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	Ireland: the Naval Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Irish Naval Service flags website at http://www.military.ie/naval/naval_flags.htm shows the harp on the Jack with its strings upright (in the playing position) and gives the colour of those strings as "silver", rather than with yellow strings at an angle as we show here.
		The senior officer of the Irish Naval Service holds the rank of commodore and flies a swallowtail green pennant with a single yellow star centered between the point of the fork and the hoist.
		The Naval Service colour was presented to the Naval Service on 12 July 1996 by her Excellency, President Mary Robinson.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ie-naval.html (811 words)

	Naval Service - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Naval Service is the maritime branch of the British Armed Forces.
		The term Naval Service is an official one, and is not in widespread use: most people, in the UK and elsewhere, refer to the Service as a whole as the Royal Navy (e.g., by describing the Royal Marines as part of the Royal Navy).
		The April 2005 reported strength of the Naval Service was 36,320 (regulars).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Naval_Service (214 words)

	Irish Naval Service - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Irish Naval Service (Irish "Serbhís Cabhlaigh na hÉireann") is the navy of the Republic of Ireland and is one of the three standing branches of the Irish Defence Forces (Óglaigh na hÉireann).
		Naval service vessels are all named with traditional Irish female names, taken from history and Celtic mythology.
		The subsequent strain put on the Naval Service prompted funding from the European Community to build and purchase seven ships, all of which are in service today, apart from LÉ Setanta, which was sold in 1980.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Irish_Naval_Service (843 words)

	ReadyAyeReady.com - The Canadian Navy
		That resolution, approving the establishment of a Canadian Naval Service, was passed unanimously in the House of Commons in Ottawa.
		A third group disliked any form of naval policy, and had the farsighted notion that ‘air ships’ should be investigated because the encouragement of air activities might mean more to the country in the near future that a whole fleet of small cruisers or even of dreadnoughts.
		It created a Department of the Naval Service under the Minister of Marine and Fisheries, who would be the minister of the Naval Service, and authorized the appointment of a Deputy Minister.
	www.readyayeready.com /timeline/1910s/naval-service-act.htm (1010 words)

	US CODE: Title 22,4056. Creditable service
		Conversely, any such service performed after December 31, 1976, that would not be creditable under specified conditions under section 8332 of title 5, shall be excluded under this part under the same conditions.
		(B) each period of military or naval service performed after December 31, 1956, and before the separation on which the entitlement to annuity under this part is based, only if a deposit (with interest if any is required) is made with respect to that period, as provided in section 4045 (e) of this title.
		All periods of service for which full contributions to the Fund are made under this subsection shall be counted as creditable service for purposes of this part and shall not, unless all retirement credit is transferred, be counted as creditable service under any other Government retirement system.
	www.law.cornell.edu /uscode/uscode22/usc_sec_22_00004056----000-.html (1106 words)

	Irish Naval Service
		In Sept 1946 the Marine Service became a component of the Defence Forces.
		With the disposal in 1952 of the last craft which had served during the war, these three corvettes became the backbone of the Naval Service during the 1950's and 60's.
		The first Naval Service Cadet intake were trained at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, UK in 1947.
	homepage.eircom.net /~insrfc/irishns.htm (416 words)

	Naval Service of Jimmy Carter
		James Earle (Jimmy) Carter, Jr., who in 1976 became the fifth consecutive President with prior Navy service, was born in Plains, Georgia on 1 October 1924, to Lillian Gordy and James Earle Carter.
		From 1 March to 8 October, Carter was preparing to become the engineering officer for the nuclear power plant to be placed in USS Seawolf (SSN 575), one of the first submarines to operate on atomic power.
		Carter was honorably discharged on 9 October 1953 at Headquarters, Third Naval District in New York City.
	www.history.navy.mil /faqs/faq60-14.htm (668 words)

	Naval History Magazine: Looking Back, by Paul Stillwell (Feb. 03)
		Several years ago, the Naval Institute was raising funds to convert part of the former Annapolis Naval Hospital into new headquarters for the organization.
		He had been a naval officer during World War II and retained warm memories of his service during his postwar career as a businessman.
		Both were aggressive, utterly dedicated to the naval service, and possessed considerable courage.
	www.usni.org /NavalHistory/Articles03/NHlookback02.htm (804 words)

