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Gulf Iran Maritime MENA United States

Tweets and Fleets: Twitter Diplomacy and Brinksmanship in the Gulf

Posted on April 24, 2020April 24, 2020 by Anthony Clay
A ridged hull inflatable boat, launched from the Raleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59), participates in a monthly Iraqi bilateral exercise. The Iraqi bilateral is a monthly exercise with U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, and the Iraqi navy. The U.S. participates in bilateral exercises with partner nations in order to build and strengthen solid partnerships throughout the region. Commander, Task Force 55 controls surface forces including U.S. Navy coastal patrol craft and U.S Coast Guard patrols boats in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy Combat Camera photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Torrey W. Lee/Released)160214-N-CJ186-187
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Doctrinal Theory Maritime Pandemics

Free Pratique: Managing Illness and Quarantine At Sea

Posted on April 2, 2020April 11, 2020 by Anthony Clay
Side boys salute former Secretary of the Navy John Lehman as he is piped aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). The ship is off the coast of Southern California conducting routine training operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Victoria Galbraith/Released)
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APAC China Doctrinal Theory Vietnam

Vietnam’s Strategy: Change, Continuity and Balance

Posted on March 11, 2020April 11, 2020 by Alex Stafford
PACIFIC OCEAN (April 22, 2009) Rear Adm. Mark Vance, commander, Carrier Strike Group Three, welcomes Senior Col. Do Minh Tuan, Deputy Chief of Staff for the Vietnam People's Armed Forces Air Defense Force, aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Stennis and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 are on a scheduled six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean
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Maritime MENA Turkey

Storms in the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Basin

Posted on February 10, 2020April 11, 2020 by Edwin Tran
Limassol Cyprus Mediterranean oil platform
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Gulf Iran Maritime MENA

Torpedoing the Trade Talks: Tokyo, Tehran and the Tankers

Posted on June 13, 2019June 14, 2019 by Lewis Tallon1 comment on “Torpedoing the Trade Talks: Tokyo, Tehran and the Tankers”
U.S. Sailors aboard the guided missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) prepare to offer rescue assistance to a burning vessel March 11, 2013, during a transit in the Strait of Hormuz. The William P. Lawrence was deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility to promote maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom.
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APAC China Doctrinal Theory

Still Simmering: Freedom of Navigation in the South China Sea

Posted on January 21, 2019January 21, 2019 by Alex Stafford
The Singapore Navy frigate RSS Supreme (FFG 73), center, leads the guided missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93), left, and the Singapore Navy corvette RSS Vigour (92) during maneuvers in the South China Sea Aug. 23, 2011. The ships were participating in Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training Singapore (CARAT) 2011. CARAT is a series of bilateral exercises held annually in Southeast Asia to strengthen relationships and enhance force readiness. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Andrew Smith, U.S. Navy/Released)
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Europe & CIS Russia Ukraine

Overflown and Overblown: Crisis in the Kerch Strait

Posted on November 30, 2018 by Eamon Driscoll
Landsat satellite (false color) photo of Kerch Strait between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea.
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Doctrine United States

Still Adrift: 7th Fleet’s Continuing Crises

Posted on November 23, 2017November 23, 2017 by Anthony Clay0 comments on “Still Adrift: 7th Fleet’s Continuing Crises”
SINGAPORE (Jan. 30, 2012) A Sailor aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG 91) throws a line to a tugboat as the ship prepares to get underway following a port visit to Singapore. Pinckney is a part of the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eddie Harrison/Released)
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