Staff Assistants The staff assistants to the secretary of the navy are the naval inspector general, the comptroller of the navy, the auditor general of the navy, and the chief of information. The secretary or the law has established the following positions and boards for administrative purposes....
In 1942, the COI was retitled the Office of Strategic Services. Under, now General Donovan’s leadership, the OSS began successfully conducting collection operations around the world. As time went by the OSS grew organically and quickly established a Maritime Unit known as the OSS MU. Besides ...
At mess dinners of units in which the Sovereign personally holds an honorary appointment, the address to the vice-president may include that appointment; e.g., "Mr. Vice, The King of Canada, our Captain-General". c. When an officer or other distinguished person is officially representing ...
Clark said Chinese ships have sophisticated air defense systems — meaning it would take multiple anti-ship missiles to sink a given Chinese vessel — and the U.S. Navy would rapidly go through its best anti-ship missiles in the opening days of a fight. Cancian said the Navy and t...
Instruction came in six different academic divisions: Seamanship, Navigation, Operations, Weapons, Orientation and Engineering. My favorites were the first two because they were general knowledge that anybody who was going to do anything at sea should know. Engineering was fairly easy for me because...
1831 British General Officer's Sabre. This sword is a 1831 pattern British General Officer's Sword. However its hilt is a complete copy of a Marshal's Mameluke style sword complete with crossed sword and Marshal's baton. Only after close examination of the etching on its 33 inch high carb...
by the general and speci c safety precautions, the Commanding Of cer or other authority will issue orders, as deemed necessary, to cover the situation. SAFETy GUIDELINES Extensive guidance for safety can be found in the OPNAV 5100 series instruction manual, Navy Safety Precautions. SAFETy PREC...
In addition, the fact that ALARA-based standards greatly over-state actual risk makes little difference in the mind of the general public. The public, in general, wants to know what the actual risk of low level exposure is. If there is actually no completely safe level of radiation exposure...
I should also expand a bit on the general mood that is prevalent among those lucky enough (I consider my self lucky in that regard) to have work in the fascinating arena of energy and sustainability. I attend conferences and working groups in various settings and have gained experience in ge...
A General Arrangement letter suffix might indicate it originated in the Navy even if it was made for the another branch of service, the U.S. Army by BU.ORD for example. This process facilitated distributing the necessary design information that would insure consistency among the various assigned...