Hey, Recruit Training Command & NAVSTA Great Lakes families! Visit us on 05/03 from 10am-12pm for a taste of hands on history with our latest “Drop Anchor” program. For kids, and kids at heart, these interactive activities teach sailor skills! We look forward to seeing you tmrw! #DropAnchor #USNavy

Needing some #weekend inspiration? Check out part II of our #podcast discussion with our museum volunteers - some no previous ties to the U.S. Navy to one being best friends to Rear Admiral Grace Hopper!

Listen to the episode at bit.ly/4dbUXq3

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Plan on being in #GreatLakes tomorrow morning? Make sure you stop by for #SeaStories from 10am-12pm. Now is your chance to hear stories straight from the horse's (err goat's?) mouth. Ask any bootcamp days, favorite ports, the food; the possibilities are endless!

Have you heard? Volume III of the Rogers Collection of Dockyard Models is out! Written by our very own Grant Walker!

Congratulations, Grant!

We are an Alliance bound by shared history, values, and goals. Together, we work to prevent conflict and preserve peace for one billion people. Our solemn commitment to each other is that an attack against one Ally is an attack against us all. This bond guarantees our security…

Come listen to one of NHHC’s most invaluable resources – our museum volunteers! Hear about their backgrounds, why they volunteer, and how help teach and preserve naval history for present and future generations. bit.ly/3vXCmNH

Yes! You can find all Sea-Air-Space recorded sessions here: youtube.com/playlist?list=…

#ICYMI - Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that U.S. Navy Seaman 2nd Class Michael Malek, killed during WWII, was accounted for on Feb. 24, 2021.

On Dec. 7, 1941, Malek was assigned to #USSOklahoma when the ship was attacked and capsized quickly; 429 were killed.
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📝 The 2024 CNO Naval History Essay Contest is still open for submissions until April 30th! The USNavyCNO invites all entrants to share their insights by applying lessons from naval history to tackle today's Navy challenges. mynavyhr.navy.mil/Portals/55/Mes… #NavyHistory

Sgt. Myron Chambers and his son, 2 and half year-old 'colonel' Marvin Chambers, salute the colors during recruit graduation ceremonies for the 304 series, on 8 April 1965.

#EasterSunday - Marines and Navy Seabees attend Easter services atop Mount Suribachi on blood-stained Iwo Jima, while fellow Marines and Soldiers were assaulting Okinawa a few hundred miles away.

Have you ever wondered what life was like aboard a historical U.S. Navy Vessel? Check out this footage of the day-to-day aboard the USS Kitty Hawk, date unknown.

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Talk about the Goat Locker! Sailors aboard a U.S. Navy battleship, circa 1907-1908.

#TodayInHistory - 1945 - The first heavy kamikaze attacks begin on ships at Okinawa. USS Bush (DD 529), USS Colhoun (DD 801), USS Emmons (DMS 22) and LST 447 are damaged beyond repair.

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Check out what happened on this day in Naval History!

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NHHC is in Montgomery, AL for #NavyWeek with #STEM activities at the Maxwell AFB Air Show. Come out and visit and see the show. NavyOutreach

#FineArtsFriday - Assault Wave, Coxswain, a watercolor painting by Dwight C. Shepler; 1944.

#OTD  in 1973, Operation Homecoming was formally disestablished after returning 566 U.S. military personnel, 23 American civilians, and 5 country nationals from captivity in Vietnam. Read more about the U.S. Navy's involvement in the operation here:

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#WeirdWednesday - Shortly after midnight on 16 June 1968, according to witnesses, the Swift boat PCF-19 “disappeared in a flash of light” while on patrol off the coast of Vietnam, just south of the DMZ.

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#OTD - 1942, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, is named Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas (CINCPOA) and also retains the title of Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet (CINCPAC)