tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post8930797636767558034..comments2024-03-27T20:37:08.065+01:00Comments on Defence and Freedom: Influence squadrons ?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-36120340843891278182009-04-09T23:28:00.000+02:002009-04-09T23:28:00.000+02:00OK, that's a misunderstanding. I didn't mean the a...OK, that's a misunderstanding. I didn't mean the act of writing an article, but the content (especially the approach that's summed up in the title).<BR/><BR/><BR/>Galrahn at Information Dissemination remarked that it was only the second article of an active navy officer in many years that publicly challenged the USN force structure planning.<BR/>The other one was written by the same officer.<BR/><BR/>Armor and infantry magazines were actually much better forums for critical articles (at least back in the 90's) than Proceedings was in this decade.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-1516842477592599072009-04-09T23:21:00.000+02:002009-04-09T23:21:00.000+02:00You write "Commander Henry J. Hendrix, U.S. Navy, ...You write "Commander Henry J. Hendrix, U.S. Navy, published the article "Buy Ford, not Ferrari" in the Proceedings Magazine. It's an uncommon approach for USN personnel." <BR/><BR/>Actually, it is not uncommon at all. Proceedings is the forum to do just that and has been since 1874. As pointed out in Admiral Stavridis' (the next EUCOM Commander) article in the August 2008 Proceedings<BR/><BR/>http://www.usni.org/userfiles/file/Aug%20Pro/Stavridis%20Aug%2008.pdf<BR/><BR/>Halsey, Nimitz and King all published in Proceedings as young officers -- not to mention Stavridis himself who is a prolific writer.<BR/><BR/>One of the things that sets the US Navy apart from its counterparts in the US military, is that there is culture that encourages this type of discussion that extends from daily Wardroom discussions to publishing in journals like Proceedings.Kevin Billingsnoreply@blogger.com