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Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2002 15:41:41 -0700
Subject: NavNews for Thursday, October 10, 2002
NavNews for Thursday, October 10, 2002
NNS021008-12. SECNAV Sends Birthday Message to the Navy
NNS021008-09. Navy League Raises Over $59,000 for Families Affected by Sept. 11
NNS021009-08. Kearsarge to Play Lead Role in Mine Countermeasures Exercise
NNS021009-05. Graduation Marks Important First for Tele-Education
NNS021009-02. Fleet Hospital Jax 'Gets Ready' With Field Training
NNS021009-04. Ground Broken on Ford Island Housing
NNS021008-11. Aircraft Return to Vinson Flight Deck
NNS021009-06. Daily News Update for Oct. 9, 2002
NNS020711-10. This Day in Naval History - Oct. 10
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NNS021008-12. SECNAV Sends Birthday Message to the
Navy
From the Navy News Service
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Honorable Gordon R. England,
Secretary of the Navy, released the following message for the
Navy's 227th birthday:
As we honor the birth of the United States Navy, we are a
nation at war. Our Nation's strong and decisive response to the
terrorist acts of September 11th has demonstrated America's
patriotism and resolve to the entire world. Nowhere has that
duty to Country been more evident than in our Navy and Marine
Corps.
This month, we also mark the anniversary of those first strikes
for freedom in the War on Terror. Last October 7th, brave men
and women launched aircraft off the decks of our carriers and
fired cruise missiles from our ships and submarines as our Navy
and Marine Corps Team began to "terrorize the terrorists."
Today, although the War on Terror is far from over, you, your
shipmates and our allies have defeated the Taliban, disrupted the
terrorist networks and freed the people of Afghanistan.
President Bush, in his words to Sailors and Marines following
those strikes declared, "You were among the first to fight in the
first war of the 21st century. You were ready. You performed
with skill and honor. And you have made your nation proud."
President Bush had it exactly right - and on behalf of our
commander in chief, I salute you.
It is an honor and privilege to serve with you. Around the world,
Sailors are answering our nation's call through their service and
sacrifice.
Your magnificent performance during Operation Enduring
Freedom honors the legacy of naval heroes who for 227 years
have sacrificed so much to make America great and ensure the
survival of liberty.
Happy Birthday Shipmates! God Bless each of you, your
families and the United States of America.
For more news from around the fleet, go to the Navy
NewsStand Web site at www.news.navy.mil.
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NNS021008-09. Navy League Raises Over $59,000 for
Families Affected by Sept. 11
By Chief Journalist Walter T. Ham IV, Chief of Naval
Operations Public Affairs
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- On the first anniversary of the
Pentagon terrorist attack, the leaders of the Navy League
presented a check of over $59,000 for the military members and
families affected by Sept. 11 to Chief of Naval Operations Adm.
Vern Clark and Master Chief Petty of the Navy Terry Scott.
The donation was then passed to the Navy-Marine Corps Relief
Society.
Shortly after the attacks on September 11th, the Navy League
established the Navy League LifeRing Fund to provide financial
support to the military personnel and family members who were
victims of the terrorist attacks. The money will be added to
thousands of dollars donated to and being distributed by the
Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society.
In a ceremony with Navy League National President Timothy O.
Fanning, Navy League National Executive Director Charlie
Robinson and Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society President
Adm. Jerry Johnson, USN (Ret.), the CNO thanked the groups
for their support during this critical time.
"We really appreciate what you do for us," the CNO said.
To date, Navy Marine Corps Relief Society has collected $6.8
million from more than 5,500 individuals, organizations and
corporations around the world for victims of the terrorist attacks.
According to Johnson, the funds have been donated to the Navy
Marine Corps Relief Society by a wide variety of groups across
the country.
"We had one lad in Newport Beach, California who sold flags
and gave us $1,500," Johnson said. "We've had this sort of
generosity from all over the country."
For more information on the Navy League, go to
www.navyleague.org. For more on the Navy-Marine Corps
Relief Society, go to www.nmcrs.org.
For related news, visit the Chief of Naval Operations Navy
NewsStand page at www.news.navy.mil/local/cno.
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NNS021009-08. Kearsarge to Play Lead Role in Mine
Countermeasures Exercise
By Lt. j.g. Herlinda Rojas, Commander, Mine Warfare Public
Affairs
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (NNS) -- The U.S. Navy Mine
Warfare Command (MINEWARCOM) will demonstrate its
capability during a ten-day, at-sea training period in the Gulf of
Mexico with Norfolk-based USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) beginning
Oct. 15.
