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Celebrating 20 years of serving the Hampton Roads Navy family
Vol. 21, No. 34 Norfolk, VA | flagshipnews.com | 08.29-09.04.13
CHIEFS, SELECTEES TAKE A 5K âRUN WITH THE CHIEFSâ
Navy Sailors, divers ďŹnd, salvage downed F-16C aircraft Press Release Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 Public Affairs
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Chief petty ofďŹcers (CPO), CPO selectees, family members and Sailors of all ranks from Hampton Roads soaked up some late summer sunshine and fresh air during the 2013 Run with the Chiefs 5K at Naval Station (NAVSTA) Norfolk, Aug. 23. NAVSTA Norfolk Morale, Welfare and Recreation ofďŹcials said more than 3,100 runners participated in its 9th annual 5K fun run. Among the participants were more than 100 USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) chiefs and selectees who found out that the morning was more than team-building and exercise. âThis was a great opportunity to meet and network with other chiefs and selectees from the area,â said USS Abraham Lincoln Command Master Chief (SW/SS) Gregg Weber. âThis run is also meant to be fun and team-building â we did both.â Retired Master Chief Petty OfďŹcer of the Navy (MCPON) Duane R. Bushey, who served as MCPON from 1988 - 1992, spoke to the gathering. âChief selectees, what you have discovered today is that being a chief stretches beyond your command or your ship,â he said. âWhat you will do as chiefs every day will affect the entire Navy. What you do affects all of us.â The message was not lost on Lincolnâs chief selectees. âThis day showed me what chiefs can do together and we can accomplish together,â said Chief (select) Aviation Boatswainâs Mate Toby Shoemaker. Among the runners was NAVSTA Norfolks Command Master Chief Tony Adams, who spoke on the significance of
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Hampton Roads Naval Museum and Nauticus host 13th annual Chief Petty OfďŹcer Heritage Days By MCSN Kameren Guy Hodnett Navy Public Affairs Support Element East
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Hampton Roads area Chief Petty OfďŹcer (CPO) selectees toured the Battleship Wisconsin as part of CPO Heritage Days, Aug. 20-21, sponsored by the Hampton Roads Naval Museum and Nauticus.
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MCSN Kameren Guy Hodnett Chief selectees march from Harbor Park to the Hampton Roads Naval Museum and Nauticus during Chief Petty OfďŹcer (CPO) Heritage Days.
Navy Sailors and Divers from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2, embarked aboard the Navyâs rescue and salvage ship USNS Grasp (T-ARS-51), found and salvaged a downed F-16 aircraft off the coast of Virginia, Aug. 6-20. The downed aircraft was one of two F-16 ďŹghter jets from the 113th Wing, D.C. Air National Guard that clipped wings mid-air during a routine training mission 35 miles southeast of Chincoteague, Va. on Aug. 1. The other aircraft involved in the incident was able to ďŹy back to Joint Base Andrews in Md. without further incident. The MDSU 2 Area Search Platoon (ASP) 201 departed Virginia Beach on Aug. 6 and began seven days of search operations to ďŹnd the aircraft. Staging out of Chincoteague Island, Va., the team of six Navy Sailors, led by Chief Operations Specialist William Earp, conducted both towed and autonomous side-scan sonar searches of more than 10 square miles of ocean bottom before locating the F-16 approximately three miles from the point of the mid-air incident. On Aug. 14, the MDSU 2 ASP found and recovered aircraft debris using a remote operated vehicle. With the crash site located, the ASP turned over the operation to Navy Divers from Mobile Diving and Salvage (MDS) Company 2-4 who arrived on Grasp after a smallboat transfer. The MDS Company 2-4 divers began surface-supplied diving operations on Aug. 16 and recovered part of the aircraft from the ocean ďŹoor by using a basket to raise large pieces of the jet from a depth of 107 feet. The next day, the divers recovered the ďŹight data recorder, commonly referred to as the âblack box.â Diving operations ended on Aug. 19 after recovering key debris. The remnants of the aircraft and the ďŹight data recorder are being transferred to Joint Base Andrews for examination by the Air Forceâs Safety Investigation Board.
Camp Allen hosts 4th annual OOH-RAH Day Summer Bash By Marine Sgt. Scott McAdam MARFORCOM Public Affairs
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Most people think of Marines as tough, combat-ready, hard-charging individuals, not usually moms and dads playing with their kids and young Marines enjoying barbecue with their buddies, but that was exactly what hap-
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pened at Capt. Slade Cutter Athletic Park during the 4th annual OOH-RAH Day Summer Bash, Aug. 23. Marine Corps Community Services (MCCS) sponsored the Headquarters and Service Battalion (HQSVCBN) event, providing the service members and their families an opportunity to unwind with some outdoor activities
and chow. âThe overall intent is to give all of the Marines, Sailors and civilians in Headquarters and Service Battalion, and all of the outlying areas, an opportunity to get together, let their hair down a little bit and enjoy some fun, sun and relaxation,â said Marine Col. Paul Ryan,
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MC1 Ernesto Hernandez Fonte Divers assigned to Mobile Diving Salvage Unit 2, Company 2-4, clear the side of the ship and are lowered on the diving stage into the water during air surface supplied diving operations off the coast of Virginia.
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