The Association recently received an Email from the Commanding Officer, CDR Beam with an update from their deployment. Here it is in part:
"Deployment is going great. We have completed some primary tasking and executed a couple of foreign port visits. The crew has performed amazing and all of the time spent the previous year at sea and the late nights in port working on plans and maintenance have paid off.12 enlisted sailors have earned their silver dolphin warfare qualifications and 3 officers have earned their gold dolphin warfare qualifications. In addition, I have the extreme pleasure of introducing our two newest members of the Chiefs’ Mess, MMNC Chris Norsworthy and TMC Todd Schriver. We recently celebrated halfway-day and took a short break from our work to relax, recognize the accomplishments COLORADO has achieve thus far and of course, partake in the usual halfway festivities. I think the highlight for most of the crew was opening halfway boxes. It was great to “hear” from home and share some of the special things our loved ones included for us that made us all feel loved. An added bonus to this has been receiving care packages from the Colorado Chapter of DeMolay Freemasons and reading letters from the fourth and fifth graders from Mission Viejo Elementary School in Aurora, Colorado.”