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The Marine Corps Installations Pacific (MCIPAC) is the single, regional authority for accountability of regional installation management resources and services within the Pacific area of operations. MCIPAC was established to increase regional installation management effectiveness. MCIPAC implements policies, develops regional strategies and ...
The Myanmar Navy ( Burmese: တပ်မတော် (ရေ); [taʔmədɔ̀ jè]) is the naval warfare branch of the armed forces of Myanmar. With 16,000 personnel on duty, the navy operates more than 227 vessels. [3] Prior to 1988, the navy was small, and its role in counter-insurgency operations was smaller than those of the army and the air ...
The United Arab Emirates Navy ( UAEN) is the naval branch of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces. It is small force of about 3,000 personnel. [1] It maintains 12 well-equipped coastal patrol boats and eight missile boats . Although primarily concerned with coastal defense, the Navy is constructing a six-unit class of blue water corvettes in ...
It is one of the four branches of Italian Armed Forces and was formed in 1946 from what remained of the Regia Marina (Royal Navy) after World War II. As of August 2014, the Italian Navy had a strength of 30,923 active personnel, with approximately 184 vessels in service, including minor auxiliary vessels. It is considered a multiregional and a ...
By Kirsty Needham. SYDNEY (Reuters) - China has urged Australia to notify it of navy movements in the contested South China Sea and East China Sea, with a senior Chinese official cautioning that a ...
Ukrainian Navy. The Ukrainian Navy ( Ukrainian: Військо́во-морські́ си́ли Збро́йних сил Украї́ни, ВМС ЗСУ, romanized : Viiskovo–morski syly Zbroinykh syl Ukrainy, VMS ZSU, lit. 'Military Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine') is the maritime forces of Ukraine and one of the five branches ...
The Bolivian Navy (Spanish: Armada Boliviana) is a branch of the Armed Forces of Bolivia.As of 2008, the Bolivian Navy had approximately 5,000 personnel. Although Bolivia has been landlocked since the War of the Pacific and the Treaty of Peace and Friendship (1904), Bolivia established a River and Lake Force (Fuerza Fluvial y Lacustre) in January 1963 under the Ministry of National Defense.
Operational history Bulgarian torpedo gunboat Nadezhda Drazki as a museum ship on static display in Varna, Bulgaria First Balkan War. The Bulgarian Navy's first combat action was the 1912 Battle of Kaliakra during the First Balkan War, when four Bulgarian torpedo boats attacked the Ottoman cruiser Hamidiye; Bulgarian torpedo boat Drazki managed to score a hit, forcing Hamidiye to retreat back ...