Kearsarge, acting as a stand-in mine warfare command ship, will
embark airborne, surface and undersea mine countermeasures
(MCM) personnel and equipment from Naval Station Ingleside
and Naval Air Station (NAS) Corpus Christi during this
simulated wartime scenario.
According to Rear Adm. Paul Ryan, Commander, Mine
Warfare Command, mine warfare forces are expeditionary by
design. Packing up and going where and when they are needed
is how mine warfare was conducted prior to Desert Storm and
prior to having a dedicated mine warfare command and support
ship.
"This exercise will familiarize a new generation of mine warfare
personnel with the details of embarking on a ship of
opportunity," said Ryan.
During the exercise, MINEWARCOM will use Kearsarge as a
host ship and will exercise all three legs of the MCM triad:
airborne, surface and underwater mine countermeasures.
A squadron of MH-53 minehunting helicopters from NAS
Corpus Christi will provide airborne MCM. Explosive ordnance
disposal (EOD) units embarked on Kearsarge will provide
underwater MCM. Three Ingleside minehunter and minesweeper
ships, USS Sentry (MCM 3), USS Scout (MCM 8) and USS
Devastator (MCM 6), will provide the surface MCM.
Approximately 700 local service men and women will join
Kearsarge for this exercise.
"We'll be utilizing USS Kearsarge the same way we utilized
USS Inchon (MCS 12). We'll be hunting for exercise mines,
sweeping the mines once they've been located, and using EOD
personnel to neutralize designated mines," added Ryan.
When the exercise is complete, USS Kearsarge will return to
Ingleside for offload before heading back to Norfolk.
Since Inchon's decommissioning in June, the Navy has been
evaluating options for a permanent replacement.
"In the meantime, we're in the final stages of evaluating
proposals to lease a high-speed vessel (HSV) to temporarily
serve as our operational mine countermeasures command and
control ship," said Ryan.
The new HSV will be used to support mine warfare exercises on
both the East and West Coasts and will also deploy overseas.
Ryan said it will also support Navy and Marine Corps
experimentation, particularly in the areas of modular payloads
and organic mine warfare.
For related news, visit the Commander, Mine Warfare
Command Navy NewsStand page at
www.news.navy.mil/local/cmwc.
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NNS021009-05. Graduation Marks Important First for
Tele-Education
By Barbara Honegger, NPS Public Affairs
MONTEREY, Calif. (NNS) -- The Navy's Revolution in
Business Affairs took a giant step forward at the Naval
Postgraduate School Sept. 27 with the graduation of the first
class to earn NPS Master of Science degrees in Product
Development through distributed learning tele-education.
The joint engineering and management degree is the 'crown
jewel' of the Navy's two-year-old Product Development
Leadership in the 21st Century (PD 21) Consortium Program
with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Rochester
Institute of Technology and University of Detroit Mercy.
Designed primarily for DoD civilian acquisition and program
managers in the Navy system commands - NAVSEA, NAVAIR
and SPAWAR - PD 21 is also open to active duty military. The
first PD 21 graduate, Cmdr. Jeff Hoyle, earned his degree early,
in March, before leaving for a Trident submarine command.
"PD 21 is also open to select DoD contractor civilians," said PD
21 Academic Associate and Senior Lecturer Wally Owen. "That
makes PD 21 the only Naval Postgraduate School academic
degree program open to all three -- military active duty, military
civilian, and DoD contractor civilians."
In addition to an NPS masters, students also earn a PD 21
certificate of recognition from MIT and a Defense Acquisition
University equivalency for Systems Planning, Research,
Development and Engineering (SPRDE) Level III training
requirements. They also select from one of four elective tracks --
acquisition management, information systems operations, systems
engineering, and software engineering.
To maximize synergy between the incoming and outgoing 'virtual
teams', 14 graduates from the first class joined 10 incoming
students for "PD 21 Week" orientation, Sept. 23-27. The new
students traveled to Silicon Valley for industry briefs from Cisco
System and Lockheed-Martin, and four students from the
graduating class gave thesis presentations on Wednesday.
The lead thesis presentation was by Michael Barkenhagen of the
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Division.
"Our number one mission is to support the Fleet," said
Barkenhagen, "and PD 21 really empowers you as a program
manager and engineering professional to do that."
Barkenhagen galvanized the audience with his thesis research
developing a systems engineering solution to extending
Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) support and availability via
second source 'sunset' suppliers that can save the Navy millions
of dollars.
The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) has already integrated his "Sunset Supply Base" (SSB)
system into its Doppler radar support. In addition to developing
the Sunset Supply Base system, Barkenhagen also implemented
it on actual program products - the Ship Self Defense System
(SSDS) computer board, and 20X mine hunter program.
