Moving Forward: Evolution of the Maritime Operations Center
WEBOct 19, 2016 · The following article originally featured on MOC Warfighter and is republished with permission. Read it in its original form here.. By William Lawler, CAPT USN and Jonathan Will, CAPT USN (Ret.) After WWII, the U.S. Navy’s ability to plan and execute at the operational level of war (OLW), which links tactical actions with strategic objectives, progressively diminished.
Chokepoints and Littorals Topic Week | Center for International ...
WEBBy Dmitry Filipoff. From June 1-12, 2020, CIMSEC featured a wide array of publications on strategic maritime chokepoints and littorals, submitted in response to our call for articles issued in partnership with the Brute Krulak Center for Innovation and Creativity of U.S. Marine Corps University. This turned out to be one of the most packed CIMSEC topic weeks in recent memory, and one of the ...
Breaking the Anti-Ship Missile Kill Chain
WEBFeb 26, 2018 · By Dick Mosier. With the fielding of increasingly capable anti-ship missiles, the centerpiece of the next conflict with a near-peer maritime power will be warfare to deny the adversary the intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and target acquisition information required for successful anti-ship missile …
Center for International Maritime Security | Fostering the …
WEBBy Scott A. Humr. Technical talent is critical to the Department of the Navy’s bid for technological overmatch in modern warfare. More emphatically, Vice Admiral Loren Selby stated in the Navy’s Naval STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) Strategic Plan, “Strong Naval STEM efforts are critical to America’s future, and are a matter of national security.” 1 While ...
Fighting DMO, Pt. 1: Defining Distributed Maritime Operations …
WEBFeb 20, 2023 · By Dmitry Filipoff. Series Introduction “Why study tactics? It is the sum of the art and science of the actual application of combat power. It is the soul of our profession.” –Vice Admiral Arthur K. Cebrowski, foreword to the second edition of Fleet Tactics by Captain Wayne P. Hughes, Jr.. In the Western Pacific, the U.S. Navy is facing one of the most powerful arrays of anti-ship ...
Modern Naval Mines: Not Your Grandfather’s Weapons That Wait
WEBOct 7, 2021 · By Scott C. Truver. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Michael M. Gilday has good reason to recall the morning of 18 February 1991. In support of Operation Desert Storm, the Aegis guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG-59) was patrolling off Failaka Island in the northern Persian Gulf, with a young Lieutenant Gilday serving as the tactical action officer (TAO).
Naval Warfare 2010-2020: A Comparative Analysis | Center for ...
WEBAug 6, 2020 · The most consequential difference between the 2010 and 2020 versions of NDP-1 lies in the way the two documents outline how the Naval Service secures U.S. national interests. NDP-1 (2010) defines six core capabilities, whereas NDP-1 (2020) defines five enduring functions.
The Gate of Tears: Interests, Options, and Strategy in the Bab-el ...
WEBJan 30, 2018 · By Jimmy Drennan. Introduction. Some were surprised by the news that four U.S. soldiers were killed in an ambush in Niger and may have even wondered “why do we have troops in Africa?” Some also agree with the recent bipartisan call from Congress to end U.S. military support to the Saudi Arabian-led coalition’s intervention in Yemen.In this context, the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb, the narrow ...
Blockade: An Imperfect Strategy | Center for International Maritime ...
WEBMay 1, 2019 · Blockade: An Imperfect Strategy. By LT Jason Lancaster, USN. Introduction. Throughout history, maritime nations have used naval blockades to wreck the economies of their adversaries and bend them to their will. However, the impact of blockade in history has been overstated. Throughout history, blockade has been a part of military success, but ...
Readiness for Pacific War 2027 - Center for International Maritime …
WEBReadiness for Pacific War 2027. Articles Due: October 21, 2024. Topic Week Dates: November 11-15, 2024. Article Length: 1,500-3,000 Words. Submit to: [email protected]. By Dmitry Filipoff. PRC President Xi Jinping has instructed the People’s Liberation Army to be able to invade Taiwan by 2027. While this capability benchmark does not ...