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U.S. Naval Institute Membership benefits include:

  • Participate in the conversation and stay up to date on the very latest in defense news — from cyber to strategy received daily, weekly, and monthly: USNI News and Proceedings.

  • Receive special invitations to free events and network with top military and defense leaders.

  • Enjoy significant discounts on books from the Naval Institute Press including military history, biographies and professional manuals. Plus, introducing our graphic novel series, Dead Reckoning.

  • Exclusive access to the Institute’s digital archives — including all Proceedings articles from 1874 to today; photographic archives, oral histories and so much more!

  • Improve your professional credentials and resume with Naval Institute Membership.

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About Us

As a Member of the U.S. Naval Institute, you will further distinguish yourself as a professional.

The Mission of the Naval Institute is to provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

Your U.S. Naval Institute Membership includes one full year of online access to our flagship publication: Proceedings.

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Your membership includes an online subscription, and in every issue you'll find:

  • Insightful, in-depth independent analysis of current events and critical matters facing our nation and the Sea Services.

  • Thought-provoking articles written with expert, insider knowledge by our members, for our members.

  • Rare historic and modern photographs from the Naval Institute's extensive maritime collections.

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Naval Institute Members say . . .

"The Naval Institute is a fundamental link to so much of our past, and in many ways the hope of our future as well . . . if it did not exist, we'd have to invent it."

ADM James G. Stavridis, USN (Ret.)
ADM James G. Stavridis, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Member since 1982