USS Kitty Hawk CV-63
reviews Operation Mom
PRESS RELEASE
USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63)
Public Affairs Office
FPO AP 96634-2770
E-mail: paokittyhawk@cv63.navy.mil
Web: www.kittyhawk.navy.mil
For Immediate Release December 22, 2007
Release:
Kitty Hawk, 7th Fleet Sailors receive gifts of song
By Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Robert Pierce, Kitty Hawk public affairs
USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63), Yokosuka, Japan - Saillors aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) and other 7th Fleet ships received more than 18,000 iTunes music cards Dec. 21 from "Music for the Fleet" program.
Cards were sent to USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), USS Essex (LHD 2), USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), USS Shiloh (CG 67) and the USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), all of which operate from either Yokosuka or Sasebo, Japan.
Music for the Fleet was organized by William Mallard, the father of Kitty Hawk Sailor Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd Class Brandon Mallard, and member of Operation MOM, a support association for the military and their families.
Mallard, of Fremont, Calif., said the iTunes idea for the donation started with a 37 day Starbucks coffee shop promotion. Each day, Starbucks issued a card good for a specific iTunes song from artists such as Paul McCartney, John Mayer, Joss Stone, John Legend, Gloria Estefan, Keith Urban, and Bob Dylan.
"Near the end of the promotion, it dawned on me that Starbucks throws most of the cards out and nobody gets to use them," Mallard wrote in a letter to Kitty Hawk's Command Master Chief, Charles Clarke.
During the last three days for the iTunes promotion Mallard went to all the Starbucks in eight central California cities.
"I was so impressed and encouraged with the response from the Starbucks employees that I contacted Operation MOM," said Mallard, "They were ecstatic and put the word out to their members from all around San Francisco Bay area for the project."
"This is our way of say thanks for the awesome job that [the Navy] is doing" said Mallard.
"It was easy to download the songs" said Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Fuel) Airman Jennifer McDonald. "The cards help me build up my music library and find out about new artists too.
"I think that getting these cards gives motivation and keeps sprits up, especially around the holidays," said McDonald.
The USS Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group is on its fall deployment in the Western Pacific Ocean. The strike group is the U.S. Navy's largest and includes the carrier, seven ships of Destroyer Squadron 15, two Aegis weapons system equipped guided-missile cruisers and Carrier Air Wing 5. The ships operate from Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, and the air wing operates from Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan. Together, they serve as the 7th Fleet's combatant force.
To find more news about the Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group, visit the Navy NewsStand at
www.news.navy.mil/local/cv63.
This editorial is no longer available on this website due to the age of the document
USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63)
Public Affairs Office
FPO AP 96634-2770
E-mail: paokittyhawk@cv63.navy.mil
Web: www.kittyhawk.navy.mil
For Immediate Release December 22, 2007
Release:
Kitty Hawk, 7th Fleet Sailors receive gifts of song
By Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Robert Pierce, Kitty Hawk public affairs
USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63), Yokosuka, Japan - Saillors aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) and other 7th Fleet ships received more than 18,000 iTunes music cards Dec. 21 from "Music for the Fleet" program.
Cards were sent to USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), USS Essex (LHD 2), USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), USS Shiloh (CG 67) and the USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), all of which operate from either Yokosuka or Sasebo, Japan.
Music for the Fleet was organized by William Mallard, the father of Kitty Hawk Sailor Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd Class Brandon Mallard, and member of Operation MOM, a support association for the military and their families.
Mallard, of Fremont, Calif., said the iTunes idea for the donation started with a 37 day Starbucks coffee shop promotion. Each day, Starbucks issued a card good for a specific iTunes song from artists such as Paul McCartney, John Mayer, Joss Stone, John Legend, Gloria Estefan, Keith Urban, and Bob Dylan.
"Near the end of the promotion, it dawned on me that Starbucks throws most of the cards out and nobody gets to use them," Mallard wrote in a letter to Kitty Hawk's Command Master Chief, Charles Clarke.
During the last three days for the iTunes promotion Mallard went to all the Starbucks in eight central California cities.
"I was so impressed and encouraged with the response from the Starbucks employees that I contacted Operation MOM," said Mallard, "They were ecstatic and put the word out to their members from all around San Francisco Bay area for the project."
"This is our way of say thanks for the awesome job that [the Navy] is doing" said Mallard.
"It was easy to download the songs" said Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Fuel) Airman Jennifer McDonald. "The cards help me build up my music library and find out about new artists too.
"I think that getting these cards gives motivation and keeps sprits up, especially around the holidays," said McDonald.
The USS Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group is on its fall deployment in the Western Pacific Ocean. The strike group is the U.S. Navy's largest and includes the carrier, seven ships of Destroyer Squadron 15, two Aegis weapons system equipped guided-missile cruisers and Carrier Air Wing 5. The ships operate from Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, and the air wing operates from Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan. Together, they serve as the 7th Fleet's combatant force.
To find more news about the Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group, visit the Navy NewsStand at
www.news.navy.mil/local/cv63.
This editorial is no longer available on this website due to the age of the document