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  John Stennis - Birthday, occupation and personality
John Stennis (August 3, 1901 - April 23, 1995) was a U.S. Senator from the state of Mississippi.
Stennis served as a prosecutor from 1932-1937, and as circuit judge from 1937-1947, both for Mississippi's sixteenth judicial district.
John Stennis is buried at Pinecrest Cemetery in Kemper County, Mississippi.
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 John C. Stennis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stennis was a prosecutor from 1932-1937 and a circuit judge from 1937-1947, both for Mississippi's Sixteenth Judicial District.
John Stennis is buried at Pinecrest Cemetery in Kemper County.
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 History for USS John C. Stennis - CVN 74
The John C. Stennis (CVN-74) was commissioned on Dec. 9, 1995 and forms the centerpiece of the Stennis battle group.
John Stennis served in the United States Congress for nearly 42 years, the second-longest tenure in the history of our nation.
The Stennis battle group is made up of seven surface ships, two submarines and an embarked air wing, and is used as a forward deployed force designed to enforce and protect the interests of US foreign policy around the world.
www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageHistory/1,13506,200188|200007,00.html   (359 words)

  
 John C. Stennis Strike Group
The mission of USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) and her embarked air wing is to conduct sustained combat air operations.
Stennis is the flagship for the JCS Battle Group commander, Commander, Carrier Group SEVEN and the embarked airwing.
The USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) seal was produced from the combined efforts of several crewmembers with historical help from the Stennis Center for Public Service, the John C. Stennis Space Center and the United States Senate Historian.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/batgru-74.htm   (1198 words)

  
 USS John C. Stennis' namesake
Senator Stennis took his seat in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1928, the same year he received a law degree from the University of Virginia.
In 1932, John C. Stennis was elected district prosecuting attorney and five years later he became a circuit judge.
But because Senator Stennis was such a modest and unassuming man, many JCS crew members don’t fully understand the place in history John C. Stennis holds when they receive orders to the ship that proudly bears his name.
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 Tribute to John C. Stennis
In his final United States Senate re-election campaign in 1982, John Stennis was faced with the most challenging race since his first Senate election in 1947.
John Stennis demonstrated the qualities and characteristics Americans desperately want, and deserve, in their public officials.
John Stennis served in the United States Senate nearly 42 years, the second-longest tenure in the history of our nation.
www.stennis.gov /senatorpage.htm   (871 words)

  
 DefenseLink News Release: NAVY COMMISSIONS NUCLEAR-POWERED AIRCRAFT CARRIER
The carrier is named for the late Mississippi Senator, John C. Stennis, whoserved in the United States Senate from the administration of President HarryTruman in 1947 through the Reagan administration in 1988.
John C. Stennis is the eighth nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the seventhof the Nimitz class.
The John C. Stennis is 1,092feet long, has a width of 257 feet, a waterline beam of 134 feet and a combatload displacement of 97,000 tons.
www.defenselink.mil /releases/1995/b120895_bt645-95.html   (459 words)

  
 Patrick Sean Myrick, Lieutenant, United States Navy
The crew was flying a routine training mission as part of the Joint Air-Sea Exercise with the Stennis and USS Kitty Hawk carrier in the vicinity of Iwo Jima island chain when communications were lost at approximately 7:42 p.m.
The announcement came after crew and officers of the USS John C. Stennis aircraft carrier, many donning their whites, had gathered on deck for a memorial service, as S-3B Vikings flew overhead in a missing man formation and the four aviators were given a 21-gun salute.
Their Viking was flying a practice mission from the Stennis when radio contact with the crew was lost at 7:42 p.m.
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 John C. Stennis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
John C. Stennis was born August 3, 1901, in Kemper County and died April 23, 1995.
Stennis was dedicated to his country and to Mississippi.
Today the aircraft carrier U.S.S John C. Stennis is a tribute to his work.
www2.nemcc.edu /mspeople/john_c__stennis.htm   (188 words)

  
 USS John C. Stennis Strike Group Web Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54), as part of John C. Stennis Strike Group (JCSSG), is operating off the coast of Southern California in support...
USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Strike Group (JCSSG) conducted anti-submarine warfare exercises (ASWEX) off the coast of Southern California, Nov. 7 thru 10.
USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) is currently underway to San Diego to join forces with its air wing and the other ships of John C. Stennis Strike Group (JCSSG) to conduct its Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX), scheduled to run...
www.cvn74.navy.mil   (185 words)

