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Vinson Strike Group Successfully Completes COMPTUEX Clickable icon to view full story

USS CARL VINSON, At sea -- The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group successfully completed its 22-day Composite Training Unit Exercise, or COMPTUEX, Saturday in the seas off the coast of Southern California.

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SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Fleet Anti-submarine Warfare Command (FLTASWCOM) began training its Sailors and civilians in June to integrate the antisubmarine warfare (ASW) concept, readying them to take this expertise to the fleet later this year.

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (NNS) -- Sailors aboard the San Diego-based aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) spent two days at the Ampang Society for Special Children outside of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sept. 3 and 4, building a playhouse and garden shed.
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Blue Ridge sails through light off assessment Clickable icon to view full story

By Journalist Seaman Marc Rockwell-Pate, USS Blue Ridge Public Affairs

YOKOSUKA, Japan (C7F PAO) -- USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) recently cleared the first of several hurdles that determine when the Seventh Fleet flagship is ready and able to do what it does best; serve the Navy and our country on the high seas. On the heels of nearly six arduous months and 30 million dollars worth of repairs in Dry-Dock Selected Restricted Availability (DSRA), the Blue Ridge crew came together and aggressively attacked and successfully completed an intense Light Off Assessment (LOA).

“This ship was extremely well prepared and organized for this assessment,” said Capt. Bill Haflich, Director of Engineering Training for Afloat Training Group (ATG) Pacific. “The engineering spaces were bright and orderly, and it remains the cleanest steam plant in the Pacific.”

Ships that are in the industrial confined of dry-dock for more than 90 days are required to undergo an LOA. This engineering inspection determines whether or not a ship can safely “Light Off” its boilers. The assessment consists of three important areas; material condition assessment, main space firefighting capabilities and programming/administration inspection.”

All three of these parts of the assessment are vital to the ships sea worthiness,” said Lt. Cmdr. Charles Brock, an ATG Pacific materials inspector. “If the engine room is dirty, then you’re not going to be running efficiently. If your paperwork (programming/administration) isn’t intact, then that is probably evidence that the plant is not running properly, and every ship has to be able to fight a main space fire.” . . read more. . .
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