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April 12, 2019

Coastguardsman receives Air Medal for medical evacuation

Story, photo

by Greg Mitchell NAS Pensacola Public Affairs

U.S. Naval School of Aviation Safety (SAS) student was awarded the Coast Guard Air Medal during a ceremony at the SAS headquarters onboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola April 5.

Lt. Tessa Clayton, recognized for her efforts during rescue efforts off the coast of Atlantic City, New Jersey, was presented the award by U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., Cmdr. Chuck Webb, Clayton’s executive officer.

“It is an extreme honor for me to receive this award,” Clayton said.

“This was a testament to the preparation and training that we do every day in the Coast Guard. I just felt that it was upon me to take action to hopefully save someone’s life.”

Clayton, who was in command of an MH65c

U.S. Naval School of Aviation Safety (SAS) student U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Tessa Clayton was awarded the Coast Guard Air Medal during a ceremony at the SAS headquarters onboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola April 4. Clayton was piloted an MH65c Dolphin helicopter ordered to medically evacuate a heart attack victim from a fishing vessel more than 60 miles off the coast of Cape May, N.J., in May 2017, navigating through inclement weather and fog during the night mission.

Dolphin helicopter in May 2017, received orders to medically evacuate a heart attack victim from the fishing vessel Settler,

more than 60 miles offshore of Cape May, N.J. Despite inclement weather and heavy fog, Clayton successfully piloted the

helicopter to the Settler, where other crewmembers evacuated the civilian mariner.

The other service mem-

bers aboard the helicopter during the medical evacuation were recognized by Commander, 5th Coast Guard District, Rear Adm. Keith M. Smith, in separate ceremonies.

“This is an award for individual action and bravery,” Webb said during the ceremony. “Clayton’s leadership to inspire her crew to execute this under such difficult conditions coupled with her advanced aviation skills are directly responsible for saving a person’s life.”

The Coast Guard Air Medal is designed to recognize service members in a current crew member or non-crew member flying status requiring them to engage in aerial flight on a regular and frequent basis in pursuit of their primary duties.

Established in May 1942 and awarded retroactively to September 1939, the Air Medal is awarded to service members for meritorious achievement while participating in

aerial flight.

The award can also be awarded in acknowledgement of single acts of merit or heroism.

The Naval School of Aviation Safety educates aviation officers in identifying hazards, managing risks, investigating and reporting hazards and mishaps, developing and administering command safety programs, fostering and conducting safety-related research and providing assistance to the fleet in support of the Naval Aviation Safety Program.

NAS Pensacola, situated in Escambia County, employs more than 16,000 military and 7,400 civilian personnel.

This includes major tenant commands: Naval Aviation Schools Command, Naval Air Technical Training Center, Marine Aviation Training Support Group 21 and 23, the Blue Angels and is the headquarters for Naval Education and Training Command.

Blue Angels announce commanding officer, flight leader for 2020/2021 From Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron Public Affairs

Cmdr. Brian Kesselring

The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, announced the commanding officer for the 2020 and 2021 seasons at a press conference at the National Museum of Aviation onboard NAS Pensacola April 2.

A selection panel comprised

of nine admirals and former commanding officers selected Cmdr. Brian Kesselring to succeed Capt. Eric Doyle.

Applicants are required to have a minimum of 3,000 flight hours and be in current command or have had past command of a tactical jet squadron.

Kesselring, a native of Fargo, N.D., joins the Blue Angels after serving as the commanding of-

ficer of Strike Fighter Squadron 81. His previous assignments include four squadron tours, where he flew the F/A-18 Hornet and deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation New Dawn, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Inherent Resolve.

Kesselring holds bachelor’s degrees in physics, mathematics and business administration

from Concordia College and a Masters in National Security Strategy from the U.S. Naval War College. Kesselring has more than 3,790 flight hours and 812 carrier-arrested landings.

His decorations include the Air Medal, Strike/ Flight Air Medals, Navy Commendation Medals, Navy Achievement Medals, See Blues on page 2

A trip to the moon now within reach – at the National Naval Aviation Museum Story, photo

By Mike O’Connor Gosport Editor

“We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard ...”

– President John F. Kennedy, Sept. 12, 1962, in a speech at Rice Stadium, Houston, Texas.

President Kennedy set the almost-impossibly ambitious goal for Americans to achieve, and seven years later it was

done: on July 20, 1969 Apollo 11 Mission Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon.

Now, visitors to the National Naval Aviation Museum onboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola can walk in the astronauts’ footsteps with the new “Longer Strides: The Apollo 11 VR Experience,” a virtual reality attraction located on the second floor of the museum.

See Apollo 11 on page 2

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Technicians prepare for a flight at “Longer Strides: The Apollo 11 VR Experience” at the National Naval Aviation Museum.

Prevention Month (CAPM), and special recognition is being paid in the area to “the littlest heroes.”

Be on the lookout for blue pinwheels, a visible CAPM reminder.

For more, see page B1, “Life” section. Photo by Mike O’Connor

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Corpsman leads team to first place at 2019 NCR Quality Symposium Story, photo

by PO1 Brannon Deugan Naval Hospital Pensacola

A four-member team from Naval Branch Health Clinic (NBHC) Gulfport recently won first place out of 47 entries in the quality category at the 2019 National Capital Region Quality Symposium March 27.

The team, led by HM2 Carolanne Hardy, implemented a process improvement plan focusing on the Healthcare Effectiveness Data Information Set (HEDIS) measurements of the Pediatric Clinic’s well-child visits. HEDIS is a healthcare performance improvement tool used throughout Navy Medicine.

“It makes me feel good to help others and the ‘Improve HEDIS Well-Child Visits’ project made a tremendous difference for our patients,” Hardy, who is from Lakes Wales, Fla., said. “I am very proud of the team and what we were able to accomplish. The feeling is indescribable.”

Hardy previously attended the Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Green Belt training course and had to complete two projects. The HEDIS well-child project was her second project, which allowed her to earn her LSS Green Belt Certification in November 2018.

“Working in the clinic, it made sense to work with projects that would affect patient care,” Hardy said. “I wanted to take on something that could really make a difference not only for our HEDIS measures, but to help our patients as well. I didn’t know the difference this project

(Left to right) Mary Greer, clinic manager at NBHC Gulfport; HM2 Carolanne Hardy, assigned to Naval Branch Health Clinic (NBHC) Gulfport; and Dr. Elisabeth Haller, pediatrician at NBHC Gulfport; pose for a photo with their “Improve Heathcare Effectiveness Data Information Set (HEDIS) Well-Child Visits” poster that won first place at the 2019 National Capital Region Quality Symposium.

would make for our clinic and patients.”

