OpinionTo bootstrap US maritime industrial base, link allies and innovatorsAs officials consider the wholesale resuscitation of U.S. shipbuilding, there is a nearer-term lever worth pulling, the author of this op-ed argues.By Joshua Tallis3 days ago
Sink ships, get Scotch: An officer’s spirited revenge for Pearl HarborWilfred "Jasper" Holmes, a U.S. Naval officer, personally sent expensive scotch to any U.S. skipper who sank a ship of the Kido Butai.By Claire Barrett3 weeks ago
In WWII, the ‘Tokyo Express’ was tough to beat. One man changed that.Cmdr. Frederick Moosbrugger’s claim to fame was a near-perfect destroyer duel at the Battle of Vella Gulf.By Jon Guttman4 weeks ago
OpinionHow to handle winners (and losers) in the Pentagon’s 8% budget relookThe authors of this op-ed argue the DOD's 8% relook offers an opportunity to break the defense budgeting routine, but that outcome is far from preordained.By Travis Sharp, Casey Nicastro and Evan Braden Montgomery4 weeks ago
Joe Harris, believed to be oldest surviving WWII paratrooper, has diedSgt. Joe Harris, a member of the U.S. Army’s first all-Black parachute infantry battalion, has died at 108.4 weeks ago
WWII podcast sets sights on stories that offer lessons for future warsWhat happens when a Navy captain and a historian walk into a bar? They come out with a hit podcast about the Pacific War.By Claire Barrett5 weeks ago