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Searching for Nelson’s Quote

July 22, 2012 11:26 PM - Updated: February 5, 2013 2:01 PM
Rising young U.S. Navy officer Stephen Decatur earned famous praise for ‘the most bold and daring act of the age’—or…

USNS Rappahannock Timeline

July 17, 2012 11:04 AM - Updated: February 5, 2013 8:11 PM
It took three minutes for the embarked security team of the USNS Rappahannock to dispatch a suspicious skiff that strayed…

America’s Small Stick Diplomacy

July 16, 2012 9:12 AM - Updated: February 5, 2013 1:50 PM
We might rephrase Theodore Roosevelt’s famous saying about “big stick” diplomacy thusly: Speak softly and carry a small stick, and…

The Great Green (Pierside?) Fleet

July 13, 2012 10:02 AM - Updated: February 5, 2013 8:09 PM
Proceedings, July 2012 On 14 October 2011, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus shared his vision of the “Great Green…

An Unmanned Joint Strike Fighter?

July 12, 2012 10:22 PM - Updated: February 5, 2013 1:49 PM
CRYSTAL CITY, VIRGINIA — Three nautical miles from an amphibious assault ship, I toggled a small button labeled “STOVL,” or short…

Scenes from Guadalcanal

July 11, 2012 10:35 PM - Updated: February 5, 2013 1:28 PM
On the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal, The U.S. Naval Institute has collected a series of photos from the…

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