"The machinist's mate is like the Swiss army knife of the Navy," said Pruitt. "Since being in the shipyards, we have repaired all four aircraft elevators, started the five-year catapult inspection ...

Al Mar and Tops collaborated to revitalize a cutting tool designed for some of the most arduous military training in the world.

Like the Navy, there’s no unified strategy for lobbyists ... America’s maritime industries busy themselves in ferocious communal knife fights for bigger slices of an ever-shrinking pie.