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    The "Revolt of the Admirals" was a policy and funding dispute within the United States government during the Cold War in 1949, involving a number of retired...
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    Louis A. Johnson (category Commanders of the Legion of Honour)
    correct in its immediate assessment of the capabilities of the B-36 at the time of the Revolt of the Admirals. At the time, it was indeed virtually invulnerable...
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    nicknamed the "Revolt of the Admirals", during which time Matthews dismissed and forced into retirement the serving Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Admiral Louis...
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    USS United States (CVA-58) (category Aircraft carriers of the United States Navy)
    Congress held an inquiry into the manner and wisdom of Johnson's decision. In the subsequent "Revolt of the Admirals", the Navy was unable to advance its...
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    Daniel V. Gallery (category United States Navy rear admirals (upper half))
    administration during the episode which became known as the Revolt of the Admirals. Daniel was the son of Daniel Vincent Gallery (born Chicago, July 19, 1865)...
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  • debate during the Revolt of the Admirals George Grosz – German artist and soldier Mike Jackson – Commanding Officer of KFOR during the Kosovo War. Countermanded...
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    as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. Admiral Bokhari's revolt saw the meltdown of the civil-military relations between the elected civilian...
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    the White House determination to hold down spending. In 1948–49 the "Revolt of the Admirals" came when a number of retired and active-duty admirals publicly...
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    era of shrinking defense budgets, and was a central figure in the "Revolt of the Admirals," a contentious public fight over policy. As Chairman of the Joint...
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    Coast Guard). One well-known encounter, the Revolt of the Admirals, took place after the end of World War II. The newly-created U.S. Air Force sought to...
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    former submarine base of the United States Navy that was merged with Naval Station Bremerton into Naval Base Kitsap in 2004. The Naval Support Base Bangor's...
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  • Clifton Truman Daniel (category Place of birth missing (living people))
    Daniel is the honorary chairman of the board of trustees of the Harry S. Truman Library Institute, the member-supported, nonprofit partner of the Harry S...
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    Buck passing, or passing the buck, or sometimes (playing) the blame game, is the act of attributing to another person or group one's own responsibility...
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    particular, the Navy's air assets. The policy was revised after a public outcry and Congressional hearings sparked by the Revolt of the Admirals.[citation...
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    United States Navy submarine bases (category Naval Stations of the United States Navy)
    The United States Navy built permanent and temporary submarine bases around the world to maintain its fleet of submarines and serve the needs of the crews...
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    attempt to curtail the naval carrier arm, which led to the 1949 Revolt of the Admirals, an aircraft carrier is named after him. The USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75)...
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    In the early 1960s, the United States Navy was the world's first to have nuclear-powered cruisers as part of its fleet. The first such ship was USS Long...
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  • of the National Security Act and the Revolt of the Admirals as the key points in saving naval aviation, the agreement was just as important in the keeping...
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    Naval Support Activity Bahrain (category Naval Support Activities of the United States Navy)
    in the Kingdom of Bahrain and is home to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and United States Fifth Fleet. Occupying the original territory of the British...
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    Quest to Build the S.S. United States. Simon & Schuster. pp. 232–235, 240–241. ISBN 978-1451645095. "H-0178-1 The Revolt of the Admirals". Naval History...
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    the profile of the Statue of Freedom of the US Capitol Building, with the word "FREEDOM" in capital letters in an arc at the bottom of the disc. The reverse...
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    MacArthur of command, and MacArthur then explored political options against Truman. The Revolt of the Admirals is another example in the same era of a challenge...
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    John G. Crommelin (category United States Navy rear admirals)
    imposed on the armed forces under unification. During this Revolt of the Admirals, he made public some of the confidential correspondence of top Navy commanders...
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    consulting Congress. In an incident remembered as the Revolt of the Admirals, the secretary of the Navy resigned in protest, and naval officers began...
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    "Revolt of the Admirals", the Marine Corps rebuffed such efforts to dismantle the Corps, resulting in statutory protection of the Marine Corps in the National...
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    coup while Justinian was struck with a coma as a result of the epidemic. The "Revolt of the Admirals" that occurred in 1949 was an attempt by senior U.S....
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    One of the key events of Matthews' time at the Department of the Navy prior to the start of the Korean War was the so-called "Revolt of the Admirals" in...
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    Pattons, and MacArthur". During the 1949 Revolt of the Admirals, several naval officers publicly disagreed with the administration's policy over cuts...
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  • November 14, 1910, pilot Eugene Burton Ely took off in a Curtiss plane from the bow of Birmingham and later landed a Curtiss Model D on Pennsylvania on January...
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    Gerald F. Bogan (category United States Navy vice admirals)
    Crommelin during the Revolt of the Admirals in September 1949. His memo described the situation in the Navy as follows: "The morale of the Navy is lower...
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