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Featured Product of the Day: Naval Mobile Construction Battalion FIFTEEN
Thursday, 15 December 2011 02:54

15 Inch 15th NCR 300x225 Featured Product of the Day: Naval Mobile Construction Battalion FIFTEEN “Bat Out of Hell”

The 15th Naval Construction Battalion, also called as NMCB – 15, was commissioned on July 20, 1942 at Camp Allen, Virginia. The group was part of the island-hopping campaign of American forces in the Pacific during WWII.

NMCB-15’s primary mission is to provide rapid contingency construction support for operational forces during regional contingencies, large or small. During World War II, the battalion served with distinction and honors, building advance base camps and airfields throughout the Pacific Theater of Operations. They cleared bleachers, built air strips, and established logistical installations on several significant islands.

Today, major tasks include support disaster recovery and humanitarian operations, foreign or domestic, when directed.

NMCB-15 is one of the 20 Naval Mobile Construction Battalions located throughout the NINTH Naval Construction Regiment in Ft. Worth, TX, to the FIRST Naval Construction Division, Little Creek. Personnel from ten detachments in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota make up NMCB-15.

Legend has it that a Marine commander in the Pacific praised the battalion’s hard work by observing that the Seabees were “going like a bat out of hell.” The remark soon became NMCB-15’s motto. The bat logo, on the other hand, is believed that the child of a unit member drew the first prototype. Some said it was developed after war.

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Featured Product of the Day: Chief of Naval Operations Intelligence Plot
Wednesday, 14 December 2011 02:17

Chief of Naval Operations Intelligence Plot 300x248 Featured Product of the Day: Chief of Naval Operations Intelligence Plot“A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace.” – President Theodore Roosevelt

The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) is the Navy’s senior flag officer. It is a statutory office held by a four-star admiral in the United States Navy and is responsible to the Secretary of the Navy for the command, utilization of resources and operating forces of the Navy and of the Secretary’s designated Navy shore activities.

The CNO stands as military adviser and deputy to the Secretary of the Navy. A member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the CNO is the principal adviser to the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense and to the Secretary of the Navy on the conduct of naval warfare. The Chief of Naval Operations is considered as the highest ranking officer on active-duty in the U.S. Navy.

The President appoints the CNO, confirmed via majority vote by the Senate. Qualifications include significant experience in joint duty assignments, which covers at least one full tour of duty in a joint duty assignment as a flag officer. In rare circumstances, the President may waive such requirements if the officer is proven to be necessary for national interest.

Before the position of CNO, the Aide for Naval Operations first served the naval function. The post was established by Act of Congress in 1915 with Admiral William S. Benson as the first Chief of Naval Operations.

From 1923, the CNO lived at Number One Observatory Circle on the grounds of United States Naval Observatory. This arrangement continued until 1974, when Congress made it the official residence of the Vice President.

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Featured Product of the Day: Connecticut Police and Fire Union
Monday, 12 December 2011 05:11

22 Inch Connecticut Police Fire Union 300x225 Featured Product of the Day: Connecticut Police and Fire Union“In Unity there is Strength”

The Connecticut Police and Fire Union (CPFU) is a labor agency that represents approximately 950 police, fire and public safety personnel throughout the state of Connecticut.  It is unique in a way that its coalition includes both firefighters (IAFF Local S-15) and law enforcement (IUPA Local 74) personnel. In fact, its members represent in excess of 50 job titles in Connecticut state service, encompassing more than 13 State agencies. CPFU is affiliated with the International Union of Police Associations, International Association of Fire Fighters, State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC), Connecticut AFL-CIO and the Greater Hartford Labor Council.

CPFU’s police officers, firefighters and regulatory personnel protective and serve: Connecticut state universities and colleges; State airports, including Bradley International and Groton New London; our state highways. They are responsible for testing everyone from the pleasure car driver to the driver of every tractor trailer and school bus. In addition, motor vehicle inspectors operate the commercial vehicle safety unit conducting spot checks of commercial vehicles, and patrolling state highways in search of commercial vehicles operating with unsafe conditions.

Source: (www.globalsecurity.org)

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