FReeper Canteen ~ Boat Trip: USS Carl Vinson ~ 29 JAN 2013

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Boat Trip: USS Carl Vinson ~ CVN 70

The USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) is the third United States Navy Nimitz class supercarrier and is named after Carl Vinson, a Congressman from Georgia, in recognition of his contributions to the US Navy. The ship was launched in 1980, undertook her maiden voyage in 1983, and underwent Refueling and Overhaul between 2005 and 2009. Carl Vinson's callsign is "Gold Eagle".

Besides deployments in Operation Desert Strike, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Southern Watch, and Operation Enduring Freedom, the Carl Vinson was involved in a number of notable events. The body of Osama bin Laden was disposed of in 2011 from the deck of the Carl Vinson, and that same year, on November 11, she played host to the first NCAA basketball game on an aircraft carrier, between North Carolina and Michigan State.

USS Carl Vinson was commissioned on March 13, 1982 at Newport News, Virginia, with Captain Richard Martin commanding. Present were the Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Thomas B. Hayward, Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman, Keynote speaker Senator John Tower, and ship's sponsor Molly Snead. After commissioning, USS Carl Vinson put to sea to conduct flight deck certifications, an evaluation designed to test the ship’s ability to conduct Modern US Navy carrier air operations.

Carl Vinson departed Norfolk on March 1, 1983 with Carrier Air Wing Fifteen (CVW-15) embarked for her maiden deployment, an eight-month around the world cruise to her new homeport of Naval Air Station Alameda, California, arriving on 28 Oct. 1983.

With the closing of Naval Air Station Alameda, the ship was transferred to Bremerton, Washington, arriving at her new homeport on 17 January 1997, where she played host to the last carrier launch and recovery operations for the A-6E Intruder.

On 23 July 2001, again with CVW-11 embarked, Carl Vinson steamed from Bremerton, Washington, bound for the Persian Gulf to support Operation Southern Watch. This changed abruptly on 11 September 2001, as the ship was rounding the tip of India. In response to the terror attacks on U.S. soil, Vinson changed course and sped toward the North Arabian Sea, where on 7 October 2001, Vinson launched the first airstrikes in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. For 72 days, Vinson, along with Carrier Wing 11, launched over 4,000 combat sorties in the War on Terror, earning the ship the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal. Vinson earned the Battle E and Navy Unit Commendation during this deployment.

Carrier Strike Group One, abbreviated as CSG-1 or CARSTRKGRU 1, is a U.S. Navy carrier strike group. It is currently assigned to the United States Pacific Fleet. Carrier strike groups are employed in a variety of roles, all of which involve gaining and maintaining sea control as well as projecting power ashore.

USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) is the strike group's current flagship, and as of 2012, other units assigned include Carrier Air Wing Seventeen; the guided-missile cruisers USS Bunker Hill (CG-52) and USS Lake Champlain (CG-57); and the ships of Destroyer Squadron 1: USS McClusky (FFG-41), USS Rentz (FFG-46), USS Higgins (DDG-76), USS Gridley (DDG-101), and USS Stockdale (DDG-106).

On 12 January 2010, just hours after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Carl Vinson was ordered to redirect from her current deployment in the North Atlantic Ocean to Haiti to contribute to the relief effort as part of Operation Unified Response. Upon receiving orders from USSOUTHCOM, the Carl Vinson battle group proceeded to Mayport, Florida where the ships loitered offshore to receive additional supplies and helicopters. The ships arrived off Port au Prince on 15 January 2010 to commence operations. CNN medical correspondent and neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta, pediatric surgeon Henri Ford, and two Navy doctors removed a piece of concrete from the skull of a 12-year-old earthquake victim in an operation performed aboard Carl Vinson on 18 January. In addition to providing medical relief, CVN-70's excess desalination capacity was critical to providing water to Haiti's population during the earthquake relief.

On March 2010, during her transit around South America performed Gringo-Gaucho / Southern Seas 2010 maneuvers with the Argentine Navy.

On 12 April 2010 the carrier arrived at her new home port of Naval Station North Island, San Diego California.

On 21 June 2011, it was announced that the Michigan State Spartans would play a regular season men's basketball game against the North Carolina Tar Heels on the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson on Veterans Day. On 11 November 2011, the inaugural Carrier Classic took place at the Naval Air Station North Island on San Diego Bay in Coronado, California.

Learn More About The USS Carl Vinson HERE!!

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[fatima]

Quiet here.Snow sleet and rain on the ground.How bout you.Here's baby G.looking at first snow for him.

[Kathy in Alaska]

How cute! See anything good, Baby G?

