Military ranks of the United States Navy

allowed to serve in combat. The debate has been divided into two opposing, yet equal arguments: the need for the highest level of military readiness…

Guadalcanal for supply and communication routes between the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. It was also to support the campaign to capture or neutralize the Japanese base and to protect Australia from Japanese invasion. Japan threatened to cut off Allied supply and communication routes. The fighting of Guadalcanal proved to be a turning point in the Pacific War. Head of all US naval forces, Admiral Ernest…

Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Cunningham foresaw the future of the US Navy. Since the introduction of the Wright Brother’s Military flyer in 1909, aircraft have revolutionized the art of war, allowing warfare to transcend the ground and sea. Modern US Naval Aviation, currently boasting over 3,700 operational aircraft, owes its origins to Lt. Col. Alfred Cunningham, who was among the first to advocate for the use of airplanes in military operations. Lt. Col. Cunningham’s love affair with…

much about the social history of the Navy, they could probably still expect it to mirror, or even just closely align with, the social history of the nation it served. It’s certainly true of Hispanics in the Navy, and immigrants in general, but someone might not know how much opportunity the Navy afforded those who served, too. Indeed, it’s a remarkable fact, according to Naval historian Dennis Nelson, that little was made of race in the early years of the U.S. Navy. But it makes sense. Not…

throughout the Pacific. These lands include Malaysia, Singapore, the Dutch East Indies, and the Philippines and numerous of other island groups. The United States however, was an increasing threat. Japanese Admiral sought to carry out his plan to destroy the U.S. Pacific Fleet before it was large enough to…

Background: In between the years of 2006 and 2007 the executive officer at the time of the United States Navy ship the USS Enterprise, Owen Honors was seen in some not so tasteful videos. These videos were broadcasted on the ship’s television network for the crew to see. In the videos Owens and other crew members are seen in different situations using anti-gay slurs, and also mimicking the action of masturbation in varying situations as the source material for their “skits”. These videos are…

Infantry Division, then stationed near Fort Ord, California, as the unit to recapture Attu. 7th Infantry Division was trained as a mobile motorized force and was scheduled for duty in the North Africa. The Infantry Division was reported to be in a high state of…

"Yesterday, December 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan." This is the first sentence of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s (FDR) speech, the Pearl Harbor Address; he spoke the day after hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor. More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and another 1,000 were wounded. The next day,…

carriers are sent to position themselves north west of Hawaii. Japan wanted to “broaden” the war by getting more participants in, so they chose to attack pearl harbor to get the United States actually involved. However, this would eventually lead up to the surrender of Japan by involving the US in the war. The United States was never actually in the war, they were just a neutral force until this event. The plan on attacking Pearl Harbor started very early in 1941. By this time, the Japanese had…

The Darwin harbor was used as a military base and a transit point for aircraft and forces being sent to Timor, Ambon and Java (Wells, 2015). This is a reliable secondary source as it corroborates and is supported by the sources written by National News. The attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)…