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SUBLANT Announces Battle 'E' Winners

Navy News Service

Story Number: NNS140103-05
Release Date: 1/3/2014 10:15:00 AM

By Kevin Copeland, Commander, Submarine Force Atlantic Public Affairs

NORFOLK (NNS) -- Commander, Submarine Force Atlantic (COMSUBLANT) announced the winners of the 2013 Battle Efficiency (Battle 'E') competition, Jan. 1, 2014.

'Bravo Zulu and congratulations to all of the awardees,' said Vice Adm. Michael J. Connor. 'The competition for these honors is always extremely keen, and being the recipient of the Battle E should be a source of great pride to each and every crew member.'

The Battle E competition is conducted to strengthen individual command performance, improve overall force readiness, and to recognize outstanding performance. The award symbolizes the overall readiness of the command to carry out its assigned wartime tasks as a unit of the Atlantic Submarine Force.

Based on a year-long competition, one submarine from each submarine squadron in the Atlantic Fleet is recognized. The awards are presented by the commodore of each squadron to the submarine under their command which has demonstrated the highest level of battle readiness during the evaluation year.

The 2013 COMSUBLANT Battle 'E' winners, their homeports, and commanding officers are:

Commander, Submarine Squadron (SUBRON) 4 (Groton, Conn.) - the Virginia-class attack submarine USS Missouri (SSN 780), commanded during the competition by Cmdr. Michael Luckett.

SUBRON 6 (Norfolk, Va.) - the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Norfolk (SSN 714), commanded by Cmdr. Gregg Zettler.

Commander, Submarine Development Squadron 12 (Groton, Conn.) - the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Dallas (SSN 700), commanded by Cmdr. Jack Houdeshell.

SUBRON 16 (Kings Bay, Ga.) - the Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Georgia (SSGN 729) (Blue) commanded during the competition by Capt. Daniel Christofferson and USS Georgia (SSGN 729) (Gold), commanded during the competition by Capt. Rhett Jaehn.

SUBRON 20 (Kings Bay, Ga.) - the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Wyoming (SSBN 742) (Blue), commanded during the competition by Cmdr. Barry Rodrigues and USS Alaska (SSBN 742) (Gold) commanded by Cmdr. Chris Nash.