Liaison is what makes listening to and speaking French so darn difficult for newbies (and even not so newbies). Liaisons happen when a consonant which is normally silent, dead, or phonologically null, suddenly gets pronounced at the beginning of the word that follows it.
Navy.mil Home Page. An Overview. The following chart presents an overview of the organization of the Department of the Navy. The U.S. Navy was founded on 13 October 1775, and the Department of the Navy was established on 30 April 1798.
The Navy colors were established 27 August 1802 when the Secretary of the Navy signed an instruction which set a pattern for the dress of the U.S. Navy in Blue and Gold. The first uniform instruction for the U.S. Navy was issued by the Secretary of War on 24 August 1791.