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Kenneth John Braithwaite II (born 1960) is an American diplomat, businessman and veteran United States Navy officer who served as the 77th secretary of the Navy from May 29, 2020, to January 20, 2021, in the Donald Trump administration.
The First Fleet was a name informally used in reference to the U.S. Coast Guard within the U.S. Navy of the United States Navy, and then after its formal establishment by order of the Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet (COMINCH), Admiral Ernest J. King, on 19 February 1943, the First Fleet served as a mechanism for disseminating information used in maneuvering American submarine forces against ...
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In December 2020, Secretary Braithwaite announced that the second ship of the class will be named USS Congress (FFG-63). [31] [44] In January 2021, Secretary Braithwaite announced that the third ship of the class will be named USS Chesapeake (FFG-64). All three ships are named after three of the U.S. Navy's original six frigates. [33]
Against the advice of most of his friends, Patton chose to go into the newly formed US Tank Corps. He was the first officer so assigned. The first American-produced heavy tank was the 43.5-ton Mark VIII (sometimes known as the "Liberty"), a US–British development of the successful British heavy tank design, intended to equip the Allied forces ...
Below you will find a schedule of events organized by the Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, which start Saturday, Jan. 18, and end Tuesday, Jan. 21. Note: official Inauguration Day festivities do ...
The first combat operation for units from the battalion was the Guadalcanal campaign, in which they were equipped with the predecessor of the famed M3 Stuart light tank; the M2A4 light tank. On 7 August 1942, Companies A and B took part in the 1st Marine Division's landings on the Japanese held island.