First Sumatran News Today

Roughly 41 million Americans served in the military during wartime, with about 1.1 million dying in battle, of disease or in accidents.

It is not surprising that today, when confronted with potential risks of a peer competitor challenging the status quo of free and open maritime passage as provided under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the United States is continuing its strategic policy to actively safeguard its interests in Southeast Asia as it did 190 years ago.