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    Golden Swordsmen reach halfway point in deployment
    Golden Swordsmen reach halfway point in deployment
    By MCS 2nd Class Brandon J. Vinson • August 11, 2020 1:30 am

    The Golden Swordsmen of Patrol Squadron Four Seven, based at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, have reached the halfway point…

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    Whidbey SAR conducts life-saving missions
    Whidbey SAR conducts life-saving missions
    By Jessie Stensland • July 24, 2020 1:30 am

    A Search and Rescue (SAR) team from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island conducted an early morning rescue for a sick…

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    VA surgical care better than or equal to non-VA hospitals, according to new study
    VA surgical care better than or equal to...
    July 24, 2020 1:30 am

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs today announced that VA hospitals outperform or match neighboring non-VA hospitals in surgical quality and…

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    New tenant command at NAS Whidbey
    New tenant command at NAS Whidbey
    July 24, 2020 1:30 am

    The Navy stood up its newest tenant command, Tactical Operations Control Squadron, or TOCRON 10 for short, at Naval Air…

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    Patriot Guard Riders and Wallin Funeral Homes Director Kelly Davidson were the Pallbearers for Roy Derrick’s funeral. Photo by Brandon Taylor
    Navy veteran without family receives funeral with honors
    By Brandon Taylor • July 24, 2020 1:30 am

    Roy Derrick was not alone when he was laid to rest on Tuesday, July 21.

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    Lt. Nick Woods, attached to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5, controls a Mark II Talon remotely operated vehicle (ROV) during a Certification Exercise (CERTEX) on Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., July 16. Elements of EODMU-1 and EODMU-5 qualified as ready for future operational deployments during the CERTEX, which centered on integrating the two units’ Sailors with a goal of building a cohesiveness that will help them counter undersea threats and contribute to winning the high-end fight once deployed in support of Navy and geographic combatant command mission priorities. U.S. Navy EOD is the world’s premier combat force for eliminating explosive threats so the Fleet and nation can fight and win wherever, whenever and however it chooses. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Marc Cuenca/Released
    Ordnance training held off Whidbey
    By Brandon Taylor • July 24, 2020 1:30 am

    U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit One from San Diego and Unit Five from Guam arrived in Naval Air…

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    Cascade Falcon XXIV held at Camp Casey
    Cascade Falcon XXIV held at Camp Casey
    July 12, 2019 1:30 am

    Civil Air Patrol members from around Washington state and beyond arrived at Camp Casey for the Cascade Falcon XXIV summer…

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    VAQ-130 holds change of command
    VAQ-130 holds change of command
    July 9, 2019 1:30 am

    The “Zappers” of Electronic Attack Squadron 130 held a change of command ceremony July 3 at Naval Air Station Whidbey…

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    New Leaf employee helps keep base looking good
    New Leaf employee helps keep base looking good
    By Laura Guido • June 28, 2019 1:30 am

    ‘The guy we can count on’

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    Sailors, vets pitch in to build trail
    Sailors, vets pitch in to build trail
    By Laura Guido • June 3, 2019 1:30 am

    Veterans and current service members make some of the best volunteers, according to Roy Zipp, superintendent for National Park Service…

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    Photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Gary Ward                                Bechard
    Whidbey native serves aboard ‘Floating Airport at Sea,’...
    May 31, 2019 1:30 am

    By Mass Communication Specialist Robert Zahn,

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    U.S. Navy photo                                Sailors and their families familiarize themselves with the reconstructed playground area at Costen-Turner Memorial Park located on Ault Field at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island.
    NAS Whidbey Island commemorates reopening of Costen-Turner playground
    May 31, 2019 1:30 am

    By Petty Officer Marc Cuenca

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    Orrin Gorman McClellan’s words of war resonate beyond his death
    Orrin Gorman McClellan’s words of war resonate beyond...
    By Patricia Guthrie • May 17, 2019 10:30 am

    ‘A Soldier’s Journal, Last Supper to No Goodbye’ chronicles combat’s invisible wounds

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