– USNI Proceedings – The Navy’s commanders and future commanders must study and practice command and control at every opportunity in war games and in real-world operations, while never ceasing to learn how to implement it at every level of command. This will be key to our success in a future conflict with a peer or near-peer competitor. It also will be core to any failure we may face in that conflict.

– US Naval War College Review – America is suffering from a strategy deficit in the South China Sea. For nearly a decade—and at accelerated speed since 2014—Beijing has been salami slicing its way to a position of primacy in that critical international waterway, while eroding the norms and interests Washington long has sought to defend. To date, however, Washington has struggled to articulate an effective response.

– USNI Proceedings – The foundational principle for all operational excellence is integrity. Integrity means adhering to standards when nobody is watching and freely admitting mistakes when they are made.

– War Zone – The service will use the retired aircraft as parts sources to keep other jets flyable before turning those planes over to the Marines.

– War Zone – Arguably a U.S. Navy surface combatant’s most important weapon deals in electrons not high-explosives, and it’s more important now than ever.

– CIMSEC – The sudden rise of a powerful maritime rival is coinciding with the atrophy of high-end warfighting skills and the introduction of exceedingly complex technologies, making the recent stunning revelations about how the U.S. Navy has failed to prepare for great power war especially chilling.

– BBC – US aircraft carrier Carl Vinson is making a historic call at Vietnam, the first time a ship of this size has visited since the Vietnam War ended. The nuclear-powered carrier set anchor off the port city of Danang, where US combat troops first landed in the war, making this a highly symbolic location.

– Breaking Defense – By 2020, for the first time, the US Navy will put a lethal laser on a warship.

– War Zone – As part of a larger “Ocean of Things,” an array of sensors would watch marine animal activities for signs of man-made intruders.

– Army Times – The Navy is set to equip its Super Hornet and Growler fleet with bigger fuel tanks in the coming years, a development that will allow the jets to fly farther and provide additional capability in a changing world.

– CIMSEC – It is time for a Navy-wide campaign to rethink force strategy, design, and culture for competition in a digitized world.

– Defense News – Republican Sens. Roger Wicker and John McCain have introduced sweeping legislation that takes aim at the U.S. Navy’s readiness and organizational shortfalls that came to light in the wake of last year’s deadly accidents in the Asia-Pacific region.