2012 General Prize Essay Contest

Selected Submissions

First Prize

America Must Be Careful Where it Pivots

Captain Gerard D. Roncolato, U.S. Navy (Retired)

Second Prize

Rekindling the Killer Instinct

Commander Brian McGuirk, U.S. Navy

Third Prize

Cloud Combat: Thinking Machines in Future Wars

Lieutenant (junior grade) Mathew Hipple, U.S. Navy

Previous Winners

2023 General Prize Essay Contest Funded by Andrew and Barbara Taylor

First Prize

Replicate Ordnance, Not Cheap Drones

Captain Sam Tangredi, U.S. Navy (Retired)

Second Prize

The Next Taiwan Crisis Will (Almost) Certainly Involve Nuclear Threats

The Honorable James H. Anderson

Third Prize

Torpedoes: Get Smaller to Think Bigger

Lieutenant Commander Patrick Rawlinson, U.S. Navy

2022 General Prize Essay Contest Funded by Andrew and Barbara Taylor

First Prize

Submarines Will Reign in a War with China

Mike Sweeney

Second Prize

Strategy By Other Means

Lieutenant Commander Aaron Marchant, U.S. Navy

Third Prize

Fighting When the Network Dies

Captain Sam J. Tangredi, U.S. Navy (Retired)

2021 General Prize Essay Contest Funded by Andrew and Barbara Taylor

First Prize

Don't Buy Warships (Yet)

First Lieutenant David Alman, Alabama Air National Guard

Second Prize

The Myth of Maritime Counterinsurgency

Lieutenant Commander Brian Hayes, U.S. Navy Reserve (Retired)

Third Prize

Keep War Confined to the 'Seas'

Captain Sam Tangredi, U.S. Navy (Retired)

2020 General Prize Essay Contest Funded by Andrew and Barbara Taylor

First Prize

Sun Tzu Versus AI: Why Artificial Intelligence Can Fail in Great Power Conflict

Captain Sam Tangredi, U.S. Navy (Retired)

Second Prize

Diving Off the Platform-Centric Mind-set

Lieutenant Commander Evan Karlik, U.S. Navy

Third Prize

The Fallacy of Presence

Chief Boatswain's Mate Phillip Null, U.S. Coast Guard

2019 General Prize Essay Contest Funded by Andrew and Barbara Taylor

First Prize

100,0000 Tons of Inertia

Lieutenant Commander Jeff Vandenengel, U.S. Navy

Second Prize

Win Without Fighting

Hunter Stires

Third Prize

Kanyon's Reach: Rethinking the Nuclear Triad in the Autonomous Age

Lieutenant Commander Joshua M. Portzer, U.S. Navy

2018 General Prize Essay Contest Funded by Andrew and Barbara Taylor

First Prize

The South China Sea Needs a ‘COIN’ Toss

Hunter Stires

Second Prize

‘Go Straight at ’Em!’: Training and Operating with Mission Command

Lieutenant Commander Graham C. Scarbro, U.S. Navy

Third Prize

The Navy Needs AI, It’s Just Not Certain Why

Captain George V. Galdorisi, U.S. Navy (Retired)

2017 General Prize Essay Contest Funded by Andrew and Barbara Taylor

First Prize

How We Lost the Great Pacific War

Captain Dale C. Rielage, U.S. Navy

Second Prize

There's Rot In Our Hulls

Lieutenant (jg) Daniel Stefanus, U.S. Navy

Third Prize

People Over Payloads

Lieutenant Brendan E. Cordial, U.S. Navy

2016 General Prize Essay Contest Funded by Andrew and Barbara Taylor & the Crawford Taylor Foundation

First Prize

Embracing the Dark Battle

Lieutenant (jg) Daniel Stefanus, U.S. Navy

Second Prize

Act on Commander's Intent

Captain Dale C. Rielage, U.S. Navy

Third Prize

Hard to Lee: New Naval Priorities for a Multipolar World

Commander Benjamin "BJ" Armstrong, U.S. Navy

2015 General Prize Essay Contest

First Prize

@AdmNelson

Lieutenant Commander Jared M. Wilhelm, U.S. Navy

Second Prize

Twilight of Manned Flight?

