CDR Salamander
National security, maritime challenges, naval issues with a flavoring of other things I find interesting.
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Have You Completed Your ASW PQS?
The Chinese are not playing games.
Great graphic by HI Sutton over at Naval News on the state of play in the submarine world.
Wake up everyone.
Conventional non-nuclear submarines remain a key pillar of China’s submarine force, but the...
NATO's Upcoming Ankara Summit
I don’t know about you, but I really want to hear your garden-variety journalist read this from the teleprompter.
Türkiye will host a NATO Summit in Ankara on 7- 8 July 2026. The meeting will be chaired by the NATO Secretary General and...
Strategy Requires Storytelling and Pictures, the Right Pictures
If I am ever invited into someone’s personal study, office, or library—especially someone who puts themselves forward as a national security type—one of the things I not-so-subtly look for is maps, charts, or better yet, a globe.
Yes, I wi...
Revitalizing the Arsenal of Democracy
A simply outstanding summary of the state of play in the re-vitalization of—and in parts re-imagining of—defense production capabilities can be found in an article in the June 5, 2026 Investors Business Daily, above the fold on page 1, by H...
Fullbore Friday
On Thursday, we were reminded what the word exceptional actually means.
Three were awarded the Medal of Honor. I tried to find a copy of the text of their citations, but they are not posted yet that I could find.
- Retired Marine Corps...
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