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	Rank flags of the Dominican Navy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Flag of admiral: This is one of the five dominican naval flags in Flaggenbuch (1939-1941) [neu39].
		In [kan56] the cross is half the height of the flag.
		Flag of rear-admiral, head of a flotilla: This is one of the five dominican naval flags in Flaggenbuch (1939-1941) [neu39].
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/do~navr.html (423 words)

	THE DOMINICAN CONNECTION<br>Caribbean Island Seen As Major Drug Source
		The Dominican Republic is a vitally important transit point for illicit drugs smuggled from South America and destined for the United States, according to a report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.
		Cocaine shipments from the Dominican Republic bound for Puerto Rico are transported via boats departing the Dominican Republic's eastern coast, and crossing the 70-mile stretch to Puerto Rico's western shoreline.
		The Dominicans played a relatively limited role in international MDMA (Ecstasy) trafficking until early 2002, when European offices began reporting a sharp increase in the number of Dominican trafficking groups operating in Europe and using couriers on commercial air flights to the United States.
	www.michnews.com /cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/193/6441/printer (1409 words)

	The New West Indian
		The INS estimated in 1996 that another 75,000 Dominicans were in the United States illegally, a number some experts and community activists say is a conservative guess.
		Dominican businessman and community activist Julio Bueno puts that figure at more than 30,000, mostly professionals, second-generation Dominicans fleeing the cold after growing up and getting educated in their first U.S. stops in New York, Chicago and Massachusetts.
		Dominican navy officials say they thwarted 118 trips, arrested 82 boat captains and trip organizers, and detained 2,007 voyagers in 1999, a boost from 1998 figures.
	www.awigp.com /?numcat=orlando (3121 words)

	FREE In-depth report - The Navy - Dominican Republic
		A Dominican navy was first established in 1873, when the country acquired a gunboat built in Scotland.
		Several elements of the navy were incorporated into the Dominican Constabulary Guard in 1917 to function as a small coast guard.
		The navy remained an element of the National Army until 1943, when the Dominican National Navy was formally established as a separate service.
	www.exploitz.com /Dominican-Republic-The-Navy-cg.php (550 words)

	Dominican Republic, 1-100
		The amount of subversion and insurgency the Dominican security forces have had to deal with to date has not provided a major test of their capabilities, but they have been effective in such fighting as has occurred.
		And quite apart from whether Dominican armed forces would or would not agree to his coming back, there are sound grounds for believing that Bosch himself much prefers the comfortable martyrdom of Puerto Rican exile to the pains and aches involved in attempting to govern this distressingly ungovernable country.
		The Dominicans’ tendency to dramatize their problems being what it is, it is often said that Reid almost alone among current Dominican political figures has learned anything from the political torment of the Trujillo period and these first three years of its aftermath.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ho/frus/johnsonlb/xxxii/44733.htm (17995 words)

	Dominican Republic Tourist Intro
		When you are choosing where to stay in the Dominican Republic, ask your travel agent or tour operator for guidance on which large resort complexes and golf courses have diverted water supplies from the local population.
		Dominican Republic people are usually very open and receptive to visitors and don’t often object to being photographed.
		It is estimated that the Dominican Republic comes third after Brazil and Colombia, as the Latin American country where children are most at risk from sexual exploitation by foreign tourists.
	www.dominicanrepublicindex.com /dominican_republic_tourist_intro.php (1258 words)

	Colloquium on Contemporary History, Seminar 2
		It was said that this was done by cadets from the military academy to put iron in their souls, rather like Stonewall Jackson having the cadets from VMI bury the dead after the battle of McDowell.
		Facetiously, I could say that the primary mission of the Dominican Navy was to ensure that the presidential yachts, Angelita and Presidente Trujillo, were in good condition and ready to sail at all times.
		At the request of the Dominican generals, I met with two of the three members of the triumvirate and gave them the terms under which the U.S. would recognize their government, chiefly that free elections would be quickly held.
	www.history.navy.mil /colloquia/cch2c.htm (5660 words)

