December 1921 Proceedings—“The hand salute, which passes when members of the naval and military service meet, originated in days of Knighthood,” Captain Reginald R. Belknap, U.S. Navy, wrote in “A Captain to His Crew.” “A knight in armor, with helmet on and visor down, covering his face, could not be easily recognized, and when two of them met, it was customary for the stranger or the junior to raise his visor. The other knight would immediately raise his visor, which corresponded to a return of the salute.”
December 1971 Proceedings—In “NROTC at UCLA: The Colors Still Fly,” Midshipman 1/C Lawrence M. Kryske, U.S. Naval Reserve, wrote, “Standing in the charred debris that had been the NROTC wardroom at UCLA, the midshipman looked at the bomb-gutted room, at the scorched walls that had once been crowded with paintings of heroic naval exploits, at the blackened, broken trophies, hard-won over the preceding 32 years. . . . Clearly, the cabal of revolutionaries and anarchists had lost. UCLA’s NROTC Unit was still on campus; it still received credit for all courses; and it would hold its dress parade and commissioning ceremony on campus.”
December 1996 Proceedings—In “The Coast Guard Goes Joint,” Lieutenant Commander Robert B. Watts, U.S. Coast Guard, reviewed joint missions with the Department of Defense and Navy in the early 1990s, including Able Manner and Able Vigil migrant rescues, Operation Support Democracy off Haiti, and port security and harbor defense in the Gulf War. “To survive and excel in a joint world, the Coast Guard needs a long-term strategy that specifically defines . . . how it will operate and the forces it will need to accomplish that task. A plan that reflects jointness, realistically addresses mission emphasis, and above all, remains consistent throughout its implementation in the long term will accomplish this.”
A. Denis Clift
Golden Life Member
