The importance of representation, identity and diversity, particularly within the Navy family, were the focus of a national virtual Black History Month event Feb. 25.
“This month is not just about black history. Black history is our history. This is American history,” said keynote speaker Rear Adm. Stephen Barnett, commander, Navy Region Northwest.
Barnett is one of the just 8% of black Navy officers, a fact that isn’t lost on him.
“The black men and black women who came before me paved the way,” he reflected. “Just one generation before me, it was nearly unthinkable for a black person to become a naval aviator. I wouldn’t be here today with a star on and my actual wings on if it wasn’t for a bunch of aviation giants that went before me.”
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Good afternoon, 12s. Here s a look at what s out there for today – Friday, February 26 – about your Seattle Seahawks.
Tyler Lockett Appears Three Times, David Moore Takes Top Seahawks Catch
Reflection. It makes perfect sense, then, that his penchant for poetry would manifest on the field as some physical variation of the art.
During the 2020 season, Lockett continued his campaign of making every sort of sideline, one-handed, toe-tapping, diving catch seem, well, normal. It was clear that his favorite opponent this year was the Arizona Cardinals, and all three of his appearances in the NFL s list came against them.
At #90, Lockett caught a floater in the corner of the end zone, carefully getting both feet in bounds before making the catch (and dapping up an official). Unsurprisingly, that Week 11 grab wasn t his only end zone toe-tap touchdown in the list.
It s always been true that the Navy s fleet based in Western Washington performs critical missions across the planet. But as the Pentagon prepares for greater conflict at sea, the Navy vessels of the Pacific Northwest are currently showing they ll play a key role in containing an increasingly ambitious Chinese Navy. It s a major part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Brad Martin, a retired Navy captain and senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation, said of the Navy in the Pacific Northwest. And with the focus on containing the rise of China, the forces in the Pacific continue to be very important and potentially increasing in importance.
Coming soon to a Washington state park near you: Navy SEAL training exercises? By Abbie Shull, The News Tribune
Published: January 21, 2021, 9:59am
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The Navy is seeking a permit to conduct special operations training exercises in 28 Washington State Parks, despite concerns from park users over the “creepiness” of the proposal.
The Navy plans to conduct five types of special operations training in Washington parks day or night for up to five years. Types of training include:
Insertion and extraction training where trainees might approach or depart an area using submersible craft or watercraft.
Combat swimming or diver and swimmer training where trainees would be confined to the ocean or inland water areas.
By ABBIE SHULL | The News Tribune | Published: January 21, 2021 (Tribune News Service) The Navy is seeking a permit to conduct special operations training exercises in 28 Washington State Parks, despite concerns from park users over the creepiness of the proposal. The Navy plans to conduct five types of special operations training in Washington parks day or night for up to five years. Types of training include: Insertion and extraction training where trainees might approach or depart an area using submersible craft or watercraft. Combat swimming or diver and swimmer training where trainees would be confined to the ocean or inland water areas.