The Navy is currently maintaining a sea blockade of Haiti.

The Navy will maintain the 12 carrier battle groups that it "needed" during most of the cold war.

But the Navy maintains that its reactors, on land and at sea, are less accident-prone than civilian models.

The French Navy maintained a church pennant but it fell into disuse in 1905.

The Air Force and the Navy have also maintained spending on their most important new weapon programs.

The military rationale for the new $3.6 billion carrier is to help the Navy maintain a constant maritime presence around the world.

It has been a commercial airport since 1966, but the Navy maintains a significant facility for helicopters and fixed wing aircraft within the perimeter.

Since 1998, the Brazilian Navy has maintained a permanently manned research facility on the islands.

They are trying to block the move with legislation requiring the Navy to maintain at least a dozen carrier strike groups.

The Navy maintains several huge operations here and numerous aerospace and military factories are in the area.