Gosport - September 27, 2013

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Drive-through flu vaccinations at Naval Hospital Pensacola ... Naval Hospital Pensacola (NHP) is hosting a drive-through flu vaccine clinic Oct. 5 from 8 a.m. to noon for all TRICARE enrolled beneficiaries. The drive-through will be conducted at NHP’s back gate, which is located off U.S. Highway 98 at South 61st Ave. Bring a government ID card and a list of current medications. Beneficiaries using the drive-through will be able to remain in their car, but will be requested to park in a nearby lot for 15 minutes to be monitored for any possible vaccine reactions before driving away. NHP will be using Fluzone at the drive-through, which is an injectable, inactivated vaccine for ages 6 months and older. For more information, call the NHP Immunization Clinic at 505-6257.

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CNP visits NASP-area training commands From Naval Education and Training Command Public Affairs

The chief of naval personnel (CNP) visited Naval Education and Training Command's (NETC) tenant commands aboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola Sept. 24. The visit marks Vice Adm. William F. Moran’s first visit to Pensacola as CNP. As he worked his way through the aviation and information dominance training pipelines, Moran addressed questions to Sailors and civilians on the current budget discussions taking place in Washington. He stressed that Navy leadership was focused on the situation and would continue to keep the fleet informed on the impacts of a potential government shutdown, continuing resolution and sequestration. “We have good people, from the CNO on down working these issues. We don’t know exactly how things will play out, but I need you to stay focused on your mission of training Sailors as we work through all of this,” said

Moran. “We will do our best to keep you and your families informed as we learn more and understand what the future holds.” One of Moran’s first stops was with senior air traffic control managers at this year’s Navy and Marine Corps Air Traffic Control (ATC) Leadership Continuum at the Naval Aviation School’s Command (NASC) auditorium. The admiral spoke to controllers about the importance of standing a professional and proficient watch. He specifically emphasized the need for integrity and character in proper watch standing. “Being on watch and standing watch around the world for our nation is fundamental to who we are as a Navy,” said Moran. “Central to our ability to stand that watch is trust – the trust we have in each other and the trust the nation places in us as a service.” CNP then visited Aviation Rescue Swimmer School (ARSS), where he spoke with students and instructors. ARSS’s intensive five-week program

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Cmdr. Russell Moser, right, division officer of the Navy Aviation Rescue Swimmer School, gives Vice Adm. William F. Moran, chief of naval personnel, a tour of the school. Photo by Ens. Jacqui Maxwell

Oil spill exercise onboard NAS Pensacola ... (Above) Coast Guard vessels move in to retrieve simulated victims from the water during an oil spill drill held aboard NAS Pensacola Sept. 24. The drill’s scenario involved a barge collision with NASP’s fuel pier, with spilled fuel and several injured victims. Units from Fire and Emergency Services Gulf Coast and NASP Police also responded in the multiagency drill, which was observed by representatives of Navy Region Southeast. (Right) Assistant Port Operations Officer Brad Stoltman, CNRSE’s John Hunczak and Amy Lee take notes as the drill unfolds. Photos by Mike O’Connor

Corry strikes LEED Gold with new CID ‘A’ School quarters Story, photo By Mike O’Connor Gosport Associate Editor

It’s a great feeling to go for the gold, and get it. So when Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NavFac) Southeast NAS Pensacola undertook the planning for a new bachelor enlisted quarters (BEQ) for NASP Corry Station Center for Information Dominance (CID) “A” School, energy enhancements were planned in mind to exceed a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification. The building was opened for occupancy at a ribbon-cutting Sept. 20, with NavFac, Navy command and construction officials present to hear the good news: the building made LEED Gold certification. “All dormitories after this will be modeled after this,” NASP Director of

(Left-right) NASP CID XO Cmdr. John Markley, Drace Construction Company President John Drace, NAS Pensacola Commanding Officer Capt. Keith Hoskins and NavFac SE PWD Public Works Officer Cmdr. Jeff Deviney cut a ribbon to open Corry Station’s latest BEQ, Bldg.1094. For more photos, see page A5.

Unaccompanied Housing and Lodging Terri Withee said. “What you’re going to see is the wave of the future.” The building made LEED Gold by achieving 46 LEED points for energy and waste diversion,

Withee said. Where three and four Sailors have sometimes been quartered to a room, the new facility features 166 two-person bedrooms in 83 sleeping “2 plus 0 modules” for a total occupancy of 332 students.

The first “2 plus 0 building” for dormitories in the Navy, the 2 plus 0 modules include space for two bedrooms, two bathrooms, two shower rooms, two lavatories, four closets, and two microwave/mini refrigerators. The energy-saving enhancements are where the building really shines. There is LED lighting on its exterior walkways, corridors and in public function areas. Rainwater is collected for landscape irrigation. There are highperformance windows and window treatments include solar shields. Motion sensors control lighting functions inside and there are geothermal ground source hot water systems, which use the earth as a heat sink, in place. Special spray-on insulation has been added at roof and exterior walls and even the parking lot has been treated to reduce

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