Professional Articles

In this episode Seth and Bill tear down the myth of General Douglas MacArthur with facts known by very few Americans, and discuss why his attitude, decisions and lifestyle were a detriment to the overall American strategy in the Pacific War.

By Command Master Chief W. G. “Sam” Houston, U.S. Navy (Retired) and Intelligence Specialist Master Chief David Mattingly, U.S. Navy (Retired)

Naval Intelligence has a long history of periodically using enlisted personnel in undercover counterintelligence cases as well as more mundane investigations.

By Rear Admiral Tom Brooks, U.S. Navy (Retired)

Tracing the development of the Naval Intelligence (163X) and Air Intelligence (135X) Communities and their integration

From Sam Cox, Director of Naval History

This H-gram covers the first months of Operation Enduring Freedom and the decisive role played by carrier aviation and the Navy/Marine Corps team in the success of the operation.

From Sam Cox, Director of Naval History

This H-gram covers several epic battles between U.S. surface ships and U-boats, involving ramming and hand-to-hand combat, including the use of Coca-Cola bottles, coffee-mugs and pots, sheath knives, spent shell casings, flare pistols, hand grenades, shotguns and tommy guns as ASW weapons.

Where did the Red Tie come from? From its humble beginnings 60 years ago, the name now features prominently in NIP’s annual spring luncheon and our most prominent annual award.

The Soviet naval officer and defector who led multiple lives and ultimately lost his life in a bungled KGB attempt to kidnap him and return him to the USSR.

Sometimes major advances in the intelligence world take place simply through luck of the draw — in this case the creation of the White House Situation Room in the spring of 1961. The whole evolution took place over just a few months, thanks largely to then-Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Arleigh Burke and the Navy Seabees.

This H-gram covers the critical contributions of Navy Sealift, Naval Construction Battalions, and Navy Medicine to victory in Desert Storm.

By Director of Naval History, Rear Admiral Sam Cox, U.S. Navy (Retired)

This H-gram continues the story of the U.S. Navy in Desert Storm, from March to June 1991.

By Director of Naval History, Rear Admiral Sam Cox, U.S. Navy (Retired)

This H-gram covers Naval Operations in the Korean War from March to July 1951, including carrier task force operations in the Formosa Strait (including the USS JOHN A. BOLE incident,) “Carlson’s Canyon” air strikes, the torpedo strike on Hwachon Dam, and the floating mine strike on destroyer USS WALKE.

By Vice Admiral Lowell “Jake” Jacoby, U.S. Navy (Retired)

In the years following the creation of JICPAC, there was plenty of misinformation and myth surrounding the consolidation of service intelligence units, including the Navy’s fleet ocean surveillance intelligence centers, into joint intelligence centers. This is what really happened, and why.