March 11, 2025 | By David Vergun, DOD News |
U.S. shipbuilders continue to produce the highest quality, safest and most advanced warships on the planet, said Brett A. Seidle, deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development, and acquisition, who testified today at a House Armed Services Committee’s seapower and projection forces subcommittee hearing on the state of U.S. shipbuilding.
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If China invaded or even merely blockaded Taiwan, would President Donald Trump deploy the U.S. military to defend the island democracy?
Given his “America First” rhetoric and a foreign policy outlook often caricatured as isolationist, many assume the answer would be no. However, such assumptions misunderstand the strategic logic underlying his approach to Taiwan and the wider Indo-Pacific.
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The Apple logo, one of the most recognizable symbols in the world, has become synonymous with innovation, simplicity, and technological excellence. However, the story behind its creation, evolution, and even some controversy is lesser-known but equally fascinating. Let’s explore the origins of the Apple logo, how it has changed over time, and the controversy surrounding it.
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Selecting a birthdate for the Naval Security Group was somewhat like trying to determine when several people had the same thoughts at the same time. The Naval Security Group was not born on one particular day and promulgated by an official directive; it was born in men’s minds and finally culminated in an organization with official status.
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By Lieutenant Colonel Thomas McCabe, U.S. Air Force Reserve (Ret.)
Before 1940, Pearl Harbor had been something of a forward base. This started to change as events drifted toward war with Japan. The United States began to build up its forces in the Philippines, then a U.S. dependency, and it implicitly made two assumptions. The first assumption was that if war came, it would primarily be in the western Pacific. Second, Hawaii was now a rear area and therefore secure. On 7 December 1941, the Japanese Navy showed these assumptions were wrong.
Could the United States be making a similar miscalculation today?
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