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By Kaylee LaRocqueNaval Air Station Jacksonville Public AffairsCommander, Carrier Strike Group (CCSG) 8 Rear Adm. Dale Horan visited Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 72 aboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville to meet with lead ership and conduct an all-hands call March 7. The admiral met with officers and chief petty officers to discuss some of the top concerns the team was fac ing during their current maintenance phase and the squadrons future deployment with the strike group. Im here today because as a com mander, its important to get out and meet the Sailors who are conducting our mission which is to provide prompt and sustained firepower overseas in support of our countrys requirements, said Horan. I need to understand what they do and what their challenges are so I can better help them effectively accomplish their mission. During the all-hands call, Horan praised the HSM-72 Proud Warrior team for their accomplishments. You have a stellar reputation and are doing a great job, he said. Please continue your great work ethic and team effort in getting through this maintenance phase. It is as critical to the mission as a deployment. He also stressed the importance of safety regarding mission readiness. We have to accomplish the mission and we have to do it safely so we have to fold in safety from the beginning through the execution, said Horan. We also have to take care of our people and provide them the tools and the mindset to accomplish the mission effectively. The admiral also toured squadron spaces learning about maintenance control issues, power plants and inspecting new aviation survival train www.cnic.navy.mil/jacksonville www.jaxairnews.com ACKSONVILLE, FLA RED CR OSSCelebrating 136 Years Page 3 FIRST PIT CHTake em Out to the Ballpark Pages 4-5 CAR EER GR OWTHFFSC Workshops Available Page 7Check us out Online! jaxairnews.com THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2017 Photo by Kaylee LaRocquePR2 Keisha Shields of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 72 shows Rear Adm. Dale Horan, com mander, Carrier Strike Group 8, some of the new aviator equipment during his visit to the squadron March 7. Photo by AM1 Obin RobinsonRear Adm. Dale Horan, commander, Carrier Strike Group 8, meets with Sailors from Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 72 to discuss mission readiness. The admiral praised the team on their work ethic and team efforts during their current maintenance phase. Photo Illustration by AMC Joanna Madrid NAVFAC Southeast Civilian Engineer of the Year honoredBy Earl BittnerNAVFAC Southeast Public AffairsNaval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast Environmental Business Line Program Manager John Baxter received the NAVFAC Enterprise 2017 Civilian Engineer of the Year award Feb. 17 at NAVFAC Headquarters on the Washington Navy Yard, Washington D.C. Our NAVFAC Engineers of the Year were selected from a group of excep tional candidates, and we are truly fortunate to have extraordinary engi neers who serve NAVFAC and the Navy with selfless dedication and techni cal superiority, said Rear Adm. Bret Muilenburg, NAVFAC commander and chief of civil engineers. They continue to build on our 174year legacy of outstanding support to the Navy and Marine Corps. As NAVFAC Southeasts Environmental Business Line Program Manager, Baxter led administrative and techni cal staff across NAVFAC commands and business lines, as well as the Navy at large. His willingness to partner with inter nal and external peers and subordi nates, and to train and share knowl edge resulted in numerous successful team efforts, including a multi-agen cy oil spill response exercise which required nine months of advance plan ning and involved more than 200 par ticipants from 25 organizations. Im very honored and humbled to By Sue Brink NAVFAC Southeast Public Affairs Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast civil ians and military personnel joined in the Jacksonville District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACOE) 2017 Engineering Career Day February 24 in Jacksonville. The students are here because of their fascination with engineering and the Army Corps of Engineers, said Lt. Rhett Johnson, NAVFAC Southeast architect. To their surprise, they also have an opportunity to learn about the Navy, NAVFAC and the Seabees as leaders in engineering while they are here. We help the kids understand that we (NAVFAC) support the warfighters by solving problems and construct ing solutions. Its at the heart of what we do, said Johnson who manned an informational display at the event. Likewise, it was a lot of fun to observe the ingenuity of some of Jacksonvilles youth coming up with solutions with their projects. As part of the culmination of National Engineers Week, which is always the last week in February, the Jacksonville District of the Army Corps of Engineers hosts an Engineering Career Day competition for local high schools and their math, science, and engineering interested students. Fourteen teams of high school stu dents and teachers from eight pub lic and private schools in Northeast Florida attended the event and project competition. The day-long event is cosponsored by the Jacksonville District USACOE and the Society of American Engineers (SAME) and has been for 15 years. The event is one of the major events of Northeast Florida Engineers Week. The event challenged four-person student teams to compete in building and entering a take home project, com pleting a surprise project assigned the day of the event and completing a trivia challenge. Math and engineering teams were provided a take home problem by the USACE Engineering Career Day Committee. The students were charged with building a portable flume that was scored on fastest assembly time (30 Photo by Earl Bittner Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast Chief Engineer and Capital Improvements Business Line Coordinator Jack McCarthy (left) judges one of the student entries in the Jacksonville District U.S. Army Corp of Engineers 2017 Engineering Career Day held Feb. 24 in Jacksonville. The students take home project consisted of designing and building a transportable flume. HSM-72 hosts Commander, Carrier Strike Group 8 U.S. Navy Photo Rear Adm. Bret Muilenburg, com mander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), presents an award plaque to John Baxter, NAVFAC Civilian Engineer of the Year 2017, during an awards ceremony held at NAVFAC Headquarters in the Washington Navy Yard Feb. 17. NAVFAC Southeast helps judge engineering career day See Page 8 See Page 8 See Page 8
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2 JAX AIR NEWS, NAS JACKSONVILLE, ursday, March 16, 2017 From StaffMarch 16 1911 Hulk of USS Maine is sunk at sea in deep water with full military honors. 1945 Iwo Jima declared secure. 1966 Launch of Gemini 8. Former naval aviator Neil Armstrong flew on this mission that completed seven orbits in 10 hours and 41 minutes at an altitude of 161 nautical miles. Recovery was by USS Leonard F. Mason (DD-852). March 17 1898 USS Holland (SS-1), first practi cal submarine, launched. 1911 Lt. John Rodgers, who became Naval Aviator No. 2, reported to the Wright Company at Dayton, Ohio, for instruction in flying. 1920 To overcome an acute shortage of pilots, a change in the flight training program was approved that separated the heavier-than-air (seaplane) and the lighter-than-air (dirigible) courses. It also reduced the overall training period from nine to six months for the duration of the shortage. 1942 U.S. Naval Forces Europe estab lished to plan joint operations with British. 1958 Navy Vanguard rocket launch es a 3.25 pound satellite from Cape Canaveral the second U.S. satellite suc cessfully placed in Earth orbit. Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev derided it as the grapefruit satellite. 1959 USS Skate (SSN-578) surfaces at North Pole. March 18 1945 U.S. carriers begin three-month Okinawa Campaign by destroying air craft on Kyushu, Japan. 1974 Navy sent to sweep mines from Suez Canal. March 19 1898 USS Oregon departs San Francisco for 14,000-mile trip around South America to join U.S. Squadron off Cuba. 1917 Navy Department authorizes enrollment of women in Naval Reserve with ratings of yeoman, radio electri cian, or other essential ratings. 