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VOLUME 1, NO. 5 | 29 APRIL 2011
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Connecticut returns from ICEX 2011
No waste
By GREG SKINNER
Kitsap Navy News
When the crew of the USS Connecticut (SSN21) pushed the sub’s sail through the ice at the North Pole, nearly all aboard had the second first-time event of their careers within the same month. All but 11 in the 140-man crew were on their first mission under the polar ice cap. Connecticut, a Seawolf-class attack submarine, Wednesday returned from ICEX 2011. Shortly after tying up at Naval Base
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Tara Heider clears dishes in the scullery by dumping table scraps into a composting bin for shipment to an off-base food composting location. The Trident Inn is the first land-based galley in the Navy to go zero-waste. KITSAP NAVY NEWS
Bangor Galley is first shore galley to go zero waste No waste expected from more than 300,000 meals annually By GREG SKINNER Kitsap Navy News
Tons and tons of food and all the associated packaging enters the galley at Naval Base Kitsap Bangor every year. Not a drop
of what’s left after preparing and serving an estimated 360,000 meals will enter the landfill. The Trident Inn is the first land-based galley in the Navy to fully enter the growing zero-waste philosophy. The program was
lauded by outgoing NBK commander Capt. Mark Olson during his parting remarks in April. Chief Petty Officer Shawn Fuhlrodt runs the Trident Galley. In the end, transitioning his culinary specialists and all contract employees to zero waste after a career of filling dumpsters in reality just took training. Simple things like washing out the plastics and cans and putting left-over food (organics) and paper into another bin for
THIS EDITION Naval Hospital Bremerton cleans waste stream pg. 3 Mentoring submariners in the 21st Century ..........pg. 4 New Gold commander for Alabama ................pg. 6 Bangor Earth Day fair caps month of events .. pg. 13
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