Two Marines Killed, One Injured in Vehicle Crash By Southern Border
Two Marines are dead and another injured after a vehicle accident Tuesday morning near the southern border in New Mexico.…
Romney’s Navy Plan
This week in a speech in Virginia, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney talked about his plan to build a 350-ship…
U.S. Leading Largest Mine Exercise in Recent Memory
Sea mines are historically the most dangerous threat to naval vessels. Since World War II, 15 U.S. Navy ships have…
Sebastian Junger: Tim Hetherington Didn’t Have to Die
U.S. Naval Institute’s Fred Schultz spoke with journalist and documentary filmmaker Sebastian Junger on Sept. 24 about Junger’s new organization…
Embassy Security: The Strategic Context
On the 11th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, al Qaeda affiliates staged a series…
Pending Congressional Budget Measure Could Hurt Navy and Marines
The Federal government’s fiscal year comes to an end on September 30, and for the sixth straight time, lawmakers will…
Outgoing Fleet Forces CO: ‘I Could Have Done Better’
More than a decade ago, Navy leaders decided to abandon historic standards for ship-manning levels and for shipboard maintenance, supposedly…
One Giant Leap
Before Neil Armstrong took one small step for man, he was a naval aviator and flew one of the U.S.…
Remembering Tony Scott
Dave Baranek was a technical advisor for the film, “Top Gun.” When Tony Scott was hired to helm the motion…
The Smooch that Ended World War II
On August 14, 1945, President Harry Truman took to the airwaves to announce that Japan had accepted the terms of…
Rise of The Asian Cyber Armies
States are increasingly standing up military and intelligence organizations for computer network operations. While countries everywhere perceive a need to…