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MCC (SW/AW)
Aaron Strickland
Naval Network Warfare
Command Public Affairs Office

NETWARCOM personnel at Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Pacific's (NCTAMS PAC) Makalapa tech control helped a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) talk with an active duty Navy family member stationed in Japan over a video teleconference (VTC) on April 10.

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Michael Hight
U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs

"Strengthening the Tribe" was the theme for the second annual Knowledge Management (KM) Conference hosted by Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet (PACFLT) from March 31 to April 2.

"The purpose of the PACFLT Knowledge Management Conference (PACFLT KMC10) is to give KM and information management (IM) practitioners the opportunity to exchange real methods and solutions that they could walk away with and apply," said Jamie Hatch, PACFLT knowledge management officer.

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MC2 (AW) Eric J. Cutright
Navy Public Affairs Support Element West Detachment Hawaii

The Arleigh Burke-class, guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) departed Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on April 5 for a scheduled six-month deployment.

Chafee returned from its last deployment Aug. 24, 2009 and has been diligently maintaining its battle-readiness, according to Cmdr. Heedong Choi., Chafee's commanding officer (CO).

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MC2 Robert Stirrup
Navy Region Hawaii Public Affairs

Actress Jamie Lee Curtis visited Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) and the USS Arizona Memorial on April 1.

Capt. Richard Kitchens, commander of JBPHH, hosted Curtis and showed her the base, including a visit to the chief petty officer's club during their 117th birthday celebration.

Curtis also had an opportunity to see a mural painted by her father, actor and Navy veteran Tony Curtis, currently displayed in the JBPHH headquarters building 150.

Story and photo by
Blair Martin
Contributing Writer

For Edwina Shapiesko Hutson, it has taken 22 years to fulfill her father's final wishes and scatter his ashes in the Pearl Harbor waters where he lost many of his fellow comrades during the surprise Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

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Randy Dela Cruz
Contributing Writer

The quaint and intimate surrounding of the Aloha Jewish Chapel (AJC) became the setting for a capacity audience to honor and commemorate victims and survivors of the Holocaust during the Holocaust Days of Remembrance Observance at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) on April 7.

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MC2 (SW) Mark Logico
Navy Region Hawaii Public Affairs

The Pearl Harbor-based, guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) returned to Pearl Harbor from a four-month deployment to the western Pacific on April 1.

Family members waited patiently as the ship and crew of approximately 340 officers and enlisted personnel, commanded by Capt. Ronald Boxall, arrived at the pier.

Story and photo by

Blair Martin
Contributing Writer

Last week, family members from the Family Readiness Group (FRG) of USS Lake Erie (CG 70) continued the long-standing "cup art" tradition by decorating the fence fronting Kamehameha Highway in preparation for the ship's April 1 homecoming to Pearl Harbor.

Decorating the fence, which sits across from Pearl Harbor's Makalapa Gate entrance, has become an established tradition among the Navy community during many of the ships' deployments and homecomings.

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MC2 Paul D. Honnick
Navy Public Affairs Support Element West Det. Hawaii

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Navy (DON) co-hosted a renewable energy and bio-energy industry forum at the Kaneohe Bay Officers Club at Marine Corps Base Hawaii on April 6, to share information about a recently announced collaborative energy opportunity.

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MC2 Robert Stirrup
Navy Region Hawaii Public Affairs

The guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) hosted a cruise for family members, 70 Honolulu Navy League members and seven local bloggers April 5.

During the cruise, guests had the opportunity to tour different areas of the ship, see various displays and eat lunch on the flight deck.

"It is my pleasure to welcome you all aboard the mighty warship Chung-Hoon for today's event," Cmdr. Michael McCartney, the ship's commanding officer, said to the guests. "Today you are our shipmates."