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Adaptive sports nonprofit helps vets find community through climbing
Paradox Sports is a Boulder, Colorado-based climbing operation that offers training and trips for adaptive athletes, including veterans.
By Jon Simkins
House appropriators would protect three of four littoral combat ships
House appropriators ripped a proposal to decommission four littoral combat ships contained in President Joe Biden’s Pentagon budget request for next year as “a misuse of taxpayer funds.”
Best pics of the week: July 11, 2021
Fireworks over a Hercules, soldiers fire mortars, Marine recruits in San Diego, and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
Book excerpt: ‘Rock the Boat: Embrace Change, Encourage Innovation, and Be a Successful Leader’
This retired Navy rear admiral shares her first-hand experience serving in some of the toughest leadership positions across the nation.
By Danelle Barrett
At US Naval Academy graduation, Harris cites challenges of ‘fragile’ world
The 1,084 U.S. Naval Academy graduates commissioned as officers Friday included 784 Navy ensigns and 274 Marine 2nd lieutenants.
Defense secretary tells West Point cadets they’re ready
Austin, a 1975 graduate of West Point, recalled his own years at the academy as he told graduates their West Point training will keep them on course.
Vice President Harris to give Naval Academy commissioning address
Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to give the speech May 28 during the in-person, limited capacity ceremony in Annapolis.
WWII Navy chaplain posthumously awarded Navy Cross for comforting fellow sailors in ‘shark infested waters’
Lt. Thomas Conway swam to sailors to provide them with comfort, prayer and to administer sacraments after two Japanese torpedos hit the USS Indianapolis.
By Diana Stancy
New in 2021: Here are all the ships the Navy will commission and christen in the coming year
Seven ships will join the fleet in 2021.
Excerpt from ‘Rock Force’ on the retaking of Corregidor during World War II
In this excerpt from Kevin Maurer’s 2020 book “Rock Force,” we meet Pvt. Lloyd McCarter as he and the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment prepare for the airborne assault in February 1945.
By Kevin Maurer