Commander Brendan Stickles, U.S. Navy

Third Prize

What Makes the CPO Mess Tick

Fleet Master Chief Petty Officer Paul Kingsbury, U.S. Navy

2014 General Prize Essay Contest

First Prize

Operating in an Age of Austerity

Lieutenant Commander Wolf Melbourne, U.S. Navy

Second Prize

The Coming Era of 'Omnispatial Warfare'

Lieutenant Ryan Hilger, U.S. Navy

Third Prize

Sea Power & Fortitude

Lieutenant Roger Misso, U.S. Navy

2013 General Prize Essay Contest

First Prize

Reinvent the Fifth Armed Service, Quickly

Captain Jim Howe, U.S. Coast Guard (Retired), and Lieutenant Jim Dolbow, U.S. Coast Guard Reserve

Second Prize

Parsing the Chinese Challenge

Commander Dale C. Rielage, U.S. Navy

Third Prize

The Utility of a Three-Tiered Navy

Rear Admiral Robert O. Wray Jr., U.S. Navy

2011 General Prize Essay Contest

First Prize

Technological Superiority is NOT a Panacea

Dr. Milan Vego

First Prize

China's Naval Challenge

Dr. Milan Vego

First Prize

AirSea Battle Must Not Work Alone

Dr. Milan Vego

Second Prize

Chinese Missiles and the Walmart Factor

Lieutenant Commander Matthew Harper, U.S. Navy

Third Prize

How Are the Mighty Fallen

Captain Kevin Eyer, U.S. Navy (Retired)

Third Prize

Away All . . . Hovercraft!

Commander In H. Ha, U.S. Navy

2010 General Prize Essay Contest

First Prize

You Can't Always Give What You Want

Captain Victor G. Addison Jr., U.S. Navy

First Prize

Got Sea Control?

Captain Victor G. Addison Jr., U.S. Navy

First Prize

The Answer Is the Carrier Strike Group...Now, What Was the Question?

Captain Victor G. Addison Jr., U.S. Navy

First Prize

The Joint Force's "Wildcat Offense"

Captain Victor G. Addison Jr., U.S. Navy

Second Prize

Braced for the Next Response

Dr. Joe DiRenzo III and Vice Admiral James D. Hull, U.S. Coast Guard (Retired)

Third Prize

Where’s the Special Trust and Confidence?

Captain Brian J. Donlon, U.S. Marine Corps

Third Prize

What Really Happened at Wanat

Kirk Ross

2009 General Prize Essay Contest

First Prize

Where Marines Could Be Marines

Kirk Ross

Second Prize

Buy Fords, Not Ferraris

Commander Henry J. Hendrix, U.S. Navy

Third Prize

Fear and Loathing in the Post-Naval Era

Barrett Tillman

Third Prize

On the Verge of a Game-Changer

Andrew Erickson and David Yang

2008 General Prize Essay Contest

First Prize

Capitalizing on al Qaeda's Mistakes

Colonel Mark Cancian, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired)

Second Prize

The Navy's Not Serious About Riverine Warfare

Lieutenant Daniel A. Hancock, U.S. Navy

Third Prize

Not Home Yet...

Captain Charity Winters, U.S. Air Force

Third Prize

The Bitter Cost of Business

Captain Kevin S. J. Eyer, U.S. Navy

2007 General Prize (Arleigh Burke) Essay Contest Sponsored by Northrup Grumman

First Prize

Commander David Allan Adams, U.S. Navy

Second Prize

The Navy's Homeland Role: Vigilant Guard or Forward Defense?

Commander John Patch, U.S. Navy

Third Prize

Lieutenant Commander John D. Dotson, U.S. Navy

Third Prize

On Demand: Sustaining the Military Health Benefit at a Reasonable Cost

Lieutenant Commander R. Thomas. VanHook, Medical Corps, U.S. Navy

2006 General Prize (Arleigh Burke) Essay Contest Sponsored by Northrup Grumman

First Prize

The Fleet: Low Profile Today, Vital Tomorrow

Rear Admiral William J. Holland, U.S. Navy (Retired)

Second Prize

Reading the Signs of Threat Transformation

Nate Braden

Third Prize

Commander Christopher R. Davis, U. S. Naval Reserve

2005 General Prize (Arleigh Burke) Essay Contest

First Prize

Sea Basing: Chasing the Dream

Commander John Patch, U.S. Navy

Second Prize

Boats in the Water, Boots on the Ground

Lieutenant Commander Eric R. Johns, U.S. Navy (Retired)

Third Prize

Three Great Apes

Captain John Byron, U.S. Navy (Retired)

2004 General Prize (Arleigh Burke) Essay Contest

First Prize

Barbarians at the Gate

Paul H. Marx

Second Prize

The Navy Is More Than Hauling Marines

Rear Admiral William J. Holland, Jr., U.S. Navy (Retired)

Third Prize

U.S. Navy, Inc.

