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The grades, prefixed OF-(commissioned officers) and WO-(warrant officers) were established in the document STANAG 2116, formally titled NATO Codes for Grades of Military Personnel. In many navies, two separate ranks fall within the OF-1 grade.
The DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, generally referred to as a "DD 214", is a document of the United States Department of Defense, issued upon a military service member's retirement, separation, or discharge from active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States (i.e., U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, U.S. Coast ...
The first version of the Sailor's Creed came from an idea in 1986 by Admiral James D. Watkins, Chief of Naval Operations, to form a group that would create a Code of Ethics for the Navy. The result of this meeting at the Naval War College was the eight-point The Navy Uniform , and was later scaled down to a shorter version called the Sailor's ...
In April 1939, DesRon 7 was reactivated at Naval Base San Diego, California.In December 1940, the squadron was reformed at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island.It was equipped with newly built Benson-and Gleaves-class destroyers between June and September 1940.
The USN system identifies each compartment by a four-part code separated by hyphens. The first part of the code represents a numbered deck, the second part of the code is a hull support frame numbered sequentially from the bow, the third part of the code is a number representing compartment position with respect to the ship's centerline, and ...
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Map of the Allied landings in Sicily code-named Operation Husky on 10 July 1943. During World War Two, Task Force 80 was the designation for the Western Naval Task Force, under the command of Vice Admiral Henry K. Hewitt, USN, during the Allied invasion of Sicily and the Salerno landings, the first sustained land assault and invasion of the European continent undertaken by the Allied powers. [2]