US Naval Institute Proceedings - August 1998

Front Cover, U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, Volume 124/8/1,146, August 1998. GGA Image ID # 1d01ed793f

On the Front Cover: Marines from the Chemical Biological Incident Response Force recently participated in a Biological Warfare Exercise in Washington, D.C. For more on the threat, see pages 39-44. (Photo by S. Schaeffer/MAI)

The August 1998 issue articles include Five and Out? The Chiefs Are Not Happy, Ship-to-Objective Maneuver: Will This Dog Hunt? Trident Can Fire More than Nukes, No Democracy Can Feel Secure, Russia's Navy Remains in Decline, and more.

Table of Contents

• Five and Out?
  By Captain E. Tyler Wooldridge III, USN
  If we restore adventure and fun to sea duty, our good surface warfare officers will stay.
• The Chiefs Are Not Happy
  By Master Chief Machinist's Mate Mark Butler, USN
  Cuts in promotion opportunities and retirement pay make nobody smile.
• Ship-to-Objective Maneuver: Will This Dog Hunt?
  By Major Jeffrey P. Davis, USMC
  Probably—but we still have a long way to go.
• Trident Can Fire More than Nukes
  By Captain James H. Patton, Jr., USN (Ret.)
  . . . such as intelligence and communications satellites.
• No Democracy Can Feel Secure
  By Lieutenant Colonel Raymond S. Shelton, USMC
  Our deployed forces will encounter biological agents—sooner, not later.
• Sulfur, Serpents, and Sarin
  By Captain Stuart D. Landersman, USN (Ret.)
• Russia's Navy Remains in Decline
  By Richard F. Staar
  Its dreams of being a blue-water navy belong to the past.
• Will Our Forces Match the Threat?
  By Robert Callum
  We cannot pick the most convenient threat.
• I Found My Rainbow
  By Journalist First Class Julius Evans, USN
  But the coins in the pot of gold were collected along the way.
• Navy Blue Goes Green
  By The Honorable Steven S. Honigman and Captain John P. Quinn, JAG, USN
  We must seize and retain the environmental initiative.
• We Are Products of 1898
  By Colonel James W. Hammond, Jr., USMC (Ret.)
  The Spanish-American War moved our country on stage as a world power.
• Redefining Coastal Warfare
  By Captain Marke R. Shelley, USNR, and Commander Wayne C. Dumas, USCGR
  Don't rely on old models; stretch for new solutions.
• Vincent Astor Leadership Essay Contest: Second Co-Honorable Mention Use Technology . . . BUT DON'T TRUST IT!
  By Captain James T Jenkins, USMC
  Its promise may exceed its performance.

Departments

Commentary

• Answers Are on the Waterfront
• Headline Blues: Ethical Crisis at CNN

Naval Institute at 125

• RAdm. Thomas A. Brooks, USN (Ret.)
• Dr. John Allen Williams

Nobody asked me, but

• Don't Wear that D.C. Jacket
• Embrace the Challenge

Professional Notes

• Electric Propulsion: Commonality Is the Only Way
• Rate of Fire Beats Tonnage During Operational Maneuver
• The National Institute of Military Justice: A Status Report
• Cyclones Enter the 21st Century

Other Departments

• Membership News
• Comment and Discussion
• Another View
• Book Reviews
• Books of Interest
• The U.S. Navy
• Oceans
• Points of Interest
• World Naval Developments
• Combat Fleets
• Notebook
• Lest We Forget
• Index to Advertisers

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