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	South Dakota
		South Dakota was admitted to the Union simultaneously with North Dakota as the 40th and 41st states on 2 November 1889.
		South Dakota's secondary batteries put out the lights; and she shifted all batteries to bear on the third ship, believed to be a cruiser, which soon gushed smoke.
		South Dakota was routed to Ulithi and, upon her arrival, was attached to TG 38.3; one of four task groups of formed Task Force 38, the Fast Carrier Task Force.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/s15/south_dakota-ii.htm (2478 words)

	Task Force 116
		The Great strategic and economic importance of South Vietnam’s extensive inland waterways made it clear from the beginning of the war that the Navy would be in the front rank of the allied forces laced by 3,000 nautical miles of rivers, canals, and smaller streams.
		Task Force 116 naval leaders, under the leadership of Captain Burton B. Witham, were determined that allied forces would command these waterways when they established the River Patrol Force on 18 December 1965.
		The PBR the ubiquitous workhorse of the River Patrol Force, was manned by a crew of four bluejackets, equipped with a pathfinder surface radar and two radios, and commonly armed with two twin mounted.50 caliber machine guns forward, M-60 machine guns (or a grenade launcher) port and starboard amidships, and a.50 caliber aft.
	www.mrfa.org /tf116.htm (2330 words)

	Ohio State Highway Patrol -- History
		Like the Patrol, the staff at the BCI was small, and they had difficulty lending the quantity of aid requested by local police officers.
		Patrol units withdrew from the flood zone in early February and members of the Sixth Training Class returned to school in Findlay, where all but one would graduate in March.
		Patrol motorcycles led a Sunday afternoon parade to the new facility where, despite rain, throngs of visitors converged to observe the ceremony and inspect the new barracks.
	www.statepatrol.ohio.gov /aboutus/history/hist1.htm (8435 words)

	Welcome Home River Rats ~ A BRIEF HISTORY OF PBRs in VIETNAM
		The PBR, the ubiquitous workhorse of the River Patrol Force, was manned by a crew of four bluejackets, equipped with a Pathfinder surface radar and two radios, and commonly armed with two twin- mounted.50-caliber machine guns forward, M-60 machine guns (or a grenade launcher) port and starboard amidship, and a.50-caliber aft.
		Task Force 116 also employed the experimental patrol air cushion vehicle (PACV), three of which operated in the Mekong Delta during 1966 and 1967 as PACV Division 107.
		In two-boat random patrols Task Force 116 sailors checked the cargo and identity papers of junks and sampans plying the waterways, set up night ambushes at suspected enemy crossing points, supported the SEALs with gunfire and transportation, and enforced curfew restrictions in their sector, usually no more than 35 nautical miles from the base.
	www.palletmastersworkshop.com /patrol.html (2267 words)

	Task Force 116
		The significant strategic and economic importance of South Vietnam’s extensive inland waterways made it clear from the beginning of the war that the Navy would be in the front rank of the allied forces laced by 3,000 nautical miles of rivers, canals, and smaller streams.
		In the two boat random patrols TF-116 sailors checked the cargo and identity papers of junks and sampans plying the waterways, set up night ambushes at suspected enemy crossing points, supported the SEAL's with gunfire and transportation, and enforced curfew restrictions in their sector, usually no more then 35 nautical miles from the base.
		During 1968, Task Force Clearwater’s support was crucial to the successful defense of Khe Sanh, the recapture of Hue, and the defeat of the enemy offensive in I Corps.
	pcf45.com /tf115/tf116.html (2082 words)

	HyperWar: ULTRA in the Atlantic: U-Boat Operations [Chapter 5]
		GUS 7A was diverted south of the Trutz line; on the evening of 4 June, Flight 10 was approaching the line at the point where, according to 1832/9 May, the Germans were expecting it.
		Atlantic groups in May. There remained, however, two points at which individual U-boats were brought together within a limited area, and so presented a concentration of targets which invited attack.
		The attacks on refueling rendezvous in the Middle and South Atlantic during the summer and fall of 1943 were in the hands of the U.S. Navy, being chiefly the work of CVE task groups.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/ETO/Ultra/SRH-008/SRH008-5.html (2280 words)

