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More Nautical Terms You Use Every Day—And a Few Civilians Still Butcher

More Nautical Terms You Use Every Day—And a Few...

So I was at the beach here in Oʻahu, and I was talking with one of the lifeguards in Tower 1B at Ala Moana Beach. I am training to become...

More Nautical Terms You Use Every Day—And a Few...

So I was at the beach here in Oʻahu, and I was talking with one of the lifeguards in Tower 1B at Ala Moana Beach. I am training to become...

Medal of Honor Day: The Youngest and Oldest Recipients Prove Valor Has No Age Limit

Medal of Honor Day: The Youngest and Oldest Rec...

Every year on March 25, we mark Medal of Honor Day—a day set aside to honor those whose courage went so far beyond ordinary duty that the nation had to stop,...

Medal of Honor Day: The Youngest and Oldest Rec...

Every year on March 25, we mark Medal of Honor Day—a day set aside to honor those whose courage went so far beyond ordinary duty that the nation had to stop,...

Did You Know People Actually Tried To Ban Coffee? WTF!

Did You Know People Actually Tried To Ban Coffe...

So I had a shipmate forward to me an article from Popular Science.  I read this Popular Science piece—“4 times drinking coffee was illegal—or even punishable by death”—and it kicked...

Did You Know People Actually Tried To Ban Coffe...

So I had a shipmate forward to me an article from Popular Science.  I read this Popular Science piece—“4 times drinking coffee was illegal—or even punishable by death”—and it kicked...

Espresso Blend - Let's Settle This!

Espresso Blend - Let's Settle This!

Espresso is a brewing method, not a bean, not a roast level, and not a lifestyle brand. Where people get twisted up is mixing up grind and blend.  At its core,...

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Espresso Blend - Let's Settle This!

Espresso is a brewing method, not a bean, not a roast level, and not a lifestyle brand. Where people get twisted up is mixing up grind and blend.  At its core,...

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DECKLOG — Midwatch on New Year’s Day: Six ships, six eras, one truth

DECKLOG — Midwatch on New Year’s Day: Six ships...

There are plenty of places in the Navy where personality belongs—on the mess decks, in the shop, on the smoke deck, the wardroom, ready room, basically in the sea stories...

DECKLOG — Midwatch on New Year’s Day: Six ships...

There are plenty of places in the Navy where personality belongs—on the mess decks, in the shop, on the smoke deck, the wardroom, ready room, basically in the sea stories...

The Eight Bells of Christmas

The Eight Bells of Christmas

A salty Holiday remembrance through 250 years of Navy and Marine history Christmas in the sea services is rarely “feet up by the fire.” It’s watchstanding, hot coffee, and doing...

The Eight Bells of Christmas

A salty Holiday remembrance through 250 years of Navy and Marine history Christmas in the sea services is rarely “feet up by the fire.” It’s watchstanding, hot coffee, and doing...