Archive for August, 2013

1941: The Journal looks back

1941: The Journal looks back

From the archives: August 14, 1941

In the Journal

10 Years Ago: Orders have been issued to Capt. Frederick J. Horne, USN, in command of Carrier Division One, Scouting Fleet, assigning him …

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Redefining combat fitness

Col. Ellen Haring, the officer who sued the Army last year to challenge the constitutionality of the ground combat exclusion policy, argues in AFJ that combat fitness isn’t all about physical strength. …

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1864: Screw-powered seamanship

The USS Kanawha, a 691-ton Unadilla-class screw steam gunboat, was commissioned in January 1862. (Navy)

The USS Kanawha, a 691-ton Unadilla-class screw steam gunboat, was commissioned in January 1862. (Navy)

From the archives: August 13, 1864

Effect of the Screw Propeller on Steering

…In our day, when …

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What the QDR should be asking

In “What the QDR Should be asking, but isn’t: Lessons for leaders from the interwar years,” AFJ contributing editor Peter W. Singer writes, “When today’s leaders compare our turbulent times to the …

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1899: Army asks Navy for guns

1899: Army asks Navy for guns

From the archives: August 12, 1899

Maj. Gen. Elwell S. Otis

Army officers are not altogether pleased that [Maj.] General [Elwell] Otis should have to apply to the Navy Department for rapid …

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1934: Navy seeks small aviators

Lt. Harold B. Miller with his Curtiss F9C-2 "Sparrowhawk" fighter visits his hometown of  Newton, Iowa, while en route from Lakehurst, N.J., to Moffett Field, Calif., in October 1933. (Navy)

Lt. Harold B. Miller with his Curtiss F9C-2 “Sparrowhawk” fighter visits his hometown of Newton, Iowa, while en route from Lakehurst, N.J., to Moffett Field, Calif., in October 1933. (Navy)

From the …

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1935: A thank-you note from MacArthur

1935: A thank-you note from MacArthur

From the archives: August 10, 1935

Gen. Douglas MacArthur

[Editor’s note: Gen. Douglas MacArthur, then the Army’s chief of staff, wrote to thank the editor of the Army and Navy Journal, John …

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Finding tech abroad

One of the last things Mark Maybury did before stepping down as the U.S. Air Force’s chief scientist was to put the finishing touches on a new vision for his service’s science …

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1941: The Navy bulks up

USS San Diego (CL-53) slides down the shipways during her launching at the Bethlehem Steel Company shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, 26 July 1941. (Naval Historical Center)

From the archives: August 9, 1941

[Editor’s note: Five months before Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Navy was already adding ships by the day. This Naval Historical Center photo shows USS San Diego …

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New generals, please

Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis, who castigated “rosy official statements” in last year’s “Truth, Lies, and Afghanistan,” argues in AFJ that the Army’s strategic, procurement, and operational failures dictate bold action: a …

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