SEAPOWER
Volume 59, Number 4, May 2016
THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES
www.navyleague.org
PHOTO OF THE JAPAN MARITIME SELF DEFENSE FORCE SHIP JS ATAGO LAUNCHING TWO MISSILES WHILE THE ARLEIGH BURKE-CLASS GUIDED-MISSILE DESTROYER USS SAMPSON TRANSITS
DURING MULTI-SAIL 2015 NEAR GUAM BY MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 3RD CLASS RAYMOND D. DIAZ III. COVER DESIGN BY LAUREN EMERITZ, ABSTRACT ORANGE DESIGN.
DEPARTMENTS
3 President’s Message
4 Editor’s Note
74 Program Snapshot
76 Seapower International
78 Historical Perspective
80 Ship’s Library
84 Navy League News
88 Council Digest
6 Maritime Matters:
Authorizers, Appropriators
at odds over Ohio Replacement
funding
52
FEATURES
3 The Power of Partnerships
BY SKIP WITUNSKI
10 INTERVIEW
Vice Adm. Philip H. Cullom
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations
For Fleet Readiness and Logistics
16 F-35C Training Squadron Prepares Instructor Pilots for the Fleet
20 Navy Undertakes Service Life Extension Program for F/A- 18 Fleet
24 Efficiency is at the Core of Consolidated H- 60 Depot Maintenance
28 Marine Corps Updates Operational Vision
32 Battalion, MEU Tapped as Experimentation Force
96 In My Own Words
BY LT. HEATH KENNEDY
MISSION PLANNER
DEFENSE POW/MIA ACCOUNTING AGENCY
SPECIAL REPORT: PARTNERS IN GLOBAL PRESENCE
38 INTERVIEW
Vice Adm. Mark A.G. Norman
Commander
Royal Canadian Navy
44 Marines Help Japanese Troops Build Amphibious Capability,
Hone Skills
48 U.S., China, Asia-Pacific Nations Wrestle with South China
Sea Issues
52 2016 Rim of the Pacific Exercise Will Bring 27 Countries Together
58 Coast Guard Increases Global Partnerships to Combat
Maritime Crime
SPECIAL REPORT: U.S.-FLAG MERCHANT MARINE
60 A Point of View: MPS Provides Economical Sealift
Capability to DoD
BY JAMES CAPONITI
62 Projected Needs for U.S.-flag Mariners Call for More
Expedient Credentialing
66 Maritime Academies Face Funding Challenges as Regulations,
Guidelines Change
70 Container Shipping Industry Again Faces Strong Current
of Uncertainty
