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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

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

By Friedrich Seiltgen

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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

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

By Miguel Ortiz

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

Naval officer and Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell dies at 97

By Miguel Ortiz

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The Navy is spending $1.1 billion on the most successful air-to-air missile in the world

By Miguel Ortiz

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The Secretary of Defense wants to change a ship’s name. Here are the untold perils of renaming a vessel

By Blake Stilwell

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Today in Military History

Today in military history: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

Today in military history: US forces invade Guadalcanal

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‘Ramage’s Rampage’ saw a World War II sub sink 5 ships in 40 minutes

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USS Wisconsin: The big battleship with a bad temper

This C-130 landing on an aircraft carrier will make you rethink physics

This C-130 landing on an aircraft carrier will make you rethink physics

By Orvelin Valle

A depth charge explodes astern, as the crew of the USS PC-1264 practices a simulated submarine attack during the ship's shakedown cruise off southern Florida.

A historic US Navy subchaser USS PC-1264 is slowly rusting away in Staten Island Sound

By Anderson Harp