Navy

Rear Admiral Donnelly spent decades landing jets on a postage stamp in the middle of the ocean, only to get shot down by a sailor in eyeliner and a high heels.

In 2001, a pint-sized German diesel sub snuck past an entire carrier strike group managing to get within ramming distance of the mighty USS Enterprise, like a ghost in broad daylight. She fired a mock torpedo, then surfaced to wave hello with green flares—just to let everyone know they’d been “sunk.”.

Vice Admiral Cooper is doing more than charting a new course for CENTCOM—he’s steering the whole ship through the storm with a steady hand and his eyes wide open.

Twenty years later, Operation Red Wings isn’t some sanitized tale of heroism—it’s a gut-punch reminder that war is messy, men are mortal, and sacrifice doesn’t come with a soundtrack.

Mastering calm under duress in water is crucial for Navy SEALs, forming their training’s foundation and effectiveness.

Brandon Webb’s life reads like a classified op with footnotes in blood and saltwater—equal parts sniper, author, surf rat, and entrepreneurial insurgent.

Admiral Daryl Caudle isn’t coming to polish brass or shuffle paper—he’s showing up with a warfighter’s résumé, a submariner’s grit, and a battle plan to drag the Navy out of bureaucratic drydock and back into fighting trim.

Captain William McGonagle didn’t just hold the line aboard the USS Liberty—he held it while bleeding out, commanding a shattered crew through hell, and then kept his mouth shut for thirty years before finally telling the truth.

The men of the NCDUs who stormed Normandy’s beaches faced certain death but fought with relentless courage, clearing the way for Allied forces in what would become the deadliest day in Naval Special Warfare history.

Mike Day, former Navy SEAL, Silver Star recipient, and exceptional human being, left us on March 27th, 2023.

I joined the Navy chasing a SEAL dream, got detoured into Search and Rescue by a well-meaning but clueless recruiter, and ended up earning my place in one of the toughest, most elite programs in the fleet — all while figuring out manhood, loyalty, and what it means to save someone who once saved you.

On June 14, America’s stage splits in two: Trump rolls tanks down Pennsylvania Avenue for his birthday bash, while thousands from coast to coast march in protest, shouting ‘No Kings’ in a star-spangled standoff over patriotism and power.