Most people love the feel of the open air. That’s why thousands of men and women go down to the sea in ships. But when these open-air adventure-seekers aren’t riding the waves at sea, hundreds of sailors are riding the open roads on motorcycles. In fact, motorcycle riding in the U.S. Navy has become so [...]
There are plenty of places that the United States Navy calls home – both stateside and abroad. But in this blog post, we’re going to concentrate on just two of these places and let you know a little bit more about them… Place #1: The United States Naval Academy Training happens all over the place [...]
All streaks have to end at one time or another. For Joe Paterno,it was 46 years of coaching. As for the Navy football team, their streak of 8 consecutive bowl games just ended last Saturday at the hands of the WAC-affiliated, San Jose State Spartans. A must-win game for Navy, the Midshipmen couldn’t hold onto [...]
In Norfolk, Virginia, there is currently a very large, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and its crew that are awaiting word on their next move. Okay, so this lede probably made this post sound more suspenseful than it really is. No, the carrier was not planning on going into combat or taking its “talents” to North Korea [...]
We all know about this elite fighting force. These are the same guys that have been feature in movies, and sent on high-risk missions such as the one that took Osama Bin Laden’s life. But did you know when they were first commissioned and the first mission that they actually undertook? How about the acronym, [...]
With the changing landscape of College Football, there may be no independent programs left in a few years – including Navy. Navy’s AD, Chet Gladchuk, recently said that he doesn’t want his school to be left behind in all the shuffle and many sources have speculated that a move to the Big East may be [...]
Easy Win Navy took it to the Delaware Blue Hens last Saturday from the opening kickoff and never let up on the gas pedal. New starting quarterback, Senior Kriss Proctor, accounted for four of the team’s touchdowns as he ran for three and passed for another. The first of his touchdowns came on just the [...]
It almost sounds like the famous “Linkin Park” album. And it holds many of the same calls to action that the artists did. It is the Doomsday Clock. More of a metaphor than an actual time-keeper, it counts down the minutes until “midnight” or the annihilation of humanity as we know it. Started back in [...]
As I came across the following story it reminded, with a great deal of gratitude and satisfaction, of the tremendous commitment that our Naval Reservists have to this country and their branch of the Service. All over the world there have been and will be dedicated patriots who willingly give their precious time and special [...]
NROTC To Return to Columbia University More good news from the college scene. First it was Harvard now its Columbia. There is an agreement between the Navy and Columbia University that was announced yesterday that they will partner to bring the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) program back to the University for the first [...]