Professional Notes

The medium-displacement unmanned surface vessel Sea Hunter crosses the Pacific Ocean to participate in Exercise Rim of the Pacific. Antijamming synergistic sensor nodes capable of data retrieval, transmission, and processing could ensure unmanned surface vessels retain communication with navigation satellites during missions.

Antijamming Nodes for Autonomous Vessels

The Navy should use synergistic sensor nodes on uncrewed surface vessels to deploy artificial noise to an adversary jammers.

Brandon Carver

July 2024

Most service members who use off-channel communications platforms are not doing it because they are trying to sabotage their missions. Rather, they are on those platforms precisely because they want to perform their missions well, and they need an efficient and effective platform for communicating with their units.

Instill Accountability and Security in Unclassified Military Communications

All unclassified military communications should be conducted on formal, on-channel platforms to ensure accountability and security.

Annabelle Hutchinson

July 2024

A T-45 Goshawk assigned to Carrier Training Wing 2 makes an arrested landing on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72). Training command carrier qualification exposes students to a stressful environment in a low-cost aircraft with as many safeguards as possible and should not be eliminated.

Don’t Ignore the Value of Basic Carrier Training

With better technology and under pressure to save time and money, the Navy is considering eliminating carrier qualification for flight school students. That would be a mistake.

Lieutenant Commander Ryan Schmidt, U.S. Navy

July 2024

The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) anchored off Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, as part of Pacific Partnership 2024 in January. Several aspects of hospital ships must be improved to provide the full range of mass casualty care.

How to Improve Hospital Ship Preparedness

To support high-end warfighting at sea, several aspects of the hospital ship and its crew training must be improved.

June 2024

The Republic of Korea Chief of Naval Operations presents the Program Executive Officer for Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons with a gift. Tabletop exercises for wartime acquisition response plans should involve U.S. allies, as they often have the same systems, components, and support infrastructure and have undergone similar training.

Better Tabletop Exercises for Wartime Acquisition

Despite no current leaders having experience with wartime contested logistics, there are lessons from two recent peacetime events that should be studied.

Ron Weinberger

June 2024