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VOLUME 1, NO. 10 | 3 JUNE 2011

THIS EDITION

Another job that couldn’t be done .....................pg. 2

Sarah Smiley ..........pg. 4

Kitsap, honor the living veteran ..................pg. 4

NROTC returns to two Ivy League scools after 40 years absent ..................pg. 14

By GREG SKINNERKitsap Navy News

Seven indigent veterans took their final earthly ride in the plush leather backseat of a convertible Saab accom-panied by a bottle of brandy and a cigar sent by fellow vets the men never knew.

Little is know about them in life except that they each, at one time in life, donned a uniform of the nation’s military – sailors, Army soldiers, air-men and one Marine. All seven have died in recent years and their cremated remains have gone unclaimed at the Kitsap County Coroners Office.

Saturday, with full honors, the mostly anonymous men were eulogized as brothers and sent off to Tahoma National Cemetery so that they may be known to history for their service to the nation at the very least.

“It is a frightening thing for human beings to think they could die and that no one would know to mark their grave, to say where they had come from, to note when they had been born and what the sum of their lives was,” said Fred Scheffler, retired business-man, former company commander, Army chopper pilot, decorated Viet Nam veteran and chair of the Kitsap County Veterans Assistance Program. “In a greater sense we are their family because in life we have shared a com-mon bond. They were our countrymen and at a point of time in their youth they left their homes and family and answered a call.”

Since 2008, the men’s remains have been accumulating at the Kitsap County Coroners Office. They’re deemed indigent when no one claims

them upon death, or their people don’t have $1,500 to bury them.

Coroner Greg Sandstrom said three or four indigent veterans arrive at his office each year – about 25 percent of the total number of indigent remains that arrive in his office.

The men did not die in combat as is normal for Memorial Day services, but they served during the Viet Nam era or after, save for one, Walter Autem, who died in a nursing home in 2009, a decade after his wife.

Autem served in the Army dur-ing World War II, but he did not join the rest at Tahoma. Instead, lady luck intervened to put him in the ground of Bainbridge Island.

Sandstrom said the Seabold Cemetery keeper noticed Autem’s name in the paper and remembered seeing it on a headstone with a date of birth and no date of death.

Everything matched up and now he’s next to his wife and near the friends he

Respect due every vet“Little Indian,” a road captain from the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association and a US Army veteran, carries the remains of Arnold P. Mauricette past sailors and Marines in the garden of the Kitsap County Coroner’s Office during Saturday’s Unforgotten Run II. The ceremony honored seven indigent veterans before taking the men to Tahoma National Cemetery for burial. GREG SKINNER/KITSAP NAVY NEWS-

By GREG SKINNERKitsap Navy News

Retired Navy Lieutenant John Edmonston was barely back to work at the shipyard and being peppered by colleagues about his gold and bronze medals before he started planning to train for the podium at the next Warrior Games.

During his first trip to the Wounded Warrior Games – a series of Olympics-style sporting events designed and dedicated to the armed services’ seriously wounded, ill and injured athletes – Edmonston brought home a gold medal with the 200-meter freestyle relay

PSNS engineer brings Warrior medals home

SEE MEDALS | PAGE 9

Local veterans bury seven unclaimed

brothers in weekend ceremony

SEE RESPECT | PAGE 11

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A couple of times a year problems happen in fed-eral waterways that require help from the best salvage and recovery teams in the business. When those teams can’t manage it, the Keyport dive locker gets a call.

Last year, the call came to float a gargantuan flood gate sunk fast on the bottom of a muddy river channel below Hugo Lake, Okla. Last month, the problem to be fixed sat upside down 65-feet below the surface of another Oklahoma lake.

A 49 ton self-propelled crane and several tons of associated equipment spilled off Kaw damn and into Kaw lake in January after the operator overes-timated the capacity of the crane, which then tipped onto a large concrete pil-ing and settled for just one moment while the opera-tor stepped through a shattered window seconds

before the machine dove to the bottom.

Normally, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would use a local com-mercial dive company to handle the submerged needs of the large reservoir project, 91 miles northwest of Tulsa. Word got around the Oklahoma Corps offic-es of the Keyport divers’ stick-to-it-ness and suc-cess the year before. After the Corps consulted with Oklahoma salvage opera-tions who passed on the job, a call was made to the Keyport dive locker.

Kaw Lake Manager Arlyn Hendricks has 34 years in the Corps of Engineers and said he had never seen a situation like the crane in his lake. The Corps was pretty sure the large crane would not effect the hydrological engineering and design of the damn, but environ-mental concerns loomed with the diesel, fluids and batteries in Tulsa’s drink-ing water resivior, he said.

“The crane situation was totally different,” Hendricks said.

Chief Warrant Officer Eric MacDonald said the Kaw lake crane situation is just one example of the interesting salvage jobs his divers have opportunity to train on. Calls come in year round and the divers never know what

they might hear on their answering machine when they check in.

After returning from the Oklahoma job mid-May, two calls came in asking

the locker to do what oth-ers wouldn’t or did not want to do. One, clear an Oregon costal harbor of several 27-ton boulders washed into the way of

boat traffic by the March 11 tsunami triggered by the massive Japanese earthquake early that day. Another, come to Alaska and recover a plane deep

in the water with passen-gers still aboard.

Community service is part of the reason Keyport

Another one that couldn’t be doneKeyport dive locker cleans

up what others can’t

Divers from Naval Base Kitsap Keyport work to attach heavy shackles to cable during the recovery of a 96,000 pound crane sunk 65 feet below the surface of Kaw Lake near Tulsa, Okla. Days of effort and multiple attempts put the heavy equipment on the beach 1,500 feet away. PHOTO SAMUEL SKAGGS.

SEE DIVERS | PAGE 7

USS JOHN C. STENNIS, AT SEA (NNS) – The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group (JCSCSG) complet-ed a successful Composite Training Unit Exercise May 27 off the coast of Southern California.

COMPTUEX, a three week exercise required for each carrier strike group, and designed to drill every warfare area from subsurface, surface and air to practice responses to situations that may occur while on deploy-ment.

JCSCSG is made up of John C. Stennis, CVW-9, guided missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53), and DESRON 21; guided missile destroyers USS Kidd (DDG 100), USS Dewey (DDG 105), USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) and USS Pinckney (DDG 91).

“We all came together at the beginning of COMPTUEX as indi-vidual operating elements, and combined the forces into an effective strike

group that is ready to deploy,” said Cmdr. Stevin Johnson, strike operations officer.

This is the first time the strike group has worked together since last deploy-ment.

Embarked Strike Force Training Pacific evalua-tors mentored the JCSCSG on integrated operational capabilities through a series of simulations.

Stennis simulated strait transits with other ships from the strike group; conducted multi-mission air wing operations; participated in replen-ishments at sea; and ran many shipboard drills.

“Like any evolution you have to meet certain requirements before you can get the grade of satis-factory,” said Johnson.

