Easter services at NAS Pensacola ... • Lenten Suppers: 6 p.m. each Friday during Lent,
McKamey Center, NASP. • Good Friday: Reading of the Passion, Veneration of the Cross, Communion, 3 p.m. today, April 18, Our Lady of Loreto Chapel, NASP. • Holy Saturday: Easter Vigil Mass, 7 p.m. tomorrow, April 19, Our Lady of Loreto Chapel, NASP. • Easter Sunday: April 20. Services at 8:30 a.m. at Naval Aviation Memorial Chapel and noon at NASP Corry Station chapel.
Vol. 78, No. 15
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April 18, 2014
NASP base access policies changed Story, photo by Aly Altonen NASP PAO Intern
Your grocery items are not the only things scanned in your everyday life any more. All Common Access Cards (CAC), Navy Commercial Access Control System (NCAC) as well as retired and dependent military identification cards will be scanned upon entering NAS Pensacola on a daily basis to heighten security. Navy Access Control Management System (NACMS) is a preventative security measure that scans all DoD-issued IDs. Prior to the reprogram, the scanners were only used for RAPIDGate IDs, which were issued to vendors, contractors and suppliers. The only types of ID that cannot be scanned are Transportation Worker Identification Cards and
NASP ‘Who’s the biggest recycler’ contest April 21-25 From NavFac SE
In celebrating the spirit of Earth Day, NAS Pensacola is having a competition to determine, “Who’s the Biggest Recycler?” You, your command or your group can do your part to ensure that NASP fulfills its mission while conserving resources through recycling. Commands, tenants, or individuals are eligible to participate in the event. The NAS Pensacola recycling program will reward the biggest recyclers with recognition and MWR prizes. Participants will collect recyclable items April 21-25. Register your team by today, April 18. Registration forms are available at the NASP Recycle Center, Bldg 2691. Teams limited to 12 members. Collect and bring your recyclables to be weighed at NASP Bldg. 2691 (hours are 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m.) or at NASP Corry Station Bldg. 1079 (hours are 1011:30 a.m.) Call Eric Thomas Sr., recycling manager, at 452-2028 or 572-6184 for further information.
driver’s licenses. “If you are coming on board to go to one of the business areas of the installation (without a DoD-issued ID), then you have to be sponsored aboard or be vetted prior to entry,” Dick Wright, NASP security director said. Vetting prior to entry includes National Crime Information Center and Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act background checks, which can be time consuming. “Any tourists coming aboard are restricted just to the tourist areas – those areas only,” Wright said. Visitors should note that valid identification is required to gain access to the tourist attractions and the tourist attractions alone during their hours of operation only. These include the National Naval Aviation Museum, the Pensacola Lighthouse, Barrancas National
NASP guard Andrea Strickland uses the Navy Access Control Management System (NACMS), to scan an individual’s ID card before allowing them on base.
Cemetery and the forts aboard the base. There were some initial delays with the scanners, as with any new technology, but “it’s getting better,” NASP Police Officer Joel Giles, NASP DoN
Security, said. Individuals should have the proper form of identification ready to be scanned or reviewed upon gate arrival. Visitors should also remember that NASP is the only base in the
area that will allow visitors without a DoD-issued ID onto the property. These security measures will help limit access to unauthorized personnel and keep NASP safe and secure.
Go green: Earth Day activities and events onboard NASP Local farmers and artisans including, but not limited to Ever’man Grocery, Annie’s Naked Cookies, Chef’s Blend and Brad Brandon Photography will
By Aly Altonen NASP PAO Intern
A variety of Earth Day events will be held at NASP Corry Station today, April 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. while events aboard NASP will take place April 21 through April 25 for Earth Week. Preschool children will attend the Corry Station festivities to help celebrate and gain knowledge of the importance of Earth Day. Among the many activities at Corry Station, the annual NEX Associate’s Recycle Mania Challenge will take place. Associates handcraft projects from only recyclable materials from their departments and stores. No bought goods are allowed, and the winner is voted on by customers. Emerald Coast Utilities Authority (ECUA), NASP Public Works and Gulf Power will offer workshops in energy conserva-
See NavFac’s 2014 Earth Day (April 22) video; visit https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=VhCWM2IhO7Y
(Left-right) Emerald Coast Utilities Authority (ECUA) spokesman Jim Roberts promotes the energy-efficient virtues of his Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Ford Fusion to NASP Commanding Officer Capt. Keith Hoskins and Navy Exchange personnel during an April 19, 2013 Earth Day event. ECUA has a fleet of CNG vehicles. Photo by Alex Sharp
tion. The ECUA and Gulf Power plan to bring their energy efficient vehicles, while NASP Public Works plans to have energy mas-
cot BRITE on scene. Three Bean Soup, a local father -and-daughter musical team, will be the entertainment for the day.
be selling locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables, honey and artisan goods. For NASP’s Earth Week, events will take place at Aviation Plaza from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 21-25. Compass Solar Energy demonstrations will be ongoing throughout the week. NEX “Recycle Wars” is also a weeklong event. NEX associates recycle something that is usually
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Naval Aviation Museum Foundation 28th Annual Naval Aviation Symposium May 7-9 From Shelley Ragsdale Naval Aviation Museum Foundation
NASP Security graduates Auxiliary Security Forces (ASF) class .. NAS Pensacola Executive Officer Cmdr. David Jasso congratulates recent graduates of the Auxiliary Security Force (ASF) April 11. “We wouldn’t be able to keep this base open and operational without you guys. We are very much appreciative of that,” Jasso said. Graduates of ASF went through three weeks of rigorous training. The first week consisted of non-lethal weapons, while the second week was firearm training. The final week was all about teamwork, with an emphasis on how to clear buildings, move and communicate as one. Photo By Aly Altonen
One hundred years of naval flight training and the 40th anniversary of women in naval aviation will be among the topics discussed at the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation’s annual symposium May 7-9. The three-day event held at the National Naval Aviation Museum will host a variety of activities highlighting the unique history and proud heritage of naval aviation including a golf tournament, luncheon, banquet and panel sessions.
Three distinct panel sessions will feature milestones in naval aviation history and the people who have made and are currently making that history. Beginning in 1987, the symposium aims to preserve the rich history and proud heritage of naval aviation by highlighting historical events in which United States’ naval aviation has played a major role. Each May, the symposium attracts attendees including active and retired military flag and general officers to industry executives and the general public.
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