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Marines Don’t Need Broadband To Win

Mission command requires lightweight, reliable comms, not bulky broadband.

Proceedings Today Photo of the Week: 12 October 2018

Corporals Matthew Teutsch, left, and Brett Norman, both combat videographers with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, participate in hand-to-hand...

The Marine Corps Has a Drinking Problem

Helicopters Best Enable Forced Entry From the Sea

Consider a Four-Day Workweek

On board the USS Champion (MCM-4) we chose to explore beyond the bounds of the traditional Monday to Friday workweek by implementing a four-day...

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Iranian Drone Overflights of U.S. Warships in Persian Gulf Now Common

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – U.S. warships operating in the Persian Gulf are now regularly overflown by...

Fabrication Begins on Future Big Deck USS Bougainville

Fabrication of the future USS Bougainville (LHA-8) started at the Huntington Ingalls Industries...

U.S. Destroyer, Coast Guard Help Pacific Island Nations Patrol their Waters

As Arleigh Burke guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG-86) steams through the Oceana region on...

Panel: Chinese Warships Acting More Aggressively Towards Foreign Navies in the South China Sea

The question following the recent close encounters between guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur...

Billionaire Ocean Explorer, Philanthropist Paul Allen Dies

Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder, billionaire philanthropist and ocean explorer who helped find...

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Antiaccess for Sea Control The British Mining Campaign in World War I

The British experience contains lessons that still apply to modern-day mine warfare.

The Navy's Crackerjack Superhero

First appearing in the comic section in 1934, Don Winslow of the Navy would enjoy a two-decade run thrilling audiences, warning Americans...

On Our Scope

Alfred Thayer Mahan once wrote, “The study of history lies at the foundation of all sound military conclusions and practice.” Building...

In Contact

Give Credit to Electric Boat

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Armaments & Innovations - Extending the DEW Line to Sea

When the Soviet Union detonated its first atomic weapon in 1949, U.S. defense officials became concerned about a possible Soviet...

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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...

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...

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....

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. ...

Marine Corps Wants Funding to Improve Security at Recruiting Centers

Ten months after a gunman opened fire in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the Corps is still working to bolster the security of its recruiting officers....

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Fighting the Future AirSea Battle

Establishing air-support operations centers at sea is the key to defeating potential dynamic maritime threats.Uproar 11, a flight of two F/A-18E Super...

Expanding the Non-Kinetic Warfare Arsenal

To meet the challenges and threats of the information age, the Navy is realizing that cyberspace means a lot more than just the Internet.The definitio...

Oceans - Race to the Bottom of the Sea—Seven Miles Deep

In 2010 three groups announced plans to develop and send a manned submersible to the deepest place in the World Ocean, the almost seven-miles-down &ld...

The Transformation (Again!) of the Surface Navy

In the 1980s, the Tomahawk cruise missile expanded the surface Navy’s role; in the 2000s, new technologies continue to enhance surface warfare&r...

Maximizing Minimum Manning

The Navy can get more from less. Using fewer but better-prepared engineers will cut costs and improve readiness. The key is in the training.Few days p...

U.S. Naval Institute Blog

Peering through the Mists in the Arctic

The Naval War College convened its second “Newport Arctic Seminar” this week to debate “principles of sea power” that ought to regulate...

On Midrats 14 October 2018 – Episode 458: Maritime Insurgency and Counterinsurgency with Hunter Stires

Please join us at 5pm EDT for Midrats Episode 458: Maritime Insurgency and Counterinsurgency with Hunter Stires...

Happy Anniversary, NAVFIT98

Wow. Just wow. I don’t even know where to begin. I want to take a moment to recognize our favorite software, NAVFIT98, the Navy’s truly unique...

OPNAV Channels the Spirit of The Mick

“If I knew I was going to live this long, I’d have taken better care of myself.” — Mickey Mantle Part of being mortal is...

Navy Should Adopt Startup Culture, But Avoid the Pitfalls

The key to expanding the Navy’s innovation efforts is closer cooperation with the private sector, specifically with Silicon Valley. Working with...

Naval History Blog

ACTION REPORT: HMAS Australia off Luzon

In October 1944 near the Philippine island of Leyte, Japan unleashed a powerful, unforeseen weapon against enemy warships—the kamikaze. During the...

Pea Island Lifesaving Crew’s Daring Rescue – 11 October 1896

The schooner E.S. Newman ran aground about two miles south of the Pea Island, North Carolina, life-saving station after losing it’s sails...

The Death of the Lone Ranger, USMC

In 1933, during the depths of the Great Depression, the “March of the Swiss Soldiers” finale from the William Tell overture came blaring over the...

House Armed Service Committee 1949 B-36 Investigation

In this selection, Vice Admiral William I. Martin recounts his involvement in the the House Armed Services Committee’s B-36 investigation....

The Programming Pirate: The Inspiring Life of “Amazing” Grace Hopper

On 7 December 1941, Grace and her husband Vincent listened to the radio at their home as news of a surprise aerial attack on Pearl Harbor...

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Naval Institute Foundation

Proceedings Magazine - June 2017 Vol. 143/6/1,372

Recent Honorary and Memorial Gifts Gifts of support to the Naval Institute have been made in the name of the following: In honor of: A. Denis Clift, by Keith Hahn Jennifer Grove, by Robert Rose, DDS LCDR Robert B. Leet, USNR (Ret.), by Tracy Jaquier...