14000 attend Seabee Days
By Andrea Howry
Lighthouse editor
An estimated 14,000 people attended the 2011 Seabee Days at Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) Port Hueneme, an event that celebrated more than six decades of work by the Navy’s construction battalions and honored them with the opening of a brand-new Seabee Museum.
An emotional highlight came during opening ceremonies on Saturday, July 23, when a utilitiesman from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 40 received a Purple Heart for injuries suffered during his deployment to Afghanistan in 2010.
Seabee Days actually began on Friday, July 22, when anyone with base access could attend Military Appreciation Night. About 1,500 people took advantage of the light crowds to enjoy the carnival rides and other activities.
Friday also marked the ribbon-cutting for the new Seabee Museum. For details on that event, see Pages 7 and 8.
The big day came Saturday and began with Pass in Review, a military parade involving hundreds of formally dressed Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalions (NMCBs) 3, 5 and 40, the Naval Construction Training Center and the 31st Seabee Readiness Group, all of which are homeported at NBVC Port Hueneme. NMCB 4 is currently deployed to Afghanistan.
Capt. Jim McHugh, commanding officer of NBVC, welcomed the crowd and talked about the Seabees’ accomplishments both locally and worldwide.
He was followed by Capt. John Korka, commanding officer of the 31st Seabee Readiness Group, who yelled “Hoo-rah!” to the Seabees and got one in return.
“You look sharp and sound ready,” he told them.
To the audience, he pointed out that the men and women in white-dress uniform behind him are their neighbors and friends who deserve a big thank-you.
“These Sailors have answered the 9-1-1 call every time the world has gotten one, and there have been plenty of calls,” he said.
The audience responded with loud applause.
Guest of honor for the parade was Rear Adm. Christopher J. Mossey, commander of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command and Chief of Civil Engineers.
It was Mossey who pinned the Purple Heart on UT1 Trent Westlake of Camarillo. Westlake was escorting Afghani local national contractors through an Entry Control Point holding tent at Forward Operating Base Wilson in the Kandahar Province on Dec. 2, 2010, when enemy insurgents fired two 85mm rockets. One landed in the tent and exploded, injuring 11 people, including Westlake.
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Sailors walk in formation during Pass in Review, the official opening of 2011 Seabee Days at Naval Base Ventura County, Port Hueneme. Rear Adm. Christopher J. Mossey, commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command,
She also previously served from 2004 to 2006 as Executive Officer of Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center at Naval Base Ventura County, Port Hueneme. Gomez, a native of Waukegan, Ill., took over as commanding officer in July 2009.
The bleacher section was packed and other spectators gathered a dozen thick around the boxing ring Saturday to take in the Navy Boxing Club Show, a big draw for the 2011 Seabee Days at Naval Base Ventura County, Port Hueneme.
A new kennel opened in late June at Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC), Port Hueneme, replacing the asbestos-laden, rattlesnake-infested cages they used to live in at Point Mugu. “That facility should have been condemned long ago,” said NBVC Force
of the iconic South Pole Dome research station in the early 1970s was originally to be done by someone else. Forty years later, Mattis found himself once again raising the dome in the air — but this time at a US Navy museum in Port Hueneme, Calif.
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The new district contains marginally more democrats than republicans whereas his current district have a 5-point GOP edge.
“In addition, Jeff’s background as a Naval Reserve Officer makes him a natural to represent the high number of active, reserve and retired military personnel in the newly added communities of the district.”
Villegas added, “He will be proud to represent the only State Assembly district that is wholly contained within Ventura County.”
The addition of most of the city of Oxnard brings familiar neighborhoods to Gorell’s district. As a former Deputy District Attorney for Ventura County, Jeff Gorell has represented the community in hundreds of public safety cases, and is known by community groups and victim rights advocates. As a businessman, Gorell owned a company in Oxnard, and was a member of both the local Chamber of Commerce and Rotary.
Last year, Gorell achieved broad-based voter support across the political spectrum, earning a landslide 58% win over a well-known opponent in the November election.
The new district maintains Jeff’s strong political base in Camarillo, Thousand Oaks, and Moorpark. The new lines add most of Oxnard and the coastal areas of Port Hueneme down past the naval base at Point Mugu. Jeff’s existing communities in North Ventura and Los Angeles counties will be shifted to neighboring Assembly Districts.
District lines will not change until after the 2012 elections, and Gorell will continue to represent the entire current 37th Assembly district for his current term of office. He continues to be proud of all the communities that he was elected to represent, and his office will continue to be there for his constituents in cities such as Simi Valley, Castaic, Chatsworth, Fillmore and Ojai.
A third generation naval officer, Assembly Member Jeff Gorell was called back to active duty by the U.S. Navy on March 18th for deployment to Afghanistan. He currently holds the rank of Lt. Commander with the Navy (Reserve) as an intelligence officer and has previously served a tour of duty in Afghanistan shortly after the events of 9/11.
The new district now includes the Ventura County Naval base at Point Mugu where Gorell reported for duty before being deployed by the Navy to Afghanistan, as well as Port Hueneme near Oxnard.
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