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Hybrid Warfare Helps Russia Level the Playing Field

Despite a defense budget less than a tenth the size of the United States’, Russia has honed the application of hybrid war techniques to...

AI Will Change the Balance of Power

Artificial intelligence and autonomous systems will disrupt the traditional calculation of military power. To adapt, the United States must stay...

Ready, Responsive, Relevant?

Innovative Thinking to Retain Women

Prepare to Fight in Megacities

For urban warfare training to be real, the city has to move.

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Report to Congress U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Procurement

The following is the Aug. 3, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Coast Guard Cutter...

After Years of Waiting, Blue Angels Set for ‘Super’ Upgrade

The world-famous U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron — the Blue Angels — is set...

Shipbuilding Industry Pushing to Accelerate Amphibious Ship Construction

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. – The Navy should accelerate the production of its two newest...

Report to Congress on U.S. Navy Ship Naming Conventions

The following is the Aug. 2, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Ship Names:...

Marine Missing from USS Essex Presumed Dead as Search Concludes

A Marine who went missing from USS Essex (LHD-2) last week is now presumed dead after the Navy...

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As I Recall - Ernie King: A Sensitive SOB?

Unlike most of the U.S. Naval Institute’s oral histories, which contain the recollections of seagoing line officers, the...

Bluejacket's Manual - On the Lookout

On the night of 8–9 August 1942 off Savo Island, the Japanese 8th Fleet surprised an Allied task force protecting the landing at Guadalcanal...

Historic Ships - The Red American Cruiser

The second of ten scout cruisers of the Omaha class, the USS Milwaukee (CL-5) had, with one...

Historic Aircraft - Ever Hear of the Sea Horse?

The outstanding U.S. land-based fighter of the World War II era was the P-51 Mustang. North American Aviation produced 14,819 Mustangs during the...

On Our Scope

Americans are rightfully proud of the wartime service and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform. But occasionally, while under the spell of...

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Female Navy Recruits Get First 'Dixie Cup' Hats at Boot Camp

The Navy's Recruit Training Command at Great Lakes Illinois marked another milestone in efforts to make uniforms more gender-specific Monday when fema...

China aims to prepare military for battle by ending paid contract work

China has ordered its armed forces to end all paid outside work within three years as part of a push to make the world's largest standing military mor...

Navy: 8 Sailors Aboard Carrier USS Eisenhower Hurt During Landing

Eight sailors were injured aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower during an aircraft landing off Virginia's coast, the Navy said....

U.S., South Korea stage assault drill; North threatens to wipe out enemies

U.S. and South Korean troops staged a big amphibious landing exercise on Saturday, storming simulated North Korean beach defenses. ...

Marine Corps Wants Funding to Improve Security at Recruiting Centers

Ten months after a gunman opened fire in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the Corps is still working to bolster the security of its recruiting officers....

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Fighting the Future AirSea Battle

Establishing air-support operations centers at sea is the key to defeating potential dynamic maritime threats.Uproar 11, a flight of two F/A-18E Super...

Expanding the Non-Kinetic Warfare Arsenal

To meet the challenges and threats of the information age, the Navy is realizing that cyberspace means a lot more than just the Internet.The definitio...

Oceans - Race to the Bottom of the Sea—Seven Miles Deep

In 2010 three groups announced plans to develop and send a manned submersible to the deepest place in the World Ocean, the almost seven-miles-down &ld...

The Transformation (Again!) of the Surface Navy

In the 1980s, the Tomahawk cruise missile expanded the surface Navy’s role; in the 2000s, new technologies continue to enhance surface warfare&r...

Maximizing Minimum Manning

The Navy can get more from less. Using fewer but better-prepared engineers will cut costs and improve readiness. The key is in the training.Few days p...

U.S. Naval Institute Blog

A National Military Parade Is Not Necessary At This Time

As a retired, 77-year-old, 30-year Marine sergeant major and Vietnam combat veteran, I offer the following comments pertaining to President Trump’...

On Midrats 12 August 2018 – Episode 449: Ethics, Professionalism, Education & the Military Professional

Please join us at 5pm (EDT) on 12 August 2018 for Midrats Episode 449: Ethics, Professionalism, Education & the Military Professional A...

Full Spectrum Integration – A Strategic Deterrent

In the next two decades, the U.S. military will contend with threats requiring skills of unprecedented breadth and complexity. While the billions...

So, you want a real small-water, littoral, partner-nation challenge?

Here at USNI’s various publication mediums and elsewhere in the maritime corner of the natsec information ecosystem, a lot has been written...

Study Sea Power to Understand Air Power

U.S. Air Force officers and officials ought to study the canon of maritime theorists. Few of the greats had much to say about air power. In fact,...

Naval History Blog

Today in Naval History: The Capture of the U.S. Brig Argus by H.M Brig Pelican

Two hundred and five years ago today, on 14 August 1813, the U.S. Brig Argus, under command of Captain William H. Allen, fought her final battle...

Past as Prologue in U.S.-Mexican Relations

U.S. national security relations with Mexico stretch back to the 1840s and the presidency of James K. Polk, when the United States wanted to...

9 Most Insane Quotes from Military Dictators

Benito Mussolini: 1922-1943 Quote: “Let us have a dagger between our teeth, a bomb in our hands, and an infinite scorn in our hearts....

Commencing the Attack on Guadacanal

On 7 August 1942 the Allied forces began their first major counter-offensive against the Japanese at Guadalcanal. Since Pearl Harbor the U.S. had...

Ticonderoga: The Almost-First Steam-Powered Warship

Demologos, later renamed Fulton after its creator Robert Fulton, was the first steam-powered vessel in the U.S. Navy in 1815. The unique floating...

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Naval Institute Foundation

Proceedings Magazine - June 2017 Vol. 143/6/1,372

Recent Honorary and Memorial Gifts Gifts of support to the Naval Institute have been made in the name of the following: In honor of: A. Denis Clift, by Keith Hahn Jennifer Grove, by Robert Rose, DDS LCDR Robert B. Leet, USNR (Ret.), by Tracy Jaquier...