Captain John Byron, U.S. Navy (Retired)

Third Prize

Between Scylla and Charybdis: Discussion and Dissent in the Navy

Captain Randall G. Bowdish, U.S. Navy

2003 General Prize (Arleigh Burke) Essay Contest

First Prize

Net-centric Fogs Accountability

Captain Chris Johnson, U.S. Navy (Retired)

Second Prize

Rebalancing the Fleet, Round 2

Captain Sam Tangredi, U.S. Navy

Third Prize

What Shall It Profit a Man?

Commander Kevin S.J. Eyer, U.S. Navy

2002 General Prize (Arleigh Burke) Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Sunk Costs Sink Innovation

Captain Terry C. Pierce, U.S. Navy

First Honorable Mention

Captain Sam Tangredi, U.S. Navy

Second Co-Honorable Mention

Lieutenant Commander Douglas L. Edson, U.S. Navy

Second Co-Honorable Mention

A Navy Out of Balance

Captain John Byron, U.S. navy (Retired)

2001 General Prize (Arleigh Burke) Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Network-Centric Warfare Meets the Laws of the Navy

Commander Sheila A. Scarborough, U.S. Navy

First Honorable Mention

Bridging the Civil-Military Divide

Lieutenant Kenneth Ehlers Harbaugh, U.S. Navy

Second Honorable Mention

Regaining the Trust

Captain Sam J. Tangredi, U.S. Navy

2000 General Prize (Arleigh Burke) Essay Contest

Prize Winner

The Fall and Rise of Naval Forward Presence

Captain Sam J. Tangredi, U.S. Navy

First Honorable Mention

On War—It's Not Just a Military Affair Anymore

Commander Charles W. Laingen, U.S. Navy

Second Honorable Mention

It's More Than a Trade

Lieutenant Thomas R. Williams II, U.S. Navy

1999 General Prize (Arleigh Burke) Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Human-Centric Warfare

Commander Alan D. Zimm, U.S. Navy (Retired)

First Honorable Mention

War Fighting . . . and More

Commander David W. Glazier, U.S. Navy

Second Honorable Mention

Where Will All the Admirals Go?

Rear Admiral William J. Holland, Jr., U.S. Navy (Retired)

1998 General Prize (Arleigh Burke) Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Teaching Elephants to Swim

Commander Terry C. Pierce, U.S. Navy

First Honorable Mention

The Sailor & the State

Captain John Byron, U.S. Navy

Second Honorable Mention

Building Surface Warriors

Lieutenant (jg) Michele A. Poole, U.S. Navy

1997 General Prize (Arleigh Burke) Essay Contest

Prize Winner

We Are Not Invincible

Lieutenant David Allan Adams, U.S. Navy

First Honorable Mention

SSNs: Supporting the Battle Group?

Commander P. Kevin Peppe, U. S. Navy

Second Honorable Mention

The Battle of the Lasting Impression

Stan Zimmerman

1996 General Prize (Arleigh Burke) Essay Contest

Prize Winner

ASW as Practiced in Birnam Wood

Captain Bruce Linder, U.S. Navy

First Honorable Mention

Moving Sea Power Ashore

Lieutenant Commander (SEL) Carol A. Hottenrott, U.S. Navy

Second Honorable Mention

Our Differing View of War

Lieutenant Commander Scott A. Hastings, U.S. Navy

1995 General Prize (Arleigh Burke) Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Why Sailors Are Different

Rear Admiral James A. Winnefeld, U.S. Navy (Retired)

Second Honorable Mention

Take All Corners

Lieutenant Dennis J. Palzkill, U.S. Navy

1994 General Prize (Arleigh Burke) Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Is There a Doctrine in the House?

Lieutenant Commander Scott A. Hastings, U.S. Navy

1993 General Prize (Arleigh Burke) Essay Contest

Prize Winner

A Crisis of Confidence

Lieutenant Commander Thomas M. Gallagher, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy

First Honorable Mention

Jointness Has Its Limits

Rear Admiral William J. Holland, Jr., .S. Navy (Retired)

Second Honorable Mention

The Ultimate Meritocracy

Lieutenant Sherman Baldwin, U. S. Navy

1992 General Prize (Arleigh Burke) Essay Contest

Prize Winner

John H. Mitchell

First Co-Honorable Mention

Regional Conflict Requires Naval Forces

Captain Roger W. Barnett, U.S. Navy (Retired)

First Co-Honorable Mention

Captain George V. Galdorisi, U.S. Navy

Second Co-Honorable Mention

ASW Is Still Job One

Rear Admiral William J. Holland, Jr., U.S. Navy (Retired)

Second Co-Honorable Mention

Those Damn Mines

Lieutenant Ernest Fortin, U. S. Naval Reserve

1991 General Prize (Arleigh Burke) Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Dr. James L. George

First Co-Honorable Mention

Naval Arms Control Wins

Captain Jon T. Hoffman, U.S. Marine Corps

Second Co-Honorable Mention

What If It's Peace?

