Gunner's Military News Gathering Blog

Norfolk, Va. - Naval Special Warfare Group 4 (NSWG-4) received the
Retention Excellence Award for fiscal year 2008 in early March.

The Retention Excellence Award, also known as the golden anchor,
recognizes commands that meet or exceed retention goals in the Navy. All
Retention Excellence Award winners are required to win a minimum of two
out of the four quarterly honor rolls. Each command has to meet or
exceed specific percentages for reenlistment zones A, B and C, or meet
an attrition rate of 6.2 percent or lower.

"We are successful because the programs are supported by the command
and leadership," said NSWG-4 Chief Navy Career Counselor Lakeesha Lyon.
"Our chain of command shows tremendous support in allowing Naval Special
Warfare Sailors to develop in their careers and that is the key
contribution to Naval Special Warfare Group 4, Special Boat Team-12,
Special Boat Team-20, and Special Boat Team-22 receiving this
prestigious award for retention excellence."

NSWG-4 claimancy surpassed these objectives and reenlisted 47 Sailors,
maintained an 84 percent reenlistment rate, 86.4 percent retention rate,
and awarded more than $1.9 million in Selective Reenlistment
Bonus/Critical Skills Reenlistment Bonus money. NSWG-4 was the only
major command within Naval Special Warfare whose subordinate commands
were all also recognized with the golden anchor.

Additionally, the command maintained an attrition rate of less than .08
percent. "I believe that the chain of command and the climate that they create
determines the level of success for our Sailors," said Lyon. "Naval Special Warfare sets the bar high and continues to raise the standards."

| Link | Posted by ~G @ 7:41 PM

2) "Afghan Village of Sheenza Wer Receives Medical Aid"
<http://www.dvidshub.net/index.php?script=news/news_show.php&id=31747>

3) "New York National Guard Names Top Soldiers "
<http://www.dvidshub.net/index.php?script=news/news_show.php&id=31756>

| Link | Posted by ~G @ 5:39 AM

2) "Recharging the Deployment Battery"
<http://www.dvidshub.net/index.php?script=news/news_show.php&id=31728>

3) "Iraqi Army Soldiers Learn Life-saving Skills"
<http://www.dvidshub.net/index.php?script=news/news_show.php&id=31729>

4) "8th Iraqi Army Division Mortar Teams Hone Mission Ca..."
<http://www.dvidshub.net/index.php?script=news/news_show.php&id=31730>

5) "Regional Command-West Soccer Tournament Strengthens ..."
<http://www.dvidshub.net/index.php?script=news/news_show.php&id=31738>

6) "Counter Improvised Explosive Device Analyst Prepares..."
<http://www.dvidshub.net/index.php?script=news/news_show.php&id=31739>

7) "Iraqi Doctors Practice Modern Medical Techniques"
<http://www.dvidshub.net/index.php?script=news/news_show.php&id=31742>

8) "Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers, Salman P..."
<http://www.dvidshub.net/index.php?script=news/news_show.php&id=31736>

9) "10th Iraqi Army Division Locates Weapons Cache in Ma..."
<http://www.dvidshub.net/index.php?script=news/news_show.php&id=31735>

| Link | Posted by ~G @ 5:38 AM

NNS090326-18. Navy Completes Air and Ballistic Missile Exercise
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43808

DNU -- USS Benfold (DDG 65) completes Operation Stellar Daggers
-- http://www.navy.mil/dnu.asp?id=12375

NNS090327-19. Growing Iraqi Navy Crucial for Economic, National Security
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43818

NNS090327-14. Latest Ship Seizures Broaden Counter-Piracy Challenge
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43830

NNS090327-12. Pacific Beacon Honors Fallen SEALs, Opens Doors
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43823

NNS090327-09. MCPON Releases Motorcycle Safety Podcast
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43815

DNU -- Headlines from around the fleet: Fourth Fleet launches process for new
Maritime Operations Center; The USO sponsors the "Honoring Our Nations Heroes"
Ceremony in Arlington, Va.; USS San Antonio to return to Norfolk, Va.; USS
Bataan (LHD 5) prepares to deploy with the MV 22 B Osprey.
-- http://www.navy.mil/dnu.asp?id=12374

NNS090327-20. VCNO Gives Opening Remarks at NBSE Convention
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43783

