07 January 2009

Battle E winners


The results of the 2008 Battle E competition have been released. My old shipmate Blunoz has the complete lists (COMSUBPAC PEARL HARBOR HI//00// 010001Z JAN 09 and COMSUBFOR NORFOLK VA//N00// 011500Z JAN 09) here; I'm just going to post a couple of details. From the COMSUBLANT COMSUBFOR message:
A. BATTLE EFFICIENCY "E" AWARD
SHIP
CO/XO/COB/CMC
SUBRON 2
USS PROVIDENCE
CDR MIKE HOLLAND
LCDR TODD FIGANBAUM
MMCS(SS) JEFFREY LEITH

B. ENGINEERING RED "E"
SHIP
ENG/EDMC
SUBRON 2
USS PROVIDENCE
LCDR RAVI DESAI
ETCS(SS) CHARLES LOGAN
SUBRON 8
USS JACKSONVILLE
LCDR TIMOTHY YANIK
ETCS(SS) EDWARD SMITH

C.TACTICAL OPERATIONS WHITE "T"
SHIP
WEPS/WDEA/OPS/NODEA
SUBRON 8
USS JACKSONVILLE
LCDR ALAN NELSON
STSCS(SS) LANCE BUTTERFUSS
LCDR MICHAEL FULLER
ETC(SS) RICHARD NAJAR

Three cheers for SSN 719 and SSN 699!

Additionally, reading through the rest of the two messages, I find:
[COMSUBPAC]

A. BATTLE EFFICIENCY E:
CO/XO/COB/CMC/SEA
SUBDEVRON FIVE
USS CONNECTICUT
CDR D. CHRISTOFFERSON (CO)
LCDR B. RODRIGUES (XO)(D)
LCDR P. PFANZ (XO)(R)
ETCS(SS) R. ENQUIST (COB)

F. SUPPLY BLUE E:
SUPPLY OFFICER/SK LCPO/CS LCPO
SUBRON FIFTEEN
USS CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
LT J. SMITH (SUPPO)(D)
ENS B. CARLL (SUPPO)(R)
CSC(SS) J. BLANKENSHIP (CSLCPO)(D)
CS1(SS) J. HALLOCK (CSLPO)(R)
SK1(SS) K. LAMB (SKLPO)

J. STRATEGIC WEAPONS WHITE S:
WEPS/OPS/LCPO
SUBRON NINETEEN
USS MAINE (BLUE)
LT PALILONIS (SWO)
LT KILLILA (OPS)
MTC(SS) YEOMAN (WDEA)(D)
MTC(SS) LOONAM (WDEA)(R)

[COMSUBFOR]

C.TACTICAL OPERATIONS WHITE "T"
SHIP
WEPS/WDEA/OPS/NODEA
SUBDEVRON 12
USS ALEXANDRIA
LT JEFFREY YACKEREN
FTC(SS) FRANK SAVIANO
LT MICHAEL DOLBEC
ETCS(SS) GEORGE HUNT

Congratulations to the former Providence shipmates whose names appear above.

Non-USN readers can find an explanation of the Battle E award here (though that article is slanted toward surface fleet competition).

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