Unit specific train-ing allowed the separate strike group assets to practice their roles indi-vidually, while other situations reinforced the strike group’s ability to integrate and operate as a

single force.“As a strike group we

have gotten much better at coordinating our efforts and achieving the desired goal through a united front rather than individ-ual warfare commanders,” said Johnson.

With COMPTUEX complete, JCSCSG will begin a Joint Training Force Exercise.

“This is just the next step to a higher level of training and readiness for JCSCSG,” said Johnson. “Next, we roll right into JTFEX and continue the same training we’re doing right now but in a more complicated scenario.

COMPTUEX and JTFEX prepared Stennis and the JCSCG for the upcoming deployment this year.

“COMPTUEX has equipped our Sailors to meet worldwide challeng-es in a safe and profes-sional manner,” said John C. Stennis Commanding Officer Capt. Ron Reis. “It has given our crew the confidence and knowledge to be able to execute mis-sion requirements during deployment; from human-itarian relief efforts to dealing with piracy or warfare in any region of the world.”

Stennis CGdrilling forsucessfuldeployment

FLIGHT LEADER RESIGNSBlue Angles commanding officer Cmdr. Dave Koss this week resigned following a low-altitude maneuver last that led to a safety review and the cancelation of plans to fly during Memorial Day events and Annapolis.The Navy demonstration flight team will finish the season under the leadership of Capt. Greg McWherter, the Angles previous commanding officer.

FOUND IN THE DEEPOn June 12, 1943 a World War I era submarine used in training in the Florida Keys sank in 15 seconds, taking 42 of the 45 men aboard that day. Researchers located and documented the wreck in 600 feet of water on May 24. All 42 bodies of the men lost in the sinking are believed to remain aboard.

Another expedition planned for the spring 2012 with hopes of discovering clues to her sinking.

ANOTHER COMMANDER FIREDWithout giving details of a pending investigation, the Navy last week relieved the commanding officer of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard Rear. Adm. Greg Thomas. He was in command of the shipyard for less than a year following his predecessor’s own controversial departure. The Navy said Rear Adm. Joseph Campbell has been named acting commander of the yard.

PIRATE PREDICTIONUsing data sets on ocean currents, weather situations, and shipping routes, the Naval Research Laboratory in Monterey Calif. hopes to predict likely pirate attack locations for better Naval intervention and to relive the pressure on the shipping industry.

There were 62 ship and boat hijackings in 2010 and 18 so far this year, according to Discovery News.

SURVEY SAYS, BOARD OF INQUIRYNavy capt. Owen P. Honors has included a online survey in his attempt to remain on active duty following the highly publicized relieving of his command after so-called lewd videos he produced and showed through the carrier’s internal programming while executive officer aboard the USS Enterprise. Honors faces a Board of Inquiry for his “XO Movie nights.”Honors has posted a questionnaire/sworn statement on his website, captowenhonors.com, seeking comments by those who served with him on Mount Whitney or as XO or CO of the Enterprise. Questions include, “Were you offended?” and “Did Capt. Honors engage in misconduct or substandard performance?”

Aviation Electrician’s Mate Airman Daniel Kaiser, from Pensacola, Fla., signals as an F/A-18F Super Hornet from the Black Aces of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 41 launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is participating in a composite training unit exercise off the coast of Southern California. U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 3RD CLASS (SW) KENNETH ABBATE.

CH AT TER

During the past week I went to three Memorial Day obser-vances – half for work reasons and half for personal reasons, but curiosity was the root for either.

Here in Kitsap County with one of the largest veteran and military communities in the state, and perhaps the nation, I wanted to see if people would turn out amid the long ongo-ing war to honor the hundreds of Kitsap County men and

women lost to past fights pursued by our national leaders.

I’ve spent most of the Memorial Days during this past decade of war working as a reporter in cities without such a large presence of active duty and veterans – Boston, Chicago, Juneau, AK, Shelton, WA and Goldendale, WA. Based on what I saw at the three local ceremonies, it would be more than fair to say that the turnout to honor the dead in those places is nowhere near as robust as Kitsap.

The fantail of the Turner Joy Monday was standing room only as Rear Adm. Bob Hennegan, commander of Sub Group 9, choked up while honoring the memory of Adam Patton, a young 101st Airborne Division soldier from Port Orchard killed last week with five platoon mates in Afghanistan, along with the long-term tradition of focus on the dead of World War II.

The Tolling the Boats was well attended by at least 100 members of the submarine and submarine veterans’ com-munity that turn out to hear the names of submarines lost in World Ward II and remember the men if possible. Time has been long on World War II and only one man at the tolling ceremony, John Baker, hails from a time when submarines were all diesel and lost by the dozens to the Axis powers and, on occasion, friendly fire.

The largest memorial turnout by far was arranged for Kitsap County veterans who lived through their service years only to be lost to the community later in life.

Kitsap, honor the living veteran

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Once upon a time, in a far-away land called Florida, we took our children to Chuck E. Cheese’s. The moral of that story was that we vowed not to make the same mistake twice. Fortunately, our transfer to Bangor, Maine, made it an easy promise to keep. The closest Chuck E. Cheese’s is 2 hours south in Portland.

In the past three years, the only time we thought about Chuck E. Cheese’s was when the commercials came on the television, and, trying to hide our relief, we told the boys, “Gosh, it’s too bad there isn’t a Chuck E. Cheese’s here.”

But Lindell, our youngest and the only one never to have been inside a Chuck E. Cheese’s, was growing curious: “They say that a kid can be a kid there.”

“A kid can be a kid anywhere.”“But they have a giant mouse, Mom.”I could not argue with that. The commercials

persisted, making Chuck E. Cheese’s seem more and more like nothing short of a mini-Disney World.

Then, last month, we were passing through Portland, and I started to feel like a bad mother (the precursor to all regrettable decisions, by the way). There is only a small window of time

during which a human can actually appreciate Chuck E. Cheese’s. Ford, 10, had already passed that window. How could we deny Lindell the chance?

“Do you think we should take him to see the big C?” I asked Dustin, who knew exactly what I meant. It was a dangerous proposition. Once

we spoke the words aloud, we’d be committed.Dustin and I peered at Lindell in the back-

seat. He looked awfully sweet, his head leaning defeatedly into the side panel of his car seat.

Kids, what do you think about lunch at Chuck E. Cheese’s?” Dustin said.

You would have thought we’d offer him a win-ning lottery ticket. Actually, for Lindell, at least, this was better than a winning lottery ticket. The backseat erupted in yells and applause.

Dustin and I tuned it out, immediately regret-ting our decision. We began our traditional argument over directions:

“You need to take the next exit.”“I know where I’m going.”“But you don’t look ready to take the next

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A golf team with Navy Region Northwest personnel and former Seattle Seahawks fullback Mack Strong won the USO Golf Classic last week.

