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Big ‘E’ in

Turkey

Enterprise visits Marmaris

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Whistle while you work

Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Apprentice Johnnie Wilkins sounds a Boatswain’s pipe aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) Feb. 12. The Boatswain’s pipe is a traditional whistle used by sailors. Enterprise is deployed as part of Enterprise Carrier Strike Group (CSG) in support of Maritime Security Operations and Theater Security Cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility.

Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jesse L. Gonzalez

Q: Can gas masks be worn in oxygen-deficient atmospheres?

A: No

ESWS QUESTION OF THE DAY

Big ‘E’ Outlook

The Shuttle is published and printed daily underway and weekly in port by the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) Media Department, FPO AE 09543-2810. This newspaper is an authorized publication for members of the Department of Defense. Please direct all story ideas, questions and comments to MC3 Peter Melkus at melkusp@cvn65.navy.mil.

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Public Affairs OfficerLt. Cmdr. Sarah T. Self-Kyler

Command Master ChiefCMDCM (AW/SW) Keith G. Oxley

Executive OfficerCapt. Ryan Scholl

Commanding OfficerCapt. Dee L. Mewbourne

EditorMC3 Peter D. Melkus

The New York Renaissance was the first all-African-American professional basketball team established on this day in 1923 by Robert “Bob” Douglas. The ‘Rens’ were one of the most dominant basketball teams of the 1920s and 1930s. During the 1932-33 regular season, the Rens compiled a record of 120-8. During that season, the Rens won 88 consecutive games, a mark that has never been matched by another professional basketball team.

Celebrate Black History Month

Black History Month essay contest

The Multi-Cultural Heritage Committee will be holding an essay contest for Black History Month. All essays must be e-mailed by Monday, Feb. 14 to allow for judging of the essays. The top three will be invited to read their essay aloud at the program on Friday, Feb. 18 and the top essay will also be published in the POD. The following themes to choose from will include but not limited to:-What Black History Month means to me-How the leaders of yesterday have influenced me as a leader today-How the sacrifices of our ancestors have shaped our future. E-mail all essays (word format) to the Multi-Cultural Heritage Committee. Once we receive all essays they will be placed in the MCHC folder S:\Public\Command\MCHC\Black History\2011 Essay’s and voted on Tuesday, 15 February. Contact IC1 Morris at J-7878 for any questions concerning the essay.

Upcoming MWR Events

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NBA 2K11 PS3 Tourney

Aft mess decks2030

Texas Hold ‘Em Tourney

Aft mess decks 2030

Get into ‘ship shape’

with the Big ‘E’ Fitness Team!

12SAT

13SUN

Advanced Spin/Cycle

1430-1530(Max = 7)

ITCS Henderson

Yoga(Stretch It

Out)1700-1800

HM1 Wesley

Get it Right, Get it Tight

1800-1845HM1 Wesley

BiggEst Loser - Team Workout0500-0600Fit Boss

BiggEst Loser - Team Workout0900-1000 - Fit Boss

Chuck Norris Power HourUltimate Abs

1600-1700 - AOC Wong

Advanced Spin/Cycle2000-2100

(Max = 7)IT1 Sherry

GOPT!

GOPT!GOPT!GOPT!GOPT!

Register now for NCPACE!

NCPACE registration will take place today through Monday, Feb. 14 in front of ESO classroom (2-186-0-Q). Classes being offered are: Academic Skills Math/Writing (must take asset test), General Psychology, Psychology of Adjustment, English Composition I and II, American Government I and II, Intro to Algebra (must take asset test), Intermediate Algebra (must take asset test), and Philosophy. NOTE: Class schedule will not be available until class size is determined.

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Drawing class with ET1 Rhodes

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Enterprise NewsEnterprise concludes Marmaris, Turkey visitMARMARIS, Turkey – Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) raised the anchor from the Marmaris Bay’s seabed and headed back to sea Feb. 11, concluding the second port visit of their ship’s 21st deployment. Big ‘E’ crew members combined fun, safety and responsibility while enjoying liberty abroad. Thanks to Enterprise’s Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) program, Sailors were afforded multiple opportunities to experience a variety of unique tours. Big ‘E’ crew members took part in rugged horseback riding through the countryside, explored historic sites like Ephesus and Pamukkale and even received pampered treatment at a Turkish bath house. Yeoman 3rd Class Samantha Cosper,

guests visited the ship during receptions, tours and media visits during the four-day visit. U.S. and Turkish senior military commanders also held briefings and meetings discussing military-to-military cooperation while the crew took in the sights and sounds.

