Glenn Wirtanen served in the U.S. Navy from 1963 through 1969. After boot camp in San Diego, Wirtanen went to Midway Island for a year, where he worked at an airborne early warning base and a ...

The U.S. Navy’s recruiting is surging, signing up over 44,000 sailors in FY2025—its best year in over two decades. -While the ...

1846: U.S. Marines and Navy sailors take possession of San Diego during the early months of the Mexican-American War. Two years later, the warring parties sign a treaty in which Mexico cedes huge ...

8. Sandbags. Sandbags have many uses by the military, from blocking bullets and building huts to creating a way to add ...

A sailor and his mother emerged unscathed when he rushed to save a driver from a burning vehicle, but his mother's car was ...

I recently spent 24 hours with the US NAVY who put me through their toughest “brains vs. brawn” boot camp to see if I have what it takes to become an elite special warfare linguist. Can I survive a ...

A Navy sailor performed a heroic deed on land when he helped rescue a man from a burning vehicle in Illinois last weekend. The incident occurred at an upper level parking garage of a Macy’s store in ...