USS Enterprise (CVN 65)
The Shuttle Magazine Edition
“We are Legend”
Italy: For the
Last Time
October 22, 2012 Issue
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Monday, October 22, 2012
Naples
Enterprise Visits Naples For the Final Time
Story by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class (SW) Brian G. Reynolds
Sailors assigned to aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65)line up to board barges and go on liberty during the ships final scheduled port visit before it’s upcoming decommissioning. (Photo by MC3 Scott Pittman)
USS ENTERPRISE, At Sea – In 1962, a brand-new aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise (CVN 65), visited Naples, Italy, for the first time. Times were different then. The United States was in the midst of a massive arms build-up with the Soviet Union, while involvement in Vietnam was beginning to escalate. A band from Liverpool, England, called The Beatles, began blowing up airwaves across the U.S. and the entire world. It was Enterprise’s first deployment. The newlychristened carrier was deployed to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations to take part in several NATO exercises with partner nations. The “Big E” visited Naples for one week in September before being deployed to Cuba for the October Cuban Missile Crisis. Fifty years later, Enterprise returned to Naples. Only this time, she’s been around. Her decks are seasoned with the sweat of the over 100,000 Sailors and Marines that have formed her ranks through her 51 years of service. “Enterprise made a port call in Naples on its first deployment in 1962,” said William C Hamilton, the commanding officer of Enterprise. “Since that time, Enterprise has visited Naples six more times during its 50plus years of service.” During the port of call, Sailors and Marines had the chance to unwind and soak up the rich Italian culture. The ship’s Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) department offered several discounted tours and overnight activities that highlighted some of the must-see areas of mainland Italy. “Besides shopping and eating the delicious food, nearly 5,000 Sailors and Marines have the chance to experience
Italian culture and history during the many tours that have been arranged for us,” said Hamilton. “This is an experience of a lifetime.” The tours gave “Big E” Sailors the opportunity to experience locations spanning the Iberian Peninsula. The tours included trips to Rome, Florence, Pompeii and Pisa – to name a few. “Rome was absolutely beautiful,” said Information Specialist 3rd Class Andrea Tourville. “Italy is an absolutely moving place. There is so much history there.” “The tours that I took to Florence and Pisa were something that I will always remember,” said Information Systems Technician 1st Class Stephen Wolff. “The smell of espresso and fresh basil in the air was amazing. It is truly a place immersed in history and culture.” Enterprise also took the time to welcome their Italian hosts aboard for an evening. On Oct. 19 a reception was held in the ship’s hangar bay to express appreciation for the long-lasting relationship that the legendary carrier has had with the people of Italy. The reception was attended by several Italian and U.S. dignitaries, including Prince Carlo Di Borbone, David Thorne, U.S. Ambassador to the Italian Republic and the Republic of San Marino and Adm. Bruce Clingan, commander, Allied Joint Forces Command, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe and commander, U.S. Naval Forces Africa. “This is a wonderful opportunity for us as the U.S. Navy to express our appreciation to Italy; to thank you for being a wonderful host nation and a steadfast and capable ally,” said Clingan, as he addressed those in attendance at the reception. Naples is the second-largest city in Italy, steaming with cultural fragrance. The metropolitan city is located with convenient access to historical Rome, Herculaneum, Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius. Prior to leaving Italy, Sailors and Marines from the “Big E” also spent their time in Naples reaching out to the Italian people through several community relations activities that took place in various churches and monasteries in the Neapolitan region. As the anchor was weighed, Enterprise departed the city of Naples for the final time, symbolically closing the circle on nearly half a century of service across the globe. Just as Naples was the ship’s first foreign port of call, it was also her last.
