The Naval Sea Systems Command; preparing for the 21st century

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The Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) is its ship systems program manager as well as its engineering and technical authority. NAVSEA depends on over 50,000 sailors and civilians as well as thousands of contractors to develop, design, build and maintain the world's most sophisticated and technologically advanced fleet in terms of ships and weapons systems. It has developed an aggressive business plan to become a nimble, competitive organization that can efficiently support the Navy in the 21st century.

Author: Nanos, George P., Jr.
International politics

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A deployment to remember: The Navy's Seabees in Afghanistan

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The seven-month deployment of the Navy's Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom is described. The NMCB 133 completed its mission in Afghanistan in April 2002 and returned with a sense of satisfaction for doing the job well.

Author: Cooke, Leonard W.W.
Dept of the Navy, Afghanistan, International aspects, Military missions

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Glossary

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A guide to naval acronyms includes management titles (ACO = airborne communications officer); weapons systems; and strategic shorthand such as AT = antiterrorism.

Product information, Industry Overview, Defense industry, Terminology, Glossary, Acronyms, Naval art and science, Naval warfare

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Subjects list: United States, Military aspects, United States. Navy
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