Interview with Robert Edward Sieker, a pilot from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Sieker discusses his grandfather's immigration from Germany. In addition to his stories from his extensive flying career, he also talks about his service in the military during World War II, his various occupations throughout the years, and his work against the screwworm infestation.

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the aftermath of storms and hurricane in Florida.

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about storms and hurricanes in Miami, Florida.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the hurricane in Miami, Florida.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about hurricanes in Florida.

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about storms in Miami, Florida.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in July of 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School and became a Pharmacist Mate. He first served aboard the USS Sea Dragon (SS-194). They patrolled the Aleutian Islands. He was then stationed at the Submarine Base in Pearl Harbor, working in a sick bay. He then served aboard the USS Apollo (AS-25) with a relief crew. He provides some detail of working aboard a submarine, serving as the Doc, living conditions and undergoing his own appendectomy aboard the Apollo. In early 1945 he was assigned for 1 year to serve at a submarine base in St. Thomas. He then served as hospital corpsman on the USS Clamagore (SS-343). Keeton also worked on sonar watch, radar watch and as a cook during his time in the Navy. He spent a total of 30 years in the Navy, retiring in February of 1972.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in July of 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School and became a Pharmacist Mate. He first served aboard the USS Sea Dragon (SS-194). They patrolled the Aleutian Islands. He was then stationed at the Submarine Base in Pearl Harbor, working in a sick bay. He then served aboard the USS Apollo (AS-25) with a relief crew. He provides some detail of working aboard a submarine, serving as the Doc, living conditions and undergoing his own appendectomy aboard the Apollo. In early 1945 he was assigned for 1 year to serve at a submarine base in St. Thomas. He then served as hospital corpsman on the USS Clamagore (SS-343). Keeton also worked on sonar watch, radar watch and as a cook during his time in the Navy. He spent a total of 30 years in the Navy, retiring in February of 1972.

Bimonthly newsletter published for employees of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.

Article printed from www.military.com/news, written by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services, describing the experiences of three Women Airforce Service Pilots: Ruth Shafer Fleisher, Frances Rohrer Sargent, and Helen Wyatt Snapp--at the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in South Florida. It describes their role in military and women's history, their history and love for aviation, and their current marital statuses.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Adrian Miller. Miller was born in Winamac, Indiana 16 November 1924 and graduated from high school in 1942. He entered the Army in March, 1944 and took his basic training at Ft. Blanding, Florida. He volunteered for the paratroopers at Fort Benning, Georgia and describes the six weeks of rigorous training, which included jumps. In November, he joined the 101st Army Airborne and was assigned to the 505th Parachute Infantry, Company H. Miller was sent to Bastogne and describes the conditions and the high casualty rate. After being relieved in January he went to Lorraine, France, then to Berchtesgaden, Germany where he met his brother. Miller was in Paris when Germany surrendered. On 15 December 1945, he returned to the United States on the Queen Mary. He was discharged January 1946.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Adrian Miller. Miller was born in Winamac, Indiana 16 November 1924 and graduated from high school in 1942. He entered the Army in March, 1944 and took his basic training at Ft. Blanding, Florida. He volunteered for the paratroopers at Fort Benning, Georgia and describes the six weeks of rigorous training, which included jumps. In November, he joined the 101st Army Airborne and was assigned to the 505th Parachute Infantry, Company H. Miller was sent to Bastogne and describes the conditions and the high casualty rate. After being relieved in January he went to Lorraine, France, then to Berchtesgaden, Germany where he met his brother. Miller was in Paris when Germany surrendered. On 15 December 1945, he returned to the United States on the Queen Mary. He was discharged January 1946.

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Interview with Jerell E. Crow. He entered the Coast Guard in 1940 and trained in Florida and New York City. He served aboard a Landing Ship, Tank (LST) when those ships were first introduced. He traveled to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to the Neville Island Shipyard operated by the Dravo Corporation as part of a crew that brought an LST down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. From there, the crew practiced operations at Biloxi, Mississippi. Eventually, Crow travelled to San Diego aboard the LST through the Panama Canal. From there, he went to Guadalcanal and unloaded tanks. Eventually, his ship was hit at Saipan and he was wounded. He also served aboard an LST during the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Afterwards, Crow's LST was present in Tokyo Bay for the surrender. He visited Hiroshima while on occupation duty after the atomic bomb was dropped. Eventually, his LST made its way back to San Francisco where he was discharged.

In 2000, Congress approved a 30-year, $7.8 billion restoration plan, termed the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), for the Everglades ecosystem in southern Florida, and authorized an initial set of projects at a cost of $1.4 billion. This report provides information on federal appropriations for Everglades restoration, and discusses some issues related to the authorization and appropriations for restoration projects.

Base Visit Trip Report - Former NAS Cecil Field - 2nd Visit - 8/19/05

Base Visit Trip Report - Former NAS Cecil Field - August 10, 2005

During the Base Closure and Realignment Commission's Regional Hearing at New Orleans on 22 July, several members of the Florida delegation suggested relocating the Navy's east coast Master Jet Base, presently at Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia, to Cecil Field. You, however, did not mention the possibility of such a move in your remarks.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 08/15/2005 to Senator Warner from Chairman Principi in response to DCN 7273 on the BRAC E-Library concerning the BRAC hearing on 8/20/2005 regarding the state of Florida.

Executive Correspondence - Letter of invitation to Gov Bush to meet with members of the Commission on 11 Aug 05 to discuss Cecil Field's viability as a potential alternative to NAS Oceana

Executive Correspondence - Letter to Governor Bush informing him of the Commission's decision to conduct a hearing to further consider information that was presented during meetings between the BRAC Commissioners and Gov Bush on 11 Aug 05

Correspondence between the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC) and a Florida Delegation regarding the potential use of Cecil Field in Duval County, Florida. Includes Commission memorandums, letters from Jeb Bush, Robert J. Natter, John Leenhouts, and John Peyton, as well as maps of the location and cost charts.

Attachments to an unspecified Memorandum of Meeting regarding the Naval Ordnance Test Unit (NOTU) located at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida. Contains a recommendation to reject BRAC's decision to realign NOTU to Kings Bay Naval Base, Georgia as well as Cost Of Base Realignment Actions (COBRA) report runs on the NOTU.

Regional Hearing Issue Summary