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Vol. 83, No. 29
CMC returns home – to Pensacola
Story, photo By Jason J. Bortz Public Affairs Officer, Naval Air Station Pensacola
Command Master Chief (CMC) Mario Rivers enlisted in the Navy in 1994 to see the world, and to pursue his lifelong dream of becoming a Sailor. Twenty-three years later, he returned to his hometown of Pensacola as the command master chief for Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola. “I wanted to see the world and be part of the greatest Navy in the world,” Rivers said. “I wanted to live out my dream.” Rivers was born and raised in Pensacola and grew up in a workingclass family. His father and uncles all served in the military, but it was his correctional officer mother that pushed him towards a career in the Navy. “My mom was tough as nails, but she made me a better person,” Rivers said. “She always pushed me to work hard in school, sports and to pursue my dreams. She taught me everything about life, and the minute I confessed my love for the Navy at 5 years old, it became her bargaining tool.” For Rivers, that dream was to serve his country as a U.S. Sailor.
Naval Air Station Pensacola Command Master Chief (CMC) Mario Rivers enlisted in the Navy in 1994 after graduating from high school in Pensacola. The Pensacola native is back in his hometown, but has big plans for the future.
“I was drawn to the Navy at an early age and my Mom signed me up for a Navy mentorship program called Saturday Scholars,” Rivers said. “I would meet with my mentor every Saturday and he would tell me about the Navy.” Rivers joined the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) program at Booker T. Washington High School. While in JROTC, he learned about the history of the Navy, which
fueled his desire to become a Sailor. After graduating high school, Rivers enlisted in the Navy as an undesignated seaman recruit, which allowed him to learn about different jobs in the Navy before he selected a career to pursue. Rivers eventually decided on the ship’s serviceman rating. “I always loved math and enjoyed the financial and logistical part of that rating,” Rivers said.
Rivers excelled in the Navy and would serve onboard the USS Supply (AOE 6), USS Hayler (DD 997), USS The Sullivans (DDG 68), USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) and USS San Jacinto (CG 56). In 2012, he was selected to be a command master chief and joined the USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) in 2013. As fortune would have it, the man who joined the Navy to see the world returned to his hometown in 2018. “I choose to come back to Pensacola,” Rivers, who holds a bachelor’s degree in workforce education and a master’s in human resources said. “I wanted to give back to my community, contribute to the common good and be around family. I vividly remember Pensacola as a loving community; and for the most part, everyone worked extremely hard to provide their family with the American dream. Pensacola has blossomed into a big little city.” Rivers wants to continue his career in the Navy by seeking higher leadership positions. When he does decide to retire from the Navy, there is little doubt where Rivers plans to call home. “Pensacola is my home and always will be,” Rivers, who is married and has three children, said. “It’s in my heart; it’s a part of me.”
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Tim Kinsella III, 10, participates in a game at the NAS Pensacola Fleet and Family Support Center July 19 during a celebration of the 40-year anniversary of the establishment of FFSCs. More than 80 FFSC facilities operate at Navy and Marine Corps bases and air stations around the world.
NAS Pensacola FFSC celebrates 40 years Story, photo By Jason J. Bortz Public Affairs Officer, Naval Air Station Pensacola
The Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola Fleet and Family Support Center (FFSC) celebrated the 40-year anniversary of the establishment of FFSCs with a birthday party and open house July 19 at the organization’s headquarters onboard NAS Pensacola. During the ceremony, NAS Pensacola FFSC Director Kathleen Doherty lauded the continued efforts of the approximately
40 FFSC staff for the services they provide to service members and their families at the largest Navy Regions Southeast (CNRSE) installation. “Our staff is committed to supporting and assisting military families,” Doherty said. “At NAS Pensacola, we have families that are here for several years or several months depending if they are here for training or permanently assigned, but we have services and programs for everyone.” More than 80 FFSC facilities operate
The Florida Department of Health in Escambia County has issued a rabies alert for the Bayou Chico area of Escambia County. The alert is in response to a report of a positive test result for rabies in a cat on May 25, which follows a positive test on a raccoon found in the same area in January. All residents and visitors in Escambia County should be aware that rabies is present in the wild animal popula-
tion and domestic animals are at risk if not vaccinated. The public is asked to maintain a heightened awareness that rabies is active in Escambia County. Alerts are designed to increase awareness to the public, but they should not give a false sense of security to areas that have not been named as under an alert. The rabies alert will last for 60 days and covers the area in southern Escambia County, surrounding Bayou See Rabies alert on page 2
PH Robert Sinise onboard NAS Pensacola... Did you know that Robert Sinise was a photographer’s mate (PH) in the Navy and went through the U.S Naval School of Photography onboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola? Robert’s son, Gary Sinise, would later play the role of “Lt. Dan” in the movie Forrest Gump.
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July 26, 2019
GOSPORT
Get on board with the Pensacola Area Navy Ball From The Pensacola Area Navy Ball Committee
The Pensacola Area Navy Ball Committee, comprised of representatives from commands in the local area, is coordinating a commemorative event to celebrate the rich history and proud traditions of the United States Navy. This event will help foster a strong sense of pride, camaraderie, and community, and most importantly, honor the service and sacrifice of the Sailors of the United States Navy. Since its birth on Oct. 13, 1775, the Navy has been involved with countless efforts to bring security, democracy, peace, and prosperity to the American people. It has stood
as a constant deterrent against international aggression and served as a beacon of hope to those in crisis around the world. This year, the United States Navy celebrates its 244th birthday. The celebration will be held Saturday, Oct. 12 at the National Naval Aviation Museum onboard Naval Air Station Pensacola. The Pensacola Area Navy Ball Committee is a private organization that relies solely on fundraising efforts and the support of the local community to not only plan and execute an amazing event, but to enable the participation of the Navy’s most junior Sailors and their families. This year, we are anticipating attendance of more than 650 active and reserve
military members, retirees, and community leaders from across the Gulf Coast region. We hope that we can count on your support to make this a memorable night for all and a fitting tribute to those who have answered the call to serve in the United States Navy. One of the ways you can support our cause is through donations – additional information is available for those interested. Another way to support is through purchasing a set of cups or multiple sets of cups, which will greatly help our cause in making this year’s event possible. These cups are a great little investment to display your team pride or school pride! You can get a set of four (microwave
and dishwasher safe) cups for $20. If coffee is your usual choice, you can get two very nice (insulated for cold or hot) coffee cups with lids at 20$. If you only want one coffee cup, the cost is $12. All the major pro teams are available (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL) as well as all the Collegiate Teams (DIV I & II). If your team is not represented in the physical catalog, a list of all available teams are on the company’s website, link provided below. There are multiple ways to purchase the cups. You can choose directly from the physical catalog (contact Lt. Cmdr. Joe Byrom or Lt. Randy Lemmons – info below). The easiest route to use for purchasing cups is to
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Mica Harrell, a civilian victim advocate at Naval Air Station Pensacola Fleet and Family Support Center (FFSC) hands a gift to Marcus Henry during FSSC’s open house July 19 onboard NAS Pensacola. FFSC held the open house to celebrate the 40-year anniversary of the establishment of FFSCs.
