undersea warfare
31Port Security Unit — United States Coast Guard Port Security Units are deployable units organized for sustained force protection operations. They can deploy within 96 hours and establish operations within 24 hours. PSUs conduct OCONUS port security in support of… …
32Hispanic Admirals in the United States Navy — can trace their tradition of naval military service to the Hispanic sailors, who have served in the Navy during every war and conflict since the American Revolution. Prior to the Civil War, the highest rank reached by a Hispanic American in the U …
33SOSUS — SOSUS, an acronym for SOund SUrveillance System, was a chain of underwater listening posts located across the northern Atlantic Ocean near Greenland, Iceland and the United Kingdom mdash;the so called GIUK gap. It was originally operated by the U …
34Submarines in the United States Navy — There are two major types of submarines in the United States Navy: ballistic missile submarines and attack submarines. In the U.S. Navy, all combatant submarines are nuclear powered. Ballistic subs have a single, strategic mission: carrying… …
35Hispanics in the United States Navy — can trace their tradition of naval military service to the Hispanic sailors, such as Lieutenant Jorge Farragut Mesquida, who have served in the Navy in the American Revolution and have continued to serve in every major war and conflict that the… …
36List of U.S. Navy acronyms — The U.S. Navy, like any bureaucratic organization, produces its own acronyms, which often come to have meaning beyond their bare expansions. Servicemembers sometimes refer to this as NAVSpeak. Like other organizational slang, its use often… …
37Marion Frederic Ramírez de Arellano — Marion Frederic Ramirez de Arellano Capt. Marion Frederic Ramirez de Arellano First Hispanic submarine commanding officer …
38Maritime Expeditionary Security Force — Sailors of Inshore Boat Unit (IBU) 22 in the Northern Persian Gulf in February 2008 …
39USS Triton (SSRN-586) — USS Triton (SSRN/SSN 586), a U.S. Navy nuclear powered radar picket submarine, was the first vessel to execute a submerged circumnavigation of the Earth, accomplishing this during her shakedown cruise in early 1960. She also has the distinction… …
40USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54) — USS Curtis Wilbur in the Persian Gulf, 1999 Career (US) …
