Due to the constant flux in personnel, the Army Chief of Coast Artillery requested legislation in 1916 to help militarize the mine planting vessels. Two years later, Congress granted request.

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Army Warrant Officer Corps turns 105 this year. On July 9, 1918, the Army created the Army Mine Planter Service as part of the Coast Artillery Corps, forming the warrant ...

If a hostile airplane squadron took off from a sea carrier ten miles off shore, and moved forward to ravage the U. S. coast, would the responsibility for bringing it down fall to the Navy's ...

Navy/Marine Corps Budget Navy Secretary John Phelan, Acting Chief of Naval Operations Adm. James Kilby, and Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith will testify on the fiscal 2026 budget request.