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he U.S. Naval Institute and the U.S. Naval Academy Museum, a unique partnership since 1936, proudly present Warrior Writers, an exhibit that draws from their
combined collections. On display from September 2015 through January 2016,
Warrior Writers features more than 100 artifacts including the words, weapons, and tools
with which these men and women sought solutions.
[An officers] . . . duty is to subscribe a little brain work, or in other words write an article, make a
translation, or send descriptions of anything novel and useful in a professional way that he may come
across [] Many of us say that we cannot write, because we cannot imitate the great authors. Fine
writing is not what is wanted. A clear, concise statement of well-assured facts is what makes up an
interesting article or lecture.
Lt.T.B.M.Mason, USN
In autumn 1873, having faced a violent and destructive Civil War that had torn the nation
in two, the United States of America were once again unified. Eight years after the cessation of official hostilities, and on the brink of a financial panic that would preoccupy the
country for years, the public could not think about war and its material.
[The naval officer] should be led to a philosophic study of naval history, that he may be enabled to
examine the great naval battles of the world with the cold eye of professional criticism, and to recognize
where the principles of science have illustrated or where a disregard for the accepted rules of the art of
war had led to defeat and disaster. Such studies might well occupy the very best thoughts of the naval
officer, for they belong to the very highest branch of his profession.
Capt. Stephen B. Luce, USN
During that same autumn, Lt. Charles Belknap issued invitations among those stationed at
the Naval Academy to a meeting of a new professional society. Here members could find a
voice, a vehicle for professional expression, and issues pertinent to the present and future
of the naval services could be discussed at length.

That society would become the U.S. Naval Institute, with its home port the Naval Academy Yard. In 1939, through generous funding by the Naval Institute, Preble Hall was built
for the U.S. Naval Academy Museum. The organizations would share this location until
1999, when the Naval Institute moved to Beach Hall. Together in common cause they
continue to showcase the history of the Sea Services and push forth one of the key tenets
found in The Art of War attributed to Sun Tzu.

It is more important to outthink your enemy than to outfight him.

Sun Tzu

For more than 142 years the U.S. Naval Institute has worked in close partnership with the
Sea Services and their personnel to provide an independent forum for those who dare to
read, think, speak, and write in order to advance the professional, literary, and scientific
knowledge of the maritime services.

An officers #1 weapon is his or her mind.

Gen. James N. Mattis, USMC (Ret.)

1870s

Foundations and
Righting the Ship

n 9 October 1873, 15 naval professionals met in the Department of Physics and

Chemistry building at the Naval Academy to discuss matters of professional interest.
They agreed to establish a new, independent forum to exchange, debate, and disseminate
ideas aimed at advancing the naval profession and preserving naval heritage their goal,
to right the ship and set a new course. The U.S. Naval Institute was born; papers were
read; and a journal was created. In the first issue of Proceedings, published in 1874, Captain
Stephen B. Luce wrote on The Manning of Our Navy and Mercantile Marine. Congress
acted on Luces recommendations, funding more naval apprentices and establishing the first
state maritime school in New York City. In 1879, Commander Alfred Thayer Mahan was a
winner of the inaugural General Prize Essay contest, writing on naval education, officers,
and men.
NAVAL INSTITUTE FOUNDERS AND WARRIOR WRITERS INCLUDED:
Rear Admiral John L. Worden appointed midshipman in 1837; commanded ironclad
USS Monitor in battle with CSS Virginia; Naval Academy Superintendent 18691874.
Commodore Foxhall A. Parker appointed midshipman 1837; service afloat in the
bombardment of Fort Sumter;
Naval Academy Superintendent
18781879.
Commander Samuel Dana
Greene Executive Officer and
Acting Commanding Officer of
USS Monitor.
Captain McLane Tilton,
U.S. Marine Corps led Marine
contingent during the Korean
Expedition, 1871.

