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  United States Navy - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The navy was a part of the conflict from the very beginning of American involvement to the very end of the war, and proved to be a vital element in the success of the Allies.
United States naval strategy changed to that of forward deployment in support of U.S. allies with an emphasis on carrier battle groups.Palmer, Michael A. "The Navy: The Transoceanic Period, 1945-1992".
The Navy is administered by the Department of the Navy, led by the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV).
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 Military awards of the United States Department of the... - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 United States Navy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The United States Navy is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations.
During the American Civil War the Navy was an innovator in use of ironclad warships but after the war slipped into A modernization program beginning in the 1880s brought the US into the first of the world's navies by the beginning the 20th century.
The Navy saw relatively little action during World War I but the primary goal of the attack on Pearl Harbor was to cripple the Navy in Pacific Ocean.
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 **************** History of the United States Navy ***************
This brief history of the United States Navy is presented by, and from the perspective of, the United States Navy Veterans Association.
By 1807 there existed in the United States a clear political consensus supporting a naval establishment, but the primary, and limited, theme of that Navy was still the protection of U.S. maritime commerce, and not the projection of American power, or even the protection of vital national interests.
The Navy's first airfield was built at Annapolis in 1911, and the first naval air station was established at Pensacola in 1916, but it was not really until the late 1930s, after the threat of Hitler's and Japan's militarism became apparent, that the U.S. began to re-arm.
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 Awards and decorations of the United States military... - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 United States Department of Defense
Defense, United States Department of, executive department of the federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and military affairs.
United States Department of Defense: Creation - Creation The Dept. of Defense was created by the National Security Act of 1947 by combining the...
United States Department of Defense: History - History The new defense establishment received its first test in the Korean War.
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 Navy, United States Department of the on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Official upholds Navy's selection of SATO without seeking bids; says travel is exempt from requireme...
NAVY, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE [Navy, United States Department of the] see Defense, United States Department of.
Department of the Navy Converged Enterprise Resource Planning Program: the United States Navy gets down to the business of doing business using a bold and radical initiative called the Navy ERP.
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 Navy History Bibliography: Guide
The overwhelming emphasis of the bibliography is upon United States naval history.
Nevertheless, a few sources on foreign navies, the Navy's sister services, and other defense organizations are included when those titles refer to activities that involve the United States Navy.
Considering the Navy Department Library's central role in preparing the work, it is entirely appropriate for this volume to initiate the new series.
www.history.navy.mil /biblio/biblio1/biblio1.htm   (478 words)

