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Cleveland slugger wins 2014 Bob Feller award for military outreach

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By on Afghanistan, Aviation, Baseball, Chiefs, Iraq

This year’s Bob Feller Act of Valor Awards go to……………. Major League Baseball’s Nick Swisher, a Cleveland Indians outfielder; Baseball Hall-of-Famer Tommy Lasorda, former Dodgers manager; and Senior Chief Aviation Electronics Technician Carl Thompson, the calibration laboratory lead chief petty officer on the carrier George Washington. “This is a tremendous honor and such a humbling experience for me,” Thompson said in a statement after the awards were announced Oct. 10. “I am overwhelmed and extremely excited at the same time. I would have never dreamed that I would receive an award for the way I live my life, but I am…

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Navy's newest chief petty officers get their anchors

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By on Chiefs, Navy

Happy Chief Pinning Day! In honor of the Navy’s newly pinned chief petty officers, check out these images from advancement ceremonies around the world. Senior Chief James Strong places a cover on Chief Equipment Operator Roderick Nelson, one of 18 petty officers first class advanced to chief during a pinning ceremony at Camp Lemmonier, Djibouti. Chief Yeoman Tonja Galberth receives her new chief petty officer’s cover during an advancement ceremony at Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan. Chief petty officers sing “Anchors Aweigh” at a CPO pinning ceremony aboard the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock Denver in 7th Fleet. Chief Logistics Specialist…

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Coast Guard helicopter rescue swimmer makes history

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By on Coast Guard, Helicopters, leadership, Mentoring, Navy, Rescue swimmers

Rescue swimmers in the Coast Guard have to be a tough lot. That’s even more true for female rescue swimmers. There are only four of them in the service, and that gives you a good indication of their caliber. In April, we wrote about Aviation Survival Technician 2nd Class Jaime Vanacore, a rescue swimmer who was trying out for American Ninja Warrior (she got invited to Las Vegas for finals, by the way) and now Chief Aviation Survival Technician Karen Voorhees has made history by becoming the first female rescue swimmer in the Coast Guard to make chief. She was…

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