Proceedings Magazine - February 2019

Feature Article
Cyber Warfare Doctrine Already Exists
Issue: Proceedings Magazine - February 2019 Vol. 145/2/1,392

In their search for cyber warfare doctrine, practitioners and leaders need look no ...

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    By James R. Holmes

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    A Christmas Eve Mass for the Living

    (See C. Fuss, pp. 68–69, December 2018)

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    By Captain Bill Hamblet, U.S. Navy (Retired)

    The Cyber Issue! This month’s focus is on cyber warfare, and many of the feature articles are fruits of the Naval Institute’s Cyber Essay Contest. I want to thank Perspecta for their generous sponsorship of this contest, now in its...

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    As a midshipman looking forward to being commissioned, I have followed closely the controversy over the littoral combat ship (LCS). While this...

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    Lieutenant Colonel Jason “TOGA” Trew, U.S. Air Force

    If the word “innovation” were a drug, most of us would be dead from a lethal overdose. The dealers want us to believe—...

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    By Vice Admiral Albert H. Konetzni Jr., U.S. Navy (Retired)

    About 60 years ago, when I was a sophomore in high school, my mother caught me in a lie regarding my grade on a geometry examination. As I...

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  • Discipline, Moral Courage, and the Future Of America’s Naval Force
    By Officer Candidate Nathan Glaubitz, U.S. Navy

    Naval ROTC students gain experience in promoting moral courage by virtue of their integration in a civilian campus. Credit: U.S. Navy

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    By Midshipman Paul Kenney, U.S. Navy

    Surface warfare officers (SWOs) tasked with safely and effectively operating U.S. Navy ships are no longer expert mariners. A lack of standardized...

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    By Commander Brian Smicklas, U.S. Coast Guard

    (U.S. Navy/Joan Jennings)

    The 2018 National Defense Strategy focused attention on Department of Defense (DoD) efforts...

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    The first African American sailors—including the noted “Golden Thirteen”—suffered discrimination, but their service and...

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    By VADM Peter H. Daly, U.S. Navy (Ret.), CEO and Publisher, U.S. Naval Institute

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    Our annual WEST is BACK! One year after the new National Security Strategy and National Defense Strategy roll out, there is much to discuss at our annual WEST Conference. WEST 2019 takes place 13–15 February at the San Diego...

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  • Professional Notes: Invest in Multirotor Collection Platforms
    By Cryptologic Technician Collection Master Chief Jonathan D. Davis, U.S. Navy

    Small, man-portable multirotors, such as the one shown here, can fulfill unique intelligence collection...

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    The Navy should strengthen the character side of the Navy Leadership Development Framework to eradicate...

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    Port beam view of the helicopter-carrying Japanese destroyer Izumo (DDH-183) underway at sea.

    The...

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    By Master Chief Tom Lohr, U.S. Navy (Retired)

    (The USS Coronado (LCS-4) conducts flight ops with an MH-60 Sea Hawk and an MQ-8C Firescout. U.S. Navy photo.)

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  • Train Navy Officers For Cyber Lethality
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    The internet no longer is the territory of only the technologically savvy. The...

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