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The history behind the Navy’s iconic 'Dixie Cup' hat

The word "iconic" gets thrown around a lot these days, but there's no mistake here.
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Life aboard early Navy aircraft carriers included punishments sailors rarely talked about later

Life aboard an aircraft carrier is a unique blend of adventure, discipline, and unrelenting rigor. For many sailors, it’s a career path filled with pride and service to their country, but it’s also ...
USNI

SECNAV Braithwaite Pledges Support for Navy History Museum Nearing Deal to Move off Washington Navy Yard

Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite, right, discusses the significance of the historic Washington Navy Yard with Naval History and Heritage Command deputy director Patrick Burns during a tour of ...
Forbes

New Navy Secretary Wastes No Time In Calling Navy History To Arms

Few reporters outside of the maritime community noted that the newly appointed 77th secretary of the Navy, Kenneth Braithwaite, made the U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command his first official ...
USNI

Navy, Marines Struggled With 1918 Influenza Pandemic

Interior of isolation ward, Naval hospital at Naval Training Camp Gulfport, Miss., during 1918 influenza epidemic. (U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command photo) As the 1918 flu pandemic raged, Navy ...
The National Interest

Fight the U.S. Navy? History Says, Bad Idea. Here’s Why.

Key Point: America’s strength has always been her navy. Oct. 13 marked the 243rd birthday of the United States Navy. The Navy has grown and evolved dramatically from that first “swift sailing vessel” ...
Marine Insight

U.S. Navy Sends First Crewless Ship Of Its Type To Sail With The USS Theodore Roosevelt

For the first time in U.S. naval history, an unmanned surface vessel has been deployed with a carrier strike group in a ...