1918 A formation of Navy flying boats, on long range reconnaissance off the German coast, was attacked by German seaplanes. Ensign Stephan Potter shot down one of the attackers and was officially credited as the first American naval aviator to shoot down an enemy seaplane. 1942 SECNAV gives command of Seabees to Civil Engineering Corps. 2003 Operation Iraqi Freedom begins with Tomahawk strikes from Navy ships and submarines. March 20 1833 Cmdr. David Geisinger, of sloop-of-war USS Peacock, negotiates first commercial treaty with King of Siam. 1922 The collier USS Jupiter (AC-3) is recommissioned as USS Langley (CV-1), the Navys first aircraft carrier. 1939 Naval Research Lab recom mends financing research program to obtain power from uranium. 2003 U.S. continues Operation Iraqi Freedom by launching cruise missiles from Navy ships in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf. March 21 1917 Loretta Walsh becomes first woman Navy petty officer when sworn in as Chief Yeoman. 1919 Navy installs and tests Sperry gyrocompass, in first instance of test of aircraft gyrocompass. 1930 The Martin XT5M-1, is the first dive bomber designed to deliver a l,000pound bomb. 1945 Bureau of Aeronautics initiates rocket-powered surface-to-air guided missile development by awarding con tract to Fairchild. 1957 An A3D-1 Skywarrior, piloted by Cmdr. Dale Cox Jr., broke two transcon tinental speed records; one for the round trip from Los Angeles, Calif., to New York, N.Y., in 9 hours 31 minutes and the other for the east to west flight in 5 hours 12 minutes.March 22 1820 Commo-dore Stephen Decatur dies after duel with Capt. James Barron. 1915 Naval Aviator replaces Navy Air Pilot for offi cers qualified as aviators. 1929 Navy ships protect Americans and their property during Mexican revolution. 1946 USS Missouri (BB63) departs U.S. to return body of deceased Turkish ambas sador to the U.S. back to Turkey for burial. 1955 A Douglas R6D of VR-3, assigned to Military Air Transport Service, crashed and exploded on Pali Kea Peak, 15 miles northwest of Honolulu, Hawaii, killing all on board. The 57 passengers and nine crew members lost in this tragedy made it the worst heavier-than-air crash in naval aviation history. The JAX AIR NEWS is an authorized publication for members of the Military Services. Contents of the JAX AIR NEWS do not necessarily reflect the official views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government, the Department of Defense, or the Department of the Navy. 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Michael Connor Command Master Chief CMDCM(AW/SW) Jeffery Waters Public Affairs Officer Kaylee LaRocque Editor Clark Pierce Public Affairs Specialist Julie Lucas Design/Layout George Atchley By Sarah SmileySpecial ContributorSometimes a column deserves a fol low-up, especially when I did not deliv er it well the first time. Although I usu ally try to write about politics without emotion, sometimes personal frustra tion and misunderstanding creeps in. Last week was one of those times, and responses to my column prove that I did not make the point I intended to make. When youre publishing 800 words every week for 15 years, it happens. So Im giving it another shot today. I was frustrated with the Day Without a Woman march, expected to happen March 8, because I (mistak enly, it turns out) believed it only serves women who have the luxury and privi lege of taking a day off, and I believed it ignores many groups who cannot (will not or dont care to) participate. However, last week, someone who disagreed with me (respectfully and constructively, I should add) convinced me of this important point: women who do march do it for those who cannot. That makes sense. Still, the list of women who are excluded by reality, if not intention, is long, and it includes female service members, police officers, firefighters, teachers, doctors, single mothers and on and on. But as this is a personal col umn and written through the lens of my experiences, my focus is military wives. Ive been a military dependent since the day I was born, and for as long as I can remember, military wives have been viewed as ultra-conservative fol lowers who move in lockstep with their husbands and the government. For sure, many military wives are conservative, and some of them are very traditional, too. For the most part, how ever, some of the most politically pro gressive and liberal women I know are military wives. It is the military system itself that is a bit stuck in the 1950s, but the women married into it usually are not. And even the conservative ones, by way of their circumstances, are leading lives for which most feminist women would approve. From the time I was a little girl, I always thought the mom, not the dad, mowed the lawn, fixed the wash ing machine, boarded up windows for a hurricane, bought and sold cars, paid the mortgage, filed the taxes and took care of general home repairs. Because from the time I was a lit tle girl, most of the men I knew were deployed and their wives did all of the above. Some of those women were conserva tive. Some of them were liberal. But very few of them could have dropped every thing to participate in a Day Without a Woman. There was too much to get done! So, part of my point last week was that some women cant march because they are busy leading the kind of lives that feminists want them to have: indepen dent, self-determined, important. Of course, my (civil, respectful) debater last week pointed out that the women who are marching are doing it for all the underprivileged women who arent leading these kinds of lives and also cant participate in the march. Touche. But last weeks discussion brought up another old, familiar complaint about military wives: We chose this lifestyle, so we should stop complaining. There is no other demographic of people for which such a characteriza tion would be tolerated. Do we tell mothers who are tired from lack of sleep, You chose to have a baby, so suck it up? Do we tell law enforce ment, You chose your career, so suck it up? Do we say this to firefighters? Do we say it to women who are single mothers because they chose to get divorced? Do we say it to the active-duty military members themselves? Do we say it to drug addicts when they are suf fering from withdrawal? (You chose to do drugs, so stop complaining.) Do we say it to smokers who get lung cancer? By no means am I putting military wives sacrifices on the level of service members, firefighters or police officers. Im also not equating military wives to drug addicts. Maybe it seems silly to stop and point that out, but trust me, people will draw those conclusions. What I am saying is that telling some one shut up, you chose this is pretty much not acceptable in any other situ ation, except in response to a military wife. Thats interesting to me. Most people have choice in the things they do, but that doesnt mean they havent sacrificed. And just because a military wife married into a system that is sort of Leave it to Beaver and doesnt necessarily leave room for her to leave for the day to go to a march, that doesnt mean she isnt also independent and progressive. In retrospect, however, Im glad that there are women who can and will march, and that they give voice and light to others who cannot. From the Homefront Women important every day U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Ron Williamson "Hurricane Hunters" flew the Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star. Before satellites were used to track storms, military aircraft flew routine weather reconnaissance missions to detect formation of tropical cyclones. Introduced to the Navy in 1954 Reconnaissance Squadron Four will always be remembered for flying in the "eye of the storm." This Week in Navy History U.S. Navy photoUSS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31) catapults an A-4 "Skyhawk" attack plane, during operations off Vietnam in In the March 9 issue of the Jax Air News, Gunnery Sgt. Jeffrey Brown of the Center Acunazomora. Brown was accepting the Marine of Quarter recognition from NAS Jax Correction
