Rao bulletin 1 August 2017 html edition
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The crew of the Navy's newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, the USS John Finn, brings the ship to life during its commissioning ceremony in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Saturday, July 15, 2017. On 15 JUL the Navy commissioned the USS John Finn, its latest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer. “USS John Finn is about to join the Pacific Fleet and the PACOM joint team,” said Adm. Harry Harris, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, during a ceremony beside the ship, which arrived at Pearl Harbor a week ago. “This ship and her crew are ready to sail into harm’s way and assume the critical mission of safeguarding our nation’s interests in the Indo-Asia-Pacific. “In my opinion,” he said, “we can’t get our most advanced assets here fast enough.” The ship’s sponsor was Laura Stavridis, the wife of retired Adm. James Stavridis, a former Supreme Allied Commander, Europe. The John Finn is the first new ship built from the keel up with the Aegis Baseline 9 weapon system, which enables the ship to simultaneously conduct air warfare and ballistic missile defense, Harris said. “That means the John Finn brings both the saber and the shield to the fight,” Harris said. “American know-how to get her done – anytime and anywhere.” Weighing just over 9,100 tons, the John Finn was built by Huntington Ingalls Industries in Pascagoula, Miss. Carrying a crew of roughly 300, it is just over 500 feet long and driven by four turbines and two propellers for a top speed of about 35 mph. “Handles like a dream,” John Finn Cmdr. Micheal Wagner told reporters 13 JUL. The ship will be homeported in San Diego, but given Finn’s immortal connection with Hawaii, officials decided it was fitting to commission it there. One wall in the enlisted dining area of the USS John Finn is devoted to a mural depicting Finn’s wife, Alice, inspecting the Medal of Honor adorning the then-young sailor’s chest. Behind them are the mountains that stand in the center of Oahu. Mrs. Finn, who died in 1998, holds another place of honor on the ship’s bow. The 5-inch cannon there is called the Alice Gun, and her oversized signature is scrawled across the turret. [Source: Stars & Stripes | Wyatt Olson | July 16, 2017 ++] *********************** Funeral Honors Update 02 ► Procession Protocol The soldier seen in a viral image standing outside his Jeep at a stoplight in the rain to salute a funeral procession has been identified as a colonel based in Nashville. Colonel Jack L. Usrey was driving from Ft. Knox, Kentucky last week, according to a release from the Tennessee Department of Military, when a funeral procession passed while he was at a stoplight. "I didn't really think," Usrey said. "I just did what my parents taught me to do growing up." "I stopped, got out, saluted the police escort and held my salute as the hearse and family passed by, then went on my way and didn't give it a second thought." 
Usrey is a senior army advisor to the adjutant general at Tennessee National Guard Headquarters in Nashville. He has more than 29 years of military service and is a native of Martin, Tennessee. Erin Hester of Vine Grove, Kentucky snapped a photo of the act and posted it online where it has been seen more than a million times. "I always get frustrated when I see cars that don't pull to the side and stop for a procession, but this gentleman went above and beyond," she wrote in her post. A mutual friend at Ft. Knox contacted Hester to put her in touch with the soldier, according to the release. She talked to Usrey on the phone 13 JUL to thank him for his act and let him know how much it meant to her. [Source: Stars & Stripes | Mark Pace | July 13, 2017 ++] *********************** Directory: uploads uploads -> 587 Return function, r i(X) r i(0) r i(1) r i(2) r i(3) 1 0 2 4 6 Thermal Station, I 2 0 1 5 6 3 0 3 5 6 10 uploads -> Department of science and humanities department of mathematics part-a questions and answers uploads -> The Case Against the nypd’s Quota-Driven ‘Broken Windows’ Policing What Is It? uploads -> For want of a nail uploads -> Ownership Models There are two different types of ownership models uploads -> Police Militarization uploads -> City of rising star regular meting thursday, july 14, 2016 uploads -> Township of winfield uploads -> Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act of 2014 uploads -> The Black Panther Party’s Ten-Point Program What We Want Now! Download 5.83 Mb. Share with your friends:
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