Sergeant Olivia Benson. Emmy Award winner Mariska Hargitay stars as Olivia Benson, a dedicated and emotionally driven detective and acting sergeant of the SVU squad on Wolf Films/Universal Television's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, now in its 17th season.
For similarly named ships, principles of government, and other uses, see Constitution (disambiguation). USS Constitution is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy, named by President George Washington after the Constitution of the United States of America. She is the world's oldest commissioned naval vessel afloat. Constitution was launched in 1797, one of six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and the third constructed.
Washington had formed a fleet of four ships before the Navy was established. Until 1921, the Marine Corps birthday was celebrated on July 11. This date was from 1798 when Congress established the permanent United States Marine Corps.The Marine Corps was the first to be implemented and thus their claim to be the oldest service. The first Marine officer was commissioned 28 Nov 1775, a month before the first naval officer was commissioned.his date was from 1798 when Congress established the permanent United States Marine Corps. The Marine Corps was the first to be implemented and thus their claim to be the oldest service. The first Marine officer was commissioned 28 Nov 1775, a month before the first naval officer was commissioned.