Well-child visits involve a complete physical examination of a child with the healthcare provider checking the child’s growth and development. In December 2015, the clinic’s HEDIS for well-child visits was at 57 percent. Since the clinic implemented changes developed by Hardy’s LSS project, the clinic now averages approximately 90 percent for HEDIS. Improved HEDIS measures will also help improve overall family health and allow the active duty service members assigned to Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport to focus on their readiness.

A virtual trip to the moon is now possible at the National Naval Aviation Museum’s “Longer Strides: The Apollo 11 VR Experience” attraction, located on the museum’s second floor. Photo

by Mike O’Connor

Apollo 11 from page 1 During the five-minute multisensory experience, guests are buckled into seats which shake, vibrate and pitch as their Saturn V rocket blasts off. Virtual reality (VR) headsets provide an all-encompassing perspective from the space traveler’s point of view as they are boosted into orbit, make trans-lunar injection, and descend to the moon’s surface in the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM).

The 50-year anniversary of the first moon landing is coming in July, and the Apollo 11 attraction is part of the museum’s celebration of naval aviation’s role in spaceflight. It is located in proximity to an actual Skylab Command Module, a spacesuit exhibit and other space displays.

Visitors are greeted by a close recreation of NASA’s Mission Control in Houston. Iconic 1960s-era computer consoles are manned by serious young men in short-sleeved white shirts with thin black ties; even the NASA coffee cups, slide rules and technical manuals are present on the consoles. An angled row of 12 seats

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with VR headsets await the voyagers while screens on the wall show monitoring positions around the world.

Retired Navy Capt. Sterling Gilliam, the museum director, was on hand April 4 for a media tour of the new attraction, which opened to the public April 5.

“We’re really excited the (Naval Aviation Museum) Foundation has brought this project to the forefront,” Gilliam said. “The timing is exquisite. As you know, 2019 is the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. Naval aviation’s involvement is space is phenomenal; the first American in space, the first American to orbit the Earth, four of the ‘Mercury 7’ were naval aviators. The first man to walk on the moon, the last man to walk on the moon – all naval aviators. This is a perfect fit for this museum as we tell the wonderful story of Americans in space, specifically naval aviators in space, in the Apollo 11 VR exhibit. It’s cutting-edge, we’re really, excited about it and the timing is excellent.”

Phil Crabtree, general manager Foundation Museum Support Company, explained some of what went into the attraction’s design.

“We wanted something special for this world-class museum,” Crabtree said. “We came up with the concept of this open-air VR attraction, where other people could watch someone enjoy it. We wanted to bring those key images from the 1960s Apollo era, the red trusses reminiscent of the Saturn V launch tower, and a recreation of Mission Control in Houston, which everyone is so familiar with. We wanted it to look like a snapshot in time from 1969.”

To round out the museum’s support of the moon landing anniversary, the Naval Aviation Memorial Giant Screen Theater will be showing “Apollo 11: First Steps Edition,” a new cinematic experience using never-before-seen 70mm footage from historic mission. The movie is scheduled to start May 17; plans include special showings hourly on July 19, 20 and 21.

“Longer Strides: The Apollo 11 VR Experience” seats 12 guests per show, and costs $10 per person. Astronauts must be at least 38” tall or 5 years of age.

For more information, visit the museum’s website at https:// www.navalaviationmuseum.org. All non-Department of Defense (DoD) ID holders must enter and exit through the West Gate of Naval Air Station Pensacola at the following address: 1878 South Blue Angel Parkway, Pensacola, FL 32507. All guests age 16 and over must have a valid photo ID to enter the base.

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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

“We looked into what would cause the HEDIS score to be so low and what events were affecting that measure,” Hardy said. “We looked at that data and figured out what we were capable of changing. The main change was including the well-child visits with acute care visits.”

Once the team identified areas for improvement, changes were implemented immediately. Dr. Elisabeth Haller, pediatrician at NBHC Gulfport, explained that Christina Schelp, health systems specialist, was proactive in contacting patients to schedule well-child visits. If a child was being seen for an illness and was due for

a well-child visit, Haller would see them for both at the same appointment.

“Many of our [patients] have two or three children, so it is difficult for them to get in for a sick appointment and a well-child visit,” Haller said. “We try to combine those in the instances when it is possible.”

Along with scheduling and combining appointments when possible, the team further examined the HEDIS measurements for clarity on the criteria being measured.

“The matrix requires six well-child visits before the age of 15 months,” Mary Greer, clinic manager at NBHC Gulfport said. “Previously, we thought that that sixth visit was in the 15th month, but that is not the case. That appointment has to be prior to the day the child turns 15 months old. So this is an example of how we had to readjust our thinking to clearly understand the metric.”

Hardy explained that the project was focused on improving patient care and she had no intentions of seeking recognition at the NCR Quality Symposium.

However, she was honored to have the opportunity to attend the event in Silver Springs, Md. “Being surrounded by ranks much higher than I am from all branches of services and being able to represent the clinic and the hospital was an honor,” Hardy said. “It is very hard to explain, because we did this for the patients. I never saw this going as far as to win an award.

It is nice for our team to be recognized and it was a great experience. I felt pretty accomplished being there.”

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Blues from page 1 as well as various campaign and unit awards.

“It’s absolutely humbling and I’m honored to be here to represent the Navy and Marine Corps team,” Kesselring said. “Throughout my career as an F/A-18 pilot, I’ve always looked to the Blues as a source of inspiration.”

Kesselring will serve as Commanding Officer and Flight Leader for the 2020 and 2021 Blue Angels air show seasons. He will report for initial training in Pensacola in September, and officially take command of the squadron at the end of the air show season in November.

The change-of-command ceremony is slated for November 10 at the National Naval Aviation Museum.

As the Blue Angels’ commanding officer, Kesselring will lead a squadron of 141 personnel and serve as the demonstration flight leader, flying the number one jet.

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Defense of U.S. is top priority for missile defense, DoD leader says

By David Vergun Defense.gov WASHINGTON – Potential adversaries are developing sophisticated ballistic and cruise missile systems, with increased speed, range, accuracy and lethality, a senior Pentagon official said.

