Update: Shatner’s publicist told The Virginian-Pilot on Thursday night that he will no longer be beaming up to the ceremony due to a change of schedule. He is still scheduled to perform tonight at the Ferguson Center for the Arts in Newport News. There will be one captain at the Enterprise’s inactivation ceremony who has never served on the high seas. Actor William Shatner, also known as Capt. James T. Kirk on Star Trek, will attend the ceremony for Big E on Saturday in Norfolk, Va., the Daily Press reported. Shatner’s publicist confirmed that the commander of the fictional starship…
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Despite requests from a group of veterans who wanted to make the famed carrier Enterprise a museum, prohibitively high costs will make that impossible, Military.com reported. Because it is nuclear-powered, large sections of the ship will be removed after its decommissioning, scheduled for Dec. 1, to take out the nuclear reactors. Replacing those sections and implementing a new power system on the ship would be too expensive, likely costing tens of millions of dollars, Rear Adm. Thomas Moore, the Navy’s program executive officer for carriers, told the website. Some artifacts, like the last flag flown over the ship, plaques and…
Dear VRC-40 “The Rawhides,” I’m just writing to apologize for getting airsick in your C-2A Greyhound. It was certainly unintentional. You handled the plane with steady hands as we flew from Naval Air Station Mayport, Fla., to the carrier Enterprise last week. We even had weather on our side, allowing for a particularly calm flight. If only my stomach was able to manage my breakfast as well as you flew the COD. Usually I handle flights pretty well, but the combination of the smell of aviation fuel, the lack of windows, the heat and the sheer grittiness of the Navy’s…
The 27 ships that sortied out of Hampton Roads in advance of Hurricane Irene’s arrival last weekend began returning to Naval Station Norfolk and Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek Tuesday and are continuing to come back throughout the week. Also returning to their berths are some of the 28 ships in various stages of maintenance that were sent to safe havens to ride out the Category 1 hurricane, which whipped the region with high winds and generated what the National Weather Service estimates was a 4 1/2-foot storm surge at Naval Station Norfolk. The sortie was ordered by 2nd Fleet…
As you probably know by now, Adm. John Harvey of Fleet Forces Command on Thursday unveiled the results of his investigation into the controversial “XO Movie Night” video skits aired on the carrier Enterprise from 2005 to 2007, recommending that secretarial letters of censure be issued to two admirals and two of the carrier’s former executive officers — including Capt. Owen Honors, who as XO played a primary role in most of the questionable productions. If you haven’t read about the findings yet, here’s our short version. For those with a LOT of time on their hands, and perhaps curious…
