The Challenge: Address the strategic, operational, and tactical demands for 21st-Century Navy mine warfare–mine countermeasures, mining–technologies, systems and platforms, explosive ordnance disposal. Examine the promise of autonomous and unmanned vehicles....
First Prize: $1,000.00“Flash Mob in the Shipping Lane!”By Commander Timothy McGeehan, USN and Commander Douglas Wahl, (USN ret) Second Prize: $500.00“Small Ships, Big ThinkingBy Commander John A. Craig, United Kingdom...
History of the Contest: In 2012 the Mine Warfare Association leadership approached the U.S. Naval Institute with the idea of sponsoring an essay contest exploring the subject of mine warfare....
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MINWARA MINE WARFARE UPDATE George Pollitt and Scott Truver Overview The Spring 2013 Mine Warfare Association (MINWARA) Conference normally held in Panama City, FL, was cancelled due to the sequestration...
October 10, 1944: Probing the Sigfried Line defenses; first encounter with the German S-Mine. Lt. George Wilson, 4th Division, after nine weeks of combat since St.-Lo: “By now I had...
“The coast of Kuwait resembled Normandy’s Omaha Beach on the eve of D-Day in World War II. On likely landing beaches Iraqi combat engineers had emplaced antiboat and antipersonnel mines,...
I imagine many of you have enjoyed the academy award winning film titled “The Bridge on the River Kwai”. For those who may not have seen it, it’s a story...
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