Battle of Midway: Black Shoe Admirals in a Brown Shoe Battle
One of the great ironies of the Battle of Midway is that the most pivotal naval air battle in history …
Conflicts & Operations
Chuck Gumm, the First Mustang Ace in the War Against Germany
First Lt. Charles F. Gumm, Jr. looked out from his cockpit, scanned the sky and scanned again.
He was called …
The Missing in Action (MIA) of World War II
In 2012, the remains of over 73,000 American military personnel declared missing in action in World War II still have …
Battle of Midway: Repairing the Yorktown After the Battle of the Coral Sea
The Battle of the Coral Sea had barely concluded when Task Force 17 under the command of Rear Adm. Frank …
The Baedeker Raids: Bombing by Travel Guide
In early 1942 the Royal Air Force bombing campaign against Germany wasn’t at a crossroads; it was in shambles and …
The Future of Mine Countermeasures
This year, the Navy commissions its third and fourth littoral combat ships, or LCS, a revolutionary new warship design that …
EU NAVFOR Helicopters Attack Somali Pirates Ashore
Just about everyone agrees the solution to the scourge of Somali pirates has been ashore in Somalia, not at sea. …
Elephant Walks, Well-deck Ops, and Twin-rotor Blizzards l Military Photos
Periodically we’ll be sharing favorite military photos we’ve come across in putting together our various defense publications and the DMN …
World Naval Developments 2011-2012
Surely the most spectacular of the world naval developments of 2011 was the advent of the first Chinese aircraft carrier, …
The CIA/DoD Convergence
On May 3, 2011, the day after Osama bin Laden was killed, Leon Panetta, then director of the Central Intelligence …