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NOSC Eleanor Attends Navy Night, Honors Memorial DayNOSC FTS/ACTIVESAILORS ADVANCE:

NOSC Lehigh Valley: PS2 Osinubi Temiloluwa

NOSC Long Island: PS2 Roberto Jusino

NOSC New York City: HM1 Damen Johnson

GSM3 Gregory Martinezsan-tos, PS2 Roberto LopezNOSC Manchester: PS2

Regina R. SpruillNOSC Quincy: HM1 Evelyn Bolden, QM1 George Deliya-

nides, PS2 Sergio SanchezNOSC Norfolk: PS1 Diana

Garciasandoval, DC2 Jarrod Davis, CS2 Laquantis Girt-man, PS2 Ehibor Adoghe, AE3 Jessica Howard, HM3 Zane Burnett, HM3 Mark

ScheckelNOSC White River Junction:

YN2 Roselyn TaylorNOSC Baltimore: QM1

Zachary Bollen, PS2 Bryan Ashleson

NOSC Newport: HM2 Chase B. Visage, PS3 Brian P. Arba-

chouskasNOSC New London: HM1

Monica OnyeagwaNOSC Fort Dix: YN1 Ramon

Cruz, YN2 Andrea EvansNOSC Erie: EM2 Joshua Dil-lon, PS2 Ferdinand MedinaNOSC Earle: PS2 Patrick F.

LeopoldNOSC Greensboro: EM1

Dwight Parker, PS2 Christo-pher McCullough

NOSC Schenectady: PS2 Yuehua Li

NOSC Charlotte: PS3 Daniel Munoz

NOSC Wilmington, N.C: HM3 Jacquelyn Warren

NOSC Rochester: PS2 Vin-cent Nandoza

May 2012 “Honoring our Sailors’ Service & Sacrifice” Volume 2 Issue 5

By Teresa Moore Ironton Tribune

HUNTINGTON,Va. –“God Bless the naval heroes who have made it pos-sible to live in peace.” Those were the words of Lt. Col. (Ret.) Scott Evans, former command-er of the Ohio National Guard 216th Engineer Battalion, who was the guest speaker for the annual Navy Night service at Ironton’s Center Street Boat Landing Thursday evening. The Navy Night service is the official kickoff to Lawrence County’s Me-morial Day observance. Navy Night began with the presentation of a flag that flew over Fort McHenry; it was presented by Boy Scout Troop 106. Fort McHenry was the inspiration for Francis Scott Key to write the “Star Spangled Banner.”Evans began by telling the assembly Navy Night was a somber and serious occasion because it is at this time we remember the price of freedom. In a nod to the gift of the flag, Evans said there is a sense of relief to wake up and find no matter what may have happened the night before, the Amer-

ican flag is still flying.Evans pointed out the United States has the largest navy in the world. “We don’t sometimes stop and appre-ciate what a navy we have,” Evans said.Evans said the mission of the navy is to maintain freedom of the seas. The navy has been called on successfully over the years for missions around the world. “It was no accident President Obama called in the Navy Seals” when he wanted to find and execute Osama bin Laden, Evans said. Lawrence County Common Pleas Presiding Judge Charles Cooper, who was master of ceremonies for the ser-vice, recognized two World War II

veterans who attended Navy Night, Harley Van Meter and David Mc-Cown. The Naval Reserve of Huntington, W.Va., attended the service. The Rev. Leon Dalton gave the invocation and benediction. The Ohio Uni-versity Southern Alumni Band pro-vided patriotic selections, including “The Navy Hymn.” The Amvets 5293 provided the color guard. At the con-clusion of the service, the Boy Scout Troop 106 cast flower petals into the river as the Lawrence County Marine Patrol dropped a memorial wreath into the water. A Marathon Petroleum towboat sounded its horn and shot streams of water into the air.

(ABOVE) Photo taken at Navy Night Memorial Day Observance, May 25. Photo Courtesy Ironton Tribune. (BELOW) NOSC Eleanor Sailors pictured together at the Memorial Day Observance, May 25. Photo Courtesy NOSC Eleanor.

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NAVY HEADLINES

NOSC Wilmington DE Pays Tribute

(ABOVE) NOSC Wilmington Sailors pay tribute to fallen veterans at a local Memorial Day Ceremony in Wilmington, May 30. Photo Courtesy HM2 Amy Leslie.

Families, Sailors Reintegrate at NOSC Buffalo

NOSC Buffalo hosted a Re-Integration training event for families of SECDET ECHO Sailors May 28, from 1730-2030. All 59 members of SEC-DET started returning to the U.S. over the holiday weekend. With the help of the Military

Family Assistance Special-ist for the Army, Reserve and National Guard we brought to-gether our two newly qualified ombudsman, Operation Mili-tary Kids, ESGR, Military Fam-ily Life Counselors, Caregiver Support Program Coordinator, Vet Center Counselors, Vet-eran Service Center support, Tricare, spouse perspective and military member perspec-tive speakers to educate the

children, spouses, and parents of the deployed Sailors on what to expect and the resources that are available. We provid-ed dinner through our MWR to the providers and families to ensure that people could attend. We will hold another event for both the spouses and military members on our September drill weekend on the same day we will hold the recognition ceremony.

