Contents

Cover Story

Features

The Coming Crisis in Naval Aviation

1,000-Ship Navy Concept Begins to Gain Traction

Growing Iranian Navy Relies on "Unbalanced Warfare" Strategy

Interview: Adm. Henry G. Ulrich III Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe Commander, Allied Joint Force Command, Naples

Guam Re-Emerges as Major Staging Area for U.S. Forces

In My Own Words

Special Report: Training & Simulation

"Serious" Computer Games Becoming a Popular Training Medium

Reporter's Notebook: The Serious Games Summit's Virtual World

Joint Warfare Center Provides Constantly Updated Training Tools

Marines Seek More Realistic Infantry Training Simulation

Turning Grunts Into Infantry "Men" at the Marine School of Infantry

Mackinaw's Virtual Bridge Replicates Actual Great Lakes Conditions

Departments

President's Message

Editor's Note

Letters

Intercepts

Program Snapshot

The Industrial Base

Seapower International

Historical Perspective

Navy League News

Council Digest

Washington Report

SeaPower - December 2006 Index