Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Elmo Zumwalt Jr.’s personnel policies and focus on sea control in the lean budget years of the 1970s can offer lessons to the present-day Navy.

Lessons from Admiral Elmo

By Commander Joel Holwitt, U.S. Navy
December 2020
The First Prize winner in the CNO Naval History Essay Contest draws valuable insights from the paradigm-shifting tenure of a revolutionary Chief of Naval Operations: Elmo Zumwalt.
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Exclusive Excerpt: The Stringbags

By Garth Ennis and P. J. Holden
June 2020
An exclusive excerpt from the new graphic novel from Dead Reckoning. The heroic story of the torpedo bomber crews who flew outdated Fairey Swordfish biplanes in World War II.

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The following is the 2020 THanksgiving message from Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite.
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