Invite Taiwan to RIMPAC  Taiwan should be invited to the world’s largest naval exercise next year, according to the US’ 2022 defense spending blueprint signed into law by President Joe […]

China’s Surprise Submarine Move Shows Its Growing Power Submarine sales are a powerful weapon in the game of international power and influence. China is increasingly combining it with the Belt […]

French Navy Frigate Bretagne Conducts Crew Exchange in Iceland. FREMM Bretagne in Iceland The crew swap in Iceland allows the frigate to spend more time in the Greenland-Iceland-UK (GIUK) gap […]

USN Cargo Drone The Royal Fleet Auxiliary is looking at the use of small drones to deliver mail drops and other supplies to ships at sea. According to a news […]

The U.S. Navy took delivery of the future USS Canberra (LCS 30) at Austal USA on December 21. This is the second Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Austal has delivered […]

Attack submarine USS Connecticut (SSN-22) arrived in its home port in Bremerton, Wash., on 21 December after transiting the Pacific Ocean on the surface due to damage from a collision […]

Indonesia and China are at maritime loggerheads amid rising Chinese incursions into Indonesia’s EEZ.  An unprecedented Chinese protest over Indonesia drilling for natural gas in its own waters appears to […]

By Simon Cullen (NOC President) Today I had the honour to present a NOC book prize to REOC 2/21 course member LEUT Leesa Maroske.  Leesa is a Public Relations Officer […]