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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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.
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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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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By Aaron-Matthew Lariosa | April 27, 2025 6:57 PM
Philippine Marines, National Police officers and Coast Guard members landed on three contested South China Sea features today to assert Manila’s maritime jurisdiction following a similar China Coast Guard action earlier this month.
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A list of American actors, actresses, and athletes who served in World War II.
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