Rear Admiral John L Worden

1880s

The Promised Land

his was a time of changes and improvement for more than the fleet. The Office
of Naval Intelligence was established in 1882, and the first U.S. naval attach was
assigned overseas. In 1884, the Office of Naval Records and Naval War College the first
in the world were established. In 1886, Congress authorized two battleships, the USS
Maine and the USS Texas, and the Naval Gun Factory at the Washington Navy Yard. The
decade ended with nine modern cruisers authorized. Stephen B. Luce, a visionary naval
leader, published six articles in Proceedings during the 1880s. One of them, War Schools
(1883), would change naval-officer education throughout the world forever.
WARRIOR WRITERS INCLUDED:
Rear Admiral Royal R. Ingersoll USNA Class of 1868, Chief of Staff, Atlantic Fleet,
who as a lieutenant wrote Corrections for Wind, Motion of Gun and Speed of Target, and How
to Allow for the Same.
Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright USNA Class of 1868, Chief of Office of Naval
Intelligence; commanded Second Division of the Great White Fleet; as a lieutenant wrote
Naval Coast Signals.
Rear Admiral William T. Sampson USNA Class of 1861, commanded North
Atlantic Squadron in the Battle of Santiago; as a captain wrote Outline of a Scheme for the
Naval Defense of the Coast.
Captain Washington Irving
Chambers USNA Class of 1876;
innovator in naval aviation; as an
ensign wrote A Modified Monitor
with a New Method of Mounting and
Working the Guns.

Telegraph written
by Rear Admiral
Sampson from the
Battle of Santiago

1890s

A Vital Energy::
the Voice of Mahan

he pages of Proceedings were a study in forward-looking thinking, with a vital energy

in essays on the advances in warship design, armor, guns, range-finders, smokeless
gun powder, ordnance materials, new weapons such as the self-propelled torpedo, and new
power sources such as electricity. Proceedings presented a gallery of Navy greats, including:
Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan, Rear Admiral Stephen B. Luce, Assistant Secretary of
the Navy Theodore Roosevelt, and Admiral of the Navy George Dewey, together with
a host of young, talented officers. The Naval Institute Press was established in 1899 and
published its first book, The Log of the Gloucester, by Richard Wainwright.
WARRIOR WRITERS INCLUDED:
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt with a Proceedings article
and his 1897 Naval War College address Washingtons Forgotten Maxim, in which he
counseled To be prepared for war is the most effective means to preserve peace.
Admiral of the Navy George Dewey USNA Class
of 1858; his official report to the Secretary of the Navy
on the Battle of Manila Bay, was published in Proceedings.
Captain William F. Halsey, Sr. USNA Class of 1873;
served in Spanish-American War and World War I; as a
lieutenant wrote The Last Naval Engagement of the War
on naval operations at Santiago.
Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan President,
Naval War College; published The Influence of Seapower
Upon History; Proceedings articles included Blockade in
Relation to Naval Strategy.

Sherry glass of Admiral of the

Navy George Dewey

1900s

Dawn of a
New Naval Century

ith victory in the Spanish American War, the United States took its place as one of
the worlds naval powers. From 1900 to 1909, a shift in thinking was documented
in Proceedings that focused on how to use the Navy as much as why the nation needed
one. New thinkers and leaders were born in the journals pages, including William Sims,
Bradley Fiske, and Edward Beach. Captain Asa Walkers article, With Reference to the
Size of Fighting Ships, in 1900, continued the debate on the balancing of speed, armor,
and the size of guns in light of the British Navy and the development of the dreadnought
and larger guns. In 1905 and 1906, Proceedings presented the dueling views of Mahan and
Lieutenant Commander Sims on the value of the all-big-gun battleship.

Lieutenant
Ernest Joseph
Kings General
Prize Essay
Contest medal

WARRIOR WRITERS INCLUDED:

Commander Lloyd Horwitz Chandler USNA Class of 1888; as a junior officer
Chandler wrote several Proceedings articles, including two on the automobile torpedo and
torpedo operations in naval warfare.
Commander Hawley Olmstead Rittenhouse USNA Class of 1870, won the 1906
Prize Essay Contest with Promotion by Selections, a very contentious issue among naval
officers at the time.
Commander Homer Clarke Poundstone USNA Class of 1880, as a lieutenant
published in Proceedings on Size of Battleships for U.S. Navy, and Proposed Armament
for Type Battleships of U.S. Navy with Suggestions for Armor Protection.
Captain Edward Beach, Sr. USNA Class of 1888; served in USS Baltimore during the
Battle of Manila Bay; Secretary-Treasurer of Naval Institute; published 13 novels.

