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Articles by Steve Hulse
Keep Coast Guard Production Lines Open to Grow the National Fleet
As the United States and China compete for influence across the Pacific and beyond, the Navy has an immediate, pressing need for more ships. The existing national fleet is insufficient to deter China and deliver effective warfighting capability.
The Navy Needs Better Small Boats-and Training
Body The U.S. Navy has operated small boats since its earliest days, using them from for everything from logistics to beach landings to visit, board, search, and seizure operations. The most common boats in use today are the 7-meter and 11-meter rigid-hull inflatable boats (RHIBs), and their design has not changed significantly in decades. Meanwhile, new designs in the boat industry that improve stability and performance could significantly benefit the health and safety of Navy boat drivers.
It Is Time for an Arctic Combined Interagency Task Force
Joint Russian and Chinese military activities in the Arctic last year signaled an urgent need to centralize leadership, command, and control for U.S. and allied military forces, as well as nonmilitary sources of power, in the region. To do this, the United States should replicate the past successes of the Department of Defense (DoD) in establishing combined and joint interagency task forces.
Bases on the Aleutian Islands Would Project U.S. Power Across the Pacific
The Aleutian Island Chain stretches more than 1,000 miles west across the Pacific from the Alaska Peninsula. The rugged islands dot the North Pacific shipping route and guard the approaches to the Arctic.
DARE 2024: Marine Corps Quality of Life and the Reserve
In February 2024, a cohort of 62 early- to midcareer professionals—officer, enlisted, and civilian, selected from more than 120 applicants—gathered in San Diego for the ninth annual DARE Innovation Workshop. DARE is a unique opportunity for participants to troubleshoot challenges facing the services and brief their findings directly to the service chiefs.
The Navy Should Use the Fast Response Cutter as a Patrol Boat
Commander Hulse is a former federal executive fellow at the U.S. Naval Institute. A career cutterman with eight years of sea time, he commanded a fast response cutter in Bahrain and served on board two medium-endurance cutters and an Island-class patrol boat. He is training to be senior defense official and defense attaché in Bridgetown, Barbados.
DARE 2023: Talent Management and Force Design for the Navy of the Future
In February 2023, a cohort of 62 early to midcareer professionals—officer, enlisted, and civilian, selected from more than 130 applicants—gathered in San Diego for the 8th annual DARE Innovation Workshop. DARE is a unique opportunity for participants to troubleshoot challenging problems over a three-day period and brief findings directly to service chiefs.
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