Large parts of the South China Sea are claimed by China. Despite this, American ships continue to exercise in this sea area. As a demonstration, the Navy has currently deployed two carrier groups to the region. The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group exercised together with the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group on 9 February. The focus is on...
Even under the new US President Joe Biden, the USA is not changing its previous policy of freedom of the seas. Demonstratively, the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) entered the South China Sea on 23 January, just a few days after Biden took office. According to the US Navy, the...
While Corvette Captain Gilda Prüß became the first woman to hold the position of chief officer on a German Navy frigate last year (see MarineForum 12-2020 page 45), America is already a few steps ahead. Shortly before Christmas, the US Navy proudly announced that next summer a woman...
Presence without "power projection" The very term "Mediterranean region" indicates that maritime influences are also prevalent in North Africa and Southern Europe. Maritime trade has dominated since ancient times, and it was not only with the opening of the Suez Canal that the eastern Mediterranean became a centre for oriental trade. To this day, the region is considered a "strategic bridge"...
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