the u.s. naval academy museum presents "warrior writers" - the u.s. naval institute

T he U.S. Naval Institute and the U.S. Naval Academy Museum, a unique partner-ship 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 cessa-tion 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 Acad-emy 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.)

On 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.

1870sFoundations and Righting the Ship

Rear Admiral John L Worden

1880sThe Promised Land

T 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.

1876; 1876;

Telegraph written by Rear Admiral

Sampson from the Battle of Santiago

1890sA Vital Energy:: the Voice of Mahan

T 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.


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

1900sDawn of a

New Naval Century

W 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.


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.

Lieutenant Ernest Joseph Kings General Prize Essay Contest medal

P 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.


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 Spanish-American 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.

1910sThe New Navy Prepares for War

President Theodore Roosevelt and Commander William Sims

1920sA New Level of

Professional Maturity

T 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.


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

P 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.


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.

1930sThe Challenge of Adversity

Midshipman Hyman George Rickover

Midshipman Robert Bostwick Carney

Midshipman Wallace Martin Green Jr.

1940sRise and Fall of a

Seven-Ocean Fleet

T 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 bust-boom-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.


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.

1950sThe PostWar Years

As 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.


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.

1960sThe Decade of Clashes

and Development

In 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.


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.

Marine Captain John Walter Ripleys captured AK-47 from the Rockpile Vietnam

1 973 marked the Naval Institutes centennial. In 1976, CNO Admiral James L Holloway IIIpublished 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.


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.

1970sHigh-Low

1980sA Maritime Strategy

for the Cold War

In December 1982, President Ronald Reagan forcefully declared that Maritime superiority for us is a necessity. In 1986, an unusual stand-alone, 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.


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.

1990sPreparing for the New Century

P 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 ofMr. Roberts: A Novel by Thomas Heggen.


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.

USNA Class of USNA Class of 1962; Navy Cross for actions in Vietnam; Quad Body 1962; Navy Cross for actions in Vietnam; Quad Body

Naval Naval author; winner of 2006 Samuel Eliot Morison author; winner of 2006 Samuel Eliot Morison Lieutenant (junior grade)

Thomas Joshua Cutler, USN

2000sChallenging Times

and Hard Truths

Wars 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.


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

ConclusionWhat 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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F ounded in 1873, the U.S. Naval Institute is the independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write in order to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to national defense. Your membership ensures that the Naval Institute carries on its vital mission as The Independent Forum of the Sea Servicesa place where free and independent debate may flourish.

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