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Bookmark or Share- Navy Combat Documentation Unit & DET 206 - NHHCThe NHHC Navy Combat Documentation Unit (NCDU) is a reserve unit tasked with documenting the history of the U.S. Navy as it happens. The unit, which was founded in 1991 following Operations Desert Shield & Desert Storm, was originally named Navy Combat Documentation Detachment 206 (DET 206). The unit name was changed to NCDU in 2018. Since its founding, reservists assigned to the unit have ...
- US Navy in Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001-2002 - NHHCIn distinct ways, the Navy’s multifaceted participation in OEF set the stage for its involvement in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), which a U.S.-led Coalition launched in March 2003. 48 Although the OIF naval effort built on the experience of 12 years of operations in the
- Operation Iraqi Freedom - NHHCOn 20 March 2003, Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) began with preemptive airstrikes on former Iraqi dicator Saddam Hussein’s presidential palace and selected military targets. The initial assault was followed by approximately 67,700 “boots on the ground” with 15,000 Navy personnel on ships in the region. OIF was authorized when Iraq was found to be in breach of UN Security Council adopted ...
- Operation Enduring Freedom - NHHCIn response to the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, Operation Enduring Freedom officially began 7 October 2001 with American and British bombing strikes against al-Qaeda and Taliban forces in Afghanistan. Initially, the Taliban was removed from power and al-Qaeda was seriously crippled, but forces continually dealt with a stubborn Taliban insurgency ...
- By Curtis A. Utz and Mark L. Evans N - NHHCdo so precipitated Operation Iraqi Freedom. Five carrier battle groups, three amphibious ready groups and two amphibious task forces, totaling more than 200 coalition ships, deployed for OIF. Some 780 Navy and Marine Corps aircraft flew 13,893 sorties. Abraham Lincoln(CVN 72), Constellation (CV 64) and Kitty
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