Vol. 76, No. 30
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July 27, 2012
EscaRosa CFC 2012 campaign kickoff planned for Sept. 4 Fundraising campaign distributing more than $200,000 to nonprofits From Trista Swauger CFC Manager
Plans are in place, command personnel are being identified and training is set to commence in the coming weeks as the Combined F e d e r a l Campaign (CFC) as staff workers prepare to kickoff another year Sept. 4. Federal offices of Escambia and Santa Rosa counties in Florida will soon commence the beginning of another 50 years of
federal employees supporting nonprofits through this once-a-year campaign drive. On July 30, the local EscaRosa CFC office will send out the second quarter’s distribution from last year’s campaign, totaling more than $214,000. The checks will go to more than 75 agencies, of which more than 30 percent are local nonprofit organizations. With more than 20,000
Summer sailing camp ... A group of novices race around a practice course in 14-foot Sunfish sailboats under the guidance of instructors during a recent summer sailing camp at Bayou Grande Marina aboard Naval Air Station Pensacola. A series of weeklong sailing and boating courses teach the basics to children ages 9 to 14. For story and more photos, see page A4. Photo by Juliette Dickson
See CFC on page 2
New aircraft shelters at Sherman Field protect T-6s Story, photo by Mike O’Connor Gosport Associate Editor
The construction of 16 Aircraft Protective Equipment (APE) shelters for Training Wing Six’s T-6A Texan II aircraft is under way at NAS Pensacola’s Forrest Sherman Field. Located on the field’s east ramp (VT-10) area, each shelter can hold two T-6s; with four rows of four shelters, 32 aircraft in all will have some needed pro-
A crew from Big Top Manufacturing works on an Aircraft Protective Equipment (APE) shelter, while a T-6A Texan II benefits from the shade in a completed shelter.
tection from Florida’s glaring sun. “The first row is already up
and they’re putting up the framework for the second row right now,” said NASP Air Ops
Officer Stephanie S. Oram. “They’re just like the Air Force’s (NASP) shelters; Meridian (Miss.) has them, and they’re on several other naval airfields as well.” The benefits of the shelters for the Navy’s T-6s are threefold: shade for aircraft maintenance workers, protection from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays on the aircraft and coverage from damaging weather. Constructed by contractors from Big Top Manufacturing of Perry, Fla., the shelter project
Sexual Assault Prevention and Response mobile training team visits NAS Pensacola Story, photo by Ed Barker NETC PAO
The Florida/Central Command Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) Master Mobile Training Team (MMTT) deployed to NAS Pensacola for command leadership training July 13-16. Part of the Navy’s aggressive efforts to prevent sexual assaults and promote essential culture changes within the force, the SAPR MMTTs deployed around the globe starting July 13, providing SAPR leadership training (SAPR-L) to command leadership triads (commanding officer/officer in charge, executive officer/assistant officer in charge and command master chief/chief of the boat/senior enlisted adviser) in fleet concentration areas and locations with significant Navy presence. The command triads will then deliver the SAPR-L training to their command leadership, E-7 and above.
should be finished in about two weeks. Big Top has built similar shelters for several military installations’ aircraft, said Allen Manville, a supervisor working at the project. The shelters consist of a steel framework, over which a tough PVC cover is stretched. “Everything’s going very smoothly,” Manville said. “We’ve put these in at China Lake in California; a Marine airfield in Yuma, Ariz., and
See Shelters on page 2
Feds Feed Families program: NH Pensacola aiming high From NHP Junior Enlisted Association
Rear Adm. Don Quinn, NETC commander, addresses area command leadership on the importance of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) training at the NAS Pensacola headquarters building.
Introducing the SAPR-L MMTT to the Pensacola-area command triads was Rear Adm. Don Quinn, commander of the Naval Education and Training Command. “Sexual assault hurts the victim and the command. It can significantly damage a military unit’s esprit de corps and cohesion which we leverage to accomplish extraordinary things. Sexual assault is therefore a major readiness issue. It
is also a crime,” said Quinn. “Culture can best be defined as the combined actions of an organization’s leadership. Our culture must not, and will not, tolerate sexual assault. It’s not a uniquely Navy problem, but this will be a uniquely Navy solution.” Nearly 650 SAPR-L training sessions are scheduled Navywide in
See SAPR on page 2
Food banks across the region and nation are facing severe shortages of nonperishable items and children are left without school nutrition programs during the summer. During the past three years, we have witnessed the remarkable generosity of the overall federal workforce, collecting an astounding eight million pounds of food and nonperishable items, under the Feds Feed Families (FFF) program. This year, Naval Hospital Pensacola (NHP) has begun anew to support our neighbors, families and communities across the area and is aiming to beat last year’s best collection totals. We hope everyone will join in and participate. There will be food collection boxes located at The Whirl Cup coffee shop (on first floor northeast), near the pharmacy (first floor east); the chaplain’s office (third floor); and at Naval Air Technical Training Center’s Branch Health Clinic.
See NHP, FFF on page 2
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