Virginian Pilot – Spurred by a surge in international goodwill after one of their hospital ships completed a five-month humanitarian cruise to Southeast Asia last summer, the Navy’s top leaders are considering regular deployments of the floating medical centers.
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Daily Archives: November 18, 2006
US Navy – Double war duty a first for Enterprise Strike Group
Virginian Pilot – Ending an unusual deployment to four fleets and two wars, the aircraft carrier Enterprise will return Saturday after six and a half months at sea.
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History – Fort Fischer: Amphibious Victory in the American Civil War
Naval War College Review – The first attack on Fort Fisher, during the American Civil War, failed utterly; the second succeeded magnificently. The commanders of the latter learned from the experience of the former; the lessons of both attempts were valuable for the great amphibious operations of the mid-twentieth century, and they remain instructive today.
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