Military ranks of the United States Navy

Historical events serve importance due to the process used to evaluate the significance of certain events, people, and developments in the past. Mario Van Peebles, the director of USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage depicts his film based off patriotism and cynicism (motivated purely by self-interest). Even though the film never truly depicts all the catastrophic events that happened with the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, there seems to still have a presence of interest in making sure that the…

planes attacked a U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, killing more than 2,400 Americans as well as damaging or destroying eight Navy battleships and more than 100 planes. Though it would be some time before people learned the full scope of the damage, within days a once-distant war in Europe and the Pacific became a central part of life in the United States, affecting politics, business, media, and entertainment. In his new book, December 1941: 31 Days That Changed America and Saved the…

Knuckle Knife with Scabbard Description This silver knife is made of steel. It has a handle that has four holes for the fingers. The blade is sharp on both side and meets at a point. The brown, leather scabbard with a security strap to securely hold the knife in place, has two cuts so the owner can attach the blade to a belt. There are no marks that shows who made these two artefact, but it has ‘93-2214’ engraved in black ink on it. Purpose and Use (197) These types of knuckle knives were…

What makes a submarine so interesting?Submarines were invented in 1775. In the passage Dave Bushnell created a submarine to fighgt British forces. Bushnell tested the submarine for a while and got a hang of it. Bushnell got sick and wasnt able to ride the submarine and they used it to complete several missions. Many missions were completed by submarine and the first mission was a fail. The mission was not completed but the message got threw to their enimies and they succeeded with…

Introduction There can be no argument that the use of intelligence has been around for thousands of years. Some of the earliest of examples comes from the biblical period. Recorded in the Old Testament, Moses is told to “send men to spy out the land of Canaan” (Numbers 13:24). Of course, the ways in which intelligence is gathered and used has evolved over the centuries. Reasons of evolution can be attributed to cultural changes in society such as the threat and impact of war and advances in…

History USS Forrestal (CVA-59), built at Newport News, Virginia. She commissioned in October 1955 as the U.S. Navy's first “supercarrier”. The first US aircraft carrier specifically designed to operate jet aircraft, and was the first carrier the United States built following World War II. Her namesake was James V. Forrestal, a former naval aviator, and our nation’s first Secretary of Defense (Henry P. Stewart, 2014). Forrestal began the first of many Mediterranean cruises in January 1957.…

Aviation community I aspire to be a Navy Pilot. I would be proud one day to serve my country in this capacity.…

casualties of this battle. One of the campaigns in the Pacific that caused controversy was the liberation of the Philippines. Initially, military leaders wanted to bypass the archipelago (group of islands) and trap the large numbers of Japanese forces. General Douglas MacArthur pushed for…

which is why I would also like to join the Navy and get a free education. Although I would have to go to a college that offers NROTC in order to get tuition assistance, it will be well worth it. After I retire from the Navy, I will use my major and become a registered nurse. My goal in this paper is to inform the reader on what my plans are for after I graduate high school. To…

a Soviet nuclear submarine, had a rough childhood. Five childhood events impacted his life. Memories of his grandmother’s stories, of tattling on a fellow student, of his friend’s murder, of his abuse by other students, and of his experiences in military school altered his view of the world he lived in. Lack of freedom and disillusionment with authority were instilled in him at a young age. It eventually led him to become the man who decided to defect from the Soviet Union with a small cult of…