Maritime Strategy: Maintaining America’s Enduring Strategic Advantage The Interim National Security Strategic Guidance recently released by the White House calls for the United States to strengthen our country’s enduring advantages to prevail in strategic competitions with China or any other nation. Throughout our Nation’s history, in peace and in war, a strong Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard have conferred important strategic advantages on the United States in the competitive realm of international relations. The Maritime Services have long served to protect the American people, to promote their wellbeing, to preserve their liberties, and to provide a sure foundation for world order.