Naval History and Heritage Command Story Archive
Women's naval aviation starts here, with the commissioning of Barbara Allen Rainey. Her story is worth remembering and repeating during Women's History Month 2010.
Former Navy WAVE, 91, Recalls Her Service (15 March 2010)
As we celebrate Women's History Month, we reflect on the past generations that have served.
US Navy Department Library – 210 Years Young (2 April 2010)
United States Navy Department Library, established by President John Adams, celebrated its 210th birthday March 31.
NHHC Remembers a Pioneer in Naval Meteorology (2 April 2010)
Naval History and Heritage Command higlighted the significant contributions of a female officer who helped pave the way for thousands of females who serve in the Navy's meteorological and oceanographic community, in honor of Women's History Month.
Navy Medicine in Vietnam - A History of Service Beginning to End (14 April 2010)
The Naval History and Heritage Command has released the third in a series of historical treatments about the war in Vietnam.
USS Kirk Saigon Evacuation Documentary Premiers at Smithsonian Institute (13 November 2010)
The Navy premiered "The Lucky Few" at the Smithsonian Institution's Baird Auditorium Nov. 11.
SECNAV, OpSail Announce Partnership Commemorating War of 1812, "Star Spangled Banner" (23 June 2011)
The Secretary of the Navy and the chairman of Operation Sail (OpSail), Inc. announced a partnership June 22 that will work to commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812 and the writing of "The Star-Spangled Banner".
The National Museum of the United States Navy sponsored the third annual "Girls Make History Day,", Washington, D.C., for more than 800 children, June 25.
National Navy Museum Receives Deep Sea Submersible (5 July 2012)
The National Navy Museum (NNM) received cable-controlled undersea recovery vehicle (CURV) III, the Navy's most sophisticated deep sea recovery submersible from 1976 until its retirement in 2007, along with its operator control van, July 2.
WAVES Turn the Tides of Military Gender Segregation (10 August 2012)
It was July 30, 1942 - 70 years ago - that the U.S. government realized the need for women to take their place beside their male counterparts in the Navy.
Chief of Naval Reserves Views Rare Objects, Speaks with Historians at Naval History and Heritage Command (5 February 2013)
Chief of Naval Reserves Vice Adm. Robin R. Braun, escorted by Director of Naval History, Capt. Henry Hendrix II (PhD), toured Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) during her visit to the Washington Navy Yard, Feb. 5.
Monitor: A Naval Shipbuilding First (25 February 2013)
It was a juggernaut; a Confederate 275-foot blackened structure of iron that would forever change the face of warfare.
Navy to Close Archives if Sequestration Occurs (27 February 2013)
The Navy is making plans to close its archives to all visitors and research requests if the upcoming sequestration proceeds, Naval History and Heritage Command officials announced Feb. 27.
Monitor: A Naval Warfighting First (5 March 2013)
On March 8, 1862, a dark shape emerged from Gosport Shipyard: the beast that was the CSS Virginia was on the prowl, surrounded by smaller Confederate ships like a pack of wolves trailing after the alpha wolf.
Monitor: After the Fight (7 March 2013)
The Navy will honor Monitor Sailors March 8 with a graveside interment ceremony at Arlington National Ceremony for the remains of two unknown Sailors recovered from the USS Monitor shipwreck.