David Adams

Much of the former Soviet Union's war in Afghanistan was a disaster, but some of the successes should be studied closely.

Instead of Iraqi Freedom-style regime change, we should adopt a strategy that preempts threats ala Carl von Clausewitz and masters the maritime principles championed by Alfred Thayer Mahan.

The nation's defense ultimately depends on command leaders with vision, decisiveness, and the courage of strong convictions—people like Arleigh Burke.

As it moves away from communism, China’s strategy is to use such forces as advanced missile batteries, diesel submarines, and Russian-built destroyers to dominate the Asian region. The United States ...

Steady presence is the name of the game.

Mahan got it right when he wrote, "Every danger of a military character to which the United States is exposed is best met outside her territory—at sea." Today, one of ...

The Navy needs to end the zero-defects game and return to its traditional moral standards.

The US Navy developed and fielded new capabilities in the years between WWI and WWII, but the Cold War and subsequent developments have raised the bar for US military peacetime ...

The littoral is potentially the bloodiest arena in which a modern navy has ever dared to fight, yet we continue to encourage the public expectation of quick victory with few—if ...