FReeper Canteen ~ Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia ~ 09 June, 2009

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: NAS Oceana, Virginia

Naval Air Station Oceana or NAS Oceana (IATA: NTU, ICAO: KNTU, FAA LID: NTU) is a military airport located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and is a United States Navy Master Jet Base. It is also known as Apollo Soucek Field, named after Lieutenant (later Admiral) Apollo Soucek, who was a Navy Test Pilot and world record altitude holder in 1930, having flown a Curtiss "Hawk" biplane to an altitude of 43,166 feet.

Home to eighteen strike fighter squadrons of F/A-18 Hornets and F/A-18 Super Hornets, the base is the sole East Coast Master Jet Base and home to all the east coast strike-fighter (VFA) units (excluding VFA-86 and Marine Corps VMFA squadrons). Training is conducted by VFA-106 Gladiators in their F/A-18C/D Hornets and F/A-18E/F Super Hornets.

Naval Air Station Oceana was commissioned August 17, 1943. Then the area now known as Oceana was a swampy wasteland. Today it is a complex with more than seven miles of runways and the latest equipment to serve military air traffic. It is manned by more than 14,600 military personnel, 2,000 civilians and is home to 19 fighter/attack squadrons flying the Navy's most advanced aircraft. In the years since World War II, it has taken its place in the list of essential installations and is rightly considered a "Master Jet Base."

In November 1940, the U.S. Government purchased 328.95 acres that was to become NAS Oceana and constructed a small airfield with 32 officers and 172 enlisted men assigned. At that time it was located in an almost inaccessible area--too far from Norfolk for civilian usage, but close enough to the Atlantic Ocean for the Navy's purposes. Nevertheless, asphalt runways were started on December 31, 1940, and completed in November 1941.

Learn More About The History Of NAS Oceana HERE!

Today NAS Oceana operates 18 F/A -18 Hornet squadrons including Fleet Composite Squadron Twelve (VFC-12), a squadron that performs air combat maneuvering training. Oceana's Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Units train highly qualified maintenance technicians for the squadrons. NAS Oceana is also the home of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron Five Six (VR-56).

Strike Fighter Wing Atlantic is the Navy's largest type wing flying more than 300 aircraft composed of six different variants of the FA-18 Hornet and Super Hornet. The wing, based at NAS Oceana, is also home to the east coast FA-18 Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS) which trains pilots and Weapons System Operators (WSOs) in the Hornet and Super Hornet before they are assigned to operational fleet squadrons. The fleet squadrons deploy as part of Carrier Air Wings (CVWs) on aircraft carriers on both the east and west coasts. Five of the CVWs are under the command of CSFWL.

Learn More About NAS Oceana HERE!

The Military Aviation Museum, located at the Virginia Beach Airport is home to one of the largest private collections of World War 2 and Korean War era fighters, bombers, trainers and seaplanes. Many aircraft have been fully restored to their World War II condition and are available for flight demonstration, static display or movie production or commercials.

The Fighter Factory is the aircraft recovery and restoration component of the museum dedicated to the preservation of historical aircraft before they are lost forever. Some aircraft are in the process of restoration and many World War II planes have yet to be discovered!

Visit The Military Aviation Museum HERE!

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[The Mayor]

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June 9, 2009

Risk

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READ: Proverbs 6:16-19

Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time. —1 Peter 5:6

When our children were young, one of our favorite board games was Risk. World conquest was the objective. Each player mobilized his troops to take possession of countries and continents. It always amused me that the person who initially was leading the game seldom won. The reason is obvious. When other players sensed his mounting pride, they would join together against him.

Whether consciously or subconsciously, it is easy to dislike powerful people who have proud looks. Their very countenance seems to encourage others to throw obstacles in their paths or to be silent objectors.

In today’s Bible reading, we are told that God hates seven things. Tellingly, the first is pride. When someone overvalues himself by undervaluing others, he inevitably reveals it with his proud look. Puffed up in self-conceit, he may also devise evil and sow discord. No wonder God hates proud looks.

Proud and powerful people may think they can disregard others’ displeasure, but they cannot disregard God’s opposition. Peter reminds us not to trust in ourselves but in the One who will exalt us “in due time” (1 Peter 5:6). As we submit to Him, we avoid the risk that pride brings to our character and we become thankful, humble servants of God.

