Proceedings Magazine - November 2018

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Lack of Medical Readiness Is a War Stopper
Issue: Proceedings Magazine - November 2018 Vol. 144/11/1,389

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  • Cyber War Requires Cyber Marines
    By Major Nick Brunetti-Lihach, U.S. Marine Corps

    To ensure Marine Corps...

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  • Fight Self-Sabotage
    By Captain Christopher M. Jasperson, U.S. Marine Corps

    A World War II manual for...

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  • Fix Naval Aviation's Adversary Problem
    By Lieutenant Commander Graham Scarbro, U.S. Navy

    The Navy must find a way to...

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Highlights

  • Editor's Page

    The November Proceedings is our annual Marine Corps-focused issue, corresponding with the Corps’ birthday. I recently had two wonderful opportunities to speak with Marine audiences. The first was an invitation to talk to the...

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  • Master of None: The Nuclear Surface Warfare Officer Career Path Must Change
    By Commander Matthew Phillips, U.S. Navy

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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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  • The Proceedings Podcast
    Ward Carroll and Bill Hamblet

     

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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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  • 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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  • The Navy Needs a New Engine of Innovation
    By Captain Terry Pierce, U.S. Navy (Retired)

    The Chief of Naval Operations’ Strategic Studies Group lost its edge, but the service needs another innovation cell like...

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  • CEO Notes: Happy 243rd Birthday U.S. Marine Corps
    Vice Admiral Peter H. Daly, U.S. Navy (Ret.)

    Happy 243rd Birthday U.S. Marine Corps

    It is fitting that the November issue of Proceedings focuses on the Marine Corps every year. Happy birthday, Marines! Two new Marines recently joined our Editorial Board. LtCol Eric Reid is...

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  • Comment & Discussion

    Handling the Zumwalt-class Destroyer

    (See J. Lillie, pp. 70-72, October 2018)

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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...

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Members Only

  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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

    Small Wars, Big Data: The Information Revolution in Modern Conflict

    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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