Welcome to our seventh edition of Thursday Tidings! Please find our previous editions here.In this week’s special edition, we are coming to you live from the biennial McMullen Symposium at the United States Naval Academy. The McMullen Symposium, which has been held since 1973, is the premier gathering of professional Naval Historians from around the
Diversity in the U.S. Navy
Women in the U.S. Navy African Americans in the U.S. Navy Hispanics in the U.S. Navy Native Americans and Alaskan Natives in the U.S. Navy LGBTQ+ in the U.S. Navy
LGBTQ+ in the U.S. Navy
The Department of Defense has made a lasting commitment to living the values we defend—to treating everyone equally—because we need to be a meritocracy. We have to focus relentlessly on our mission, which means the thing that matters most about a person is what they can contribute to national defense. —Ashton Carter, 9 June 2015 (Secretary of
Native Americans and Alaskan Natives in the U.S. Navy
“Since 1776, when General George Washington began enlisting American Indians for his Army, Navy, and Marines, American Indians have contributed significantly to the defense of our nation. During the Civil War, 20,000 American Indians served with Union forces both at sea and on the land. During World War I, although ineligible for the draft, 15,000
Hispanic Americans in the U.S. Navy
As of June 2018, approximately 59,000 active and Reserve Sailors of Hispanic heritage serve in the U.S. Navy contributing to the strength of the nation’s force. Hispanic Americans’ military service dates back to the Civil War. The tradition of observing Hispanic heritage began in 1968, when President Lyndon B. Johnson designated a week in mid-September
African Americans in the U.S. Navy
“Today’s African American Sailors stand proudly knowing the accomplishments of their predecessors, including the eight black Sailors who earned the Medal of Honor during the Civil War; Dick Henry Turpin, one of the survivors of the explosion aboard the battleship Maine; and the 14 black female yeomen who enlisted during World War I. The Navy planted the seeds
Women in the U.S. Navy
“The first women to serve in the U.S. Navy were nurses, beginning with the “Sacred Twenty” appointed after Congress established the Navy Nurse Corps on 13 May 1908. The first large-scale enlistment of women into the Navy met clerical shortages during World War I, and the second came months before the United States entered World
The War with Hitler’s Navy
Adrian Stewart was educated at Rugby School before taking First Class Honours at Caius College, Cambridge. Caius is also the alma mater of the broadcaster David Frost, physicist Stephen Hawking, and historian Simon Sebag Montefiore. Stewart lives near Rugby a market town in Warwickshire, West Midlands, England, close to the River Avon. He is a
SECNAVs, Navy supporters honor WWII LCS sailors, President George H.W. Bush Bush at LCS Dinner
Progressives in Navy Blue
Progressives in Navy Blue: Maritime Strategy, American Empire, and the Transformation of U.S. Naval Identity, 1873-1898 By Scott Mobley, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD. (2017). Reviewed by CDR John T. Kuehn, USN (Ret.) This book is part of a series edited by historians Chris Bell and Jim Bradford published by the Naval Institute. It
Navy Greenshirt
Navy Greenshirt: A Leader Made, Not Born By Diane J. Diekman, Altruria Publishing Company, Clear Lake, South Dakota. (2001). Reviewed by Captain Lee Duckworth, USN (Ret.) Captain Diane J. Diekman’s Navy Greenshirt: A Leader Made, Not Born, is a short book that delivers a message well beyond the expectations of the typical military member’s
US Navy F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War 1969 – 1973
Davies, Peter E. US Navy F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War 1969-1973. Osprey Publishing, UK. 2018. 96 pages. Ill. $23. Peter Davies has written many Osprey books, including quite a few dealing with the F-4 in Vietnam. This new book, no. 125 in Osprey’s Combat Aircraft series, continuing the story from No. 116
American Sea Power in the Old World: The United States Navy in European and Near Easter Waters, 1865 – 1917
American Sea Power in the Old World: The United States Navy in European and Near Eastern Waters, 1865-1917 By William N. Still Jr. Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press, (2018). Reviewed by Charles H. Bogart This book is a paperback reissue of the original edition published in 1980, which has not only withstood the test
Ingram’s Fourth Fleet: U.S. and Royal Navy Operations Against German Runners, Raiders, and Submarines in the South Atlantic in World War II By Cdr. David D. Bruhn, USN (Ret.). Heritage Books, Berwyn Heights, MD, (2017) Reviewed by Charles Bogart Commander Bruhn has crafted an excellent introductory book about an important but forgotten theater of
BOOK REVIEW – The U.S. Navy: A Concise History
By Craig L. Symonds, Oxford University Press, New York, NY (2016) Reviewed by Jason W. Smith, PhD It is often a pleasure to read short books, and Craig Symonds’ The U.S. Navy: A Concise History does not disappoint. Symonds, professor emeritus at the United States Naval Academy, is an eminent scholar of naval history whose
