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061217-N-0336C-052 Sailors watch the Christmas film "Elf"
Portsmouth, Va. (Dec. 17, 2006) - Sailors relax while watching the Christmas movie "Elf" during movie night in Hangar Bay 2 aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Truman is currently conducting a simulated five-day fast cruise while nearing the end of a Docked Planned Incremental Availability (DPIA) period at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) in Portsmouth, Va. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Arturo Chavez (RELEASED)
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PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA – Volunteer Kimberly Robinson, who works in the Norfolk District’s contracting division, coordinates parking during the Clean the Bay event at the Craney Island Dredged Material Management Area here June 7, 2014. Approximately 69 volunteers participated in this year’s event and more than 1,410 pounds of bagged trash and 540 pounds of bulk items were collected. (U.S. Army photo/Pamela k Spaugy)
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PORTSMOUTH, Virginia – Program Support Assistant Maria Crame was one of 69 volunteers in this year’s Norfolk District-sponsored Clean the Bay Day here June 7, 2014. She helped collect 68 bags of trash - 1,410 pounds of bagged trash and approximately 590 pounds of bulk non-bagged items. The most unusual items included a sledge hammer, a dog carcass, a kayak paddle, one dead turtle, a respirator, an arrow and one big red ball. The majority of debris was cigarette butts, plastic bottles and Styrofo
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PORTSMOUTH, Virginia – Today’s event was organized by Program Analyst Ella Skeeter-Webster. Sixty-nine dedicated volunteers participated in this year’s Clean the Bay Day with the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The location: the Craney Island Dredged Material Management Area here June 7, 2014. Volunteers from Williamsburg, James City County, Yorktown, Newport News, Poquoson, Hampton, Norfolk, Virginia Beach and Plymouth, Minnesota participated. Organizations represented included
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PORTSMOUTH, Virginia – Gabriel, 13, was one of 69 volunteers who participated in this year’s Norfolk District-sponsored Clean the Bay Day here June 7, 2014. More than 68 bags of trash - 1,410 pounds of bagged trash and approximately 590 pounds of bulk non-bagged items – was collected. The most unusual items included a sledge hammer, a dog carcass, a kayak paddle, one dead turtle, a respirator, an arrow and one big red ball. The majority of debris was cigarette butts, plastic bottles and Styrofoa
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PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA – Volunteer Rebecca, 10, was among the 69 volunteers who participated in this year’s Clean the Bay Day event at the Craney Island Dredged Material Management Area June 7, 2014. She helped collect 68 bags of trash - 1,410 pounds of bagged trash and approximately 590 pounds of bulk non-bagged items. (U.S. Army photos/Pamela K Spaugy)
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PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA – Volunteer Katherine Keller-Miller from Old Dominion University, was one of 69 volunteers who collected 1,410 pounds of bagged trash and 540 pounds of bulk items at the Craney Island Dredged Material Management Area here June 7, 2014. (U.S. Army photo/Pamela k Spaugy)
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PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA – Volunteer Andy Silvis, who works at U.S. Fleet Forces Command in Norfolk, Virginia, helps his daughter, Eden, apply bug repellent. Silvis and his four children (Carter, 3; Eden, 8; Noah, 10; and Rhiley, 14) were among t 69 volunteers participating in this year’s Norfolk District-sponsored Clean the Bay event. More than 1,410 pounds of bagged trash and 540 pounds of bulk items were collected as volunteers scoured the perimeter of the Craney Island Dredged Material Managemen
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PORTSMOUTH, Virginia – Secretary Sherri Jefferies was one of 69 volunteers in this year’s Norfolk District-sponsored Clean the Bay Day here June 7, 2014. She helped collect 68 bags of trash - 1,410 pounds of bagged trash and approximately 590 pounds of bulk non-bagged items. The most unusual items included a sledge hammer, a dog carcass, a kayak paddle, one dead turtle, a respirator, an arrow and one big red ball. The majority of debris was cigarette butts, plastic bottles and Styrofoam from buo
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PORTSMOUTH, Virginia – Nine volunteers from Old Dominion University participated in this year’s Norfolk District-sponsored Clean the Bay Day here June 7, 2014. A total of 68 bags of trash - 1,410 pounds of bagged trash and approximately 590 pounds of bulk non-bagged items – were collected. The most unusual items included a sledge hammer, a dog carcass, a kayak paddle, one dead turtle, a respirator, an arrow and one big red ball. The majority of debris was cigarette butts, plastic bottles and Sty
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PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA -- Colonel Paul Olsen, Norfolk District commander, kicks off the 2014 Clean the Bay Day event at the Craney Island Dredged Material Management Area here June 7, 2014. Approximately 69 volunteers participated in this year’s event and more than 1,410 pounds of bagged trash and 540 pounds of bulk items were collected. (U.S. Army photo/Pamela k Spaugy)
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PORTSMOUTH, Virginia – Kevin , 17, gets a helping hand removing a large piece of debris that washed up on the shoreline of the Craney Island Dredged Material management Area here. Kevin was one of 69 volunteers participating in this year’s Clean the Bay Day with the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. A total of 68 bags of trash - 1,410 pounds of bagged trash and approximately 590 pounds of bulk non-bagged items – were collected. (U.S. Army photos/Pamela K Spaugy)
