NW Navy News

New uniforms. The first EA-18G Growler squadron deployment. Women training for submarine service. Those are among the changes coming for the Navy in 2010.

Here are some things to watch here in the Northwest:

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The aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis returned home to Bremerton on Monday after completing a strike group exercise off the California coast. The two-week sustainment exercise (SUSTAINEX) was intended to keep the strike group ready to respond in a crisis.

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USS John C. Stennis arrived at its homeport in Bremerton on Friday, July 10, after a six-month deployment. The ship wound its way home along the length of the West Coast after exercises off the coast of Alaska, making stops in Everett and San Diego to drop off air wing crew members.

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The crew of the Bremerton-based aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis got a visit this week from former vice presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Stennis was operating off the coast of Alaska for the Northern Edge exercise.

The ship, its strike group and air wing are wrapping up a deployment that began in January.

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USS John C. Stennis left for a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment Jan. 17. The ship and its crew pulled out of port in Bremerton during the early morning hours of Jan. 13 and headed to the San Diego to meet with Carrier Air Wing 9 and Destroyer Squadron 21 before continuing on its way. The deployment is expected to last about six or seven months.

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