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Preserving History: USNI, Kickstarter and USS Indianapolis

WORLD WAR 2 was really the first multi-media war.  True – photography was present in the American Civil War (or as my late grandma used to call it “The Late Unpleasantness” among some of her milder epithets – but we digress).  Motion pictures were still embryonic and grainy when WWI burst on the scene and so most…

USNI Join-up in Newport

In Newport on Thursday, 12 Dec 2013?  Have questions or concerns about what direction the Naval Institute is headed?  Or perhaps some ideas to share…maybe you’d like to meet an author and get that article or book idea that’s been rattling around in the brainpan for a few out into the open?  Or perhaps issues…

Catching Up: The Latest on the ex-USS Ranger, Reviews and More…
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Catching Up: The Latest on the ex-USS Ranger, Reviews and More…

Been a very busy winter and spring here in the Scribe’s household – between the demands of customer support during the Great Musudan Snipe Hunt and mom corporate’s demands for a tech writer, our days/nights/weekends have been filled with briefs, drafts (*not* of the liquid variety) and teleconferences measured in hours, not minutes; our time’s…

Launching the USNI Wiki
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Launching the USNI Wiki

If you recall, we previously pointed to the Strategic Plan rolled out in last week’s Annual Membership meeting.  That plan has four objectives: Enhance national understanding of the vital contribution of American seapower; Preserve and make available naval history; Increase, broaden and engage our membership Secure endowments to fund key strategies and initiatives that enable…

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Catching Up

Much has been going within and outside the household these past several weeks – and that explains a lot of the paucity of posts of late. Foremost amongst these was the passing of my wife’s father, a Korean War vet, railroad worker and longtime sufferer of Alzheimer’s. Word to the wise — if you haven’t…

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USNI: Taking Back Our Institution – Reprise and RSVP

We reach a critical junction this week for the future of the Naval Institute. Since February a small but determined group has sought to surface in the light of day plans undertaken to radically change the mission of the Institute and force a new direction which offers little in the way of relevance as a…

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USNI: Taking Back Our Institution – A Note From Norman Polmar

More from Norman Polmar on the USNI: THE NAVAL INSTITUTE IN CRISIS Dear Friends and Colleagues, As you know, the Board of Directors–for now–has withdrawn the proposed change to the mission statement that would have made the Naval Institute an advocacy organization. Unfortunately, the battle is not over. The majority of the Board still seeks…