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[02/07/1995 - 05/08/1996]: 24194018-20060474F-001-017-2023

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This Clinton Presidential Library release holds NSC cables in a folder filed under "Flying Saucer or UFO" and dated February 1995 to May 1996. The withdrawal sheet shows three cables were withheld, among them "UFO Sighted" and "Paranormal Phenomena". The released cables include a US Embassy Baku media roundup and an FBIS summary of Peruvian television that mentions a UFO congress in Curitiba. An FBIS translation of Cuban radio reports a landed oval object near Torriente, Matanzas, and three objects seen over Sancti Spiritus in October 1995.

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NAVADMIN 110/96 (DTG 022356Z MAY 96) -- PROVIDES RATING AVAILABILITY FOR NONDESIGNATED STRIKERS, ADVANCEMENT FORECASTS, CAREER REENLISTMENT OBJECTIVES (CREO) AND CRITICAL SKILLS LISTS. NAVADMIN 111/96 (DTG 022358Z MAY 96) -- UPDATES THE NAVADMIN 308/95 SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS (SRB) PLAN AND PROVIDES NEW SRB AWARD LEVELS.

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NNS1102. NOTABLE QUOTABLE: "EACH OF YOU HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED 11 WEEKS OF RIGOROUS TRAINING. YOU HAVE TAKEN AN OATH TO SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. BY TAKING THAT OATH, YOU HAVE ACCEPTED THE MOST DEMANDING OBLIGATION OF CITIZENSHIP. YOU HAVE SWORN YOURSELVES TO FIGHT PERHAPS EVEN DIE - IN DEFENSE OF YOUR COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE. THE SAFETY OF YOUR NATION WILL DEPEND ON CHOICES YOU MAKE FROM NOW ON. CHOICES BETWEEN HONOR AND DISHONOR; BETWEEN EXCELLENCE AND MEDIOCRITY; BETWEEN DUTY AND COWARDICE." -- SECRETARY OF THE NAVY JOHN H. DALTON AT A RECENT MARINE CORPS RECRUIT GRADUATION CEREMONY IN SAN DIEGO, CALIF.

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NNS1103. USS YOUNG CONDUCTS 10,000TH U.N. COALITION BOARDING MANAMA, BAHRAIN (NNS) -- NAVY AND COAST GUARD INSPECTORS ABOARD USS JOHN YOUNG (DD 973) BOARDED A MERCHANT SHIP IN THE ARABIAN GULF ON APRIL 28, MAKING THE 10,000TH SUCH BOARDING IN SUPPORT OF UNITED NATIONS' SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAQ.

AS PART OF A MULTINATIONAL MARITIME INTERCEPTION FORCE, OPERATING IN THE ARABIAN GULF, THE TEAM BOARDED AN INDIAN

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FLAGGED DHOW TO MAKE THE MILESTONE BOARDING. THE VESSEL WAS EMPTY AND PERMITTED TO PROCEED.

SINCE MULTINATIONAL OPERATIONS BEGAN IN AUGUST 1990, SHIPS FROM 15 COALITION COUNTRIES HAVE QUERIED MORE THAN 22,000 VESSELS, BOARDED 10,000 AND DIVERTED 573 SUSPECTED OF CARRYING U.N. PROHIBITED CARGO, INACCESSIBLE CARGO OR IMPROPER DOCUMENTATION.

ONLY FOOD, MEDICINE AND U.N.-APPROVED GOODS ARE PERMITTED TO BE IMPORTED INTO IRAQ.

JOHN YOUNG, HOMEPORTED IN SAN DIEGO AND CONDUCTING MARITIME INTERCEPTION OPERATIONS SINCE MID-MARCH, HAS MADE 12 QUERIES, 13 BOARDINGS AND DIVERTED ONE SANCTIONS VIOLATOR.

(THIS STORY APPEARED IN THE NAVY WIRE SERVICE AS NWSA1728) -USN-

NNS1104. FIRST ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP COMPLETED AT NTC SAN DIEGO BY LEE H. SAUNDERS, SAN DIEGO NAVAL BASE PUBLIC AFFAIRS

SAN DIEGO (NNS)-- THE 1999 TURNOVER OF THE NAVAL TRAINING CENTER SAN DIEGO SITE TO THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO HAS MOVED ONE STEP CLOSER WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE CENTER'S FIRST ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP OF A CONTAMINATED SITE -- AN UNDERGROUND

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Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 35 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.