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Webb speaks out against Va. carrier move

Content Editor posted on March 01, 2010 04:15 Article Rating
[Miami Herald]  At a hearing with the Navy's top brass, U.S. Sen. Jim Webb expressed his misgivings about the possible loss of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier from Virginia waters.

The Virginia Democrat on Thursday told Secretary of the Navy Raymond E. Mabus Jr. that the proposed home-porting of a carrier from Naval Station Norfolk to Florida is not a done deal.  Webb says the Navy should grow the fleet rather than invest in an upgrade of Mayport Naval Station for the arrival of a carrier now based in Norfolk.

Norfolk lays exclusive East Coast claim to all five of the Navy's nuclear-powered carriers. The Navy wants to move one for national security reasons.  Webb addressed Mabus and other military leaders during a Senate committee hearing in Washington.

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Packers make 'unforgettable' visit to Navy carrier for Superbowl

Content Editor posted on February 15, 2010 07:42 Article Rating
[Packers.com] The visit began with quite the thrill ride, and everything just got more and more impressive after that.  Last weekend, a group of Green Bay Packers - kicker Mason Crosby, punter Jeremy Kapinos, fullback John Kuhn, equipment manager Gordon "Red" Batty, assistant equipment manager Tom Bakken and head athletic trainer Pepper Burruss - joined more than 2,000 sailors aboard the USS John C. Stennis, a nuclear-powered Navy supercarrier, to watch Super Bowl XLIV.

Only they didn't just hop on the big boat from shore. They flew to it, somewhere off the coast of San Diego, and landed on the aircraft carrier just like all the military personnel do. And not in some helicopter or hovercraft either.

Treated as "distinguished visitors" by Navy Entertainment, a part of the U.S. Navy's morale, welfare and recreation division that brings various athletes and celebrities to visit troops away from home, the Packers contingent piled into a twin-engine C-2A Greyhound that left the California coast for the John C. Stennis, which had recently returned from deployment in the Pacific Rim.
 

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Mayport will get nuclear aircraft carrier

Content Editor posted on February 07, 2010 19:54 Article Rating
[Jacksonville Business Journal] A leaked crucial military report reconfirms that Mayport Naval Station will get a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.  The Web site of the political newsletter CongressDaily reveals that it is expected to take $500 million and five years to Mayport ready to house the carrier. The Quadrennial Defense Review, which will be formally submitted to Congress Monday afternoon, reports that moving a carrier to Northeast Florida will “mitigate the risk of a terrorist attack, accident or natural disaster...”

The basing of an aircraft carrier at Naval Station Mayport in 2015 would bring about 3,200 additional sailors and cement the base’s future.  
 

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USS Carl Vinson to Serve As ‘Floating Airport’ for Haiti Operation

Content Editor posted on January 25, 2010 05:53
[National Post] WASHINGTON -- A U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier will serve as a landing pad for a fleet of helicopters rushing in emergency teams and vital supplies to quake victims.

Military officials said the USS Carl Vinson, a Nimitz-class super carrier, is designed for war and projecting American power but is well-suited for the humanitarian mission in Haiti after Tuesday's massive earthquake.

The carrier, which was due to reach Haiti by Friday, is outfitted with water-purifying equipment, dozens of hospital beds, three operating rooms and a giant flight deck that can accommodate numerous helicopters, military officers said.
 

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USS Nimitz Receives Meritorious Unit Commendation

Content Editor posted on January 12, 2010 03:10 Article Rating
[By MC3 (SW/AW) Amara R. Timberlake, USS Nimitz Public Affairs]  
Friday, 08 January 2010 10:23
USS NIMITZ, At Sea (NNS) -- The chief of naval operations (CNO) visited the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Jan. 6.

CNO Adm. Gary Roughead, accompanied by Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (SS/SW) Rick West, spent the day on Nimitz to visit Sailors and observe day-to-day operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

"It's clear to me that what we're providing over Afghanistan, and what we're doing for our troops on the ground there, is extraordinarily important," said Roughead. "To be able to do that from the sea … where you don't have to worry about basing ashore, yet have the amount of airpower that Nimitz can generate, is extraordinarily important."

Roughead also noted the professionalism and hard work he witnessed as Nimitz Sailors continue their fourth month of complex combat operations.
 

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Situational Awareness Enhanced on Flattops

Content Editor posted on December 31, 2009 06:48
[Aviation Today] Continual modernization of the aircraft carrier fleet helps the U.S. Navy maintain its edge. One important element of this methodology is the enhancement of existing technology. The Situational Awareness Bridge Display System (SABDS) is a sophisticated video system that consolidates critical data to a centralized display.

Utilizing RGB Spectrum's QuadView XLRT multi-viewer, SABDS assimilates electronic information from a range of systems, including: Command and Control, Threat Detection, Navigation, Surveillance, and Air Control. Incorporating this data into an exclusive display console eliminates redundancy, displacing an excess of single-purpose displays. Designed and implemented by DOD contractors, with specific experience to the needs of today's carrier mission, SABDS significantly improves situational awareness, and enhances decision-making resources for the commanding officer and the navigation team.
 
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New carrier berth part of Guam expansion

Content Editor posted on December 16, 2009 04:17
[Navy Times]  Navy officials want to build a deep-draft wharf in Guam’s main harbor that would better accommodate nuclear-powered aircraft carriers when they visit.

The new berth at Polaris Point, on the eastern side of Apra Harbor, is part of the military’s plan to expand naval waterfront facilities, build expeditionary training ranges on the nearby island of Tinian and house a large military force, including 8,600 Marines who will shift to Guam from Okinawa.

Navy officials outlined the plans in a draft environmental impact statement that analyzes the environmental effects of the planned military buildup in the island archipelago. Officials studied 16 sites around Apra, Guam’s seaport along the central-western coast.  Read more...

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Free to a Good Home: USS John F. Kennedy

Content Editor posted on December 03, 2009 06:10
Anyone want a free aircraft carrier?
 
The John F. Kennedy, currently docked in Philadelphia with other retired warships, is now available as a donation from the Navy. Known as "Big John," the ship was the last conventionally powered aircraft carrier built by the Navy, and once carried a crew of about 4,600 and 70 combat aircraft. It entered Navy service in September 1968 and was decommissioned in 2007.
 
By law, it can go only to a state or local governmental entity, or a nonprofit. It must be turned into a memorial or museum. And whoever gets it must pay for towing.

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New Book

Content Editor posted on April 25, 2009 19:11
For one and all but especially for the carrier sailors who labored on the flight deck of a WWII carrier this book will set your mind up a few notches. It's not a "warrior's" book per se but it does have a wealth of memories for the Airdales who manned the wheel-chocks. Those Aitdales were a different breed. The book also addresses the youth of our nation, making them proud of their heritage. You can read several chapters at the website 
         www.navy-wwii-memoir.com
 
In truth, there will never be another book like this one,  ever. For all time it will be the only one of its kind (first-person//propeller-aircrasft).
 
A lone sailor. 

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And there we were...

Content Editor posted on June 12, 2008 13:38
Well, anyway, there I was. I served on TJ from June 1979 until she was decommissioned in 1982. While serving in the twilight of her years I still lear...

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