Additionally, Russia and China are developing the hypersonic glide vehicle, which maneuvers outside of traditional trajectories and is harder to track and take out, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy John C. Rood told the Senate Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces subcommittee at a hearing on missile defense policies and programs today.

He was joined by Air Force Gen. Terrence J. O’Shaughnessy, commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command; Air Force Lt. Gen. Samuel A. Greaves, director of the Missile Defense Agency and Lt. Gen. James H. Dickinson, commander of U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command and Army Forces Strategic Command.

Defense of the United States is the first priority, Rood said, outlining steps taken in that direction as reflected in the fiscal year 2020 military budget request and the 2019 Missile Defense Review.

They include: • Adding 20 ground-based interceptors in Alaska, bringing the total to 64.

• Continued development of a redesigned kill vehicle for reliability.

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• Continuing to build a new missile field at Fort Greely, Alaska.

• The need to field new discrimination radars in Alaska and Hawaii and extend operations for the sea-based X-band radar.

• The need for a wide-area surveillance system to defend against cruise missile threats.

Rood also outlined regional missile threats to U.S. and allied forces with an aim to improve air and missile defense systems abroad. Among the defenses planned by the U.S. are: • Enhancing the Aegis ballistic missile defense system by procuring Standard Missile-3 block IB and Block IIA missiles and integrating the SPY-6 radar.

• Procurement of additional Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense interceptors, Patriot interceptors and the Army Indirect Fire Protection Capability command and control system.

Besides improving legacy missile defense systems, Rood said, the United States will pursue breakthrough technologies to defend against emerging threats. Among the funding requests are: • Additional space-based sensors.

• Integrating space-based kill assessment into the ballistic missile defense system.

• Operating and sustaining the space tracking and surveillance system.

• Developing defenses against hypersonic missiles, including near-term sensor and command and control upgrades.

The Army test fires a Patriot missile in a recent test. The Patriot missile system is a ground-based, mobile missile defense interceptor deployed by the United States to detect, track and engage unmanned aerial vehicles, cruise missiles, and short-range and tactical ballistic missiles. Patriot, along with other missile defense systems, are included in the Army Air and Missile Defense 2028, which provides the Army’s overarching vision for the AMD force, describes how the AMD force is postured to support the Army and joint forces, and articulates what must be accomplished to achieve the 2028 desired end state of preventing and defeating adversary air and missile attacks through a combination of deterrence, active and passive defense, and support to attack operations. U.S. Army photo

• Testing an SM-3 Black IIA capability against an ICBM-class target to develop the capability to add a layer to the defense system.

• Developing a kinetic boost phase intercept using a tactical air platform.

• Initiating a neutral particle beam technology demonstration program and continued high-energy laser development.

• Launching a study of space-based

interceptors.

Lastly, Rood said, it is important that allies and partners invest in their own air and missile defense capabilities that are interoperable with those of the United States.

Toward that end, the U.S. is working with NATO, Spain, Turkey, Romania, Poland, Gulf partners in the Middle East, Israel, Japan and other nations to develop a range of defenses, he said.

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NAVFAC Southeast to host Industry Engagement Day event From Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast Public Affairs

Jacksonville, Fla. (NNS) – Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast is hosting an Industry Engagement Day event, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. April 16 at the University of North Florida Adam W. Herbert University Center in Jacksonville, Fla. The event will provide NAVFAC Southeast an opportunity to promote their products and services delivery through enhanced engagement with industry partners, large and small.

“NAVFAC leadership is dedicated to our industry partners and this event is the first step in continuing future engagements,” Cory Iselin, NAVFAC Southeast assistant deputy director of small business said.

The goal of the event is to provide contractors with valuable information pertaining to future NAVFAC workload projections and to help foster contractor to contractor working relationships through networking sessions.

The event will allow contractors to gain a better understanding of NAVFAC Southeast as an organization and the products and services they provide to the Navy. In turn, NAVFAC Southeast will be able to build strong relationships with industry professionals that will allow them more opportunities to support the Navy and the warfighter.

Small businesses play a vital role in the American economy – employing half of the country’s workforce, creating nearly two out of every three new American jobs, and often being the source of the next great American innovation.

NAVFAC Southeast strives to meet its goals and build on its successes by providing contract opportunities to these businesses.

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Ike completes Sea Trials From USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Public Affairs

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ORFOLK (NNS) – USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) successfully completed its Sea Trials April 1.

“Sea Trials was successful well beyond expectations,” Capt. Kyle Higgins, Ike’s commanding officer said. “Our investment in our ship paid off and now the real work begins: getting the flight deck certified so we start doing what this warship was built to do – launch and recover aircraft.”

Ike departed Naval Station Norfolk March 28, returning to sea for the first time since August 2017. The ship conducted the Sea Trials off the Virginia coast alongside engineers and shipyard employees from Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY), running through a checklist of evolutions, including conducting smallboat operations, testing countermeasure washdown systems, executing high-speed turns and testing catapults.

While shipyard workers tested out systems, Sailors evaluated their readiness to become an

operational crew, conducting numerous drills to test their mettle in various areas such as damage control, deck seamanship and flight deck operations.

Additionally, Sea Trials allowed the crew to encounter real-life scenarios while navigating the open ocean, something that is hard to replicate while in port.

“These five days made our bridge teams much more proficient and allowed us to carefully evaluate our strengths and weaknesses so we can continue to improve,” Lt. Cmdr. Benjamin Sanders, Ike’s assistant navigator said.

The five-day event required coordination from the entire ship, with maintenance-heavy departments like engineering taking on an increased workload in order to ensure the ship’s systems were operational.

“I think a successful

Capt. Kyle Higgins, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), addresses the crew over the 1MC on the bridge during an underway in the Atlantic Ocean, March 30. Dwight D. Eisenhower is undergoing sea trials during the final portion of a planned incremental availability as part of the maintenance phase of the Optimized Fleet Response Plan. Photo

by MC3 Sophie A. Pinkham

Sea Trials had a lot to do with coordination from all of engineering department and its divisions,” MM1 Robert Howard, from San Diego said.

“We spent our availability period planning, training and working day in and day out for this moment and when it came, we executed.”

With Sea Trials complete, Ike begins the basic phase of the Optimized Fleet Response Plan (OFRP). From there the training becomes more focused and intense, Hig-

gins also said.