	Funcionario esboza programa de EE.UU. para Hemisferio Occidental
		Congreso de la República Dominicana (Spanish) The Congress of the Dominican Republic, with access to the Senate and the House of Representatives.
		Dominican Republic / LANIC (English) by the University of Texas at Austin.
		Marina de Guerra de la Republica Dominicana (Spanish) The Dominican Navy: Its mission: to defend the national maritime integrity, sovereignty and independence.
	www.usemb.gov.do /dominican_republic_links.htm (848 words)

	Dominican News Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Vieques is a 54 square-mile island, one of Puerto Rico's municipalities with a population of about 9,400, that has been used by the United States Navy, NATO countries and arms manufacturers for military training, as well as the testing of conventional and non-conventional weapons and munitions...
		The Dominican Sisters,Congregation of Holy Cross, who have ministered in the Seattle Archdiocese for 112 years, voted December 7 to merge with the Dominican Sisters, Congregation of the Most Holy Rosary, whose Motherhouse is in Adrian, Michigan.
		Dominicans for Justice and Peace and Franciscans International condemn without reservation the brutal murders of seven Christian employees at the Idara-e-Aman-o-Insaf (Committee for Justice and Peace) office in Karachi, Pakistan on 25 September 2002.
	news.op.org (1819 words)

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		Duvalier was conspiring against the Republic "in alliance with the Trujillos." Dominican diplomats would not leave Haiti until they had received safe-conducts for the twenty-two asylees then in their Embassy in Port-au-Prince.
		The Navy was moving four units along the south coast and three along the north coast toward Haiti.
		The headline is: 'Dominican Victory, Duvalier Retreats.' Put it in the biggest type that you have." Then he called Freites and told him to reply to the OAS, assuring it that the Dominicans would await OAS action.
	www.blythe.org /nytransfer-subs/97-09cari/THE_WAR_WITH_HAITI-pt_2 (3241 words)

	Windows on Haiti: The War with Haiti
		The Dominicans had instructed their consul in Jamaica to go through the motions of trying to stop the Trujillos' departure but doing it too late.
		At 9:30 P.M., Cass told me that the Dominican Navy had a frigate on the north coast ready to put to sea and that three thousand ground troops had begun to move to the border at Dajabon, Elias Pina, and Jimani.
		Bosch would actually send Dominican troops across the border "to advance onto Haitian territory at least a few miles, enough to give the impression of a genuine attack." He was sure the Haitian population near the frontier would not resist.
	haitiforever.com /windowsonhaiti/warwh.shtml (8440 words)

	PEACE BY COMMITTEE:
		Interim Dominican leader General Imbert's first act of conciliation was to announce "full support of the OAS and proposed OAS-sponsored elections...." He had previously been intransigent in dealing with the US as a unitary actor.
		The OAS operation in the Dominican Republic was not free of this phenomenon.
		The Dominican counter-intelligence database had to be "built from scratch," and poor maps were responsible for many soldiers wandering into hostile areas and being shot or mistreated.
	www.fas.org /man/eprint/bullock.htm (20585 words)

	The Daily Texan
		Survivor Carlos Pinero told authorities about 60 Dominicans were aboard the sailboat when it left the southern Dominican coastal town of La Romana.
		One of three known survivors died Friday night and a second survivor was in stable condition, said Karen Ramirez, a spokeswoman from the Dominican Embassy in Haiti.
		Dominican Navy chief Luis Alberto Humeau Hidalgo said the navy has been cracking down on illegal voyages.
	tspweb02.tsp.utexas.edu /webarchive/03-19-01/2001031903_s01_At.html (222 words)

	Bid for Columbus DNA test rejected - Genetic Genealogy - MSNBC.com
		Dominican Navy soldiers provide security to the tomb of Christopher Columbus inside the "Faro a Colon" or "Columbus lighthouse" in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
		Authorities in Spain and the Dominican Republic both claim to have the remains of Columbus, a subject that historians have been debating for over 100 years.
		Spain and the Dominican Republic both boast ornate graves claiming to hold his remains.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6228731 (651 words)

