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Shift the Coast Guard to DoD

Transferring the U.S. Coast Guard to the Department of Defense would enhance the service’s capabilities and the nation’s defense. U.S....

The Oath Is a Sacred Covenant

By Lieutenant Fleet Russell White, U.S. Navy When an officer swears to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all...

Living in TACSIT 1

In today’s operational environment, the Navy’s position often is known to an adversary—as this photo of the Donald Cook (DDG-75)...

Russian Navy: Part 3

Impressive Beneath the Waves Russian Northern Fleet The modern Russian Navy, similar to its Soviet predecessor, looks best underwater. Russia’...

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Navy: Saudi Frigate Attacked by Unmanned Bomb Boat, Likely Iranian

The bomb-laden craft that attacked a Saudi frigate last month was unmanned and likely Iranian,...

Navy to Impose More Rigorous Oversight in New Ship Classes; Will Hire More Engineers

The Navy will need a larger engineering directorate as it grows the fleet in coming years, to...

Video: NATO Black Sea Exercise Sea Shield 2017

The following is a Feb. 17, 2017 video from NATO Channel shows ships and aircraft from Standing...

Coast Guard: Icebreaker Polar Sea Now a ‘Parts Donor;’ Refurbishment Deemed Too Expensive

The Coast Guard has determined it would be too costly to refurbish the heavy icebreaker USCGC...

Panel: Trump Must Make a Choice in European Ballistic Missile Defense

The question facing the Trump administration on European ballistic missile defense is: should...

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Prewar Voyage Down Under

As war clouds gathered over the Pacific, the heavy cruiser Chicago led a flotilla on a goodwill mission that left her sailors with...

Bluejacket's Manual - Cracking the ‘Hull Number’ Code

For more than a hundred years, U.S. Navy ships were known only by type and name, as in “the frigate Constitution.” But as more and...

On Our Scope

Thirty years ago the U.S. Naval Institute debuted Naval History. With 163 issues under its belt, the magazine remains the only publication...

In Contact

Closer Look at the Evidence

Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan

In our book A Matter of Justice: Pearl Harbor:...

As I Recall - Competing for the Top Job

James Leamon Forbis enlisted in the Navy in 1939. When war came on 7 December 1941, he was on the front line of history, serving as a coxswain...

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Navy officer fired over Iran's detention of 10 sailors

The Navy has fired the commander of the 10 American sailors who wandered into Iranian territorial waters in the Persian Gulf and were captured and hel...

U.S. and Philippines, United by China, Ramp Up Military Alliance

A new agreement will allow the United States to spread more American troops, planes and ships across the island nation than have been here in decades....

U.S., India militaries to improve disaster coordination

The U.S and India have reached a preliminary agreement that will make it easier for the two countries' militaries to work together in disasters or oth...

North Korean colonel, diplomat defect to South Korea

South Korea says two senior officials from North Korea defected during 2015, including an army colonel described by Seoul as the highest-level militar...

Secretary Mabus Names Next Destroyer Carl M. Levin

During a ceremony in Detroit, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the next Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, DDG-120, will be named Carl M. Levin i...

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Fighting the Future AirSea Battle

Establishing air-support operations centers at sea is the key to defeating potential dynamic maritime threats.Uproar 11, a flight of two F/A-18E Super...

Expanding the Non-Kinetic Warfare Arsenal

To meet the challenges and threats of the information age, the Navy is realizing that cyberspace means a lot more than just the Internet.The definitio...

Oceans - Race to the Bottom of the Sea—Seven Miles Deep

In 2010 three groups announced plans to develop and send a manned submersible to the deepest place in the World Ocean, the almost seven-miles-down &ld...

The Transformation (Again!) of the Surface Navy

In the 1980s, the Tomahawk cruise missile expanded the surface Navy’s role; in the 2000s, new technologies continue to enhance surface warfare&r...

Maximizing Minimum Manning

The Navy can get more from less. Using fewer but better-prepared engineers will cut costs and improve readiness. The key is in the training.Few days p...

U.S. Naval Institute Blog

On Midrats 19 Feb 2017 -Episode 372: Andrew Jackson’s Navy; Now More Than Ever?

Please join us at 5pm EST on 19 Feb 2016 for Midrats Episode 372: Andrew Jackson’s Navy; Now More Than Ever? Since his election in November, the...

SECDEF Mattis to NATO: Sober Up

A true sign of mutual respect among friends is to be honest with each other. You demonstrate how much you value a friendship by being clear,...

On Midrats 12 Feb 2017 – Episode 371: Rice Bowls, Silos, & Firewalls – the National Security Bureaucracy

Please join us at 5pm on 12 Feb 2017 for Midrats Episode 371: Rice Bowls, Silos, & Firewalls – the National Security Bureaucracy For the...

China Sees Our 350, and Throw Another 150 on Top

A US Navy of 350 ships? All navalists would love to have that. We have global responsibilities. We are a two-ocean navy. Numbers mean things. One...

On Midrats 5 Feb 2017 – Episode 370: The SECNAV’s In Basket With James Holmes

Please join us at 5pm EST on 5 Feb 2017 for Midrats Episode 370: The SECNAV’s In Basket With James Holmes: There will be no rest for the...

Naval History Blog

A Taranto–Pearl Harbor Connection?

On the night of 11 November 1940, Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm aircraft attacked Italian battleships at anchor in the port of Taranto, Italy. On the...

The Hudson River Chain

We sometimes forget our parents were not born adults. They were children and teenagers first, who did silly things. When it comes to my dad...

The Corps’ Parris Island Museum

Men who enlist in the Marine Corps east of the Mississippi River and all women joining the Corps must first report to the Marine Corps Recruit...

A Case for Submarine Chasers

U.S. Navy SC-1–class submarine chasers performed significant services that became an integral part of the Allied effort to win World War I war at...

Remembering the Caribsea

Just after midnight on March 11, 1942, 22-year-old Jim Gaskill, second mate of the ore freighter Caribsea, went off watch and turned in for the...

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Proceedings Magazine - October 2016 Vol. 142/10/1,364

Join the Leaders! The Naval Institute is truly grateful for the generosity of all our amazing supporters. Our deepest thanks to the following individuals whose participation thus far in 2016 distinguishes them as members of the Alfred Thayer Mahan...