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Pathfinder of the Seas joined the United States Navy as a midshipman aboard the frigate Brandywine in 1825; became the US Naval Observatory's first superintendent in 1844, and later joined the Confederate States Navy where he was instrumental in the development of naval mines and submarines; several ships have been named in his honor [340 ...
Richard "Dick" Lyon – Rear admiral and first Bullfrog (longest-serving active duty member of the US Navy SEALs) and first UDT-SEAL to achieve flag rank. Richard "Mac" Machowicz – Former SEAL and founder of Bukido training system. Host of Discovery Channel's Futureweapons and co-host on Spike' TVs Deadliest Warrior.
The vast majority of the non-combat medals were awarded to members of the United States Navy for their actions during boiler explosions, man-overboard incidents, and other hazards of naval service. The list includes 10 Navy officers and men who earned the Medal of Honor for non-combat actions during the First World War and one who received it ...
Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1916–1960; Modern Biographical Files, Navy Department Library; VADM Civil Engineer Corps Officers List (PDF), U.S. Navy Seabee Museum, Naval History and Heritage Command
Francis J. Higginson (1843–1931), US Navy rear admiral; Jeanne M. Holm (1921–2010), US Air Force major general; first woman promoted to brigadier general in the Air Force; first woman promoted to major general in the US armed forces [8] Grace Hopper (1906–1992), US Navy rear admiral, pioneering computer scientist who coined the term "bug"
[3] [4] [5] A small number of graduates each year choose the option of cross-commissioning into the United States Air Force, United States Navy, or the United States Marine Corps. Before the founding of the United States Air Force Academy in 1955, the academy was a major source of officers for the Air Force and its predecessors.
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This is a list of Navy Cross recipients for actions of valor carried out during the Korean War, awarded by the United States Department of the Navy.. The Korean War was an escalation of border clashes between two rival Korean regimes, created at the end of World War II by the division of Korea into two occupation zones (a U.S. and Soviet one), with each Korean regime trying to topple the other ...