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United States Navy
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The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U. S. Navy is the largest, most capable navy in the world, the U. S. Navy has the worlds largest aircraft carrier fleet, with ten in service, two in the reserve fleet, and three new carriers under construction. The service has 323,792 personnel on duty and 108,515 in the Navy Reserve. It has 274 deployable combat vessels and more than 3,700 operational aircraft as of October 2016, the U. S. Navy traces its origins to the Continental Navy, which was established during the American Revolutionary War and was effectively disbanded as a separate entity shortly thereafter. It played a role in the American Civil War by blockading the Confederacy. It played the role in the World War II defeat of Imperial Japan. The 21st century U. S. Navy maintains a global presence, deploying in strength in such areas as the Western Pacific, the Mediterranean. The Navy is administratively managed by the Department of the Navy, the Department of the Navy is itself a division of the Department of Defense, which is headed by the Secretary of Defense. The Chief of Naval Operations is an admiral and the senior naval officer of the Department of the Navy. The CNO may not be the highest ranking officer in the armed forces if the Chairman or the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The mission of the Navy is to maintain, train and equip combat-ready Naval forces capable of winning wars, deterring aggression, the United States Navy is a seaborne branch of the military of the United States. The Navys three primary areas of responsibility, The preparation of naval forces necessary for the prosecution of war. The development of aircraft, weapons, tactics, technique, organization, U. S. Navy training manuals state that the mission of the U. S. Armed Forces is to prepare and conduct prompt and sustained combat operations in support of the national interest, as part of that establishment, the U. S. Navys functions comprise sea control, power projection and nuclear deterrence, in addition to sealift duties. It follows then as certain as that night succeeds the day, that without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive, the Navy was rooted in the colonial seafaring tradition, which produced a large community of sailors, captains, and shipbuilders. In the early stages of the American Revolutionary War, Massachusetts had its own Massachusetts Naval Militia, the establishment of a national navy was an issue of debate among the members of the Second Continental Congress. Supporters argued that a navy would protect shipping, defend the coast, detractors countered that challenging the British Royal Navy, then the worlds preeminent naval power, was a foolish undertaking. Commander in Chief George Washington resolved the debate when he commissioned the ocean-going schooner USS Hannah to interdict British merchant ships, and reported the captures to the Congress
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Vice admiral (United States)
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Vice admiral ranks above rear admiral and below admiral. Vice admiral is equivalent to the rank of lieutenant general in the uniformed services. U. S. Code of law explicitly limits the number of vice admirals that may be on active duty at any given time. The total number of active-duty flag officers is capped at 160 for the navy, for the navy, no more than 16. 7% of the services active-duty flag officers may have more than two stars. Some of these slots can be reserved by statute, officers serving in certain Defense Agency Director positions such as the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency, when filled by a naval officer, are vice admirals. The Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy is usually always a vice admiral, the President may also add vice admirals to the Navy if they are offset by removing an equivalent number of three-star officers from other services. Finally, all statutory limits may be waived at the Presidents discretion during time of war or national emergency, the three-star grade goes hand-in-hand with the position of office it is linked to, so the rank is temporary. Officers may only achieve three-star grade if they are appointed to positions that require the officer to hold such a rank and their rank expires with the expiration of their term of office, which is usually set by statute. The nominee must be confirmed via majority vote by the Senate before the appointee can take office, the standard tour length for most vice admiral positions is three years but some are set four or more years by statute. Some statutory limits under the U. S. Code can be waived in times of emergency or war. Three-star ranks may also be given by act of Congress but this is extremely rare, other than voluntary retirement, statute sets a number of mandates for retirement. Three-star officers must retire after 38 years of service unless appointed for promotion or reappointed to grade to serve longer, otherwise all flag officers must retire the month after their 64th birthday. The Secretary of Defense, however, can defer a three-star officers retirement until the officers 66th birthday, flag officers typically retire well in advance of the statutory age and service limits, so as not to impede the upward career mobility of their juniors. Since there is a number of three-star slots available to each service
