Navy News Service for Friday, May 09, 2008
NNS080509-25. Commander Carrier Air Wing 5 Relieved of Command
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http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=37007NNS080509-23. 2nd Fleet Sailors Aid Storm-Stricken Community
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http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=37028NNS080509-22. Navy Nurse Corps Celebrates 100th Anniversary
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http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=37014NNS080509-21. Navy Civil Affairs Commander Relieved
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http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=37026NNS080509-16. NSHS Portsmouth Sponsored Recruit Division Graduates
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http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=37021NNS080509-15. MCPON Names SECNAV Honorary Master Chief
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http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=37020NNS080509-14. NWS Yorktown-Cheatham Annex Garners State Environmental
Honor
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http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=37019NNS080509-12. Sailors Don Different Hats For New Haven Students
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http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=36994NNS080509-10. Navy COOL Visits the Nation's Capital
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http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=36960NNS080509-09. Rota's CDC Earns Prestigious NAEYC Accreditation
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http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=36999NNS080509-08. Peruvian Sub Arica Visits Mayport to Build on Partner
Relations
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http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=36995NNS080509-05. Navy Lodge Earns Fourth Navy Hospitality Award
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http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=37001NNS080509-04. CNO Announces Flag Officer Assignments
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http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=37003NNS080509-03. NAB Little Creek Hosts Senior Olympics
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http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=36981NNS080509-02. Patchogue Citizens Remember Lt. Michael Murphy
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http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=36977NNS080509-01. Sailors Judge Islandwide Science Fair
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http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=36953NNS080509-13. Daily News Update for May 9, 2008
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http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=37022NNS020131-11. This Day in Naval History - May 10
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http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=752NNS020131-12. This Day in Naval History - May 11
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http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=753NNS020131-13. This Day in Naval History - May 12
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http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=754Eye on the Fleet - U.S. Navy Photo of The Day
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NNS080509-25. Commander Carrier Air Wing 5 Relieved of Command
From U.S. 7th Fleet Public Affairs
USS KITTY HAWK, At Sea (NNS) -- Rear Adm. Richard B. Wren, Commander,
Task Force 70, relieved Capt. Michael P. McNellis, Commander Carrier Air
Wing 5, of command due to a loss of confidence in his ability to
command in an effective manner.
McNellis was relieved May 9 by Wren following non-judicial punishment
proceedings.
Capt. Michael S. White, former deputy commander, has assumed command of
the Air Wing. The Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group is currently
conducting training and operations in the Philippine Sea.
For more news from around the fleet, visit
www.navy.mil.
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NNS080509-23. 2nd Fleet Sailors Aid Storm-Stricken Community
From Commander, 2nd Fleet Public Affairs
SUFFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- Residents of Suffolk's tornado-battered homes and
businesses received a helping hand from Sailors assigned to
Norfolk-based Commander, 2nd Fleet (COMSECONDFLT) May 9.
Several Hampton Roads Navy commands have contributed to the clean-up
efforts since a tornado struck April 28.
COMSECONDFLT's First Class Petty Officer's Association coordinated the
volunteer effort. Ten Sailors gathered worked for five hours to unload
and sort food, water and medical supplies that had been donated to help
those affected by the tornado.
"We knew it was the right thing to do as leaders to show our support to
the community -- especially in their time of need," said Yeoman 1st
Class Tasha M. McAllister.
Salvation Army trucks loaded with water, food, dry goods, tools and
medical equipment arrived at Salvation Army Headquarters, and the
volunteers wasted no time forming a line to unload supplies and sort them for
distribution.
"The generosity of the many volunteers has been a true blessing, and I
thank God for them," said Keana Johnson, a volunteer coordinator for
the Salvation Army.
The tornado started across the border in North Carolina and ripped
through Southampton County, Franklin and Suffolk, then crossed over the
water near Portsmouth and Norfolk before steering over the lower Eastern
Shore.
The tornado was rated an EF 3 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. The scale
estimates the strength of tornadoes in the United States via the damage
they cause.
Destruction left in this 75-mile wake is an estimated $28.6 million
thus far.
For more news from Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet, visit
www.navy.mil/local/c2f/.
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NNS080509-22. Navy Nurse Corps Celebrates 100th Anniversary
By Cat DeBinder, National Naval Medical Center Public Affairs
BETHESDA, Md. (NNS) -- The Navy Nurse Corps will celebrate its 100th
birthday May 11. In honor of this historical milestone, several
activities commemorating Navy Nurses were held in the national capital area.
