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Published April 9, 2021 6:24pm Although students and employees nationwide enjoy a holiday off on April 9, some people may not be aware that it is in commemoration of the Fall of Bataan. Out of our many historical events, why was the Fall of Bataan, which happened April 9, 1942, chosen to be the Day of Valor or Araw ng Kagitingan? According to historians, this was meant to recall the thousands of Filipinos who dedicated their lives to free the country during World War II. World War II started in the Pacific region on Dec. 8, 1941, when the Japanese forces attacked US bases, including tho...

By Aidan Clarke The Russo-Japanese War saw the Imperial Russian Navy soundly beaten by the Imperial Japanese Navy. While much of the analysis on the Russo-Japanese War focuses on the Battle of Tsushima and the success of the Japanese Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō, one can also look to understand the deficiencies present in the Imperial Russian Navy that contributed to this defeat. The causes for this shocking defeat can be compared with the challenges of the Russian Empire as a whole. Russian naval culture, like that of its civilian society, had been built on an outdated system of social class, ...

War Plan Orange was wise and ahead of its time. Key point: America needs to plan for every contigency. And that means learning from past scenarios and think carefully about how to win a possible war with Beijing. Everyone says it: Newport, as in where the U.S. Naval War College is located and where yours truly works, underwent a golden age of strategy-making during the interwar decades. It must usher in a new golden age to prevail in strategic competition against the likes of China and Russia. Revisiting the service’s and Naval War College’s roots will shed light on the new, old dilemmas...

Over a decade, the U.S. Navy experienced a series of defeats in wargames which pitted the Fleet against its primary adversary in the Pacific. The most recent of these wargames resulted in unacceptable losses that, if real, would put the future role of the United States in Asia at risk.  Strategically, there is “a growing disparity between American commitments in the Far East and the ability to defend those commitments.” While our rival’s political and economic ambitions have grown, “across-the-board cuts in [America’s] defense establishment” have weakened our military and provide...