Captain Waters, the author of several books and over 50 articles, held six air and sea commands before retiring to begin an 11-year career as the Public Safety Director of Jacksonville, Florida. 

Articles by John M. Waters Jr.

Marshals of the Seas

By Captain John M. Waters, USCG (Retired) Sidebar By Irving H. King
August 1990
The outcome will ultimately depend on the people’s will and determination to prevail over a threat to the welfare of the nation and to our very way of life.

A Ship for All Seas

By Captain John M. Waters, Jr. U.S. Coast Guard (Retired)
January 1988
When the Coast Guard commissioned a new class of cutters in the 1930s, the ships were built to last, and they have done just that.

"Stay Tough"

by Captain John M. Waters, Jr., U. S. Coast Guard
December 1966
What had once been a well disciplined 61-ship Allied convoy had disintegrated into a milling, fleeing mob of ships.

Little Ships With Long Arms

by Captain J. M. Waters, Jr., U. S. Coast Guard
August 1965
The commissioning in 1964 of the first three Coast Guard Reliance-class cutters equipped with helicopter handling facilities made aircraft operations on ships of less than 1,000 tons a practical ...