The FReeper Foxhole Profiles Military Sealift Command - Feb. 22nd, 2004

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Military Sea Lift Command




The ships of Military Sealift Command's Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force are the lifeline to U.S. Navy ships at sea. Providing fuel, food, ammunition, spare parts and other supplies, Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force, or NFAF, ships enable the Navy fleet to operate at the highest operational tempo possible. NFAF ships provide underway replenishment services to U.S. Navy ships worldwide alleviating the need for them to constantly return to port for supplies.

Military Sealift Command's Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force Program is composed of fleet ocean tugs, fast combat support ships, oilers, combat stores ships and ammunition ships plus two hospital ships that are kept in a reduced operating status. Besides delivering supplies at sea, NFAF ships also conduct towing and salvage operations and serve as floating medical facilities.

MSC's 36 NFAF ships are government-owned vessels crewed by civil service mariners. Small Navy departments that previously handled communications and signaling are being replaced by civilian mariners in a program that will be complete by FY 2002. A similar program will replace some Navy supply personnel with CIVMARs aboard MSC's six combat stores ships.

Fourteen underway replenishment oilers, such as USNS Patuxent, USNS Kanawha and USNS Guadalupe, provide underway replenishment of fuel to Navy ships at sea and jet fuel for aircraft assigned to aircraft carriers. Three of the newest MSC underway replenishment oilers have double hulls.



Six combat stores ships, such as USNS Concord, USNS Sirius and USNS San Jose, provide underway replenishment of all types of supplies, ranging from repair parts to fresh food and clothing. Five ocean-going tugs, such as USNS Sioux and USNS Mohawk, provide the Navy with towing service, and, when augmented by Navy divers, assist in the recovery of downed ships and aircraft.



Ammunition ships ensure that Navy battle groups are the highly mobile "sea bases" they must be to deter aggression and protect U.S. interests. MSC's six ammunition ships, such as USNS Flint and USNS Mount Baker, efficiently move tons of ammunition through a combination of at-sea, side-by-side line transfers and vertical lifts via helicopters.



The NFAF Program also manages the operation of the Navy's two hospital ships -- USNS Comfort and USNS Mercy -- designed to provide emergency, on-site care for U.S. combat forces. Comfort and Mercy, which each contain 12 operating rooms and a 1,000-bed hospital facility, are normally kept in a reduced-operating-status. When called into action, they can be ready to sail in five days with a crew of 70 civilian mariners and a medical staff of more than 1,200 military medical personnel.



The Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force began in 1972 with the transfer of the fleet oiler Taluga to MSC after a series of tests showed civilian crews could operate the Navy's fleet support ships more efficiently than Navy sailors. The impressive cost savings resulting from the use of MSC civilian crews continues to grow each year as Military Sealift Command assumes more of the Navy's combat logistics role. In the next few years, MSC expects that trend to continue, as additional Navy resupply ships and missions are transferred to the command.

In the years to come, the Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force will continue to be a vital, highly-productive and important support element for the U.S. Navy. NFAF plays an essential part in the Navy's ability to position itself "Forward...From the Sea."

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Mission



The mission of Military Sealift Command is to provide ocean transportation of equipment, fuel, supplies and ammunition to sustain U.S. forces worldwide during peacetime and in war for as long as operational requirements dictate. During a war, more than 95 percent of all the equipment and supplies needed to sustain the U.S. military are carried by sea.


An ambulance version of the Army’s new Stryker combat vehicle moves up fast sealift ship USNS Bellatrix’s cargo ramp. Photo by Larry Crutchfield.

As one of three component commands, MSC provides the sea transportation to support the mission of the United States Transportation Command: To provide air, land, and sea transportation for the DOD, both in time of peace and time of war.

Recent crises have underscored the vital role of Military Sealift Command as a major contributor in the execution of our national strategy. The command operates ships that provide combat logistics support to U.S. Navy ships at sea; special mission support to U.S. government agencies; prepositioning of U.S. military supplies and equipment at sea; and ocean transportation of defense cargo in both peacetime and war.


Ready Reserve Force ship MV Cape Texas rides out a storm in the Mediterranean Sea in early March 2003. Cape Texas and 30 other RRF ships transported cargo for the U.S. Army’s Fourth Infantry Division during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

History

During World War II, four separate government agencies controlled sea transportation. In 1949, the Military Sea Transportation Service, renamed Military Sealift Command in 1970, became the single managing agency for the Department of Defense's ocean transportation needs. The command assumed responsibility for providing sealift and ocean transportation for all military services as well as for other government agencies.


