The USS Pickerel surfacing at a 48-degree angle from a depth of 150 feet, during tests off Oahu, Hawaii, 1 March 1952.

The USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group conducts stability and security operations with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in the South China Sea. Photographer: James Hong (U.S. Navy) 200719-N-VF045-1052. Date: July 19, 2020

131028-O-ZZ999-103 BATH, Maine (Oct. 28, 2013) The Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyer DDG 1000 is floated out of dry dock at the General Dynamics Bath Iron Works shipyard. The ship, the first of three Zumwalt-class destroyers, will provide independent forward presence and deterrence, support special operations forces and operate as part of joint and combined expeditionary forces. The lead ship and class are named in honor of former Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Elmo R. Bud Zumwalt Jr., who served as chief of naval operations from 1970-1974. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of General Dynamics/Released)

A running back tries to break away with the ball during the 1937 Army-Navy Football Game.

U.S. Naval Academy Quarterback Roger Staubach. Class of 1965.

While on its annual summer cruise to European ports, the United States Coast Guard Cadet Practice Squadron stops at Antwerp, Belgium for a period of six days. The Coast Guards 295-foot, three-masted training ship USCGC Eagle (WIX-327) is shown moving into her berth while the accompanying ship on the trip, the Coast Guard Cutter Rockaway (WAVP-377), snuggles up close by. Crowds of Antwerp citizens hang on the dock rails to watch the visitors. CDR Chester I. Steel, USCG, Commanding Officer of the USCGC Rockaway (WAVP-377) leans over the bridge side to watch proceedings. Having just visited Oslo, Norway, the cadets follow Antwerp with a visit to La Coruna, Spain, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, and will arrive home in New London, Connecticut on the 25th of August.

Coast Guard beach patrol warns a steamer that she is coming too close to the reefs by burning a Coston Signal.

Coast Guard Signalman First Class Douglas A. Munro protects withdrawing Marines at Guadalcanal. During WWII the U.S. Coast Guard performed a wide variety of duties. One of the more important tasks was manning amphibious craft for the U.S. Navy. It was

'I walked beside the evening sea And dreamed a dream that could not be; The waves that plunged along the shore Said only: "Dreamer, dream no more!" ' by George William Curtis (1824-1892)// BACK TO THE BARN: As the setting sun ma

Torokina Field, Bougainville @ 15-19 December, 1943. Marines manning a 75 mm. pack howitzer position at the field. Note the captured Japanese battle flag.

The crew of the USS Oregon (Battleship No. 3) watch the fall of a shot at the Spanish armored cruiser Cristobal Colon during the Battle of Santiago de Cuba on Sunday 3 July 1898. The cruiser, the sole survivor of Admiral Pascual Cervera y Topetes Caribbean squadron after its attempted breakout from the port, was pursued for more than an hour before her captain turned toward shore and scuttled his ship. Just five weeks earlier, the Oregon had completed an epic 14,000 mile voyage around South America from San Francisco in 66 days to join the Atlantic units.

'I never can understand how anyone can not smoke-it deprives a man of the best part of life...with a good cigar in his mouth a man is perfectly safe, nothing can touch him-literally.' (Thomas Mann, 1875-1955)// Two sailors on board the USS Olymp

'Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.' (Peter Drucker, 1909-2005).// The bridge of the USS Newark, most likely between 1891-93, presents a very workmanlike and professional scene. With the exception of the sin