Lt. Terry Hamer, Trident Training Facility; ETCS Brian Richardson, Trident Training Facility; YNC Steve Sauer, COMSUBRON 19 and CDR Dan Worra from Naval Air Station Whidbey played alongside Strong on the winning team at the Golf Club at Newcastle’s course.

The golf tournament is in it’s 16th year and raised $380,000 to support more than 500,000 local active duty ser-vice men and women, their families and disabled veterans.

“Supporting the USO and our local military is a civic duty,” said USOPA Golf Committee Chairman, Stan Harrelson. “Our brave men and women in uniform, and their families, deserve our respect and support.”

The tournament was the largest yet with more than 300 golfers playing over

a combined 36 holes on Newcastles’s Coal Creek and China Creek courses. More than a third of those playing in the tournament were local active duty personnel.

This year’s golf tournament comes during a celebration of the USO opera-tions in Puget Sound for the last 45 years.

New for this year’s tournament was an “All Services Team,” which was sponsored by Retired General John Shalikashvili and his wife Joan.

The day also included a post-tourna-ment dinner celebration.

A summer of events is planned to honor the service that has for decades provided recreation and moral boosting programming for American troops sta-tioned the world over.

On the schedule for July 5, the Lt. Dan Band, Founded by actors Gary Sinise and Kimo Williams will perform at Bangor. The Chicago-based cover band has become a regular on the USO circut.

Region sailors take USO golf classic

WASHINGTON (AFPS) – As part of an interagency effort to support America’s veterans, the Labor Department Wednesday

announced $37 million in grants to provide job train-ing for about 21,000 veter-ans, many of them home-less or at risk of becoming

homeless.The awards are intended

to continue already suc-cessful programs into their second and third years.

Twenty-two grants total-ing more than $9 million will provide job training to about 4,000 veterans to help them succeed in civilian careers, Labor Department officials said. Those funds, pro-vided through the Veterans Workforce Investment Program, emphasize train-ing in “green” jobs related to energy efficiency and renewable energy, modern electric power development and clean vehicles.

“Our veterans sacrifice so much for our country, so it is important that we provide assistance to them when they return home from active duty,” Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis said. “These grants will help veterans access the resources they need to find good jobs and build a bright future for them-selves and their families.”

Solis also announced 122 grants totaling more than $28 million to provide job training to about 17,000 veterans who are home-less or at risk of becoming homeless.

These grants, award-ed under the Labor Department’s Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program, include $4.3 million for the Homeless Female Veterans and Veterans with Families Program and $3.9 mil-lion for the Incarcerated Veterans Transition Program that helps veter-

ans who have served time in justice facilities, officials said.

Homeless veterans may receive occupational, class-room and on-the-job train-ing, as well as job-search and placement assistance and follow-up services, through the programs.

“The Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program is recognized as an extraor-dinarily efficient and effective program, and is the only federal program that focuses exclusively on employment of veterans who are homeless,” Solis said. “I am pleased that the department can assist these veterans and their families.”

The Labor Department grants are awarded to state and local agencies, boards and nonprofit organiza-tions that have demon-strated through first-year funding their ability to administer effective pro-grams to veterans within their geographic areas, offi-cials said.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen has been a staunch advocate of pro-grams to support veterans who have transitioned from military service.

“They bring home a potential that is unimagi-nable for the future of our

country,” he said May 11 at Arizona State University’s Phoenix campus. “This is an exceptional group, and they will make a difference for a long time to come.”

Mullen recognized the Post-9/11 GI Bill as a big step in helping tens of thousands of veterans get the training and education many seek. But he also called communities a key part of helping combat vet-erans make a smooth tran-sition following wartime service.

“If we can just open up our lens to be inclusive of them as they return home, with that little boost, I real-ly believe they will take off and make a huge difference for the future,” he said.

Meanwhile, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki is leading President Barack Obama’s effort to eliminate home-lessness among veterans by 2015.

“As the president has said, ‘We’re not going to be satisfied until every veteran who has fought for America has a home in America,’” Shinseki told the Marine Corps League in February. “If you wonder what I will be working on for the next several years, this is it. We will end veter-an homelessness in 2014.”

PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII (AFPS) – There will be no “slackening” of U.S. com-mitment to Asia, even as the nation goes through tough financial times, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates Wednesday said.

The secretary stopped in Hawaii on his way to the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, where he will deliver the message that America is committed to Asia at that annual gath-ering of regional defense leaders.

“We are a Pacific nation. We will remain a Pacific nation,” Gates said during a short news conference on the docks alongside the USS Missouri. “We will remain engaged and con-tinue relationships with friends, partners, allies in Asia.”

The secretary also commented on Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s

strident expression of out-rage over civilian casual-ties in Afghanistan. The secretary said he didn’t know the specifics of an incident in Afghanistan’s Helmand province that caused Karzai’s outburst, but noted that “this is a continuing challenge we face in the war that we fight in Afghanistan.” A joint Afghan and coalition investigation, he added, will get to the bottom of the incident.

“I think the joint inves-tigations of these inci-dents when they happen are important so we can mutually figure out what happened and what, if any-thing, went wrong,” he said.

Gates also pointed out that the Taliban have no regard for civilian lives and have been responsible for roughly 80 percent of the civilian casualties in Afghanistan. They are

not even seeking to shield themselves in civilian com-munities, he added, but are actively using improvised explosive devices to kill men, women and children.

“The Afghan people have put up with 30 years of war, and I think President Karzai is reflecting the pain and suffering that the Afghan people have endured,” he said. “At the same time, he and the Afghan people recognize that we are their ally, we are their friend, and we are try-ing to develop the capabil-

ity to protect themselves so that the Afghan people can see an end to the problem.”

Gates received a tour of the USS Missouri during his short stay here. He pre-viously had visited the USS Arizona Memorial. The Japanese sunk the Arizona

during the attack on Pearl Harbor that sparked U.S. involvement in World War II. The Missouri, moored about 100 meters from the memorial, was where the Japanese surrendered to the allies Sept. 2, 1945, to end the war.

“Visiting this ship and looking at the memorial to the USS Arizona the day after Memorial Day serves as a reminder of all those who served and made the supreme sacrifice for our country,” Gates said.

Gates: U.S. remains committed to ties with Asia

Feds dole out $37 million for veteran job training, most for homeless vets

More information on the Labor Department’s unemployment and re-employment programs is posted at http://www.dol.gov/vets.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates takes a tour of the USS Missouri Memorial June 1, 2011. Gates is visit-ing the memorial before going to a conference in Singapore. U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST SEAMAN SEAN FUREY

BOSTON (NNS) – Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus Sunday announced the next Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier will be named the USS John F. Kennedy.

The selection John F. Kennedy, designated

CVN 79, honors the 35th President of the United States and pays tribute to his service in the Navy, in the government, and to the nation. The announcement fell on what would have been Kennedy’s 94th birthday.

“President John F.

Kennedy exemplified the meaning of service, not just to country, but service to all humanity,” said Mabus. “I am honored to have the opportunity to name the next aircraft carrier after this great Sailor and inspira-tional leader, and to keep the rich tradition and history of USS John F. Kennedy sailing in the U.S. Fleet.”

