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NAS Pensacola changes command See next week’s Gosport for full coverage of the NAS Pensacola change of command From NASP Public Affairs
Command of Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola changed hands yesterday, March 14 as Capt. Christopher Martin turned over command of the “Cradle of Naval Aviation” to Capt. Timothy Kinsella Jr. Martin then retired from the U.S. Navy with more than 31 years of service. Acting Director for Defense Human Resources Activity Jeffrey Register was the guest speaker during the retirement portion of the ceremony, and Rear Adm. Kyle Capt. Timothy Cozad, ComKinsella Jr. mander, Naval Education and Training Command (NETC), was guest speaker over the change of command portion of the ceremony. Rear Adm. Gary Mayes, Commander, Navy Region
Southeast, was the presiding officer. Martin was the NAS Pensacola commanding officer since March 2016. Under his leadership, the command received several awards, including the fiscal year 2016 and 2017 Secretary of the Navy Gold Energy Management Awards, the Chief of Naval Operations Environmental Award for Cultural Resources and the Secretary of the Navy Platinum Energy Management Award. Also during his tenure NAS Pensacola received the Retention Excellence Award, its first in seven years. Kinsella, a 30year naval vetCapt. Christopher eran and H-60 Martin helicopter pilot, came to NAS Pensacola from his previous duty station as a part of the North American Treaty Organization (NATO) staff in Mons, Belgium.
NETC IG conducts triennial training symposium Story, photo by Cmdr. James Stockman Naval Education and Training Command
The Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) Inspector General (IG) conducted its triennial training symposium onboard Naval Air Station Pensacola March 5 to 7. The training was geared towards NETC domain echelon three training personnel who manage their command’s IG and Command Evaluation (CE) programs. “These command representatives are essential to the NETC and the Navy’s risk assessment and mitigation efforts,” Al Johnson, NETC IG said. “This training increases their understanding and improves their management of all IG/CE programs.” During the three-day symposium, attendees were provided training on ethics issues, the NETC complaint and reprisal process, the NETC Manager’s Internal Control Program (MICP) and much more. In addition to training, two practical exercises were conducted to hone attendee skills in investigation and CE.
Alan Johnson, Naval Education and Training Command’s (NETC) inspector general (IG), welcomes participants to the triennial training symposium geared towards NETC domain echelon three training personnel who manage their command’s IG and Command Evaluation (CE) programs.
“The Navy has placed increased emphasis on operational and administrative risk assessment,” Johnson said. “These IG/CE programs focus on identifying risk and mitigating it through the development and application of effective internal controls.” The NETC IG is responsible for developing policy; coordi-
nating functions, projects and tasks and conducting oversight of the NETC domain for assigned programs, including NETC area visit inspections, Hotline complaint investigations, Military Whistleblower/Reprisal Complaint Investigations, CE program, audit liaison, audit follow-up and MICP. For more information on NETC, visit https:// www. public.navy.mil/netc or https:// www.facebook.com/ netcpao.
Navy Medicine Operational Training Center (NMOTC) is leading this year’s Navy-Marine Corps Relief Socety Fund Drive.
NMOTC leads 2019 Pensacola-area NMCRS Fund Drive Story, photo by MC2(SW/AW) Michael J. Lieberknecht NMOTC Public Affairs Office
Navy Medicine Operational Training Center (NMOTC) is spearheading the Pensacola area 2019 Navy and Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) Fund Drive, which began March 1. The six-week annual fund drive, involving commands onboard NAS Pensacola, NAS Pensacola Corry Station, NAS Whiting Field, Naval Support Activity (NSA) Panama City and other Navy and Marine Corps elements in the Gulf Coast region, is designed to raise funds in support of NMCRS. NMOTC’s HM1 Ramias Flemons, the Pensacola-area lead NMCRS coordinator, said the goal of this year’s NMCRS Fund Drive is similar to those held in years past. “This year, in addition to raising donations, we want to ensure one-hundred percent contact with all Marine and Navy active-duty service members,” he said. “We want all Sailors and Marines to be aware of the services NMCRS can offer.” Flemons said that in addition to the interest-free loans provided to service members and their families, NMCRS also provides financial assistance and counseling, education assistance, health education and post combat support, budgeting for baby classes, emergency travel and disaster relief assistance. “Service members and their families never know when a situation comes about and they need some assistance,” Flemons said. “NMCRS has positioned itself to help Sailors, Marines and their families, and one of the ways they can continue to provide assistance is through charitable donations. This fund drive is one of the ways they accomplish that.” NMCRS, a non-profit, volunteer service organization, uses both financial and non-financial resources to identify solutions to meet emerging needs. The organization helps clients improve personal financial skills and encourage individual financial responsibility. NMCRS, operating since 1903, stemmed from an early recognition of the needs of service members. With no benefits for service members during the early 1900s, no retirement annuities and survivors’ benefits for families of deceased personnel, Sailors and Marines would “pass the hat” to collect funds to help their shipmate’s widows and orphans. In 1904, several Naval officers, wives of naval officers, and civilian friends saw the need for more formal and organized assistance. The Society was incorporated Jan. 23, 1904, with initial funding coming from the proceeds of the 1903 Army-Navy Football Game held at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In its first year, the Society gave $9,500 to widows and families of enlisted men. During World War I, military pay days were often delayed. To help cover the gap, the Society began an interestfree loan program for Navy and Marine Corps personnel. Eventually, this financial assistance expanded to help with other needs, such as medical bills. Anticipating the personal needs of those serving in the U.S. military during World War II, President Franklin D. See NMOTC/NMCRS on page 2
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Navy parent education webinars offered From Carissa Bergosh NASP School Liaison Officer
The Navy Child & Youth Program, Child & Youth Education Services has announced a series of Parent Education Webinars for Navy personnel and DoD personnel assigned to Navy Installations. These interactive webinars offer research based information and ideas for participants. Mark your calendars and register for the webinar that fits your needs. Once you’ve registered, you will be able to view the live webinar or watch a recorded presentation at your convenience. The Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC) is offering webinars for military Parents with a Parent to Parent community-based team. These webinars are typically presented on Wednesdays in a web-based format. Attendees must register in advance of the live presentation. MCEC will always record the broadcast and post the link to the recording on their website so that it can be viewed at your convenience. The following are topics and dates. All sessions are at 11 a.m. • March 27: Kindergarten Readiness http://militarychild.adobeconnect.com/ NMOTC/NMCRS from page 1 Roosevelt authorized a public appeal for support to benefit the military relief associations. This national fundraising effort helped establish the Society’s Reserve Fund in 1942. This fund provides a rainy-day means of support and relief assistance not covered by other revenue streams, especially during catastrophic natural disasters that affect Navy and Marine Corps service members and their families. One of the largest charitable efforts in the sea services, the annual NMCRS Fund Drive is scheduled at commands throughout the Navy and Marine Corps. Each year, one of the larger NAS Pensacolaarea commands coordinates the annual NMCRS fund drive for this area, with NMOTC awarded the honor of leading the 2019 campaign. The drive is scheduled to conclude April 15, with numerous events including the Rock-n-Fly Half Marathon and 5K Fun Run. Every command on NAS Pensacola has at least one NMCRS representative who can provide additional information on the services provided by NMCRS and how to get involved and donate.