NNS090327-08. Reserve Forces Command Reporting for Duty in Norfolk
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43791

NNS090327-03. Ronald Reagan Strike Group Completes SUSTAINEX
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43786

NNS090327-15. Boxer Dental Team Aids Turkish Shipmates During Counterpiracy Ops
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43812

NNS090327-04. Free Anti-virus Software, Support for Home, Work Now Available
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43789

NNS090327-27. Naval Postgraduate Students Conduct Testing in the Arctic
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43831

NNS090326-14. NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic Employee Wins CNO Environmental Award
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43778

NNS090327-22. FISC Logistics Experts Provide Critical Distance Support Services
to Deployed Units
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43763

NNS090327-21. Sasebo Honors Women's Contributions to History, Environment
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43807

NNS090327-18. Sailors to Teach, Mentor Students After Successful Navy Careers
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43803

NNS090327-17. Robert G. Bradley Visits Casablanca, Gets Busy in the Community
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43816

NNS090326-15. Support Center's Financial Program Helps Sailors Manage Credit
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43776

DNU -- Camp Lemonier Djibouti Marines participate in a mass casualty drill.
-- http://www.navy.mil/dnu.asp?id=12376

NNS090327-16. Northwest Sailors Master Motorcycle Basics During Free Course
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43796

NNS090326-11. NAVSEA Wins DoD Value Engineering Awards
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43787

NNS090327-13. CNO Announces Flag Assignments
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43828

NNS090327-10. Alaska Scheduled to Change Homeports
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43822

DNU -- Fleet Activity Sasebo Sailors celebrate Women's History Month.
-- http://www.navy.mil/dnu.asp?id=12377

NNS090327-07. BUMED, Students Dive into Medicine at MDSU-1
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43799

NNS090327-05. NASA's Orion Capsule Built and Tested at NSWC Carderock
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43794

NNS090327-06. Navy, Army Hold Emergency Response Exercise
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43805

DNU -- Fleet Activity Yokosuka renames recreation center.
-- http://www.navy.mil/dnu.asp?id=12378

NNS090327-01. NAS Jax Sailor, Wife Chosen 'Foster Parents of the Year'
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43698

NNS090326-13. USS Ronald Reagan Focuses On Sailors' Legal Health
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43785

DNU -- Musicians perform for Naval Support Activity Bahrain Sailors.
-- http://www.navy.mil/dnu.asp?id=12379

NNS090327-25. Current Daily News Update
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43833

NNS011215-28. This Day in Naval History - March 27
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=408

Eye on the Fleet - U.S. Navy Photo of The Day
-- http://www.navy.mil/list_single.asp?id=70037

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| Link | Posted by ~G @ 6:51 PM

2) "Iraq's Sandstorms Delay 'love in a Box'"
<http://www.dvidshub.net/index.php?script=news/news_show.php&id=31631>

3) "Convoy Soldiers Get New Gym to Make Time for Fitness"
<http://www.dvidshub.net/index.php?script=news/news_show.php&id=31638>

4) "Light Shines on Mosul Reconstruction Projects Throug..."
<http://www.dvidshub.net/index.php?script=news/news_show.php&id=31655>

5) "Guard Fights Floods in North Dakota, Three Other Sta..."
<http://www.dvidshub.net/index.php?script=news/news_show.php&id=31656>

6) "North Dakota National Guard Soldiers, Airmen Work Si..."
<http://www.dvidshub.net/index.php?script=news/news_show.php&id=31664>

7) "Troopers Make Deployment Feel More Like Home"
<http://www.dvidshub.net/index.php?script=news/news_show.php&id=31649>

8) "Last but Not Least: 22nd MEU Establishes Combat Read..."
<http://www.dvidshub.net/index.php?script=news/news_show.php&id=31650>

9) "Camp America, Revitalized"
<http://www.dvidshub.net/index.php?script=news/news_show.php&id=31652>

10) "U.S., Iraqi Troops Deliver Aid to Baghdad Community"
<http://www.dvidshub.net/index.php?script=news/news_show.php&id=31641>

11) "10th Iraqi Army Graduates First Civil Affairs Class"
<http://www.dvidshub.net/index.php?script=news/news_show.php&id=31644>

| Link | Posted by ~G @ 5:24 AM

NNS090326-04. U.S. 4th Fleet Stands Up Maritime Operations Center
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43775

