Kearsarge (LHD 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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uf? ' '-Film and Jlowuenl snX Wx. li C ,fl T 1 a I A . 0 l H 3 2 L... l sf I Driving through town, you can see it in the eyes rn' the 8-10- year-old kids on the side if the stteet. F or the first time in their lives they have hope and feedom. They have abhtture, when they didn 't have much of one befzre. That 's what you 've accomplished here in the last couple ofmonths. That's your contribution to history, he said. September 20. 2001 . the President said to 'he ready' and you were. Hnfve made good on the promise thatjbllowed. The American public is very. vetjv proud of you. But there 's still a lot ofwork let? to he done, he continued. We need to make sutz' we stay focused ami get evetjv single one of you back home safely. Following his address. the MC PON took questionsfrom the crew. Among the topics discussed were the new Perform to Serve pmgram. tl1e Thrih Savings Plan and Task Force Unihrrm. the new CNO-ditected effort to possibly stteaml ine the sea bag. lt 's time to put some uniformity hack into our uniforms. MC PON said, noting ll1e Navy hasfive working uniforms, while all the other armed services only have one. The M C' PON also took evety opportunity to speak to individual Sailors. understatulingjidl well that it 's a rare opportunityjor many Sailors to have contact with the CNO 's numher one advisor on their welfare. More than 150 Sailors had their photos taken with the most senior enlisted ntan in the Navy. a great addition to most Sailors' deployment scrapbook. A ral p fXPRlLf 7l 1

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