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“We are Legend”
January 31, 2012 Issue
Sailors Keep it Moving with Help from Starboard Joe’s Story and photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman David Zeigler USS ENTERPRISE, At Sea – Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) are working hard during a demanding composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX), but they keep their busy day going with a stop at the
ship’s local coffee shop, Starboard Joe’s. The Enterprise’s Supply department, S-3, runs Starboard Joe’s, which serves a variety of Starbuck’s espresso and frozen drinks. “Joe’s,” as it’s referred to by the
crew, is mostly run by Sailors from departments around the ship. However, two Culinary Specialists are assigned to the shop at all times for sanitation management purposes and are ultimately responsible for knowing how to properly prepare the various coffees. “Workers spend anywhere from three to four months working here, but it is ultimately determined by their billet,” said Chief Ship’s Serviceman Krista A Medina, Enterprise’s S-3 leading chief petty officer. “Sometimes our workers can request to leave early or extend their stay if they enjoy working here.” “I love my job,” said Hull Maintenance Technician Fireman Apprentice Matthew A. Rogers. “I get to know everyone and everyone gets to know me.” Rogers is temporarily assigned to Starboard Joe’s from the repair division. He has been working at the coffee shop for almost three months and will continue to work there through the upcoming
deployment. “We stay busy all day,” said AirTraffic Controller Airman Apprentice Patrick M. Ladley. “There is always a line of at least 10 to 15 people waiting for the shop to open.” Starboard Joe’s opens at 5 a.m. and doesn’t close until midnight. The shop is typically manned by three Sailors throughout the day and night. “It’s important to have the shop,” said Seaman Recruit Lindsay N. Ellis. “It helps everyone get through their day, especially some of the other divisions who are up until late into the night and still have to function properly the next day.” Starboard Joe’s first opened on Oct. 5, 2010 and has since given more than $150,000 to the Morale Welfare and Recreation (MWR) services on the ship. The shop does nearly $1,600 in sales every day. “It’s a good way for us to give back to the crew,” said Medina. “We are here to make people happy and boost the morale on the ship.” The Enterprise Carrier Strike Group is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting COMPTUEX in preparation of its upcoming and final deployment in March.
Service Chiefs Deepen Ties During Fellowship 2012 Exercise By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter D. Lawlor, Chief of Naval Operations Public Affairs ATLANTIC OCEAN - Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert and his counterpart, First Sea Lord and Royal Navy Chief of Naval Staff Adm. Sir Mark Stanhope, went underway together Jan. 26-27 to watch their respective navies’ newest fast-attack submarines try to out-flank, out-maneuver and out-wit each other during the Fellowship 2012 exercise. Both naval service chiefs hit the deckplates on board the firstin-class HMS Astute (SSN-20) followed by the Virginia-class USS New Mexico (SSN-779) to tour the spaces and meet with each boat’s officers and crew. As submariners themselves, both top naval officers took a keen interest in meeting fellow submariners and seeing how
the silent service has evolved. The technological advances of today’s submarine fleet compared to the boats under their command years ago marveled Greenert and Stanhope. This historic first undersea meeting of the leaders of the world’s most powerful navies provided a unique opportunity for Greenert and Stanhope to see the future of undersea superiority in real time. Greenert said, “The Fellowship exercise is our opportunity to take some of our best warships, the Astute-class and our Virginia-class submarines, and in an open setting and in a freeplay exercise; test them out, test our tactics, our techniques and Exercise continued on page 3
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Marines of Big E Left: Lance Cpl. Santiago Burgus a 6092 air framer from Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 31 welds a shelf in the air frame shop aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). (Photo by MCSN Harry Andrew D. Gordon)
Right: Marines aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) arm an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the Thunderbolts of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 251. (Photo by MCSN Gregory White)
Left: Cpl. William Gillespie, an eye-level engine mechanic with the Thunderbolts of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 251, removes test gear from the engine of a F/A-18C Hornet aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). (Photo by MC3 Scott Pittman)
