Principal Warfare Officers attended a special two-week course there. In my post-Navy career, I have had extensive interaction ...

“Despite the remarkable developments in military technology, despite the weapons and machines which have vastly expanded our ...

SWO specialization was a good idea for the last generation of officers, but time is now too short. Implementing it in 2026, ...

The time was a century ago for the SWO officer corps to accept that the future had arrived, and it is past high time for them ...

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CIMSEC recently engaged with the commander of the Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), RDML T.J. Zerr, to discuss the latest developments and priorities of the command. RDML Zerr ...

“ The time was a century ago for the SWO officer corps to accept that the future had arrived, and it is past high time for them to do so now. The U.S. Navy surface warfare community must adapt ...

Featured Image: ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 16, 2025) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) ...

Classification of surface warships as cruisers, destroyers, frigates, or corvettes, has become like pornography. There are no generally accepted definitions, but “I know it when I see it”–except that ...

To put the recent challenges to the German Navy into perspective, just as the service is celebrating its 60 th anniversary, it is instructive to briefly touch upon some of the conceptual and ...

This is the second part of our conversation series with General Anthony Zinni, USMC (ret.) on leadership, strategy, learning, and the art and science of warfighting. Read Part One here. In this ...

Italian maritime doctrine is increasingly looking beyond its traditional focus on the Mediterranean. Admiral Giorgi’s signaled this shift in 2017 with the “Mediterraneo allargato,” echoed by Talbot ...