" It was also claimed that officials at the Navy board of inquiry stated that the planes " flew off to Mars.

As stated in the U. S. Code, the Commandant shall preside over the Headquarters, Marine Corps, transmit the plans and recommendations of the Headquarters, Marine Corps, to the Secretary and advise the Secretary with regard to such plans and recommendations, after approval of the plans or recommendations of the Headquarters, Marine Corps, by the Secretary, act as the agent of the Secretary in carrying them into effect, exercise supervision, consistent with the authority assigned to commanders of unified or specified combatant commands under chapter 6 of this title, over such of the members and organizations of the Marine Corps and the Navy as the Secretary determines, perform the duties prescribed for him by section 171 of this title and other provisions of law and perform such other military duties, not otherwise assigned by law, as are assigned to him by the President, the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of the Navy.

The Navy Minister made a reply along the lines that Konoe had stated in his private conference.

In April 1940, Popular Science showed an example of a radar unit using the Watson-Watt patent in an article on air defence, but not knowing that the U. S. Army and U. S. Navy were working on radars with the same principle, stated under the illustration, " This is not U. S. Army equipment.

" In October and November 1940, Yamamoto communicated with Navy Minister Oikawa, and stated, " Unlike the pre-Tripartite days, great determination is required to make certain that we avoid the danger of going to war.

In war plans that Raeder drew up in 1931-32 stated that the Reichsmarine would start a war with an surprise attack on the Polish naval base of Gdynia that was intended to destroy the Polish Navy and would then attack French ships in the North Sea before they could enter the Baltic.

Ventura also stated that the bar, known as Mc P's, was owned by a former Navy SEAL who was his cadre instructor when in the military and that he would not misbehave at the bar.

Despite requests from the South Korea government to put North Korea back on the list after it sunk the Navy ship the ROKS Cheonan in 2010, the Obama administration stated that it will not do so because the act was conducted by only the North Korean military and was thus not an act of terror.

Together with Army General Albert C. Wedemeyer, Navy Vice Admiral Oscar C. Badger II, and others, Chennault stated that the Truman administration's arms embargo was a key factor in the loss of morale to the Nationalist armies.

It is stated by a US Navy officer in a first-season episode that " If you weren't one of their prisoners, you'd be one of ours ", due to his less-than-legal methods of accomplishing his goals.

In doing so Trenchard stated openly that the goals of the Air Arm in no way conflicted with either the Army or Navy.

The committee expressed solid support for effective unification, but stated that " there is such a thing as seeking too much unification too fast " and observed that " there has been a Navy reluctance in the interservice marriage, an over-ardent Army, a somewhat exuberant Air Force.

Sumner stated that Grant's use of the U. S. Navy as a protectorate was a violation of International law and unconstitutional.

" John Lehman, Secretary of the Navy during the Reagan administration, stated in an interview that Walker's activities enabled the Soviets to know where our submarines were at all times.

The inaccurate story that he was a Navy Cross recipient derives from a 1979 column by Hy Gardner which stated that Robards was awarded the medal.

In a 1991 Navy Office of the Judge Advocate General ( OTJAG ) review of Goodman's case, a Navy attorney stated that individuals held outside of armed conflict “ may be entitled to POW medals as a result of the amendment if the Secretary determines that the circumstances under which they were held captive were ' comparable to those under which persons have generally been held captive by enemy armed forces during periods of armed conflict.

During World War I, Piston joined the U. S. Navy as a band musician, after rapidly teaching himself to play the saxophone ; he later stated that, when " it became obvious that everybody had to go into the service, I wanted to go in as a musician ".

A letter to the Secretary of the Navy, Gideon Welles, dated June 12, 1863 written by McDougal stated, " General opinion is that the government of Japan is on the eve of revolution, the principal object of which is the expulsion of foreigners.

Bride stated that priority was given to personal messages and survivor lists over answering questions from the press and claimed that the Navy did not understand European Morse signals, which the Navy denied.

While serving with Task Force K-Bar, commander Rear Admiral Robert Harward, a US Navy SEAL, stated that the JTF2 team under his command was his first choice for any direct action.

And another one comes to me and he says, ' Look here, there's a mill in my state employs five thousand people making uniforms for the Navy.

At one time, to most Americans, unless they were fortunate enough to live near a body of navigable water, boats were considered the sole concern of fishermen, rich people, and the United States Navy.

* 1910 – The SMS Zrinyi, one of the last pre-dreadnoughts built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.

Operational control of the Navy remained the responsibility of the Lord High Admiral, who was one of the nine Great Officers of State.

Most other US Navy and allied navy destroyers, destroyer escorts, frigates, and several different classes of cruisers only carried the one ASROC ' matchbox ' MK 112 launcher with eight ASROC missiles ( although later in service, some of those missiles could be replaced by the Harpoon anti-ship missile ).

Naval operations are directed from the Ministry of Navy in Brasília through the Navy General Staff ( Estado-Maior da Armada-EMA ), six naval districts ( five oceanic and one riverine ), and two naval commands-Brasília Naval Command ( Comando Naval de Brasília-CNB ) and Manaus Naval Command ( Comando Naval de Manaus-CNM ).