1910s

The New Navy

Prepares for War

roceedings looked to young authors, U.S. and foreign, for information on international
navies and overseas conflicts. Marine Lieutenant W. T. Hoadley translated the Japanese
General staff s report on the Russo-Japanese War. Italian Navy Lieutenant Romeo Bernotti
published a multipart study of naval tactics, adding to U.S. understanding of thinking in
European Fleets. Proceedings looked to new dimensions of sea power. In 1912, Lieutenant
Chester W. Nimitz, fresh from submarine command, published Military Value and Tactics of
Modern Submarines. Aviation pioneers Captain Washington Irving Chambers and Lieutenant
R.C. Saufley wrote on the new era of Navy air. In 1914, Proceedings switched from quarterly
to bimonthly, then monthly in 1917. Rear Admiral A.C. Dillingham wrote on sea power
lessons: preparedness, sharp strategic intention, a well-balanced Navy, good personnel, single
command, coordination of operations, and coordination of policy-makers and the force.
WARRIOR WRITERS INCLUDED:
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz USNA Class of 1905, Commander in Chief, United
States Pacific Fleet, World War II; Chief of Naval Operations.
Rear Admiral Harry Shepard Knapp USNA Class of 1878; service in SpanishAmerican War; Military Governor, Santo Domingo; Military Representative, Haiti; and
Naval Attach, London.
Major General Eli Kelly
Cole USNA Class of
1888; service in Spanish
American War and Philippine
Insurrection; commanded
Marine forces in Haiti; and
commanded Fifth Brigade of
Marines in France.
Vice Admiral Joseph
Knefler Taussig USNA
Class of 1899; service in Boxer
Rebellion with future British
First Sea Lords; oft-time
Proceedings author; awarded
Distinguished Service Medal for
World War I.
President Theodore Roosevelt and Commander William Sims

1920s

A New Level of
Professional Maturity

he 1920s saw Proceedings continuing to grow in stature truly the professional

journal of the Sea Services with contributions from Navy, Marine Corps, Coast
Guard, and foreign officers addressing a wide range of past, present, and future issues.
Memoirs and reflections on World War I dominated. Holloway Frost published several
articles and a book on Jutland. Both disarmament and aviation were prominent themes
throughout the decade. A report on the Navys post-earthquake humanitarian mission in
Japan appeared in 1925. In 1926, two German officers published on submarine operations
in the war. The entire May 1929 issue was dedicated to the U.S. Coast Guard. The
unchanging images on each Proceedings cover were the seals of the U.S. Naval Institute and
the U.S. Naval Academy printed in gold, equal in size, side by side.
WARRIOR WRITERS INCLUDED:
Admiral John Sidney McCain USNA Class of 1906; service with the Great White
Fleet; naval aviator at age 52; carrier group commander World War II; two Proceedings
articles on personnel issues.
Mary Hannah Krout Indiana author, journalist, feminist; in 1923, first Proceedings female
author with an account of Commodore Matthew Perrys 18521854 expedition to Japan.
Admiral Dewitt Ramsey USNA Class of 1912; commanded USS Saratoga; Vice
Chief of Naval Operations; as lieutenant published Proceedings article The Development of
Aviation in the Fleet.
Major General John Lejeune
USNA Class of 1888; Commander,
2nd Infantry Division, U.S.
Army, World War I; in 1925,
first Commandant to publish in
Proceedings, with an essay on
The United States Marine Corps.

Lieutenant (junior grade)

John Sydney McCain
epaulets and bicorne

1930s

The Challenge
of Adversity

roceedings articles in the 1930s testified to the difficulties encountered in an era of

public mistrust, limited budgets, and evolving technology. The drumbeat for war
grew unmistakably, as captured in Dudley Knoxs 1937 article Naval Power as a Preserver
of Neutrality and Peace. His answer, prepare for it, was helpful to President Franklin D.
Roosevelt in his efforts to convince the public that preparation was the best way to avoid
war. The growing importance of naval aviation was another major theme, with debates on
the relative merits of bombs versus torpedoes and level bombing versus dive bombing. In a
number of Proceedings aviation articles, future Rear Admiral Logan Ramsey, as a lieutenant
commander in 1937, published the prescient Aerial Attacks on Fleets at Anchor.

Midshipman Robert
Bostwick Carney

Midshipman Wallace
Martin Green Jr.

