John C. Minor | U.S. Naval Institute

Petty Officer First Class John C. Minor, U.S. Navy, is a staff noncommissioned officer for the U.S. Strategic Command intelligence operations branch.

Articles by John C. Minor

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Revitalize the Enlisted Ship’s Intelligence Officer Program

By Chief Petty Officer John Minor, U.S. Navy

November 2022

Naval Intelligence Essay Contest—First prize. Enlisted intelligence specialists serving in independent duty billets are undertaking one of the most difficult challenges in the rating. They need better support.

Xi Jinping, Putin

Great Power Conversations: The Need for Training on the Russia and China Threat

By Chief Petty Officer John Minor, U.S. Navy

September 2022

Before junior sailors can prepare for the high-end fight, they must have a deckplates understanding of great power competition.

Sailors monitor surface contacts from the combat information center aboard the USS John S. McCain (DDG-56)

The Navy Must Decentralize Information Warfare

By Chief Petty Officer John Minor, U.S. Navy

January 2022

The IWC afloat teams should decentralize from flagships to capacity-based manning on all primary surface combatants to increase IW capabilities.

Navy officers need to trust their petty officers to lead and defer to their technical expertise the way noncommissioned officers are trusted and respected in the other armed services.

Putting the NCO in PO: Enhancing Petty Officers as NCOs

By Petty Officer First Class John Minor, U.S. Navy

July 2020

The Navy currently falls behind its sister services in professionally developing a noncommissioned officer corps.

Sailors prepare to enter a smoke-filled space during a general quarters drill

Every Sailor a Damage Controlman

By Petty Officer First Class John C. Minor, U.S. Navy

August 2019

The Navy must prepare sailors mentally and spiritually to leap into a fire or a flooding room to save the mission and the ship.