During World War II, Caltech was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program which offered students a path to a Navy commission.

It was discontinued as a rank in these services during the postwar period, but as an appointment, the title " commodore " was then used to identify senior U. S. Navy captains who commanded squadrons of more than one vessel or functional air wings or air groups that were not part of a carrier air wing or air group.

Concurrently, until the early 1980s, U. S. Navy and U. S. Coast Guard captains selected for promotion to the rank of rear admiral ( lower half ), would wear the same insignia as rear admiral ( upper half ), i. e., two silver stars for collar insignia or sleeve braid of one wide and one narrow gold stripe, even though they were actually only equivalent to one-star officers.

The sleeve lace is identical to that of the Royal Navy, and wears one star on the shoulder strap.

The Chief of Naval Operations presides over the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations ( OpNav ), which is one of three headquarters staffs in Department of the Navy ( the others being the Office of the Secretary of the Navy and Headquarters Marine Corps.

The Army, twice as large as the other services combined with about 24, 000 active duty personnel, consists of six infantry brigades, a combat support brigade, an air cavalry squadron and a combat service support brigade ; the Air Force operates two main bases, one in southern region near Santo Domingo and one in the northern region of the country, the air force operates approximately 40 aircraft including helicopters ; and the Navy maintains three aging vessels which were donated from the United States, around 25 patrol crafts and interceptor boats and two helicopters.

During World War II, Dartmouth was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program which offered students a path to a Navy commission.

Among numerous writers of the order in this period are: Cardinals Thomas Zigliara ( d. 1893 ) and Zephirin González ( d. 1894 ), two esteemed philosophers ; Father Alberto Guillelmotti ( d. 1893 ), historian of the Pontifical Navy, and Father Heinrich Denifle, one of the most famous writers on medieval history ( d. 1905 ).

They also each received one award of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal.

In the United Kingdom, certain civilian individuals, such as officers of HM Revenue and Customs, salute the quarterdeck of Royal Navy vessels on boarding.

Even though the ruling classes would not often directly assist in trade endeavors, and individuals were unequal to the task, rulers such as Henry VIII of England established a permanent Royal Navy, with the intention of reducing piracy, and protecting English shipping.

Sponsored by Representative Les Aspin, the bill added the fourth paragraph to Title 10 § 1128 and authorized the POW Medal for those captured “ by foreign armed forces that are hostile to the United States, under circumstances which the Secretary concerned finds to have been comparable to those under which persons have generally been held captive by enemy armed forces during periods of armed conflict .” This amendment was the result of congressional recognition of multiple groups of individuals who were not originally authorized to receive the medal after Department of Defense review, such as the < i > USS Pueblo </ i > crew detained in North Korea in 1968, the US Navy and US Army Air Force crews interned in neutral Russia during World War II, the US Army Air Force crews interned in neutral Switzerland during World War II, US Marine Corps Col. William R. Higgins who was kidnapped in 1988 and executed by Hezbollah-affiliated terrorists, and the U. S. Marines from the U. S. Embassy in Teheran, Iran who were held hostage by terrorists from 1979 – 1981 in the Iran Hostage Crisis.

Leander, from the Hero and Leander myth, is a character from Greek myth, and has given his name to several individuals, at least one city and a number of warships and warship classes of the Royal Navy:

A Strike / Flight Numeral is a Department of the Navy device that may be awarded for wear on the Air Medal to individuals serving in any capacity in the United States Armed Forces.

Those individuals who previously qualified for the Navy Fleet Marine Force Ribbon will retain the FMF designator ; however, they are not entitled to wear the EFMFWS insignia until completing another FMF assignment and meeting all requirements outlined in OPNAVINST 1414. 4B.

The Navy also authorized a 3 / 16 " silver star for those individuals commended by the Secretary of the Navy named the Navy Commendation Star ( Navy Letter of Commendation Star ) which also was to be placed on the World War I Victory Medal for each citation.

2006 ) used brain fingerprinting to detect which individuals had US Navy military medical training.

The film presents a relatively unromanticized and realistic picture of the American Navy and its officers in the period before and shortly after the start of World War II, complete with bureaucratic infighting among the brass and sometimes disreputable private acts by individuals.

The highest valor decoration which non-U. S. individuals may receive is the service crosses of the services-the Army Distinguished Service Cross, the Navy Cross, and the Air Force Cross.

The Navy and Marine Corps have awarded 124 Navy Crosses to non-U. S. individuals, again with most of these having come in World War I ( 100 ) and World War II ( 19 ).

The early days of the Israeli Navy were therefore characterized by political infighting, as many groups and individuals jockeyed for power.

This 1942 image of Assistant Secretary of the Navy Ralph Austin Bard was cropped from a larger photo that also includes the following individuals: William A. M.

The Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps commissions individuals into either the United States Navy as an Ensign or the United States Marine Corps as a Second Lieutenant.

As with all credit unions, membership in Navy Federal is limited to individuals sharing the common bond defined in its credit union charter.

g. The U. S. Navy flag is for official Navy use only, and shall not be made available to civilian groups, organizations or individuals.