Seattle Mariners to salute Armed Forces

The Seattle Mariners’ annual Boeing Salute to the Armed Forces Night will be held on Tuesday, April 1 at 7:10 p.m. at Safeco Field. This is your chance to kick-back, be appreciated and cheer on the M’s as they take on the Texas Rangers. The Mariners will proudly honor the men and women of the U.S. Armed Services with an evening of festivities. A pre-game ceremony is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. with a special program featuring a performance by the Honor Guard, a fly-over, and much more. At the close of the game, 20,000 fans will receive a special Mariners commemorative military coin courtesy of Boeing and 570 KVI.
March 21, 2008
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Scorpions prep for South America cruise

The Scorpions of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 132 recently set sail with USS George Washington (CVN 73) with Carrier Air Wing 17 for Tailored Ship’s Training Availability. TSTA is the first combined training event of the inter-deployment training cycle that will prepare the carrier and the air wing for their upcoming Partnership of the Americas cruise around South America. POA is a joint United States Southern Command deployment designed to support U.S. Southern Command’s engagement strategy in its area of responsibility.
March 14, 2008
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Arlington woman honors fallen Sailor

A woman from Arlington, Wash., presented the spouse of fallen Chief Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician Patrick Wade with a cross-stitch portrait of Wade at Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 11, March 6. Marilyn Dahl, who had never met Wade or his wife, Keri, spent approximately 1.5 to two hours a day on the project from mid-September of last year to late February after being inspired by seeing his portrait in the newspaper after his death, July 17, 2007. Wade was killed during combat operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Salah Ad Din Province, Iraq.
March 14, 2008
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Region selects top civilians for 2007

Commander, Navy Region Northwest has selected its top civilian employees for 2007. Nabbing supervisory Civilian of the Year honors was Beth Leone-Mullins, regional community services director for Fleet and Family Readiness. Receiving non-supervisory Civilian of the Year recognition was Sheila Murray, Navy Region Northwest environmental public affairs specialist, and collateral duty public affairs officer (PAO) for Naval Magazine Indian Island (NAVMAG).
March 14, 2008
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USS Abraham Lincoln award winners visit D.C.

USS Abraham Lincoln’s (CVN 72) three Abraham Lincoln Leadership Award winners visited the nation’s capital Feb. 24-25 for an up-close look at how their government works. The Stennis Center for Public Service hosted Liberty Award winner Hull Technician 1st Class Dwaine Bryan; Union Award winner Senior Chief Yeoman Kevin Martin; Statesman Award Winner Chief Warrant Officer Michael Hill; and Lincoln’s Commanding Officer Capt. Patrick Hall for two full days in Washington, D.C. The Sailors and their families spent their time seeing the sights and interacting with key decision-makers. The visit included a stay at the Hotel George, personal tours of the Pentagon and the Capitol building, and meetings with the Director of Navy Staff, a senator, and a congressman.
March 7, 2008
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MWR, FFSP kick off Military Saves Week

Fleet and Family Support Programs (FFSP) and Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) Liberty Center combined forces to kick off Military Saves Week at the Naval Base Kitsap, Bangor Theater, Feb. 25. According to the Military Saves Web site, it is a social marketing campaign to persuade, motivate, and encourage military families to save money every month as well as convince leaders and organizations to be aggressive in promoting automatic savings. The event taught Sailors many things about their finances including car buying, home buying, credit and debt management and who to contact for help. “This event is extremely important to me because as a young Sailor, I neglected saving and putting away money that I should have,” said Master-at-Arms 1st Class Charlie Kessler, Naval Base Kitsap Security. “I can see this event being extremely beneficial to junior Sailors, in that, when they retire or get out of the Navy, they will have good saving and investing habits.”
February 29, 2008
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Armed Services YMCA providing free tutoring, summer camp programs

The Armed Services YMCA (ASYMCA) has once again agreed to fund programs that support military youth at Naval Station Everett. These programs include Operation Hero, a nationally recognized ASYMCA tutoring and mentoring program as well as free summer camp scholarships. Operation Hero Operation Hero provides academic and social help to military youth experiencing difficulty in school. Kids identified for the program receive twice weekly, two hour tutoring and mentoring sessions. Military children work in small groups with certified teachers in order to get themselves back on track. The program lasts for ten weeks and is free. Children of active duty military enrolled in the Lakewood School District are eligible for this free program which runs twice weekly in the afternoons, Monday and Wednesday or Tuesday and Thursday. To register, call Jackie Woodwell at the Marysville YMCA at 360-651-1607 or stop by English Crossing Elementary School to pick up an application packet.
February 29, 2008
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Navy accelerates motorcycle safety program

Navy Region Northwest is ramping up training and guidance for motorcyclists across the region in correlation with two service members’ deaths due to motorcycle accidents over the course of the past three months. In the latest incident, Feb. 13, Pfc. Christopher Peter Masdonati, 20, from Marine Corps Security Force Company, Bangor of Strategic Weapons Facility, Pacific (SWFPAC) was killed when he lost control of his vehicle, which struck a tree and ejected him into two steel wires used to support a utility pole. He did complete a Motorcycle Safety Foundation Basic Riders Course offered through Naval Base Kitsap Safety Office last Sept. “This is a tragic event,” said Danise Barnes, SWFPAC public affairs officer. “We feel for his family as well as his shipmates and fellow Marines. We encourage all of our Sailors and Marines to remain vigilant when getting behind the wheel, whether it is a motorcycle or an automobile.”
February 22, 2008
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NHB prepares for USNS Mercy mission

In what has become a cyclical event of compassion and commitment, Naval Hospital Bremerton (NHB) personnel will embark this summer on Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19). Mercy will again deploy to provide medical support, humanitarian assistance, and civil affairs aid in support of Pacific Partnership 2008 to countries primarily on the Pacific Rim. Such humanitarian assistance is now an integral part of the Navy’s updated core mission statement released last year. The Mercy’s last deployment covered five months in 2006 and provided humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to the Republic of the Philippines, Bangladesh, Indonesia and East Timor. In all, Mercy visited 10 locations in the four nations, and cared for more than 60,000 patients, as well as showcased the crew as American goodwill ambassadors.
February 22, 2008
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National Navy Reserve ombudsman train

Why did the ombudsmen go to Oregon? Sounds like the beginning of a joke, but there’s no joke here because being an ombudsman for Navy Reserve families is definitely serious business. The reason these ombudsmen went to Oregon was for the National Navy Reserve Family Ombudsman training in January hosted by the Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) Portland. Sixteen ombudsman trainees attended the two-and-a-half day event, coming from across the country, from as far away as Georgia and Alaska, to become certified as Navy reserve family ombudsman. The training focused on learning how to assist Navy families who do not live on or near a military installation, as well as preparing each new ombudsman to feel at ease in the new role, working as an instrumental team player within the reserve unit’s command structure.
February 22, 2008
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