Navy.ca's Fallen Comrades

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old

Those far distant, storm-beaten ships, upon which the Grand Army never looked, stood between it and the dominion of the world.

- Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914): The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire, 1793-1812 (1892)

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Military Word Of The Day

JLR

Joint Logistics Regiment

Today in Military History

March 20

1943:

Bomb attempt on Hitler's life fails

1945:

After exhausting all other avenues, HMCS NEW GLASGOW sinks U-1003 after ramming her off the coast of Northern Ireland.

2003:

US begins Operation Iraqi Freedom

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