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Charles de Gaulle Fights ISIS

On 23 November 2015, the French nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, operating in the Persian Gulf, launched her first air strikes...

Editor's Page

As anyone who knows Proceedings can tell you, this is a contributor-driven publication. The members of the professional staff do not write the...

CEO Notes

Annual Meeting The U.S. Naval Institute Annual Meeting takes place on Thursday, 28 April 2016, at the Center for Strategic and International Studies...

Comment & Discussion

Maneuvering a DDG Safely and Tactically (See T. Ogden, pp. 80–82, March 2016 Proceedings)

Now Hear This - 'Misnavigation' or Spoofing?

On 12 January, images of two U.S. Navy boat crews captured by Iran competed in the media with those of President Barack Obama at the State of the...

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Navy Charges Maritime Recon Officer with Espionage in Rare ‘National Security Case’

The Navy has charged an active-duty maritime reconnaissance officer with passing U.S. military...

Unauthorized Fireworks, Unlawful Gambling on USS Bainbridge Leads to Relief of Leadership Triad

The senior leadership of the guided missile destroyer USS Bainbridge (DDG-96) – the ship best...

Navy, Marines Developing New CONOPS For Contested Littoral Operations

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Navy and Marine Corps are developing concepts of operations for...

Navy Will Decide In POM 2018 If It Can Build 2 Attack Subs in 2021

If the Navy is going to maintain its rate of building two Virginia-class attack submarines a...

Document: Report to Congress on Maritime Disputes Involving China

The following is the April 1, 2016 Congressional Research Service report, Maritime Territorial...

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On 20 September 1945, two-and-a-half weeks after he’d hosted the formal Japanese surrender on board his flagship, Admiral William F. Halsey...

Contributors

Alan Fraser Houston, MD, a graduate of Amherst College, served from 1969 to 1972 as a flight surgeon in the U.S. Navy. His...

Looking Back - When the Forum Wasn't Open

The strength of the U.S. Naval Institute has been the integrity of its open forum. At the 2011 Annual Meeting, its members rose up in indignation...

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Armaments & Innovations - The Instrumental Oerlikon

One of the most widely used naval weapons of World War II, the 20-mm Oerlikon antiaircraft cannon was installed aboard virtually every U.S. Navy...

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Female Navy Recruits Get First 'Dixie Cup' Hats at Boot Camp

The Navy's Recruit Training Command at Great Lakes Illinois marked another milestone in efforts to make uniforms more gender-specific Monday when fema...

China aims to prepare military for battle by ending paid contract work

China has ordered its armed forces to end all paid outside work within three years as part of a push to make the world's largest standing military mor...

Navy: 8 Sailors Aboard Carrier USS Eisenhower Hurt During Landing

Eight sailors were injured aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower during an aircraft landing off Virginia's coast, the Navy said....

Lt. Gen. John Hesterman removed over 'unprofessional relationship' with married officer

The U.S. Air Force has removed its assistant vice chief of staff, Lt. Gen. John Hesterman, after an investigation revealed he had engaged in an "unpro...

Lori Robinson, Air Force general, nominated to become first woman combatant commander

Air Force Gen. Lori Robinson will be named to be the head of U.S. Northern Command, making her the nation's first female combatant commander, Defense ...

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Fighting the Future AirSea Battle

Establishing air-support operations centers at sea is the key to defeating potential dynamic maritime threats. ...

Expanding the Non-Kinetic Warfare Arsenal

To meet the challenges and threats of the information age, the Navy is realizing that cyberspace means a lot more than just the Internet.The definitio...

Oceans - Race to the Bottom of the Sea—Seven Miles Deep

In 2010 three groups announced plans to develop and send a manned submersible to the deepest place in the World Ocean, the almost seven-miles-down ...

The Transformation (Again!) of the Surface Navy

In the 1980s, the Tomahawk cruise missile expanded the surface Navy’s role; in the 2000s, new technologies continue to enhance surface warfar...

Maximizing Minimum Manning

The Navy can get more from less. Using fewer but better-prepared engineers will cut costs and improve readiness. The key is in the training. ...

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White Hulls to the Front in WESTPAC

There is something happening in WESTPAC that needs a closer look. In addressing China’s push in to the sea, the Western response is almost...

The Camouflaged Short: Inside the Next Doomsday Machine

In 2010, author Michael Lewis wrote The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine. It has since become a major motion picture. The plot unfolds...

The Second Derivative and the Third Offset

“It is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; it is not the strongest that survives; but the species that survives is the one...

On Midrats 3 April 2016, Episode 326: Undersea Lawfare with RADM Johnson, USN (Ret) and CAPT Palmer, USN

Please join us at 5pm (EDT) on 3 April 2016 for Midrats Episode 326: Undersea Lawfare with RADM Johnson, USN (Ret) and CAPT Palmer, USN DARPA...

Exercise Obangame/Saharan Express: Enabling African Solutions to African Problems

In 2008, just before the official stand-up of the new Combatant Command in Stuttgart, Germany, I listened to General “Kip” Ward, AFRICOM’s first...

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Survey Results: What is The Greatest Warship of All Time?

This is cross-posted from USNI News. USNI News asked its readers, “What is the greatest warship of all time and why?” Though what makes a warship...

Mine Over Matter

On the evening of 14 April 1988, Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) was steaming though the Persian Gulf when her forward lookout spotted several ominous...

100 Years of U.S. Coast Guard Aviation

In honor of the 100th Anniversary of U.S. Coast Guard Aviation, we present its history through photos. Lieutenant Elmer Stone arrives at the Naval...

Salty Talk: “Turning a Blind Eye”

It is a rare occasion when the appearance of a word or phrase in a language can be dated with precision, but such is the case with one, which...

Salty Talk: “Turning a Blind Eye”

It is a rare occasion when the appearance of a word or phrase in a language can be dated with precision, but such is the case with one, which...

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Proceedings Magazine - April 2016 Vol. 142/4/1,358

In His Own Words: Gregory E. Glaros I first became aware of the Naval Institute as a midshipman at the Naval Academy in 1982. I joined shortly after graduating and have remained a member. It is always good to have an intellectual dialogue with your...