Its service to subs was indispensable. Built by Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, the submarine tender USS Holland (AS-3) was commissioned June 1, 1926, and served in the Pacific theater during World War II. Holland displaced 8,100 tons and was 484 feet long with a draft of 16 feet nine inches. A total of 388 men [...]

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If the growing argument that U.S. troops need a “welcome home” parade continues, the discussion should switch to include those who in reality benefit – politicians, war hawks and citizens who chose not to serve. St. Louis held theirs late last month and claim that 100,000 citizens came to “honor” 600 service members (rounded up [...]

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RESTIL – (NNS) Twenty-one Junior Enlisted Association members from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz visited veterans and their spouses during a community relations project at Washington’s Veterans Home in Retsil Feb. 1. Nimitz’ JEA organized the COMREL project to encourage a positive relationship with the residents at the home, said Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd [...]

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ARLINGTON, Va. (NNS) — The Navy has awarded $70 million to a Puget Sound shipyard to begin building the second of two modern oceanographic research vessels, the Office of Naval Research recently announced. Dakota Creek Industries Inc. of Anacortes, Wash., will begin detail design and construction on the Ocean-class Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research (AGOR) vessel [...]

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MILLINGTON TENN – (NNS) Physical Fitness Assessments (PFA’s) are just around the corner and the big question is whether you are getting ready to knock it out of the park or painfully squeak by. If any of you have lived overseas and experienced the American Forces Network, or AFN, you’ve seen the terrible infomercials that [...]

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Just in time to support the USS Ronald Reagan BREMERTON (NNS) –Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility and Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Northwest held a ribbon cutting ceremony marking the completion of Pier Bravo at Naval Base Kitsap Feb. 13. Congressman Norm Dicks, U.S. House of Representatives, District 6, attended the ceremony. “It [...]

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NAVFAC Northwest to spend $7 million on vehicle barrier By JJ Swanson jswanson@soundpublishing.com The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Northwest on Feb. 10 awarded a $6.9 million contract to a Gig Harbor construction company to build a “passive vehicle barrier” along two miles of fencing on the northwest side of Naval Base Kitsap Bangor. Vehicle barriers [...]

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By JJ Swanson jswanson@soundpublishing.com Earthjustice, an environmental law firm, and the Natural Resources Defense Council filed a lawsuit Jan. 25 on behalf of six environmental groups, including the People For Puget Sound, challenging the Navy’s underwater warfare training exercises in the Northwest Training Range. The Navy was permitted by the National Marine Fisheries Service in [...]

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By GREG SKINNER gskinner@soundpublishing.com A long Saturday night of whiskey, beer and video games ended with a shriek when a drunken sailor passed out in the bed of an unwitting senior citizen. Dalton Pierson, 24, left his buddy’s apartment in the Vineyards complex shortly sometime around 6 a.m. Sunday and entered a neighboring abode where [...]

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By JJ Swanson jswanson@soundpublishing.com It took days, but the recent stretch of winter storms and foul weather Monday claimed a life in Kitsap County. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Regina Mills, 44, an aircraft handling officer aboard the USS Nimitz (CVN 68), was killed Jan. 23 while trying to help a motorcyclist who had lost control on [...]

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