Author Archives: Scott C-P
CIMSEC’s May DC Meet-Up
If you’re in the DC area next Wednesday, May 29th, we hope you’ll stop by Lyon Hall in Arlington for our monthly DC-area meet-up. It’s a chance to share some ideas, meet new folk, or just grab a drink and swap a sea story or two. Time: May 29th, 5-9pm Location: Lyon Hall, 3100 Washington [...]
Wrapping Up Alternatives to DDG Flight III
Last month we challenged contributors to take their best shot (or really any shot, so long as it was interesting) at articulating alternatives to the U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class DDG Flight III. We originally intended the series to run a week, but never ones to reject late-but-coherent thoughts, we kept it going as long as the submissions kept coming in. The [...]
Read MoreDeath of a Fisherman
Taiwan on Sunday sent a task force of three Coast Guard Administration vessels and one Lafayette-class navy frigate to waters near the northern Philippines, joining a Knox-class frigate already in the area. The move follows the death of a Taiwanese fisherman last Thursday that has strained ties between the neighbors. The 65-year-old fisherman was aboard [...]
Read MoreWhither The Flight III
Back in March our readers voted on topics they’d like us to cover for a week of analysis. The winner was “Alternatives to the U.S. Navy’s DDG-51 Flight III”. Alas not many have felt comfortable venturing outside their expertise comfort zones to weigh in on the issue. Those few brave writers who did accept the [...]
Read MoreCIMSEC 1-Year Anniversary and April DC Meet-Up
It’s been one year since we started CIMSEC as an experiment in empowering maritime security collaboration and discussion (alright, after I stared it as a. During this time we’ve published over 250 articles and posts on the NextWar blog and have grown to over 100 members. Our articles and authors have been re-run, cited, or quoted in [...]
April Analysis Week
The votes are in and the topic for our April Analysis Week will be ”Alternatives to the DDG Flight III” (full results below). Please help make this week a success and consider jotting down and submitting a few thoughts on the possibilities – in this case for the U.S. Navy – whether it be alternative platforms, technologies, organizations, [...]
April Analysis
We here at CIMSEC like on occasion to offer our members and readers a topic to focus on for a week or so as a challenge to tease out nuances and new insights. In the past we’ve delved into such subjects as 3D printing and sea-based nations. In April we’ll do so again, and these [...]
Read MoreInnovation and Lessons Learned
There have been some interesting posts in the past week or so on spurring naval innovation that are worth the time to read. An article we cross-posted Wednesday, by LCDR Jason Schwarzkopf, dealt with fostering broad, collaborative discussion on tactical and practical naval matters and it received a well-reasoned response from CDR Salamander at his [...]
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