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Resting place of sunken World War II carrier identified 78 years later
The USS Ommaney Bay came under attack on January 4, 1945, when it was struck by a Japanese kamikaze pilot.
‘Speed forward, fight close and hit hard’ — How China won the Battle of the Paracel Islands
With U.S. troops gone from South Vietnam, China made a move at sea in 1974. The ripple effects are still being felt.
By Carl O. Shuster, Vietnam Magazine
George H.W. Bush, Bob Woodward among this year’s HillVets honorees
The annual HillVets list highlights active-duty personnel, veterans and military advocates who have proven themselves to be invaluable members of the military community.
By Joshua Axelrod
Senior officer retirement boards make cuts
The Navy panels were looking to weed out officers with declining performance or misconduct on their books.
By Mark D. Faram
Here’s how the Navy is revolutionizing officer career paths
Testifying before the Senate Armed Service Committee’s Personnel Subcommittee, the Navy’s chief of personnel, Vice Adm. Bob Burke, updated lawmakers on how far and fast the sea service has come in revamping the Defense Officer Personnel Management Act, the landmark 1980 legislation that’s come to be known as simply “DOPMA.”
By Mark D. Faram
Even before US ships moved through the Taiwan Strait, the region was simmering
In the South China Sea, Beijing is pitted against smaller neighbors in multiple disputes over islands, coral reefs and lagoons in waters crucial for global commerce and rich in fish and potential oil and gas reserves.
Back when Navy officers settled beefs by shooting each other — and Marines
“Oh Lord, I am a dead man.”
By Janine Peterson, Military History Magazine
That time the Navy decided to build a flying cannon
At least the American prototype didn't crash into a insane asylum. A British version did.
By Robert Guttman, Aviation History Magazine
Review praises ‘Beyond the Call: Three Women on the Front Lines in Afghanistan’
The Americans profiled — Marine Sgt. Sheena Adams and a pair of Army officers, Maj. Maria Rodriguez and Capt. Johanna Smoke — wanted to make a difference in America’s mission in Afghanistan.
By Jerri Bell, Veterans Writing Project
Born in war, Bangladesh’s rock ‘n’ roll is dying
The seeds of rock ‘n’ roll culture were planted in Bangladesh during the birth of the country in 1971, after a war for liberation separated this majority-Muslim territory from Pakistan.
By Mubashar Hasan, University of Oslo