The Mission of the Institute is to provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write in order to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to national defense.
General David H. Petraeus says he was surprised by Afghani President Hamid Karzai's recent criticism of U.S. military operations in his country, but he denied he considered resigning.
The Marine Corps is greatly expanding its experimental program that deploys infantrymen to combat zones with bomb-sniffing dogs, declaring it a successful component of the fight against the insurgents’ most lethal killer — homemade bombs dug into roads and footpaths.
Nurses top other professions in Gallup's annual Honesty and Ethics survey, and military officers earn the second-highest rankings. Lobbyists, car salespeople, and members of Congress got the lowest ratings.
When the Marines deploy a tank company to Afghanistan this month, the tanks will have a new Forward Observer/Forward Air Controller radio configuration.
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) responded to the fleet's needs and launched a website Nov. 30 for increasing product data availability, accuracy and accessibility.
President Dmitry Medvedev warned on Tuesday that a new arms race would be sparked within the next decade unless Russia and the West forged an agreement to cooperate on building a missile defense system.
The Pentagon's report on its Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy barring gays from serving openly in the military is due out today, and supporters of the policy already have been discrediting it.
Secretive North Korea detailed for the first time Tuesday its expanded nuclear program--saying it had thousands of centrifuges--as pressure built on China to rein in its ally amid heightened tensions on the peninsula.