“We still have a long way to go, but with sea trials behind us, we are motivated to charge forward,” he said. “We will continue to train and strive to be better, to be greater each day.”

Carrier Strike Group 10, also known as the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, includes the Nimitz-class nuclearpowered aircraft carrier USS Dwight D, Eisenhower (CVN 69), the Ticonderoga-class

guided-missile cruisers USS Monterey (CG 61), USS San Jacinto (CG 56), and USS Vella Gulf (CG 72); the ships and staff of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 26 and the squadrons and staff of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3.

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NEXs to sell Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society benefit ticket

By Kristine M. Sturkie Navy Exchange Service Command Public Affairs

Virginia Beach, VA (NNS) – From now until May 15, the NEX will offer customers the opportunity to support the NavyMarine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) by purchasing a $5 benefit ticket. The benefit tickets will be available for purchase at select NEX locations and online at myNavyExchange.com. For the first time ever, the benefit ticket will also provide customers with additional savings on their purchases.

“We love working with the NEX and appreciate the generosity of their customers,” NMCRS Bangor, Wash., volunteer, Paula Anderson said. “I hear story after story from Sailors and Marines who are beyond thankful for these contributions and what it means to them. Recently, I was helping a single E-3 and, as he was ready to leave our office, he told me he could hardly believe how much we helped him.”

This is the ninth year that the NEX has provided its customers with a way to give

back, and since 2011, NEX customers have donated more than $2 million to NMCRS. The donations collected throughout April and May will be presented to NMCRS in late spring, on behalf of NEX customers.

This is also the first time that the NEX will also be offering customers a bounce back coupon. Customers who make a purchase using the benefit ticket during May 9 to 15 will receive an additional $5 bounce back coupon that can be used on another purchase in store, May 9 to 15 or online, May 9 to 17.

The $5 bounce back coupon will be stapled along with the customer’s receipt to the redeemed benefit ticket or after a purchased made online, customers will have the benefit ticket emailed to them prior to the redemption dates. The benefit ticket entitles customers to discounts applied to a NEX purchase from May 9 to 15, in store and May 9 to 17, online. The ticket is valid for one-time use in-store only and is limited to $1,000 total discount. It cannot be combined with any other NEX discount cards or coupon. For more information, speak to a NEX associ-

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Navy Wounded Warrior trials impact Naval Education Commander

Rear Adm. Kyle Cozad, commanding officer of Naval Education and Training Command, participates in the 2019 Navy rowing trails. The 2019 Navy Trails is the opportunity for wounded warriors to compete for a spot on Team Navy that will go head-to-head with other military services at the 2019 Department of Defense Warrior Games. The Team Navy is comprised of athletes from Navy Wounded Warrior-Safe Harbor, the Navy’s sole organization for coordinating the non-medical care of seriously wounded, ill and injured Sailors and Coast Guardsmen, providing resources and support to more than 5,000 wounded warriors and their families. Photo by MC3 Ryan M. Breeden

From Naval Education and Training Command Public Affairs A little battered and bruised but no worse for wear, Rear Adm. Kyle Cozad, commander of Naval Education and Training Command (NETC), returned from Coronado, California, after competing in the 2019 Team Navy Trials, March 15 through 21.

Cozad, along with 54 other wounded warriors, tested their grit in 13 events including rowing, cycling, wheelchair basketball, golf, swimming, wheelchair rugby, wheelchair tennis, sitting volleyball, powerlifting, shooting, archery and track and

field. Only a select few will represent the Navy in the 2019 Department of Defense (DOD) Warrior Games to be held in Tampa, Fla., June 21 through 30.

“I quickly discovered that I was the ‘silverback’ in the group in terms of age and rank,” Cozad said. “I can assure you that folks took me seriously on day one when I commented that rank was irrelevant. The young guys and gals took it to me on the court, cycling course, rowing venue, basically wherever they could. Trust me, there was no mercy for the old man!”

The Team Navy Trials are part of the Navy Wounded Warrior – Safe Harbor

(NWW) program, which is the Navy’s sole organization for coordinating the nonmedical care of seriously wounded, ill and injured Sailors and Coast Guardsmen, and providing resources and support to their families. Navy Wounded Warrior has assisted more than 6,600 service members throughout the country.

Although the trials allowed Cozad to experience sports he had never tried since he was injured in spring 2018 causing him to adapt to wheelchair mobility, it was the time spent with fellow wounded warriors that had the greatest impact.

“The week provided me an opportunity to spend time with each of the wounded warriors and their caregivers, which gave me a perspective that exceeds words,” Cozad, who underwent emergency back surgery and is working through physical therapy to stand and walk again, said. “I can cite example after example of how this program, and more specially, adaptive sports have literally changed lives, and for that understanding, I walked away with much more than I ever imagined before I arrived.”

Since his injury, Cozad and his family have received non-medical care support, helping with day-to-day issues, from the Navy Safe Harbor team during his ongoing recovery process.

“As a guy who’d been in for 33 years, and wasn’t quite sure why my local Navy Wounded Warrior – Safe Harbor team wanted to visit me after I was released from the hospital, we (Navy leadership) need to better understand the what, why and how Navy Wounded Warrior supports our wounded, seriously ill and injured,” Cozad said.

The games are part of the NWW program, which provides individually-tailored assistance designed to optimize the success of the wounded warriors’ recovery, rehabil-

itation and reintegration activities. NWW is solely responsible for coordinating the non-medical care of seriously wounded, ill and injured Sailors and Coast Guardsmen, including introducing service members to adaptive sports, as well as providing resources and support to their families and caregivers.

“The program only works when prospective wounded warriors know about it, and when parent commands support it,” Cozad said. “Although these stories are the exception, I have heard about commands who don’t understand the program aims and on the extreme fringes, about commands who simply don’t support their warriors.”

From Cozad’s small group interactions with other wounded warriors and the mentoring he does with about a dozen recently injured or recovering Sailors, he stated he left the Team Navy Trials with an important realization.

“There is nothing more important than an opportunity to supplement the great work our region Navy Safe Harbor caseworkers provide by talking to other wounded warriors about their experiences,” Cozad said.

“No one knows what it’s like better than someone who’s been there, done that.”

Although the oldest and most senior wounded warrior at the trials, Cozad hopes to represent the Navy at the 2019 DOD Warrior Games.

For more information on the DOD Warrior Games, visit www.dodwarriorgames. com.

