Denise ( A Seabee mom)'s Blog – March 2011 Archive (2)

The Navy on Wednesday identified the two sailors killed Monday in a rollover accident at Camp Pendleton: Petty Officer Third Class Daniel M. Shirar and Constructionman Mychael A. Flint.



Shirar, 27, of Baytown, Texas, and Flint, 21, of Fort Ann, N.Y., died when the water truck they were riding in overturned during an exercise at the Marine Corps base north of Oceanside.



Flint was an equipment operator assigned to the Amphibious Construction Battalion One homeported in… Continue

Eight warships are headed to Japan to render disaster relief in the wake of a catastrophic magnitude 8.9 earthquake that left hundreds dead Friday. The quake unleashed a tsunami that is tearing across the Pacific. It unmoored two subs and is forcing other ships to get underway or ease their lines as the surge waters arrive, according to updates posted on official Navy Facebook pages across the region…

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