kinderreadiness/event/registration.html • April 3: Helping Military Children Navigate Change http://militarychild.adobeconnect.com/ change/event/registration.html • April 10: Transitioning with a Child with Exceptional Needs http://militarychild.adobeconnect.com/ exneeds/event/registration.html • April 16: The Interstate Compact for Military Connected Children http://militarychild.adobeconnect.com/ MIC3/event/registration.html • April 17: Transitions – What Every Parent Needs to Know http://militarychild.adobeconnect.com/ transitions19/event/registration.html • April 24: Kids and Transition Anxiety http://militarychild.adobeconnect.com/ anxiety/event/registration.html • May 1: Growing Great Readers http://militarychild.adobeconnect.com/ GGR19/event/registration.html • May 8: Summer School/Camp/Enrichment Opportunities http://militarychild.adobeconnect.com/ summerschool/event/registration.html • May 15: Maximizing Your Military Kids’ Summer Experience http://militarychild.adobeconnect.com/ summerexp/event/registration.html
• May 22: Internet Safety—Elementary School http://militarychild.adobeconnect.com/ ises/event/registration.html • May 29: Internet Safety—Middle/ High School http://militarychild.adobeconnect.com/ ismh/event/registration.html • June 5: Responsibility & Your Military Child http://militarychild.adobeconnect.com/ responsibility/event/registration.html • June 12: Understanding & Helping Your Unorganized Child http://militarychild.adobeconnect.com/ unorganized/event/registration.html • June 19: Helping Your Child Understand the Value of Money http://militarychild.adobeconnect.com/ money/event/registration.html • June 26: Staying Connected during Deployment http://militarychild.adobeconnect.com/ connected/event/registration.html • July 10: Reconnecting After Deployment http://militarychild.adobeconnect.com/ reconnecting/event/registration.html • Aug. 7: Growth Mindset http://militarychild.adobeconnect.com/ mindset19/event/registration.html
• Aug. 14: Keys to Academic Success http://militarychild.adobeconnect.com/ keys/event/registration.html • Aug. 21: Persistent & Challenging Behaviors http://militarychild.adobeconnect.com/ persistent/event/registration.html • Aug. 28: Turning Stress into Strength http://militarychild.adobeconnect.com/ strength/event/registration.html • Sept. 4: Developing Positive Coping Strategies http://militarychild.adobeconnect.com/ coping/event/registration.html • Sept. 11: The Value of Extra-Curricular Activities for Highly Mobile Students http://militarychild.adobeconnect.com/ extracurricular/event/registration.html • Sept. 28: Bully Proofing http://militarychild.adobeconnect.com/ bullyproofing19/event/registration.html • Sept. 25: Cyber Bullying http://militarychild.adobeconnect.com/ Cyber19/event/registration.html If you have questions about local schools and what services are available, feel free to contact Carissa Bergosh, School Liaison Officer at 712-4105 or Carissa.Bergosh@navy.mil.
Constitution Sailors kick-off Navy’s Community Outreach Campaign with Mobile Navy Week Story, photo by AN Olivia K. Manley USS Constitution Public Affairs
Sailors assigned to USS Constitution participated in a Navy Office of Community Outreach Navy Week in Mobile, Ala. Feb. 27 to March 5. The primary purpose of the Navy Week program is to increase the public’s awareness of the Navy by presenting the Navy to Americans who live in cities that normally do not have a significant naval presence. Mobile Navy Week showcased the mission, capabilities and achievements of the U.S. Navy and provided residents the opportunity to meet with active duty Sailors firsthand. Constitution Sailors kicked off their participation with a historical discussion of “Old Ironsides” at Gulf Quest Maritime Museum Navy Day, multiple branches of the Boys and Girls Clubs, Kate Shepard Elementary and Boys and Girls Club – Gillard Elementary Branch. Additionally, Sailors presented the colors during the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS James E. Williams (DDG 95) arrival ceremony, Saraland Mardi Gras Parade, Joe Cain Parade and Order of Doves parade. Later in the week, Constitution Sailors spent time interacting with Mobile’s children at the
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PSSN Jordan A. Young, from Red Oak, Texas, assigned to USS Constitution, shows students at Kate Shepard Elementary School in Mobile, Ala., the food an “Old Ironsides” sailor would eat in 1812 during Mobile Ala. Navy Week. Mobile is one of the select cities to host a 2019 Navy Week, a week dedicated to raising U.S. Navy awareness through local outreach, community service and exhibitions.
USA Children’s & Women’s Hospital. “I find it important to go on Navy Weeks because they inform the public, especially young adults, about all the military does and what it has to offer,” MA1 Rex Boblett, assigned to USS Constitution, said. “Interacting with the kids at the Boys and Girls Clubs was the most rewarding experience because we got to experience Mobile and its community on a more personal level.” This was the first of 13 Navy
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Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla.: A Bicentennial Defense Community Commanding Officer – Capt. Timothy Kinsella
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 biplane 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. The image on the right side is one of the
Navy’s most modern fighter aircraft, the F/A18 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, 314 North Spring St., Suite A, Pensacola, Fla. 32501, in the interest of military and ci-
Weeks Constitution Sailors will participate in this year. Constitution, America’s “Ship of State,” actively defended sea lanes against global threats from 1797 to 1855. The World’s Oldest Commissioned Warship Afloat, Constitution embodies 221 years of maritime heritage and unwavering service to her country. Now a featured destination on Boston’s Freedom Trail, Constitution and her crew of active duty U.S. Navy Sailors offer community outreach and education
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Navy pilots educate, inspire Texas A&M NROTC students in college station
Cmdr. Robert Zirzow, an instructor pilot assigned to the “Stingrays” of Training Squadron 35 at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, answers questions about the T-44 Pegasus training multi-engine aircraft during a static display event for Texas A&M University ROTC students at Easterwood Airport in College Station, March 5. The event provided an opportunity for college students to speak with pilots about a potential career within naval aviation. Photo by Anne Owens
By U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Pawel Puczko Chief of Naval Air Training
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pproximately 200 Texas A&M University Navy ROTC students got a firsthand look at Navy aircraft during a static display event at Easterwood Airport in College Station, March 5.
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Aircraft from across the U.S. flew in to support the event, which gave students a chance to talk to pilots about career opportunities within naval aviation. Executive Officer of Texas A&M Navy ROTC Cmdr. Robert McGill, from Natchitoches, La., said the event was a great way to showcase Navy aircraft and could help solidify students’ career decisions. “Those who desire to go aviation can see what aircraft are available, and meet flight instructors to see what the future holds,” McGill said. Through the support of Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA), students interacted with pilots from various aircraft platforms. Those aircraft included the iconic orangeand-white painted T-6B Texan II, T-44 Pegasus and T-45 Goshawk, which are used in primary flight training, multi-engine training, and the jet/strike fighter pipeline respectively. Throughout the course of the day each student had the opportunity to interact with a pilot from every stage of becoming a naval aviator, from student and instructor pilots all the way through pilots assigned to the gray aircraft of active fleet squadrons. “It’s important for me wanting to be a pilot because I get to see what it’s like with different platforms
and different aircraft,” Midshipman 1st Class Jake Ryan, Texas A&M NROTC, said. “Hopefully when I decide to see what aircraft I want to be in, I will be more informed.” Aside from the trainer aircraft, students also interacted with pilots from a P-3C Orion, P-8A Poseidon and a EA-18G Growler, giving them a range of aircraft platforms and personal experiences from which to learn. Participating aircraft came from Naval Air Station (NAS) Corpus Christi, Texas, NAS Jacksonville, Fla., and NAS Whidbey Island, Wa. With CNATRA’s continued support of local ROTC units, the Navy and Marine Corps’ leaders of tomorrow will have a better understanding on how to prepare for the rigorous but rewarding journey ahead of them. “At the end of the day aside from all the technical knowledge it all comes down to leadership, and that I know what I’m doing here matters,” Midshipman 4th Class Erin Keohane, Texas A&M NROTC, said. CNATRA, headquartered in Corpus Christi, trains the world’s finest combat quality aviation professionals, delivering them at the right time, in the right numbers and at the right cost to a naval force that is where it matters, when it matters.
