Sep 11, 2001 · Prior to World War II, there were no formally trained bomb or mine disposal personnel, but the need became apparent when in 1939, the British navy dismantled the first German magnetic mine that had washed up on the shore of Shoeburyness, England. In 1941, the U.S. Naval Mine School was established at Naval Gun Factory in Washington, D.C., and subsequently, the Bomb Disposal School was ...

In the October 1992 Proceedings, EOD Commander R. J. Nagle outlined the difficult challenges that the Navy’s EOD forces confronted in the gulf. Finally, writing in the Summer/Fall 1992 Amphibious Review , Carle White discussed how the Navy’s MCM assets addressed the …

Master List of US Navy Unit Awards & Campaign Medals, Cold War Era: Post Korean War to February 1994 Note: Although this list contains information on some units' participation in World War II and the Korean War, researchers are advised to consult Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual (NAVPERS 15,790), revised in November 1953,

Aug 5, 2017 · The U.S. Navy played a critical role in the immediate military response to the 9/11 attacks, codenamed Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), which formally began on 7 October 2001 and unfolded primarily in the Central Command (CENTCOM) theater of operations.

“A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace.” President Theodore Roosevelt, 2 December 1902, second annual message to Congress. “A powerful Navy we have always regarded as our proper and natural means of defense; and it has always been of defense that we have thought, never of aggression or of conquest.

On 31 March 2025, the Navy Department Library celebrates 225 years of service to the Fleet. Monitor vs. Virginia On 9 March 1862, during the Civil War, the Union ironclad Monitor and the Confederate ironclad Virginia participated in an epic four-hour engagement at Hampton Roads, Virginia, the first clash between ironclad warships.

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More than 20 Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams were also deployed to support the mine countermeasures force. Allied minesweepers from Saudi Arabia, Great Britain and Kuwait, and the MH-53 Super Stallions of Mine Countermeasures Helicopter Squadron 14 …

Aug 24, 2021 · Navy’s First African American EOD Technician—63 Years Ago. In July 1958, Master Chief Boatswain’s Mate (BMCM) Sherman Byrd became the first African American to graduate from the Naval School of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) in Indian Head, MD. Byrd, a native of Mississippi, joined the Navy in 1947 at 17.