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96 relations: Aegis Combat System, African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance, Air Mobility Command, Aircraft carrier, Airlift, Ammunition, Amphibious ready group, Atlantic Ocean, Azores, Cargo, Chief of Naval Operations, Commanding officer, Destroyer, Destroyer Squadron 60, East Coast of the United States, El Puerto de Santa María, Europe, European Theater of Operations, United States Army, Explosive ordnance disposal (United States Navy), Flag of Spain, Flag of the United States, Francisco Franco, Fuel, Galicia-class landing platform dock, Georgia (U.S. state), Germany, Headquarters, Independence Day (United States), Lajes Field, Landing Craft Air Cushion, Layoff, Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Lockheed P-3 Orion, M1 Abrams, Madrid, Maritime patrol aircraft, Mark E. Ferguson III, Michael Waddington, Military Sealift Command, Military strategy, Military.com, Missile defense, Morón Air Base, NASA, NATO, NATO missile defence system, Naval Air Station Sigonella, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, OmniScriptum, ..., Pacifism, Palma de Mallorca, Passenger, Piers, Province of Cádiz, Quality of life, Rear admiral, Rota, Andalusia, Soviet Navy, Space, Space Shuttle, Spain, Spanish aircraft carrier Príncipe de Asturias, Spanish Armed Forces, Spanish Navy, Spanish ship Juan Carlos I, Squadron (naval), Stars and Stripes (newspaper), Strait of Gibraltar, Strategic sealift ships, Submarine, Submarine-launched ballistic missile, Torreta de Guardamar, Tradition, Treaty, UGM-27 Polaris, UGM-73 Poseidon, United States, United States Africa Command, United States Air Force, United States Armed Forces, United States Army, United States Central Command, United States Department of Defense, United States European Command, United States Marine Corps, United States Navy, United States Navy Reserve, United States Secretary of the Navy, United States Senate, United States Sixth Fleet, Vice admiral, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, VQ-2, Western Asia, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Expand index (46 more) »
Aegis Combat System
The Aegis Combat System is an American integrated naval weapons system developed by the Missile and Surface Radar Division of RCA, and now produced by Lockheed Martin.
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African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance
The African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) program, formerly the African Crisis Response Initiative (ACRI), is a United States program to train military trainers and equip African national militaries to conduct peace support operations and humanitarian relief.
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Air Mobility Command
Air Mobility Command (AMC) is a Major Command (MAJCOM) of the U.S. Air Force.
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Aircraft carrier
An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft.
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Airlift
An airlift is the organized delivery of supplies or personnel primarily via military transport aircraft.
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Ammunition
Ammunition (informally ammo) is the material fired, scattered, dropped or detonated from any weapon.
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Amphibious ready group
An amphibious ready group (ARG) of the United States Navy consists of a naval element—a group of warships known as an amphibious task force (ATF)—and a landing force (LF) of U.S. Marines (and occasionally U.S. Army soldiers), in total about 5,000 people.
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Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.
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Azores
The Azores (or; Açores), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (Região Autónoma dos Açores), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal.
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Cargo
In economics, cargo or freight are goods or produce being conveyed – generally for commercial gain – by water, air or land.
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Chief of Naval Operations
The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) is the most senior officer in the United States Navy.
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Commanding officer
The commanding officer (CO) or, if the incumbent is a general officer, commanding general (CG), is the officer in command of a military unit.
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Destroyer
In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, maneuverable long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller powerful short-range attackers.
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Destroyer Squadron 60
Destroyer Squadron 60 (DESRON 60) is a destroyer squadron of the United States Navy.
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East Coast of the United States
The East Coast of the United States is the coastline along which the Eastern United States meets the North Atlantic Ocean.
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El Puerto de Santa María
El Puerto de Santa María ("The Port of Saint Mary"), locally known as El Puerto, is a municipality located on the banks of the Guadalete River in the province of Cádiz, Andalusia.
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Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
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European Theater of Operations, United States Army
The European Theater of Operations, United States Army (ETOUSA) was a United States Army formation which directed US Army operations in parts of Europe from 1942 to 1945.
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Explosive ordnance disposal (United States Navy)
United States Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians render safe all types of ordnance, including improvised, chemical, biological, and nuclear.
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Flag of Spain
The flag of Spain (Bandera de España, colloquially known as "la Rojigualda"), as it is defined in the Spanish Constitution of 1978, consists of three horizontal stripes: red, yellow and red, the yellow stripe being twice the size of each red stripe.
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Flag of the United States
The flag of the United States of America, often referred to as the American flag, is the national flag of the United States.
