The corridor in Building J-50 at Naval Station Norfolk doesnât look anything like the weeks-long round of at-sea drilling that most sailors do before deployment -- but then, the Blue Crew of USS Lewis B. Pullerâs sailors are a bit different. Their ship is nearly 7,000 miles away in the Persian Gulf. And as the Norfolk-based Blue Crew prepare to depart in a few weeks for another five-month tour, replacing the Pullerâs Gold Crew, a half dozen sailors are in the combat systems cubicle, getting a typical at-sea briefing before starting a watch. A a few steps farther down the corridor Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Jones, an aviation boatswains mate, is poring over the latest technical briefs and updates on aviation fuel handling. âWe donât have the usual phased in for readiness, we have to be always combat ready,â said Capt. Daryle Cardone, the Blue Crew commanding officer. âWe could be here in Norfolk on Monday and on Friday, in contested waters with an Iranian-flag vessel approaching.â During the Blue Crewâs last deployment in Bahrain, it was Petty Officer 3rd Class Kendra Barrow -- whose official job is cook -- who was scrambling up to the flight deck to document encounters with Iranian navy ships. Â Read more in the Sunday Main News section 
For the past several years, a partnership between VIMS, the Nature Conservancy and UVA has been working to develop the world's first seagrass carbon credit program. (Other carbon markets linked to forests and the like already exist.) It will allow the state, which owns the huge seagrass acreage on the seaside Eastern Shore, to sell a small amount of carbon credits linked to the major seagrass restoration that's been happening there. Buyers could include companies that wish to have carbon offsets, for example. Read more in the Sunday Main News section The Chrysler Museum of Art is no stranger to flooding. On any given day with a high tide or following a storm, staff and visitors can expect to see water pooling around the building, which sits across from the Hague, or blocking streets that lead to it. With a pair of new exhibitions, the museum is putting the issue even further at the forefront. The âFloodZoneâ exhibit features the absorbing work of a Florida photographer capturing the relationship between rising waters and urban development. The other, âWaters Rising,â focuses on Hampton Roads, using research out of Old Dominion Universityâs Institute for Coastal Adaptation and Resilience. Both are on display through May 29. Together theyâre intended to inform the observer as well as provide a glimpse of whatâs to come. Read more in the Sunday Break section
Like most college students, Trajan âTreyâ Baker has often shopped for school supplies at Target. But when he walked into the retail giantâs Hampton store last month, he was looking for something much more special: his own hoodie on the racks. Baker, a 20-year-old junior architecture major at Hampton University, was one of three winners of a nationwide student design contest for Targetâs 2022 Black History Month collection. His design will be on sweatshirts and journals in stores across the country and online through February.
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Colin Smith started making healthy prepared and customized meals for family and friends in 2018. Before long, friends of friends began to inquire and a year later he created his business, Lyfestyle Meals. After three years operating within a local commissary kitchen, Smith decided to open a brick and mortar at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront. The location provides weekly deliveries throughout Hampton Roads and ready made meals to go.
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