12 October 2020 Carrier Strike Group 11 Honors USS Cole in U.S. 5th Fleet Throughout the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 11 and accompanying ships commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Oct. 12, 2000 attack on the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) and honored the 17 lives lost...
08 October 2020 Cole Sailor creates 20th anniversary logo The anniversary of the attack on the USS Cole is upon us. Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, marks 20 years since the terrorist attack that claimed 17 brave Sailors and injured 39 others in port Aden, Yemen. ...
08 October 2020 20 years later: Former USS Cole Sailor remembers attack It was 11:18 a.m. on Oct. 12, 2000, aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67). The ship arrived in Yemen that morning for a brief fuel stop after completing a lengthy transit through the Suez Canal the day prior. Suddenly, the lights went out and all ventilation...
08 October 2020 Determined Warrior: Retired Cole CMC recounts memories of loss and courage Retired Command Master Chief James Parlier recounts memories of loss and courage...
08 October 2020 Unexpected, lifelong friendship formed following USS Cole tragedy Retired Senior Chief Nick Burnworth remembers a pair of Navy recruiters coming to his home when he was a teenager in Florida and his mother asking them if her son would be safe if the nation was at war...
08 October 2020 “It's devastating. You're not supposed to bury your child, lose your child at 22 years old." Mona Gunn was settling in for the day as the principal of Fairlawn Elementary School in Norfolk on Oct. 12, 2000, when her private phone line rang...
08 October 2020 Lee Greenwood concert in wake of attack on USS Cole helped grieving community Hampton Roads was prepared for a party in October of 2000...
08 October 2020 USS Cole, 20 years later – We remember Twenty years after the attack on USS Cole, we remember the heroic efforts of a crew that didn’t give up the ship and honor the sacrifice of the 17 Sailors killed...
05 October 2020 CNO Asks Fleet for Moment of Silence in Honor of USS Cole 20th Anniversary Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday sent a message to the fleet asking for a moment of silence on Oct. 12, at 11:18 a.m. to honor the Sailors who died, and who bravely saved their ship after the terrorist attack on the USS Cole (DDG 67) 20 years ago...
25 September 2020 Harrisonville Native serves aboard “Mighty Cole” during Remembrance Ceremony A remembrance ceremony will be conducted at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, on Oct. 12, commemorating the 20-year anniversary of the terrorist attack on the USS Cole. The ceremony will honor the 17 shipmates who lost their lives in service to their country. Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Catron, a...