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By Corinne Reilly
The Virginian-Pilot
© April 20, 2011

A sailor was found dead Tuesday aboard the Norfolk-based aircraft carrier Enterprise, which is deployed in the Arabian Sea.
 The Navy declined to identify the sailor but said in a news release that the sailor's family has been notified. It's not clear how the sailor died. The Navy is investigating what happened, the news release said.
 No other details were provided. The Navy command that announced the death, the U.S. 5th Fleet, is headquartered in Bahrain. Calls to the 5th Fleet went unanswered Tuesday.
 This is the second time in less than a month that an Enterprise sailor has been found dead on the carrier. Petty Officer 1st Class Vincent Filpi, 41, died March 22. He was married and had a son and five stepchildren.
 The Navy has said his death wasn't combat-related and it wasn't indicative of a safety threat onboard the carrier. No other information has been made public.
 In addition to the deaths, two Enterprise sailors have gone overboard in the past two weeks, the most recent one on Monday. Both were pulled from the water in good condition. The Navy hasn't disclosed any other details about the incidents except to say it's investigating them.
 The Enterprise left Norfolk in January for a roughly six-month deployment. It's in the Arabian Sea supporting operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

My condolences, throughts, and prayers are with the family and shipmates of the deceased Sailor... 

MY SR wrote home said that the RTC has a facebook page and posting photographs of our SR's anyone know this site?

I can't say enough about how proud I was during PIR on March 11 at Great Lakes. My little sailor moved on to A School in Mississippi and now is headed home for some much needed R&R...The Navy is going to open some doors for her and I'm grateful. The graduation ceremony was amazing. The Navy does it with all the pomp and circumstance it deserves. 845 other sailors graduated that day.

And, I got some very good information from this site. One I'd like to pass along is to consider staying at the Navy Lodge if you have someone PIR. It's about 1.5 miles from the base, was very clean and the staff was incredibly nice.

It was walking distance although the temps in winter were really cold. Otherwise, a cab ride cost $3...Good luck to all those families and sailors in process now. Be proud at graduation and stay strong.

We support you always.

Bravo Zulu to all.

congrats

It was posted about 30 min ago on RTC Facebook page: To clear up any confusion, the correct graduation day for Memorial Day weekend is Thursday, May 26.

And From RTC WEBSITE:

My input:

Our Son Maxwell will Graduate this Friday April 15th, 2011 (Ship 09 Div 136). We are so proud of him and the accomplishments thus far. He will be continuing to Monterey, CA where he will be studying a foreign language CTI.

We are hoping he will get ten days of leave, but we are not certain yet.

Does anyone else have a Son or Daughter in this ship /division, and also maybe going to Monterey, CA.

We reside in Redding, California.

We will be flying out this Thursday to attend his Graduation. 

Looking forward to your replies.

Sincerely

Michael

Well it has been a while but I'm back. My son Wyatt just called from MEPS in Portland Or. and he is now in the delayed entry program for the Navy. He will be on that until November. He wants the Master at Arms job, so he wants to wait for the job to open. If one comes available before November he will go early. We are very proud of him and all the hard work. I will keep you all up to date on whats going on. He's finely on his way.

Take care and be safe.

Chuck