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Vice admiral
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Vice admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, equivalent to lieutenant general and air marshal. A vice admiral is typically senior to an admiral and junior to an admiral. The rank insignia for a vice admiral often involves three stars, but this is not always the case, in the navy of Iraq, vice admiral insignia involves one star. Vice admiral is the equivalent of air marshal in the Royal Australian Air Force, in the Royal Canadian Navy, the rank of vice-admiral is equivalent to lieutenant-general of the Canadian Army and Royal Canadian Air Force. A vice-admiral is an officer, the naval equivalent of a general officer. A vice-admiral is senior to a rear-admiral and major general, two rows of gold oak leaves are located on the black visor of the white service cap. Vice-admirals are addressed by rank and name, thereafter by subordinates as Sir or Maam, vice-admirals are normally entitled to a staff car, the car will normally bear a flag, dark blue with three gold maple leaves arranged one over two. A vice-admiral generally holds only the most senior command or administrative appointments, barring only Chief of Defence Staff, charles, Prince of Wales holds the honorary rank of vice admiral in the Royal Canadian Navy. The vice-amiral rank used to be an OF-8 rank in NATO charts, the rank of vice-amiral descadre equals a NATO OF-8 rank. In the ancien régime Navy, between 1669 and 1791, the office of Vice-Admiral of France was the highest rank, the supreme office of Admiral of France being purely ceremonial. Distinct offices were, 1669-1791 Vice-admiral of the West, 1778-1791 Vice-admiral of the Asian and American Seas. 1784-1788 Vice-admiral of the Indian Seas, vizeadmiral is an OF-8 three-star rank equivalent to the German Heer and Luftwaffe rank of Generalleutnant. In India, vice admiral is a three star admiral, in Italy, the equivalent to vice admiral is the ammiraglio di squadra or squadron admiral. In the Philippines, the vice admiral is the highest-ranking official of the Philippine Navy. He is recognized as the flag officer in-charge of the Navy, the rank vice-admiral in the Philippines, has the same ranking in the U. S Navy. In Vietnam, the equivalent to vice admiral is the phó đô đốc
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Ted N. Branch
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In that capacity, he was the resource sponsor for the N2N6 portfolio which includes program investments for assured command and control, battlespace awareness, and integrated fires. He was the Navy’s Chief Information Officer, the Director of Navy Cybersecurity, the leader of the Information Warfare Community, and the Director of Naval Intelligence. Bachelor of Science, United States Naval Academy,1979 Master of international relations, Naval War College Branch was a naval aviator, specializing in A-7 Corsairs. He has flown missions over Grenada, Lebanon, Bosnia-Herzegovina. He has served as the officer of VFA-15, the USS Coronado, the USS Nimitz, Carrier Strike Group One. He has also served on the Joint Staff at the Pentagon, as the commander of the USS Nimitz, then-Captain Branch was featured prominently in the Emmy award-winning documentary television series Carrier. In January 2010, as the Commander of CARL VINSON Strike Group, from February 2011 to July 2013, Branch served as the Commander of Naval Air Force, U. S. Atlantic Fleet, headquartered in Norfolk, VA, in that role he was responsible for manning, training, and equipping all elements of Naval Air Force, Atlantic — over 1000 aircraft,40 thousand personnel, and six nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. While there, he established the Interoperability Coordination Office for the United Kingdoms new aircraft carriers. On 16 May 2013, Branch was nominated by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to become the Director of Naval Intelligence and he was confirmed by the United States Senate in July 2013 and automatically promoted to Vice Admiral. While serving in the DCNO/DNI roles, he took on the position of Directory of Navy Cybersecurity. In this role, he stood up a year-long matrixed organization called Task Force Cyber Awakening to develop and that group developed the CYBERSAFE program to design and build in cyber resiliency, and inculcate an enhanced culture of cybersecurity throughout the U. S. Navy. When the Task Force completed their efforts, he stood up the Navy Cybersecurity Division within N2N6 so the process of instituting CYBERSAFE, although Branch remained in his post during the long Justice Department investigation, his access to classified information remained suspended, relegating him to unclassified duties. In September 2015, the Navy formally nominated Rear Admiral Elizabeth L. Train to succeed Branch as Director of Naval Intelligence. S, Vice Admiral Tighe relieved Vice Admiral Branch as Deputy CNO for Information Warfare/Director of Naval Intelligence in July 2016. Branch’s access to classified information remained suspended until he retired, Information Dominance Warfare Officer Badge Naval Aviator Wings Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge Official Navy Biography
