Station HYPO

Naval Security Group Activity (NSGA) Key West was established on October 20, 1962, in response to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Originally, the command was located in a bunker, at the east end of Key West Naval Station, which has since been renamed NAS Truman Annex. On September 16, 1967, NSGA Key West was deactivated and all missions and functions were relocated to NSGA Homestead, Florida. In October, 1974, a Detachment of NSGA Homestead was deployed to Key West at the west end of Truman Annex, across the street from President Truman’s Summer White House. During this time, Naval Security Group Detachment (NSG Det) Key West consisted of a 20′ x 20′ cinderblock structure, two quonset huts, and a 100′ tower.

BY NICK DANBY, AUGUST 29, 2023

The multiple “Taiwan war” games now being fought at think tanks and universities across the United States share something in common: A Chinese missile strike on a U.S. aircraft carrier during the war’s opening volleys. For the adversary team, it is common to continue targeting U.S. carriers throughout conflict. But how long can the strike group evade one of China’s far-reaching Dongfeng anti-ship ballistic missiles? And even if the carrier dodges a DF-26 anti-ship ballistic missile (with an estimated range of 2,200 nautical miles), what can the carrier strike group offensively bring to the fight?

The short answer? Not much.

OPERATION “STALEMATE II”
Occupation of PALAU and PHILIPPINES Campaigns
29 August – 25 September, 1944

Com3rdFlt Lt. Comdr. G. M. Slonim (in USS NEW JERSEY)
COMTASKFOR 38 – Lt.(jg) C. A. Sims (in USS LEXINGTON)
COATASKGRP 38.1 – Lt.(jg) E. B. Beath (in USS WASP)
COMTASKGRP 38.3 – Lt. (jg) R. A. Wilson (in USS ESSEX)

SGT Jack Lewis Raper
August 28, 1944 – June 8, 1967

In June 2023, Lt. Cmdr. Burke Assumed duties as Officer in Charge of Navy Information Operations Detachment (NIOD), Groton, CT.  Lt. Cmdr Burke biography follows:

Elizebeth S. Friedman graduated from Hillsdale College in 1915 with a B.A. in English, an annotated volume of Tennyson that she kept until her death, and an interest in Shakespeare that unexpectedly resulted in a long career in cryptography.