Commander James J. Tritten, U.S. Navy (Retired)

Second Co-Honorable Mention

Amphibious Maneuver Warfare: Who's In Charge?

Lieutenant Commander Terry C. Pierce, U.S. Navy

1990 General Prize (Arleigh Burke) Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Correcting Three Strategic Mistakes

Lieutenant Niel L. Golightly, U.S. Navy

First Honorable Mention

Arms Control at Arm's Length

Ensign Charles M. Duquette, SC, U.S. Naval Reserve

Second Honorable Mention

Controlling C3

Lieutenant Charles A. Abel, U.S. Coast Guard

1989 General Prize (Arleigh Burke) Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Avoiding the Conventional Arms Control Bottle

Rear Admiral James A. Winnefeld, U.S. Navy (Retired)

First Honorable Mention

Dropping the Baton

Captain Linton F. Brooks, U.S. Navy

Second Honorable Mention

Selling Sea Power

Commander Thomas Grassey, U.S. Naval Reserve (Retired)

1988 General Prize (Arleigh Burke) Essay Contest

First Honorable Mention

Lieutenant Frederick A. Graf, U.S. Navy

Second Honorable Mention

A Maritime Strategy for 2038

Lieutenant Scott A. Hastings, U.S. Naval Reserve

1987 General Prize (Arleigh Burke) Essay Contest

Prize Winner

The Nuclear Maritime Strategy

Captain Linton F. Brooks, U.S. Navy

First Honorable Mention

The Maritime-Continental Debate Isn’t Over

Captain Roger W. Barnett, U.S. Navy (Retired)

Second Co-Honorable Mention

Acoustic Showdown for the SSNs

Lieutenant P. Kevin Peppe, U.S. Navy

1986 General Prize (Arleigh Burke) Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Dr. James L. George

First Honorable Mention

Ideology: The Bear’s Carrot

Commander James John Tritten, U.S. Navy

Second Honorable Mention

EXTRA: Terrorists Attack USN Ship

Lieutenant Commander Christopher Staszak, U.S. Naval Reserve

1985 General Prize (Arleigh Burke) Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Endgame

Captain Daniel S. Appleton, U.S. Navy (Retired)

First Honorable Mention

Plus Ca Change

Commander Linton Wells, II, U.S. Navy

Second Honorable Mention

Fathoming Soviet Intentions

Captain Roger W. Barnett, U.S. Navy (Retired)

1984 General Prize (Arleigh Burke) Essay Contest

Prize Winner

No Bastions for the Bear

David B. Rivkin, Jr.

First Honorable Mention

Castles, Knights, and Bishops in Naval Strategy

Captain Robert C. Powers, U.S. Navy

Second Co-Honorable Mention

Naval Strategy and National Ocean Policy

Lieutenant Commander James Stavridis, U.S. Navy

Second Co-Honorable Mention

Escalation and Naval Strategy

Captain Linton F. Brooks, U.S. Navy

1983 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Paradigms, Conventional Wisdom, and Naval Warfare

Lieutenant Commander T. Wood Parker, Jr., U.S. Navy

First Honorable Mention

The Return of Tactical Thought

Captain Robert C. Powers, U.S. Navy

Second Honorable Mention

Reviewing the Conventional Wisdom

Captain Andrew C.A. Jampoler, U.S. Navy

1982 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Tomahawk: The Implications of a Strategic / Tactical Mix

Lieutenant Paul G. Johnson, U.S. Navy

First Honorable Mention

A Basis for Tactical Thought

Theodore C. Taylor

Second Honorable Mention

Management of Change

Captain M. Eckhart, Jr., U.S. Navy (Retired)

1981 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Thinking Offensively

Lieutenant Commander T. Wood Parker, Jr., U.S. Navy

First Co-Honorable Mention

Needed: Flying Squadrons for Flexibility

Dr. James L. George

First Co-Honorable Mention

Missile Chess: A Parable

Captain Wayne P. Hughes, Jr., U.S. Navy

1980 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Mine Warfare: Promise Deferred

Captain Robert H. Smith, U.S. Navy (Retired)

First Honorable Mention

The Swinging Debate

Rear Admiral Robert J. Hanks, U.S. Navy (Retired)

