We Celebrate the Winners
This is the month we get the opportunity to celebrate a boatload of winners.
First the authors of the six winning essays in the CNO Naval History Essay Contest—here pictured—were recognized and presented their prizes by Chief of Naval Operations John Richardson at the U.S. Naval Academy on 14 September.
The next evening, the Naval Historical Foundation presented three Commodore Dudley W. Knox Lifetime Achievement in Naval History Awards to long-time Naval Institute authors and good friends:
• Dr. Edward J. Marolda, introduced by Dr. William S. Dudley
• Paul Stillwell, introduced by Thomas Cutler
• Dr. Jon T. Sumida, introduced by Dr. David Rosenberg
This award, established in 2013, recognizes up to three individuals a year who have produced a significant and influential quality and quantity of scholarship while also demonstrating leadership in the promotion of naval history. In January 1926, Proceedings published Captain Knox’s “Our Vanishing Naval History,” an article that is now attributed with leading to the establishment of the Naval Historical Foundation.
We also are pleased to announce the winners in three essay contests.
Cyber Essay Contest – Sponsored with DVX Technology
First Prize $5,000: “Cyberspace Damage Control: A Framework to Restore Combat Effectiveness,” by Lieutenant Commander Damien Dodge, USN
Second Prize $2,500: “Command & Control in Cyberspace,” by Captain Ramberto Torruella Jr., USN
Third Prize $1,500: “Tactical Cyber Warfare: Breaking the Curse of Tantalus,” by Major Scott A. Humr, USMC
These winners will be recognized at the WEST Awards Program in San Diego on 6 February 2018.
Naval Intelligence Essay Contest – Sponsored with the Naval Intelligence Professionals
First Prize $5,000: “Lessons from Cold War History: Man, Train, and Equip the Navy to Know Tomorrow’s Adversary,” by Commander Heather Bothwell, USNR
Second Prize $2,500: “Intelligence Needs Regional Career Paths,” by Captain William R. Bray, USN (Ret.)
Third Prize $1,500: “Ocean Surveillance for the Future,” by Captain Dale C. Rielage, USN
These winners will be recognized at the Naval Intelligence Professionals’ Annual Membership Board Meeting and Luncheon on 18 October at the Army-Navy Country Club in Arlington, VA.
Naval History Essay Contest – Sponsored with The William M. Wood Foundation
First Prize $5,000: “The Influence of Alfred Thayer Mahan on United States Policy: Pushing the Envelope and Crossing the Line,” by Alan M. Anderson, Ph.D.
Second Prize $2,500: “A Social History of Military Politics,” by David C. Logan
Third Prize $1,500: “The 21st Century Soldier and the State,” by Cryptologic Technician First Class Benjamin L. Sechrist, USN
These winners will be recognized on 5 October at the conference Military and Politics: Proper Participation or Perilous Partisanship? to be held at the U.S. Naval Academy. Details follow.
Peter H. Daly VADM, USN (Ret.), Life Member and Member since 1978