1941: The Journal looks back
From the archives: August 14, 1941
In the Journal
10 Years Ago: Orders have been issued to Capt. Frederick J. Horne, USN, in command of Carrier Division One, Scouting Fleet, assigning him …
Read more ›From the archives: August 14, 1941
10 Years Ago: Orders have been issued to Capt. Frederick J. Horne, USN, in command of Carrier Division One, Scouting Fleet, assigning him …
Read more ›Col. Ellen Haring, the officer who sued the Army last year to challenge the constitutionality of the ground combat exclusion policy, argues in AFJ that combat fitness isn’t all about physical strength. …
Read more ›The USS Kanawha, a 691-ton Unadilla-class screw steam gunboat, was commissioned in January 1862. (Navy)
From the archives: August 13, 1864
…In our day, when …
Read more ›In “What the QDR Should be asking, but isn’t: Lessons for leaders from the interwar years,” AFJ contributing editor Peter W. Singer writes, “When today’s leaders compare our turbulent times to the …
Read more ›From the archives: August 12, 1899
Army officers are not altogether pleased that [Maj.] General [Elwell] Otis should have to apply to the Navy Department for rapid …
Read more ›Lt. Harold B. Miller with his Curtiss F9C-2 “Sparrowhawk” fighter visits his hometown of Newton, Iowa, while en route from Lakehurst, N.J., to Moffett Field, Calif., in October 1933. (Navy)
From the …
Read more ›From the archives: August 10, 1935
[Editor’s note: Gen. Douglas MacArthur, then the Army’s chief of staff, wrote to thank the editor of the Army and Navy Journal, John …
Read more ›One of the last things Mark Maybury did before stepping down as the U.S. Air Force’s chief scientist was to put the finishing touches on a new vision for his service’s science …
Read more ›From the archives: August 9, 1941
[Editor’s note: Five months before Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Navy was already adding ships by the day. This Naval Historical Center photo shows USS San Diego …
Read more ›Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis, who castigated “rosy official statements” in last year’s “Truth, Lies, and Afghanistan,” argues in AFJ that the Army’s strategic, procurement, and operational failures dictate bold action: a …
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