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- MT: @ChicagosMayor and the Navy Unveil Major Expansion in #STEM Opportunities for @ChiPubSchools Students: http://t.co/nI9mfDYK
- See Commanders sprayed down in celebration of the squadron's final flight @NAFAtsugiJP - http://t.co/97rjoLHR
- See what your #USNavy is doing around the globe through others' eyes during this slideshow - http://t.co/BLJKkqj6
- Thank you for your service! #SecDef Bids Goodbye To Pentagon Life, Workers http://t.co/kHRYxv7v
- Deputy #SecDef: #Sequestration Would Demonstrate Failure of Resolve http://t.co/w7qTjGXm
History & Heritage Archive
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USS Gravely Crew Reflects on Accomplishments of Ship’s Namesake
Posted on February 11, 2013 | 2 CommentsShare The crew of the guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely left Naval Station Norfolk today on their first operational deployment. Gravely is en route to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of... -
Mast Stepping: A Mariner’s Tradition
Posted on January 25, 2013 | 3 CommentsShareThis blog was compiled by LCDR Heidi Lenzini, Public Affairs Officer, Naval History and Heritage Command. When a mast is about to be stepped – the process of raising a... -
USS Monitor Sailors Serve As Examples For Today’s Sailors
Posted on January 2, 2013 | 1 CommentShare By Rear Adm. David M. Thomas, Jr., Commander, Naval Surface Force, Atlantic On Dec. 29, at the Hampton National Cemetery, I participated in a memorial service and monument dedication... -
Ringing in the New Year Navy Style
Posted on December 31, 2012 | 3 CommentsShare At the time this blog is posted, most people in Europe and the United States are busy readying themselves for a well-deserved evening of revelry ringing in the New... -
War on the Waters – How the Navy Saved the Nation
Posted on December 29, 2012 | No CommentsShareHere’s an end-of-the-year post from Bill Doughty, a public affairs specialist who writes the Navy Reads blog on weekends in support of books and the Chief of Naval Operations Professional Reading... -
First Female Commanding Officer of a U.S. Navy Ship
Posted on December 26, 2012 | 6 CommentsShareDec. 27 marks 22 years since LCDR Darlene Iskra reported for duty aboard USS Opportune (ARS-41). She would later become the first female commanding officer of a U.S. Navy ship... -
#Warfighting First—Taking the Fight to the Enemy
Posted on November 14, 2012 | 3 CommentsShareBy Capt. Scott Rye, Commanding Officer, NR Navy Public Affairs Support Element As third lieutenant aboard HMS CRESCENT, my kinsman Peter Jekyll Rye saw action against the French off the... -
Happy Birthday, Marine Corps!
Posted on November 10, 2012 | 4 CommentsShareNovember 10th marks the birthday of the United States Marine Corps. Here’s a brief history of their founding, from the USMC History Division web site: On November 10, 1775, the... -
Blue Family’s Navy Connection Comes Full Circle
Posted on October 19, 2012 | 2 CommentsShareBy Capt. Harry Thetford Serving in the Nation’s capital offers many opportunities to shape the Navy and participate in military events and ceremonies. On October 18th, 2012, I was honored... -
A #WARFIGHTING Heritage at the U.S. Naval Academy
Posted on October 10, 2012 | 2 CommentsShareBy Commander William Marks, USNA Class of ‘96 With the Naval Academy’s birthday on October 10th celebrated each year just three days earlier than the U.S. Navy’s, now is the...