Born in Brookline, Mass., May 29, 1917, Kennedy graduated from Harvard in 1940, and entered the Navy in October 1941.

During World War II, Kennedy took command of PT 109 at Tulagi Island in the Solomons, with a mis-sion to intercept Japanese ships attempting to resupply their barges in New Georgia. In the early morning hours of Aug. 2, 1943, Kennedy’s ship was inadvertently struck by an enemy ship and split in half. During the

course of the next six days, Kennedy led his crew mem-bers to safety and an eventu-al rescue. Kennedy received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for the rescue of his crew and a Purple Heart for injuries he sustained when his ship was struck.

After his military service, Kennedy became a congress-man representing the Boston area, he was elected to the Senate in 1953, and in 1961 became the youngest person to be elected president.

One previous ship, USS John F. Kennedy, CV 67, was named in his honor and was decommissioned in 2007, after nearly 40 years of dis-tinguished service, including Operation Desert Storm.

The USS John F. Kennedy and other Ford-class carriers will be the premier forward asset for crisis response and humanitarian relief, and early decisive striking power in a major combat operation. The aircraft carrier and the carrier strike group will pro-

vide forward presence, rapid response, endurance on station, and multi-mission capability throughout its 50-year service life.

The USS John F. Kennedy will provide improved warf-ighting capability, quality of life improvements for Sailors and reduced acquisition and life cycle costs. The ship will be constructed at Newport News Shipbuilding, Va., a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries.

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MacDonald said the Keyport dive locker takes only a few challenges each year outside their daily mission to support undersea warfare opera-tions. Beyond community service, MacDonald said he wants the jobs for his divers to practice combat salvage and harbor clear-ing.

Only once since the Viet Nam War ended has the Navy deployed divers to clear a foreign harbor – Umm Qasr dur-ing the 2003 invasion of Iraq. MacDonald was there with Naval Special Clearance Team 1. The “side jobs” give him the chance to pass some of the trued knowledge and experience along to the next generation. The “side missions” have the blessing of Keyport’s CO, Capt. Stephen Iwanaowicz.

“Every time we come up with a crazy plan he says go for it,” MacDonald said.

The Kaw Lake plan included four semis of

equipment used to pull massive ships off shore-lines – something that doesn’t happen much since the widespread use of GPS – enough airbags to float 110,000 pounds, a third-of-a-mile of thick cable, enough pulling power to move 200,000 pounds, ten divers and their equipment.

The rigging and float-ing part of the crane recovery went well for a zero-visibility situation and pulling across 1500 feet of open water to the beach was also smooth until the still-upside-down crane snagged on a clay ledge a short distance from the beach.

The challenge for the divers quickly became an attempt to force 96,000 pounds of twisted and broken machinery over a 10-foot wall of dense clay. Cranking the hydrolic pullers up 10,000 pounds at a time, the crane finally folded at 75,000 pounds. Keyport divers found the crane still unbudgeable at 80,000 pounds of pull.

“At 90,000 pounds stuff snapped,” MacDonald said.

“After a couple of days you begin to wonder

if they will get it out,” Hendricks said.

After a night of think-ing about trenching, a final re-rigged attempt at 96,000 pounds of pull,

the pile of twisted metal moved. Keyport’s efforts ended with a mess of metal on the beach and out of the drinking water.

Iwanaowicz supports

the dive work as good opportunity for Navy training and the com-munities get cleaned up waterways and marine infrastructure they need

to continue on with a nor-mal life in their region.

“It’s a win win situa-tion all the way around,” Iwanaowitcz said.

DIVERS | FROM PAGE 2

Second carrier named for KennedyLt.j.g. John F. Kennedy aboard the PT-109 in 1943. Photo courtesy the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston. U.S. NAVY PHOTO

Divers from Naval Base Kitsap Keyport discuss plans to pull 96,000 pounds of mobile crane, attached to straps, over a 10-foot wall of clay during a salvage dive in Kaw Lake near Tulsa, Okla. Days of effort and multiple attempts put the heavy equipment on the beach 1,500 feet away. PHOTO US NAVY.

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Those would be Dustin’s famous last words. Soon after, the red and orange striped build-ing of Chuck E. Cheese’s appeared on the horizon to the right of the high-way.

“There it is,” Lindell

yelled. “We’re almost there.”

Dustin turned right...onto another on-ramp. “What are you doing?” I asked. “You were sup-posed to take the next right. Now we’re getting back on the Interstate.”

Chuck E. Cheese’s past on our left, and then it disappeared behind us.

Lindell pressed his hand against the glass window. “Chuck E. Cheese’s! There it goes. Dad, why did you pass it?”

This was like showing a kid a giant Hershey bar and then telling him he is allergic to chocolate. Lindell was screaming and crying. If he could, I bet he would have thrown shoes at us.

“Parliment! Big Ben!” I said under my breath.

Next thing we knew, we were spiraling around the Chuck E. Cheese’s parking lot and up to another toll booth. Hadn’t we just paid a toll? Dustin handed the atten-dant a dollar. Then he took another wrong turn. We were headed north again. Chuck E. Cheese’s was but a small dot in the rear view mirror. Lindell continued to scream.

About a half hour later, Dustin finally got us to Chuck E. Cheese’s. Which is to say that

about a half hour later, we remembered why we hate the place. It was noon on Saturday; 20 birthday parties were celebrating at the back of the restaurant.

Dustin sat down on a sticky booth and said, “Don’t mind me. I’m just going to close my eyes and pretend I’m not here.”

We left two hours later with cheap loot that Lindell clutched in his hand protectively. At the exit, an employee asked to see our hands under a blue light. They do this to make sure that the cor-rect parents are leaving with the correct children. Everyone’s stamp should match. Dustin put his hand under the light. He was given the OK.

I put my hand under the light, and it was bare. My stamp had rubbed off.

“Sorry,” the employee said. “They’ll have to leave with him.” (Apparently this is all it takes to lose custody of your children.)

Dustin frowned and grabbed Lindell’s hand. For a moment, he looked very very jealous.

– Sarah Smiley is a syn-dicated columnist, author and Navy wife. Her col-umn appears weekly in the Kitsap Navy News.

COLUMN | FROM PAGE 4

As official indigents, their bodies were cre-mated and kept at the Kitsap County Coroner’s Office. Once identified as Veterans their burial prospects changed and the county Veteran’s Assistance Board took action to have them bur-ied with honors due.

Saturday morning, scores of veterans, local dignitaries and politi-cians turned out for a ceremony that wrapped the seven dead men in dignity, song and a heartfelt eulogy for men unknown to the brother who wrote it. A collection of gathered uniforms stood sharp as the men’s boxed remains were loaded into the plush leather backseat of a Saab convertible for the ride to the national cem-etery in Tacoma.

There is no real way to know the stories of the men buried because there is little or no record of their lives aside from a DD-214 with

their signature from the day they separated from service.

