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September 2006
In this Issue:
1. Congratulations New CPO's!
2. Coupon Specials
3. New Products
4. This month in U.S. Navy History
5. Subscription Information
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1. Congratulations New CPO's!
The season is over and the Messes around the globe have "new blood" and new energy to carry on our proud heritage. Always remember the lessons you learned and always support your troops - welcome aboard! In honor of the new Chiefs we've created some great new products and some special discounts. Read on for details.
Sincerely,
The NavyChief.com Staff
2. Coupon Specials
Use the coupon codes below during checkout for discount.
10% Off Your Order - Code: NL0906 - good through December 1, 2006.
20% Off Chief Bike Shirts! - Code: CHIEFBIKE - good through October 9, 2006.
20% "CPO1" Image Apparel - This is the popular black and white "Tested, Selected, Initiated" design. Discount applies to t-shirts, sleeveless t's, long sleeve t's, sweat shirts, and tank tops. Code: CPO1 - good through October 9, 2006.
Navy Chief Navy Pride magnetic ribbon only $4 (that's 25% off !). Code: RIBBON - good through October 9, 2006.
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3. New Products
Visit our New Products page here. A few of the items you'll find:
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Hooded Impulse Fleece (w/choice of 6 images)
Stand out and express your style with Impulse Fleece! Select size and your choice of left chest print. 60% cotton/40% polyester 9-oz. Jersey-lined fleece hood with buttonhole stitch, Rib cuffs and waistband reinforced with LycraÆ, Front muff pocket. Sizes: Adult S-3XL. gold/navy |
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Large Navy Chief Vinyl Decal (for Car/Truck Window) Large "U.S. Navy Chief - Tested Selected Initiated" logo, approximately 11 inches high 11 inches wide, white vinyl sticker for display on outside of window, looks great on back windows of cars & trucks! Designed by Chief Jeff Hobrath exclusively for NavyChief.com, beware of the fakes out there, this is the real deal! NOTE: This is white vinyl only, there is no black backing. Other designs, too! Click Here to see all of our stickers and decals!
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USN "Honor - Courage - Commitment" Shirt
Simply one of the most motivating shirts available!
This shirt was designed by Chief Jeff Hobrath as a tribute to all those who have served or will serve in the Navy, past, present and future. An amazing amount of detail featuring a "tribal" eagle grasping an anchor; its wings surrounding "Ole Ironsides"; the words "United States Navy" with our core values "Honor-Courage-Commitment"; below are two crossed Navy cutlasses and the founding year "1775"; Surrounding the entire graphic are "tribal waves" representing the seas in which we sail to protect the free world; available with small front "Honor-Courage-Commitment" image. |
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Custom Spaghetti-Strap with choice of 10 images
Features:
Bella Ladies' 1x1 Rib Spaghetti-Strap Tank Top,
Hot fashion in cool sleeveless style! Pre-shrunk 100% combed ring-spun cotton, 5.8-oz. Custom contoured, Side-seamed. White.
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4. This Month in U.S. Navy History
1779
Captain John Paul Jones in Continental Navy frigate Bonhomme Richard captures HMS Serapis.
1813
In Battle of Lake Erie, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, flying his "Don't give up the ship" flag, defeats British squadron and says: "We have met the enemy and they are ours..."
1841
First iron ship authorized by Congress.
1850
Congress outlaws flogging on Navy ships.
1916
First demonstration of automatic stabilization and direction gear in aircraft.
1926
Navy brings relief aid to Miami, FL, after a severe hurricane.
1931
LT Alfred Pride pilots Navy's first rotary wing aircraft, XOP-1 autogiro, in landings and takeoffs on board USS Langley while underway.
1942
First Seabee unit to serve in a combat area, 6th Naval Construction Battalion, arrives on Guadalcanal.
1944
USS Finback (SS-217) rescues Lieutenant (jg) George H. W. Bush, USNR (VT-51), shot down while attacking Chichi Jima.
1945
Japanese surrender Wake Island in ceremony on board USS Levy (DE-162).
1945
A "computer bug" is first identified and named by RADM (then LT) Grace Murray Hopper while she was on Navy active duty in 1945. It was found in the Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator at Harvard University. The operators affixed the moth to the computer log, where it still resides, with the entry: "First actual case of bug being found." They "debugged" the computer, first introducing the term.
1954
Commissioning at Groton, CT, of USS Nautilus (SSN-571), the world's first nuclear-powered ship.
1951
In Operation Summit, the first combat helicopter landing in history, U.S. Marines were landed in Korea.
1957
Bathyscaph Trieste, in a dive sponsored by the Office of Naval Research in the Mediterranean, reaches record depth of 2 miles.
1959
Last flight of airships assigned to the Naval Air Reserve at Lakehurst, NJ takes place.
1960
First nuclear powered aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), launched at Newport News, VA.
2002
The "Don't Tread on Me" First Navy Jack is flown by Navy ships marking the first anniversary of the terrorists attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center.
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