United States Navy

He continually shows a strong willingness to learn and strives to teach what he has learned to the junior personnel. Education being crucial to the overall development of an individual and the Navy at large. BM1 Cuevas trait is essential to the…

The United States of America has been at war since 2001. The two campaigns are known as Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraq Freedom. Since the beginning, there has been over 1.5 million troops deployed to the region (Savitsky, Illingsworth, & Dulaney, 2009). It does not matter what the job is, the chances that a soldier will experience a form of trauma is almost guaranteed. It was no different for Lieutenant Commander Heidi Kraft. In her book, Rule Number Two: Lessons I Learned in…

Class”It’s a UFO! Is a “Star-Destroyer” Ship! No! Is the new Navy LCS (Littoral Combat Ship) Independence Class! Why the U.S Navy is in need of a new class of ship? The main reason of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program was developed is to provide the United States Navy with a small, multi-mission ship capable of being interdependent, and perform join task operations. After Desert Storm and Desert Shield war campaigns, the United States Navy performed critical studies and determined that…

With the Senate vote of 82 to 0 and the House of Representatives vote at 388 to 0, there was no debate and Congress had approved FDR’s declaration for war. In Roosevelt’s speech he states,” the U.S. of American was suddenly and deliberately attacked,” and, ” No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory.” The famous words that…

Admiral Burke had a vision for the Navy, with consideration to the rising power through communism and materialization of nuclear weapons and power. He used rational persuasion tactics through written arguments to the government, so he may be provided with the necessary resources to improve the strength of the Navy. Due to growth in nuclear power, “He orchestrated the move to an all-nuclear powered submarine fleet and sought…

were recovering and having a hard time, they did not blame Captain McVay. They sided with him and did not feel anger against him. They believed he was a great captain and did not deserve the hate from the families of the sailors that died or from the Navy singling him out of every captain for failing to zigzag. Captain McVay deserved justice and that is exactly what he…

TRAINING FOR DIVING MEDICAL TECHNICIANS AND SPECIAL AMPHIBIOUS RECONNAISSANCE CORPSMAN Currently, the U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman (HM) Divers do not possess adequate fitness levels to support the full spectrum of Special Operation’s diverse and expanding support roles. This deficit affects the medical support to joint Special Operations, ranging from Naval Special Warfare, Army Special Forces, Marine Corps Special Operations, and to the combat ground forces. Without a physical training program…

powered ship was created for the U.S. Navy in 1815 by Robert Fulton. In 1850 the U.S. Navy started to make all new warships with steam engines and this would power the ironclads that would be used later on in the civil war. In the late 1850’s cannon manufacturing was on the rise enabling military forces more accurate, longer-ranged guns (Civil War Trust, Steel & Steam: Naval Technology in the Civil War Era: http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/navy-hub/navy-history/steel-steam.htm , Rodger…

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 United States responded by launching its own “dreadnaught”, the USS Michigan, and other nations later followed. Throughout the developments of ships and technology, navies could not afford keeping them all. The process of commissioning ships, as well as decommissioning ships became more and more influential when stronger technological advances came into play. There was no reason to keep a vessel used in the Battle of Ironclads when you have resources to further develop more and more…