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Fighting Through Silence

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The Human-Machine Team Failed Vincennes

Mission Command and Zero Error Tolerance Cannot Coexist

To enable true mission command, the Navy must dismantle its zero-defect mentality. It is doubtful World War II heroes Chester Nimitz, Ernest King,...

The Other Mine Warfare Will Work

The Navy has a blind spot about offensive mining, but technological advances and a new concept of operations could make it a game changer.

Fighting Through Silence

The Marine Corps must prepare to fight in electromagnetic darkness.

Icelandic Coast Guard Is a Player in NATO

During the practice “Above the Sky,” held in cooperation with the Icelandic Association for Search and Rescue and the police on the Brei...

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VIDEO: USS Harry S. Truman Returns Home After Brief Deployment

After spending a little more than three months at sea in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, USS...

Votel: U.S. Urging Pakistan to Help Bring Taliban to Negotiating Table

Despite better cooperation between the Pakistani and Afghan military in taking on the Taliban...

Pacific Pair of Mine Countermeasures Exercises Focus on International Cooperation

A pair of Pacific mine countermeasures exercises are increasing the U.S. Navy’s ability to...

Report to Congress on U.S. Navy Ship Naming Conventions

The following is the July 3, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Ship Names:...

How USS San Diego Sank is Still an Open Question 100 Years Later

Mine or torpedo? For a hundred years, the cause of the explosion that sank USS San Diego (ACR-6...

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As I Recall - Ernie King: A Sensitive SOB?

Unlike most of the U.S. Naval Institute’s oral histories, which contain the recollections of seagoing line officers, the...

Bluejacket's Manual - On the Lookout

On the night of 8–9 August 1942 off Savo Island, the Japanese 8th Fleet surprised an Allied task force protecting the landing at Guadalcanal...

Historic Ships - The Red American Cruiser

The second of ten scout cruisers of the Omaha class, the USS Milwaukee (CL-5) had, with one...

Historic Aircraft - Ever Hear of the Sea Horse?

The outstanding U.S. land-based fighter of the World War II era was the P-51 Mustang. North American Aviation produced 14,819 Mustangs during the...

On Our Scope

Americans are rightfully proud of the wartime service and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform. But occasionally, while under the spell of...

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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....

Featured Content

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...

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On Midrats 22 July 2018 – Episode 446: July Maritime Natsec Melee

Please join at 5pm (EDT) on 22 July 2018 for Midrats Episode 446: July Maritime Natsec Melee: NATO, Russia, the Chinese Navy, Australia’s...

Japan’s not so strange case of strategic hording

You do not have to be some strange conspiracy theorist to wargame what might happen if Uncle Sam shrugged and the USA decided to exit the stage as...

Marine Air Ground Task Force Command and Control: A Short History

MARINE AIR CONTROL SQUADRON-4 (MACS-4): From Moonman to Vicesquad *– the Marine Corps’ deployment of the first internet-like command and control...

On Midrats 15 July 2018 – Episode 445: How Small Ships Can Make a Big Navy Better

Please join us at 5pm EDT on 8 July 2018 for Midrats Episode 445: How Small Ships Can Make a Big Navy Better Building off our discussions from...

What is beyond overthinking and analysis paralysis?

When it comes to what our Navy needs for a corvette to frigate sized small surface combatant, does anyone really think we need to another reset on...

Naval History Blog

The USS Essex From Mutiny to F-35s

As reported by USNI News, the USS Essex quietly deployed last Tuesday, 10 July. [Essex Amphibious Ready Group Quietly Deployed on Tuesday with...

Story Time with ’72: USNA Class of 1972 Remembers I-Day from 50 Years Ago

Thursday June 28th the U.S. Naval Academy inducted the newest class of midshipmen. On I-Day, just as it is every year, the yard was busy with...

Earn Your Ink: Celebrate National Tattoo Day!

Getting “inked” is a tradition which spans back to the age of sail before the U.S. established its own navy. Many of the same tattoos...

Sailors Scream For Ice Cream!

Few things are as important as coffee, tobacco, and ice cream in today’s Navy. Though coffee offers caffeine to get through long days and...

Drink to the Foam: The Navy’s Extensive History with Alcohol

If you decided to sign up as a seaman in the U.S. Navy 156 ago today, you would have found a “gill of spirits”– about a quarter pint of hard...

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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...