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    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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    The United States Navy maintains a number of its ships as part of a reserve fleet, often called the "Mothball Fleet". While the details of the maintenance...
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    The United States Navy has approximately 470 ships in both active service and the reserve fleet; of these approximately 50 ships are proposed or scheduled...
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  • The reserve components of the United States Armed Forces are military organizations whose members generally perform a minimum of 39 days of military duty...
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    The United States Coast Guard Reserve is the reserve component of the United States Coast Guard. It is organized, trained, administered, and supplied...
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    The United States Navy Nurse Corps was officially established by Congress in 1908; however, unofficially, women had been working as nurses aboard Navy ships...
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    The United States Army Reserve (USAR) is a reserve force of the United States Army. Together, the Army Reserve and the Army National Guard constitute the...
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    Forces Reserve (MARFORRES or MFR), also known as the United States Marine Corps Reserve (USMCR) and the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve, is the reserve force...
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    given a direct commission to the rank of ensign (O-1) in the United States Navy Reserve which they hold throughout the four years of their medical education...
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  • Thumbnail for Navy Reserve Merchant Marine Insignia
    Naval Reserve Merchant Marine Insignia was a breast insignia of officers in the United States Merchant Marine who also served in the United States Navy or...
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    United States Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve), better known as the WAVES (for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), was the women's branch of...
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    personnel on active duty and 101,583 in the Ready Reserve, the U.S. Navy is the third largest of the United States military service branches in terms of personnel...
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    Assistant Secretary of the Navy (ASN) is the title given to certain civilian senior officials in the United States Department of the Navy. From 1861 to 1954,...
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    Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) program is a college-based, commissioned officer training program of the United States Navy and the United States...
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  • The structure of the United States Navy consists of four main bodies: the Office of the Secretary of the Navy, the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations...
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    active and reserve duty in the United States Navy. Most naval aviation insignia are also permitted for wear on uniforms of the United States Marine Corps...
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    The U.S. Navy Dental Corps was established by an Act of Congress in 1912. Its membership consists of the Navy and the United States Navy Reserve dental...
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    President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Charles Binford Fletcher, Yeoman Second Class, U.S. Navy (Reserve), for extraordinary...
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    The United States Department of the Navy (DON) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the United States of America...
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    Merchant Marine officers as Strategic Sealift Officers in the United States Navy Reserve. During World War II, nearly 250,000 civilian merchant mariners...
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    Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) is a category of the Ready Reserve of the Reserve Component of the Armed Forces of the United States composed of former...
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  • Radio Station United States Naval Observatory Naval Support Facility Anacostia Washington Navy Yard United States Naval Research Laboratory Navy Information...
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    Worth, in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. This military airfield is operated by the United States Navy Reserve. It is located in the cities of Fort...
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  • Naval Reserve, United Kingdom Naval Service Reserve, Ireland Canadian Forces Naval Reserve United States Navy Reserve Royal Australian Naval Reserve Royal...
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    Navy, a military department within the United States Department of Defense. By law, the secretary of the Navy must be a civilian at least five years removed...
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  • Of the 45 men who have served as president of the United States, 31 had prior military service, and 14 had none. Their service ranks range from private...
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  • as regular officers (Jimmy Carter transferred to the Navy Reserve after five years in the Navy). There have been 13 presidents who held general officer...
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  • In the United States Navy, officers have various ranks. Equivalency between services is by pay grade. United States Navy commissioned officer ranks have...
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    The Naval Reserve Medal was a decoration of the United States Navy which was created by order of Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson on 12 September...
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    Transportation's Maritime Administration (MARAD). It is distinct from the United States Navy reserve fleets, which consist largely of naval vessels. NDRF vessels are...
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