NNS090325-15. Navy's Career Management Symposium Delivers Latest Information to
Fleet
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43721

NNS090325-26. Navy Submariners Participate in Arctic Ocean Exercise
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43770

DNU -- Al Anbar Corpsmen receive an Iraqi Army award.
-- http://www.navy.mil/dnu.asp?id=12368

NNS090325-18. Electronic Attack Squadron Returns from Afghanistan
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43729

DNU -- Medical physicians participate in Arctic Care 2009.
-- http://www.navy.mil/dnu.asp?id=12370

DNU -- Navy Reserve Forces Command opens a new command in Norfolk, Va.
-- http://www.navy.mil/dnu.asp?id=12371

NNS090325-14. Cherry Point Starts Project to Harness Solar Energy
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43221

NNS090326-07. Registration Open For 2009 All-Military Wilderness Challenge
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43780

NNS090325-21. Leaders Overseas Stay the Course on Quality of Life Initiatives
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43742

DNU -- Fleet Activities Sasebo Sailors landscape a local middle school.
-- http://www.navy.mil/dnu.asp?id=12372

NNS090325-25. Army Preps Navy IAs for Detainee Ops in Iraq
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43766

NNS090326-09. Marines Deliver Educational Books to Djiboutian Schoolhouse
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43771

NNS090326-05. Relief Society Aids Vets, Sailors, Families
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43518

NNS090326-10. Sailors Discuss Leveraging Surface Electronic Warfare Technology,
Capability
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43777

NNS090326-02. Amphib Squadron's Deployment Includes Space Ops
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43764

NNS090325-24. Sailors, Civilians Committed to Upgrading Peleliu
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43758

NNS090326-03. Deployed Sailors Served as Long Distance Mentors for Elementary
Students
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43765

NNS090326-01. Roosevelt Returns to Mayport after Ops in Two Theaters
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43730

NNS090325-27. Key Program Aids Sailors in Transition to Civilian Life
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43749

DNU -- Sailors and Marines participate in a commander's cup challenge.
-- http://www.navy.mil/dnu.asp?id=12373

NNS090325-23. Combined Team of Submariners Man Ice Station for Arctic Exercise
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43754

NNS090325-20. Tokyo Marathon Helps Keep Yokosuka-Based Sailors Fit
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43734

NNS090325-17. Air Facility, Aviators, Japanese Dedicate New Base Park featuring
Prowler Display
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43728

NNS090326-08. Current Daily News Update
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43782

NNS011215-27. This Day in Naval History - March 26
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=407

Eye on the Fleet - U.S. Navy Photo of The Day
-- http://www.navy.mil/list_single.asp?id=69963

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| Link | Posted by ~G @ 4:53 PM

NNS090325-03. Bataan Set to Deploy With MV-22 Ospreys
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43687

NNS090325-01. USS Chinook Makes First Overnight U.S. Ship Visit to Iraq
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43745

NNS090325-06. Senior Sailor Praises Efforts to Save Shipmates, Stresses Hazards
of Drinking, Driving
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43741

NNS090325-08. Everett's Iron Goat Keeps Sailors Fit
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43667

DNU -- Headlines from around the fleet: Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Gary
Roughead visits Ice Exercise 2009; Director, Manpower, Personnel, Training and
Education, Rear Adm. Daniel Holloway, discusses force stabilization; The College
Cost Reduction Access Act helps Sailors with education loans.
-- http://www.navy.mil/dnu.asp?id=12362

NNS090324-21. Individual Augmentees Prep for Afghanistan Detainee Ops
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43727

DNU -- Expeditionary Combat Readiness Center Sailors trained with the U.S.
Army.
-- http://www.navy.mil/dnu.asp?id=12363

NNS090324-18. Diversity Enhances Spec War's Operational Capability, Flexibility
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43707

NNS090325-12. Mobile Training Teams Embody Total Force Integration
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43757

NNS090325-11. Bulgarian Senior Enlisted Leader Increases Interoperability During
Klakring Visit
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43747

NNS090324-17. NMCB 40 Detail in Japan Aids in Marines' Warfighting Readiness
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43682

NNS090325-10. New Dunker to Increase Warfighting Effectiveness of Air Crews
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43699

DNU -- USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Weapons Department Sailors complete an
ammunition onload.
-- http://www.navy.mil/dnu.asp?id=12364