The ceremony, how-ever, reveals a situation that is not shining, hon-est or upstanding. The men, all Vietnam Era veterans, were essentially left “in the wind” com-pared to the promises of benefits made by bureau-crats and patriotic types that sell “Duty, Honor and Country” writ large, yet fail to cover the long-term needs and cost of their wars well evident in the veteran community.

It is possible that the men were all lost to American society and Kitsap County at their own wish and or doing. It’s true that some vet-erans prefer to keep a “safe” distance from everyday life in a country that little knows or cares about the wars fought. Some, after the intensity of combat, believe that a calm morning sunrise, or a child’s laugh is more important than charging

up a corporate ladder or living in debt of the working-class to chase the standard “American dream” made less attrac-tive by the reality of war.

In Kitsap County, nearly a third of all indi-gent deaths are veterans. Perhaps the seven men’s lives and their newfound notoriety for being for-gotten could stand tall and push local support of the 2010 Department of Veterans Affairs ini-tiative to end homeless-ness among american veterans by 2015.

Obviously, the new programs with homeless prevention, housing ser-vices, healthcare and job training come too late for the men honored last weekend, but with the right pressure from the right volunteers, non-profits and local leaders, the tall promises made to the current genera-tion fighting to keep the American way of life viable might be kept.

MY VIEW | FROM PAGE 4 Final ride

The remains of seven indigent veterans who died in Kitsap County sit in the back seat of a Saab convertable Saturday bound for Tahoma National Cemetery and their final resting place. GREG SKINNER / KITSAP NAVY NEWS

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team and a bronze medal for the 4x100 meter relay.

“Not as many as I hoped,” he said.

Edmonston was next in line for medals in two other events as well. A photo finish determined that he was fourth in the 100-meter with a time of 12.55 seconds and fourth in the 50-meter freestyle by a gap of .01 seconds, leaving him just off the podium in both. Edmonston said the races were neck and neck and that he takes consola-tion in the points scored for the overall team count.

“I needed five more yards,” he said of the sprint.

This year Edmonston was also part of the ulti-mate warrior competi-tion. A pentathlon of the 50-meter freestyle, 10-meter prone air rifle, 100 meter sprint, shot put, and a 30 kilometer cycling event make up the ultimate competition.

“I was proud to be cho-sen,” he said.

Whatever efforts Edmonston made to ensure a medal or two during the games this year will likely be expanded upon to up his medal count during the next games.

With a clear expectation to be invited back, the ath-lete Edmonston will work weights and cardio five times a week – including a day dedicated to sprints and one to swimming – in to the life of the engineer Edmonston. At the 2012 games, he hopes to focus on six events. In the pool he’s after the 50 and 100 meter freestyle and the 100 meter backstroke. On the track, Edmonston will train to run the 100, 200, and 800 meter events.

The former nuclear offi-cer said he was always into sports before a motorcycle accident, in which his hel-met came off, broke his back, face and skull. Bed-ridden from fractures and muscle damage and with a traumatic brain injury, Edmonston was headed for a medical retirement from the Navy.

A year later, with an new engineer’s job at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, the self-described “gym rat” has returned to being active and competi-tive as a normal course of

his life.“It was huge for me dur-

ing the healing period,” Edmonston said, of signing on for the games, growing to care for his teammates and feeling compelled to work hard to succeed for his coaches and teammates.

During the recovery time, which started while Edmonston was still on active duty, Edmonston found his way to a Warrior Games training camp through Safe Harbor, the Navy’s program to coor-dinate non-medical care of wounded, ill or injured sailors, Coast Guardsmen and their families.

Edmonston said he fell in love with the team and their over all spirit of com-petition and brotherhood. It was a combination of motivational healing and his fellow athletes’ mindset that cemented his need to compete in the games on Team Navy/Coast Guard.

“It helped with progres-sion back to a real life,” he said.

The training paid off for Edmonston. The long week of athletic competi-tion across multiple sports such as track and field, vol-leyball, basketball, cycling and swimming wore others down while he stayed com-

petitive throughout. Beyond personal goals

and competition expecta-tions Edmonston said he found the most inspiration

from this year’s games in the spirit, determination and style of a taxed-out teammate that finished a race as physical exhaustion

took over his body. The man had strong inability to quit during the 100 meter freestyle and finished dead last after taking multiple

breaks, he said.“It was over for him,”

Edmonston said. “He had nothing left.”

MEDALS | FROM PAGE 1

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Leading the pack, Lt. John C. Edmonston, a member of Team Navy/Coast Guard, participates in the 30-kilometer upright bike road race at the second annual Warrior Games May 20, 2011. Warrior Games is a Paralympic-style sport event among 200 seriously wounded, ill, and injured service members from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 1ST CLASS ANDRE N. MCINTYRE.

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Raymond L Cassalery, a former Navy man, was also laid to rest at Seabold as a courtesy, Sandstrom said.

Until recently the local veterans community was not aware of the situation at the coroners office with unclaimed remains of vet-erans stacking up or going into pauper’s graves.

If not for seven men’s veteran status, they would have eventually been bur-ied in the county’s pau-per’s grave during a trian-nual ceremony, without the honor due our nation’s veterans.

The issue became known to the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association through Sandstrom’s association with his own motorcycle club.

Word spread. Sandstrom said the MC’s were heavily respnosible for the creation of the the original “Forgotten Veteran’s Run” in 2008 that saw six men buried as brothers and Saturday’s “Unforgotten” run.

Then as now, every effort was made to find anyone connected to any of the men buried, but Scheffler said each man’s history, aside from Autem, was a “total void.” He searched as far as South Carolina.

“It’s a tragic thing to

have happen,” he said.In a classic case of

veterans taking care of their own, who’ve fallen through society’s cracks regardless of the promises of benefits made to them when they joined and served, armed with ser-vice records, Scheffler and the motorcycle club made sure the men were recog-nized for their service and buried with dignity due.

For the ride to the national cemetery, the men’s remains were placed into the back seat of the convertable which followed a state police escort. Filling out the courtage were scores of motorcycles and their riders, mostly combat veterans.

Recognizing that Memorial Day is for those who died in our nations wars, Scheffler said what-ever else may or may not have happened in their lives the men at one point made a commitment to the nation up to and including the ultimate sacrifice.

“You can’t tell a vet just by looking,” Scheffler said during the eulogy. “He is an ordinary and yet an extraordinary human being - a person who offered some of his life’s most vital years in the service of his country, and who sacrificed his ambi-tions so others would not have to sacrifice theirs.”

RESPECT | FROM PAGE 1

Above, members of the local Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association lower their heads as their president, “Poet,” leads a prayer during a memorial service held at the Kitsap County Coroner’s Office for seven indigent veterans before laying them to rest Saturday with full honors at Tahoma National cem-etery. Right, The remains of Charles Curlee and Brian Garcia are draped in the national colors before Saturday’s service.