For more information on NETC, visit www.public.navy.mil/netc and www.facebook.com/netcpao.

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Providing a voice for Navy families: New NAS Whiting Field Ombudsman

By Lt.j.g. Ashley Koenig NAS Whiting Field Public Affairs

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he ombudsman program began in the 1970s as a way to provide a link between the Navy family and the command. Onboard NAS Whiting Field (NASWF), Mirella Savage serves as that link. As ombudsman, she is a representative to the command leadership and helps to provide information and support military families’ needs.

Savage has long been acquainted with the type of lifestyle the military demands. Her father served as a Navy corpsman, and she has worked with veterans’ organizations providing career development.

Although Savage has been a military spouse for almost 11 years, the move to NASWF was a first for the Savage family. This isn’t, how-

ever, her first time providing a voice and information to Navy families. This is her second time serving as ombudsman to a command.

“The greatest challenge is balancing family with work and time to volunteer, but having her family on a current shore duty, it is easier to find the balance,” she said.

A lot has changed over the years with the duty of the om-

Mirella Savage, NAS Whiting Field’s new ombudsman, serves as a link between the Navy family and the Command in which their family members serve. She has a rich history with the Navy and veterans’ organizations through her father’s time in the Navy and her husband’s career. U.S. Navy photo

budsman. Besides developing a newsletter for spouses, there are now advanced communication capabilities such as Facebook, e-mails and other

social media tools. Savage said she is ready to use all of it.

“This is a new command, much smaller and tight-knit and being able to connect

has been really helpful,” she commented.

Having just completed the family’s move, Savage said, “this is an entirely new experience for us, and we’ve been lucky that my husband’s job has allowed us to stay in one concentrated area for so long. But going through this new experience allows me the chance to help out maybe some of the newer spouses doing a PCS move for the first time.”

The ombudsman is a volunteer position appointed by the commanding officer to serve as an information link.

Ombudsmen are trained to disseminate information both up and down the chain of command. They can also provide resource referrals when needed and are instrumental in aiding to resolve family issues before they require command attention. For families assigned to NAS Whiting Field, Savage encourages military spouses to reach out through e-mail at naswfombudsman@gmail.com, Facebook at www.facebook.com naswfombudsman, or text (703) 606-8365 if they need assistance or any help.

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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.

PMOAA scholarship application

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, retired Cmdr., at 969-9715 or vann.milheim@att.net.

LDO/CWO recruitment event

The Limited Duty Officer (LDO)/Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) Community Managers and Detailing Team will be in Pensacola April 25 to provide briefs to interested and potential LDO/CWO applicants. All enlisted Sailors are invited and encouraged to attend the LDO/ CWO Recruitment Brief at 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Additionally, all Pensacola area LDO/CWOs are invited to attend the LDO/CWO Community Retention and Career Management brief at 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Additional LDO/CWO program information can be found on the Navy Personnel Command website under the Officer Community Managers (OCM) Active OCM tab.

Local MOPH orders meets monthly

The Military Order of the Purple Heart (MOPH) Chapter 566 and MOPH Auxiliary Unit 566 host monthly meetings for veterans and family members. Meetings are held every third Saturday of the month, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Ryan’s Buffet near Walmart, 4955 Hwy 90, Pace.

The next meeting will be April 20.

For more information, contact MOPHA Unit 566 President Ann Smithson at 712-4745.

Onboard NASP Shoe clinic at NEX Corry Mall

NEX Corry Mall presents its annual shoe clinic. Join the Shoe Department tomorrow, April 13, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., for custom shoe fittings, 20 percent off athletic shoes, games, music, healthy food tastings and much more. For additional details call 458-8811.

NASP Youth Summer Job Fair

The NASP Fleet and Family Support Center (FFSC) and Morale Welfare Recreation (MWR) Department will present a Youth Summer Hire Job Fair from 9 a.m. to noon May 4 at the Corry Station Youth Center, 4118 Children’s Way. No registration is necessary to attend the job fair. Ages 15 to 22 are welcome. Several vendors will be participating.

If you want to apply for the MWR Teen Summer Hire positions you must still be in high school, attend the job fair and attend both of the classes listed below: • Resume/Interview: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. May 7.

• Money Matters: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. May 14.

The classes will take place at Corry Station Youth Center, 4118 Children’s Way. Register early as only 30 seats are available for each class.

All classes and the job fair are open to family members of active-duty, retirees, DoD and contractors ages 15 to 22. For more information or to register for one of the classes, call 452-5990.

Around Town Ronald McDonald House fundraiser

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Enlisted Recognition Breakfast

The Pensacola Council of the Navy League of the United States will host the annual Military Enlisted Recognition Breakfast April 25 at 7:30 a.m. at Seville Quarter, Heritage Hall 148 East Government Street in downtown Pensacola.

The Enlisted Recognition Breakfast honors military enlisted members who have demonstrated significant contribution to their command and to the community.

The honorees are nominated by their respective commands. Each nominee is recognized ceremoniously.

Navy Federal Credit Union is the title sponsor.

Advanced reservations are preferred due to limited seating. Tickets are $20/person. Navy League Admiral Club Member tickets are $18/person. To sponsor a military member ($20/each) or a table, contact Carla Cuilik at 436-8552 or e-mail navyleagueofus@bellsouth. net. Dress is uniform of the day or business casual.

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.

FemFest 2019 celebrates third year

FemFest has announced its official 2019 lineup featuring new events and old favorites. Dates are set for April 25 to 28. Once again, FemFest will be partnering with Lakeview Victim Services, the Black Women Empower Collective and STRIVE to raise funds for each organization. Events will be hosted all over Pensacola at spaces, including the Bunny Club and Chizuko in the Historic Belmont-Devillers neighborhood, Pensacola Opera and Artel Art Gallery.

This year, FemFest is proud to partner with OASIS Florida, an HIV prevention and care organization dedicated to helping those who are affected by HIV/ AIDS and preventing the spread through education and awareness. OASIS will be offering free, rapid HIV testing at FemFest events.

Since 2016, the organizers of FemFest have raised nearly $10,000 for local non-profits. All proceeds raised during FemFest will go directly to providing resources to these well deserving programs. To learn more about FemFest and how to get involved, please visit www.facebook.com/femfestpcola or e-mail femfestpensacola@gmail.com.

