Should Naval Security Group Activity (NSGA) personnel be concerned that Adak Island is a Superfund site with a history of contamination, including unexploded ordnance and hazardous materials? Cleanup and monitoring efforts remain ongoing. Although certain areas have been declared safe for recreational use, restrictions are still in place due to potential hazards. Therefore, personnel should always follow established safety guidelines and remain aware of current site conditions.
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By Jack Jones
In the early morning hours of Sept. 24, 1965, I sprawled face-down, struggling to breathe after scaling and leaping from the top of a tall, barbed wire-tipped fence behind the U.S. Naval Security Group operations building in Kamiseya, Japan. About a dozen of my shipmates crawled and wandered in dazed confusion around me.
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On November 2, 1942, Phil’s crew climbed aboard Super Man (B-24 LIBERATOR) and readied to go to war. They were heading into a desperate fight. North to south, Japan’s new empire starched five thousand miles, from the snowboard Aleutians to Java, hundreds of miles north of the equator.
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By Bruce Ames
The 1970s were arguably the height of the Cold War and the Navy was tasked to provide as much a deep-water worldwide presence as possible. This is the story of the USS INTREPID (CVS-11) and our escapades with our Soviet friends in 1971. The USS INTREPID was launched in April 1943 and ready for action in August of 1943. She was one of the new twenty four fast Essex-class aircraft carriers. She would project her might with ninety aircraft against the Japanese with her first action in January 1944 supporting operations at Kwajalein. Damaged by a torpedo in the raid on Truk, she was out of service until June of that year. She then was a key participant in the battles for the Palaus, Leyte Gulf, and Okinawa. She was struck twice by kamikazes in late 1944. Returning to action in March
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By CTRCS Ron Schneider, USN (ret)
Twenty-seven years ago, circa January 1990, sitting in the Navy Liaison Office at Fort George G. Meade, I briefed the Sinop Station Executive Officer, LT. Ron Furlong on current events and issues. The Berlin Wall came down and the Soviet Union was following in kind. President Reagan had indeed ended the Cold War. Still many items to consider, however.
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