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A weekly publication of Newport News Shipbuilding
A-School Graduates 157 Apprentices On February 28, The Apprentice School held commencement exercises at Liberty Baptist Church in Hampton. During the ceremony, 157 apprentices graduated including the school’s 10,000th graduate, Sara Ruggles. Retired Adm. John C. Harvey Jr., Virginia’s secretary of veterans and defense affairs, delivered the commencement address. He asked the graduates to commit to Newport News’ mission of “Always Good Ships” “because young sailors will walk aboard the ships you will design and build, and they will bet their lives on the work that you will do. “There is no one in any industry, anywhere in this great country, who makes a contribution to this nation’s defense that is close to the contribution made by any of the great people working here at Huntington Ingalls building these great ships,” Harvey said. “That is what this day is really about—how you will sustain that unique and all-important contribution... CONTINUED ON PG 2
Registration for the 8th Annual NNS 5K Begins Today.
American Welding Society’s National President Visits NNS.
USS George Washington Wins Second Consecutive “Battle E” Award.
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