The Challenge:

To encourage an ongoing discussion concerning the strategic impact of mining, mine countermeasures operations, unmanned vehicle utilization in mine warfare, new technologies that could improve mining or mine countermeasures, and improved concepts of operations.

$1,000 First Prize &One Year USNI Membership

$500 Second Prize & One Year USNI Membership

$250 Third Prize & One Year USNI Membership

• Submit to: [email protected]

• Deadline 1 May 2013

• Winners Announced in August 2013 Proceedings

Selected Submissions

PRIZE
TITLE
NAME
First Prize
Commander Thomas S. Reynolds, U.S. Navy (Retired)
Second Prize
Peter von Bleichert
Third Prize
Lieutenant Colonel Michael F. Trevett, U.S. Army (Retired)
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The Mine Warfare Association (MINWARA)

Previous Winners

2018 Naval Mine Warfare Essay Contest Sponsored with the Mine Warfare Association

PRIZE
TITLE
NAME
First Prize
Admiral James Winnefeld Jr., U.S. Navy (Retired), and Captain Syed Ahmad, Judge Advocate General Corps, U.S. Navy (Retired)
Second Prize
Lieutenant Allan Lucas, U.S. Navy, and Captain Ian Cameron, U.S. Marine Corps
Third Prize
To Starve a Nation—Lessons from the Offensive Mine Campaign of World War II
Lieutenant Commander Christopher Nelson, U.S. Navy