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Centro Laila
COMREL Centro Laila: Giving Back to Italy
Story and photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class (SW) Randy J. Savarese
“We need volunteers,” said Luciano. “Luckily we are a family, so we all help each other out, but we still need help from outside people. We are very happy to have Sailors and Marines to come and do the hard work for us.” The spirit of the COMREL was evidenced by the hard work of the people who volunteered their time to help those they didn’t know or have any connection with. “We always say we are the ambassadors for the United States,” said Chief Religious Programs Specialist Redor Rufo, U.S. 6th Fleet community relations coordinator, “so whatever we do for the country that hosts us makes a big impact. This is a prime Culinary Specialist 2nd Class Paulino Joseline, a sailor stationed aboard aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) from Bronx, N.Y., plays games with a child on her iPad at Centro Laila example of the positive relationship during a community involvement event. between the United States and the Italian government.” NAPLES, Italy – Sailors and Marines from aircraft It’s more than just representing a nation. Beneath carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) and guidedthe surface, at the heart of the project, are people missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) took part in like Lt. Cmdr. Claude Taylor, Aircraft Intermediate a community relations project (COMREL) at Centro Maintenance Department assistant maintenance Laila during a scheduled port visit to Naples, Italy, officer, who do this out of a sense of pride and Oct. 17. personal fulfillment. Centro Laila was started 28 years ago by the “This gives us an opportunity to give back to the parents of Gisele Luciano, the center’s current director. It began when the Lucianos provided a single community, whether it is our community or another country’s. I just enjoy doing the work and spending child with food and shelter because they wanted time with the Sailors,” said Taylor. “Every time I come to help do something positive for the community. out to one of these projects and see the amount of The organization grew to 43 children who they now work they put in, it makes me feel good about how our provide with food, shelter, schooling and medical Sailors and Marines are doing and the work that we do care. for everyone worldwide.” Sailors helped by clearing brush, sweeping the Giving back to any community certainly involves, grounds and painting fences. They also spent time work but the rewards are priceless with the children playing games and helping to serve “Thank you, thank you, thank you to everybody food during lunch. because it’s important for us,” said Luciano. “Maybe As a family-run organization, the operators of you think it’s a little thing to be here and help clean up Centro Laila feel fortunate that they have been able or paint, but for us it’s the little things all together that to accomplish so much on their own, but insist that without the help of volunteers, it would be a daunting, make all the difference to us and these children.” almost impossible, task.
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Monday, October 22, 2012
Viva It
(Photo by MC3 Scott Pittman)
(Photo by MC3 Brooks Bartow Patton, Jr.)
Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brian G. Reynolds photographs “Il 3rd largest church in the world, while on a tour of Florence, Italy, sponsored b Welfare and Recreation (MWR) department. (Photo by MC3 Scott Pittman)
Sailors assigned to aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) stand in front of the baptism hall of “Il Duomo”, the 3rd largest church in the world, while on a tour of Florence, Italy, sponsored by the ships Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) department. (Photo by MC3 Scott Pittman)
(Photo Illustration by MC2 Brooks Bartow Patton Jr.)
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Mass Communications Specialist 3rd Class Heath Zeigler photographs the inside of Saint Peters Basilica during a tour sponsored by the Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) department of aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). (Photo by MC3 Scott Pittman)
(Photo by MC3 Scott Pittman)
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Monday, October 22, 2012
San Vincenzo Big E Sailors Lend a Hand at the
Abbey of San Vincenzo
Story and photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class (SW/AW) Jared King
Class Shanika L. King. “It was basically just going out to the monastery and helping them. It was an experience I will treasure for the rest of my life.” The nuns of San Vincenzo cultivate a special appreciation for the land which provides the stable base of the monastery. They believe it is through the land and the animals that the community experiences the seasonal cycles of nature in complement of the seasonal cycle of the liturgy of the church. “They [the nuns of San Vincenzo] took the grounds literally from nothing to something to be very proud of,” said Lt. Cmdr. Claude E. Sailors assigned to aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65), performs light gardening and Taylor, Enterprise’s Aviation cut olive tree branches during a community relations project at the Abbazia Di San Vinceno Intermediate Maintenance monastery. Department assistance NAPLES, Italy - Sailors and Marines from aircraft maintenance officer and carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) and guided-missile COMREL participant. “It is nice to see we have our destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) volunteered their own countrymen working in this country and they are time and energy during a community relations project doing good work.” (COMREL) conducted while in port in Naples, Italy, “It makes me feel very special,” said King. “It Oct. 18. really made me thankful that I was able to do this. Eleven Sailors from various departments aboard I enjoyed listening to the history the nuns spoke of the “Big E” and Nitze aided in light gardening and the and the things they did to get to this point. Just the pruning of olive trees in preparation for the upcoming outcome of all the handiwork and the different people harvest at the Abbey of San Vincenzo. they helped over the years…it was amazing.” The Abbey of San Vincenzo is a monastery of According to the nuns of San Vincenzo, working Benedictine nuns dedicated to contemplative life the land “takes a special kind of teamwork and in the 1,500 year old tradition of St. Benedict. St. brings a shared joy in the fruits of labor,” a sentiment Benedict, the father of modern monasticism, believed Enterprise Sailors learned first hand. a key component to forming a community was the “They [Enterprise Sailors] got to see a part of Italy balance between prayer and work; known as “ora et they have never seen before and an area that has such labora.” historical significance both in Italian culture and in The grounds of the Central Italian monastery, world culture,” said Taylor. “This visit reaffirmed nestled near the source of the Volturno River, at the fact that we do need to take time out and give the foot of the Mainarde mountains, served as the of ourselves, and that is what these ladies at the backdrop for the five-hour project. monastery have been doing. It is good to give other “It was beautiful,” said Cryptologic Technician 1st people a minute of your service.”
