Eleven Commander, Navy Region Northwest employees recently returned from the Gulf Coast after assisting families that were impacted by the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina.
The CNRNW team members were: Beverly Barron, Beth Dunklin, David Eekhoff, Mike Fagan, Britt Feldman, Bonnie Linscott, Susan Porritt, Darlene Reysack, Robert Root, Elaine Winters and Rick Williams.
From Sept. 5-15, the CNRNW team members provided families in Gulfport and Meridian, Miss. with mental health information, transportation, crisis intervention, child care resources and school information, housing, basic needs such as food, water, and sanitation, financial resources such as FEMA, Red Cross, the U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Public Health, and many others that helped families regroup after the hurricane.
September 30, 2005
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The value of many Sailors in the United States Navy just increased.
As of Sept. 1, both active duty and reserve servicemembers, who are eligible for full time Servicemember’s Group Life Insurance (SGLI), were automatically insured for $400,000 worth of SGLI, said Personnelman 1st Class Christy Tala, personnel support detachment Everett receipts supervisor.
“Everybody, regardless of their prior election before Sept. 1, will be getting the maximum coverage,” said Tala. “If they want to reduce or decline the coverage, they have to come in, in person to PSD. They’ll have to fill out another SGLI and a page 13 saying they want reduced coverage.”
September 30, 2005
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Jackson Katz, one of America’s leading gender violence prevention educators visited Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Naval Station Everett and Naval Base Kitsap during the week of Sept. 19-23 to speak to Sailors, Marines and civilians about violence against women when it comes to rape, sexual abuse, spouse abuse, and sexual harassment and the media’s perspective on how men and women should look in order to be socially accepted.
During his visit to the Bangor Plaza on Naval Base Kitsap, Katz handed out some important violence against women statistics.
According to an excerpt from Language Matters #1: “Violence against Women”, women are victims of abuse more often than males.
September 30, 2005
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Fifty master-at-arms from the Northwest region are in stand-by mode for deployment to the Gulf coast. When deployed they will report to Joint Task Force Katrina to perform disaster relief operations that will alleviate the immediate effects of Hurricane Katrina on people and property. They will also assist with initial recovery efforts of the communities affected by the hurricane.
“I can’t tell you how proud I am of each and every one of you for stepping up to the plate and volunteering to take care of your country. This is a very important mission. It’s as important if not more important than the war on terrorism. These are our own people and they are in dire need, so it’s going to make it that much harder to do what you’re going to do and to see what you’re going to see. The days are going to be long and there aren’t going to be any days off, but we are here for you guys. If you need anything speak up and remember that you’re representing the Navy Region Northwest and Naval Base Kitsap,” said MACM (SW/AW) James Hagedorn, senior enlisted advisor for security at NBK.
September 16, 2005
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Tonight, we who are serving in the Horn of Africa demonstrated that we understand clearly the connection between Sept. 11, 2001 and our presence in this distant land. This is one place where we are responding to the shocking events of that fateful day, four years ago.
From the playing of Taps at 10 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10 until the playing of Taps at 10 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11, U.S. Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines and allied troops stood hourly watches through the humid evenings and blazing daylight hours at Camp Lemonier in Djibouti, Africa.
September 16, 2005
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Many people mistakenly believe that they have only two options in instances of actual or potential violence: intervene physically and possibly expose themselves to personal harm, or do nothing. As a result, they often choose to do nothing.
But intervening physically or doing nothing are not the only possible choices. The presentation by Jackson Katz seeks to provide bystanders with numerous options, most of which carry no risk of personal injury. With more options to choose from, people are more likely to respond and not be passive and silent
Katz will explain a “responsible bystander” approach to intimate partner violence.
September 16, 2005
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Gasoline at the Navy Exchange has historically been a valued and convenient service, providing savings to customers and enhancing the contribution to Morale Welfare and Recreation. The recent rise in the cost of gasoline and increased retail competition has created a highly competitive market, but NEX is vowing to keep prices as low as they can.
September 9, 2005
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Seafair is a month-long summer festival in Seattle, Wash., that brings an entire community together in celebration. For 55 years SEAFAIR has been about community events, the milk carton derby, Miss Seafair, The Torchlight Parade, fleet arrival, hydroplane races, the Blue Angels and a marathon and Triathlon. Seafair has been an annual event in Seattle since 1950.
During Seafair, men and women of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, and Canadian Navy, will enter Elliot Bay on Seattle’s waterfront for the annual Parade of Ships on Aug. 3. Three U.S. Navy ships, one U.S. Coast Guard ship, and four Canadian Navy ships will be berthed in Elliot Bay and available for public tours throughout their stay. Additionally, on Aug. 3, the public will be able to embark with the fleet for a brief cruise of Puget Sound.
July 29, 2005
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“The Navy stopped, the Marines stopped, but the Coast Guard has been going non-stop for 200 years, and you people are not going to stop it now.”
So Chief Atkins, my company commander, would tell my fellow recruits and me when we had done something he felt particularly incompetent. He usually followed this declaration by mandating many, many pushups in the snowy sand of the Coast Guard’s recruit training center in Cape May, N.J. I had serendipitously joined the Coast Guard in 1990, its bicentennial year, and was reminded of this most every day of my two-month boot camp.
A few of us recruits, idiot children that we were, knew before enlisting that the Coast Guard did claim to be the nation’s oldest continuous sea service. But despite its advanced age, it’s also the nation’s most misunderstood service. As this “other” armed service turns 215 this week, a subjective lesson on its history and tradition will help.
July 29, 2005
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The Navy’s newest experimental ship left Everett for its new homeport of San Diego last Monday.
Formerly called X-Craft, now known as Sea Fighter (FSF 1), the aluminum-hulled catamaran was designed to test new technologies and optimal manning. Sea Fighter was built at Nichols Brothers shipyards on Whidbey Island and fitted out at the Port of Everett and nearby Naval Station.
After several months of sea trials and crew certification, the vessel will now move on to San Diego, where it will continue to test systems that may eventually be adopted in both the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship and the Coast Guard’s Deepwater cutter project.
Developed by the Office of Naval Research, the high-speed multi-mission vessel will be one of the first Navy ships to safely and effectively operate in littoral, or shallow coastal waters and river systems. Sea Fighter has a mixed crew of 16 Sailors and 10 Coast Guardsmen.
July 29, 2005
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