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2002 in Review

Table of Contents

Commander's Perspective
by Vice Admiral David L. Brewer III,
Commander, Military Sealift Command
United States Transportation Command
MSC Organization
Exercise Participation
Program Highlights
Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force
Special Mission
Prepositioning
Sealift
Functional Directorate Highlights
Financial and Statistical Review


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Color Guard
The color guard prepares to post the colors aboard fast sealift ship USNS Denebola during the Staten Island Fleet Week sunset parade ceremony, as Capt. Joe Gargiulo, ship’s master, and then Rear Adm. David L. Brewer III, USN, Commander, Military Sealift Command, salute.
Photo by Bill Cook.

Packing ammunitionLEFT: A U.S. Air Force sergeant prepares packaging material for ordnance being loaded aboard MV Airman 1st Class William H. Pitsenbarger, an MSC Logistics Prepositioning Ship, at Sunny Point, N.C.
Photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung, USAF.

RIGHT: MSC chartered float-on/float-off ship MV American Cormorant ballasts down to off-load U.S. Army watercraft at Yokahama, Japan.
Photo by Dub Allen.
MV American Cormorant

Rear Admiral David L. Brewer III and the Honorable Gordon R. EnglandLEFT: Foreground: Navy Rear Admiral David L. Brewer III, Commander, Military Sealift Command, and the Honorable Gordon R. England, Secretary of the Navy, cast a wreath into the Anacostia River in honor of fallen civilian mariners. Background: The signal flags from fleet-ocean tug USNS Mohawk wave in the breeze at the Washington Navy Yard pier.
Photo montage by Barry Lake and Susan Thomas.

RIGHT: Two USAF F-15E jets from the 33rd Fighter Squadron at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, N.C., fly over MV Airman 1st Class William H. Pitsenbarger, an MSC Logistics Prepositioning Ship, during the ship's naming ceremony in Charleston, S.C.
Photo by Staff Sgt. Mike Buytas, USAF.
Pitsenbarger flyover

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