YORKTOWN, Va. — YORKTOWN, Va. - Early this summer students from William & Mary and Flagler College attended an archaeology field school at Naval Weapons Station Yorktown. And I was invited on base to ...
The 21-gun salute is one of the highest military honors, performed for dignitaries, heads of state and fallen service members. But what exactly is it? And why 21 shots? In military tradition, "guns" ...
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Legacy naval guns find new life in the drone age

The presence of a Cold War-era naval gun, installed in a fixed position on shore, in today’s precision-guided missile ...
Strolling the river walk along the Washington Navy Yard waterfront today, it is hard to imagine that the Anacostia River, from the Yard all the way to its confluence with the Potomac River, was a ...