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Acronym: NATO
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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e United States Virgin Islands. She carried out tests off the Bahamas in April and May 1972. From 5 to 15 June 1972, ''Archerfish'' participated in North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Exercise "Pink Lace" in the mid-Atlantic Ocean. In August 1972, she took part in Antisubmarine Warfare Exercise 1-73. On 5 September 1972, she began post-shake |
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Acronym: NTDS
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Naval Tactical Data System
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he crew moved to barracks ship APL-54 for the duration of an overhaul the included installation of the Harpoon anti-ship missile system and the Naval Tactical Data System (NTDS). After completion of her sea trials, ''Tattnall'' set sail from Philadelphia Naval Shipyard one day ahead of her scheduled 28 November 1982 departure date. She returned to Mayport on 3 December wh |
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Acronym: MSC
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Military Sealift Command
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storic cities, for a period of time before the Charleston Naval Base was closed. Decommissioned on 30 September 1998, the ''Santa Barbara'' was transferred to the Military Sealift Command (MSC), Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force the same day and her hull number was changed to '''T-AE-28'''. She remained in service with MSC until she was finally retired from service on 5 August 2005, and presumabl |
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Acronym: BRAC
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Base Realignment and Closure
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]] and served at Al Asad Air Base, providing combat support in the Al Anbar province of Iraq until September 2005. In accordance with the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) in July 2008, VMFA-was placed in cadre status, awaiting the transition to the F-35 Lightning II by 2019. == Notable former members== * Christopher George - actor that served with the squ |
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Acronym: NOL
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Naval Ordnance Laboratory
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cts that summer, surveying a mooring site; and mooring underwater explosive barges and (ex-SS-428) in Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Patuxent River for the Naval Ordnance Laboratory (NOL), Solomons, MD. During July and August, the ship set off some of the charges involved in NOL's testing program. ''Windlass'' then sailed to Cape Fear, NC, later that summer and surveyed the |
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