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MSW Artist Profile~Raul Guzman Jr.
This months MSW Artist Profile features modeler and MSW crew-mate, Raul Guzman Jr., as he shares his thoughts, and fantastic model subjects with us.
MSW Artist Profile
New sailing ship kits from Aoshima
Aoshima announces that they will be releasing a 100 B.C. Greek Warship and a 50 B.C. Roman warship in August of this year. For those modelers who have been in the ship community for some time, you will recognize these as the old IMAI kits. When IMAI closed it’s doors in 2002, Aoshima bought it’s assets and has started releasing some of the nice sailing ships.
This Day in U.S. Naval History
1812 - USS Constitution escapes from British squadron after 3 day chase off New Jersey
1858 - U.S. sloop Niagara departs Queenstown, Ireland, to assist in laying first trans-Atlantic telegraph cable.
1898 - Santiago, Cuba surrenders to U.S. Naval forces.
1927 - First organized dive bombing attack in combat by Marine Corps pilots against Nicaraguan bandits who were surrounding U.S. Marine garrison at Ocotal, Nicaraguan.
1944 - Ammunition explosion at Naval Magazine, Port Chicago, Calif.
1975 - Docking in space of the U.S. Apollo (Apollo 18) and Soviet Soyuz (Soyuz 19) space craft. This was the first manned space flight conducted jointly by the 2 nations. Former naval aviator Vance D. Brand was the Apollo Command Module Pilot. The Apollo craft was in space for 9 days and 7.5 hours. Recovery was by USS New Orleans (LPH-11).
New Service Uniform Available July 31
The new E1-E6 Service Uniform (SU) will be available for purchase in Great Lakes and California Navy Exchanges starting July 31, according to NAVADMIN 190/08.
The SU is for year-round wear and replaces the summer white and winter blue uniforms. It is authorized to be worn for office work, watchstanding, liberty or business ashore when prescribed as the uniform of the day.
The new uniform is the result of significant research and input from the fleet.
"Over 500 Sailors participated in a six-month wear-test, evaluating four diverse uniform concepts, designs and colors," said Chief of Naval Personnel Vice Adm. Mark Ferguson. Overwhelmingly, the approved SU design was selected above the other three.
Sailors will have up to 24 months to purchase the new uniform, depending on their duty station location. The mandatory wear date for all E1-E6 personnel is July 2010. Clothing replacement allowances for fiscal years 2008 and 2009 were increased to cover the purchasing of two sets of new uniforms by July 2010.
Basic SU components include a short-sleeved khaki shirt for males and a short sleeved khaki overblouse for females; black trousers with black belt and silver buckle for males and black beltless slacks for females.
Collar insignia consists of miniature silver anodized metal rank insignia for E2-E6. Petty officers will wear large silver anodized metal rank insignia on their garrison cap. Males must wear a white undershirt.
Optional components include a black, Eisenhower-style jacket with epaulets, black pullover v-neck sweater and black skirt, beret and handbag for females
The SU will be available for purchase via Navy Exchange uniform centers as follows:
July 08, Great Lakes and California
Oct 08, Northwest and Hawaii
Jan 09, Gulf region and Millington, Tenn.
April 09, Naval District Washington
July 09, Tidewater
Oct 09, Southeast
Jan 10, Northeast
April 10, Europe/Japan/Guam
Existing E1-E6 summer white and winter blue uniforms will continue to be authorized for wear until the July 2010 mandatory wear date.
Reserve component Sailors will receive their uniforms via their respective Navy Operational Support Centers.
Photo of the Day
A modified Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) Block IV interceptor is launched from the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70).
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