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Head Navy officer lists top tasks for service, eyes 2027
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. James W. Kilby listed improved recruiting and the embrace of unmanned and manned systems as priorities.
By Riley Ceder
New ‘tri-maritime strategy’ released, but leaders struggle to explain certain key points
The report is the latest grim warning about China and Russia's naval ascendance.
What’s the role of Marine infantry in the new strategy to fight China? The Corps is still trying to figure it out
The tri-service maritime strategy was released by the Navy on Thursday.
By Philip Athey
The use of US special operation forces in great power competition: Imposing costs on adversarial gray zone operations
America's adversaries have found ways to indirectly compete against the U.S. in the gray zone, says the author of this commentary.
By Kaley Scholl
Trump raises China concerns as reason to veto defense bill
Republican and Democratic lawmakers say the National Defense Authorization Act would be tough on China.
Pentagon chief announces delivery of anti-bomb, snipers’ equipment during visit to Philippines
Talks between Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Christopher Miller and the Philippine defense and foreign secretaries centered on "deepening our alliance and supporting a free and open South China Sea and Indo-Pacific region."
Trump orders most American troops to leave Somalia. AFRICOM says they are redeploying elsewhere in region
Without providing details, the Pentagon said in a short statement that “a majority” of U.S. troops and assets in Somalia will be withdrawn in early 2021.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press and Howard Altman
Best pics of the week: Nov. 29, 2020
Marines conduct cold-weather training in Norway, the 25th ID gives an air assault demonstration in Hawaii, and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
The war with China, as I saw it
In this commentary, the author of a six-book military fiction series on a World War Three-style conflict in the Pacific discusses how such a clash might evolve.
By David Poyer