The Millennium Challenge 2002 war game and the growing strategic challenge posed by China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) share critical similarities, particularly in how asymmetric tactics and adaptability can counter the technological and numerical superiority of the U.S. military. Both scenarios reveal the potential vulnerabilities of a U.S. force that relies heavily on centralized command structures, advanced sensor networks, and electronic warfare capabilities, only to be outmaneuvered by a more flexible and unconventional adversary.
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“He kept fighting despite his painful wounds, continuing to repel the attack until his position was overrun. When last seen he was fighting ferociously against an overwhelming number of enemy soldiers,” according to his Medal of Honor citation.
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By Ensign Jordan K. Bowman-Davis (U.S. Navy), a maritime cyber warfare officer.
In the summer of 1967, Midshipman First Class Joseph Glutting was put in charge of a 3-inch gun crew onboard the USS Worden (CG-18) during a search-and-rescue operation south of Hanoi. North Vietnamese shore batteries spotted their helicopter and fired off a volley so close that the explosions drenched Glutting and his men with seawater. As a destroyer came to their rescue, Glutting remarked, “That’s the kind of ship I want to be on—going forward and attacking, not heading out of harm’s way.” Fellow midshipmen that same year flew S-2 Trackers on antisubmarine warfare missions and were even sent ashore with Marine Corps Combined Action Platoons. A year later, Midshipman Richard Gano made course adjustments during an underway replenishment onboard the ammunition ship Mauna Kea. “I returned to the Academy with a letter designating me as an OOD, a Vietnam Service Ribbon and later a Meritorious Unit Commendation ribbon,” Gano said. “I was proud of my contributions to the war effort. The cruise ended up being a dream come true.”
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UNITED STATES PACIFIC FLEET
RADIO UNIT
COMMANDANT, NAVY 128
c/o FLEET POST OFFICE
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
MEMORANDUM 22 March 1944.
To: Assistant Director of Naval Communications (Op-20-G).
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March 27, 2025 | By David Vergun, DOD News |
The Battle of Okinawa, code named Operation Iceberg, was World War II’s largest and bloodiest battle in the Pacific Theater. The landings on the Japanese island by joint U.S. and Allied forces took place 80 years ago, April 1, 1945, lasting until June 22, 1945. It was the last major battle of the war.
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