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  2. 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 ...

  3. McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II - Wikipedia

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    The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II [N 1] is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy. [3] Proving highly adaptable, it entered service with the Navy in 1961 [4] before it was adopted by the United States ...

  4. United States Naval Special Warfare Command - Wikipedia

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    The United States Naval Special Warfare Command ( USNSWC ), also known as NAVSPECWARCOM and WARCOM, [4] is the naval component of United States Special Operations Command, the unified command that oversees and conducts the nation's special operations and missions. Originating in the unconventional naval units formed during World War II, WARCOM ...

  5. Operation Red Wings - Wikipedia

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    Operation Red Wings (often incorrectly referred to as Operation Redwing or Operation Red Wing ), [12] informally referred to as the Battle of Abbas Ghar, was a joint military operation conducted by the United States in the Pech District of Kunar Province, Afghanistan. It was carried out from late-June to mid-July 2005 on the slopes of a ...

  6. Operational Test and Evaluation Force - Wikipedia

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    The Operational Test and Evaluation Force ( OPTEVFOR) is an independent and objective agency within the United States Navy for the operational testing and evaluation (OT&E) of naval aviation, surface warfare, submarine warfare, C4I, cryptologic, and space systems in support Navy and Department of Defense acquisition programs.

  7. Chief of Naval Operations - Wikipedia

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    The chief of naval operations ( CNO) is the highest-ranking officer of the United States Navy. The position is a statutory office ( 10 U.S.C. § 8033) held by an admiral who is a military adviser and deputy to the secretary of the Navy. The CNO is also a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ( 10 U.S.C. § 151) and in this capacity, a military ...

  8. List of United States Navy four-star admirals - Wikipedia

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    The rank of admiral (or full admiral, or four-star admiral) is the highest rank normally achievable in the U.S. Navy. It ranks above vice admiral ( three-star admiral) and below fleet admiral ( five-star admiral ). There have been 278 four-star admirals in the history of the U.S. Navy. Of these, 237 achieved that rank while on active duty, 40 ...

  9. Operation Praying Mantis - Wikipedia

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    56 killed. 2 ships and 3 boats sunk. Operation Praying Mantis was the 18 April 1988 attack by the United States on Iranian naval targets in the Persian Gulf in retaliation for the mining of a U.S. warship four days earlier. On 14 April, the American guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts struck a mine while transiting international waters ...