THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, August 16, 1995 TAG: 9508160441
SECTION: MILITARY NEWS PAGE: A06 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Hot Line
SOURCE: BY MELISSA GUNDEL, STAFF WRITER
LENGTH: Medium: 56 lines
I am a reservist on active duty and would like to know how I can use the commissary?
If the period of duty is less than 30 days, all the reservist needs is his or her I.D. card and active-duty orders, to use the commissary. If the active duty is for more than 30 days, then the reservists can take the orders to the local Personnel Support Activity and they will issue a commissary card if he or she didn't receive one at the reserve command. Commissary cards are only good when the reservist is on active duty. Family members of reservists can use a commissary card when the member is on active duty. They need to show an I.D. card such as a driver's license and a copy of the active duty orders during the time the person is on active duty. Active-duty members and their family members use their Armed Forces I.D. card.
When is the Navy swimming pool (indoor pool) going to open on Hampton Boulevard?
There hasn't been a day set. Officials hope to have the pool open shortly after Labor Day. The pool has been closed for renovation for about six months.
I would like to know if you can tell me the location of LST 1044. I was on the LST 1044 in 1945 and I read the papers from the LST association and I've never seen any reference to it. I would like to know where it is. Is it still active? Has it been decommissioned?
After World War II, the tank landing ship returned to the United States and was decomissioned on June 28, 1946. On Jan. 8, 1948, the LST was sold to a private shipping operation.
I was a plane captain and top turret gunner on the Navy B-24. Are there any turret organizations for people who were turret gunners during the second World War or the Korean conflict?
Good question. The folks at the Naval Historical Society don't know of a turret organization. But keep in mind, not all organizations are listed with them. We'll keep looking.
Why are ships sent out to sea to wait out a hurricane? Where do the submarines go?
Though it sounds like a harrowing journey, deployment during a hurricane is actually the safest way for the Navy to ensure that its equipment and its men aren't injured.
Hurricanes cause storm surges and high tides that can knock an aircraft carrier into the pier, severely damaging both the pier and, possibly, the carrier. The Navy doesn't want to take that chance.
About 50 of the Norfolk-based ships were dispatched to sea early Tuesday ahead of Felix.
And submarines? They dive. It's the safest place for them. by CNB