DOD Launches Industry-Government "MARSEC Consortium" to Advance #MaritimeSecurity Across Southeast Asia $95 mil annually for identifying "low-cost, commercially available solutions" DefenseInnovationUnit defense.gov/News/Releases/… John Bradford Zach Ota HUNTSMAN 🇺🇲

Shoulder to shoulder with our allies. "Task Force-Ayungin enhances U.S.-Philippine alliance coordination and interoperability by enabling U.S. forces to support Armed Forces of the Philippines activities in the South China Sea.” 🇵🇭 🇺🇸 reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

What I would give for a fleet of these to be built by 🇺🇸 shipyards for 🇺🇸Military Sealift Command. 🇯🇵 Shipyard ok, too. Curious why every US Army General in the Pacific isn't banging the table for dozens of #Sealift RoRo ships exactly like these little beauties. Sal Mercogliano (WGOW Shipping) 🚢⚓🐪🚒🏴‍☠️

Can Marines just buy these ships directly from Japan, please?

Don’t make me like you.

It’s worth noting that the Joint Force has operated 14 out of the last 15 years under a CR -put another way in terms of accumulated time, that’s like not investing anything for an entire FYDP.

🇹🇼 encircled during current, as-of-yet unannounced demonstration by 🇨🇳 Is this another Blockade or Quarantine practice? Is it Exercise #JointSword2024 C? No notice to shipping provided, as far as I know. Only the airspace closures. What is the world supposed to make of these

Since we are D-1 for the Army-Navy game, it’s time to re-up my annual call for unity.

I’m especially honored by Lars Slobodow’s kind words about my chapter, A Groundswell of Support in the Pacific: Deploying Small Wars Doctrine Amid the Rise of Amphibious Warfare.

There’s another big Navy win in the making, now that I have Sebastian Bae’s wood upgrade kit for Littoral Commander: Indo-Pacific!

More damage reports from the 7.4 earthquake in Vanuatu. Comms and transport have been hit hard, as is often the case in such events, making the response efforts more complex.

Thinking about our ni-Vanuatu friends and prepared to respond should they ask for our assistance. 🇻🇺 🇺🇸

MARINE: My ass (less-frequently) rides in Navy equipment news.usni.org/2024/12/17/lan…

Proud that our Navy & Marine Corps team in the Pacific continues to do our small part to build this multinational ability to respond to crises. BZ especially to our Sailors of Pacific Partnership 24-2, who just trained with Ni-Vanuatu this past July.

That now makes me 1-1-1 in small wars.