An M-88 armored recovery vehicle makes its way up the stern ramp of large, medium-speed, roll-on/roll-off ship USNS Watkins. Photo by Ed Baxter.

During the Persian Gulf War, Military Sealift Command distinguished itself as the largest source of defense transportation of any nation involved. Command resources were tasked to deliver more than 12 million tons of wheeled and tracked vehicles, helicopters, ammunition, dry cargo, fuel and other supplies and equipment during the war. At the high point of the war, more than 230 government-owned and chartered ships participated in a sealift effort responsible for delivering the largest part of the international arsenal that soundly defeated Iraqi aggression.


MV Airman First Class William H. Pitsenbarger off-loaded her cargo of U.S. Air Force munitions at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean for Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.

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Today's Educational Sources and suggestions for further reading:
www.transcom.mil/
www.worldnewsstand.net/04/military/No06.htm

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Fleet Ocean Tugs - T-ATF

Description: Five ocean-going tugs are operated by Military Sealift Command to provide the U.S. Navy with towing services and operate as platforms for Navy divers in the recovery of downed aircraft and ships.

Fleet Ocean Tugs Fact Sheet • APACHE, USNS
• CATAWBA, USNS
• MOHAWK, USNS
• NAVAJO, USNS
• SIOUX, USNS

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Fast Combat Support Ships - T-AOE

Description: High-speed vessel, designed as oiler, ammunition and supply ship.

Fast Combat Support Ships Fact Sheet • ARCTIC, USNS
• RAINIER, USNS
• SUPPLY, USNS

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Underway Replenishment Oilers - T-AO

Description: Fourteen underway replenishment oilers are operated by Military Sealift Command to provide underway replenishment of fuel to Navy combat ships and jet fuel for aircraft aboard aircraft carriers at sea. Three MSC oilers are equipped with reinforced double hulls.

Features: There are stations on both sides of each ship for underway replenishment of fuel and stores.

Oilers

Oilers Fact Sheet • BIG HORN, USNS
• WALTER S. DIEHL, USNS
• JOHN ERICSSON, USNS
• LEROY GRUMMAN, USNS
• GUADALUPE, USNS
• KANAWHA, USNS
• HENRY J. KAISER, USNS
• LARAMIE, USNS
• JOHN LENTHALL, USNS
• PATUXENT, USNS
• PECOS, USNS
• RAPPAHANNOCK, USNS -- Visit the ship's website
• TIPPECANOE, USNS
• YUKON, USNS -- Visit the ship's Public Affairs website

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Combat Stores Ships - T-AFS

Description: Six combat stores ships are operated by Military Sealift Command to provide supplies to U.S. Navy ships at sea operating for extended periods of time.

Features: Combat stores ships provide underway replenishment of all types of supplies including fresh, frozen and chilled food; dry provisions; repair parts; clothing; and mail using tensioned cargo rigs and CH-46 Sea Knight (or commercial equivalent) helicopters.

Combat Stores Ships Fact Sheet • CONCORD, USNS
• NIAGARA FALLS, USNS
• SAN JOSE, USNS -- Visit the ship's website
• SATURN, USNS -- Visit the ship's website
• SIRIUS, USNS
• SPICA, USNS

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Ammunition Ships - T-AE

Description: Six ammunition ships provide logistic support to U.S. Navy ships at sea.

Features: Ammunition ships operated by Military Sealift Command to provide underway replenishment of all types of ammunition via connected replenishment and vertical replenishment. Additionally, these ships frequently assist with the transfer of ammunition between weapons storage and maintenance facilities worldwide.

Ammunition Ships Fact Sheet • FLINT, USNS
• KILAUEA, USNS
• KISKA, USNS
• MOUNT BAKER, USNS
• SANTA BARBARA, USNS
• SHASTA, USNS

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Hospital Ships - T-AH

Description: Two hospital ships operated by Military Sealift Command are designed to provide emergency, on-site care for U.S. combatant forces deployed in war or other operations.

