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Elimination of 1994 Direct Ground Combat Definition and Assignment Rule
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- Headlines From Around The Fleet
- Remembering History: George Washington Corpsmen Celebrates 115 Years of Service June 17, 2013
- Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune Holds PTSD Awareness Event June 17, 2013
- Don't Give Up the Ship Exhibit opens at National Museum of U.S. Navy June 17, 2013
- Germantown Gets Underway June 17, 2013
- Sailors Compete in Biathlon at Sea June 17, 2013
- VFA-83 Holds Change of Command June 17, 2013
- Navy Historical Research, Writing Academic Award Winners Announced June 17, 2013
History & Heritage Archive
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Battle of Midway: Lessons learned
Posted on June 7, 2013 | 1 CommentEarlier this week, we posted the blog “An Unexpected Victory” that discussed how the U.S. Navy won the Battle of Midway and shifted the power in the Pacific during WWII.... -
Battle of Midway: Information dominance’s legacy
Posted on June 6, 2013 | 2 CommentsThis week, the Navy is commemorating the 71st anniversary of the Battle of Midway. The battle, which took place June 4 to 7, 1942, changed the course of the war in... -
Battle of Midway: Navy Aviator Remembers Midway
Posted on June 5, 2013 | No CommentsThe following blog is an adaptation from a 2003 Battle of Midway roundtable, in which retired U.S. Navy Capt. Roy P. Gee shared his personal accounts as an aviator during... -
Battle of Midway: Navy Memorial Ceremony
Posted on June 4, 2013 | No CommentsMore than 200 Sailors and Marines attended a wreath laying ceremony at the Navy Memorial on June 4 to commemorate the 71st anniversary of the Battle of Midway. The Battle of... -
Battle of Midway: An unexpected victory
Posted on June 2, 2013 | 1 CommentThis week, the Navy will commemorate the 71st anniversary of the Battle of Midway. The battle, which took place June 4 to 7, 1942, changed the course of the war... -
Battle of Midway: Timeline of significant events
Posted on June 2, 2013 | 1 CommentThis week, the Navy will commemorate the 71st anniversary of the Battle of Midway. The battle, which took place June 4 to 7, 1942, changed the course of the war... -
MCPON’s Memorial Day Message
Posted on May 27, 2013 | No CommentsShipmates and Navy families, Memorial Day is a time for Americans to reconnect with our history and core values by honoring those who gave their lives for the ideals we... -
Operation Praying Mantis – 25 Years Later
Posted on April 18, 2013 | 5 CommentsJust before 5 p.m. on April 14, 1988, the guided-missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) struck an Iranian M-08 naval mine while participating in Operation Earnest Will in the central Arabian Gulf. The explosion blew a 21-foot hole... -
Submarine Community Remembers USS Thresher
Posted on April 10, 2013 | 2 CommentsBy Rear Adm. David Duryea Deputy Commander, Undersea Warfare (SEA 07) Fifty years ago today, 112 Sailors and 17 civilians died when USS Thresher (SSN 593) sank to the bottom... -
USS Thresher Remembered 50 Years After Sinking
Posted on April 5, 2013 | 3 CommentsIt’s been almost 50 years since USS Thresher (SSN 593) sank off the coast of Cape Cod, Mass., claiming the lives of 129 Sailors and civilian technicians aboard. Family members...