DNU -- Naval Support Activity Bahrain conducts Rules of Force Training.
-- http://www.navy.mil/dnu.asp?id=12365

DNU -- Fleet Activities Yokosuka Defense Logistics Agency holds an open house.
-- http://www.navy.mil/dnu.asp?id=12366

NNS090325-09. Cyber Support to Warfighter Puts Naval Officer on Federal 100 IT
List
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43608

NNS090325-05. Southeast Environmental Director Receives National Women's History
Month Award
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43752

NNS090324-19. USS Underwood Refurbishes Panamanian School
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43713

NNS090325-13. Jacksonville Sailors Do Some Spring Cleaning
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43700

NNS090324-20. Whidbey Island Sailors Aim to Provide Role Models for Youth
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43717

DNU -- International relations students from Naples, Italy, visit Joint Forces
Command Naples.
-- http://www.navy.mil/dnu.asp?id=12367

NNS090325-07. Current Daily News Update
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43751

NNS011215-26. This Day in Naval History - March 25
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=406

Eye on the Fleet - U.S. Navy Photo of The Day
-- http://www.navy.mil/list_single.asp?id=69963

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| Link | Posted by ~G @ 8:34 PM

NNS090324-05. U.S., Bahraini Leaders Break Ground on Perimeter Wall at Bahrain
School
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43689

NNS090324-09. APS Nashville Medical Team Lends Helping Hand in Nigerian Medical
Centers
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43694

NNS090324-10. Navy Earns Award for Efforts to Find Right People for Total Force
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43696

NNS090324-15. Embarked Trainees Boost Tactical Skills, Relations Aboard
Nashville
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43692

DNU -- Headlines from around the fleet: The Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group
assumes duties as Commander, Task Force 50; The Department of Defense eliminates
Stop Loss.
-- http://www.navy.mil/dnu.asp?id=12357

NNS090324-11. USS Samuel B. Roberts Strengthen Personal, Professional
Partnerships in Honduras
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43718

NNS090324-02. Exercise in Korea Strengthens Seabee Skill Sets, Mil-to-Mil
Relations
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43680

DNU -- Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 8 (HSC 8) trains in a Israeli style
self defense program.
-- http://www.navy.mil/dnu.asp?id=12356

NNS090324-08. Helo Squadron Flies in Bilateral Exercise, Increases
Interoperability
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43671

NNS090323-25. Ramage Proves Multi-Mission Capability During Deployment
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43679

NNS090324-01. Navy to Participate in National Society of Black Engineers
Conference
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43635

NNS090324-13. Sailors Showcase Capabilities during Congressional Staffers' Visit
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43701

NNS090324-07. Normandy Proves Proficiency as part of 'Battle Group in the Sand'
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43658

DNU -- Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan Sailors train for the Auxiliary Security
Force.
-- http://www.navy.mil/dnu.asp?id=12358

DNU -- Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan's Emergency Response Technicians train
with off base responders.
-- http://www.navy.mil/dnu.asp?id=12359

NNS090323-22. Navy Contracts Announced
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43674

NNS090323-21. Blue-Green Team Approaches Final Stages of Seven-Month Deployment
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43673

NNS090324-12. Seabee Earns Stethem Award for Work, Mentorship in Afghanistan
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43703

NNS090323-20. ONR-Sponsored Scientist Receives Prestigious Industry Award
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43665

NNS090324-06. U.S. 3rd Fleet Hosts Women's Summit
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43668

NNS090324-03. Bataan's Female SWOs Reflect on Past, Focus on Future
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43684

NNS090323-24. Sailors Highlight Navy's Benefits, Current Ops During Career Day
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43677

NNS090323-19. New Orleans Sailors Make a Difference in Gulf Coast Communities
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43659

DNU -- Country music singer Katie Rae Davis visits Naval Air Station Sigonella,
Italy.
-- http://www.navy.mil/dnu.asp?id=12361

DNU -- Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan hold a Transition Assistance Program
workshop.
-- http://www.navy.mil/dnu.asp?id=12360

NNS090324-04. Current Daily News Update
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43716

NNS011215-25. This Day in Naval History - March 24
-- http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=405

Eye on the Fleet - U.S. Navy Photo of The Day
-- http://www.navy.mil/list_single.asp?id=69899

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| Link | Posted by ~G @ 6:35 PM