Tuesday, December 05, 2006
FOIA Request to the US Navy & NARA Honoring those who have served onboard US Aircraft Carriers
Petition:
On behalf of those who have served onboard U. S. Aircraft Carriers I would like the U. S. Navy to disclose on the internet information relating to US Aircraft Carrier Foreign Water Fleet Deployments, all classification, by earliest dates and time of arrival and departure from September 1945 to present and foreign ports visited.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/547160195
I am an honorably discharged Navy vet, and I've compiled a great deal of historical data relating to U. S. Aircraft Carriers and deployments of our nation's fleet of aircraft carriers from September 1945 to present, illustrated at http://www.uscarrierhistory.com and in particular this chart: http://www.uscarrierhistory.com/charts/chart48.pdf
Navy Picture http://www.uscarrierhistory.com/index_files/page0001.htm
CORAL SEA SHIP'S PERSONNEL PHOTO http://www.uscarrierhistory.com/charts/chart52.pdf
After four years of research comprising 16-books of the most accurate accounting of historical facts, narrative summaries, etc. of U. S. Aircraft Carrier history, I have been unable to acquire an accurate accounting of U. S. Aircraft Carrier Foreign Water Fleet Deployments from public records, to include present disclosed reports by the U. S. Navy presently available to the public, so on behalf of those who have served onboard U. S. Aircraft Carriers I have retained an attorney, Scott A. Hodes whom has petitioned Ms. Doris Lama, Head, DON PA/FOIA Policy Branch, Chief of Naval Operations (DNS-36) 2000 Navy Pentagon, Washington, DC 20350-2000 and Special Access and FOIA Staff, National Archives and Records Administration, NWCTF-Room 6350, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740 under the FOIA to disclose on the internet information relating to US Aircraft Carrier Foreign Water Fleet Deployments, all classification, by earliest dates and time of arrival and departure from September 1945 to present and foreign ports visited.
The two requests can be seen here:
Request to Navy, NARA for Historical Information - September 26/27, 2006
I have retained an attorney, Scott A. Hodes:
I tend to not write about client matters to protect the privacy of my clients and their various issues they have engaged me for. However, one client, Bruce Henion, has specifically asked that I post a request I made to the Navy and the National Archives. Mr. Henion, a Navy vet, has compiled a great deal of historical data about deployments of our nation's fleet of aircraft carriers, including this chart.
( http://www.uscarrierhistory.com/charts/chart48.pdf )
However, as he has been unable to get some information for this project from public information, he has made the following two FOIA requests for it. The two requests can be seen here:
Download nararequest.pdf http://thefoiablog.typepad.com/the_foia_blog/files/nararequest.pdf
Download navyrequest.pdf http://thefoiablog.typepad.com/the_foia_blog/files/navyrequest.pdf
http://thefoiablog.typepad.com or http://www.infoprivacylaw.com/foia.htm
Responses to FOIA Request to the US Navy and NARA Honoring those who have served on board US Aircraft Carriers http://rleeermey.org/viewtopic.php?t=10507 or http://rleeermey.org/viewtopic.php?p=140851
FOIA REFORM; Who or What Constitutes Media under the FOIA? http://community.fox6.com/forums/thread/891284.aspx
FOIA REFORM; Who or What Constitutes Media under the FOIA?
http://rleeermey.org/viewtopic.php?t=10036
Letter to Alan P. Goldstein CIV CHINFO THREAD http://community.fox6.com/forums/thread/654650.aspx
Letter to Alan P. Goldstein CIV CHINFO WASHINGTON DC, CHINFO http://community.fox6.com/forums/post/654650.aspx
Letter to Armed Forces News Service in reference to Alan P. Goldstein CIV CHINFO WASHINGTON DC, CHINFO http://community.fox6.com/forums/post/664173.aspx
Letter to Alan P. Goldstein CIV CHINFO WASHINGTON DC, CHINFO http://rleeermey.org/viewtopic.php?t=9212
2nd Letter to CIV CHINFO in Response to FHTNC, Norfolk, Va. letter to Batman http://community.fox6.com/forums/post/669171.aspx
2nd Letter to CIV CHINFO in Response to FHTNC, Norfolk, Va. letter to Batman http://rleeermey.org/viewtopic.php?t=9255
Honoring those who have served onboard Aircraft Carriers http://community.fox6.com/forums/post/627968.aspx
Honoring those who have served onboard U. S. Aircraft Carriers; Request for Information to the Honorable Donald C. Winter http://community.fox6.com/forums/post/640915.aspx
Honoring those who have served onboard U. S. Aircraft Carriers; Official Request of Release of Information Public Notice
http://rleeermey.org/viewtopic.php?t=9474
Official Request of Release of Information Public Notice; Honoring those who have served onboard U. S. Aircraft Carriers – Part II http://community.fox6.com/forums/thread/735883.aspx
As of December 7, 2006, I yet to here from my representatives or the US Navy's final response:
Since I can always submit another FOIA Request I'm going to wait for the official US Navy response in hopes they will count there carrier deployments and list foreign port visits by carriers while on deployment.
Having spoken to one of Senator Gordon Smith's representatives in the Portland Office several weeks ago, I was informed that you Senator Gordon Smith can do nothing more then to write a letter to Doris Lama and Special Access and FOIA Staff, National Archives and Records Administration inquiring as to whether they intend to reply to my request, and given the fact that my attorney will follow through on my request, I need no one follow up on my request.
I was hoping for Congressman Earl Blumenauer and Senator Gordon Smith's support in honoring those who have served, by once and for all, making available information to the public that is not presently available, short the summary aircraft carrier reports the U. S. Navy list on their web site. USS John F. Kennedy's historical record is possibly the most complete of all carriers with the exception of those carriers sunk in World War II, carriers decommissioned at the end of World War II and a hand few of other carriers like USS Coral Sea (CV-43) in which I spent 3 ½ years of my life when I was young.
SUMMARY OF FOREIGN WATER FLEET DEPLOYMENTS BY NUMBERED CARRIER DEPLOYMENT September 1945 to 8 June 2006 http://www.uscarrierhistory.com/charts/chart48.pdf
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Maritime Security Operations (MSO) Deployments 2003 to 2006 http://rleeermey.org/viewtopic.php?t=10626
USS Enterprise launched airstrikes against Taliban fighters near Kandahar http://community.fox6.com/forums/thread/861696.aspx
