Today is the anniversary of the founding of the US Naval Institute in 1873. Reading Naval Institute Proceedings, beginning with used copies found while still in elementary school, was what originally set me on the path to a career in the Coast Guard, so I have a real affection for the institution. I highly recommend it.

This month they have a special Homeland Security Issue. Some of the content is available on line, including,

• Crime and War, by By Colonel Robert B. Killebrew, U.S. Army (Retired)“As criminal organizations metamorphose into criminal states, the domains of law enforcement and the military increasingly overlap. “
• and in the regular “Lest We Forget” section there is a brief story on the origins of the Naval Institute itself.

Unfortunately some of the most relevant content is available only to members:

• Maritime Domain Awareness Conundrum , by Captain Eric C. Jones, U.S. Coast Guard, and Commander Joseph E. Vorbach III, U.S. Coast Guard (Retired)
• The New ‘Coalition of the Willing’ By Rear Admiral Terence McKnight, U.S. Navy (Retired) with Commander Peter Koebler, U.S. Navy, and Lieutenant Commander John Fage, U.S. Navy, about cooperative efforts to suppress piracy. “Maintaining international partnerships to fight piracy off the Horn of Africa could also help stabilize shifting global relations and support U.S. security interests.” 
•  A New Approach to Piracy, by Commander Joshua Himes, U.S. Navy, “We need to change the conventional wisdom on ship hijacking and take the fight ashore.”

• Crisis in the Cutter Fleet, By Captain Douglas M. Fears, U.S. Coast Guard, and
• The Case for the Cutter, By Vice Admirals Robert C. Parker and Manson K. Brown, U.S. Coast Guard