Naught have I gotten but what I received;
Grace hath bestowed it since I have believed;
Boasting excluded, pride I abase;
I’m only a sinner saved by grace! —Gray

No one can glorify self and Christ at the same time.
Bible in One Year: 2 Chronicles 32-33; John 18:19-40

[laurenmarlowe]

United States Marine Corps Band~National Anthem

[HopeandGlory]

Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners.

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Our Flag Flying Proudly One Nation Under God

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Lord, Please Bless Our Troops, They're fighting for our Freedom.

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God Bless Our Republic

I pledge allegiance to the Flag
of the United States of America,
and to the Republic, for which it stands;
one nation UNDER GOD,
indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.

Prayers going up

[laurenmarlowe]

PACIFIC OCEAN (June 3, 2009) Marines from Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Pacific (FASTPAC) participate in a live-fire exercise aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington completed a Combat Operations Efficiency evaluation in preparation for its first summer deployment from Fleet Activities Yokosuka as the Navy's only permanently forward deployed aircraft carrier. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Adam K. Thomas/Released)

MAYPORT, Fla. (June 3, 2009) The Department of Defense high-speed experimental boat Stiletto is shown pierside in Mayport before deploying to the Caribbean basin through the summer. The 88-foot long, 60-ton vessel will deploy under the operational control of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command and U.S. 4th Fleet under the tactical control of Joint Interagency Task Force-South (JIATF-S) to conduct counter illicit trafficking operations. Stiletto is manned by a joint Army and Navy crew and includes an embarked U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Det. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alan Gragg/Released)

ATLANTIC OCEAN (June 2, 2009) A plane director aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) guides an EA-6B Prowler assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 129. The aircraft carrier is underway off the coast of Virginia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice J. Scott St.Clair/Released)

[AZamericonnie]

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[SandRat]

Arms Full --- A young student is laden down with school equipment and hygiene
supplies, June 4, at her school at al-Boreyap.
Photo by Michael Sullivan, Multi-National Division Baghdad.

[mylife]

Very cool!

[AZamericonnie]

Thank you for this evening’s thread Lauren! *Hugs*

[SandRat]

Walking Tall -- An Iraqi boy undergoes physical therapy at the Babil Rehab
Center near Al Hillah, June 4.
Photo by Kim Smith, Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia

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[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy, and THANK YOU Mayor!

FIRST!!

[SandRat]

PARATROOPER PRAISE - Local French children
congratulate a U.S. Army soldier after he successfully
jumped from a C-130 to re-enact the D-Day paratrooper
jump 65 years ago over Saint Mere Eglise, France,
June 7, 2009.
U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening to you Hope, and THANK YOU for our Pledge! *HUGS*

SECOND!!

[Mathews]

Used to live on Woodcock Lane, right next NAS Oceana. I swear those darn pilots used to mark on top of my house for line up to one of the runways. I mean, they were so low I could see the pilots. Used to shake the house. Loved every second of it!!!

[laurenmarlowe]

Connie! It's great to see you! *HUGS*

THIRD!!

[SandRat]

ENGLISH QUIZ - U.S. Navy Commander Murray J. Tynch
quizzes children on their spoken English lessons at a new school
site in Tornaou village in Kunar province, Afghanistan, June 1, 2009.
Tynch is the Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team commander.
U.S. Navy photo by Lt.j.g. James Dietle

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening to you Sand!

What a precious little lady! Thank you for posting the wonderful pictures of these children.

[laurenmarlowe]

And how cool to see you, sorry I have been missin' you all over the place! :o)

Stilleto is the name of the color of my toenail polish. Just makes me wanna smile!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, lauren....where is Hawaii’s rabbit? Sory I’m late....someone wanted something right at 5p.....GRRRR!!!

Did you have a nice day? Hot? Everything functioning on all cylinders? Computer? *HUGS*

[SandRat]

FELINE LOUNGE - Foster mom Bianca Trombi,
coordinator for Hawaiian Humane Society's outreach
programs, lounges on the floor with Jambo in Honolulu,
April 30, 2009. Trombi is fostering Jambo, along with
his sister Fancy, while Jambo's owner,
Staff Sgt. Roxanne Pratt, Headquarters Company,
Intelligence and Sustainment Company, is deployed.
The Humane Society launched its Pets of Patriots
program to help deploying soldiers find a temporary home for their pets.
U.S. Army photo by Molly Hayden

[laurenmarlowe]

Hi MA! *HUGS* Hope you're having a good Monday!