assigned to the “Knighthawks” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 136, visited the Padok Hotel and Stables, located 17 miles from downtown Marmaris. The new facility offers a 32-room hotel and maintains a stable of 28 horses for a first-class equine experience. “I had an awesome time,” said Cosper. “It was such an exciting tour and the whole facility was really nice.” The Enterprise crew took a different approach to community relations projects (COMRELS) during this port call by participating in friendly, yet competitive, basketball and soccer matches against their Turkish hosts, allowing them to meet the community through the universal language of sport. “Camaraderie through competition creates long-lasting friendships, and sport

is one of the best ways to achieve this,” said Personnel Specialist 1st Class (AW/SW) Jasper D. Mitchell, who participated in the basketball game. “Games like these can also build a lasting respect for one another.” More than 2,000

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The aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) anchored in Marmaris Bay, as seen from one of the Turkish ferries that escorted crew members back and fourth to the fleet landing area for liberty.

Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class (AW) Elizabeth Burke

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World NewsEgypt’s President steps downCAIRO — An 18-day-old revolt led by the young people of Egypt ousted President Hosni Mubarak on Friday, shattering three decades of political stasis here and overturning the established order of the Arab world. Shouts of “God is great” erupted from Tahrir Square at twilight as Mr. Mubarak’s vice president and longtime intelligence chief, Omar Suleiman, announced that Mr. Mubarak had passed all authority to a council of military leaders. Tens of thousands who had bowed down for evening prayers leapt to their feet, bouncing and dancing in joy. “Lift your head high, you’re an Egyptian,” they cried. Revising the tense of the revolution’s rallying cry, they chanted, “The people, at last, have brought down the regime.” “We can breathe fresh air, we can feel our freedom,” said Gamal Heshamt, a former independent member of Parliament. “After 30 years of absence from the world, Egypt is back.” Mr. Mubarak, an 82-year-old former air force commander, left without comment for his home by the Red Sea in Sharm el Sheik. His departure overturns, after six decades, the Arab world’s original secular dictatorship. He was toppled by a radically new force in regional politics — a largely secular, nonviolent, youth-led democracy movement that brought Egypt’s liberal and Islamist

again as the unbowed father of the nation, barely alluding to a vague “delegation” of authority. The resulting disappointment enraged the Egyptian public, sent a million people into the streets of Cairo on Friday morning and put in motion an unceremonious retreat at the behest of the military he had commanded for so long. “Taking into consideration the difficult circumstances the country is going through, President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak has decided to leave the post of president of the republic and has tasked the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to manage the state’s affairs,” Mr. Suleiman, grave and ashen, said in a brief televised statement. It is now not clear what role Mr. Suleiman, whose credibility plummeted over the past week as he stood by Mr. Mubarak and even questioned Egypt’s readiness for democracy, will have in the new government.

opposition groups together for the first time under its banner. One by one the protesters withstood each weapon in the arsenal of the Egyptian autocracy — first the heavily armed riot police, then a ruling party militia and finally the state’s powerful propaganda machine. Mr. Mubarak’s fall removed a bulwark of American foreign policy in the region. The United States, its Arab allies and Israel are now pondering whether the Egyptian military, which has vowed to hold free elections, will give way to a new era of democratic dynamism or to a perilous lurch into instability or Islamist rule. The upheaval comes less than a month after a sudden youth revolt in nearby Tunisia toppled another enduring Arab strongman, President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. And on Friday night some of the revelers celebrating in the streets of Cairo marched under a Tunisian flag and pointed to the surviving autocracies in Syria, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Yemen. “We are setting a role model for the dictatorships around us,” said Khalid Shaheen, 39. “Democracy is coming.” President Obama, in a televised address, praised the Egyptian revolution. “Egyptians have made it clear that nothing less than genuine democracy will carry the day,” he said. “It was the moral force of nonviolence — not terrorism and mindless killing — that bent the arc of history toward justice once more.” The Muslim Brotherhood,

the outlawed Islamist movement that until 18 days ago was considered Egypt’s only viable opposition, said it was merely a supporting player in the revolt. “We participated with everyone else and did not lead this or raise Islamic slogans so that it can be the revolution of everyone,” said Mohamed Saad el-Katatni, a spokesman for the Brotherhood. “This is a revolution for all Egyptians; there is no room for a single group’s slogans, not the Brotherhood’s or anybody else.” The Mubarak era ended without any of the stability and predictability that were the hallmarks of his tenure. Western and Egyptian officials had expected Mr. Mubarak to leave office on Thursday and irrevocably delegate his authority to Vice President Suleiman, finishing the last six months of his term with at least his presidential title intact. But whether because of pride or stubbornness, Mr. Mubarak instead spoke once

Demonstrators in Cairo rejoiced Friday upon hearing that President Hosni Mubarak had been toppled after 18 days of protests against his government.

