Latest ""
Senate passes final defense policy bill
The compromise bill authorizes limited assistance for Ukraine, implements AUKUS and institutionalizes a nuclear weapon.
John Paul Jones: Sea power visionary
John Paul Jones pioneered the idea of global sea power a century before the rise of the modern U.S. Navy.
By Joseph F. Callo, Military History Magazine
Why Big Navy is running low on Tuition Assistance dollars
And what that means for service members eyeing fall classes.
By Mark D. Faram
Inhofe not on board with plans to shutter aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman
Plans to decommission the Truman are struggling on Capitol Hill.
PACFLEET commander says this happens when a ship isn’t ready to deploy
Navy Adm. Christopher W. Grady, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, and Navy Adm. John C. Aquilino, U.S. Pacific Fleet, testified Tuesday before the House Armed Services Committee’s Readiness Subcommittee.
That time American planes fought American planes
The strange story of Task Force 34.
By John W. Lambert, Aviation History Magazine
‘China watcher’ takes over Senate’s Seapower Subcommittee in reshuffle
Sen. Roger Wicker is relinquishing his sea power gavel in a shakeup that includes new ranking members for the nuclear weapons and cybersecurity subpanels.
The US Navy’s top officer to go to China
The three-day visit with Chinese military leaders aims to exchange views during a time of friction between the two countries.
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
Why the Navy thinks the carrier Gerald R. Ford will work after all
The combination punch of good news at the Senate Armed Services' Seapower Subcommittee included testimony that the Navy has recorded significant cost savings during the building of the John F. Kennedy, the next Ford-class carrier, and is prepping to purchase two similar flattops in Fiscal Year 2020.
By Mark D. Faram