Dr. Pierce served as a naval officer for 28 years, retiring in 2005 as a captain from the Naval Postgraduate School as associate dean. He commanded the USS Whidbey Island (LSD-41) and was Chief of Staff, Amphibious Forces 7th Fleet. He is currently serving as the director of the U.S Department of Homeland Security Center of Innovation at the U.S. Air Force Academy for the DHS Science and Technology director.

Articles by Terry C. Pierce

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Learning to Ride Tsunamis

By Captain Terry Pierce, U.S. Navy (Retired)
November 2015
2015 Innovation & Risk: Striking the Right Balance Essay Contest Winner, Sponsored by Engility
ESG-2:WASP (LHD-1); YORKTOWN (CG-48); LEYTE GULF (CG-55); WHIDBEY ISLAND (LSD-41); SHREVEPORT (LPD-12); MCFAUL (DDG-74); CONNECTICUT (SSN-22) (NOT SHOWN); 22ND MEU (SOC) (EMBARKED). U.S. NAVY (DAVID

Expeditionary Strike Groups Are Misaligned

By Captain Terry C. Pierce, USN
May 2004
Expeditionary strike group forward-deployed naval forces (ESG FDNF) remains an undervalued concept. Although it was in Chief of Naval Operations Vernon Clark’s “Guidance for 2004” as one of the extraordinary ...
TCN

Sunk Costs Sink Innovation

By Captain Terry C. Pierce, USN
May 2002
The tactical component network could outperform the cooperative engagement capability at a fraction of the cost—if the Navy would give it a chance.
CARL "TANK" SHIREMAN

Obey the Iron Law

By Terry Pierce
November 1997
Amphibious operational effectiveness is related directly to the degree to which one commander has authority over all parts of the naval expeditionary force-the "Iron Law" of unity of command-and that ...
NAVAL WAR COLLEGE

We Gotta Have a War-Fightin' Revival

By Commander Terry Pierce, U.S. Navy
August 1997
The U.S. military is in a pitched battle for its soul. Does the future belong to machines or people? General Krulak and Admiral Boorda started a process of critical thinking ...