The warning painted on the superstructure of every aircraft carrier and amphibious assault ship above the flight deck—one of the most unforgiving working environments in the world.

Increase Flight Deck Hazardous Duty Pay

By Commander Scott Welles and Master Chief Petty Officer Jonathan Sandoval, U.S. Navy
March 2025
A more competitive FDHDIP rate would help increase the accession and retention of sailors in these ratings and morale within air departments across the fleet.
An aviation structural mechanic (equipment) cleans an F/A-18F Super Hornet canopy on board the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) in the Red Sea in April 2024.

Use Social Media in Combat

By Rear Admiral Kavon Hakimzadeh and Captain Christopher Hill, U.S. Navy
March 2025
Instead of shutting down social media, the Navy should use it to help win the information component of combat.
A Marine Corps F-35C during a flight demonstration at Naval Air Station Oceana in September. In July, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 311, the service’s second F-35C squadron, reached initial operational capability.

U.S. Marine Corps Year in Review

By Lieutenant Colonel James W. Hammond III, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired)
March 2025
The U.S. Marine Corps maintained the momentum it gained over the past five years, balancing crisis response capabilities and capacity while continuing its ambitious force modernization.
A sailor chips paint from his ship’s anchor while at Naval Air Station Pensacola. Chipping paint and repainting the anchor is an important part of regular ship maintenance. Circa 1982.

From Our Archive

March 2025
A sailor chips paint from his ship’s anchor while at Naval Air Station Pensacola. Chipping paint and repainting the anchor is an important part of regular ship maintenance.
After Submarine School, then-Lieutenant Robert McNitt joined Commander Eugene Fluckey as executive officer on board the USS Barb (SS-220). On patrol duty during World War II, the submarine “took a real pasting” that came too close for comfort.

Scope with Tail Feathers

By A. Denis Clift
March 2025
In these edited excerpts from his oral history, RADM Robert McNitt recalls a 1944 action against convoys in an area between Formosa and the Philippines known as Convoy College.
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Asked & Answered

March 2025
What was the most physically or morally courageous act you witnessed a sailor, Marine, Coast Guardsman, or merchant mariner do on board a ship at sea?

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