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7 unusual facts about United States Department of the Navy


Color guard

Typically these include a unit flag and a departmental flag (Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, or Coast Guard).

Deborah P. Christie

Deborah P. Christie was US Assistant Secretary of the Navy from March 16, 1994 to March 12, 1998.

Eagle, Globe, and Anchor

The anchor, which dates back to the founding of the corps in 1775, acknowledges the naval tradition of the marines and their continual service within the Department of the Navy.

Location identifier

The Department of the Navy assigns three-letter identifiers beginning with the letter N for the exclusive use of that Department.

Ralph Waldo Tyler

His political activities drew the attention of prominent national Black figures, and in 1907, upon the advice of Booker T. Washington, Tyler was appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt to fill the post of Auditor of the Department of the Navy.

United States naval districts

"Each naval district shall be commanded by a designated commandant, who is the direct representative of the Navy Department, including its bureaus and offices, in all matters affecting district activity." (Art. 1481, Navy Regulations.)

West Wing

Today, most of the staff members of the Executive Office of the President are located in the adjacent Eisenhower Executive Office Building—originally the State, War, and Navy Building, after the departments it was built to house.


Fred A. Bantz

Fred A. Bantz (June 25, 1895 – September 22, 1982) was an official in the United States Department of the Navy during the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Union blockade

The Navy Department, under the leadership of Navy Secretary Gideon Welles, quickly moved to expand the fleet.


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