	International Ice Patrol (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The philosophy of Ice Patrol aerial reconnaissance to accomplish the mandated mission was described in the 1960 Ice Patrol Bulletin.
		Ice Patrol used the results of the limited SLAR research flights as input into the drift prediction model, however these targets were not differentiated from visual sightings.
		The Ice Patrol officer was responsible for determining the estimate of the number of icebergs crossing 48 North, a task that was easier in light ice years than during heavy years.
	www.uscg.mil /lantarea/iip/General/database.shtml (7143 words)

	Titanic Historical Society, Inc. - The Ice Patrol
		Prior to the introduction of long-range patrol aircraft after WWII, the ceremony was conducted on the fantail of the Coast Guard cutters assigned to International Ice Patrol duties.
		A U. Coast Guard Atlantic Area command, the International Ice Patrol has a crew of 16 and is based in Groton, CT. The iceberg reconnaissance portion of the mission is accomplished using HC-130H long-range surveillance aircraft based in Elizabeth City, NC.
		The C-130s used for ice patrol are equipped with the AN/APS 135 side-looking and AN/APS 137 forward-looking airborne radar’s.
	www.titanic1.org /articles/ice-patrol.asp (928 words)

	VPNAVY - VP-54 History Summary Page - VP Patrol Squadron
		On September 6, Commander, Atlantic Squadron reported to CNO that the patrol was operating and by the 20th, when a revised Atlantic Squadron OpOrder (20-39) became effective, Atlantic coastal waters from Nova Scotia, Canada, to the Lesser Antilles, West Indies, were under daily surveillance by surface and air patrols.
		Patrols covered the area from Guantanamo to San Juan, coordinated with VP-51, destroyers, and the cruisers Tuscaloosa (CA-37) and San Francisco (CA-38), Cruisers Ouincy (CA-39) and Vincennes (CA-44): Patrolled sea approaches between Norfolk and Newport.
		All units of the Atlantic Squadron were included in the task organiza;tion but the major portion of the patrol activity was conducted by the patrol squadrons and destroyers, the latter primarily responsible for developing (visually checking at close range) contacts made by aircraft.
	www.vpnavy.com /vp54_1940.html (2855 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Royal Navy
		During the Cold War, it was transformed into primarily an anti-submarine force, hunting for Soviet submarines, being mostly active in the North Atlantic Ocean.
		The role of the Royal Navy (RN) is to protect British interests at home and abroad, executing the foreign and defence policies of Her Majesty's Government through the exercise of military effect, diplomatic activities and other activities in support of these objectives.
		During the First World War the majority of the Royal Navy's strength was deployed at home in the Grand Fleet in an effort to blockade Germany and to draw the Hochseeflotte (the German "High Seas Fleet") in to an engagement where a decisive victory could be gained.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Royal_Navy (5877 words)

	THE COAST GUARDS BEACH PATROL
		The beach patrols are more in the nature of outposts to report activities along the coastline and are not to repel hostile armed units.
		Horse patrols were not used along the beaches of New England, but in other areas coastal residents were treated to the rare sight of sailors on horseback.
		The beach patrol must have helped to allay the fears of a nervous population during the first confused and hectic months of the war.
	www.uscg.mil /hq/g-cp/history/h_beachpatrol.html (5662 words)

	D-87 Newcastle
		The Royal Navy keeps a warship in the Atlantic so that it is able to respond to a crisis anywhere in the area and so that it can also support British interests in the countries that it visits.
		The highlight of our time in the South Atlantic was the visit to South Georgia to re-supply the British Antarctic Survey Team and conduct some exercises with the Army.
		South Georgia is an impressive and beautiful snow capped island that rises steeply out of the sea to a height of about ten thousand feet.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/europe/d-87.htm (1149 words)

	Welcome to the Green Zone
		Add to that the complications of an expanding guerrilla war, and the presence of U.S. military patrols—generally groups of machine-gun-equipped Humvees, operated by tense and frustrated GIs who swung their weapons at the surrounding traffic and were more than ready to shoot.
		Also staying at the hotel was an acquaintance of mine, an Australian military lawyer named Michael Kelly, who is in some ways Wolfowitz's antithesis—a calm and confident soldier who understands the complexity of the world and is respected for the balance of his judgment and his knowledge of international law.
		Because of the presence of American helicopters on patrol overhead, the mortar rounds were not "walked" to targets by forward observers but fired hurriedly at the Green Zone in the blind.
	www.theatlantic.com /doc/prem/200411/langewiesche (15631 words)

