- Explosive Ordnance Disposal - NHHC
Today, EOD Unit ONE is headquartered at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, California, and EOD Unit TWO makes Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Virginia, its home In 1999, the EOD school was also consolidated and moved to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, where today it is a Joint EOD training facility
- Operation Iraqi Freedom - NHHC
On 20 March 2003, Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) began with preemptive airstrikes on former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s presidential palace and selected military targets The initial assault was followed by approximately 67,700 “boots on the ground” with 15,000 Navy personnel on ships in the region OIF was authorized when Iraq was found to be in breach of UN Security Council adopted
- Thunder and Lightning - The war with Iraq - NHHC
Minesweepers and EOD teams from the U S , Britain, Holland and Belgium continued to clear the path to Kuwait's main port La Salle arrived at Al Shuaibah on 12 March, after she assisted the British minesweeper HMS Cattistock (M 31) in escorting two tankers filled with fresh water and supplies through a channel to the newly-liberated Kuwait
- i Master List of US Navy Unit Awards Campaign Medals, Cold War Era . . .
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- Famous Navy Quotations - NHHC
“Damn the torpedoes, Full speed ahead!” Admiral David Glasgow Farragut (1801-1870) Aboard Hartford, Farragut entered Mobile Bay, Alabama, 5 August 1864, in two columns, with armored monitors leading and a fleet of wooden ships following
- The Sailor’s Creed - NHHC
I am a United States Sailor I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America and I will obey the orders of those appointed over me I represent the fighting spirit of the Navy and those who have gone before me to defend freedom and democracy around the world I proudly serve my country's Navy combat team with Honor, Courage and Commitment I am committed to
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The Battle of the Philippine Sea (a k a , The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot), the largest aircraft carrier action of World War II, began on 19 June 1944
- US Navy in Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001-2002 - NHHC
The U S Navy played a critical role in the immediate military response to the 9 11 attacks, codenamed Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), which formally began on 7 October 2001 and unfolded primarily in the Central Command (CENTCOM) theater of operations
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