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Rear Admiral Select Mark R. Whitney Speaker for September 13 Luncheon Volume 64, Issue 09 September 2011 CORPORATE SPONSORS Rear Admiral Select Mark R. Whitney ó Vigor Shipyards Speaker for September 13 Luncheon ó Concurrent Technologies Corp. aptain Whitney has been promoted USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) in C to Rear Admiral and we will look August 2000 and completed a combat forward to hearing when we can start using deployment in support of Operation COMMUNITY AFFILIATES his new title officially. Enduring Freedom. He ó Air Management Solutions Captain Whitney is served on the OPNAV so well prepared for staff as Surface Ship ó AMI International his current role as Maintenance and Commander, Puget Modernization Section ó Art Anderson Associates Sound Naval Shipyard head under the Director and Intermediate of Surface Warfare and ó BAE Systems Support Solutions Maintenance Facility. then went to the Director He has served in many of Air Warfare and served ó Concurrent Technologies Corp impressive shore and as the Aircraft Carrier afloat positions since Requirements Officer. ó Dimension 4 being commissioned as Finally, in August ó EHT Enterprises, Inc an Ensign in the United 2004, he reported to Puget States Navy in April 1984 Sound Naval Shipyard ó EJB Facilities Services after earning a Bachelor and IMF where he of Science degree in served as the Operations ó Evergreen Transfer & Storage Marine Engineering Officer (Code 300). In from Maine Maritime July 2006, he reported ó First Command Financial Academy. as the Assistant Deputy Planning, Inc. Following Surface Warfare Officers School Commander for Industrial Operations, and Steam Engineering Officer of the Watch Naval Sea Systems Command. On May 23, ó FMA Chapter 14 School, he served on the USS Luce (DDG 2008, Captain Whitney was welcomed back 38), and then went to Destroyer Squadron to Puget Sound as the 47th Commander of ó Kitsap Sun (COMDESERON 12). He also served at PSNS and IMF. ó Land Title Company the U.S. Special Operations Command His awards include the Defense (USSOCOM) supporting Operations Desert Meritorious Service medal, Meritorious ó Military Air Cargo Shield/Storm as a member of the USSOCOM Service Medal with three Gold Stars, Navy Crisis Action Team. Commendation Medal with Gold Star, Joint ó National Center for Manufacturing In December 1994, Captain Whitney Achievement Medal, Navy Achievement Sciences completed his graduate education at the Medal with Gold Star, and the Battle Naval Postgraduate School, earning a Master Efficiency Ribbon in addition to various ó Pacific NW Defense Coalition of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering campaign and service awards. and receiving the Naval Postgraduate School Captain Whitney lives in Bremerton ó Patriots Landing Superior Service Award. For the next six with his wife Lisa Ann Long and their twin ó Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems years Captain Whitney served in many sons, John and Austin. important roles in the new construction and Please contact Diane Garrett at CTC on or ó Suquamish Clearwater Casino Resort overhaul of at least four aircraft carriers at before September 8 to make your reservations several shipyards and be certain to give Diane your birth date ó TriWest Healthcare Alliance Captain Whitney assumed and the correct spelling of your name as it responsibilities as Chief Engineer on the appears on your driver’s license. NOW HEAR THIS online: http://brem-olympic.nlus.us 1 President’s Message Lone Sailor oon the media planned and supported these terrible Remembered S will be filled events and threatened more. The young with the stories of men and women who have volunteered 9/11/2001 and it is to protect us, leave their families and go important for us to into harm’s way top my list in the hero stop and reflect on category. We need to take time to say what happened that thank you and provide support any time day in New York, Washington D.C. and we can. Pennsylvania. Almost 3,000 people lot Since 9/11/2001, our young men their lives in a very short time. Amazingly, and women have been serving multiple 12,000 people survived that day from deployments around the world and the Twin Towers due to well-trained thousands more personnel are working emergency teams. around the clock to make certain that they While no one can really be prepared for have the very best possible equipment and such an immense disaster, our emergency training. For them, each day for the last teams went right to work risking their 10 years has been critical as they try to own lives. People from across the nation stabilize the hot spots and protect us. immediately offered support and prayers. Navy League provides us with many Blood banks were full for the first time in opportunities to meet the people who embers of the Lone Sailor years, organizations had more