Midshipman Hyman
George Rickover

WARRIOR WRITERS INCLUDED:

Admiral Hyman George Rickover USNA Class of 1922; Director of Naval
Reactors; Father of the Nuclear Navy; as a lieutenant wrote 1935 Proceedings article
International Law and the Submarine.
Admiral Robert Bostwick Carney USNA Class of 1916; Chief of Staff to Admiral
William Halsey, World War II; Chief of Naval Operations; numerous Proceedings articles
throughout his career.
Admiral Forest Percival Sherman USNA Class of 1918; Commanding Officer USS
Wasp; Chief of Naval Operations; as lieutenant commander published Fighters on the
future of fighter aircraft.
General Wallace Martin Greene Jr. USNA Class of 1930; 23rd Marine Corps
Commandant; as first lieutenant published Proceedings article Piscataquas Pirate on 1775
New Hampshire landing force.

1940s

Rise and Fall of a

Seven-Ocean Fleet

he May 1940 issue of Proceedings carried a list of the new U.S. Navy ships under
construction. Their names, as yet free of a modern legacy, would be written
indelibly in naval annals within a few short years including Hornet, Wasp, Washington,
South Dakota, Atlanta, and Juneau. The fleet then fielded 243 surface combatants. By 1945
when World War II ended, 932 combat ships were the pulse of a victorious armada that
rode astride the world. Four years later, demobilization would cut the fleet to 192 ships. In
1949, as a Cold War with the erstwhile ally Soviet Union began, the cycle of naval bustboom-bust was beginning anew. Contributors to Proceedings told the story of this explosive
growth and retrenchment, producing a record of a decade that was an epic for the ages.
WARRIOR WRITERS INCLUDED:

General Robert Everton Cushman Jr. USNA Class of 1935; Pacific, World War
II; 25th Marine Corps Commandant; as a lieutenant colonel published on the Navy and
Marine Corps in the atomic age.
Rear Admiral Sheldon Hoard Kinney USNA Class of 1941; destroyer commander
World War II and Korean War; Academy Commandant; as a lieutenant wrote on the merits
of the open bridge.
Vice Admiral George Peabody Steele II USNA Class of 1945; submariner;
Commander 7th Fleet; as a lieutenant (junior grade) published in Proceedings on Our
Vanishing Petty Officers.
Chief Machinists Mate Richard McKenna Winner of Proceedings 1948 Enlisted Essay
Contest; The Post-War Chief Petty Officer: A Closer Look: author of 1962 bestselling novel
The Sand Pebbles.

1950s

The PostWar Years

s the decade opened, the lessons of World War II had a significant pull on
Proceedings authors, with primary history accounts by Fleet Admirals Ernest J. King
and William Halsey leading the way. Korea soon gained center stage with Korea: Back
to the Facts of Life, by Lieutenant Colonel J.D. Hittle, USMC, Lynn Montroses Fleet
Marine Force Korea, and All Quiet on the Wonsan Front contributing, and Commander
Malcolm W. Cagle wrapping up with Errors of the Korean War. The focus shifted again,
to the Cold War. Writing and discussion centered on the Soviet Union, but China
was not neglected. In 1952, Colonel Hittle argued in Proceedings that China sought to
reestablish itself as the dominant power in East Asia, likely bent on world conquest.
Throughout, the journals pages gave growing attention to new technologies steam
catapults, jet aircraft, ect. blooming in the postwar years.
WARRIOR WRITERS INCLUDED:
Admiral Ignatius Joseph Galantin USNA Class of 1933: submarine commander,
World War II, Battle of Leyte Gulf, looked to The Future of Nuclear-Powered Submarines,
in the June 1958 Proceedings.
Samuel P. Huntington Harvard; author in the 1990s of Clash of Civilizations; published
the iconic power-projection study National Policy and the Transoceanic Navy in the May
1954 Proceedings.
Admiral Elmo Russell Zumwalt Jr. USNA
Class of 1943; 19th Chief of Naval Operations; as a
commander published his first Proceedings article,
Responsibility Pay for Officers.
Colonel Robert D. Heinl Jr. Yale NROTC
Marine; in the May 1956 Proceedings published the
scathing article Special Trust and Confidence on the
decline in the officer corps and the need for change.

1960s

The Decade of Clashes

and Development

n February 1960, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz published An Open Letter to Junior
Officers stressing the necessity for the finest, most dedicated officer corps. Proceedings
served its readers well at a time when the threat of nuclear war overlaid a brutally
consuming unconventional war in Vietnam. The Polaris missile had been tested, and
the USS George Washington (SSBN-598) had just completed her first strategic deterrence
patrol when Lieutenant George Lowe published Deterrence The Next 20 Years in the
November 1961 issue. With troops increasingly committed to Vietnam, Marine Major H.
Douglas Stewart published How to Fight Guerillas in July 1962. Proceedings documented
the history and loss of USS Thresher (SSN-593), and in May 1964, Captain Frank A.
Andrews reported on location of her wreckage. The 1960s also saw the founding of the
Naval Institutes Oral History program.

