Recommended Blogs

The site is arranged as follows:

Coast Guard sites are listed first, then non-Coast Guard sites.

Within those two groups the sites are arranged based on my perception of how active they are in terms of the frequency with which new material is posted from most active to least, with my perception of how relevant it is to our readership thrown in as a fudge factor.

MyCG

United States Coast Guard News

Coast Guard News by Region

Acquisitions Directorate (CG-9)

Defense Video Information Distribution Service Coast Guard News Wire

RealClearDefense

Defense News

Seapower Magazine (Navy League Publication)

The War Zone

Covert Shores (among other topics, drug subs and other craft used for smuggling)

Naval News

Army Recognition/Navy News

U. S. Naval Institute News

U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings

US Naval Forces Central Command / Combined Maritime Forces – US 5th Fleet

Indo-Pacific Defense Forum, USINDOPACOM magazine

SOUTHCOM

The Watch, NORTHCOM magazine

Center for International Maritime Security (CIMSEC) “Next War Blog”

Sixty Degrees North (Icebreakers and activities in the Arctic)

MarineLink (Shipping/Marine Industry)

MarineLog (shipping industry and shipbuilding)

gCaptain (Shipping industry.)

Cdr Salamander (Navy news)

Military Aerospace Electronics

Defense Scoop

Center for Maritime Strategy

INACTIVE. The web site(s) below have not published anything for at least the last month.

US Third Fleet News last post January 6, 2026

Eaglespeak (great source for information on piracy) last post January 4, 2026

Joint Interagency Task Force South last post November 20, 2025

US Naval Forces Southern Command / US Forth Fleet last post November 11, 2025

US Second Fleet News last post August 10, 2025

U. S, Naval Institute Blog, last post was April 13, 2023.

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