"We asked John what he wanted to be - chief of naval operations?"

The whole thing took on the proportions of a naval operation.

The island was used for Spanish naval operations from 1655.

By the end of 1941, 82 naval operations were made.

This was the last significant naval operation of the war.

This, it has become clear, is about the limit of the naval operation.

Before that appointment he served as chief of naval operations for three years.

He was assistant chief of naval operations from 1923 to 1925.

The unit has been involved in more than naval operations.

He served as deputy chief of naval operations for policy and planning in the early 1960s.