Second Honorable Mention

The State of the Navy

Commander W.S. Hoffman, U.S. Navy

1979 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

U. S. National Strategy: Outward Bound ... with Inadequate Charts

Rear Admiral Robert Hanks, U.S. Navy (Retired)

First Honorable Mention

SALT and the Navy

Lieutenant James L. George. U.S. Navy (Retired)

Second Honorable Mention

Soviet-Cuban Enterprises in Africa

Robert T. Burns

1978 General Prize Essay Contest

First Honorable Mention

The Dilemma of the U.S. Pacific Fleet

Lieutenant Commander Kenneth R. McGruther, U.S. Navy

Second Honorable Mention

Potential Soviet Responses to the U. S. Submarine Threat

Andrew W. Hull

1977 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

The Specialized Character of NATO

Captain Joseph L. McClane, Jr., U.S. Navy (Retired)

First Honorable Mention

National Security Policy: Give the Public a Voice

Brigadier General Edwin F. Black, U. S. Army (Retired)

Second Honorable Mention

Should Military Unionization Be Permitted?

By Commander Charles L. Parnell, U.S. Navy

1976 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Tactical Development in the Fleet

Captain Robert H. Smith, U.S. Navy (Retired)

First Honorable Mention

Where Do We Go From Here?

Captain John E. Greenbacker, U.S. Navy (Retired)

1975 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Where is the Western Navy? The World Wonders

Commander Hans Garde, Royal Danish Navy

First Honorable Mention

National Security: Can We Sell the Program?

Captain R.D. Colvin, U.S. Navy

Second Honorable Mention

The Trend in Naval Power: A Crisis of Resolve

Norman L. Stone

1974 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Counterforce or Countervalue

Commander Roy L Beavers, U.S. Navy (Retired)

First Honorable Mention

The U. S. Sixth Fleet: Search for Consensus

Lieutenant Commander P. A. Dur, U.S. Navy

Second Co-Honorable Mention

On Hugging a Bear, Take Care

Captain Sayre A. Swarztrauber, U.S. Navy

Second Co-Honorable Mention

New Tools for Crisis Management

Hugh C. Ware

1973 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

A Different World

Colonel Robert Leider, U.S. Army

First Honorable Mention

The Lesson of Vietnam

Captain John E. Greenbacker, U. S. Navy (Retried)

Second Honorable Mention

The New Geopolitics

Rear Admiral Craig Homer, U.S. Naval Reserve

1972 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

A Balance of Powers

Raymond J. Barrett

First Honorable Mention

The Nuclear Carrier and Modern War

Captain Paul Schratz, U. S. Navy (Retired)

Second Co-Honorable Mention

Some Civilian Thoughts on the Navy

John C. Seymour

Second Co-Honorable Mention

The End of an Era

Commander Roy Beavers, U.S. Navy

1971 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

A United States Navy for the Future

Captain Robert H. Smith, U.S. Navy

First Honorable Mention

ASW—Now or Never

Captain James A. Winnefeld, U.S. Navy and Carl H. Builder

Second Honorable Mention

The Only Option?

George E. Lowe

1970 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Against All Enemies

Captain Robert J. Hanks, U.S. Navy

First Honorable Mention

After Vietnam

Captain Ralph E. Williams, Jr., SC, U.S. Navy (Retired)

Second Honorable Mention

Red Star over the Southern Sea

Captain Paul R. Schratz, U.S. Navy (Retired)

1969 General Prize Essay Contest

First Honorable Mention

The Elusive Goal of Nonproliferation

Stanley L. Harrison

Second Honorable Mention

The Paper Torpedo

Captain Robert J. Hanks, U.S. Navy

Third Honorable Mention

Victory in Limited War

Lieutenant Charles L. Parnell, U.S. Navy

1968 General Prize Essay Conteseet

Prize Winner

The Caesars, the Sieges, and the ABM

Captain Paul R. Schratz, U.S. Navy

First Honorable Mention

The High Price of Success

Captain Robert J. Hanks, U.S. Navy

Second Honorable Mention

Civilian Command or Civilian Control?

