Sentences with phrase «u.s. naval»

Omar Khadr, perhaps the most controversial of the detainees at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay,... Continue reading →

Read / Purchase the Report National Security Implications of Climate Change for U.S. Naval Forces (2011) In response to the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), the National Research Council appointed a committee operating under the auspices of the Naval Studies Board to study the national security implications of climate change for U.S. naval forces.

In the mid-nineteenth century, U.S. naval expeditions led by Perry and Maury collected fish specimens and other information, such as whale sightings, on living marine resources.

WASHINGTON — In response to the measured and projected effects of climate change, U.S. naval forces should begin now to strengthen capabilities in the Arctic, prepare for more frequent humanitarian missions, and analyze potential vulnerabilities of seaside bases and facilities, says a new report by the National Research Council.

To protect U.S. interests, U.S. naval forces need to fund a strong, consistent effort to increase Arctic operations and cold weather training programs.

By remaining outside the Convention, the United States makes it more difficult for U.S. naval forces to have maximum operating flexibility in the Arctic and complicates negotiations with maritime partners for coordinated search and rescue operations in the region.

U.S. naval forces should also work with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and allies to strengthen international capabilities to respond to predicted climate change challenges in the Arctic and worldwide.

U.S. naval leaders should continue to stress to Congress the value and operational benefits of ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the report says.

Steichen's career also spanned a range of titles, from painter to aerial photographer in World War I to curator to head of the U.S. naval photographic division in World War II to director of photography at the Museum of Modern Art.

Once that was OK'd, I tackled the larger hurdle: booking a seat on the semi-weekly commercial flight from Miami to the U.S. naval base carved out of a corner of Cuba.

Perhaps due to a history of having a large U.S. naval presence in the country, the people of the Philippines are actually quite open to dating foreigners.

From doctors to U.S. naval officers, the site has over 2.2 million registered users and nearly 130,000 Facebook fans mingling freely online.

The Pentagon itself has described climate change as an «immediate» risk and major threat multiplier, one that could cause crops to fail, spark mass migrations and increase conflict for dwindling water resources (to say nothing of the threat sea level rise poses to U.S. naval bases around the world).

The Empire of Japan's attack on the U.S. naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, killed 2,403 U.S. personnel, destroyed 169 aircraft and sunk 19 ships.

In a separate initiative, a U.S. naval vessel is carrying one CSIRO buoy and nine more from the United Kingdom and is expected to deploy them on the east coast of Africa next month.

With sustained winds of 140 kilometers per hour, the cyclone flooded the southern Malay peninsula and damaged two U.S. naval ships.

He is an active - duty U.S. naval officer whose experience includes operational tours with Helicopter Squadron Five aboard the aircraft carrier USS EISENHOWER (from 2007 - 2009), as an analyst at U.S. Africa Command (2009 - 2012) and Commander Task Force SIX SEVEN (2012 - present).

At its peak, the prison at the U.S. naval base in Cuba housed nearly 800 prisoners, becoming a symbol of the excesses of the «war on terror» and synonymous with criticism of detention without trial and accusations of torture.

Not exact matches

It's also a natural deep water port and houses the largest naval fleet in the world, as well as the only major submarine and ship building yards in the U.S.. On top of that, it's becoming a center for the biotech industry and has a growing startup scene.

The official said this could require a more sustained U.S. air and naval presence.

And he vows to rebuild a U.S. military - from naval ships and jet fighters to the U.S. nuclear arsenal - that he insists has eroded under President Obama.

He also said they should think twice before disputing China's territorial claims, which include the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh and the Yellow Sea, where China has tried to prevent naval exercises by the U.S. and South Korea.

S. rioting in Lebanon, where the CIA had helped install President Camille Caiman and keep him in power, leads the U.S. to dispatch 70 naval vessels, hundreds of aircraft and 14,000 Marines to Lebanon to preserve «stability.»

The platform planks for «32 embodied a number of Century concerns: U.S. adherence to the World Court protocol; U.S. entry into the League of Nations, provided that its covenant be amended to eliminate military sanctions; U.S. recognition of the Soviet Union (which was granted a year later); the safeguarding of the rights of conscientious objectors (including those denied citizenship, such as Canadian - born theologian D. C. Macintosh of Yale Divinity School); the abolition of compulsory military training in state - supported educational institutions other than military and naval academies; emergency measures for relief and public - works employment; the securing of constitutional rights for minorities; the reduction of gross inequality of income by steeply progressive rates of taxation on large incomes; «progressive socialization of the ownership and control of natural resources, public utilities and basic industries»; «the nationalization of our entire banking system»; and so on (June 8, 1932).