	Royal Naval Patrol Service
		For service records dating from 1924 to 1939 please write to the Ministry of Defence, Directorate of Personnel Support (Navy), (Hayes), Bourne Avenue, Hayes, Middlesex UB3 1RF (subsequently referred to as DPS Hayes).
		Details of naval personnel who were buried at sea are contained in memorial registers produced by the Commission.
		The Royal Naval Museum Library is situated within the Naval Base at Portsmouth, adjacent to the Historic Dockyard, in a purposely refurbished eighteenth century navy storehouse, with environmentally controlled bookstore, and reading room with space for 24 readers.
	www.harry-tates.org.uk /resources.htm (1591 words)

	Naval Training Center Orlando History
		Commissioned on July 1,1968, the Naval Training Center, Orlando, was established to enhance the manpower training capabilities of the United States Navy.
		A decision was made in the nation's capital to develop a third Naval Training Center, and on December 6, 1966, the Honorable Robert H. Baldwin, then Under Secretary of the Navy, announced that the city of Orlando had been chosen as the site of the Navy's newest and most modern training facility.
		Additionally, the Naval Training Center is host command for the Naval Training Device Center, which is responsible for the research, development, production,' maintenance, and modification of air, sea, subsurface, land, and space trainers applicable to all types of military situations.
	www.netpath.net /~juanvdez/ntchistory.htm (1217 words)

	Naval Museum of Manitoba - HMCS CHIPPAWA - Winnipeg, Manitoba
		On November 26th 1917, a letter was sent from the First Lord of the Admiralty to King George V requesting approval of a proposal to form a Service called the ‘The Women’s Royal Naval Service’.
		For although the W.R.N.S. was a far older service, it was an auxiliary to the Navy, not an integral part of it as in Canada.
		The women were referred to as Wrens, but with the unification of the armed services in the late sixties the names of the women’s groups in the services was dropped.
	www.naval-museum.mb.ca /wrens/index.htm (1257 words)

	USNA Admissions - About the USNA
		As the undergraduate college of the Naval service, the Naval Academy prepares young men and women to become professional officers in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.
		Naval Academy students are midshipmen on active duty in the U.S. Navy.
		The Naval Academy also is the final resting place of Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones whose words, "I have not yet begun to fight," have inspired generations of U.S. Navy officers.
	www.usna.edu /Admissions/aboutusna.htm (1744 words)

	NAVAL ORDER OF THE UNITED STATES
		The Naval Order through his efforts and guidance, and with the concurrent encouragement of President Theodore Roosevelt, became the prime mover in organizing the Navy League of the United States, which was chartered in New York in 1902.
		Naval records and artifacts can be found today in many repositories including the National Archives, Federal Records Center, Library of Congress, and the Naval Historical Center, all in Washington, DC in the service academies and graduate schools and in many state historical and maritime museum collections.
		The Naval Order has elected to place its own records, including all original copes of Applications for Membership with their detailed narrative of eligibility, in the custody of the US Naval Institute at Annapolis, Maryland.
	www.navalorder.org /about.htm (1237 words)

	Royal Canadian Naval Medical Service
		These surgeon probationers were first or second year medical students who took a short course in the naval hospital and were sent to sea as medical officers in destroyers or other ships too small to warrant carrying a qualified surgeon.
		The naval ambulance and ambulance train were the same as those employed in the army except for fittings to receive cots instead of stretchers.
		The Llandovery Castle, assigned to the Canadian service was sunk by submarine June 27, 1918.
	www.gwpda.org /naval/rcnmed00.htm (1587 words)

	Naval Hospital Bremerton - Public Affairs
		The American Red Cross (ARC) hospital services volunteers were recognized for their timely commitments and many contributions with a appreciation ceremony yesterday hosted by Captain Catherine Wilson, NHB Commanding Officer.
		Naval Hospital Bremerton conducted their quarterly participation in the "Adopt a Highway" cleanup efforts, in conjunction with the Washington State Department of Transportation Saturday, Sept. 30.
		Julia Pickering, retired Navy commander, Nurse Corps, and current chief of American Red Cross volunteer efforts at Naval Hospital Bremerton, is surprised by the hospital's commanding officer, Captain Catherine Wilson, with a CO's coin of excellence, for her over 10 years of stellar volunteer service to the hospital.
	www.navalhospitalbremerton.org /PAO.html (4644 words)

