Navy
Valor Friday
Submarines played a pivotal role in World War I, the first conflict in which subs were in wide use by multiple combatants. While World War I proved the submarine was a viable type of warship, World War II would see even more wide use of the type. Germany was the most prolific user of subs […]
No more magnetic catapults?
Think this may be an off the cuff comment, rather than a serious statement? President Donald Trump says he plans to sign an executive order that would compel the U.S. Navy to use steam-powered catapults and hydraulic elevators on new aircraft carriers. Trump has railed against the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) catapults and […]
Jessie Mahaffey, USS Oklahoma survivor, passes
Not sure how we may have missed this at the time, but Jessie A. Mahaffey, a seaman on the USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor, passed May 1 at the age of 102. Mahaffey joined the Navy in the summer of 1941 after graduating high school in Louisiana. After attending boot camp in San Diego, […]
WWII nurse, age 106, donates bullet from husband’s heart to Pearl Harbor museum
A widow of a Pearl Harbor survivor has donated the bullet they removed from his heart after the attack to a museum. He successfully used the war wound to get the young Navy nurse to agree to a date with him (should he survive the surgery), and parlayed that into nearly 50 years of marriage […]
More service members being investigated for Kirk-related posts
The Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard are receiving more information regarding their service members’ comments regarding Charlie Kirk’s assassination. The Army said that over a dozen Soldiers have been relieved of their duties pending investigation of their posts. The numbers of service members being investigated for their Charlie Kirk comments is […]
Four Star Awarded 6 Year Sentence for Bribery
Robert Burke Retired 4-star Navy admiral sentenced to 6 years for bribery plot By Michael Kunzelman A retired four-star U.S. Navy admiral was sentenced on Tuesday to six years in prison for his conviction on corruption charges that he agreed to exchange a military contract for a lucrative postretirement job. Retired Adm. Robert P. Burke […]
Air Force scores longest AMRAAM kill
Raytheon announced that an F-22 Raptor from Eglin AFB equipped with AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs) got a record-length kill late in 2024 over the Gulf of Mexico’s Gulf Range Complex. Details were not provided, but based on previous long-kill tests with AIM-12 Phoenix missiles at 120 to 134 miles, it sounds like […]
Midshipman and Cop kerfuffle during lockdown
Annapolis, the site of the United States Naval Academy, one of the country’s senior military colleges, was placed under a lockdown yesterday. It seems a former student was making threats electronically, which appeared to be coming from within the building. *cue spooky 70’s horror movie music* During this lockdown, the police prowled the building making sure […]
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