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Story Number: NNS040304-06 Release Date: 3/4/2004 12:26:00 PM By Chief Journalist (IUSS) Henry W. Rice, USS George Washington Public Affairs ABOARD USS GEORGE WASHINGTON, At Sea (NNS) -- Golf superstars Tiger Woods and Mark O’Meara took time in between holes March 3 and visited the crew of USS George Washington (CVN 73) and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7, who were on station in the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. During the little more than an hour they were aboard the ship, Woods and O’Meara, who are in the region playing in the Dubai Desert Classic this week,...

Story Number: NNS040303-05 Release Date: 3/3/2004 10:20:00 AM By Kristine M. Sturkie, Navy Exchange Service Command Public Affairs VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (NNS) -- As a way to say thank you to the men and women in the armed forces for serving their country, the Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) now has "Gifts From the Homefront" gift certificates available for purchase. These gift certificates can be redeemed at any military exchange around the world, including those supporting Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. "Gifts From the Homefront are an easy and convenient way for anyone to support our men and...

Story Number: NNS040303-13 Release Date: 3/3/2004 9:17:00 PM By Lt. j. g. David R. Wilcox, USS Guardian Public Affairs SASEBO, Japan (NNS) -- Mine Countermeasures Division (MCMDIV) 11, USS Guardian (MCM 5), USS Patriot (MCM 7) and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5 Det. 51 participated in Mine Warefare-Explosive Ordnance Disposal exercise (MINEX-EODEX) ’04 off the coast of Shimonoseki, Japan, Feb. 14-25. One of several annual Japanese fleet exercises, MINEX-EODEX is the only exercise where the forward-deployed U.S. mine countermeasure units routinely engage Japanese naval assets. During the exercise, participating units from both nations practiced procedures required to conduct...

Story Number: NNS040304-03 Release Date: 3/4/2004 10:10:00 AM From Expeditionary Strike Group 1 Public Affairs SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- The seven ships attached to Expeditionary Strike Group One (ESG 1) are returning home this week following a six and a half month deployment in support of the global war on terrorism. USS Greeneville (SSN 772) returned to its Pearl Harbor homeport Feb. 27. USS Port Royal (CG 73), also from Pearl Harbor, is scheduled to arrive home March 10. The remaining ships of ESG 1, USS Peleliu (LHA 5), USS Ogden (LPD 5), USS Decatur (DDG 73), USS Jarrett (FFG...

Story Number: NNS040304-09 Release Date: 3/4/2004 11:43:00 AM By Journalist 1st Class Jim Williams, Commander, Navy Region Hawaii Public Affairs PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (NNS) -- Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Gordon R. England visited with the Sailors and Marines of Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 1 aboard USS Peleliu (LHA 5) at Pearl Harbor Feb. 27. The stop aboard the ship was just one of many during a busy day in which he traveled around the harbor, visiting with Sailors and Marines and conducting meetings with local military leadership. "Hawaii is one of the most important places in the Pacific in...

Story Number: NNS040202-05 Release Date: 2/2/2004 10:08:00 AM By Kristin Ching, Commander, Navy Region Hawaii Public Affairs PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (NNS) -- New engineers at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard are getting behind the yokes of nuclear attack submarines, running them on the surface, diving them to 150 feet and then returning them to periscope depth, sometimes in rough seas. While this is actually only done on the dive training simulators at the Naval Submarine Training Center in Pearl Harbor, these civilian engineers are gaining fresh insight into the systems they will maintain. “It’s as close to getting them underway without...

040227-N-9662L-063 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (Feb. 27, 2004) – The Honorable Gordon R. England, Secretary of the Navy, tours the Los Angles-class attack submarine USS Charlotte (SSN 766) at the pier at the Naval Submarine Base Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The Secretary arrived in Hawaii following a trip to the Asia-Pacific region that included visits to Japan, Singapore and Guam. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class John F. Looney. (RELEASED)

Guam Sailors Volunteer to Build Home Story Number: NNS040301-04 Release Date: 3/1/2004 9:29:00 AM By Coleen R. San Nicolas-Perez, U.S. Naval Forces Marianas Public Affairs SANTA RITA, Guam (NNS) -- Sailors from several commands, including USS Frank Cable (AS 40) and Naval Hospital Guam, volunteered their time to help the Habitat for Humanity of Guam construct a home in the village of Inarajan Feb. 21. Habitat for Humanity assists families in constructing houses that are eventually purchased with interest-free loans. For many of the Navy volunteers, the project provided an opportunity to give back to the local community. “I wanted...

<p>LIRA, Uganda (AP) -- Massive street protests after a massacre by rebels in northern Uganda turned violent Wednesday, with mobs beating rival tribesmen and burning houses and police shooting into the crowd. At least nine people were killed.</p> <p>The protests came shortly after the Ugandan army announced it had killed 21 rebels who massacred dozens of civilians over the weekend at a refugee camp a few miles north of this war-weary town.</p>

LONDON (Reuters) - A Raphael painting bought by Britain's National Gallery this month for $41.7 million is a fake, a U.S. art professor says. The gallery secured the "Madonna of the Pinks," which it called the most significant Old Master in any British collection, after a fight to keep it in the country. But James Beck, Professor of Art History at Columbia University in New York and the President of ArtWatch International, told Friday's edition of the Times the gallery had paid "a record price for a fake." "They haven't done their homework," Beck said. "It's a disgrace. The National...

Man Accused Of Engaging In Oral Sex With Girl At Large UPDATED: 3:29 p.m. EST February 10, 2004 CINCINNATI -- A woman who said she witnessed a little girl engaging in oral sex with a man in a van on a local street said she saw horror in the face of the child. Meanwhile, the man who allegedly sped off after witnesses caught the act remains at large. According to police, the incident took place in a blue Dodge Caravan near 8445 Wiswell Ave. in Hartwell at about 3:15 p.m. Monday. "She was afraid and did not like what she...

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Philanthropist Elizabeth Kenowsky Fisher, co-founder of the Intrepid Museum, Fisher House and Fisher Armed Services Foundations passed away Jan. 15. At 90, Elizabeth was most known for her lifetime support and commitment to improving the quality of life for the benefit of members of the armed forces, veterans and their families, in company with her late husband Zachary. Born in Allegheny County, Pa., Elizabeth served overseas with the United Services Organization in World War II, entertaining troops, volunteering for the Veterans Bedside Network and visiting the wounded in field hospitals. The Fishers were instrumental in transforming the...