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Photo by Jacob SippelYang Stewart, an American Red Cross volunteer at Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville, delivers snacks to patients at the hospitals maternal infant unit. NH Jacksonvilles priority since its founding in 1941 is to heal the nations heroes and their families. By Yan KennonNaval Hospital Jacksonville Public AffairsFor nearly 136 years, the American Red Cross has provided shelter, food, and emotional support to victims of natural disaster, war, conflict, and unexpected hardship. At Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville, American Red Cross volunteers contribute about 1,190 volunteer hours each month, and over 14,000 hours annually. Our tireless team of American Red Cross volunteers plays an invalu able role in providing essential assis tance to our nearly 85,000 enrolled patients, said Capt. David Collins, NH Jacksonville commanding officer. Their generous contributions are vital to our mission, and do not go unno ticed. Since World War II, every president has designated March as American Red Cross Month, to honor and cel ebrate the everyday heroes who help the American Red Cross fulfill its mission. The Northeast Florida Chapter, which serves NH Jacksonville, has been pro viding help throughout the region since 1914, when first chartered by President Woodrow Wilson. At any given time, NH Jacksonville American Red Cross volunteers can be found counseling patients on person al and family problems; helping with plans and arrangements for emergency or convalescent leave; getting back ground information from patients for use by medical staff in diagnosis and treatment; providing for the reception and comfort of relatives of the seri ously ill; or serving as NH Jacksonville ambassadors lifting the spirits of patients, visitors and staff. For more about volunteering, call the Northeast Florida Chapter at 904-3588091 or NH Jacksonvilles American Red Cross at 904-542-7525, or go online to www.redcross.org.March is American Red Cross month JAX AIR NEWS, NAS JACKSONVILLE, ursday, March 16, 2017 3
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4 JAX AIR NEWS, NAS JACKSONVILLE, ursday, March 16, 2017 From staffTwenty-five teams with players of all ages and genders lined the field aboard NAS Jacksonville March 4 during the Navy Ortega Lake Shore (NOL) Little League open ing ceremony. The ceremony kicked off with music by Navy Band Southeast. The band performed numerous selections from, Take Me Out To The Ballgame, to When The Saints Go Marching In. Players took the field and proudly waved American flags. Teams use the names of many of the big league teams including Cubs, Royals, Braves, and even a spe cial Pink Pirates. T-ball, machine pitch, softball and baseball players removed their caps and rendered hon ors when the band played the national anthem. All coaches and numerous volunteers were recognized. The Shotty Drew award for sportsmanship was pre sented to Tripp Larkin who also led the players in recit ing the Little League pledge. Special teams who compet ed last year also had players recognized. The NOL began on NAS Jacksonville in 1960. Most of the upkeep of the fields is performed by volunteers. Due to damage from Hurricane Matthew, the dugouts needed reconstruct ing and were literally finished just before the day of the opening ceremony. NAS Jacksonville Commanding Officer Capt. Sean Haley threw out the first pitch. Haley highlighted the interaction of the leagues playing aboard the base. As the father of two older boys, I fully appreciate the positive impact that sports have on the development of our youth, and we are very fortunate to assist in that effort by supporting NOL here. The community partner ship between NOL and NAS Jax is very important to us and one that I know will continue for many more years, said Haley. Tripp Larkin leads the Navy Ortega Lakeshore Little League players in the Pledge of Allegiance during the opening ceremony. Larkin was the winner of the Shotty Drew Sportsman award. Navy Band Southeast, led by MUC Brandon Schoonmaker, performs at the opening ceremony. Navy Band Southeast vocalist MU1 David Kraftchak sings Take Me Out To The Ballgame, before the opening ceremony of the Navy Ortega Lakeshore Little League season March 4 at NAS Jax. A player shows his patriotism before the opening Navy Ortega Lakeshore Little League ceremony March 4. All the players were given flags to wave. Navy Ortega Lakeshore Little League players and coaches render honors during the playing of the national anthem at the opening ceremony. NOL Little League opens season Jonathan Jennings gets his son Jage, 6, ready for his first game March 4.
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JAX AIR NEWS, NAS JACKSONVILLE, ursday, March 16, 2017 5 Navy Ortega Lakeshore Little League players show good sportsmanship after the first game of the season. Last summer's Navy Ortega Lakeshore Little League tournament team players were recognized for their contributions. NAS Jacksonville Commanding Officer Capt. Sean Haley throws out the first pitch to officially kick off the Navy Ortega Lakeshore (NOL) Little League season March 4. Donnie Bailey connects with the ball during the first game of the Navy Ortega Lakeshore Little League at NAS Jax. Royals pitcher Mack Helman throws a ball towards a Braves batter on March 4 at the NAS Jax baseball fields. Tyler Perkins makes a celebratory leap across home plate after scoring a tie run during the game March 4. The Braves won their first game of the season. Navy Ortega Lakeshore Little League players are lead onto the field by their coach before the opening cer emony. All of the teams lined up holding American flags.
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6 JAX AIR NEWS, NAS JACKSONVILLE, ursday, March 16, 2017 By Ed BarkerNaval Education and Training Professional Development Center Public AffairsActive duty Navy chiefs (E7 E9) interested in shaping the future of their ratings are needed to serve as Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) for upcoming Advancement Examination Readiness Reviews (AERRs). Naval Administrative Message (NAVADMIN) 058/17, released on March 8, announced the AERR sched ule for April to Sept. 2017. Based on this schedule, AERR panel members work ing as fleet SMEs for their respective ratings develop E4 E7 rating advance ment exams for future cycles. Navy chiefs (E7 to E9) on active duty, Full Time Support (FTS) and reserv ists on Active Duty for Special Work (ADSW) are encouraged to apply and take part in the process. The knowledge that our fleet experts bring to the reviews is invaluable, as thats what makes the exams relevant and identifies a Sailor with the right skills to select for advancement, said Naval Education and Training Professional Development Center (NETPDC) Command Master Chief, Master Chief Electronics Technician, Nuclear Power (SS) James Berhalter. AERRs give chiefs direct input toward shaping their community participants have a say in what their reliefs need to know. AERRs vary in length between one-to-two weeks and exam readi ness reviews are held throughout the year with each specific rating being reviewed on an annual basis. The reviews are held at NETPDC at Saufley Field in Pensacola. AERR Participants receive temporary additional duty (TAD) orders from their parent com mand, paid for by NETPDC. Master Chief Culinary Specialist (SW/ SS) Stephen Boos, lead instructor for the Navy Field Management Team at the Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk is currently participating in his second Culinary Specialist AERR. There is no more rewarding thing you can do than write the Navy exam, said Boos. To be able to give back to the junior Sailors and basically hand-select the next generation of your reliefs writing exams is the way to do that. To take part in the AERR process, log into NKO then use the following link: https://www.nko.navy.mil/group/navyadvancement-center/mycpo. This link provides the scheduled dates for each rating, including eligibil ity and nomination package require ments, and other pertinent information regarding AERR events. Nominations to participate in AERRs must be endorsed by the command master chief, senior chief or chief of the boat as well as the commanding officer or officer in charge for submission to NETPDC. NAVADMIN 058/17 provides addi tional information and a listing