70th Anniversary: Battle of Midway

Commemoration held aboard USS Midway

Museum

USS MississippiCommissioned

Reservist Relieves Ac-tive CO at Fleet Logis-tics Center Yokosuka

Seabees ‘Race For the Cure’ While Deployed to

Afghanistan

Navy Supercomputer Center at Stennis to

Greatly Increase Com-puting Capability

Everett Sailors Re-member Sen. Henry M.

Jackson

Navy in Hawaii Marks 70th Anniversary of the

Battle of Midway

USS Stout Hosts Legion of Valor

Pacific Partnership Kicks Off with Opening Ceremony in Indonesia

Vertical Horizon Rocks Guantanamo Bay

Toastmasters Teaches Naples Art of Public

Speaking

Virginia Beach Obser-vance Dedicated to Pearl

Harbor Veteran

C6F Commander Com-memorates Memorial

Day

Helm Changes Hands at NSA Souda Bay

By LCDR James MortonNOSC Buffalo

Commanding Officer

Reservists, Fam-ily members and Sailors attached to NOSC Buffalo gath-ered for Reintegra-tion Training on the drill deck, May 28. Children, Spouses and parents of de-ployed members were invited to at-tend. Resources and counseling were made available. Pho-to Courtesy NOSC Buffalo.

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May

NAVAL HISTORY

May 1, 1898Battle of Manila Bay, Adm.

Dewey defeats Spanish at Manila, Philippines.

May 3, 1949First Navy firing of a high altitude

Viking rocket at White Sands, NM.

May 4, 1942Battle of Coral Sea: first

carrier against carrier battle begins.

May 7, 1779Continental Navy sloop Provi-

dence captures British brig Dilgent off Cape Charles.

May 11, 1943Naval task force lands Army troops on Attu, Aleutians.

May 13, 1964Organization and deployment of world’s first all nuclear-powered task group, USS Enterprise, USS

Long Beach, and USS Bainbridge, to sixth fleet.

May 13, 1945Aircraft from fast carrier task force begin two-day attack on Kyushu, Japan.

May 30, 1814Navy gunboats capture

three British boats on Lake Ontario near Sandy Creek,

NY.

PMK Question of the Month

Name one advantage of using nylon line over natu-

ral fiber lines?

Last month’s answer: LCM, LCU

NOSC Baltimore Cleans up ‘ACT!’

BRONX, N.Y. – The honor guard from Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) New York City paraded the colors into Yankee Stadium during pregame festivities prior to a baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and New York Yankees in recognition of Armed Forces Day, May 19. Armed Forces Day was created in 1949 to replace separate Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force Days when President Harry S. Tru-man led the effort to establish a single holiday for citizens to come together and thank our military members for their patriotic service in support of our country. The honor guard was commanded by Aviation Electrician’s Mate 2nd Class Darrius Dupree and Person-nel Specialist 3rd Class Roberto Lopez, Logistics Specialist Seaman

Apprentice Jensy Contreras, and Intelligence Specialist Seaman Ap-prentice Hugo Echevarria. “Being from the Bronx, I take great pride in wearing the uniform,” Du-pree said. “At the same time, I get to be a role model for my 10-year old son.” NOSC New York City Command-ing Officer Sam Tate expressed great satisfaction that his Sailors were se-lected to pay tribute to all the Armed Forces on this day. “Our Sailors hail from across the country and around the world, but they all share com-mon virtues of selfless service and devotion to duty,” Tate said. “They are professionals, exempli-fying the highest standards of ser-vice - at home, abroad, at sea, and ashore, serving with Honor, Cour-age and Commitment. “It was an honor on Armed Forces day to represent our fellow service members in New York City as we do

at numerous events throughout the year.” Yankees Senior Vice President of Marketing Deborah A. Tymon talk-ed about the Yankees commitment to the military and veterans. “We have continued the tradition, which was started by our late Prin-cipal Owner, Mr. George M. Stein-brenner III, of holding the United States military in the highest regard at Yankee Stadium,” Tymon said. “These brave men and women make the greatest sacrifice on behalf of all Americans, and we are proud to honor them in every way we can throughout the baseball season.” NOSC New York City is the largest Reserve activity in the Northeast and is responsible for providing mission capable units and individuals for mobilization to the Navy and Marine Corps teams throughout the full range of operations, from peace to war.

By MC2 Ron Kuzlik

(LEFT) RP1 Nino Miranda from NOSC Baltimore assists in the cleanup of the Ft. McHenry Wetlands during a bi-annual Wetlands Cleanup hosted by the Balti-more National Aquarium. Miranda along with other staff members collected over 30 bags of refuse. (BELOW) YNC Linda Lewis, and HM1 Bryan Armock assist at the cleanup site. The National Aquarium Conservation Team (ACT!) Recruits volun-teers to restore habitat for wildlife, remove debris, and maintain trails at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine’s Tidal Marsh and Wetlands in Baltimore. Photos Courtesy NOSC Baltimore.

