Naval
Ship Shape
What took eight years and $6.2 billion to build, towers 20 stories above the waterline and is home to 6,000 people for six months at a time? It’s the USS George H.W. Bush. Read more
Alan Bushnell
Pirate Hunter
How a Virginia boy joined the Navy to fight the Cold War and wound up chasing Jack Sparrow. Read more
Ben Swenson
Sunken Ships
70-year-old ships made out of concrete (no, really) now form a breakwater off the Eastern Shore's Kiptopeke Beach. Read more
Commanding Attention
Capt. Mary M. Jackson, Commanding Officer of Naval Station Norfolk, concentrates on her (big) job not her gender. Read more
Robb Scharetg
Striking Power
Naval Air Station Oceana is one of America’s largest and most important military installations. Half of the U.S. Navy’s tactical aircraft are located at Oceana, where scores of pilots daily take to the sky to maintain a state of “combat readiness.” Read more
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To Serve and Protect
In the state’s five mounted police units, horse and rider share a bond in which trust transcends duty. Read more
The Makeover
How a Herndon family found their dream home in a 19th-century Victorian farmhouse. Read more
