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The 75th Anniversary of Iwo Jima

Seventy-five years ago, U.S. Marines came ashore on a desolate eight-square-mile volcanic island dominated by Mount Suribachi and located roughly halfway between the Marianas and ...

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2020 Emerging & Disruptive Technologies Essay Contest

Funded by MITRE

Deadline

29 February 2020

How should the Sea Services meld technology and innovation to maintain our nation’s advantages?

The Naval Institute Podcast Episode 134 - Undersea Adventures of Victor Vescovo

14 February 2020

Adventurer and retired Navy intel officer Victor Vescovo talks about his undersea missions to the bottom of the five oceans.

The Readiness Threat Right Before Our Eyes

By Captain Dave Kurtz, U.S. Navy

February 2020

The Navy must recognize how personal technology use affects sailors' mental health, reenlistment, and sleep quality.

None of Us Is ‘That Man’ — All Must Aspire to Be

By Captain Dan’l Steward, U.S. Navy (Retired)

February 2020

Navy SEALS are held to a higher standard, and they must preserve their reputation.

During World War II, Samuel Morison's closest brush with death came when a kamikaze targeted the battleship Tennessee (right).

Sam Morison's War

By David Sears

February 2020

How a 54-year-old Harvard professor transformed into Lieutenant Commander Samuel Eliot Morison, USNR, and became the American naval Thucydides of World War II.

Breaking News

Navy Researching New Class of Medium Amphibious Ship, New Logistics Ships

Megan Eckstein

20 February, 2020

A stern landing design concept. Sea Transport Solutions Image The Navy’s research and development po...

Budget Industry, News & Analysis, Surface Forces, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy

Report to Congress on U.S. Army Modernization Strategy

U.S. Naval Institute Staff

20 February, 2020

The following is the Feb. 7, 2020 Congressional Research Service report, The Army’s Modernization St...

Budget Industry, Documents, Military Personnel, U.S. Army

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Investigate Coast Guard Harassment Incidents Like They Are Operational Mishaps

By Commander Brooke Millard, U.S. Coast Guard

February 2020

Servicemembers’ harassment allegations need a systematic and transparent investigative process.
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A Flying Boat Progenitor

By Norman Polmar, Author, Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet

February 2020

In many respects, the precursor of the military flying boats of the 1940s and beyond was the Consolidated P2Y.
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