of rat ings scheduled for the next six months. Normally, four-to-eight nominees will be selected for each AERR conference. NETPDC coordinates with respective rating learning centers and commu nity sponsors to select the best nomi nees. Selections of fleet SMEs for the AERRs will be made 45 days prior to each review and selectees will be noti fied by NETPDC via e-mail. NETPDCs mission is to provide products and services that enable and enhance education, training, career development, and personnel advance ment throughout the Navy. Primary elements of the command include the Voluntary Education (VOLED) Department, the Navy Advancement Center (NAC) and the Resources Management Department. Nease NJROTC No. 1 in Northern Florida and State of GeorgiaFrom StaffFor the third consecutive year, Nease High Schools Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (NJROTC) won the Area 12 Drill Championships on March 4 in Douglas, Georgia, besting the top 16 programs in northern Florida and the state of Georgia and earn ing an automatic invitation to next months Navy National Drill Championships. Last year, Nease placed sixth overall at the National Drill Championships. Fifty-nine NJROTC programs within Area-12 competed at local drill meets during the fall and winter, with the top 16 teams advancing to the Area 12 Championships. This title serves as a reminder that hard work and perseverance pays off, Naval Science Instructor Gunnery Sgt. Duane Hanson said. We competed against some incredibly talented schools dur ing the competition. The drill competition is a compilation of events covering marching drill, academics, and athletics. Nease placed first in color guard and armed basic drill; second in personnel inspection, overall drill, overall athletics and push-ups; and third in unarmed exhibition drill, academics, situps and 8 x 220 relay. Several cadets received individ ual medals for top performanc es. Erin Sass was first overall in push-ups; and Cali Vaughn, Lilly Short and Erin Sass finished first, second and third respectively in sit-ups. Having won the Area 12 Championships the past two years, we felt a lot of pressure to perform as well this year, said cadet Battalion Commander Jacob Hunt. Weve got a close-knit group and really wanted another shot for a national title. Nease will now travel to the Navy Nationals at Naval Air Station Pensacola, competing against the best 25 NJROTC units in the nation on April 7-8. By Kristine Sturkie NEXCOM Public Affairs SpecialistFor the 11th year in a row, the Navy Lodge Program is offering per manent change of station (PCS) families a way to save money during their move. The PCS scratchoff card gives families on PCS orders the oppor tunity to save 10, 15, 25 or 100 percent off their PCS stay, up to 20 days, at a Navy Lodge within the continental United States. The scratch-off card may be used at the guests detaching com mand location and/or the reporting command loca tion at any Navy Lodge in the continental U.S. All stays must be completed by February 28, 2018. For families on PCS, the Navy Lodge offers guests value with room rates at an average of 45 percent below compara ble civilian hotels. Navy Lodge family suites offer guests over sized rooms with living and dining areas, fully equipped kitchen, flat screen televisions with cable and DVD players and soft and firm pillow options, perfect for a PCS family. Navy Lodges offer guests free Wi-Fi, break fast, a weekly managers reception. Many loca tions also feature guest laundry facilities, vend ing machines and chil drens outside play area and workout room. Every Navy Lodge is handi capped accessible. As an added conve nience, dogs and cats up to 50 pounds in weight can stay at many Navy Lodges when traveling with its owner. Guests need to contact the spe cific Navy Lodge regard ing its pet policies. Navy Lodge scratchoff cards are available on base at PSD, the hous ing office, household good and the personal property office as well as the local NEX Customer Service desk. As an added convenience, guests can call 800-628-9466 to have a card mailed to them. Rating expert? Your knowledge is needed to write advancement exams Navy Lodge PCS promotion can save families moneyPhoto by Kristine Sturkie Chief Petty Officer Mark Mendoza of Fleet Readiness Center Northwest, Whidbey Island, Washington, and his family, Carmela, Mark Lawrence and Melayna, were on permanent change of duty station orders (PCS) and stayed at Navy Lodge Whidbey Island. Their PCS scratch-off revealed they received 20 nights free dur ing their PCS move. Savoring the three-peatPhotos courtesy of Nease NJROTCNease High School Armed Exhibition drill team competes at the Area 12 Championships. Nease High School NJROTC drill team celebrates winning Area 12 Regional Championships in Douglas, Georgia. Photos by Jacob Sippel (Above) Lt. Cmdr. Janet West, a physician at Naval Branch Health Clinic (NBHC) Jacksonville, examines the throat of OSC Navarro Evans of Fleet Area Control and Surveillance Facility Jax. (At left) Lt. Peter Angell, Naval Branch Health Clinic Jacksonville physical therapist, provides an acupuncture treatment to UT1 Adrian Bell of Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit 202, as part of the hospitals low back pain Integrated Practice Unit (IPU). Providing healthcare excellence
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JAX AIR NEWS, NAS JACKSONVILLE, ursday, March 16, 2017 7 From StaffThe Heroes at Home Military Spouse Awards pro gram is returning to the Jacksonville region. Presented by USAA, the 2017 Heroes at Home Jacksonville Military Spouse Awards recognize deserving military spouses from all branches for their strength, their many sacrifices and their service to the Jacksonville community. Heroes at Home, founded by The Flagship Inc. in Norfolk, Virginia in 2005, is a highly regarded, region al recognition program that honors military spouses from all ranks and branches for their strength, sacri fices, volunteerism and support for the military com munity. For more than a decade, Heroes at Home has recog nized military spouses for their important contribu tions to our local communities and has empowered military spouses to further their mission in support of the military community and our country. This program started in Hampton Roads, Virginia, and has expanded over the years to Central and Northern Virginia as well as Jacksonville. More than 2,400 unsung heroes have been nominated for this honor over the years. This program has even captured the attention of the White House. Past finalists have been invited to the White House and our 2007 Spouse of the Year, Linda Port, went on to receive the Presidents Volunteer Service Award, presented by President George W. Bush. Past Heroes at Home Military Spouse of the Year recipients have served as speakers at area events and have also been recognized for this award by numerous organizations in their respective regions. Any spouse of an active duty U.S. military ser vice member or Guard or Reserves spouse activat ed for more than 180 days, living in theJacksonville region may be nominated for the 2017 Heroes at Home Jacksonville Military Spouse Awards. Nominations will be accepted from active duty personnel and the general public. Visit www.heroesathomejax.com for details and to submit a nomination. The nomination deadline is April 23 at midnight. The Jacksonville military and civilian communi ties will come together in May to honor and recognize military spouses in this region for their unending strength, their extraordinary personal sacrifices and their selfless commitment to the community. All of the nominees and their guests will be invited to attend free of charge the Heroes at Home Military Spouse Appreciation and AwardsLuncheon on May 24. Finalists and the name of the Heroes at Home Jacksonville Military Spouse of the Year will be announced at this event.The Heroes at Home Military Spouse Awards, founded by the Flagship Military Newspaper, is a trademarked recognition program. The Flagship, Inc. is a division of Pilot Media Companies LLC. Neither the U.S. Navy, NAS Jacksonville, MWR or Jax Air News, nor any part of the federal government, officially endorses any company, sponsor or their products or services. Photos by AO3 Karen TurnerSailors line up arm width apart during the foreign