Features: USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) and USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) each contain 12 fully-equipped operating rooms, a 1,000 bed hospital facility, digital radiological services, a medical laboratory, a pharmacy, an optometry lab, a CAT-scan and two oxygen producing plants. Each ship is equipped with a helicopter deck capable of landing large military helicopters. The ships also have side ports to take on patients at sea.

Hospital Ships Fact Sheet • COMFORT, USNS -- Visit the ship's website
• MERCY, USNS -- Visit the ship's website

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On This Day In History


Birthdates which occurred on February 22:
1403 Charles VII king of France (1422-61), drove out English
1514 Tahmasp I shah of Persia (1524-76)/author (Tazkire-i Shah)
1533 Péter Bornemisza Hungarian vicar/author/publisher (Tragoedia)
1599 Anthony Van Dyck Antwerp Belgium, painter

1732 George Washington Virginia, Father figure, 1st American President (1789-97)

1749 Johann Nikolaus Forkel musicologist/1st biographer of Bach
1761 Erik Eriksson Tulindberg composer
1788 Arthur Schopenhauer Germany, philosopher (Great Pessimist)
1797 William I Berlin, King of Prussia (1861-88)/German Emperor (1871-88)
1798 Charles Mynn Thruston Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1873
1819 James Russell Lowell poet/critic/diplomat/abolitionist
1827 James Barnet Fry Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1894
1828 Robert Alexander Cameron Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894
1838 Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen discoverer of hydrogen in Sun
1857 Heinrich Hertz physicist, 1st to broadcast & receive radio waves
1857 Lord Robert Baden-Powell founder (Boy Scouts, Girl Guides)
1862 Connie Mack baseball manager (Philadelphia A's 1900-1950)
1873 Muhammad Iqbal Dutch East Indies lawyer/poet/philosopher
1879 Johannes Brønsted Danish physical chemist (acid-base reactions)
1891 "Chico" Marx New York NY, actor/comedian (Marx Brothers, Animal Crackers)
1892 Edna St Vincent Millay poet/writer/feminist (Harp Weaver-Pulitzer Prize)
1900 Sean O'Faolain [John Whelan], Ireland, writer (Murder at Cobbler's Hulk)
1901 Charles E Whittaker Kansas, US Supreme Court justice (1957-62)
1907 Robert Young Chicago IL, actor (Father Knows Best, Marcus Welby MD)
1907 Sheldon Leonard New York NY, actor/director (Danny Thomas Show, Big Eddie)
1918 Charles O Finley baseball team owner (Oakland A's)
1918 Robert Wadlow Alton IL, tallest known human (2.72 m, 8' 11.1")
1918 Don [Dominic G] Pardo Westfield MA, TV announcer (Jeopardy, Saturday Night Live)
1926 Bud Yorkin producer (All in the Family, 1959, 1960 Emmy)
1932 Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy (Senator-D-MA, 1962- ), (Don't let him drive)
1932 Piper Laurie Detroit MI, actress (Days of Wine & Roses, Carrie)
1934 George "Sparky" Anderson South Dakota, baseball manager (Reds, Tigers)
1939 Steve Barber pitcher (Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees)
1949 Nikki Lauda Austria, formula 1 auto racer (world champion 1975, 77, 84)
1950 Julius Erving ABA/NBA forward (Virginia Squirers, New York Nets, Philadelphia 76ers)
1961 Mike Morris NFL center (Minnesota Vikings)
1963 Vijay Singh Lautoka Fiji, PGA golfer (1993 Buick Classic)
1966 Sheila Riggins Trussville AL, Miss Alabama-America (1990)
1975 Drew Barrymore Los Angeles CA, actress (ET, Firestarter, Poison Ivy, Altered States)