FFSC from page 1 at Navy and Marine Corps bases and air stations around the world, each of which falls under the Navy’s Fleet and Family Support Program (FFSP). Started in 1978 at a Family Awareness Conference in Norfolk, Virginia, FFSCs were established to address the needs of service members and their families. Doherty, a 30-year FFSC employee, said that although the manner in which the organization provides services to eligible customers has changed as the Navy evolves, the organization’s mission – providing a variety of programs and information for family members of U.S. Armed Forces personnel and other eligible patrons – has not changed. “We (the NAS Pensacola FFSC) are here to provide assistance to the military family,” she said. “Whether that’s through taking a financial class like ‘Budgeting for Baby,’ attending a class on educational or licensing benefits, learning to prepare for a new career or through taking any of our classes or seminars; we are here to help however we can.” Doherty added that the NAS Pensacola FFSC currently has more than 15 core programs including area Ombudsman and Gold Star Families programs, the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) programs and the Family Advocacy Programs (FAP). In fiscal year 2018, the NAS Pensacola FFSC provided more than 3,200 professional counseling sessions, over 5,300 one-on-one consultations and more than 2,000 class sessions with a total attendance of over 57,000. “Our Sailors couldn’t focus on doing their job without the support the FFSC provides,” NAS Pensacola Command Master Chief Mario Rivers said. “Operational readiness has to be intact to ensure Sailors can perform their missions. Of the keys to that are the Fleet and Family Support Centers and the services they provide.” Originally known as the Navy Family Service Center, the organization adopted the Fleet and Family Support Center title in 2001 in an effort to emphasize the organization’s commitment to the Sailor and their family. In 2002, the FFSC logo and motto were adopted; the easily identifiable lighthouse, which provided FFSC’s a uniform identity, and the line “Meeting Your Needs, At Home, At Sea.” A list of the NAS Pensacola FFSC’s numerous programs is available on the NAS Pensacola FFSC Facebook page. For more information, contact the NAS Pensacola FFSC at 452-5990. NAS Pensacola, referred to as the “Cradle of Naval Aviation,” is designed to support operational and training missions of tenant commands including Naval Air Technical Training Center (NATTC); Naval Aviation Schools Command (NASC); the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training (CNATT); Marine Aviation Training Support Groups (MATSG) 21 and 23; and is the headquarters for Naval Education and Training Command (NETC).
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Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla.: A Bicentennial Defense Community Commanding Officer – Capt. Timothy Kinsella Jr. Public Affairs Officer – Jason J. Bortz The Gosport nameplate pays homage to the 100th anniversary of naval aviation in 2011: the Centennial of Naval Aviation, or CONA. The image on the left side of the nameplate depicts Eugene Ely taking off in a Curtiss pusher biplane from the USS Pennsylvania Jan. 18, 1911. While Ely had taken off from the USS Birmingham two months earlier after his plane had been loaded on the ship, the USS Pennsylvania event was the first time a plane landed on and then took off from a U.S. warship. The image on the right side is one of the
Navy’s most modern fighter aircraft, the F/A18 Super Hornet. Established in 1921 as the Air Station News, the name Gosport was adopted in 1936. A gosport was a voice tube used by flight instructors in the early days of naval aviation to give instructions and directions to their students. The name “Gosport” was derived from Gosport, England (originally God’s Port), where the voice tube was invented. Gosport is an authorized newspaper published every Friday by Ballinger Publishing, 314 North Spring St., Suite A, Pensacola, Fla. 32501, in the interest of military and ci-
Chico, that lies south of West Jackson Street between New Warrington Road and Pace Boulevard. An animal with rabies could infect other wild animals or domestic animals that have not been vaccinated against rabies. All domestic animals should be vaccinated against rabies and humans should avoid all wildlife contact, especially with raccoons, bats, and foxes. Rabies is a disease of the nervous system and is usually fatal to warm-blooded animals and to humans. The only treatment for human exposure to rabies is rabies-specific immune globulin and rabies immunization. Appropriate treatment started soon after the exposure will protect an exposed person from the disease. Residents and visitors are advised to take the following precautions: • Vaccinate pets against rabies and keep vaccinations up to date. • Keep pets under direct supervision so they do not come in contact with wild animals. If a pet is bitten by a wild animal, seek veterinary assistance for the animal immediately and contact Escambia County Animal Services at 595-0097. • Call animal control services to remove any stray animals from your
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neighborhood. • Bring in pet food at night and secure trash cans with fasteners, or place trash containers in the garage, so they do not attract wild or stray animals. • Never adopt wild animals or bring them into your home. • Teach children never to handle unfamiliar animals, wild or domestic, even if they appear friendly. • Prevent bats from entering living quarters or occupied spaces in homes, churches, schools and other similar areas, where they might come in contact with people and pets. • Persons who have been bitten or scratched by wild or domestic animals should seek medical attention and report the injury to the Florida Department of Health in Escambia County at 595-6700. About the Florida Department of Health: The department, nationally accredited by the Public Health Accreditation Board, works to protect, promote and improve the health of all people in Florida through integrated state, county and community efforts. Follow us on Twitter at @HealthyEscambia and on Facebook. For more information about the Florida Department of Health visit www.FloridaHealth.gov..
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Faces of Freedom: From the tower at home By Maison Piedfort Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) Up in an air traffic control (ATC) tower at Camp Pendleton, California, two Marines received the news: the U.S. would lead an international coalition known today as Operation Desert Storm. The two women exchanged a knowing look – both of their husbands deployed to the area of operations months earlier, where they remained until the end of the Gulf War. “I will never forget that moment,” said Kathy Gebhard. “We shared a common bond … husbands fighting for our country overseas, children at home to love and care for, and a mission as Marine air traffic controllers to support the aviators preparing for operations on that day and in the future.” It was only a few years earlier when Gebhard got her start in ATC, but the importance of home station support remained a common thread throughout her career. At 23 years old, Gebhard enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps after completing boot camp in the freezing cold from November to January at Parris Island, South Carolina. She later received orders to the ATC school at the Naval Air Station in Millington, Tennessee. The first years of Gebhard’s service didn’t go quite as planned. She was eager to see the world away from home and serve her country in combat. She thought she wouldn’t be seeing home again for a while after shipping off to school, but her follow-on assignment led her to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in North Carolina. “I wanted to be where the action was,” Gebhard said, but would ultimately end up in a non-deployable unit.
Though she wouldn’t change a thing about her career, Gebhard learned a valuable lesson about military service. “Not everyone can go to combat. Someone has to stay behind to run the bases and keep the airfields going,” she said. “We had to keep the airfields running efficiently so Marines and soldiers could continue training for combat.” The job at home came with its own challenges. During her career, Gebhard assisted with many aircraft emergencies from the tower and honed her ability to remain calm under pressure. “Even in emergencies, you still have to do the job,” she said. “You still have to get the aircraft on the ground safely while doing your best to suppress your emotional instincts.” By the time Gebhard concluded her eight and a half years of service, she and her husband had been all over the world, including assignments at duty stations in Japan, North Carolina and California. Eventually Gebhard and her family ended up in Charleston. She hadn’t applied for any jobs and planned to take a break from working, when NIWC Atlantic called in 2008. “They wanted me to do air traffic control on the ice,” Gebhard said. She worked as an air traffic controller in Antarctica for four months as part of NIWC Atlantic’s role in supporting the National Science Foundation. “I was hesitant to say yes because it’d been over a decade since I last controlled an aircraft,” she said. “But I was excited for the chance to take on a challenge, travel and serve the men and women in uniform.” Eventually she transitioned to logistics support, where she trained as a delivery order contracting officer representative for aviation-related contracts.
