Explosive Ordnance Disposal - NHHC The training curriculum was designated explosive ordnance disposal giving birth to the term “EOD ” The following year, the Bureau of Naval Weapons designated the first naval unit for “research, development, test, and evaluation of EOD equipment,” and would later become an integral part of the EOD School
Scanned Document - NHHC materials Presented $201 00, contributed by the crew, to Co-ordinator of Philippine Flood Relief Fund, Naval Station, Subic Bay Embarked EOD Team consisting of one Warrant Officer and two enlisted men Three CAMDEN sailors assisted in distribution of flood relief materials in the central Philippines
Navy Personnel: A Research Guide - NHHC This research guide provides a general understanding of how to find information on US Navy personnel within the Naval History and Heritage Command and other government institutions There are many resources available in the command; however, the information may be varied due to the era in which the resource was created It is generally easier to research officers who served in the Navy than
Desert Shield Desert Storm - NHHC After the world's fourth-largest army poured across the border into Kuwait on 2 August 1990, the United States deployed a major joint force that served as the foundation for a powerful 33-nation military coalition to stem Iraq's aggression The United States Navy provided the sea control and maritime superiority that paved the way for the introduction of U S and allied air and ground forces
Korean War - NHHC 1950–53"The Korean War was a watershed in the 20th-century history of the United States Navy During that conflict and for the next 50 years, U S naval forces conducted operations that maintained control of the world's oceans and brought sea power to bear against enemies ashore Freed by friendly control of the sea from the threat of hostile fleets, American carrier squadrons, shore
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 - NHHC NMCB 133 On September 17, 1943, the original Naval Construction Battalion 133 was commissioned at Camp Perry, Williamsburg, Virginia After seven months training at Davisville, Rhode Island; Gulfport, Mississippi; and Port Hueneme, California, NCB One-Thirty-Three was ready for action
lt;p gt;Vietnam pdf lt; p gt; - NHHC The U S Navy in Vietnam: 1950–1975 The following chronology includes major U S Navy operations and other events of historical and human interest related to the naval service that took place in Southeast Asia between 1950, when the United States first engaged militarily in what was then French Indochina, and 1975, when the fall of anti-communist governments in South Vietnam, Laos, and
Thunder and Lightning - The war with Iraq - NHHC Minesweepers and EOD teams from the U S , Britain, Holland and Belgium continued to clear the path to Kuwait's main port La Salle arrived at Al Shuaibah on 12 March, after she assisted the British minesweeper HMS Cattistock (M 31) in escorting two tankers filled with fresh water and supplies through a channel to the newly-liberated Kuwait
Naval Profiles - NHHC Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) holds an expansive collection of naval biography files These biographies primarily span the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with an emphasis on those who held the rank of captain and above The content of each individual file varies in size and quality of content Some hold only a basic biographical chronology filled out by the subject or Navy
Famous Navy Quotations - NHHC Discover, share, and learn the origins of some of the best-known Navy quotes and sayings