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Deaths which occurred on February 22:
0606 Sabinian Italian Pope (604-06), dies
1071 Arnulf III earl of Flanders/Hainault (Arnulf I), dies in battle
1076 Godfried III with the Hump, duke of Lower Lorraine, murdered
1078 Johannes van Fécamp Italian mystic writer, dies
1371 David II Bruce king of Scotland (1331-71), dies at 46
1695 Robert Southwell English poet, hanged for becoming a Catholic priest
1770 Christopher Snider 11, Boston, becomes 1st martyr of US Revolution
1875 Charles Lyell British geologist (Elements of Geology), dies at 77
1913 Suarez Mexican vice President, assassinated in a military coup
1913 Francisco Indalecio Madero Mexican President, assassinated in military coup at 39
1958 Michael Todd film magnate, killed in an New Mexico air crash
1973 Winthrop Rockefeller US Governor (Arkansas), dies at 60
1978 Ilka Chase actress (Masquerade Party, Trials of O'Brien), dies at 74
1983 Romain Maes Belgian bicyclist (Tour de France 1935), dies at 70
1984 David spent most of his life in a plastic bubble, dies at 12
1987 David Susskind TV host (Open End, David Susskind Show), dies at 66
1987 Andy Warhol pop artist, dies from complications following gall bladder surgery at 58
1994 "Papa" John Creach US jazz musician (Papa Blues), dies at 76
1995 Ed Flanders actor (Dr Westphall-St Elsewhere), commits suicide at 60
1998 Grandpa [Louis Marshall] Jones country singer (Hee Haw), dies at 84

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Reported: MISSING in ACTION

1969 MACKO CHARLES---ENDICOTT NY.
1969 PAXTON DONALD E.---CEDAR RAPIDS IA.
1969 PEARSON WAYNE E.---WESTERN SPRINGS IL.
[REMAINS IDENTIFIED 02 JULY 1993]

POW / MIA Data & Bios supplied by
the P.O.W. NETWORK. Skidmore, MO. USA.

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On this day...
0606 Sabinian ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1071 Battle of Cassel-Robert I the Frisian defeats Arnulf III/I
1281 Simon de Brion elected Pope Martinus IV
1288 Girolamo Masci elected Pope Nicolas IV
1349 Jews are expelled from Zurich Switzerland
1495 French King Charles VIII enters Naples to claim the crown
1561 William of Orange appointed viceroy of Burgundy/Charolais
1656 New Amsterdam granted a Jewish burial site
1744 Battle at Toulon English-French & Spanish fleet
1746 French troops conquer Brussels
1774 English House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright
1775 1st US joint stock company (to make cloth) offers shares at £10
1775 Jews expelled from outskirts of Warsaw Poland
1784 1st US ship to trade with China, "Empress of China", sails from New York
1819 Spain renounces claims to Oregon Country, Florida (Adams-Onís Treaty)
1821 Spain sells (east) Florida to United States for $5 million
1825 Russia & Britain establish Alaska-Canada boundary
1847 Battle of Buena Vista US troops beat Mexican army
1854 1st meeting of the Republican Party, Michigan
1856 1st national meeting of the Republican Party (Pittsburgh)
1860 Shoe-making workers of Lynn MS, strike successfully for higher wages
1861 On a bet Edward Weston leaves Boston to walk to Lincoln's inauguration
1864 2nd/last day of Battle of Okolona MS
1864 Battle at Dalton, Georgia
1864 Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta) Tennessee
1865 Tennessee adopts a new constitution abolishing slavery
1865 Battle of Wilmington NC (Fort Anderson) occupied by Federals
1872 1st national convention of the Prohibition Party (Columbus OH)
1876 Johns Hopkins University opens
1878 Greenback Labor Party formed (Toledo OH)
1879 1st 5¢ & 10¢ store opened by Frank W Woolworth in Utica NY
1882 With 120 miles James Saunders wins NYC's 24 hour race & $100 prize
1889 President Cleveland signs bill to admit Dakotas, Montana & Washington state
1898 Black postmaster lynched, his wife & 3 daughters shot in Lake City SC
1900 Battle at Wynne's Hill, South-Africa (Boers vs British army)
1900 Hawaii became a US territory
1903 Due to drought the US side of Niagara Falls runs short of water
1906 Black evangelist William J Seymour arrives in Los Angeles CA
1907 1st cabs with taxi meters begin operating in London
1909 Great White Fleet, 1st US fleet to circle the globe, returns to Virginia
1912 J Vedrines makes 1st airplane flight over 100 mph-161.29 kph
1915 Germany begins "unrestricted" submarine war
1917 German Navy torpedoes 7 Dutch ships
1918 Germany claims Baltic states, Finland & Ukraine from Russia
1920 1st artificial rabbit used at a dog race track (Emeryville CA)
1923 Transcontinental airmail service begins
1923 1st successful chinchilla farm in US (Los Angeles CA)
1924 1st presidential radio address (Calvin Coolidge)
1928 1st solo England to Australia flight lands (Bert Hinkler)
1932 Purple Heart award re-instituted
1933 Göring forms SA/SS-police, shoots 40-50
1934 "It Happened One Night" opens at New York's Radio City Music Hall
1935 Airplanes are no longer permitted to fly over the White House
1941 Arthur T "Bomber" Harris becomes British Air Marshal
1941 German assault on El Agheila Libya
1941 I G Farben decides building Buna-Werke in Auschwitz Concentration Camp
1941 Nazi SS begin rounding up Jews of Amsterdam
1944 US 8th Air Force bombs Enschede, Arnhem & Nijmegen by mistake/800+ die
1945 Arab League forms (Cairo)
1948 Arabs bomb attack in Jerusalem, 50 die
1955 British aircraft carrier Ark Royal sets sail
1956 Elvis Presley's 1st hit in Billboard's top 10 "Heartbreak Hotel"
1957 Walter O'Malley says Dodgers may play 10 exhibitions in California in 1958
1958 Egypt & Syria form United Arab Republic (UAR)
1958 Indonesian air force bombs Padang, Sumatra/Menado, Celebes
1959 1st Daytona 500 auto race-Lee Petty wins (135.521 MPH)
1963 Beatles begin their own music publishing company (Northern Songs)
1967 25,000 US & S Vietnamese troops launched Operation Junction City, offensive to smash Viet Cong stronghold near Cambodian border
1969 1st female US thoroughbred pari-mutuel jockey win (Barbara Jo Rubin)
1970 "Charles Aznavour" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 23 performances
1971 Lieutenant General Hafiz al-Assad becomes President of Syria
1972 Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani becomes Amir & Prime Minister of Qatar
1972 President Nixon, meets with Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai in Beijing
1973 US & China agree to establish liaison offices in Beijing & Washington DC
1979 Billy Martin named manager of Oakland A's
1979 St Lucia gains independence from Britain
1980 Afghanistan declares martial law