We have gentle, gentle, snow crystals coming down. We are supposed to have snow, but it’s pretty cold.

I cut my Dad’s hair and eyebrows a little bit ago, then made him take a shower. Evidently he scraped the scab on his head....still not healed from October....so I’m working on getting the dribble of blood to stop. Then I can put a bandaid on it and he can go to bed.

The scab was more than an inch long and all was healed under about half of it. Under the top half is a blister like “dome” that he says hurts when I touch it. I would love if it would drain. The trickle of blood is coming out of it, too. I’m willing to bet he scrapes the bandaid off while sleeping, so we will put a towel on his pillow case. It is hopeless, tho, keeping blood off his pillow. So many scabs scraped off in the night the last few months.

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

((HUGS))Good morning, Ladies. Thanks for this morning's thread, Lauren. How's it going?

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

((HUGS))Good morning, Ladies. Thanks for this morning's thread, Lauren. How's it going?

[Kathy in Alaska]

All of our military, bold and proud.

Good morning, Sand...((HUGS))

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning/afternoon/evening/night Troops, wherever you are.

Thank you for doing your part to help keep all of us free and safe.

Thanks, unique, for the pastries.

Coffee is always on........

How about a donut?

Cookies?

Veggies?

Sandwich?

[Kathy in Alaska]

God bless and keep safe our troops worldwide.

Good night.

Statler Brothers ~ How Great Thou Art

[E.G.C.]

Tuesday Morning Coffee Bump.

Under a Tornado Watch until noon today. Watching storms on the radar out West

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning to everyone at the Canteen. We missed the record of 78º yesterday, but may hit it today.

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning to everyone at the Canteen. We missed the record of 78º yesterday, but may hit it today.

[beachn4fun]

Are you ready for the Tuesday

Good morning, Everyone.

Good morning to our

military, our allies, and their families

Thank you, Lauren, for preparing the Canteen for today’s activities.
Another fine example of the good we do but few ever hear:

On 12 January 2010, just hours after the 2010 Haiti earthquake,
Carl Vinson was ordered to redirect from her current deployment
in the North Atlantic Ocean to Haiti to contribute to the relief effort
as part of Operation Unified Response.

... The ships arrived off Port au Prince
on 15 January 2010 to commence operations.
CNN medical correspondent and neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta,
pediatric surgeon Henri Ford, and two Navy doctors
removed a piece of concrete from the skull
of a 12-year-old earthquake victim in an operation
performed aboard Carl Vinson on 18 January.
In addition to providing medical relief,
CVN-70's excess desalination capacity was critical
to providing water to Haiti's population during
the earthquake relief.

DC Metroland Weather

~ Today...Mostly cloudy skies this morning
will become partly cloudy this afternoon.
High around 60F. Winds light and variable.

~ Tonight...Cloudy skies. Low 48F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph.

We're having a heat wave! And tomorrow is near 70.
And thunderstorms!

To bad the warmer temps won't going to last. Cooler by the weekend.

Superbowl is Sunday. Need to figure what we'll have for dinner.
Plus, I'm guessing I won't be able to stay up
late enough to see the end, which bites.Will DVR it though.

Gotta get my morning hellos in before the gang arrives.
Please stay.
Grab a cup of joe or tasty tea.

The FR Canteen is ALWAYS

Come on in and sit for a while.
There's always plenty of coffee, tea,
pancakes, conversation,
silliness,
and plain old BS

REMEMBER THEM ~ DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM

BALCOM, RALPH CAROL
5/15/1966
North Vietnam
Presumptive Finding of Death

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT

Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above Honoring those who have served before.

[beachn4fun]

Abso-lute-ly!

[beachn4fun]

Woo Hoo on the 50.

[E.G.C.]

((HUGS))Good morning, Beach. Watching storms on radar approaching us from the West. Tornado Watch for our area until noon.

How's it going for you this morning.

[beachn4fun]

Good morning EG ((HUGS))

Eek! A tornado. Please stay alert, and safe.

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning beachy and (((HUGS))). LOL. I wasn’t even trying for the 50.

Figured it would be gone by the time my post made it on the thread.

[beachn4fun]

Good morning dear ((HUGS))

Figured it would be gone by the time my post made it on the thread.

Know the feeling...between being slower than molasses in winter, it's hard to get those "rapid fire" posts these days...one...at...a...time...grrrrrr.

[left that other site]

-52?????

IU can’t wrap my mind around THAT! Eek!

[luvie]

It's supposed to be really windy here today!
Not fun...but maybe it'll be cooler, too!
Just wish it would rain!
Hope all you early birds have a mahv'lus day!
...and don't work TOO hard! :)
((((hugs))))