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Archive for January 2011

Three Military Sealift Command ships are offloading hundreds of pieces of U.S. Marine Corps equipment, containerized supplies and personnel in support of exercises Freedom Banner and Cobra Gold at Chuk Samet, Thailand, through Jan. 28.

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USS Enterprise Arrives in Lisbon

USS Enterprise (CVN 65) arrived in Lisbon, Portugal, Jan. 26, to conduct its first port-of-call in Europe.

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Navy leaders are expressing concern that recent statistics suggest use of “Spice” and similar so-called designer drugs rose in the last quarter of 2010.

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Escale du PSP Arago à Cannes

Navy Standard Integrated Personnel System (NSIPS) and its related tools will be offline for four days beginning the evening of Jan. 27, to implement a major maintenance upgrade.

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Lincoln Sailors Save Shipmate

The commanding officer of Helicopter Sea Squadron 12 awarded the Navy Achievement Medal to two Sailors from USS Abraham Lincoln’s (CVN 72) Air Department Jan. 25 for quick, decisive actions that saved the life of one of their shipmates.

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Deputy assistant secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) for energy hosted a roundtable event Jan. 25 in Washington to discuss the recent release of the RAND Corporation’s report on “Alternative Fuels for Military Applications,” which was submitted to Congress Jan. 24.

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The Navy Surgeon General addressed mission readiness and the importance of total force management at the Annual Military Health System (MHS) Conference held at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center Jan. 24-27.

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