In the third edition of our popular ‘Guide to the US Navy’ we assess the state of the world’s most powerful armed force. We look at how it is shaping up to meet the challenge of China in Indo-Asia Pacific and playing a leading role in NATO facing down the Russian threat in Europe while protecting global sea trade in hot spots such as the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
A top team of writers deliver ship type profiles, commentaries, and analysis in addition to articles on various components of the USN at a time of military transformation when drones appear to be playing an ever more important role in the modern order of battle. However, fighting steel and firepower still matter and so the mighty aircraft carriers, Gator Navy – the US Marine Corps and amphibious warships team – along with the stealthy Submarine Force, elite Navy Seals, the Top Guns of Navy Air, and others are all in the mix.
The new edition considers the return of the frigate to the American fleet, while looking at how the USN is bidding a long goodbye to the last of its cruisers, namely the venerable vessels of the Ticonderoga Class. Among other articles are: US Navy missile combat in the Red Sea; how model-makers help produce actual warships; ‘Shock and Awe’ in the American Civil War; the enduring role of celestial navigation; Military Sealift Command; the USN’s front line partnership with US Coast Guard; the next USS John F. Kennedy; profiles of historic preserved American naval vessels USS New Jersey, USS Texas and USS Cassin Young.
High-impact imagery reveals the surface ships, submarines, jets and helicopters in action along with the sailors and marines who operate cutting edge, high-tech equipment on a wide variety of missions. It is an epic story, stretching from the Arctic to the Mediterranean, and from the Arabian Gulf to Indo-Asia-Pacific.
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