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Mexican-American Serves In Pioneering Navy Leadership Roles

Taylor posted on September 12, 2011 20:51
“Geography matters.”  Frank Gamboa, a retired Navy captain and a first generation Mexican-American, knows this instinctively.  In the openin...

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Oceana CPO Selectees Visit Navy Memorial

Content Editor posted on August 18, 2011 10:16
Oceana CPO Selectees Visit Navy Memorial
The Oceana CPO Selectees gather for a group shot in front of the Lone Sailor Statue at the Navy Memorial.  
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Incident at Guantanamo

Commander Ed Bookhardt, USN Retired posted on August 15, 2011 10:44
I was Operations Chief Petty Officer for Navy Mobile Construction Battalion One. The Seabee battalion was deploying to the Naval Operating Base, Guant...

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You can leave the military, but it never really leaves you

Content Editor posted on August 10, 2011 11:05
A Column By Ken Burger Reprinted from The Charleston Post and Courier Thurs, March 4, 2010 Occasionally, I venture back out to the air base where I...

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The Asiatic Fleet Sailor

Commander Ed Bookhardt, USN Retired posted on August 08, 2011 10:40
This is a bit of nautical lore of long ago. It covers the naval career of my uncle. His nickname was “Buck.” I always liked the masculine sound of tha...

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The Chasers

Commander Ed Bookhardt, USN Retired posted on August 01, 2011 10:35
It was a dark drizzly afternoon when I arrived at the Main Gate of the sprawling Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia. The taxi driver reeking of s...

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The Square Needle

Commander Ed Bookhardt, USN Retired posted on July 20, 2011 13:34
This “backward glance” at my first great adventure, comes sixty-plus years after the fact. I had just returned from an arduous round of blood labs, nu...

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Bastille Day Baguette Relay at the Navy Memorial

Content Editor posted on July 14, 2011 16:00 Article Rating
Bastille Day Baguette Relay at the Navy Memorial
One of the Bastille Day celebrations is the passing-of-the-baguettes at the new Paul Bakery and Cafe in Penn Quarter, a relay race around the U.S. Nav...

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A Battleship Sailor

Commander Ed Bookhardt, USN Retired posted on June 29, 2011 11:28
Clay Alexander “Muddy” Waters was of a vanishing breed of old Navy Sea-daddies… he was a Battleship Sailor. Enlisting in the Navy back in ‘39, he serv...

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Quincy, Massachusetts, Has Formula For Healing Vietnam War Wounds

Taylor posted on June 27, 2011 10:27
Patricia Smith’s family considers military service part of the duty of being a U.S. citizen. And no one in her family hesitates to serve. He...

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