The Surgeon General's Speaker Series featured Dr. Jennifer Telford
April 29 in the National Naval Medical Center's Memorial Auditorium.
Telford's presentation was entitled "Care Amidst Shortage: The Relationship
Between the American Red Cross and the Navy Nurse Corps during World War
I." She also spoke about the 100-year history of the Navy Nurse Corps
and featured a pictorial review.
Navy Surgeon General Vice Adm. Adam Robinson, Jr., said Telford's
lecture serves as an important lesson for Navy medicine in order for it to
learn, grow and be ready for what the future holds.
"We know that time changes all things and what we once thought was
dogma, is no longer the case," he said. "When we are reminded of the
advancements the Nurse Corps and military medicine have made over the last
100 years, we will be more likely to continue making strides."
Jan Herman, Navy Medical Department historian and Navy Medicine
Magazine editor, said nurses have crossed and broken down barriers over the
last 100 years.
Speaking of Telford's accomplishments, Herman said,
"The fact that the 'Doctor is a Nurse' shows that nurses today have
gone beyond patient care and now have many different roles."
National Naval Medical Center's Director for Nursing Capt. Susan Dionne
explained that it is appropriate that the 100th birthday should occur
at this time when so much is changing not only in Navy nursing and Navy
medicine, but military medicine as a whole. With the upcoming
integration between Walter Reed and Bethesda, nurses are moving in an
unprecedented and pioneering direction.
"These are very exciting times for Navy nursing," she said. "Not only
do we have the rich heritage of the last 100 years to look back on, we
also have the next 100 years to look forward to further growth and
development."
For more news from National Naval Medical Center, visit
www.navy.mil/local/nnmc/.
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NNS080509-21. Navy Civil Affairs Commander Relieved
From Navy Expeditionary Combat Command Public Affairs
NORFOLK (NNS) -- The commanding officer of Maritime Civil Affairs Group
(MCAG) was relieved from duty on May 9.
Capt. Kenneth J. Schwingshakl was relieved from duty by Rear Adm. Mike
Tillotson, Commander, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC).
Tillotson cited a loss of confidence in Schwingshakl's ability to
command as the reason for his relief.
Capt. Bob McKenna, NECC's training officer, has temporarily assumed
command of MCAG.
Schwingshakl served as commander of MCAG since March 2007. He has been
temporarily assigned to Navy Expeditionary Combat Command.
MCAG is based at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek in Norfolk, Va.
For more news from Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, visit
www.navy.mil/local/necc/.
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NNS080509-16. NSHS Portsmouth Sponsored Recruit Division Graduates
By Larry Coffey, Navy Medicine Support Command Public Affairs
GREAT LAKES (NNS) -- The first recruit division sponsored by the Naval
School of Health Sciences (NSHS) at Portsmouth, Va., graduated May 2.
Twenty-seven of the 57 new Sailors from the NSHS-sponsored Recruit
Division 174 are headed for training as hospital corpsmen, according to
Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman (SW/AW/FMF) Tony Ellison, NSHS senior
enlisted leader for academics.
"Seeing all these future corpsmen with so many questions in their eyes
about their futures was truly humbling," Ellison said. "It reminded me
just how much I didn't know about what the Navy had in store for me
when I was a recruit, and why it was so important for us at NSHS to
sponsor and act as mentors to these budding corpsmen at the beginning of
their naval careers."
The NSHS sponsorship began when Ellison traveled to Great Lakes and
presented the NSHS command flag to Recruit Division 174 during a March 21
ceremony. Recruit Training Command (RTC) Great Lakes designed the
division to be made up predominantly of future hospital corpsmen because of
the NSHS sponsorship.
"We tried to give the recruits as much support and information as
possible about their future as hospital corpsmen," said Cmdr. Shari Kennedy,
NSHS public affairs officer. "We held a job fair-type luncheon with
them during their training. We sent T-shirts with our logo on them so
that they could run their PFA (Physical Fitness Assessment) in the
T-shirts. We attended their PFA to encourage them and then attended the
graduation one week later. On the day of graduation, we gave them our command
coin."
Graduation day featured Capt. Susan Herron, NSHS commanding officer, as
the reviewing officer for the ceremony.
"The enthusiasm of the students and the professionalism of the staff
were awesome," Herron said. "It was phenomenal and one of the most
pivotal events in my Navy career."
Recruit Division 174 Sailors said the sponsorship inspired and
motivated them during their time in "boot camp."
Graduate Seaman Recruit Shanquella Scott said, "My experience as a
corpsman-sponsored recruit has been great! Being able to talk to and
receive information from service men and women who have been where I'm trying
to go made my choice to join the Navy that much more meaningful."
