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2020 In Review: C2F, JFC Norfolk and CJOS-COE

03/28/2021
By Defense.info Media Team

In this video produced by the commands under the leadership of Vice Admiral Lewis, the challenging…

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By Australian Defence Business Review

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After the outbreak of COVID-19, the pandemic set in. And with that pandemic, the living generations…

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05/15/2026
By George Galdorisi

Building the Navy-After-Next

The U.S. Navy is at an inflection point. Two curves are moving in the wrong direction: the U.S. Navy’s growing worldwide commitments and the number of commissioned Navy ships (280…

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Britain After the Local Elections: Reform’s Surge, Nationalist Strength, and a Transitional Party System

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05/02/2026
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The “Fight Tonight: Exploiting Australia’s Strategic Advantage” seminar produced a remarkably coherent and candid body of analysis across all its presentations. Rather than a checklist of capabilities, what emerged was a serious examination of genuine advantages — geographic, human, technical, alliance-based, and industrial —

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