March 1919 Proceedings—Close on the heels of World War I, Commander Forde A. Todd, U.S. Navy, addressed the “Present Vital Need of a Navy Personnel Policy.” “During the history of the United States our Navy has risen four times and fallen three times. As we look at recruiting in the past, it has depended largely upon the publicity the subject has received, and, in peace times has not been greatly influenced by hard times or the seasons of the year. It is fairly well established from interviewing thousands of men, that conditions existing in the Navy, and even pay offered, have very little to do with a man’s first enlistment, but it has all to do with his subsequent enlistments.”
March 1969 Proceedings—First Lieutenant Barry M. Broman, U.S. Marine Corps, conducted a photo/text tour of “The Basic School, Quantico, Core of the Corps,” writing, “All officers in the Basic School, regardless of the Military Occupational Specialty they may eventually receive, are trained to become infantry commanders qualified to lead Marines into battle.”
March 1994 Proceedings—In his International Navies Essay Contest Winner “Gatekeepers of the Gulf,” Lieutenant (junior grade) James Kraska, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, U.S. Naval Reserve, wrote, “Certainly, some will claim that the specter of another response on the scale of the Persian Gulf War would deter any Iranian aggression. It is doubtful, however, that the United States and its allies would be able to marshal the same formidable force that was sent to fight Iraq. Western nations are slashing their defense budgets.”
A. Denis Clift
Golden Life Member
