CTT1(IW/AW) Robin Nicole Collins, USN
August 9, 1994 — July 18, 2021
To those of you who didn’t find your name on this year’s Chief’s selection list, I know yesterday may have been disappointing. I understand those feelings because I once stood exactly where you are.
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On Friday, July 31, 2026, Lieutenant Commander James M. Ennes, Jr., US Navy, ret., slipped his cable and unfurled his sails. With the Great Pilot at the helm, he set a course to his final home port.
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On July 31, 2020, Navy Information Operations Detachment (NIOD) Kaneohe Bay, HI was disestablished. Dating back prior to World War Two, NIOC Kaneohe Bay has a long history of supporting the fleet.
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Long before the famous codebreakers of Bletchley Park achieved their wartime successes, a small team of brilliant Polish cryptologists accomplished what many believed was impossible—they broke the German Enigma cipher.
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The Cold War was a contest not only of military might but of intelligence. While spy planes and satellites often steal the spotlight in histories of espionage, some of the most effective intelligence-gathering platforms were far less conspicuous. Among these unsung platforms was the USS Atakapa (ATF-149) — a fleet ocean tug that, for a brief but critical period, played a key role in Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) collection for the U.S. Navy. Though designed for towing and salvage, Atakapa’s quiet deployment into the world of covert surveillance reveals a hidden dimension of naval operations during the height of U.S.-Soviet tensions.
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