SEAPOWER
Volume 58, Number 8, October 2015
THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES
www.navyleague.org
COVER PHOTO OF F-35C LIGHTNING IIS ASSIGNED TO THE GRIM REAPERS OF STRIKE FIGHTER SQUADRON 101 AND F/A-18E/F SUPER HORNETS ASSIGNED TO THE NAVAL AVIATION
WARFIGHTER DEVELOPMENT CENTER FLYING OVER NAVAL AIR STATION FALLON’S RANGE TRAINING COMPLEX IN NEVADA SEPT. 3 BY U.S. NAVY LCDR DARIN RUSSELL. COVER DESIGN
BY LAUREN EMERITZ AND ROB BLACK, ABSTRACT ORANGE DESIGN.
DEPARTMENTS
3 President’s Message
4 Editor’s Note
5 Letters
48 Program Snapshot
50 Seapower International
52 Historical Perspective
53 Ship’s Library
54 Navy League News
56 Council Digest
6 Maritime Matters:
Talk of procuring
icebreakers gains traction
in Washington
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SPECIAL REPORT:
AIR WARFARE & FLIGHT OPERATIONS
10 Navy, Marine Concept Strives to Make ‘Every Platform a Sensor,
Every Platform a Shooter’
BY OTTO KREISHER
14 INTERVIEW: VADM MIKE SHOEMAKER
Commander, Naval Air Forces
Commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet
BY RICHARD R. BURGESS
20 LCS is Operating Helicopters, Fire Scout UAVs Simultaneously
BY RICHARD R. BURGESS
24 Farewell to the Phrog
BY DANIEL P. TAYLOR
26 Technological Strides Bring Changes to the Simulation Side of
Pilot Training
BY NICK ADDE
28 P- 8 Maritime Patrol Aircraft Impresses Operators in the
Western Pacific
BY RICHARD R. BURGESS
32 The Challenge of Sustaining the Marine Corps’ AV-8B Fleet
Until 2026
BY RICHARD R. BURGESS
36 What to Do With UCLASS?
BY DANIEL P. TAYLOR
FEATURES
3 ‘Your Fleet Guarantees Freedom’
BY SKIP WITUNSKI
38 Vision for Remote Prince Rupert Port Becomes Reality
100 Years Later
BY EDWARD LUNDQUIST
42 Deployable Specialized Forces Assist With Coast Guard
Missions at Home and Abroad
BY JOHN C. MARCARIO
44 Sea Service Cooperation is Key to Providing a Layered
Security Force
BY JOHN C. MARCARIO
64 In My Own Words
BY LT AMY BLADES-LANGJAHR
EP-3E NAVAL FLIGHT OFFICER
AVIATION SURVIVAL TRAINING CENTER, PENSACOLA, FLA.
