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Comment by NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary on March 21, 2013 at 11:01pm

Navy: Sailor dies after gunshot on amphib Essex...

The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Mar 21, 2013 21:34:23 EDT

SAN DIEGO — The Navy says a sailor has died at a hospital after being discovered with a gunshot wound aboard a San Diego-based ship.

Navy spokesman Rick Chernitzer says the 19-year-old woman was found shot aboard the Amphibious Assault Ship Essex and taken Thursday to the trauma center at the University of California, San Diego where she was pronounced dead.

U-T San Diego reports that the Navy has not said whether the gunshot wound was self-inflicted or if any suspects are in custody.

Chernitzer says an investigation is being conducted, and the woman’s name has not been released because relatives had not been notified.

He said in a statement that the Navy was saddened by the loss of its sailor and extended condolences to her family.

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Our prayers go out to this Sailor and her family. May she rest in peace Amen... - Gary

Comment by NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary on March 21, 2013 at 10:44pm

Lon Welcome to the Amphibs Families Group!

Comment by NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary on March 21, 2013 at 7:15pm

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Comment by NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary on March 20, 2013 at 11:45am

Starbucks Opens Coffee Shop on Navy Warship...

02/11/13
by Kennedy Ryan

USS BOXER, At Sea — For the first time ever, a Starbucks coffee shop is now open on a Navy amphibious assault ship.

The fully functioning coffee shop will provide sailors with Starbucks’ line of coffees, teas and smoothies on board the USS Boxer, a San Diego based Ship.

Navy personnel were trained by Starbucks baristas on how to operate the machines and prepare the signature drinks.

The crew may use their Navy Cash cards to purchase any product from “Starboxer” during normal working hours.

All profits will go to the ship’s Morale, Welfare and Recreation fund, according to the Navy.

For more news from USS Boxer, visit www.navy.mil/local/lhd4/.

http://ktla.com/2013/02/11/starbucks-opens-coffee-ship-on-navy-wars...

Comment by NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary on March 9, 2013 at 12:47am

Yeah Jim an oil tanker on steroids kinda boat... This thing must be huge!

Comment by NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary on March 8, 2013 at 7:13pm

Navy's New Mobile Landing Platform, Montford Point, To Revolutioniz...

Comment by NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary on February 21, 2013 at 9:17am

U.S. Navy: Cuts Could Delay ARG’s Move To Mayport...

Impending budget cuts could delay the move of nearly 3,000 sailors in the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group from Norfolk, Va., to Mayport, Fla.

This is the latest news of potential sailor impacts as Navy officials prepare for $4 billion in sequestration cuts and $4.6 billion in cuts if the military continues to be funded at last year’s levels.

The ARG move is still tentatively slated to occur within fiscal 2014, which begins Oct. 1 and ends Sept. 30, 2014. The Navy is “committed to our plan,” officials said in a prepared statement.

At the same time, the statement says these home-port changes “could incur delays due to personnel moves, maintenance, and operational schedule changes resulting from sequestration.”

To put it simply: The cuts could spell trouble for the planned moves, and the Navy is trying to figure out how much or how little.

The ARG home-port shift includes the amphibious transport dock New York, which has been scheduled to arrive in Mayport between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31. The amphibious assault ship Iwo Jima and the dock landing ship Fort McHenry are slated to move in somewhere between July 1 and Sept. 30, 2014, officials said.

A firm date for New York’s move has not been announced. There have been no homeport change certificates issued, either — documents that allow sailors stationed aboard the ship to begin planning for a new home port.

Setting the date would also allow sailors to begin negotiating orders to the ship and organizing a family move. This process generally begins nine months before a scheduled home-port change and ends with five months to go. The current window for New York’s move is a little more than seven months away.

Initially, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus called for the Iwo ARG to move by 2015. In June, he moved up the schedule to 2014, with New York arriving before the end of calendar year 2013.

The possible delays don’t surprise — but do anger — Rep. Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla., who represents the Mayport area in Congress and sits on the House Appropriations Committee’s defense panel.

“As I have said all along, sequestration and a full-year continuing resolution will have drastic impacts on the Navy and all of its bases,” he told Navy Times on Wednesday.

“We saw that with the recent cancellation of the USS Truman [deployment] to the Middle East, and I expect that home-port changes will be impacted as well.”

The move is in part to make better use of Mayport, which has lost a number of ships and is set to lose more.

The station hasn’t received any new ships since the destroyer Farragut arrived in 2006.

As of last August, 19 ships and 5,017 sailors called the base home. In the 1980s, the base boasted two aircraft carriers, 28 combatants and nearly 30,000 sailors.

The base will lose two more frigates next month when the Klakring and Underwood retire.

The base was slated to be upgraded to a nuclear home port, with the expectation of welcoming an aircraft carrier in 2019, but the required construction and the resultant move was delayed indefinitely due to budget constraints that were announced in February 2012.

The Navy said at the time it would “remain committed” to eventually relocating a carrier to the Northern Florida base.

While the base is also expected to be the East Coast hub for the new littoral combat ship, the first of those ships isn’t expected to arrive until 2016 at the earliest.

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130220/DEFREG02/302200026/U-S-...

Comment by NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary on February 19, 2013 at 11:06pm

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GULF OF THAILAND (Feb. 10, 2013) Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 8 assigned to Naval Beach Unit (NBU) 7, departs the well deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). The Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group, currently on deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility, will take part in amphibious integration training, certification exercise and participate in the annual multinational combined joint training exercise Cobra Gold. (U. S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jerome D. Johnson/Released)

Comment by NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary on December 31, 2012 at 2:31pm

Aviation Boatswains Mate (Fuel) 2nd Class Jorge Garcia is selected as the 2012 Holiday bowl honorary team captain for Baylor University during the 2012 Navy Marine Corps holiday bowl luncheon aboard the amphibious assault ship USS BOXER LHD 4. Nearly 1,000 players, coaching staff members, school alumni and Boxer Sailors mingled in the ship's hangar bay for the event. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Oscar Espinoza)

Comment by Rick Liske - Proud Navy Dad on December 20, 2012 at 1:16pm

Thank you Gary. My son is aboard the USS Boxer and will be there during Christmas time. We are very proud of him serving our country, and want to say thank you for his sacrifice as with all military personnel wherever they are in the world during this holiday season and all through the year. 

Thank you for our Freedom! God Bless the Military and their families.

Merry Christmas and we hope for a Happy New Year.

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