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    It’s been an eventful 12 months for the Sea Services, and as we do every May, we pause to review the many notable accomplishments of the Navy,...
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    CEO Notes
    The U.S. Naval Institute Annual Meeting was held on 11 April at the Phoenix Park Hotel in Washington, D.C., with a fine turnout of Members. The...
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    Comment and Discussion
    The Commanders Respond (See R. Griggs, P. Maddison, et al., pp. 16–29, March 2013 Proceedings)
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    Now Hear This - ‘If We Are to Remain a World Power’
    When the latest issue of Proceedings arrived in June 1906, Naval Institute members and the American people heard from a renowned global expert, a...
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    Nobody Asked Me, But . . . - A New Look at John Paul Jones
    One early 20th-century writer called John Paul Jones “a knight of the seas.” Some refer to him as the father of the U.S. Navy. But others...
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    Navy’s New Surveillance UAV’s First Flight

    The Navy held the first test flight for its next-generation surveillance unmanned aerial vehicle...

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    Document: Fleet Forces Commander to be Naval Component for US NORTHCOM

    From the May, 17 message from Chief of Naval Operations: This action establishes a Navy...

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    Forbes Critical of New Navy Ship Design

    A congressional committee is calling into question the Navy’s plan to adapt an almost 30-year...

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    Seapower Mark on FY 14 Defense Bill

    House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces issued their mark on the...

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    Coast Guard Strategy Calls for Greater Arctic Emphasis

    The U.S. Coast Guard has unveiled its new strategy for the Arctic  outlines a ten-year roadmap...

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    Contributors

    Norman C. Delaney, Naval History’s 2011 Author of the Year, has taught strategy and policy as an adjunct professor...

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    On Our Scope

    While preparing this issue’s Civil War sesquicentennial examination of the Vicksburg campaign, that distant conflict coincidentally came...

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    Looking Back - Stan the Navy Man

    Some shards of memory gleam back from long ago with a special sparkle that keeps...

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    In Contact

    Dual-Purpose Gun’s Long Life

    Captain Russ Haas, Commanding Officer and Professor of Naval Science, NROTC Unit, University of...

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    Armaments and Innovations - The Soda-Bottle-Shaped Shell Guns

    At 0400 on 17 June 1863, the powerful Confederate ironclad Atlanta...

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    Selected By Our Editors

    3 Hezbollah fighters die of wounds from Syria
    DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Three members of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group died of wounds sustained while fighting for control of strategic Syrian t...
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    North Korean border town opens to Western tourists
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    Syria, Israel exchange fire over border
    DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria said Tuesday it destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed the ceasefire line in the Golan Heights overnight, while the ...
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    More attacks across Iraq kill 7 people
    BAGHDAD (AP) — New attacks in Iraq killed seven people and wounded dozens on Tuesday, officials said, after a bloody day that claimed more than 100 ...
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    Chinese boat's captain beaten by North Koreans, released after 2 weeks hostage
    The owner of a Chinese fishing boat seized for more than two weeks by armed North Koreans says the captors wore military uniforms, and that they beat ...
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    Not my Navy, Marine Corps … or Army either

    From Hagel to the Hill in suit and tie, to the CNO on down in uniform; we have all heard the steady drum beat about a military that, as we look to...

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    Guest Post by LCDR Benjamin “BJ” Armstrong: The Qualifications of a Naval Officer: WWATMD?

    This is the first post in a weekly series about the writing and thinking of Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan, leading up to the release of “21st...

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    Sunday on Midrats: Episode 176- “Fallujah Awakens” with Bill Ardolino

    Join us at Midrats on BlogTalkRadio, Sunday, May 19, 2013 for Episode 176: “Fallujah Awakens” with Bill Ardolino: How did the US...

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    X-47B Launch Catapults Naval Aviation into the Future: Guest Post by LCDR Guy Snodgrass

      Today’s successful launch of an X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator marks a significant turning point for Naval Aviation,...

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    Jets and More Jets: A Tour of Naval Air Station Oceana

    “I won’t be offended if you turn away to watch the planes flying. I do it myself all the time,” NAS Oceana commanding officer...

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    Naval History Blog

    Honoring Admiral Farragut’s Gravesite as a National Historic Landmark

    The naval officer best known for his famous quote: “Damn the torpedoes, Full speed ahead!” is being honored. For naval history purest...

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    30th Naval Construction Regiment Command History

      For over 70 years, the men and women of the Naval Construction Force have been giving their all to protect our Nation and serve our armed...

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    May 17, 1942: USS Tautog sinks Japanese submarine I-28

    This article appeared in the March 1958 issue of Proceedings, published as Deep Battleground by Commander Charles W. Rush, Jr., USN. May 17, 1942...

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    The Legend of the USS ENTERPRISE

      The month of May historically has been an important time for the USS Enterprise. On May 12, 1938 the USS Enterprise CV-6 was commissioned and on...

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    @HistoryNavyNews Manned and Ready

    Open letter to naval history enthusiasts and Twitter users: I’m Dave Werner, and earlier this year I joined the Naval History and Heritage Command...

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    Naval Institute Foundation

    Proceedings Magazine - April 2013 Vol. 139/4/1,322
    A View from Manhattan Naval Institute Commodore Michael Wiseman, managing partner at the Sullivan & Cromwell (S&C) law firm in New York City, hosted and sponsored a reception in late February, featuring as keynote speaker Institute CEO...
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