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Nacogdoches Native Returns from 11-Month Deployment Aboard Nimitz
Petty Officer 3rd Class Jacob Ware, a 2015 high school graduate and Nacogdoches native recently returned to Bremerton, Washington, marking the end of an 11-month deployment aboard aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operation.
Ware is an aviation ordnanceman aboard the carrier. As an aviation ordnanceman, Ware is responsible for assembly and disassembly, stowage and handling of ordnance.
“My favorite part of the job is when the jet comes back empty of ordnance, said Ware.
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Nimitz was the first aircraft carrier to successfully deploy in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic with no reported cases aboard. Mitigations were implemented strike group-wide to prevent the spread of COVID-19 aboard the ships, and included wearing face masks, social distancing, increased shipwide cleaning and a focus on handwashing. A COVID-19 Medical Response Team
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Las Vegas native returns from 11-month deployment aboard aircraft carrier Nimitz
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A 2002 Desert Pines High School graduate and Las Vegas native recently returned to Bremerton, marking the end of an 11-month deployment aboard aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operation.
Petty Officer 1st Class Barbara Saephanh is a logistics specialist aboard the carrier.
As a logistics specialist, Saephanh is responsible for investigating and reporting mishaps, incidents, and haz reps that occur with sailors and Marines attached to Nimitz.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the crew of Nimitz embarked aboard the aircraft carrier for a nearly month-long sequester in its homeport of Bremerton, Wash., April 1, 2020. Nimitz then departed to the waters off the coast of Southern California to be joined by the rest of Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (NIMCSG) for integrated training prior to deploying June 8, 2020.