Working Together To Stem Drugs

Units conducting counter illicit trafficking (CIT) operations coordinated with elements of the Armada Bolivariana de Venezuela (Venezuelan Navy) on Aug. 23 to transfer more than one ton of confiscated cocaine, a captured vessel, and two suspected narcotics smugglers. [ More ]

Back From IA
Naval Station Mayport welcomed back Master-at-Arms 3rd Class Matthew Parker on Aug. 24 after he returned from a nine-month IA deployment to Iraq.

CPO Selects Put Mark On Community
Chief Petty Officer Selectees and Chief Messes from USS Hue City (CG 66), USS Klakring (FFG 42), USS De Wert (FFG 45), USS Farragut (DDG 99) and USS Carney (DDG 64) joined together as a team on Aug. 29 and hosted a community relations project at the Mayport Fleet Reserve Association (FRA) Branch 209, located on Mayport Road.

ACarney CPO Mess Runs Carrabba's Beach Run
USS Carney (DDG 64) Chief Petty Officer's Mess participated in the Carraba's Beach Run on Aug. 22, including Carney's three Chief Petty Officer Selects: Chief Select Operations Specialist James A. Wood, Chief Select Yeomen Syretta L. Revels and Chief Select Storekeeper William D. Griffis.

Groves Participates In Active Endeavor
USS Stephen W. Groves (FFG 29) recently participated in NATO Operation Active Endeavor with the Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG-1).