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Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Bruce Henion's FOIA Request for US Aircraft Carrier Deployment Information
Below is a request from Bruce Henion to Chief of Naval Operations as a result of Alan P. Goldstein, CIV, CHINFO inability to provide Aircraft Carrier deployments. Bruce Henion is a cyber friend to who has run into a roadblock in his efforts to complete the monumental task of compiling a complete history of US Aircraft Carrier Deployments. The history is almost complete except for a few periods of time. You can get some idea of the work that has gone into this project by clicking on:
http://www.uscarrierhistory.com/index_files/page0003.htm (Wow - over 800 square feet of statistical typing)
Bruce's biography can be seen at:
http://www.uscarrierhistory.com/index_files/page0001.htm
You can post your opinion in the matter by clicking on:
http://community.fox6.com/forums/post/654650.aspx
Please give Bruce your support.
~g
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September 27, 2006
Request to Navy, NARA for Historical Information
I am an honorably discharged Navy vet, and I've compiled a great deal of
historical data relating to U. S. Aircraft Carriers and deployments of our
nation's fleet of aircraft carriers from September 1945 to present,
illustrated at http://www.uscarrierhistory.com and in particular this chart:
http://www.uscarrierhistory.com/charts/chart48.pdf
After four years of research comprising 16-books of the most accurate
accounting of historical facts, narrative summaries, etc. of U. S. Aircraft
Carrier history, I have been unable to acquire an accurate accounting of U.
S. Aircraft Carrier Foreign Water Fleet Deployments from public records, to
include present disclosed reports by the U. S. Navy presently available to
the public, so on behalf of those who have served onboard U. S. Aircraft
Carriers I have retained an attorney, Scott A. Hodes whom has petitioned Ms.
Doris Lama, Head, DON PA/FOIA Policy Branch , Chief of Naval Operations
(DNS-36) 2000 Navy Pentagon, Washington, DC 20350-2000 and Special Access
and FOIA Staff, National Archives and Records Administration, NWCTF-Room
6350, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740 under the FOIA to disclose
on the internet information relating to US Aircraft Carrier Foreign Water
Fleet Deployments, all classification, by earliest dates and time of arrival
and departure from September 1945 to present and foreign ports visited.
The two requests can be seen here:
Download nararequest.pdf
http://thefoiablog.typepad.com/the_foia_blog/files/nararequest.pdf
Download navyrequest.pdf
http://thefoiablog.typepad.com/the_foia_blog/files/navyrequest.pdf
http://thefoiablog.typepad.com or http://www.infoprivacylaw.com/foia.htm
FOIA REFORM; Who or What Constitutes Media under the FOIA?
http://community.fox6.com/forums/thread/891284.aspx
Letter to Alan P. Goldstein CIV CHINFO THREAD
http://community.fox6.com/forums/thread/654650.aspx
Letter to Alan P. Goldstein CIV CHINFO WASHINGTON DC, CHINFO
http://community.fox6.com/forums/post/654650.aspx
Letter to Armed Forces News Service in reference to Alan P. Goldstein CIV
CHINFO WASHINGTON DC, CHINFO
http://community.fox6.com/forums/post/664173.aspx
2nd Letter to CIV CHINFO in Response to FHTNC, Norfolk, Va. letter to Batman
http://community.fox6.com/forums/post/669171.aspx
U.S. Aircraft Carriers Safest International Transit projected until years
end http://community.fox6.com/forums/thread/683259.aspx
U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER AND THE CARRIER INDUSTRIAL BASE AS OF 2006
http://community.fox6.com/forums/thread/683253.aspx
http://www.uscarrierhistory.com/index_files/page0003.htm (Wow - over 800 square feet of statistical typing)
Bruce's biography can be seen at:
http://www.uscarrierhistory.com/index_files/page0001.htm
You can post your opinion in the matter by clicking on:
http://community.fox6.com/forums/post/654650.aspx
Please give Bruce your support.
