ESSAY CONTEST ARCHIVE
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Essay Contests - 2000 to Present
| 2009 General Prize Essay Contest Winners | ||
| First Prize | Kirk Ross | "Where Marines Could Be Marines" |
| Second Prize | Commander Henry J. Hendrix, USN | "Buy Fords, Not Ferraris" |
| Third Prize | Barrett Tillman | "Fear and Loathing in the Post-Naval Era" |
| Third Prize | Andrew Erickson and David Yang | "On the Verge of a Game-Changer" |
| 2008 General Prize Essay Contest Winners | ||
| First Prize | Colonel Mark Cancian, USMC (Ret.) | "Capitalizing on al Qaeda's Mistakes" |
| Second Prize | Lieutenant Daniel A. Hancock, USN | "The Navy's Not Serious About Riverine Warfare" |
| Third Prize | Captain Charity Winters, USAF | "Not Home Yet..." |
| Third Prize | Captain Kevin S.J. Eyer, USN | "The Bitter Cost of Business" |
| 2007 Arleigh Burke Essay Contest Winners | ||
| First Prize | Commander David Allan Adams, USN | "Preemption without Regime Change" |
| Second Prize | Commander John Patch, USN | "The Navy Homeland Role: Vigilant Guard or Forward Defense?" |
| Third Prize | Lieutenant Commander John D. Dotson, USN | "A New Naval Strategy for a New Century" |
| Third Prize | Lieutenant Commander Thomas VanHook, MC, USN | "On Demand: Sustaining the Military Health Benefit at a Reasonable Cost" |
| 2007 General Prize Essay Contest Winners | ||
| First Prize | Commander Henry J. Hendrix, II | "Control of the Sea Protects the New Global Heartland" |
| 2006 General Prize (Arleigh Burke Essay) Contest Winners | ||
| First Prize | Rear Admiral William J. Holland, USN (Ret.) | "The Fleet: Low Profile Today—Vital Tomorrow" |
| Second Prize | Nate Braden | "The Storozhevoy Mutiny" |
| Third Prize | Commander Christopher R. Davis, USNR | "The Navy Needs a Strategy, and This One Fits the Bill" |
| 2005 General Prize (Arleigh Burke Essay) Contest Winners | ||
| First Prize | Commander John Patch, USN | "Sea Basing: Sound Concept or Chimera?" |
| Second Prize | Lieutenant Commander Eric R. Johns, USN (Ret.) | "Boats in the Water, Boots on the Ground" |
| Third Prize | Captain John Byron, USN (Ret.) | "Three Great Apes" |
| 2004 General Prize (Arleigh Burke Essay) Contest Winners | ||
| First Prize | Paul H. Marx | "Barbarians at the Gate: Sea Power 21" |
| Second Prize | Rear Admiral William J. Holland, Jr., USN (Ret.) | "The Navy in the Twenty-first Century: More Than Hauling Marines" |
| Third Prize | Captain John Byron, USN (Ret.) | "U.S. Navy, Inc." |
| Third Prize | Captain Randall G. Bowdish, USN | "Between Scylla and Charybdis: Discussion and Dissent in the Navy" |
| 2003 General Prize (Arleigh Burke Essay) Contest Winners | ||
| First Prize | Captain Chris Johnson, USN (Ret.) | "Net Centric Fogs Accountability" |
| Second Prize | Captain Sam Tangredi, USN | "Rebalancing the Fleet, Round 2" |
| Third Prize | Commander Kevin S.J. Eyer, USN | "How Does It Profit a Man?" |
| 2002 General Prize (Arleigh Burke Essay) Contest Winners | ||
| Prize Winner | Captain Terry C. Pierce, USN | "Sunk Costs Sink Innovation" |
| First Honorable Mention | Captain Sam Tangredi, USN | "Imagined Conflicts, Ethical Differences: The Fantasy of the Growing Civil-Military Gap" |
| Second Co-Honorable Mention | Lieutenant Commander Douglas L. Edson, USN | "Naval Warfare: A Necessary Proficiency" |
| Second Co-Honorable Mention | Captain John Byron, USN (Ret.) | "A Navy Out of Balance" |
| 2001 General Prize (Arleigh Burke Essay) Contest Winners | ||
| Prize Winner | Commander Sheila A. Scarborough, USN | "Network-Centric Warfare Meets the Laws of the Navy" |
| First Honorable Mention | Lieutenant Kenneth Ehlers Harbaugh, USN | "Bridging the Civil-Military Divide" |
| Second Honorable Mention | Captain Sam J. Tangredi, USN | "Regaining the Trust: Damage Control for the Crisis in Credibility" |
| 2000 General Prize (Arleigh Burke Essay) Contest Winners | ||
| Prize Winner | Captain Sam J. Tangredi, USN | "The Fall and Rise of Naval Forward Presence" |
| First Honorable Mention | Commander Charles W. Laingen, USN | "On War, in the New Millennium" |
| Second Honorable Mention | Lieutenant Thomas R. Williams II, USN | "Examining Junior Officer Professional Development in the Fleet" |
