By Dzirhan Mahadzir
December 29, 2025 12:19 PM
Chinese military units kicked off a massive series of drills surrounding Taiwan that simulate a blockade of the island in protest of U.S. arms sales to Taipei.
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The next action in the USS Liberty FOIA lawsuit will be a hearing before a three judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in the Seattle courthouse.
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President Donald Trump has ordered a “total and complete blockade” of all U.S. sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving Venezuela, sharply intensifying pressure on President Nicolás Maduro’s government amid soaring tensions.
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Matthew B. Ridgway stepped into a freezing Korean command bunker in January 1951, looked at a wall map covered in retreat arrows, and made a decision that stunned every officer in the room. The United Nations forces were outnumbered, outmaneuvered, and collapsing, yet Ridgway calmly said the collapse would end tonight. Then he clipped a grenade to his chest harness and walked toward the front.
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By Admiral Charles Richard, U.S. Navy (Retired)
“Man Battle Stations! Dong Dong
Dong Dong! Man Battle Stations!”
Everyone who has served on board a ship, submarine, or squadron can remember being jolted out of the rack by that announcement, knowing almost instinctively what to do. For most, that knowledge never leaves. More than 20 years later, I am still pretty confident I could execute the Battle-stations Firing Point Litany in Control on board a submarine, at least as it was at the time, from any watch station in the room. I don’t think I’m unusual.
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NORFOLK, Va. – Information Warfare Squadron (IWRON) Two, a first-of-its-kind unit designed to operationalize Information Warfare (IW) capabilities and provide decisive decision advantage to Carrier Strike Group Commanders, was established, Dec. 5.
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