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MILLINGTON, TENN (NNS) – The Chief of Naval Personnel Casualty Assistance branch and the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors announced the signing of a memorandum of agree-ment May 26 creating a partnership to expand services to grieving Navy families.

TAPS has been working with Navy Casualty since the early 1990s, but with a formal agreement comes the ability to provide more formal and defined ser-vices to families.

“We have had the oppor-tunity to pilot and prove what works best, how families respond to the support offered, and how it works most efficiently for

the CACO to connect with the family,” said Bonnie Carroll, Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors director.

There are four categories of services TAPS provides for families: peer-based emotional support for those grieving a traumatic death, community-based care to connect families with support systems, case work assistance and a live call center.

The TAPS Peer Mentor program trains those who are 18 months to two years past their own loss to provide support to the newly bereaved. In addi-tion to assistance from a Peer Mentor and the TAPS Survivor Support Staff, TAPS also connects surviv-

ing family members with online support groups, regional military survivor seminars and “Good Grief Camps,” grief and trauma counseling opportunities, along with a national net-work of support services.

Casework assistance spans a broad spectrum from financial and legal concerns to correcting a headstone.

The Navy Casualty system for long-term care allows them to follow up with families after a death.

Family members may choose to release their contact information to TAPS so they can receive free immediate and long-term support services. Once they consent, their information is provided to TAPS and the organiza-tion will immediately send a handwritten note and a resource kit with grief sup-port materials.

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NAVAL AIR STATION BRUNSWICK, MAINE (NNS) – Naval Air Station Brunswick held its disestablishment ceremony May 31, ending 68 years of service to the Navy.

NASB, situated on 3,200 acres along Maine’s mid-coast, originally opened in 1943, and was primarily used as a training base for the British Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm.

With the end of World War II, the base was put into caretaker status until it re-opened in 1951.

In 2005, the base was tapped for final closure by the Base Realignment and Closure Commission.

“The sailors, civilians, and contractors of Naval Air Station Brunswick have done a remarkable job,” said Jackalyne Pfannenstiel, the Assistant Secretary for Energy, Installations & Environment. “This is a major milestone, and I’m extremely impressed with everyone’s efforts to prepare the base for redevelopment. This station has consis-tently met the deadlines and surpassed standards for redevelopment. It is my hope that the Navy’s departure will pave the way for future development and job growth in this area. If this can’t be a Naval Air Station, then it can be a business opportu-nity for the community.”

During the closing cer-

emony, other speakers also saluted the long years of ser-vice by sailors and civilians, and highlighted the tight bonds that grew between base personnel and the local community over the decades.

“We have been part of the community here,” said Capt. William A. Fitzgerald, the base’s 36th and final com-manding officer. “But that is only because the community embraced us. You welcomed us into your neighborhoods and schools. You allowed us to become part of the woven fiber of this area.”

In a nod to the base’s his-tory, Capt. Fitzgerald hon-ored several former com-manding officers in atten-dance, presenting them with Naval Air Station Brunswick ballcaps and nametags.

Fitzgerald also presented plaques to representatives of the local communities and the state of Maine for their support over the years.

At its height, NAS Brunswick employed some 4,000 sailors and civilians to support the mission of patrol reconnaissance.

Many alumni returned to say goodbye to the base where they flew and serviced the P-2 “Neptunes” and P-3 “Orions” that made up the bulk of patrol reconnais-sance history.

VP-26, now stationed in Pensacola, Fla., sent a

lone P-3 “Orion” as a silent witness to the historic cer-emony.

In addition to speeches the ceremony included his-tory displays of the squad-rons that had called NAS Brunswick home, a slide-show of photographs, and other walks down memory lane.

Rich, a Maine native, rem-inisced about the powerful influence a childhood expe-rience at NASB had on his decision to seek a commis-sion as a naval aviator. He further shared recollections of his tour at Brunswick later in his career and the way the people of Brunswick welcomed and supported his family and command.

Music for the ceremony was provided by the Brunswick and Mt. Ararat High Schools bands, while PS1 Leonard Bell of the NASB Personnel Support Detachment sang the National Anthem.

The final touch was the lowering of the American flag for the final time at the installation.

Mid-Coast Regional Redevelopment Authority is charged with writing NAS Brunswick’s next chapter.

“The Mid-Coast Regional Redevelopment Authority has done a wonderful job lining up businesses for the Brunswick Landing, which is the new facilities

name,” said Rear Adm. Robin Braun, of Brunswick and currently mobilized as the Deputy Director of Operations at U.S. European Command. “We can move from one era into another, and bring more jobs to the area to replace those Navy jobs lost.”

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NEW YORK (NNS) – Marking a significant mile-stone in their careers at the most symbolic of places, 12 sailors and five Coast Guardsmen reenlisted at the site of the World Trade Center on May 26.

The group met inside Gate 7 on the southwest side of Ground Zero, where together they raised their hands and swore to support and defend the Constitution of the United States.

Coast Guard Vice Adm. Robert Parker, commander, Atlantic Area led a group of five Coast Guardsmen and Rear Adm. Herman Shelanski, commander, Carrier Strike Group 10 led a group of 12 sailors in reciting their oaths, calling it an opportunity for enlist-ed service men and women to remind themselves why they serve their country.

“I have done a couple hundred of these, but it’s

kind of an emotional event here,” Parker said. “I can’t think of a better place to have yet another restart to what are the fine careers of these folks that are coming up through our services.”

The ground zero reenlist-ment was especially mean-ingful for Marine Science Technician 2nd Class Heather Clark, who serves aboard U.S. Coast Guard Sector New York from Fayetteville, N.C.

“It is a real honor to reen-list here at ground zero,” Clark said. “I originally enlisted in the Coast Guard after 9/11, wanted to join something that is larger than myself and I really wanted to help people.”

Service members in town for Fleet Week had the opportunity to reenlist at some of the city’s most popular attractions. By far, the World Trade Center site got the biggest response, explained Michael Hurley

of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, who manages the World Trade Center site and said he receives a number of requests to host military promotion and reenlist-ment ceremonies.

“We had an extremely

high level of interest in this location,” Hurley said. “So many want to recom-mit to their service here, at a place significant to all Americans.”

After repeating the oath, Engineman 2nd Class Edward Cooper, stationed

on board USS John L. Hall (FFG 32), from Anderson, S.C. Had a chance to take in the sights of the construc-tion going on all around and congratulate the other Sailors who had reenlisted alongside him.

“It is an amazing experi-

ence, everything that hap-pened here on 9/11 – it’s just an amazing feeling it just gives you chills,” Cooper said. “Reenlisting here at ground zero is an outstanding feeling, there’s nothing like it.”

Sailors reenlist at Ground Zero site

NAS Brunswick lowers colors for final time

Rear Adm. Herman Shelanski, commander of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 10, re-enlists 12 Sailors at Ground Zero May 25, 2011 during Fleet Week New York. Fleet Week has been New York City’s celebra-tion of the sea services since 1984. It is an oppor-tunity for citizens of New York and the surround-ing tri-state area to meet Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen, as well as see first-hand, the capabilities of today’s maritime ser-vices. U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 2ND CLASS ERIC S. GARST.

Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class Alejandro Benavides ren-ders honors as Aviation Structural Mechanic 1st Class Andrew Johnson lowers the American flag outside of the Navy Operational Support Center Brunswick, Maine, drill hall before a disestablishment ceremony in 2009. The last flag was lowered May 31, 2011. U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 3RD CLASS GEOFFREY LEWIS.

NEW HAVEN, CONN. (NNS) – The Secretary of the Navy and president of Yale University signed an agree-ment May 26, to bring the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps program back to Yale for the first time in almost 40 years.

The new agreement between the Navy and Yale establishes that NROTC active duty Navy and Marine Corps officers will instruct Yale NROTC midshipmen on the Yale campus. The agreement provides an opportunity for Yale students to earn a commission in the United States naval service through the NROTC pro-gram. This returns a Navy and Marine Corps ROTC presence to Yale, which was one of the six original

partner institutions of NROTC when ROTC was established in 1926.

“A renewal of a formal relationship on campus will serve to bring dozens of new and talented officers who will carry on Yale’s tradition of service into the Navy and Marine Corps each year,” said Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus. “The presence of NROTC will enrich and strengthen both the military and the educational experience of all students.”

The Yale NROTC unit will be part of a consor-tium with the NROTC unit at The College of the Holy Cross. An NROTC consortium is formed when two or more host units are located geographi-cally close to one another. NROTC courses and pro-fessional instruction will be held on both campuses, however the units may

share resources, as the Navy and Marine Corps deem appropriate, in order to maximize available funds and promote pro-gram consistency.

“The new Navy ROTC unit at Yale continues the University’s proud tradition of educating students who serve our country’s armed forces,” Yale University President Richard C. Levin said. “From Lexington to Afghanistan, our students and graduates have con-tributed to the nation’s defense, and the return of NROTC will make it easier for the most talented young men and women who aspire to leadership in our military to gain a Yale education.”

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Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and Yale University President Richard Levin sign a Memorandum of Understanding on May 26, 2011 that re-establishes the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps presence on the University’s campus since the 1970’s. U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 2ND CLASS KEVIN S. O’BRIEN.

NEW YORK (NNS) – The Secretary of the Navy and the president of Columbia University signed an agreement May 26, at a ceremony on board USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) formalizing their inten-tion to reinstate Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps programs at Columbia.

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger signed the agreement aboard USS Iwo Jima, which is docked in New York for the Navy’s annual Fleet Week activities.

The Department of the Navy and Columbia University announced the agreement April 21, after Columbia’s University Senate passed a resolution to explore increasing the University’s relationship with the Armed Forces, including programs like Reserve Officer Training Corps. This is the first time in

40 years the program will be in place at Columbia.

Under the agreement, the NROTC program will have an office on Columbia’s campus and active duty Navy and Marine Corps officers will meet with Columbia NROTC midship-men during routinely scheduled office hours.

Navy and Marine Corps-option mid-shipmen will participate in NROTC through a unit hosted at SUNY Maritime College in Throgs Neck, N.Y.

The NROTC program develops young men and women morally, mentally, and physically, and instills in them the highest ideals of honor, courage, and commitment. The program educates and trains young men and women for leadership positions in an increasingly technical Navy and Marine Corps.

Navy makes deal with Columbia University

WASHINGTON (NNS) – Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead signed a Statement of Support for the Guard and Reserve to demonstrate the Navy’s commitment to its employees who serve in National Guard and Reserve.

Joining Roughead for the ceremony were David McGinnis, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs; Ronald Young, Executive Director, Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, and Vice Adm. Dirk Debbink, Chief of Navy Reserve.

Before signing the Statement of Support, Roughead spoke of the vital contributions of the reserve component to cur-rent operations.

“We are really one Navy wherever you go. It’s great to see the contributions that all our Sailors make as well as the contribu-tions others make to allow our Sailors to do what they do for the Navy and the country,” said Roughead.

The intent of the Employee Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) Statement of Support program is to offer employers a way to publicly proclaim their support for employee ser-vice in the National Guard and Reserve.

As part of the Federal government, Navy is called on by Congress to be a model employer of Guard and Reserve service members.

In signing a Statement of Support, employers and organizations pledge to fully recognize, honor and enforce the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-Employment Rights Act and ensure managers and supervisors have the tools they need to effec-tively manage employees who serve in the Guard and Reserve while recog-nizing and supporting our country’s service mem-bers and their families in peace, crises and war.

McGinnis thanked the CNO for leading by example, highlighting the significance of Roughead’s public acknowledgment

of the Navy’s support and what it means to those serving in the military’s Reserve Components.

“When the leader of a company or government agency signs a Statement of Support, it sets the tone for the entire organization to not only comply with the law, but to create an environment of support and respect,” McGinnis said. “When a service member knows their employer supports their service, they are more effective employees both on the job and when they serve on duty.”

“I appreciate the CNO’s leadership and support for our more than 700 Navy Reserve sailors who also serve as Department of the Navy civilian employ-ees, as well as those who serve in other compo-nents of the Guard and Reserve,” said Debbink. “Those who employ these outstanding Americans also serve. With their patriotism and unwaver-ing support, we can live up to our Navy Reserve motto: “Ready Now. Anytime, Anywhere.”

Roughhead signs support for Guard and Reserve sailors

Kitsap Navy News

The Carrier USS Franklin (CV-13) was rushed to the fleet in time for the end of World War II in the pacific, but was no stranger to combat.

Built at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. in Virginia, Franklin was commissioned on Jan. 31, 1944. Displacing 27 tons, the carrier was 872 feet long and drafted almost 29 feet., The essex Class carrier had a ships crew of 3,448 men and 12 five-inch gun mounts.

Franklin departed Virginia for Trinidad and a shakedown cruise. Franklin joined Task Group 27.7 and sailed for San Diego and training before entering the war. In June 1944 the ship sailed for Entiwetok via Pearl Harbor. There, she joined Task Group 58.8.

Franklin sortied on June 30 for carrier strikes on the Bonin Islands in support of later assaults on the Marianas Islands. Franklin’s planes blasted gun installations,

airfields and Japanese shipping. On July 4, airstrikes were launched against Iwo Jima, Chichi Jima and Ha Ha Jima with Franklin battering land-based guns and sinking a large cargo vessel in the harbor.

Franklin moved on for airstrikes on Guam and Rota to soften them up for the invasion forces.

Two days of replenishment at Saipan permitted the ship to steam with Task Group 58 for photo reconnaissance and airstrikes against the Palau Islands. Her planes took a heavy toll out of Japanese infrastructure.

Franklin made another bombing raid on Chichi Jima and Ototo Jima in early

August before taking a respite at Entiwetok for upkeep and rec-reation for three

weeks before returning to the active war.Franklin then joined with the carri-

ers Enterprise and Bella Wood and San Jacinto for missions in the Bonin Islands where she sank two cargo ships and left heavy damage behind.

