Gosport - February 01, 2019

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Vol. 83, No. 4

February 1, 2019

NSTI Sailor awarded Purple Heart Story, photo by MC2 Michael Lieberknecht Navy Medicine Operational Training Center

A Naval Survival Training Institute (NSTI) leading training petty officer was awarded a Purple Heart Jan. 23 for wounds received in action on Oct. 21, 2009 in Afghanistan. HM1 Eduardo Sanchez-Padilla was presented the award by Rear Adm. Tina Davidson, commander, Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command (NMETLC) and the Navy’s Nurse Corps director, during a ceremony at the National Naval Aviation Museum onboard Naval Air Station Pensacola. “This is a momentous occasion,” Davidson said to those attending the awards ceremony. “Thank you all for being here to witness this, and it has been an honor to present this award.” Sanchez-Padilla was wounded while on deployment in Afghanistan as the platoon corpsman for 2nd Platoon, Route Clearance Company, 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division in 2009.

HM1 Eduardo Sanchez-Padilla, a Naval Survival Training Institute (NSTI) leading training petty officer, is presented the Purple Heart by Rear Adm. Tina Davidson, commander, Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command (NMETLC), during a ceremony at the National Naval Aviation Museum Jan. 23. Sanchez-Padilla officer was awarded for wounds received in action Oct. 21, 2009 in Afghanistan.

“We were performing a footpatrol maneuver during a route clearance operation from Forward Operating Base (FOB)

Camp Dwyer to FOB Camp Delhi,” Sanchez-Padilla said. He said he remembers helping his unit clear the path when

he looked off to a nearby canal to check for suspicious activity. That’s when it happened. An IED buried in the ground

of an unpaved road exploded about three meters away from Sanchez-Padilla. “I was the only corpsman onscene, so I performed a rapid self-assessment and continued to quickly provide medical care for two more people who also got hit by the IED,” SanchezPadilla said. Later that evening, SanchezPadilla was diagnosed with a second degree concussion and placed on light duty for a week. In 2009 DoD policy did not include concussion injuries as qualifying for a Purple Heart. The stipulations changed, however, in 2011 when a policy declared inclusion of “moderate or severe/penetrating traumatic brain injuries.” After his time in Afghanistan, Sanchez-Padilla went on to various commands, eventually landing at Naval Mobile Construction Battalion One. He was sent to Africa, Ukraine and other places around the world on humanitarian and international partnership missions designed to make the world a better place, where he continued life-saving See Heart on page 2

National Naval Aviation Museum receives reaccreditation, highest national recognition From Naval History and Heritage Command

WASHINGTON – The National Naval Aviation Museum (NNAM) has been awarded reaccreditation from the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the highest national recognition afforded U.S. museums. NNAM received its first accreditation in 2002. This accreditation signifies excellence and credibility to the entire museum community, to government and civilian agencies, and to the public. The museum meets national standards and best practices for U.S. museums and is part of a select community of institutions that have chosen to hold themselves publicly accountable to these core standards. “When you think of accreditation you think of Smithsonian standard,” Jeffrey Barta, Assistant Director for the Naval History and Heritage Command’s Navy Museums Division said. “NHHC is the Navy’s

assets using the best practices possible.” Accreditation through AAM is a rigorous process through which museums must demonstrate excellence in core characteristics related to collections stewardship, leadership and organizational structure, education and interpretation, missions and planning, facilities and risk management, financial stability and public service. The accreditation process is also centered on a self-study and peer review and takes eight to sixteen months to complete. One of the prototypes of the famed F-14 Tomcat greets “Accreditation offers high profile, peer-based valivisitors at the entrance to the National Naval Aviation dation of the museum’s operations and impact,” Barta Museum. Photo by Donald Watson said. “It also increases credibility and value to funders, only history organization and we are the keepers of policy makers, the museum and history communities, the Navy’s history and heritage. These museums are and peers. It can be a powerful tool to leverage change the property of the American people and we want to make sure we are taking care of our priceless heritage See NNAM on page 2

NAS Pensacola Navy Lodge celebrates Navy Lodge Program’s 50th anniversary Story, photo From NASP Public Affairs

The Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola Navy Lodge celebrated the Navy Exchange Service Command’s (NEXCOM) 50th anniversary of the

Navy Lodge Program Jan. 25 onboard NAS Pensacola. The Navy Lodge Program, created in 1969 in an effort to relieve difficulties associated with Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders for Sailors and Marines, is scheduled to celebrate 50

NAS Pensacola (NASP) Navy Lodge General Manager Carla Gutierrez and NASP CMDCM Mario Rivers cut a cake Jan. 25 at the Pensacola Navy Lodge celebrating the Navy Exchange Service Command’s (NEXCOM) 50th anniversary of the Navy Lodge Program.

years of operations at various facilities around the world. The Pensacola Navy Lodge marked the occasion with a cake-cutting ceremony and remarks from Carla Gutierrez, the NAS Pensacola Navy Lodge general manager. “We (the Navy Lodge) are so excited to celebrate this milestone with our respective supporting commands,” she said. “We’re thrilled to celebrate the dedicated military service of so many people and are here because of the sacrifice of so many. We look forward to continue offering the Navy Lodge as the ‘Home Away From Home’ for all service members.” Throughout the year, the Navy Lodge Program will celebrate its 50th Anniversary with a series of events, activities and surprises for guests and the local military community. Events kick-off in January with cake cutting See Lodge on page 2

NASP Notes ... NAS Pensacola Building and Energy Managers Meeting Feb. 5... The NAS Pensacola Public Works Department (PWD) will be holding its Building and Energy Manager Meeting Feb. 5. All Building Managers (primary/ alternates) should be in attendance to gain knowledge and information from PWD needed to function successfully as a building manager. This meeting is also an open forum for Building Managers to address questions they have regarding management of their facilities and PWD processes.The meeting will be held at Bldg. 3249, Conference Center, Rm. D, 8 a.m. to noon. For further information, contact the Building Manager Coordinator at 452-3131 ext. 3022.

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