COG shooting team excels at Ironman competition

Coast Guard Skeet Team members participated in the Ironman shooting competition sponsored by The McChord Sportsmen’s Club at McChord Air Force Base, April 12-13. Coast Guard Lt. Marcus Alden and Petty Officer 3rd Class Tara Molle shot in the Ironman Shoot, which is the first regional skeet competition of the season. The Ironman Shoot is an event in which competitors shoot only 12 gauge rounds at a total of 400 targets in a two-day period.
April 25, 2008
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Bangor community to back troops with beans

Service members and coffee lovers at Naval Base Kitsap (NBK) Bangor participated in a donation April 11 of more than 100 pounds of coffee for troops serving in Iraq. Throughout the month of April, coffee will be collected, packaged then sent off to Iraq by the end of the month.
April 18, 2008
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Command of USS Henry M. Jackson changes

Cmdr. Lyle E. Hoag relieved Cmdr. Kevin D. Jones as commanding officer of the ballistic missile submarine USS Henry M. Jackson (HMJ) (SSBN 730) in a change of command ceremony held April 14 at the Jackson Park Chapel. “I count it a privilege and an honor to be called upon to speak on behalf of this change of command ceremony for the HMJ,” said retired Capt. James R. Righter, guest speaker for the event. Jones was presented with an award and then gave his remarks in which he thanked his family for the sacrifices they made, and then he went on to address his crew.
April 18, 2008
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PSNS & IMF names 2007 top employees

In Academy Awards fashion, 152 nominees from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF) were recognized in front of families, friends and co-workers during a recent ceremony at the Kitsap Conference Center in downtown Bremerton. The event was standing room only with anxious audience members awaiting the final winning announcements.
April 18, 2008
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Right Spirit Fair focuses on awareness

Naval Hospital Bremerton held a command Right Spirit Fair April 10 as part of the Navyís Alcohol Abuse Prevention and Deglamorization Campaign. ìWe wanted to increase awareness for our entire staff here,î said Chief Information Systems Technician Alexis Barnhart, event organizer. Since recently becoming the commandís Drug and Alcohol Program Advisor, Barnhart has actively pursued bringing and organizing such events as the Right Spirit Fair to the facility.
April 18, 2008
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Residential surveys coming

Forest City Military Communities is excited to announce the upcoming “Resident Satisfaction Survey.” The survey will be hand delivered to every “even numbered” home during the first week in May. Not to worry, the odd numbered homes will be surveyed in the fall.
April 18, 2008
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Kitsap Sailors walk for a multiple sclerosis cure

More than 400 service members and citizens participated in the 19th annual Multiple Sclerosis (MS) LifeLines Walk at the Silverdale Klahowya Secondary School, April 12. The purpose of the charity, which has raised approximately $2 million, was to raise money and awareness in the movement to stop the disease.
April 18, 2008
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Naval Base Kitsap hosts youth deployment camp

More than 80 children enjoyed a fun-filled day of activities during a Youth Deployment Camp at the Naval Base Kitsap Bremerton recreation center, April 3. Approximately 30 service members from commands around the region volunteered to teach children how to properly march and gave instruction on military bearing. “This is the first time we hosted this event here,” said Miranda Chapman, event coordinator. “The purpose of the Youth Deployment Camp is to educate children about deployments and explain what their parents go through in the military.” The event was sponsored by the Fleet and Family Support Center (FFSC) Child and Youth Programs in partnership with Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR).
April 11, 2008
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NHB corpsman awarded Bronze Star for valor

Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Christopher Phillips found out first hand just how hot a typical summer can be in the arid region of Farah, Afghanistan. The average high temperature routinely tops 100 degrees and can seem even more so since Taliban insurgents had stepped up attacks in the remote southwest corner of Afghanistan. On July 6, 2007, Phillips, on Individual Augmentee deployment from Naval Hospital Bremerton and attached to Task Force Anzio as medical support for the Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, came under small arms fire with his team. According to official documents, Phillips demonstrated “courage under fire and selfless disregard for his own safety by running through small arms fire, carrying a wounded casualty to safety and rendering life saving care. Additionally, while his gunner was receiving fire, Phillips again traversed through gunfire to rescue his gunner and maneuvered his vehicle in order to gain gunfire superiority. He identified and established a casualty collection point rendering life and limb saving care and arranged for prompt medical evacuation of five additional casualties while taking fire.”
April 11, 2008
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Command of RLSO NW changes hands

Region Legal Service Office North-west (RLSO NW) held a change of command ceremony at Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Keyport, April 2. The change of command ceremony and subsequent reception were held on board Old Man IV, the flag barge of commander, Navy Region Northwest as Capt. Martin Evans, Judge Advocate General’s Corp, United States Navy handed the reins to Cmdr. Shelby Hladon, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, United States Navy. Evans was a plank owner at RLSO NW and, following the unit’s establishment (formerly a detachment of Trial Service Office West), he served as its first commanding officer. Prior to his assignment at RLSO NW, he served at the U.S. Southern Command in Miami, Fla. where he specialized in operational and international law.
April 11, 2008
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