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Teaching Character in the New Moral Battlespace

By Captain Carey H. Cash, U.S. Navy

May 2019

The Navy must change its culture with targeted interventions if it wants to reduce sexual assaults in its ranks.

CNO Naval History Essay Contest

The Sea Services have a rich history. There is much to be learned from history on multiple fronts—people, battles, strategy, tactics, leadership, values, traditions. While ...

Watercolor by Carl G. Evers of the USS Scorpion (SSN-589) departing from anchored USS Orion (AS-18)

Why They Called the Scorpion “Scrapiron”

By Mark A. Bradley

July 1998

Members of her crew did . . . for some good reasons.

Episode 81 - Naval Aviation Year in Review

17 May 2019

CDR "Jethro" Bodine reviews the state of Naval Aviation platform-by-platform and offers in-depth perspective on each one.

U.S. Army Large Tug Major Elisha K. Henson (LT-5) at the H. Lee White Maritime Museum, Oswego, New York

One of the Very Few

By J. M. Caiella

June 2019

Fewer than 30 vessels that served in the Normandy invasion are still afloat. The U.S. Army large tug LT-5 is the last functional U.S. Army vessel that participated.

Breaking News

Navy Stands Up Surface Development Squadron for DDG-1000, Unmanned Experimentation

Megan Eckstein

22 May, 2019

The Pre-Commissioning Unit Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001) pulls along pierside in Naval Base San Diego, ...

News & Analysis, Surface Forces, U.S. Navy

Navy Has No Plans Develop Lethal Carrier UAV Before MQ-25A Hits Flight Decks

Sam LaGrone

22 May, 2019

X-47B Salty Dog 501 flies over USS Theodore Roosevelt on Aug. 17, 2014. US Naval Institute Photo WAS...

Aviation, Budget Industry, News & Analysis, U.S. Navy

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Marines to Begin Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle AoA This Summer to Replace LAVs

Electric Boat Receives Half-Billion-Dollar Award To Help Submarine Suppliers Expand

AV-8B Harrier That Crashed in North Carolina Being Recovered; Pilot Released from Hospital

Report on Navy Laser, Railgun and Gun-Launched Guided Projectiles

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USMC+USAID=America’s Contact Layer

By Captain Dylan Warnick, U.S. Marine Corps

May 2019

The Marine Corps must develop a habitual working relationship with USAID to be a more effective contact and blunt layer.
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Cracking the Aircraft Designation Code

By Lieutenant Commander Thomas J. Cutler, U.S. Navy (Retired)

June 2019

The aircraft designation system currently in use by all branches of the armed forces can be confusing, but it is ...
A Coast Guardsman’s Ground Combat Odyssey

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One of the Very Few

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Copper-Bottoming the Royal Navy

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