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THE ZIMMERMANN TELEGRAM 100TH ANNIVERSARY JANUARY – MARCH, 1917
Dr. Anthony Wells is a Visiting Senior Research Fel- low, Department of War Studies Center for Intelligence, King’s College, London, and the author of a…
THE JAPANESE ATTACKS ON PEARL HARBOR AND THE PHILIPPINES: TWO FATAL AND UNNECESSARY MISTAKES
On December 7, 1941 the Imperial Japanese Navy made a fatal and totally unnecessary mistake by attacking the major American naval base at Pearl Harbor,…
THE U.S. NUCLEAR TRIAD NEEDS AN UPGRADE
With bombers shifted to other duties and missiles aging out, the arsenal requires modernizing. This OP-ED article was published in the Wall Street Journal and…
NAVY FORCE STRUCTURE AND SHIPBUILDING PLANS: Background and Issues for Congress
The following is an excerpt from Congressional Research Service Report RL32665 dated May 15, 2017. Navy’s New 355-Ship Ship Force-Structure Goal Introduction On December 15,…
MASTER CHIEF PAUL DAVENPORT, USN SUBPAC COMMAND MASTER CHIEF
Good afternoon Admirals, Retired Admirals, Captains and retired captains, I am Force Master Chief Paul Davenport for Commander Submarine Forces, US Pacific Fleet and it…
VICE ADMIRAL ROBERT BURKE, USN CHIEF OF NAVAL PERSONNEL
Thank you, sir. Good afternoon, everyone, Admiral Tofalo, Admiral Roegge, Admiral Merz, a lot of my former bosses out there as well, and friends and…
CHAIRMAN’S REPORT ON THE 2017 SUBMARINE TECHNOLOGY SYMPOSIUM
Since its inception nearly three decades ago, the Submarine Technol- ogy Symposium—sponsored by the Naval Submarine League and hosted by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics…
Blackmail by Rick Campbell
Once again, Rick Campbell presents a captivating tale involving a dangerous world filled with political intrigue and military con- flict. It also possesses sufficient real-world…
SHEPPARD AND THE FRENCH RESCUE VOLUME 1 OF ALLIES AND ENEMIES
Published by köehlerbooks 610 60th Street, Virginia Beach, VA, 23451 ISBN: 978-1-63393-362-0 (hc) ISBN: 978-1-63393-360-6 (sc) ASIN: B06W6887SR (Kindle) Reviewed by CAPT Jim Patton, USN,…