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Twenty-five years of women aboard combatant vessels
By Adam Bisno Naval History and Heritage Command, Communication and Outreach Division
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n March 7, 1994, the first women to serve aboard a U.S. combatant ship received their assignments from the Navy. According to the commander of USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), the women’s arrival on the ship on and after March 10 “produced relentless media interest that continued throughout the year.” In fact, Eisenhower accommodated more than 300 media visits that year ─ all squeezed into the short intervals between combat missions. Eisenhower’s crew of women and men participated in the key operations of 1994: Uphold Democracy in the Caribbean; Southern Watch, in the Arabian Gulf; and Deny Flight, Provide Promise and Sharp Guard, in the Mediterranean. Although Eisenhower accommodated many firsts in 1994, including the first female chaplain, there was nothing new about women in battle and in the line of fire. In the American Revolution, Molly Pitcher fired artillery at the British before being wounded and subsequently decorated for her heroism. In 1862, four nuns and five African-American nurses cared for patients on Red Rover, the Navy’s first hospital ship. Thousands more women came under fire as nurses in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, especially in the Spanish-American War, the World Wars, the Korean War and in Vietnam. What changed in the early 1990s were the rules around women and combat, which resulted in unprecedented opportunities for female Soldiers, Sailors, pilots and medics. The First Gulf War: It was women’s involvement in the First Gulf War that ultimately caused civilian and military leaders to rethink the ban on women in combat roles. According to military historian Rosemary Skaine, the exclusion of women from combat roles became insupportable when Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm “exposed 41,000 servicewomen to hostile fire.”
News stories, photographs and film footage accustomed the American public to the sight of women in combat gear and armed with 9mm sidearms and M-16s. The Today Show covered the story of Rhonda Cornum and Melissa RathbunNealy having been taken as PoWs as if it had been a first in U.S. history when, in fact, women had been prisoners of enemy forces many times before, perhaps most notably in the Pacific during World War II. Yet the media attention on women’s forward roles in the First Gulf War cast a floodlight on their exposure to all the dangers that their male counterparts faced. In response to women’s new visibility in war, the President’s Commission on the Assignment of Women in the Armed Forces convened in 1991 in order to “assess the laws and policies restricting the assignment of female servicemembers.” At the same time, Congress repealed the law banning women from serving aboard aircraft engaged in combat missions. This move created a problem in immediate need of a solution: in theory, women could now fly
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) is backed from the pier with the aid of the yard tug boat Anoka (YTB-810). This six-month deployment to the Mediterranean was the first with female Sailors onboard a combatant ship – Oct. 20, 1994. National Archives photo
combat missions from combatant aircraft carriers but might not be allowed permanent billets there. The Repeal of 10 USC 6015: In spring 1993, President Clinton’s Secretary of Defense Les Aspin called on Congress to repeal 10 USC 6015, the law barring women from combatant ships, and directed the Navy to make preparations for mixedsex crews. This direction came at the end of a long debate within the Navy and other branches about the meaning of “combat.” In 1988, the Department of Defense had issued its Risk Rule, which, among other things, barred women from situations
NC1 Cheryl Ann Cassarella Cassarella received orders to the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). She was one of 59 other Navy women who broke new ground aboard Dwight D. Eisenhower as the first Navy women permanently assigned to a combatant warship. National Archives photo
in which there might be risk of hostile fire, capture or direct combat. But by early 1990, with the First Gulf War subjecting female servicemembers to all but the last, direct combat, the Risk Rule made little sense. In that year, the Navy Women’s Study Group began the process of trying to revise the Risk Rule to reflect the new ambiguities of battle. According to Adm. Ronald J. Zlatoper, Chief of Naval Operations at the time, the inclusion of women on combatant ships made perfect sense: It was, in his words, “the logical progression after 50 years of service by Navy women.” And so Nov. 30, 1993, Congress repealed 10 USC 6015. Just a few months later, Dwight D. Eisenhower welcomed the first cadre of women aboard a combatant vessel. Equality aboard: Lt. Deborah Davis, MC, USNR, saw firsthand how the Navy went about retrofitting ships for women. “It was usually a matter of putting a few separations in place,” she explained. “Partitioning an area or two off from the male crews’ quarters, and making sure people could still get where they needed to go in the ship.” In practice, however, the gender integration of the Navy produced the same tensions and conflicts as in the other branches of the military and in civilian society more gener-
ally. The process of opening combatant ships to women coincided with a national discussion about sexual harassment and assault, exemplified by the Anita Hill testimony and the Tailhook investigation of the early 1990s. In response to the latter, CNO Adm. Frank Kelso implemented the first fleetwide educational programs to address sexual harassment and assault, in 1992. The following year, Lt. Darlene Iskra obtained the distinction of being the first woman to command a U.S. Navy ship, USS Opportune (ARS-41), a noncombatant vessel. This breakthrough helped clear the way for Capt. Michelle Howard to become the first female commanding officer of a combatant vessel, USS Rushmore (LSD 47), in 1999. Howard retired in 2017 as an admiral. The opening of combatant ships to Navy servicewomen has created new opportunities for women to attain distinction in battle. Female aviators now fly strike missions from carriers. Female submariners now launch ballistic missiles from under the waves. Female medics now treat thousands of Sailors from one war zone to the next. These servicewomen are pioneers, to be sure, but they are also heirs to a long tradition of female involvement in history’s most dangerous battles, from the American Revolution to the War on Terror.
