<p>Interesting.</p>
<p>"Soft power, the humanitarian and economic efforts, have been elevated to the same level as high-end naval warfare, . . . In addition, the strategy calls for dispersing smaller maritime teams to carry out humanitarian missions as well as to counter terrorism, weapons proliferation, piracy and other illicit maritime activities – partly in order to contain local threats before they can reach the United States. These teams, which would integrate Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard forces, would deploy to areas such as Africa and the western hemisphere to promote closer cooperation with maritime forces in other nations. </p>
<p>This sure seems to diverge from the path upon which the Academy has been set.</p>