Proceedings Magazine - March 2011 Vol. 137/3/1,297

Cover Story
Proceedings Digital Edition
Issue: Proceedings Magazine - March 2011 Vol. 137/3/1,297

A digital edition of the March issue of Proceedings is available for current USNI members to view. The magazine...

Continue Reading
Overlay

Open Content

The Commanders Respond: Rear Admiral Kudret Çela - Albanian Navy
America's military faces reductions in force and spending that could have a ripple effect. Proceedings asked the leaders...
Read More
The Commanders Respond: Vice Admiral Russell H. Crane - Royal Australian Navy

America's military faces reductions in force and spending that could have a ripple effect. Proceedings asked the leaders of the world...

Read More
The Commanders Respond: Commodore Roderick Bowe - Royal Bahamas Defence Force

America's military faces reductions in force and spending that could have a ripple effect. Proceedings asked the leaders of the world...

Read More
The Commanders Respond: Admiral Edmundo González Robles - Chilean Navy

America's military faces reductions in force and spending that could have a ripple effect. Proceedings asked the leaders of the world...

Read More
The Commanders Respond: Rear Admiral Ante Urlic - Croatian Navy

America's military faces reductions in force and spending that could have a ripple effect. Proceedings asked the leaders of the world...

Read More
The Commanders Respond: Admiral Pierre-François Forissier - French Navy

America's military faces reductions in force and spending that could have a ripple effect. Proceedings asked the leaders of the world...

Read More
The Commanders Respond: Vice Admiral Axel Schimpf - German Navy

America's military faces reductions in force and spending that could have a ripple effect. Proceedings asked the leaders of the world...

Read More
The Commanders Respond: Admiral Nirmal Verma - Indian Navy

America's military faces reductions in force and spending that could have a ripple effect. Proceedings asked the leaders of the world...

Read More
The Commanders Respond: Vice Admiral Paolo La Rosa - Italian Navy

America's military faces reductions in force and spending that could have a ripple effect. Proceedings asked the leaders of the world...

Read More
The Commanders Respond: Admiral Masahiko Sugimoto - Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

America's military faces reductions in force and spending that could have a ripple effect. Proceedings asked the leaders of the world...

Read More
The Commanders Respond: Hon. Timothy B. Grandoe - Liberian Coast Guard

America's military faces reductions in force and spending that could have a ripple effect. Proceedings asked the leaders of the world...

Read More
The Commanders Respond: Admiral Dato' Sri Abdul Azizbin Haji Jaafar - Royal Malaysian Navy

America's military faces reductions in force and spending that could have a ripple effect. Proceedings asked the leaders of the world...

Read More
The Commanders Respond: Admiral Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza - Mexican Navy

America's military faces reductions in force and spending that could have a ripple effect. Proceedings asked the leaders of the world...

Read More
The Commanders Respond: Vice Admiral Mattieu Borsboom - Royal Netherlands Navy

America's military faces reductions in force and spending that could have a ripple effect. Proceedings asked the leaders of the world...

Read More
The Commanders Respond: Rear Admiral A. J. Parr - Royal New Zealand Navy

America's military faces reductions in force and spending that could have a ripple effect. Proceedings asked the leaders of the world...

Read More
The Commanders Respond: Vice Admiral OS Ibrahim - Nigerian Navy

America's military faces reductions in force and spending that could have a ripple effect. Proceedings asked the leaders of the world...

Read More
The Commanders Respond: Rear Admiral Haakon Bruun-Hanssen, Royal Norwegian Navy

America's military faces reductions in force and spending that could have a ripple effect. Proceedings asked the leaders of the world...

Read More
The Commanders Respond: Admiral Noman Bashir - Pakistan Navy

America's military faces reductions in force and spending that could have a ripple effect. Proceedings asked the leaders of the world...

Read More
The Commanders Respond: Vice Admiral Ferdinand Golez - Philippine Navy

America's military faces reductions in force and spending that could have a ripple effect. Proceedings asked the leaders of the world...

Read More
The Commanders Respond: Admiral José Saldanha Lopes - Portuguese Navy

America's military faces reductions in force and spending that could have a ripple effect. Proceedings asked the leaders of the world...

Read More
The Commanders Respond: Lieutenant Colonel Michael Rosette - Seychelles Coast Guard

America's military faces reductions in force and spending that could have a ripple effect. Proceedings asked the leaders of the world...

