Articles by nvvp

1.0. History of the Jegertroppen In the 1980s, the Norwegian Parliament, under the leadership of Gro Harlem Brundtland, the first female Norwegian Prime Minister, applied the […]

In 1970, along the outskirts of the Song Cau Lon River in Vietnam, a small, platoon-sized element of Navy SEALs had moments to spare. They’d […]

Since its first publication in 1986, the three editions of Captain Wayne Hughes’ Fleet Tactics and Naval Operations have become the definitive works on modern naval tactics […]

For generations, the U.S. Navy SEALS (Sea, Air, and Land) have set the standard for military special operations. Relied on for the toughest missions, these men are […]

The U.S. military has shifted its focus from counterterrorism operations to near-peer conflict against adversaries such as Russia and China. A logical consequence of this […]

There is a particular degree of indescribable darkness one encounters when submerged underwater, at night, on a combat swimmer dive. It is like being suspended […]

As one of the few training programs in the U.S. military in which enlisted personnel and officers go through the same selection and training program […]

Naval History Magazine Even today, four decades after Operation Urgent Fury, the U.S.-led invasion of Grenada, it has lingered as one of the enduring legends […]

Solomon Atkinson grew up in an Alaskan fishing village before becoming an original Navy SEAL, earning a Purple Heart and training astronauts. Solomon Atkinson was […]