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Posted on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 5:30 am:

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BREMERTON, Wash. (NNS) -- USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) recognizes the harm that smoking cigarettes can cause and offers a treatment program to Sailors who are serious about quitting tobacco.

The four-week cessation program provides Sailors the support needed to kick the habit. Health Services Department holds classes every Thursday at 8 a.m., and covers various methods of quitting, offers personalized treatment, and helps establishing a quit date.

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Posted on Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 8:05 am:

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SAN DIEGO — More than 5,000 sailors and Marines returned home Wednesday as the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan completed a scheduled five-month deployment that took it to the Persian Gulf.

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Posted on Sunday, October 25, 2009 - 5:20 am:

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MANAMA, Bahrain (NNS) -- The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) arrived in Bahrain for a liberty port visit Oct. 24, while on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

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BREMERTON, Wash (NNS) -- Commander Naval Air Forces (CNAF) has chosen USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) to be the test bed for brand new technologically advanced ovens that could potentially be used onboard all U. S. aircraft carriers.

Lincoln is testing three different ovens, the Boldgett Hydrovection, Rational Combi, and Alto Shaam Combi-therm. They will be tested to see which is more suitable and durable.

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Posted on Sunday, October 25, 2009 - 5:49 am:

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When I started my articles about carrier qualification, I did not know it would turn into a five part series. I also didn’t know the attention it wound receive from people in close association with my current position in aviation. So I would like to continue with a somewhat similar article but with a 65 year retrograde in time, and this I am able to do with the magical box called a computer.

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Posted on Monday, October 26, 2009 - 3:30 am:

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BREMERTON, Wash. (NNS) -- The Navy creates opportunities for Sailors, giving them chances to learn trades or get degrees, and one Sailor onboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) has taken advantage of both.

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Amanda Thompson has been the only certified dental hygienist aboard Stennis since July, earning her associate's degree and certification through the Navy.

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Posted on Monday, October 26, 2009 - 4:40 am:

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Bad brakes and pilot error led to an E-2C Hawkeye accident in March in which an aircraft swerved off the runway and sustained more than $10 million in damage.

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Posted on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 5:04 am:

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HOUSTON, (NNS) -- The commanding officer of USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), along with members of the crew were welcomed as honored guests to Houston's 2009 Navy Week.

The aircraft carrier Commanding Officer Capt. Dewolfe H. Miller III and members of his crew participated in a variety of events honoring the Navy and other members of the armed forces throughout the city of Houston.

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Posted on Friday, October 30, 2009 - 5:56 am:

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The Blue Angels’ C-130T Hercules, affectionately known as Fat Albert, has performed its fiery jet-assisted takeoff at countless air shows since 1975, but the tradition will end Nov. 14 in Pensacola, Fla., when the team closes its 2009 season.

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Posted on Saturday, October 31, 2009 - 2:11 am:

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (NNS) -- USS Enterprise (CVN 65) successfully completed manual rudder testing Oct. 29 in preparation to return to the fleet after more than 18 months in the shipyards.

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Posted on Sunday, November 1, 2009 - 3:55 am:

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WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Search efforts continue after two military aircraft collided off the California coast Oct. 29, but a Defense Department official said it is unlikely there are survivors among the nine people aboard.

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Posted on Sunday, November 1, 2009 - 4:55 am:

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Rising costs, changing threats and rival aircraft — manned and unmanned — could cut nearly in half the number of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters that ultimately are built, a Dutch defense analyst said in a report to the Dutch parliament. And if fewer planes are built, the price for each, already $100 million or more, will undoubtedly increase, analyst Johan Boeder warned.

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Posted on Saturday, November 7, 2009 - 6:32 am:

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (NNS) -- Sailors aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) are preparing for the third and final phase of crew certifications to become deployable.

Crew certifications are a series of inspections that ensure Sailors across the fleet are qualified to safely take their ships to sea. These certifications also critique a ship's Maintenance and Material Management and zone inspection programs, and ensures all Sailors have received self-contained breathing apparatus and firefighting training.

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Posted on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 6:11 am:

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Naval flight students were back flying training missions despite two major mishaps that destroyed two aircraft and killed two aviators.

The disappearance of a T-34C Turbo Mentor plane Oct. 28 over the Gulf of Mexico and the Oct. 30 crash of a TH-57 Sea Ranger helicopter near Naval Air Station Whiting Field, Fla., did not have a major effect on training operations, a Navy spokesman said.

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Posted on Saturday, November 14, 2009 - 4:06 am:

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USS NIMITZ, Gulf of Oman (NNS) -- Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) raised $7,000 to support the Wounded Warrior Project during a fundraiser held from Nov. 2–11.

Machinist's Mate 1st Class (SW) Beatriz Barrera coordinated the fundraiser through the Combined Federal Campaign. The First Class Petty Officers Association sponsored the event aboard ship.

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Posted on Sunday, November 15, 2009 - 5:39 am:

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USS JOHN C. STENNIS, At Sea (NNS) -- The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group departed San Diego to begin a sustainment exercise (SUSTAINEX) Nov. 6.

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Posted on Monday, November 16, 2009 - 4:11 am:

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USS JOHN C. STENNIS, At sea (NNS) -- Marines from the "Death Rattlers" of Marine Strike Fighter Squadron (VMFA) 323 celebrated the Marine Corps' 234th birthday aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), Nov. 11.

Third Marine Aircraft Wing Commander Maj. Gen. Thomas Conant, made his first carrier trap to celebrate with VMFA-323.

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Posted on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 4:20 am:

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The U.S. Navy says wreckage of a training plane has been found off the Texas coast nearly three weeks after it went missing.

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Posted on Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 6:21 am:

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A team of Navy divers working on a Coast Guard ship pulled a body from a submerged trainer airplane Wednesday believed to be a Houston native whose aircraft disappeared last month.

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Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - 5:45 am:

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USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, At Sea (NNS) -- The commanding officer of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) and the executive officer of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 143 became members of an elite club after successfully completing their 1,000th carrier arrested landing, or "trap", Nov. 18.

Capt. Dee L. Mewbourne and Cmdr. Joe W. Barnes both completed their historic landings within minutes of each other aboard Eisenhower while transiting the Atlantic Ocean during the ship's Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX).

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USS NIMITZ, At Sea (NNS) -- Two squadrons from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 joined hundreds of civilian and military exhibitors Nov. 15 at the International Air Show in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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