Lt. Matthew Hipple, USN

Lt. Matthew Hipple is a surface warfare officer. He writes for Proceedings, USNI Blog, Small Wars Journal, and War on the Rocks and is the director of the NEXTWAR blog at the Center for International Maritime Security.

Opinion: What the Navy Can Learn from Golf

November 18, 2013 6:00 AM - Updated: November 22, 2013 12:55 AM
Golfers may not realize it, but they have a keen understanding of combined arms. I’m not a particularly good golfer…

Opinion: Thinking Weapons Are Closer Than We Think

April 15, 2013 4:55 AM - Updated: April 14, 2013 9:47 PM
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has constructed a neuromorphic device—the functioning structure of a mammalian brain—out of artificial…

Africa Demands more U.S. Focus

June 25, 2012 9:00 AM - Updated: February 5, 2013 7:43 PM
A good fighter does not stand in one place fending off blows, he moves around the ring. America’s Asian Pivot…

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