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not only shows the Navy’s commitment to promote environmental stewardship, but also supports the shipyard’s mission.” This is the fourth consecutive year


PNSY has been recognized for its environ- mental programs. The shipyard previously won fi scal year 2011 SECNAV award for Environmental Restoration, fi scal year 2012 Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) award for Environmental Restoration, and fi scal year 2013 CNO award for Sustainability. “As the oldest continuously operating naval shipyard in the nation, the cultural resources management program is faced with unique challenges, as well as areas of archaeological sensitivity,” said Kerry Vau- trot, NAVFAC cultural resources manager for the shipyard. “Through coordination with the State Historic Preservation Offi ce, Portsmouth has developed relationships with key stakeholders, resulting in reduced consultation timelines and more effective project consultation.”


As part of the announcement, Secretary of the Navy the Honorable Ray Mabus com- mended all of the nominees and winners for the tremendous success showcased in these awards and offered his congratulations. “I applaud our civilians, Sailors, and Marines, both here and forward deployed, who are a part of our robust environmental team supporting the sustainment of our op- erations and resiliency of our installations,” Mabus said.


Portsmouth Naval Shipyard will now move on to compete in the Secretary of De- fense Environmental Awards competition. “Our goal is to continuously improve our conservation efforts for the shipyard and the nation,” said Shipyard Commander, Capt. William Greene. “This recognition validates that goal and inspires us to re- commit to environmental stewardship and sustainability.”


Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is the


Navy’s center of excellence for fast-attack submarine maintenance, modernization, and repair. As a fi eld activity of Naval Sea Systems Command, PNSY is committed to maximizing the material readiness of the


fl eet by safely delivering fi rst-time quality, on time, and on budget.


New Book Offers Insight into WWII Naval Operations


By Carla M. McCarthy, Naval War College Press Public Affairs


NEWPORT, R.I. (NNS) -- A new U.S. Naval War College (NWC) book offers students, historians, and interested readers, fresh perspectives of several key World War II naval operations.


Announced by the NWC Press on April 3, “Major Fleet-versus-Fleet Operations in the Pacifi c War, 1941-1945” explores the battles of Coral Sea, Midway-Aleutians, and the Philippine Sea.


Authored by NWC Professor Milan


Vego, the book provides an operational-art perspective to stimulate interest in the study of the theory and practice of major naval operations through case studies. Studying naval warfare history is an integral part of the NWC educational cur- riculum. The chapter on the 1942 Battle of Midway is required reading for this tri- mester’s Joint Maritime Operations course offered by the Joint Military Operations (JMO) Department.


While many students arrive at NWC well versed and experienced with tactical knowledge and expertise, the JMO course expands their intellectual aperture and ex- amines higher levels of war, in this case, the operational level of war. U.S. military offi cers from all services, along with international naval offi cers and students from other U.S. government agen- cies, are using the book’s Midway case study as part of seminars exploring the concept of sea control and designing major naval and joint operations. For example, they are analyzing and critiquing the Japanese operational design for Midway to highlight those aspects of the operational art unique to operational warfare in a maritime context. The theoretical framework of oper- ational art allows students and military planners to examine the entire spectrum of confl ict at the upper tactical and operational levels of war. As defi ned by U.S. joint doc- trine, operational art is “the creative thinking


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used to design strategies, campaigns, and major operations and to organize and em- ploy military force.”


“Detailed studies of these three major naval battles provide ample background on the geographic and strategic context of the operations, as well as an account of the un- folding of the action,” said Professor Carnes Lord, NWC Press director. “Professor Vego used primary sources found in American and Japanese archives extensively, which makes this book all the more valuable to the study of naval history.” Vego devoted a majority of each case study to describing and analyzing Japanese plans and how they were executed. “Even more important, the proposed lessons learned demonstrate a distinct appreciation and understanding of naval operational art that are of more than merely historical interest for today’s U.S. Navy,” said Lord.


“Major Fleet-versus-Fleet Operations


in the Pacifi c War, 1941-1945” is the twen- ty-second book in the NWC Historical Monograph Series and available through the U.S. Government Bookstore at http:// bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-046- 00283-5.


The book is a sequel to the author’s “Major Naval Operations,” also published by the NWC Press as Newport Paper 32.


The ‘Iron Nickel’ is Decommissioned After 34 Years of Service


By Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist (SW/AW) Donnie W. Ryan, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacifi c Fleet Public Affairs


SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Hundreds of current and former crew members, 10 previous com- manding offi cers, and their family members crowded onto the fl ight deck of the amphib- ious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5) to bid farewell to the “Iron Nickel” during the ship’s decommissioning ceremony at Naval Base San Diego, March 31. Tears wet the eyes of many of the former Sailors and Marines in attendance as the fl ag was hauled down, the watch was secured and the crew of one of the most famous ships in the U.S. Navy’s Pacifi c Fleet ceremoniously disembarked the vessel for the fi nal time. Peleliu was named after the Battle of Peleliu which took place from Sept. 15 to Nov. 27, 1944 in which 1,256 Marines gave their lives to take the island which was being held by the Imperial Japanese Army. Rear Adm. Marcus A. Hitchcock, the current director of Fleet and Joint Training at U.S. Fleet Forces Command, was the ship’s 18th commanding offi cer from March 2008 to September 2009 and served as the guest speaker for the ceremony.


Hitchcock talked not only about his time as commanding offi cer, but also about


how he read many books and studied up on the ship’s namesake when he received orders to become the ship’s commanding offi cer. In addition, he spoke about how he was fortunate enough to host a ship’s tour in the summer of 2009 for Marine veterans from the actual Battle of Peleliu. “These Marines had seen and done ex- traordinary things on a remote island called Peleliu. Like millions of their generation, they were committed to keeping America free,” said Hitchcock. “They came to repre- sent grit and determination. It was fi ghting men like these for which this warship is named.”


Hitchcock also thanked all the plan- kowners and former crew members in attendance for their service to the ship over the past 34 years. “From that fi rst deployment onward, USS Peleliu and her crew demonstrated time and again that she always achieved the mission, to perfection, with style and in ways that had never been seen before,” said Hitchcock. “Except on rare occasions, USS Peleliu never did it alone. She always had a teammate by her side, the U.S. Marine Corps.” To close his remarks, Hitchcock led the audience in three cheers to mark the grit and determination of all the Sailors and Marines who served on board Peleliu during her years of service.


Capt. Paul C. Spedero, Peleliu’s last commanding offi cer, read the decommis- sioning orders and gave the order to disem- bark the ship.


“From Deputy Chief of Naval Opera- tions to commanding offi cer, USS Peleliu, subject, decommissioning of USS Peleliu,” read Spedero. “On 31 March, 2015, decom- mission USS Peleliu and transfer to the in- active reserve. Executive offi cer, disembark the crew.”


During 34 years of service, Peleliu was homeported in both Long Beach and San Diego on the California coast as thousands of Sailors and Marines called the ship home. Capable of launching a coordinated air and sea attack from one platform, Peleliu conducted 17 deployments, 178,051 fl ight operations, served 57,983 personnel and steamed approximately 1,011,946 nautical miles since being commissioned May 3, 1980 in Pascagoula, Mississippi. After the decommissioning process is complete, Peleliu will be towed from San Diego to Hawaii to join the Navy’s reserve fl eet. There, the last of its class amphibious assault ship will take its place alongside its sister ship and fi rst in class, the ex-USS Tarawa (LHA 1).


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