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Fort Stockton, Texas
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Fort Stockton is a city in Pecos County, Texas, United States. It is the county seat of Pecos County, located on Interstate Highway 10, Future Interstate 14, highways 67,285, and 385, and the Santa Fe Railroad,329 miles northwest of San Antonio and 240 miles east of El Paso. The population was 8,283 at the 2010 census, Fort Stockton is located at 30°53′29″N 102°53′6″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 5.1 square miles. As of the census of 2010,8,535 people,2,790 households, the population density was 1,531.3 people per square mile. The 3,189 housing units averaged 622.4 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 70. 6% White,0. 89% African American,0. 57% Native American,0. 76% Asian,0. 01% Pacific Islander,25. 16% from other races, and 2. 54% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 71% of the population, about 21. 7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9. 6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the family size was 3.25. In the city, the population was distributed as 30. 1% under the age of 18,9. 9% from 18 to 24,25. 6% from 25 to 44,20. 8% from 45 to 64, the median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.1 males, for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.9 males. The median income for a household in the city was $27,713, males had a median income of $25,735 versus $17,885 for females. The per capita income for the city was $12,834, about 19. 7% of families and 22. 3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 30. 6% of those under age 18 and 17. 7% of those age 65 or over. Fort Lancaster sent 1st Infantry Co, H to take post along Comanche Springs on 12 April 1859. Fort Stockton grew up around Comanche Springs, one of the largest sources of spring water in Texas, Comanche Springs was a favorite rest stop on the Great Comanche Trail to Chihuahua, San Antonio-El Paso Road, the Butterfield Overland Mail Route. In 1861, the fort was garrisoned by 39 men of Company C, 8th Infantry, under the command of Capt. Arthur Tracy Lee, who evacuated the fort by April. The Confederates took possession of the fort on 9 May by Charles L. Pyron at the outbreak of the Civil War, with the failure of John Baylors invasion of New Mexico, a general Confederate evacuation of West Texas occurred in 1862. In 1867, the Army rebuilt the fort on a larger, major James F. Wade took command of Troops A, B, D, and E, 9th Cavalry, and Company G, 41st Infantry, on 2 Oct.1868
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Vanderbilt University
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Vanderbilt University is a private research university founded in 1873 and located in Nashville, Tennessee. It was named in honor of shipping and rail magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt hoped that his gift and the greater work of the university would help to heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the Civil War. Today, Vanderbilt enrolls approximately 12,000 students from all 50 U. S. states and over 90 foreign countries in four undergraduate and six graduate, despite its urban surroundings, the campus itself is a national arboretum and features over 300 different species of trees and shrubs. Vanderbilt is ranked as one of the top universities for its teaching, research opportunities. It is ranked 15th on the list of best national universities generated by U. S. News & World Report, however, lack of funds and the ravaged state of the Reconstruction Era South delayed the opening of the college. Indeed, the McTyeires had met at St. Francis Street Methodist Church in Mobile, Cornelius Vanderbilt, who was the wealthiest man in the United States at the time, was considering philanthropy as he was at an advanced age. He had been planning to establish a university on Staten Island, New York, however, McTyeire convinced him to donate $500,000 to endow Central University in order to contribute to strengthening the ties which should exist between all sections of our common country. The endowment was increased to $1 million and would be only one of two philanthropic causes financially supported by Vanderbilt. Though he never expressed any desire that the university be named after himself, McTyeire, Vanderbilt died in 1877 without seeing the school named after him. One of the trustees, Hezekiah William Foote, was a Confederate veteran. The Treasurer of the Board of Trust from 1872 to 1875, Alexander Little Page Green, whose portrait hangs in Kirkland Hall, was a Methodist preacher and a former slave owner. His son-in-law, Robert A. Young, was a Methodist minister who served as the Financial Secretary on the Board of Trust from 1874 to 1882, retiring from the board in 1902. The first building, Main Building, later known as Kirkland Hall, was designed by William Crawford Smith, in the fall of 1875, about 200 students enrolled at Vanderbilt, and in October the university was dedicated. Bishop McTyeire was named Chairman of the Board