volunteers are making these critical decisions. Committee met on August 17 to than they could use and amazing stories We are invited to tour the submarines M celebrate the third anniversary of bringing of caring and valor prevailed. National and the aircraft carriers to learn more the Lone Sailor Statue to the Olympic Guard and other military units provided about their daily lives of where they Peninsula. Thanks to the many donations immediate support. sleep, eat and work. Military leaders from members of our community and Now ten years later, Ground Zero come to our luncheons and share their beyond and to a generous grant from the features a park, a fountain, a museum stories and we are honored to attend Birkenfeld Foundation, our Council was and more. Memorials have also been their special events. Our organization able to bring an exact duplicate of the built at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania. is dedicated to supporting the men and Lone Sailor Statue that stands in front of Steel beams from the Trade Center are women of the sea services and their the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington arriving at our doorsteps in Gig Harbor, families. We also pledge to share their D.C. honoring all of those who serve or Bremerton and Silverdale. Let these be stories with others so that everyone have served our country. reminders of the strength of our citizens understands the sacrifices that they Since this seven-foot image of a second and our country. make so that we can go about our daily class Petty Officer came to our area, the As a direct result of 9/11, our military lives in freedom. artist who designed the original and who has been seeking out the radicals who Let us never forget… made certain that our sailor was an exact duplicate has passed away at age 86. Mr. Stanley Bleifeld won many awards and was recognized worldwide for his artistic skills. Our statue might be one of his final pieces of work. The Lone Sailor Committee was co-chaired by Tim Thomson and Ron Testa. Other members of the committee attending the celebration were Carol Meteney, Dick and Shirley Vlist, Dave Schaffer and his family, Doug and Lea Cook, Carolyn Dankers and Linda Testa. We learned that the crew of the USS Michigan are planning for an event at the Lone Sailor Memorial and that other groups have chosen the site for reenlistments and retirements. If you have not taken time to walk down to the breakwater at the Bremerton Harbor to see the Lone Sailor up close, plan to do so as soon. It is a great photo opportunity. WTC beams arriving in Western Washington 2 NOW HEAR THIS online: http://brem-olympic.nlus.us A Note from the Random Notes on the USS Bremerton Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS) The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in 1913. 1891–Establishment of Naval Station 1972–Name Change: Puget Sound 1908–Repair of Great White Fleet Naval Shipyard yron, before they left for Japan 1990–Initiate program to recycle B Greetings to you and the Navy 1914-1917–Construction of wide nuclear powered ships League from Diego Garcia. I apologize for variety of ships, tugs and small boats 2003–Consolidation of Puget not communicating earlier but we have 1941-1946–Repair of battle damage to Sound Naval Shipyard and the Naval had long periods of radio silence. We have U.S. ships Intermediate Maintenance Facility, been pretty busy operating in CENTCOM. 1950?–Name Change: Bremerton Pacific Northwest (located at Bangor, I wish I could give more detail about what Navy Yard Bremerton and Everett, WA) we have been doing. Rest assured it has 1950’s–Korean Conflict: Activation been in the best interest of our country. of mothballed ships. New Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and In addition to our regular job out here, construction of Guided Missile Intermediate Maintenance Facility is we have visited Singapore, Bahrain and Frigates (FFG’s) now the Pacific Northwest’s largest currently are in Diego Garcia south of the 1965–Construction of the first Naval shore facility and one of Equator. It is a very, very small atoll in the nuclear-powered submarine USS Washington State’s largest industrial southern Indian Ocean. Thanks for all Sculpin (SSN 590) installations. the support from the Navy League. Once we broke silence, I received a lot of email from you. I was excited to hear about the recent donation. We have been using the funds that the Navy League provided for New Naval Aviation Exhibit at the many crew activities during our port calls. Keyport Undersea Museum I look forward to seeing you in Jan/Feb. I don’t have fidelity on our schedule out ome check out the new exhibit the torpedo specific content into the big that far yet. C highlighting significant torpedo picture of naval aviation are available for Keep in touch, launching aircraft used by the navy in the viewing.
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