New Maritime Strategy to Focus on 'Soft Power' (Washington Post)

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<p>An understatement. He was never on sea duty above the rank of Lcdr. His only at-sea command was a diesel boat in 1960-1962.</p>

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<p>Shows me that anything is possible and that you do not have to tow the party-line to achieve greatness. Be an individual, free thinker...you never will know the possibilities. But if you chose everything in a "typical plan dictated by how it has been done in the past" that possibly compromises who you are, even if you achieve your desired result, you have sold your sole. </p>

<p>You have to admire him as he showed that sometimes the party-line needs to be broken. Hope there are more out there like him. Really could care less about his sea duty, it was everything else he did that made him achieve greatness.</p>

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<p>"We launch ideas, not Tomahawks."</p>

<p>Adm. Stavridis mantra for USSOUTHCOM. </p>

<p><a href="http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/navybio.asp?bioID=270%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/navybio.asp?bioID=270&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>As impressive a person as I have ever met.</p>

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<p>But like Adm Roughead stated in his 21st century seapower statement, the ability to launch Tomahawks remains paramount.</p>

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<p>The Navy's New Flat-Earth Strategy</p>

<p>by Robert D. Kaplan, visiting professor United States Naval Academy</p>

<p><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200710u/kaplan-navy%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200710u/kaplan-navy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>