Initially the main task of the new Imperial Navy was coastal protection, with France and Russia seen as Germany's most likely future enemies.

Initially used by the United States Navy, Aegis is now used also by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Spanish Navy, Royal Norwegian Navy, and Republic of Korea Navy.

Initially, he rowed at Southsea Rowing Club, while stationed in Portsmouth with the Royal Navy and at Auriol Rowing Club in Hammersmith.

Initially Childers had the support of the influential Controller of the Navy, Vice-Admiral Sir

Initially this position carried real power, but with the forming of a Royal Navy and the decline of the Cinque Ports, the role of Warden became more of an honorary position bestowed to those who had given distinguished service to the state.

Initially functioning as an uncontrolled airfield, the former Navy control tower was reactivated in the early 1970s as a non-FAA facility, employing a number of retired enlisted Navy air traffic controllers who had previously served at NAS Sanford.

Initially, Confederate privateers operated primarily from New Orleans, but activity was soon concentrated in the Atlantic as the Union Navy began expanding its operations.

Initially, the Hellenic Army and the Royal Hellenic Navy operated separate Army Aviation and Naval Aviation units.

Initially the Royal Navy sought to halt the progress of the Catalpa and recapture the men, but after being fired upon once, Anthony raised the American flag.

Initially, the post was known as the Senior Enlisted Advisor of the Navy, and on 13 January 1967 GMCM Delbert Black was selected to serve a four year term in that capacity.

Initially, all other similar awards from other military services were required to be converted to the Coast Guard Combat Action Ribbon in order to be worn on the Coast Guard uniform, but the policy was modified to allow wear of the Navy / Marine Corps Combat Action Ribbon.

Initially, there were four leaders of the junta: In addition to General Augusto Pinochet, from the Army, there were General Gustavo Leigh Guzmán, of the Air Force ; Admiral José Toribio Merino Castro, of the Navy ( who replaced Constitutionalist Admiral Raúl Montero ); and General Director César Mendoza Durán, of the National Police ( Carabineros de Chile ) ( who replaced Constitutionalist General Director José María Sepúlveda ).

Initially he was a trainee navigator in RAF Volunteer Reserve and later as a sailor in the Royal Navy.

Initially, Royal Navy ships were to shadow and question Beira-bound tankers, and were only allowed to forcibly divert a tanker away after Britain obtained permission from its flag state.

Initially, the Brevet Medal ranked behind the Navy Distinguished Service Medal and was issued to 23 active, retired, and discharged Marine Corps personnel.

Initially, the decryption was mainly of Luftwaffe and a few Army messages, as the German Navy employed much more secure procedures for using Enigma.

Initially, Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps were administered by civilians wearing Royal Canadian Navy ( RCN ) uniforms, differentiated by a small anchor in place of the executive curl.

Initially, prisoners from the Merchant and Royal Navy were confined in several camps in northern Germany.

Initially tutored by his father, he went to the Royal Academy Schools early in 1808, but in the same year, after a disagreement about his art studies, ran away to sea as a Midshipman in the Royal Navy.

Initially PB-1W's retained the natural metal finish with a protective wax coat, but later the PB-1Ws were painted gloss Navy Blue overall.

Initially, Jean-Claude Duvalier resisted the dynastic arrangement that had made him Haiti's leader, having preferred that the presidency go to his older sister Marie-Denise Duvalier, and was content to leave substantive and administrative matters in the hands of his mother, Simone Ovide Duvalier, and a committee led by Luckner Cambronne, his father's Interior Minister, while he attended ceremonial functions and lived as a playboy.

Initially, these initiatives were initially not openly opposed by the Prime Minister, but were criticized by the foreign minister Dimitrij Rupel, Drnovšek's former collaborator and close political ally until 2004.

Initially, Fianna Fáil's Brian Lenihan had been favourite to win, however after a number of controversies arising from the brief Fianna Fáil administration of 1981 – 82, and Lenihan's dismissal as Minister for Defence mid-way through the campaign, the Labour Party's Mary Robinson emerged victorious.

Initially, this did not appear to be a problem: Borden had long called for the transfer of resource control to the prairie provinces, but when Sifton and Scott raised the issue with the new Prime Minister, little action resulted.

Initially, both Rajaji and Prime Minister Nehru were against the creation of linguistically demarcated states but as the law and order situation in the state deteriorated, both were forced to accept the demands.

