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World Naval Developments: Shipboard Lasers Are Becoming Reality
By Norman Friedman
The U.S. Navy declared its first laser weapon operational on board the USS Ponce (AFSB[I]-15),...
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U.S. Naval Aviation and Weapons Review
By Commander Guy M. Snodgrass, U.S. Navy
An F-35C Lightning II assigned to the Grim Reapers of VFA-101 launches from the flight deck of the USS...
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People Over Payloads
By Lieutenant Brendan Cordial, U.S. Navy
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Is the Blended Retirement System the Right Choice for You?
By Allen Jacobson
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But Will They Fight China?
By Major Nicholas R. Nappi, U.S. Marine Corps
The assumption that U.S. allies in the Pacific would join the United States in a kinetic conflict with China must be...
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2017 Tested The Naval Profession
BY Captain Andrew C. A. Jampoler, U.S. Navy (Retired)
Operational and moral lapses dogged the service as global threats grew.
For the U.S. Navy, 2017 was a...
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Build a Great White Fleet For the 21st Century
By Captain David Ramassini, U.S. Coast Guard
In 1907, President Theodore Roosevelt deployed the Great White Fleet on a 14-month circumnavigation of the globe...
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There's Rot In Our Hulls
By Lieutenant (j.g.) Daniel Stefanus, U.S. Navy
The Navy needs honest self-reckoning to address real professional problems and must embrace deep innovation....
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The Midshipmen Weigh In: Does The Naval Academy still have value?
By Anne-Marie Drew
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2018 U.S. Merchant Marine and World Maritime Review
By Shashi Kumar
World shipping finally may be emerging from a decade-long melancholy. Despite lingering losses in individual major markets, there have been...
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U.S. Coast Guard In Review
By Joe DiRenzo and David Boyd
To outside observers, 2017 looked like “The Year of the Hurricane” for the U.S. Coast Guard. With three megastorms—Harvey, Irma, and...
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Write for the Profession and for Yourself
By Rear Admiral Thomas Q. Donaldson, U.S. Navy (Retired)
Those who counsel the development of writing skills with the goal of publishing articles for the good of the naval profession certainly are correct....
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U.S. Marine Corps in Review
By Lieutenant Colonel James W. Hammond III, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired)
“In the past, we successfully conducted maneuver warfare employing combined arms from the air, land, and sea. Now,...
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Want Toughness? Look to Farragut
By Captain William R. Daly, U.S. Navy
Toughness—pinpointed as a core attribute by Chief of Naval Operations Admiral John Richardson in “A Design for Maintaining Maritime Superiority”—is central to the U.S. Navy’s professional identity. The Navy’s...
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The U.S Navy in Review
By Robert D. Holzer and Scott C. Truver
We must do better
On 1 November 2017, the Navy released the report detailing the tragic events and actions that led to the collisions of...
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China Has A New Arctic Policy
By Lieutenant Commander Rachael Gosnell, U.S. Navy
The Chinese polar research icebreaker Xue Long (Snow Dragon).
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Get Off My Back, Sir! v. 2.0
By Commander A. J. Kruppa, U.S. Navy
An article in Proceedings describes mountainous regulations, directives, and policies being piled onto ships’ leadership, all aimed at providing detailed guidance to commanding officers (COs) on how to conduct every aspect of each mission...
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U.S. Battle Force Changes 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017
Compiled by Jim Dolbow
The expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Spearhead (T-EPF-1) deployed to Central and South America in January 2017 to support...
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Autonomous Flight System Changes the Game
By Colonel William Siuru, U.S. Air Force (Retired)
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What’s Next for Third Fleet Forward?
By Lieutenant Benjamin B. Foster, U.S. Navy
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Charting a Course: Speak Your Mind
By Captain Kevin S. Eyer, U.S. Navy (Retired)
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Deckplates: The Educated Sailor Is an Investment
By Petty Officer Second Class Valerie Orozco
“La educación es muy importante mija. Tienes...
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Bucklew Scouted the Beaches
By A. Denis Clift
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Combat Fleets of the World
By Eric Wertheim
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The Southern Ocean: Where the Land Ends
By Don Walsh
The Southern Ocean is the fourth largest of the five world oceans, yet it is the one that the fewest mariners will ever sail through. Circling the Antarctic continent, its current forms a virtual moat isolating and keeping Antarctica frozen.
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