Marine Captain John Walter

Ripleys captured AK-47 from
the RockpileVietnam

WARRIOR WRITERS INCLUDED:

Admiral Jonathan Trumbull Howe USNA Class of 1957; Deputy National Security
Adviser; Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe; Proceedings author as a
lieutenant (j.g.) wrote Time of Decision.
Captain Robert Collins Truax USNA Class of 1939; led 1946 team that interrogated
German rocket engineer Wernher von Braun; published September 1964 Proceedings article
Rocket Development.
Vice Admiral Vincent Paul dePoix USNA Class of 1939; flew Hellcats in World War
II; first captain of USS Enterprise (CVAN-65); Director DIA; wrote The Big E, June
1962 Proceedings.
Vice Admiral Rufus Lackland Taylor USNA Class of 1933; Director of Naval
Intelligence; Deputy Director, CIA; published Command and the Intelligence Process, in the
August 1960 Proceedings.

1970s

High-Low

973 marked the Naval Institutes centennial. In 1976, CNO Admiral James L Holloway III
published The U.S. Navy: A Bicentennial Appraisal. Many articles were published
on Vietnam and Asia minesweeping, Marine aviation, prisoners of war; China eight
years after the detonation of its first nuclear weapon. The Soviet Navy was growing,
and Proceedings published 11 articles by Soviet Admiral of the Fleet S.G. Gorshkov, each
accompanied with commentary by an American officer. In 1976, Admiral Elmo Zumwalt
wrote High-Low, with his candid assessments of certain bigger and smaller Navy
warships and their weapons systems. Ship procurement discussions continued, including
Which Five-year Shipbuilding Program by former and future Secretary of Defense Donald
Rumsfeld.
WARRIOR WRITERS INCLUDED:
Rear Admiral James Winnefeld Sr. USNA Class of 1951; commands of aviation and
surface warfare units; winner of Proceedings Prize Essay Contests; Commandant, U.S. Naval
Academy, 19761978.
Lieutenant Colonel Robert McFarlane USNA Class of 1959; commanded the first
Marine artillery unit to land in Vietnam; National Security Adviser 19831985; Proceedings
author, Necessity of Marines Afloat.
Captain James Webb USNA Class of 1968; Marine; best-selling novelist; Secretary of
the Navy, 19871988; U.S. Senator; Proceedings author Turmoil in Paradise: Micronesia at the
Crossroads.
Admiral Arleigh
Albert Burke
USNA Class of 1923;
destroyer squadron
commander; Chief
of Naval Operations;
Proceedings article about
World War II service
under Admiral Marc
Mitscher.

1980s

A Maritime Strategy
for the Cold War

n December 1982, President Ronald Reagan

forcefully declared that Maritime superiority
for us is a necessity. In 1986, an unusual standalone, special issue titled The Maritime Strategy
was published, with articles, and original
artwork, airing authoritatively in public and
spelling out the key aspects of the strategy and
the 600-ship Navy. The Naval Institute Press
published its first fictional worksthe gripping,
blockbuster novels The Hunt for the Red October
by Tom Clancy and Flight of the Intruder by
Stephen Coonts. Also notable were Captain
Wayne Hughes classic Fleet Tactics, Colin Grays
and Rear Admiral J.C. Wylies perceptive
Seapower and Strategy, and John Hattendorf s
edited edition of Rear Admiral Wylies
landmark Military Strategy. The decade also
saw the introduction of a New Naval Institute
periodical, Naval History.
WARRIOR WRITERS INCLUDED:
John Lehman Secretary of the Navy 19811987; Proceedings articles included Nine
Principles for the Future of American Maritime Power, and Retiring a Legend.
Admiral James George Stavridis USNA Class of 1976; Proceedings articles at every
rank from midshipman to four-star admiral; Supreme Allied Commander Europe; author of
Destroyer Captain and The Accidental Admiral.
Admiral James Winnefeld, Jr. Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; as a
lieutenant wrote Top Gun: Getting it Right, Fresh Claws for the Tomcat, and Winning the
Outer Air Battle.
Lieutenant Commander Paul Gerard Johnson USNA Class of 1976;
as a lieutenant won the 1982 Prize Essay contest with Tomahawk;
The Implications of Strategic/Tactical Mix.