Bay Concert Band movie music

The Pensacola Bay Concert Band presents “PBCB at the Movies with a Touch of Symphony,” May 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the UWF Center for Fine and Performing Arts. The concert includes music from some of the most popular movies of all time and will feature Matt Fossa, principal oboe of the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra. Admission is free, but the band does request a non-perishable food item for donation to Manna Food Pantry. The Pensacola Bay Concert Band is a yearround adult concert band with 85 members (including several NAS flight students) ranging in age from 19 to 80. The band rehearses Monday nights at 6:30 p.m. in downtown Pensacola.

For more information, visit www.pbcband.org.

Annual Raider Run set for April 13

The 13th annual Michele Hill Raider Run 10K/5K run/walk/baby-jogger/wheelchair event will be held tomorrow, April 13 at 7:30 a.m. at Navarre Youth Sports Association. The proceeds are used to award $1,000 scholarships to high school seniors on race day. DJ, live band, free food and Mega Raffle after the race.

To register, go to https://www.raceentry.com/races/ michele-hill-raider-run/2019/register or contact Joe Hill, Event Director, at (850)582-2946.

Book sale at West Florida Library

Come shop for books at the Friends of West Florida Public Library Spring Book Sale April 26 through 28.

Used hardcover and paperback books are sorted into genres to make shopping easier. DVDs, CDs, vinyl and collectible books are also for sale. On April 26 the Friends’ Advance Sale runs from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Admission is $5 at the door and Friends’ members are admitted free. Memberships can be purchased at the door.

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On April 27, the sale runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with free admission and reduced prices. Finally, April 28, the $5 bag sale is held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. You get a brown paper bag, and you pay $5 for each bag you fill. Buy as many bags as you want... the library will have carts to help haul away your loot. Credit cards accepted. As always, your contributions will support the West Florida Public Library’s efforts to build community and improve literacy.

End of Watch Memorial Ruck event

On May 16 to 18, teams of athletes will set out in a relay event to ruck 150 miles across Santa Rosa County over the course of 55 hours. These athletes will work as teams to carry 150 one-pound weights across 150 miles. Each weight bears the name of an officer who died in the line of duty in 2018. From the pine forests of the north to the beautiful sandy beaches in the south, they will cover the entirety of the county to show support for those who gave their lives in the line of duty.

The event, called the End of Watch Memorial Ruck (#EOWMR), is in its second year and is organized by the End of Watch Foundation (EOWF) and the First Judicial Circuit Law Enforcement Association (FJCLEA).

The event seeks to raise funds for the FJCLEA, an organization whose primary goal is to provide financial support to members of the criminal justice community and their families during times of need and provides charitable support to children’s advocacy organizations. All funds raised by the EOWMR will go to support the efforts of the FJCLEA. Athletes (ruckers), volunteers and sponsors interested in the event are encouraged to visit www.EOWMR. com for more information.

Veterans Memorial Park essay contest

The Veterans Memorial Park Foundation of Pensacola is pleased to announce an essay contest for 3rd to 12th grade students in Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties. Students in public, private or homeschool settings are eligible to participate. Essay flyers and entry forms are available at www.veteransmemorialparkpensacola. com. Essays are due by May 15 and winning essayists in each grade will be awarded a $50 gift card. Winners will be recognized at the May 26 Memorial Day Ceremony at the Veterans Memorial Park in Pensacola.

To find out how you can help support the Veterans Memorial Park Foundation – or how you can participate in the Memorial Day Essay Contest – visit https:// veteransmemorialparkpensacola.com or contact Lee Hansen at 434-6119.

Heroes Among Us speaker series

The Cpl. J.R. Spears Detachment of the Marine Corps League announces its 7th annual Heroes Among Us speaker series to be held at Seville Quarter.

The series, now in its seventh year, is held at 6 p.m. on the last Thursday of each month from May through October. It is presented by the local Marine Corps League,J. R. Spears Detachment 066.

Admission is free and open to the public, although donations will be accepted for the Veterans in Distress Fund to help veterans in need.

The “Heroes Among Us” series, founded in 2013, features people from all branches of the military service. The goal is to let those people share their experiences with others, both civilians and military veterans as well as active duty members. The events are organized and sponsored by the Marine Corps League, J. R. Spears Detachment 066.

For more information, visit www.marinecorpsleague pensacola.org.

Register for Commodore’s Cup No.2

Race Registration for the NYCP 88th Anniversary Regatta / Commodore’s Cup Race No.2 / Bay Championship Race No.5 is available via the Regatta Network and is mandatory. Registration and race information packages for the Commodore’s Cup Series can be obtained from the Navy Yacht Club through their website www. navypnsyc.org (click on the Racing Program tab).

Registration will also be open at the Crow’s Nest at Bayou Grande Marina on Saturday starting at 9:30 a.m.

Computer access to the Regatta Network will also be available for use for registration. Online race registration can be made via the Regatta Network at the following link, www.regattanetwork.com/html/calendar.php (scroll down to the date of the event to find the link to the registration form). The NoR (notice of race) is available on the Regatta Network website and on NYCP’s web site. Regatta entry fee is $35 with U.S. Sailing membership and $40 for non-member racing participants. Spectators and anyone who is interested in the racing event is invited to the Navy Yacht Club facility, which is located onboard Naval Air Station Pensacola.

For race information and docking availability contact Lee Borthwick, Navy Yacht Club Fleet Captain 7238563 seadoggone@gmail.com.

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NASP resident, MWR employee is Military Child of the Year semifinalist; See page B2 “Spotlight”

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month

From https://www.childwelfare.gov

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nderstanding child abuse and neglect: When children are nurtured, they can grow up to be happy and healthy adults. But when they lack an attachment to a caring adult, receive inconsistent nurturing, or experience harsh discipline, the consequences can affect their lifelong health, wellbeing and relationships with others.

What is child abuse and neglect? Child abuse or neglect often takes place in the home at the hands of a person the child knows well – a parent, relative, babysitter, or friend of the family. There are four major types of child maltreatment. Although any of the forms may be found separately, they often occur together.

Each state is responsible for establishing its own definitions of child abuse and neglect that meet Federal minimum stan-

Around town and around base, you may notice blue pinwheels, a visible reminder of Child Abuse Prevention Month.