Kathy Gebhard works as an air traffic controller with her fellow Marines in an air traffic control tower. Gebhard’s story is one of four in the Faces of Freedom series highlighting the bravery and dedicated service of Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic military veterans. Gebhard now works for NIWC Atlantic as a Navy purchase requisitioning trainer and training coordinator. Courtesy photo
In 2011 she shifted into her current role when she volunteered to be a full time Navy purchase requisitioning trainer. As a training coordinator, she also coordinates the trainings taught by over forty other instructors. It’s Gebhard’s job to make sure her NIWC Atlantic colleagues meet the training requirements they need to serve the warfighter in their own roles. “My husband and I continue to support our country, me as a training coordinator and lead and him as a defense contractor instructor in support of Coast Guard training,” Gebhard said. Though Gebhard isn’t on call 24/7 as a Marine anymore, she contributes to the Navy mission every day at NIWC Atlantic. “I know firsthand how important our work is here. The folks holding things
down at home are indispensable.” As a part of Naval Information Warfare Systems Command, NIWC Atlantic provides systems engineering and acquisition to deliver information warfare capabilities to the naval, joint and national warfighter through the acquisition, development, integration, production, test, deployment, and sustainment of interoperable command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, cyber and information technology capabilities. Editor’s Note: Faces of Freedom is a series of features highlighting the bravery and dedicated service of Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic military veterans. From the Tower at Home is the second installment of this series.
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July 26, 2019
GOSPORT
Five Utah sisters take five different military paths By Sgt. Nathaniel Free Utah National Guard
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iara Puro was 17 years old when her father handed her a recruiting brochure for the Utah Army National Guard. She remembered a feeling of excitement as she flipped through the pamphlet, especially when she read about the education benefits. She had been trying to figure out a way to pay for college and the Utah National Guard was offering the equivalent of a fullride scholarship for six years of service. “When I enlisted, it was peacetime,” Tiara said. “There was nothing going on, and it was actually why I felt so comfortable agreeing to enlist. What’s six years of an enlistment during peacetime, especially if I get a college degree out of it?” Tiara enlisted in 1999 as a paralegal specialist. Once a month, she drove to the armory in Vernal to train with the 1457th Engineer Battalion as part of the Delayed Entry Program, until she finished high school. A week after graduating from high school, she shipped to Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Tiara is the oldest of five sisters. Her four younger sisters are Tambra, Tayva, and the twins, Taryn and Ty’lene. They all grew up in Roosevelt, and graduated from Union High School. All five sisters grew up singing and dancing. Four of the five sisters have placed in the Miss Duchesne County and Miss Uintah Basin pageants. While large, musically inclined families are not uncommon in Utah, the Puro sisters are unique in that they are all currently serving in the military, with decorated careers spanning the Army, Air Force and Navy. Tambra was 14 years old and a freshman in high school when Tiara left for basic. “It was a little scary, a little nerve-racking to think about her going off and doing all those things,” Tambra recalled. “But I just thought, wow, that’s pretty awesome.” A few months later, Tiara returned from Basic Combat Training. The experience had changed her. “I came home super excited about being in the military and what that meant,” Tiara said. As she described the experience to her family, Tambra thought, “That will never happen in my life. It’s not something I’m interested in. Who
wants to be yelled at by drill sergeants and do push-ups? I can’t even do a push-up, let alone pass a PT test. So, no thank you. I’ll do something else.” Even at 12 years old, Tambra knew she wanted to do something important with her life. “At the time, I was really interested in being a nurse, so I went and asked the hospital if I could volunteer,” she said. On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Tiara was at the University of Utah, enjoying her education benefits. She didn’t have class until later in the day, and decided to sleep in. She woke up to the phone ringing. Her dad was on the other end of the line. He said, “You need to turn on your TV.” Something in his tone had unsettled her. She went into the living room of her college apartment and switched on the TV. She watched the second plane collide with the south tower of the World Trade Center. “I knew in that moment my life would never be the same,” she said. Tambra was a high school senior on the first anniversary of 9/11. “I woke up that morning, turned on the TV and President Bush was giving a speech,” she said. His words caused Tambra to reflect. In that moment, Tambra was inspired to say to herself, “That’s what I want to do. Tiara did it, I think I can do it. I’m not very aggressive, I don’t do those physical things, but I can try.” Two weeks later, Oct. 1, Tambra enlisted in the Army National Guard to be an administrative specialist, assigned to the same unit as her sister. Realizing she had a lot of work to do, she started doing push-ups and sit-ups and went running every single day until she graduated high school. She was headed to Fort Jackson in March 2003. Around that same time, Tiara was sitting in her Readiness
The five Puro sisters of Utah took different paths to military careers. (Left to right) Tiara, Air Force; Tambra, Army Guard; Tayva, Air Guard; Ty’lene, Army Guard; Taryn, Navy. Photo by Steve Puro
NCO’s office when a mobilization order came in for their unit, the 1457th Engineer Battalion. In April of 2003 Tiara and the rest of the 1457th were headed to Iraq while Tambra was in the middle of basic training. “The training felt very real to me,” Tambra said. “Because my sister was already in Iraq.” When Tambra returned home from basic training, she immediately enrolled in Utah Valley State College using her new military education benefits, and joined the Reserve Officer Training Corps. Tambra contracted in the Fall of 2003, and graduated in the Spring of 2005, with an Integrated Studies degree in Community Health and Military Science. She was assigned to the 144th Area Support Medical Company as a medical services officer. As soon as she finished Officer Basic Course, today known as the Basic Officer Leader Course, she was headed to Fort Bliss, Texas, where her new unit was preparing to deploy to Iraq. Tiara had returned from her own deployment during this time and decided to reenlist, but now in the Utah Air National Guard as a personnel specialist. “I loved working with the Guard. Loved what I was doing. But I felt like I needed something different. I needed a change of scenery – a new path.” She received an Active Guard Reserves job in the Air Force Reserves and had a permanent change of station to Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. By the time Tayva was a senior in high school, she had one sister in the Army and another in the Air Force. Unlike Tiara and Tambra, military service had become part of Tayva’s life, but she was not initially interested in serving, unless she could be an engineer. Fortunately, a new engineering unit had opened up in the Utah Air National Guard. She enlisted September 2006 as an engineer in the Air Guard, which tied in perfectly with her civilian career path. Tayva used her education benefits to attend Utah State Univer-
sity where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. In 2010, the twins, Taryn and Ty’lene, graduated high school. “I wanted to be a veterinarian,” Ty’lene said. “I kind of had it in my mind that I wanted to be an Army veterinarian, but I wanted to wait about a year after graduation to make sure the military was actually something that I wanted to do for myself, not just following in my sisters’ footsteps.” She went to Weber State University with a music scholarship. One year after graduation, she met with the recruiter on campus and decided to enlist. The officer who administered the oath of enlistment that day was none other than Ty’lene’s older sister, Tambra, who had recently returned from her Iraq deployment. Ty’lene joined under the Simultaneous Membership program, planning to return to Weber State’s ROTC program after completing basic training at Fort Jackson, but plans changed when she had her first taste of the military. While still at Advanced Individual Training, she applied for several full-time positions in the Utah National Guard. On the plane coming back home, she set up job interviews. The Monday after she came home, she interviewed for two jobs and started the following week as an admin assistant in the G3. Not long after that, she joined the Utah Guard Biathlon team and brought home two second-place medals from her first regional competition. She would go on to take first place in the 2015 Utah Best Warrior Competition, to be the Soldier of the Year. After graduation, Taryn was on a different path. She had been attending Southern Utah University, where she was pursuing a music major, when she reached out to Tiara and asked if she could come stay with her in Nebraska for the summer between college semesters. “She was a great roommate,” Tiara said. “She helped me foster doggies and we had a great
time.” After moving to Nebraska, Taryn decided it was time to do something different. “I wanted to push myself, to set higher goals for myself,” she said. She had been considering the Navy since high school. “I remember getting a Navy recruiter postcard in the mail and I liked the colors – the blue and white – and when the recruiter came, dressed in his ‘whites,’ it was super motivating.” She was accepted into the Navy ROTC program at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. As the last of the five sisters to join the military, she wanted to set herself apart, to blaze a new path. Tiara was serving in the Air Force Reserves, Tambra and Ty’lene were in the Utah Army National Guard, and Tayva was in the Utah Air National Guard. She would go Navy. While in Nebraska, Tiara worked on her undergraduate degree at the University of Nebraska – Omaha and graduated in the winter of 2011. She was simultaneously accepted into the Deserving Airman Commissioning Program and became an officer in May 2012. She moved to Washington D.C. for a civilian job in Human Resources with the Department of Transportation, then did an extended tour to support the International Airmen Division at the Pentagon. As an officer, she was able to administer the oath of office to commission Tayva as an officer, while Tayva’s first salute came from her twin sister, Ty’lene. “My parents raised us to know our strengths and to always try our hardest, to tell the truth and be brave,” Tiara said. “To do things that scare us. To eat the food that’s put in front of us, whether we like it or not. If you look at the way my mom and dad raised us, those skills are what helped us to adapt to serve in the military.” When asked about what it was like to have five daughters serving in the military, their father, Steve explained, “It’s the scariest thing you’ll ever be proud of.”
