In this Issue:
1. NavyChief.com Sponsors CPO Scholarship Fund
2. Easter Flowers Sweepstakes
3. Special Sale Coupon, Contest News
4. This Month in U.S. Navy History
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This issue brings some great news for the CPO community and the first in a series of special discounts extended to our subscribers. Read on for all the details!
Happy 111th Anniversary! 1 April 2004.
Sincerely,
The NavyChief.com Staff
1. NavyChief.com Sponsors CPO Scholarship Fund
We are pleased to announce our new sponsorship program in support of the CPO Scholarship Fund (CPOSF). Beginning 1 March 2004, NavyChief.com is setting aside $1 for every paid customer invoice. At the end of 2004, we will prepare a check for presentation to the CPOSF.
The CPOSF offers annual educational awards for spouses and children of active, reserve, retired, and deceased Chief Petty Officers. Click here for details on the CPOSF from the Senior Enlisted Academy Alumni Association.
NavyChief.com President, Chief Jeff Hobrath (Ret.) spoke recently with Master Chief Bob Walker, MCPON-3, to get the project under way. "It was an honor for me to speak with MCPON Walker and offer our support for the CPO Scholarship Fund," said Hobrath. Chiefs taking care of Chiefs is what it's all about. We're very excited about this opportunity and look forward to continuing our relationship with the CPOSF.
To kick off the fund raising, we are also donating to the CPOSF 100% of the purchase price (excluding tax and shipping) of our popular Bobble Heads (while supplies last).
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2. Easter Flowers Sweepstakes
All orders placed online from 1 April to 5 April 2004 will be entered in a drawing for a free Easter flower bouquet, including delivery.
We'll notify the winner by phone on 6 April. Best of luck!
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3. Special Sale Coupon, Contest News
Special Sale Coupon!
In celebration of the 111th anniversary of the Chief Petty Officer rate, we are offering a 10% discount to our Newsletter subscribers. Be sure to enter couponcode: CPO111 when prompted during checkout!
Hurry, this coupon expires 8 April 2004! One per customer.
This coupon applies exclusively to items listed in the Newsletter Specials category.
Future Newsletters will contain more coupons! Stay tuned...
Contest News
We're awaiting confirmation from our latest NavyChief.com contest winner! Be sure to check your e-mail - the winner's announcement could be yours! Each month we draw from our list of Newsletter subscribers a winner to receive a prize from our extensive line of t-shirts and sweatshirts. You could be next!
Signup now in just seconds at: http://www.navychief.com/contest.html
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4. This Month in U.S. Navy History
1778 - Captain John Paul Jones of Ranger led a landing party raid on Whitehaven, England.
1798 - Congress establishes Department of the Navy.
1861 - Norfolk Navy Yard abandoned and burned by Union forces.
1893 - Navy General Order 409 of 25 February 1893 establishes the rate of Chief Petty Officer as of 1 April the same year.
1898 - U.S. at war against Spain.
1900 - Navy accepted its first submarine, USS Holland.
1906 - Navy assists in relief operations during San Francisco earthquake and fire.
1911 - LT Theodore Ellyson qualifies as first naval aviator.
1925 - First planned night landings on a carrier, USS Langley, by VF-1.
1945 - More than 1,200 Navy ships and Army troops begin invasion of Okinawa.
1945 - Carrier aircraft defeat the last Japanese Navy sortie (Battle of East China Sea); Yamato, the world's largest battleship, and five other ships were sunk.
1947 - Act of Congress gives Navy Nurse Corps members commissioned rank.
1953 - USS New Jersey shells Wonsan, Korea from inside the harbor.
1961 - Launching of first nuclear-powered frigate, USS Bainbridge, at Quincy, MA.
1964 - USS Henry Clay (SSBN-625) launches a Polaris A-2 missile from the surface in the first demonstration that Polaris submarines could launch missiles from the surface as well as from beneath the ocean. 30 minutes later the submarine launched another Polaris missile while submerged.
1968 - USS New Jersey recommissioned for shore bombardment duty in Vietnam.
1979 - Launch of the first Trident submarine, USS Ohio (SSBN-726) at Groton, CT.
1988 - Navy destroys 2 Iranian surveillance platforms, sinks one frigate and one patrol ships, and severely damages a second frigate in retaliation for attack on USS Samuel B. Roberts.
1992 - First five coed recruit companies from Orlando, FL Naval Training Center granduate.
1993 - SECDEF memo orders Armed Forces to train and assign women on combat aircraft and most combat ships, but not to ground combat positions.
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The NavyChief.com Staff
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