Photo by Mike O’Connor

Honoring Child Abuse Prevention Month ... Signs in front of NAS Pensacola (NASP) dards. Most include the following: • Neglect is failure to provide for a child’s basic needs • Physical abuse is physical injury as a result of hitting, kicking, shaking, burning or otherwise harming a child • Sexual abuse is any situation where a child is used for sexual gratification. This may include indecent exposure, fondling, rape or commercial exploitation through prostitution or the production of pornographic materials • Emotional abuse is any pattern of behavior that impairs a child’s emotional development or sense of self-worth, including constant criticism, threats, and rejection • Trafficking is another type of child maltreatment. States are required to consider any child who is identified as a victim of sex trafficking or severe forms of trafficking (as defined in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act) as a victim of “child abuse and neglect” and “sexual abuse.” The term “sex trafficking” means the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision or obtaining of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act.

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command headquarters (Bldg. 1500) remind visitors and base personnel that April is Child Abuse Prevention Month (CAPM). NASP Fleet and Family Support Center (FFSC) staff placed the signs; for more information from FFSC go to https://www.facebook.com/FFSCPensacola. This year’s theme is “Strong and Thriving Families.” For more about Child Abuse Prevention Month visit https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/preventing/preventionmonth. Photo by Mike O’Connor

ficking in persons” means sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained 18 years of age Why does child abuse occur? Child abuse and neglect affect children of every age, race, and income level. However, research has identified many factors relating to the child, family, community, and society that are associated with an increased risk of child abuse and neglect.

Studies also have shown that when multiple risk factors are present, the risk is greater. Some of the most common risk factors include the following: • Immaturity. Young parents may lack experience with children or be unprepared for the responsibility of raising a child • Unrealistic expectations. A lack of knowledge about normal child development or behavior may result in frustration and, ul-

timately, abusive discipline.

• Stress. Families struggling with poverty, unstable housing, divorce, or unemployment may be at greater risk • Substance use. The effects of substance use, as well as time, energy, and money spent obtaining drugs or alcohol, significantly impair parents’ abilities to care for their children • Intergenerational trauma.

Parents’ own experiences of childhood trauma impact their relationships with their children • Isolation. Effective parenting is more difficult when parents lack a supportive partner, family or community These circumstances, combined with the inherent challenges of raising children, can result in otherwise well-intentioned parents causing their children harm or neglecting their needs. On the other hand, evidence shows that the great majority of families who experience these circumstances will not abuse or neglect their chil-

dren. Protective factors, such as the ones discussed, act as buffers to help many families who are under stress parent effectively.

How many children Are abused and neglected in the United States? In Federal fiscal year (FFY) 2017, the most recent year for which national child maltreatment statistics are available, about 4.1 million reports were made to child protective services concerning the safety and well-being of approximately 7.5 million children.

As a result of these reports, a nationally estimated 674,000 (unique count) children were found to be victims of child abuse or neglect. (Unique count is defined as counting each child only once regardless of the number of reports of abuse and neglect.)

Of these children, three- quarters (74.9 percent) were neglected, more than 18 percent (18.3 percent) were physically abused and fewer than 10 percent (8.6 percent) were sexually abused.

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April 12, 2019

NASP base resident and MWR employee a semifinalist in Military Child of the Year From OperationHomefront.org and staff reports

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peration Homefront, serving America’s military families since 2002, today announced the seven winners of the prestigious 2019 Military Child of the Year Award, the nation’s premier celebration of the achievements of military children.

2019 marks the 11th anniversary of the awards, which each year has provided the extraordinary young recipients with opportunities to be recognized by senior military leaders, elected officials, celebrities, and other remarkable military children.

The Military Child of the Year Award reflects the positive impact that these special young people have made on their military families, their schools, and their communities. The award recipients will travel to Washington, D.C., to be recognized at the April 18 gala, during which senior leaders of each branch of service will present the awards.

They also will each receive $10,000, a laptop computer and other donated gifts. The Military Child of the Year Award for Innovation recipient will

work directly with a Booz Allen Hamilton team to develop a plan to help scale the recipient’s project – drawing on technology and strategic thinking as a part of the corporation’s competitive Summer Games.

“These seven award recipients are truly exceptional young people who have achieved much at such a young age in terms of academic achievement and service to others,” retired Brig. Gen. John I. Pray Jr., president and CEO of Operation Homefront said. “They are remarkable representatives of a larger community of extraordinary military kids. The 350-plus nominees we had for our 11th annual Military Child of the Year Awards all personified resiliency, leadership, achievement, and strength of character. Their families and

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their communities can be justifiably proud of each of them – and we are too.”

Onboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, one of the semifinalists for the 2019 Military Child of the Year Award was base resident and Morale, Welfare and Recreation employee Zaira Alvarez.

“To see Zaira grow from being a Navy baby to wonderful college-bound Navy young woman has been a blessing to witness,” her mother Veronica Alvarez said. “She has embraced her experiences wholeheartedly and led by example to her younger sister.

“After three different high schools and 10 schools total, Zaira has demonstrated with grace the way to make the most of her Navy life by accepting change, being open to making friends every couple of years and taking

the best of each destination and associations and parlaying that onto her next chapter.

“She is a wonderful daughter, sister and dedicated Navy family member and it is a true honor for her to be recognized and nominated for the award.”

Six recipients earned the award based on the armed forces branch in which a parent either serves or has served – Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and the National Guard, selected for their scholarship, volunteerism, leadership, extracurricular involvement and other criteria while facing the challenges of military family life. Each service branch’s awardees were selected by a panel of independent volunteer judges with deep roots in the military-support community.

The seventh award is the Military Child of the Year Award for Innovation, presented by global technology and consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton. This award goes to a military child who has designed a bold and creative solution to address a local, regional or global challenge.

The 2019 Military Child of the Year Award recipients are as follows: Army: Elisabeth McCallum Polleys, 16, Macomb, Mich., L’Anse Creuse High SchoolNorth Marine Corps: Jaxson Jordan, 13, Tarawa Terrace, N.C., Brewster Middle School

Navy: Elisabeth Lundgren, 18, Chula Vista, Calif., University of California Air Force: Benjamin Rawald, 16, Del Rio, Texas, Brackett High School Coast Guard: Kylie McGuire, 17, Hamilton, N.J., Nottingham Hamilton High School North National Guard: Campbell Miller, 17, Ontario, Ohio, Mansfield Christian School Military Child of the Year Award for Innovation: Brandon Mammano, 18, Mililani, Hawaii, Hanalani Schools More information about the Military Child of the Year Awards is available at www.militarychildoftheyear.org.

