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HooBoy! Just got the call that my daughter has been named Junior Sailor of the Quarter at the Naval-Support-Facility-that-must-not-be-named (OPSEC and all that). A nice Christmas present as she finishes her 1st year of shore duty somewhere in the Washington DC area.

Bravo Zulu, Pooh Bear, you deserved it. See you Wednesday!

Emma

http://www.pnj.com/article/200912111958/NEWS01/91211014

The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help to find a man who may have information about the Nov. 12 murder of Navy sailor Tyler Jefferson.

Sheriff’s investigator Curtis Cephas said deputies are looking for a black man with a beard and mustache. He is described as thin — about 155 pounds — and is 5 feet 11 inches to 6 feet tall. The man was last… Continue

In an earlier blog, Helen said:

“It is great to hear that your daughter is doing so well. My son was disqualified from AO due to no depth perception and thinks he will become a Yeoman. I would love to share with him the opportunities that he might have!!! This might help him a lot.”

Ok. Let’s start with the YN job description: Yeomen perform administrative and clerical work. They receive visitors, answer telephone calls and sort incoming mail. They type, organize files and operate modern offic… Continue

My daughter, (OPSEC), currently serving at The-Naval-Support-Facility-That-Must-Not-Be-Named as (OPSEC) Yeoman, was recently invited to attend a (OPSEC) seminar at the (OPSEC). YES, THE REAL ONE-AND-ONLY (OPSEC)!! She has made trips there before, but they were brief visits, usually just to deliver and pick up (OPSEC). This was an opportunity to mingle with the varsity team.

Most of the attendees of the seminar were senior civilian and career military professionals. Since the dress code was civi… Continue

In the early morning hours of October 31, 1941, more that a month before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the USS Reuben James (DD-245) became the first US warship sunk in World War II when torpedoed by a German U-Boat while on a neutrality patrol in the North Atlantic. Of the 159 sailors aboard, 115 died.

Read more here.

Listen to the Kingston Trio sing Woody Guthrie's folksong… Continue