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apt. Doug Rosa, U.S. Navy, took command of Training Air Wing Five (TraWing-5) in a change of command ceremony onboard Naval Air Station Whiting Field (NASWF) March 14. He assumed the title of commodore for the Navy’s largest aviation training wing.
Marine Col. Dave Morris relinquished command at the event after 18 months as commodore. He will move onto another assignment at the Pentagon. Rear Adm. Gregory Harris, Chief of Naval Air Training, Corpus Christi, Texas, was the guest speaker for the ceremony and spoke to the crowd about Morris’ achievements and the wing’s aviation training mission. He said TraWing-5 in Milton flies, “208,000 flight hours, a little over 125,000 sorties. It works out to about 43 percent of all the flying CNATRA (Chief of Naval Air Training) does. It’s about 15 percent of all the flying the Navy does – 15 percent right here at Whiting Field. Don’t lose sight of what happens at this base.” The admiral also presented Morris with a Legion of Merit medal for his service at NAS Whiting Field. Morris served four years as an enlisted Marine until December 1989. In December 1992, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant. Designated as a naval aviator in 8 March 1996, he flew in several aircraft, including the KC-130 aircraft. Morris was assigned to the Navy Flight Demonstrar tion 13, 2018 Squadron, the Blue Angels, flying the C-130, known
as Fat Albert, for the 2001 to 2003 airshow seasons. Following a number of different assignments including the Joint Staff at the Pentagon and the immediate staff of the Secretary of Defense, in March 2016 Morris began serving as the deputy commodore and then became commodore for Training Air Wing Five in September 2017. His inspirational leadership of three T-6B primary flight training squadrons, three TH57B/C advanced rotary-wing training squadrons and two instructor training units culminated in the execution of more than 122,000 sorties and 196,000 flight hours delivering 861 graduates to advanced training and designating 726 aviators for the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and allied nations. Speaking about Morris’ time as commodore, the admiral said, “the other thing he (Morris) brought to this organization ... and he brought in spades ... is a culture of excellence.” Morris spoke to the audience and thanked the local community for their support of the February 2, 2019 base and TraWing-5. “You Confessore, embrace the military Chris as if it were their own famGuest Conductor ily,” he said. “Our community Susan Egan, leaders have takenSoprano strong February 2, steps 2019 to ensure NAS Whiting Field
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In a change of command ceremony onboard NAS Whiting Field, Col. Dave Morris, Commodore, Training Air Wing Five passes the wing flag to Navy Capt. Doug Rosa. As part of change of command tradition, passing the unit flag symbolizes the outgoing leader transferring command of the wing to the new commodore. Photo by Ens. Chase Dowell
remains viable and the naval flight training continues to flourish in northwest Florida.” The commander of the Chief of Naval Air Training’s (CNATRA) largest air wing for the past 18 months, he directed and coordinated the efforts of more than 2,000 officers, enlisted, civilian and contract personnel, consistently and safely executing the primary mission of training future military leaders and combat aviators. As the lead for CNATRA’s Primary and Rotary Task Groups, he was responsible for the production of more than 1,750 primary student naval aviators (SNAs) across three primary training squadrons and the winging of 726 aviators through three advanced rotary-wing training squadrons. Rosa enlisted in the Navy in 1984 and was granted a Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) scholarship
to Jacksonville University, Fla., in 1990 following a tour with Attack Squadron 81 (VA-
81) at NAS Cecil Field, Fla. He was commissioned in 1994 and was designated a naval aviator in April 1997. Following a career with many different staff and operational assignments, he reported to Training Air Wing Five at NAS Whiting Field in Milton and assumed the position of deputy commodore in August 2017. “I’m going to be relying on CB (Rosa), and Col. Pavelko, and the rest of TraWing-5 to lead the charge for CNATRA, because we are lethal military professionals, and we have to train faster and harder,” Harris said. As commodore, Rosa will now be responsible for an estimated 43 percent of the Chief of Naval Air Training Command’s total flight time and more than 15 percent of Navy and Marine Corps’ flight time worldwide. More than 1,200 personnel complete their essential flight training through TraWing-5 annually. Col. Jeffrey Pavelko will be the new deputy commodore.
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