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Hung B Le is a new commander office of USS Lassen February 2009

I assume you are asking about a Smith & Wesson Model # 17.
If so, it is a 6 shot .22 cal. revolver, sometimes refered to as a "K-22 masterpiece". The "K" stands for the particular S & W frame size. This is a very finely made revolver, quite often used in target competition.

i dont think it was white...the short blue on she wore to her party at justin'sis an ema savahl. im not sure about the other dress from the party at her house.

The Navy (and Coast Guard) are different from other services. We have a Rate (similar to Rank in other branches) and a Rating (similar to MOS). Your Rate is your pay-grade, E-1 is a Seaman Recruit, E-6 is a Petty Officer 1st Class, etc... Your Rating is your job, ET is an Electronics Technician, and FT is a Fire Control Technician, for example. Specific to your question: there are two broad classes of Petty Officers, non-commisioned officers and senior non-commisioned officers. E-4 (Petty Officer 3rd Class), E-5 (2nd Class), and E-6 (1st Class) are non-commissioned officers and you can formally address them in three ways: # Simply as Petty Officer, # An abbreviated form of address such as PO3 (for 3rd Class) or PO1 (for 1st Class), # By combining the Petty Officers Rate and Rating into a single form of address; for example a Machinists Mate who is an Petty Officer 3rd Class could be addressed as MM3, or a Boatswains Mate who is a Petty Officer 1st Class could be addressed at BM1. If you know a Petty Officers last name, you can add it to the greeting as well, i.e., Petty Officer Smith, or MM3 Smith. Addressing a Chief Petty Officer is easier. A E-7 is a Chief Petty Officer, a E-8 is a Senior Chief Petty Officer, and a E-9 is a Master Chief Petty Officer. In practice you would refer to them as Chief, Senior Chief, and Master Chief, respectively. Like the more junior Petty Officers, you can combine a Chief's address with the last name, i.e. Chief Smith, or Master Chief Smith.

Either the MA5C Individual Combat Weapon System (Assault Rifle) or the BR55HB SR Battle Rifle (Battle Rifle)

How long is the bayonet? If the blade is long, (14" +/-) it sounds like a very early year Springfield rifle bayonet. If it is 10" long, it may be a WWII cut down model. IF the former, $250.00 or more, if the latter, $125.00.

Condition (good or bad) can change values by 50% or more.

Women were in the US Navy Nurse Corps as early as the Civil War.

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The USS Constitution is the oldest comissioned ship in the US Navy. The USS Constitution is "Old Ironsides" and is the oldest ship still commissioned by the U.S. Navy.

SEAL Team 6 is one of several SEAL units in the U.S., Navy Special Operations Forces, manned by SEAL's and SWCC's.

The year 1958, hopefully.

A GMGC is a Gunner's Mate - there are 2 types of GM's, a GMG, and a GMM.

GMG stands for Gunner's Mate (Guns); GMM stands for Gunner's Mate (Missile). The "C" stands for Chief Petty Officer (E-7). The rate/rank therefore stands for Gunner's Mate (Guns) Chief.

SS as in SS Rotterdam means Steam Ship. Ships with this prefix are almost gone now for very few steam driven merchant ships are left on the seven seas. Most merchant ships today have the initial "MV" meaning Motor Vessel. Also seen are "MS" meaning motor ships. These vessels are propelled by very large diesel engines. Royal Clipper Cruise ships use the prefix "SV", for these are very large sailing vessels. "USS" is reserved for the United States Navy and HMS for Her Majesty's Navy (Britain) The Queen Mary 2 is "RMS" which is "Royal Mail Ship" and she is probably the last of that designation to sail upon blue water.

US Marine Ace Major "Pappy" Boyington was part Indian.

Alfred T. Mahan was best known for his idea of "sea power," which stated that countries with a strong navy have greater worldwide influence.

The carriers that preceeded the Essex were the Langley, Lexington, Saratoga, Ranger, Yorktown, Enterprise, Wasp and Hornet. There were 24 Essex class carriers. Hull number ten was the Yorktown, followed by Intrepid, Hornet, Franklin, Ticonderoga, Randolph, Lexington, Bunker Hill, Wasp, Hancock, Bennington, Boxer, Cowpens,Bon Homme Richard, Leyte, Keasarge, Orisikany, Antietam, Princeton, Tarawa, Valley Forge and hull number 47, the Phillipene Sea. A technical point: the Tarawa, Princeton and the Phillipene Sea wer not commissioned before WWII ended but they are "Essex" class and their hulls were laid down before V-J Day. Hulls 9-21, 31-37, 40, 45, and 47 are all Essex Class. Some are called Ticonderoga class, but they are only stretched Essex Class Carriers.

Federal regulations currently state that the Navy must retain 2 Iowa-class battleships for retention and service should the need to recall them ever occur. The USS New Jersey (BB-62) and the USS Missouri (BB-63) are both currently serving as museum ships. The USS Iowa (BB-61) and the USS Wisconsin (BB-64) are currently the only 2 that could be recalled. However, given the damage sustained by the Iowa as a result of her powder charge explosion in the forward gun turret, it's likely the Wisconsin would be the likely first choice for any recall, since she's in much better shape.