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By David D. KirkpatrickThe New York Times

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SportsStrike group Sailors score on and off field

AKSAZ and MARMARIS, Turkey – Sailors aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) and the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) competed in several exhibition sporting events for their community relations projects (COMRELS) while visiting the Turkish ports of Aksaz and Marmaris Feb 8-11. Putting a different spin on usual COMREL activities, the matches gave Leyte Gulf and Enterprise Sailors the opportunity to build upon international ties while playing the sports they love. The Leyte Gulf command soccer club played two matches against the Turkish Akar-class support ship TCG Akar (A-580) command team, and although they didn’t come away victorious on the field, the club was triumphant in building new and lasting friendships with their Turkish counterparts. Initially the first match played on Feb 8 was the only game scheduled during the visit to the port. However, after a hard-fought game which saw the Leyte Gulf club battle back from a 0-4 deficit to score three goals, they earned the respect of their opponent, and the offer of a rematch on the Feb 10. After jumping out to a 2-0 lead by goals from team captain, striker Rawlings H. Osei, a Ship’s Serviceman 3rd Class assigned to Leyte Gulf Supply department’s S-3 division, in the rematch the game seemed to transform to one not played by rivals intent

interaction between the two teams, the Leyte Gulf club was invited back to the TCG Akar to enjoy a luncheon in the wardroom with the ship’s captain. They were treated to traditional Turkish pastries, homemade bread and Turkish tea. The commanding officer also presented each member with a TCG Akar command ball cap and engraved keychain. Prior to the first day’s match, each side met on the middle of the field and formally exchanged gifts from one command to another. “The exchange of items was a huge hit at the formal and informal level,” said Lt. j.g. Cary C. Shinn, a command chaplain. “The formal level involved a sharing of our ship’s picture and a plaque between senior levels of the command on the soccer field. The informal level involved sharing photos, personalized lighters, ship’s ball caps, coins and lapel pins.” Following each of the games, members from both squads socialized, took photos together and discussed the play of their opponent. “I feel the Turkish team respects us as opponents after our showing on the field,” said Robinson. The Turkish team was treated to a tour of the Leyte Gulf following the conclusion of the second day’s match and was also presented with personal gifts from their counterparts. “I gave their [team] captain my jersey,” said Osei. “They were great guys and played hard.”

on winning but between friends focused on having fun. “I really enjoyed the match against the Turkish team,” said Leyte Gulf midfielder Chad ‘Derek’ Robinson, a Fire Controlman 2nd Class assigned to Weapons department’s CM division. “It was extremely fun and I also felt like it did help keep up international relations. I felt that the guys we played were gentlemen and very talented soccer players.” The COMREL was arranged by American Embassy

Defense Attaché Officer, Lt. Col. Lloyd D. Freeman, who worked with the Turkish navy to schedule the first soccer match with great success. “It was an excellent time,” said Leyte Gulf defender Philip Owen, a Fire Controlman 1st Class (SW) assigned to Weapons department’s CF division. “I love playing [soccer], and anything that we can do that shows us [Americans] as being friendly and not like the image portrayed in the movies is great.” In response to the positive

A Sailor assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) attempts a 3-point shot during an exhibition basketball match against a Marmaris, Turkey basketball team while there on a port visit. Team Enterprise defeated team Marmaris 45-40.

Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nick C. Scott

By MC3 Robert GuerraUSS Leyte Gulf Public Affairs

A Sailor assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) (yellow jersey) attempts to strip the ball from a Turkish soccer player (white jersey) during an exhibition match with a Turkish semi-professional team while visiting the port of Marmaris, Turkey. Team Enterprise dropped the match 13-2.

Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jared M. King

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Sailors of the DayCryptologic Technician (Technical) 3rd Class Shea Martin - Norfolk, Virginia

Photos by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jesse L. Gonzalez

CTT3 Martin, an electronic warfare watch supervisor assigned to Operations department’s OS division, joined the Navy three years ago to follow in her father’s footsteps and be a part of something bigger than herself. To Martin, the most rewarding aspect of her job is “being able to make a difference in the world.” After her naval career, Martin aspires to obtain a degree and open her own business. Martin enjoys shopping and reading in her spare time.

ATAN Ressue, an avionics technician assigned to the “Screwtops” of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 123, joined the Navy three-and-a-half years ago because “I felt the Navy was one way I could make myself stand out and do things I never thought I would be able to do just going to college.” To Ressue, the most rewarding aspect of his job is the amount of interest and enthusiasm it always generates with his family and friends back home. Ressue is working hard to make E-4 and earn his warfare pins before returning from cruise. During his free time, Ressue enjoys working out, working on qualifications and socializing.

Aviation Electronics Technician AirmanAdam J. Ressue - Fort Plain, New York