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Nature 419, 667 (17 October 2002) | doi:10.1038/419667c

All shipshape at navy lab

R. A. LeFande1

  1. 10909 Mariner Drive, Silesia, Maryland 20744-5818, USA

As a 37-year employee of the US Department of the Navy, I have had a 360 ° view of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) mentioned in your News story "Senators attack Pentagon over weak state of defence research" (Nature 418, 711; 2002). It is my personal view that she is still a vigorous centre of excellence in science and technology related to US naval services.