The U.S. Sea Services are a vital force in maintaining order and ensuring freedom of navigation in the contested waters of the West Philippine Sea, the place of unfolding strategic power struggles. The top leaders of the United States Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard stated in the U.S. Tri-Service Maritime Strategy that we “must maintain clear-eyed resolve to compete with, deter, and, if necessary, defeat our adversaries while we...
Change has remained constant throughout the 21st century. After two decades of combat operations focused on counterterrorism and counterinsurgency, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has strategically shifted towards a long-term mission of deterrence against peer competitors.