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Navy modernizing PCS move process
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ILLINGTON, Tennessee (NNS) – Continuing efforts to improve the Permanent Change of Station (PCS) experience for Sailors and their families, the Navy is launching the MyPCS Mobile app July 17. From Navy Personnel Command Public Affairs
“Sailors executing active-duty PCS orders will immediately realize a better experience with MyPCS Mobile. We have heard the Sailor and family feedback, and are enhancing the PCS move process
through greater customer focus, increased flexibility, choice and the use of modern tools,” Rear Adm. Jeff Hughes, Commander, Navy Personnel Command, said. MyPCS Mobile is accessible to all Sailors on their personal or work mobile devices, tablets, laptops and desktop computers.
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MyPCS Mobile provides Sailors who are planning a PCS move with access to a personalized checklist tailored for an individual Sailor’s PCS move as well as the ability to apply for government housing and childcare at their next duty station. Later this month, MyPCS Mobile will provide Sailors the ability to view a streamlined, simplified, plain language set of PCS orders referred to as “lean orders.” In a subsequent release toward the end of summer, MyPCS Mobile will provide Sailors the ability to prepare and submit their PCS travel claim voucher. Sailors will simply upload travel receipts from their mobile devices, complete a voucher that has been prepopulated with basic information, electronically sign and provide it to their Command Pay and Personnel Administrator (CPPA) for final processing. “We are aggressively pursuing modern technology in our tools and striving to provide world class customer service to our Sailors and families. MyPCS Mobile is the result of a rapid development effort as part of our transition to a modern, commercial-standard integrated pay and personnel system. A modern tool to enhance the PCS experience for Sailors and families is one of the first capabilities we wanted to deliver,” Hughes said. Sailors who presently do not have a set of active-duty PCS orders can still explore the functionality of the checklist through an on-line demonstration. Sailors may access MyPCS Mobile either through the Navy App Locker (https://www.applocker.navy.mil)
or MyNavy Portal (https://my.navy. mil). Access to MyPCS Mobile does not require a Common Access Card (CAC); however, for CAC-free access, Sailors will need to perform a one-time setup via MNP on a CACenabled machine. At the top of the page in MNP the Sailor’s name will appear. Click on name, select my account, then select instructions for CAC-free setup. Follow the steps for Apple iOS or Google Android to authenticate your identity. The mobile device must have access to either Wi-Fi of cellular data services to complete the process. Other upcoming enhancements include a PCS entitlements calculator and an upcoming pilot program to provide the ability to use the Government Travel Credit Card for PCS-related travel expenses. Future NAVADMINs will announce launch dates and outline specific details for each of these programs. Meanwhile, Sailors can minimize any out-of-pocket expenses by taking advantage of the travel entitlements available to them today. Those who are about to make a PCS move should talk to their CPPA to help decide if a travel advance is the right choice for them. For more information, refer to NAVADMIN 161/19 at http://www. npc.navy.mil/, contact the MyNavy Career Center anytime at 833-330MNCC/6622 or e-mail askMNCC@ navy.mil. Get more information about the Navy from U.S. Navy Facebook or Twitter. For more news from Navy Personnel Command, visit www.navy. mil/local/npc.
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NAS Whiting Field celebrates anniversary From NAS Whiting Field Public Affairs
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aval Auxiliary Air Station Whiting Field celebrated its 76th anniversary last week, highlighting almost eight decades of significant contributions to naval aviation. Pensacola, Rear Admiral George Murray. The planes, SNJs from Chevalier and Saufley Fields had arrived just 15 days earlier to begin operations in basic and radio instrument instruction as part of the intermediate phase
The field was dedicated as an air station July 16, 1943, with men still living in tents and unfinished buildings serviced by dirt roads. The base was commissioned by the commandant of Naval Air Training Center,
Capt. Kenneth Whiting, U.S. Navy pioneer, is considered the “father” of the aircraft carrier due to his innovative work to enhance flight operations at sea. U.S. Navy photo
of the World War II training program. The base was named for Capt. Kenneth Whiting, Naval Aviator No. 16 and the final aviator taught by Orville Wright. He died just three months before the dedication ceremony at the age of 62, but his widow, Edna Andresen Whiting was on hand for the event. Whiting was still on active duty when he died and held command of Naval Air Station New York in Brooklyn, New York, while also serving as District Aviation Officer, Third Naval District. Capt. Whiting served as a surface sailor, a submariner, and as an aviator, though it is as an aviator where he truly made his mark. Whiting is often called the “Father of the Aircraft Carrier.” It is through his innovation and tenacity that a coal ship was refitted with a flat top to become the first aircraft carrier. Thus, the USS Jupiter became the USS Langley (CV 1) in 1922. Whiting became her first executive officer and made the first catapult launch from an aircraft carrier Nov. 18, 1922.
