Automated External Defibrillator check ... All NAS Pensacola and NAS Whiting Field commands that have Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs)
installed in their facilities are required to report the presence of the AED to the AED Program Coordinators at Fire & Emergency Services Gulf Coast. If your command has an AED in place, contact Brandon Beecher by e-mail at Brandon.beecher@navy.mil or Ray Winstead at Raymond.winstead@navy.mil with the AED’s make, model, serial number and location with facility name and expiration date of PADS. – Fire & Emergency Services Gulf Coast
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Vol. 83, No. 37
September 20, 2019
126 years of tradition instilled in new CPOs By Chief Mass Communication Specialist Dan Mennuto NAS Pensacola Public Affairs Office
The Charles Taylor Hanger of Naval Aviation Technical Training Command (NATTC) echoed as 57 newly selected chief petty officers from Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola entered the morning of Sept. 13 singing “Anchors Aweigh” during the FY-20 Chief Petty Officer Pinning Ceremony. NAS Pensacola Commanding Officer Capt. Timothy Kinsella delivered the opening remarks, painting a vivid picture of his first chiefs and the impact they had on him to the more than 400 family, friends and shipmates on hand to witness the Sailors pinning on the chief petty officer fouled anchor. “They inspired me, they cared for me, they taught me, they chided me, they
disciplined me and, they led me to reach my full potential,” said Kinsella. “It is because of them that I am here today.” Commander, Naval Air Force, Atlantic, Force Master Huben Phillips, the ceremony’s guest speaker, included some of his thoughts on leadership in his keynote address. “I believe that in order for a leader to be anything of relevance to their people, they must first be well within themselves,” said Phillips. For the past six weeks, these 56 Sailors and one Marine Corps master sergeant have been participating in one of the most comprehensive leadership trainings the Navy has to offer. “I didn’t just learn about what it takes to be a chief,” said Chief Master-at-Arms James Lumpkin. “I learned more about myself than I could have ever imagined.” Master Sgt. Kevin Craig
Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola-area chief petty officer selects listen to the opening remarks from NAS Pensacola Commannding Officer Capt. Timothy Kinsella Sept. 13 at the FY-20 Chief Petty Officer Pinning Ceremony. Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy Schumaker See page two for more local CPO pinning coverage
of Marine Aviation Training Support Group 23, Aviation Maintenance Squadron One took a moment to reflect on what he had learned and why
more of sister servicemembers should consider requesting to go through chief initiation. “I’ve been a part of the PACPOA (Pensacola
Area Chief Petty Officer Association) for three years and that is where I really got See CPOs on page 2
Law enforcement, Army, Navy, Air Force participate in Army Reserve K-9 casualty training By Dustin Gautney 350th Civil Affairs Command (Airborne)
Law enforcement and military K-9 handlers from 17 difference organizations from both the state of Florida and Alabama graduated from a day-long K-9 Tactical Emergency Casualty Care course hosted by the U.S. Army Reserve’s 350th Civil Affairs Command, in Pensacola Sept. 6. Unlike their human counterparts, there are very few law enforcement officers or military personnel
trained to provide first aid to a canine during an emergency or battle. To better assist their canine counterparts in case of an emergency, 51 law enforcement and military K-9 handlers from various Police Departments, Sheriff Departments, Florida Highway Patrol along with K-9 teams from the Navy and Air Force participated in a K-9 Tactical Emergency Casualty Care course.
The K-9 TECC course covered topics of addressing stab or gunshot wounds, broken limbs and dehydration. “During the training, we focus mainly on first aid and general care,” Maj. Mark Pelham, 350th CACOM Function Speciality Team veterinarian said. “These dogs are force multipliers for both law See K-9s on page 2
Never forgotten: POWs operationalize history on NASP Story, photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Dan Mennuto NAS Pensacola Public Affairs Office
Thousands of officer and enlisted aviation students receive flight physical evaluations annually through the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute onboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola.
Retired Navy Capt. Robert Doremus, 87, reflects on his time as a prisoner of war (POW) during a visit to the Robert E. Mitchell Center for POW Studies, Sept. 10.
Tucked away in the back of the same building that all of those students receive their first flight physical is the Robert E. Mitchell Center (REMC) for Prisoner of War (POW) Studies. The goal of the Repatriated POW program and the Center for Prisoner of War Studies is to evaluate the former POWs and their experience both in captivity and through repatriation and reintegration into society so that the data collected from their experiences may be used to help future warriors a resilient combat advantage in future conflicts. For 46 unbroken years, Vietnam-era Navy POWs as well as POWs from more recent conflicts, have been coming to NAS Pensacola for annual evaluations. In 1993 the Air Force, and then 1996 the Army rejoined the Repatriated POW study. “With the anticipation of the end of hostilities in Vietnam, plans for the Center for Prisoner of War Studies (CPWS) began in 1971,” said Dr. John P. Albano, MD, program manager for See POWs on page 2
Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola Honor Guard performs a 21-gun volley fire at a 9/11 ceremony onboard NAS Pensacola, Sept. 11. Photo by Mike O’Connor
NAS Pensacola remembers 9/11 By Jason Bortz, NAS Pensacola Public Affairs Officer
In commemoration of the events of Sept. 11, 2001, Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola held a ceremony at the National Naval Aviation Museum onboard the installation Sept. 11. Capt. Timothy Kinsella, commanding officer NAS Pensacola, provided opening remarks for the event, which was organized by Chief Petty Officer Class 126.
“Eighteen years ago today, we lost almost 3,000 members of our collective community in Manhattan (New York), Shanksville (Pennsylvania) and Arlington (Virginia)” said Kinsella, who was serving aboard the USS Boxer (LHD 4) when the first airplane struck the World Trade Center. “It seems like a lifetime ago, and the world seems a far different place now than it was before that fateful day.” See 9/11 on page 2
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