Pensacola Naval Air Station Petty Officer Cody Cooper is working to keep alive one of the oldest traditions in the U.S. Navy. Cooper is among just a handful of local sailors who know how to use the ...

Naval historian Hill Goodspeed and Petty Officer Cody Cooper explain the history and traditions of the boatswain’s pipe in U.S. Navy.

Corey Malcom, director of archaeology at the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum, recently played the boatswain's whistle from the Santa Margarita for the first time. Seven ships from the 1622 Spanish treasure ...

EARLY IN THE week, K. Asian Beauty, a 604-foot car carrier with a 98-foot beam, anchored in the west end of the harbor. I understand the Panamanian-flagged vessel had a mechanical issue and the crew ...

Boatswain's Mate David Slodysko is the boatswain's crossed anchors and Neptune, is the honor's boatswain who piped Vice Adm. Timothy Keating aboard the Lincoln recently. The tradition of pipe "calls" ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — It's one of the more unique jobs you'll ever hear of. Over the course of nearly 250 years, there have been many career paths in the United States Navy, but there's one in ...