Jim Nault is an attorney and a retired U.S. Navy Captain and the former Commanding Officer of USS Toledo (SSN-769), an improved, Tomahawk capable Los Angeles class attack submarine homeported in Groton, CT. He is a 1981 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, has Masters Degrees in Mechanical Engineering and National Security Affairs, and graduated from Cornell Law School with honors in 2011. He is a registered patent attorney and was an intellectual property litigation associate at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver and Jacobson LLP in New York and at Robinson & Cole LLP in Hartford, CT. He also clerked for Judge Gerald Bard Tjoflat of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit and Judge Vanessa Lynne Bryant of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.
In historic first, Israel intercepts ballistic missile launched from Yemen by Iran-backed Houthi rebels...
The two different Ohio Class variants, the SSBN, or nuclear ballistic missile carrying submarine, and the SSGN, or Tomahawk conventional cruise missile/seal delivery submarine, are NOT readily interchangeable....
Coast Guard is undermanned by 3,500 enlisted personnel, or almost 10% of its workforce, mandating significant cuts to force capabilities...
Students for Fair Admissions strikes again, this time suing the U.S. Naval Academy, in addition to West Point, over race-based admissions...
Biden Administration proposes cutting Army special forces by 10% despite the biggest Middle East U.S. military buildup in recent memory and American hostages taken by Hamas in Gaza...
In response to inquiry from the Equal Protection Project, the Papitto Opportunity Connection states "going forward, we will support initiatives that are designed to foster diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging but that do not condition eligibility on race, do not make decisions based on race,...
Secretary of Defense announces deployment of anti-ballistic missile battery and additional Patriot air defense missile batteries, among other forces, as U.S. military operations near Gaza continue to expand...
The USS Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group and over 2,000 U.S. Marines are heading to the Gaza area of operations to join the USS Gerald Ford Carrier Strike Group - that is a lot of U.S. naval combat power in one place at one time...
Senior DOD official Ariane Tabatabai authored several pro-Iranian propaganda articles, and some of her emails, leaked by Iranian dissidents, suggest that she may have strong ties to the Iranian regime...
Navy's newest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), is on station off the coast of Gaza with its entire Carrier Strike Group, including four strike-fighter aircraft squadrons, a guided missile cruiser, and four guided missile destroyers, among other military assets...
As a former military professional, one of the worst aspects of this plan is the crushing bureaucracy that the Plan creates....
Space Force civilian head of personnel walks back Space Force Operations Chief Lieutenant General Deanna Burt's statement that she would put "less-qualified" personnel in command positions rather than send them to a red state...
Equal Protection Project Files Supreme Court Brief In Support Of Asian Students Challenging Discriminatory High School Admissions Policy: ": "An Intent to Boost Admissions Rates of Preferred Races Necessarily Meant an Intent to Discriminate Against Others"...
Students for Fair Admissions strikes again! This time challenging affirmative action at the service academies....
New York Times article suggests that Navy innovation issues are mostly an issue with Navy traditionalists and Congressional lobbyists; the truth is that the Biden Administration is pursuing pie-in-the-sky quick fixes to solve a very complex problem...
Department of Education delays Proposed Rule likely mandating male participation in women's sports; this is a win for women's sports, and those who opposed it, including the Equal Protection Project...
My alma mater is offering classes in "Gender and Sexuality Studies" and "Latinx Studies," which provide no leadership lessons and sow the seeds of division in the Navy...
Marine Corps War Game Center has commenced studying gender and national security, and woe betide you if you think that's a bad idea! ...
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