NOSC NYC HONOR GUARD PARADES AT YANKEE STADIUM

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Photos by MC1 Curtis Biasi

NOSC Buffalo Sailors Train and Mentor Local Sea Cadets

By NOSC Buffalo Public Affairs

NOSC Buffalo hosted 13 students from the WNY Maritime Charter School (UIC 3845A) NJROTC Cadets on a “Sea Cruise” aboard NOSC Buffalo’s Maritime Prepositioning Force Utility Boat (MPFUB), May 16. The MPFUB is a 40ft boat that reaches up to 40 knots in speed. NOSC Buffalo provides sea cruises and also hosts a week-long boot camp for WNYH MCS which was recognized as a distinguished unit with honors. The honor shows that they are now in the top 20% of all NJROTC programs nationally. This will allow them to give nominations to all three service academies. NOSC Buffalo will take out another 14 cadets in June. The purpose of NJROTC is to show students the value of citizenship, service to the United States, personal responsibility, and a sense of accomplishment.

Sailors including BM1 Zynda as coxswain, HT1 Geiser as engineer, and crew-members EM1 Gayan and QM1 Dier from NOSC Buffalo hosted 13 NJROTS students aboard their Maritime Prepositioning Force Utility Boat (MPFUB) for an educational “sea cruise”, May 16. Photos by QM2 Bollen

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Command Fun Day 2012

RMARCC’s White Hat Association teamed up with the command Mo-rale Recreation and Welfare committee to plan and execute a fun day for command members, May 24. Complete with hamburgers, hot dogs, desserts and games, the picnic-style recreational day was a success. Sailors played competitive games of flag football, scrabble and various card games. The committees plan to host the fun day once a month to help raise money for the command’s 2012 Christ-mas Party. Bottom right photo by LSCS Todd Gunkel, other photos by MC2 Maddelin Angebrand.

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ACROSS3.WHAT CLASS DESTROYER REPRESENTS A RE-TURN TO ALL STEEL CONSTRUCTION?6.THE OHIO CLASS BALLISTIC SUBMARINE HAS HOW MANY TRIDENT MISSILE TUBES?9.WHO FACILITATES FORMAL COMMAND TRAIN-ING TEAM (CTT) AND COMMAND ASSESSMENT TEAM (CAT) INDOCTRINATION COURSES AND VARIOUS SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS.11.A FORMATION OF ELEMENTS OR PERSONS PLACED ONE BEHIND THE OTHER.12.WHO IS RESPONSIBLE TO THE COMMANDING OFFICER FOR ALL DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE LEVEL I PROGRAMS.13.WHAT IS THE NAVY’S ALL WEATHER, SUBMA-RINE OR SURFACE LAUNCHED, LONG RANGE SUBSONIC CRUISE MISSILE?14.WHAT IS A MK-48?15.HOW MANY DRUG SCREENING LABORATORIES DOES THE NAVY HAVE?16.WHAT TYPE OF AIRCRAFT IS THE TOMCAT?17.WHAT AIR TO AIR MISSILE WAS INTRODUCED

TO THE FLEET WITH THE F-14 AIRCRAFT IN 1974?18.IN WHAT PART OF A SHIP IS MAIN CON-TROL NORMALLY LOCATED?DOWN1.WHAT IS THE ABILITY TO DEPLOY AND EMPLOY WITHOUT UNACCEPTABLE DE-LAYS?2.WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THE SECURITY, GOOD ORDER AND DISCI-PLINE OF THE SHIP.4.ONE ARM’S LENGTH MEASURED BE-TWEEN INDIVIDUALS FROM SHOULDER TO SHOULDER.5.WHAT TYPE OF SHIP IS THE ARLIEGH BURKE?7.COMMANDS GREATER THAN 1000 SHALL HAVE AT LEAST __ FULL TIME DAPA.8.WHAT IS THE NAVY’S STAND ON DRUG USE?10.NARCOTICS REFERS TO DRUGS THAT CONTAIN WHAT SUBSTANCE?

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Around the Region Photos of the Month

(LEFT) HM2 Michelle Dun-ford attached to NOSC Buf-falo and Bety Sullivan give a presentation during the command’s family reinte-gration day, May 28. Photo Courtesy NOSC Buffalo. (BELOW LEFT) NOSC Sche-nectady hosted Rear Adm. David Titley during his visit to the capital district as part of the Navy’s 50/50 program, an outreach ef-fort that features 50 se-nior leaders in 50 U.S. cit-ies, May 1. Photo Courtesy NOSC Schenectady.

(MIDDLE RIGHT) NOSC Norfolk color guard parades the colors at Capt. C. Todd Morgan’s retirement ceremony, June 1. The color guard provides this service to various events held in the command’s auditorium and is not part of their everyday duties. (RIGHT) HM3 Logan Funderburk (LEFT) and YN2 Justin Jones cut a cake together after being frocked in front of command members, June 4. Funderburk works in the medhold building and Jones is a member of command services department. Pho-tos by MC2 Maddelin Angebrand