FReeper Canteen ~ Boat Trip: USS Carl Vinson ~ CVN 70 ~ 17 JAN 2011

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Boat Trip: USS Carl Vinson ~ CVN 70

Carrier Strike Group One, also known as CSG-1, is one of six U.S. Navy carrier strike groups currently assigned to the United States Pacific Fleet. CSG-1 is currently based at Naval Air Station North Island, and it is deployable to the U.S. Seventh Fleet operating in the Western Pacific and the U.S. Fifth Fleet in the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf. The current flagship for Carrier Strike Group One is the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70).

USS Carl Vinson was commissioned on March 13, 1982 at Newport News, Virginia, with Captain Richard Martin commanding. Present were the Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Thomas B. Hayward, Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman, Keynote speaker Senator John Tower, and ship's sponsor Molly Snead. After commissioning, USS Carl Vinson put to sea to conduct flight deck certifications, an evaluation designed to test the ship’s ability to conduct Modern US Navy carrier air operations.

Carl Vinson departed Norfolk on March 1, 1983 with Carrier Air Wing Fifteen (CVW-15) embarked for her maiden deployment, an eight-month around the world cruise to her new homeport of Naval Air Station Alameda, California, arriving on 28 Oct. 1983.

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) is deployed with USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), USS Stockdale (DDG 106) and USS Gridley (DDG 101). Destroyer Squadron 1 is embarked aboard Vinson along with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17.

CVW-17 is comprised of the "Red Lions" of Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 15, the "Fighting Redcocks" of Strike Fighter Squadron 22, the "Fist of the Fleet" of Strike Fighter Squadron 25, the "Sunliners" of Strike Fighter Squadron 81, the "Rawhides" of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 40, the "Garudas" of Electronic Attack Squadron 134, the "Stingers" of Strike Fighter Squadron 113 and the "Tigertails" of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 125.

This deployment by the Vinson Strike Group includes several firsts. It is the first major deployment for USS Carl Vinson after a three-year nuclear refueling, and it is the first major deployment by Carrier Strike Group 1 (CSG-1) since its establishment October 1, 2009.

CSG 1 led USS Carl Vinson and USS Bunker Hill earlier this year in support of disaster response and humanitarian operations in Haiti. This is also the first deployment of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Stockdale, and USS Bunker Hill's first deployment since it underwent cruiser modernization, the first Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser to complete its mid-life modernization.

Learn More About The USS Carl Vinson HERE!!

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We pray for your continued strength, to be strong in the face of adversity.

We pray for your safety, that you will return to your families and friends soon.

We pray that your hope, courage, and dignity remain unbroken, so that you may show others the way.

God Bless You All ~ Today, Tomorrow and Always

 

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

And rounding out the top three....Hawaii bags the bronze!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, TS...((HUGS))...how was your Monday? Students back to work?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Sand...((HUGS))...working this week? Contact with the Project Manager?

[Kathy in Alaska]

How ya doing Pro? ((HUGS)) Wait! Did you have the day off?

[Kathy in Alaska]

DUH!! I forgot today was a holiday. No school!!

[Tanniker Smith]

Thankfully. I didn't forget. But I do have to get up tomorrow.
Finals start this week. Should be ... interesting.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Aloha, Hawaii...((HUGS))...I hope you are warm. It is VERY cold here. I had to start my car at noon, and will go start it in a few before going home.

And with a breeze, it's even colder.

[PROCON]

I did have the day off...us gubamint workers be lazy..:=)

I hope ya got my B-Day card from this morning!!

Happy Birthday again!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy Monday evening, dduck...((HUGS))...have you been enjoying any beach time?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Still working on it....I can’t see graphics from here.

[SandRat]

...((HUGS))... no call from that one but I got a call from another asking if I was interested in a FT w/B long term job. Said the need 11 folks starting in two to three weeks and I said yes. He said he’d call me back later this week.

7 months of nothing and now I potentialy have two to choose from.

Freeper prayers are working, keep it up until the job is mine.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Nana Hope...((HUGS))...are you experiencing any cold weather in Texas?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thank you.

[luvie]

I see that Lauren is up to her eyeballs in busy tonight, and
thank you for helping her out! It’s a great...um....water trip?

God bless all the personnel on the USS Carl Vinson!....and
all our heroes around the world, on land, sea and air!

[Kathy in Alaska]

I see a live thread....I’ll read it when I get home. They are always fun. Gotta go start my car so I CAN go home. BRB.

[higgmeister]

This may be the "Long Gun" that cousin Peaches saw when they shot Boo.

[luvie]

Howdy all you Night Owls! Good to see ya here!
This Night Owl is a bit grumpy...
...due to an unstable internet connection tonight! Whooooo...Grrrr!

[Old Sarge]

Evening, Ladies!

It’s dark, and the temps are dropping!

[luvie]

Hope you don’t get TOO chilled this time ‘round!

[luvie]

Brrrr....you have your woobie to keep you warm and snuggly? :)