"PD 21 teaches you how to take a 'light bulb' idea and develop
it within a systems framework to put something on the shelf, and
everything in between," Barkenhagen said. "It gave me a
structure to springboard the development of the SSB into reality,
as well as empowered me to do Navy-wide networking."
Barkenhagen was so pleased with the PD 21 Masters program
at NPS, he's applied to the NPS doctoral program in Systems
Engineering.
The second thesis presentation was by Dale Moore, director of
the Naval Air Systems Command, Aerospace Materials
Division.
Moore applied Social Network Analysis (SNA) to the Naval
Air Systems Command National Materials Competency, which
he leads, to evaluate knowledge and expertise flow across the
enterprise.
"The goal is to use SNA to transform the current culture from a
hierarchical one that encourages clumping and hoarding of
knowledge to an open, agile network which facilitates the free
flow and sharing of information and expertise," he said. "Such a
change can only be implemented system-wide, and is absolutely
necessary for DoD and the Navy to keep up with the speed of
change in the private sector."
The third thesis presentation was by Michael Wheeler, Chief of
Staff of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Division, on
the evolution and application of technical risk management in the
Navy.
Wheeler surveyed acquisition programs to see what
best-practice techniques and methods are in use, and made
recommendations for how the Navy can become more
pro-active in identifying and mitigating risks to meet its program
goals "with no surprises."
"The 'bottom line' is that technical risk management methods
need to be instituted within and across the Navy as part of the
systems engineering process," he said.
Dr. Francis Chan of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center,
Newport Division gave an overview of his thesis research on
how to design and implement a Knowledge Management (KM)
system at the NAVSEA Submarine Electromagnetics
Department, Undersea Warfare Center Division. Chan's goal is
to achieve KM standard best practices across the NAVSEA
enterprise.
"PD 21 provides an invaluable rigor in systems engineering,
which I'm now able to take back to SPAWAR to develop
better products," said John Falbo, head of hardware systems
engineering for the Global Command and Communications
System (GCCS)-Maritime at SPAWAR.
"PD 21 was extremely useful because it's very acquisition
professional oriented," said John Etxegoien, Assistant Program
Manager for Mine Hunting Systems at the Navy's Airborne
Mine Defense Program Office. "It's extremely aligned for
systems engineering and marketing. You also get to share a lot
with your virtual and online cohort (classmates)."
"The number one value for me, both personally and
professionally, in fact, was the synergy that arises from intense
virtual teaming."
For more information about the PD 21 Program, go to
http://ocl.nps.navy.mil/pd21.
For related news, visit the Naval Postgraduate School Navy
NewsStand page at www.news.navy.mil/local/nps.
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NNS021009-02. Fleet Hospital Jax 'Gets Ready' With Field
Training
By Lt. Cmdr. Jerry Rostad, Fleet Hospital Minneapolis
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (NNS) -- The ongoing War on
Terror made the eight days of field training at the Fleet Hospital
Operations and Training Command (FHOTC) in Camp
Pendleton take on a new meaning for the nearly 250 members of
Fleet Hospital Jacksonville.
FHOTC prepares Navy Fleet Hospitals for deployment. The
exercise Fleet Hospital Jacksonville participated in was the first
of a three-phase training cycle that concludes with an
Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE) in 2003.
For many unit members, this was the first experience in a field
environment. In addition to learning how to live in the desert, the
training included erecting and packing up a tent-based hospital,
learning patient flow in an operational setting and dealing with the
potential threats of chemical, biological, and radiological
weapons.
Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Eureka Colzie, participating in her
first field exercise, felt the training was a valuable experience.
"It's preparing me a great deal. Practicing and knowing what will
happen releases that anxiety of the unknown," she said.
The FHOTC training curriculum focused an entire day on dealing
with the threat of chemical, biological and radiological weapons.
The day culminated with every Sailor donning a gas mask and
going through a gas chamber.
Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Durrell Williams said the FHOTC
gas chamber was an important training experience.
"You learn to do it right. The way you train is the way you'll
perform during the real thing," he said.
Mess Management Specialist 2nd Class Mark Lash said the
adjustment from cooking in a brick and mortar building to
compartmentalized containers was significant. He also realized
the importance of a hot meal for the unit.
"The first couple of days we were all eating (cold packaged)
MREs," Lash said. "But the night we had the first hot meal -
wow. I was amazed at how everybody's morale shot up."
The FHOTC training concluded with a mass casualty exercise
that focused on establishing lines of communication and
coordination among the various units of the hospital and support
elements.
