The Mission of the Institute is to provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write in order to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to national defense.
Galloway
Joe Galloway is best known as co-author of the national bestseller We Were Soldiers Once...and Young, later made into a critically acclaimed movie starring Mel Gibson. Mr. ...
Viet
Ha Mai Viet was born in North Vietnam in 1933. He graduated from the Thu Duc Reserve Officer School in 1955 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army of the Republic of ...
Phillips
Rufus Phillips became a member of the Saigon Military Mission in 1954 and the following year served as the sole adviser to two Vietnamese army pacification operations, earning ...
Herman
Jan K. Herman served as the Historian of the Navy Medical Department and Special Assistant to the Surgeon General for 33 years. He also produced an hour-long documentary, “The ...
