Weather and Command Decision

By Frederick W. Nagle
January 1964
The commander of an impending military operation must he ready to accept an equivocal weather prediction from his meteorological officer

Mahan's Historical Method

By Richard W. Smith, Major, U.S. Marine Corps
January 1964
Still, how did this “rather ordinary” naval officer so successfully span the gulf between his own and other men’s minds?

The South Vietnamese Navy

By R. P. W. Murphy, Lieutenant, U. S. Naval Reserve, and Edwin F. Black, Colonel, U. S. Army
January 1964
Two men are most directly responsible for the present organization of the Vietnamese Navy, the late Captain Ho Tan Quyen, South Vietnamese Chief of Naval Operations, (1960-1963) and his American ...

Let's Gear Training to the Job

By William F. Vose, Captain, U.S. Navy
January 1964
These less than ideal situations may have come about, says the author, because we have given a great deal of thought to what these men must be taught, and not ...

Comment and Discussion

January 1964
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Book Reviews and Book List

January 1964
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Professional Notes, Notebook and Progress

Edited by H. A. Seymour Captain, U. S. Navy & By Robert N. Ginsburgh, Colonel, U.S. Air Force, Robert E. May, Commander, U. S. Navy, Weapons Officer, USS Galveston (CLG-3), John Fricker British Aviation Writer & Robert A. Stephan, Lieutenant Commander, U. S. Navy
January 1964
Professional Notes THE NEW SOVIET MILITARY STRATEGY By Robert N. Ginsburgh, Colonel, U.S. Air Force The aim of Soviet military policy is to achieve military superiority over the West in ...
USS Fairview (PEC(R)-850)

USS Fairview (EPCER-850)

By Harold J. Sutphen, Lieutenant, U. S. Navy Lieutenant Sutphen was commanding officer of the Fairview from December 1961 to June 1963.
January 1964
A Page from the New Navy

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