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7/3/2009 | Zombie Boomers Roam The Seas
Strategy Page: Russia is reactivating two of its retired Typhoon SSBNs (ballistic missile nuclear subs, or "boomers"), to help maintain some semblance of a SLBM (Sea Launched Ballistic Missile) force ...
Link: http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htsub/articles/20090703.aspx |
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7/3/2009 | New Russian Boomer Is Ready, Again
Strategy Page: July 1, 2009: For the first time since the end of the Cold War in 1991, Russia has completed a nuclear submarine that began construction after the Cold War.
This is the Yuri Dolgoru ...
Link: http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htsub/articles/20090701.aspx |
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7/3/2009 | Guarding The Internet
Strategy Page: May 9, 2009: The U.S. Navy has found its place in defending the Internet; underwater. That's where most of the planets Internet traffic spends most of its time, as it travels from cont ...
Link: http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htsub/articles/20090509.aspx |
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7/1/2009 | Holland Club Challenge Coin - Clarification re engraving.
An official Holland Club 'Challenge Coin' is now available through the National Storekeeper. The proceeds from the sales of these coins will be used to support the activities and projects of the Holl ...
Link: http://www.ussvi.org/Documents/Online_Organization_HC-Coin_Examples.jpg |
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7/1/2009 | WWII sub patch display for museum produced
During the winter, Overgaard, AZ residents USSVI member Dick Jarenski and Sue Rainey produced, assembled and labeled six displays to honor the submarines of World War II.
These will be permanently ...
Link: http://www.wmicentral.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20338177&BRD=2264&PAG=461&dept_id=505965&rfi=6 |
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7/1/2009 | A message from SUBVETTES President Rita Kreul.
Rita wants you to know that SubVettes have extended the deadline offering a Life Membership to all Regular members of Ladies of Submarine Veterans of WWII for $20.00 from 30 June 2009 to September 12, ...
Link: http://subvettes.com/ |
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7/1/2009 | The Submarine Combat Patrol Insignia - Did you know...
Per the MILPERSMAN 1200-010:
Submarine Combat Patrol Insignia.
a. Authorization for the Submarine Combat Patrol Insignia is given to members regularly assigned to submarine duty on or after 7 De ... |
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6/29/2009 | 4th of July ... Did you know?
During the American Revolution, the legal separation of the American colonies from Great Britain occurred on July 2, 1776, when the Second Continental Congress voted to approve a resolution of indepen ... |