The military’s interest in laser weapons dates back decades, but perhaps the most well-known involves the Strategic Defense Initiative, nicknamed “Star Wars.” The government in the early 1980s considered a d
For those senior petty officers who had been in the Navy since the early sixties, this drastic change in operating pattern must have seemed like a violation of the contract that they agreed to when they decided to make the Navy a career. Even when docked at their homeport, sailors have sp...