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Sailor’s conviction overturned due to judge’s suspended law license
The judge presided over nine courts-martial and two Article 32 hearings during the period in which her law license was suspended.
By Hope Hodge Seck
Frontline Photos: Oct. 3, 2021
Sailors fire M240s off the coast of Canada, the Golden Knights drop in on California, Marines arm an F-35B aboard the HMS Queen Elizabeth and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
Best pics of the week: Jan. 31, 2021
Snow at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, well-deck operations aboard the USS Essex, National Guard troops in Washington, and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
Best pics of the week: Dec. 13, 2020
Recruits work together during the Crucible at Parris Island, paratroopers train in Syria, Santa appears with the Blue Angels and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
Social distancing at sea, during the world’s largest naval exercise
Defense Secretary Mark Esper visited the amphibious assault ship Essex on Wednesday, part of a much scaled-down Rim of the Pacific exercise.
Fire main rupture flooded Essex storeroom
It caused at least $2.5 million in damage.
A Leyte Gulf survivor recalls the savagery of battle
Many American naval history books refer to the light cruiser Birmingham as the most tragic American ship to participate in World War II, because of the number of engagements it was involved in and the damage she sustained.
By Harry Popham, World War II Magazine
NCIS: Drug ring’s tentacles reached at least 48 service members
The sailors bought cocaine, LSD and other drugs from two petty officers moonlighting as drug dealers.
Fearless Farragut!
The Union admiral followed a key tenet: Judge the risk by the prize, and risk all if necessary.
By Lawrence Lee Hewitt, HistoryNet
How the Navy built a better jet
Faced with an air superiority gap compared to Air Force jets in the late 1940s and early 1950s, the Navy embarked on an ambitious aircraft development program that produced one of the world’s best all-around fighters.
By E.R. Johnson, Aviation History Magazine
Meet America’s daring frigate captains
In the War of 1812, Britain’s powerful Royal Navy met its match in a determined band of U.S. Navy warship commanders.
By Cmdr. Benjamin "B.J." Armstrong