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DoD unveils its artificial intelligence strategy
Defense Department Chief Information Officer Dana Deasy and Air Force Lt. Gen. John N.T. Shanahan, the director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, hold a roundtable meeting on DoD’s artificial intelligence strategy at the Pentagon, Feb. 12. Photo by Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith
From Terri Moon Cronk Defense.gov WASHINGTON – The Defense Department launched its artificial intelligence strategy today in concert with yesterday’s White House executive order that created the American Artificial Intelligence Strategy. “The (executive order) is paramount for our country to remain a leader in AI, and it will not only increase the prosperity of our nation, but also enhance our national security,” Dana Deasy, DoD’s chief information officer, said in a media roundtable Feb. 12. The CIO and Air Force Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan, first director of DOD’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, discussed the strategy’s launch with reporters. The National Defense Strategy
recognizes that the U.S. global landscape has evolved rapidly, with Russia and China making significant investments to modernize their forces, Deasy said. “That includes substantial funding for AI capabilities,” he added. “The DoD AI strategy directly supports every aspect of the NDS.” As stated in the AI strategy, he said, the United States – together with its allied partners – must adopt AI to maintain its strategic position to prevail on future battlefields and safeguard a free and open international order. Increasing speed and agility is a central focus on the AI strategy, the CIO said, adding that those factors will be delivered to all DoD AI capabilities across every DoD mission. “The success of our AI initia-
tives will rely upon robust relationships with internal and external partners. Interagency, industry, our allies and the academic community will all play a vital role in executing our AI strategy,” Deasy said. “I cannot stress enough the importance that the academic community will have for the JAIC,” he noted. “Young, bright minds continue to bring fresh ideas to the table, looking at the problem set through different lenses. Our future success not only as a department, but as a country, depends on tapping into these young minds and capturing their imagination and interest in pursuing the job within the department.” The last part of the NDS focuses on reform, the CIO said, and the JAIC will spark many new opportunities to reform the
department’s business processes. “Smart automation is just one such area that promises to improve both effectiveness and efficiency,” he added. AI will use an enterprise cloud foundation, which will also increase efficiencies across DoD, Deasy said. He noted that DoD will emphasize responsibility and use of AI through its guidance and vision principles for using AI in a safe, lawful and ethical way. “It’s hard to overstate the importance of operationalizing AI across the department, and to do so with the appropriate sense of urgency and alacrity,” JAIC director Shanahan told reporters. The DoD AI strategy applies to the entire department, he said, adding the JAIC is a focal point of the strategy. The JAIC was established in response to the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, and stood up in June 2018 “to provide a common vision, mission and focus to drive department-wide AI capability delivery.” The JAIC has several critical mission themes, Shanahan said. • First is the effort to accelerate delivery and adoption of AI capabilities across DoD, he noted. “This underscores the importance of transitioning from research and development to operationalfielded capabilities,” he said. “The JAIC will operate across the full AI application lifecycle, with emphasis on near-term execution and AI adoption.” • Second is to establish a common foundation for scaling AI’s impact, Shanahan said. “One of the JAIC’s most-important
contributions over the long term will be establishing a common foundation enabled by enterprise cloud with particular focus on shared data repositories for useable tools, frameworks and standards and cloud … services,” he explained. • Third, to synchronize DoD AI activities, related AI and machine-learning projects are ongoing across the department, and it’s important to ensure alignment with the National Defense Strategy, the director said. • Last is the effort to attract and cultivate a world-class AI team, Shanahan said. Two pilot programs that are national mission initiatives – a broad, joint cross-cutting AI challenge – comprise preventive maintenance and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, the director said, adding that “initial capabilities (will be) delivered over the next six months.” And while in its early stages, the JAIC is beginning to work with the U.S. Cyber Command on a space-related national mission initiative, he said. “Everything we do in the JAIC will center on enhancing relationships with industry, academia, and with our allies and international partners,” Shanahan said. “Within DoD, we will work closely with the services, Joint Staff, combatant commands, agencies and components.” The JAIC’s mission, the director said, “nests nicely under the executive order that the president signed yesterday afternoon. We have a lot of work ahead of us, but there’s no time to waste.”
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‘RPs’ celebrate 40 years of service Story, photo by Lt.j.g. Ashley Koenig NASWF Public Affairs Office
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hey manage and execute religious programs, accommodating more than 250 different religious ministry requirements of service members and their families. They are the people who are available night and day to provide support to chaplains for many different situations and crises. They are the Religious Program Specialists of the U.S. Navy. Religious program specialists, more commonly known as RPs, recently celebrated their 40th anniversary of continued service. RPs play a special role in today’s Navy and provide the support and development to assist naval chaplains and meet the needs of U.S. Navy and Marine Corps personnel and their families. Onboard NAS Whiting Field RP2 Aaron Spangler works in the Chaplain’s Office and serves as the “go-to” for all support, managing religious programs, spaces, finances, offering funds and the day-to“Yappy Hour” Pet Social ... Titus the dog
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day schedules of NAS Whiting Field’s (NASWF) chaplains. Spangler, who has served for 14 years as an RP, joined the Navy on his 21st birthday, enlisting as an RP as part of his contract. From there, he continued on to “A” school in Meridian, Miss., and was there during Hurricane Katrina. He served at Camp Lejeune in 2005, followed by two tours in Iraq in 2006 and 2009. Deployed, Spangler’s main job was to provide force protection expertise for the Religious Ministry team but said his job was “not to judge; mine was to
RP2 Aaron Spangler provides support to the Chaplain Corps including management and administration of religious programs, advising on morale, and facilitates service members worship.
facilitate.” The core values of the Chaplain’s Office are to provide, facilitate, care and advise. “To facilitate was to ensure all service members had what they needed, so at the end of the
day they knew that they did the right thing by whichever god they prayed to,” Spangler continued. RPs facilitate the free exercise of religion for all personnel and support the delivery of care as part of the religious ministry team. “The dynamics of this base are unique because the service members have so much direct contact with the chaplains,” Spangler, who came to NAS Whiting Field in 2016, said. “My job is mainly just to stay aware.” The Chaplain’s Office, unlike other services on base, is one of complete confidentiality. “No matter what the issue is, this is the only place where 100 percent confidentiality exists, and I wish more people knew
that,” Spangler said. For Spangler, what makes this rate special is really the size of the career field. He stated that he is proud of “how small the rate is ... you don’t get lost in the numbers. We are small but it’s a really tight-knit community.” The rate of religious program specialist was established in 1979, a specialization from the welfare specialist (W) rating created in 1942, whose original responsibility was to provide security and assistance for Navy chaplains. RPs still provide security and assistance to chaplains, but in addition to that, the RP has taken on the management and administration of religious programs, advising on morale and providing service members what they need to worship.
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Military Notices DLAB and DLPT tests available
Interested in taking the Defense Language Aptitude Battery (DLAB) or the Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT) for foreign languages? Tests are administered Wednesdays onboard NAS Pensacola at the Navy Language Testing Office, Bldg. 634. Test appointments are accepted through https://www. mnp.navy.mil/group/information-warfare-training/ndfltp. For more language testing information, contact CIWT_CRRY_Lang_Testing_Pensacola@navy.mil.
BBC annual scholarship program
Applications are now being accepted for the Balfour Beatty Communities (BBC) Foundation scholarship program for the 2019/20 academic year. All residents living in BBC housing – including spouses and children – who are pursuing a degree are eligible to apply. The Balfour Beatty Communities Foundation Scholarship Program recognizes those residents who are students or aspiring students excelling academically and looking to make a difference both in and out of the classroom. Scholarship applicants must currently reside in BBC housing and plan to attend or already attend an accredited college or university in the fall of 2019, or be enrolled in a program of study designed to transfer directly into a four-year program. For more details regarding scholarship requirements and to complete an online application, please visit the Foundation’s website, www.bbcommunitiesfoundation. com.org. Applications must be submitted no later than March 22.
