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  2. Naval Station Norfolk - Wikipedia

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    Pictured December 20, 2012. /  36.94500°N 76.31306°W  / 36.94500; -76.31306. Naval Station Norfolk is a United States Navy base in Norfolk, Virginia, that is the headquarters and home port of the U.S. Navy's Fleet Forces Command. The installation occupies about 4 miles (6.4 km) of waterfront space and 11 miles (18 km) of pier and wharf ...

  3. United States Navy Reserve - Wikipedia

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    The United States Navy Reserve (USNR), known as the United States Naval Reserve from 1915 to 2005, is the Reserve Component (RC) of the United States Navy.Members of the Navy Reserve, called Reservists, are categorized as being in either the Selected Reserve (SELRES), the Training and Administration of the Reserve (TAR), the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR), or the Retired Reserve.

  4. Naval Station New York - Wikipedia

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    Naval Station New York was a United States Navy Naval Station on Staten Island in New York City, closed in 1994. Opened in 1990, it was part of the Reagan administration 's Strategic Homeport program. The station had two sections: a Strategic Homeport in Stapleton where ships docked, and a larger section occupying Fort Wadsworth, where ...

  5. Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia - Wikipedia

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    Length and surface. 13/31. 3,659 metres (12,005 ft) Concrete. Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia is a British Ministry of Defence facility leased to the United States Navy, located on the atoll Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. Camp Thunder Cove is part of the facility, and is operated by the United States Armed Forces and British Armed Forces.

  6. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 26 - Wikipedia

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    RADM Mark Fung. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion TWO SIX (NMCB 26) was a United States Navy Seabee battalion commissioned in 1942 for support to Naval Operations in the Pacific Theater in World War II and later a Reserve Naval Construction Battalion based in various locations in the Midwest from 1962 until 2014.

  7. VR-62 - Wikipedia

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    VR-62. Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 62 (VR-62), nicknamed the Nomads, is one of five U.S. Navy Reserve squadrons operating the Lockheed C-130T Hercules medium-lift cargo aircraft. Based at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida, the squadron is manned by a combination of traditional part-time drilling Selected Reservists (SELRES) and a ...

  8. USS Germantown (LSD-42) - Wikipedia

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    USS Germantown (LSD-42) is the second Whidbey Island -class dock landing ship in the United States Navy. She is the second navy ship named after the Revolutionary War Battle of Germantown . Germantown was the first ship in the class to serve in the Pacific. The amphibious ship 's mission is to project power ashore by transporting and launching ...

  9. USS Nimitz - Wikipedia

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    USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, and the lead ship of her class.One of the largest warships in the world, she was laid down, launched, and commissioned as CVAN-68, "aircraft carrier, attack, nuclear powered", but she was later redesignated as CVN-68, "aircraft carrier, multi-mission, nuclear-powered", on 30 June 1975, as part of a fleet-wide realignment ...