Julian O. Davidson’s 1884 USS Constitution Escaping the British, July 1812

The Constitution's Great Escape

By Louis Arthur Norton
May 2012
Sometimes the most dramatic chase scenes unfold in slow motion; only ingenuity and sweat-equity, not full sails, saved the Constitution in July 1812.
Earthrise over the moon as seen from Apollo 11

The Astronaut Corps: Above and Beyond . . .

By Midshipman Second Class Raymond Paul Wiggers, Jr., U.S. Naval Reserve
October 1972
The U.S. Navy has played a major role in pushing back earth's frontiers; it is appropriate, then, that at a select team of Naval and Marine officers is playing such ...
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2019 Coast Guard Academy Conference

Thursday, 12 September 2019
As part of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy 2019–2020 Leadership Lecture Series the U.S. Naval Institute presents "A Conversation with General John Kelly" featuring Gen. John F. Kelly, USMC (Ret.) ...

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