Fiction Contest Week 1st Place Finisher By Sergeant Major Mike Burke, U.S. Marine Corps (ret.), and Major Nicholas Nethery, U.S. Army Oran, 2038 Lieutenant Holly Forrestal’s exoarmor gouged the doorframe as she ducked back into the utility room. A burst of RPK fire barked, peppering the window she’d just been peeking from. The ClapBack sensor … Continue reading Crowdfunded
Fiction Contest Week This is a sequel to “At the Moral Level.” By Major Ian Brown, USMC Now Jayna woke up and the river was on fire. Her mind throbbed with dim memories: the smell of gas. A whisper. A tug on her squid skin suit. Then light, heat, tumbling— Focus. Her cheek was cold … Continue reading The Cost of Lies
Chokepoints and Littorals Topic Week By Robert C. Rasmussen “There are two types of Arctic problems – the imaginary and the real. Of the two, the imaginary are the most real.” –Vilhjalmur Stefansson This century will be a transformative one, where rules taken for granted in the international system have begun to rapidly evolve. One … Continue reading An Emerging Strategic Geometry – Thawing Chokepoints and Littorals in the Arctic
Unmanned Maritime Systems Topic Week By Dustin League and LCDR Daniel Justice Introduction The U.S. Navy faces a future where large portions of its fleet will be composed of non-traditional assets. Specifically, unmanned systems comprise a significant portion of the CNO’s “key platforms and payloads” which the Navy seeks to acquire.1 That direction from the top … Continue reading Create an Unmanned Experimental Squadron and Learning System
