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The Moorer-Radford Affair was a political scandal involving members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who operated an espionage operation against President Richard Nixon's Cabinet, from 1970 to 1971. [ 1 ]
Thomas Hinman Moorer (February 9, 1912 – February 5, 2004) was an admiral and naval aviator in the United States Navy who served as the 18th Chief of Naval Operations from 1967 to 1970 and 7th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1970 to 1974. [1]
Michiel de Ruyter (Dutch pronunciation: [miˈxil də ˈrœytər]) is a 2015 Dutch film about the 17th-century admiral Michiel de Ruyter directed by Roel Reiné.The film had its world premiere in the Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum in Amsterdam on 26 January 2015 [2] and has been released in cinemas in the Netherlands on 29 January 2015. [3]
Originally established in 1907 as a two-star rear admiral's billet, the position has been held by a four-star admiral since March 19, 1915. As of April 4, 2024, Admiral Stephen Koehler is the 65th and current Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet. [1]
four-star admiral. The rank of admiral (or full admiral, or four-star admiral) is the highest rank normally achievable in the United States Navy. It ranks above vice admiral (three-star admiral) and below fleet admiral (five-star admiral). There have been 279 four-star admirals in the history of the U.S. Navy.
Veterans bring a lot to the table, Admiral Bill McRaven, a retired United States Navy four-star admiral, said on the Warrior Money podcast. He noted that vets develop great teamwork and leadership ...
At Norfolk Naval Base in the opening months of World War II, Lieutenant John W. Harkness, a newly commissioned officer, bids goodbye to wife Ellie and reports aboard the PC-1168 unaware that his civilian background in engineering and his Rutgers education has elected him, by means of a hole punched in an IBM card, to head a secret project and command the ship.
Three hundred love letters written during WWII were discovered in a trunk and tell the story of a forbidden love between two gay men.