#OTD in 1997, a computer glitch caused USS Yorktown (CG-48) to be dead in the water for almost three hours. The Yorktown had recently been upgraded through the Navy's "Smart Ship Program", but the propulsion system failed because the computers crashed after trying to divide by 0.
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Good job anon
Every job and rank in the U.S. Navy is open to women and women serve in nearly every Navy community.
Today in Florida, Patrol Squadron (VP) 45 conducted its first all-female flight aboard a P-8A Poseidon - the
@USNavy
’s multi-mission maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft.
https://twitter.com/USFleetForces/status/1704961425926508833
WE HAVE LASERS!⚡️
“The delivery of DE M-SHORAD prototypes to the 4-60th ADAR represents a transformational milestone in the Army’s modernization campaign.” stated Col. Steven D. Gutierrez.
Read more at: https://army.mil/article/270134
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>>19590777
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President Harry Truman appointed George C. Marshall as the Secretary of Defense on Sept. 21, 1950. Among his many achievements, he was the architect of the “Marshall Plan” and helped create NATO. He is buried in Section 7.
📸 Department of Defense
📸 Elizabeth Fraser
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