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
On Tuesday July 27, Navy and nonprofit leaders cut the ribbon for a new exhibit at the Navy Museum in the Washington Navy Yard. The exhibit showcases the vision for a future National Museum of the U.S. Navy campus just outside the Navy Yard on M Street, accessible to the public. The Director of the Navy
By Chris Martin Submarines are “damned un-English.” On 8 October 1900 the Royal Navy agreed to order five Holland-class submarines from the Electric Boat Company owned by American businessman Isaac Rice. Electric Boat negotiated the contract with the Royal Navy and subcontracted their construction out to Crescent Shipyard in Elizabeth, NJ.[1] The Third Sea Lord, Rear
John Adams of Massachusetts was the greatest champion of the Continental Navy amongst the Congressional delegates, and as such is one of three individuals commonly considered to be a Father of the U.S. Navy, along with the privateering Captain John Paul Jones and Commodore John Barry. He was one of the initial three members of the
By David F. Winkler, Ph.D. Yesterday was a glorious Summer day with blue skies framing the majestic towers of the National Cathedral as national and Virginia state leaders as well as family and friends gathered to pay final respects to the second longest serving Senator in Virginia’s history. President Joseph Biden, Admiral Michael Mullen, and Virginia’s
On June 9th the Naval Academy Minority Association (NAMA) hosted a special event over Zoom with several distinguished members of the Class of 1968, the first in what they hope will become a series of talks between former Naval Academy classmates. The USNA Class of 1968 were trailblazers during a time of strife, as Malcom
