Joe Greco

2 months ago | usni.org | Joe Greco

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Dec 30, 2024 | seapowermagazine.org | Joe Greco

In the evolving landscape of 21st-century warfare, the convergence of cyber capabilities, artificial intelligence (AI) and traditional naval operations presents unprecedented challenges and opportunities for the U.S. Navy. As tensions in the Taiwan Strait escalate, the potential for a cyber conflict between China and the U.S. looms large, with far-reaching implications for global security and economic stability.

Nov 1, 2024 | usni.org | Brian O'Rourke |Joe Greco |Brian O’Rourke

Sonar is a key tool for submarines, surface ships, and antisubmarine warfare–capable aircraft. Shorthand for “sound navigation and ranging,” sonar uses sound waves to detect objects beneath the ocean’s surface. It provides situational awareness and allows ships to engage targets underwater as well as across the surface-subsurface interface. There are two types:Active. Functioning like underwater radar, active sonar transducers send out sound energy—pings.

Sep 30, 2024 | usni.org | Sonha Gomez |Joe Greco |Salvatore R. Mercogliano

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt called the U.S. Merchant Marine the nation’s “fourth arm of defense,” reflecting its critical contributions during peace and war—from enabling U.S. seaborne trade to providing logistics support for military contingencies to steaming into harm’s way. Unfortunately, today’s Merchant Marine is underfunded and undermanned. The current state of the U.S. Merchant Marine fleet is a vulnerability.

Sep 1, 2024 | usni.org | Joe Greco

Following World War I, the Merchant Marine Act attempted to regulate cabotage—the transport of products between ports within a nation’s domestic boundaries—by foreign transport operators. Today, more than 45 nations restrict cabotage to protect their national security, support their ship manufacturers, and maintain employment in these industries.