Exercise at Naval Hospital Pensacola Dec. 8 ... On Dec. 8, Naval Hospital Pensacola (NHP) will be conducting a mass casualty exercise from 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. During this time, routine services such as appointments with your Medical Home Port Team will not be available. Services at pharmacy, laboratory, radiology and physical therapy will also not be available during the exercise except for urgent or immediate care ordered by an NHP provider. If you do need urgent or immediate care, the NHP Urgent Care Center will be open as usual during the exercise, and the NHP Satellite Pharmacy next to the commissary will be open for prescriptions. For more information, contact NHP Public Affairs Office at 505-6796.
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December 4, 2015
Navy spotlight on resiliency programs during holidays From Navy Region Southeast
During the month of December the Navy, and all services, will highlight the importance of resiliency – the benefits to individuals both personally and professionally – and the programs that are available to support those individuals who may seek assistance. A wide variety of resources and support programs are available to Sailors and their families worldwide. Taking an interest in colleagues’ well-being offers a greater support network for those who may be hesitant to seek assistance. Seeking assistance to cope with problems or challenges is healthy and should be encouraged. The greater the confidence, the greater the opportunity to succeed both professionally and
personally. “If particular measures are not set in place to prevent seasonal exhaustion and compassion fatigue, people can set up for expedited burnout and the joy of daily life becomes lost,” notes Tammy O’Rourke, CNIC SAPR coordinator. “It is important to ask yourself these simple questions for a self-check to stay healthy throughout the year: how many hours of sleep am I averaging? Am I feeling overwhelmed with activities and events? “Pick and choose the yearly events you really want to participate in to stave off compassion fatigue that ultimately reduces caregiving abilities,” O’Rourke said. Resiliency resources available
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Pearl Harbor, World War II veterans to be honored at National Naval Aviation Museum Dec. 7 ... The National Naval Aviation Museum will recognize the World War II generation on the anniversary of Pearl Harbor at 10 a.m. Dec. 7 in the Blue Angels Atrium. The guest speaker for the event will be retired Navy Rear Adm. Samuel Cox, the director of the Naval History and Heritage Command. Tate High School Band and Ensemble will perform patriotic music and popular songs from the World War II era. All World War II veterans and their families are invited to attend and be recognized for their service. The event is open to the public and admission is free. For more information, go to www.navalaviationmuseum.org or call 452-3604. (Above) At a World War II Remembrance Ceremony held at the National Naval Aviation Museum onboard Naval Air Station Pensacola Dec. 5, 2014, survivors of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack salute as the colors are paraded. Photo by Mike O’Connor
DeCA Scholarships for Military Children; applications start Dec. 15 By Mike Perron DeCA public affairs specialist
FORT LEE, Va. – Now entering its 16th year, the Scholarships for Military Children Program will be accepting applications from eligible students be-
ginning Dec. 15 at commissaries worldwide or on the Internet at www.militaryscholar.org. A total of 700 scholarship grants, each worth $2,000, will be awarded for the 2016-17 school year. Those students selected for the honor will
join nearly 9,000 who’ve been awarded more than $13.9 million in scholarship grants over the last 15 years. At least one scholarship will be awarded at every commis-
Pen Air FCU donates turkeys for NASP USO Thanksgiving From Pen Air FCU
Pen Air Federal Credit Union (FCU) stepped up to fulfill a need and donated 160 turkeys to the NAS Pensacola’s United Service Organization (USO) for its annual Thanksgiving feast estimated to feed 1,200 troops unable to make it home for the holiday. The turkeys were purchased
in bulk from the NASP Corry Station Commissary by Pen Air FCU and loaded by Pen Air representatives and USO volunteers into a mobile freezer which was driven to the USO office and other kitchen locations for cooking. The turkeys, along with hundreds of pounds of side dishes and
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Pen Air representatives and USO volunteers load up turkeys for the annual USO Thanksgiving feast for troops and their families.
sary location where qualified applications are received. Additional recipients will be selected based on a prorated basis, so more scholarships will be awarded at
those commissaries with larger numbers of applicants. To qualify for consideration, applicants must be a dependent, unmarried child, younger than 21 — or 23, if enrolled as a fulltime student at a college or university — of a service
member on active duty, a reserve or Guard member, retiree or survivor of a military member who died while on active duty, or survivor of a retiree. Applications must be hand-delivered or shipped
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CNATT Detachment Eglin Marines, Sailors help Santa through Toys for Tots From CNATT PAO
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (NNS) – Service members assigned to the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training (CNATT) Detachment (Det.) Eglin have teamed up to support the annual U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Reserve Toys for Tots Program. The drive is designed to provide new toys for underprivileged children during the holiday season. Detachment Senior Enlisted Advisor USMC Master Sgt. Duke T. Higgs said Marines and Sailors are collecting new unwrapped toys at various events and locations in the Destin and Fort Walton Beach area. “CNATT Detachment Eglin’s support of the Toys for Tots Program helps less fortunate children throughout the local communities experience the joy of Christmas, and allows us to play an active role in the development of one of our nation’s most valuable resources, our children,” he said Higgs also said the 131 volunteers this year will
be participating in more than 50 Toys for Tots events outside of area department stores and shops, and that 2015 represents the sixth consecutive year the detachment has supported the U.S. Marine Corps initiative. Local toy collections began in October and will last until mid to late December, with toy distribution occurring in mid to late December. Community members are encouraged to drop new, unwrapped toys in collection boxes positioned in local businesses, at collection points historically manned by U.S. Marines in dress uniform. Coordinators pick up the toys and store them in central warehouses where the they are sorted by age and gender. During the holiday season, coordinators, with the assistance of local social welfare agencies, church groups, and other local community agencies, distribute the toys to less fortunate community children. At NAS Whiting Field, Toys for Tots donations of
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