In Saipan by Sept. 4, Franklin loaded on supplies and steamed with Task Group 38.4 for an attack on Yap.

By the second week of October, Franklin was operating in support of Leyte.

At twilight on Oct. 13, the Task Group was attacked by four bombers and the

carrier was twice narrowly missed by tor-pedoes. One Japanese plane crashed into Franklin’s aft decks, slid across and into the water. On the 14th, a fighter sweep was made against Aparri, Luzon. The car-rier then steamed east off the Philippines to neutralize installations prior to the Leyte invasion. On Oct 15, Franklin was

attacked by three planes, one scored hit-ting a deck edge elevator and killed three and wounded 22 others. The carrier continued on and its planes hit Manila Bay destroying a floating dry dock, sink-ing several ships and shooting down 11

USS Franklin fought hard all the way through

YESTERDAY’S FLEETYESTERDAY’S FLEETYESTERDAY’S FLEET

Damage in action of 30 October 1944. View showing work progress on 3 November 1944 at 1230 – flight deck at Fr. 125. SHIP’S PHOTO NO. 1003, TAKEN 3 NOVEMBER 1944, PUGET SOUND NAVY YARD PHOTO.

Fighting till the end,

Ben’s boat

June 5, 1917: the first naval aviation unit to reach France arrives at Bordeaux and St. Nazaire aboard the colliers Jupiter and Neptune. By the end of World War I, the Navy air command built a force in Europe to include 500 planes plus dirigibles and kite balloons on 26 air stations in four countries.

June 9, 1917: six armed yachts sail f rom New York for Brest, France as the U.S. Patrol squadron responsible for US convoys in French coastal waters. Later the size grows to 38 destroyers, 16 armed yachts minesweepers, tenders and tugs.

June 8, 1918: U.S. Navy forces begin to lay mines across 240 miles of open sea from Scotland to Norway in attempts to pin German U-boats in the North Sea. The British deemed the idea undoable, prior to the US attempt. More than 70,000 mines were laid and an estimated six U-boats were destroyed.

June 4, 1934: the Ranger (CV4), the first carrier ever built from the keel up, is commissioned at 14,500 tons.

June 4, 1942: the Battle of Midway becomes the turning point for the war in the Pacific when Adm. Yamamoto launches an attempt to expand Japan’s defense perimiter by taking Midway atoll – 1,100 miles west of Honolulu. US forces were aware of the battle plans, including a diversionary attack on the Aleutian Islands.

June 7, 1942: Japanese forces land unopposed on Attu and Kiska Islands, Alaska.

June 4, 1944: the U-505 is captured off the coast of Nor th Africa while h o m e w a r d b o u n d . Depthcarged to the surface and abanonded by her crew the 505 is the only German U-boat captured during World War II.

June 6, 1944: Operation Neptune begins movement

to the American beaches of Utah, Omaha, Juno Gold and Sword for the D-day invasion of German occupied France. More than 2,600 ships were used and the destroyer Corry (DD 463) is sunk by a mine off Utah Beach.

J u n e 7, 19 4 4 : t w o artificial harbors called “Mulberries” are created off the Normandy beaches to hasten the offloading of troops, which number more than 255,000 by June 18.

J u n e 7, 1 9 4 4 : t h e submarine Gudgeon is overdue and assumed lost.

June 5, 1945: the Third Fleet suffers 36 damaged vessels when caught in a typhoon off Okinawa. Later, a court of inquiry determined that Adm. Halsey and Vice Adm. McCain used poor judgement approaching the storm.

June 9, 1945: a wolf-pack of nine submarines called “Hydeman’s Hellcats” departs to attack Japanese shipping in the Sea of Japan. By June 20, 28 ships totaling 54,784 tons are sunk making the patrol one of the most successful of the entire war.

This Week in Navy History WASHINGTON, (AFPS) –

An Afghan and coalition force killed Qari Musa, a senior Taliban leader, dur-ing a precision airstrike in the Talah wa Barfak district of Afghanistan’s Baghlan province, military officials reported Tuesday.

Musa was the senior Taliban leader in the dis-trict, officials said, and routinely targeted Afghan

government officials and Afghan National Police in the district. At the time of his death, he was gathering groups of fighters, includ-ing suicide bombers, to conduct attacks against Afghan security forces.

Musa also purchased weapons from arms facili-tators to conduct ambush-es, officials added.

The coalition force con-

ducted the May 23 strike after receiving reports that identified Musa and several insurgents operating at a compound in the district. Besides Musa, two of his bodyguards and several other insurgent fighters were killed during the air strike.

No civilians were harmed as a result of the air strike, officials said.

Airstrike takes out sr. Taliban leader SEE FRANKLIN | PAGE 17

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Franklin attacked surrounding airstrips as Allied forces landed on Leyte on Oct. 20. Four days later Franklin sank one destroyer and damaged two others. Along with three other task groups sped to intercept the advanc-ing Japanese carrier force and attacked at dawn helping to sink four Japanese carriers and deci-mating their screening escorts.

After refueling, Franklin rejoined the action at Leyte on Oct. 27, by focusing attacks on a heavy cruiser and two destroyers south of Mindoro. Under way on Oct. 30, Franklin was attacked by three suicide bombers one of which hit the flight deck crash-ing through to the gallery deck killing 56 and wounding 60.

On Nov. 28 1944, Franklin left for Bremerton and repairs.

Two months later the carrier left Puget Sound for training and pilot qualifications before head-ing back to the theater in suport of the Okinawa landings.

Shortly before dawn on March 19, 1945 Franklin was closer to the Japanese shoreline than any other carrier during the war.

She launched a fighter sweep against Honshu and later Kobe. A Japanese plan then came out of the clouds to make a low-level pass and dropped two semi-

armour percing bombs on the carrier.

One caused mass destruction after passing through the flight deck into the hangar deck with fire spreading throughout the second and third decks. The sec-ond bomb hit aft tearing through two decks setting off ammuni-tions and rockets.

Dead in the water 50-miles off Japan, Franklin was listing 13 degrees without radio contact and fires burning.

With 724 killed and 256 wounded, the remaining 710 officers and enlisted men fought to save their ship.

Franklin was towed by the USS Pittsburgh while repairs were made to the boilers and she resumed under her own power at 14 knots to a short stop in Pearl Harbor before heading for Brooklyn, NY where she arrived on April 28.

After the war, Franklin was opened to the public for Navy Day celebrations and placed out of commission on Feb 17, 1947 in Bayonne, N.J.. Franklin was reclassified as a training plat-form until scrapping took the carrier in 1966.

Franklin won four Battle stars during World War II.

FRANKLIN | FROM PAGE 15

An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 113 breaks the sound barrier over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during an air power demonstration May 31, 2011. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are underway in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 2ND CLASS JAMES R. EVANS.

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