Sexual Assault Awareness Month events onboard NAS Pensacola ... This April, the Department of Defense is observing its 10th annual Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) with the theme “Live Our Values: Step Up to Stop Sexual Assault.” The NAS Pensacola community will host several awareness events across the installation including: • Fridays in April, “Lights On for Sexual Assault Awareness.” • April 8-10, 11 a.m.1 p.m. Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) tables at the NEX food court, hosted by SAPR Victim Advocates (VAs). • April 25, 8:30 a.m. The Second Annual Amazing SAPR Race (see your SAPR POC to sign up your team). For more information on SAAM events, call FFSC at 452-5990.
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April 4, 2014
Zero tolerance for sexual assaults By Jason Bortz NHP PAO
Sexual Assault Awareness Month proclamation signed onboard NASP by base CO, NETC commander Story, photo by Mike O’Connor Gosport Associate Editor
As victim advocates looked on, NAS Pensacola Commanding Officer Capt. Keith Hoskins and Commander, Naval Education Training Command Rear Adm. Mike White signed a proclamation declaring April to be Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) onboard NASP. The proclamation was signed April
1 during an open house at NASP Fleet and Family Support Center (FFSC). “This is a great opportunity for us to get out of the day-to-day and capture our commitment to solving this crime,” Hoskins told the group. NETC commander White addressed the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) and victim advocate personnel directly. “I really look forward to looking all of
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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) and the DoD theme for this year is “Live Our Values: Step Up to Stop Sexual Assault.” Sexual assault awareness does not start and stop in April, but SAAM is an opportunity for the DoD to reinforce its efforts to prevent and eliminate sexual assault. “Sexual assault is a crime and affects not only the victims, but the entire command,” said Cmdr. Marc Jasek, sexual assault forensic nurse program manager, Naval Hospital Pensacola (NHP). Naval Hospital Pensacola takes an active role in preventing and educating Sailors about sexual assault. Leadership at the hospital has worked to create a climate of trust and professionalism that does not tolerate sexual assault, sexual harassment nor sexism. “We encourage our Sailors to stop sexual assault and protect each other,” said Jasek. “We need everyone to be committed to creating an environment where sexual harassment, sexual assaults and sexist behaviors are not tolerated.” Despite all of the emphasis placed on
Lt. Sarah Wade, division officer, Naval Hospital Pensacola Ear Nose and Throat Clinic; and Lt. Cmdr. Andreas Stiller, nurse practitioner, perform a forensic exam on a simulated sexual assault victim at the hospital March 26.
sexual assault prevention and response by the DoD, sexual assault still occurs. In 2012, there were more than 3,000 reports of sexual assault involving service members. “One case of sexual assault is too many,” said Jasek. “No one, male or female, should have to be a victim of sexual assault. There is no place for sexual assault in the Navy or any workplace.” Education on sexual assault and the
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NASP CID sweeps Retention Excellence Award By Gary Nichols NASP CID PAO
For the third year in a row NAS Pensacola’s Center for Information Dominance (CID) has received the Navy’s Retention Excellence Award. In addition to CID, all four of CID’s subordinate commands – CID Unit Corry Station, CID Unit Monterey, Navy Marine Corps Intelligence Training Cen-
ter (NMITC) and Fleet Intelligence Training Center (FITC) – also were selected as repeat winners for the Retention Excellence Award. Chief of Naval Personnel Vice Adm. William F. “Bill” Moran announced the results of the fiscal year 2013 Retention Excellence Awards Feb. 27. “These successful commands have implemented and maintained the six key programs that form the foundation of a success-
ful retention effort,” Moran wrote in his message. “These programs, when properly implemented and executed are a strategic investment in our Navy’s future. Congratulations and well done.” “This award – the third year in a row for the Center for Information Dominance – is yet another indicator that CID continues to be one of the Navy’s top performing learning centers,” CID Command Master Chief Travis Brummer said. “CID and its four
commands swept the Retention Excellence Award. That achievement is truly extraordinary, and is a real testament to the outstanding quality of our Sailors.” The Retention Excellence Award, previously known as the “Golden Anchor Award,” was established to recognize commands for sustaining superior levels of military retention. To qualify for the award, commands must achieve a minimum score of 85 points on their annual
command career information program review. Other factors that go toward the award include benchmarks, which indicate the commands have an effective retention program in place to support the Sailors. CID Commanding Officer Capt. Susan K. Cerovsky said she was proud of her Sailors, instructors and staff for winning this award for the third year in a
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NAMI aerospace medicine residents showcase research at UWF By NMOTC PAO
Three aerospace medicine residents at the U.S. Navy’s premier facility for aeromedical training had their research featured during a University of West Florida and Florida Blue event March 28. Aerospace medicine residents U.S. Army Lt. Col. Kevin Cummings and Capt. Joseph Pavelites, along with Cmdr. Carlos Gomez-Sanchez – all from the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute (NAMI) Combined Army/Navy Aerospace Medicine Residency – had their research highlighted during the event. Since July 2011, all naval aerospace medicine residents obtain their master’s of
public health (MPH) through the University of West Florida, something NAMI research coordinator Cmdr. G. Merrill Rice said has been a mutually beneficial partnership. “This relationship has been tremendously successful over the last two years,” he said. “With the guidance of UWF faculty and staff, the aerospace residents have presented 12 original research projects at national conferences and have recently won the 2013 Navywide Academic Research Competition, a competition they are again competing for later on this month.”
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Blue Angels first practice at NAS Pensacola ... More than 20,000 people attended the first practice of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, at NASP March 26. NAS Pensacola personnel are reminded to be cognizant of the lunchtime traffic situation, typically from 12:20-1 p.m., when the crowds are leaving the base. Photo by Aly Altonen
NASP Energy-A-Thon coming April 22 ... NAS Pensacola MWR is holding an “Energy-A-Thon” sports and workout event April 22, from 9 a.m.-noon at the Radford Center. The Earth Day event will showcase energy conservation through partnering base energy departments with local power utility Gulf Power, NASP Recycling, Starbucks, MWR Aquatics and NASP’s marinas at Sherman Cove and Bayou Grande. Program includes • Zumba at 9 a.m. • Buff at 10 a.m. • Box Mania at 11 a.m. • Spin at 11:15 a.m. • For more information, call 452-9845.
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