Naval War College (U.S.)

Questions and answers related to The Maritime Strategy, which aggregates strategic guidance from many sources into a cohesive framework from which the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and Unified and Fleet Commander's maritime military options emanate.

Address by Captain A. T. Mahan, as President of the Naval War College at the opening of the Fourth Annual Session of the U.S. Naval War College on 1888 Aug 6.

This item was reprinted from the Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute, Vol. XIV, No 4, Whole No. 47.

Fabik, Theodore I., RADM, USCG, 1910-1981. USCG Academy, 1932; Haida, Itasca, 1932-1935; Mojave; Thetis; Engineering duties, Samuel D. Ingham, Philadelphia Navy Yard, 1936; Engineering Officer, Samuel D. Ingham, 1936-1938; Postgraduate course, USNA, Annapolis, Md., 1938-1940; M.S., MIT, 1941; Engineering Oflicer, Campbell, 1941-1942; Office of Navy Supervisor/Resident Inspector of Shipbuilding, New York, 1942-1944; XO, USS Gen. M. C. Meigs, 1944--1946; Chief, Naval Engineering Section, first CG Disuict, Boston, 1946-1947; Instructor, CG Academy, 1947-1952; Engineer Officer, Eagle, 1948; XO, Eagle, 1949 and 1950; CO, Campbell, 1952-1954; Chief, Engineering Division, Ninth CG District, Cleveland, Ohio, 1954-1955; Chief, Engineering Division, Fourteenth CG District, Ho­ nolulu, Hawaii, 1955-1958; Assistant Engineer in Chief, HQ, 1958-161; Chief of Staff, Fifth CG Disuict Office, Portsmouth, Va., 1961; CO, Seventh CG District, Miami, 1961-1962; Chief, Office of Engineering, CGHQ, 1962-1964; CO, Fourteenth CG District, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1964-1966; CO, Western Area and Twelfth CG Disuict, San Francisco, Calif., 1966-1967; Retired, 1967.

Harkin, Thomas. ROTC, University of Iowa; F-8 Crusader pilot; Assigned to V4-10, Cuba; Training readiness; Test pilot in Atsugi,Japan; Aircraft mishap; F-8 Squadron in Naval Reserve; Resigned from Naval Reserve.

Kilcline, Thomas, VADM, USN, 1925-. Typescript of interview with VADM Kilcline who enlisted in the Navy in 1943, graduated from the USNA in 1949 and was designated a naval aviator in 1950. Served in PBYs in the Korean War; Received an MS from MIT and NPG School; Assigned to A3s, Sanford, Fla.; USS SARATOGA; Aide to ADM George Anderson, CO, Sixth Fleet; Attended Naval War College; Test Pilots School, Pax River, Md.:AS Squadron; USS Forrestal fire; EXO, USS Ticonderoga; RA-5C Program Man­ ager, Washington, D.C.; CO, NAVAIR Test Center, Pax River, Md.; BUPERS detailer; CO, Naval Base, SUBIC Bay, PI, 1975-1977; Chief, Legislative Affairs, 1978-1981; COAIRLANT, 1981-1983; Retirement, 1983.

McNeil, Tina, 1923-. Reminiscences of Tina Toselli McNeil who served in the WAVES as a storekeeper in WWII, 1943-1946. Includes growing up years, in Providence, R.1.; Graduated from Classical High School, Providence, RI.;Worked in Shepards Department Store;Joined the WAVES in 1943; Ba­ sic training at USNTS, Hunter College, Bronx, N.Y.; Enjoyed Boot Camp; Storekeeper's School, Milledgeville, Ga.; Assigned to Armed Guard School, Gulfport, Miss. as Payroll Clerk; Sang with Navy Band there; Recreation and social life; Receiving station, Navy Base, New Orleans, La.; Naval Personnel Separation Center, Camp Wallace, Tex.; Discharge, 1946; Marriage, May 1946; Mem­ ber of Ocean State WAVES Singing group; Positive comments on WAVES Service.

Official correspondence regarding naval career, 1920–1951; Personal correspondence, 1908–1971; Family correspondence, chiefly to his mother, 1914–1934; Miscellany, including photographs, diary, menus, booklets, newspaper clippings; Correspondence and travel writings of his mother Mrs. Katherine Scott Umsted, 1904–1934.