The American Merchant Marine has had a past, a glorious history, but so did the Dodo. What of the future? Probably all of the Dodoes saw a brilliant future for ...

People who do not understand ships and the sea do not understand or believe that many things which they are customarily used to seeing done on shore, by shore establishments ...

TIN CAN GOLD RUSHBy LIEUTENANT COMMANDER SHELDON KINNEY, U. S. Navy“The Polish Stale has refused the peaceful settlement of relations which I desired, and has appealed to arms. Germans in ...

During the early summer of 1928, Japan’s officials, keenly militaristic and critically aware of the road their country was shortly to take, staged a huge mock air raid against the ...

Two unhappy years of peace have brought full shares of confusion to civilians, statesmen, and members of the military and naval professions. Perhaps more than any other years in history ...

We read much about the current American intervention in Korea, but little has been written about our first intervention there seventy-six years ago. This interests us today not only as ...

Reformation the various branches of the military is a natural aftermath of a war of any duration. None is more drastic and progressive than that proposed for the naval judicial ...

IntroductionThe methods of meeting a naval emergency—a rapid increase in personnel aboard ship, lengthened periods in the forward areas, sacrifice of personnel space in favor of ordnance—all place considerable stress ...

DISCUSSIONS, COMMENTS, NOTESPathfinder of the SeasLieutenant Commander G. Rawson, Royal Australian Navy.—The big ships are back on their seasonal North Atlantic tracks again. Right through the fall and winter Atlantic ...

Book ReviewsMembers of the Institute, both regular and associate, may save money by ordering books through its Book Department, which will supply any obtainable book. A discount of 10 per ...

Aid for Europe Voted.—Congress on Dec. 15 completed passage of the measure authorizing emergency aid for Europe. The authorization granted the full $597,000,000 called for by the Administration, but in ...

To December 24, 1947United States......240No Air Force Academy—New Panama Canal—Supplies for Pacific Island Natives—Retain Bases in Japan—Fewer BB—Icebreakers—Navy Cuts Opposed—Various NotesGreat Britain......247Manpower—Submarine Submerged—Arctic Weather Stations—Fleet NotesFrance......249Naval PoliciesOther Countries......249China—Denmark—Italy—NetherlandsAviation......251F9F—Albatross—XB-47—Metal Glider—Pulse Jet ...

As the Pacific war recedes into history, together with many of us who waged it, the time seems appropriate for an appraisal of the Marine Corps as it now stands ...