object debris walkdown on the NAS Jacksonville flight line March 7.Eliminating runway hazardsSailors stationed aboard NAS Jacksonville gather on the runway for a foreign object debris walkdown March 7. Around 1,200 Sailors picked up 100 lbs. of potential hazards. AWR2 Cody Johnson of HSM-60, detects and collects a piece of foreign object debris during the walkdown March 7 on the runway. By Yan KennonNaval Hospital Jacksonville Public Affairs Senior WriterNaval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville hosts a High Reliability in Healthcare Summit on Thursday, April 6, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (with sign-in at 7:30 a.m.), at the Patrol Squadron 30 (VP-30) auditorium aboard NAS Jacksonville. Medical staff from all area com mands, including operational units, are encouraged to attend. Speakers include leaders from mili tary healthcare, aviation, and subma rine communities. The concept of high reliability was initially developed in high-risk indus tries, such as aviation and nuclear power. High reliability organizations oper ate in complex, high-hazard settings for extended periods without serious acci dents or catastrophic failures. They work to create an environment in which potential problems are antici pated, detected, and responded to early. In healthcare, the foundation of high reliability includes: leadership commit ment to zero-harm goals, a positive cul ture of patient safety, and robust pro cess improvement processes. The summit is free of charge, and no pre-registration is required. For more information, call 904-5428889 or email jesse.j.schmidt2.mil@ mail.mil. Naval Hospital Jacksonville hosts high-reliability summit April 6 Heroes at Home Jacksonville Military Spouse Awards n ow accepting nominations From StaffThe Fleet and Family Support Center (FFSC) offers free workshops to all active duty, Reservists, retired military and their family members. Pre-registration is required for all workshops. Childcare is not available at the FFSC however if childcare is needed, call 5425196. To register for workshops, call 5425745. FFSC offers free workshops for job skills
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Photo by Earl BittnerNAVFAC Southeast Commanding Officer Capt. Pat Garin gathers with the overall winning team from Christs Church Academy Team A and Jacksonville District U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Deputy Commander Lt. Col. Timika Wilson. The team came in first in this competition, building a flume that scored best overall in assem bly time, steel ball bearing travel time and aesthetics at the competition held Feb. 24. percent), slowest overall steel ball bearing (SBB) travel time (50 percent) and best aesthetics (20 percent). Judges used a stopwatch to determine the amount of time it took each team to assemble their flume. The team with the fastest assembly time was be awarded the most points for this criteria. Assembly time was limited to five minutes. Judges again used a stopwatch to determine the length of time it took for the SBB to complete the flume run starting at SBB release and ending with light activation at the end of the flume run. Each flume was tested five times with the longest duration being accepted for final scoring. Judges also assessed each assembled flume on aes thetics, quality of construction, engineering sound ness, and esprit de corps. The winning teams run time was just under 98 sec onds maxing out the points available in that category at 50. That team put their flume together in 265 sec onds earning 18.95 of the available 30 points in that category and went on to earn 14.5 points out of 20 for aesthetics for a total of 83.45 points out of 100. This is the fifth year Ive served as judge and this was one of the most challenging take home projects yet, said NAVFAC Southeast Chief Engineer and Capital Improvements Business Line Coordinator Jack McCarthy, one of the judges for the competition. Several teams struggled to get their flumes to work this year, said McCarthy. Its always fun to watch the teams solve problems when they encounter a dif ficulty. You find out almost immediately who the lead ers are. There was also a surprise problem that required students to design and construct a cantilever from materials provided. The cantilever that held the most pennies at failure was crowned the winner. The over all winning team was Providence Team C. Their can tilever supported 976 grams of pennies (390), a third more than their nearest competitor at 592 grams (237 pennies). The competition promotes Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). STEM is a national education program focused on preparing the workforce of tomorrow by encouraging students today to focus on these areas of study. The hope is the com petition will inspire the scholars efforts and energies toward careers in STEM fields in the future. I look forward to the competition every year, said McCarthy. I enjoy watching the kids minds work. Their drive and determination gives me hope for the future. ing gear. His visit concluded with a tour of the Paul L. Nelson Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing Atlantic Training Facility that included view ing maintenance training of helicopters and oper ating a MH-60R Tactical Operational Flight Trainer. HSM-72 was commis sioned at NAS Jacksonville on Jan. 15, 2013. The squad ron is a member of Carrier Air Wing One and embarks on the aircraft carrier and surface combatants assigned to (CCSG) 8 in support of combined and joint task forces, United Nations and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. VISITFrom Page 1 NAVFAC CAREERSFrom Page 1receive the NAVFAC civilian engineer of the year award, said Baxter. The Navys support of collaboration, partnerships and the focus on mission have allowed me to excel. Baxter also led the activation of a regional response team as the federal on-scene coordinator during a nationallevel Nuclear Weapon Accident/Incident Exercise (NUWAIX), which greatly fos tered relationships and trust with the reg ulatory agencies involved. Higher NAVFAC echelons, headquarters, and other Navy regions frequently reached out to him for advice and guidance about emergency response issues, and to solicit input on policy, standardization, and reg ulatory changes. He was also a guest speaker at various national and international conferences concerning operational response plan ning techniques and innovative methods for communicating during crises. Baxter stated that NAVFAC Southeast teamwork (not individual efforts) are responsible for his success. There are a vast number of professionals with consid erable integrity and a strong commitment to public health, safety and welfare that have provided tremendous technical com petence and leadership that deserve equal gratitude. Baxter is the first civilian engineer from NAVFAC Southeast to represent the NAVFAC Enterprise at the national level since the organization stood up in 2006. NAVFAC Southeast Commanding Officer Capt. Pat Garin (left) speaks with Col. Jason Kirk, Jacksonville District U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) com mander at the 2017 USACE Engineering Career Day. Lt. Rhett Johnson (left), Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast Capital Improvements Business Line architect and Lt. Matthew Ward (center), NAS Jacksonville Public Works Department assistant public works officer, manned the NAVFAC Southeast information booth at the Jacksonville District U.S. Army Corp of Engineers 2017 Engineering Career Day. AWARDFrom Page 1 Photo by Kaylee LaRocqueRear Adm. Dale Horan, commander, Carrier Strike Group 8 (right), congratu lates AZ3 Christopher Sisk of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 72 (left), on being selected HSM-72's Plane Captain of the Year as HSM-72 Commanding Officer Cmdr. Brian Binder looks on. The admiral visited the squadron to thank them for their outstanding work ethic and team efforts during their current maintenance phase. 8 JAX AIR NEWS, NAS JACKSONVILLE, ursday, March 16, 2017