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Around the Navy New Floating Base Ships Coming For U.S. Navy By Christopher P. Cavas, DEFENSE NEWS Decades after the idea was broached for a floating, mobile base to support operating forces in the Persian Gulf, the concept has suddenly shifted into high gear, and a sense of urgency is driving both new U.S. ship construction and conversion of an existing vessel. A new Afloat Forward Staging Base (AFSB) is mentioned almost in passing within the Pentagon budget briefing document made public Jan. 26. Development funding will be provided, the document said, for a new AFSB “that can be dedicated to support missions in areas where ground-based access is not available, such as countermine operations.” Elsewhere, under “industrial base skills,” the documents noted that, “for example, adding the afloat forward staging base addresses urgent operational shortfalls and will help sustain the shipbuilding industry in the near-term and mitigate the impact of reducing ship procurement in the” budget. What is all this verbiage code for? “This fulfills a long-standing requirement from U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), going back to the Tanker Wars of the late 1980s,” said Capt. Chris Sims, a Exercise continued our procedures.” Several cat-and-mouse war game scenarios were played out during the exercise allowing New Mexico and Astute submariner’s skills to come to fruition as both crews swapped from hunter to hunted enabling them to test the full capabilities of their boat. Greenert said he could think of no greater adversary to spar with to truly test each platform. “With the Royal Navy getting together with the U.S. Navy you have the best out there operating together with cutting edge technology and cutting edge tactics and that’s important for each of us to see what we have and see what we’re made of and I would never miss this opportunity; not while I’m CNO,” Greenert said. Stanhope concurred with Greenert and pointed out that each nation’s naval service chief deemed the exercise important enough for them to physically be in attendance, emphasizing the support each had for their submarine programs and in each other as allies. “I think what’s important here is to recognize the importance of what we’re achieving,” Stanhope said. “Here we are on the AUTEC (Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center) range with the best that the United Kingdom can deliver to the future in submarining terms and the best that the U.S. can deliver to the future in submarining terms; both recognizing we need to continue to advance to keep up with the challenges the future will undoubtedly
spokesman for U.S. Fleet Forces Command in Norfolk, Va. Sims was referring specifically to a recent decision to modify the amphibious transport dock ship Ponce — which had been scheduled to be decommissioned March 30 — into an interim AFSB able to support minesweeping MH53E Sea Dragon helicopters. The ship will be operated jointly by active-duty Navy officers and Sailors, and by government civilian mariners employed by Military Sealift Command (MSC) — a hybrid crew similar to those used on the Navy’s two submarine tenders and the command ship Mount Whitney. Beyond the conversion, though, the Navy now plans to build at least one, and possibly two, AFSBs. U.S. Navy officials would not publicly confirm the new construction, but sources confirmed the service plans to modify the Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) design to take on the AFSB role. Three MLPs have been funded for construction at the General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding (NASSCO) shipyard in San Diego. The ships are large, 765-foot-long vessels able to float off small landing craft, tugs or barges. bring to us. By doing so we undoubtedly demonstrate the huge and deeply significant links that we have.” Stanhope said the strategic partnership between the U.S. and the United Kingdom is more than a simple alliance. He said the sharing of training resources and responsibilities in the form of each nation’s newest fleet submarines shows a deep sense of confidence and trust. Astute’s Commanding Officer, Cmdr. Sir Iain Breckenridge, was honored to host both service chiefs during the Fellowship exercise and equally proud to showcase the performance of his boat and crew. Breckenridge said the principle reason for running the exercise is because Astute is a brand new class of boat and she still needs to be operationally tested and proven. “The HMS Astute is still very much in trials,” Breckenridge said. “To have the chance to go up against what is a very capable and very proven submarine, the Virginiaclass, USS New Mexico has been really good fun.” “The great thing about the fellowship exercise is the CNO and my First Sea Lord are going to the New Mexico to pretty much watch the same sort of runs in close proximity action that they saw my team operate here,” Breckenridge said. “That’s one of the key things about Fellowship is that the heads of service get a view of what they’ve seen in one boat, they then go see in the next boat and can make a direct comparison.”
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