National Strategy

There are many ways of saying this, but a national strategy is how a nation can use what it has available to it to influence the world to be the way that nation wants it to be

Role of Naval Forces

In an address delivered during the Seapower Symposium at the Naval War College, Adm. Arleigh A. Burke discussed the role of naval forces in the light of changing world situation and the great advances in technology which have recently occurred

The U.S. Navy\u27s Role in General War and Conflict Short of General War

The creed of service and action has been the creed of the Navy for a long time. As naval officers, you have great responsi­bilities for the future of your country, responsibilities of example, of advice, and, quite frequently, of action

Address by Admiral Arleigh Burke, Chief of Naval Operations before the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California, Thursday, May 28, 1959, 10:00 AM (PDT) 1:00 PM (EDT)

Press Release transcript of the speech of Admiral Arleigh Burke, Chief of Naval Operations before the Naval Postgraduate School, 1959

Henry E. Eccles, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (Ret)

The Naval War College has been in historic Newport on glorious Narragansett Bay for almost a century. Its mission has remained constant, but the faculty and students stay for only short periods-and most of the population of Newport ebb and flow even faster. Yet, the Naval War College has been remarkably stable with all the frequent changes

Address to the Naval Postgraduate School

News releaseIt is a pleasure to be in Monterey to participate in the graduation exercises of this fine institution. It is not only a pleasure but a welcome opportunity for me, an opportunity because you are a very important group, important to your service, important for the future of your country

Quote, Admiral Arleigh Burke Chief of Naval Operations 1959

In a 1959 commencement address at the Naval Postgraduate School, then-Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Arleigh Burke, a 1930 NPS alumnus, attributed several important naval advances to the Navy’s long-term commitment to postgraduate education

The Art of Command

Last spring I had the privilege of spending some time in Australia, Indo­nesia, and the Solomons. Although the object of that trip was to inspect copper and nickel mines and survey prospects for future mines, I did find time to revisit the old battlefields of Guadal­canal, Bougainville, and the other islands. Flying over calm tropical seas, one paused to reflect over the desperate struggles fought there and where the losers, both .American and Japanese, still lie in the wreckage of their ships on the ocean floor