  
 Military Medals, Vietnam War, War Medals, Navy Medals, Military Awards, Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Unit ...
Awarded to members of the Armed Forces, including members of Reserve components on active or inactive duty, of the grade of lieutenant commander/major and junior thereto, for service performed on or after 1 May 1961.
Awarded in the name of the President of the United States to units of the Armed Forces of the United States and co-belligerent nations for extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy.
Awarded to members of the Armed Forces of the United States who have served for a six-month period in Vietnam, its surrounding waters or in air support against an armed enemy in Vietnam between March 1, 1961 and March 28, 1973.
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 U.S. Military Online by William M. Arkin
For brevity, only military units at higher echelons are included (e.g., generally down to wing-level in the Air Force, division and separate brigade in the Army, regiment in the Marines, wing and group level in the Navy).
Department of the Air Force homepage inaugurated in April 1995, and including the Air Force Library of biographies, fact sheets on Air Force organizations and weapons systems, an FAQ, publications, and speeches and testimony by Air Force civilian and military leaders.
Department of the Navy homepage inaugurated in November 1993 and one of the best "public affairs" libraries of FAQs, biographies, speeches, testimony, publications, fact sheets, etc. Status of the US Navy is updated weekly.
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Navy officers with a proficiency in a foreign language, those who had foreign travel or who had intelligence-like experience, had their names kept on file at the former Bureau of the Navy as candidates for assignment to billets at ONI and at Navy attache posts overseas.
Navy and Marine Corps Intelligence Officers were badly needed to brief pilots and debrief missions, and to ensure the flow of intelligence from combat reports to the commanders.
Navy Intelligence education and training is in a constant state of re-invention, re-organization, and re-shaping, and it continues to adjust to the realities of a changing world--declining defese resources, the telecommunications technology explosion, and new and expanded missions.
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 USMA Department of Social Sciences -- Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This award is the government equivalent of the Malcom Baldridge Award.
On 8 March, the Deputy Head of the Department of Social Sciences, Colonel Cindy Jebb, was made a Permanent Professor of the United States Military Academy in a ceremony led by LTG Lennox.
The partnership between the Department of Social Sciences and the Port Authority was an idea that was jointly initiated by Mr.
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 U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
NRL is the corporate research laboratory for the Navy and Marine Corps and conducts a broad program of scientific research, technology and advanced development.
NRL has served the Navy and the nation for nearly 80 years and continues to meet the complex technological challenges of today's world.
James King, Chief Librarian for NRL's Ruth H. Hooker Library, is the recipient of the 2006 Lexis/Nexis Special Libraries Association (SLA) Innovations in Technology Award.
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 United States Navy Veterans Association
It is the manifest destiny of the United States to proclaim those truths, that shining city, that light unto the world.
What is more important is the spirit of the Treaty, and that spirit, regardless whether a given country state is a signatory or not, is that if the world has a bunch of small states with half-crazed governments turning out nuclear weapons, the world itself is in clear and present danger.
But if requests for international cooperation are not successful, and the national security of the United States is at stake, then we as a people should be resolved, despite the loss of lives, to act in our own self defense without asking anybody's permission first, or listening to their Monday morning quarterbacking after the fact.
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 AWOLBush.com - Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Based on the criteria "shall be awarded" there would have been nothing to keep the TANG from awarding Lt. Dubya that medal, if his eligibility period was not interrupted.
According to AP, "Under Texas law, a copy of military personnel files of those serving in the Texas Air National Guard must be retained on microfilm at the Texas archives." The Texas Air National Guard has told AP that the files in the Texas state archive are under control of the federal government.
Had my unit been called up, I would have gone overseas." (from CNN article 7/4/99.) Well, except if it was after August of 1972, when he was no longer flying since he was suspended and neither the Texas nor Alabama National Guard had any idea where he was.
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 Index of the United States Navy's web site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Department of the Navy Human Resources Online — Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Civilian Personnel and Equal Employment Opportunity [DASN (CP/EEO)] and the Department of the Navy Human Resources Operations Center (HROC): DoN civilian vacancy and training announcements and other information.
Fed World — Employment opportunities with the Federal government, including the Department of the Navy.
The Coast Guard is an agency of the Department of Transportation and reports to the Navy during times of war.
www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/.www/subject.html   (1445 words)

  
 Marine Corps News -> Rochester, N.Y. Marine, receives Navy Cross   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In effect since April 1917, and established by an Act of Congress on Feb. 4, 1919, the Navy Cross may be awarded to any person who, while serving with the Navy or Marine Corps, distinguishes himself/herself in action by extraordinary heroism not justifying an award of the Medal of Honor.
The action must take place under one of three circumstances: while engaged in action against an enemy of the United States; while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force; or, while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict in which the United States is not a belligerent party.
To earn a Navy Cross the act to be commended must be performed in the presence of great danger or at great personal risk and must be performed in such a manner as to render the individual highly conspicuous among others of equal grade, rate, experience, or position of responsibility.
www.usmc.mil /marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/lookupstoryref/200456162723   (787 words)

  
 Rackbuilder @ armyawards.com
If more than one decoration is awarded by the same agency, the decorations will be worn in the order of precedence as established by the awarding agency.
Service medals and ribbons awarded by the other US services may be worn on the Army uniform, except the Air Force Longevity Service Award Ribbon and Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard marksmanship ribbons.
Soldiers who are awarded a United Nations Medal may wear the first UN medal with unique suspension and service ribbon for which they qualify.
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 Frequently Asked Questions about the Navy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Department of Defense Inspector General Web site: http://www.dodig.osd.mil
Precedence of the Navy and the Marine Corps (Who is senior?)
More suggestions for finding answers and the opportunity to make comments about the web site are found on the FEEDBACK page.
www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/.www/faq.html   (205 words)

  
 U.S. Department of Defense Press Resources
Petty Officer 2nd Class Greg Harman conducts a periodic maintenance check on a jet engine.
U.S. Navy sailors perform maintenance on an EA-6B Prowler aircraft.
U.S. Army soldiers load onto a C-130 Hercules aircraft.
www.defenselink.mil /news   (173 words)

  
 Phrostbite's US Military Links
United States Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Oversight ATSD-IO United States Center for Army Lessons Learned CALL Virtual Research Library
United States Department of Navy,Bureau of Medicine and Surgery BUMED
United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence DASDI
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 DSCA Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
DSCA notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Pakistan of Weapons for the F-16C/D Block 50/52 Aircraft
DSCA notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Pakistan of 36 F-16C/D Block 50/52 Aircraft.
DSCA notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Japan of SM-3 Block IA Standard missiles
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