This week in links: Pedestrian safety, shipyard job fair, Haiti relief
Saturday, January 16, 2010
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Links for the week of Jan. 15:
A sailor stationed on USS John C. Stennis was seriously injured while crossing Burwell Street in Bremerton, near Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton. She was upgraded from critical to stable condition at the hospital two days later but faces a long recovery. The accident followed less than a week after publicity for a new pedestrian crossing signal under construction at the intersection of Burwell and State Avenue.
The shipyard and Bangor's Intermediate Maintenance Facility are hosting a job fair Jan. 22 and 23 at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds, with up to 400 vacancies to fill.
USS Carl Vinson was among the ships deployed to help with the U.S. military's humanitarian response to the devastating earthquake in Haiti. The aircraft carrier was based in Bremerton before its recent mid-life refueling overhaul in Norfolk. Naval Hospital Bremerton staff will also participate in the relief efforts, likely aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort.
USS Abraham Lincoln is headed home to Everett soon after completing sea trials and its overhaul at PSNS.
The Northwest Navigator, the official base newspaper for Navy Region Northwest, had a cute story this week about a litter of puppies destined to be service dogs. The puppies were named after military bases, including one called "Whidbey."
One of the military spouse bloggers at Military.com's SpouseBUZZ wrote a post with five tips for civilians to help understand and support military families. What do you think of the tips? Would you share them with your non-military friends and family?
New BAH rates for 2010 will mean a lower housing allowance for most sailors with orders to the Northwest after Jan. 1, although rates for those already based here will stay the same. But it's unclear how the rate changes will affect GI Bill benefits, according to a Military.com article.
— Elaine Helm Norton, Northwest Navy News editor