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Many of the design elements and procedures still used today stem from his two years on the Langley. During the war, NAAS Whiting Field hosted a large fleet of SNBs to conduct intermediate multi-engine landplane instruction. This was a timeframe when Link trainers were used heavily for instrument and radio instruction and the trainers were Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES). After the war, Whiting Field became a Naval Air Station (for the first time) and began flying more advanced
training units under the Naval Air Advanced Training Command in Jacksonville. In 1948, Whiting was redesignated as an auxiliary air station and resumed primary instruction in the SNJs. This was shortlived, however, as the base’s newer facilities and longer runways were appealing for the larger jet aircraft, and Jet Training Unit ONE transferred to Whiting Field in 1948, beginning four-week training units for newly winged aviators. They were joined by the Blue Angels (who were formed just two
years earlier in 1947) in 1949, but the advent of the Korean War took the Blue Angel pilots into combat. JTU-1 then transferred to the newly opened NAAS Kingsville. Whiting Field resumed primary training, which continues to this day. Today, NAS Whiting Field instructs more than 1,200 Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and some international students each year, comprising 16 percent of all U.S. Navy flight hours. The mission remains the same as it was 76 years ago – to train the world’s finest aviators.
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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 on NAS Pensacola at the Navy Language Testing Office Bldg. 634. Test appointments are accepted through https://www. mnp.navy.mil/group/training-education-qualifications/ appointment. For more language testing information, contact CIWT_CRRY_Lang_Testing_Pensacola@navy.mil.
Navy Ball ‘Ten Pin Trivia’ bowling
The 2019 Pensacola Area Navy Ball Committee invites you for enjoy a night of fun and friendly competition! This is the only Bowling and Trivia combo game in town! Build a team, bowl, and answer questions to raise your score and defeat your opponents. You can join in to just bowl or come and relax as you just answer trivia. Winners will receive prizes that range from movie tickets, gift cards, vouchers, and more. Most importantly, you will get bragging rights. Ten Pin Trivia starts at 7 p.m. at Corry Lanes. The event will end at approximately 9:30 p.m. but you are free to continue bowling until 10 p.m. Entry fee is $12 per person for 10 Pin Trivia. Or, $10 each to just bowl or just participate in trivia. The proceeds go directly to support the 2019 Pensacola Area Navy Ball. E-mail for more information: Chairman.2019pensacolanavyball@ gmail.com. See you there Brainiacs and Bowlers.
Coast Guard council invitation
The Pensacola chapter of the Coast Guard Friends and Family Retiree Council meets the second Thursday of each month at Franco’s Italian Restaurant, 523 E. Gregory St. from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. A fellowship-type organization that would love to hear from folks of any Coast Guard association, including active-duty, retired, auxiliary, family members and others. For more information, contact ret. USCG COMM3 Bill Hayden at 554-3858 or e-mail coastguardfamily@yahoo.com.
Onboard NASP Retired Activities Office needs help
Do you have four hours free a week? The Navy’s Retired Activities Office, located in the Fleet and Family Support Center, Bldg. 625, and is looking for military retirees/survivors to staff its office. Duties include casualty reporting, assisting survivors in obtaining benefits and answering general questions concerning retirement benefits. The position requires a desire to assist your fellow retirees and survivors. Volunteers should have an administrative background with knowledge of computer programs e.g. MS Outlook, Word, etc. For further details, call the Retired Activities Office at 452-5622 or e-mail nasp.rao.fct@navy.mil.
Around Town 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.
39th Bikini Regatta announced
The 39th Anniversary of the Navy Yacht Club’s Women’s sailboat race known as the “Bikini Regatta” will be held tomorrow, July 27 on Pensacola Bay. In the summer of 1981, Past Commodore Lloyd Stagg and his wife Beverly from the Navy Yacht Club envisioned a plan to provide women an opportunity to enjoy sailing and to become race competitors on large PHRF (Performance Handicap Racing Formula) sailboats. Now, 39 years later, their vision of the “Bikini Regatta” has become a much-anticipated sailboat racing event here along the
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“Read All About It...” New bay bridge traffic patterns
U.S. 98 eastbound traffic (Pensacola to Gulf Breeze) will be shifted to the new Pensacola Bay Bridge the evening of July 28 and U.S. 98 westbound (Gulf Breeze to Pensacola), Aug. 1. From 8 p.m., July 28 to 6 a.m., Aug. 1, 17th Avenue will be closed to through traffic between Gregory Street and the CSX Railroad overpass. Drivers will be detoured using Ninth Avenue and Cervantes Street. Access to the visitor’s center, boat ramp, and the Pensacola Bay Fishing Pier will be maintained for local traffic via 17th Avenue. The temporary configuration for the new bridge will provide two lanes of east and two lanes of westbound traffic, along with a center-lane reserved for emergency vehicles. A multiuse path for pedestrians and bicyclists is expected to be operational approximately twomonths after the traffic shift. With all traffic shifted to the new bridge, construction crews will demolish the current bridge, complete the new westbound structure, and reconstruct the 17th Avenue interchange. All work is currently estimated for completion in mid 2021. The planned construction activities are weather dependent and may be delayed or re-scheduled in the event of inclement weather. Drivers are reminded to use caution, especially at night, when traveling through a work zone and to watch for construction workers and equipment entering and exiting the roadway. For more information, visit the Florida Department of Transportation District Three online at www.nwflroads. com, follow on Twitter @MyFDOT_NWFL or like us on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/MyFDOTNWFL. Gulf Coast. Race Registration for the Bikini Regatta will be held on Saturday morning starting at 10:30 a.m. until 11 a.m. Entry fee is $35 with a U.S. sailing membership and $40 for non-member for the Bikini Regatta. Registration and race information packages for the “Bikini Regatta” can be obtained from the Navy Yacht Club through their website http://www.navypnsyc.org. Click on the “Racing” tab. Online race registration can be made via the Regatta Network at the following link: http://www.regattanetwork.com For onshore or race information and docking availability at Bayou Grande Marina, contact Lee Borthwick, Navy Yacht Club fleet captain, at 723-8563 or at e-mail seadoggone@gmail.com.
Genealogical Society presentation
The West Florida Genealogical Society will be hosting a presentation on Dr. John Henry Holliday. A controversial figure of the Old West, Holliday – better known as “Doc Holliday” – began his life in Georgia in 1851. He trained as a dentist before heading to the West. He suffered personally and professionally because of tuberculosis, and often supported himself as a gambler and dealer at card tables before the disease claimed his life. The presentation is part of the West Florida Genealogical Society’s monthly meeting, Aug. 3 at 10 a.m. at the West Florida Genealogy Branch Library at the corner of 9th Avenue and College Boulevard in Pensacola. All are welcome, and admission is free. For more information, visit https://wfgsi.org or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/WFGenSoc.
Tackle football association signup
Come join the Buccaneers! The Perdido Bay Youth Sports Association is offering tackle football for children ages 5 to 14, grades kindergarten to eighth grade. Registration fee is $165 and includes a jersey and helmey and leased shoulder pads. For more information or to register, visit www.pbysa.org.
FLOW at Century for car registration
Scott Lunsford, Escambia County Tax Collector, has partnered with the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to bring the Florida Licensing On Wheels (FLOW) mobile office to Century Aug. 6 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Billy G. Ward Century Courthouse, 7500 N. Century Boulevard. As a reminder, citizens can renew vehicle registrations up to three months and driver licenses up to 18 months in advance of expiration. For more information on tax collector services, visit www.EscambiaTaxCollector.com. “Like” the Escambia County Tax Collector on Facebook at www.Facebook. com/ECTaxCollector and follow on Twitter @EscambiaTC.
