What is a Corvette? And What Next? | Center for International …
WEBCorvettes, as a type, essentially disappeared from the English naval lexicon until 1939. The term was kept alive in some navies (including the French, German, and Italian) as a rank that translated corvette-captain, a rank generally equal to …
Transitioning Away from the Carrier Strike Group and Toward …
WEBJun 26, 2024 — Events in Ukraine have showed the potency of swarms of cheap drones. If the US had the capability of launching a 2 month long persistent swarm of cheap drones, it could flood Houthi territory with them and kill every military target seen for a …
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 ...
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 ...
The 50-Year Dilemma In Aircraft Carrier Design and the Future of ...
WEBBy Brent D. Sadler. June 2024 marks the 90 th year since commissioning the Ranger (CV-4), the first purpose-designed and built U.S. aircraft carrier. The Ranger stood on the legacies of several ships, most notably the converted collier Langley (CV-1), commissioned in 1922. A century of lessons learned from fleet experimentation during the interwar period, wartime experiences from World War Two ...
Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations: National Security Law at …
WEBJul 14, 2022 — By Peter C. Combe II. In a recent piece for the Center for International Maritime Security (CIMSEC), Brent Stricker provided an excellent overview of legal considerations associated with the Marine Corps’ Force Design 2030, concepts for Stand-in-Forces (SIF) and Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO). Stricker provides a cogent introduction to targeting, deception and distinction ...
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.
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 ...
Warfighting Culture Starts with the CO | Center for International ...
WEBNov 1, 2023 — Warfighting is as much a culture as it is an activity. To foster warfighting culture, commanders must include it in every aspect of their command – from training to administration to damage control to routine ship operations. Every aspect of shipboard life is connected to warfighting and therefore should be treated as such.
Operationalizing Distributed Maritime Operations | Center for ...
WEBMar 5, 2019 — The CNO called to “Continue to mature the Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO) concept and key supporting concepts. Design the Large Scale Exercise (LSE) 2020 to test the effectiveness of DMO. LSE 2020 must include a plan to incorporate feedback and advance concepts in follow-on wargames, experiments, and exercises, and demonstrate ...