Sinking feeling: is Australia’s navy ready for a Pacific conflict?
For years, Australia assumed it had time on its side. But experts warn its maritime defences are woefully unprepared for a ...
How Black paratroopers saved the US from Japan’s WWII firebombs
Sgt. Joe Harris was one of an elite group of Black paratroopers during World War II. He is being laid to rest today. He was ...
Army Times1d
This pilot sought to avenge his brother’s death over the South Pacific
Navy PB4Y-1 pilot Bruce Van Voorhis was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the South Pacific. Here, a ...
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Veteran surface warfare officer takes command of Navy’s largest destroyer squadron
Capt. Justin Harts, outgoing commander of Destroyer Squadron 15, addresses the change-of-command audience aboard the ...
War: The great unmentionable in the Australian election campaign
The SEP is alone in sounding the alarm about the danger of a global war, including this region, and in fighting to build a ...
Pacific braces for conflict, eyes uncertain US position: Peter Apps
On his first tour of Asia last week, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told service members on the Pacific territory of ...
More Penguins Than People: Trump Imposes Tariffs on Remote Islands
Some of the more sparsely populated territories in the world that do little trade with the United States have been caught up ...
The National Interest2d
The Chinese Military’s Challenges in the 2030s
The People’s Liberation Army is growing stronger along four main axes. The United States and its allies must carefully examine how best to confront these strengths.
The Diplomat2d
Cooperation, Coordination, and Strategic Denial: Echoes and Lessons from Cold War Oceania
With a fundamentally different playing field today, the United States and its Western partners should adapt, if not adopt, ...
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‘Secret Warriors’ sheds light on Japanese American involvement in WWII
Rick Shiomi’s new play “Secret Warriors,” now running at the History Theatre in St. Paul, explores the overlooked ...
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An uninhabited island, a military base and a ‘desolate’ former whaling station. Trump’s trade war includes unlikely targets
The CIA World Factbook describes the uninhabited islands, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as “80% ice-covered” and “bleak” in the case of Heard Island and the McDonald Islands as “small” and ...