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![[Flag of Fairlead Integrated]](../images/u/us$frld.gif) image by Randy Young, 22 November 2023
 
image by Randy Young, 22 November 2023
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Fairlead Integrated is a veteran-owned US naval defense contracting company 
headquartered in Portsmouth, Virginia. Originally founded in 1984 as Earl 
Industries, the company was purchased by General Dynamics in 2012, when it was 
merged with other General Dynamics holdings to create Miller IMG. Two years 
later, the name was changed again to Fairlead Integrated. The company operates 
in Portsmouth, Virginia, adjacent to the cities of Norfolk and Newport News and 
near Hampton Roads, providing ship repair and dockyard services to the United 
States Navy. (https://fairlead.com/) 
On a recent visit to Portsmouth, I saw the Fairlead corporate flag flying 
along with the American flag outside one of the company's construction halls. 
The flag features the company's logo in dark blue centered on a white field. The 
logo shows a fairlead, a device aboard ships to guide lines, ropes, or cables 
around objects on the deck, with the name "FAIRLEAD" in capital letters beneath 
the device.
 Randy Young, 22 November 2023