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History
THE NAVY AND NARRAGANSETT BAY From its infancy during the Revolutionary War to its present day sophistication, the United States Navy has been an integral part of Narragansett Bay. As the first Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Navy, Rhode Islander Esek Hopkins used the bay as a haven for his small
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Welcome
THE NAVY IN NEWPORT Welcome to Naval Station (NAVSTA) Newport — home to 50 Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Coast Guard, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and U.S. Army Reserve commands and activities. Newport is the Navy’s premier site for training officers, officer candidates, senior enlisted personnel and midshipman candidates,
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Commands
Building 690 690 Peary St. Newport, RI 02841-1522 Phone: 401-841-3456 Website: www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrma/installations/ns_newport.html Facebook: www.facebook.com/NAVSTANewport Naval Station Newport’s mission is to fulfill the diverse requirements of its tenant commands by providing the facilities and infrastructure essential to their optimum performance. NAVSTA Newport will ensure that the highest standards of the
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Services & Facilities
If you are arriving in Newport to report to commands other than Naval Station Newport, please make contact with the Command/School prior to reporting to verify the procedures to follow. (See “Commands” section for telephone numbers and/or website addresses.)
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Health
Richard D. Dewert Medical Clinic Building 23 43 Smith Road Newport, RI 02841-1002 Information Desk Phone: 401-841-3771 Website: www.med.navy.mil/site/nhcne Facebook: www.facebook.com/NHCNE Naval Health Clinic New England (NHCNE), Newport, is a comprehensive health care facility located at the south end of the naval complex. It provides a full range of outpatient
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Morale, Welfare & Recreation
656 Whipple St. Building 656 Naval Station Newport Newport, RI 02841-1522 Phone: 401-841-2643 Fax: 401-841-7811 Whether you enjoy sailing, physical fitness, fine dining or just relaxing, the Naval Station Newport MWR Program has something for you. MWR provides recreation, dining, entertainment and physical fitness programs/services to authorized patrons. Information
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Communities
Recently named one of the 10 Most Beautiful Places in America by “Good Morning America,” Newport sits on Aquidneck Island in Newport County about 34 miles south of Providence. Established in 1639 by English colonists seeking religious freedom, the city is remarkable in many ways, perhaps most notably for
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Fourth of July celebration 2016 hosts Marines, sailors
Story by Cpl Paul S. Martinez on 07/11/2016 Marines with 8th Communication Battalion, 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, 2nd Intelligence Battalion, 2nd Radio Battalion, and 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, accompanied sailors aboard the USS Arlington to participate in a Fourth of July celebration in Bristol, Rhode Island, July 4. The
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Naval War College seeks papers on Women, Peace, Security
Story by Daniel Marciniak on 01/12/2016 NEWPORT, R.I. U.S. Naval War College is issuing a "call for papers" in preparation of its fourth annual Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Conference held at the college, May 17, 2016. In an effort to gather theoretical and practical ideas from a wider audience
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DeCA stores set record for paper, plastic, cardboard recycling
By Mike Perron DeCA public affairs specialist FORT LEE, Va. The numbers are in: Military commissaries surpassed their fiscal 2015 environmental goals for recycling and diverting waste from landfills. The Defense Commissary Agency achieved an 83 percent recycling efficiency rate, the highest in the agency's history, said Randy Eller, deputy
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