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Now Hear This: Who Will Be Ready to Fight?
Captain Robert A. Erbetta, U.S. Naval Reserve (Retired)
Initiatives such as the Navy Community Service Program link service member volunteers with their communities...
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Now Hear This: The Navy Must Prioritize Mine Warfare
Captain Edmund B. Hernandez, U.S. Navy
Operating mine countermeasure UUVs, like the Mark 18...
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Leadership Forum: Eliminate Retirement As A Misconduct Sanctuary
Major Rafiel D. Warfield, U.S. Marine Corps
U.S. taxpayers often pay for the benefits of retired military officers who have been...
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Professional Notes: Time for a New in-Water Ship Repair Strategy
Master Chief, Master Diver Jon Klukas, U.S. Navy
Construction Mechanic Second Class Steve Fenske, left,...
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Professional Notes: Develop Leadership Through Writing
Lieutenant Matthew A. Stroup, U.S. Navy
Many junior officers are reluctant to take on the challenge of...
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What the Lull in Aircraft Carrier Deployments Means
By Lieutenant Commander Tony Kochanski, U.S. Navy Reserve
Earlier this year the USS Nimitz (CVN-68) entered Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for intermediate-level maintenence. (U.S. Navy...
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China Has Learned the Value of Amphibious Operations
By Brigadier General William J. Bowers, U.S. Marine Corps, and Dr. Christopher D. Yung
Soldiers prepare U.S.-made tanks for the Nationalist retreat to Taiwan during the 1949 Civil War. (From the...
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Learn from the Fleet Ballistic Missile Program
By Brian C. Russell
Navy scientist Charles Miller and mathemetician Jessica Hildebrand perform pre-flight checks on a modular, UAV-mounted chemical, biological,...
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Tactical Units Need Better Cyber Support
By Commander Andrew Thaeler, U.S. Navy
Since U.S. Cyber Command (CyberCom) was established in 2009, most of its effort has focused on building out...
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Phase Zero Recon Reduce Risk for Crisis Response
Captain Scott D. Williams, USMC
With more accurate, up-to-date information, Marine units tasked with emergent humanitarian missions...
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Eyewitness to Revolution
By Colonel Richard D. Camp, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired)
A joint U.S. team was sent to help the Shah...
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Don’t Inflate the Cyber Threat
By Major Adam Yang, U.S. Marine Corps
A lack of public understanding could overinflate the cyber threat and have serious national security implications.
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Win With The Second Best Weapon
By Commander Christopher Nelson, U.S. Navy
(U.S. Naval Institute Photo Archive)
Lessons from Operation Starvation against Japan
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Charting a Course: Stop the Erosion of Command
Captain Kevin Eyer, U.S. Navy (Retired)
Authority in command is supposed to be absolute, but over time commanding officers’ authority has...
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Nobody Asked Me, But . . .Take Care of Your Chaplains
Major Nicholas Nethery, U.S. Army
They have chosen a different path, but chaplains need leadership, mentoring, and...
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From the Deckplates: Smooth the Transition to Freshwater
Petty Officer Second Class Maximo J. Diaz-Rolon, U.S. Coast Guard
The Coast Guard must do more to prepare its people for...
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Nobody Asked Me, But . . . Rename the Coast Guard Districts
Commander Jim Hotchkiss, U.S. Coast Guard Reserve
The Coast Guard’s current naming system for district commands is obsolete. The service should rename district commands to reflect their geographical areas of responsibility.
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David Rosenberg: 'Oveseasmanship' Pioneer
Donald M. Bishop
Dave Rosenberg, with a Native American bonnet in one hand and a Filipino hat...
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Proceedings Today Photo of the Week: 9 November 2018
Ship's Serviceman Second Class Marquise Ball, from Norfolk, Virginia, reaches for the national ensign to shift colors as the guided-...
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Professional Notes: Send Surface Warfare Officers Up Geiger Ridge
Captain Thomas Dickson, U.S. Army
Commandant of the Marine Corps General Robert B. Neller speaks to Marines, sailors, and...
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Professional Notes: Leadership Lessons from Nuclear Prototype
Lieutenant Phoebe Kotlikoff, U.S. Navy
Senior enlisted leaders teach the fundamentals of firefighting and damage control to...
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Book Reviews
Eli Berman, Joseph H. Felter, and Jacob N. Shapiro. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press...
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World Naval Developments: China's Imports Could Decide a Future Conflict
Norman Friedman
Russia has been the world’s largest wheat exporter for the past two years, as it was in the years prior to 1914—before the Soviets wrecked Russian agriculture. This has current naval relevance because sea power is about the reality...
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Combat Fleets
Eric Wertheim
The Canadian Navy...
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Oceans: Sea-Level Rise and Disappearing Nations
Captain Don Walsh, U.S. Navy (Retired)
Experts estimate that sea-...
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Lest We Forget: Tales of Chesty: 'He Was a Character'
A. Denis Clift
Then-Lieutenant Colonel “Chesty” Puller (center) on Guadalcanal in 1942....
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From Our Archive
“Minds are like parachutes—they only function when open.”
Thomas Dewar (1864–1930)
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Proceedings Today Photo of the Week: 2 November 2018
Explosives are detonated during the NATO-led Exercise Trident Juncture 18 joint-capability demonstration near Byneset, Norway on 30...