Got a couple of little thunderstorms heading this way, gonna shut down, and let them blow through. Hope to see ya in a little while!

[laurenmarlowe]

Yep! A good day at work, but definitely getting hot here, and muggy.

But, got nowhere on the computer front today...gonna be on the phone TOMORROW! Good grief!

*HUGS*

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, lauren, for our National Anthem....humming along.

[SandRat]

HiYa Lauren.

[dalereed]

My nephew spent 5 years there in the late 70s and early 80s as a carrier landing instructor in F-4s.

Sorry about the noise!!!

[mylife]

Yeah. I am busy around here as well. I have to go to Oh and then drive to Wi for my Sons graduation this weekend

[mylife]

Thew confuser blew up?

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Ladies!

Never been to Oceana....but looking at the Polikarpov I-15 in the museum tempts me to make the trip. It' s amazing that any exist anymore.

[Kathy in Alaska]

What a neat program...Pets of Patriots.

[LUV W]

Good evening, (((Lauren)))!

Thanks for the great thread about this Naval Air Station.

It’s near where my son was stationed; namely Langley AFB!

We visited several times and really enjoyed that part of the
country.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[LUV W]

Good evening, Rus! Hardly ever get a chance to say “hi”...so...HI!

Hope you had a good weekend and that you are working steadily!
Any new political news from your part of the world?

[Kathy in Alaska]

And in first....The Mayor!!

[LUV W]

Now...that Stiletto is really an odd-looking craft! LOL!

Kind of like a UFO on the water!

[LUV W]

Hi, (((Connie)))

Hope you have a great week!

What’s for supper? :D

[Kathy in Alaska]

And right behind in 2nd....Nana Hope!!

[LUV W]

Thanks for all your wonderful unreported news, Sandy!

You do a great service for our troops around the world!

[BIGLOOK]

Yeah! But does it have a Fish Finder?

Aloha My!

[mylife]

We can install a fish finder!
Let me at the beasty!

[Kathy in Alaska]

And rounding out the top 3....AZ!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

A PRAYER OF PROTECTION

The light of God surround you
The love of God enfold you
The power of God protect you
The presence of God watch over you
Wherever you are, God is,
And all is well.
Amen.

BLESS THIS HOUSE

 Bless this house O Lord we pray; Make it safe by night and day; 
Bless these walls so firm and stout, Keeping want and trouble out:
Bless the roof and chimneys tall, Let thy peace lie over all;
Bless this door, that it may prove ever open to joy and love.
Bless these windows shining bright, Letting in God's heav'nly light;
Bless the hearth a'blazing there, with smoke ascending like a prayer;
Bless the folk who dwell within, keep them pure and free from sin;
Bless us all that we may be Fit O Lord to dwell with thee;
Bless us all that one day we May dwell O Lord with thee. 

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A PRAYER OF PROTECTION

The light of God surround you
The love of God enfold you
The power of God protect you
The presence of God watch over you
Wherever you are, God is,
And all is well.
Amen.

BLESS THIS HOUSE

 Bless this house O Lord we pray; Make it safe by night and day; 
Bless these walls so firm and stout, Keeping want and trouble out:
Bless the roof and chimneys tall, Let thy peace lie over all;
Bless this door, that it may prove ever open to joy and love.
Bless these windows shining bright, Letting in God's heav'nly light;
Bless the hearth a'blazing there, with smoke ascending like a prayer;
Bless the folk who dwell within, keep them pure and free from sin;
Bless us all that we may be Fit O Lord to dwell with thee;
Bless us all that one day we May dwell O Lord with thee. 

(Click on graphics for music)

[HiJinx]

Man, could we do some deep sea fishing in that baby...!

[mylife]

You betcha! and I bet it moves to the fishin area FAST

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, Mathews....talk about a feeling of protection by the very best!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

From Xerox ~ Let's Say Thanks to our Troops

Simple. Easy. Involve your kids.
We can each send thanks every single day.

[SandRat]

Just trying to do my best.

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