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Celebrating the Past, Present and Future of Navy Cryptology

Seaman to Admiral!

In 1993, I raised my right hand as an E-1 Seaman Recruit with big dreams and very little idea of where the journey ahead would lead.

Today, seeing my name officially submitted for appointment to Rear Admiral (Lower Half) is humbling beyond words!

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LCDR Corey O. Grey Selected as the 2025 Captain Joseph Rochefort Information Warfare Officer Distinguished Leadership

Lt. Cmdr. Corey O. Grey, United States Navy

Lt. Cmdr. Corey Grey, a native of Central Florida, graduated with merit from the U.S. Naval Academy in 2015 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He holds a Master of Science in Engineering Management from Old Dominion University, a Master of Arts in Defense and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College and is a qualified Warfare Tactics Instructor.

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History of NSGA Keflavik, Iceland

On July 1, 1961, the U.S. Naval Communication Station, (NAVCOMMSTA) Iceland was established and assumed most of the island’s military communications requirements from the Airways and Air Communications Service Squadron (AACS/MATS). The NAVCOMMSTA’s responsibilities were wide-ranging with personnel assigned to operate communications equipment at a variety of remote sites: Inter-Island TROPO site at H-1; DYE-5 Transceiver site; transceiver sites at H-2 and H-3, the Special Communications

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Remembering AT1 Bernie Joel Colgin, KIA, April 15, 1969, EC-121 Shoot down

AT1 Bernie J. Colgin was born on May 15, 1933 in Stillwater Oklahoma.  He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. G.L. “Buck” Golgin.  There is cenotaph recognizing AT1 Colgin in Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego, CA in section MA Site 115.

Declared officially dead 18 days after he and his 30 crewmen were shot down by a North Korean Migs over the Sea of Japan.

Remembering AG1 Edward T. Earhart, USN, KIA Pentagon, 9/11

AG1 Edward T. Earhart
May 14, 1975 – September 11, 2001

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OTD: 3rd Radio Reach Unit Arrived in Saigon, Vietnam


On May 13, 1961, the Army Security Agency’s (ASA) Third Radio Research Unit arrived in Saigon to provide support to the South Vietnamese military. Its location was the first of many conventional sites that US. cryptologists would establish in South Vietnam.

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