	Numbered Fleets
		Second Fleet operates primarily in the Atlantic Ocean from the North Pole to the South Pole and from the shores of the United States to the west coast of Europe.
		Under the overall command of Commander, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Eighth Fleet was the heavy striking arm of the Atlantic Fleet.
		During the Battle of the Atlantic in 1942 these amounted to more than half of all ships lost to the U-boats in the whole period of the war, most of which were sunk in the American defense zone.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/navy/unit/fleet_n.htm (2072 words)

	Homeland Insecurity
		We were driving around the suburban-industrial wasteland south of San Francisco, on our way to a corporate presentation, while Schneier looked for something to eat not purveyed by a chain restaurant.
		Counterpane has spent considerable sums on advanced engineering, but at heart the company is dedicated to bringing one of the oldest forms of policing—the cop on the beat—to the digital realm.
		He is at work on a book based on his March 2002 Atlantic cover story, "1491".
	www.theatlantic.com /issues/2002/09/mann.htm (2548 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - News - Iron Duke keeps an eye on Sierra Leone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Type 23 frigate HMS Iron Duke is to be the Navy's Atlantic Guard Ship (South) for the next six months and she arrived at Freetown on September 30 to take over the high-profile task from HMS Argyll.
		When the situation allows, HMS Iron Duke will detach from Sierra Leone to continue her duties as the Atlantic Patrol Task (South) ship which includes coverage of the Falkland Islands and a vast area of ocean.
		HMS Iron Duke is also scheduled to pay a number of goodwill visits during the deployment and she is due to return home to Portsmouth in March 2001.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2000/0010/0000100402.asp (361 words)

	VPNAVY - VP-8 History Summary Page - VP Patrol Squadron
		Patrol Squadron EIGHT was commissioned in September 1942 as Patrol Squadron 201 in Norfolk, Virginia.
		With the move and transition, the squadron was redesignated Medium Patrol Squadron EIGHT and in September 1948, the squadron received its current designation, Patrol Squadron EIGHT.
		Patrol Squadron EIGHT returned to Puerto Rico in January 1994 and established detachments at Howard AFB, Panama and Soto Cano, Honduras.
	www.vpnavy.com /vp8_1942.html (1862 words)

	USN Ships--USS Hobson (DD-464, later DMS-26)
		Commissioned in January 1942, she escorted the carrier Ranger across the Atlantic in mid-year and participated with her in the November invasion of North Africa.
		She was damaged by a suicide plane attack on 16 April and was later sent to the U.S. east coast for repairs, which lasted until after the Second World War ended.
		On the night of 26 April 1952, while screening USS Wasp in the central Atlantic, the carrier collided with the much smaller destroyer minesweeper.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-h/dd464.htm (900 words)

	HyperWar: Outpost in the North Atlantic: Marines in the Defense of Iceland
		While the Marines cruised south to Panama, the war situation in Europe prompted President Roosevelt to reconsider his plan for seizing and occupying Martinique or the Azores and turn his attention to the more immediate threat to Iceland and the relief of British forces there.
		The patrol consisted of an officer and a few men, mostly from New England, who claimed to be experienced skiers.
		The North Atlantic is on its worst behavior during the late winter months, so each of the battalions experienced the same rough seas, cold temperatures, and icing as the convoy constantly changed its heading to avoid submarines while enroute to New York harbor and the welcome sight of the Statue of Liberty.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USMC/USMC-C-Iceland.html (14457 words)

	MercoPress - Falklands-Malvinas & South Atlantic News
		On the final phase of her six and a half month South Atlantic Patrol Task deployment HMS Liverpool spent a long weekend in Montevideo, Uruguay before heading north.
		During that period she commemorated the loss of HM Ships Sheffield, Coventry, Antelope, Ardent and MV Atlantic Conveyor as well as the Landings in San Carlos Water, all events pertaining to the 1982 South Atlantic conflict.
		MERCOPRESS is a news agency concentrating in Mercosur countries which operates from Montevideo, Uruguay, and includes in its area of influence the South Atlantic and insular territories.
	www.falkland-malvinas.com /Detalle.asp?NUM=8161 (453 words)

