German Navy

To quote the late Scottish poet Robert Burns: “The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” This quote never meant much to me until I watched all of my dreams come crashing down around me on a cold, snowy day in December. I’ll start from the beginning. Since I was young I’d wanted to be in the military. My mother and father always told me stories of their time in the Pineville High School JROTC, (Junior Reserved Officer Training Corps, a type of military training for highschool students)…

recognized the United States as one and knew the importance of having a maritime presence, so they wrote in our Constitution the requirement that Congress shall “maintain a Navy.” As a trading nation, the United States has always valued and defended the freedom to navigate the seas. One of the first missions of a young U.S. Navy was to protect the safe shipping of American commercial vessels through the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Furthermore, the United States Marine Corps was…

My grandmother Norine Revino was a young girl who had recently moved to Hawaii. On the historic morning of December 7, 1941, she was playing in the backyard of her temporary naval residence without a care in the world. That morning would soon turn into ninety minutes of complete horror. "Yesterday, December 7, 1941- a date that will live in infamy- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan...No matter how long it may…

than a dog should be working. “CIA K-9 Unit dogs work 60 hours a week, on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.” (Types of War Dogs.) There is no doubt that dogs, as well as other animals, are pretty resourceful. Since the late 1950’s, the United States Navy has been studying marine…

My interest in the Naval Academy and the fleet began as just another college option. I have not had any family member serve in the Navy and was rather indifferent to military service, other than my admiration for the men and women who serve. As I continued to explore my options, the Naval Academy remained on the backburner until I visited for the summer STEM program two years ago. As soon as I first walked on post, I instantly knew I loved it--the beautiful old architecture, the shimmering blue…

The British navy, what was first thought to be a second line of defense during the Elizabethan era, after the 1640s, it was realistic to think of it as first line of defense. As Britain rise as a powerful navy, allowing England to flourish as a country as a whole, the question behind Britain’s motivation arises: What was the motivation behind Britain’s naval mastery during the seventeenth and eighteenth century? Different historians, such as Alfred T. Mahan, Roger Morriss, and Paul Kennedy, that…

Naval Academy established in October 10, 1845 known as the second oldest out of the five service academies. The purpose of the United States Naval Academy is to educate future officers that will soon in four years commission into the United States Navy or the United States Marine Corps. More than 4,000 men and women representing every state and other foreign countries making up the Brigade of Midshipmen learn from both civilian and military instructors in both academic and military subjects.…

The oldest treaty invoked as a part of the cause of WWI was the treaty of London in 1839, which secured Belgian independence and perpetual neutrality. The five of the biggest nations involved at the outset of WWI: England, France, Germany, Prussia, and Russia signed treaty of London. The British pursued the treaty in order to ensure that France would not annex Belgium, as well as to create a neutral buffer between the British Isles and Germany. In addition to the treaty of London in 1839,…

Islands. While there, the crew of the Essex captured twelve British whalers, one of which was put under the command of Farragut, who was a mere twelve years old at the time. However, while in Valparaiso, Porter’s Essex came in contact with two Royal Navy sloops, the Cherub and Phoebe, which both pounded the Essex. Fighting bravely under Porter’s command, Farragut “witnessed the evisceration of a boatswain’s mate by one shot, the amputation of a quartermaster’s leg by another, and the killing…

his arm,” Admiral ‘Round’ said, or so I referred to him. His girth surpassed his height so much so that he found need to stretch his arms and roll forward to reach the desk in front of him. “Therefore, you will be removed from service in the Royal Navy and no longer receive benefits associated with a member there of.” There were a number of gasps of surprise and several cheers at the reading of the verdict. The court room, normally minimally occupied for such a proceeding was filled to crushing…