Other Writing

An overview of the creation of the Continental Navy during the American Revolution

A discussion of the negotiations of the US-USSR Incidents at Sea Agreement in the 1970s that included a trip to the Magic Kingdom for the Soviet Delegation.

A recent Washington Post editorial, “China’s Naval Provocations are Getting too Blatant to Ignore,” suggests that now may be an opportune time for an Incidents at Sea Agreement between the United States and China. Such an accord would mirror the provisions of the U.S.–U.S.S.R. accord, which was signed in Moscow in May 1972 and remains in place with Russia today. However, one could argue such an accord is hardly necessary. The mechanisms that have made the ongoing U.S.-Russia accord...

The Navy is losing its reserve detachment that collects the first draft of history.

Excerpts from the diary of a USS Langley crewman chronicle the landmark first steps in U.S. aircraft carrier flight operations.