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In this undated photo, enlisted personnel enjoy Christmas on board the USS Yorktown (CV-10) as their ship steams through the Pacific. usni.org/magazines/p...
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In this undated photo, enlisted personnel enjoy Christmas on board the USS Yorktown (CV-10) as their ship steams through the Pacific.
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December 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
In this undated photo, enlisted personnel enjoy Christmas on board the USS Yorktown (CV-10) as their ship steams through the Pacific. usni.org/magazines/p...
#OTD in 1943, USS Gurnard (SS-254) took a photo of Mount Fuji through the periscope before sneaking into Tokyo Bay. The crew then had Christmas dinner as the Imperial Japanese Navy patrolled above them.
December 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
#OTD in 1943, USS Gurnard (SS-254) took a photo of Mount Fuji through the periscope before sneaking into Tokyo Bay. The crew then had Christmas dinner as the Imperial Japanese Navy patrolled above them.
Unmanned close-air support from a platform such as the MQ-9 would serve Marines far better than manned aircraft in a distributed and contested environment. usni.org/magazines/p...
Unmanned Close-Air Support for the Western Pacific | Proceedings - December 2025 Vol. 151/12/1,474
Unmanned close-air support from a platform such as the MQ-9 would serve Marines far better than manned aircraft in a distributed and contested environment.
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December 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Unmanned close-air support from a platform such as the MQ-9 would serve Marines far better than manned aircraft in a distributed and contested environment. usni.org/magazines/p...
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China Wants Nine Aircraft Carriers by 2035, Says New Pentagon Report - USNI News
China plans to field a force of nine aircraft carriers by 2035, according to a Defense Department report on Beijing’s military power released on Tuesday. The U.S. report says that the People’s Liberat...
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Pentagon Annual Report on Chinese Military and Security Developments - USNI News
The following is the Dec. 23, 2025, Report to Congress on Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2025. From the report China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has f...
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Women are an important and growing part of the Navy, and they are here to stay. usni.org/magazines/p...
Women: Still Fighting to Fight | Proceedings - December 2025 Vol. 151/12/1,474
Women are an important and growing part of the Navy, and they are here to stay.
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Women are an important and growing part of the Navy, and they are here to stay. usni.org/magazines/p...
Keeping the Marine Corps Amphibious:
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Confidence in Amphibious Combat Vehicles Grows as Landing Craft Deploy — USNI News
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Keeping the Marine Corps Amphibious - USNI News
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – A half-dozen amphibious combat vehicles swam through calm morning seas and rolled onto Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base’s Red Beach earlier this month. The ACV crews joined se...
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December 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Keeping the Marine Corps Amphibious:
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Confidence in Amphibious Combat Vehicles Grows as Landing Craft Deploy — USNI News
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#OTD in 1910: Lt. Theodore G. Ellyson becomes the first naval officer sent to flight training when he was ordered to report to the Glenn H. Curtiss Aviation Camp at North Island, San Diego, California.
December 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
#OTD in 1910: Lt. Theodore G. Ellyson becomes the first naval officer sent to flight training when he was ordered to report to the Glenn H. Curtiss Aviation Camp at North Island, San Diego, California.
1 Dead in U.S. Strike on Suspected Narco Semi-submersible — USNI News
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1 Dead in U.S. Strike on Suspected Narco Semi-submersible - USNI News
U.S. forces struck a semi-submersible suspected of trafficking narcotics as it operated in the Eastern Pacific on Monday, according to U.S. Southern Command. Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted ...
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GAO Report on Fire Prevention Improvements During Navy Ship Maintenance — USNI News
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GAO Report on Fire Prevention Improvements During Navy Ship Maintenance - USNI News
The following is the Dec. 17, 2025, Government Accountability Office report, Navy Ship Maintenance: Fire Prevention Improvements Hinge on Stronger Contractor Oversight. From the Report What GAO Found...
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December 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Trump Unveils New Battleship Class; Proposed USS Defiant Will Be Largest U.S. Surface Combatant Since WWII — USNI News
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Trump Battleship Will be Largest Surface Combatant Since WWII - USNI News
The centerpiece of the Trump administration’s revamp of the U.S. Navy is the largest surface combatant America will build since World War II. The U.S. Navy will buy two new “battleships” as part of th...
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December 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Trump Unveils New Battleship Class; Proposed USS Defiant Will Be Largest U.S. Surface Combatant Since WWII — USNI News
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Herman Wouk wrote many other highly successful novels, but these three works are his gift to the Navy. usni.org/magazines/p...
Wouk’s Gift to the Navy | Proceedings - December 2025 Vol. 151/12/1,474
Herman Wouk wrote many other highly successful novels, but these three works are his gift to the Navy.
