Anthony Cowden
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U.S. Navy
Spirit and Intent
In my youth I was a Nuclear Weapons Security Officer (NWSO) on a destroyer in the U. S.

Iran
Suing for Peace
The United States has recognized defeat in achieving its military goals in the conflict [i] with Iran and is suing for peace. In discussing this...

Grand Strategy
On the 2025 National Security Strategy
Well, it is here! President Trump’s 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS).

U.S. Navy
A New CNO, Some Current Recommendations
I have provided unsolicited advice to the past two Chiefs of Naval Operations (CNOs), and they were both well aware of what I thought the Navy needed....

China
A Tripartite World – Sort Of…
I asked ChatGPT to provide me with a summary of Project 2025’s views on the liberal international order: Project 2025, as detailed in its "Mandate for...

Maritime Strategy
She Didn't Deserve It, but a CNO Did …
Admiral Lisa Franchetti did not deserve to be fired! But, given the existing DoD process, a service chief’s job is almost impossible, and I am not...

U.S. Navy
Unsolicited Advice for the U.S. Navy
Previously, I had published two articles providing advice to the current Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Lisa Franchetti. This is an update to the...

Military Strategy
The Constitution and War in the 21st Century
President-elect Donald Trump has again doubled down on the idea of taking military action against Panama and Greenland (Denmark), to achieve foreign...

Sea (Maritime, Naval Operations)
Leakers Happen
With the ongoing attacks on surface vessels in the Red Sea by the Houthis, the world is being graphically introduced to the concept of salvo warfare....

U.S. Navy
Some Unsolicited Advice for the Next CNO
The currently nominated next Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Admiral Lisa Franchetti, may recall – because I CC’d her on the e-mail – that I provided...

ICE Is Not a Four-Letter Word
By Meda Parameswara Reddy • RealClearDefense
The U.S. Can Draw Down in the Middle East Without Going Blind
By Cudi Zerey • RealClearDefense
America Needs a Joseph Directive
By Jeff Ballabon • RealClearDefense
Partnering Decides Whether Flexible Military Construction Can Work
By Matt Russell • RealClearDefense
Eight Months of Epic Fury and Still No Internal Alternative
By Stephen D. Cook • RealClearDefense
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GE Aerospace to Supply Engines for Two US Navy Flight III Destroyers
By Defense Post
U.S. Air Force Asks Industry for New Cruise Missile for Ukraine
By Michael Peck, DNews
First Flight II San Antonio-class Amphib Completes Builder’s Trials
By Mongilio, USNI N.
LGM-35 Sentinel ICBM on Track for 2030
By Kris Osborn, Warrior Maven
On American Destroyers, Avoid a Self-Inflicted Wound in Spain
By Defense News
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