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TRICARE OTC coverage changes Feb. 1 From NHP
TRICARE’s over-thecounter (OTC) drug coverage is here to stay. Formerly a demonstration program, the OTC benefit becomes a permanent part of the TRICARE pharmacy benefit Feb. 1. Effective that date, TRICARE is making some changes to OTC
coverage to bring it in line with other TRICARE pharmacy coverage. Starting Feb. 1, beneficiaries must pay the usual generic
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visitors understand and make travel plans accordingly. “Most people these days, when they are planning to visit somewhere, one of the first things they do is ‘Google’ map it,” Gilliam said. “And they go to our website and get the directions. We’ll make sure our website clearly articulates what type of ID is required to get into the main gate.” Gilliam pointed out that many in the area already possess Department of Defense IDs – retired military, dependent or active-duty. Holders of these IDs are free to use the main gate. Once at the base, the
copays for covered OTC drugs. OTC drug coverage will still require a prescription from their doctor. Female beneficiaries can still get Levonorgestrel (the Plan B one-step emergency contraceptive), without a copay or prescription at a network or military pharmacy. Feb. 1 also brings a change
travel time is the same. “From the west gate to the museum, or the front gate to the museum, it’s the same distance,” Gilliam said. “We just want to educate our visiting public to come to the correct gate.” In the case of the National Naval Aviation Museum – one of the state’s top attractions – any extra effort to visit is worthwhile, he said. “Most people who come to this museum stay for hours, if not the entire day,” Gilliam said. “So if they have to plan for a little longer trip, it’s well worth it. We had NASP Commanding Officer Capt. Keith Hoskins, right, answers a reporter’s quesover 900,000 visitors in 2015 and we hope tion at a Jan. 25 press conference with National Naval Aviation Museum director, retired Navy Capt. Sterling Gilliam. Photo by Ens. Anthony Junco to do like numbers in 2016.”
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effectiveness of fleet and region program execution throughout the U.S. Northern Command area of responsibility,” said Clark. “Exercise scenarios are based on our assessment of terrorist/homegrown violent extremist objectives, capabilities and current real-world events.” Exercise SC/CS16 is not in response to any specific threat, but is a regularly scheduled exercise. The exercise consists of approximately 300 field-training exercise events on and off Navy installations across the country, each designed to test different regional ATFP operations. The exercise’s scenarios enable assessment of the Navy and civilian law enforcement’s response to attacks both on installations and at soft targets off-installation. Exercise coordinators have taken measures to minimize disruptions to normal base operations, but there may be times when the exercise causes increased traffic around bases or delays in base access. Residents near bases may also see increased security activity associated with the exercise. Base personnel should register for the AtHoc widearea alert network to stay up to date on force protection conditions and other emergency, environmental, or exercise-related impacts on the area. CNIC is responsible for providing support services for the fleet, fighter and family with more than 52,000 military and civilian personnel under 11 regions and 70 installations worldwide. USFF executes the Navy AT Program in the United States to prevent, deter and defend against terrorist attacks on Department of the Navy (DoN) personnel, their families, facilities, resources, installations, and infrastructure critical to DoN mission accomplishment. For more information, visit http://www. cnic.navy.mil.
Southeast region and a contractor with the Marine Corps College of Distance Education and Training (CDET). A seven-week version of the course is offered at one of four SNCO academies, but the 15-week residential seminar allows students to complete Professional Military Education (PME) requirements without leaving their duty stations, Marvin said. “The advantage is they can stay and do their jobs and they are not away from their families,” Marvin said. The residential seminar will be offered three times a year to help Marines comply with a new policy. Effective Oct. 1, 2016, all staff sergeants will be required to attend either the SNCO Academy Career Course or the CCS DEP for promotion, Marvin said. “So what the Marine Corps did is they started this seminar program to help make sure everybody could be competitive,” Marvin said. During the 15 weeks, students completed required reading, homework and quizzes and attended a three-hour weekly seminar to further discuss the lesson. Staff Sgt. Bradley W. Tufts from Marine Cyber from page 1
Caroline Sears, a Pensacola Catholic High School student and Navy family member, considering a career in cyber and perhaps the Navy. “You get to talk to cybersecurity experts. You hear about their stories and how they ended up doing cybersecurity. Whenever we see something come up, (our mentor) talks about what it is, how we would counter it if we are able to counter it, so hearing his insights on how he would address the problem is definitely good.” The mentors provided guidance to the student teams as they used security tools and defense tactics to find cybersecurity vulnerabilities and defend the network.