For more news from Navy Medicine Support Command, visit
www.navy.mil/local/nmsc/.
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NNS080509-15. MCPON Names SECNAV Honorary Master Chief
By Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist (SW/AW) Bill Houlihan,
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Public Affairs
NEWPORT, R.I. (NNS) -- Secretary of the Navy, Donald C. Winter looked
down at the certificate identifying him as a member of the Navy's chiefs
mess and said, "the first person I'm showing this to is Pharmacist's
Mate 2nd Class Burton Winter. My father will be very proud."
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON)(SW/FMF) Joe R. Campa Jr.
had just named him an honorary master chief, following SECNAV's
remarks to MCPON's Leadership Mess in Newport, May 7.
SECNAV's appearance kicked off the second day of the Leadership Mess
meeting, attended by command, force and fleet master chiefs assigned to
flag or general officers. He addressed the Navy's senior enlisted
leadership before fielding questions. His opening remarks focused on
shipbuilding, expanding missions, and the importance of providing sound
financial education to Navy families. He also discussed the current state of
the individual augmentation (IA) process and the future of the Navy IA.
"Many of the questions I get on travel," said Winter, "deal with the IA
process. Many Sailors ask me when we'll go back to being 'real
Sailors', instead of 'sand Sailors.' That answer is still being defined. But
in many aspects, we will never go back."
SECNAV pointed to the value placed on Sailors by combatant commanders
and said the Navy's flexibility is unmatched by any other service.
"That flexibility has always been a hallmark of our service, and it's
been a huge value to an extent many in the Pentagon never anticipated."
Winter singled out communities such as the Navy Corpsmen and the
Seabees as groups of Sailors who have had profound impact in the Central
Command theater. "Our Seabees are not only constructing, but they're
reconstructing nations."
SECNAV's remarks to the Leadership Mess centered on many of the issues
slated to be discussed as part of a three day meeting with an agenda
featuring topics such as the "Expectations of the First Class Petty
Officer," a revised Sailor of the Year instruction and the overhaul of the
chief petty officer fitness reports.
Upon introducing Winter, MCPON Campa said inviting SECNAV to address
the mess was an easy decision. "We've all seen the effects his leadership
has had on our Navy and the impact Secretary Winter has made on our
Sailors and their families."
Campa's presentation of the master chief anchors to Winter was met with
a standing ovation from the mess and a brief response from SECNAV.
"This is an honor I won't soon forget."
For more news from Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, visit
www.navy.mil/local/mcpon/.
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NNS080509-14. NWS Yorktown-Cheatham Annex Garners State Environmental
Honor
By Mark O. Piggott, Naval Weapons Station Yorktown Public Affairs
YORKTOWN, Va. (NNS) -- Naval Weapons Station (NWS) Yorktown-Cheatham
Annex (CAX) was honored by the Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD)
with a 2007 Pretreatment Excellence and Pollution Prevention Award on
May 1.
CAX earned a Platinum Award, recognizing five consecutive years of
perfect permit compliance.
"CAX is the only Navy facility in the region to achieve the Platinum
Award," said Rhonda Mickelborough, lead environmental protection
specialist, Naval Facilities Command. "I think it is important to recognize
that this level of achievement simply could not have happened without the
support and teamwork of the tenant activities at CAX."
The award adds another honor to NWS Yorktown's growing environmental
achievements. In January, the command was recognized for environmental
restoration in the 2007 Chief of Naval Operations Environmental Awards.
"This is another honor for Team Yorktown," said Capt. Bette Bolivar,
commanding officer, NWS Yorktown. "The bigger reward is in the knowledge
that we are becoming better stewards of the environment, and our
partners in the Hampton Roads community know it."
HRSD, a political sub-division of the Commonwealth of Virginia, serves
over 1.6 million people in 17 counties and cities in southeast
Virginia, providing wastewater collection, treatment and related services.
"The fact that only three other businesses in Hampton Roads earned the
Platinum Award this year indicates the extraordinary nature of this
achievement," said Ron Johnson, HRSD Chief of Pretreatment and Pollution
Prevention
For more news from Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, visit
www.navy.mil/local/nwsyorktown/.
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NNS080509-12. Sailors Don Different Hats For New Haven Students
By Aviation Maintenance Administrationman Airman Nicolerena Chase,
Naval Submarine Base New London Public Affairs
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (NNS) -- Sailors from Naval Submarine Base New London
and its tenant commands spoke about the many hats they wear to local
students, as the Truman School in New Haven, hosted a "Hat Day" event on
April 25.
