From The Cutting Edge:
While Iran studied the lessons of its conflict with the United States, the Pentagon arguably paid far less attention than it should have. The “Tanker War” of the 1980s had never been popular with an “open ocean” U.S. Navy. The tactical innovations of waging counterinsurgency operations at sea were not incorporated into U.S. naval doctrine or training, except by individual participants who taught at the Naval War College according to their own experiences in the Gulf.
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My Comment: A must read article for those who are interested in understanding the evolving development of Naval forces in the gulf .... and the consequences if a confrontation with Iran should break out.