of Trust for life by Vanderbilt as a stipulation of his endowment, McTyeire named Landon Garland, his mentor from Randolph-Macon College in Virginia and then-Chancellor of the University of Mississippi, as chancellor. Garland shaped the structure and hired the schools faculty, many of whom were renowned scholars in their respective fields. However, most of this faculty left after disputes with Bishop McTyeire, when the first fraternity chapter, Phi Delta Theta, was established on campus in 1876, it was shut down by the faculty, only to be reestablished as a secret society in 1877. Meanwhile, Old Gym, designed by Dutch-born architect Peter J. Williamson, was built in 1879–1880, by 1883, the Board of Trust passed a resolution allowing fraternities on campus, and more chapters were established in 1884. During the first 40 years, the Board of Trust, and therefore the university, was under the control of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, conflicts escalated after James H. Kirkland was appointed chancellor in 1893
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Naval War College
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The Naval War College is the staff college and Home of Thought for the United States Navy in Newport, Rhode Island. The NWC educates and develops leaders, supports defining the future Navy and associated roles and missions, supports combat readiness, the college was established on October 6,1884, its first president, Commodore Stephen B. Luce, was given the old building of the Newport Asylum for the Poor to house it on Coasters Harbor Island in Narragansett Bay, among the first four faculty members were Tasker H. Bliss, a future Army Chief of Staff, James R. The College engaged in wargaming various scenarios from 1887 on, nearly all of the U. S. naval operations of the twentieth century were originally designed and gamed at the NWC. More than 50,000 students have graduated since its first class of 9 students in 1885 and about 300 of today’s active duty admirals, and generals and senior executive service leaders are alumni. Just as its programs have expanded in depth and reach, so have the research. Each student in the College of Naval Command and Staff is also required to enroll in one Elective Program course of his or her choice per trimester. During the first two of these trimesters, College of Naval Warfare students will be joined in lectures and in seminars by students of the Naval Command College. Each College of Naval Warfare student is required to enroll in one Elective Program course of his or her choice per trimester. The Naval War College has been accredited by the New England Association of Schools, several years later the Naval War College earned the authority to award to students in some of its programs a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies. Naval War College students are permitted to transfer up to 18 credits to the Graduate Program in International Relations at Salve Regina University. The arrangement allows Naval War College students to complete a Master of Arts degree in International Relations from Salve Regina University by taking six additional courses, the Naval War College Press has published the scholarly quarterly journal the Naval War College Review since 1948. It also publishes the Newport Papers, as well as a monograph series. The Henry E. S. Navy in Narragansett Bay, over the years, the Naval War College has expanded greatly. The original building, the former Newport Asylum for the Poor, in 1892, Luce Hall was opened as the colleges new home, at a cost of $100,000. At the time, the building housed lecture rooms and a library, wings at either end provided two sets of quarters, occupied by the president of the College and members of the faculty. When the Naval War College was enlarged in 1932, this building was renamed Luce Hall in honor of the institutions founder and first Superintendent. This original pair of buildings was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964, Luce Hall was again listed on the National Register in 1972
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USS Forrestal (CV-59)
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USS Forrestal, formerly AVT-59 and CVA-59, was a supercarrier named after the first Secretary of Defense James Forrestal. Commissioned in 1955, she was the first completed supercarrier, and was the ship of her class. Unlike the successor Nimitz class, Forrestal and her class were conventionally powered, the other carriers of her class were USS Saratoga, USS Ranger and USS Independence. She superseded the World War II Japanese carrier Shinano as the largest aircraft ever built in terms of full load displacement and was the first to specifically support jet aircraft. The ship was affectionately called The FID, because James Forrestal was the first ever Secretary of Defense and this is also the slogan on the ships insignia and patch. Forrestal served for four decades in the Atlantic, Mediterranean. She was decommissioned in 1993, and made available as a museum, attempts to save her were unsuccessful, however, and in February 2014 she was towed to Brownsville, Texas, to be scrapped. Scrapping was completed in December 2015, Forrestals keel was laid down at Newport News Shipbuilding on 14 July 1952. She