  
 USS John C. Stennis Visits Western Australia
Stennis and its strike group have set the standard for not only the Navy’s new Fleet Response Plan, but as ambassadors of the U.S. Navy, said Buss.
Stennis is scheduled to return to San Diego next month prior to a homeport change next year to Bremerton, Wash.
John C. Stennis, a Nimitz-class carrier, is the flagship for the John C. Stennis Strike Group.
www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=15332   (572 words)

  
 John C. Stennis
Quickly slicing her way across the Atlantic Ocean and sprinting through the Mediterranean, USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74), with Carrier Air Wing SEVEN (CVW-7) and Command Carrier Group Six (CCG-6) embarked, arrived on station in the Arabian Gulf Wednesday, March 11, 1998 to relieve the aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73).
JOHN C. STENNIS is our nation's newest aircraft carrier and is uniquely capable of providing a strong stabilizing presence in the region," Suggs said.
USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74) and Carrier Airwing SEVEN currently stand guard in the volatile region of the Arabian Gulf.
www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ship/docs/980314-onstation.htm   (908 words)

  
 John Stennis
A member of the Democratic Party, Stennis served in the Mississippi house of representatives (1928-32), and as district prosecuting attorney (1932-37) and circuit judge (1937-47).
Stennis was elected to the United States Senate in November, 1947, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Theodore Bilbo.
Stennis, was chairman of the Select Committee on Standards and Conduct and served on the Committee on Armed Services and Committee on Appropriations.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USAstennis.htm   (181 words)

  
 Rescue at Sea - USS John C. Stennis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Stennis was about 80 miles away when communicators at the Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Va., notified the ship that a distress signal had been received.
The trio were taken aboard Stennis and were treated for shock and hypothermia in the ship's sick bay.
USS John C. Stennis was commissioned on Dec, 9, 1996, in Norfolk, and is the seventh Nimitz-class carrier to join the fleet.
www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/carriers/stennis/sten-resc.html   (453 words)

  
 Stennis, John C.
Stennis, John C. From "Kemper County, Mississippi - A Pictorial History", placed here with permission by the Kemper County Historical Commission.
The youngest of seven children born to Hampton Howell and Cornelia Adams Stennis, John Stennis was reared in the Kipling Community and town of DeKalb.
From 1928, when he was elected to represent Kemper County in the Mississippi House of Representatives, until 198, when he retired from the United States Senate, John Stennis was under continuous oath of office.
www.rootsweb.com /~mskemper/firstfamilies/stennisjohnc.htm   (287 words)

  
 USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74)
JOHN C. STENNIS got its two anchors from the decommissioned USS FORRESTAL (CV 59).
The pilot of a Naval Air Station Ocean, Va.-based F-14 Tomcat aircraft was safed after he was accidentally ejected from his aircraft during a landing aboard the JOHN C. STENNIS personnel rescued the radar intercept officer from the pilotless Tomcat as it sat on the flight deck with engines still running.
USS JOHN C. STENNIS comes alongside the USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62) March 30, 1998, in the Arabian Gulf where both ships were deployed in support of UN-mandated sanctions against Iraq and enforcement of the "No-Fly Zone" under OPERATION SOUTHERN WATCH.
navysite.de /cvn/cvn74.html   (647 words)

  
 USS John C. Stennis
The mission of USS John C. Stennis and her embarked Air Wing is to conduct sustained combat air operations while forward deployed in the global arena.
USS John C. Stennis' aircraft are used to conduct strikes, support land battles, protect the Battle Group or other friendly shipping, and implement a sea or air blockade.
USS John C. Stennis' two nuclear reactors give her virtually unlimited range and endurance and a top speed in excess of 30 knots.
www.usshorne.net /stennis.htm   (457 words)

  
 USS John C. Stennis Strike Group Deploys for Pacific Operations
The Stennis CSG includes the aircraft carrier Stennis, the Aegis-equipped guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83), guided-missile frigate USS Ford (FFG 54), Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Salt Lake City (SSN 716) and the replenishment ship USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7).
All of the ships of the Stennis CSG are homeported in San Diego, with the exception of USS Ford (FFG 54), homeported in Everett, Wash., and USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7), homeported in Bremerton, Wash.
Stennis is the flagship for Commander, Carrier Group 7, Rear Adm. Patrick Walsh.
www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=13467   (390 words)

