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Seventh Fleet Command Ship Changes Command
Capt. Rudy Lupton relieved Capt. Thom W. Burke as commanding officer of 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) at an official change of command ceremony held on board the ship November 24.
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Family Care Plan Revisions Include Deployment Deferment Option
Navy officials announced revisions to its Family Care Plan policy Nov. 23 which includes a new deployment deferment option for eligible Sailors.
"Under the new policy, Sailors who are requir... USS Rentz Assists Mariners in Distress
USS Rentz (FFG 46) responded to a distress call Nov. 20 from Motor Vessel Adnan Wahd, which was taking on water while at sea in the Central Arabian Gulf.
M/V Adnan Wahd reported a hole in its... GW CSG Returns from Fall Deployment
The George Washington Carrier Strike Group (GW CSG) returned to Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, Nov. 23, completing its second fall deployment since joining the Forward-Deployed Naval Forces last ye... M/V Maersk Alabama Captain Receives Valor Award
The captain of M/V Maersk Alabama received the inaugural National Maritime Valor Award from the Nauticus National Maritime Center Nov. 19 at the Nauticus in Norfolk, Va.
The ceremony held Thu... M/V Maersk Alabama Captain Thanks Bainbridge Crew
M/V Maersk Alabama Capt. Richard Phillips thanked the captain and crew of the guided-missile destroyer USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) for his rescue from Somali pirates in April during a ceremony held on the... LCS 2 Completes Acceptance Trials
The future USS Independence (LCS 2) successfully completed acceptance trials this week, after completing a series of graded in-port and underway demonstrations for the Navy's Board of Inspection and S... Navy Seeks 100 Percent Participation in Electronic Service Records
As the Navy moves forward with plans to eliminate the enlisted field service record more than 130,000 Sailors need to establish a self-service account that will allow them to access to their new digit... Blue Ridge Wraps Up Fall Deployment
More than 1,200 Sailors and Marines from USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), embarked 7th Fleet staff, and Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team Pacific (FASTPAC) returned to Yokosuka, Japan, Nov. 19, completing a t... Nimitz Squadrons Join Dubai Air Show
Two squadrons from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 joined hundreds of civilian and military exhibitors Nov. 15 at the International Air Show in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Two F/A-18E Super Horne...
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Commander, 1st Naval Construction Division News
NMCB 11 Begins Mentor Relationship with Local School
GULFPORT, Miss. (NNS) -- Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 signed a charter with the soon-to-be completed Twenty Eighth St. Elementary School, in Gulfport Nov. 17, to begin what they hope to be a longstanding relationship.
"We're going to b ...
U.S. Navy Seabees, Local Residents Build School Together
LANAO DEL SUR, Philippines (NNS) -- Service members from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1, assigned to Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines, are in the final stages of building classrooms at the Lanao Agricultural College with the help of local contractors and sc ...
Kitsap Veterans Remember Navy Seabee Medal of Honor Recipient
SEQUIM, Wash. (NNS) -- More than 100 Sailors, veterans and family members gathered at the Gardiner Community Cemetery in Sequim to honor a Navy Seabee Medal of Honor recipient during a Veterans Day ceremony Nov. 11.
This is the 43rd anniversary for the annual mem ...
Seabees to be Featured in Television Program
GULFPORT, Miss. (NNS) -- A Seattle-based television show production crew wrapped up filming on board the Naval Construction Battalion Center (NCBC) Gulfport Nov. 2.
Chuck O'Farrell, executive director of Screaming Flea Productions and Videographer, Nick Junke, spe ...
NMCB 11 Communicators Train for the Future
CAMP SHELBY, Miss. (NNS) -- Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 Communications Platoon received useful hands-on training while assisting Construction Battalion Center's 20th Seabee Readiness Group's assessment of NMCB 7's Field Training Exercise (FTX).
NMCB One Helps School Commemorate its Link to Seabees
SANTA RITA, Guam (NNS) -- Seabees with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 celebrated the 49th anniversary of Chief Brodie Memorial Elementary School on Guam Oct. 30.
The school is named after Chief Builder Clifford Brodie, a Seabee who led the construction ...
USACE Compound in Iraq Named in Honor of Fallen Navy Officer
BAGHDAD, Iraq (NNS) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) compound on Camp Victory, Iraq, was officially designated Camp Wolfe on Oct. 22 in honor of Navy Cmdr. Duane Wolfe, who was killed in Fallujah, Iraq, May 25.
Wolfe was the officer-in-charge of the Al- ...
1NCD Welcomes New Commander
NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- Commander, First Naval Construction Division (1NCD) held a change of command ceremony Oct. 23 at the Pennsylvania House at Naval Station Norfolk.
Rear Adm. Richard E. Cellon was relieved by Rear Adm. Mark A. Handley.
Cellon served ...
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Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group Enters 5th Fleet
INDIAN OCEAN (NNS) -- After transiting the western Pacific Ocean, the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) entered the U.S. 5th Fleet Area of Operations this week to relieve the Bataan ARG.
While deployed to the region, Sailors and Marines from the Bonh...
M/V Maersk-Alabama Repels Suspected Pirate Attack
MANAMA, Bahrain (NNS) -- Four suspected pirates in a skiff came within 300 yards of M/V Maersk-Alabama and used small arms weapons in an attempt to board the ship.
The security team embarked aboard Maersk-Alabama responded to the attack by using evasive maneuvers, ...
Bataan ARG/22nd MEU Departs 5th Fleet
USS BATAAN, At Sea (NNS) -- The Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) officially departed 5th Fleet and entered 6th Fleet's Area of Operations when the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) transited the Suez Canal an...
CNO Visits Egypt, Greece and USS Ponce
SANTORINI, Greece (NNS) -- The chief of naval operations (CNO) visited the naval forces of Egypt and Greece Nov. 10-15.
The purpose of CNO's visit was to further enhance the global maritime partnerships between the nations and explore possible areas for increased coop...
Ford Keel Laid for Future Carrier, Class
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (NNS) -- A keel-laying ceremony for the Navy's first Ford-class aircraft carrier, Gerald R. Ford, (CVN 78) was held at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va. Nov. 14.
The ceremony celebrated not only the building of a new class of ship, bu...
Sailors, Soldiers on Nimitz Work to Avoid Civilian Casualties
USS NIMITZ, At Sea (NNS) -- Two Soldiers working deep inside aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) serve as liaisons between the aviators of Carrier Air Wing 11 and coalition forces on the ground in Afghanistan.
Army Maj. Johnnie Gallegos and Army Sgt. 1st Class Percy ...
Navy Personnel Command Moving Sailors Despite Budget Constraints
MILLINGTON, Tenn. (NNS) -- Navy Personnel Command (NPC) has released Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders to keep the fleet moving, despite the lack of a fiscal year (FY) 2010 budget, Navy officials announced Nov. 16.
"Until the National Defense Appropriations Bil...
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