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Pacific Islander Heritage Keeps Pilot in the Navy  (31 May 2013)
The Blue Ridge class command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) held a special celebration for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month organized by the ship's Multi-Cultural Committee, May 25.
Save the Last Dress: Sailors help "Dress Up" Prom  (28 May 2013)
Sailors from Fleet Logistics Support Squadron Five Eight (VR-58) helped local high school students participate in their prom with the creation of the VR-58 Prom Dress Drive.
Recruited and Reunited  (22 May 2013)
Throughout our lives we meet people and move on. We normally never see them again, but life works in mysterious ways and brings us back to some of these individuals. Sometimes when we least expect it.
NPS Ops Research Professor Reflects on Mars Mission-Planning Experience  (20 May 2013)
There is arguably nothing more valuable to graduate studies than hands-on applied research. The opportunity to see how classroom concepts and theories are applied to real-world scenarios helps graduate students prepare to be practitioners in their fields.
Nimitz' Sailor Returns From Being an IA in Iraq  (19 May 2013)
An assignment as an Individual Augmentee (IA) usually means big changes and requires being able to adapt to challenging environments. One Sailor on board the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) stepped out of his comfort zone and recently returned to tell the tale.
Springs Fire Tests Naval Base Ventura County's Emergency Response  (16 May 2013)
It was a one-alarm fire that quickly became much, much more; the Springs Fire eventually consumed 28,000 acres in Ventura County, Calif., including 300 at Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC).
Pearl Harbor Survivor Remembered  (14 May 2013)
A Pearl Harbor survivor and USS Pyro Aviation Electrician 1st Class was remembered in an intimate sunrise ceremony in which his ashes were committed into the waters of Pearl Harbor near the Arizona Memorial, May 14.
Adapt and Overcome: A Sailor's Path To Rising Above His Challenges  (13 May 2013)
Adapt and overcome: it's a phrase those in the military hear so often it's almost a cliche. It becomes pertinent when one can relate to a real world example, and Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Thomas Soper's experience is a textbook case.
Earthquake in Naples: Behind the scenes of the Neptune Response Exercise  (13 May 2013)
A 4.7 earthquake shook Naples, Italy, causing damage to the area, including Naval Support Activity Naples, and a crisis team from the Regional Operations Center (ROC)responded, May 10, during exercise Neptune Response 2013.
Naval Aviator's Flight Helmet Adds Another Story to the National Museum of Naval Aviation  (8 May 2013)
The Director of Strategic Planning Division for the Office of the Chief of Navy Reserve donated her flight helmet to the National Naval Aviation Museum during a brief ceremony, April 29.
Commanding Officers Look Back at Career Spanning Friendship  (7 May 2013)
The guided-missile submarine USS Ohio (SSGN 726) said goodbye to Apra Harbor after completing almost three weeks of maintenance by the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40), May 6.
Starbase Alumnus, Navy Pilot Shares His Experience  (2 May 2013)
It's been 15 years since Jordan Riggs was a 10-year-old student at Starbase at McConnell Air Force Base, but once he stepped into the Starbase-Atlantis building at Naval Air Station Meridian, the memories came flooding back.
NCHB-1 Sailors Teach Marine Corps Martial Arts Program at Cheatham Annex  (2 May 2013)
Navy Cargo Handling Battalion (NCHB) 1 established their own, unit-based, Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) to be able to qualify their Sailors already enrolled in MCMAP.
Lincoln Sailors Assist Food Bank   (29 April 2013)
Sailors from USS Abraham Lincoln volunteered to assist setting up Virginia Peninsula Food Bank's (VPFB) 20th Annual "Tastefully Yours," a food and wine tasting fund-raiser, April 16 and 17.
LIFAC Bay One Teams With Lincoln to Get Things Done  (29 April 2013)
As USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) undergoes a 48-month refueling complex overhaul (RCOH), a reassigned crew of mechanical-trade Sailors are busy constructing, repairing and refitting components from the ship, at Newport News Shipyard's satellite Light Industrial Facility (LIFAC).

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