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A Navy veteran’s unintentional discovery led to the microwave

By Stephen Ruiz

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The ‘Maverick Act’ could see an American F-14 Tomcat in the sky once more

By Blake Stilwell

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The USS Devilfish suffered the only kamikaze attack on a US submarine

By Friedrich Seiltgen

Trailblazing Vietnam veteran helped reveal how humans came to be

By Stephen Ruiz

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Northrop Grumman teases first look at next-gen Navy fighter

By Miguel Ortiz

How these Navy submariners worked to save themselves after their sub sank

By Stephen Ruiz

The story of 4 brothers who served on the Juneau with the Sullivans

By Stephen Ruiz

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Sailors relive the 1980s ‘Tanker War’ amid today’s Hormuz Crisis

Amos Chapple, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Cuban Missile Crisis

The ‘Gray Ghosts’ of the Cuban Missile Crisis

By Daniel Tobias Flint

An artist depiction of the Bushnell Turtle in action against the HMS Eagle in New York Harbor.

Revolutionary War

The US Navy’s first submarine was a hand-cranked wooden egg

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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It’s time to revisit ‘World of Warships’ and its slew of new updates for 2026

By Blake Stilwell

This Navy aviator escaped his captors during the Vietnam War and lived to tell about it

By Stephen Ruiz

Michigan coach Dusty May

Why the service academies deserve their own spot in March Madness

By Clay Beyersdorfer

USS Indianapolis

The ship that delivered the atomic bomb was sunk, and nobody came to look for it

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Neil Armstrong Korea

That time Neil Armstrong survived ejecting from his fighter jet in Korea

By Stephen Ruiz

smoke rising from the Thai bulk carrier 'Mayuree Naree' near the Strait of Hormuz after an attack. A Thai bulk carrier travelling in the crucial Strait of Hormuz was attacked March 11, with 20 crew members rescued so far

The 4 ways Iran got its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz

Kian Sharifi, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Bob Feller military service throws to Joe DiMaggio during his Apr. 30, 1946 no-hitter at Yankee Stadium. (Hugh Broderick/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)

Decorated Navy vet Bob Feller is the only MLB pitcher to throw an Opening Day no-hitter

By Stephen Ruiz

Gatorade shower

How a Navy veteran basically invented the sports drink industry

By Stephen Ruiz

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)

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

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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

Sidewinder loading

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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Here are the untold perils of renaming a vessel

By Blake Stilwell

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Ally Racing to honor fallen Vietnam veteran during Coca-Cola 600 with custom car

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Here’s what happened when North Korea actually hit an American battleship

By Blake Stilwell

Pearl Harbor USS West Virginia

Today in military history: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

Today in military history: US forces invade Guadalcanal

ramages rampage

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

U.S. Marine Corps

Everything you need to know about military ranks and what they mean

By Jessica Evans

Austen Alexander

Influencer and Navy veteran Austen Alexander tries out the Marine Corps PFT

Navy pinning ceremony

The complete guide to Navy ranks and insignia

By Jessica Evans

25 incredible photos of life on a US Navy submarine

By Orvelin Valle

navy alcohol ban

This is what happened when the Navy banned alcohol on its ships

By Blake Stilwell

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Military Culture

8 bizarre Navy traditions and their meanings

By Harold C. Hutchison

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

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Cher’s ‘Turn Back Time’ got musicians banned from making videos aboard Navy ships

By Blake Stilwell

Military Culture

13 lessons every new sailor learns the hard way

By Orvelin Valle

kissing sailor photo

The wife of the famous ‘kissing sailor’ is in the iconic 1945 photo–and it’s not the nurse

By Blake Stilwell

This American admiral planned the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1932

This American admiral planned the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1932

The freak accident that saved a carrier at Pearl Harbor

The freak accident that saved a carrier at Pearl Harbor

How Navy SEALs captured the first POWs of Desert Storm

By Miguel Ortiz

The Coalition destroyed the entire Iraqi Navy during the first four days of Desert Storm

By Blake Stilwell

Cookiecutter shark

The little fish that almost brought down the US submarine force

The true history behind the Air Force basic training ‘Stress Cards’ myth

By Blake Stilwell

Navy SEAL weighs in on Afghanistan, patriotism, and the importance of purpose

Navy SEAL weighs in on Afghanistan, patriotism, and the importance of purpose

By Jessica Manfre