USS Enterprise (CVN 65)
The Shuttle Newsletter Edition
“We are Legend”
July 10, 2012 Issue
MM1 Perdun Celebrates 10 years on Big E Story and Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Randy J. Savarese USS ENTERPRISE, At Sea -- “People ask me how I’ve done it, how I’ve survived on this ship for 10 years,” said Machinist’s Mate 1st Class Jonathan Perdun. “I tell them it’s really been alright. This ship and I have been together for a long time and I am a little excited it’s finally being decommissioned. At the same time though, I am sad to see her go. I’ve been here for 10 years and now it’s going to be gone.” It goes without saying that quite a bit can happen in a decade. Perdun knows this firsthand. For 10 consecutive years he has seen people come and go, the ship go through numerous makeovers and witnessed vast leaps in technological knowhow. Today, July 10, Perdun will celebrate his 10th year aboard aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). To put this into perspective, it’s just short of the time he has spent married. Perdun, who works in the engineering department, has dedicated nearly a third of his life to the only ship he’s MM1 Jonathan Perdun, from Brandon, Fla., has served 10 years on Enterprise. ever known. later.’” Arriving fresh from “A” school, Perdun faced the same Perdun has also seen a lot of people rise through the ranks challenges every new Sailor has reporting to their first sea to become chiefs and officers. Many people have left the command…that is, if every sea command was in the shipyard ship for other assignments, only to return to Enterprise to when they reported. find Perdun still hard at work ensuring the ship maintains its “I got to the ship and saw the machinery room for the first operational readiness. time and it was just huge,” said Perdun. “Everything was “It’s not so much what has changed as far as equipment spread out and the valves were three or four times the size of or attitudes, but the people I have seen come and go in the the valves I learned on in “A” school. I looked around and said, time I have been here,” said Perdun. “The Engineer was the ‘there are four more of these?’” main propulsion assistant. It was pretty interesting to see that Over the course of 10 years, everything experiences at transformation occur.” least some change…including the very machinery that enables It’s difficult for a man who started as a mechanic for Enterprise to be a global force for good. Enterprise was the the Number 4 power plant, who worked his way through first nuclear carrier. A test platform for what works and what planning and estimation (eventually becoming the lead could work better. Perdun stood on the forefront of many of planner), moving on to become the leading petty officer for the changes that have been implemented throughout these long one main machinery room before becoming a ship’s quality years, bringing Enterprise to where it is today. assurance supervisor, to imagine a life beyond the hull of this “I’ve seen a lot of equipment get retired,” said Perdun. historic ship. “They decided the machines didn’t work anymore so they “There is a third of my life in this ship,” said Perdun. replaced them with something better or just got rid of the “Now I am going to leave and I’m not going to be able to system entirely. So now there are blank spots in the plant and come back. I’ve seen people leave for shore duty and then when junior personnel come in, they ask about these big blank come back to the ship for another sea rotation but, when I spots. I just tell them, ‘that was an old piece of equipment. You leave, the ship is gone. It’s like a little piece of me is going don’t have to worry about that anymore; you can thank me away. I’ll probably shed a tear or two.”
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aerial ordnance transfer Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln manuvers alongside Enterprise during an ordnance transfer (Photos by MC3 Scott Pittman)
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In the News Navy’s High-Year-Tenure Policy Updated
By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Andrea Perez, Navy Personnel Command Public Affairs Office
MILLINGTON, Tenn. - -As a reminder of the implementation of policy changes to the Navy’s High Year Tenure (HYT) program, the changes were reiterated in NAVADMIN 198/12. The new HYT policy is outlined in MILPERSMAN 1160-120 and took effect July 1, 2012. It applies to all active-duty, Full-Time Support (FTS) and Selected Reserve (SELRES) Sailors. HYT sets the maximum number of years an enlisted Sailor may serve based on rank before he or she must advance, separate or if eligible, retire. NAVADMIN 198/12 highlights other important changes under the new policy, including a reduction in HYT limits for active-duty and FTS Sailors in paygrades E-1 to E-3; elimination of passed not advanced (PNA) for E-3 Sailors to stay on active duty for eight years; a clause allowing approved
HYT waivers to be cancelled when not fulfilled as approved; and clarification of reduction-in-rate procedures. The new HYT limit for E-1 and E-2 active-duty and FTS Sailors is four years, and the new HYT limit for E-3 active-duty and FTS Sailors is five years. E-1, E-2 and E-3 active-duty and FTS Sailors who are already past the modified HYT limit as of July 1 will be separated by March 31, 2013 unless they receive a HYT waiver or are advanced to a paygrade with a higher HYT limit. Starting with this March’s Navy Wide Advancement Exam, E-3 Sailors who passed, but did not advance, may not continue service beyond the revised HYT limit for their paygrade.
Navy Ramps Up Crackdown On Drug Use
By Jeanette Steele, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
It’s not the stuff Grandma pours into her bathtub. So-called bath salts, a new designer drug that causes euphoria and intense stimulation, has the Navy and Marine Corps running to keep up when drug-testing troops - especially following another recent drug fad, the fake pot known as Spice. In March, the Navy began random testing for synthetic chemical compounds, specifically Spice, a lab-created marijuana that gained popularity in 2009. It is still working to add “bath salts” and its variants to routine urine screenings, though it already has the ability to check for them in follow-on tests. These steps to plug holes in Navy drug testing come amid a push by Navy Secretary Ray Mabus toward a healthier, some might say squeakyclean, rank and file. His “21st Century Sailor and Marine initiative” means regular alcohol breathalyzer testing for troops.
A breathalyzer pilot program started in May, with Sailors and Marines tested randomly and in some cases when they report for work. Results will be evaluated, but a Navy spokesman said a program could roll out fleetwide as soon as possible. In May, the Navy expanded screening for commonly abused prescription drugs. Now Vicodin and Xanax, also known as hydrocodones and benzodiazepines, can be detected in standard testing. Mabus, a former ship officer and Mississippi governor, has said he wants to have the most mentally ready force in naval history. This move does not appear to be in response to on-duty or off-duty accidents related to drugs or alcohol. “The new defense strategy will put increased responsibilities on the Navy and Marine Corps in the years to come,” Mabus said when he announced the program in March.
IN-Brief News you should know... Courtesy of OZ division
EU oil embargo is an act of hostility: Iranian parliament TEHRAN, July 3 (MNA) -- Two hundred and twenty Iranian MPs issued a statement recently condemning the European Union’s oil embargo on Iran that took effect on July 1. Following is the text of the statement: In an illogical and illegal decision beyond the ratifications of the United Nations Security Council, the European Union banned the purchase of Iran’s oil and decided to implement it. While condemning the hostile policy of the European Union, we, the representatives of the great Iranian nation, mention the following points: (1) The European Union’s decision is regarded as an act of hostility against the great Iranian nation and will forever be recorded in the historical memory of the Iranian people. (2) Through reliance on the support of the Iranian nation, the system of the Islamic Republic of Iran has proved over the past three decades that it never relinquishes its legal and international rights while respecting all international regulations and does not succumb to the hegemonistic policies of the major powers. (3) Iran has an inalienable right to peaceful nuclear technology, and this right has been clearly given to the signatories in Article IV of the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Therefore, the European Union’s stance that the Islamic Republic should not exercise this right is in blatant violation of international regulations and is rejected.
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