Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
A Navy guided-missile destroyer is operating in the Black Sea after entering the region earlier on Tuesday. USS Donald Cook (DDG-75) is scheduled to...
To avoid operational saturation at the top of the world, the U.S. Coast Guard must team with the U.S. Navy and follow the National Strategy for the Arctic Region, recently...
As we approach the height of summer, the time of year many associate with hot and humid weather, backyard barbecues, and family vacations, we at Proceedings decided to turn our gaze north, to considerably cooler climes, and take an in-...
For more than 100 years, the Naval Institute Press has been publishing works of fundamental importance to the Institute’s role as an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write in order to advance the professional...
Now Hear This - Third-Party Shipriders Can Combat Piracy
By Lieutenant Parker Carlisle, U.S. Navy
The current piracy situation off the Horn of Africa has forced an unprecedented level of cooperation between the U.S. Navy and other countries, specifically Kenya and Seychelles,...
Like the coffee that flows through the veins of a sleep-deprived surface-warfare officer, Sea Swap provides an initial burst but then leaves nothing in the system but wreckage and...
From the Deckplates - It’s Called Uniform for a Reason
By Senior Chief Jim Murphy, U.S. Navy (Retired)
There are good reasons each branch of the armed forces has distinct uniforms. Service identity, pride, and esprit de corps lead appropriately to the endurance of the Navy Dress...
How can the national investment in ocean sciences get maximum value in a time of reduced budgets? Through its minimizing of duplication and waste, the U.S. Integrated Ocean...
In May the Navy’s X-47B unmanned aircraft made a successful catapult takeoff from the USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77). The aircraft had previously made an arrested...
In May the Dutch Defense Ministry finalized plans and signed a contract to upgrade all four of the Royal Netherlands Navy’s Walrus-class submarines by 2019. The Zeeleeuw, second of the class, will be the first unit to...
By Commander Paul F. Campagna, U.S. Navy; Lieutenant Colonel Dave McNulty, U.S. Air Force; and Colonel Heath Roscoe, U.S. Army
To avoid operational saturation at the top of the world, the U.S. Coast Guard must team with the U.S. Navy and follow the National Strategy for the Arctic Region, recently signed by the President.
The United States should respond to China’s East Asian naval challenge with a strategy that combines technological transformation with maritime-security cooperation.
By Ambassador David Balton and Rear Admiral Cari Thomas, U.S. Coast Guard
Eight nations—the United States included—have a geographically direct stake in the opening of the resource-rich Arctic. Increased international cooperation is a must.
By Susanne Altenburger; Commander Michael Bosworth, U.S. Navy (Retired); and Captain Michael Junge, U.S. Navy
The old landing craft utility (LCU) is too small and too slow for today’s amphibious landings. Here’s a proposed successor—with a new, outside-the-box design.
The Navy is succumbing to the siren-song of using underwater robots for detecting and destroying mines. But the technology still is far from ready, and policymakers would be far better off holding onto traditional mine-...