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Detachment (MarDet) Corry Station, who was recognized as the distinguished graduate, said he spent a lot of late-night hours reading books, but it was well worth the extra effort. “I learned a lot about leadership,” he said. “I learned a lot about how to tailor my leadership to specific people in specific situations as well as a lot of the ethics behind the decisions that we make on a daily basis.” Getting to know some of his fellow Marines was also a positive experience for Tufts. “I made a lot of lifelong friends. I got to get outside my community a little bit and meet some different folks,” he said. Other seminar graduates include Staff Sgt. Daniel T. Pelletier Aviation Maintenance Squadron (AMS) 2; Staff Sgt. Robert F. Woods AMS-2; Staff Sgt. Alicia L. Ferrias, AMS-2; Staff Sgt. Danny Ray Jesttes Jr., AMS-2; Staff Sgt. Paul S. Newby, AMS-2; Staff Sgt. Scott A. Kramer, AMS-1; Staff Sgt. Robert A. Miller Jr., AMS-1; Staff Sgt. Gary J. Bolbat Jr., AMS-1; Staff Sgt. James R. Carfora, AMS-1; Staff Sgt. Joseph P. Berry, AMS-1; and Staff Sgt. Christopher L. Butler Sr., Marine Forces Reserve (MarFor-
“We’re using open-source technologies, and we’re teaching these kids how to look at an event such as a web server attack and trace it back and figure out who the attacker was and give them mitigation strategies, like how would you stop this from happening in the future,” said CTNC Ron Judy, a Joint Cyber Analysis Course (JCAC) instructor at CID Unit Corry Station. The students were challenged to harden the information technology infrastructure to prevent, mitigate and deter cyber intrusions and maintain efficient system and network operations. “My favorite part personally is being guided by people who know more than me,” said Josiah Robinson, a Pine Forest
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Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla.: A Bicentennial Defense Community Commanding Officer — Capt. Keith Hoskins Public Affairs Officer — Patrick J. Nichols The Gosport nameplate pays homage to the 100th anniversary of naval aviation in 2011: the Centennial of Naval Aviation, or CONA. The image on the left side of the nameplate depicts Eugene Ely taking off in a Curtiss pusher bi-plane from the USS Pennsylvania Jan. 18, 1911. While Ely had taken off from the USS Birmingham two months earlier after his plane had been loaded on the ship, the USS Pennsylvania event was the first time a plane landed on and then took off from a U.S. warship.
scription version of Prilosec. Visit the TRICARE Pharmacy page for more information on the TRICARE pharmacy benefit. If you have questions about whether or not one of your drugs is covered, you can always call the TRICARE pharmacy contractor, Express Scripts, at 1 (877) 363-1303.
to which drugs are available under the OTC benefit. The allergy medications Cetirizine and Loratadine were previously covered, but now the versions that contain pseudoephedrine are also covered. However, brand name Prilosec OTC is no longer covered. The generic version, Omeprazole, is still covered, as is the pre-
The image on the right side is the Navy’s most modern fighter aircraft, the F-18 Super Hornet. Established in 1921 as the Air Station News, the name Gosport was adopted in 1936. A gosport was a voice tube used by flight instructors in the early days of naval aviation to give instructions and directions to their students. The name “Gosport” was derived from Gosport, England (originally God’s Port), where the voice tube was invented. Gosport is an authorized newspaper published every Friday by Ballinger Publishing,
Res), 4th Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW). The guest speaker at the graduation, 1st Sgt. Franklin C. Morris from AMS 2, Marine Aviation and Training Support Group 23 (MATSG-23), urged the staff sergeants to put their new knowledge to good use. “As you are the leaders of tomorrow, you need to continue to push yourselves and the Marines in your charge to do and be better at everything the mission requires,” Morris said. Marvin is confident that all of his students have bright futures. “As their chief instructor and as a retired Marine, I can personally, professionally assure you that these Marines are more confident and more experienced leaders than they were 15 weeks ago,” he said. Marvin expects a steady flow of students in the future at NASP. Classes are limited to 12 students, and he has enough Marines signed up for the upcoming Feb. 8 cycle to have two groups going at the same time. For more information on the program, contact the Pensacola Region PME Office at 452-9460, ext. 3141, or go to https://www.mcu.usmc.mil/cdet/SitePages /career_course_seminar.aspx.
High School student.“Another team had a phishing attack, so they got e-mail links and suspicious links that could have infected them. We have a denial-of-service attack that we have to deal with and also a SQL injection attack.” During opening ceremonies, Cmdr. Joseph Sears, an IW officer and commanding officer of NIOC Pensacola, encouraged the students to pursue science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education and careers in the cyber field. “As a nation, one of our greatest struggles is to recruit and grow a cyber cadre to work in this demanding career field,” said Sears. “I can’t think of a better way to inspire young people to want a career
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in cyber than to make this type of environment (at CyberThon) available to inspire those kinds of skills.” With the Department of Defense developing 133 CMF teams by 2018, students like the ones participating in CyberThon will be in high demand to sustain the cyber workforce. “I want you to be the next generation of cyber warriors that are going to fight and win this nation’s battles in cyberspace,” said Sears. This year, volunteer Sailors also interacted with 33 elementary school students as they toured the event venue and engaged in cybersecurity games and activities designed to spark interest at an even earlier age in the cyber field.
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