Word: naval
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...have extended the ring's reach to the Pacific and even to the Indian Ocean. He had taught Navy communications in San Diego, had served in the Pacific as communications watch officer aboard the nuclear-powered carrier Enterprise and had been in charge of communications security at the Alameda Naval Air Station near Oakland. He was familiar with the Navy's Indian Ocean activities thanks to two tours of duty at the highly secret base on the remote island of Diego Garcia. The FBI claimed that Whitworth had operated "at the heart of Navy communications." Retired Rear Admiral Eugene Carroll...
...Navy insisted last week that the sea leg was as sturdy as ever. "Our submarine fleet is invulnerable," declared Vice Admiral Nils Thunman, deputy chief of naval operations for submarine warfare. "The oceans are becoming more opaque, not less." When satellites, surface ships and sophisticated sound systems are used against the Navy's own "boomers" in tests, he said, "nobody can find...
Whitworth was the most reclusive of the arrested spy suspects. Born in Muldrow, Okla., he was brought up mainly by relatives of his estranged parents. He joined the Naval Reserve while in high school, attended a junior college for two years, then made the Navy his career. His path crossed that of John Walker when both taught at the Navy Communications School in San Diego early in the 1970s. He shipped out to Diego Garcia in February 1973, assigned to what the FBI calls "sensitive technical communications." Next came a course in satellites at the Army Communications Electronics School...
...unobstructed microwave reception. The electronic gadgetry on the roof scans the airwaves and can pluck out conversations when a computer recognizes certain words or phrases. On a clear day, the Soviets can watch Navy aircraft carriers cruising under the Golden Gate Bridge and jets taking off from the Alameda Naval Air Station to the east. But the activity that truly intrigues the Soviets is 40 miles to the south, in Silicon Valley...
Gradually, relief supplies began to trickle into the storm-struck areas. But the government was reportedly able to mobilize only five naval vessels to carry food, water and clothes to the stranded. By the time the ships had reached their destinations, having plowed through rain and still heavy seas, many more of the afflicted had died. A few air force helicopters -- Bangladesh has all of 15 -- dropped off water and food. But demand far exceeded supply...