Naval Institute News

U.S. Naval Institute Lends Artifacts for Hollywood-Themed Exhibit

May 30, 2008 – The U.S. Naval Institute (USNI) is on prominent display at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans until August 31. USNI and Mrs. Vera Fairbanks, wife of the late Douglas Fairbanks Jr., were honored guests of the museum to unveil its "Reel to Real" Hollywood and World War II exhibit of Hollywood actors who served in the military.  More

Proceedings Wins Award

May 23, 2008 – The U.S. Naval Institute's (USNI) editor-in-chief of Proceedings, Robert Timberg, has won an EXCEL Award from the Society of National Association Publications (SNAP). In his prize-winning column, Timberg compares his experience battling the military bureaucracy hospitalized for Vietnam War wounds, to the reported lack of accountability of some officials at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Timberg's April 2007 Editor's page sharply criticized Walter Reed's senior leadership and others, which sought to downplay unsafe conditions in the hospital's outpatient facilities, as revealed in a Pulitzer Prize-winning series by the Washington Post. More

U.S. Naval Institute Authors Asks Leaders to "Treat Sailors like Adults"
May 9, 2008 – In a scathing indictment of overseas liberty policies, a seasoned Navy captain says a pernicious risk-aversion mentality has caused many officers to treat their Sailors like children who cannot be trusted.
Captain J.M. van Tol, writing in the May issue of Proceedings, the U.S. Naval Institute's flagship magazine, condemns in particular the "draconian" liberty rules reported in effect in the western Pacific, notably on ships assigned to Forward Deployed Naval Forces Japan. More

U.S. Naval Institute Offers Corporate Memberships
May 1, 2008 – For the first time, the U.S. Naval Institute, the nation's premier independent forum on national defense, is offering memberships to corporations and private organizations that will make them part of the ongoing national security debate.
"This is a great opportunity for companies to get up close and personal with the decision makers," said Naval Institute Foundation and Corporate Relations Manager, Shannon Johnson. "As an independent forum that produces thoughtful periodicals, scholarly books, and stimulating conferences, our relationships with other organizations enable us to work together in protecting national security." More

U.S. Naval Institute Debuts "Americans at War" Website 

 April 23, 2008 – Who is better qualified to describe the reality of battle—its sights, sounds, and smells— than the men and women who have been there and lived to tell about it? Now viewers can see the award-winning "Americans at War" series, on the website just launched by the U.S. Naval Institute (USNI) and sponsored by Lockheed Martin.

The popular series illuminates actual combat experience from the personal perspective of men and women who fought in America's wars from WWI to Iraq. It has been airing nationally on public television stations since June 2007. Now, viewers can see it at www.americans-at-war.com. More

U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings article calls out al Qaeda's Mistakes

April 15, 2008—U.S. forces turned the tables on al Qaeda in Iraq's al Anbar province by capitalizing on the terrorist organization's fundamental misunderstanding of Iraqi religious, tribal, and social customs.
That's the judgment of retired Marine Colonel Mark Cancian, who writes in the April issue of the U.S. Naval Institute's flagship magazine Proceedings that al Qaeda in Iraq greatly overplayed its hand in al Anbar by imposing a harsh religious code, undermining the tribal system, and instituting horrific criminal punishments—beheadings, amputations, beatings. More

U.S. Naval Institute Author highlights Medal of Honor recipient Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor in new book
April 7, 2008—In a soon to be published book chronicling the role of Navy SEALS in the bloody Battle of Ramadi, former SEAL Dick Couch tells the heroic tale of Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor, who on Tuesday April 8th is to receive the Medal of Honor posthumously in a ceremony the East Room of the White House.
The commander of a SEAL platoon in Vietnam and author of numerous books, Couch recounts the story of Petty Officer Monsoor and his comrades in The Sheriff of Ramadi: Navy SEALs and the Winning of al-Anbar, to be published this fall by the Naval Institute Press, the book publishing arm of the U.S. Naval Institute. More

Naval Institute Launches 'Raw, Unvarnished' Website for Enlisted Service Members and Junior Officers

March 3, 2008 - The tag line on its homepage pretty well sums it up: Get the Gouge is a Website for Warriors. It is raw, unvarnished, authentic material. Get the Gouge contains graphic images, salty language, and depictions of combat and its aftermath.

"This site is edgy, modern and literally up to the second," says Julia Ayres, Editor of Get the Gouge and former Navy Lieutenant. More

U.S. Naval Institute, 28 Navy Chiefs, ONE Question

February 29, 2008 – "How do you explain to your government and fellow citizens why your navy is necessary and worth what it costs?"

That is the question editors at the U.S. Naval Institute's award-winning magazine Proceedings posed to the senior naval officer of each of the world's navies. More

Naval History Magazine's "Where Naval Tradition Lives"

February 29, 2008 - Joining the celebration of the 300th birthday of Annapolis, the March/April issue of Naval History magazine, published by the U.S. Naval Institute (USNI), provides a lively look at the history of a city that's Maryland's state capital, home to the U.S. Naval Academy, and a longtime nautical and maritime epicenter. More

Captain Stephen F. Davis, Jr.

February 28, 2008 - We at the U.S. Naval Institute lost one of our own last week when Captain Stephen F. Davis, a valued member of our Editorial Board, died in Washington of complications from throat surgery. Captain Davis established his credentials from the moment he joined the Board last fall, shortly after relinquishing command of the guided missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG-72). More 

Related: Farewell to Captain Stephen F. Davis - Capt. Gerard Roncolato, USN (Ret.) Eulogy

A Hero's Long-Delayed Medal Bestowed at Naval Academy Ceremony

January 30, 2008 - The U.S. Naval Institute (USNI), America's premier independent, non-profit, non-partisan forum on national defense and homeland security, has announced a unique online initiative which will provide all active duty and Reserve service members, as well as civilians with a .mil email address, an opportunity for free unlimited membership to the Naval Institute, including online access to publications and other Institute benefits. More