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The Marine Corps Needs Organic Air Defense
By Lieutenant John Miller, U.S. Navy
The Army’s multimission launcher (part of the indirect-fire protection program) will provide 360-degree protection and engage...
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Surface Warfare Officers Need Mariner Credentials
By Captain John C. Nygaard, U.S. Navy (Retired)
The crew of MV Sunshine State takes the ship to sea from Pascagoula, Mississippi. The...
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Oceans: Russia Developing New Arctic LNG Marine Routes
By Captain Lawson Brigham, U.S. Coast Guard (Retired)
The Christophe de Margerie-class ships are highly capable icebreaking LNG carriers designed to break five feet of ice while...
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This Senseless Government Shutdown Is Harming Coast Guard Families
By Admiral Thad W. Allen, U.S. Coast Guard (Retired)
(A Coast Guard helicopter crew delivers an injured woman to a Warrenton, Oregon, EMS team for transport to a hospital in 2018. U.S. Coast...
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Unraveling the Maritime Silk Road
By Ensign Charlotte Asdal, U.S. Navy
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Stop Accessing Surface Nuclear Officers
By Captain James P. McGrath III, U.S. Navy
In the year since the tragic accidents involving the USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) and the USS John S. McCain (DDG-56), the...
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Engineer-Warriors or Engineers and Warriors?
By Captain James P. McGrath, U.S. Navy
The Navy must find a way to balance tactical and technical proficiency in its officers.(U.S. Navy/Patrick Semales)
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Master the Art of Risk Assessment
By Captain Robert C. Rubel, U.S. Navy (Retired)
Commander’s intent is not enough. Junior commanding officers have to learn new ways of assessing risk. U.S. Navy (Andrew Schneider)...
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Losing the Great Pacific War for Lack of Ships and Mariners
By Captain Douglas R. Burnett, U.S. Navy (retired), and Rear Admiral Christopher McMahon, U.S. Maritime Service
(MARAD)
MEMORANDUM
30 September 2025
From: Maritime Administrator, Maritime Administration,...
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The Last Battleship Sailor
By Captain Stuart Landersman, U.S. Navy (Retired)
Decommissioning plans were put on hold when the Missouri was directed to participate in the 50th...
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Leadership Lessons from America’s Tall Ship
By Lieutenant Commander Jeff Janaro, U.S. Coast Guard
I had the honor of serving as navigator of a tall ship—and not just any tall ship. It was the Coast Guard Barque Eagle...
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Reimagine Intelligence Officer Training
By Lieutenant William N. Murray, U.S. Navy
Chinese navy soldiers in formation during a port visit to Yangon, Myanmar. Today’s complex and sophisticated maritime threat environment...
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Charting a Course—Prepare to Fight in the Dark
By Captain Kevin Eyer, U.S. Navy (Retired)
The Navy is awakening to a profound vulnerability in its ability to wage warfare: It increasingly is understood that the...
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Now Hear This—Coast Guard on the Crest of Climate Change
By Lieutenant Angel Kwok, U.S. Coast Guard
As hurricanes increase in intensity, the demand for Coast Guard abilities is growing. With resources stretched thin, handling response...
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Nobody Asked Me But . . . Military Courts Should Be for Military Offenses
By Captain Devin C. Capece, U.S. Marine Corps
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From the Deckplates—At War with Peace
By Petty Officer First Class Justin N. Smith, U.S. Navy
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Nobody Asked Me But . . . Don’t Restrict SWO Qualification
By Commander Edward M. G. Rankin Jr., U.S. Navy (Retired)
The recent changes to the surface warfare officer (SWO) qualification are concerning, specifically the restriction on who may qualify....
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Special—Forever with the Yorktown
By Commander Don Lovelace, Supply Corps, U.S. Navy (Retired)
Then nine years old, the author poses with his father at their Coronado, California, house only a few months before the accident...
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Leadership Forum—Trust Must Go Both Ways
By Commander Benjamin “BJ” Armstrong, U.S. Navy
Vice Admiral William Sims (second row, second from right), shown here with his staff circa 1918, believed that good subordinates showed...
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The Navigation Profile of Aegis Ships
By Lieutenant Commander Nami Matsue, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force; and Captain Shoji Fujimoto, Kobe University
JS Atago (DDG-177)
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Book Reviews
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World Naval Developments: Will ASW Practitioners Soon Telecommute?
By Norman Friedman
Antisubmarine warfare (ASW) capability can be expensive. Most navies use shipborne helicopters to employ dipping sonars and—sometimes—sonobuoys. Typically, the ship (often a frigate) makes an initial detection through its own long-...
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Combat Fleets
By Eric Wertheim
U.S. Navy (Courtesy of Bath Iron Works)
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World's Coast Guards: Philippine Coast Guard Strives to be World Class
By Jim Dolbow
Members of the Philippine Coast Guard patrol Manila Bay prior to the 2017 ASEAN summit. (Philippine Coast Guard)
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Lest We Forget: The Forgotten Battle of Shimonoseki Straits
By Lieutenant Commander Thomas J. Cutler, U.S. Navy (Retired)
Responding to attacks on foreign shipping, in 1863, the sloop Wyoming engaged three Japanese warships...
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From Our Archive
“Science is a beautiful gift to humanity; we should not distort it.”
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931–2015)
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Proceedings Today Photo of the Week: 4 January 2019
U.S. Navy SEAL candidates during Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training in Coronado, California. (U.S. Navy/Abe McNatt)
