Departments
3 President’s Message
4 Editor’s Note
58 Program Snapshot
60 Seapower International
62 Historical Perspective
64 Ship’s Library
66 Navy League News
72 Council Digest
6 Maritime Matters:
Coast Guard may pay
steep price for boost in
2018 defense spending
32
Features
3 A Voice Multiplier
BY SKIP WITUNSKI
10 INTERVIEW
Rear Adm. David J. Hahn
Chief of Naval Research
Director, Innovation Technology Requirements and Test & Evaluation
BY RICHARD R. BURGESS
46 The Navy’s Newest Installation Will Defend Europe
BY EDWARD LUNDQUIST
50 P-3C, EP-3E Aircraft Will Give Way to a Family of Systems
BY RICHARD R. BURGESS
54 Marines Set to Test Amphibious Combat Vehicle Contestants
BY OTTO KREISHER
80 In My Own Words
BY LT. CMDR. KEVIN SCULLY
BRAVO COMPANY OFFICER-IN-CHARGE
COASTAL RIVERINE SQUADRON TWO
Special Report: Partners in Global Presence
18 U.S. Fifth Fleet, International Partners Demonstrate
Effectiveness of Coalitions
BY RICHARD R. BURGESS
22 Continuing Promise 2017 Provides Patient Care,
Training for Caregivers
BY NICK ADDE
26 INTERVIEW
Rear Adm. Francis D. Morley
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for International Programs
Director, Navy International Programs
30 Canada Extends Naval Operations to Indo-Pacific Region, Africa
BY DAVID PUGLIESE
32 Marines Have Long List of Exercises, Training with Others for 2017
BY OTTO KREISHER
36 Smaller Nations Increasingly Important in Naval Exercises
BY DANIEL P. TAYLOR
38 AMAN 2017 Shows How Navy Priorities Have Changed
in the Middle East
BY DANIEL P. TAYLOR
42 Stakeholders Focus on the Way Ahead in the Bering Strait
BY DAISY R. KHALIFA
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