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Feature - Kanpai - Battleship Hyuga 1945
MSW crew-mate Karl Zingheim (Captsonghouse) brings us a scene from the closing days of World War II Kanpai - Battleship Hyuga 1945 in this MSW Feature.
Abraham Lincoln Sailors Make a Difference for Malaysian Children's Home
Source: US Navy
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (NNS) -- USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Sailors volunteered to help a local children's home during a port visit in Malaysia Oct. 9.
More than 30 Sailors spent time off the ship to work at the Praise Emmanuel Children's Home where they painted the facility and cleaned the grounds.
Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Trevor Downing helped out by cleaning up around the outside of the home. He said the experience of helping someone else out makes the deployment that much more meaningful.
"I feel a lot more accomplished, like I did something for someone else during my port visit and my deployment," said Downing. "Doing something for someone else is a lot more rewarding than doing something for yourself."
After giving the home a fresh coat of paint and cleaning up the yard, Sailors played a game of soccer with several of the children living at the home.
"I think it's really important that the Navy does things like this to reach out to the community," said Aviation Ordnanceman 1st Class (AW) Scott Dwyer.
Lincoln Sailors are planning to participate in several other community service projects while in Kuala Lumpur.
The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is currently in the U.S. 7th Fleet's area of responsibility as part of a routine deployment to promote peace, cooperation and stability in the region.
Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group consists of flagship USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2, San Diego-based guided-missile cruiser USS Cape St. George (CG 71), and the embarked Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 9. Ships assigned to DESRON 9 include the Everett-based destroyers Momsen (DDG 92) and Shoup (DDG 86), as well as USS Halsey (DDG 97) and USS Sterett (DDG 104).
Corps’ Newest Helos Land on Navy’s ‘Hybrid’ Ship
Source: US Marine Corps
PACIFIC OCEAN --- The latest models of Marine Corps helicopters landed on one of the Navy’s newest ships Oct. 3-4.
Anchored a few miles from Camp Pendleton, Calif., USS Makin Island took on one UH-1Y “Venom” helicopter and one AH-1Z “Viper SuperCobra” attack helicopter as the amphibious assault ship prepared to head north for San Francisco.
The AH-1Z, after recently being approved and found operationally effective and suitable, marked its first landing on a sea-going vessel while in an operational squadron Oct. 4 -- a first as the aircraft is beyond its developmental or operational test status.
The skid-supported helicopters belong to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367, aka Scarface. A detachment from the squadron will support the aviation combat element of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s special-purpose Marine air-ground task force going to the Bay Area.
“The increased power of the aircraft make ship operations a lot easier and safer,” said 1st Lt. Michael G. Tetreault, a Viper SuperCobra pilot with the squadron.
The 11th MEU, the first amphibious landing force aboard USS Makin Island, left Naval Base San Diego Oct. 1 and made its way to San Francisco, where service members will participate in the city's 2010 Fleet Week.
The unit, sailing for California’s Golden Gate, will reach San Francisco Oct. 6 and showcase to the public the Marine Corps' aircraft and equipment and its ability to conduct missions that span the overlapping spectrums of peace and combat, from disaster relief to war.
Fleet Week will include displays of the Corps’ humanitarian assistance capabilities, warfighting gear, community-outreach projects, parades, tours, band performances, education seminars and athletic competitions.
The helicopters will be on display during Fleet Week, and pilots will be on hand to talk about the aircraft.
“I am excited to interact with the community,” said Capt. Alexander G. Cole, Scarface’s UH-1 standardization officer. “I think it is great we get to show what we do. It’s important to build a relationship between the community and the Marine Corps.”
The Venom has four blades, unlike its predecessor, the two-bladed UH-1N. With more blades and more power, the helicopter is a valuable addition to the capabilities of a MEU, said Cole.
The Venom can accomplish a variety of missions, to include search-and-rescue operations and casualty evacuation, explained Cole. The previous model had to be configured to carry either troops or rockets. The Venom’s new lift capabilities allow it to do transport missions while retaining its attack capabilities.
Attack On USS Cole (DDG-67)
Today’s is the anniversary of Attack On USS Cole (DDG-67).
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This Day in U.S. Naval History
1914 - USS Jupiter (AC 3) is first Navy ship to complete transit of the Panama Canal.
1944 - Aircraft from Carrier Task Force 38 attack Formosa.
1957 - Rear Adm. G.J. Dufek arrives at McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, to command Operation Deep Freeze III during the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58.
1961 - A five-man cholera treatment demonstration team from Naval Medical Research Unit, Taipei, leaves to assist setting up of facilities to treat an epidemic in Manila.
1965 - Project Sealab II, a project where teams of naval divers and scientists spent 15 days in Sealab, moored 205 feet below surface near La Jolla, Calif, comes to an end.
1965 - First group of men commissioned into the Navy Nurse Corps reports for a one-month indoctrination to naval service.
1980 - USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) and other ships of Amphibious Forces 6th Fleet begin assisting earthquake victims in Al Asnam, Algeria.
2000 - Terrorists in a boat make a suicide attack on USS Cole (DDG 67) while the ship refuels in the port of Aden, Yemen. Seventeen Sailors are killed.
Photo of the Day
Aircraft from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 are stored in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77).
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