With only 1.7 hours separating their total EA-6B Prowler fight time, Lt. Cmdr. Nathan Yarusso and Lt. Joe Vandelac both passed their 1,000-hour mark in the same flight.
Yarusso, a pilot, and Vandelac, an Electronic Countermeasures Officer, or ECMO, manned the front cockpit of aircraft 502 on a mission in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on Jan. 25.
February 4, 2005
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Since being established by Executive Order in 1961 as a means of consolidating the multiple appeals made to federal employees each year, the Combined Federal Campaign has been the charitable fund raising effort specifically directed to the federal community.
February 4, 2005
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Navy Whidbey Recycle helped the NAS Whidbey Island Combined Bachelor Housing “kick it up a notch” recently with some long overdue changes to the Barracks own Qualified Recycle Program.
In a major effort to revitalize environmental education and participation at the deck plate level, Navy Whidbey Recycle, in cooperation with the Permanent Quarters Division, has instituted a new material collection program for Barracks residents largely comprised of junior personnel, primarily E-3 and below. It’s a renovation long in the making that Recycle hopes will help rejuvenate awareness and involvement in its own award-winning program.
February 4, 2005
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Recently, Masters at Arms (MA’s) from NAS Whidbey Island Security, officers from Oak Harbor Police Department and deputies from Island County Sheriff’s Office met to face each other with weapons drawn. It may sound like a bizarre standoff, but it was an event designed to bring the three agencies, which cooperate on a regular basis, closer together.
February 4, 2005
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You know, it rains every day up there, the sun never comes out.
It seemed like that was all I heard when I received orders to transfer from South Carolina to USS Sacramento (AOE 1), my first command here in the Northwest. When I arrived at SeaTac airport back in January 2001, it was raining.
It wasn’t a pounding downpour like the ones in South Carolina that saturate the ground in minutes with raindrops that come down so hard they sting your skin. This was a slight sprinkle, barely enough to keep the sidewalk wet. I’ve seen dogs that could shake more water off their backs than what was coming from the Seattle sky.
February 4, 2005
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Nearly three weeks after huge waves struck 11 countries in Asia and Africa, the lists of casualties and missing are still rising.
The military task force in charge of the relief operation, formerly Joint Task Force 536, is now called Combined Support Force 536, and is leading the newly dubbed “Operation Unified Assistance.” Lt. Gen. Robert R. Blackman, III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) commander, is heading up the Combined Support Force.
January 28, 2005
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Imagine for a second you are looking for a cargo ship somewhere between Japan and Hawai’i. The ship’s destination is a U.S. port; her mission is to detonate a radioactive dirty-bomb.
A storm overhead rules out tracking it by satellite and the combination of distance to land and anonymity in the vast ocean rules out sending an aircraft. You have to locate the ship before she changes flags and makes it pierside.
January 28, 2005
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NAS Whidbey Island is home to one of the most important providers of indications and warnings for the United States military.
This capability is proudly maintained by the “World Watchers” of Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 1 (VQ-1). However, as a result of their year-round deployment cycle and demanding operational tempo, one rarely sees a “welcome home” sign displayed throughout the base or Oak Harbor community, but the sign does exist and is permanently displayed in front of their hangar.
January 28, 2005
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Earthquakes, hurricanes and tsunami’s are just a few of Mother Nature’s creations that bring havoc. It is because of their power, the regional Emergency Management team is on hand to make sure everyone has the information they need to stay safe.
January 28, 2005
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Naval Air Station, Whidbey Island provides treated drinking water to more than 13,000 residents, employees and visitors each year.
January 28, 2005
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