Bring Back the US Navy's World War II "Can Do" Attitude

November 15, 2021 Topic: US Navy Region: World Blog Brand: The Reboot Tags: World War IISeabeesPacific TheaterMilitaryBureaucracyHistory

Bring Back the US Navy's World War II "Can Do" Attitude

Let’s clear away bureaucratic underbrush—and recapture the spirit of the Pacific War.

Let’s clear away bureaucratic underbrush—and recapture the spirit of the Pacific War.

James Holmes is J. C. Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College and coauthor of Red Star over the Pacific, which appears on the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Professional Reading Lists. The views voiced here are his alone.

This piece first appeared last year and is being republished due to reader interest.

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