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December 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Herman Wouk wrote many other highly successful novels, but these three works are his gift to the Navy. usni.org/magazines/p...
It was a common assumption that Japan in 1941 was practically impossible for American spies to penetrate. Indeed, there were real, significant barriers to espionage. usni.org/magazines/n...
U.S. Spies in Japan Before Pearl Harbor | Naval History - December 2025, Volume 39, Number 6
It was a common assumption
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December 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
It was a common assumption that Japan in 1941 was practically impossible for American spies to penetrate. Indeed, there were real, significant barriers to espionage. usni.org/magazines/n...
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USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Dec. 22, 2025
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Dec. 22, 2025, based on Navy and public data. In cases in w...
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Host Eric Mills talks with retired Navy Lieutenant Commander Thomas J. Cutler, author of "Give Me a Fast Ship," a new book from the Naval Institute Press on the USS Johnston (DD-557), known for its valiant but doomed stand against the Japanese fleet at the Battle off Samar. youtu.be/x3hlQZYZj68...
'Give Me A Fast Ship': Courage and Command off Samar
In this Naval History edition of the podcast, Host Eric Mills talks with retired Navy Lieutenant Commander Thomas J. Cutler, author of "Give Me a Fast Ship,...
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December 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Host Eric Mills talks with retired Navy Lieutenant Commander Thomas J. Cutler, author of "Give Me a Fast Ship," a new book from the Naval Institute Press on the USS Johnston (DD-557), known for its valiant but doomed stand against the Japanese fleet at the Battle off Samar. youtu.be/x3hlQZYZj68...
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat evolved from a failure. usni.org/magazines/n...
Historic Aircraft - A Premier Fighter | Naval History Magazine - April 2012 Volume 26, Number 2
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December 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat evolved from a failure. usni.org/magazines/n...
Host Eric Mills talks with retired Marine Corps Lt. Col. Shawn P. Callahan, Director of the Marine Corps History Division, about their latest feature publication celebrating 250 years of the U.S. Marine Corps. youtu.be/j1C4V8F7sLM...
250 Years of the Marine Corps, from the Marine Corps History Division
Host Eric Mills talks with retired Marine Corps Lt. Col. Shawn P. Callahan, Director of the Marine Corps History Division about their latest feature publicat...
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December 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Host Eric Mills talks with retired Marine Corps Lt. Col. Shawn P. Callahan, Director of the Marine Corps History Division, about their latest feature publication celebrating 250 years of the U.S. Marine Corps. youtu.be/j1C4V8F7sLM...
First-person history from the CIA effort to raise the Soviet submarine K-129 from the deep Pacific. usni.org/magazines/n...
Inside Project Azorian | Naval History - December 2025, Volume 39, Number 6
The last surviving participant serves up a firsthand account of the CIA mission to retrieve a sunken Soviet submarine in the 1970s.
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December 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
First-person history from the CIA effort to raise the Soviet submarine K-129 from the deep Pacific. usni.org/magazines/n...
Experts review Analog Superpowers and other new and noteworthy books. usni.org/magazines/p...
Book Reviews | Proceedings - December 2025 Vol. 151/12/1,474
Experts review Analog Superpowers and other new and noteworthy books.
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December 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Experts review Analog Superpowers and other new and noteworthy books. usni.org/magazines/p...
#OTD in 1941, new CINCPAC ADM Chester Nimitz boarded a train in Washington, D.C. to reach the West Coast for a flight to Pearl Harbor. Out of concern over the presence of enemy agents, Nimitz traveled across the country in civilian clothes and used the alias "Mr. Wainwright".
December 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
#OTD in 1941, new CINCPAC ADM Chester Nimitz boarded a train in Washington, D.C. to reach the West Coast for a flight to Pearl Harbor. Out of concern over the presence of enemy agents, Nimitz traveled across the country in civilian clothes and used the alias "Mr. Wainwright".
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U.S. Southern Command Strikes 2 Suspected Narco Boats in Eastern Pacific — USNI News
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U.S. Southern Command Strikes 2 Suspected Narco Boats in Eastern Pacific - USNI News
U.S. forces struck two suspected narco boats Thursday in the Eastern Pacific, killing a total of five people on board, according to U.S. Southern Command. The boats were suspected of trafficking illic...
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December 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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The President holds broad independent power and responsibility to defend the nation from lethal threats, even if Congress has been slow to act. usni.org/concerning-...
Concerning Kinetic Strikes on Drug Boats: Law, Not Hyperbole |
The President holds broad independent power and responsibility to defend the nation from lethal threats, even if Congress has been slow to act.
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December 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The President holds broad independent power and responsibility to defend the nation from lethal threats, even if Congress has been slow to act. usni.org/concerning-...