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Reserve mirror the active duty Regular Navy, with all Naval Reserve carrier aviation squadrons organized into two Reserve Carrier Air Wings (CVWR).
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COMNAVAIRESFOR "Readiness through Safety Award" ~1989
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Services University of the Health Sciences
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Excellence Award ~ 1988, 1989 1992
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165:Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth
788:Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center
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362:List of United States Navy aircraft squadrons
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748:Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command
1636:United States battleship retirement debate
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778:Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command
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687:Naval Forces Europe – Naval Forces Africa
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506:Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
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712:Operational Test and Evaluation Force
173:Reserve Carrier Air Wing 20 (CVWR-20)
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389:Naval History and Heritage Command
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382:"Lineage for Fighter Squadrons"
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717:Naval Network Warfare Command
702:Naval Special Warfare Command
697:Naval Forces Southern Command
279:VF-202 was equipped with two
137:Fighter Squadron 202 (VF-202)
1391:Navy Senior Enlisted Academy
783:Office of Naval Intelligence
753:Naval Supply Systems Command
692:Naval Forces Central Command
593:Expeditionary Combat Command
143:was an aviation unit of the
1376:Naval Hospital Corps School
1182:Explosive ordnance disposal
1024:Registered civilian vessels
793:Naval Legal Service Command
491:Under Secretary of the Navy
145:United States Naval Reserve
83:Reserve Carrier Air Wing 20
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64:United States Navy Reserve
1323:Naval Postgraduate School
828:Navy Working Capital Fund
808:Bureau of Naval Personnel
743:Naval Air Systems Command
738:Naval Sea Systems Command
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496:Chief of Naval Operations
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1300:Officer Candidate School
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813:Chief of Naval Personnel
722:Military Sealift Command
293:Bergstrom Air Force Base
219:and transitioned to the
149:Naval Air Station Dallas
93:Naval Air Station Dallas
74:reserve fighter squadron
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1371:Naval Chaplaincy School
1335:Marine Corps University
1331:Naval Community College
1315:Naval University System
1074:Yard and district craft
157:Carswell Air Force Base
1588:Revolt of the Admirals
1543:Line-crossing ceremony
1448:Awards and decorations
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1202:Medical Service Corps
486:Secretary of the Navy
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1381:Naval Justice School
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707:Naval Reserve Forces
663:Fleet Forces Command
630:Carrier strike group
217:Vought F-8H Crusader
19:Fighter Squadron 202
803:Naval Safety Center
763:Fleet Cyber Command
177:U.S. Atlantic Fleet
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