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  2. Unmanned aerial vehicles in the United States military

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    The modern concept of U.S. military UAVs is to have the various aircraft systems work together in support of personnel on the ground. The integration scheme is described in terms of a "Tier" system and is used by military planners to designate the various individual aircraft elements in an overall usage plan for integrated operations.

  3. Royal Navy - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Navy was the first of the three armed forces to combine the personnel and training command, under the Principal Personnel Officer, with the operational and policy command, combining the Headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief, Fleet and Naval Home Command into a single organisation, Fleet Command, in 2005 and becoming Navy Command in 2008.

  4. Racial segregation in the United States Armed Forces

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    An African-American military policeman on a motorcycle in front of the "colored" MP entrance, Columbus, Georgia, in 1942.. A series of policies were formerly issued by the U.S. military which entailed the separation of white and non-white American soldiers, prohibitions on the recruitment of people of color and restrictions of ethnic minorities to supporting roles.

  5. United States Naval Academy - Wikipedia

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    The United States Naval Academy (USNA, Navy, or Annapolis) is a federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland.It was established on 10 October 1845 during the tenure of George Bancroft as Secretary of the Navy.

  6. Republic of Singapore Navy - Wikipedia

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    The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) is the maritime service branch of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) responsible for defending the country against any seaborne threats and as a guarantor of its sea lines of communications.

  7. Navy Marine Corps Intranet - Wikipedia

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    The Department of the Navy has shown no desire to scale back or cancel the program. On 24 March 2006 the Navy exercised its three-year, $3 billion option to extend the contract through September 2010. [1] In April 2006, users began to log on with Common Access Cards (CACs), a smartcard-based logon system called the Cryptographic Log On (CLO ...

  8. AN/SLQ-32 electronic warfare suite - Wikipedia

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    The (V)5 system incorporates a compact version of the (V)2 system along with an active jamming module—referred to as "Sidekick"—to the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates, which were too small to carry a full (V)3. [4] (V)5 suite aboard PFG-1112, consisting of a compact (V)2 (top) and Sidekick jammer (bottom).

  9. Aegis Combat System - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of the Aegis Combat System (Baseline 2-6). The Aegis Combat System (ACS) implements advanced command and control (command and decision, or C&D, in Aegis parlance). It is composed of the Aegis Weapon System (AWS), the fast-reaction component of the Aegis Anti-Aircraft Warfare (AAW) capability, along with the Phalanx Close In Weapon System (CIWS), and the Mark 41 Vertical Launch System