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By Clifford DavisFleet Readiness Center Southeast Public AffairsRuby Richey choked-up as tears welled in her eyes when asked how she felt watching her son be commissioned as chief warrant officer in U.S. Navy on March 1. She raised CWO2 Daniel Richey and his four siblings on her own in Aliceville, Alabama by working in factories and restaurants to make ends meet. I just did what I needed to do as a mother, she said. Its a very proud moment for me. CWO2 Richeys wife, daugh ter, son and brother were also on hand for the ceremo ny, along with Detachment Mayport Sailors and officers in charge both past and present. Cmdr. Claude Taylor, Richeys former officer in charge at the detachment came to Mayport from his new command at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland to be the guest speaker. Hes a man of the highest integrity and embodies the virtues of honor, integrity and commitment, Taylor said of Richey. Hes a godly man, and he walks that same walk whether hes at work or at home. Richey joined the Navy out of high school in 1996, but left active duty in 1999 for the Navy Reserve. But by 2001, he want ed back in. I missed it, to be quite hon est with you, he said. You get out, assuming the civilian world is just like the military, then you quickly realize it is not. I missed the camaraderie, and just missed the people. With a renewed focus, Richey threw himself into his work. Then an encounter with a divi sion officer, who was a priorenlisted Sailor and then war rant officer, planted a seed of ambition that grew to fruition with the ceremony. It felt like he really under stood the issues that junior sailors were facing, he said. The more I learned of what that position was about, it real ly made me want to become a warrant officer. Ive been tracking ever since. Unfortunately for Detachment Mayport, Richeys promotion means hell be leav ing for his new position with the Skinny Dragons of Patrol Squadron 4 at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington in June. Ive valued PRC Richeys leadership and assistance since I came to this detach ment last year, and Im sorry to see him go, said Detachment Mayport Officer in Charge Lt. Cmdr. Joseph Tindell. But I know that CWO2 Richey will be a valuable asset for his new squadron and the United States Navy. The bittersweet emotions ran both ways. I love the Sailors, the lead ership and the opportunities this command afforded me, Richey said. FRCSE Detachment Mayport is the best command Ive ever been a part of, hands down. FRCSE Detachment Mayport chief petty officer commissioned as CWO2 Photos by Victor PittsFleet Readiness Center Southeast Detachment Mayport Officer in Charge Lt. Cmdr. Derek Tindell (right) presents the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal to Chief Petty Officer Daniel Richey during Richey's com missioning ceremony March 1. Fleet Readiness Center Southeast Detachment Mayport Maintenance Material Control Officer Lt. Cmdr. Darrin Williams (center, right) places the officer's cover on Chief Warrant Officer Two (CWO2) Daniel Richey as Richey's wife and son look on. Richey was commissioned to CWO2 March 1 at the Ocean Breeze Conference Center, Naval Station Mayport. JAX AIR NEWS, NAS JACKSONVILLE, ursday, March 16, 2017 9
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10 JAX AIR NEWS, NAS JACKSONVILLE, ursday, March 16, 2017 From Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast Public AffairsNaval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast Seabees, civilian employees and guests gathered at the Omni Hotel in down town Jacksonville, Florida March 4 for a formal Ball to celebrate the 175th birthday of NAVFAC, the 150th birthday of the Civil Engineer Corps (CEC) and, most importantly, the 75th birthday of the Seabees. Thank you all for joining us for this fabulous Seabee Ball, said NAVFAC SE Commanding Officer Capt. Patrick Garin. It is an honor to share in tonights festivities as we cele brate the rich heritage and history of the U.S. Navy Seabees, the Navys Civil Engineer Corps, and the Naval Facilities Engineering Command. I am honored by your presence. Garin took time to recog nize and welcome the retired military guests, the NAVFAC Southeast Executive Steering Group, Seabees of CBMU 202 and dedicated NAVFAC Southeast military and civil ians, along with the many friends and family members, who were attending their first Seabee Ball. Happy Birthday NAVFAC and Seabees, Hoorah!, shout ed Garin before he introduced the guest speaker. Rear Adm. Douglas Morton (retired), North Carolina State University associate vice chan cellor for facilities and for mer NAVFAC Southeast com manding officer, was the guest speaker for the Ball. The remarkable men and women who served before us set our organizational DNA, said Morton. Our Can do, our ingenuity and our toughness are hallmarks of our predeces sors. The three organizations we celebrate tonight, NAVFAC (BUDOCKS), the Civil Engineer Corps, and the Seabees are interdependent and serve our great Navy around the globe keeping the lights on and criti cal systems functioning. Our Seabees today are still volunteering to serve in com bat zones after 16 years of war our nations longest and they and their families continue to make sacrifices for the freedom of all our citizens. I am grateful for their service. More than 240 military and civilians attended the ball this year. People traveled from all over the Southeast U.S. to par ticipate in the annual event. Earlier in February, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson stressed the impor tance of the Seabees and their history in a message. On March 5, 2017, the U.S. Navy will proudly commem orate the 75th anniversary of our Fighting Seabees, said Richardson. The Seabees were estab lished in the dark days follow ing the attack on Pearl Harbor to answer the crucial demand for builders that could fight. The Seabees have a long-stand ing tradition of support to the National Military Strategy through contingency construc tion since their establishment in 1942. The Seabees are a proud and dedicated force with proven warfighting compe tence and character. NAVFAC Commander and Chief of Civil Engineers Rear Adm. Bret Muilenburg echoed similar sentiments in a video message aired during the Ball. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Seabees, a fighting group that Ive been proud to be a part of for the past 32 years, said Muilenburg. As you celebrate, remember you are part of a proud legacy that has played a major role in every significant military engagement since World War Two. Whether it has been enabling the war-fighter, pro viding disaster relief and humanitarian assistance or building camps and taking care of facilities and equip ment for special operations forces, you have taken care of the Navy and the Marine Corps business. To your families I say thank you for your support that enables these brave men and women of the naval construc tion force, to fulfill our mis sion. Continue to be extreme From the Navy Exchange Service Command The Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) has been offer ing students a chance to help pay for college through its A-OK Student Reward Program since 1997. The A-OK Student Reward Program offers all qualified students to partici pate in a quarterly drawing for mon etary awards of $2,500, $1,500, $1,000 or $500 for a total of $5,500 per quarter. The next drawing will be at the end of March 2017. Any eligible full-time student that has a B-grade point average equiva lent or better, as determined by their school system, may enter the drawing. Homeschooled students can also qual ify with acknowledgement that the stu dent has a B average or equivalent record of accomplishment. Eligible students include depen dent children of active duty members, reservists and military retirees as well as U.S. civilian Department of Defense employees stationed outside the con tinental United States and U.S. civilian employees of firms under contract to the Department of Defense outside the continental United States. Students must be enrolled in 1st through 12th grade. Dependent chil dren without an individual Dependent Identification Card must be accompa nied by their sponsor to submit their entry. Each student may enter only once each grading period and must re-enter with each qualifying report card. To enter the drawing, stop by any NEX with a current report card or prog ress report and have a NEX associate verify the eligibility. Then fill out an entry card and obtain an A-OK