1980 USA beats USSR in Olympics hockey 4-3 en route to a gold medal(Miracle On Ice)

1983 Harold Washington wins Chicago's Democratic mayoral primary
1983 Hindus kill 3000 Moslems in Assam, India
1989 UK physicist Stephen Hawking calls Star Wars a "deliberate fraud"
1989 US authors demonstrate against Iranian death treats against Salman Rushdee, author of "Satanic Rituals"
1991 Bush & US Gulf War allies give Iraq 24 hours to begin Kuwait withdrawal
1995 Algiers police kill at least 99 prison rioters
1995 Steve Fossett completes 1st air balloon over Pacific Ocean (9600 km)

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Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

British Commonwealth : Girl Guides Thinking Day (1857)
Central African Republic : President's Birthday
Egypt, Syria : Unity Day (1958)
India : Mothers Day
México : National Mourning Day (Francisco I Madero-1913)
Qatar : Amir's Assumption of Amirship (1972)
St Lucia : Independence Day (1979)
Virgin Island : Donkey Races Day
World : Brotherhood Day (1934) (Sunday)
US : Wine Appreciation Week Begins
International Twit Award Month

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Religious Observances
Christian : Feast of Blessed Isabel
Moslem-Qatar : Amir's Assumption of Amirship
Roman Catholic : Commemoration of Chair of St Peter at Antioch
Roman Catholic : Commemoration of St Margaret of Cortona, Franciscan tertiary
Christian : Shrove (Quinquagesima) Sunday

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Religious History
1680 Death of Thomas Goodwin, 79, famed English Congregational Nonconformist preacher. His last words were: 'Ah, is this dying? How I have dreaded as an enemy this smiling friend.'
1805 Birth of Sarah Flower Adams, English religious writer. Her most enduring verses today comprise the lyrics to the hymn, "Nearer, My God, To Thee."
1906 Black evangelist William J. Seymour first arrived in Los Angeles and began holding revival meetings. The "Azusa Street Revival" later broke out under Seymour's leadership, in the Apostolic Faith Mission located at 312 Azusa Street in Los Angeles. It was one of the pioneering events in the history of 20th century American Pentecostalism.
1944 English apologist C.S. Lewis wrote in a letter: 'Heaven enters wherever Christ enters, even in this life.'
1980 American Presbyterian apologist Francis Schaeffer wrote in a letter: 'None of us are normal, even after we are Christians if we mean by that being perfect. What is possible, however, is for us to live in the fullness of life in the circle of who we are, constantly pressing on the border lines to try to take further steps.'