“Read All About It...” VITA center now open for tax season
The 2019 tax season is now under way and the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program is available to help eligible Navy personnel, dependents and retirees. Onboard NAS Pensacola: • Feb. 4 through April 12 • Monday and Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m and Friday, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. • Bldg. 625-D (USO) You should bring the following items: • Valid identification for taxpayer/s • Social Security Numbers (including spouse and children) • Income data (W-2s) • All end-year tax documents (1099s) • Student loan payment information • Receipts for child care payment • Receipts for educational expenses Hours are subject to increase with tax season demands. For more locations, visit https://www.unitedwayescambia.org/taxhelp or https://www.irs.gov/individuals/find-a-location-for-free-tax-prep If you have questions, contact LN2 Sydney Carson at 452-8753.
Around Town Motorcycle ride benefits Fisher House
The Pensacola Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America (PMOAA) will be awarding scholarships to children, stepchildren, spouses or grandchildren of active-duty, honorably discharged veterans, reservists or retired military personnel (both officer and enlisted). To be eligible, applicants must be a resident, dependent of a resident or grandchild of a resident of Escambia, Santa Rosa or Baldwin (Ala.) counties, must have completed a minimum of one year at a college/university, with at least a 3.2 GPA if an undergraduate or 3.5 if a graduate student, for the two preceding semesters (fall of 2018 and spring of 2019) as a full time student. Scholarships are $2,000 each. Applications must be submitted no later than June 15 and may be downloaded at www.pmoaa.org. For more information or to request assistance in applying, contact Vann Milheim, SC, USN (ret.) Cmdr., at 969-9715 or vann.milheim@att.net.
The Sons of the American Legion Squadron 378 and the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 378, both nonprofit entities of the American Legion, will be hosting the fourth annual open to the public motorcycle ride to benefit the Fisher House of the Emerald Coast March 23. Registration for the event will begin at 9 a.m. the day of the ride. The Fisher House Foundation is best known for a network of comfort homes where military and veterans’ families can stay at no cost while a loved one is receiving treatment. These homes are located at major military and VA medical centers nationwide, close to the medical center or hospital they serve. The Emerald Coast home is located at Eglin AFB. The Auxiliary and S.A.L. Squadron are an integral part of the American Legion and exist to support the veterans of our community through volunteer service and monetary donations. All money raised through your donations and the funds generated through the raffles and auctions will be solely used to support this organization. For more information or to become a sponsor of the ride, contact Renae Lister at (317) 610-1908.
2019 Midway Class Reunion event
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The 2019 Midway Class Reunion, a.k.a. “The Three Sisters Reunion,” will be held May 6 to 10, 2019, in San Diego, Calif. The reunion hotel will be named once negotiations are completed and the hotel contract has been signed. May 6, will be check-in and registration and May 10 will be check-out. Reunion events will take place on the three days in between May 7, 8 and 9. Three events already scheduled are the welcome reception at the reunion hotel May 7; the “meet and greet” at the USS Midway Museum May 8 and the grand banquet on the flight deck May 9. Start spreading the news to your fellow Midway Class carrier shipmates who served on the USS Midway, the USS Coral Sea or the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. You do not have to be a member of the reunion associations of these three carriers to attend the reunion – but you do need to have served on one or more of the three ships during your time in the Navy. Family members and guests are welcome to attend.
Onboard NASP Retired Activities Office needs help
Do you have four hours free a week? The Navy’s Retired Activities Office, located in the Fleet and Family Support Center, Bldg. 625, and is looking for military retirees/survivors to staff its office. Duties include; casualty reporting, assisting survivor’s in obtaining benefits and answering general questions concerning retirement benefits. The position requires a desire to assist your fellow retirees and survivors. Volunteers should have an administrative background with knowledge of computer programs e.g. MS Outlook, Word, etc. For further details, call the Retired Activities Office at 452-5622 or e-mail nasp.rao.fct@navy.mil.
Volunteer at Pensacola Lighthouse
The Pensacola Lighthouse and Museum is looking for volunteers to help keep the light shining. If you need to earn community service hours or just love history, contact Diane Johnson at 393-1561.
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Ocean Hour Florida will be conducting weekly beach clean ups throughout March. Below are all currentlyscheduled clean ups: • Tomorrow, March 16: Wayside Park and Bartram Park, 745 Bayfront Parkway and 211 East Main Street • March 23: Park West and Quietwater Beach, Park West (1300 Block of Ft. Pickens Rd.) • March 30: Philip Payne Bridge and Bruce Beach, 2700 East Cervantes Street and 601 W. Main Street Buckets, grabbers, gloves and trash bags will be supplied for most clean ups. Sign in is at 8:45 a.m. and cleanup is from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Dress for the weather and bring water, bug spray and sunscreen as needed. For more information, contact Ocean Hour Florida at Facebook.com/oceanhourfl, www.oceanhourfl.com, email volunteer@oceanhourfl.com or call 450-1112.
PASC members Spring show
The Pensacola Art Study Club (PASC) will present their annual Members Spring Art Show from now until April 7. The juried show will be held at the First United Methodist Church located at 80 East Wright Street. The opening reception will be held at The Wright Place (inside the First United Methodist Church) March 17, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The reception is free and open to the public, and all are encouraged to attend and meet the artists. The Wright Place gallery is open Sunday 9 a.m. to noon, Monday through Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Friday 8:30 a.m. to noon. All art is available for purchase. Questions? Feel free to call Carol Hemmye, Chairwoman, at 438-3736 or e-mail her at hemmyec@yahoo. com.
Jazz student competition concert
Jazz Pensacola invites the community to the live finals of the 2019 Student Jazz Competition. The event is 6:30 p.m., March 18, at Phineas Phogg’s in Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. This is the competition’s ninth year. Admission is free and open to the public; no tickets re-
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quired. Finalists’ family, friends and teachers, as well as the general public, are encouraged to attend and provide support to the finalists. Each finalist will perform two songs, with backing by a professional rhythm section, before judges/professional musicians and a live audience. While the judge’s scores are tabulated, the audience will be entertained by an allstar group of professional jazz musicians. The placings will be announced at the conclusion of the evening, with a short jam session to include all finalists to close the show. For more information, call 433-8382, or visit www. jazzpensacola.com.
2019 Bands on the Beach lineup
Pensacola Beach’s popular outdoor summer concert series, Bands on the Beach, is back in April. The free concert series features performers for every musical taste and is held each Tuesday night, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., beginning April 2 and running through Oct. 29. Located at the beautiful Gulfside Pavilion at Casino Beach, overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, spectators are encouraged to bring their own lawn chairs and blankets. Please note: pets and glass are prohibited. April lineup includes: • April 2: Not Quite Fab • April 9: Rhinestone • April 16: Touch of Gray • April 23: The Legend Band • April 30: John Hart Project For more information, call the SRIA at 932-2257 or go to www.visitpensacolabeach.com.
Annual Autism Ride April 6
The 14th annual April Nicole’s Autism Ride will take place rain or shine April 6, with registration at 9 a.m. and the ride departing at 11 a.m. It will be a 50-mile escorted ride with everyone welcome, bikes, cars, trucks and everything in between. Tickets are $15 per bike, $5 per passenger. For more information, call Steve Grant at 324-0295 or Malcom Reid at 393-4840.
