Thursday, July 26, 2007

USS Pearl Harbor Arrives in Puerto Quetzal PUERTO QUETZAL, Guatemala (NNS) -- After a successful port visit in Panama, USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) arrived in Puerto Quetzal July 25, to perform a series of theater security cooperation (TSC) events in support of Partnership of the Americas (POA) 2007.While in port, Sailors will be conducting subject matter expert exchanges with the Guatemalan Navy in the areas of vessel boarding, search and seizure (VBSS) procedures and outboard-motor maintenance. “In Guatemala, Sailors will h ...
DoD Identifies Navy Casualty WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Department of Defense announced July 26 the death of a Sailor who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.Hospitalman Daniel S. Noble, 21, of Whittier, Calif., died July 24, as a result of enemy action while conducting security operations in the Dilaya Province, Iraq. He was permanently assigned to 1st Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force Pacific, Camp Pendleton, Calif.For more news from around the fleet, visit www.navy.mil. ...

Individual Augmentees Turn to Navy Knowledge Online NORFOLK (NNS) -- The Navy Knowledge Online’s (NKO) Individual Augmentee Community of Practice (IA COP) is a road map of resources and training for any Sailor heading to an individual augmentee (IA) assignment.Launched in February 2006, the site provides Sailors with links to support the Navy’s IA effort. “This is a ‘one-stop-shop’ for Sailors making the transition from Blue Water to Dirt Sailor,” said Tony Martin, Naval Personnel Development Command knowledge man ...

Rafales Trap Aboard 'Big E' ABOARD USS ENTERPRISE (NNS) -- USS Enterprise (CVN 65) (Big E) was a part of history July 23, when two French multi-role combat fighter Rafale M aircraft trapped and launched aboard a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier for the first time. More than 30 U.S. and French diplomats came aboard to witness the event, including Commander U.S. 6th Fleet Vice Adm. John Stufflebeem, U.S. Ambassador to France Craig Stapleton, Chief of French Naval Staff Admiral Oudot de Dainville, and the CEO of Dassualt ...
Navy, Coast Guard Share VBSS Tactics with Singapore Peers BRANI NAVAL BASE, Singapore (NNS) -- Members of the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard combined forces to conduct visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) training with the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and the Singaporean Police Coast Guard (PCG) July 20 at PCG headquarters on the former Brani Naval Base.The Coast Guardsmen, attached to the Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST) out of Honolulu, Hawaii, and the Sailors, embarked aboard dock-landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49), are part of the ...
Vice President of Nicaragua Visits Comfort USNS COMFORT, At Sea (NNS) -- The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) hosted Vice President Jaime Morales of Nicaragua along with other Nicaraguan officials July 23 during a visit to that country. While aboard Comfort, Morales toured the ship’s facilities and was introduced to crew members and patients ...
Drilling Wells, Building Schools in the Horn of Africa CAMP LEMONIER, Djibouti (NNS) -- A detachment of Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 133 have been deployed to the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) area of operation since Feb. 5, conducting well-drilling operations, school-building projects and other quality of life projects th ...
USS Kidd Arrives in San Diego SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- The Navy’s newest Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100) was greeted with excitement by the crew’s family and friends when it arrived at its homeport of San Diego, July 19. Members of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association joined family and friends t ...
CNO Outlines Navy Operations at Sea and Ashore SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Mullen stressed the critical role San Diego and the Pacific Fleet play in sustaining fleet readiness and the Navy’s expanded role in the Middle East during a breakfast meeting in San Diego on July 19.“We need to make sure that we sustain t ...
CNO Congratulates Boxer Sailors for Successful Deployment ABOARD USS BOXER (NNS) -- Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Mullen visited USS Boxer (LHD 4) on July 19, as the ship returned from an ammunition offload off the coast of Southern California. During his visit, Mullen spoke to the crew in the ship’s hangar bay where he congratulated them on com ...