In the event of any future World War, it will be necessary for the United States to require immediate use of its Merchant Marine for military missions. For such purposes ...

The Chief was not happy. With both an elusive feeling of shame and a real and immediate feeling of distress, he was being driven to acknowledge a fact which he ...

There is much discussion these days concerning the oil of the Middle East. We hear statements that this oil is vital to our future prosperity and our future security. Conversely ...

SOUTHERN CRUISE BY TWO NAVY ICEBREAKERSBy COMMANDER EDWIN McDONALD, U. S. NavyThis is a story about the cruise of the U.S.S. Burton Island (AG 88) and the U.S.S. Edisto (AG ...

DIESEL ENCOMIUMBy CAPTAIN C. S. SEABRING, U. S. Navy(Author’s Note: In naming in this article certain individuals as contributing to the development of the diesel engine in the United States ...

The refresher course conducted last year for Reserve Air Combat Intelligence Officers has several aspects which may be of some interest to the naval profession generally, and many which should ...

INTRODUCTIONThe ever mounting cost of government is becoming a matter of great concern to all taxpayers. Not that there is anything new in the shaking of heads over the growth ...

THE best cure for smug complacency and certainty of superiority of the white man is to have the victim chugging along serenely in a power boat with the engine purring ...

The problem of projecting Navy pilots at faster and faster speeds long ago ceased to be the exclusive worry of the design section of the Bureau of Aeronautics. And now ...

On September 28, 1945, the President of the United States gave notice to the world that its traditional approach on the contiguous waters of the United States had been changed ...

The Coast Guard, a part of the military forces of the United States, is the principal Federal agency for maritime law enforcement and marine safety. Its forerunner, the Revenue Marine ...

DISCUSSIONS, COMMENTS, NOTESOur Vanishing Petty Officers(See page 701, June 1948 Proceedings)Captain J. M. Kennaday, U. S. Navy.— Lieutenant Steele’s forthright and courageous—and constructive—article, “Our Vanishing Petty Officers,” was particularly interesting ...

Book ReviewsBoth regular and associate members of the Institute may save by ordering books through the Book Department. A discount of 10% is allowed on books of other publishers (except ...

Professional NotesThrough October 23, 1948United States………1570Arctic Maneuvers—Alaskan Exercises—Norton Sounds as Rocket Ship—Radar Picket Sub—Mediterranean Briefs—Sullivan Speaks—Joint Airhead Exercises—Arctic Expedition Report.Great Britain…………1575Rearmament—Fleet Notes—Vessels Transferred—African Naval Force—Malayan Ferret Force—Australian Defense Budget.Other Countries……1578Turkey.Aviation…………………1579F3D—Wright ...