~g
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
September 27, 2006
Request to Navy, NARA for Historical Information
I am an honorably discharged Navy vet, and I've compiled a great deal of
historical data relating to U. S. Aircraft Carriers and deployments of our
nation's fleet of aircraft carriers from September 1945 to present,
illustrated at http://www.uscarrierhistory.com and in particular this chart:
http://www.uscarrierhistory.com/charts/chart48.pdf
After four years of research comprising 16-books of the most accurate
accounting of historical facts, narrative summaries, etc. of U. S. Aircraft
Carrier history, I have been unable to acquire an accurate accounting of U.
S. Aircraft Carrier Foreign Water Fleet Deployments from public records, to
include present disclosed reports by the U. S. Navy presently available to
the public, so on behalf of those who have served onboard U. S. Aircraft
Carriers I have retained an attorney, Scott A. Hodes whom has petitioned Ms.
Doris Lama, Head, DON PA/FOIA Policy Branch , Chief of Naval Operations
(DNS-36) 2000 Navy Pentagon, Washington, DC 20350-2000 and Special Access
and FOIA Staff, National Archives and Records Administration, NWCTF-Room
6350, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740 under the FOIA to disclose
on the internet information relating to US Aircraft Carrier Foreign Water
Fleet Deployments, all classification, by earliest dates and time of arrival
and departure from September 1945 to present and foreign ports visited.
The two requests can be seen here:
Download nararequest.pdf
http://thefoiablog.typepad.com/the_foia_blog/files/nararequest.pdf
Download navyrequest.pdf
http://thefoiablog.typepad.com/the_foia_blog/files/navyrequest.pdf
http://thefoiablog.typepad.com or http://www.infoprivacylaw.com/foia.htm
FOIA REFORM; Who or What Constitutes Media under the FOIA?
http://community.fox6.com/forums/thread/891284.aspx
Letter to Alan P. Goldstein CIV CHINFO THREAD
http://community.fox6.com/forums/thread/654650.aspx
Letter to Alan P. Goldstein CIV CHINFO WASHINGTON DC, CHINFO
http://community.fox6.com/forums/post/654650.aspx
Letter to Armed Forces News Service in reference to Alan P. Goldstein CIV
CHINFO WASHINGTON DC, CHINFO
http://community.fox6.com/forums/post/664173.aspx
2nd Letter to CIV CHINFO in Response to FHTNC, Norfolk, Va. letter to Batman
http://community.fox6.com/forums/post/669171.aspx
U.S. Aircraft Carriers Safest International Transit projected until years
end http://community.fox6.com/forums/thread/683259.aspx
U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER AND THE CARRIER INDUSTRIAL BASE AS OF 2006
http://community.fox6.com/forums/thread/683253.aspx
Friday, September 08, 2006
San Antonio to sail by Ground Zero on Sep. 11
By William H. McMichael
Staff writer
September 7, 2006
NORFOLK NAVAL STATION, Va. — With sailors and Marines manning the rails, the Navy’s newest amphibious transport dock ship will sail past Manhattan’s Ground Zero site on Sept. 11 to help commemorate the five-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Navy’s 2nd Fleet announced Thursday.
The San Antonio will leave its home port of Norfolk Naval Station on Friday and pull into New York harbor on Monday. It’s scheduled to pass by Ground Zero at approximately 8:30 a.m. After docking, the crew will spend the next several days conducting ship tours for inner-city children and performing volunteer work, according to Lt. Cmdr. Tamsen Reese, the Navy’s spokeswoman in New York City.
The latter will include a Tuesday collaboration with Lift Up America, a nonprofit organization devoted to providing food and other needs to the less fortunate. The San Antonio will be representing a still-under-construction relative: the New York, the fifth ship in the San Antonio class. The New York is being built in part with 24 tons of steel recovered from the fallen World Trade Center buildings, 2nd Fleet said.
Staff writer
September 7, 2006
NORFOLK NAVAL STATION, Va. — With sailors and Marines manning the rails, the Navy’s newest amphibious transport dock ship will sail past Manhattan’s Ground Zero site on Sept. 11 to help commemorate the five-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Navy’s 2nd Fleet announced Thursday.
The San Antonio will leave its home port of Norfolk Naval Station on Friday and pull into New York harbor on Monday. It’s scheduled to pass by Ground Zero at approximately 8:30 a.m. After docking, the crew will spend the next several days conducting ship tours for inner-city children and performing volunteer work, according to Lt. Cmdr. Tamsen Reese, the Navy’s spokeswoman in New York City.
