Abe Sailors give back to Singapore

More than 170 Sailors from USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) gave back to the Singapore community during community relations events while in port, April 16-20. Lincoln’s religious ministries department coordinated nine projects for the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and six of those projects were for Abraham Lincoln and its crew.
May 2, 2008
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NAVSTA Everett celebrates 14 year anniversary

Sailors and civilian members of the Everett Area Chamber of Commerce gathered together April 18 in the Grand Vista Ballroom to celebrate Naval Station (NAVSTA) Everett’s 14-year anniversary. The event, dedicated to Individual Augmentee (IA) Sailors of the past, present, and future, involved many local business leaders, military members, and several elected officials including Everett Mayor Ray Stephenson and Congressman Rick Larsen, of Washington’s 2nd District.
April 25, 2008
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Everett hosts Earth Day fair

Sailors and civilians from around Naval Station (NAVSTA) Everett celebrated Earth Day with a fair and dumpster dive competition April 22. Earth Day was founded by former Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson in 1970, and was designed as a nationwide environmental protest to “shake up the political establishment and force this onto the national agenda.”
April 25, 2008
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RMD pays tribute to namesake

On the afternoon of April 7, the crew of USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG 60) took time to honor and remember their ship’s namesake in a ceremony on the frigate’s flight deck while the ship and crew was underway off the coast of San Diego. The ceremony began with Ensign Christopher Richling delivering the late Sgt. Rodney M. Davis’ biography.
April 25, 2008
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Momsen hosts Palaun students, police officers

USS Momsen (DDG 92) recently navigated into Palau, where the crew spent three days exploring its culture by engaging in several recreational activities. This port visit granted Momsen Sailors an opportunity to not only represent the U.S. Navy, but also represent the United States during the cross-cultural experience.
April 25, 2008
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NAVSTA Everett Sailors feed homeless

Naval Station (NAVSTA) Everett Sailors teamed up with Tailgate Ministries and helped served dinner to the homeless at the Everett Salvation Army April 14. Tailgate Ministries is an interdenominational aid organization that reaches out to the homeless community through the Salvation Army, by meeting their basic physical and spiritual needs.
April 18, 2008
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Everett Sailors celebrate Thai New Year

Naval Station (NAVSTA) Everett Sailors celebrated the Songkran, traditional Thai New Year, festival at a Seattle restaurant with members of the New Seattle Meditation Center April 13. Songkran is a Sanskrit word that means “Move or Change Place,” and is the day the sun changes its position in the zodiac. This festival is also known as the Water Festival, for many people believe that water will wash away bad luck, cleansing the world for a new year.
April 18, 2008
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NOSC Everett helps save planet

Staff members of the Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) at Naval Station Everett helped clean up the environment, April 15, by picking up garbage along Everett’s West Marine View Drive. As the official Adopt-a-Street sponsors, NOSC team members fanned out to ensure the scenic two mile stretch was cleaned up and made liter-free.
April 18, 2008
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NAVSTA Everett hosts children’s deployment camp

Children of servicemembers from around the Puget Sound got a chance to experience a deployment through the eyes of their parents at the Children’s Deployment Day Camp, in the Totem Recreation Hall, at the Naval Support Complex at Smokey Point, April 4. This event, sponsored by the Naval Station Everett, Fleet and Family Support Center (FFSC), is in recognition of April as the Month of the Military Child. The goal of the Month is to serve as a positive outlet for military children who often experience a variety of emotions during a parent’s deployment.
April 11, 2008
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Lincoln Sailors honor service members

As USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) wrapped up the first week of a scheduled seven-month deployment March 19, the ship’s crew paused from their underway routine to conduct the solemn and sacred Navy tradition of burial at sea. The cremated remains of 33 former service members were committed to the turbulent waters of the Pacific Ocean during the ceremony which took place off the coast of southern California. “These 33 people were willing to lay down their lives to keep us free during the time they were in the service,” said Cmdr. John Swanson, Lincoln’s command chaplain. “This is our final tribute to the legacy they left behind and a final thanks on behalf of a grateful nation.”
April 4, 2008
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