USS ENTERPRISE, At Sea – Sailors and Marines of the Jewish faith came together to celebrate Passover Seder on the evening of April 11, aboard aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65).
USS ENTERPRISE, At Sea – Sailors and Marines of the Jewish faith came together to celebrate Passover Seder on the evening of April 11, aboard aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). Cmdr. Joel D. Newman, a Rabbi from Naval Base Coronado, visited Enterprise and hosted the Seder in the commanding officer’s in-port cabin. “Passover is a holiday that lasts eight days,” said Newman. “During the Passover holiday, there is a special service that takes place in the home, which, in this case, is the ship. That service is called the Passover Seder.” Newman explained that the Seder occurs once, or sometimes twice, during the eight-day holiday. The Seder is a meal that is usually prepared kosher. The purpose of the Seder is to retell the story of the Jewish exodus from Egypt. “It is our way of celebrating the freedom of the Jews and the fact that our people aren’t in slavery anymore,” said Aviation Ordnanceman Kyle Z. Shankle, an Enterprise Sailor. Sailors read from a book called the Passover Hagaddah as they gathered around the dining tables. The Hagaddah opens and reads from right to left, the same as Hebrew. There are certain traditional rituals that occur during the meal. Everything is done in an orderly fashion. Sailors and Marines recited prayers, songs and scripture in both Hebrew and English. Each food item presented at the Seder represents something, and serves a specific purpose. For instance, a hardboiled egg represents rebirth and a cup of water represents the healing waters of the prophetess Miriam’s well, as recorded in Scripture. Because Israelites were farmers and shepherds in ancient times, it is meant for people to feel a connection with the food eaten and harvested from the land on Passover. Another tradition involves the act of dipping foods as a reminder of the Pascal Offering that delivered the Jews from Enterprise Observes Passover Seder Story and photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Gregory White death in Egypt. Those Jews dipped a bunch of hyssop into the blood of sacrificial lambs, and painted it on their doorposts so that the angel of death would “pass over” their homes. In remembrance of this, the Seder was served with a cup of salt water for dipping. A glass of wine was also served at the Seder. This was instead of the usual four glasses. Wine represents joy, and a drop of joy was removed from the glass of wine for each plague that God brought upon Egypt, according to Scripture. The Seder was also served with a slice of orange, an apple and nut mixture and various other items including matzah (unleavened bread). “It is usually a little bit longer and a little more of the Torah is read at our Seders back home, but the people and atmosphere that we had here felt a lot like home,” said Shankle. “It is a privilege to celebrate Seder on the Enterprise,” said Newman. “For the command to support it is a huge evolution. For them to support me with the COD (carrier onboard delivery), turnover the chaplain’s staff, offer the commanding officer’s cabin, and help with cooks is a lot for such a small group of people. This is one of the best I have ever had.”
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April 13, 2012 Issue“We are Legend”Newsletter Edition
USS Enterprise (CVN 65)
USS ENTERPRISE, At Sea – Sailors and Marines of the Jewish faith came together to celebrate Passover Seder on the evening of April 11, aboard aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). Cmdr. Joel D. Newman, a Rabbi from Naval Base Coronado, visited Enterprise and hosted the Seder in the commanding officer’s in-port cabin. “Passover is a holiday that lasts eight days,” said Newman. “During the Passover holiday, there is a special service that takes place in the home, which, in this case, is the ship. That service is called the Passover Seder.” Newman explained that the Seder occurs once, or sometimes twice, during the eight-day holiday. The Seder is a meal that is usually prepared kosher. The purpose of the Seder is to retell the story of the Jewish exodus from Egypt. “It is our way of celebrating the freedom of the Jews and the fact that our people aren’t in slavery anymore,” said Aviation Ordnanceman Kyle Z. Shankle, an Enterprise Sailor. Sailors read from a book called the Passover Hagaddah as they gathered around the dining tables. The Hagaddah opens and reads from right to left, the same as Hebrew. There are certain traditional rituals that occur during the meal. Everything is done in an orderly fashion. Sailors and Marines recited prayers, songs and scripture in both Hebrew and English. Each food item presented at the Seder represents something, and serves a specific purpose. For instance, a hardboiled egg represents rebirth and a cup of water represents the healing waters of the prophetess Miriam’s well, as recorded in Scripture. Because Israelites were farmers and shepherds in ancient times, it is meant for people to feel a connection with the food eaten and harvested from the land on Passover. Another tradition involves the act of dipping foods as a reminder of the Pascal Offering that delivered the Jews from
Enterprise Observes Passover SederStory and photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Gregory White
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death in Egypt. Those Jews dipped a bunch of hyssop into the blood of sacrificial lambs, and painted it on their doorposts so that the angel of death would “pass over” their homes. In remembrance of this, the Seder was served with a cup of salt water for dipping. A glass of wine was also served at the Seder. This was instead of the usual four glasses. Wine represents joy, and a drop of joy was removed from the glass of wine for each plague that God brought upon Egypt, according to Scripture. The Seder was also served with a slice of orange, an apple and nut mixture and various other items including matzah (unleavened bread). “It is usually a little bit longer and a little more of the Torah is read at our Seders back home, but the people and atmosphere that we had here felt a lot like home,” said Shankle. “It is a privilege to celebrate Seder on the Enterprise,” said Newman. “For the command to support it is a huge evolution. For them to support me with the COD (carrier onboard delivery), turnover the chaplain’s staff, offer the commanding officer’s cabin, and help with cooks is a lot for such a small group of people. This is one of the best I have ever had.”
