Maritime Risk Symposium 2024 – Great Power Competition and Gray Zone Engagement
to build unity-of-effort for countering the disruptive actions of malign actors. This year's symposium has been organized within the broad context of the current U.S. Tri-Service Maritime Strategy, published in late 2020, and signed by the Secretary of the Navy, the Chief of Naval Operations, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, and the Commandant of the Coast Guard. Given excellent guidelines provided by this cooperative framework, MRS2024 contributors are examining how all of the nation’s maritime services and other critical partners can continue to support maritime security during an increasingly
FerryBox: PONANT Exploration Vessel Collecting Arctic Ocean Data
vessel has started collecting Arctic Ocean data with -4H-JENA engineering’s FerryBox multi-parameter water measurement system on board.The system is now being used to evaluate the role of global warming and glacial meltwater on the rising level of oxygen in the oceans aboard PONANT’s Le Commandant Charcot, the world’s only luxury icebreaker, a hybrid-electric vessel powered by liquified natural gas.A unique concept with minimal environmental impact due to her green energy and propulsion systems, Le Commandant Charcot provides a luxurious environment for guests seeking adventure away
Overwatch: Advancing NATO’s Maritime Situational Awareness via Commercially Available Space-based Assets
, Decide, Act creates a Gordian Knot of threatening events and generates mismatches between what an adversary expects you to do and what you actually do. This makes your adversary feel trapped in an unpredictable world of doubt, mistrust, confusion, disorder, fear, panic and chaos. As former Commandant of the Marine Corps, General Charles C. Krulak stated in his analysis of the Gulf War that “The Iraqi army collapsed morally and intellectually under the onslaught of American and Coalition forces. John Boyd was an architect of that victory as surely as if he’d commanded a fighter
Coast Guard, Scripps Launch Blue Technology Center of Expertise
the Blue Technology Center of Expertise (COE) on the Scripps Oceanography campus with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and expo in San Diego, Friday.Rep. John Garamendi, Rep. Scott Peters, Rep. Mike Levin, UCSD Chancellor Pradeep Khosla, Port of San Diego Commissioner Marshall Merrifield, Coast Guard Deputy Commandant for Mission Support, Vice Adm. Michael F. McAllister, and the 11th Coast Guard District Commander, Rear Adm. Peter W. Gautier, are scheduled to speak at the event to celebrate the partnership between Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Coast Guard.The Coast Guard entered into an agreement
MTR100: #2 Admiral Karl Schultz, Commandant, USCG
The editors of Marine Technology Reporter are pleased to share that Admiral Karl Schultz, Commandant, USCG is #2 in the 14th Annual "MTR100". The full print and electronic edition of Marine Technology Reporter will be available shortly. Until then, presented here is the full story on Admiral Karl Schultz.The career biography of Admiral Schultz is predictably impressive for an officer that has ascended to the top of the United States Coast Guard. Admiral Schultz, who become the 26th Commandant of the United States Coast Guard on June 1, 2018, hit the ground running and has been on a
MTS Tech Breakfast: Maritime Cyber Security
City, Arlington, Va., from 7-9 a.m. and will feature a robust professional development program on the topic of maritime cyber security. Max Bobys will moderate a panel that includes: Major General Michael S. Groen, Joint Staff Director Intelligence, J2 Brian Burns, Deputy Assistant Commandant, C4 & Info Technology, U.S. Coast Guard John Felker, Director, National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Dr. Daniel Ragsdale, Director, Cybersecurity Center & Professor of Practice, Computer Science &
Arctic Council Meeting Stirs Hidden Tensions
region." Still, Russia's Arctic fortification is being watched closely by the United States and its allies. NATO has said in a Strategic Foresight Analysis report that competition for resources could lead to instabilities in the Arctic in coming decades. U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Paul Zukunft said last week at a Washington think-tank that Russia has all of its chess pieces on the board in the Arctic, while the United States only has a few. "We can write great policy, but if you do not have presence to exert sovereignty you are really nothing more than a paper lion
Big Data, 3D Printing and Robots
Marine Corps Commandant Touts ONR S&T Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) Gen. Robert B. Neller recently visited the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to get a close-up look at some of the latest technologies being developed for the U.S. Marine Corps—from autonomous systems to virtual reality training devices. During his visit, Neller met with Chief of Naval Research Rear Adm. Mat Winter, as well as department heads and program officers, and expressed his appreciation for the science and technology being designed for the future force. “The
BSEE Dir. Salerno to Address Offshore Technology Conference
; NRG Center Room 306 Event #4 Who: Brian Salerno, BSEE Director Rear Admiral Paul Thomas, US Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Prevention Policy What: OTC Luncheon with the Center for Offshore Safety: Improving Effectiveness of Safety and Environmental Management Systems and Recognizing Contributions. When: Thursday, May 6, 2015 12:15 p.m.
February 2024
