Martin J. Bollinger

2 months ago | usni.org | Martin J. Bollinger

Captain Sadler is a 26-year Navy veteran with numerous operational tours on nuclear-powered submarines in the Pacific, personal staffs of senior Defense Department leaders, and as a military diplomat in Asia. Since retiring from the Navy in 2020, he has been a prolific writer and media commentator focusing on maritime security and the technologies shaping future maritime forces and commercial shipping. His most recent book is U.S. Naval Power in the 21st Century (Naval Institute Press, 2023).

Oct 31, 2024 | usni.org | J. M. Caiella |Andrew Blackley |Eric L. Mills |Martin J. Bollinger

By Admiral Worth H. Bagley, U.S. Navy (Retired), and Admiral Harold E. Shear, U.S. Navy (Retired) December 2024 Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr. served as an innovative Chief of Naval Operations from 1970 to 1974. His actions elicited praise on one hand and criticism on the other.

Oct 31, 2024 | usni.org | Martin J. Bollinger

Many Allied ships were sunk during World War II, some with huge losses of life. For the U.S. military, the oft-cited cases include the 1,177 sailors killed on board the USS Arizona (BB-39) at Pearl Harbor and the 879 who died when the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) was torpedoed in the Pacific. However, the greatest loss of U.S. military personnel at sea from enemy attack—in any war in the nation’s history—involved a ship mostly ignored by naval historians: His Majesty’s Transport Rohna.