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World NewsBy Paul Schemm. ASSOCIATED PRESSAircraft From Norfolk Based Iwo Jima Crashes
investigation. The annual exercise which began in 2008 runs from April 7 to 18 and involves 1,000 U.S. Marines and 200 Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen. They were working with some 900 Moroccan soldiers. According to the U.S. Marine website, the exercise involved “everything from combined arms fire and maneuver ranges, aerial refueling and deliveries of supplies, to command post and non-lethal weapons training.” The main unit involved in the exercise is the 14th Marines, a reserve artillery regiment based in Fort Worth, Texas, but also includes members of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit based in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The goal of the exercise is to train the two countries’ forces to work together. Further information about the crash was being withheld until the next of
RABAT, Morocco — Two U.S. Marines were killed and two severely injured in the crash of a hybrid aircraft in Morocco on Wednesday, officials said. The Marines were taking part in joint U.S.-Moroccan military excercises located in the south of the country based in Agadir, said U.S. Embassy spokesman Rodney Ford in Rabat, who gave the toll. Capt. Kevin Schultz, a Marine spokesman at the Pentagon in Washington, confirmed that the aircraft involved was an MV-22 Osprey, which takes off and lands like a helicopter and flies like an airplane. The aircraft was participating in a U.S.-Moroccan military exercise known as “African Lion.” The Osprey was flying from the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima, a defense official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the matter is in the early stages of
kin of the killed and injured Marines were notified, said Rodney Ford, spokesman of the U.S. Embassy in Rabat. The MV-22, a joint venture of Boeing Co. and Textron Inc.’s Bell Helicopter, is designed to carry 24 combat troops and fly twice as fast as the Vietnam War-era assault helicopters it was to replace. The Osprey program was nearly scrapped after a history of mechanical failures and two test crashes that killed 23 Marines in 2000. But development continued, and the aircraft have been deployed to Iraq. While the General Accounting Office questioned the Osprey’s performance in a report last year, the Marine Corps has called it effective.An Air Force version of the aircraft crashed in Afghanistan in April 2010, killing three service members and one civilian contractor.
In The Same Boat: Taking Care of Navy Individual Augmentees
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan — In the Navy, Sailors deploy as individual augmentees where they’re frequently separated from their unit creating situations where they work alone with other branches of service. Many times these Sailors are the only Navy personnel on whatever combat outpost or forward operating base they are on. Every service member deals with deployment differently. Separation from family and friends in an environment where they are the only Sailor amongst other branches of service can be stressful enough to cause problems. That’s why the Navy Mobile Care Team is striving to make every Navy Sailors deployment experience better by interviewing them and using the data to help them get the help they
need. U.S. Navy Cmdr. Barry Adams is the officer in charge of the NMCT. Along with his four-person team, the Abilene, Texas native gathers and processes behavioral health data in Afghanistan. “The primary purpose of the Behavioral Health Needs Assessment survey is simply to collect data from as many Navy individual augmentees as possible,” said Adams. “Then we look at that data across time and bring to light trends that have to do with combat stress and behavioral health and the day-to-day living experience during deployment.” When the trends are brought to light by the data, they don’t just end up as some random fact on a piece of paper. “Once we get all that information,
we run it up to the Chief of Naval Operations and the Surgeon General,” said U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Moses Rivas. Rivas is the non-commissioned officer in charge of the NMCT and a native of Temecula, Calif. “The information stays anonymous, but goes to the people who can actually make changes,” he said. The Navy started using the BHNA survey back in 2007 in response to an increasingly large influx of mental health issues, post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injuries. “In 2006 the Vice Chief of Naval Operations who was Adm. Mike Mullen, formerly the Joint Chief of Staff, put out what he called the Blue-Gold message, which was very much ahead of its time,” said Adams.
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ADAA Bryant Ballard, from from Lawrenceburg, Ind., joined the Navy nine months ago to serve his country and be part of something bigger than himself. In his spare time, Ballard enjoys playing guitar and working on cars. He plans to earn his air warfare, plane captain, final checker and CDI qualifications.
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AM3 Sylvia Pelletier, from Canton, Ga., joined the Navy three years and nine months ago to explore the world, meet new people and earn money for college. Pelletier enjoys listening to music and creating things out of metal. In the future, she plans to earn a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in fine arts and get dive certified.