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.

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Thought for the day :
"Make a wish, it might come true."

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You Know You Are Not A Kid Anymore When...
You start believing that you really did walk five miles to school barefoot and in the snow.

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You Might Belong To A Redneck Church If…..
People ask, when they learn that Jesus fed the multitudes, whether the two fish were bass or catfish, and what bait was used to catch 'em.

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Amazing Fact #37...
Pearls melt in vinegar.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Morning, snippy! Great thread.

My father was on the DE Edgar G. Chase, escorting convoy NY 119 - mostly civilian ships, tugs , barges - slow moving - carrying railroad cars and other supplies across the Atlantic in Sept.'44. Not smooth sailing.

Bless all who brave the seas to help defend our country.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

 

Military Sealift Command's Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force Program is composed of fleet ocean tugs, fast combat support ships, oilers, combat stores ships and ammunition ships plus two hospital ships that are kept in a reduced operating status. Besides delivering supplies at sea, NFAF ships also conduct towing and salvage operations and serve as floating medical facilities.

 

The mission of Military Sealift Command is to provide ocean transportation of equipment, fuel, supplies and ammunition to sustain U.S. forces worldwide during peacetime and in war for as long as operational requirements dictate. During a war, more than 95 percent of all the equipment and supplies needed to sustain the U.S. military are carried by sea.

 

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   Godspeed, Sailors and civilian mariners!

  Supply guys, ping!  

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These are the ones sown on good ground, those who hear the Word, accept it, and bear fruit.

A heart open to God is soil in which the seed of His Word can flourish.

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1934 George "Sparky" Anderson South Dakota, baseball manager (Reds, Tigers)

Ahhh. Good manager. The Reds were never the same once he left. Back when baseball was still fun to watch.



Sparky Anderson Quotes

A baseball manager is a necessary evil.

Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them in the right frame of mind then the manager is a success.

Casey knew his baseball. He only made it look like he was fooling around. He knew every move that was ever invented and some that we haven't even caught on to yet.

I don't believe a manager ever won a pennant. Casey Stengel won all those pennants with the Yankees. How many did he win with the Boston Braves and Mets?

I don't want to embarrass any other catcher by comparing him to Johnny Bench.

I only had a high school education and believe me, I had to cheat to get that.

I understand people who boo us. It's like going to Broadway show, you pay for your tickets and expect to be entertained. When you're not, you have a right to complain.

If I ever find a pitcher who has heat, a good curve, and a slider, I might seriously consider marrying him, or at least proposing.

If I hear Bowie Kuhn say just once more he's doing something for the betterment of baseball, I'm going to throw-up.

If you have to choose between power and speed and it often turns out you have to make that choice, you've got to go for speed.

It's a terrible thing to have to tell your fans, who have waited like Detroit's have, that their team won't win it this year. But it's better than lying to them.

Me carrying a briefcase is like a hotdog wearing earrings.

My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and watching him work.

People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present. I've got my faults, but living in the past is not one of them. There's no future in it.

Players have two things to do. Play and keep their mouths shut.

The great thing about baseball is when you're done, you'll only tell your grandchildren the good things. If they ask me about 1989, I'll tell them I had amnesia.

The only reason I'm coming out here tomorrow is the schedule says I have to.

The only thing I believe is this: A player does not have to like a manager and he does not have to respect a manager. All he has to do is obey the rules.

The players make the manager, it's never the other way.

They say the first World Series is the one you remember most. No, no no. I guarantee you don't remember that one because the fantasy world you always dreamed about is suddenly real.

They're loyal Royal all the way. But, they're not tough fans, a player does not have to worry about being insulted there.

We're the best team in baseball, but not by much.

You give us the pitching some of these clubs have and no one could touch us, but God has a way of not arranging that, because it's not as much fun.

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Good morning everyone!

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We are thankful for your father's service.

USS Edgar G. Chase DE-16

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Good morning Mayor.

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Good morning feather.

[Valin]

Players have two things to do. Play and keep their mouths shut.

This should be over the door to every lockerroom in sports!