the New Axis

In World War II, the strategic failure of Axis forces to conduct coalition warfare yields valuable operational lessons for the modern United States Navy...

Jack TriboletNovember 4, 2022

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The Navy’s Future: Submarines That Attack with Underwater Drones

Did you know the U.S. Navy is exploring the use of underwater drones, or UUVs, launched from submarines? That’s what is happening with the...

Brent M. EastwoodNovember 3, 2022

ATLANTIC OCEAN (June 4, 2020) The Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) transit the Atlantic Ocean, June 4, 2020, marking the first time a Ford-class and a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier have operated together underway. Gerald R. Ford is underway conducting integrated air wing operations and the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group remains at sea in the Atlantic Ocean as a certified carrier strike group force ready for tasking in order to protect the crew from the risks posed by COVID-19, following their successful deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operation. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ruben Reed/Released

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USS Gerald R. Ford: The Navy’s Largest Aircraft Carrier Keeps Making History

The U.S. Navy’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) acheived a new milestone this week. The first-in-class supercarrier and her crew...

Peter SuciuNovember 2, 2022

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Could the U.S. Navy Buy 5 Columbia-Class SSBN Submarines at Once?

19FortyFive reached out to two world-class experts: What’s better than purchasing one submarine at a time? How about buying five at once? That’s what the...

Brent M. EastwoodNovember 2, 2022