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This Week in Navy Sports Presented by Navy Federal Credit Union
Published on February 24, 2025
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24 Feb Daily Shipmate
February 24, 2025
Monday, February 24, 2025TODAY IN NAVY, MARINE CORPS AND USNA MEMORIAL HALL HISTORY 1885 - Chester W. Nimitz, Class of 1905, future fleet admiral and commander in chief of naval forces in the Pacific during World War II, was born in Fredricksburg, Texas. 1991 - The I Marine Expeditionary Force and coalition forces began a ground assault on Iraqi defenses in the final chapter of Operation Desert St
25 Feb Daily Shipmate
February 25, 2025
Tuesday, February 25, 2025Today in Navy, Marine Corps and USNA Memorial Hall History 1862 - The Union ironclad Monitor, which one observer likened to a “cheese box on a raft” and another called “a mere speck, like a hat on the surface,” was commissioned. It departed the New York Navy Yard two days later, but was forced to turn back because of a steering failure.1963 - LTjg James Leonard '59, USN w