The United States Navy has a tradition of naming many of its popular ships after U.S. presidents. Here are five that stand ...

The Cuban Missile Crisis happened one year after the construction ... However, the American Navy did search other vessels. A Soviet tanker was allowed to deliver oil and a Lebanese ship was ...

You many not be familiar with the name Vasili Arkhipov, but maybe you should be. He's the Soviet Navy man who stopped nuclear ...

Cruise missiles of past wars have meant the death of the delivery pilot. "A One Way Trip To Death" explores the history of how this lethal assault weapon came about, and how it played an impressive ...

Nothing caught global attention and heightened tensions as did the Cuban Missile Crisis. The new young President John F. Kennedy faced off with the Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro and the ...

The DEFCON 3 exercise term is “Round House.” At less-tense points during the Cuban Missile Crisis, various parts of the U.S. military were at DEFCON 3. Over a decade later, in 1973 ...

In 1961, with an executive order, John F. Kennedy created the Peace Corps. Kennedy established the Navy SEALs in 1962. In what is known as the Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy placed a naval blockade ...

Retired U.S. Navy Captain Duane Cox spent much of his military career flying photo reconnaissance missions. The Vietnam veteran “was involved with photo flights that detected the early ...

Super Senior Al Perry served on a Navy submarine during the Cuban missile crisis. The family's four sons have followed in their dad's footsteps in service to their country.

Here's a look at key events leading up to the Cuban missile crisis and what unfolded. » VIDEO PREVIEW: Leadership in a nuclear world [opens in a new window] Key players: Cuban leader Fidel Castro ...