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Sinking decommissioned ship

A US submarine sunk an enemy ship with a torpedo for the first time since WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

Smoke rises after Iran carried out a missile strike on the main headquarters of the U.S. Navyâs 5th Fleet in Manama in retaliation against US-Israeli attacks, in Bahrain February 28, 2026. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Lessons Learned: How Iran was able to bruise the US Navy’s 5th Fleet

By Adam Gramegna

How a trip underwater propelled Teddy Roosevelt to improve submariners’ pay

By Stephen Ruiz

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Operation Highjump was one of the military’s coldest missions to date

By Bethaney Phillips

royce williams medal of honor

He fought seven MiGs and kept it secret—70 years later, he’s getting the Medal of Honor

By Miguel Ortiz

Big Tech wants the Navy’s old nuclear reactors to power the AI revolution

By Adam Gramegna

Phil McConkey touchdown in Super Bowl

This former Navy pilot became one of the unlikeliest Super Bowl champions ever

By Stephen Ruiz

Navy Combat Demolition Unit reenactment

Naval Combat Demolition Units and the sailors who made D-Day possible

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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The Navy is bringing back battleships with the Trump-class USS Defiant

By Miguel Ortiz

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Here’s what happened to the US Navy’s original six frigates

By Blake Stilwell

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Navy’s special Army-Navy Game uniforms pay tribute to the six original frigates

By Blake Stilwell

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This Intrepid pilot went from zero to ace in 13 minutes

Top Guns the Next Generation NatGeo

NatGeo’s new ‘Top Guns’ series is a real-world, behind the scenes look at ‘Top Gun’

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Your 2025 academy football report: Navy rolls, Army stuns Kansas State in week 2

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3 cheaper ways the Navy could destroy a narco-terrorist drug boat

By Miguel Ortiz

F-89 Scorpion Battle of Palmdale USAF

‘The Battle of Palmdale:’ The Air Force’s most embarrassing dogfight

By Friedrich Seiltgen

cribbage navy submariners

How cribbage became the card game that rules the Navy’s Submarine Force

By Daniella Horne

Photo collage shows George the cat in his enlistment photo and the floating battleship USS North Carolina

‘Psspsspss:’ American sailors enlisted a cat aboard a battleship during World War II

mcpherson americas last world war II fighter ace

Donald McPherson, America’s last World War II fighter ace, dies at 103

By Miguel Ortiz

2026 race the base NASCAR san diego

NASCAR is coming to San Diego to turn Coronado into a racetrack