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Article: RUSSELL, LAKE ERIE WIN BATTLE 'E' AWARD
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- February 23, 2007
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Navy Region Hawaii issued the following news release:
By Ensign Teresa DonnellyUSS Russell (DDG 59) and Navy Region Hawai'i Public Affairs
On Feb. 16, Pearl Harbor-based ships USS Russell (DDG 59) and USS Lake Erie (CG 70) were announced as winners of the 2006 Battle Efficiency, or Battle 'E' award.
The Battle 'E' is awarded annually to ships that demonstrate the highest state of departmental readiness in their group, and their ability to execute their wartime tasks.
"Of all the awards given in the course of a year, this award perhaps more than any other signifies the mission readiness of the ship on a day-to-day basis," said Rear Adm. C.W. Martoglio, Commander, Carrier Strike Group Seven.
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