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Mission of Charity Enterprise Sailors Assist the Sisters of the Mission of Charity
Story and photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class (SW) Brian G. Reynolds
E” helped clean the two monasteries and did minor yard work. The two Catholic monasteries offer basic assistance to displaced men, women and children in the Naples area, offering food, shelter, education and religious needs to those less fortunate. The participants were split up into two groups. One group assisted with cleaning the men’s shelter, while the other group traveled to the women’s shelter to assist with trimming branches and doing minor landscaping work in the courtyard behind the shelter. When the Enterprise Cryptologic Technician (Collection) 3rd Class Edward Parliman trims a shrub during a community Sailors and Marines visited relations project at the Missoinary of Charity Women’s Shelter during aircraft carrier USS Enterprise’s (CVN 65) port visit in Naples, Italy. the sites, they were greeted by the Sisters of the Mission of NAPLES, Italy – Sailors and Marines from aircraft Charity. The Sisters showed carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) and guided-missile a great amount of appreciation for the hard work the destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) attended a community Sailors had accomplished. relations event at the Mission of Charity Men’s When the work was completed, crewmembers Shelter and the Mission of Charity Women’s Shelter in presented the Sisters with a book of photos of the ship Naples, Italy, Oct. 19. on behalf of the commanding officer of Enterprise, The Mission of Charity visit marked the final expressing their appreciation for their cause and the scheduled community relations event in a foreign opportunity to help. port for the “Big E,” as Enterprise is scheduled to be “It makes me feel good to be a part of this great inactivated later this year. team we have and to be able to help those who are Crewmembers seized this opportunity to give back in need of assistance,” said Enterprise’s Aviation to the Italian community and to give a helping hand to Machinist’s Mate 1st Class, Jose Herring. those less fortunate. Throughout the current deployment, the crew of “This gives us an opportunity to give back and Enterprise has participated in numerous community let the community know that we are more than just relations projects in Greece, the United Arab Emirates Sailors,” said Lt. Cmdr. Claude E. Taylor, Enterprise’s and Bahrain, demonstrating that “Big E” Sailors are Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Department more than merely members of the military and they assistant maintenance officer. “Things like this show care about making a difference in people’s lives. a different side of us. We are human beings and care “It shows people there are those who are willing about our fellow man.” to lend a helping hand for any assistance that may be During the event, crewmembers from the “Big needed at the time,” said Herring.
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Monday, October 22, 2012
Big E Entertainment 38. Historical period 41. Type of hat 42. Ill-gotten gains 45. Dispersion 48. Heavy 51. Disgraced 52. Rubber wheels 54. Protagonist 55. Witness 59. Old hat 62. Nonsense (British) 63. Water vapor 65. Storage cylinder 66. Sea eagle 67. Wash out with a solvent 68. Egg-shaped 69. Encounter 70. At one time (archaic) 71. Gave temporarily
ACROSS 1. Wings 5. Cavort 9. Astrological transition point 13. A musical pause 14. Something to shoot for 16. Chocolate cookie 17. Carryall 18. Slogan
19. Notch 20. Play the bagpipes 22. Reestablish 24. Break 26. Contemptuous look 27. Bullfighter 30. Ring around the nipple 33. Literary criticism 35. A type of farm tool 37. Hotel
DOWN 1. Circle fragments 2. An escape of water 3. Help 4. Continuing forever 5. Border 6. Smell 7. Dishes out 8. Verdigris 9. Dominance 10. Murres
11. Religious offshoot 12. Jab 15. Hermit 21. Gentlewoman 23. Dribble 25. Sit for a photo 27. Letters, etc. 28. Cancel 29. Tear 31. Train engine 32. Cognizant 34. Lay turf 36. WW1 plane 39. Spy agency 40. Chop finely 43. Anagram of “Chatter” 44. Modify 46. Outbuilding 47. Sunshade 49. Delete 50. Urticate 53. French for “Sister” 55. Flower stalk 56. Minute opening 57. Feudal worker 58. Rodents 60. Distinctive flair 61. Airhead 64. Got together