In this Issue:
1. New Production & Shipping Partner!
2. Latest Products and Coupon Special
3. Chief Bike Project
4. Contest
5. This Month in U.S. Navy History
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Improvements and upgrades are the current news items at NavyChief.com. We have teamed up with Chesapeake Embroidery and Silkscreen for production and shipping, and we are introducing many new products and designs based on input and requests from the fleet.
To our new subscribers and contest entrants, Welcome! To our continuing subscribers, it's good to be with you again!
1. New Production & Shipping Partner
NavyChief.com joins forces with Chesapeake Custom Embroidery & Silkscreen
Behind the scenes at NavyChief.com, we have been addressing production and delivery issues to better serve you. NavyChief.com Founder and President, PRC(AW) Jeff Hobrath, USN (Ret.) said, "Over the past year our sales have sky-rocketed. It was getting very difficult to meet demand and ship fast while maintaining quality control. It became a daunting task."
"In November, it was very clear that it was time to team up with a company that had the tools in place to meet this demand. So I made the decision to shift production of our proprietary goods to Chesapeake Custom Embroidery & Silkscreen. This allows us to focus on product development, new designs and customer service. We have already noticed a big improvement in customer satisfaction over the past few weeks. Our number one priority is meeting the needs of our fellow Chiefs, the troops and all those who support them. We look forward to an exciting year in 2005 with new designs and
products currently in development."
We specialize in custom orders with original artwork for a truly one-of-a-kind product, custom-made for your Mess, Command, or other groups. Many items are available with custom designs, including t-shirts, sweatshirts, plaques, license plates, mouse pads, mugs, steins, and more!
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2. Coupon Special and Latest Products
Coupon special! Take 10% off T-Shirts (includes long sleeve T's, short sleeve T's, tank tops, and sleeveless T's, except Chief Bike shirts.)
Enter coupon code CPODECEMBER when prompted at checkout to receive your discount. Coupon code valid through December 31, 2004. One per customer.
Latest Products
This is just a small sample of the hundreds of products available. For our complete catalog and many more new products, visit the
NavyChief.com online store.
See our New Products page! Click Here
Outer Banks Embroidered CPO Polo Shirt
Beautiful and very comfortable high quality Outer Banks emroidered CPO Pique Shirt. Available with Chief (E-7), Senior Chief (E-8) or Master Chief (E-9) anchor embroidered on front left chest. Available in eight colors!
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Embroidered "Freedom Isn't Free" Fleece Crewneck Sweatshirt
Gorgeous large embroidered "Freedom Isn't Free" American Flag/Eagle gripping a frayed yellow ribbon in its talons. Features 80% heavyweight cotton, 20% polyester. Pigment-dyed; generously cut; 1x1 rib-knit trim collar and cuffs; locker patch; forward rolled shoulders; double needle stitching throughout.
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Embroidered "Navy Wife" Fleece Crewneck Sweatshirt
Gorgeous large embroidered "Navy Wife" with anchor, roses and wedding bands, another fine image designed by Jeff Hobrath, Chief (Ret), in honor of proud Navy wives. Available in six colors!
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Christmas Ornament - Your Choice of Service!
Laser-engraved wood ornament available for Navy, Army, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marine.
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3. Chief Bike Project
NavyChief.com is pleased to be a partner in fund raising for the Chief Bike Project. For details,
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4. Contest
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!
Our December winner is being notified now! Keep an eye on your e-mail!
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5. This Month in U.S. Navy History
1775 - Congress orders first officers commissions printed.
1775 - LT John Paul Jones raises the Grand Union flag on Alfred. First American flag raised over American naval vessel.
1843 - Launching of USS Michigan at Erie, Penn., America's first iron-hulled warship, as well as first prefabricated ship.
1861 - Congress authorizes the Medal of Honor, the Nation's highest award, for Naval personnel.
1918 - President Woodrow Wilson sails in USS George Washington for Paris Peace Conference.
1921 - In first flight of airship filled with helium, Blimp C-7 piloted by LCDR Ralph F. Wood left Norfolk, VA, for Washington, DC.
1941 - USS Lexington (CV-2) sails with Task Force 12 to ferry Marine aircraft to Midway, leaving no carriers at Pearl Harbor.
1941 - Pearl Harbor attacked.
1941 - PBY piloted by LT Utter of VP-101 shoots down Japanese ZERO in first Navy air-to-air kill during World War II.
1942 - Pharmacist's Mate First Class Harry B. Roby, USNR, performs an appendectomy on Torpedoman First Class W. R. Jones on board USS Grayback (SS-208). It is the second appendectomy performed on board a submarine.
1943 - Aircraft from USS Lexington (CV-16) and USS Independence (CVL-22) attack Kwajalein Atoll, sinking four Japanese ships and damaging five others, while only three U.S. ships suffered damage.
1944 - USS Flasher (SS-249) sinks Japanese destroyer Kishinami and damages a merchant ship in South China Sea. Flasher is only U.S. submarine to sink over 100,000 tons of enemy shipping in World War II.
1944 - Rank of Fleet Admiral, U.S. Navy (five star admiral) is established.
1965 - USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) and USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25) become first nuclear-powered task unit used in combat operations with launch of air strikes near Bien Hoa, Vietnam
1982 - Recommissioning of USS New Jersey (BB-62), the first of four Iowa-class battleships that were returned to service in 1980s.
1983 - Two F-14s flying over Lebanon were fired upon.
1983 - Aircraft from USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) and USS Independence (CV-62) launch strike against anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon that fired on U.S. aircraft. Two U.S. Navy planes shot down.
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The NavyChief.com Staff
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