Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Daryl Caudle stressed the importance of the Navy to America's status as a superpower during a Jan. 27 address at the Apex Defense Conference in Washington, D.C.
He echoed naval theorist and father of the "Two-Ocean Navy," Capt. Alfred Thayer Mahan, who wrote in the 19th century that a strong Navy is essential to America's role as a global power. In his 1890 book "The Influence of Sea Power upon History," Mahan argued that no nation remains a major power without maritime dominance.
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