SEAPOWER
Volume 50, Number 12, December 2007
THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES
www.navyleague.org
DEPARTMENTS
3 President’s Message
4 Editor’s Note
6 Letters
9 Intercepts
COVER STORY
Though just officially unveiled, the tenets of the “Cooperative Strategy for
21st Century Seapower” have been in practice in the global maritime environment for a few years as the U.S. sea services have fostered international cooperation to focus on common threats and mutual interests.
BY RICHARD R. BURGESS
46 Program Snapshot
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47 Seapower International
49 Historical Perspective
50 Navy League News
58 Council Digest
FEATURES
3 Facing the Challenges Ahead
BY J. MICHAEL McGRATH
20 Navy Will Play Critical Role in Africa Command
BY ROXANA TIRON
8 Washington Report:
Defense bill is seen
as ‘great start’ for
shipbuilding
22 Robot Vehicles Race at DARPA Urban Challenge
BY PATRICIA KIME
26 TerraMax Shows Autonomous Promise for the Military
BY PATRICIA KIME
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42 DHS Aims for More Robust Return on Research Investment
BY DAVID W. MUNNS
64 In My Own Words
BY MARINE MAJ. CHAD COMMUNALE
PRESIDENTIAL HELICOPTER PILOT
SPECIAL REPORT: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
28 Navy IT Strategic Plan Aims to Boost Cyber Defenses
BY OTTO KREISHER
32 U.S. Explores New Maritime Data-Collection Technologies
BY MATT HILBURN
36 E-6B Mercury’s Role is Transformed Over Iraq
BY RICHARD R. BURGESS
38 INTERVIEW: Brig. Gen. George J. Allen
DIRECTOR FOR COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS
AND COMPUTERS/CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER OF THE
MARINE CORPS
BY MATT HILBURN
COVER DESIGN BY AMY BILLINGHAM, PENSARÉ DESIGN GROUP LTD. PHOTO OF MEMBERS OF A VISIT, BOARD, SEARCH AND SEIZURE TEAM FROM USS VICKSBURG TAKING PART IN
A BOARDING SCENARIO TRAINING EXERCISE BY MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 2ND CLASS OSCAR ESPINOZA.
