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USS Chosin Rescues Three Yemeni Fishermen in the Gulf of Aden
USS Chosin (CG 65), the Combined Task Force (CTF) 151 flagship, rescued three stranded Yemeni fishermen in the Gulf of Aden Nov. 17.
According to the fishermen, they were left stranded in the...
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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... Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group Enters 5th Fleet
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 deploye... M/V Maersk-Alabama Repels Suspected Pirate Attack
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 re...
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
Naval Service Training Command News
Navy Boot Camp 'Extreme Makeover' Nearly Complete
GREAT LAKES (NNS) -- The 12-year, $770-million recapitalization of Recruit Training Command (RTC) Great Lakes, the Navy's only boot camp, is in its final stages, with the last major project expected to be complete in the fall of 2010.
Following the Navy's consol ...
Notre Dame NROTC Midshipmen Celebrate Navy, Marine Corps Birthdays
SOUTH BEND, Ind., (NNS) -- The University of Notre Dame Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) unit held its annual Navy and Marine Corps Birthday Ball Nov. 6.
More than 450 guests, including the battalion of midshipmen and their families, active duty and retir ...
St. Louis Native Begins New Navy Adventure
GREAT LAKES, Ill. (NNS) -- The Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) program was established to develop midshipmen mentally, morally and physically and to imbue them with the highest ideals of duty and loyalty.
The program develops midshipmen with the Navy's ...
Naval ROTC Units Experience Surge
GREAT LAKES, Ill. (NNS) -- Interest in the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) program has increased significantly in the past couple of years. The program is available to students at more than 150 colleges and universities that either host NROTC units or have cross-t ...
NROTC Marine Honored With Cancer Survivor Award
CHICAGO (NNS) -- A Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) instructor was awarded the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 2009 Survivor Circle Award during an awards ceremony at McCormick Place West in Chicago Nov. 3.
Gunnery Sgt. Edward S ...
Navy Admirals Are Principals for a Day
CHICAGO (NNS) -- Chicago public schools (CPS) invited two Navy admirals to be principals for a day at two Chicago high schools Oct. 29.
Adm. J. C. Harvey Jr., commander, United States Fleet Forces Command, and Vice Adm. Anthony L. Winns, the Navy's inspector ...
OCS Seamlessly Sails Past Anniversary of Move
NEWPORT, R. I. (NNS) -- Two years after its relocation to Newport, the Navy's Officer Candidate School (OCS) program is still going strong, preparing individuals for commission as Ensigns in the U.S. Navy.
The consolidated Navy OCS curriculum was relocated to Newpo ...
NROTC San Diego Holds Annual Navy/Marine Corps Birthday Ball 2009
SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- The San Diego Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) unit consolidated two historic birthday parties into one ceremony at the Manchester Grand Hyatt here Oct. 16.
More than 400 midshipmen, officer instructors, Navy Officer Candidates, ...
NROTC San Diego Conducts Pass-in-Review at SDSU Homecoming Football Game
SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- The San Diego Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps, (NROTC) unit participated in the opening ceremonies at Qualcomm Stadium during the San Diego State University (SDSU) homecoming football game against Brigham Young University Oct. 17.
Mor ...
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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...
Fiscal Year 2010 Seaman to Admiral Results Released
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Navy has selected 226 enlisted Sailors to join its officer ranks through the Seaman to Admiral (STA-21) program and are named in NAVADMIN 329/09.
Seventy-three alternates were also chosen for consideration for the program in the event that ...
Navy Public Health Center Web Site Offers Flu-Related Info
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (NNS) -- The Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center (NMCPHC) in Portsmouth, Va., manages a comprehensive influenza Web site that offers up-to-date guidance about influenza infection.
The site provides situational awareness and responses to the co...
Navy Working Uniform Roll-out Accelerated
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Navy Exchange Command is accelerating its distribution schedule of the Navy Working Uniform (NWU), due to sufficient inventory of the most in-demand sizes, as early as next week, according to NAVADMIN 328/09.
Beginning Nov. 16, NWU component...
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