The U.S. retains a precarious hold on the naval station at San Diego, sharing it with the Mexican Navy on an expensive lease that Mexico regularly threatens to cancel.

The members who wrote the article are: Retired Army Gen. James J. Lindsay, the first commander of U.S. Special Operations Command; Retired Adm. Jerome Johnson, vice chief of naval operations; Retired Lt. Gen. E.G. «Buck» Shuler Jr., commander of the Strategic Air Command's 8th Air Force; and Retired Gen. Joseph J. Went, an assistant commandant of the Marine Corps.

Coffey, 54, from Westchester County, a former naval aviator and assistant U.S. attorney, retired last year.

U.S. Senator Charles Schumer has announced more than one billion dollars in federal funding has been secured to support naval reactors, including two in the Capital Region.

Essex County Republican Committee Chairman Shaun Gillilland shared with Stefanik the reaction of U.S. Marine Corp Lieutenant General John A. Lejeune when told he was surrounded by Germans during a World War I naval skirmish.

The U.S. caught the Soviets in midcourse of installing the missiles and imposed a naval quarantine.

Rear Admiral Thomas J. Eccles, chief engineer and deputy commander for naval systems engineering of the the U.S. Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command.

Just as China's naval aircraft carrier was launched soon after they criticized the U.S. for spending too much on defense, undertaking the Tiangong / Shenzhou 8 mission at about the same time as the U.S. space shuttle program ends «is a powerful political signal that China is ascendant, and the U.S. is descending,» Cheng said.

Mr. Wallace is a former naval officer, having served in the U.S. Navy nuclear submarine force.

Enter the world of the U.S. Naval Academy, where student - athletes must not only balance the rigorous demands of an elite academic institution with top - tier collegiate football, but must also prepare themselves for naval service.

«Narco Sub» follows a notorious Ecuadorian drug lord who forces a disgraced American naval officer to navigate a cocaine - packed submarine past the U.S. Coast Guard.

An «active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran» means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.

A «disabled veteran» is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service - connected disability.

A «recently separated veteran» means any veteran during the three - year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.

For the previous two years San Miguel Island had been closed to the public by the U.S. Navy for the purpose of clearing the island of anything unsafe left over from naval operations during WWII.

The Japanese submarine I - 17 shelled the area during World War II, the first direct naval bombardment of the U.S. mainland of the war, causing an invasion scare on the West Coast.

The cannon washed ashore an Arch Cape beach in 1846, after the shipwreck of the U.S.S. Shark, a naval schooner deployed to the Pacific Northwest during the border dispute between the British and the U.S. Built in 1821 as part -LSB-...]

After the World War II bombings of Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima, the threat of foreign attack on U.S. soil shifted from naval assault to air attack, particularly by aircraft carrying nuclear weapons.

Ross received the Tennessee Bar Association's 2007 - 2008 Harris Gilbert Pro Bono Attorney of the Year award for the successful representation of a naval officer in a high - profile civil rights and whistleblower matter which resulted in investigations by the Inspectors General of both the U.S. Justice and Defense Departments, and investigations by U.S. Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa and the CBS News program «60 Minutes.»

In addition to his legal career, he has worked as a designated naval aviator with the U.S. Marine Corps.

So the choice is Kenya (where he will probably receive a light sentence) or the U.S. (where he will get lots of useful constitutional rights and where many of the naval personnel will have to give testimony).

U.S. Navy veterans and those who served in other branches of the military may also have have been exposed to the asbestos found onboard naval battleships and other military vehicles and products.

Operations Manager — Duties & Responsibilities Oversee, train, and review large staffs ensuring timely and cost effective project completion Responsible for multimillion dollar equipment maintenance and inventory Perform more than 100,000 checks per year on highly sensitive military equipment Maintain database and generate inventory reports for senior leadership as needed Set and strictly enforce project budgets and timelines Facilitate an atmosphere in compliance with all health and safety regulations Supervise welders, locksmiths, engravers, and administrative personnel in U.S. Navy shops Lead team of highly trained naval firefighters in training and active rescue missions Utilize expertise as a general structural and high pressure welder to repair naval equipment Perform all duties with positivity, professionalism, and integrity