US Naval Institute Proceedings - May 1998

Front Cover, U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, Volume 124/5/1,143, May 1998. GGA Image ID # 1d02389553

On the Front Cover

Capable of fulfilling many missions on a single deployment, the carrier will remain the centerpiece of the "Navy after Next" (see pp. 64-70). The USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74), with Carrier Air Wing Seven embarked, heads to the Persian Gulf on her first operational deployment (Photo by Antony Platt, Blue Thunder Pictures).

Issue Summary

The May 1998 issue featured articles on The Sailor & the State, Building Surface Warriors, Landmines, Lies, and Other Phenomena, The (R)evolution of Mine Countermeasures, Navy after Next: Past Is Prologue, Annual Reviews, and More.

Table of Contents

Arleigh Burke Essay Contest Winners

• Teaching Elephants to Swim
  By Commander Terry C. Pierce, USN
  First, they must learn to think more like whales.
• The Sailor & the State
  By Captain John L Byron, USN (Ret.)
  Our Navy must not grow apart from our citizens.
• Building Surface Warriors
  By Lieutenant (junior grade) Michele Poole, USN From the outset, they need more practical application.

Features

• Starting Cold War II?
  By Susan Eisenhower
  Expanding NATO can be dangerous.
• Landmines, Lies, and Other Phenomena
  By Major General Jarvis D. Lynch, Jr., USMC (Ret.)
  An emotional ban would be worse than useless.
• Mines Remain the Weapons that Wait
  By Lee M. Hunt
  The sea mine is maturing into a key role.
• The (R)evolution of Mine Countermeasures
  By Captain Buzz Broughton, USN, and Commander Jay Burdon, USN
  Organic MCM means more than new hardware.
• Lurking in the Deep-Sea Terrain
  By Robert D. Ballard
  The terrain we don't see counts, too.
• Navy after Next: Past Is Prologue
  By Captain Peter Swartz, USN (Ret.)
  A backward look can guide us to the limit of our vision.
• History of Arms Is the Difference
  By Michael Evans
  . . . as the source of service tradition and honor.
• A New Kind of Officer
  By Al Christman
  Deak Parsons brought in the scientists and sparked a major weapons revolution.
• Super Hornet: The Sailor's Aircraft Is on Track
  By Patrick Pinne ran and Chuck Allen
  Nearly three-fourths of the way through its flight-test program, it is passing all tests.

Annual Reviews

• The U.S. Navy
  By Scott C. Truver
• The U.S. Marine Corps
  By Lieutenant Colonel Frank G. Hoffman, USMCR
• The U.S. Coast Guard
  By Vice Admiral Howard B. Thorsen, USCG (Ret.)
• World Naval Developments
  By Norman Friedman
• The U.S. Merchant Marine and Maritime Industry
  By Robert H. Pouch
• U.S. Naval Aircraft and Weapon Developments
  By Floyd D. Kennedy, Jr.
• Congressional Watch
  By Bradley Peniston
• Notable Naval Books
  By Lieutenant Colonel Richard Seamon, USMCR (Ret.)
• U.S. Naval Battle Force Changes
  By Samuel Loving Morison
• Combat Fleets
  By A. D. Baker III

References

• Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Flag and General Officers
• Recently Retired Officers
• Index to Flag and General Officers

Organizational

• U.S. National Defense Command Structure
• Office of the Secretary of Defense
• Department of the Navy
• Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
• U.S. Marine Corps
• U.S. Coast Guard
• Department of Transportation
• Maritime Administration
• Congressional Committees

Information Sources

• U.S. Navy
• U.S. Marine Corps
• U.S. Coast Guard
• Military and Maritime Agencies
• Associations
• Benefits Information
• USNI Military Database
• U.S. Naval Institute
• U.S. Naval Institute Golden Life Members
• U.S. Naval Institute Silver Members
• U.S. Naval Institute Field Directors
• Conferences and Exhibitions

Other Departments

Naval Institute at 125

• Admiral Robert E. Kramek, USCG
• Vice Admiral Arthur K. Cebrowski, USN

Commentary

• The Casualty Myth

Other

• Membership News
• Comment and Discussion
• Naval Systems
• Notebook
• Lest We Forget
• Index to Advertisers

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