"Citizens in Support of the Sea Services"

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The official publication of the
Navy League of the United States

September 1999

"Your Work Did You Proud"

The JFK Jr. Search-and-Recovery Operation

By GORDON I. PETERSON

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A Call to Action

Navy League President's Message

By JOHN R. FISHER

7

 
A Revolution at Sea for Surface Combatant Warships

Interview with Rear Adm. William W. Cobb Jr., program executive officer for theater surface combatants: His perspective on improving the fleet's combat capabilities and the quality of life of its Sailors. 

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Barbers Point Closed After 57 Year of Service

Sea Services  

By RICHARD R. BURGESS

19

 
Litton Acquires Avondale; Newport News Stays Independent

Industrial Base  

By RICHARD R. BURGESS

23

 
Accurate, Precise, and Timely

The Navy presses ahead with a family of guns, missiles, and munitions to build a multidimensional land-attack warfare capability for the 21st century.

By SCOTT C. TRUVER

29

 
Offensive, Responsive, and Flexible

The DD-21 Land-Attack Destroyer program: the most aggressive set of warfighting requirements ever established for a Navy surface combatant.

By J.A. CARNEVALE JR.

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The U.S. Engagement Strategy

The size of the fleet is critical to the Navy's strategic mandate to sustain operational primacy and influence world events ashore.

By JOHN G. KINNEY and GORDON I. PETERSON

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Navy League's 1999-2000 Maritime Policy

NLUS urges major increase in shipbuilding, 15 aircraft carriers, higher funding for sea servcices, greater support for youth programs and reserve forces.

By JAMES D. HESSMAN

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