	Dominican Campaign Medal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Dominican Campaign Medal was awarded for qualifying service between the inclusive dates of May 5 and December 4, 1916.
		The Dominican Campaign Medal was awarded to Navy and Marine Corps personnel who served ashore in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) or aboard certain ships in support thereof between May 5 and December 4, 1916.
		The colors of the ribbon to the Dominican Campaign Medal are the same as those of the Haitian Campaign Medal, but reversed.
	foxfall.com /csm-navy-dcm.htm (375 words)

	Program Executive Office Ships Homepage - Current and Future Surface Combatant, Amphibious and Auxiliary Ships
		The COMREL project is the second one in which Sailors from Stout have participated as part of “Partnership of the Americas,” a maritime training and readiness deployment of U.S. Naval forces with countries from the Caribbean and Latin America in support of U.S. Southern Command objectives for enhanced maritime security.
		SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (NNS) -- U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic Hans H. Hertell visited USS Stout (DDG 55) while in port in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, April 17, as part of the ship’s “Partnership of the Americas” deployment.
		Navy Recruiting Command used Howard to illustrate to prospective Sailors that they too can serve aboard one of the Navy’s technologically advanced Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers.
	peoships.crane.navy.mil /news/Apr06.htm (3951 words)

	Military of the Dominican Republic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Military of the Dominican Republic consists of approximately 44,000 active duty personnel, about 30 percent of which are utilized for non-military operations, including security providers for government owned non-military facilities, toll security, prison guards, forestry workers and other state enterprises.
		The Dominican Republic's military is second in size to Cuba's in the Caribbean.
		They also are active in efforts to control contraband and illegal immigration from Haiti to the Dominican Republic and from the Dominican Republic to the United States.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Military_of_the_Dominican_Republic (253 words)

	USATODAY.com - Officials: Navy officers took bribes for illegal boat trip (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Six members of the Dominican navy were arrested for allegedly accepting bribes to allow a boatload of migrants to depart for Puerto Rico on an ill-fated trip that left some 55 people dead or missing, navy officials said Saturday.
		Tejaba said the arrests were made based on testimony from residents in EL Limon, the northeastern town where an estimated 86 Dominicans got into a small wooden motorboat and took off July 29 hoping to reach the wealthier U.S. territory of Puerto Rico.
		The navy continues to search for the missing, but officials say they have little hope of finding them alive.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-08-14-dominican-navy_x.htm (525 words)

	NBC: Dominicans risk lives to migrate to U.S. - World News - MSNBC.com
		Wrapped in blankets, 91 Dominican migrants bed down for the night on the Coast Guard Cutter Decisive in the Mona Passage on Friday after they were intercepted during a smuggling voyage.
		The exodus is blamed on the deteriorating Dominican economy with its skyrocketing inflation, rising unemployment, banking scandals, and disruptive power outages.
		U.S. officials said they believe many Dominican migrants are so desperate to escape the poverty of their homeland that they are willing to repeatedly risk the perils of an uncertain sea.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/4223292 (1313 words)

	Dominican Republic - NATIONAL SECURITY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Chain of command extended downward to secretary of state for the armed forces, then to deputy secretaries of state for individual branches of service, each of whom administered through a chief of staff and a general staff.
		Dominican Navy in 1989 consisted of only one offshore and seventeen inshore vessels, mostly United States-made craft of World War II vintage.
		Dominican Air Force assets somewhat more modern and included Cessna A-37B Dragonfly jets and C-47 transports.
	www.country-data.com /cgi-bin/query/r-3780.html (146 words)

	MigrantStory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The bow was turned west and the engines brought up, plowing through the same waters the migrants had recently traveled, though in the opposite direction and without the roomy stability and safety they were now experiencing.
		She pulled into La Romana, a port on the southeastern coast, where members of the Dominican Navy were on hand to assume responsibility for the migrants.
		After parking the 46-foot wide hulk in the berth, shared by a 500-foot plus cargo ship, one-by-one the Dominican nationals were assisted to the pier where they were lined up and led up and over a hill.
	www.uscg.mil /lantarea/publicaffairs/FeatureStories/MigrantStory.htm (1623 words)

