FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island ~ 06 FEB 2012

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

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Road Trip: Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island

The Naval Station Newport (NAVSTA Newport) is a United States Navy base located in the towns of Newport and Middletown, Rhode Island. NS Newport is home to the Naval War College. It once was the homeport for Cruiser Destroyer Force Atlantic, and now maintains inactive ships at its pier facilities, along with the United States Coast Guard.

In BRAC 2005 (Base Realignment and Closure), NAVSTA Newport gained over five hundred billets, in addition to receiving, again, Officer Candidate School (OCS), and the Naval Supply Corps School, and several other activities.

Newport is the Navy’s premier site for training officers, officer candidates, senior enlisted personnel and midshipman candidates, as well as conducting advanced undersea warfare and development systems. Naval Station Newport’s mission is to fulfill the diverse requirements of its tenant commands by providing the facilities and infrastructure that are essential to their optimum performance.

Newport is the home of the Navy’s most prestigious educational institution, the Naval War College. As the oldest such institution in continuous existence any-where in the world, the college is organized to pursue and integrate both academic and research endeavors. Each year, over 500 outstanding mid-career level officers of the Navy, all other U.S. services, civilian federal agencies and inter-national naval officers come here to pursue a rigorous 10-month course of post-graduate studies.

Currently, the station is also the home of the decommissioned USS Saratoga. The fate of the Saratoga has not yet been decided, although there is a movement which wishes to make the ship into a museum ship in nearby North Kingstown.

Learn More About Naval Station Newport HERE!

Patriots Memorial is located in front of McCarty-Little Hall at the Naval War College, Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island. The memorial is dedicated to the three students and ten alumni of the Naval War College who perished in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on The Pentagon. The Naval War College Foundation raised money for the memorial through private donations. It was dedicated in 2002 and contained a piece of limestone removed from the damaged portion of The Pentagon.

Visit The Naval War College Foundation HERE!

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[Arrowhead1952]

I’ll have a lot of time now. Just got back from walking the dog. It sure is nice outside here today.

[luvie]

It’s in the mid-40s here but we have a stiff breeze really cooling things down for being outdoors for any length of time.

Glad you are having a lovely day! :)

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning Kathy and (((HUGS))).

[Arrowhead1952]

It’s already over 60 here, and just a little SW breeze.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, Dolly...((HUGS))...thanks for sharing your memories. And we thank you for your service to our country.

[blackie]

Thanks Kathy!

{{HUGS}}

[beachn4fun]

I resemble that remark! :D

LOL

[ConorMacNessa]

Received in an email:

One thing about blokes from Scotland is that their hearts and humor are always in the right place!

Jimmy MacDonald, a City Councilor from Glasgow, was asked on a local live radio talk show, just what he thought about the allegations of torture of suspected terrorists. His reply prompted his ejection from the studio, but to thunderous applause from the audience.

HIS STATEMENT:

'If hooking up one rag-head terrorist's testicles to a car battery gets the truth out of the lying little camel shagger to save just one Scottish soldier's life, then I have only three things to say; Red is positive, Black is negative and make sure his nuts are wet!



Etiam non princeps sed usque ad genua, Principis Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good afternoon, beachy...((HUGS))...your's is almost over.
I wish we had time to be bored.

Have a good rest of the day.

[luvie]

ROFL! Hubby liked it too! :)

[AZamericonnie]

Good afternoon Conor! *Hugs*

Would it be unladylike for me to ROFLOLMAO at that joke? ;-}

[ConorMacNessa]

Good afternoon, Connie!

*HUGS*

I think not - those Scots are certainly eloquent, aren't they?



Etiam non princeps sed usque ad genua, Principis Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[ConorMacNessa]

I posted some family pics on Amy's Place earlier this afternoon. If you're interested in seeing them, here's the link:

Family Photos



Etiam non princeps sed usque ad genua, Principis Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Doc!

Great photos....great memories too, I hope (personally, I avoid cameras and rarely show up in a photograph).

[ConorMacNessa]

Thanks, Biglook! I've gotten gun-shy in my later years. I've started allowing myself to be photographed again despite my overweight and decrepit appearance - the sons and daughters deserve some kind of record of me, regardless of what I may look like.



Etiam non princeps sed usque ad genua, Principis Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[mylife]

Hello Tas!

[oyez]

I received my DD 214 from Newport Naval Hospital way back in 1971.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Still catching up....

Those Scottish blokes got it right. LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Still catching up....

Thanks, unique, for the cheerleaders.

Sand.....#50!!
beachy.....#100!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Click the pic for ….

The Mountain Test

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