U.S. Coast Guard (Colin White)

Charting the Coast Guard's Course

By Admiral Robert J. Papp Jr., Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard
March 2011
The Coast Guard’s top officer looks back on recent success stories and suggests ways the service can build on them.
Department of Defense (Cherie Cullen)

India's Cold Start Is Too Hot

By Commander Muhammad Azam Khan, Pakistan Navy (Retired)
March 2011
A retired Pakistani naval officer looks askance at India’s Cold Start doctrine, which he says is aimed directly at his country.
U.S. Navy (B.G. Attaway)

From Presence to Powerhouse

By Michael H. McCrabb
March 2011
With the help of the United States, the Republic of Korea Navy has been flexing its muscle, becoming more than a mere presence.
U.S. Navy (G. Granger Jr.)

World Navies in Review

By Eric Wertheim
March 2011
Region by region, the editor of The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World gives an international naval rundown.
Brown University

Black Ships

By Lieutenant Commander Thomas J. Cutler, U.S. Navy (Retired)
March 2011
Shortly after dawn on 8 July 1853, a squadron of American ships, commanded by Commodore Matthew Perry, appeared off the entrance of Edo (Tokyo) Bay. As the sun burned away ...

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