Captain Samuel P. Ingram, U.S. Naval Reserve

Third Honorable Mention

The Case for the Oceanic Strategy

George E. Lowe

1967 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Distant Rampart

Harold W. Rood

First Honorable Mention

South of Thirty

Captain John D. Chase, U.S. Navy

Second Honorable Mention

Of Hawks and Doves

Captain Gordon S. Hodgson, U.S. Navy

1966 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

The Submarine's Long Shadow

Commander Robert H. Smith, Jr., U.S. Navy

First Honorable Mention

The Pentagon's Whiz Kids

Richard Stillman

Second Honorable Mention

The Nuclear Weapons Debate

William R. Van Cleave

1965 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Sine Qua Non of U. S. Sea Power: the Merchant Ship

Rear Admiral John D. Hayes, U.S. Navy (Retired)

First Honorable Mention

Gordon S. Hodgson

Second Honorable Mention

Nuclear Control and the Multilateral Force

Captain Carl H. Amme, Jr., U.S. Navy (Retired)

1964 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Crisis of Confidence

Captain Carl H. Amme, Jr., U.S. Navy (Retired)

First Honorable Mention

The Unfaced Challenge, Submarine Versus Free World

Commander John D. Alden, U. S. Navy

Second Honorable Mention

Chore or Challenge: A Professional Ethic for the Nuclear Age

Major Carl M. Guezlo, U.S. Army

1963 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

The Changing Nature of Power

Captain Carl H. Amme, Jr., U.S. Navy (Retired)

First Honorable Mention

The Navy Image

Commander Stephen T. De-La Mater, U.S. Navy

Second Honorable Mention

The Message Gap

Commander Harvey O. Webster, U.S. Navy

1962 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Naval Strategy and the New Frontier

Captain Carl H. Amme, U.S. Navy

Honorable Mention

Balanced Forces or Counterforce—Does It Make a Difference?

George E. Lowe

Honorable Mention

Contrasting Strategic Styles in the Cold War

Charles O. Lerche, Jr.

1961 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Are We Ready to Wage Limited War?

Captain Harvey B. Seim, U.S. Navy

Honorable Mention

Care And Feeding Of An Oceanic Alliance

William H. Hessler

1960 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Psychological Effects of Nuclear Weapons

Captain Carl H. Amme, Jr., U.S. Navy

Honorable Mention

Sea Power and Soviet Designs for Expansion

Maurice H. Hellner

1959 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Finite Deterrence, Controlled Retaliation

Commander Paul H. Backus, U. S. Navy

Honorable Mention

Not for the Timid

Rear Admiral George H. Miller, U.S. Navy

Honorable Mention

Seapower and Geopolitics in the Missile Age

Lieutenant Roy L. Beavers, Jr., U.S. Navy

1958 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Task for Today: Security through Seapower

Commander Ralph E. Williams, SC, U.S. Navy

Honorable Mention

War: Always an Art

William H. Hessler

1957 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

A Philosophy for Naval Atomic Warfare

Commander Malcolm W. Cagle, U. S. Navy

1956 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

American Responsibilities in the Nuclear Age

Colonel William R. Kintner, U. S. Army

Honorable Mention

Sea Power and the Struggle for Asia

Maurice H. Hellner

1955 General Prize Essay Contest

Honorable Mention

Patriotism Through Knowledge

Captain Dwight M. Bradford Williams, U. S. Naval Reserve (Retired)

1954 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

The Great Debate: 1954

Commander Ralph E. Williams, Jr., SC, U.S. Navy

Honorable Mention

Balance Sheet on Korea

Lieutenant Commander Samuel S. Stratton, U.S. Naval Reserve

1953 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Sea Power and the Western Revolution

Commander Ralph E. Williams, SC, U.S. Navy

Honorable Mention

On Maritime Strategy

Captain J. C. Wylie, Jr., U.S. Navy

Honorable Mention

These Issues We Must Teach

Captain W. C. Hogan, U. S. Coast Guard

1952 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Korea: Acid Test of Containment

Lieutenant Commander Samuel S. Stratton, U.S. Naval Reserve

Honorable Mention

Reflections on the War in the Pacific

Captain J. C. Wylie, Jr., U.S. Navy

1951 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

National Security and Military Policy

Lieutenant Commander Ralph E. Williams, Jr., SC, U.S. Navy

1950 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Will We Need a Navy to Win?

Captain Ernest M. Eller, U.S. Navy

Honorable Mention

Dimensions and Characteristics of a Future War

Captain W. D. Puleston, U.S. Navy (Retired)

Honorable Mention

Strategy of the Future - A Second Look

Commander George H. Miller, U.S. Navy

Honorable Mention

American National Strategy

Rear Admiral Charles R. Brown, U.S. Navy

1949 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Atomic Bomb - The X-Factor of Military Policy

Lieutenant Commander H. B. Seim, U.S. Navy

Honorable Mention

The Principles of War

Rear Admiral C. R. Brown, U.S. Navy

1948 General Prize Essay Contest

Honorable Mention

Security by Enactment

Lieutenant Commander Charles Moran, U.S. Naval Reserve (Retired)

