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The 75th Anniversary of Iwo Jima

Seventy-five years ago, U.S. Marines came ashore on a desolate eight-square-mile volcanic island dominated by Mount Suribachi and located roughly halfway between the Marianas and ...

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2020 Emerging & Disruptive Technologies Essay Contest

Funded by MITRE

Deadline

29 February 2020

How should the Sea Services meld technology and innovation to maintain our nation’s advantages?

Proceedings Podcast Episode 132 - Live from USNA's Ship Selection Night

31 January 2020

All the action live from the Naval Academy's Ship Selection Night including interviews with future SWO midshipmen, ship reps, and VADM Jim Kilby (N9).

The Readiness Threat Right Before Our Eyes

By Captain Dave Kurtz, U.S. Navy

February 2020

The Navy must recognize how personal technology use affects sailors' mental health, reenlistment, and sleep quality.

None of Us Is ‘That Man’ — All Must Aspire to Be

By Captain Dan’l Steward, U.S. Navy (Retired)

February 2020

Navy SEALS are held to a higher standard, and they must preserve their reputation.

During World War II, Samuel Morison's closest brush with death came when a kamikaze targeted the battleship Tennessee (right).

Sam Morison's War

By David Sears

February 2020

How a 54-year-old Harvard professor transformed into Lieutenant Commander Samuel Eliot Morison, USNR, and became the American naval Thucydides of World War II.

Breaking News

Guided-Missile Cruiser USS Chancellorsville Transits Taiwan Strait

Ben Werner

16 February, 2020

The guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (C.G. 62) sails ahead of the aircraft carrier USS Ab...

China, Foreign Forces, News & Analysis, Surface Forces, U.S. Navy, warship

Report: U.S. Sealift Lacks Personnel, Hulls, National Strategy

Ben Werner

14 February, 2020

A UH-60 Black Hawk is raised from Military Sealift Command’s voyage-charter, general-purpose, heavy-...

Merchant Marine, News & Analysis, Surface Forces, U.S. Navy

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The Mess versus Millennial and Gen Z Sailors

By Petty Officer First Class Sarah Villegas, U.S. Navy

February 2020

The Navy needs to curb judgment, build trust, and embrace mutual mentorship to build a culture that embraces the experiences ...
The Naval Institute Podcast Episode 134 - Undersea Adventures of Victor Vescovo

Adventurer and retired Navy intel officer Victor Vescovo talks about his undersea missions to the bottom of the five oceans.

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U.S. Sealift Fleet—Rusty Tin Cans

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Proceedings Podcast Episode 133 - SEAL ethos revisited

Retired Navy SEAL Captain Dan'l Steward talks about applying the SEAL ethos to current events.

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The CNO’s FRAGO: What Comes Next?

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A Flying Boat Progenitor

By Norman Polmar, Author, Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet

February 2020

In many respects, the precursor of the military flying boats of the 1940s and beyond was the Consolidated P2Y.
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"You're to Report to a Place Called 'Mitt'"

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