Book Review – Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War
The release of former Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates’ Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War made waves around …
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The U.S. Rebalance to the Asia-Pacific Region: A Metaphor for Understanding the Rebalance-Pivot
As Yogi Berra famously stated, “it is difficult to make predictions, especially about the future.” In an attempt to sort …
Book Review – X-15: The World’s Fastest Rocket Plane and the Pilots Who Ushered in the Space Age
In the annals of experimental aircraft, the X-15 is not as revered or as remembered as the Bell X-1, which …
TRICARE and the Defense Budget
These days, any discussion of an executive branch agency’s budget request must begin with a caveat: While the Budget Control …
Mercyhurst University’s Institute for Intelligence Studies (Sponsored)
As a combat engineer in the U.S. Marine Corps, Cpl. Chip Buckley understood the importance of making informed decisions, and …
Littoral Operations Center (LOC) at Naval Postgraduate School Will Focus on the Global Littorals
Naval warfare in littoral waters is very different from open ocean operations. The U.S. Navy is dominant in “blue water” …
U.S. Postal Service Honors USS Arizona Memorial With Commemorative Stamp
The battleship USS Arizona is synonymous with the Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The death of 1,177 …
U.S. Navy Joins Search for Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
As the efforts intensified this weekend to find Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 and the 227 passengers and 12 crew onboard, …
Distributed Battle Management: DARPA Seeks to Manage Increasingly Complex Contested Airspace
Anyone who has seen the 2005 movie Stealth has seen a vision of a unmanned combat air vehicles (UCAVs) fighting …
A History of the U.S. Navy Dental Corps
The Dental Corps has a rich history, one of care, innovation, and commitment – in the case of two naval …