SEAPOWER
Volume 53, Number 12, December 2010
THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES
www.navyleague.org
DEPARTMENTS
3 President’s Message
4 Editor’s Note
7 Intercepts
46 Program Snapshot
48 Seapower International
50 Historical Perspective
51 Ship’s Library
52 Navy League News
64 Council Digest
6 Washington Report:
Major changes ahead
for House Armed Services
Committee ranks
34
FEATURES
3 Refreshed and Re-energized
BY DANIEL B. BRANCH JR.
10 New Navy Cyber Command Begins “Walking Upright”
BY DANIEL P. TAYLOR
32 ONR Initiates Research to Improve Reverse Osmosis Systems
BY PATRICIA KIME
34 Could Canine Olfactory Systems Hold Key to Better IED Detection?
BY EDWARD LUNDQUIST
38 Military Education Programs Adapt to New Security Threats
BY JOHN C. MARCARIO
42 INTERVIEW: Cmdr. Brian P. Keffer
Small Boat Product Line Manager
U.S. Coast Guard Surface Forces Logistics Command
BY JOHN C. MARCARIO
72 In My Own Words
BY RETIRED CAPT. KURT J. COLELLA
DEAN OF ACADEMICS
U.S. COAST GUARD ACADEMY
SPECIAL REPORT: SURFACE WARFARE
14 Navy Realigns Fleet Chain of Command
BY RICHARD R. BURGESS
16 New Command Focuses on Integrated Air and
Missile Defense Mission
BY OTTO KREISHER
20 European Missile Defense Plan Puts Onus on U.S. Aegis Ships
BY DANIEL P. TAYLOR
24 DDG 1000 Will Introduce New Warfighting,
Engineering Technologies
BY RICHARD R. BURGESS
28 Officials Weigh Pros and Cons of Expanding Nuclear Propulsion
BY TOM WITHINGTON
COVER PHOTO OF THE GUIDED-MISSILE DESTROYER USS STERETT LAUNCHING A TOMAHAWK LAND ATTACK MISSILE OFF THE COAST OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA JUNE 22 BY U.S.
