Explosive Ordnance Disposal - NHHC Today, EOD Unit ONE is headquartered at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, California, and EOD Unit TWO makes Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Virginia, its home In 1999, the EOD school was also consolidated and moved to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, where today it is a Joint EOD training facility
Operation Iraqi Freedom - NHHC On 20 March 2003, Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) began with preemptive airstrikes on former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s presidential palace and selected military targets The initial assault was followed by approximately 67,700 “boots on the ground” with 15,000 Navy personnel on ships in the region OIF was authorized when Iraq was found to be in breach of UN Security Council adopted
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
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Famous Navy Quotations - NHHC “Damn the torpedoes, Full speed ahead!” Admiral David Glasgow Farragut (1801-1870) Aboard Hartford, Farragut entered Mobile Bay, Alabama, 5 August 1864, in two columns, with armored monitors leading and a fleet of wooden ships following
US Navy in Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001-2002 - NHHC The U S Navy played a critical role in the immediate military response to the 9 11 attacks, codenamed Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), which formally began on 7 October 2001 and unfolded primarily in the Central Command (CENTCOM) theater of operations
NHHC The Battle of the Philippine Sea (a k a , The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot), the largest aircraft carrier action of World War II, began on 19 June 1944
The Sailor’s Creed - NHHC I am a United States Sailor I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America and I will obey the orders of those appointed over me I represent the fighting spirit of the Navy and those who have gone before me to defend freedom and democracy around the world I proudly serve my country's Navy combat team with Honor, Courage and Commitment I am committed to
Korean War - NHHC "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
Sailors Tattoos - NHHC Some Background “The universality of tattooing is a curious subject for speculation… ” —Captain James Cook’s journal, third Pacific voyage (1776–80) Despite numerous learned studies and analyses of various aspects of tattooing—sociological, artistic, psychological—the actual lore of this form of body art remains largely non-academic and often based on oral tradition centered