From the monthly archives:

February 2011

In Press: Talking LPD-17's rehab in the Virginian-Pilot

by Craig Hooper on February 28, 2011

Until last year, one of the most annoying things about being a long-standing LPD-17 critic was the constant push-back from pro-LPD-17 partisans (my criticism began here and, oh, here). There is no denying that the LPD-17, as planned, is a capable and exciting platform. The only problem, which the Virginian-Pilot’s Navy scribe Corinne Reilly details [...]

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USNI Mission: Don't fix what ain't broke

by Craig Hooper on February 28, 2011

I have been traveling, so I am a bit late to the party. But I do not like the proposed USNI mission statement change, nor do I appreciate the attempt to ram this change through via a proxy vote without wider discussion. A century-old mission viagra pills statement–that did USNI good service–deserves at least a [...]

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Welcome to you, new NAMRU: NAMRU-6 grows up!

by Craig Hooper on February 15, 2011

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In Press: Talking Navy aviation and UAVs in the San Diego Union-Tribune

by Craig Hooper on February 14, 2011

On the eve of the Centennial of Naval Aviation, the San Diego’s compare car insurance quotes Union-Tribune’s awesome national security reporter, Jen Steele, filed a piece on how UAVs would transform the Navy.  I was quoted in the story and you can read the entire piece here. Certainly, UAVs are going to have a big [...]

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How can the Navy win a flyover…during a budget crisis?

by Craig Hooper on February 12, 2011

Over the next year, the Navy is gonna learn that a depression makes a bad time to party. Today, as the U.S. Navy prepares to kick-off the ceremony-laden, flyby bedecked Centennial of Naval Aviation with a massive flyby in San Diego, the nation’s “Austerity-First” budget-trimmers are sharpening their pencils, ready pillory the Navy for each [...]

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The U.S. Coast Guard Commandant calls for leadership, strategic direction and resources

by Craig Hooper on February 10, 2011

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An Inspiring Mistake: Australia's turn from mid-sized amphibs

by Craig Hooper on February 7, 2011

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