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    Beware of Foreign Emoluments
    As a result of the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, the Emoluments Clause (U.S. Constitution: Article I, Section 9, clause 8) has been in the...
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    A Fleet Must Be Able to Fight
    A fleet is the Navy’s essential fighting element, our central contribution to the joint fight and to the nation’s defense. While...
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    But Will They Fight China?
    The assumption that U.S. allies in the Pacific would join the United States in a kinetic conflict with China must be revisited. In a hypothetical...
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    Automated Valor
    Port De Djibouti, Djibouti Free Trade Zone—April 2039 Sticky’s seat began vibrating, a resonant warning from deep inside the British...
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    Proceedings Photo of the Week:20 May
    This week's photo shows Damage Controlman 1st Class Sharese Grey testing a sprinkler during an aqueous film forming foam washdown test on board...
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    Swift Calls for Navy Readiness Improvements Before Fleet Buildup in PACFLEET Retirement Speech

    The outgoing commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet used his change-of-command and retirement ceremony...

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    Report to Congress on Shift in International Security Environment

    The following is the April 26, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, A Shift in the...

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    VIDEO: U.S. Pacific Fleet Change of Command

    The following is the complete May 17, 2018 U.S. Pacific Fleet change of command ceremony. Adm....

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    Hospital Ship USNS Mercy Trains for Disaster Relief In Vietnam

    Hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) arrived in Nha Trang, Vietnam, Thursday, as part of the...

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    Navy Disestablishes DASN Unmanned Systems Less than 3 Years After Creating Office

    The Navy disestablished its office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Unmanned...

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    Ask a military history buff to match 6 June with a historic event and the answer you’ll probably get is D-Day, the 1944 Allied invasion of...

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    As I Recall - The Treatment of a Pioneer
    The U.S. Naval Institute shortly will release the oral history of Jesse Arbor, a member of the Golden Thirteen—the first...
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    March 2018 will go down in underwater-archaeology history as...

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    Bluejacket's Manual - Securing a Ship to a Pier

    If you have ever watched a movie in which the captain of a Navy ship yells down from the bridge wing, telling his deck crew to “Cast off all...

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    Female Navy Recruits Get First 'Dixie Cup' Hats at Boot Camp
    The Navy's Recruit Training Command at Great Lakes Illinois marked another milestone in efforts to make uniforms more gender-specific Monday when fema...
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    China aims to prepare military for battle by ending paid contract work
    China has ordered its armed forces to end all paid outside work within three years as part of a push to make the world's largest standing military mor...
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    Navy: 8 Sailors Aboard Carrier USS Eisenhower Hurt During Landing
    Eight sailors were injured aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower during an aircraft landing off Virginia's coast, the Navy said....
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    U.S., South Korea stage assault drill; North threatens to wipe out enemies
    U.S. and South Korean troops staged a big amphibious landing exercise on Saturday, storming simulated North Korean beach defenses. ...
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    Marine Corps Wants Funding to Improve Security at Recruiting Centers
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    On Midrats 20 May 2018 – Episode 437: Fighting the Great War at Sea, with Dr. Norman Friedman

    Please join us at 5pm EDT on 20 May 2018 for Midrats Episode 437: Fighting the Great War at Sea, with Dr. Norman Friedman As we approach the 100th...

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    XO/CO Fleet-Up—A Bad Idea

    Last year’s Navy ship collisions in the Western Pacific have spotlighted the state of surface force readiness and training, primarily surface...

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    Command and Staff

    “Commanding Commanders” introduced a leadership philosophy to ensure competent commanding officers are leading in some of the most challenging...

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    What are WE learning from the conflict in Ukraine?

    Every military struggles early on in any major conflict trying to figure out what from the previous wars – and what the good idea fairy...

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    Should the USCG transition to the DoD?

    In the June 2017 issue of American Legion magazine, Rep. Duncan Hunter (CA) noted that the Coast Guard should transition from the Department of...

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    The Making of a Naval Disaster

    The Peloponnesian War of 431–404 B.C. between the Spartan-led Peloponnesian alliance and the Delian League dominated by Athens was a seminal event...

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    Rare German Helmet from Hindenburg Ground Crew

    May 6 marked the 81st anniversary of the fiery destruction of the Hindenburg at NAS Lakehurst. The cause of the disaster is still debated but the...

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    Today in Navy History-USS Triton

    On this day in 1960 – USS Triton (SSRN 586), commanded by Capt. Edward L. Beach, completes a submerged circumnavigation of the world in 84...

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    In the latest issue of Naval History, we featured in Naval History News the discovery of the USS Juneau and USS Lexington by entrepreneur and...

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    Blue Angels Skipper, Captain Arthur R. Hawkins, USN (Ret.)

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