By Dr. Diana L. Ahmad In April 2021, I received a surprise email from Dr. Dave Winkler asking me if I might be interested in being the banquet speaker for the reunion of USS Richard B. Anderson veterans. I quickly said yes! Then, I looked up the namesake of the vessel. I learned that Richard Anderson was
Thank you to everyone who turned out last Friday for our awards banquet on the final evening of the USNA McMullen Symposium in Annapolis. It was an honor having you with us to celebrate our distinguished awardees! ADM William J. Fallon and Dr. Salvatore Mercogliano present the Knox Medal to Dr. Robert M. Browning, Jr.
Mr. Kenneth Hill, Mount Vernon’s Development Division, Senior Major Gifts Officer; Mr. James Longley, 6th generation descendant of Commodore Thomas Truxtun; RADM Sonny Masso, Executive Director, Naval Historical Foundation; Mr. Mark Weber, Managing Director, National Museum of the U.S. Navy; Dr. Jennifer London; Ms. Amanda Isaac, Associate Curator at Mount Vernon; Mr. Wesley Schwenk, Collections
For decades, NHHC’s reserve unit, the Navy Combat Documentation Detachment 206, collected large amounts of information on current operations. With the end of the war in Afghanistan and changing Navy Reserve billet priorities, assigned Navy Reserve billets supporting the NHHC’s combat documentation and collections mission are to be phased out. The Navy Reserve will defund the
In September of 2001 Vice Admiral Dawson was serving as commander of the Second Fleet and Captain Welch was the commander of Carrier Air Wing 17, which was based off the USS George Washington when it was deployed to protect New York City after the attacks on September 11th, 2001.20 years later, Captain Welch addresses a number of
Dr. Ann O’Keefe poses with the Fleet and Family Support Program staff after a 40th anniversary celebration at the Washington Navy Yard, D.C. (Photo By Chief Petty Officer Brian Morales | July 16, 2019) Dr. Ann O’Keefe, an educator and author who served as the first director of the U.S. Navy’s celebrated Fleet and Family Support Program,
Captain Mike Boyle, Captain Ted Bronson, USN (Ret.) and Admiral Harry Harris, PACOM, stand before the newly placed P-8A Poseidon Model (NHF Photo/Matthew Eng/Released) The Naval Historical Foundation lost a long-time friend and avid supporter with the passing of Captain Edward F. “Ted” Bronson, US Navy (Retired). The son of the late Edward J. and
Right: Dr. Michael Crawford receives the NHF’s 2020 Dudley W. Knox medal for lifetime achievement in Naval History from Admiral Fallon and NHHC Director RADM Samuel J. Cox, USN (Ret.). Left: NHF Chairman ADM William J. Fallon, USN (Ret.) and Ms. Rosemary Coskey present a Truxtun bowl to 2020 Volunteer of the Year and editor
On Monday, August 2, as record numbers of attendees gathered for the first day of the 2021 Sea-Air-Space Conference, Rear Admiral Lars Saunes, Royal Norwegian Navy (Ret.) moderated a panel on the Arctic domain including Vice Admiral Andrew Lewis, Commander, 2nd Fleet, USN; Vice Admiral Scott Buschman, Deputy Commandant for Operations, USCG; Dr. Alyson Azzara,
USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571)Fleet Post OfficeNew York, New York 3 AUGUST 1958 Director Museum of Science and IndustryJackson ParkChicago Illinois Joseph E. Degman EM1 (SS)USS NAUTILUS SSN 571F.P.C. New York N.Y. Dear Sir, As a native of Chicago and a frequent visitor of the Museum I feel obligated to send you one of the first
By ADM James Stavridis, USN (Ret.) Originally published in Bloomberg – May 20 2021 With the release of the much-anticipated National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence report, the U.S. must confront an inconvenient truth: America, in the words of co-chairmen Eric Schmidt and Bob Work, “is not prepared to defend or compete in the AI era.” Schmidt, the
A Statement From the Chairman of the Naval Historical Foundation Today we celebrate the life and mourn the passing of a great American patriot, John W. Warner, the epitome of the Virginia gentleman. Serving as an enlisted Sailor in the Navy during World War II, and then in the Korean War as a Marine Corps officer,
We are saddened to report the loss of Naval Historical Foundation Board Member, friend, and author, Dr. Jack London. Dr. London passed due to natural causes on Monday. This great American’s life was a beacon of service, integrity and selfless dedication to many causes in support of his beloved Naval Academy, wounded warriors, and all
What the Navy Learned from Guadalcanal November 13, 2018 By: Curtis Utz, Nicholas Roland and Guy Nasuti, Historians, Naval History and Heritage Command The naval battles off Guadalcanal in 1942 were part of the first major U.S. amphibious offensive in the Pacific. Although the U.S. Navy’s performance in the campaign was mixed, the fighting at Guadalcanal
