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USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: July 8, 2024

USNI News Graphic

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of July 8, 2024, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship.

Ships Underway

Total Battle ForceDeployedUnderway
296
(USS 235, USNS 61)		106
(USS 73, USNS 33)		66
(53 Deployed, 13 Local)

In Japan

Sailors assigned to the...

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/08/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-july-8-2024

Report to Congress on Navy Distributed Maritime Operations

The following is the July 3, 2024, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Defense Primer: Navy Distributed Maritime Operations Concept.

From the report

Introduction

Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO) is the operating concept of the Department of the Navy (or DON, which includes the Navy and Marine Corps) for using U.S. naval (i.e., Navy and Marine Corps) forces in combat operations against an adversary, particularly China, that has substantial capabilities for detecting and attacking...

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/04/report-to-congress-on-navy-distributed-maritime-operations

Summary of China’s Political System

The following is the July 1, 2024, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, China Primer: China’s Political System.

From the report

The People’s Republic of China (PRC or China) is the only Communist Party-led state either among the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council or among the members of the G-20 grouping of major economies. As Congress has intensified its focus on China in the context of U.S.-China strategic competition, Members have increasingly sought to...

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/02/summary-of-chinas-political-system

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: July 1, 2024

USNI News Graphic

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of July 1, 2024, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship.

Ships Underway

Total Battle ForceDeployedUnderway
296
(USS 235, USNS 61)		106
(USS 73, USNS 33)		62
(45 Deployed, 17 Local)

In Japan

The official party salute as the...

Report to Congress on U.S., South Korea Relations

The following is the June 25, 2024, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, South Korea: Background and U.S. Relations.

From the report

Overview
South Korea (officially the Republic of Korea, or ROK) is one of the United States’ most important strategic and economic partners in Asia. The U.S.-ROK Mutual Defense Treaty, signed in 1953 at the end of the Korean War, commits the United States to help South Korea defend itself, particularly from North Korea (officially the Democratic People’s...

https://news.usni.org/2024/06/28/report-to-congress-on-u-s-south-korea-relations

Report to Congress on Use of Force in Cyberspace

The following is the June 25, 2024, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Use of Force in Cyberspace.

From the report

Introduction

There are presently no internationally accepted criteria for determining whether a nation state cyberattack is a use of force equivalent to an armed attack, which could trigger a military response. Likewise, no international, legally binding instruments have yet been drafted explicitly to regulate inter-state relations in cyberspace. Self-defense and...

https://news.usni.org/2024/06/26/report-to-congress-on-use-of-force-in-cyberspace

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: June 24, 2024

USNI News Graphic

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of June 24, 2024, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship.

Ships Underway

Total Battle ForceDeployedUnderway
296
(USS 235, USNS 61)		108
(USS 75, USNS 33)		75
(53 Deployed, 22 Local)

In Japan

Task Force 76 Commander’s Conference...

https://news.usni.org/2024/06/24/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-june-24-2024

GAO Report on Generative AI and Commercial Applications

The following is the June 20, 2024, Government Accountability Office report, Artificial Intelligence: Generative AI Technologies and Their Commercial Applications.

Why this matters

Use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has exploded to over 100 million users globally due to recently enhanced capabilities and user interest. This growth has created both excitement and debate about the technology’s potential to revolutionize entire industries, such as health care, education, and software...

https://news.usni.org/2024/06/21/gao-report-on-generative-ai-and-commercial-applications

Report to Congress on Virginia-class Submarine Program, AUKUS

The following is the June 12, 2024, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Virginia-Class Submarine Program and AUKUS Submarine (Pillar 1) Project: Background and Issues for Congress/

From the report

Virginia-class submarine program. The Navy has been procuring Virginia (SSN-774) class nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) since FY1998, and a total of 40 have been procured through FY2024. From FY2011 through FY2024, they have been procured at a rate of two per year. When procured at that...

https://news.usni.org/2024/06/19/report-to-congress-on-virginia-class-submarine-program-aukus

Report to Congress on Russia’s Nuclear Weapons

The following is the May 21, 2024, In Focus Congressional Research Service report, Russia’s Nuclear Weapons.

From the report

Russia presents an “acute threat” to the United States and its allies, according to the 2022 National Defense Strategy. The 2022 Nuclear Posture Review, a Biden Administration review of U.S. nuclear policy, states:

Russia remains the U.S. rival with the most capable and diverse nuclear forces. Today it is unique in the combination of strategic and non-strategic nuclear...

https://news.usni.org/2024/05/29/report-to-congress-on-russias-nuclear-weapons

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