|
| Top Stories
 |  | | | | | | GROTON, Conn. – Commander Charles Maher, USS Memphis (SSN 691) Commanding Officer, left, pins a Bronze Star on the chest of Chief Electronics Technician (SS) William Cox, Jr., at an awards ceremony aboard Naval Submarine Base New London, Feb. 24. Cox received the award for serving as an Individual Augmentee with Joint CREW Composite Squadron One, stationed in Iraq. | |
|
 | | | | | | | GROTON, Conn. – Culinary Specialist Second Class Jose Rosarivas slices cookies for dessert as the award winning USS Providence (SSN 719) team prepares for a Taco Tuesday lunch. In a repeat performance of 2009, the Providence team collected top honors in the submarine community, winning the 2010 Captain Edward F. Ney Award for Food Service Excellence. | |
|
 | | Photo Gallery | | | | | | GROTON, Conn. - David Ravenelle (left), Groton Postmaster and Keith Winter, Groton Postal Worker, visited Dealey Theater, Feb. 25, for a ceremony highlighting the release of a new postal stamp honoring Doris “Dorie” Miller, an African American Sailor from World War II. The Post Office offered collectible stamps for purchase following the ceremony. These collectible items can be purchased at the Post Office in Groton, and will soon be available at the Naval Submarine Base New London Post Office. | |
|
 | | | | | | | GROTON, Conn.- Above, Rear Admiral Michael McLaughlin, left, relieves Rear Adm. Paul Bushong as Commander Submarine Group 2 while Vice Adm. John Donnelly, Commander Submarine Force, observes, Feb. 26, at Shepherd of the Sea Chapel. | |
|
 | | | | | | | TILTON, N.H. - USS Helena (SSN 725) Sailors pose with Bud Harney, center, a former gunfire control man who served aboard USS Helena (CL-50), and members of South Berwick, Maine’s Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 5744. Helena coordinated the visit to the New Hampshire Veterans Home with the VFW. Helena is currently undergoing maintenance in Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. | |
|
GROTON, Conn. - Every ten years since 1790 the federal government rolls up its sleeves, sharpens the pencils, and starts counting every person in the country. |
|
 | | | | | | | GROTON, Conn. - Fire Inspector Jeff King and Firefighter Dave Grills learn the ins and outs of their new fire truck during training at the Alpha Lot, Feb. 25. The Naval Submarine Base New London (SUBASE) Fire Department recently received two new fire trucks, and performed classroom and hands on training throughout the week to get the firefighters familiarized with the new equipment. | |
|
|
|
 | | | | | | | PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Admiral Chester W. Nimitz pins the Navy Cross on Doris “Dorie” Miller, during a ceremony at Pearl Harbor, May 27, 1942. Miller became the first African American to receive the United States Navy’s highest honor. | |
|
 | | | | | | | GROTON, Conn. - Beth Dodge, Registered Dental Hygienist, examines Commander Steve Hartzell’s, Fleet and Industrial Support Center (FISC) Norfolk-New London Site Director, teeth during a dental examination at the Naval Branch Health Clinic Dental Office, Feb. 16. The dental staff boasts that their hygienists are very friendly and customers request them by name. | |
|
 | | | | | | | GROTON, Conn. - Culinary Specialist First Class (SS) Devin V. Morava of USS Providence (SSN 719) is presented a plaque by Denny Hicks of the Chamber of Commerce, after being chosen as the Service Person of the Month for February 2010. | |
|
|
 | | | | | | | OXFORD, Miss. - Commander John McGrath, Officer-in-Charge of Virginia-class attack submarine PCU Mississippi (SSN 782), talks about the submarine community to Midshipmen at the University of Mississippi’s Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC), Feb. 18. Earlier in the day, McGrath and two crew members met with Governor Barbour and Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann to discuss the progress of the submarine’s construction as momentum builds toward forming a commissioning committee. | |
|
GROTON, Conn. - Exercise Solid Curtain/Citadel Shield 2010 will be conducted on Naval Submarine Base New London (SUBASE), as well as naval bases and installations throughout the continental United States, Hawaii, and Guam, March 22-26, 2010. |
|
|
|
|  |
