{"id":70252,"date":"2023-12-20T13:57:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T14:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=70252"},"modified":"2023-12-20T15:44:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T15:44:22","slug":"uss-colorado-returns-from-deployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=70252","title":{"rendered":"USS Colorado Returns from Deployment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p>Capt. Jason Grizzle, commander of Submarine Squadron (SUBRON) 12, under which Colorado operates, praised the crew\u2019s successful deployment and welcomed them home \u201cjust in time for the holidays.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s always great to have a homecoming and see families reunited,\u201d Grizzle said. \u201cBut to have one just in time for Christmas \u2013 seeing the joy and happiness on the pier today \u2013 it really emphasizes the sacrifice and commitment a submariner and their family makes to protect our nation\u2019s interests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur submarines are unparalleled in the undersea domain, but submarines cannot execute their mission without the men and women who put in the work,\u201d Grizzle added. \u201cAnd they cannot operate without the love, support, and sacrifices their families make here at home &#8211; it\u2019s truly a rewarding experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beam commended his crew for their performace on the submarine\u2019s third deployment saying he is \u201chappy to be home just in time for Christmas and I couldn&#8217;t be prouder of my crew and our amazing families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During its deployment to the U.S. European Command area of responsibility, Colorado steamed nearly 36,000 nautical miles and made port calls to Gr\u00f8tsund, Norway, and Rota, Spain. Thirty personnel earned their submarine warfare devices \u2013 commonly referred to as \u201cdolphins\u201d \u2013 during the deployment and one Colorado sailor had new baby.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Hartman, wife of Lt.j.g. Forrest Hartman, said she was \u201chappy they could be home before the holidays to be with their families before partaking in the ceremonial \u201cfirst hug\u201d with her son Riker, 5, and daughter Charlie, 2.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt means everything because I\u2019m going to let my kids be the first one to hug him because they\u2019ve been looking forward to it, said Taylor Hartman during the homecoming event. \u201cMy son has been doing a countdown everyday looking at the calendar &#8211; and being this close to Christmas, it\u2019s better than any present.<\/p>\n<p>SSN 788 was commissioned March 17, 2018 and is the fourth U.S. warship named after the state of Colorado. It has a length of 377 feet with a beam of 34 feet and a crew of more than 134 personnel.<\/p>\n<p>The Virginia-class of nuclear-powered fast attack submarines are designed for a broad spectrum of open-ocean and littoral missions. Fast-attack submarines are multi-mission platforms enabling five of the six Navy maritime strategy core capabilities \u2013 sea control, power projection, forward presence, maritime security and deterrence. They are designed to excel in anti-submarine warfare, anti-ship warfare, strike warfare, special operations, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, irregular warfare and mine warfare. Fast-attack submarines project power ashore with special operations forces and Tomahawk cruise missiles in the prevention or response to regional crises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Capt. Jason Grizzle, commander of Submarine Squadron (SUBRON) 12, under which Colorado operates, praised the crew\u2019s successful deployment and welcomed them home \u201cjust in time for the holidays.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s always great to have a homecoming and see families reunited,\u201d Grizzle said. \u201cBut to have one just in time for Christmas \u2013 seeing the joy and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":70254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70252"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70255,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70252\/revisions\/70255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/70254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}