Honorable Mention

War-Making Must Be in the Hands of Those Who Hate War

Commander M. A. Peel, Jr., SC U.S. Navy

1947 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Geography, Technology, and Military Policy

Lieutenant William H. Hessler, U. S. Naval Reserve

Honorable Mention

Operation Justice

Commander Anthony Talerico, Jr., U.S. Navy

1946 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Notes on Our Naval Future

Commander Russell H. Smith, U.S. Navy

Honorable Mention

The Decisive Battle of the Pacific War

Walmer Elton Strope

1945 General Prize Essay Contest

Honorable Mention

The Obligation of Freedom

1944 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

A Geopolitics for America

Lieutenant William H. Hessler, U.S. Naval Reserve

Honorable Mention

A Slide-Rule Formula for a Post-War Navy

Lieutenant Ashley Halsey, Jr., U.S. Naval Reserve

1943 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

The Impact of Aviation on Sea Power

Captain William D. Puleston, U.S. Navy (Retired)

Honorable Mention

Followship

Captain G. V. Stewart, U. S. Navy (Retired)

1941 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Robert Mills McClintock

Honorable Mention

American Sea Power—1941 And Beyond

David W. Kendall

1940 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

A Threat and an Opportunity

Lieutenant Franklin G. Percival, U.S. Navy (Retired)

1939 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

An Organization for the United States Fleet

Rear Admiral J. K. Taussig, U.S. Navy

Honorable Mention

American Foreign Policy and Naval Policy

Robert Mills McClintock

1938 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

The Battleship: Her Evolution and Her Present Place in the Scheme of Naval War

Lieutenant Commander Melvin F. Talbot (SC), U.S. Navy

1937 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Naval Limitations

Lieutenant H. H. Smith-Hutton, U.S. Navy

Honorable Mention

Naval Power as a Preserver of Neutrality and Peace

Captain Dudley W. Knox, U.S. Navy (Retired)

1936 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

The Navy and the Diplomatic Frontier

Lieutenant Commander Frank S. M. Harris, U.S. Naval Reserve

Honorable Mention

Pressures Against Peace

Lieutenant Commander Ronald T. Strong, U.S. Naval Reserve

Honorable Mention

Sea Power in the American Revolution

Lieutenant Ernest M. Eller, U.S. Navy

Honorable Mention

Courage Is Not Enough

Lieutenant Ernest M. Eller, U.S. Navy

1935 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Beyond the Naval Treaties

Lieutenant Commander Melvin F. Talbot (SC) U.S. Navy

1934 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

The Foundation of Naval Policy

Lieutenant Wilfred J. Holmes, U.S. Navy

Honorable Mention

Naval Preparedness in the Pacific Area

Rear Admiral Yates Stirling, Jr., U.S. Navy

Honorable Mention

After 1936: The Problem of the Naval Treaties

Lieutenant Commander M. F. Talbot (SC), U. S. Navy

1933 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Lest They Forget

Admiral W. V. Pratt, U.S. Navy

Honorable Mention

The Swing of the Pendulum

Lieutenant Junior Grade Frederick J. Bell, U.S. Navy

1932 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Time Is Life

Lieutenant Junior Grade Ernest M. Eller, U.S. Navy

Honorable Mention

An Analysis of the Air Menace

Commander Ralph C. Parker, U.S. Navy

1931 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Elements Contributing to Aerial Superiority

Lieutenant Franklin G. Percival, U.S. Navy (Retired)

Honorable Mention

Naval Policy in Peace and War

Howard G. Brownson, PhD

1930 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Naval Policy at the Crossroads

Lieutenant Leland P. Lovette, U.S. Navy

First Honorable Mention

Will to Win

Lieutenant Junior Grade Ernest McNeill Eller, U.S. Navy

Second Honorable Mention

Sea Power and World Unity

Howard G. Brownson, PhD

1929 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

The Speed of Battleships

Lieutenant Franklin G. Percival, U.S. Navy (Retired)

Honorable Mention

The Navy and Public Indoctrination

Captain Dudley W. Knox, U.S. Navy (Retired)

1928 General Prize Essay Contest

Honorable Mention

On the Prevention of War

Lieutenant Commander A. H. Rooks, U.S. Navy

1927 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Our Weakest Link

Lieutenant Commander Thomas L. Gatch, U.S. Navy

Honorable Mention

Cruiser Types

Lieutenant Franklin G. Percival, U.S. Navy (Retired)

