Quote Me, Capture This: 10/7/2008

[Navy for Moms Admin]

Quote of the Week:
"If I added to their pride of America, I am happy." – Carl Sandburg
Photos of the Week*** Tissue Alert***

081005-N-1522S-015 MAYPORT, Fla. (Oct. 5, 2008) Sonar Technician 2nd Class David Boswell is welcomed home by his daughter after his return home aboard the guided-missile frigate USS McInerney (FFG 8) from a six-month deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Leah Stiles/Released)



081006-N-7981E-278 PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 6, 2008) Tiger Cruise participants aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) watch from behind the flight deck foul lines as an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to "Vigilantes" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 151 launches to participate in a Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2 aerial change of command ceremony. Lincoln and CVW 2 are returning from a seven-month deployment to the U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans (Released))



081004-N-9774H-064 SABANA GRANDE DE BOYA, Dominican Republic (Oct. 4, 2008) Information Systems Technician 1st Class Randy Lambert, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHA 3) gives candy from his meals ready to eat to a Dominican Republic child. The ship's community relations project team will assist in the construction of a playground outside the local elementary school during a civic assistance mission. Kearsarge is the primary platform for Caribbean phase of Continuing Promise 2008. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Emmitt J. Hawks/Released)




081004-N-5549O-113 MOBILE, Ala. (Oct 4, 2008) Doreen Scott, wife of the 10th Master Chief Petty of the Navy Terry D. Scott, breaks the champagne bottle during a christening ceremony for the Pre-Commissiong Unit Independence (LCS 2). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kevin S. O'Brien/Released)



081002-N-7643B-133 SAN DIEGO (Oct. 2, 2008) Wounded service members from veterans hospitals around the U.S. participate in a cycling competition at Embarcadero Park in San Diego. The weeklong series of competitions is part of the inaugural National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic in San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd class David A. Brandenburg/Released)



081005-N-8907D-488 ALTAGRACIA, Dominican Republic (Oct. 5, 2008) Capt. Fernandez "Frank" Ponds, mission commander for Continuing Promise (CP) 2008, is serenaded by local children during a tour of medical and engineering sites set up around the area. The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) is supporting the Caribbean Phase of the humanitarian/civic assistance mission Continuing Promise 2008, an equal partnership mission between the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Brazil, Nicaragua, Panama, Columbia, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class David Danals/Released)



081004-N-9573A-025 PUSAN, Republic of Korea (Oct. 4, 2008) Cmdr. Scott Pappano, captain of the fast-attack submarine USS Buffalo (SSN 715), is welcomed to the Republic of Korea. Buffalo, homeported in Guam, is conducting a routine port visit in conjunction with the International Fleet Review hosted by the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN). U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Bobbie G. Attaway (Released)



081007-N-2022D-008 NEW YORK (Oct. 7, 2008) Visitors to Grand Central Terminal in New York browse the "Great White Fleet," an exhibit presented by the Columbus Citizens Foundation in collaboration with the Office of the Secretary of the Navy. The exhibit, which will be on display in Grand Central Terminal's Vanderbilt Hall through Oct. 17, commemorates the voyage of the Great White Fleet in the early 1900s. Sent out by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1907, 16 battleships circumnavigated the globe on a goodwill mission and display of American naval power. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Chief Petty Officer Eric Durie/Released)

[diane {Shawns mom}]

081005-N-8907D-488 ALTAGRACIA, Dominican Republic (Oct. 5, 2008) Capt. Fernandez "Frank" Ponds, mission commander for Continuing Promise (CP) 2008, is serenaded by local children during a tour of medical and engineering sites set up around the area. The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) is supporting the Caribbean Phase of the humanitarian/civic assistance mission Continuing Promise 2008, an equal partnership mission between the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Brazil, Nicaragua, Panama, Columbia, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class David Danals/Released)
OMG>>.Mass Communciation Specialist 3rd class David Danals...Is my Neighbors boy, My son Shawn and him are friends...OMG. to see his photo here --REAL Kleenex moment.
xoxoxo