The USS Missouri (BB-63), or "Mighty Mo" as she is known, was the last ship of the 4 Iowa-class battleships to be commissioned.

Her keel laid in January 1941, she was ordered in 1940 as a part of the overall post-WWI modernization "Fast Battleship" program. These battleships were designed as escorts for the Pacific Fleet's Fast Carrier Task Forces.

She underwent construction through 1944, being launched in January 1944 and commissioned a few months later in June of the same year. As the site of the formal Japanese Surrender in WWII, she currently resides as a museum ship in Pearl Harbor, overlooking the USS Arizona memorial.

The proper term is "Submariner", pronounced phonetically "Sub-ma-reen-er". Anything different will likely get you slapped.

Yes - the current height/weight requirements for Navy men and women is:

Minimum height (Both) 51" (4'3") Weight (Max) Men 97lbs, Women 102lbs

Maximum height (Both) 86" (6'8") Weight (Max) Men 271lbs, Women 263lbs

The reason that Destroyers are not just classified with a single "D" and Submarines with just an "S" is that there are different classes of each. It is the hull designation that denotes the vessel's function, and with the advent of the Nuclear Navy, its propulsion type as well.

The hull designator denotes the hull type, shipyard hull number, its purpose, and its propulsion mode. For example SSN stands for "Submersible Ship, Nuclear"; SSBN is Submersible Ship, Ballistic, Nuclear; and SSGN is Submersible Ship, Guided Missile, Nuclear. Any vessel that isn't a variant (rare in today's Navy) has a single designation - BB, DD, etc. Nuclear powered vessels are denoted with an "N" in the designation.

Another example is my old boat, USS RAY (SSN-653). Her designation was Submersible Ship, Nuclear, hull number 653 in Navy technical parlance.

B is a pre-1920's Battleship; BB is a post-1920's Battleship, and a BBG is a Guided Missile Battleship. A DD is a regular line Destroyer; a DE was a Destroyer Escort. A DDG, such as the Arleigh Burke class Destroyers, are Guided Missile Destroyers.

SS doesn't stand for Submarine - it stands for "Submersible Ship". This goes back to the earliest days of Submarines, when they weren't true submersibles like they are today. Until teardrop and cigar shaped hulls were designed, and longer range propulsion methods made crew limitations the only liability, older submarines were essentially surface vessels that had a limited submerged operational capability. They were, literally, "Submersible Ships". What makes them different than today's boats is that the old design made them much faster on the surface than the ever were submerged. Today's submarines are true submersibles by all definitions, much faster submerged than when surfaced. Even modern Diesel Electric boats can remain submerged for many days at a time without the need for a battery charge.

For example, my former Rate/Rank/Warfare Designator, if fully written out, would be shown as "Sonar Technician (Submarines) or STS, First Class (STS1), SS - or Submersible Ships. Written out, my Rate / Rank was STS1(SS).

For submarine hull types, there are currently 3 in the U.S. inventory - SSN, SSGN, and SSBN. SSN's are Nuclear Fast-Attack Submarines - Sturgeon, L.A., Seawolf and Virginia Classes. SSBN's are Ballistic Missile Submarines (Ohio class, etc.) SSGN's are converted older SSBN's that have had their Ballistic Missiles removed as part of the Treaty with the former Soviet Union. They were converted to Cruise Missile launch platforms.

During the Korean War, many former WW2 Fleet Boats were converted for Radar Picket duty along the Korean coastline. Their designations were "SSR", or "Submersible Ship, Radar Picket"

Other ships have similar hull designations. Aircraft Carriers, for example carry the primary hull designator "CV", for Carrier Vessel, "CVA" for Carrier Vessel, Attack (large conventional powered AC's), and "CVN", for "Carrier Vessel, Nuclear".

some times, but usually as Sgt, regard less of rank, [exceptions] first sgt, or a sgt major, there addressed as first sgt or TOP

and sgt major, are addressed as sgt major.

The "traditional" tattoo for U.S. Navy deep sea divers is the age old U.S. Navy Mark V (MOD 1) deep sea diving helmet. The tattoo is normally worn on the lower leg. This helmet is also the the rating badge and warfare device now worn on the left sleeve and upon the chest of U.S. Navy surface supplied aka "Deep Sea" Divers. It is strongly looked down upon for U.S. Navy SCUBA divers to consider wearing this tattoo and most know not to. U.S. Navy SCUBA divers have not completed the same rigorous training as their "Deep Sea Diver" counter parts, and are not authorized to bear the surface supplied diver insignia.

The F-22 Raptor possesses a trapezoidal wing configuration: a low aspect-ratio tapered wing wherein the leading edge is swept back, and the trailing edge swept forward to form somewhat of a diamond-shape.