Every Moment Mattered – The Life and Death of Cassin Young, Captain, USN MOH Recipient – Chapter Four: Join the Navy and See the World

Chapter Four: Join the Navy and See the World From the Secretary of the Navy’s 1912 report to the President: OUTPUT OF NAVAL ACADEMY. “This year 265 midshipmen entered the Naval Academy; next year there may be as many, or even more, on account of the reapportionment of congressional districts. After June 30 next, however, the […]

Every Moment Mattered – The Life and Death of Cassin Young, Captain, USN MOH Recipient – Chapter Three: Character is built one difficult lesson at a time

Editor’s note: This chapter is the one that was part of the primary reason one of my early supporters withdrew his support. I have only been to the academy a few times, but I remember the stately buildings and well-groomed landscapes. It is a place of honor in may ways but through the years it […]

Every Moment Mattered – The Life and Death of Cassin Young, Captain, USN MOH Recipient – Chapter One: Plebes is Plebes

Previous post: If you had not read the previous post, here is the link. At the end of the story, I will link them all together on one page here on the blog. Every Moment Mattered – The Life and Death of Cassin Young, Captain, USN MOH Recipient (Introduction and Prologue) Chapter One: Plebes is […]

Every Moment Mattered – The Life and Death of Cassin Young, Captain, USN MOH Recipient (Introduction and Prologue)

Did you ever get interested enough in a particular subject that you would gladly spend hundreds if not thousands of hours researching that subject? That pretty much describes my passion for the story of Cassin Young. I can’t remember when I started researching and writing a proposed book about Cassin Young. It seems like it’s […]

The Holland Movie

I have spent a lot of time harvesting information about the early days of submarining both here and abroad. Over the past few years, I have tried to take a deeper look at the Holland submarine and its impact on the US Navy. A few of those articles are here: https://theleansubmariner.com/2022/03/30/the-men-who-go-down-into-the-waters-in-these-boats-must-take-their-lives-in-their-hands-hollands-invention-in-1898/ https://theleansubmariner.com/2020/04/09/the-creation-of-a-disordered-mind-hollands-submarine-boat/ Recently I signed […]

Observations on Japanese character, with special reference to Japan’s ambition and her relation in this connection with the United States. A confidential report from Admiral Greaves (1920)

I debated trying to shorten this post up a bit then decided that the story had so much significance, cutting pieces out would be difficult and would not be fair to the purpose I intended. I have been featuring some articles recently about Japan and its navy. One of the characters that came into view […]

Mr. Roosevelt’s Views – Japan through Teddy’s eyes

I see there is another book out about Theodore Roosvelt. To Rescue the American Spirit: Teddy Roosevelt and the Birth of a Superpower (The Presidential Series) Hardcover – October 21, 2025 by Bret Baier (Author) I am a huge fan of Theodore Roosevelt. One of my favorite books from recent times is “Theodore Rex” by Edmund Morris which […]

There will be wars and rumors of wars – What if the losing side wrote the history books?

There will be wars and rumors of wars Matthew 24:6-8 (King James Version) 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: […]

Do we need a Navy League?

For many years after my dad died, I kept a few mementos of his on my desk. Mom had given me his wallet among other things and in the wallet was his driver’s license, a card from his days as a Red Cross volunteer, a veteran’s card from his discharge as a navy man and […]

July 2025 – Celebrating 14 years on theleansubmariner.com

Fourteen years has flown by Looking back over the past fourteen years since I began the blog, there have been many changes in my life and the world. The stunning event that began the desire to write is long past and mostly buried in the dark corners of my mind. Being let go from a […]