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    Independent But Integrated
    Although they appear to have disappeared from carrier strike group operations, submarines still are vitally connected to defense of the fleet—...
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    Where We Were
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    The Marine Corps Has a Drinking Problem
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    Bring Tactical Nukes Back to the Fleet
    The USS Mustin (DDG-89) test fires a vertical-launch antisubmarine rocket (VL-ASRoc).
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    Proceedings Today Photo of the Week: 18 October 2018
    A landing craft, air cushion (LCAC) assigned to Naval Beach Unit 7 approaches the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD-1) during night LCAC...
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    Navy’s New SSN(X) Attack Sub To Be Faster, More Lethal – And More Expensive

    The Navy’s next class fast attack submarine will be designed for a return to blue-water great...

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    Truman Carrier Strike Group Operating North of Arctic Circle; First Time for US Navy Since 1991

    A U.S. aircraft carrier is operating in the Arctic Circle for the first time since the...

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    Report to Congress on Military Personnel Issues in the FY 2019 NDAA

    The following is the Oct. 16, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, FY2019 National...

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    USS Ronald Reagan Resumes Flight Operations After Helicopter Crash; Some Injured Sailors Sent Ashore for Treatment

    The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan has resumed flight operations following a Friday crash of...

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    Navy: Dry Dock Accident Will Set Back Miguel Keith Construction At Least 6 Months

    Construction on the Expeditionary Sea Base damaged when its dry dock flooded in July is expected...

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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.

     

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    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...

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    On Our Scope

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

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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...
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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
    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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    I just vaped some CBD oil, and I am out of my mind high right now. Now I totally get why DoD and the VA don’t want me, or anyone ever affiliated...

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    Especially for some Old Cold Warriors, when they hear TU-16 Badger, they will generally think of the 66-year old design as something two...

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    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...

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    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...

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    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...

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    Day 5- March 21- Tinian

    Lieutenant Leroy Fadem recently revisited sites in the Pacific where he saw action in the Navy during the tumultuous years of the War in the...

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    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...

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    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...

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    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...

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    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....

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    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...
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