Read More
The Commanders Respond: Vice Admiral Refiloe J. Mudim - South African Navy

America's military faces reductions in force and spending that could have a ripple effect. Proceedings asked the leaders of the world...

Read More
The Commanders Respond: Admiral Manuel Rebollo - Spanish Navy

America's military faces reductions in force and spending that could have a ripple effect. Proceedings asked the leaders of the world...

Read More
The Commanders Respond: Admiral Khamthorn Pumhiran - Royal Thai Navy

America's military faces reductions in force and spending that could have a ripple effect. Proceedings asked the leaders of the world...

Read More
The Commanders Respond: Admiral Ugur Yigit - Turkish Navy

America's military faces reductions in force and spending that could have a ripple effect. Proceedings asked the leaders of the world...

Read More
The Commanders Respond: Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope - Royal Navy

America's military faces reductions in force and spending that could have a ripple effect. Proceedings asked the leaders of the world...

Read More
Editor's Page

One of the most valuable aspects of our annual international navies issue is that it opens a window on the world and allows us to learn what...

Read More
Nobody Asked Me, But. . .

The LCS Needs Speed

In the 1916 Battle of Jutland, two Royal Navy battlecruisers exploded because their armor had been sacrificed for...

Read More
From the Deckplates

Square Peg in a Round Hole

Not everyone fits perfectly into the “model Sailor” mold we hope for. In these cases, we must...

Read More
Charting the Coast Guard's Course
The new Commandant evaluates the service’s recent successes but prescribes a pragmatic agenda.

Read More
'So Much We Don't Know'
An Interview with Donald Rumsfeld
 

He was a naval aviator and served as both the...

Read More
India's Cold Start Is Too Hot
Based on punitive offensive operations short of nuclear attack, India’s new doctrine against Pakistan flirts with...
Read More
Lest We Forget

Black Ships

Shortly after dawn on 8 July 1853, a squadron of American ships, commanded by Commodore Matthew Perry, appeared off the...

Read More
Naval Institute Foundation

McCampbell Oral History Is Available

The following is an excerpt from the just-released Naval Institute Oral History of the late...

Read More

Member Only Content

Proceedings Digital Edition

A digital edition of the March issue of Proceedings is available...

Read More
Comment & Discussion

The Wrong Ship at the Wrong Time

(See J. Patch...

Read More
Now Hear This

Be Able to Land the Landing Force!

For at least the past 25 years, defense cognoscenti have discounted both the likelihood...

Read More
Answering the Call

The Biggest Benefit Was Self-Confidence

As a youth, he was sure he wanted to join the Navy when he graduated from high school,...

Read More
NATO: Still a Force to Be Reckoned With
Reaching a balance between defense and security in the maritime dimension is a test for NATO’s newest strategy—with...
Read More
From Presence to Powerhouse
The navy of a crucial U.S. ally in the Far East has quietly been modernizing by leaps and bounds. The imperative now for the U.S...
Read More
World Navies in Review

Military budgets continue to tighten in many regions of the world, especially among NATO members, where countries suffer fallout from the...

Read More
Book Reviews

The Wrong War: Grit, Strategy, and the Way Out of Afghanistan

Bing West. New York: Random House, 2011. 336 pp. Intro. Maps....

Read More
Professional Notes

Use Our Diversity Better

By Lieutenant Commander Ted Johnson, U.S. Navy

Read More
Oceans

Surf’s Up! Energy from the Motions of the Oceans

Today, the world has abundant sources of hydrocarbons. North America alone has...

Read More
World Naval Developments

Naval Guard Debuts

Read More
From Our Archive

‘The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.’

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945)...

Read More
 
 

Conferences and Events

EAST: Joint Warfighting 2013

Tue, 2013-05-14 - Thu, 2013-05-16

Virginia Beach Virginia

The world is changing; our Nation is changing; and our Services are changing. At EAST: Joint Warfighting 2013, active duty...

2014 WEST Conference

View Event
View All

From the Press

CIRCLE OF TREASON
THE MARINES TAKE ANBAR
THE NAVAL INSTITUTE GUIDE TO THE SHIPS AND AIRCRAFT OF THE U.S. FLEET, 19th Edition

Why Become a Member of the U.S. Naval Institute?

As an independent forum for over 135 years, the Naval Institute has been nurturing creative thinkers who responsibly raise their voices on matters relating to national defense.

Become a Member Renew Membership

Member Services call 800-233-8764 or 410-268-6110
Powered by Unleashed Technologies