Ronald McDonald House fundraiser
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northwest Florida is kicking off its largest annual fundraiser, Kaps 4 Kids (K4K). This year April 26, thousands along the Gulf Coast will wear their K4K T-shirts in support of Ronald McDonald House and the families who call the House home. Kaps 4 Kids is a casual day for businesses, groups, and individuals to wear their K4K t-shirt which was designed by seven-year-old, Graysen Sharp, whose family has stayed at RMH multiple times. Supporters have the option to purchase T-shirts and caps by making a donation to Ronald McDonald House through our online store at kaps-4-kids.org or through their team’s captain. For more information on sponsoring Kaps 4 Kids or becoming a team, visit rmhc-nwfl.org or contact the Event Manager Chelsea Futrell at 477-2273 or chelsea@ rmhc-nwfl.org.
‘Women telling our story’ event
These women are using past struggles to strengthen their present. When times seem hard and uncertain, its time for real, truth solutions. Eight powerful women will join together March 17 at 3 p.m. at Fellowship Hall – Berean Christian Ministry to share their stories and offer tools to help other women to deal effectively with life challenges during this first Pensacola “Women Telling Our Story” event of 2019. Its theme is “Using the Past to Strengthen Our Present.” Pre-Registration is requested to info@awillandway.org. Donations and Sponsors are appreciated. This event is hosted by A Will & Way, Inc., a 501 C-3 organization whose mission is to restore lives and rebuild families and survivors of domestic violence and has been doing so for more than 16 years. Williemae Dixon (Stanberry), Founder and Certified Healing Coach, will be sharing with guests nuggets for overcoming for past hurts and moving into the lives they desire today. Dixon is a native Pensacolian and has a long history of service within the community as well as Business Achievements. For more information, visit www.awillandway.org.
Choral Society music and emotion
The Choral Society of Pensacola explores contrasting emotions in Sorrow and Joy: An Evening of Mozart & Rossini. Set for March 23 at 7:30 p.m. in Cokesbury Church, the program includes Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Exsultate, Jubilate, a soul’s joyous celebration of sunshine after storm, and Gioachino Rossini’s Stabat Mater, a moving portrayal of Mary at the foot of the cross. Both composers’ gifts as opera composers enable them to vividly express the powerful emotions conveyed in these two masterworks. For more information or to buy tickets, visit www.choralsocietyofpensacola.org.
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IWTC Corry Station’s Chaplain Orren retires; See page B2 “Spotlight”
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“I request that during that month (March) our people rededicate themselves to the splendid aims and activities of the Red Cross.” – President Franklin D. Roosevelt, first presidential proclamation of March as Red Cross Month, 1943 From www.redcross.org
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very eight minutes, the American Red Cross brings help and hope to people in need, thanks to heroes like you. Whether you donate funds, donate blood or volunteer, the Red Cross depends on your support to make a difference in communities across the country. Each year, the president of the United States proclaims March “Red Cross Month.” The Red Cross uses this month as a chance to honor and celebrate the everyday heroes who help fulfill its mission. This March, the Red Cross encourages you to uncover your inner hero. Be a hero today. Clara Barton and a circle of her acquaintances founded the American Red Cross in Washington, D.C. on May 21, 1881. Barton first heard of the Swissinspired global Red Cross network while visiting Europe following the Civil War. Returning home, she campaigned for an American Red Cross and for ratification of the Geneva Convention protecting the war-injured, which the United States ratified in 1882. Barton led the Red Cross for 23 years, during which time we conducted our first domestic
and overseas disaster relief efforts, aided the United States military during the SpanishAmerican War, and campaigned successfully for the inclusion of peacetime relief work as part of the global Red Cross network–the so-called “American Amendment” that initially met with some resistance in Europe. The Red Cross received our first congressional charter in 1900 and a second in 1905, the year after Barton resigned from the organization. The most recent version of the charter, which
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was adopted in May 2007, restates the traditional purposes of the organization which include giving relief to and serving as a medium of communication between members of the American armed forces and their families and providing national and international disaster relief and mitigation. The Red Cross helps members of the military, veterans and their families prepare for, cope with, and respond to, the challenges of military service. The Red Cross has served more than one million military
families since 9/11: • Volunteers provide home comforts and critical services on bases and in military hospitals around the world • We support military families during deployments and emergencies • We continue serving our nation’s veterans after their service ends Every day, the American Red Cross provides 24/7 global emergency communication services and support in military and veteran health care facilities across the country and
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around the world.. • 162,200 families served this year, including 871 served yesterday (Feb. 6) • Provided 65,439 emergency communications to 117,580 military members and their families During Red Cross Month, become a part of the Red Cross. In Pensacola, contact American Red Cross of Northwest Florida (https://www.redcross. org/local/florida/north-florida. html) at 222 North Baylen St., Pensacola, FL 32502 or call 432-7601.
Jokes and Groaners. Springtime: things to consider If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. – Anne Bradstreet Science has never drummed up quite as effective a tranquilizing agent as a sunny spring day. – W. Earl Hall Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn. – Lewis Grizzard (Spring) hath put a spirit of youth in everything. – William Shakespeare No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn. – Hal Borland
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The first day of spring is one thing and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month. – Henry Van Dyke In the spring I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of four and 20 hours. – Mark Twain
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IWTC Corry Station’s Chaplain Orren retires Story, photo by MC2 Taylor Jackson Center for Information Warfare Training
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nformation Warfare Training Command (IWTC) Corry Station’s command chaplain, Cmdr. Steven “Todd” Orren, retired from the Navy after 22 years of dedicated and honorable service during a ceremony at the NAS Pensacola Corry Station chapel March 8. Family members, friends and shipmates attended the ceremony to honor and bid fair winds and following seas to Orren, who assumed the duties as command chaplain in February 2017. As a Navy chaplain, Orren served as a minister for the Coast Guard, Marines and Navy to build personal, unit, and family readiness and strengthen spirit, moral character, and toughness. Cmdr. Chad Smith, IWTC Corry Station’s commanding officer and the presiding officer, commended Orren for his loyal devotion to the Navy, Sailors and families. “In his time at Corry Station, there have been nearly 15,000 students attending class here, and Chaps has had an impact on every one of them in some way,” Smith said. “His investment in our staff and students’ mental and spiritual wellness
has been nothing short of extraordinary. He has been the rock we needed during times of struggle and adversity, and I would not have wanted to go through any of those times with anyone else.” Retired Navy Lt. Cmdr. Carl Stamper served as the guest speaker. As a fellow Navy chaplain, Stamper regarded Orren as both a mentor and a friend. “Todd has been a model for me as a chaplain throughout my career,” Stamper said. “There were many times where I needed advice, and he was the person I could always go to for the motivation and inspiration to do what I needed.” Orren, a native of Kennewick, Wash., is a 1987 graduate of Covenant College. He attended Westminster Theological Seminary in California and received his Master of Di-
Cmdr. Todd Orren and his family depart his retirement ceremony after being piped ashore for the last time at the NAS Pensacola Corry Station chapel. Orren retired from the Navy following 22 years of service as a Navy chaplain.