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Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco Bahamonde (4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general who ruled over Spain as a military dictator from 1939, after the Nationalist victory in the Spanish Civil War, until his death in 1975.
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Fuel
A fuel is any material that can be made to react with other substances so that it releases energy as heat energy or to be used for work.
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Galicia-class landing platform dock
The Galicia class is a class of two 13,900 t landing platform dock ships, belonging to the Spanish Navy.
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Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States.
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Germany
Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.
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Headquarters
Headquarters (commonly referred to as HQ or HD) is/are the locations where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are coordinated.
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Independence Day (United States)
Independence Day, also referred to as the Fourth of July or July Fourth, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
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Lajes Field
Lajes Field or Lajes Air Base (Base Aérea das Lajes), officially designated Air Base No.
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Landing Craft Air Cushion
The Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) is a class of air-cushion vehicle (hovercraft) used as landing craft by the United States Navy's Assault Craft Units and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
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Layoff
A layoff is the temporary suspension or permanent termination of employment of an employee or, more commonly, a group of employees (collective layoff) for business reasons, such as personnel management or downsizing an organization.
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Lockheed C-130 Hercules
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built originally by Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin).
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Lockheed P-3 Orion
The Lockheed P-3 Orion is a four-engine turboprop anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft developed for the United States Navy and introduced in the 1960s.
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M1 Abrams
The M1 Abrams is an American third-generation main battle tank named for General Creighton Abrams.
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Madrid
Madrid is the capital of Spain and the largest municipality in both the Community of Madrid and Spain as a whole.
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Maritime patrol aircraft
A maritime patrol aircraft (MPA), also known as a patrol aircraft, maritime reconnaissance aircraft, or by the older American term patrol bomber, is a fixed-wing aircraft designed to operate for long durations over water in maritime patrol roles — in particular anti-submarine warfare (ASW), anti-ship warfare (AShW), and search and rescue (SAR).
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Mark E. Ferguson III
Mark E. Ferguson III (born October 30, 1956) is a retired United States Navy admiral who last served as Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe, and concurrently served as Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Africa and Commander, Allied Joint Force Command Naples.
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Michael Waddington
Michael (Stewart) Waddington is an American defense lawyer specializing in Court-martial cases, war crimes, and other serious felonies.
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Military Sealift Command
The United States Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC) is an organization that controls the replenishment and military transport ships of the Navy.
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Military strategy
Military strategy is a set of ideas implemented by military organizations to pursue desired strategic goals.
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Military.com
Military.com is a website that provides news and information about benefits to military members, veterans, their families and those with military affinity.
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Missile defense
Missile defense is a system, weapon, or technology involved in the detection, tracking, interception, and destruction of attacking missiles.
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Morón Air Base
Morón Air Base is located at in southern Spain, approximately southeast of the city of Seville.
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NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.
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NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique Nord; OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 29 North American and European countries.
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NATO missile defence system
The NATO missile defense system is a missile defense system being constructed by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in several member states and around the Mediterranean Sea.
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Naval Air Station Sigonella
Naval Air Station Sigonella, is a U.S. Navy installation at NATO Base Sigonella and an Italian Air Force base (Aeroporto "Cosimo Di Palma" di Sigonella) in Sicily, Italy.
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Naval Air Station Whidbey Island
Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI) is a naval air station of the United States Navy located on two pieces of land near Oak Harbor, on Whidbey Island, in Island County, Washington.
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Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay
Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay is a base of the United States Navy located adjacent to the town of St. Marys in Camden County, Georgia, in southeastern Georgia, and 38 miles (61 km) from Jacksonville, Florida.
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OmniScriptum
Omniscriptum Publishing Group, formerly known as VDM Verlag Dr.
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Pacifism
Pacifism is opposition to war, militarism, or violence.
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Palma de Mallorca
Palma de Mallorca, frequently used name for the city of Palma, is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain.
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Passenger
A passenger (also abbreviated as pax) is a person who travels in a vehicle but bears little or no responsibility for the tasks required for that vehicle to arrive at its destination or otherwise operate the vehicle.
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Piers
Piers is an old English Christian name, and has the same origins as Peter.
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Province of Cádiz
Cádiz is a province of southern Spain, in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia.
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Quality of life
Quality of life (QOL) is the general well-being of individuals and societies, outlining negative and positive features of life.
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Rear admiral
Rear admiral is a naval commissioned officer rank above that of a commodore (U.S equivalent of Commander) and captain, and below that of a vice admiral.
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Rota, Andalusia
The town of Rota is a Spanish municipality located in the Province of Cádiz, Andalusia.
