The CNO’s Sailing Directions provide the Navy’s Mission: Deter aggression and, if deterrence fails, win our Nation’s wars.  Employ the global reach and persistent presence of forward-stationed and rotational forces to secure the Nation from direct attack, assure Joint operational access and retain global freedom of action. With global partners, protect the maritime freedom that is the basis [...]

The DoD Annual China Report 2013 was release a few days ago.  The DoD Annual China Report 2013 provides an unclassified summary of the Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China.  While there have been significant advances by China as they rapidly develop through their own “Industrial Age” while operating in our “Information [...]