‘Take her down!’ WWII submarine skipper sacrificed with final order
Shot and clinging to the boat's bridge frame, submarine commander Howard W. Gilmore's gave his final order.
By Jon Guttman
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Naval Academy grads hope to walk on the moon with NASA team
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Kayla Barron and Marine Corps Lt. Col. Nicole Mann are among the 18 members of NASA's Artemis Team, and could be one of the first women to step on the moon.
By Katherine Fominykh, The (Annapolis, Md.) Capital Gazette via the AP
American doughboys in World War I depended on foreign weapons technology, US Navy might
The U.S. Navy was the best-prepared and best-equipped of all the country’s armed forces. For many years, it had been focusing much of its energy on preparing for a surface naval confrontation with Germany.
By David Longenbach, Pennsylvania State University
Could ‘Hunter Killer’ inspire recruits like ‘Top Gun’ did?
A new movie that’s set aboard a U.S. submarine could do for submariners what “Top Gun” did for Navy pilots.
Hardware, end-strength, Russia and China sanctions. Here’s the deal lawmakers reached on the huge defense policy bill.
U.S. House and Senate negotiators reached agreement Monday on the 2019 defense authorization bill.
US launches national security probe into uranium imports
The Commerce Department has started an investigation into the impact of uranium imports on U.S. national security, a move that could limit future imports and add another front to the Trump administration’s trade fight.
House sinks submarine proposal, OKs Pentagon spending bill with dual-carrier buy
The House has passed its chamber’s version of the annual defense appropriations bill. Here's what you need to know.
By Joe Gould