ID which entitles the student to19 discount coupons for NEX prod ucts and services. Along with the award, each winner will receive a cer tificate and medallion ribbon In Honor of Academic Excellence. Since the programs inception in 1997, NEXCOM has awarded $694,500 in sav ings bonds and monetary awards to stu dents with the help of its generous ven dor partners. By Rick BrinkDeCA Public Affairs SpecialistThe phrase Dietitian approved! We did the work for you! is catching on at commissaries around the world as customers are using the Defense Commissary Agencys new Nutrition Guide Program to help them shop. Its catching on quickly! Here we are in March, National Nutrition Month, and our customers are readily adapting to NGP, which was just introduced in January, said Deborah Harris, DeCA dietitian. That speaks to how easy it is to use, and how important nutrition is to our customers, especially since a big part of military service is readiness and resilience. One reason for NGPs success is because commissary store directors, dietitians and other health profession als on military installations have helped raise local awareness of the program, some with commissary shopping tours, Harris said. Dietitians and health professionals are quick to point out that no one diet is right for everyone. Its important to fol low a healthful eating plan that fits each persons unique lifestyle. So what does NGP do? It helps you meet your health and wellness needs and guides you in build ing a nutritious shopping cart, Harris said. The color-coded shelf labels point out items with key nutrient attributes. The labels make shopping easier. Theres dark blue for low sodium, brown for whole grain, purple for no sugar added, light blue for low fat, golden yellow for good source of fiber. There is also green for the lifestyle choice of USDA certified organic. Many items have a combina tion of qualifying attributes. Then theres the Thumbs Up icon. Labels that also feature a Thumbs Up icon identify more nutrient dense items, so-called high nutrition quality/high performance foods and align closely with the DoDs Go for Green program. Details of the Nutrition Guide Program are available at www.commissaries. com/healthy-living/nutrition-guide. cfm Were off to a great start, and its good to know that long after National Nutrition Month is over, our Nutrition Guide Program will continue to help patrons improve the nutritional quality of their diets, and meet their health and wellness needs Harris said.New labels help commissary patrons focus on nutrition NEX gives back to students with its A-OK Student Reward Program (From left) Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast Commanding Officer Capt. Patrick Garin, Public Works Department Kings Bay Utility Energy Manager and Reserve Cmdr. Andy Sager, CECN Angela Patton, Capt. Joseph Leap (retired) and Rear Adm. Douglas Morton (retired) cut the ceremonial cake March 4 at the NAVFAC/Seabee Ball held at the Omni Hotel in downtown Jacksonville. A guest at the 2017 Naval Facilities Engineering Command Seabee Ball March 4 reads one of the posters display. Several posters and other artifacts were on display to help celebrate the Seabees 75th Anniversary. This poster highlighted WWII Seabee veteran Ira Milan from New Orleans, La. NAVFAC Southeast celebrates 175, 150 and 75 years of heritagePhotos by Jeffrey HamlinGuest speaker Rear Adm. Douglas Morton (retired), North Carolina State University associate vice chan cellor for facilities and former Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast com manding officer, conveys his gratitude for the men and women of the fighting Seabees during a formal ball held in honor of the Seabees 75th Anniversary. Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast Commanding Officer Capt. Pat Garin presents a gift to Rear Adm. Douglas Morton (retired), North Carolina State University associate vice chancellor for facilities and former Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast commanding officer, thank ing him for traveling to Jacksonville to be the guest speaker for the 2017 NAVFAC Seabee Ball. The gift, a miniature replica of the statue at the Seabee Memorial in Arlington, Viriginia, has a plaque that states with compassion for others, We Build We Fight, for peace with freedom. See NAVFAC BALL, Page 12
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At-risk students checkout NAS JaxBy Clark PierceEditorProject Compass, a partnership between Goodwill Industries and Orange County School District in Orlando helps at-risk youths overcome their barriers to employment, along with furthering their post high school education. Dr. Beverly Middleton is the assistant principal for Project Compass. We travelled up to NAS Jacksonville to reward our graduating seniors with a road trip and to learn about naval aviation. For those students who may be thinking about joining Americas military, this seems to be a good place to begin. Graduating 12 students is a new record for Project Compass. About a month ago, the class traveled to Kennedy Space Center where they learned more about the STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) program. Its educational programs like these that will attract more at-risk students in the future. An at-risk student is a term used in the United States to describe a student or youth who requires temporary or ongoing intervention in order to succeed academi cally. According to the National Commission on Excellence in Education, characteristics of at-risk students include emotional or behavioral problems, truancy, and low academic performance. Middleton concluded, Our Project Compass at-risk recovery program enables students to earn a high school degree in lieu of a GED. So when they apply themselves, they can be an official part of their class graduation. We not only raise their GPA, we provide school-to-work programs, as well as avenues to tech nical schools and colleges. Their visit was sponsored by NAS Jacksonville Air Operations Department, where they toured the air traffic control radar room. That was followed by donning life vests at the NAS Jax Boat House to go aboard one of the stations orange search-and-rescue vessels for a short cruise on the St. Johns River. From StaffThe Naval Air Station Jacksonville First Class Petty Officers Association has selected HM2 Amia Stec as the Sailor in the Spotlight. Stec is a Fort Smith, Arkansas native and has been in the Navy for six and half years. Stec was a standout dur ing Hurricane Matthew, while he tracked 25 transactions that includ ed final payment on hur ricane evacuation orders. A few of his duties include serving as the education service officer and infection prevention coordinator. Stec has completed his bachelor of science in business administra tion and is a certified U.S. Navy lifeguard. Off-duty, Stec volunteers with the United Way for Northeast Florida. In the write up for his nomination, it was noted, HM2 Stec has shown his willingness to tackle the hardest tasks by flawless ly completing tasks out side of his rate. Photos by Clark PierceThis NAS Jacksonville search-and-rescue vessel is used by helicopter squadrons to train rescue swim mers. On March 9, guests from "Project Compass" went aboard for a familiarization cruise. (Left) Lt. Cmdr. Al Dozier assists "Project Compass" students onto the stern of an NAS Jacksonville search-and-rescue vessel March 9. They cast off for a short cruise along the St. Johns River shore line.NAS Jax FCPOA selects Sailor in SpotlightCourtesy photo BM2 Amia Stec, center, is recognized by NAS Jax First Class Petty Officers Association President HM1 Shelby Mayfield, left, and NAS Jax Command Master Chief Jeffery Waters. Support Your Print And Digital Advertisers! They Support You! www.jaxairnews.com JAX AIR NEWS, NAS JACKSONVILLE, ursday, March 16, 2017 11
