Marines take a shot at new Marine Corps fitness test

Marines from Marine Aviation Training Support Group (MATSG) 53 hosted a mock run-through of the new Marine Corps Combat Fitness Test (CFT), May 2. Approximately 100 Marines from MATSG-53, Fleet Readiness Center Northwest (FRC NW), Center for Naval Aviation Tactical Training Unit (CNATTU) and Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 129 participated in the trial run of the event, which is aimed at providing a more realistic simulation of the physical rigors of combat situations.
May 9, 2008
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Oak Harbor Sailors go Dutch at Holland Happening

Fifteen Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island Sailors volunteered to help the Oak Harbor community celebrate its 39th annual “Holland Happening” festival in honor of Whidbey Island’s Dutch pioneers April 25-27. The event featured vendors from around the area selling traditional Dutch food and goods including klompens (wooden shoes) as well as the usual fare.
May 9, 2008
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Everett Sailors restore Arlington salmon habitat

Naval Station (NAVSTA) Everett Sailors and area residents joined forces April 25 to spend a day planting trees alongside Eagle Creek. The goal of the restoration project is to restore the Eagle Creek Coho (Silver) Salmon habitat, and was a joint venture between the city of Arlington, Wash., and the Stilly-Snohomish Fisheries Enhancement Task Force (SSFETF).
May 2, 2008
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Recycle Center conducts waste characterization study

The Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island Recycle Center conducted a waste characterization study April 23, to determine how much material is being diverted from the waste stream. This is the 18th year the recycle center has conducted this study, which is nicknamed “Dumpster Diving,” with volunteers from Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit (CNATTU), Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 129, Fleet Readiness Center Northwest (FRC NW) and NAS Whidbey Island Public Works all contributing to the project.
May 2, 2008
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East Sound NMCRS fund drive breaks record

Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society’s (NMCRS) East Sound office has raised approximately $205,563 during their annual fund drive, through April 25, an increase of 100 percent from last years contributions. “The importance of NMCRS is that it provides one of the few sources for emergency financial assistance,” said Andy Leech, director, NMCRS Everett.
May 2, 2008
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Shore-based Navy College to restart testing

Navy Region Northwest shore-based Navy College offices will reinstate their Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES), General Educational Development (GED), SAT and ACT testing, May 1. All DANTES exams were suspended Feb. 29 due to a suspected compromise of testing material on four Navy ships and at one shore command.
May 2, 2008
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PBS epic ‘Carrier’ debuts at private San Francisco Screening

From May to November 2005, the more than 5,000 member crew of the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) was augmented by a massive film team for their underway deployment. This team focused not on the operations of the ship, but instead on the daily lives of the Sailors and the way they performed their demanding jobs at sea. This remarkable footage was recorded for presentation on the Public Broadcast System (PBS).
April 25, 2008
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ECRC visits Northwest, dispels IA myths

Navy Region Northwest hosted a series of briefs throughout the Northwest by the Expeditionary Combat Readiness Center (ECRC), April 15-17. The first of many briefs to the fleet was held at Naval Base Kitsap, Bangor to help dispel misconceptions about the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) Support Assignments (GSA) and Individual Aaugmentee (IA) process. ECRC commanding officer Capt. Jeffrey McKenzie and Command Master Chief (SW/AW) Kelly Schneider spoke about IA Sailors and the process they go through, GSAs, family support and what the ECRC brings to the support team.
April 18, 2008
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Navigator named top Navy newspaper

Last week, the Northwest Navigator was selected as the top “metro category” Navy newspaper, taking first place in the annual Chief of Naval Information (CHINFO) Merit Awards. The Navigator will now represent the Navy in the Department of Defense Thomas Jefferson Awards against first place Army and Air Force winners.
April 18, 2008
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Bataan Death March remembered

Charles Sorci never returned from the Philippines and Japan after World War II. Physically he returned but in most other ways, Charles Sorci wasn’t the same. Sorci’s widow, Bonnie Sorci, was one of the keynote speakers at the annual commemoration of the Bataan Death March Saturday at Bataan Park in East Bremerton. Her husband enlisted in the Army in Pittston, Pa., after quitting school to work in the coal mines with his father, she said. His coal miner career lasted all of one night as he returned to school before enlisting shortly afterwards.
April 18, 2008
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