	Naval Science Classes
		This course is a comprehensive, introductory study of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps' history and traditions, complex organization and structure, officer career paths, and the role of the naval service in supporting national policies.
		It is a course of instruction designed to be the foundation for future courses in Naval Science as well as a basic look at the Naval service, past, present, and future.
		An analysis of the theory and principles of operation of naval weapons systems, including types of weapons and fire-control systems, capabilities and limitations, theory of target acquisiton, identification and tracking, trajectory principles and the basics of naval ordnance.
	www.nd.edu /~nrotc/nsci.shtml (392 words)

	Naval Hospital Jax: Hospital News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Naval Hospital Jacksonville and outlying Branch Health Clinic pharmacies comprise one of the busiest pharmacy networks in the entire Navy, filling and dispensing thousands of prescriptions daily.
		“Naval Hospital Jacksonville is committed to operational readiness and we strive to have those fighting the war on terrorism, and those supporting the war-fighter, return to their work centers expeditiously” said Fuller.
		Naval Hospital Jacksonville and its Branch Health Clinic pharmacies use the Q-MATIC label system to reduce waiting times for patients such as these in the hospital’s outpatient pharmacy.
	www.navalhospitaljax.com /news/abc.asp (638 words)

	Canadian Naval Recruiting 1914-1918
		By these means about seventeen hundred men were enrolled for service with the Royal Navy; and the number would probably have been larger had not the east coast patrols, later in the war, become the primary naval need as far as manning was concerned.
		The divisional organization, however, continued to be used for obtaining naval recruits generally until the end of the war, when the district offices were closed.
		In all about eight thousand officers and ratings were enrolled in the Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve, including the Overseas Division, during the period of the war, at the close of which the reservists were demobilized and the organization was allowed to lapse.
	www.gwpda.org /naval/rcnrecr.htm (921 words)

	Great Lakes Naval Museum Association - Vision Statement
		The vision of the Great Lakes Naval Museum is to enhance and become an integral part of the training mission of the Naval Service Training Command, Great Lakes, by instilling in our newest sailors a strong sense of tradition and heritage of Naval service in the United States.
		The Great Lakes Naval Museum's mission is to inform, educate and inspire Sailors, family members and the general public by presenting the history, diversity, rich tradition and proud heritage of American Naval service.
		The Great Lakes Naval Museum also intends to preserve the physical legacy and experience of Naval boot camp training, and to interpret and present its history to the widest possible audience.
	www.greatlakesnavalmuseum.org /vision.htm (373 words)

	Naval History of the Civil War May 1863
		all persons serving in the land forces of the Confederate States who shall desire to be transferred to the naval service, and whose transfer as seamen or ordinary seamen shall be applied for by the Secretary of the Navy, shall be transferred from the land to the naval service.
		But the great want, the absolute necessity of the place if it is to be held against naval attack, is heavy guns, larger caliber.'' So well did the Confederates do their job that Fort Fisher successfully dominated Cape Fear until the massive amphibious operation in January 1865.
		I know' that your service is one of great anxiety, and irksome, with but little compensation save the pleasure of knowing that you are doing your duty toward your country.
	www.multied.com /Navy/cwnavalhistory/May1863.html (6149 words)

	National Archives of Australia - Family History - Armed Services - Personal Records
		Record of service forms for the Royal Australian Naval Reserve from 1897 to 1912 are in CT190/1.
		Service after World War II Most records of service in the Army and RAAF after World War II, including service in Korea, Malaya and Vietnam, are still held by the Department of Defence.
		Generally civilian service information is located in the Archives office corresponding to the area in which the service was performed.
	www.naa.gov.au /the_collection/family_history/armed_services.html (1757 words)

