Scientific Research And Modern Warfare

By Rear Admiral J. A. Furer, U. S. Navy (Retired)
March 1945
Never before in any war has there been so much talk of secret weapons. Never before has the race between measure and countermeasure been so keen and so close. Other ...

Compulsory Military Training

By Lieutenant (J.G.) W. L. Brough, Jr., U. S. Naval Reserve
March 1945
It is high time that we overthrow the national resolution first proclaimed by the Congress at Philadelphia in the 1780’s that, “Standing armies in time of peace are inconsistent with ...

The Naval Academy in Five Wars

By Louis H. Bolander
March 1945
The United States Naval Academy has furnished naval officers for service in five different wars in which our country has fought; the Mexican War, the Civil War, the War with ...

The Navy And Colonial Government

By Earl S. Pomeroy
March 1945
Present control of territory by the United States Navy for military purposes, as was instituted by Admiral Nimitz in the Marshall Islands on January 31, 19441, is in principle no ...

A Naval District's Recreation Program

By Lieutenant Commander M. C. Huppuch, U. S. Naval Reserve
March 1945
There are no skeptics left. Commandants and Commanding Officers are convinced that recreation facilities and a well-directed program are a very important function of the Navy. Civilians having no opportunity ...

Future Of The Naval Reserve

By Captain Paul P. Blackburn, U. S. Navy (Retired)
March 1945
Immediately after the war ends, the Navy Department will be faced with the problems of the demobilization, and with the future of the Naval Reserve. The problems cannot be minimized ...

Greely, Victim Of Amphibious Noncooperation

By Captain J. M. Ellicott, U. S. Navy (Retired)
March 1945
The 100th anniversary of the birth of Major General A. W. Greely calls to this writer’s mind our most tragic national character of the early eighties; a victim of the ...

Riding Out A Philippine Typhoon

By Commander R. P. Eyman, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
March 1945
It’s an ill wind that blows nobody good” is a trite old proverb that has been bandied about through the years and one wonders whether there is any basis of ...

The Twenty-Four Hour Clock

By Captain Frederick J. Nelson, U. S. Navy
March 1945
They were saying good-by at a subway entrance. “I leave at nine o’clock,” he said, “but I will call you before I go.” Seated in the subway later, she began ...

Discussions, Comments and Notes

March 1945
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Book Reviews

March 1945
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Notes on International Affairs

March 1945
ALLIED AGREEMENTS Work of Crimea Conference.—The second meeting of President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill, and Marshal Stalin, with their diplomatic and military advisers, was held at Yalta, the former ...

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