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Soviet Navy
The Soviet Navy (Military Maritime Fleet of the USSR) was the naval arm of the Soviet Armed Forces.
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Space
Space is the boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events have relative position and direction.
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Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), as part of the Space Shuttle program.
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Spain
Spain (España), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España), is a sovereign state mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe.
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Spanish aircraft carrier Príncipe de Asturias
Príncipe de Asturias, originally named Almirante Carrero Blanco, was an aircraft carrier and former flagship of the Spanish Navy.
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Spanish Armed Forces
The Spanish Armed Forces are in charge of guaranteeing the sovereignty and independence of Spain, defender of its territorial integrity and the constitutional order, according to the functions entrusted in the Constitution of 1978.
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Spanish Navy
The Spanish Navy (Armada Española) is the maritime branch of the Spanish Armed Forces and one of the oldest active naval forces in the world.
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Spanish ship Juan Carlos I
Juan Carlos I is a multi-purpose amphibious assault ship in the Spanish Navy (Armada Española).
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Squadron (naval)
A squadron, or naval squadron, is a significant group of warships which is nonetheless considered too small to be designated a fleet.
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Stars and Stripes (newspaper)
Stars and Stripes is an American military newspaper that focuses and reports on matters concerning the members of the United States Armed Forces.
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Strait of Gibraltar
The Strait of Gibraltar (مضيق جبل طارق, Estrecho de Gibraltar) is a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Gibraltar and Peninsular Spain in Europe from Morocco and Ceuta (Spain) in Africa.
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Strategic sealift ships
Strategic sealift ships are part of the United States Military Sealift Command's (MSC) prepositioning program.
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Submarine
A submarine (or simply sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater.
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Submarine-launched ballistic missile
A submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) is a ballistic missile capable of being launched from submarines.
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Torreta de Guardamar
Torreta de Guardamar is a 370-metre tall guyed radio mast erected by the US Navy near Guardamar del Segura, Spain.
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Tradition
A tradition is a belief or behavior passed down within a group or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past.
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Treaty
A treaty is an agreement under international law entered into by actors in international law, namely sovereign states and international organizations.
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UGM-27 Polaris
The UGM-27 Polaris missile was a two-stage solid-fueled nuclear-armed submarine-launched ballistic missile.
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UGM-73 Poseidon
The UGM-73 Poseidon missile was the second US Navy nuclear-armed submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) system, powered by a two-stage solid-fuel rocket.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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United States Africa Command
The United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM, U.S. AFRICOM, and AFRICOM), is one of ten unified combatant commands of the United States Armed Forces, headquartered at Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany.
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United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial and space warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.
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United States Armed Forces
The United States Armed Forces are the military forces of the United States of America.
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United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.
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United States Central Command
The United States Central Command (USCENTCOM or CENTCOM) is a theater-level Unified Combatant Command of the U.S. Department of Defense.
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United States Department of Defense
The Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government concerned directly with national security and the United States Armed Forces.
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United States European Command
The United States European Command (EUCOM) is one of ten Unified Combatant Commands of the United States military, headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany.
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United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting amphibious operations with the United States Navy.
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United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.
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United States Navy Reserve
The United States Navy Reserve (USNR), known as the United States Naval Reserve from 1915 to 2005, is the Reserve Component (RC) of the United States Navy.
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United States Secretary of the Navy
The Secretary of the Navy (or SECNAV) is a statutory officer and the head (chief executive officer) of the Department of the Navy, a military department (component organization) within the Department of Defense of the United States of America.
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United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprise the legislature of the United States.
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United States Sixth Fleet
The Sixth Fleet is the United States Navy's operational fleet and staff of United States Naval Forces Europe.
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Vice admiral
Vice admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, equivalent to lieutenant general and air marshal.
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Vice Chief of Naval Operations
The Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO) is the second highest-ranking commissioned United States Navy officer in the Department of the Navy and functions as the principal deputy of the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO); and by statute, the VCNO is appointed as a four-star admiral.
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VQ-2
Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron VQ-2, also known as "Batmen" and later "Sandeman," was an air reconnaissance squadron of the United States Navy was established on 1 September 1955 and based at NAS Whidbey Island, flying Lockheed EP-3 aircraft.
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Western Asia
Western Asia, West Asia, Southwestern Asia or Southwest Asia is the westernmost subregion of Asia.
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26th Marine Expeditionary Unit
The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (26th MEU) is one of seven Marine Expeditionary Units currently in existence in the United States Marine Corps.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Station_Rota,_Spain
