Biden Taps SOUTHCOM Deputy to Lead Combatant Command

U.S. Army Gen. Laura Richardson, commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), introduces Argentina’s Chief of Defense, Brig. Gen. Xavier Julián Isaac, to SOUTHCOM’s Military Deputy Commander, Vice Adm. Alvin Holsey, outside the command’s headquarters on July 25, 2024. SOUTHCOM Photo

President Joe Biden nominated the deputy of U.S. Southern Command to lead the combatant command, the Pentagon announced Wednesday.
Vice Adm. Alvin Holsey is up for a fourth star and to serve as the commander of...

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Military Planners Should Map Out Operations in Warming Arctic Waters, Expert Says

The Coast Guard Cutter Healy, a 420-foot polar icebreaker, transits to the Gulf of Alaska, July 20, 2021. Healy and its crew are currently on a 133-day deployment into the Arctic as part of a circumnavigation of North America to conduct Coast Guard missions and to support scientific research. U.S. Coast Guard Photo

The United States reminds Canada and Russia often that Washington regards the Northern Sea Route and the Northwest Passage as straits used for international navigation, not...

https://news.usni.org/2021/11/04/military-planners-should-map-out-operations-in-warming-arctic-waters-expert-says

Navy Higher Education Developing COVID-19 Mitigation Plans For Fall

Naval War College (NWC) holds a graduation ceremony on March 3, 2020. US Navy Photo

The Navy’s higher education programs are still developing COVID-19 mitigation strategies for fall classes – a little more than a month before officers and midshipmen start arriving at campuses.

The U.S. Naval Academy, the Naval War College and Naval Postgraduate School have different issues to sort out when planning for the fall.

The Naval Academy plans to bring midshipmen to Annapolis for Plebe Summer at the end...

https://news.usni.org/2020/06/09/navy-higher-education-developing-covid-19-mitigation-plans-for-fall

New Air Bases, Baby Cabbage Key to Chinese Long-Term Claims on South China Sea

March 27, 2020 image of a Chinese Installation on Fiery Cross Reef in the South China Sea. CSIS Image

China is tightening its grip on disputed claims in the South China Sea by beefing up its military capability and planting the seeds of long-term habitability on the artificial islands at the core of its regional economic influence strategy.

Last week, Taiwanese officials warned of the threat posed by a Chinese air defense identification zone (ADIZ), according to press reports, including an...

https://news.usni.org/2020/06/03/new-air-bases-baby-cabbage-key-to-chinese-long-term-claims-on-south-china-sea

Naval War College President Harley Reassigned Pending Investigation

Rear Adm. Jeffrey Harley, president, US Naval War College, speaks on Aug. 14, 2019. US Navy Photo

The president of the U.S. Naval War College has been reassigned while he is the subject of a Navy Inspector General investigation, the service announced on Monday.

Rear Adm. Jeffery Harley was reassigned from leading the Navy’s premier post-graduate institution following the revelation the IG was looking into allegations of financial mismanagement and unprofessional behavior based on an April 2018...

https://news.usni.org/2019/06/10/naval-war-college-president-harley-reassigned-pending-investigation