Commander, 6th Fleet Welcomes TR to the Med
Story Number: NNS030218-07
Release Date: 2/18/2003 8:16:00 PM
By Journalist 2nd Class Jessica Benigni, USS Theodore Roosevelt Public Affairs
ABOARD USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (NNS) -- Vice Adm. Scott Fry, Commander, 6th Fleet, visited USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Feb. 14 to welcome Rear Adm. John C. Harvey and the TR battle group to the theater.
He visited with officers and presented awards to Sailors in the foc’sle.
Fry presented Aviation Warfare Systems Operator 2nd Class (NAC) Aaron Albright, search and rescue (SAR) swimmer, Helicopter Squadron (HS) 3, with a Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal for his heroism in rescuing the pilots who went down with an F-14 Tomcat in the Caribbean Sea in January.
He presented Aviation Warfare Systems Operator 3rd Class Matthew Mintzmyer, SAR swimmer, HS-3, with the Sikorsky Aircraft Rescue Award for rescuing a Fighter Squadron (VF) 213 Sailor who fell overboard in December. Fry also presented three other Sailors with Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist and Enlisted Air Warfare Specialist pins, respectively.
Fry spoke briefly to the awardees and their divisions during the presentation.
“I appreciate the opportunity to come aboard TR. It is a great thrill for me to present awards to people,” said Fry. “This is a very important time in the history of the United States and the U.S. Navy. I’m delighted to have TR and the airwing here to participate in this mission.”
TR and USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) are currently steaming in the Med. Fry said this deployment would be history making for both ships.
“You are about to participate in something extremely significant,” he said.