Initially, he considered Hore-Belisha for the post of Minister of Information, but decided against this when the Foreign Office raised concerns about the propaganda effect of having a Jewish politician in this position.

Initially, then Minister of Defense Pinhas Lavon refused to release Zichroni, though he was eventually discharged from the army reserves.

Initially during the war, Greece followed a course of neutrality, with the Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos favoring the Entente and pro-German King Constantine I advocating neutrality.

Initially he was successful and earned the nickname Iron Hans or Iron Minister because of his ability to exercise strict budget discipline.

Initially, imported oil was taxed much more than British-produced coal, but in 1934 Oliver Stanley, the Minister for Transport, reduced taxes on fuel oils while raising the Road Fund charge on road locomotives to £ 100 per year, provoking protests by engine manufacturers, hauliers, showmen and the coal industry.

Initially, Monti was also Minister of Economy and Finance.

Initially, Alphonse had an influential supporter for his position through his long friendship with statesman Léon Say, a former employee of the Rothschild's Northern Railway Company who became the Minister of Finance in 1872.

Initially Awadhesh Pratap Singh became the Chief Minister of the Baghelkhand Division and Kamta Prasad Saxena became the Chief Minister of the Bundelkhand Division but soon Awadhesh Pratap Singh became the Chief Minister of the whole state.

Initially, Sharon refused to resign, and Prime Minister Menachem Begin refused to fire him.

Initially, German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück rejected any possibility of expanding the agreement, but subsequently German government spokesman Thomas Steg said that Germany was willing to discuss the possibility of making extra pension payments to Holocaust survivors if the Israeli government makes an official request.

Initially conceived by the Prussian Finance Minister Hans, Count von Bülow, as a Prussian customs union in 1818, the Zollverein linked the many Prussian and Hohenzollern territories.

Initially, his two main roles were Minister of Revenue and Minister of Customs.

Initially serving as the law secretary for Law Minister Jogendra Nath Mandal and Prime minister Liaquat Ali Khan, Cornelius played an integral role setting the court system while advising the law minister and the prime minister.

Initially, Norton demanded £ 10, 000 from Melbourne, but Melbourne refused to be blackmailed, and Norton instead took the Prime Minister to court.

Initially the post was called " Minister of War Production " when it was created in February 1942, but the first Minister, Lord Beaverbrook, resigned after only two weeks in office.

Initially, Ribbentrop planned to emigrate to German East Africa, where he hoped to become a planter.

Initially, Germany hoped to transform Poland into a satellite state, but by March 1939 German demands had been rejected by the Poles three times, which led Hitler to decide, with enthusiastic support from Ribbentrop, upon the destruction of Poland as the main German foreign policy goal of 1939.

Initially they hoped the American slang name would obscure any reference to the study of nuclear structure ; eventually, the word became a standard unit in particle physics.

Initially, the accord opened up dialogue in Peru ’ s political arena, but within a year, the public considered it to be less effective than had been hoped.

Initially they had hoped to take refuge with the Crow nation in the Montana Territory, but when the Crow refused to grant them aid, the Nez Perce went north in an attempt to reach asylum with Sioux Chief Sitting Bull and his followers who had fled to Canada in 1876.

Initially the men hoped to be able to wait for the British 2nd Army to resume their advance and thus relieve them, but when it became clear that the Allies would not cross the Rhine that year the men decided to escape back to Allied territory.

Initially, Reality Bites did not perform as well at the box office as the studio had hoped.

Initially, the Iron Guard hoped to encompass any political faction, regardless of its position on the political spectrum, that wished to combat the rise of communism in the USSR.

Initially, the Soviet leadership hoped for a successful socialist revolution in Germany as part of the " world revolution ".

Initially, Lovestone and Wolfe hoped to eventually be welcomed back into the Communist movement but when changes in the Comintern's line failed to result in a rapprochement, the CP ( O ) moved further and further away from communism.

Initially, she had hoped to be an artist and studied art as a teenager.

Initially it was hoped that the syndicate would sell national advertising space that would run in all five papers, but this never happened.

Initially, Ochs had hoped for the magazine to release one single concert, but when the material he presented to them came up far too short for a full LP and not featuring several of his best and well-known numbers, he suggested they splice on whatever they desired.

Initially conceived as a branch of the Sydney institution of the same name the hospital was intended to be a charitable institution, which was hoped would help bolster Melbourne's minimal health care.

Initially, Iraqi election officials had hoped that results of the balloting would be made public by October 19.