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Tactical Action Officers: Information Warfare’s Next Evolution

Proceedings, June 2025… by Rear Admiral Sean Bailey, Captain Brian Evans, and Commander Matthew Timmerman, U.S. Navy

After more than 24 hours of careful movement to evade detection, the strike group remains more than 18 hours from its designated position to launch strikes. The screen is distributed to the maximum extent feasible, optimizing sensor employment while attempting to complicate adversary targeting. The tactical situation (TACSIT) assessment from the information warfare commander (IWC) holds all units within ordered mission go/no-go criteria. Determining that adversary positioning and sensor capabilities provide a period of simplified maneuver and decreased detection risk, the strike group commander and information warfare commander retire for a couple hours of sleep before the operation’s next phase.

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A US Navy warship captain said the Red Sea conflict was a ‘knife fight in a phone booth.’ China would be way more challenging.

America’s conflict with the Houthis gave the US Navy a taste of high-tempo air defense operations.
The Navy is using the conflict to inform planning for future maritime wars, like a clash with China.
One warship captain said a fight in the Pacific would be vastly different from the Red Sea battle.

The US Navy’s exhausting shootout with the Iran-backed Houthis has given American military planners a clearer view into the complexities of high-tempo air defense operations.

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How Codebreakers Helped Secure U.S. Victory in the Battle of Midway

Advanced intelligence helped the Allies turn the tables on Japan in this crucial World War II naval battle.

In May 1942, U.S. and Australian naval and air forces were facing off against the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Battle of the Coral Sea in the South Pacific. But in a windowless basement at Pearl Harbor, a group of U.S. Navy codebreakers had intercepted Japanese radio messages suggesting Japan was planning an entirely different—and potentially far more damaging—operation in the Pacific theater.

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FY-26 Active-Duty Navy Commander Line Selections

Congratulations to all selected. Messages follows:

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Wings of Youth and Codes of Victory: The Training and Triumph of U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Pilots at the Battle of Midway – The Significance of Corry (Field) Station

The Battle of Midway, fought in June 1942, marked a turning point in the Pacific War. It was won through a combination of daring young pilots and the invaluable advantage of codebreaking. These pilots, trained at Naval Air Station Pensacola and its nearby outlying fields like NAS Corry Field, brought courage and skill to the fight that would shape the outcome of the war.

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The Battle of Midway: The Complete Intelligence Story

The Battle of Midway in June of 1942 was one of the most important naval battles in world history and a turning point in the Second World War. Between June 4 and 7, aircraft from aircraft carriers Enterprise, Yorktown, and Hornet of the U.S. Navy’s Task Forces 16 and 17 ambushed and sank the Imperial Japanese Navy’s carrier force that only six months before had attacked Pearl Harbor and terrorized the Pacific. The Battle of Midway is important to memorialize and remember for many reasons. Among these reasons is that it is an inexhaustible source of still-relevant lessons on how to successfully apply intelligence at all levels of war.

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