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Admiral Tilghman Payne of the U.S. Navy discusses Navy Week in the Quad Cities. (watch)
Navy Rear Adm. Payne Honors Hero Street Veterans
By Eric Chalus
About 20 people braved the drizzle Wednesday morning to watch as Navy Rear Adm. Tilghman Payne laid a wreath at the Hero Street Monument in Silvis. more...
Admiral: Alcoa Aluminum ‘Critical’ to Navy Success
By Jennifer DeWitt
Employees of Alcoa Davenport Works were reminded of the importance of their products to the nation’s military defense as the aluminum manufacturer played host Tuesday to several U.S. Navy members. more...
Rear Adm. Payne Talks Quad Cities Navy Week with WQAD
Sailor Throws Out First Pitch at 2011 Midwest All-Star Game
Photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Steve Johnson
Yeoman 1st Class Christopher Galvin, assigned to the Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) Rock Island, Ill., threw out the ceremonial first pitch of the 2011 Midwest League All-Star Game. more...
Admiral: Navy Needs Well-Educated Recruits
By Rachel Warmke
Rear Admiral Tilghman Payne told a group of Quad-Cities area educators Monday that the Navy Region Midwest will recruit 39,000 new sailors in the coming year — and that education plays a key role in the quest for top-notch recruits. more...
Rear Adm. Payne visits Wall of Honor
U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Steve Johnson
Rear Adm. Tilghman D. Payne, Commander, Navy Region Midwest, surveys the 'Wall of Heroes' display in the main entrance at Exelon Energy. more...
Quad City Sailors "Ride the River"
Navy Band Great Lakes Performs on Bank of the Mississippi
U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Susan Hammond
Navy Band Great Lakes Rock Band “Horizon,” performs at Schwiebert Riverfront Park on the banks of Mississippi River during Quad Cities Navy Week. more...
Q-C Airshow Has 'Awesome' Start
By Doug Schorpp
The Navy’s Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron roared back into the skies at Saturday’s Quad-City Air Show at the Davenport Municipal Airport for the 25th anniversary of the show. more...
Planes, Flags, Fun Highlight QC Air Show
By Nicole Lauer
DAVENPORT — Before the loop-de-loops and corkscrew turns filled the sky above the Davenport Airport, all eyes were on Paul McCowan, who parachuted to the ground with a 3,500-square-foot American flag attached to him. more...
10 Reasons Why You Don't Want to Miss the Quad Cities Airshow
By Sarah Larson
Many living in the Quad-City area were able to see the quick flash of a jet passing overhead or hear the thunderous roar of its engines as performers for the 2011 Quad-City Air Show practiced on Thurday or Friday. more...
Blue Angels 'Adapt,' Return to the Skies
By Steven Martens
Nearly a month after the unsafe performance of a maneuver led to the grounding of the Navy's Blue Angels and a change in command of the flight demonstration squadron, the crew will return to the skies this weekend at the Quad-Cities Air Show. more...
Navy Week Kicks Off With Proclamation
By Rachel Warmke
Navy Week kicked off today with local mayors and county officials proclaiming it Navy Week in the Quad Cities, one of 20 cities in the country to host special Navy Week activities, through June 22. more...
Rear Adm. Cropper Calls on Q-Cs to Remember the Sacrifices Made by Sailors, Aid the Families of the Fallen
By Rachel Warmke
U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Thomas A. Cropperbrought tears to eyes of several audience members as he shared stories of heroism and sacrifice by sailors in the U.S. Navy stationed in places like Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait, as part of a presentation at the Rock Island Arsenal Golf Club Thursday. more...
Navy Chefs Whip Up Morale-Boosting Grub
By Mary Louise Speer
Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Campbell deftly poured chicken soup into a huge silver pot and cast an eye at the other station where Shawna Schutts, a future Navy culinary specialist, prepared other parts of the meal Thursday at Scott Community College’s Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management Center. more...
Navy Band Key to Helping Spread Hope
By Frank Mullen III
One afternoon in late December of 1975, a trombone player pounded on my barracks door. more...
Navy Week Kicks Off in the Quad Cities
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U.S. Navy Represents Very Best of Our Nation
By Rear Adm. Thomas Cropper
It’s Navy Week in the Quad- Cities June 15-22. Your Navy is a unique branch of the U.S. military that fights on the oceans, under the ocean, and over the oceans. more...
Quad-Cities Navy Week among Navy’s top 2011 outreach events
Quad City Times (Jan. 28, 2011)
The 2011 Quad-Cities Navy Week, scheduled for June 16-22, is among the top events on the Navy’s 2011 Calendar for America. more...
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