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Unlike their namesake, the Oliver Hazard Perry FFGs have not yet met the enemy—but they are under a lot of fire from disappointed friends who envisioned them as the be-all, end-all frigates. (Fred Maroon)
The USS Wichita (AOR-1), seen refueling the USS New Jersey (BB-62), is one of the floating gas stations which will have to keep the 600-ship Navy fit to fight. Photo by LTJG G.A. Whiteside, Jr., USN.
A commander-in-chief honored a corps when President Ronald Reagan participated in the change-of-command ceremony wherein General Robert Barrow turned over command of the Marine Corps to General Paul X. Kelley. (Photo courtesy The White House.)