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USS Wasp, Marines enter Mediterranean amid Israel-Hezbollah tensions
The U.S. is positioning warships to try to keep fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon from escalating into a wider war in the Middle East.
By Tara Copp
Navy veteran with rare medical condition to compete in pageant
Arlena Johnson is a U.S. Navy veteran an cancer survivor. She will be sharing her story through the Ms. Veteran America pageant.
Norfolk sailor dies of COVID-19 complications
The sailor is the third active-duty sailor to die this month after contracting the novel coronavirus
Alfred Thayer Mahan and his vain quest to keep ships straight
He was one of the world's greatest maritime strategists. A gifted seaman? Not so much.
By Donald Lankiewicz, American History Magazine
Sayonara, Japan! Wasp bound for Norfolk
Navy Personnel Command announced in early 2018 that Wasp was expected to return to Virginia around Sept. 20.
By Navy Times staff
Torpedo Junction: The South Pacific’s brutal underwater war
To beat back or blunt the first Allied offensive in the Pacific, Japan needed to cut the supply lifeline. They failed.
By John Prados, HistoryNet.com
The Operation Dragoon drama of Douglas Fairbanks
Famed for his heroics on screen, a Hollywood idol topped himself at war as leader of a band of seaborne deception specialists
By David Sears, World War II Magazine
Relearning the lessons of BALTOPS
On the doorstep of a resurgent Russia, a force of 8,600 personnel from 18 nations on board 50 ships and two submarines practices war at sea.
By Mark D. Faram
Will your command create a fab shoulder patch?
Commands are starting to authorize alternative unit shoulder patches for their Type III Navy Working Uniforms.
By Mark D. Faram
Trump, Shanahan distance themselves from McCain controversy
The Pentagon’s acting chief, Patrick Shanahan, ordered his chief of staff to investigate the flap.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
White House tells Navy to keep destroyer McCain ‘out of sight’ during Trump visit to Japan, report says
A tarp was draped over the ship’s name, and sailors wearing caps bearing the name John S. McCain were given the day off to avoid potential sightings.
By J.D. Simkins