	World - Dominican Today (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		SANTO DOMINGO.- Some 60 Dominican immigrants that tried to reach Puerto Rico illegally in a makeshift boat were arrested, the Coastal Guard said.
		They said that the detainees were repatriated to their country during an operation between the American and Dominican authorities.
		He added that the Dominican Navy repatriated the immigrants that same Friday, after the American officials treated a 7 year old girl for dehydration.
	www.dominicantoday.com /app/article.aspx?id=2309 (236 words)

	University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
		On June 2, upon his arrival in the Dominican capital, the Chairman of the Commission, first of all, held an interview with the Secretary General of the OAS, Dr. José A. Mora.
		Professor Manuel Bianchi expressed to the Secretary General the gratification of the Commission with the request that that body be present in the Dominican Republic for the purpose of attending to the numerous cases involving violations of human rights.
		The Commission visited this base on June 12, 1965, and interviewed 12 officers of the Dominican Navy being held prisoner in the hold of a ship of the B-A type, anchored at this naval base.
	www1.umn.edu /humanrts/iachr/country-reports/dominican1965-ch3.html (5121 words)

	CNN - Crews search for survivors after boat carrying Dominican Republic migrants capsizes - January 18, 2000
		MIAMI (CNN) -- Rescue crews on Tuesday were combing the waters in an area between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic for possible survivors after a sailboat carrying dozens of Dominican migrants capsized.
		Several people were reported to have drowned, according to the U.S. Coast Guard and Dominican Republic Navy, which conducted the search in the Mona Passage, a strait between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic connecting the Atlantic Ocean with the Caribbean Sea.
		The Dominican Navy has an 82-foot patrol boat searching the waters and the 110-foot U.S. Coast Guard cutter Grand Isle is assisting.
	edition.cnn.com /2000/US/01/18/capsized.boat.01 (324 words)

	CNN.com - Protesters die in strike clashes - Jan. 29, 2004
		The strike, to protest the worst economic crisis in decades, comes as U.S. authorities struggle to stem an exodus of Dominicans fleeing poverty in rickety boats.
		President Hipolito Mejia pleaded for calm as he pushes for a second term despite popular disapproval of his handling of the crisis, and his own party's lukewarm reception of his bid for re-election.
		On Wednesday, the Dominican Navy recovered the body of a woman who drowned when the U.S.-bound boat she was in capsized.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/americas/01/29/dominican.strike.ap/index.html (658 words)

	BBC News \| AMERICAS \| Ten die in Caribbean shipwreck
		Hundreds of Dominicans attempt to enter the US commonwealth of Puerto Rico each year, either to find work or to travel on to the United States without going through immigration controls.
		Ms Garcia, a 28-year-old from the Dominican city of Santiago, said she, like everyone else on the boat, paid $170 for the illegal journey.
		Ms Garcia said she and others from Santiago gathered in the eastern Dominican town of Bavaro, then boarded the wooden boat at midnight Monday in secrecy, fearful of being detected by Dominican Navy patrols.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/671595.stm (394 words)

	Dominican Republic Intervention, 1965
		On April 24, 1965, dissident elements of the Dominican armed forces seized the Government radio stations in Santo Domingo and attempted to overthrow the ruling civilian junta in favor of deposed former president Juan Bosch.
		Included in the huge group were the daughter of the U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, the wife of the U.S. Naval Attache, the Belgian Ambassador, 16 nuns from (ironically) the Dominican Order; and several families of seven or eight.
		As a result of the continued deterioration of the Dominican Republic situation, the 6th MEU assumed a two hour alert at 261115Q to provide assistance to the U. Department of State in the evacuation of designated personnel.
	www.history.navy.mil /wars/domrep2.htm (4966 words)

	FirstCoast News.com - Print Article
		The boats were found Friday in the Mona Passage between Puerto Rico and the eastern Dominican Republic, the Coast Guard said Saturday.
		Two more boats were sighted later, 20 miles northeast of Cabo Engano, Dominican Republic, and ships from the Coast Guard and the Dominican Republic navy intercepted them.
		The fourth boat was discovered by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plane and intercepted by the Puerto Rican maritime police, which found 16 people aboard a 20-foot boat.
	www.firstcoastnews.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=13628 (182 words)

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