United States Navy

The United States Navy is a branch of the United States Armed Forces specializing in naval warfare. It is led by the Chief of Naval Operations and the Vice Chief of Naval Operations. In film, the U.S. Navy features prominently in movies of the war and action genres. It is seen in many films relating to World War II as well as other war-era fare. In action films, the U.S. Navy often employs a special operations force known as the Sea, Air, and Land Teams, or SEALs. This group serves as a part of the Naval Special Warfare Command.

Few Good Men, A
In this classic 1992 legal drama, Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee was a lieutenant for the U.S. Navy and a lawyer who had to investigate the death of a U.S. Marine private.

McHale's Navy
Naval Admiral Cobra re-assigned a retired Lieutenant Commander named Quinton McHale to confound the efforts of Russian terrorist named Vladakov, who had attacked the island of San Moreno. McHale only agreed to come out of retirement if the Navy agreed to let him have his old crew back. McHale and his crew used a pirated variety show broadcast to prevent Vladakov from stealing missile launch codes. The mission nearly failed however due to the efforts of McHale's rival in the Navy, Captain Wallace B. Binghampton.

Midway
Captain Matt Garth, a Navy aviator investigated the internment of Haruko Sakura, an American-born daughter of Japanese immigrants and girlfriend of his son, Ensign Thomas Garth. Naval intelligence broke a Japanese encryption code relating to a planned attack on Midway Island. Admiral Chester Nimitz ordered an advance fleet of aircraft carriers to Midway to halt the Japanese invasion.

No Man Is an Island
The 1962 film No Man Is an Island chronicled the wartime career of George Ray Tweed, who was a radioman for the United States Navy stationed in Guam during World War II. Tweed served during the Battle of Guam, which too place on December 8th, 1941.

Under Siege
Casey Ryback was a cook aboard a U.S. Navy vessel... or was he? Despite having earned jeers and scorn from the ship's commander, Krill, Casey was actually a bad-ass mo fo and former Navy SEAL who became a one-man army against a terrorist named William Stranix and his crew of pirates.