Volunteers clean up local beaches

Sailors from Naval Magazine (NAVMAG) Indian Island and their families teamed up with local volunteers to clean up park trails and beaches along the shores of Indian Island as part of the Earth Week celebration, April 25. The team of more than 15 volunteers was divided up into three groups to clean up a two-mile long stretch of beaches. The beach clean up began at Portage Beach, through Lagoon Beach and Isthmus Beach.
May 2, 2008
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Stennis officer spouses beautify base

Haze gray and underway; the life of a Sailor aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) can lack color, literally. Some Stennis wives are doing what they can to make their Sailors’ lives a little brighter. In an effort to make sure Stennis Sailors have an aesthetically pleasing place to live and work when in port, some Stennis wives got together Wednesday morning, to beautify Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton; planting trees just outside the base gym.
May 2, 2008
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Command of USS San Francisco changes

Cmdr. Nathan H. Martin relieved Capt. David A. Ogburn as commanding officer of USS San Francisco (SSN711) during a change of command ceremony held at Naval Base Kitsap Bangor’s Deterrent Park, April 25. Ogburn was promoted to the rank of captain as part of the ceremony.
May 2, 2008
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Job Fair presents career options to corpsman looking to specialize

Naval Hospital Bremerton held a job fair on its quarterdeck last Friday to give interested corpsmen the chance to find out what opportunities were available to them for medical specialization and advanced training. The step from general duty corpsmen to a specialty field is a big career decision to make, and the fair was designed to give “quad-zeroes” (named for the 0000 Navy enlistment classification code for general duty corpsmen) a chance to learn about some specialty fields from the people who do those jobs every day.
May 2, 2008
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Bangor hosts ‘Mom and Me’ spring fashion show

West Sound Catering and the Naval Base Kitsap, Bangor Navy Exchange hosted a special “Mom and Me” Spring fashion show and breakfast at Bangor Plaza, April 26, to celebrate the Month of the Military child. Throughout the month of April, Navy installations all around the world plan special events to celebrate the military child including parades and picnics to honor and recognize service members’ families, especially their children, for the unique sacrifices and challenges that are a part of being a military family.
May 2, 2008
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NBK Bangor Revamps 9/11 park for Earth Day

In support Earth Day, Naval Base (NB) Kitsap, Bangor foresters led a revamp of the base’s 9/11 Memorial Park by clearing old and dead trees and planting new trees, April 17. Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) personnel encouraged and welcomed volunteers from the base to help with the project, which added to the park’s safety, appearance and wildlife habitation. More than 75 man-hours and 20 horse hours spanned three days were used to clear nearly an acre of dead, or dying, trees and non-indigenous scrubs and bushes, as well as plant 300 trees to grow in their place.
April 25, 2008
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USS Kentucky Sailors make visit to namesake

USS Kentucky (SSBN 737) (Gold) Sailors returned April 17 from their namesake after many welcomes and new experiences from their hosts. Ten Kentucky Sailors were involved with a week-long stay, continuing an already strong relationship with the Commonwealth of Kentucky. They were able to visit to schools, a veterans’ home and a children’s hospital, as well as a take a tour of the Louisville Slugger factory. They were also able to see “Thunder over Louisville,” the largest fireworks display in North America as well as see an arena football game.
April 25, 2008
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Stennis hosts education summit

When Sailors move, many of their children find themselves left out of their favorite sport for the season or needing to retake courses to meet new school requirements. The Navy is trying to do something about it. The Education Summit, a bi-annual event discussing the challenges military children face during a transition or deployment, was held aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) April 21. More than 30 panel representatives from Washington State met to discuss today’s military children with leadership from Navy Region Northwest and Fleet and Family Support Programs.
April 25, 2008
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Kitsap FCPOA takes to highway for Earth day

Members of the Naval Base Kitsap (NBK) First Class Petty Officer Association (PCPOA) participated in a cleanup along Washington State Highway 303, April 22. The project, which began near NBK Bangor main gate and ran to Trigger Ave. was held in accordance with Earth Day.
April 25, 2008
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Stennis donates computers to area schools

USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) donated 96 computers and monitors to the Central Kitsap School District Tuesday. This was the second batch of computers that Stennis has donated. The first delivery of 100 computers and monitors were given to the South Kitsap School District in March. Stennis is able to donate the PCs to the Central Kitsap and South Kitsap School Districts because of an executive order enacted April 17, 1996, which authorizes the donation of serviceable military computers to schools. Both school districts will distribute the computers among their schools.
April 25, 2008
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