Marines on the beach at Tarawa Atoll's Betio Island duck for cover as their dive-bombers roar in overhead to blast Japanese positions, November 1943.

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The U.S. victory at Tarawa came at a shocking cost, indeed—as many Marine casualties in just 76 hellish hours as in six months of the Guadalcanal campaign.

December 2023
Helicopters are lined up on the deck of the USS Guam (LPH-9) for servicing between missions off the coast of Grenada, 25 October 1983.

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Operation Urgent Fury, the name given to the invasion, transpired in whirlwind fashion 40 years ago this October.

October 2023
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Late in the summer of 1740, an eight-ship Royal Navy squadron set sail from Spithead for a voyage around the world. Four years later, when the tattered remnant of Commodore ...

August 2023
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Our cover story this issue looks at what was unfolding in the South Pacific 80 years ago during this actionful chapter of Halsey’s career.

June 2023
USS Thresher

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Our cover story this issue commemorates the 60th anniversary of the loss of the Thresher—and offers a compelling case for a possible solution.

April 2023
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Here at the U.S. Naval Institute, we have a legendary figure or two of our own.

Eric Mills
January 2023
USS Ranger (CV-4)

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Editor-in-Chief Eric Mills shares highlights from the November/December issue of Naval History.

November 2022
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Editor-in-Chief Eric Mills shares highlights from the September/October issue of Naval History.

Eric Mills
September 2022
U.S. Navy LTV A-7E Corsair II off the USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63)

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Editor-in-Chief Eric Mills shares highlights from the July/August issue of Naval History.

Eric Mills
August 2022
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Editor-in-Chief Eric Mills shares highlights from the May/June issue of Naval History.

Eric Mills
May 2022