2018: READINESS, PEER COMPETITION, AND CHINA

摘要

The year has flown by, and the Proceedings team has been talking about major themes in the magazine over the past 12 months. I want to draw attention to some of the key articles. If you missed them, it's not too late. Naval Institute members can access every article in every issue back to 1874 online. After the 2017 collisions and groundings, "readiness" was a major them of 2018. Was our Navy ready? How could such mishaps occur? Was the force "ridden hard and put away wet?" Even the Marine Corps and Coast Guard wondered if they were ready for the challenges that faced them and the nation.