ABSTRACT
Admiral. He proposed a Cold War naval structure and strategy in a white paper, ‘The Future of US Sea Power’ during his service as CNO, 1978-82. Hayward described the Navy in a broad strategic perspective, and he claimed that, as a result of the naval cuts of President Carter, the United States had a ‘one-and-a-half ocean navy for a three ocean commitment’. His concept of US naval needs was strongly counter to the defence policies of the Carter administration, which saw the Navy almost exclusively as a logistic support force for NATO. The ideas in Hayward’s white paper evolved into a broad maritime strategy that was the basis for a naval build-up during the coming administration of Ronald REAGAN. To further his emphasis on the Navy’s strategic roles, he established a Strategic Studies Group at the US Naval War College. As part of his effort to strengthen the Navy’s combat capabilities he was a strong supporter of the development of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat fighter to replace the aging McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom as the Navy’s front-line fighter aircraft.
