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Proceedings is a 96-page monthly magazine published by the United States Naval Institute. Launched in 1874, it is one of the oldest continuously published magazines in the United States. Proceedings covers topics concerning global security and includes articles from military professionals and civilian experts, historical essays, book reviews, full-color photography, and reader commentary. Roughly a third are written by active-duty personnel, a third by retired military, and a third by civilians. Proceedings also frequently carries feature articles by Secretaries of Defense, Secretaries of the Navy, Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and top leaders of the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. Source
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| Language | English |
| Country | United States of America |
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Search Articles“We Did the Homework”-Mayday Writer-Directors on Recreating the SR-71 Blackbird and Filming Dogfights for their Cold War Action Comedy
Emily Abdow, editor-in-chief of Naval History, speaks with writer-director duo Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley about Apple TV’s new movie: Mayday. Set in the Soviet Union during the Cold War, Mayday follows Ryan Reynolds as a U.S. Navy pilot who crash-lands behind enemy lines and forms an unexpected alliance with an ex-KGB agent played by Kenneth Branagh.
Declassified [Part Two]: How the First Americans Entered Japan After WWII
1. ADM Chester Nimitz, Command Summary of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN: The Gray Book, (Naval War College and NHHC, 2012), message #21-0517 Z, 3464. 2. Command Summary of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, message #21-2327, 3466, 3467. 3. SCAP to COMGEN FEAF, “221451Z, SECRET,” 22 August 1945, Radiograms, RG-9, MacArthur Memorial Archives and Library, Norfolk, VA. 4. Gen.
A Lesson in Economics: U.S. Military Technology Needs an Upgrade
The U.S. military adores defining terms nearly as much as it loves to create acronyms.
CEO Notes
“Listen to this article”—a new member benefit On 1 June, we launched the “Listen to this Article” feature for Proceedings and Naval History content on our website. This feature is available to our members and subscribers only. If you have not yet tried it, go to our website, log into your account, and click on a Proceedings or Naval History article. You will see the audio player at the top of the page, just above the article title. We hope you’ll give it a try.
Fix PCS in the Coast Guard
Anonrate once opined: “The riskiest time underway is watch relief. The off-going watchstander wants to leave, the oncoming is learning what’s going on, and both lose situational awareness while conducting the relief.” The riskiest time for the Coast Guard is during its permanent change of station cycle, which is tantamount to watch relief. With only one PCS cycle a year, every unit undergoes significant turnover at the same time.
Rise of the Machines: Build Marine Corps Robotics Battalions Now
1. Experiment Division, Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL), Infantry Battalion Experiment (IBX) Phase II Final Report (Quantico, VA: Headquarters, Marine Corps, July 2025), 1. 2. MCWL, IBX Phase II Final Report, 3. 3.
More than Warfighting
Warfighting is having a moment, but it should not be the only topic garnering attention. To paraphrase John Paul Jones, “It is by no means enough that an officer of the Navy should be a capable [warfighter]. He must be that, of course, but also a great deal more.” In “More than a Warfighter”, Naval Academy history professor and Navy Captain B. J.
School Is in Session: Epic Fury’s Lessons for the PLA
1. Riley Ceder, “U.S. Has Destroyed Entire Class of Iranian Warships, CENTCOM Commander Says,” Military Times, 11 March 2026. 2. Rush Doshi, The Long Game: China’s Grand Strategy to Displace American Order (New York: Oxford University Press, 2021), 3–12.
War College Is Too Late to Start Studying Clausewitz
1. CAPT William Outerson, USN (Ret.), “Peacetime Admirals, Wartime Admirals,” U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 107, no. 4 (April 1981). 2. Kenneth P. Williams, Lincoln Finds a General (New York: MacMillan, 1949). 3. Forest C. Pogue, George C. Marshall: Organizer of Victory (New York: Viking, 1973), 118. 4. Michael Howard, “The Use and Abuse of Military History,” Parameters 11, no. 1 (July 1981). 5. Howard, “The Use and Abuse of Military History.” 6.
Set Physical Conditioning for Combat
The Navy’s updated fitness standards reflect the fundamental truth that physical readiness is directly linked to combat readiness. Sailors require a consistent fitness culture to build resilience and prepare for conflict. The updated fitness standards are not unrealistic. What is unrealistic is believing these standards can be met without a corresponding shift in culture.