United States Navy

Faces of 2 USS Monitor Crewmembers Reconstructed

AP | By STEVE SZKOTAK | Posted 03.03.2012

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RICHMOND, Va. -- When the turret of the USS Monitor was raised from the ocean bottom, two skeletons and the tattered remnants of their uniforms were d...

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Pearl Harbor Survivor Dies On Anniversary Of Attack

The Republic | Posted 12.08.2011

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World War II veteran Frank Curre died Wednesday, exactly 70 years after surviving the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Curre, who served in the Navy, ...

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PHOTO: Navy Hands Out Maps Telling Seamen To Avoid San Pedro

The Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 09.27.2011

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Story has been updated to include the Navy's official response. San Pedro, California residents are seeing red over the redlined maps the Navy han...

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Chinese Missiles and U.S. Loss of Influence in Asia -- Round II

Franz-Stefan Gady | Posted 05.25.2011

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Franz-Stefan Gady

Revisiting my previous post "Aircraft Carriers and Chinese Missiles: Time to Rethink US Naval Doctrine" , I would like to approach the issue from a di...

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The Search for an Old Sailor

Charlie Carillo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charlie Carillo

Whenever my 85-year-old father gets nostalgic he enjoys talking about all the mischief he got into with his best pal, Bob, back when he was an 18-year-old sailor in the United States Navy.

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This Emotional Life: My Life As A POW

Bob Shumaker | Posted 11.17.2011

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Bob Shumaker

During the Vietnam War I was imprisoned for eight years, three of which were spent in solitary confinement. I am often asked how I was able not only to survive, but go on to resume a normal life.

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Standoff With Pirates Shows U.S. Power Has Limits

New York Times | MARK MAZZETTI | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Indian Ocean standoff between an $800 million United States Navy destroyer and four pirates bobbing in a lifeboat showed the limits of the world's...

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Conduct Unbecoming: John McCain's Dishonorable Endgame

Gary Cohan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gary Cohan

He has now earned the ignominious fate of a public "court martial" in polling places all across America on November 4th.

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