1926 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

The Battleship and Its Uses

Hector C. Bywater

First Honorable Mention

Limitation of Naval Armament

Captain Walter S. Anderson, U.S. Navy

Second Honorable Mention

Some Aspects of Our Air Policy

Rear Admiral W. V. Pratt, U.S. Navy

1925 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

The Trend of Naval Affairs

Lieutenant Junior Grade R. E. Krause, U. S. Navy

First Honorable Mention

History Repeats Or The Application Of Lessons Of History On A National Problem Of Today

Lieutenant Commander O. C. Badger, U.S. Navy

Second Honorable Mention

National Strategy

Lieutenant Commander H. H. Frost, U.S. Navy

1923 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Some Considerations Affecting Naval Policy

Rear Admiral W. V. Pratt, U. S. Navy

Honorable Mention

Is the Fleet Strategically Concentrated?

Commander F. M. Perkins, U.S. Navy

1921 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Accuracy of Fire at Long Ranges

Captain J. V. Chase, U.S. Navy

Honorable Mention

A Description of the Battle of Jutland

Lieutenant Commander Holloway H. Frost, U. S. Navy

Honorable Mention

Possibilities of a Trans-Pacific Flight

Commander G. C. Westervelt, U. S. Navy, and H. B. Sanford

Honorable Mention

A Study of Our Naval Personnel Situation

Captain J. K. Taussig, U. S. Navy

Honorable Mention

Naval Aviation and a United Air Service

Captain T. T. Craven, U. S. Navy

Honorable Mention

Leadership

Captain R. Drace White, U. S. Navy

1920 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

The Battleship

Commander E. F. Eggert, C. C., U. S. Navy

First Honorable Mention

Some Ideas About The Effects Of Increasing The Size Of Battleships

Captain E. J. King, U. S. Navy

Second Honorable Mention

"U.S.C.N."

Lieutenant Commander K. C. McIntosh

1919 General Prize Essay Contest

First Honorable Mention

Military Character

Captain Reginald R. Belknap, U. S. Navy

Second Honorable Mention

Some Reflections on the Three Factors of Battleship Design

Beirne Saunders Bullard, Assistant Naval Constructor, U. S. Navy

1918 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Letters On Naval Strategy. Based On The Naval Campaign Of 1805.

Lieutenant Holloway H. Frost, U. S. Navy

First Honorable Mention

The Preparedness of the Future

Commander H. O. Rittenhouse, U. S. Navy (Retired)

Second Honorable Mention

Naval Strategy

Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, U. S. Navy

1917 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

Commerce Destroying in War

Captain Lyman A. Cotten, U. S. Navy

1916 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

The Moral Factor in War

Lieutenant Junior Grade H. H. Frost, U. S. Navy

First Honorable Mention

The Enlisted Personnel of the Navy

Lieutenant Commander J. K. Taussig, U. S. Navy

Second Honorable Mention

Education at the U. S. Naval Academy

Lieutenant Ridgely Hunt, U. S. Navy

Third Honorable Mention

Some Underlying Principles of Morale

Commander D. W. Knox, U. S. Navy

Third Honorable Mention

Large vs. A Greater Number of Smaller Battleships

Lieutenant Commander Thomas Lee Johnson, U. S. Navy

1915 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

The Role of Doctrine in Naval Warfare

Lieutenant Commander Dudley W. Knox, U.S. Navy

First Honorable Mention

An Air Fleet: Our Pressing Naval Want

Commander Thomas Drayton Parker, U. S. Navy

Second Honorable Mention

The Control of Fleets in Action

Ensign H. H. Frost, U. S. Navy

Third Honorable Mention

What We Can Do

Lieutenant Junior Grade R. T. Merrill, U. S. Navy

1914 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

The Great Lesson from Nelson for To-Day

Lieutenant Commander D. W. Knox, U. S. Navy

Honorable Mention

Naval Policy, As It Relates to the Shore Establishment, and the Maintenance of the Fleet

Captain John Hood, U. S. Navy

Honorable Mention

Old Principles and Modern Applications

Lieutenant Commander Dudley W. Knox, U. S. Navy

Honorable Mention

Military Preparedness

Naval Constructor Richard D. Gatewood, U. S. Navy

1913 General Prize Essay Contest

Prize Winner

The Greatest Need of the Atlantic Fleet

Lieutenant Commander Harry E. Yarnell, U.S. Navy

First Honorable Mention

Organization for Navy Department Administration: A Study of Principles

Commander Yates Stirling, U. S. Navy

Second Honorable Mention

Trained Initiative and of Action: The True Bases of Military Efficiency

Lieutenant Commander Dudley W. Knox, U. S. Navy

2012 General Prize Essay Contest

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