	WS_FTP\csn\naval,laws
		That the President be and he is hereby authorized to appoint three naval storekeepers, whose duties shall be performed under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy.
		That the President may, in his discretion, appoint and assign to the naval hospitals in the Confederate States chaplains for service during the continuance of the existing war, who shall receive the same pay [248 et seq.] and emoluments as chaplains in the army.
		That the President be authorized to enlist for the war any additional number of seamen, not to exceed two thousand, that the exigencies of the naval service, and the defence of the sea-coast and of rivers and harbors may, in his judgment, render necessary.
	www.csnavy.org /naval,laws.htm (4939 words)

	NMCI - National Maritime College of Ireland - A History of the Naval Service
		There was little formal naval training and the force was disbanded in 1924, having been only 10 months in existence, with the ships either being sold or scrapped and personnel retuned to their former duties.
		Thus was born the modern day Irish Naval Service, from numbers which had slipped from 300 all ranks to 160, increased rapidly on the ratings side, to 400.
		The principal role of the Naval Service, as part of the Permanent Defence Forces, is to deter and resist armed aggression.
	www.nmci.ie /index.cfm/page/historyofirishnavals (1935 words)

	History of Naval Service and Campaign Medals
		merican bluejackets and Marines were without official medals or other visible signs of their overseas service or combat for the first 120 years of the Navy's existence, since orders, medals and decorations were seen as the trappings of royalty and empire and ran contrary to the republican spirit present at the founding of our country.
		On rare occasions, Congress authorized special commemorative medals for heroes of dramatic naval victories, but these went chiefly to the vessels' commanding officer and were not medals intended for wear on the naval uniform.
		Foreign service medals issued to U.S. forces typically are not featured separately, although they may be illustrated and identified alongside their parallel U.S. award.
	www.mrfa.org /servmeds.htm (410 words)

	John F. Kennedy's Naval Service
		A former naval officer, Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts on 29 May 1917 to Rose and Joseph P. Kennedy.
		In October 1941, Kennedy was appointed an Ensign in the U.S. Naval Reserve and joined the staff of the Office of Naval Intelligence.
		Subsequently, Kennedy was released from all active duty and finally retired from the U.S. Naval Reserve on physical disability in March 1945.
	www.history.navy.mil /faqs/faq60-2.htm (1304 words)

	VCNO Establishes Naval Service Training Command
		NAVAL STATION GREAT LAKES, Ill. (NNS) -- Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael G. Mullen presided over the official establishment of the Naval Service Training Command, Oct. 31 at Naval Station, Great Lakes.
		Vice Adm. Alfred Harms, commander, Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) was the presiding officer at the ceremony.
		Rondeau spoke of the commitment required of trainers in the Naval Service Training Command and the responsibility they have for training the Sea Warriors of the future.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=10467 (696 words)

	The Naval Memorial Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Forbes as an appeal and caused her to send a request to every public school teach of California whose school was in a coast town, or near a large river, to unite and create for California a memorial service for the naval dead by casting flowers on the waves.
		Now the Naval Memorial is an established ceremony and all vessels of the Navy hold services and cast flowers, especially floral anchors, overboard in memory of their companions and friends.
		Forbes was made an honorary member of the National Naval Association, Hopkin's Squadron, Naval Veterans, the Women's National Naval Auxiliary and many other organizations in recognition of her patriotic work.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/NHC/flowers.htm (547 words)

	Royal Naval Patrol Service
		The Royal Naval Patrol Service or Harry Tate's Navy, as it was more popularly known, was a very special service indeed with its own rules and regulations and the unique distinction of having its own exclusive Silver Badge, worn by sea-going officers and ratings alike.
		Its headquarters were at Sparrow`s Nest, the municipal pleasure ground at Lowestoft, and its fighting fleet consisted of hundreds of requisitioned trawlers, whalers, drifters, paddle steamers, yachts, tugs and the like 'Minor War Vessels' as the Admiralty called them.
		It cannot be complete because no one man can ever know the whole story of Harry Tate`s Navy but it may at least convey some of the atmosphere of those daring days when men came to Lowestoft from all over the world to join Harry Tate`s Navy.
	www.harry-tates.org.uk (564 words)

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