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US Navy in the World Volume 1

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These briefings by Peter Swartz cover U.S. Navy capstone documents, 1970–. This briefing focuses on the contexts for U.S. Navy capstone strategies.

US Navy Intro Background Analysis

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These briefings by Peter Swartz cover U.S. Navy capstone documents, 1970–. This briefing focuses on Introduction, Background and Analyses.

Navy Capstone Strategies A Brief Summary

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This briefing focuses on a brief summary U.S. Navy capstone strategies and concepts (1970-2010)

Ensuring America’s Freedom of Movement

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In 2006, CNA brought together 11 recently retired three and four-star generals and admirals to form a Military Advisory Board (MAB), with the goal of examining the national security implications of cli- mate change. Over the last five years, the CNA MAB has published three reports on the nexus of energy, climate, and national security. In this most current report, which is the result of the fourth convening of the MAB, we focused our efforts on the national security implications associated with shifting the U.S. transportation sector to alternative fuels.

Feasibility of Nuclear Power on US Military Installations

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By agreement with the study steering group, this preliminary note on the develop- ment and commercial deployment of SMRs was provided by the Department of Energy (DOE) representative. This note describes the new type of nuclear reactor regarded as most suitable for use by military installations and provides informa- tion about its development and prospects for commercial deployment. It is pre- sented here to provide the reader with a background on this new technology which is the focus of the CNA report that follows.

Trafficking Golden Crescent Drugs into Western China

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The article analyzes the increasing scale and organization of Golden Crescent drug smuggling into western China, especially the growing links between domestic Chinese traffickers and Pakistan-based and Central Asian-based international drug rings. The increasing role of Africans in this trade—especially Nigerians—is an important theme for these authors. The authors identify the major highway, air, and rail routes along which Chinese and Central Asian authorities have detected drug smuggling cases. They also spotlight what they see as increasing professionalism and sophistication in drug smuggling techniques over the past five to ten years.

Economic Implications to Disrupting Oil Chokepoints

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The secure transportation of oil is critical to world trade and economic growth. Oil trade requires the use of maritime trade routes, as two-thirds of the world’s oil exports are transported by ocean.

Conscription in Afghan Army Compulsory Service

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In a widely publicized speech last year, Afghan President Hamid Karzai raised the pos- sibility of a return to conscription in the Afghan army – as a way to forge national unity and reduce costs. At present, Afghanistan has a professional, all volunteer force. This monograph evaluates the potential benefits and costs of a shift to conscription in Afghanistan. Is conscription advisable in Afghanistan, or is the current volunteer force a better option? If conscription were instituted, what forms should it take? This monograph may be of interest to anyone concerned with the development and sustainment of the Afghan army, conscription versus voluntary military recruitment in less developed societies, or nation-building and stability operations. The paper was produced by analysts in CNA’s Strategic Studies Division. Research was conducted over a five-month period from October 2010 through March 2011, including an extended trip to several sites in Kabul and southern Afghanistan. The authors wish to thank the many US, NATO, and Afghan service members who spoke with the authors and provided valuable data.

Fitness Report System for Marine Officers

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The FitRep is an evaluation tool filled out by a Marine’s RS and RO that communicates the reporting officials’ assessments of the Marine’s performance and character to promotion boards. The cur- rent FitRep system was implemented on January 1, 1999. Like the pre- vious system, it supports promotion boards’ selection and retention of the most qualified Marines in the grades of sergeant through major general, as well as the slating of officers for command or resident school billet assignments. All features of the performance evaluation system are found in Marine Corps Order P1610.7F.

Grand Strategy Analysis and Implication for Navy

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What should the grand strategy of the United States be? The Navy’s Strategy and Planning Division (OPNAV N51) asked CNA to review the state of the policy and academic debate on this issue to inform the Navy’s input into national decision-making and specifically to inform the incoming Chief of Naval Operations. CNA has surveyed and assessed the discourse in key think tanks and the academy on this question. This is important because dramatic developments such as the financial crisis and economic downturn that began in 2008, the continued rapid rise and growth of China, and the unrest in the Middle East have substantially changed the global situation that A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower addressed when it was released in October 2007. These dynamics have persuaded many that a reassessment of American national strategy is needed, and some have concluded that a course change is in order. Indeed, in his outgoing speech in May 2011 Secretary of Defense Robert Gates called for a sober and serious assessment of just what kind of role America, and America’s military, should play in the future. This document seeks to lay out the state of that debate and advise Navy decision-makers and staffs on how best to understand and take advantage of that debate.