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New Book on Navy Reading List Prompts Senator to Introduce Bill Banning Racial Bias Training Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) speaks during a hearing to examine United States Special Operations Command and United States Cyber Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2022 and the Future Years Defense Program, on Capitol Hill on March 25, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik-Pool/Getty Images) 6 Apr 2021 Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., has introduced a bill aiming to squash racial bias training in the military as the force faces a reckoning on extremism and white supremacy in the...

Italian Navy press release Departed on February 28 from the base of the US Navy’s Second Fleet in Norfolk, the Cavour ship has started the “hot” phase of the “Ready for Operations” campaign. The first landing of a US Marine Corps F-35B aircraft on the deck of the Navy aircraft carrier represents a fundamental step in the long and complex certification process for the use of the new aircraft. The completion of the “Sea Trials” phase of sea trials, which will last in the Atlantic Ocean for about four weeks, will allow the flagship of the Naval Team to test the flight deck and veri...

The International Navies issue is one of my favorites every year, perhaps because it reminds me of some of the  best moments of my Navy career—opportunities to exercise and operate with allied and partner navies. This month, we have 28 foreign navy chiefs writing for the International Commanders Respond section—the highest number ever. We asked them: “Given that every navy must deal with finite budgets and resources, how has your navy found the right balance between force size and force capability in terms of modern technology?” Here are their responses. While we have a dedicated mo...

After the Cold War ended, the United States and its NATO partners took security in the North Atlantic for granted, but increased Russian naval activity over the past half decade has shown that the Atlantic and the High North require constant vigilance. Here, the ships of Standing NATO Maritime Group–1 transit the Norwegian Sea in November 2019. Nato Allied Maritime Command (Cameron Stoner) Sub Menu

Russia calls for renewed contacts between chiefs of general staffs of Arctic states Earlier, Commander of the Second Fleet of the US Navy Andrew Lewis informed that the US is concerned over the military aspect of Russia’s activity in the Arctic, despite the fact that Washington admits that Moscow has all grounds to develop activity in the region Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov© Alexander Shcherbak/TASS MOSCOW, February 25. /TASS/. Russia is open to the renewal of contacts between chiefs of general staffs of Arctic states, Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly An...