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Submarine Returns Home from Deployment
The San Diego-based nuclear-powered submarine USS Salt Lake City (SSN 716) will return from a Western Pacific deployment Oct. 22.
Salt Lake City started with a surge deployment more than one ... Navy Transfers Space Surveillance Mission to Air Force
The Navy transferred operation of the former Naval Space Surveillance System, the nation’s oldest sensor built to track satellites and debris in orbit around the Earth, to the Air Force during formal ... SECNAV Visits Sailors in Hawaii
Secretary of the Navy Gordon England celebrated the Navy's 229th birthday Oct. 13 on the island of Oahu.
To help celebrate the occasion, England stopped to have breakfast with Sailors, Marin...
NAVSUP Announces 2004 Holiday Season Mailing Dates
The Naval Supply Systems Command's (NAVSUP) Postal Policy Division, in cooperation with the U.S. Postal Service and military postal officials from all of the services, notes it is not too early to mai... Navy Tests a New Look - Task Force Uniform Announces E-1 Through O-10 Working Uniform Concepts 
The Navy introduced a set of concept working uniforms for Sailors E-1 through O-10 Oct. 18, in response to the fleet’s feedback on current uniforms. The new uniforms, which will begin wear-testing thi... San Diego Ships to Depart with USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Carrier Strike Group arrived in San Diego Oct. 16 and will depart Oct. 19 to support Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet potential contingency operations and theater security cooper... Navy Medicine Will Protect Service Members, Patients Despite Flu Vaccine Shortages
Navy health care providers began administering flu vaccinations this week in October, focusing supplies on deploying Sailors and Marines, as well as patients who are at highest risk for getting sick t... Navy Enlisted Advancement Exams Benefiting from Additional Senior Enlisted Experience
The Navy has changed the enlisted examination development process to take advantage of the vast experience in each rating at the senior enlisted level.
Instead of one permanently assigned t... CNO, MCPON Visit Essex
Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Vern Clark and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) (SS/AW) Terry Scott spent time aboard USS Essex (LHD 2) Oct. 11, giving crew members the opportunity ... Combined Federal Campaign-Overseas 2004 Begins in Europe
The open season for the Combined Federal Campaign-Overseas (CFC-O) has arrived. From Oct. 4 through Dec. 3, Sailors and Department of Defense (DoD) employees have the opportunity to make a charitable ...
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Thursday, October 21, 2004
CNRF News
Forward-Deployed Sailors Receive Anchors
CAMP PATRIOT, Kuwait (NNS) -- Eleven chiefs from Naval Expeditionary Logistics Support Force (NAVELSF) Forward Bravo, Naval Costal Warfare Squadron 25 and Camp Patriot had their anchors pinned on and were piped aboard in a time-honored ceremony Sept. 21, while forward deployed to ...
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Child Care Rates Increase 1.5 Percent for Navy Region Europe
NAPLES, Italy (NNS) -- Childcare fees in the European theater will increase by an average of $1.33 per week beginning Nov. 1.
The increase of 1.5 percent reflects the regional state of inflation and continues to keep Navy Region Europe at the lower end of the ban...
Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group Deploys
NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- Nearly 7,600 Sailors left their homeports as the USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG) deployed Oct. 13 in support of the global war on terrorism.
The strike group wrapped up Summer Pulse ‘04, a groundbreaking exercise involving...
CNO, MCPON Praise Service Sailors in the Middle East
MANAMA, Bahrain (NNS) -- Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Vern Clark and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) (SS/AW) Terry Scott met with Sailors assigned to USS Spruance (DD 963), USS Juneau (LPD 10), and tenant commands from Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahr...
Navy Recruiting Successful in Manning the Fleet
MILLINGTON, Tenn. (NNS) -- Navy Recruiting Command (CNRC) closed out another successful year of recruiting active-duty and Reserve Sailors Sept. 30, marking the 38th month of meeting active-duty enlisted accession and new contract objective goals.
CNRC met enlisted ac...
USS Mahan Gets Underway To Support STANAVFORMED
NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- More than 300 Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Mahan (DDG 72) sailed east Oct. 13 to support Standing Naval Forces Mediterranean (STANAVFORMED).
The Mahan crew completed required training quickly and are demonstrating that t...
USS Cheyenne Deploys to Western Pacific
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (NNS) -- USS Cheyenne (SSN 773) departed for a Western Pacific deployment from its homeport of Pearl Harbor Oct. 8.
According to Cheyenne's commanding officer, Cmdr. Richard Testyon, the crew worked hard to prepare for this deployment.
“C...
Navy Fighter Wing Closes its Doors
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (NNS) -- Another chapter was added to the F-14 Tomcat history book Oct. 1, when Fighter Wing Atlantic officially disestablished its headquarters at Naval Air Station Oceana, Va.
Originally established in July 1971 as Fighter Wing 1, the command was ...
Defense Chief Pays Visit to USS John F. Kennedy
ABOARD USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (NNS) -- Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and the ministers of defense from 18 coalition countries made a stop Oct. 9 aboard USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67), currently deployed to the Arabian Gulf in support of the global war on terrorism.
Rumsfeld a...
Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group To Deploy
NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- Nearly 7,600 Sailors will leave their homeports when the USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG) deploys Oct. 13 in support of the global war on terrorism.
The strike group wrapped up Summer Pulse ‘04, a groundbreaking exercise inv...
Surface Community Launches 360 Degree Feedback Program
SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Starting Oct. 12, selected officers from the surface warfare community will participate in a new multi-rater feedback pilot program in an effort to enhance individual leadership, career and professional development under the Navy’s Human Capital Stra...
COM JFC Naples/COMUSNAVEUR Holds Change Of Command Ceremony
NAPLES, Italy (NNS) -- Adm. Michael G. Mullen succeeded Adm. Gregory G. Johnson as commander, Joint Forces Command Naples (COM JFC Naples) and Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe (COMUSNAVEUR) during a ceremony Oct. 8 at Bagnoli, Naples. Mullen became the second commander ...
Crew Members Safe After Helicopter Mishap in Kuwait
MANAMA, Bahrain (NNS) -- An HH-60H Seahawk helicopter from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 15 based in Jacksonville, Fla., crashed immediately after takeoff Oct. 7 at approximately 9 a.m., local, while conducting a routine logistics mission at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.
Navy Retires AIM-54 Phoenix Missile
PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (NNS) -- After 30 years of highly accomplished service, the U.S. Navy retired its first long-range air-to-air missile, the AIM-54 Phoenix, Sept. 30.
One of the world's most technologically advanced tactical missiles, the AIM-54 Phoenix was the first...
Navy's Top Three Recognize Navy's 229th Birthday
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Secretary of the Navy Gordon England, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Vern Clark, and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Terry Scott (SS/AW) joined more than 100 Sailors, Marines and Department of the Navy civilian employees to commemorate t...
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