Document: GAO Report On Risks to U.S. Navy Ships Assigned to Overseas Homeport
The following is the May 29, 2015 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, Navy Force Structure: Sustainable Plan and Comprehensive Assessment…
Slogans that Sell the Service: A Brief History of U.S. Navy Television Ads After the End of the Draft
The Navy has long recognized the effectiveness of powerful visual images for attracting new recruits. Men who had not been…
Navy: Hospital Ship Collision Did Not Damage ‘USS Arizona Vessel’
The Tuesday accident that damaged the floating dock of the USS Arizona Memorial did not damage the sunken World War…
UPDATED: Tug Moving U.S. Navy Hospital Ship May Have Struck USS Arizona Memorial
This post has been updated to include a statement from the National Park Service and local press reports that indicate…
Attack Submarine John Warner Successfully Completes First Set of Sea Trials
The attack boat John Warner (SSN-785) successfully completed its first set of sea trials and its first dive on Saturday…
Essay: Changing the Anti-Ship Cruise Missile Paradigm
During the Third Taiwan Strait Crisis (1995–96), United States naval dominance was demonstrated through the deployment of two carrier battle…
The Day Frigate Samuel B. Roberts Was Mined
The following is an account of the mine strike on the Oliver Hazard Perry frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) which…
Updated: Navy Super Hornet Crashes in Persian Gulf, Crew Safely Recovered
An U.S. Navy F/A-18 F Super Hornet has crashed in the Persian Gulf on Tuesday at about 9:30 A.M. EST,…
Analysis: Iran’s Latest Round of Maritime Brinksmanship
Iran’s recent seizure and release of the Marshall Islands flagged M/V Maersk Tigris could be what Iran claims it is,…
Iran Releases Maersk Tigris
The Iranian government released merchant ship M/V Maersk Tigris after being detained by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN)…