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VOLUME 1, NO. 5 | 29 APRIL 2011

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Naval Hospital Bremerton cleans waste stream pg. 3

Mentoring submariners in the 21st Century ..........pg. 4

New Gold commander for Alabama ................pg. 6

Bangor Earth Day fair caps month of events .. pg. 13

By GREG SKINNERKitsap Navy News

Tons and tons of food and all the associ-ated packaging enters the galley at Naval Base Kitsap Bangor every year. Not a drop

of what’s left after preparing and serving an estimated 360,000 meals will enter the landfill.

The Trident Inn is the first land-based galley in the Navy to fully enter the growing zero-waste philosophy. The program was

lauded by outgoing NBK commander Capt. Mark Olson during his parting remarks in April.

Chief Petty Officer Shawn Fuhlrodt runs the Trident Galley. In the end, transition-ing his culinary specialists and all contract employees to zero waste after a career of filling dumpsters in reality just took train-ing. Simple things like washing out the plastics and cans and putting left-over food (organics) and paper into another bin for

Bangor Galley is first shore galley to go zero waste

No waste

Tara Heider clears dishes in the scullery by dumping table scraps into a composting bin for shipment to an off-base food composting location. The Trident Inn is the first land-based galley in the Navy to go zero-waste. KITSAP NAVY NEWS

No waste expected from more than 300,000 meals annually

By GREG SKINNERKitsap Navy News

When the crew of the USS Connecticut (SSN21) pushed the sub’s sail through the ice at the North Pole, nearly all aboard had the second first-time event of their careers within the same month. All but 11 in the 140-man crew were on their first mission under the polar ice cap.

Connecticut, a Seawolf-class attack sub-marine, Wednesday returned from ICEX 2011. Shortly after tying up at Naval Base

Connecticut returns from ICEX 2011

SEE ICEX | PAGE 8

SEE WASTE | PAGE 8