Captain Johnson, a retired surface officer, served in destroyers, cruisers, frigates, and battleships, including a tour as commanding officer of the USS Vandegrift (FFG-48). Ashore he served in various program development billets and was director of the Prospective Commanding Officer/Prospective Executive Officer course at Surface Warfare Officer School in Newport, Rhode Island. Today, he works for Northrop Grumman Information Technology.

Articles by Chris Johnson

U.S. NAVY (MICHAEL W. PENDERGRASS)

Net-centric Fogs Accountability

By Captain Chris Johnson, USN (Ret.)
May 2003
Linked by high-tech communications systems, commanding officers never again will be alone at sea, and their ability to control the fates of their ships independently appears to be eroding as ...