  
 TIME.com: Assault on a Senator -- Feb. 12, 1973 -- Page 1
It was partly that kind of concern for the social graces, as well as his reputation for integrity and fairness throughout his 25-year career in the Senate, that made so much of Washington so angry over the shooting of the 71 -year-old Democratic leader in a petty street robbery.
As a friend of the military, Stennis was guest of honor at a reception given by the National Guard Association one night last week.
Despite his wounds, Stennis lurched to his feet and struggled into the house, where his wife was ready to serve dinner.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,903812-1,00.html   (719 words)

  
 CNN.com - USS John C. Stennis back at home - May 28, 2002
The Stennis battle group included 10 U.S. and Canadian ships and submarines, plus more than 80 tactical aircraft, and 8,500 sailors and Marines.
The USS John C. Stennis returned to home port in San Diego, California, after six months in the Arabian Sea (May 28)
"...This is an emotional, long-awaited-for day by the 5,000 sailors and Marines onboard the John C. Stennis and the other ships in the battle group," Rear Adm. James Zortman, the battle group commander, said.
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 TIME.com: More than Magnolias -- Nov. 17, 1947 -- Page 1
Mississippi voters had given ranting old Congressman John E. Rankin, last of their nationally notorious demagogues, the worst beating of his career.
The winner was spare and scholarly John Cornelius Stennis, 46, a circuit judge.
John Stennis, born on a farm in Kemper County, had made a bright record for himself at Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College and at the University of Virginia law school.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,887654,00.html   (482 words)

  
 Remarks at a Dinner Honoring Senator John C
, John Stennis established his reputation early in his Senate career, always recognizing that the effectiveness of the Senate is harmed when Members fail to uphold the highest standards.
It's no wonder the Senate looked to John Stennis as a leader when the Select Committee on Standards and Conduct was formed in 1965.
Senator Stennis, and ladies and gentlemen, it's my honor to announce tonight that, as an expression of the Nation's gratitude for the public service of the man we honor tonight, the Navy's next nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, CVN - 74, will be christened the U.S.S. John C. Stennis.
www.reagan.utexas.edu /archives/speeches/1988/062388e.htm   (1005 words)

  
 STENNIS SCHOLARS
JOHN C. Our department's John C. Stennis Scholars are named in memory of MSU alumnus John C. Stennis, who served in the United States Senate from 1947 to 1988, rising to the powerful position of President Pro Tempore of the Senate and fourth in line for the Presidency.
To learn more about Senator Stennis and the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service, established by Congress in his memory and directed by his former staff leader Rex Buffington, click here.
To learn more about the John C. Stennis Institute of Government at MSU, established by the people of Mississippi to honor him after he nearly died from a Washington mugging, and directed by Marty Wiseman, click here.
www.msstate.edu /dept/politicalscience/org/stennis.html   (1300 words)

  
 STENNIS, John Cornelius (1901-1995) Guide to Research Papers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Comments on the 1947 Stennis election campaign, the move to Washington, Stennis’ early Senate activities, family life—especially the problem of his father being away often—his mother, his own political career, anecdotes about friends and family.
Aiken reminisces about his friendship with Stennis, characterizes Stennis as a senator, comments on the McCarthy censure, Harry Truman, shooting of Stennis, John F. Kennedy, Vietnam, Lyndon Johnson, Mike Mansfield, National Forest Reservation Commission, seniority, civil rights legislation.
Characterizes Stennis as senator, comments on the “Senate Club,” Armed Services Committee, civil rights legislation, her Senate relationship with Stennis, anecdotes about her service in the Senate.
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 Capitalism Magazine: Stennis Families React to World Trade Center Flag by Michael Giorgino
Summary: On Thanksgiving, the Aircraft Carrier USS John C. Stennis learned the story of how Sgt. Karl Hagstrom recovered the flag from the rubble of the World Trade Center and had shipped it to them to carry into battle.
But not only do I have her on Stennis, I also have my son who is also there defending our country.
I was tasked with the honors of being the one to handle "closing it up" as the term is for hauling a flag in the Navy, and watching our symbol of freedom fly high over the sea en route to bringing the threat of terrorism to a close.
www.capmag.com /articlePrint.asp?ID=1263   (1101 words)

  
 STENNIS
John Stennis after a protracted illness of some months.
John Daniel McNEIL 1/6/1892 s/o Laughlin McNEIL and Leanna PEDEN
Hampton's Legionm, S.C.V. wounded in the Battle of Manassas, as a soldier he was heroic, as a merchant he was honest, as a social companion agreeable, as a brother affectionate and attentive, and as a son obedient and tender, hence all mourn his loss.
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