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Alan W. Dowd is a Senior Fellow with the American Security Council Foundation, where he writes on the full range of topics relating to national defense, foreign policy and international security. Dowd’s commentaries and essays have appeared in Policy Review, Parameters, Military Officer, The American Legion Magazine, The Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations, The Claremont Review of Books, World Politics Review, The Wall Street Journal Europe, The Jerusalem Post, The Financial Times Deutschland, The Washington Times, The Baltimore Sun, The Washington Examiner, The Detroit News, The Sacramento Bee, The Vancouver Sun, The National Post, The Landing Zone, Current, The World & I, The American Enterprise, Fraser Forum, American Outlook, The American and the online editions of Weekly Standard, National Review and American Interest. Beyond his work in opinion journalism, Dowd has served as an adjunct professor and university lecturer; congressional aide; and administrator, researcher and writer at leading think tanks, including the Hudson Institute, Sagamore Institute and Fraser Institute. An award-winning writer, Dowd has been interviewed by Fox News Channel, Cox News Service, The Washington Times, The National Post, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and numerous radio programs across North America. In addition, his work has been quoted by and/or reprinted in The Guardian, CBS News, BBC News and the Council on Foreign Relations. Dowd holds degrees from Butler University and Indiana University. Follow him at twitter.com/alanwdowd.

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Scott Tilley is a Senior Fellow at the American Security Council Foundation, where he writes the “Technical Power” column, focusing on the societal and national security implications of advanced technology in cybersecurity, space, and foreign relations.

He is an emeritus professor at the Florida Institute of Technology. Previously, he was with the University of California, Riverside, Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute, and IBM. His research and teaching were in the areas of computer science, software & systems engineering, educational technology, the design of communication, and business information systems.

He is president and founder of the Center for Technology & Society, president and co-founder of Big Data Florida, past president of INCOSE Space Coast, and a Space Coast Writers’ Guild Fellow.

He has authored over 150 academic papers and has published 28 books (technical and non-technical), most recently Systems Analysis & Design (Cengage, 2020), SPACE (Anthology Alliance, 2019), and Technical Justice (CTS Press, 2019). He wrote the “Technology Today” column for FLORIDA TODAY from 2010 to 2018.

He is a popular public speaker, having delivered numerous keynote presentations and “Tech Talks” for a general audience. Recent examples include the role of big data in the space program, a four-part series on machine learning, and a four-part series on fake news.

He holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Victoria (1995).

Contact him at stilley@cts.today.

Carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Operating in Red Sea, Nimitz Exercising with Indian Navy

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Categories: ASCF News Emerging Threats National Preparedness

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Aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) is no longer operating in the North Arabian Sea, a Navy official confirmed.

Eisenhower deployed with its carrier strike group in February and spent much of the last few months in the Arabian Sea amid heightened tensions with Iran.

The carrier has been at sea for 185 consecutive days, according to the USNI News Fleet Tracker, and has now moved into the Red Sea. The Eisenhower CSG includes cruisers USS San Jacinto (CG-56) and USS Vella Gulf (CG-72); and destroyers USS James E. Williams (DDG-95), USS Stout (DDG-55), and USS Truxtun (DDG-103).

The Navy could not confirm whether USS Nimitz (CVN-68), which is currently operating in U.S. 7th Fleet, would head to the Middle East to replace Eisenhower, but Ike’s deployment is expected to wind down soon after nearly five months at sea.

Meanwhile, Nimitz (CVN-68) has moved westward and started partaking in exercises with the Indian Navy.

The Navy announced today in a press release that the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group began conducting the exercises in the Indian Ocean.

“It was a privilege to operate with the Indian Navy,” Rear Adm. Jim Kirk, Nimitz CSG commander, said in a statement.

“RADM Vatsayan, Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet, leads a powerful and highly skilled Fleet,” he continued. “The opportunity to have the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group join with his Fleet for a series of exercises improved our interoperability and is a testimony to the flexibility of both our Navies.”

The exercises follow a clash last month between Indian and Chinese forces in the Himalayas that left 20 Indian soldiers dead, The New York Times reported.

The carrier strike group includes Nimitz, destroyers USS Ralph Johnson (DDG-114) and USS Sterett (DDG-104), and cruiser Princeton (CG-59).

The Nimitz CSG had been operating in the South China Sea earlier this month, alongside the Reagan Carrier Strike Group, after deploying from San Diego, Calif. in early June.

Photo: USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) commemorates its 169th consecutive day at sea on July 3, 2020. US Navy Photo

Link: https://news.usni.org/2020/07/20/carrier-uss-dwight-d-eisenhower-operating-in-red-sea-nimitz-exercising-with-indian-navy?utm_source=USNI+News&utm_campaign=c78b7c8a24-USNI_NEWS_DAILY&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0dd4a1450b-c78b7c8a24-234691293&ct=t(USNI_NEWS_DAILY)&mc_cid=c78b7c8a24

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