2022, Here We Go! A New Year With New Challenges

By Bill Hamblet

January 2022

A big change coming for Proceedings this year will be a swap of the International Navies issue (normally March) and the annual Naval Review (normally May).

CEO Notes

January 2022

We will kick off 2022 with a Maritime Security Dialogue featuring Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, Commander, Fifth Fleet, followed by a special event at the Coast Guard Academy!

Comment & Discussion

January 2022

Readers respond to articles on the expeditionary advanced base operations (EABO), the Taiwan Strait, and more.

Modernize Training for the U.S. Merchant Marine

By Lieutenant Commander Stephanie E. Mantz, U.S. Navy

January 2022

The government must prepare the Merchant Marine now to meet the objectives set forth in the 2018 National Defense Strategy and be ready to answer the call.

Waking Up Is Hard to Do

By Anna Donnla O’Hagan

January 2022

Sleep inertia is of particular concern in military operations, where unanticipated events require personnel to awaken unexpectedly and immediately undertake critical decision-making and actions.

Naval Officers Must Be Data Literate

By Commander Gary Lazzaro, U.S. Navy

January 2022

Making sense out of data will be an essential skill for every future naval officer.

Mentoring: It’s Not Rank Specific

By Michelle A. Phares

January 2022

Leaders must ensure other sailors are ready to take their places, through mentorship.

Forward Battle Damage Repair Keeps Ships in the Fight

By Commander Trevor Prouty, U.S. Navy

January 2022

World War II expeditionary repair facilities provide lessons for the next war at sea.

A Warfighting Imperative: Back to Basics for the Navy

By Captain Gerard D. Roncolato, U.S. Navy (Retired)

January 2022

Placing warfighting effectiveness above all else is the foundation for victory in war.

Naval Insurgency: A Combined Arms Dilemma at Sea in the 21st Century

By First Lieutenant Tyler I. Vandenberg, U.S. Marine Corps

January 2022

The Navy needs a diverse mine warfare strategy to deter naval aggression.

Adjust Shipyard Command-and-Control Structure to Solve Maintenance Delays

By Captain Kavon “Hak” Hakimzadeh, U.S. Navy

January 2022

The shipyard project superintendent should drive all milestones.

Better, Faster, Cheaper Ship Maintenance—Now!

By Lieutenant (j.g.) Artem Sherbinin, U.S. Navy; Captain Richard Kuzma, U.S. Army; and Lieutenant Thomas Wester, U.S. Navy

January 2022

The Navy should implement new technology to improve ship maintenance.

A Better Way to Build Ships

By Captain Douglas Burnett, U.S. Navy (Retired)

January 2022

MarAd’s use of commercial fixed-price contracts for vessel construction is instructive for future Navy shipbuilding.

New Wrinkles to Drone Warfare

By Craig A. Reed Jr. and James P. Rife

January 2022

Affordable and accessible drones can be employed to lethal effect, and the U.S. military must be ready.

There Are Better Ways to Use a Destroyer

By Captain Maurice S. Joyce, U.S. Navy (Retired)

January 2022

Stop holding that warship on a short leash and give the asset back to the strike group.

Getting Back On Top: How to Rebuild the Navy

By The Honorable John F. Lehman

January 2022

The Navy faces challenges similar to those in the late 1970s, and it should look to that era as it begins to rebuild.

Mahan and Corbett Will Not Inform a Modern Strategy for China

By David C. Benson

January 2022

Long-dead strategists have utility, but only if today’s strategists place them in proper historical perspective.

Toward a Unified Maritime Warfare Strategy

By James S. O’Brasky

January 2022

A unified maritime warfare strategy is badly needed in the 21st century.

Stop the Uniform Madness: A Road Map for a Logical Seabag

By Commander Jake Ferrari and Lieutenant (j.g) W. Kirk Wolff, U.S. Navy

January 2022

The Navy needs to prioritize consolidating the seabag, making uniforms practical while still honoring the service’s rich tradition.

Embrace the F-Word

By Captain Roger G. Herbert Jr., U.S. Navy (Retired)

January 2022

Failure-is-not-an-option pronouncements may be stirring, but they also are unachievable and unhealthy. Without failure, there can be no success.

Improve Deck Safety to Operate in the Arctic

By Lieutenant Blake Lusty, U.S. Navy

January 2022

If the Navy is committed to operating in the Arctic region, it is prudent that it modify procedures and equipment to the harsh environment to support sustained combat operations.

