The Navy Combat Art Program was founded in 1941 because of the persistence of Griffith Baily Coale, a well-known muralist. Believing that war imminent, Coale convinced top Navy commanders to send ...

The military has been painting its ships and aircraft grey ... Like with aircraft, naval ships have featured the color grey for decades. The U.S. Navy was already considering camouflaging its ...

U.S. Navy sailor serving as an undesignated ... hours at physically demanding jobs like chipping rust, painting large swaths of the ship, cooking and serving food, or any other number of low ...