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Posted on Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 3:44 am:

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NEW ORLEANS (NNS) -- Sailors from USS New Orleans (LPD 18), members of Navy Recruiting District (NRD) New Orleans and Delayed Entry Program (DEP) volunteers served breakfast to the homeless at the New Orleans Mission Nov. 3.

The community relations project allowed the U.S. Navy to give back to those in need within the New Orleans community who have supported service members through the years.

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Posted on Friday, November 6, 2009 - 5:18 am:

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SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Thach (FFG 43) returned to San Diego Nov. 5 after an independent five-month surge through all of the numbered fleets.

Thach was operating in support of Task Group Iraqi Maritime (TGIM), which operates in the Northern Arabian Gulf (NAG) and is primarily responsible for defending the critical Iraqi infrastructure located in the area, as well as protecting the sovereignty of Iraqi waters.

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Posted on Monday, November 9, 2009 - 5:22 am:

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USS BATAAN, At sea (NNS) -- The multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) launched 10 MV-22B Ospreys from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit to fly into Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, Nov. 6, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

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Posted on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 5:11 am:

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YOKOSUKA, Japan (NNS) -- Ships, submarines and aircraft from the U.S. 7th Fleet will participate in a bilateral exercise with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Nov. 10-18 in waters and airspace around Japan.

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Posted on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - 2:56 am:

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The Navy’s conventional riverine forces will stay put after all.

The determination comes with the cancellation of a yearlong environmental assessment of several possible homeports.

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Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 12:58 am:

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INDIAN OCEAN (NNS) -- The Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) departed the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations as part of its regularly scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific and Persian Gulf Nov. 10.

Led by Capt. Rodney Clark, the ARG consists of more than 2,300 personnel who serve aboard three ships — amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6); amphibious transport dock ship USS Cleveland (LPD 7); and amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47).

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Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 2:36 am:

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A small group of officers at the Pentagon is in the early stages of work on a new concept to combine the capabilities of the U.S. Air Force and Navy, offset their vulnerabilities and better use their assets to deter or defeat future enemies.

The idea has the potential, some observers think, to revolutionize the way the U.S. Air Force and Navy work with each other.

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Posted on Friday, November 13, 2009 - 1:06 am:

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PHILIPPINE SEA (NNS) -- Amphibious Squadron 11, USS Essex (LHD 2) and USS Tortuga (LSD 46) with embarked Marines got underway from White Beach Naval Facility in Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 12 for an exercise with the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force.

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Posted on Friday, November 13, 2009 - 2:38 am:

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The Missile Defense Agency announced Thursday the names of the next six ships that will join the Navy’s ballistic missile defense fleet, all of which are stationed on the East Coast.

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Posted on Saturday, November 14, 2009 - 4:09 am:

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WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Ancestry.com, in cooperation with the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) and Naval Historical Foundation (NHF), added more than 600 Navy cruise books to its online collection of military records at the start of November 2009.

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Posted on Sunday, November 15, 2009 - 6:30 am:

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DURHAM, N.C. — In January 1943, a few months shy of his 18th birthday, Grover Glymph joined the U.S. Navy with his parents' permission. He made the decision at 17 because he knew if he waited until he was drafted, he wouldn't get to choose his military branch. He wanted to be like his older brother Ed, already serving.

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Posted on Monday, November 16, 2009 - 5:05 am:

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The navigator was listening to his iPod during a critical evolution.

Watchstanders were known to sleep on the job.

Stereo speakers were rigged for music in the radio room.

An informal atmosphere — along with crew complacency, a “weak” command and inferior submariner skills — are named as contributors to the March 20 collision between the attack submarine Hartford and the amphibious transport dock New Orleans in the Strait of Hormuz.

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Posted on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 3:24 am:

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USS BATAAN, At Sea (NNS) -- The Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) officially departed 5th Fleet and entered 6th Fleet's Area of Operations when the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) transited the Suez Canal and entered into the Mediterranean Sea recently.

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Posted on Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 5:45 am:

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USS BLUE RIDGE, At Sea (NNS) -- Sailors and Marines aboard USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) celebrated the ship's 39th birthday Nov. 14 with a ceremonial cake-cutting, a special meal and a rendition of "Happy Birthday" sung by the crew.

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Posted on Saturday, November 21, 2009 - 5:45 am:

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NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- Ships of Destroyer Squadron 24 (DESRON 24) returned home following participation in exercise Joint Warrior 09-2, Nov. 19.

The guided-missile frigate USS John L. Hall (FFG 32), homeported in Mayport, Fla., the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67), homeported in Norfolk, Va., and the guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage (DDG 61) and the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Laramie (T-AO 203), also homeported in Norfolk, Va., participated with ships from five other nations in Joint Warrior 09-2, a multi-warfare exercise designed to improve interoperability between allied navies.

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