1990s

Preparing for
the New Century

roceedings articles covered Operation Desert Storm in Iraq and the Kosovo conflict.
Then-Commander James Stavridiss To Begin Again addressed the need for
integrated strike forces two decades before the Air-Sea Battle concept. Technology loomed
large. The most prescient 1990s articles predicted the information revolution that has
changed the nature of naval warfare. Commander William Rohde wrote in What is Info
Warfare? that in the future, victory would go to the side best able to exploit information.
Vice Admiral Arthur Cebrowski and John Garstka authored the classic Network-Centric
Warfare: Its Origins and Future. Naval Institute Press books included War Plan Orange:
The U.S. Strategy to Defeat Japan, 18971945 by Edward S. Miller, and the reissue of
Mr. Roberts: A Novel by Thomas Heggen.
WARRIOR WRITERS INCLUDED:
Colonel John W. Ripley, USMC USNA Class of
1962; Navy Cross for actions in Vietnam; Quad Body
distinction, completing four of worlds toughest
military training programs; Naval History author.
Captain Edward L. Beach, Jr. USNA Class
of 1939; Navy Cross for submarine duty World
War II; Naval Aide to President Dwight D.
Eisenhower; best-selling novelist; Proceedings
Whos to Blame, December 1991.
Lieutenant Commander Thomas Cutler
author of Proceedings articles, and books including
Brown Water, Black Berets: Coastal & Riverine
Warfare; and A Sailors History of the U.S. Navy.
Rear Admiral Joseph Callo Proceedings and Naval
History author; winner of 2006 Samuel Eliot Morison
Award for Naval Institute Press book John Paul Jones:
Americas First Sea Warrior.

Lieutenant (junior grade)

Thomas Joshua Cutler, USN

2000s

Challenging Times
and Hard Truths

ars in Afghanistan and Iraq dominated the pages of Proceedings, highlighting key roles
played by Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine. Other major issues
included strategy, rising peer competitors, new platforms, and personnel. Captain Bernard
Cole published a series of books on China and Asia. Captain Jerry Hendrix, who wrote
Proceedings Buy Fords Not Ferraris, debated Bryan McGrath on The Future of Carriers in
2015, hosted by the Naval Academy Museum and live-streamed by the Naval Institute. In
2006, the Institute Blog was created, offering additional writing opportunities for junior
officers; in 2013, USNI News was created, with daily, breaking news. The Press continued to
publish outstanding works, including SEAL of Honor, Joe Rocheforts War, and Circle of Treason.
WARRIOR WRITERS INCLUDED:
Captain David A. Adams Winner of the Arleigh Burke Essay Contest in 1997 and
2007; prior enlisted nuclear electrician; prospective commanding officer USS Georgia
(SSGN-729).
Captain Henry J. Hendrix P-3 pilot; Director Naval History and Heritage Command;
Proceedings author; Naval Institute Press Author of the Year for Theodore Roosevelts Naval
Diplomacy.
Captain Emmett Lamb, USMC
USNA Class of 2007; served on
USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62); served
in Afghanistan; as ensign published
Restructuring Navy Boarding Parties,
August 2007 Proceedings.
Captain David Joseph Danelo,
USMC USNA Class of 1998;
served in Iraq; wrote two books
Blood Stripes: the Grunts View of the
War in Iraq and The Border: Exploring
the U.S.-Mexican Divide.

Naval Institute Blogger and

Proceedings contributor Captain
Alexander Martin, USMC

Conclusion

What is past is prologue

The 21st century will be both old and new with regard to the Sea Services.
It will be old because some of the same issues the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and
Merchant Marine have always faced will return. The same questions will be asked: what
is our strategy? In what conditions will we operate? What is the appropriate size of the
services? What platforms should we build? How do we educate and train our personnel?
It will be new simply because there are always new and often unexpected challenges.
Cyber, unmanned vehicles, nanotechnology, 3-D printing, etc., will only be the beginning
of new technologies that will impact how the Sea Services operate in any environment or
enable new peer competitors or non-state actors.
Whatever the issue, a new generation of Naval Institute authors continue to think about
these subjects, to observe trends, generate discussions, and recommend solutions. They
follow the footsteps of Mahan, Sims, Nimitz, Heinl, Zumwalt, and Stavridis.

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