THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, November 30, 1994           TAG: 9411300515
SECTION: MILITARY NEWS            PAGE: A12  EDITION: FINAL 
                                             LENGTH: Medium:   61 lines

WEEKLY BRIEFING

WEEKLY BRIEFING

LIGHTED SHIP TOURS: The traditional holiday lighting of Navy ships will begin Saturday and continue nightly through Jan. 1 at Norfolk Naval Station and Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base.

Motorists interested in taking the free, self-guided tour at Norfolk Naval Station should enter through Gate 2 at the extreme north end of Hampton Boulevard between 6 and 9 p.m. and ask for a tour map. A similar tour is available at Little Creek during the same hours. Enter through any gate.

RECYCLING AWARD: The Naval Base Norfolk Commmand has been presented the Navy's Resource, Recovery and Recycling Program award for large installations, and the Naval Security Group Activity Northwest in Chesapeake received the same award for small installations.

The command was honored for recycling more than 19 million pounds of trash and saving $4.3 million in disposal costs.

STENNIS HALL: The Navy had a lot of new sailors needing a home on the Peninsula, and the Army had a home that was losing its soldiers. They got together and christened John C. Stennis Hall - named for the new aircraft carrier whose sailors will live in the three-story building at Fort Eustis while the ship is finished at Newport News Shipbuilding.

- Staff report COMINGS & GOINGS

FINAL RETURN:

The guided-missile cruiser Belknap, which has served as the 6th Fleet flagship in the Mediterranean Sea, is scheduled to return to Pier 24 at 10 a.m. Friday, ending its last deployment before being decommissioned.

CHANGE OF COMMAND:

Capt. Raymond A. Duffy relieves Capt. Robert C. Chaplain as commanding officer of the amphibious assault ship Wasp. Duffy has served as the Atlantic Fleet's senior propulsion examiner. Chaplian is awaiting orders.

Cmdr. John V. Fitzsimons relieves Cmdr. Randall W. Hamilton as commanding officer of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 40 at Norfolk Naval Air Station. Fitsimons has been serving as executive officer of the carrier onboard delivery squadron, which flies C-2A Greyhounds. Hamilton is retiring.

Retired Rear Adm. John B. Totushek relieves Retired Rear Adm. Robert Smith III as commander of the Atlantic Fleet Logistics Task Force. Smith will become chief of staff for the commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet. Totushek is vice president of a construction company. ILLUSTRATION: Chart

BY THE NUMBERS

Marine Families

The Marine Corps' 1994 budget included over $132 million for family

housing. Here's a look at Corps families

For copy of chart, see microfilm

by CNB