50 Years Ago Smashing Success On September 14, 1959, Luna 2, a Soviet probe loaded with scientific equipment and a USSR pennant ... Continental Navy Capt. John Paul Jones attacks the frigate ...

U.S. Marines perform a rifle salute on board the Battleship Missouri Memorial during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the 1945 kamikaze attack on the USS Missouri and subsequent burial ...

During World War II, a Japanese pilot crashed into the USS Missouri. The ship's captain, William Callaghan, ordered a military burial for the pilot. This act of compassion is remembered today.

(U.S. Navy) Capt. Jason Labott, deputy commander of MESG 2, has assumed duties as MSRON 4′s commanding officer, while Command Master Chief Clayton Alek-Finkelman, former command master chief for ...

The National Industrial Court has ordered the Nigerian Navy to accord Navy Captain Dada Labinjo all the rights, benefits and privileges of a retired Vice-Admiral of the Nigerian Navy effective ...

Being elected a captain or co-captain by his or her teammates is the the greatest honor a Naval Academy athlete can receive ...

Capt. Robert R Bersani, US Navy, (retired), 83, formerly of Plymouth, MA and most recently Estero, FL, passed away peacefully at Gulf Coast Memory Care in Estero, FL on April 23, 2025. Bob is ...

Of course, as every sailor knows, rust is a constant for ships at sea, said retired Navy Capt. Bradley Martin, a senior policy researcher with the RAND Corporation. “The fact is it’s saltwater ...

a retired Navy captain and senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments in Washington. An aircraft carrier would rely on escorting ships, its own fighters against some ...

The Missouri's captain ordered a military burial at sea ... when it was hopelessly losing. The Imperial Navy founded the Kamikaze Tokko Tai, which translates as Divine Wind Special Attack Corps ...