Santa Rosa Island Triathlon signup
The Santa Rosa Island Triathlon (SRI TRI) has been named as one of the 10 “Great Destination Races Around the World” by www.Active.com for 2019. Events in
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Mexico, Chile, South Africa, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States were honored with this global distinction. Active.com is the largest registration and event management site in the world. The SRI TRI has been recognized previously as the Best Small Triathlon and the Best Triathlon by USA Triathlon and has long been a “must-do” race for triathletes from around the country. The 24th annual SRI TRI will be held on Pensacola Beach Oct. 5. The race will feature a 600 yard swim in the Gulf of Mexico, a scenic 20 kilometer bike course and a 5 kilometer run through the classic neighborhoods of Santa Rosa Island. SRI TRI is expected to sell out with 700 athletes from all over the United States. The popular race has perennially enjoyed an excellent reputation for its pristine venue and top-notch athlete experience. Race details, registration and history can be found at www.santarosaislandtriathlon.com. For more information and inquiries regarding sponsorship and volunteering, contact Mindi Straw, race director, at santarosaislandtriathlon@gmail.com or at 341-2207.
Young Voices 2019 competition
High school and college students are invited to participate in Young Voices 2019, the Choral Society of Pensacola’s second annual singing competition, Oct. 12. Winners will receive cash prizes, as well as an invitation to perform on the Society’s March 14, 2020 concert. All singers between the ages of 14 and 30, currently enrolled in a high school (or home school) or a college/ university in Florida or Alabama, are eligible to participate in one of four categories: High School Level 1 (freshman or sophomore), High School Level 2 (junior or senior), College Level 1 (freshman or sophomore) and College Level 2 (junior or senior). Competitors must prepare two art songs or arias of contrasting styles, one in English, and perform from memory. An accompanist will be provided on request. Complete details and downloadable entry forms are available on the Society’s website (www.choralsocietyofpensacola.org/ young-voices). The entry deadline is Sept. 27 at 5 p.m. The competition takes place Oct. 12, beginning at 10 a.m. in the auditorium of the Ashmore Fine Arts Center at Pensacola State College (Building 8, 1000 College Blvd.). This year’s judges are Sheila Dunn (chair, Department of Music, University of West Florida), Mary Katherine Kimbrough (artistic director, Eastern Shore Choral Society) and Keith Wolfe (general director, Opera Birmingham). The public is welcome to attend the competition, free of charge. For further information, visit the Choral Society website at www.choralsocietyofpensacola.org or e-mail youngvoices@choralsocietyofpensacola.org.
Annual rummage sale Aug. 16 to 18
The third annual “Collectibles & More” Rummage Sale will take place on Aug. 16, 17 and 18 at St Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church located at 1 St. Francis Drive, Gulf Breeze. Sale hours for Aug. 17 are 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Aug. 18 from noon to 3 p.m. There is no admission charge for the Saturday or Sunday sale. All proceeds go to the Episcopal Church Women (ECW) of St. Francis for church refurbishment projects. Items not used in the sale will be donated to Interfaith Ministries. Additional details may be obtained by calling 9322861 or 449-1444.
Hidden Treasure Marketplace
The St. John Catholic School “Hidden Treasures” Marketplace will take place Aug. 10 from 8 a.m. to noon. This is a student planned, organized, and staffed sale of gently used items to raise funds for club programs and class field trips. At the completion of the sale the students will also create a budget from the proceeds to fund the activities they vote to participate in during the new school year. The Marketplace sale will take place in the school cafeteria at 325 South Navy Blvd in Pensacola. Toys, books, recreational equipment, household goods, baby items, furniture and clothing will be included in the selection of items for sale. Additional information is available by calling the St. John school office at 456-5218 or e-mailing ascdirector@ sjsw.ptdiocese.org.
Over 50 ballroom dance club
Over 50 Ballroom Dance Club dances every Tuesday 7 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. at the Sanders Beach-Corinne Jones Resource Center located at 913 South I Street Pensacola. This club offers ballroom dancing for adults ages 50 years or older. Dances feature live music and a beautiful dance venue on Pensacola Bay. Admission is $5 for members and $10 for non-members. Dressy attire; no jeans please. Couples and singles welcome. The venue is smoke and alcohol free. For more information call Pat Foster at 623-5013 or visit https://sites.google.com/site/over55ballroomdanceclub.
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Pensacola native serves aboard nation’s newest airport at sea; See page B2 “Spotlight”
Children will begin classes Aug. 12
Ready, set, GO ... Back to school School zones surround NASP: slow down, watch for children
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chool buses are one of the safest forms of transportation on the road today. In fact, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, riding a bus to school is 13 times safer than riding in a passenger vehicle and 10 times safer than walking to school. The reality of school bus safety is that more children are hurt outside the bus than inside as passengers. Most of the children who lose their lives in busrelated crashes are pedestrians, 4 to 7 years old, who are hit by the bus or by motorists illegally passing a stopped school bus. For this reason, it is necessary to know the proper laws and procedures for sharing the road safely with school buses: • All 50 states have a law making it illegal to pass a school bus that is stopped to load or unload children. • School buses use yellow flashing lights to alert motorists that they are preparing to stop to load or unload children. Red flashing lights and an extended stop sign arm signals to motorists that the bus is stopped and children are getting on or off the bus. • All 50 states require that traffic in both directions stop on undivided roadways when students are entering or exiting a school bus. • While state laws vary on what is required on a divided roadway, in all cases, traffic behind the school bus (traveling in the same direction) must stop. • The area 10 feet around a school bus is where children are in the most danger of being hit. Stop your car far enough from the bus to allow children the necessary space to safely enter
and exit the bus. • Be alert. Children are unpredictable. Children walking to or from their bus are usually very comfortable with their surroundings. This makes them more likely to take risks, ignore hazards or fail to look both ways when crossing the street. • Never pass a school bus on the right. It is illegal and could have tragic consequences. • Share the road safely with child pedestrians: All drivers need to recognize the special safety needs of pedestrians, especially those that are children. Young, elderly, disabled and intoxicated pedestrians are the most frequent victims in auto-pedestrian collisions. Generally, pedestrians have the r ig ht- of-way at all intersections; however, regardless of the rules of the road or right-of-way, you as a driver are obligated to exercise great care and extreme caution to avoid striking pedestrians. • Drivers should not block the crosswalk when stopped at a red light or waiting to make a turn. Do not stop with a portion of your vehicle over the crosswalk. Blocking the crosswalk forces pedestrians to go around your vehicle and puts them in a dan-
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School buses and children are sharing the roadways in Escambia county starting Aug. 13 – slow down and be on the lookout for them.
gerous situation. • In a school zone when a warning flasher or flashers are blinking, you must stop to yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within a marked crosswalk or at an intersection with no marked crosswalk. • Always stop when directed to do so by a school patrol sign, school patrol officer or designated crossing guard. • Children are the least predictable pedestrians and the most difficult to see. Take extra care to look out for children not only in school zones, but also in residential areas, playgrounds and parks. • Don’t honk your horn, rev your engine or do anything to rush or scare a pedestrian in front of your car, even if you have the legal right-of-way.
