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U.S. Marine Hornets to Sink WWII Corvette in South China Sea Drill at Balikatan 2025

By Aaron-Matthew Lariosa

F/A-18C/D Hornets from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323 will be participating in a South China Sea maritime strike drill against a Second World War-era Corvette during Balikatan 2025.

“The F/A-18s will be taking part in the Maritime Strike event where several Armed Forces Philippines, U.S., and Australian Defense Force platforms will integrate to simultaneously sense and shoot a decommissioned ship,” U.S. Navy spokesperson Lt. Carlos M. Gomez confirmed to USNI News.

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27 April 2025 1

From ALL HANDS magazine October, 1983: ‘On the Roof Gang’ 55 Years of Silence

By JO2 Thomas Leek, Naval Security Station, Washington, D.C.

Keeping a secret might be considered tough these days, but there’s one group of Navy men who managed to keep a big secret for more than five decades. Perhaps the most exclusive group of men in the Navy’s history-only 176 in number-they were a highly skilled, extremely dedicated and motivated group of professionals. What’s more, they helped their country secure victory in the Pacific during World War II.

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16 April 2025 1