The Department of the Navy is itself a military department of the Department of Defense, which is headed by the Secretary of Defense. The Department of the Navy is headed by the civilian Secretary of the Navy. Marine Corps, which is its coequal sister service. Navy is part of the Department of the Navy, alongside the U.S. It is a blue-water navy with the ability to project force onto the littoral regions of the world, engage in forward deployments during peacetime and rapidly respond to regional crises, making it a frequent actor in U.S. Navy maintains a sizable global presence, deploying in strength in such areas as the Western Pacific, the Mediterranean, and the Indian Ocean. Navy emerged from World War II as the most powerful navy in the world. It played the central role in the World War II defeat of Imperial Japan. Navy played a major role in the American Civil War by blockading the Confederacy and seizing control of its rivers. Congress passed the Naval Act of 1794 for the construction of six heavy frigates, the first ships of the U.S. After suffering significant loss of goods and personnel at the hands of the Barbary pirates from Algiers, the U.S. Navy traces its origins to the Continental Navy, which was established during the American Revolutionary War and was effectively disbanded as a separate entity shortly thereafter. It has 290 deployable combat vessels and more than 2,623 operational aircraft as of June 2019. military service branches in terms of personnel. With 336,978 personnel on active duty and 101,583 in the Ready Reserve, the U.S. It has the highest combined battle fleet tonnage (4,635,628 tonnes as of 2019) and the world's largest aircraft carrier fleet, with eleven in service, two new carriers under construction, and five other carriers planned. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage of its active battle fleet alone exceeding the next 13 navies combined, including 11 U.S. The United States Navy ( USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.
Occupation of the Dominican Republic (1965) Occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916).Current interests include: control, robotics and CIM. Listed in several international biographical volumes. Organizer of several international conferences (IEEE, IFAC, IMACS, IASTED, SIRES etc.).
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Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems (1988–2005) and the book series “Microprocessor-Based and Intelligent Systems Engineering” (K1uwer). Publications: 30 research books, 60 book chapters, over 700 journal and conference technical papers. Project coordinator of national and EU projects in the fields of robotics, CIM and IT (ESPRIT, BRITE-EURAM, TIDE, INTAS, SOCRATES, EUREKA, GROWTH etc.). Project evaluator of national European and international projects (USA, Canada, Italy, Hong Kong, Japan ). Fellow of IEEE (N.Y.) and IEE (London) Member of ASME (N.Y.), New York Academy of Sciences, IMACS (Rutgers, N.J.) and SIRES (Brussels). E.h.) and the Ecole Centrale de Lille (Docteur Honoris Causa). (Hon.)), the Technical University of Munich (Dr.-Ing. Recipient of Honorary Doctorates of the International University (D.Sc. Tzafestas professor emeritus, Director of the Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS), Senior Research Associate of the Signals, Control and Robotics Division and the Intelligent Robotics and Automation Laboratory (IRAL) of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA).