Naval History and Heritage Command’s latest publication is “A Pacific Effect”: The United States Navy, Naval Engagement, and the World Cruise of the Great White Fleet.
On 2 May 2011, President Barack Obama announced Navy SEALs raided Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and killed America's most wanted terrorist during Operation Neptune Spear.
1869 - As a post-Civil War push for re-enlistments, the Good Conduct Medal, then called Good Conduct Badge, is authorized by Secretary of the Navy Adolphus E. Borie.