Military ranks of the United States Navy

Matthew Lee, and me, Erika Roque. Welcome to this special program where you can listen back to the decade’s biggest and best news stories from around the world. In today’s program, the Island Hopping Campaign - a strategy employed by the U.S. to gain military bases and secure many small islands in the Pacific. U.S. troops targeted the islands that were not as strongly defended by the Japanese. The following events occurred: The attack on Pearl Harbor The Battle of Coral Sea The Battle of Midway…

success provided to Navy, Joint and Coalition forces conducting Overseas Contingency Operations in support of three Combatant Commanders in an extremely isolated, arduous, and dynamic environment. Specific accomplishments include: - Her leadership contributed in the management of 95 Sailors, civilians and contractor personnel in the flawless execution of the day-to-day Command and Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) mission, supporting 3200 U.S. Navy, Joint, Inter-Agency…

Pearl Harbor is a harbour located on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Today It is a United States Navy deep-water naval base, and also the headquarters of the United States Pacific fleet. Pearl Harbor was attacked on 7 December 1941, by Japanese fighter planes. This was a huge surprise. Japan is 4,000 miles away from Hawaii , so the Americans thought that Japan were going to attack a European colonie. But instead, their goal was to take down the the Pacific Fleet so the Americans would not be able to…

Davids American Turtle is about submarine wafare it is primarly about the Americna Turtle.Which was introduced into The Revolutionary War.The Advantages it had were to infiltrate into enemy territory ,mostly undetected it was a one man seater and can hold up to 30 minutes of oxygen and was fitted with a drill hole to drill the inside of the wood from the ships.Some of the disadvantges were that it was slow and heavy and was rearly used during the Revolutionary war.This was one of the first…

Everybody wants to be more powerful, but what if you were given the power to decide whether someone lives or dies? In the dictionary, power is defined as the ability to do something or act in a particular way. It can be gained through a variety of sources such as, money or race, but one of the main sources of power we all share in common, roots from the decisions we make. Whether we know it or not, each decision we make can affect the lives around us. This could be seen throughout the stories,…

Pearl Harbor On December, 7th 1941, Japan bombed the Hawaiian Islands and took out most of our naval units in the Pacific Ocean. The United States fought back against Japan before, during, and after Pearl Harbor. The American Armed Services entered into the war by force, strike back fiercely, and ultimately took out Japan after the bombing, of Pearl Harbor. Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor is why the U.S. became involved in World War II. There are several reasons why Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.…

expand within Asia to get more materials so they invaded French Indochina in 1940 to embargo all imports to China which included war supplies purchased from the U.S. From this move on June 14, 1941 United States placed an embargo on Japan for any import or export and trade transactions of oil. United States had economic interests on Asia and if they stopped materials and oil to Japan they…

STAFF SERGEANT VICTOR V. CERVANTEZ MORENCI Army Air Corps Entered Service in December 1941 Gunner on B-24 409th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group European Theater, 8th Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 3 OLC Victor was 18 years old when he enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 1, 1941. Just six days later, the US entered the Second World War when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. During the great mobilization period of 1942 and 1943, Victor was stationed for…

I never really considered going to the Naval Academy until I was contacted by the volleyball coaches this spring. Initially, I dismissed the email, but then my father told me about the academic excellence and character development of the Academy, and I decided to look further into it. In April, I had the privilege to visit the Yard and witness the character of the Brigade and experience the dedication of each Midshipman to becoming the best version of him or herself in athletics, academics,…

Iwo Jima is an island in the Pacific, approximately 650 miles from Tokyo that really did not have significant amount of natural resources. It was a rocky island with a volcano; however, it did serve as a vital platform for the Japanese fighters to launch attacks against American bombers. The island also held tactical importance to American forces. The island would serve as a landing strip for fighter escorts and as an airstrip used to repair damaged aircraft. The Marines conducted an…