• Share the road safely with child bicyclists. On most roadways, bicyclists have the same rights and responsibilities as other roadway users and often share the same lane, but bicycles can be hard to see. The riders are exposed and easily injured in a collision. Oncoming bicycle traffic is often overlooked and its speed misjudged. Children riding bicycles create special problems for drivers because they are not capable of proper judgment in determining traffic conditions. When passing a bicyclist proceeding in the same direction, do so slowly and leave at least a distance between you and the bicycle of no less than three feet. Maintain this clearance until you have safely passed the bicycle. • The most common causes of collisions are drivers turning left in front of an oncoming bicycle or turning right, across the path of the bicycle. • When your vehicle is turning
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left and there is a bicyclist entering the intersection from the opposite direction, you should wait for the bicyclist to pass before making the turn. • If your vehicle is turning right and a bicyclist is approaching on the right, let the bicyclist go through the intersection first before making a right turn. Remember to always use your turn signals. • Watch for bicycle riders turning in front of you without looking or signaling, especially if the rider is a child. • Take extra precautions in school zones and neighborhood areas where children and teenagers might be riding. • Watch out for bikes coming out of driveways or from behind parked cars or other obstructions. • Check side mirrors for bicyclists before opening the door. Some communities may fine drivers for collisions caused by opening a vehicle door in the path of a bicyclist.
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You can’t come in here without a tie: A man walked into a restaurant and was stopped immediately by the manager. “I’m sorry, sir,” he said, “but we have a dress code. You can’t come in here without a tie.” The man was stunned. “I don’t think I have a tie with me.” The manager responded, “I’m sorry, sir, but you can’t come in.” The man went out to his car and looked to see if he had left a tie in it. He hadn’t. In fact, the only thing even vaguely resembling a tie was his jumper cables. He took them on and tied them around his neck, and went back in. The manager saw him again, looked him over, and said, “All right, you can come in, but don’t start anything.”
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Pensacola native serves aboard nation’s newest floating airport at sea By Alvin Plexico Navy Office of Community Outreach
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ORFOLK, Virginia – A Pensacola, Florida, native and 1988 Pine Forest High School graduate is serving in the U.S. Navy aboard the service’s newest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78). Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Landers is an aviation electrician’s mate (AE) aboard the carrier homeported in Norfolk, Virginia. As a Navy aviation electrician’s mate, Landers is responsible for working on electrical equipmet on the aircraft. Landers credits success in the Navy to many of the lessons learned growing up in Pensacola. “I learned the importance of a strong work ethic,” Landers said. “My father taught me how to enjoy my work without worrying. Just focus on the task at hand.” Commissioned in 2017, Ford, or ‘Warship 78’ as she is known by the crew, is 1,106 feet long; longer than three football fields. The ship, a true floating
city, weighs more than 100,000 tons and has a flight deck that is 256 feet wide. The ship is named after the 38th President of the United States and U.S. Navy veteran Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Ford enlisted in the U.S. naval reserve, serving from 1942 to 1946. While serving at Navy Preflight School in 1942 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, he taught seamanship, ordnance, gunnery, first aid and military drill. At sea, Ford served aboard the light aircraft carrier, USS Monterey, which saw action in the Pacific throughout World War II. Landers is playing an important part in America’s focus on rebuilding military readiness,
AE2 Michael Landers. Photo by MCSN Angel Jaskuloski
strengthening alliances and reforming business practices in support of the National Defense Strategy. “Our priorities center on people, capabilities and processes, and will be achieved by our focus on speed, value, results and partnerships,” Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer said. “Readiness, lethality and modernization are the requirements driving these priorities.” Though there are many ways for Sailors to earn distinction in their com-
mand, community and career, Landers is most proud of earning a meritorious volunteer medal this year. “I worked for the homeless ministry in Norfolk,” Landers said. “We pack about 50 lunches every week. We also bring crates full of clothing and care packages. I’ve been doing this for about three years, and it’s very rewarding.” Serving in the Navy is a continuing tradition of military service for Landers, who has military ties with family members
who have previously served. Landers is honored to carry on the family tradition. “My father is a retired master chief hospital corpsman,” Landers said. “I always admired what my dad did in the Navy. He retired the same year I joined, so I feel honored to carry on his legacy.” Sailors’ jobs are highly varied aboard the carrier. Approximately 2,600 men and women currently make up the ship’s crew, which keeps all parts of the aircraft carrier running smoothly – this includes everything from washing dishes and preparing meals to handling weaponry and maintaining the nuclear reactors. Another 2,500 men and women will form the air wing responsible for flying and maintaining the aircraft aboard the ship. “Sailors are the lifeblood of any warship and the men and women of the USS Gerald R. Ford are the absolute best that our Navy has to offer,” said Capt. John J. Cummings, commanding officer of USS Gerald R. Ford. “Because of the work they do, Warship 78 sailors will take our ship over the horizon and answer our nation’s call in ways that have never been
done before. Our sailors are strong, resilient, and truly embody our ship’s motto of ‘Integrity at the Helm.’ ” Landers joined the Navy 30 years ago and later decided to get out. After rejoining the Navy, he reflected on some of the changes he’s observed. “I like seeing the diversity of the military and seeing all the changes in today’s Navy,” said Landers. “We’ve become a lot more professional since the first time I joined the Navy in 1988. The younger Sailors I work with are very professional and serve with a lot of integrity. They do the right thing because it’s the right thing, not just because somebody is looking.” As a member of one of the U.S. Navy’s most relied upon capital assets, Landers and other Ford sailors know they are part of a legacy that will last beyond their lifetimes providing the Navy the nation needs. “I always feel like we’re standing the watch and making sacrifices, like leaving my family on deployments, so that we can provide the freedoms enjoyed here in America,” Landers added.
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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: • 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 Aug. 7. Learn about the history of Naval Air Station Pensacola and how to get around base. • Waggy Wednesdays: 10 a.m. to noon Aug. 21 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 Aug. 21. 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. • Partners in Parenting: 1 p.m., Sept. 25. 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. • Sponsor Training: 8 a.m., Aug. 13. Everyone in the military has to transfer sooner or later. FFSC conducts Command Sponsorship Training monthly. After completing the required training, Sponsors are prepared to provide reliable information to incoming personnel and their families. • SAPR If you are a victim of sexual assault, it is not your fault. Help for victims of sexual assault in the DoD community is a call, click or text away:
• The SafeHelpline: Provides live, one-on-one crisis support and 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 2934561. To contact duty SARC, call the SARC cell at 554-5606. • CREDO Chaplain’s Religious Enrichment Development Operation (CREDO) Southeast offers retreats enabling military members and their families to develop personal and spiritual resources in order to meet the unique challenges of military life. For information, e-mail Tony Bradford at Tony.bradford.ctr@navy.mil or call 452-2342.
