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    The Human-Machine Team Failed Vincennes
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    Mission Command and Zero Error Tolerance Cannot Coexist
    To enable true mission command, the Navy must dismantle its zero-defect mentality. It is doubtful World War II heroes Chester Nimitz, Ernest King,...
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    The Other Mine Warfare Will Work
    The Navy has a blind spot about offensive mining, but technological advances and a new concept of operations could make it a game changer.
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    Fighting Through Silence
    The Marine Corps must prepare to fight in electromagnetic darkness.
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    Icelandic Coast Guard Is a Player in NATO
    During the practice “Above the Sky,” held in cooperation with the Icelandic Association for Search and Rescue and the police on the Brei...
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    Votel: U.S. Urging Pakistan to Help Bring Taliban to Negotiating Table

    Despite better cooperation between the Pakistani and Afghan military in taking on the Taliban...

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    Pacific Pair of Mine Countermeasures Exercises Focus on International Cooperation

    A pair of Pacific mine countermeasures exercises are increasing the U.S. Navy’s ability to...

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

    The following is the July 3, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Ship Names:...

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    How USS San Diego Sank is Still an Open Question 100 Years Later

    Mine or torpedo? For a hundred years, the cause of the explosion that sank USS San Diego (ACR-6...

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    New Commander Takes Charge of Largest U.S. Navy Battle Force

    The Navy’s largest battle force has a new commander following a Wednesday ceremony on the...

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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...

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    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...

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    Historic Ships - The Red American Cruiser
     

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

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    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...

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    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...
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    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...
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    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....
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    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. ...
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    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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    Japan’s not so strange case of strategic hording

    You do not have to be some strange conspiracy theorist to wargame what might happen if Uncle Sam shrugged and the USA decided to exit the stage as...

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    Marine Air Ground Task Force Command and Control: A Short History

    MARINE AIR CONTROL SQUADRON-4 (MACS-4): From Moonman to Vicesquad *– the Marine Corps’ deployment of the first internet-like command and control...

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    On Midrats 15 July 2018 – Episode 445: How Small Ships Can Make a Big Navy Better

    Please join us at 5pm EDT on 8 July 2018 for Midrats Episode 445: How Small Ships Can Make a Big Navy Better Building off our discussions from...

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    What is beyond overthinking and analysis paralysis?

    When it comes to what our Navy needs for a corvette to frigate sized small surface combatant, does anyone really think we need to another reset on...

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    Ninjas Attack!

    Two weeks ago, we reviewed Captain Wayne Hughes’s diagnosis of what ails the U.S. Navy’s efforts to make itself an institution that thrives on...

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    The USS Essex From Mutiny to F-35s

    As reported by USNI News, the USS Essex quietly deployed last Tuesday, 10 July. [Essex Amphibious Ready Group Quietly Deployed on Tuesday with...

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    Story Time with ’72: USNA Class of 1972 Remembers I-Day from 50 Years Ago

    Thursday June 28th the U.S. Naval Academy inducted the newest class of midshipmen. On I-Day, just as it is every year, the yard was busy with...

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    Earn Your Ink: Celebrate National Tattoo Day!

    Getting “inked” is a tradition which spans back to the age of sail before the U.S. established its own navy. Many of the same tattoos...

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    Sailors Scream For Ice Cream!

    Few things are as important as coffee, tobacco, and ice cream in today’s Navy. Though coffee offers caffeine to get through long days and...

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    Drink to the Foam: The Navy’s Extensive History with Alcohol

    If you decided to sign up as a seaman in the U.S. Navy 156 ago today, you would have found a “gill of spirits”– about a quarter pint of hard...

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