vinity in 1990. He joined the Navy in 1996. After attending the Navy’s Chaplain School in Newport, R.I., he reported to his first duty station at Naval Hospital Jacksonville, Fla., where he provided crisis intervention for Joint Task Force Haiti and the relief efforts following a series of tornados in central Florida. His other duty stations include USS Hue City (CG 66), Marine 9th Engineer Support Battalion, Carrier Air Wing 2, Coast Guard District 17, Naval Submarine Support Center and NAS Pensacola. During his remarks, Orren reflected on his 22 years of
service and the friends and shipmates that have impacted his life during his career. “It’s been a journey to serve in the Navy and to be able to serve the Marines and Coast Guard throughout the years,” Orren said. “I wouldn’t be here without God’s grace and the changes He has made in my heart and my life to bring me to this moment. You’re never in it by yourself, and we have others we can lean on in a time of need, so I’d like to thank all of those mentors that have helped me.” The ceremony included numerous presentations to Or-
ren and his family. He was presented with parting gifts from the IWTC Corry Station Chiefs Mess and wardroom. The ceremony also included a retirement flag folding and presentation with the recitation of “Old Glory” and concluded with a recitation of “The Watch” by ITC James Vitale. At the conclusion of the ceremony, Orren and his family were piped ashore for the last time by the honors boatswain. For more news from Center for Information Warfare Training, visit www.navy.mil/ local/cid or www.netc.navy. mil/centers/ciwt.
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Command Lines &Worship Schedule
• Fleet and Family Support Center The NASP Fleet and Family Support Center (FFSC), 151 Ellyson Ave., Bldg. 625, offers a variety of classes and workshops. For information or to register, call 452-5990. Upcoming classes include: • Family Employment Readiness Brief: 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. every Tuesday. This workshop is targeted to spouses and family members who are seeking employment, education and volunteer information. • Base tour: 9 a.m. to noon the first Wednesday of every month. The next tour is scheduled for April 3. Learn about the history of Naval Air Station Pensacola and how to get around base. • Waggy Wednesdays: 10 a.m. to noon March 20 at Naval Hospital Pensacola Courtyard. Exceptional Family Member Program event offers interaction with service dogs on third Wednesday of every month at Naval Hospital Pensacola. • Couples Communication: 9 a.m. to noon April 17. You can develop better communication skills, learn to manage stress as a couple, and find ways to compromise. • Sponsor Training: 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. April 9. Everyone in the military has to transfer sooner or later. FFSC conducts Command Sponsorship Training monthly. After completing the required training, Sponsors are prepared to provide reliable information to incoming personnel and their families. • Partners in Parenting: 1 p.m., May 15. Caring for your baby can be overwhelming at first. Let us show you techniques that will assist in caring for your newborn. This class is designed for the non-pregnant partner. • SAPR If you are a victim of sexual assault, it is not your fault. Help for victims of sexual assault in the DoD community is a call, click or text away: • The SafeHelpline: Provides live, one-on-one crisis support and infor-
mation by trained staff. Call: (877) 995-5247; click: www.SafeHelpline. org or text: 55-247, CONUS; (202) 470-5546, OCONUS (may be extra charges for OCONUS) • The Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) Program: Provides prevention, intervention and a 24/7/365 response to non-intimate partner adult victims of sexual assault. Active-duty and adult family member sexual assault victims have a choice of reporting options, unrestricted and restricted. Unrestricted reporting allows victims to have an advocate, seek medical care, counseling, legal services, safety interventions and/or transfer, etc. To access an unrestricted report, the victim may report to his/her chain-of-command, security/law enforcement, NCIS, SAPR VA, SARC or others. NCIS shall be notified by the CO and/or the VA/ SARC in unrestricted cases to begin investigation. Investigation results are provided to the offender’s CO for appropriate action/disposition. Restricted reporting allows a victim to have a confidential report, which does not trigger command or law enforcement notification and the victim may have a SAPR VA and seek medical care and/or counseling. To access restricted reporting, the victim may disclose his/her sexual assault only to the SARC, a current SAPR VA, a health care professional and/or a chaplain. To contact the NASP 24/7 Victim Advocate, call 449-9231/2. For the Civilian Victim Advocate, call 2934561. To contact duty SARC, call the SARC cell at 554-5606. • CREDO Chaplain’s Religious Enrichment Development Operation (CREDO) Southeast offers retreats enabling military members and their families to develop personal and spiritual resources in order to meet the unique challenges of military life. For information, e-mail Tony Bradford at Tony.bradford.ctr@navy.mil or call 452-2342.
NAS Pensacola – Protestant • Worship service, 10:15 a.m. Sunday, Naval Aviation Memorial Chapel, Bldg. 1982 • Chapel choir, meets following the 10:15 a.m. Sunday service at Naval Aviation Memorial Chapel • Contemporary service, 6 p.m. Sunday, All Faiths Chapel, dinner after service • Training Air Wing Six Bible Study, 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, Griffith Hall student lounge • Bible study, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday and 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, J.B. McKamey Center NAS Pensacola – Roman Catholic • Sunday Mass, 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Naval Aviation Memorial Chapel, Bldg. 1982 • Daily Mass, 11:30 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday in the Our Lady of Loreto Chapel • Confessions: 30 minutes before services Latter Day Saints • Service, 10:30 a.m. Sunday, All Faiths Chapel • Meeting: 6 p.m. Sunday, J.B. McKamey NASP Corry Station – Protestant • Adult Bible study, 9 a.m. Sunday, fellowship hall • Chapel choir, 9 a.m. Sunday, choir room vice sanctuary • Worship service, 10 a.m. Sunday • Fellowship, 11:30 a.m. Sunday • Contemporary worship, 6:00 p.m. Sunday, followed by fellowship at 7:00 p.m. • Bible study and dinner, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, fellowship hall Latter Day Saints • Service, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday NASP Corry Station – Roman Catholic • Mass, noon Sunday and 11:30 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday. For more, call 452-6376 NAS Whiting Field Chapel – Roman Catholic • Mass, 11 a.m. Friday
NAS Whiting Field Chapel – Protestant • Bible study, 11:30 a.m. Tuesday with meal • Greek Orthodox Orthos, 10 a.m. Sunday, Chapel (everyone welcome) • Greek Orthodox Worship, 11 a.m. Sunday, Chapel (everyone welcome) • Weekly chapel service, 11:30 a.m. Thursday. For more information, call 623-7212 Other services: • B’nai Israel Synagogue, 1829 North Ninth Ave., services by Rabbi/ Cantor Sam Waidenbaum. 7 p.m. Friday and 9:30 a.m. Saturday. For information, call 433-7311 or e-mail help@ bnaiisraelpensacola.org • Temple Beth El, 800 North Palafox St., services 7 p.m. Friday (6 p.m. first Friday of each month). For information, call 438-3321 or go to http:// templebethelofpensacola.org • Brit Ahm Messianic Synagogue, 6700 Spanish Trail. Services are 10 a.m., Saturday morning. For more, visit www.shalompensacola.com • Buddhism 101 – Introduction to Nichiren Buddhism courses are provided every third Wednesday at the Downtown Pensacola Library at 6 p.m. For more information, call 4365060 • Seventh-day Adventist – Seventhday Adventist Church, 1080 North Blue Angel Parkway, services at 11 a.m. Saturday. For information, call 4533442 • New Life Baptist Church – 6380 Bayberry St., Milton, Fl. Phone: 6261859, Sunday School at 9:15 a.m., Morning Worship at 10:30 a.m., www. miltonnewlifebaptist.com. • Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, 1720 W. Garden Street. Sunday Service – Orthros 8:45 a.m., Liturgy 10 a.m. Weekday Feast Day Services – Orthros 8:30 a.m., Liturgy 9:30 a.m. For information call 4332662 or visit www.annunciationgoc. org.
