The USS Key West, denoted as hull number SSN 722, is  Los Angeles class attack submarine, the third ship of the U.S. Navy to be named for the city of Key West, Florida. She is homeported in Apra Harbor on the beautiful pacific island of Guam. The crest of Key west features the conch shell, a symbol of her namesake city. Her motto is “Libertate Clavis Tenacitas et Ingenium”, which translates to The Key to "freedom is tenacity and resourcefulness”.

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Apra Harbor is a deep-water port on the western side of the United States territory of Guam. The harbor is formed by Orote Peninsula in the south and Cabras Island in the north. To the south, the harbor narrows and then widens again to form an inner harbor. The southern end of the harbor is the location of Naval Base Guam, a strategic U.S. naval base located on Apra Harbor. It is part of Joint Region Marianas, which is a Naval-controlled installation which was combined with Andersen Air Force Base in 2009. Naval Base Guam is home of Commander Submarine Squadron 15, Coast Guard Sector Guam and Naval Special Warfare Unit One and supports 28 other tenant commands. It is the home base to dozens of Pacific Command, United States Pacific Fleet, Seventh Fleet, and other units.

The Los Angeles class (also known as the 688 class) is a class of nuclear-powered fast attack submarines (SSN) in US Naval service. They represent two generations and close to half a century of the U.S. attack submarine fleet. As of late 2015, 39 of the class are still in commission and 23 retired from service. Of the 23 retired boats, 14 of them were laid up half way (approximately 17–18 years) through their projected lifespans due to their midlife reactor refueling being cancelled.

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Grand Forks Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force installation in northeastern North Dakota, located north of Emerado and 16 miles (26 km) west of Grand Forks. Opened in early 1957, the base's current host unit is the 319th Air Base Wing (319 ABW) assigned to the Expeditionary Center of the Air Mobility Command (AMC). During the Cold War, GFAFB was a major installation of the Strategic Air Command (SAC), with B-52 bombers, KC-135 tankers, and Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missiles. 

The unmanned RQ-4 Global Hawk was assigned to Grand Forks, and on 1 March 2011, the wing was redesignated as the 319th Air Base Wing (319 ABW). The first RQ-4 arrived in May 2011, operated by the 69th Reconnaissance Group of ACC. Starting in 2012, the base received several new Block 40 Global Hawks.

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USS City Of Corpus Christi (SSN-705), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Corpus Christi, Texas. The ship is currently homeported in Pearl Harbor, HI, moving there in May 2011 after being previously forward deployed to Apra Harbor, Guam. Apra Harbor is a deep-water port on the western side of the United States territory of Guam. The harbor is formed by Orote Peninsula in the south and Cabras Island in the north. To the south, the harbor narrows and then widens again to form an inner harbor. The southern end of the harbor is the location of Naval Base Guam, a strategic U.S. naval base located on Apra Harbor. It is part of Joint Region Marianas, which is a Navy-controlled installation which was combined with Andersen Air Force Base in 2009.

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This vintage style military naval travel poster “Apra Harbor Guam USS Chicago SSN-721” is dedicated to the Submariners who served on the USS Chicago. USS Chicago (SSN-721) is a Los Angeles-class submarine, the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city of Chicago, Illinois. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 13 August 1981 and her keel was laid down on 5 January 1983, launched on 13 October 1984 and commissioned on 27 September 1986. Apra Harbor is a deep-water port on the western side of the United States territory of Guam. The harbor is formed by Orote Peninsula in the south and Cabras Island in the north. To the south, the harbor narrows and then widens again to form an inner harbor. The southern end of the harbor is the location of Naval Base Guam, a strategic U.S. naval base located on Apra Harbor.

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The 69th Reconnaissance Group consists of multiple squadrons and detachments. The 69th RG operates and maintains deployable, high-altitude, long-endurance RQ-4/EQ-4 aircraft and ground control elements to fulfill requirements generated by the Joint Chiefs of Staff in support of unified commanders and secretary of defense. The group provides theater commanders with near real-time intelligence, ISR and target acquisition data and enhances theater command and control by providing persistent communications relay capability in austere areas.

The 69th Reconnaissance Group includes the 12th Reconnaissance Squadron at Beale Air Force Base, and the 348th Reconnaissance Squadron and 69th Maintenance Squadron at Grand Forks Air Force Base. Art depicts deployment to Anderson AFB, Guam.

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The 69th Reconnaissance Group consists of multiple squadrons and detachments. The 69th RG operates and maintains deployable, high-altitude, long-endurance RQ-4/EQ-4 aircraft and ground control elements to fulfill requirements generated by the Joint Chiefs of Staff in support of unified commanders and secretary of defense. The group provides theater commanders with near real-time intelligence, ISR and target acquisition data and enhances theater command and control by providing persistent communications relay capability in austere areas.

The 69th Reconnaissance Group includes the 12th Reconnaissance Squadron at Beale Air Force Base, and the 348th Reconnaissance Squadron and 69th Maintenance Squadron at Grand Forks Air Force Base. Art depicts deployment to Anderson AFB, Guam.

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