Just wanted to shout out a big "thank you" to CDR Chris Rawley for holding the ship steady while I was busy restoring the office from hurricane Irene flood damage. Things are back up and running. Blog posting should return to normal shortly.

Meet Senator John Cornyn. Now read this (PDF). Shots.Fired.Ash.Carter. That is.... remarkable. Bill Sweetman has written about it here, and in that article he also links to the Bob Work memo mentioned earlier today (PDF). Did you hear about the new Navy Facebook game? It is mentioned and being heavily criticized at CDR Salamanders, although IMO that link looks like a heavily slanted jab at the Nav...

Last week CDR Chris Rawley published a journal article with the Small Wars Journal titled Al Qaeda's Seapower Strategy. Small Wars Journal has been going through a software upgrade so I decided to wait a bit to let them work out the bugs before linking, but with those bugs worked out I want to highlight this article and a specific aspect covered within. For hundreds of years, Arab traders in ...

asAs Tom Ricks mentioned and has been confirmed on SailorBob, LT CDR Matt Tucker, who was relieved of command as CO of USS Devastator (MCM 6) in March of 2009, has had his Detach for Cause vacated by the Navy. 25 months. Some folks have pointed out that LCDR Tucker has handled this with complete class, working at Naval Mine and ASW Command without the situation becoming a distraction while he work...

Both Noah and CDR Salamander have this right, no matter how you look at it - General Cartwright has been taken to the mattresses by a smear campaign. General Cartwright is so completely done in the Chairman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff job that Loren Thompson has even brought up the rumor about his romantic involvement with the head of a government agency, although Dr. Thompson waited to reveal t...

The following contribution comes from CDR Herb Carmen. CDR Carmen is an E-2C Hawkeye and C-2A Greyhound pilot who previously commanded the VAW-116 "Sun Kings." He recently served as senior military fellow at the Center for a New American Security. Since first reading Tim Kane’s article in Atlantic Magazine, “Why Our Best Officers Are Leaving,” it has spread virally among the Navy...

Kicking off the blog series on Tim Kane's Atlantic article Why Our Best Officers Are Leaving, the following contribution comes from CDR Michael Junge. CDR Junge is a surface warfare officer who previously commanded USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41). Rarely do I read an article that squarely grabs my attention on the first paragraph - or has me emailing friends about it by the second. Tim Kane'...

This Sunday evening, 5pm - 7pm, Information Dissemination will be well represented on Midrats as Bryan and I take on the topics for Midrats one year anniversary. Join "Sal" from the blog "CDR Salamander" & "EagleOne" from the blog "EagleSpeak" for the one year anniversary special of Midrats. Mark your calendars; we are going to have a live expanded panel discussion you will not want to mis...

I don't do the Midrats show with Eagle1 and CDR Salamander anymore, but listening to the podcast of previous weeks show has become something I like to do early in my work week while banging out stuff on the desk. This week though, I may have to tune in live if time allows. When you mention the possibility of an Electro Magnetic Pulse attack (EMP) - people have a reaction of, "What?" - either ...

An RAF Harrier pilot made his views plain when given the chance to quiz David Cameron during a visit to the Northwood airbase. Lt Cdr Kris Ward told the prime minister he was an Afghanistan veteran facing the prospect of unemployment.