THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, October 16, 1996 TAG: 9610150404
SECTION: MILITARY NEWS PAGE: A10 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: Staff report
LENGTH: 65 lines
SQUARE RIGGER RETURNS FROM CRUISE: The Coast Guard three-masted training ship Barque Eagle has returned to its homeport of New London, Conn., from a four-month summer cruise to England, the Azores and Bermuda. Instead of training cadets from the Coast Guard Academy, as the crew normally does during the summer, they were hosts to 31 boot camp graduates from the Cape May, N.J., Training Center. The graduates worked on mastering practical skills and shipboard qualifications, and they experienced life on board the service's oldest and only square rigger.
HOLIDAY MAILING DEADLINES: The Department of Defense Military Postal Service Agency has announced 1996 holiday deadlines for mail to and from overseas post offices.
Deadlines for mail sent from stateside locations to APO/FPOs are:
Surface - Nov. 1
Space Available Mail (SAM) - Europe, Nov. 22; Pacific, Nov. 24
Parcel Airlift Mail (PAL) - Europe, Nov. 22; Pacific, Nov. 24
Priority parcels - Europe, Dec. 2; Alaska, Dec. 3; Pacific, Dec. 4
First-class letters - Europe, Dec. 2; Pacific, Dec. 4
Check with your local post office for more information.
MARINE CORPS MARATHON: The 21st Marine Corps Marathon will be held in Arlington on Oct. 27. Entry fee is $30. For more information, call 1-800-RUN-USMC.
OKTOBERFEST: Oktoberfest '96 will be held at Murphy Field, Fort Eustis, from 5 to 11 p.m. Friday. The event includes a ``walkabout'' around Murphy Field, an authentic German buffet dinner, children's attractions and a prize for the most original German outfit. For information call 878-4430.
APPRECIATION LUNCHEON: The Portsmouth division of the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce will host an armed forces appreciation luncheon at noon Oct. 23 at the Holiday Inn Portsmouth on the waterfront. The luncheon is open to the public, and admission is $10 per person. Reservations may be made by calling the Chamber office at 664-2561.
ARMY SHOW AT FORT EUSTIS: The U.S. Army Show will hold a performance at Jacobs Theater on Fort Eustis Army Post at 7 p.m. Oct. 23. The 90-minute Broadway-style production is free and open to the public. Call 878-4430 for more information.
COMINGS AND GOINGS
ARRIVING: The Navy's latest Arleigh Burke class destroyer, the Gonzalez, was commissioned in Ingleside, Texas, last Friday. Homeported in Norfolk, the ship is commanded by Cmdr. Frederick Allard Jr., and it has a crew of 325.
DEPARTING: Military Sealift Command's combat stores ship Sirius has deployed for five months to the Persian Gulf. The ship has a crew of 96 civil service mariners and 48 Navy members; Cmdr. Diane Saggus is the officer-in-charge of the naval department of the crew.
CHANGE OF COMMAND:
Cmdr. Terrence McGinnis has relieved Cmdr. A.B. Cruz III as commanding officer of Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare Unit 206 at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base. McGinnis previously served as executive officer of the same command. Cruz will be assuming duties on the staff of Inshore Undersea Warfare Group Two.
Cmdr. Edward Rosequist relieves Cmdr. Robert Ryan as commanding officer of the ``Screwtops,'' Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 123. Rosequist previously served as the squadron's executive officer. Ryan's next assignment is as air operations officer of Cruiser-Destroyer Group Eight. ILLUSTRATION: Photo
To set the sails of the Barque Eagle, all on board must pull in
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