The Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual provides guidance and regulations concerning awards available for recognizing individuals and units in the Naval service. This instruction has been updated and administratively revised to incorporate the establishment of the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Korea Defense Service Medal, and Ceremonial Guard Medal.

The Navy Correspondence Manual is issued to prescribe uniform standards for the management and preparation of correspondence and is applicable to all commands and activities of the Department of the Navy. This manual supersedes SECNAVINST 5216.5D and the Secretary of the Navy Writing Guide. This manual contains the following chapters: - Correspondence Management - Correspondence Standards and Procedures - Electronic Records - Facsimile Transmission Services - Postal Standards - Correspondence Format - Multiple-Address Letter - Endorsements - Memorandums - Business Letters - Executive...

The Naval Research Laboratory is the Department of the Navy's corporate laboratory; it is under the command of the Chief of Naval Research. As the corporate laboratory of the Navy, NRL is the principal in-house component in the Office of Naval Research's (ONR) effort to meet its science and technology responsibilities. NRL has had a long and fruitful relationship with industry as a collaborator, contractor, and most recently in Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs). NRL values this linkage and continues to develop it. NRL is an important link in the Navy Research,...