was launched on 11 December 1954, and commissioned into service on 1 October 1955, Forrestal was the first American aircraft carrier to be constructed with an angled flight deck, steam catapult, and an optical landing system, as opposed to having them installed after launching. The original design—USS United States—provided for the island to retract flush with the deck during flight operations, another solution was considered where the two masts were to fold down, in lieu of the retractable island, to allow the carrier to pass under the Brooklyn Bridge. The larger center mast was to fold to the side and rest on the deck. From her home port, Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, Forrestal spent the first year of service in training operations off the Virginia Capes. An important assignment was training aviators in the use of her advanced facilities, during this time she often operated out of Naval Station Mayport, Florida. On 7 November 1956, she put to sea from Mayport to operate in the eastern Atlantic during the Suez Crisis and she returned to Norfolk on 12 December to prepare for her first deployment with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean, for which she sailed on 15 January 1957. On this, as on her tours of duty in the Mediterranean, Forrestal visited many ports to show the flag and take on board dignitaries. For military observers, she staged underway demonstrations to illustrate her capacity to bring air power to and she returned to Norfolk on 22 July 1957 for exercises off the North Carolina coast in preparation for her first NATO operation, Operation Strikeback in the North Sea. The next year found Forrestal participating in a series of fleet exercises as well as taking part in experimental flight operations. During the Lebanon Crisis of summer 1958, the carrier was again called upon to operate in the eastern Atlantic to back up naval operations in the Mediterranean
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USS America (CV-66)
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USS America was one of three Kitty Hawk-class supercarriers built for the United States Navy in the 1960s. Commissioned in 1965, she spent most of her career in the Atlantic and Mediterranean and she also served in the Persian Gulf Wars operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. America held the distinction of being the first large aircraft carrier since Operation Crossroads in 1946 to be expended in weapons tests. In 2005, she was scuttled southeast of Cape Hatteras, after four weeks of tests and she was the largest warship ever to be sunk. After fitting out there until 15 March 1965, America remained in Hampton Roads for operations off the Virginia Capes until getting underway on 25 March and she conducted her first catapult launch on 5 April 1965, with Commander Kenneth B. Austin, the executive officer, piloting a Douglas A-4C Skyhawk. Proceeding thence to the Caribbean, the carrier conducted shakedown training, entering the Norfolk shipyard for post-shakedown availability on 10 July, she remained there until 21 August. She next operated locally through late August and then proceeded to the operating areas off the Virginia Capes and to Bermuda, on 25 September, Rear Admiral J. O. Cobb broke his flag as Commander, Carrier Division 2. America sailed for her first Mediterranean deployment late in 1965, New Years Day,1966, found her at Livorno, Italy. Over the ensuing weeks, the ship visited Cannes, Genoa, Toulon, Athens, Istanbul, Beirut, Valletta, Taranto, Palma and she sailed on 1 July for the United States. She arrived at Naval Station Norfolk on 10 July, remaining there for only a time before shifting to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard on 15 July for availability. America operated locally in the Norfolk area from 29 August –19 September, after time she proceeded to Guantanamo Bay to carry out training. After Hurricane Inez swirled through the region, her sailors spent an estimated 1,700 man-hours in helping the naval base at Guantanamo to recover, on 16 Oct 1965, two Phantom jets collided in midair 20 miles from the America, both pilots ejected safely. An airman was burned in the catwalk and the RA ejected safely, since leaving Norfolk, America had lost five planes. From 28 November –15 December, America took part in LANTFLEX66, gaining experience in the areas of anti-air, antisubmarine, the ship also participated in a mine drop, missile shoots, and provided air support for amphibious operations. She returned to Norfolk on 15 December, remaining there through the end of the year 1966, on 10 January 1967, America departed Norfolk for her second Mediterranean cruise and relieved Independence at Pollensa Bay on 22 January. While crossing the Atlantic, America conducted, carrier qualifications for her SH-3A crews, missile shoots in the mid-Atlantic, day and night air operations, upon nearing Gibraltar, she received a visit from Soviet long-range reconnaissance aircraft, Tu-95 Bears on 18 January. Two F-4B Phantom jets met the Bears as they approached and escorted them past the ship, before anchoring at Athens, on 4 February, America participated with Italian control and reporting centers in an intercept-controller exercise
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