Quote Me , Capture This: 10/29/2008

[Navy for Moms Admin]

QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
“It follows that as certain that night succeeds the day, that without a decisive Naval Force, we can do nothing definitive and with it, everything honorable and glorious.” – George Washington, November 1781
PHOTOS OF THE WEEK:


081026-N-5253W-002 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Oct. 26, 2008) Sideboys aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) await the arrival of the U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie Kenney. Kenney visited Essex during Amphibious Landing Exercise (PHIBLEX) 2008, an annual joint exercise between the U.S. and Republic of the Philippines forces. Essex is the lead ship of the only forward-deployed Expeditionary Strike Group and serves as the flagship for CTF 76, the Navy's only forward-deployed amphibious force commander. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Gabriel S. Weber/Released)



081026-N-3595W-149 ARIMA, Trinidad and Tobago (Oct. 26, 2008) Capt. Fernandez "Frank" Ponds, mission commander for Continuing Promise (CP) 2008, greets a little boy at a local children's home during a survey of the mission sites as part of the partnership between CP 08 and Trinidad-Tobago. Kearsarge is the primary platform for the Caribbean phase of the humanitarian/civic assistance mission CP 08, an equal-partnership mission involving the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Brazil, Nicaragua, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gina Wollman/Released)
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081016-N-3560G-163 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Oct. 16, 2008) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4, Detachment Addis, attend the opening ceremony of the Abadir Primary School. NMCB-4 took part in refurbishing the school's interior, exterior, latrine facility and the electrical system. NMCB-4 is on a six-month deployment supporting Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa and completing missions in various countries in Eastern Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ronald Gutridge/Released)
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081028-N-3857R-005 GULFPORT, Miss. (Oct. 28, 2008) Utilitiesman 1st Class Bizhan Askari, left, and Utilitiesman 1st Class Gerald Hislop, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1, participate in a chemical, biological and radiological warfare drill at Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport. The drill helps acclimate the battalion to their mission oriented protective posture suits and battle gear as they prepare for their upcoming field exercise, "Operation: Desert Justice." (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad Runge/Released)



081029-N-7280V-085 YOKOSUKA, Japan (Oct. 29 2008) Capt. Thom W. Burke, commanding officer of the amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), performs a maintenance spot check with Electronics Technician Seaman Brian Maples on the ship's identification friend or foe (IFF) antenna system. Blue Ridge serves under Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7/Task Force (CTF) 76, the Navy's only forward deployed amphibious force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Daniel Viramontes/Released)



081008-N-3560G-379 MARONI, Grand Camore (Oct. 8, 2008) Builder 3rd Class Andrew Keilholtzl, left, and Utilitiesman 3rd Class James Tofil, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4, Detachment Comoros, assemble concrete forms for grade beams during the construction of the Hamramba School in the town of Maroni at Comoros Island. NMCB-4 is on a six-month deployment supporting Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ronald Gutridge/Released)



081024-N-6538W-008 PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 24, 2008) Operations Specialist 3rd Class Keegan Wigger, from Olympia, Wash., monitors air radar contacts in the Combat Direction Center aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Stennis, as part of John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group, is conducting a composite training unit exercise off the coast of Southern California. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Walter M. Wayman/Released)



081027-N-9928E-019 PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 27, 2008) Hull Technician Fireman Robyn Harding, from Vancouver, Wash., tightens a saltwater flushing pipe in one of the female heads aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Stennis is conducting a composite training unit exercise off the coast of Southern California. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Josue L. Escobosa/Released)



081025-N-9134V-061 PERSIAN GULF (Oct. 25, 2008) Seaman James Buchanan directs an SH-60B from Helicopter Sea Combat squadron (HSC) 26 aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50). Carter Hall is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Flordeliz Valerio/Released)



081025-N-7441H-008 KITTERY, Maine (Oct. 25, 2008) More than 4,000 attendees turned out for the commissioning of the Pre-Commissioning Unit USS New Hampshire (SSN 778) at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Roadell Hickman)