"The goal here wasn't so much on patient care. Rather, we
needed to get a good feel for how all of the pieces of a fleet
hospital need to communicate and coordinate," said Lt. Cmdr.
Christine Mankowski, Medical Service Corps, Fleet Hospital
Jacksonville's director for administration.
In addition to medical personnel, Fleet Hospital Jacksonville
comes complete with all the elements necessary to support a 500
bed hospital, including food service, security, communication,
supply and structure.
Capt. J.T. Coyne, Medical Service Corps, FHOTC
commanding officer, said this first phase of field deployment is a
major evolution, considering more than 90 percent of Fleet
Hospital Jacksonville have never participated in the training.
"There are all new relationships and all new jobs. It's tough and
things can go wrong," he said. "It's a test of the command."
But Coyne did not hesitate to grade Fleet Hospital Jacksonville.
"They're squared away, tightly organization with good senior
enlisted leadership," he said.
For related news, visit the Navy Medicine Navy NewsStand
page at www.news.navy.mil/local/mednews.
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NNS021009-04. Ground Broken on Ford Island Housing
By Karen S. Spangler, Navy Region Hawaii Public Affairs
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (NNS) -- The Navy launched its
newest family housing project with a groundbreaking ceremony
Oct. 1 on historic Ford Island.
With the completion of the Ford Island military construction
project in June 2004, 140 housing units will be available on the
island for junior enlisted personnel.
The $35 million contract awarded to Actus-Lend Lease, LLC,
also includes the construction of 30 housing units and the
demolition of 110 housing units at Radford Terrace.
Seventy-four units at Hale Moku will also be destroyed.
The construction project will mean more work for Hawaii's
construction workers and will pump money into the state
economy.
"Our military forces today are serving around the world - fighting
to protect the American dream with professionalism, dedication,
vigilance and commitment," said Capt. Norman Ho, Assistant
Chief of Staff for Housing for Navy Region Hawaii. "It's our
commitment to our Sailors to build homes that will allow our
military families to live the American dream, here at Pearl Harbor
- the best homeport in the Navy."
The new Ford Island homes will be three- and four-bedroom
units built in duplex and four-plex arrangements. They will feature
such enhancements as metal framing, central air conditioning,
garages, full-size washers and dryers, and modern kitchens. The
Navy's commitment to energy conservation will ensure that the
homes include energy-saving appliances and features, such as
solar hot water systems.
Navy families will notice additional amenities in the new
community, including landscaping, new roads and underground
utilities. It will be a place where families can relax and enjoy their
leisure time - in a neighborhood that will offer a recreation area
with a pavilion, basketball court and super tot lot.
Today's Ford Island still contains many reminders of the
significant role that the island has played in the history of the
Navy and the country.
"The new housing units have been designed to be distinct from,
but compatible with, the craftsman style of the existing Luke
Field housing," explained Jay Yanz, historical architect for Navy
Region Hawaii. "The housing project has been sited to respect
the historic character of the island. The neighborhood setting of
the development respects the Ford Island environment and the
building design captures the island architectural elements."
According to Yanz, Commander, Navy Region Hawaii
consulted with national and local organizations, including the
National Trust for Historic Preservation, Historic Hawaii
Foundation, National Park Service, Office of Hawaiian Affairs,
The Outdoor Circle, Oahu Council of the Hawaiian Civic Clubs
and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, throughout
the design process to ensure this.
Since 1996, the Navy in Hawaii has replaced and/or renovated
more than 2,300 housing units at a cost totaling approximately
$426 million. The replacement of homes in Navy communities on
Oahu in recent years has added 752 homes in Moanalua
Terrace, 318 units in Hale Moku, 214 homes in two phases of
Doris Miller Park and 356 new homes in Pearl City.
"This project that we begin today is just a part of a much larger
effort - that will continue into the future as we strive to provide
more quality housing for our Sailors," remarked Ho.
"Quality of life for Navy families is one of the most important
missions that we have," said Michael Hubbard, founder and
board member, Actus-Lend Lease. "I believe in this; it's a
passion," he said.
For related news, visit the Commander, Navy Region Hawaii
Navy NewsStand page at www.news.navy.mil/local/cnrh.
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NNS021008-11. Aircraft Return to Vinson Flight Deck
From USS Carl Vinson Public Affairs
USS CARL VINSON, At Sea (NNS) -- Cheers erupted from
the hangar bay, as USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) "trapped" an
F/A-18C Hornet on the flight deck Oct. 2 off the coast of
Southern California.
A long-anticipated moment, the landing marked the aircraft
carrier's first flight operations since returning from Operation
Enduring Freedom nearly nine months ago.