The latter will include a Tuesday collaboration with Lift Up America, a nonprofit organization devoted to providing food and other needs to the less fortunate. The San Antonio will be representing a still-under-construction relative: the New York, the fifth ship in the San Antonio class. The New York is being built in part with 24 tons of steel recovered from the fallen World Trade Center buildings, 2nd Fleet said.
Thursday, September 07, 2006
Chinese cruiser, refueler to visit Pearl Harbor
By Audrey McAvoy
Associated Press
September 6, 2006
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — Chinese warships are scheduled to sail into Pearl Harbor Wednesday for exercises with the U.S. military — the first visit by a Chinese navy ship to a U.S. state in six years.The port call, aimed at deepening understanding between the U.S. and Chinese navies, comes as the two Pacific powers cautiously rebuild military relations that collapsed after a U.S. spy plane and a Chinese jet fighter collided off the coast of China in 2001.
The top U.S. Pacific commander, Adm. William Fallon, has visited China three times since taking office about 18 months ago to boost contacts and reduce the potential for miscalculations.Fallon has urged China to be more transparent about what it plans to do with its growing military power. He’s called for more Chinese officers to meet their U.S. counterparts and asked China to show the United States more of its capabilities.
The Qingdao, a Luhu-class guided missile cruiser, and the Hongzehu, a refueling ship, are due to arrive at Pearl Harbor for four days of exercises, personnel exchanges, and touring.The vessels are scheduled to head to California on Saturday — either to San Diego or Long Beach — before sailing to the Canadian port of Victoria and the Philippines on their way home.The trip marks the first visit by a Chinese warship to any of the 50 states since 2000, when the Qingdao visited Pearl Harbor and Everett, Wash.
In 2003, two Chinese navy vessels called on Guam, a U.S. territory in the Western Pacific.Capt. Joseph Skinner, who heads the Pacific Command’s Northeast Asia planning, said Tuesday the visit offered the United States an opportunity to learn more about an emerging naval power.“
Many of the countries in the region are concerned when they start buying submarines, when
they start buying cruise missiles, ships,” Skinner said. “Is it a peaceful intention or military projection of power in the future?”Skinner said the United States is encouraging China to use its growing navy for the peaceful end of boosting maritime security.
He said the United States hoped China would join other countries in discouraging pirates and terrorists from attempting to disrupt sea lanes.Off Hawaii, the Qingdao and Hongzehu will practice using internationally accepted communication signals to talk to U.S. ships.The U.S. and Chinese navies will then conduct a search-and-rescue exercise off California.
They may follow up with a second phase of this drill off China’s coast later this year if all goes
well near California.Capt. Jeff Alderson, a Pacific Command spokesman, said the port visit was a building block toward establishing better bilateral ties that could help the United States avoid situations like the spy plane collision.
“We didn’t know who to call. We didn’t know what to do, we couldn’t talk to each other,” Alderson said of the 2001 incident. “If you start with something like this, where you build a common language, common protocols, common procedures, then you start understanding more.”Five years ago, a Chinese fighter veered into a Navy EP-3 surveillance plane in international airspace over the Sea of Japan, resulting in the death of the Chinese pilot and an emergency landing by the damaged American plane.
The United States was angered by China’s decision to imprison the 24 crew members for 11 days on Hainan Island. After releasing them, China refused to permit the United States to fly the damaged plane off the island. Instead it was removed in pieces and reassembled in the United States.
Skinner said the Pacific Command aims to have four Chinese ships visit U.S. ports each year.China, meanwhile, recently agreed to having the U.S. Navy increase its annual port visits to China to four from two, Skinner said.The last U.S. ship to visit China was the USS Blue Ridge, which called on Shanghai in June.
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Don't that beat all! After all of the years when Communist China was one of the "Evil Empires". Back in the late '50's when I was on a DDE out of Pearl Harbor (Desron 25), President Eisenhower denied that we had any US Navy Ships in the area of Formosa. That was during a 6 week underway period when Desron 25 was running a Communist China blockade escorting merchantmen for the Chinese Nationalist (Formosan) government. I was extremely disappointed to first learn that our government "Lied"!
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