During Operation Praying Mantis in 1988, Iranian naval forces challenged heavily armed US warships in the Persian Gulf ...
The American landing on Guadalcanal on Aug. 7, 1942 and subsequent seizure of the airbase they would name Henderson Field marked the first American offensive in the wake of the Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese ...
The Battle of Leyte Gulf was the largest and most decisive naval battle ever fought, involving hundreds of ships and aircraft ...
While much of World War II is remembered as taking place on land or in the sky, the battles in the water were just as important. Protecting shipping lanes, troops, and supplies was all necessary over ...
Chief of Naval Operations Daryl Caudle’s advice on reforming US Navy doctrine is at once prescient and rooted in age-old ...
Prologue : naval battles and history -- Wooden warships and the western frontier : the Battle of Lake Erie, September 10, 1813 -- Iron, steam, and national union : the Battle of Hampton Roads, March 8 ...
FAIRHAVEN — The Fairhaven Village Militia will start off its “Evening at the Fort” series with a bang – literally – when members commemorate the 250th anniversary of the first naval battle of the ...