Anchors Aweigh, Anxiety Afloat: Inside the Naval Academies That Police a Planet on the Brink
Lunchtime in Annapolis, Maryland, and a battalion of midshipmen march past the statue of the ur-naval hero John Paul Jones—who, in true American fashion, got famous by failing to sink anything British until the French lent him a decent boat. The scene could be 1845 or 2024; only the smartphones tucked inside starched sleeves betray…