About Operation Homefront: Founded in 2002, Operation Homefront is a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to build strong, stable, and secure military families so that they can thrive – not simply struggle to get by – in the communities they have worked so hard to protect.

Recognized for superior performance by leading independent charity oversight groups, 92 percent of Operation Homefront expenditures go directly to programs that support tens of thousands of military families each year. Operation Homefront provides critical financial assistance, transitional and permanent housing and family support services to prevent short-term needs from turning into chronic, long-term struggles.

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• 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: • New spouse, Newcomer orientation: 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. today, April 12. Meet other new military spouses, and gather informational materials.

Workshop will help spouses prepare for their responsibilities and acquaint them with military and community resources.

• 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 May 1. Learn about the history of Naval Air Station Pensacola and how to get around base.

• Waggy Wednesdays: 10 a.m. to noon April 17 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.

• 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.

• Tips to Building Self Esteem: 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. April 15. Learn how to maximize self-esteem, which can improve productivity and well-being.

• Couples Communication: 9 a.m. to noon April 17. Build a happier relationship by developing better communication skills, managing your stress as a couple and finding ways to compromise. You will even learn how to fight fairly.

• 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, oneon-one crisis support and information 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 293-4561. 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 – Protes-

tant • 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 • House of God Church, 2851 N “E” Street, 312-7003. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; Morning Worship 11:30 a.m. For more, houseofgodpensacola.com • Buddhism 101 – Introduction to Nichiren Buddhism courses are provided every third Wednesday at the Downtown Pensacola Library at 6 p.m. This event is not sponsored or endorsed by the West Florida Public Libraries or Escambia County. For more information, call 291-4333 • Seventh-day Adventist – Seventhday Adventist Church, 1080 North Blue Angel Parkway, services at 11 a.m. Saturday. For information, call 453-3442 • 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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Off Duty

New season for the Blue Wahoos

Food stands from a previous Earth Day Pensacola celebration. This year, the festivities will be held April 20 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Photo from www.earthdaypensacola.org

From www.earthdaypensacola.org Join the green movement April 20 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for Earth Day Pensacola celebration and educational forum.

The theme for Earth Day 2019 is Energy, Transportation, and Sustainability. There will be vendors that will support the theme including share riding, public transportation, hybrid vehicles, wind energy, solar energy and more. There will also be gardening, plants and water education vendors as well. There will be a designated kids activity area too. Food, music and yoga are also part of the line up.

Earth Day Pensacola is part of a larger effort with Earth Day Network who has developed ways for individuals, families, etc. to become engaged and involved at national and international level to make an impact on helping to protect and save the Earth.

Developed by Earth Day Network, A Billion Acts of Green is an international movement to

protect the planet and secure a sustainable future.

“The environment faces a multitude of challenges today,” organizers of Earth Day Pensacola said. “From climate change to species extinction, our planet and its inhabitants are continually facing man-made threats that must be averted. Lend your voice to a campaign, and help us work toward a sustainable future.”

Here’s a link to the actions you can take NOW to make a difference, www.earthday.org/takeaction.

Take small steps to help create big actions.

Earth Day 2019 will be an important day. It is your turn to lead.

For over 40 years, Earth Day has inspired and mobilized individuals and organizations worldwide to demonstrate their commitment to environmental protection and sustainability. The fight for a clean environment continues in a climate of increasing urgency, as the ravages of climate change and our consumption culture become more manifest every day.

C @ NAS Pensacola Portside Cinema a FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY TUESDAY Park” (PG) “Captain Marvel” t “Wonder 2D: 6 p.m.

(PG13) 3D: 1 p.m. c “Five Feet Apart” 2D: 3:30 p.m. and 6 (PG13) p.m. h 8 p.m.

“How to Train Your “How to Train Your Dragon 3” (PG) 2D: Noon

“Wonder Park” (PG) 2D: 5 p.m.

“Captain Marvel” (PG13) 2D: 7 p.m.

“Happy Death Day 2U” (PG13) 2:20 p.m.

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“Captain Marvel” (PG13) 2D: 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY “Wonder Park” (PG) 3D: 5 p.m.

“Captain Marvel” (PG13) 3D: 7 p.m.

“How to Train Your Dragon 3” (PG) 2D: 5:10 p.m.

“Happy Death Day 2U” (PG13) 7:30 p.m.

“Five Feet Apart” (PG13) 4:30 p.m.

“A Madea Family Funeral” (PG13) 7 p.m.

“Wonder Park” (PG) 2D: 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

Dragon 3” (PG) 2D: Noon

“Wonder Park” (PG) 2D: 2:10 p.m. and 4:20 p.m.

“Five Feet Apart” (PG13) 6:30 p.m.

“Captain Marvel” (PG13) 2D: 5 p.m. and 7:30 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.

“Fighting with my Family” (PG13) 5:10 p.m.

“A Madea Family Funeral” (PG13) 7:30 p.m.

THURSDAY “Wonder Park” (PG) 2D: 5 p.m.

“Five Feet Apart” (PG13) 7 p.m.

“Captain Marvel” (PG13) 2D: 6 p.m.

April 12, 2019

Morale, Welfare and Recreation

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 Pensacola Corry Sta- • MWR Easter EggTo tion. Classes will teach stravaganza: fitness, nutrition, mind celebrate the holiday, and body for children there will be an egg of eligible MWR home- hunt tomorrow, April school families. Times 13 from noon to 4 p.m., include 9 a.m. to 10 with different starting a.m. for children ages times for different ages.

6 to 10 and 10 a.m. to Along with the egg 11 a.m. for children hunt, look out for a visit ages 10 to 15. For from the Easter Bunny, more information, call face painting, games, prizes and more. This 452-6004.

• Backpacking event will be hosted at Overnight Trips: Blue Angel Park and is There will be an over- free and open to all aunight backpacking thorized MWR patrons. trip May 25 through For more information, 27 to Fort Payne, Ala. call 453-6310.

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 for May 11.

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 May 11. 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 2815489.

• 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.

• Full Moon Float: Get set for a paddleboard race under the full moon April 19 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 452-4152.

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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Veteran’s Memorial Park was funded and created by veterans of this community and dedicated to the brave men and women who serve and to “honor the fallen.” The park is funded by donations and park patrons.

This park is a sanctuary to commemorate and to honor the men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice for the freedoms we enjoy as citizens of the United States of America.

Please maintain the dignity of this sacred memorial and give remembrance.