Canada Announces Participation in European Union’s Readiness 2030
Statement Issued February 16 in Montreal – most of the money to Quebec as usual? QUOTE The world is changing rapidly. The international rules-based order is fading, and technological change…
Western Hemisphere Chiefs of Defense Conference
The Secretariats of National Defense and the Navy inform the public that, on February 10 and 11, 2026, General Ricardo Trevilla Trejo, Secretary of National Defense and Admiral Raymundo Pedro…
Svalbard: A Testing Ground for Future Authoritarian Ambitions
By Brian Moscioni The Arctic Institute On the northern edge of the world, deep inside the Arctic Circle, a little-known archipelago is gaining attention – but not for reasons most…
Finland to Contribute to NATO’s Peacetime Maritime Activities in 2027
Finland will contribute to NATO’s peacetime maritime activities in 2027. In its plenary session on 29 January 2026, the Finnish Government endorsed a report, presented by Minister of Defense Antti…
Atlantic Chokepoint, Cognitive Front: Russian Influence Operations and the GIUK Gap
By Rachel Butler Arctic Institute Russia is increasingly deploying information influence operations to target independence movements in Greenland and Scotland as part of a broader effort to weaken NATO’s strategic…
Inocea Group Acquires UK’s Wave Class Fast Naval Replenishment Fleet
Inocea announced February 18th, the signing of an agreement to acquire the United Kingdom’s Royal Fleet Auxiliary replenishment ships Wave Knight and Wave Ruler, two of the most capable fast…
Keel Laying Ceremony for New Hopper Dredge USACE Donnelly
On January 22, 2026, Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) and partners, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and Royal IHC, held a keel laying ceremony for the ongoing construction of the…
USS Pinckney Completes Maintenance in Singapore
USS Pinckney (DDG 91) departed Singapore, Feb. 4, after a port visit in support of a ship repair and maintenance exercise. Ship repair and maintenance exercises are routinely conducted to…
Mine Warfare Exercise (MINEX) 26 1JA off Japan
By Lt. Matthew Cox, Commander, Task Force 77 The U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) completed Mine Warfare Exercise (MINEX) 26 1JA off the coast of Japan in…
United States Pacific Fleet Organization 1 May 1945
Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas Fleet Adm. C. W. Nimitz (3) Deputy Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas Vice Admiral J. H.…