The event also signified the beginning of Carl Vinson's
flight-deck certification, an essential milestone in the carrier's
pre-deployment preparations.
"Today, of course, was a big hurdle," said Capt. Brian
Neunaber, Carl Vinson's Air Boss. "At this stage in training,
carrier qualification for the flight deck is very important. This is
the cornerstone for all that follows."
Neunaber emphasized that carrier qualifications are an essential
building block in achieving overall mission readiness. "We're
building up our abilities, so eventually we'll be able to perform
like we did in Operation Enduring Freedom," he said.
To Carl Vinson's advantage, many experienced personnel on
board during Enduring Freedom were back on the flight deck,
recovering and launching aircraft once again.
"This was a chance for the guys to get back in the saddle, break
some rust off, and get back to the point we were at during
cruise," said Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 1st Class
(AW) Gregory Seals, from V-1 aircraft handling division.
Coincidentally, Sailors were not only familiar with each other but
also with the planes. Thirteen aircraft from Carrier Air Wing
Eleven, the air wing that deployed with Carl Vinson last year,
came aboard to assist in the certification of the Gold Eagle flight
deck.
"Getting back in the saddle" also meant getting back to training,
and a large portion of training focused on safety. Working in one
of the world's most hazardous occupations, flight-deck
personnel operate under extreme conditions.
"Even the smallest malfunction could cause death, so everyone
really has to be cautious," said Aviation Boatswain's Mate
(Equipment) 3rd Class Ryan Reaux, a V-2 catapult topside petty
officer. "It's a very serious and dangerous environment out there.
Safety comes first."
Neunaber further emphasized that the inherent dangers of the
flight deck always pose a risk to his crew. He remains confident,
however, in his team's ability to face those challenges and
excited to continue flight-deck operations.
Seals and his shipmates on the flight deck shared his enthusiasm:
"This is what it's all about - being out to sea and working with
the aircraft."
From seven decks above the flight deck, to 10 decks below, the
crew combined training and teamwork for a successful start to
resumed flight-deck operations.
USS Carl Vinson successfully completed her flight-deck
certification Friday, Oct. 4. The next morning, as she returned to
Naval Air Station, North Island, the crew "manned the rails" as
the ship made a guest appearance in the Fleet Week San Diego
Sea-n-Air Parade.
For related news, visit the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Navy
NewsStand page at www.news.navy.mil/local/cvn70.
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NNS021009-06. Daily News Update for Oct. 9, 2002
From the Navy News Service
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The following stories are airing on
Television Direct-to-Sailor (TV-DTS), a satellite television
service available aboard 160 ships of the fleet and via the Navy
NewsStand Web site at www.news.navy.mil.
Two-minute newscast-
- Mobile Diving Salvage Unit One's (MDSU-1) Reserve
Detachment 419 recently spent their drill weekend at a special
San Diego event.
- San Diego's 6th annual Fleet Week, a month-long celebration
honoring the men and women of the military, is back on track
this month after being scaled down last year because of security
concerns.
One-minute newscast-
- One Marine was killed and another injured on Tuesday when
they were attacked while participating in urban warfare exercises
off the coast of Kuwait.
Navy News Service headlines newscast-
- One U.S. Marine was killed and another injured on Tuesday
when they were attacked while training off the coast of Kuwait.
- The Secretary of the Navy, Gordon England recently released
his message for the Navy's 227th birthday.
Daily News Update features three newscasts each day -- one
two-minute cast, a one-minute cast and a one-minute Navy
News Service headlines cast.
Daily News Update can be seen broadcast throughout the day
and evening on the Direct-to-Sailor satellite network. Check
your local DTS program schedule for air times. Daily News
Update can also be seen throughout the world on the Armed
Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS).
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NNS020711-10. This Day in Naval History - Oct. 10
From the Navy News Service
1845 - Naval School, later the Naval Academy, opens in
Annapolis, Md., with 50 midshipmen and seven faculty.
1923 - First American-built rigid airship, Shenandoah, is
christened. It used helium gas instead of hydrogen.
1944 - Opening of Leyte campaign begins with attack of four
Carrier Task Groups of Task Force 38 on Okinawa and
Ryukyus.
1960 - Navy assigned responsibility for program management
and technial direction of Project SPASUR, the first U.S.
universal satellite detection and tracking network.
1985 - Fighters from USS Saratoga (CV 60) force Egyptian
airliner, with the hijackers of the cruise ship Achille Lauro
aboard, to Italy, where the hijackers were taken into custody.
For more information on naval history, visit the Naval Historical
Center Web site at www.history.navy.mil.
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