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Citing battery explosions and injuries, U.S. Navy bans vaping on ships and aircraft

Fairfax, VA – The U.S. Navy has announced a ban on e-cigarettes and other vaping devices on ships, submarines, aircraft, boats, craft and heavy equipment.




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Marquis Who's Who Honors Gary Rader for Successful Career in the U.S. Navy

Following a 20-year career in the U.S. Navy, Gary Rader became a skilled millwright and foreman




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U.S. Navy Veteran Pens Book about Life on the Line Decisions

Scuttlebutt Confessions of a Navy Air Traffic Controller




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Marquis Who's Who Honors U.S. Navy Veteran Jon A. Smith for Expertise in Leadership

Jon A. Smith brings over 35 years of leadership experience to his role as the founder of Veteran Horizons LLC




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U.S. Navy, Lebanese military begin partnership to improve construction, humanitarian capabilities

The USNS Choctaw County has arrived in Beirut, Lebanon, to participate in a first-of-its-kind mission intended to strengthen military ties between the countries, the U.S. Navy said Tuesday.




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U.S. Navy, Bahrain partner to ramp up unmanned systems use

Bahraini leaders committed Thursday to partnering with a new U.S. Navy task force to ramp up new unmanned system efforts.




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Makai Builds Ocean Thermal-Energy Demo Plant With U.S. Navy

Makai Ocean Engineering Inc. has built an ocean thermal-energy conversion demonstration plant in Hawaii.




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Manual of wireless telegraphy for the use of naval electricians / by Commander S.S. Robison, U.S. Navy

Archives, Room Use Only - TK5741.R73 1911




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U.S. Navy gets hybrid Destroyer

A new USS Destroyer class, the DGG 51, boasts a hybrid-electric engine to conserve fuel on the high seas.



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U.S. Navy Awards Patient Safety Specialist Contract to Synensys

Synensys selected by the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) to serve as the prime contractor for their Patient Safety Specialist program.




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How the U.S. Navy is Responding to Climate Change

Forest Reinhardt and Michael Toffel, Harvard Business School professors, talk about how a giant, global enterprise that operates and owns assets at sea level is fighting climate change—and adapting to it. They discuss what the private sector can learn from the U.S. Navy’s scientific and sober view of the world. Reinhardt and Toffel are the authors of “Managing Climate Change: Lessons from the U.S. Navy” in the July–August 2017 issue of Harvard Business Review.




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Owner of U.S. Navy Husbanding Services Provider Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Bribery

The owner and Chief Executive Officer of a Republic of Korea–based company, DK Marine, that provided ship husbanding services to the U.S. Navy pleaded guilty today for his role in a bribery conspiracy.




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U.S. Navy ships, trailed by Russia, visit Barents Sea above Arctic Circle

U.S. Navy ships on Monday entered the Barents Sea between Norway and Russia, for the first time since the 1980s, "to assert freedom of navigation and demonstrate seamless integration among allies," the U.S. Navy said.




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Alumna helps COVID-19 patients as an active U.S. Navy nurse

In this Q&A, Alumna Julia Mauro recounts in this Q&A how her role as an active-duty registered in the U.S. Navy has turned into fighting on a different kind of front-lines: the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.




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Former Member of U.S. Navy Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Disclosing Classified Information

Nora R. Dannehy, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and other federal officials announced that Hassan Abu-Jihaad, formerly known as Paul R. Hall, 33, of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Mark R. Kravitz in New Haven to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for disclosing previously classified information relating to the national defense.



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Virginia Resident Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud the U.S. Navy

A U.S. Navy subcontractor from Virginia has pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the Navy in connection with contracts for fabricated metal to be used for the repair and maintenance of elevator equipment on Navy aircraft carriers and support vessels. The charge is the first to arise out of the Department’s ongoing antitrust investigation into the sales of fabricated metal products and other materials to the U.S. Navy.



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Former Virginia Marine Products Company Executive Pleads Guilty to Bid Rigging on Contracts with the U.S. Navy and Others

The chief executive officer of a former Virginia marine products company pleaded guilty and has agreed to pay a $100,000 criminal fine and serve time in jail for his role in a conspiracy to rig bids and allocate customers with respect to marine products purchased by the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Coast Guard, and other public and private entities.



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Justice Department Settles Lawsuit Against City of Pittsfield, Mass., to Enforce the Employment Rights of a U.S. Navy Reservist

The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement with the city of Pittsfield, Mass., to resolve allegations that the city violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) by failing to promote a navy reservist and Pittsfield firefighter, and by retaliating against him after he invoked his rights.



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Former U.S. Navy Seaman Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Possessing Child Pornography

James Driver, 24, of Midland, Mich., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Thomas L. Ludington in the Eastern District of Michigan.



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U.S. Navy Petty Officer Based in Japan Pleads Guilty in International Bribery Scandal

U.S. Navy Petty Officer First Class Daniel Layug pleaded guilty in the Southern District of California today to accepting more than $10,000 in cash, consumer electronics and travel expenses from a foreign defense contractor in exchange for classified and internal Navy information.



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Former U.S. Navy Officer Pleads Guilty in International Bribery Scandal

A retired Navy official who started a second career working for defense contractor Glenn Defense Marine Asia (GDMA) pleaded guilty in federal court today, admitting that he and others overcharged the Navy by up to $2.5 million for port services to American ships and then used some of the proceeds to treat Navy officials to lavish dinners, cocktails and entertainment



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Former U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command Manager Sentenced for Receiving Bribes

Kenny E. Toy, 54, the former Afloat Programs Manager at the United States Navy Military Sealift Command, was sentenced today to serve 96 months in prison for receiving bribes



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Dozen Iranian naval boats are filmed harassing and taunting U.S. Navy warships in the Persian Gulf

A group of 11 ships with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps repeatedly crossed the bows and sterns of the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet at close range and high speed on Wednesday.




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Pneumatic tool hand-arm vibration and posture characterization involving U.S. navy shipboard personnel