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Artificial Intelligence Is a Human-Centric Endeavor

Humans are essential to the successful integration of AI in warfare.

By Captain Brent Spillner, U.S. Navy

October 2023

A Two-Way Street: The Navy–Naval Institute’s 150-Year Relationship

On the eve of the Naval Institute’s sesquicentennial, Dr. Symonds looks at the history of the independent forum.

By Craig L. Symonds

October 2023

Counterinsurgency to the Shores of Tripoli

The Navy’s operations against Barbary corsairs in the early 19th century provide lessons for operating in the gray zone today.

By Captain B. J. Armstrong, U.S. Navy

October 2023

Different But Equal

Deckplate culture is a critical factor in the successful integration of crews.

By Lieutenant Commanders Andrea Howard and Emma McCarthy, U.S. Navy

October 2023

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Sailors on the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) attend an event during Suicide Prevention month in September 2022. One strategy for suicide prevention is encouraging service members’ pursuit of purpose and meaning through supportive leadership and unit cohesion.

Purpose in Life: A Remedy for Preventing Suicide

By Elizabeth A. Medeiros

October 2023

A sense of purpose is essential for suicide prevention efforts in the military.

The USCGC Charles Moulthrope (WPC-1141) patrols the Arabian Gulf in 2022 as part of Coast Guard Patrol Forces Southwest Asia. If the Coast Guard’s value to the nation is truly its global character and mandate, then investment needs to be made to make that a reality.

Getting Real About the “Global Coast Guard”

By Commander Kevin Duffy, U.S. Coast Guard (Retired)

October 2023

If the Coast Guard’s value to the nation is truly its “global” character and mandate, then investment needs to be made to make the same a reality.

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Celebrating Submarines . . . and Our 150th Birthday!

October 2023

Here’s to the next 150 years of “giving voice to those who seek the finest Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard!”

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CEO Notes

October 2023

For 150 years, every major program, policy, and social change impacting the maritime services has been debated and recorded in the pages and events of the Naval Institute.

The USS E-1 (SS-24) during the naval review in New York Harbor, October 1912. Future Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz commanded the E-1 (formerly the Skipjack) from February to May of that year, and she later served as his flagship when he was commander, Second Group, Atlantic Submarine Flotilla.

The Silent Service

By A. Denis Clift

October 2023

Highlighting 150 years of submarine warfare in U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings.

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Six Moments, Plus One

October 2023

The Naval Institute’s periodicals have had outsized effects on numerous occasions. Here are six noteworthy moments for Proceedings and one for sister publication Naval History.

In fall 1970, the Naval Academy held a press conference on the plight of POW/MIA families. Midshipmen Rick Rubel and Joe Glover flank Brigade Commander Mike Hecomovich, with the replica bamboo cage in the background.

Two Midshipmen and a Mission

By Captain Tal Manvel, U.S. Navy (Retired)

October 2023

The midshipmen’s story is included in H. Michael Gelfand’s 2006 book, Sea Change at Annapolis, but their efforts were largely unreported at the time.

Aircraft from Carrier Air Wing 9 fly over the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72, front left), Tripoli (LHA-7, front center), Ronald Reagan (CVN-76, front right), Mobile Bay (CG-53, middle left), Benfold (DDG-65, middle center), Antietam (CG-54, middle right), Spruance (DDG-111, back left), and Fitzgerald (DDG-62, back right) as they sail in formation in the Philippine Sea during Valiant Shield 2022.

Sea Control: The Navy’s Purpose

By First Lieutenant David Alman, Alabama Air National Guard

October 2023

To convince the nation of the need for a 21st-century navy, the service must look to its history and return to its roots.

The USS Chicago (SSN-721, front) proceeds on the surface with the USS Shiloh (CG-67) and Comstock (LSD-45) and USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) during operation Valiant Shield 2020. The theater undersea warfare commander is the best command-and-control structure to maintain undersea domain awareness and ensure deterrence against near-peer submarines.

Better Command and Control for Theater Undersea Warfare

By Captain Peter G. Brereton, U.S. Navy

October 2023

The theater undersea warfare commander construct must be integrated into doctrine and practice at the operational level.

The PCU New Jersey (SSN-796) is rolled out for her launch in April 2022.

Fighting Submarine Maintenance Bottlenecks

By Ronald Giachetti and Paul Beery

October 2023

The Navy needs to invest in shipyards to keep its boats in the fight.

Crew members from the USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC-1140) approach a fishing vessel in the Pacific Ocean in March 2023.

Let the Coast Guard Keep the Fines

By Chief Boatswain’s Mate Phillip Null, U.S. Coast Guard (Retired)

October 2023

Reimagine “prize money” to benefit the service and the nation.

A second-class petty officer on board the USCGC Hamilton (WMSL-753) trains a fire-attack team after a damage control exercise. Leadership training earlier in the training pipeline would net more petty officers who are self-reflective leaders, capable of performing high-risk evolutions with increased autonomy.

Petty Officers Are Leaders, Too

By Ensign Logan James Tobias, U.S. Coast Guard

October 2023

The Coast Guard must begin championing the leadership development of its petty officers.

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