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It's Not Just the Forward Deployed

By Vice Admiral Joseph Aucoin, U.S. Navy (Retired)
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USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: April 23, 2018

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THE LEADER'S BOOKSHELF by Adm. James Stavridis, USN (Ret.)

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U.S. & Japan Can Counter Chinese A2/AD By Captain Takuya Shimodaira, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

It's Not Just the Forward Deployed

Your Allies Have the Littorals – Send the LCSs!

Childhood Adversity Impacts the Corps

New findings suggest that challenging and traumatic experiences during formative years may lead to harmful outcomes as adults. Identifying at-risk...

Now Hear This: The Navy is Unprepared for Analog War

When electronics fail, the Navy must be able to fall back on analog equivalents—such as the marine sextant—to navigate, communicate, and...

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7th Fleet Overworked, Suffered Manning Shortage Ahead of Fatal Collisions, Says Former CO Aucoin

U.S. warships in the Western Pacific were overtasked and starved for manpower ahead of two fatal...

Concerns Emerge Over HASC Attempts to Create Single Head for Ready Force Generation

The House Armed Services Committee is looking to change the command and control system that...

White House Physician Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson Withdraws From Consideration to Head VA

White House physician Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson withdrew from consideration to be the head of the...

Report to Congress on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program

The following is the April 23, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, F-35 Joint Strike...

HASC Subcommittee Marks Recommend Additional Navy Ship Buys, Multi-Year Aircraft Deals

CAPITOL HILL – The House Armed Services Committee released sections of its Fiscal Year 2019...

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A Promise Kept

UPDATE: The wreckage of USS Helena (CL-50), the WWII-era St. Louis-class cruiser that survived the Japanese...

On Our Scope

The admiral “had some maddening habits,” one of his staff officers recalled. “He would play golf all the afternoon then return,...

As I Recall - 'We Gave a Tremendous Amount to Britain'

‘We Gave a Tremendous Amount to Britain’

Baldwin, for many years the military editor of The New York Times,...

In Contact

Fiasco in the Barents Sea

George Walker

Bluejacket's Manual - From Kamikazes to Tridents

Missiles have been used militarily since World War II and are a major component of modern naval weaponry. Rockets have been in use...

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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...

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Commanding Commanders

Commanding commanders requires an approach to leadership that builds trust, contributes to shared situational awareness, and strengthens the role...

Are you prepared to fight in silence

Always ask yourself, “Are my convenient assumptions garbage?” We train, man, and equip our forces based on a lot of assumptions. Not...

Restructure the Coast Guard Reserves into Support Roles

The time has come to examine and consider restructuring the role of Coast Guard Reserves within the service. Currently, there is not enough time...

On Midrats 22 April 2018- Episode 433: Reform, Readiness and the Navy’s Path Ahead, with Dr. James Holmes

Please join us at 5pm EDT on 22 April 2018 for Midrats Episode 433: Reform, Readiness and the Navy’s Path Ahead, with Dr. James Holmes How...

Cheer Up Admiral Sims!! There Still is No Naval War College

In the May—June 1916 issue of Naval Institute Proceedings, then-Captain William S. Sims, U.S. Navy, wrote an article titled, “Cheer Up!! There is...

Naval History Blog

John Paul Jones and the North Channel Naval Duel

Dear reader, have you heard of John Paul Jones? Prior to working at the Naval Institute, I would have an easier time discussing Davey Jones than...

Side Glances at Operation Crossroads

One of the benefits of digitized archives are the ability to call up pieces of the past that are physically apart from each other and see them all...

Cats in the Sea Services

Sailors and cats have a special relationship that dates back thousands of years. It is likely that the ancient Egyptians were the first seafarers...

Seaplanes: The End (of the beginning)

By the end of the war, the Navy had a number of advanced seaplane designs in the works – the JRM Mars and H-4 Hercules, the Spruce Goose, in...

World War II Submarine Commanders

The United States Naval Institute Oral History Archive features the reminiscences of the legendary Captain Slade D. Cutter. Cutter turned down a...

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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...