NAS Pensacola – Protestant • Worship service, 10:15 a.m. Sunday, Naval Aviation Memorial Chapel, Bldg. 1982 • Chapel choir, meets following the 10:15 a.m. Sunday service at Naval Aviation Memorial Chapel • Contemporary service, 6 p.m. Sunday, All Faiths Chapel, dinner after service • Training Air Wing Six Bible Study, 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, Griffith Hall student lounge • Bible study, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday and 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, J.B. McKamey Center NAS Pensacola – Roman Catholic • Sunday Mass, 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Naval Aviation Memorial Chapel, Bldg. 1982 • Daily Mass, 11:30 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday in the Our Lady of Loreto Chapel • Confessions: 30 minutes before services Latter Day Saints • Service, 10:30 a.m. Sunday, All Faiths Chapel • Meeting: 6 p.m. Sunday, J.B. McKamey NASP Corry Station – Protestant • Adult Bible study, 9 a.m. Sunday, fellowship hall • Chapel choir, 9 a.m. Sunday, choir room vice sanctuary • Worship service, 10 a.m. Sunday • Fellowship, 11:30 a.m. Sunday • Contemporary worship, 6:00 p.m. Sunday, followed by fellowship at 7:00 p.m. • Bible study and dinner, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, fellowship hall Latter Day Saints • Service, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday NASP Corry Station – Roman Catholic • Mass, noon Sunday and 11:30 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday. For more, call 452-6376 NAS Whiting Field Chapel – Roman Catholic • Mass, 11 a.m. Friday
NAS Whiting Field Chapel – Protestant • Bible study, 11:30 a.m. Tuesday with meal • Greek Orthodox Orthos, 10 a.m. Sunday, Chapel (everyone welcome) • Greek Orthodox Worship, 11 a.m. Sunday, Chapel (everyone welcome) • Weekly chapel service, 11:30 a.m. Thursday. For more information, call 623-7212 Other services: • B’nai Israel Synagogue, 1829 North Ninth Ave., services by Rabbi/Cantor Sam Waidenbaum. 7 p.m. Friday and 9:30 a.m. Saturday. For information, call 433-7311 or e-mail help@bnaiisraelpensacola.org • Temple Beth El, 800 North Palafox St., services 7 p.m. Friday (6 p.m. first Friday of each month). For information, call 438-3321 or go to http://templebethelofpensacola.org • 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 433-2662 or visit www. annunciationgoc.org.
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Free yoga classes offered at Community Maritime Park
Community Maritime Park offers free yoga classes the first Sunday of every month. This month, class will be held Aug. 4 from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Remember to bring your own mat. This class is free and open to the public and is for all levels of expertise.
By Kaitlyn Peacock Gosport Staff Writer
Pensacola is beautiful year round, even if it does get a little hot during the summer. The waves are peaceful and the various sea and land vistas are tranquil. If any city could be a perfect place to relax, Pensacola just might be one. Taking advantage of the calming atmosphere, Community Maritime Park offers free Yoga in the Park classes the first Sunday of every month. The classes are led by certified instructors from Breathe Yoga and Wellness Center and offer a change to your daily workout routine. The next class will be held Aug. 4 from 9
a.m. to 10 a.m. Maritime Community Park is backed against Pensacola Bay and adds a layer of insulation from the busy downtown streets. For those looking to try their hand at yoga, class is for those of all levels, from beginner to experienced. All classes are free and open to the public. From July to September, classes will be held 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. and from October to June, classes will resume normal 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. times. Water will be provided, but you must bring a container or bottle. Mats will not be provided, so make sure to bring your own. For more information, visit www.cityofpensacola.com.
C @ NAS Pensacola Portside Cinema a FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY TUESDAY (PG13) “Toy Story 4” (G) “Yesterday” (PG13) “Men in Black: t “Yesterday” Noon 5:30 p.m. 3D: 12:30 p.m. International” (PG13) 2D: 5:10 p.m. c “Annabelle Comes 2D:and2:305 p.m.p.m. “Men in Black: International” (PG13) Home” (R) “Annabelle Comes h 2D: 2:30 p.m. 8 p.m. “Annabelle Comes Home” (R) Home” (R) 7:30 p.m. a M o v i e
“Toy Story 4” (G) 2D: 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Movies today are free “The Secret Life of Pets 2” (PG) 2D: Noon, 2:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. “Dark Phoenix” (PG13) 1 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
“Child’s Play (2019)” (R) 8 p.m. “Yesterday” (PG13) Noon “Men in Black: International” (PG13) 2D: 7:30 p.m.
“Child’s Play (2019)” (R) 5 p.m. “Annabelle Comes Home” (R) 7 p.m.
“Toy Story 4” (G) 2D: 5 p.m. and 7:10 p.m.
THURSDAY
“Toy Story 4” (G) 2D: 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
“Child’s Play (2019)” (R) 5:30 p.m.
“Shaft (2019)” (R) 6 p.m.
“Men in Black: International” (PG13) 2D: 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.
“Toy Story 4” (G) 2D: 5 p.m. and 7:10 p.m.
July 26, 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. • Pop-Up Playdates: Pop-Up Playdates will be hosted throughout NASP and NASP Corry Station the second and fourth Tuesday of every month from now until Sept. 24. Make new friends in the community. The next playdate will be at the new Ski Beach Playground Aug. 13 Try this from 10 a.m. to noon. For more information, • Summer Splash and Fire Hose 5K: call 452-3806. • Summer Reading Summer is here and it’s Program: The NAS time to have some fun Pensacola Library will in the sun. This special be hosting a summer 5K run/walk and water reading program for summer fun event will children throughout take place Aug. 3 onthe month of July. The board NAS Pensacola. program combines the The run will start at 9 fun of books and mov- a.m., with the starting ies for an entertaining line at the Blue Angel and educational ex- jet in front of the Mustin pereince. Children of Beach Club and endall ages are welcome. ing at the Barancas Sign up at the library. Sports Complex, where The next meeting will the Summer Splash will be July 30 and will be have giant slides, water a party to celebrate squirt guns and inflatthe end of summer. For able games will be set more information, call up. Summer Splash starts at the end of the 452-4362. • Danger Zone race or at 10 a.m. This Paintball: The Blue event is for all ages. For Angel Park hosts Dan- more information on the ger Zone Paintball 5K run, call the Radford Saturday and Sunday, Gym at 452-9845. For 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and more information on the Monday and Friday for Summer Splash, call private party reserva- 452-3806. tions. The “woods-ball” facility has approximately 35 acres of wooded area for play. A military or DoD ID is required to rent equipment. For more information or for reversations, call 281-5489. • Movies on the Lawn: There will be movies shown on the lawn in front of the Portside Gym, Bldg. 627 every second and fourth Saturday starting at dusk. Bring your blankets, lawn chairs and coolers. If it rains, the movie will be canceled; check Facebook for rain-outs at www.facebook.com/mwrpensacola or call 4522372. • Discount tickets: Stop by the Information, Tickets and Travel (ITT) office at the NEX Mall on Highway 98 to check out the discounts available on vacations and attractions. For more information, call 452-6354.
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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Need Drivers! CDL A or B to deliver work trucks throughout the US. Retired Military or recently separated military welcome. Please call 850934-8020. Being transferred and need to move your car? We transfer city to city or base to base. Give us a call 850-934-8020. NOW HIRING Servers, Host, Bussers, Bartenders, Admin, FOH Deputy Manager, kitchen, cooks and food runners. Please apply between 2pm and 5pm at The Perdido Key Oyster Bar. Waiting for Orders or on a hold? SOS Tree Service hiring responsible Tree/ Landscaping people. FT/ PT 7days/wk. Exp preferred not required. Military or Civilian. CDL preferred not required. Call John 850-483-1489. Handyman Services Handyman Services Trafford’S Total Home Improvement Paintinginterior/exterior, Sheetrock Repairs, Trim, Laminate Flooring, Pressure Washing, Textureceiling,walls, Cabinets, Interior doors, Popcorn Removal. Free estimates! Joe-850- 529-8602 or Kevin-850-529-1274
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Set of two matching Queen Anne antique armchairs. Photos available via text. $200. 850-602-1909. Auto
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