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China Unveils Its Military Mega-Project: Satellite Images Reveal Construction of the Largest Military Hub on Earth Spanning Over 1,000 Acres

As satellite images reveal China’s ambitious construction of the world’s largest underground military command center near Beijing, global tensions escalate, prompting experts to scrutinize the implications of this unprecedented development for international security dynamics.

By Hina Dinoo May 3, 2025

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Operation Neptune Spear: The Night America Found Osama bin Laden

After a decade-long hunt, America’s most wanted man was killed in a daring raid deep inside Pakistan.

On a moonless night in early May 2011, two Black Hawk helicopters slipped silently across the border from Afghanistan into Pakistan. Aboard them were members of SEAL Team 6, America’s most elite special operations unit. Their mission: to find and kill Osama bin Laden, the world’s most wanted terrorist, hidden in a compound deep inside the Pakistani city of Abbottabad.

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20 Years Ago The Cryptologic Officer Designator Change to Information Warfare Officer

MILLINGTON, Tenn. (NNS) — Those in the Navy Cryptology officer community were designated ‘Information Warfare Officers’ in May [2005] to reflect their roles in managing, moving and protecting information. 

The name change affects officers with 161X, 164x, 644x and 744x designators. Currently, there are more than 860 officers with this designator. This move marks a new era, acknowledging the expanded skill sets and responsibilities the Navy has vested in these officers.

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Navy Cryptology Can Be Great at the Basics—Again

Now that the Navy has a separate cyber warfare community, cryptologic warfare can refocus on its traditional missions.

By Lieutenant Christian Montgomery, U.S. Navy

Until recently, Navy cryptologic warfare officers (CWOs) were responsible for three disciplines: electromagnetic warfare (EW), signals intelligence (SigInt), and cyberspace operations. To be promoted, officers sought experience in all three disciplines.1 However, the fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act directed the Navy to create a cyber force apart from the CW community, similar to the Army and Air Force cyber branches.2 In response, the Navy created the maritime cyber warfare officer and cyber warfare technician specialties to focus on offensive and defensive cyber operations.

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UPDATED: USS Nimitz in the Philippine Sea; U.S. Destroyer Makes Taiwan Strait Transit

This post has been updated with additional information on the movements of Chinese carrier CNS Shandong.

The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is now operating in the Philippine Sea following a port visit to Guam, while elsewhere, a U.S. Navy destroyer carried out a Taiwan Strait passage on Wednesday while a U.S. littoral combat ship carried out a joint sail in the South China Sea with an Australian destroyer on Friday.

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Celebrating WWII Cryptologists — Bainbridge Island, WA

CTOCM Penny M. Tardona, CNSG 8th Force Master, will join CTICM (Ret.) Matt Zullo, author of On the Roof Gang, at Fort Ward Park on Bainbridge Island, Washington, on 23 May at 9:30 AM. Together, they  will dedicate a plaque honoring the incredible work of our early Cryptologists during World War II.

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