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PORTSMOUTH, Virginia – Sixty-nine dedicated volunteers participated in this year’s Clean the Bay Day with the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The location: the Craney Island Dredged Material Management Area here June 7, 2014. Volunteers from Williamsburg, James City County, Yorktown, Newport News, Poquoson, Hampton, Norfolk, Virginia Beach and Plymouth, Minnesota participated. Organizations represented included not only the Norfolk District but also members from Lafayette, Woodsi
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PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA -- Colonel Paul Olsen, Norfolk District commander, thanks Clean the Bay Day organizer Program Analyst Ella Skeeter-Webster June 7, 2014 at the Craney Island Dredged Material Management Area. Approximately 69 volunteers participated in this year’s event and more than 1,410 pounds of bagged trash and 540 pounds of bulk items were collected. Organizations represented included not only the Norfolk District but also members from Lafayette, Woodside, I.C. Norcom and Churchland Hig
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PORTSMOUTH, Virginia – Volunteer Gabriel, 17, participated in this year’s Norfolk District-sponsored Clean the Bay Day here June 7, 2014. He helped the other 68 volunteers collect 68 bags of trash - 1,410 pounds of bagged trash and approximately 590 pounds of bulk non-bagged items. The most unusual items included a sledge hammer, a dog carcass, a kayak paddle, one dead turtle, a respirator, an arrow and one big red ball. The majority of debris was cigarette butts, plastic bottles and Styrofoam f
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PORTSMOUTH, Virginia – Volunteer Imani Gallant, 15, participated in this year’s Norfolk District-sponsored Clean the Bay Day here June 7, 2014. She helped collect 68 bags of trash - 1,410 pounds of bagged trash and approximately 590 pounds of bulk non-bagged items. The most unusual items included a sledge hammer, a dog carcass, a kayak paddle, one dead turtle, a respirator, an arrow and one big red ball. The majority of debris was cigarette butts, plastic bottles and Styrofoam from buoys. (U.S.
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PORTSMOUTH, Va. -- Mark Swingle, director of research and conservation for the Virginia Aquarium&Marine Science Center, documents the bringing of a dead 45-foot sei whale onshore for a necropsy here Aug. 22, 2014. The whale spent a week swimming in the Elizabeth River’s Southern Branch and eventual perished. Through its mandate of keeping the federal navigation channels clear of damaging debris, the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, assisted in the necropsy by using heavy equip
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PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees use an excavator to pull a dead 45-foot sei whale onshore for a necropsy here Aug. 22, 2014. The whale spent a week swimming in the Elizabeth River’s Southern Branch and eventual perished. Through its mandate of keeping the federal navigation channels clear of damaging debris, the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, assisted in the necropsy by using heavy equipment and burying the remains at its Craney Island
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PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees use an excavator to pull a dead 45-foot sei whale onshore for a necropsy here Aug. 22, 2014. The whale spent a week swimming in the Elizabeth River’s Southern Branch and eventual perished. Through its mandate of keeping the federal navigation channels clear of damaging debris, the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, assisted in the necropsy by using heavy equipment and burying the remains at its Craney Island
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PORTSMOUTH, Va. -- Susan Barco, Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center stranding response coordinator, attempts to tie a heavy-duty line to a dead 45-foot sei whale so it can be pulled onshore for a necropsy here Aug. 22, 2014. The whale spent a week swimming in the Elizabeth River’s Southern Branch and eventual perished. Through its mandate of keeping the federal navigation channels clear of damaging debris, the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, assisted in the necropsy by
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PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees use an excavator to pull a dead 45-foot sei whale onshore for a necropsy here Aug. 22, 2014. The whale spent a week swimming in the Elizabeth River’s Southern Branch and eventual perished. Through its mandate of keeping the federal navigation channels clear of damaging debris, the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, assisted in the necropsy by using heavy equipment and burying the remains at its Craney Island
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PORTSMOUTH, Va. -- Carlos Quinones, acting facilities director for the Craney Island Dredged Material Management Area here, looks on as Bernard Jackson, an engineering equipment operator, and Susan Barco, Virginia Aquarium&Marine Science Center stranding response coordinator, attempt to tie a heavy-duty line to a dead 45-foot sei whale Aug. 22, 2014. The whale, which was being pulled onshore for a necropsy, spent a week swimming in the Elizabeth River’s Southern Branch and eventual perished.
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PORTSMOUTH, Va. -- Mark Swingle (left), director of research and conservation for the Virginia Aquarium&Marine Science Center, and Bernard Jackson, an engineering equipment operator, attempts to tie a heavy-duty line to a dead 45-foot sei whale here Aug. 22, 2014. The whale, which was being pulled onshore for a necropsy, spent a week swimming in the Elizabeth River’s Southern Branch and eventual perished. Through its mandate of keeping the federal navigation channels clear of damaging debris
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PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees use an excavator to pull a dead 45-foot sei whale onshore for a necropsy here Aug. 22, 2014. The whale spent a week swimming in the Elizabeth River’s Southern Branch and eventual perished. Through its mandate of keeping the federal navigation channels clear of damaging debris, the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, assisted in the necropsy by using heavy equipment and burying the remains at its Craney Island
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