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by JOC(SW/AW) David Rush, JOC(SW/AW) Mark Piggott,
and JO3 Steven Feller, USN
In the face of decreasing resources and growing global responsibilities,
Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) ADM Vern Clark instituted the
Fleet Response Plan (FRP) in 2003 to increase the Navy’s
effectiveness in maintaining presence with purpose and projecting
power from the sea. more
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by JOC Michael Foutch, USN
For 38 years, there was the voice. Sometimes booming, sometimes
almost whispering, cajoling the person on the other end of the
conversation to see things his way. The voice was a unique, passionate
advocate for submarine programs, and the Sailors that took submarines
to sea.
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by JO1 Jennifer Spinner, USN
Trident Training Facility (TTF) Kings Bay unveiled the newest
jewel in its training crown on 25 August – the Interactive
Display Equipment (IDE) training simulator. TTF is the first facility
to receive a Fleet IDE, which replicates the Maneuvering Room
aboard a USS Ohio (SSBN-726)-class
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by CAPT John Mickey, USN
As an organization, NUWC can be proud of its heritage. Variously
known as the Naval Torpedo Station, the Naval Underwater Sound
Laboratory, the Naval Underwater Research and Engineering Station
(NURES), the Naval Underwater Systems Center (NUSC), and most
recently, the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, NUWC has steadily
evolved its portfolio of activities in undersea technology to
become “the Navy’s full-spectrum research, development,
test and evaluation, engineering, and fleet support center for
submarines, autonomous underwater systems, and offensive and defensive
weapon systems associated with undersea warfare.”
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by LT Patrick R. Mallett, USNR
As we move toward the CNO’s directive to operate as “One
Navy,” many communities like the Submarine Reserve have
noted that they have actually been building a solid working relationship
between the active and reserve components for quite some time.
Nonetheless, the current world situation has made imperative a
cultural shift from being a Naval Reserve to the “Navy’s
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by JOSA Andrew Zask, USN
The fourth Virginia-class submarine,
Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) North Carolina
(SSN-777) has begun the process of becoming an active Navy vessel.
On 30 June, the first group of North Carolina’s
crew reported for duty and started learning every aspect of the
Virginia-class. more
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by JOC Michael Foutch, USN
Today, nuclear-powered submarines patrol the globe, navigate
under the polar icecap, and operate underwater for weeks on intelligence-gathering,
reconnaissance, and covert strike missions. While powering ships
at sea by splitting the atom will never be entirely “routine,”
at least it no longer inspires excited headlines and admiring
gasps from an incredulous public. more
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by Thomas Holian
Mention the word “submarine” to anyone, and a host
of images will spring to mind. The sleek, low, black silhouette
pier-side or sliding through the ocean. The drama of an “emergency
blow” as the boat broaches the surface in a volcanic eruption
of water. And of course, the sinister image of the tip of a periscope
feathering the surface, hinting at what lies lurking below. And
inside? more >> |
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by JO1 Andrea Leahy, USN
The 21-year career of the Los Angeles-class
submarine USS Portsmouth (SSN-707)
came to an end this summer, as the attack submarine traveled to
Virginia to deactivate. Portsmouth
left San Diego in late summer on route to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard,
where the crew held a decommissioning ceremony in September. more
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by Edward C. Whitman
The dictionary describes the frigate bird – sometimes called
the man’o’war bird – as “any of several
rapacious totipalmate sea birds of the genus Fregata, noted for
their powers of flight.” Indeed with a wingspan up to 90
inches and the male’s ability to inflate his bright-red
pouch during courtship in a spectacular display, the frigate bird
is a unique animal. Equally unique was a nuclear test of that
same name conducted near Christmas Island in the Pacific during
May 1962. Even now, the Frigate Bird test remains the only end-to-end
system test of a strategic nuclear missile – from launch
to detonation – ever carried out by either side during the
Cold War. more >> |
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