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Restricted line officer. A restricted line officer is a designator given to a United States Navy and Navy Reserve line officer who is not eligible for Command at Sea. There are many different types and communities, including Engineering Duty Officers, Aerospace Engineering Duty Officers, Aerospace Maintenance Duty Officers, Naval Intelligence ...
Engineering duty officer. An engineering duty officer (EDO) is a restricted line officer in the United States Navy, involved with the design, acquisition, construction, repair, maintenance, conversion, overhaul and disposal of ships, submarines, aircraft carriers, and the systems installed aboard ( weapons, command and control, communications ...
A direct commission officer ( DCO) is a United States uniformed officer who has received an appointed commission without the typical prerequisites for achieving a commission, such as attending a four-year service academy, a four-year or two-year college ROTC program, or one of the officer candidate school or officer training school programs ...
Underway replenishment. INS Deepak (at left) conducts a RAS with INS Vikrant. Underway replenishment ( UNREP) ( U.S. Navy) or replenishment at sea ( RAS) ( North Atlantic Treaty Organization / Commonwealth of Nations) is a method of transferring fuel, munitions, and stores from one ship to another while under way.
Naval flight officer. A naval flight officer (NFO) is a commissioned officer in the United States Navy or United States Marine Corps who specializes in airborne weapons and sensor systems. NFOs are not pilots ( naval aviators ), but they may perform many "co-pilot" or "mission specialist" functions, depending on the type of aircraft.
Military Sealift Command's Prepositioning Program is an element in the US's triad of power projection into the 21st century—sea shield, sea strike and sea basing. As a key element of sea basing, afloat prepositioning provides the military equipment and supplies for a contingency forward deployed in key ocean areas before need.
CAPT Matthew Frauenzimmer. Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads ( NSA HR) is a United States Navy Echelon 4 regional support commander that is responsible to Navy Region Mid-Atlantic for the operation and maintenance of the installation of the same name that it is headquartered on. Adjacent to, but separate from Naval Station Norfolk, NSA ...
Pain above the knee. Pain above your knee can be caused by: Quadricep or hamstring tendinitis: Tendinitis happens when the tendons that attach muscles to your bones ( quadriceps and hamstrings ...