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Fix the Jones Act-Don't Scuttle It

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By Steven Wills
| Defense Daily Verified
Aloha Class vessel Daniel K Inouye. Image: Matson, Inc. By Steven Wills, Ph.D., Writer. The maritime legislation commonly known as the Jones Act of 1920 requires vessels moving goods between U.S. ports to be U.S.-built, U.S.-flagged, and U.S.-crewed. Critics argue that it constrains the free market, raises costs for non-contiguous states and territories, discourages coastal shipping and has failed to preserve a robust U.S. Merchant Marine.
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When the world's at stake, go beyond the headlines.

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By Steven Wills
| War on the Rocks Verified
The 1930 comic history, 1066 and All That, made famous the British habit of reducing national history to a sequence of memorable dates. The modern Royal Navy has its own unhappy version of that calendar.
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There has been no US naval ‘failure’ in the Strait of Hormuz

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By Steven Wills
| Breaking Defense Verified
An MH-60R Sea Hawk, assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 79, departs from the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) during a Strait of Hormuz transit on Dec. 15, 2025. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Indra Beaufort) With renewed hostilities between US and Iranian forces, questions are certain to be raised about America’s endgame in the conflict.
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