Eric Schuck

Commander Eric Schuck, U.S. Navy Reserve, is a supply corps officer and currently commands Navy Reserve Logistics Readiness Center Detachment 219 at Navy Operational Support Center Pearl Harbor. On the civilian side, he is an economics professor at Linfield College in Oregon and holds a doctorate from Washington State University.

Articles by Eric Schuck

Navy Reserve recruiting should focus on a simple task: convincing sailors to keep choosing the Navy.

The Navy Must Improve Navy Reserve Retention

By Captain Eric Schuck, U.S Navy Reserve

November 2023

The Navy must do more to educate sailors about opportunities in the Navy Reserve.

The AVF Is at a Crossroad

By Captain Eric Schuck, U.S. Navy Reserve

August 2023

Rising personnel costs are on a collision course with the Navy’s ambitious shipbuilding goals.

Economic Warfare: The Union Blockade in the Civil War

By Commander Eric Schuck, U.S. Navy Reserve

October 2021

The Union Navy's blockade devastated the Confederacy's economy during the Civil War.

U.S. Marines unload supplies at Guadalcanal

Shoestring Logistics Lessons from Guadalcanal

By Commander Eric Schuck, U.S. Navy Reserve

November 2019

The Navy’s adaptations at Guadalcanal can help modern logisticians plan future amphibious landings.

Nobody Asked Me, But . . .It's Time for a Golden Octopus

By Lieutenant Eric Schuck, SC, U.S. Navy Reserve

July 2008

The girl behind the espresso stand cocked her head, looked over my cammies and asked a by-now-familiar question as she handed me my first coffee for the day: "Are you ...