	Royal Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Royal Navy is a constituent component of the Naval Service, which also comprises the Royal Marines, Royal Fleet Auxiliary and associated reserve forces under command.
		The bungled Drake-Norris Expedition of 1589 saw the tide of war turn against the Royal Navy.
		Its purpose was to search for and destroy Soviet submarines in the North Atlantic.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Navy (6240 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - News - Montrose deploys to South Atlantic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The first half of her Atlantic Patrol Task (South) deployment will take her to the warm waters of West Africa.
		There she will assist the Sierra Leone government with training, anti drug-smuggling patrols and humanitarian work, while scheduled visits include Freetown, Casablanca, Ghana and Dakari.
		After Christmas the frigate will be in the colder seas of the South Atlantic, where one of the highlights will be Exercise Purple Albatross, a joint exercise with the Army and Royal Air Force in the Falklands.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2001/0110/0001101601.asp (187 words)

	British Task Force Units - Falklands War 1982
		Working out of Northwood, Middlesex, just outside London were the Task Force Commanders led by Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse, Commander-in-Chief Fleet, who in turn controlled events in the South Atlantic through the commanders on the spot.
		Up to the final Argentine surrender, each of the ships, aircraft squadrons and main military units, as they entered the South Atlantic for the FIRST time in the campaign are introduced below.
		Tanker Holding Areas in the South Atlantic and in Tug, Repair and Logistics Area (TRALA)
	www.naval-history.net /F18taskforce.htm (695 words)

	December 2005 - Iraq Special Weapons News
		Estonians partner with U.S. troops to patrol Iraq streets Army News 19 Dec 2005 -- A newly inducted member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is playing a lead role alongside American troops in securing the future of Iraq.
		Soldiers plead guilty to charges of abuse MNF-I 19 Dec 2005 -- Five U.S. Soldiers from the 75th Ranger Regiment pleaded guilty to violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice during courts-martial completed Dec. 8th, 12th and 13th related to charges of detainee abuse.
		Ukrainian Task Force ends service in MNDCS MNF-I 19 Dec 2005 -- Dec. 19 was the last day of the Ukrainian 81st Task Force’s duty within Multinational Division Central South’s structure.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/iraq/2005/12/12-19_index.htm (660 words)

	Gamewardens of Vietnam, official home of task force 116
		In the dim light of dawn on 24 May 1967, a two boat Navy patrol was silently drifting down a South Vietnamese river when Vietcong machine-gun fire erupted....
		Mid Atlantic Chapter — Photos and Minutes from the Meeting on August 26th »
		Also: Larry Weatherall's favorite picture of those he submitted from the USS James E. Williams Family Day Cruise is the one of the fo'c'sle with the Sailor wearing the Black Beret during "Special Sea and Anchor Detail" getting underway.
	www.tf116.org (1177 words)

	A Brief History of the PBR in Vietnam
		The Combat Years For 1965-1968 (only) River Patrol The great strategic and economic importance of South Vietnam's extensive inland waterways made it clear from the beginning of the war that the Navy would be in the front rank of the allied forces.
		The Navy reconditioned each of the ships so they could serve as floating base facilities for a PBR section and a helicopter detachment.
		Department of the Navy Naval Historical Center 901 M Street SE-Washington Navy Yard Washington,DC 20374-5060 For complete text go to; History.Navy.Military
	members.tripod.com /~Yogies/history.html (2165 words)

	BBC NEWS \| South Asia \| Canadians hurt in Afghan attack
		Meanwhile US-led and Afghan security forces say they have raided two suspected al-Qaeda compounds in eastern Afghanistan and arrested eight people.
		The Canadian patrol came under mortar attack in Zhari district, about 25km (15 miles) west of Kandahar, military spokesman John Nethercott told AFP news agency.
		Eight suspected terrorists were taken into custody during the operations
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/4797075.stm (303 words)

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