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12 JAX AIR NEWS, NAS JACKSONVILLE, ursday, March 16, 2017 Leprechaun Dash 5K March 17 The run is free and open to all authorized gym patrons. at the end of Mustin Road at the Antenna Farm at 11:30 11:15.a.m. The tournament is open to active duty, selective reservists, assigned to a command at NAS Jacksonville. The tournament starts at 5 p.m. at the Guy Ballou Tennis Courts on the corner of Allegheny Road and Birmingham Road. is open to active duty, military spouses age 30 and older assigned to a command Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11:30 a.m. at the McCaffrey is open to active duty, selective assigned to a command at NAS Jacksonville and retirees. is open to active duty, selective assigned to a command at NAS Jacksonville and retirees. Soccer League forming assigned to a command at NAS Jacksonville and retirees. The matches are played Monday through Thursday at 5 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. 3-on-3 Sand Volleyball forming contractors, military spouses assigned to a command at Wednesdays at lunchtime. Rosters are due March 25. A professional tennis instructor is now offering tennis gym at 542-2930 to make an appointment for a lesson. Private Lessons Adults and Juniors: 60 minutes = $40 90 minutes = $60 Additional hours if person takes more than two hours per week = $25 Semi-Private (2 people) Lessons Adults and Juniors: 60 minutes = $20 each person Group/Clinic Lessons (3 or more people taking lesson(s) together: Adults: 3-8 people (60 minutes for 3 people; 90 min for 4 or more people) = $15 per person Note: The minimum of each clinic is three people and maximum is eight. For more information, contact Bill Bonser at 5422930/3239 or e-mail bill.bonser@navy.mil .StandingsAs of March 10 CPRW-11 1 4 MPRWS 2 3 TPU/PCF 1 4 CBMU 202 4 1 MPRWS Red 3 1 1 FACSFAC Blue 3 1 FACSFAC Fore Play 1 2 MPRWS Black 1 3 MWR 3 2 TPU/PCF 2 3 Intramural Winter FRC Gold 4 3 FRC Blue 3 6 Navy Reserve 3 6 NMC 2 7 CNATTU 4 0 ly proud of the work you do every day. Happy anniversary Seabees! Hoorah! The Seabees, founded by Rear Adm. Ben Moreell in 1942, rose to fame dur ing World War II when the Navys con struction battalions or CBs provided combat support for the Allied war effort. They assisted in constructing an arti ficial harbor at Normandy after D-Day, supported Marines on Iwo Jima, and transformed countless islands and outposts into workable bases for the Allied march to victory. Led by CEC officers, the Seabees official motto Construimus Batuimus translates to English as we build, we fight. After a ceremonial cake cutting, which included the oldest (Reserve Cmdr. Andy Sager) and youngest (CECN Angela Patton) active duty Seabee, old est retiree (Capt. Joseph Leap), Garin and guest speaker Rear Admiral Morton, the attendees enjoyed an eve ning of dancing and socializing. Southeast Chapter will hold their spring meeting April 28 at 6 p.m. at the Golden Corral in Orange Park, Fla. Current and former naval weather personnel and guest Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. in Blvd., 32210. Join anytime. For information, contact Misty Sanders at (904) 307-8683. of each month (excluding summer months) at 1:30 p.m. Featured are guest speakers from local, state and federal agencies. For more info, call Linda Fleming at 838-7617. Mon., Tues., and Thurs., 9 a.m. 3 p.m., and Wed., 5:30 7:30 p.m. at 470 Madeira davchapter38@comcast.net www. davchapter38.com meets the 4th Friday of each month (Sept. died while serving in the U.S. military. Come out and socialize with old friends, and meet new ones. For more information, call Joan Moses at 384-7013. St. in Arlington. For information visit https:// (904) 693-0280. military and veterans to lead volunteer efforts that address pressing community issues. Training is ongoing. Contact Tanja Goulet at 904-332-6767 or tanja@ handsonjacksonville.org active duty, reserve and retired military, 778-0805 or email commodore@njyc.org more info. gate. Contact Chris McCloskey (904) 3471447 or Amy Johnson (904) 303-9437 p.m., 390 Mayport Rd., Atlantic Beach. Call 246-6855. meets at 1:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of Chapter 1984 meets at 1 p.m. on the fourth Building) at 4101 College Street. Contact Richard Carroll at (904) 786-7083. fourth Wednesday of each month at 1 p.m. monthly on the second Tuesday at 7 p.m., 5391 Collins Rd., Jax 32244. www.FRA91. org or call 269-7436. meets the third Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Fleet Reserve Center, 5391 Collins Road. For information, visit www. aao9.com. at 187 Aurora Blvd. meets on the second Reserve forces. Go to www.vfwpost5968. org or call (904) 276-5968. Fleet and Family Support Center (FFSC) needs volunteers to assist military retirees and dependents. Work four hours a day, one day per week. Call 542-5790 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays to volunteer. on the second Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. Call 542-7857 for more info. open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. County Administration Building at 477 an appointment, call 904-269-6326. personal experiences. Meet every last Thursday of the month from 2 4 p.m. at Fleet and Family Support Center. Call 542(904) 542-5745. (NNOA) meets the fourth Thursday of each League 903 Union Street West Jacksonville. For information, contact retired Lt. Cmdr. Paul Nix at 542-2518 or paul.nix@navy.mil NAVFAC BALLFrom Page 10 Community Calendar Burgess dominates Captains Cup Racquetball Tourny with perfect record By Bill BonserMWR SportsThe seven players who participated in the Captains Cup Singles Racquetball Tournament, Feb. 27 March 3, represented five commands (VP-8, VR-62, NAVAIR, VP-30 and NAVFAC. Ian Burgess (VP-8) outscored his opponents for a 4-0 record. The second place finisher was John Knox (NAVFAC). Knox only suffered one loss to Burgess before meeting him again in the final for a rematch. Unfortunately Knox fell to Burgess for a second time costing him the championship. Shawn Lawson (VR-62) finished in third place. VP-8 received 15 points; NAVFAC received 20 points; and VR-62; NAVAIR; and VP-30 received five points towards the captains cup for participating and placing in the tournament. MWR photo MWR Racquetball Champs were (right) first place Ian Burgess and runner-up John Knox. NAS Jax Sports
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JAX AIR NEWS, NAS JACKSONVILLE, ursday, March 16, 2017 13 Get Connected with MWR navymwrjacksonville.com facebook.com/nasjaxmwr twitter.com/nasjaxmwr instagram.com/nasjaxmwr River Cove Catering & Conference Center Call 542-3041 Cove Catering & Conference Center? Cove et. il to register and for more info. DeweysCall 542-3521 Freedom Lanes Bowling CenterCall 542-3493 p.m. Fitness, Sports & AquaticsCall 542-2930 green! Farm to participating commands. 12 Visit www.navymwrjacksonville.com for Learn to Swim Visit www.navymwrjacksonville.com for now available. information. treatments. For a complete list of center. MWR Digital Library register. The Liberty Recreation CenterThe Liberty Center is currently under renovation to better serve you! The Liberty Centers temporary location is in the Barracks downstairs lounge in building 846A. Trips, activities and costs may be restricted to E1E6 single or unaccompanied active duty members. Call 542-1335 for information. NAS Jax Golf ClubGolf Course: 542-3249 Mulligans Restaurant: 542-2936 teams Appreciation Days wings and two draft beverages for only Mulberry Cove MarinaCall 542-3260. Free kayak & canoe rental Auto Skills CenterCall 542-3681 and welding Youth Activities CenterCall 778-9772 provided. disability? Activity Center. Family Fitness CenterCall 771-8469 Fitness Center Jax Navy Flying Club Call 542-8509 Additional ratings are available commercial Find more info. online at jaxnfc.netNAS Jax Farmers MarketCall 542-3227 parking lot. All forms of payment are accepted.Navy Community Recreation Call 542-3318, Email directly at nasjaxtickets@navy.mil Disney on Ice Arena Arts Discover & more parks & more & more parks & more an affordable price! booking. Current Ticket Promotions Include the Following: Tickets valid January 1, 2017 and expire December 19, 2017. vary depending on game and seating expire 7 days from date of activation. Photo by Tom Kubalewski Jr. Certifications achieved Morale, Welfare and Recreation team members obtain certification for the Genuine Leadership Developing Others course. (From left) Demi Cruz, marketing assistant; Jana Henry, NAF Human Resources manager; Geraldine Shaw, admin clerk; Genel Sturgeon, sports intern; Jaime Shugart, Liberty manager; Jennifer Price, fitness coordinator and Maggie Armel, Liberty coordinator.
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