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A weekly publication of Newport News Shipbuilding

Visit the 130th Anniversary website to watch new congratulatory video messages from Virginia Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam, 13News Now reporter Mike Gooding and Hampton Mayor George Wallace. New videos are added to the website each week.

Sen. Tim Kaine delivers keynote address to The Apprentice School’s graduating class of 2015. Photo by Chris Oxley

The Apprentice School Graduates 170 Apprentices On Saturday, Feb. 20, HII held commencement exercises to graduate 170 apprentices from Newport News Shipbuilding’s Apprentice School. The exercises were held at the Liberty Baptist Church Worship Center in Hampton in celebration of the graduating class of 2015. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., delivered the keynote address. Discussing his work as founder and co-chair of the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Caucus, Kaine explained that the caucus uses The Apprentice School as “the national model that others should emulate.” He argued that The Apprentice School holds national significance for American manufacturing, CTE and national security. “The ships and subs that you build not only defend the United States, but they help us open commerce to the world,” he said. “They respond in times of humanitarian disaster; they’re a show of order and peace and presence and diplomacy wherever they go. And that is what you do every day when you walk through the gate.” NNS President Matt Mulherin encouraged the graduates to take risks at the company. “I want you to have courage,” he said. “I want you to think outside the box, and I want you to challenge... CONTINUED ON PG 2

Ray Bagley, NNS vice president of Trades Operations, presents the house keys to LaShand Coleman and her family during the Habitat for Humanity dedication ceremony Feb. 17. Photo by Ricky Thompson

NNS Dedicates 13th Habitat for Humanity House Newport News Shipbuilding joined elected officials and community leaders Wednesday, Feb. 17 to dedicate the 13th house shipyard volunteers have constructed in partnership with Habitat for Humanity Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg. The dedication ceremony welcomed LaShand Coleman and her children, Dhestini and Dwayne “D.J.,” to their new home. In attendance were Newport News Mayor McKinley Price; Ché Henderson, president, Habitat for Humanity board of directors; Newport News City Councilwoman Dr. Patricia Woodbury; Karen R. Wilds, executive director, Newport News Redevelopment and Housing Authority; and Karen Joyner, CEO of the Virginia Peninsula Food Bank. CONTINUED ON PG 4

Chief of Naval Operations and Rep. Scott Peters Visit CMSD

Limited Number of Tickets Available for the Washington (SSN 787) Christening Saturday, March 5

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