Reform the Coast Guard Enlisted Command Process

By Chief Boatswain’s Mate Phillip Null, U.S. Coast Guard

January 2022

Enlisted command is a longstanding reality in the Coast Guard.

Every Warfighter Must Understand Autonomy

By Lieutenant Colonel Jeff McLean, U.S. Air Force Reserve

January 2022

To ensure optimal and consistent employment, every warfighter must understand the logic, capabilities, and limitations of the autonomous systems they employ.

Book Reviews

January 2022

Experts review Poisoner In Chief, Well Done, and other new and noteworthy books.

Review & Commentary

By Captain John Byron, U.S. Navy (Retired)

January 2022

Captain John Byron reviews The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War, and Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War

U.S. Naval Institute 2022 Ballot Bios

January 2022

Biographies for the 2022 Board of Directors and Editorial Board nominees

From Our Archive

January 2022

The Naval Institute Photo Archive shares a photo from December 1943.

Where We Were

By A. Denis Clift

January 2022

A look back at the January issues of Proceedings from 1922, 1972, and 1997.

Fog of War: The Navy Should Reconsider Smokescreen Tactics

By Lieutenant Commanders Dylan and Trevor Phillips-Levine, U.S Navy

January 2022

New technology may make the smokescreen relevant, and the Navy should examine reincorporating it into the fleet.

Marine Heatwaves in the Global Oceans

By Captain Lawson W. Brigham, U.S. Coast Guard (Retired)

January 2022

The increasing global heat content has been reflected more dramatically in oceanic events called marine heatwaves (MHWs).

Merrill the Missileer

By A. Denis Clift

January 2022

1934 Naval Academy graduate, future-Captain Grayson Merrill relates his experience as deputy and then head of the Special Design Branch of the Bureau of Aeronautics.

Asked & Answered

January 2022

Our readers share their most dangerous or harrowing adventures at sea in rough weather, either on a warship, merchant ship, or pleasure craft.

Are Mahan and Corbett Still Relevant? (The Short Answer is “No”)

By Captain Thomas R. Beall, U.S. Navy (Retired)

January 2022

Though sound in their day, Mahan and Corbett’s vision of maritime superiority has failed to adapt to a changing international environment.

Drinking from the Fetid Well: Data Poisoning and Machine Learning

By Lieutenant Andrew Galle, U.S. Coast Guard

January 2022

The U.S. military must develop countermeasures to poisoned data sets to mitigate these attacks against artificial intelligence.

Forward Naval Presence: A Political, Not Military, Leadership Problem

By Admiral James G. Foggo, U.S. Navy (Retired)

January 2022

Forward naval presence is a great strength when managed and resourced correctly, but political leaders must moderate the demand signal.

Russia–Ukraine: Putin’s Amphibious Options Are Limited

By Colonel Philip G. Wasielewski U.S. Marine Corps (Retired)

January 2022

While Russia’s Black Sea Fleet has amphibious forces it could use against Ukraine, winter weather, distance, beach topography, and the size and age of the force make amphibious landings risky.

The Small, the Agile, and the Many

By Steve Blank

January 2022

The Navy needs to build collaborating, autonomous formations of unmanned vehicles as a hedge strategy.

Whither the Lightning Carrier in an Asia-Pacific War?

By Ben Ho

January 2022

South Korean and Japanese Lightning carriers would be most effective in an Asia-Pacific war if they operated in concert with U.S. supercarriers.

Navy Cryptologic Warfare Officers Cannot Do Cyber

By Lieutenant Commander Derek S. Bernsen, U.S. Navy Reserve

January 2022

The Navy’s cryptologic warfare officer community lacks the expertise to lead the service’s cyber warfare mission. Cyber warfare engineers should be allowed to take charge.

The Navy Must Decentralize Information Warfare

By Chief Petty Officer John Minor, U.S. Navy

January 2022

The IWC afloat teams should decentralize from flagships to capacity-based manning on all primary surface combatants to increase IW capabilities.

Improve Military–Media Relations

By Captain Tanner Bosch, U.S. Marine Corps

January 2022

The military should incorporate embedded media into tactical-level, garrison training.

How the Navy Can Avoid a 21st-Century Gallipoli

By Lieutenant Commanders Trevor Phillips-Levine, Dylan Phillips-Levine, Collin Fox, U.S. Navy; and Captain Walker Mills, U.S. Marine Corps

January 2022

The disastrous ANZAC landing at Gallipoli in April 1915 was attempted after a failed mine countermeasures operation to open the Dardanelles Strait. The U.S. Navy can avoid a similar fate.