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Ciclovia takes it to the streets
Performers entertain a crowd during last year’s open streets event. Pedestrians and bikers will take to the streets March 23 for the annual Ciclovia. Photo courtesy of Civclovia – Open Streets Pensacola
By Matthew Hanimov Editorial Intern, Ballinger Publishing Freshly pollenated air and blooming flowers – it’s that time of year in Pensacola when we can finally shed those extra layers of clothes and enjoy weather more typically Floridian. Thankfully, March offers an event where Pensacolians can gather and inaugurate the spring with a bout of outdoor fun. Ciclovia – Open Streets Pensacola returns to downtown March 23. On this day, the streets of downtown Pensacola will close down to be opened up; all motorized traffic will be denied along swathes of Palafox (from Plaza de Luna to Garden Street) and Main Street (from the Gulf Power building to Bruce Beach) so that people can roam the streets with their bikes, boards, skates, scooters – any form of transportation as long as it isn’t motorized. Ciclovia started out as an activist movement in Bogota, Columbia in 1974. Back then, activists were concerned with the effects of Bogota’s over industrialization on people’s health. Since then, however, Ciclovia has transformed into a regular outdoors extravaganza recurring every Sunday in
Colombia and an international event adopted by more than 400 cities worldwide. More so than an activist rally, Ciclovia is an event that promotes healthy living, social interaction and tactical urbanism. Given the trend over the past few years, Ciclovia – Open Streets Pensacola is expected to be a success. Rand Hicks, Ciclovia’s chairman, is confident in the success of the event, saying, “The turnout for our first two events made it clear that people embrace this event. Downtown Pensacola is a place people want to be, and they love to have fun walking or riding a bike on a safe street. And they want more events, not fewer, so we look forward to bringing people together at Ciclovia events in the future.” The benefits of Ciclovia go beyond the economic factor by improving Pensacola’s overall health and social environment. It’s easy to see how Ciclovia promotes healthy living. If last year’s event is any example of how this year’s event will turn out, then thousands of people will be active and getting exercise. In addition, those thousands of people won’t be in their cars or trucks polluting the air for a five-hour period. Ciclovia brings Pensacola together in a way that most other community events can’t by giving Pensacolians the opportunity to roam the streets with their friends or make new friends, in person. There will be pop-up entertainment, music and vendors up and down Palafox for event-goers to enjoy. While the streets are opened up for bike and scooter fun for all ages, children will also have their own area to congregate and play – Plaza de Luna will have a bounce house and mascots for the children to interact with. Pensacolians that participate in Ciclovia will be able to slow down and take in all that downtown has to offer. The event is free and open to the public for all ages. For more information on Ciclovia 2019 or to learn more about Pensacola Open Streets, visit PensacolaOpenStreets.com or contact the event organizers at PensacolaOpenStreets@gmail.com.
C @ NAS Pensacola Portside Cinema a FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY TUESDAY Would “The Lego Movie 2” t “The Lego(PG)Movie 2” “TheBeKidKing”Who(PG) (PG) 2D: Noon 2D: 6 p.m. Noon c “The Kid Who Would it Romantic” “The Lego Movie 2” Be King” (PG) h “Isn’t (PG13) (PG) 2:10 p.m. 8 p.m. 3D: 2:30 p.m.
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“Alita: Battle Angel” (PG13) 3D: 5 p.m. 2D: 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m.
“The Lego Movie 2” (PG) 3D: 5 p.m.
“What Men Want” (R) 7:30 p.m.
“Alita: Battle Angel” (PG13) 3D: 7:10 p.m.
“Isn’t it Romantic” (PG13) 8 p.m.
“The Kid Who Would Be King” (PG) 5:10 p.m. “The Prodigy” (R) 7:30 p.m.
“Isn’t it Romantic” (PG13) 4:40 p.m. “The Prodigy” (R) 6:40 p.m. “Alita: Battle Angel” (PG13) 2D: 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. “What Men Want” (R) 6 p.m.
Regular shows: $4 adults, $2 children ages 6 through 11, free for 5 and younger 3D shows: $5 adults, $3 children ages 6 through 11, free for 5 and younger NASP Portside Cinema is closed on Monday.
“Isn’t it Romantic” (PG13) 5:30 p.m.
“What Men Want” (R) 7:30 p.m.
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The NASP Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) department has a number of upcoming events and activities. For more information, call 452-3806, ext. 3100, or go to the MWR website at www.navymwrpensacola.com.
• Homeschool P.E. program: Looking to supplement your child’s physical education? MWR Fitness will host a Homeschool Scholar Program every Monday from now until the end of the school year April 29. Physical Education classes will be offered at the Family Fitness Try this Center onboard NAS Travel Expo: Pensacola Corry Sta- • MWR will be hosting tion. Classes will teach fitness, nutrition, mind a Travel Expo April and body for children 11, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. of eligible MWR home- Swing in and check school families. Times out all the amazing include 9 a.m. to 10 adventures you could a.m. for children ages be having at desti6 to 10 and 10 a.m. to nation all across the 11 a.m. for children southeast. Admission ages 10 to 15. For to the expo is free and more information, call the expo will be held at the Mustin Beach 452-6004. • Backpacking Club. For more infroOvernight Trips: mation, call InformaThere will be an over- tion, Tickets and Travnight backpacking trip el at 452-6354. May 25 through 27 to Fort Payne, Ala. Go with MWR on an out-of-town backpacking adventure. All gear and transportation provided. Only $60, rain or shine. Sign up for the skills course at the Tickets and Travel office Bldg. 3787 at Corry Station. Backpacking 101 Skills Course is a prerequisite for all NAS Pensacola backpacking trips. The next course is scheduled tomorrow, March 16. See below for more details. For more information call 281-5489. • Backpacking 101 Skills Course: In preparation for the upcoming backpacking trip in May, MWR will be hosting a Backpacking 101 Skills Course tomorrow, March 16. Course price is $35, gear included. Sign up for the skills course at the Tickets and Travel Office Bldg. 3787 at Corry Station. For more information call 281-5489. • Full Moon Float: Get set for a paddleboard race under the full moon March 21 from nightfall, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. At the events, there will be free drinks, hotdogs and s’mores. Races include kayak, tandem kayak and paddleboard races. For more information, call 4524152. • Summer Camp Expo: Check out all the fun and educational summer camps coming up from MWR. Expo will be April 20 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Navy Youth Sport Complex. For more information, call 452-9429.
Liberty Activities Liberty program events at NAS Pensacola and Corry Station target young, unaccompanied active-duty military. Hours are 10:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 10:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday. Regular events are scheduled at the main Liberty Center in the Portside Entertainment Complex. You must sign up in advance for off-base trips. For more information, call 452-2372 or go to www. naspensacola-mwr.com.
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