By LT Jason Lancaster, USN “It is no exaggeration to say that without the Texas Navy there probably would have been no Lone Star State, and possibly, the state of Texas would still be a part of Mexico.” – Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Texan Independence and the First Texas Navy Despite their integral part … Continue reading The Forgotten Texas Navy: Heroes from the Gulf of Mexico
By Dmitry Filipoff This past week CIMSEC featured a topic week offering ideas for the U.S. Navy’s Future Surface Combatant Program. In response to our call for articles authors shared insightful writings on potential new warships and how history should inform ship design. We thank the authors for their excellent contributions, listed below. Black Swan: … Continue reading Future Surface Combatant Week Wraps up on CIMSEC
By Matthew Merighi Join the latest episode of Sea Control for a conversation with Captain Klaus Mommsen (ret.) of the German Navy to talk about the Russian Navy and its latest developments. Download Sea Control 138 – Russia’s Navy: Potemkin or Power Projection? The transcript of the conversation between Captain Mommsen (KM) and guest host … Continue reading Sea Control 138: CAPT Klaus Mommsen (ret.) on Russia’s Navy: Potemkin or Power Projection?
By Christopher Nelson A passionate naval historian, Jim Hornfischer finds time in the early morning hours and the weekends to write. It was an “elaborate moonlighting gig” he says, that led to his latest book, The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945. The Fleet at Flood Tide takes us back to World … Continue reading “The Fleet at Flood Tide” – A Conversation with Author James D. Hornfischer
