CTT1(IW/AW) Robin Nicole Collins, USN
August 9, 1994 — July 18, 2021
After more than a decade of apathy and false starts, the Navy will shrink to a nadir of 280 warships by 2027—the same time that Chinese leaders have made clear their military is to be ready to wage and win a war with America. It is increasingly clear that our Navy is inadequate to deter a Pacific war, cannot be sustained for such a war with existing ports and shipyards, and has an armory of munitions that is too thin.
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According to information published by the U.S. Department of Defense and official sources on August 4, 2025, the P-8A Poseidon, manufactured by Boeing, continues to solidify its role as the U.S. Navy’s most capable maritime patrol and reconnaissance platform. With escalating military tension in the Indo-Pacific, particularly in the South China Sea, Philippine Sea, and the Taiwan Strait, the aircraft has become an essential tool for force projection, early warning, and undersea warfare readiness in contested waters.
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By John Brady
In the fall of 1948, after three years in the Navy, I received orders to Cheltenham, Maryland where I became acquainted with the acronym SESP, short for “Special Electronic Search Project.” Before reporting to Cheltenham, we were put up in temporary buildings at West Potomac Park, right behind the Lincoln Memorial. This was a New Navy to me. There were no fences, no marine guards, you could go “ashore” any time you liked and there were no watches.
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