Four weeks into the first course of a brand-new distance learning graduate certificate program in Great Power Competition (GPC) at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), and 31 Navy and Marine Corps students are already recognizing the role of the program in understanding the deeper, strategic...

PHILIPPINE SEA - The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Ohio (SSGN 726) made a brief stop near Okinawa, Japan today as part of her deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations, giving the crew a rare opportunity to integrate with a III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) force...

A team of U.S. Marines completed a three-month deployment at sea serving as an embarked security team aboard the Spearhead-class USNS Burlington (T-EPF 10) and returned to Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Virginia, December 28...

The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived off the coast of Somalia Dec. 21 as part of the Joint Forces Maritime Component Command for Joint Task Force-Quartz (JTF-Q)...

On a trip to observe emerging technologies in practice, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Gary Thomas, accompanied by five other general officers, visited the Naval Postgraduate School Dec. 9, to engage directly with university faculty and students from key labs and institutes about the...

Vice Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT), U.S. 5th Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), participated in the 16th Regional Security Summit of the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) Manama Dialogue 2020, Dec. 4-6...

In an era of Great Power Competition, where those who can field autonomous capabilities fastest have a distinct advantage, researchers at the Naval Postgraduate School are exploring many fundamentals of autonomous systems, especially in the trust and confidence arena...

Initial operational capability declaration marks a significant accomplishment for 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), enabling VMFA-314 to deploy the F-35C onto aircraft carriers where they will be able to support combat operations anywhere in the world...

Rear Adm. Don Gabrielson, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet (COMUSNAVSO), and Brig. Gen. Phillip Frietze, commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South (COMMARFORSOUTH), signed the Joint Force Maritime Component Commander (JFMCC) Maritime Campaign Support Plan (MCSP) in a...

Staff members from U.S. 7th Fleet visited Combined Arms Training Center (CATC) Camp Fuji to learn about equipment and concepts associated with emergent Expeditionary Advanced Base operations...