The Navy recognizes an aircraft carrier, amphibious ship with its attached air wing (CVW), and Marine expeditionary unit (MEU) annually with the Admiral Flatley Memorial Award for Aviation Safety. This year’s recipients are USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) with CVW 9 and USS Boxer (LHD 4) with the 11th MEU. The award recognizes operational readiness and excellence, high-velocity outcomes and exceptional safety program and record for the last fiscal year. Among the accomplishments of USS John C. Stennis, with Carrier Air Wing 9, the team improved its hazard awareness, procedural processes and training. This collaboration established the conditions for 10,403 incident-free fixed-wing launches and recoveries, 11,126 successful sorties, qualification of 42 student naval aviators, and zero class A mishaps during the last fiscal year. Winning the award “is a direct reflection on our ability to do risk mitigation and do it effectively so we can preserve our material and personnel assets,” said Lt. Steve Augustine, John C. Stennis’ industrial hygiene officer. USS Boxer’s Occupational Safety and Health programs’ procedural compliance helped lead the ship to a class A and B mishap-free year. (Source: Naval Safety Center 08/11/20) Mississippi Note: CVN 74 is named for the late U.S. Sen. John Stennis, whose name has surfaced recently regarding name changes of ships and bases. Adm. James H. Flatley Jr. was a decorated WWII aviator and tactician. A ship bearing his name FFG 21 was, at one time, homeported at the now defunct Naval Station Mobile, Ala. https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/display-news/Article/2308447/uss-stennis-cvn-74-with-carrier-air-wing-nine-cvw-9-and-uss-boxer-lhd-4-with-th
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