In this Issue:
1. New Contact & Special Order Info
2. New Products and Specials
3. Contest
4. This Month in U.S. Navy History
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Great things are happening at NavyChief.com! Feedback from the fleet on our products and services has been awesome, and because of your voice and support we're dramatically expanding our product line. A few of our new items are covered in this issue, with many more online now, and much more still to come. We are very proud to serve you, our customers and Shipmates, with great values on top-quality items.
To our new subscribers and contest entrants, Welcome! To our continuing subscribers, it's been a while since the last newsletter - and it's good to be back with you. Thanks for staying the course!
We'll have more info on some exciting projects in the works at NavyChief.com and of course the contest winner announcement in our next issue - stay tuned.
Sincerely,
The NavyChief.com Staff
1. New Contact & Special Order Info
Please update your records with our new phone numbers and address:
Voice: 215-491-3797
Fax: 215-918-3384
Order info:
store@navychief.com
NavyChief.com
P.O. Box 83
Hilltown, PA 18927
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!
Please keep in mind that custom orders require three weeks lead time to ensure that artwork, proofing, setup, and final production meet our stringent quality standards.
Need a special logo designed, or an old one touched up? Artist and NavyChief.com President, Chief Jeff Hobrath, USN (Ret.) will expertly craft a new design or work with your existing one using the latest technology. Jeff stays involved with every step of the production process, ensuring outstanding results on every job.
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2. New Products and Specials
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.
NEW CPO Challenge Coins - Two Styles Available
NEW Bobble Heads! - USN or USMC
Great gift idea! High quality, heavyweight Bobble Heads. Each stands approximately 7 inches tall. These are very well constructed bobble heads, built very solid and with great detail. Comes in a nice gift box. NOTE: Not recommended for children under 6 years.
SPECIAL on Tested Selected Initiated T-Shirts!
Only $14.00 until 2/28/04! (more for some sizes)
The standard for all Genuine Navy Chiefs, Senior Chiefs and Master Chiefs, especially during "The Rights of Passage" process. This Design has been adopted by CPO Messes around the world as the shirt to wear during the initiation season and year round. These beautiful shirts have a white image of the "United States Navy Chief, Tested-Selected-Initiated" skull and crossbones large imprint on front and large imprint on back, on a Heavy Weight Cotton T-Shirt. Designed by Chief Jeff Hobrath (Ret), This shirt is only available through NavyChief.com!
Navy Enlisted Cutlass and Scabbard
This is an authentic reproduction of the cutlass designed by Ames and first carried in 1860. Its 25 1/2" blade and brass basket hand-guard were well suited for the close quarters combat of wooden ships and iron men. Leather scabbard has brass throat and tip, and comes with a dark leather frog. 31 1/2" overall length.
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3. Contest
Congratulations to our January 2004 Winner, Steve S. of Sylvania, Ohio! 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! Keep your eye on your e-mail!
Signup now in just seconds at: http://www.navychief.com/contest.html
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4. This Month in U.S. Navy History
1911 - First aircraft landing on board a ship, USS Pennsylvania by Eugene Ely
1913 - The body of John Paul Jones is laid in its final resting place in the Chapel of the Naval Academy
1916 - First enlisted flight training class at Pensacola, FL
1953 - Landings tested on board USS Antietam, the first angled deck carrier
1954 - Launching of Nautilus, first nuclear submarine, at Groton, CT
1955 - USS Nautilus (SSN-571), is commissioned
1960 - Bathyscaph Trieste descends to deepest part of the ocean, the Marianas Trench
1961 - Lieutenant Commander Samuel Lee Gravely, Jr. becomes first African-American to command a combat ship, USS Falgout
1962 - Navy Seal Teams established
1968 - First Male Nurse Corps officer in Regular Navy, LT Clarence W. Cote
1981 - Era of Enlisted Naval Aviators ends when last pilot retired
1989 - Aircraft (VF-32) from USS John F. Kennedy shoot down 2 hostile Libyan Migs
1991 - Operation Desert Storm, liberation of Kuwait from Iraq, begins
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