During Hat Day at the combined middle and elementary school for at-risk
students, adults who wear unique hats as part of their uniform or
profession are invited to put on their hats and talk to students about
their careers and backgrounds.
Volunteers from SUBASE's Public Affairs Office, Galley, and Port
Operations Department, as well as Submarine Group 2's Engineering and
Readiness Department, interacted with seventh and eighth grade students and
discussed their military and childhood experiences.
Culinary Specialist Seaman Laura Infante wore the traditional chef's
hat and smock and Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class (SW) Nevada Pinto stood tall
in a Navy ball cap with his boatswain's pipe and lanyard around his
neck.
"I grew up in the Bronx so I have some idea of what these kids are
facing in their neighborhoods and environment," said Pinto. "If I can share
my experience and help steer them in a better direction, I'm grateful
that I had the chance to make a difference."
Chief Fire Control Technician (SS) Ryan Hartman and Chief Electronics
Technician (SS) James McCloud, who wore their khaki combination covers,
captivated students with their descriptions of working aboard
submarines and living undersea during deployments.
"Do you see sharks and squids while you're under water?" asked one
young girl.
"No," Hartman replied laughing. "This isn't 'Sponge Bob.'"
Truman School teacher and Hat Day event organizer, Leannadra Fernandez,
was pleased with the Sailors' participation. A former Navy yeoman who
had served at two SUBASE tenant commands, Fernandez knew that the
diversity of the Sailors' duties and backgrounds would make an impact on the
students.
"The children need this," said Fernandez. "It's showing them a greater
view of the world than New Haven County."
For more news from Naval Submarine Base New London, visit
www.navy.mil/local/subasenlon/.
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NNS080509-10. Navy COOL Visits the Nation's Capital
From Chief of Naval Personnel Public Affairs
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Navy COOL representatives displayed the latest
tools and credentialing initiatives at a workforce certification event
hosted by the National Organization for Competency Assurance (NOCA) held in
the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, D.C., May 7.
Chief Crytologic Technician Interpretive (SS) Chris Patti spoke to
credentialing representatives and Capitol Hill staffs about the benefits of
the Navy's COOL program. The participants learned that the COOL Web
site has surpassed 20 million hits and has been used by Sailors in 42
ratings.
According to COOL Program Officer Keith Boring, Navy COOL has funded
more than 1,500 certifications, with the most going to Information
Systems Technicians, culinary specialists and masters at arms.
"A lot of these certifications go for $800 or more, but it's free to
our Sailors," said Boring.
COOL is the Navy's professional credentialing program that ties
civilian certifications and licenses to Navy ratings and skills. In addition
to improving retention, Navy COOL sets the standard for professional
expertise and skills that can be used for a lifetime.
"This sets the bar for levels of skills and knowledge required to
ensure a better quality of work through credentialing, certification and
recertification," said Bob Hotchkiss, an NOCA board member.
Benefits of Navy COOL include enhanced employment opportunity and
higher earning potential, according to NOCA.
For more information about Navy COOL, visit
https://www.cool.navy.mil/.
For more news from Chief of Naval Personnel, visit
www.navy.mil/local/cnp/.
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NNS080509-09. Rota's CDC Earns Prestigious NAEYC Accreditation
By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Campbell, Naval
Station Rota Public Affairs
ROTA, Spain (NNS) -- The Child Development Center (CDC) located on
Naval Station Rota became one of the first early childhood programs to earn
accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young
Children (NAEYC) April 30.
The NAEYC is the nation's leading organization of early childhood
professionals. Their accreditation system was created in 1985 to set
professional standards for early childhood education, and to help families
identify high-quality preschools, child care centers and other early
education programs. Only eight percent of all preschools and other early
childhood programs are currently accredited by NAEYC.
"We're proud to have earned the mark of quality from NAEYC, and to be
recognized for our commitment to reaching the highest professional
standards," said Joyce Droney, CDC administrator. "NAEYC accreditation lets
families in our community know that children in our program are getting
the best care and early learning experiences possible."
To earn NAEYC accreditation in the new system, the CDC went through an
extensive self-study process, measuring the program and its services
against the ten new NAEYC Early Childhood Program Standards and more than
400 related accreditation criteria.
The program received NAEYC accreditation after an on-site visit by
NAEYC assessors to ensure that the program meets each of the ten NAEYC
program standards. NAEYC-accredited programs are also subject to
unannounced visits during their accreditation, which lasts for five years.
For more news from Naval Station Rota, visit
www.navy.mil/local/rota/.
