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United States Virgin Islands Seal
Written by Mitch
Wednesday, 20 January 2010 23:05
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The US Virgin Islands is a group of islands in the Carribean located in the insular area of United States.  The US  Virgin Islands is consisting of main islands namely: St. Croix (“Twin City”), St. John (“Love City”), St. Thomas  (“Rock City”) and Water Island (‘Small City”).

The Great Seal of the US Virgin Islands was designed by Mitch Davis. The designed shows the following:

  • Three major islands of US Virgin Islands: St.Croix, St. Thomas and St.John.
  • The sugar mill – to represent St. Croix, which was the center of agricultural productivity of the island’s history.
  • The Legislative Building of St.Thomas- to embody the seat of government and capital of the United States Virgin Islands.
  • The Annaberg Ruins- to represent St.John, this represents the island’s role on the production of sugar and the slave uprising.
  • Two Flags – the Dannaberg Flag and United States Flag, which shows the transfer of Islands from Denmark to the United States.
  • Boat in the harbor- represents the importance of the islands in the interstate and international commerce.
  • Yellow Breast bird perched in the Yellow Cedar- the island’s national bird and the island’s national flower.
  • The motto inscribed “United in Pride and Hope” – to show harmony in the islands despite different backgrounds of the settlers or natives which enabled them to form one united community.

The main purpose of the seal of US Virgin Islands is to show the pride, history, culture of the United States Virgin Islands. Each detail was carefully thought to fully embody the islands.

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The United States Navy
Written by Mitch
Monday, 11 January 2010 03:00
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United States Navyis the sea branch of the United States designated for naval and amphibious warfare. Impressingly, the United States Navy is the largest in the world ,where in it is greater than 13 of the largest other Naval forces combined.

The main mission of the U.S. Navy is to protect the United States and its allies ensuring that they can move freely in the oceans, and to protect our country against the enemies. Development of aircraft, tactics, weapons and naval combat and services are also under the primary tasks of the US Navy.

History:

The US Navy can be traced back to the Continental Navy (formed during the American Revolution) and was soon disbanded after the war. Our constitution granted a legal sanction for the seaborne military by giving the Congress the power to “provide and maintain a navy”. In 1974, The Naval act was formed thus the US Navy was formed.

Components of the US Navy:

There are basically nine components to the operating forces of the US Navy:

  • Pacific Fleet
  • Fleet Forces Command
  • Naval Forces Europe
  • Naval Network Warfare Command
  • Operational Test and Evaluation Force
  • Naval Special Warfare Command
  • Military Sea Lift Command
  • Naval Forces Central Command
  • Navy Reserve

The United States Navy’s Official Seal

The official seal of US Navy is composed of the Anchor, American Bald Eagle and Background of the sea and the sky. It also bears the inscription “Department of Navy” at the top and “United States of America” at the bottom separated on each side by a mullet and within a rim in form of a rope. The inscriptions, mullet, rope and edges of annulet in the seal are all in gold.

The land in the insignia symbolizes the Navy’s supporting shore facilities and the fleet’s amphibious strike capabilities. In the earlier seal design, the wording used was “Navy Department” it was changed into “Department of Navy” in order to embrace the whole world-wide operations afloat, ashore and others.

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USS Barry DDG-52
Written by Mitch
Monday, 04 January 2010 23:06
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USS Barry (DDG-52) is named after the “Father of the American Navy” — Commodore John Barry. The ship is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer which was commissioned in 1992.

As of 2008, Barry is one the three ships to have won the prestigious Battenberg Cup three times. (Battenberg Cup is given annually as a symbol of excellence to the best ship/submarine in the United States Navy Atlantic Fleet). In 2004 Barry also received the Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy as being the most improved ship in the Atlantic Fleet.

USS Barry recently marked the centennial celebration of the Great White Fleet. Over 100 years ago the “Great White Fleet” made history; it made a 43,000 mile journey that included 20 port calls on six different continents that lasted from December 1907 until February 1909.

The USS Barry struck port in Malta, one of the locations that the historic Great White Fleet visited; this is to commemorate the anniversary of the historical event.

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