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  2. Navy Marine Corps Intranet - Wikipedia

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    Despite early challenges, NMCI will be the foundation on which the Navy and Marine Corps can build to support their broader strategic information management objectives. The U.S. Naval Institute reports that "Complaints about NMCI speed and reliability are near-constant" and a wired.com piece quotes an NMCI employee as saying:

  3. Navy Office of Information West - Wikipedia

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    The Navy Office of Information West, also referred to as NAVINFO West, is a public affairs office in Westwood, Los Angeles that serves as the primary Navy liaison to feature films, documentaries, and television programs depicting or involving the US Navy. The office was founded in 1918. [1] This office also maintains close relations and ...

  4. Flank speed - Wikipedia

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    Flank speed is an American nautical term referring to a ship 's true maximum speed but it is not equivalent to the term full speed ahead. Usually, flank speed is reserved for situations in which a ship finds itself in imminent danger, such as coming under attack by aircraft. Flank speed is very demanding of fuel and often unsustainable because ...

  5. USS Long Island (CVE-1) - Wikipedia

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    1 × 5 in (130 mm)/51 cal gun [1] 2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal guns. Aircraft carried. 30. USS Long Island (CVE-1) (originally AVG-1 and then ACV-1) was lead ship of her class and the first escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was also the second ship to be named after Long Island, New York .

  6. Marine Corps Installations West - Wikipedia

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    Kyle Wetter is the officer in charge of the marksmanship training division with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, and was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal. Subordinate commands. Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego is also a member of the MCICOM West Command.

  7. List of United States Navy ratings - Wikipedia

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    United States Navy ratings are general enlisted occupations used by the U.S. Navy since the 18th century, which denote the specific skills and abilities of the sailor. Each naval rating has its own specialty badge, which is worn on the left sleeve of dress uniforms of enlisted personnel. U.S. naval ratings are the equivalent of military ...

  8. USS Mississippi (CGN-40) - Wikipedia

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    USS Mississippi (CGN-40), a Virginia -class nuclear -powered guided-missile cruiser, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 20th state admitted to the Union. Her keel was laid down by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company at Newport News, Virginia, on 22 February 1975. She was launched on 31 July 1976.

  9. Structure of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    Furthermore, per sections 8001(a)(1), 5061(4), and 5062(a) of title 10, U.S. Code, (1) the United States Navy does not include the United States Marine Corps (2); the U.S. Marine Corps is a separate component service, from either the U.S. Navy or the U.S. Coast Guard within the Department of the Navy; and (3) the U.S. Marine Corps is not a ...