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  2. John Henry Godfrey - Wikipedia

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    Admiral John Henry Godfrey CB (10 July 1888 – 29 August 1970) was an officer of the Royal Navy and Royal Indian Navy, specialising in navigation. Ian Fleming is said to have based James Bond's boss, "M", on Godfrey.

  3. James Bond (naval officer) - Wikipedia

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    James Bond. Commander Graham James Bond (4 October 1945 – 8 April 2016) was an officer in the Royal Australian Navy.He was best known for having discovered and charted a new deep-water shipping channel through the Great Barrier Reef, the Hydrographers Passage, which was 250 miles shorter than the previous route.

  4. No. 30 Commando - Wikipedia

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    30 Assault Unit's commander Ian Fleming based his fictional secret agent character James Bond on the commando types and their wartime achievements. See also Inspirations for James Bond. The film Age of Heroes is very loosely based on the real 30 Assault Unit.

  5. USS Stockdale (DDG-106) - Wikipedia

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    USS Stockdale (DDG-106) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy.The third U.S. Navy ship of that name, Stockdale is named after Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale (1923–2005) and is the 56th destroyer in her class.

  6. US Navy says Iran Revolutionary Guard fast-attack boats ...

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    The U.S. Navy said Monday its sailors and the United Kingdom Royal Navy came to the aid of a ship in the crucial Strait of Hormuz after Iran's Revolutionary Guard “harassed” it. Three fast ...

  7. James Stockdale - Wikipedia

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    James Bond Stockdale (December 23, 1923 – July 5, 2005) was a United States Navy vice admiral and aviator who was awarded the Medal of Honor in the Vietnam War, during which he was a prisoner of war for over seven years. Stockdale was the most senior naval officer held captive in Hanoi, North Vietnam.

  8. Naval Intelligence Division (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

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    The Foreign Intelligence Committee was established in 1882 [2] and it evolved into the Naval Intelligence Department in 1887. [3]The NID staff were originally responsible for fleet mobilisation and war plans as well as foreign intelligence collection; thus in the beginning there were originally two divisions: (1) intelligence (Foreign) and (2) Mobilisation.

  9. M (James Bond) - Wikipedia

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    Fox's M is also younger than any of the previous portrayals, [60] and his portrayal is the only instance ― to date ― of the actor playing M being younger than the actor playing Bond. The media historian James Chapman notes that while M considers Bond to be an out-dated relic, the Foreign Secretary orders the 00 section to be re-activated. [61]