POW/MIA Recognition Day

by Aubrey | Sep 26, 2025 | #History #WWII #DistanceLearning #Education #BOWFINandBEYOND, us navy

POW/MIA Recognition Day On the 3rd Friday of September each year, we observe POW/MIA Day to honor and remember the brave individuals serving in submarines during World War II who were captured as prisoners of war, including those who never returned home safely. These...

Honoring Women’s History Month

by Aubrey | Mar 21, 2025 | #History #WWII #DistanceLearning #Education #BOWFINandBEYOND, us navy

Honoring Women’s History Month As we celebrate Women’s History Month, we honor the courageous and trailblazing women who have shaped the U.S. Navy. From the first female enlistees to today’s top-ranking admirals, women have demonstrated resilience, leadership,...

Proximity Fuse Advances WWII

by superadmin | Aug 3, 2021 | #History #WWII #DistanceLearning #Education #BOWFINandBEYOND

Sailors man anti-aircraft guns during World War II on the USS Hornet. (U.S. Navy)Before the Second World War, there were two broad categories of fuses: impact and timed.Impact fuses are only detonated when they impacted or “touched” something, whereas timed fuses had...

National Anthem Day

by superadmin | Feb 26, 2021 | #History #WWII #DistanceLearning #Education #BOWFINandBEYOND

Women repair the Star-Spangled Banner on a set of makeshift tables in the room in the Castle then known as the chapel (now the Commons) in the West Wing of the Smithsonian Institution Building. Smithsonian Institution ArchivesWAR BACKGROUNDAmerican’s were angry with...

History of the Purple Heart

by superadmin | Jul 25, 2020 | #History #WWII #DistanceLearning #Education #BOWFINandBEYOND

“The Continentals,” an 1875 painting by Frank Blackwell Mayer. Library of Congress photo.In 1782 Gen. George Washington created the Badge of Military Merit to recognize heroic acts by his troops. The requirements for earning the badge were a lot different from today’s...