NASP FFSC Transition Assistance Program Job Fair ... 9 a.m. to noon today, Oct. 13, in the NASP Conference Center Bldg. 249. Event is open to all active-duty military, dependents, DoD civilians and contractors. No registration required. For more information, call 452-5990.
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October 13, 2017
NAVFAC SE: Spotlight on Energy Action Month By Sue Brink NAVFAC Southeast Public Affairs
Motorcycle riders gathered to learn from each other and exchange information at NAS Pensacola’s first Motorcycle Mentorship Meet ’n Greet event Oct. 4. (Above) Members of the Escambia County traffic unit chat with base personnel about commion riding interests. Photo by Patrick Nichols
Motorcyle mentorship event promotes safety, skills, knowledge By Jane Bush NAS Pensacola Safety Office
The Naval Air Station Pensacola (NASP) Safety Office held its initial Motorcycle Mentorship Meet ’n Greet Oct. 4 in the parking lot off Radford Drive from 11 a.m. through 1 p.m. Throughout the two-hour time frame, more than 30 riders participated
in the event. Riders, both military and civilian, from NASP commands and branches of service attended the successful event. Service members from 12th Flying Training Wing (12th FTW), Naval Air Technical Training Center (NATTC), NASP command, Information Warfare See Motorcycle on page 2
October is Energy Action Month and Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast (NAVFAC SE) is putting an emphasis on energy conservation during the monthlong observation. This years theme is “Energy Action=Mission Success.” The government-wide observance promotes energy awareness and encourages the smart use of energy and water resources. “Energy is critical to the Department of Navy’s ability to accomplish its mission,” said NAVFAC SE Regional Energy Program Manager Steven Webster. “That mission is to provide the global presence necessary to ensure stability, deter potential adversaries and present options in times of crisis.” The Navy, in recent months, refined its focus on energy conservation and utilization into three pillars of energy security. Those pillars are reliability, resiliency and
efficiency, further explained below: • Reliability: energy systems deliver in a regular and timely manner • Resiliency: energy systems resist and recover from disturbances, whether they are accidents, terrorist attacks or weather related • Efficiency: deliver energy in an efficient and effective manner The Southeast region continues to implement significant projects that will reduce the amount of energy. “In fiscal year 2018, 15 major energy saving projects will reach full operations, resulting in savings of more than $6.4 million annually,” Webster said. One energy saving project is underway on board Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport, Miss. There, more than $4 million is being invested in installing new interior lighting, new HVAC controls, new transformers, chilled water system upgrades and water conservation See Energy on page 2
Virtual Education Center takes over CONUS Navy College service delivery; NASP on-base schools remain By Ed Barker Naval Education and Training Professional Development Center (NETPDC) Public Affairs
As of Oct. 1, the Navy College Virtual Education Center (NCVEC) will take over Voluntary Education (VOLED) service responsibility for the continental United States. With the closure of the last CONUS Navy College Offices (NCOs), all educational program servicing for Sailors will shift to the NCVEC and Navy College Pro-
gram (NCP) website. For Sailors overseas, 11 Navy College Offices still remain open. “Even though the local stateside NCOs have gone away, on-base education programs are still available to Sailors through our partner schools,” said Ernest D’Antonio, Naval Education and Training Professional Development Center VOLED program director. “Navy College Program Region Advisors and base commanding officers work together to select academic institutions to provide on-base educa-
tion programs.” On Naval Air Station Pensacola, academic institutions with partnership agreements will continue to provide services as they have in the past. Currently, NASP is served by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Southern Illinois University and Coastline Community College. “Our VOLED support structure includes a See College on page 2
Punny ‘Key-A’ art car turning heads
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month marked onboard NASP ... Naval Air Station Pensacola
The once-ordinary KIA Sorrento is designed with nearly 5,000 various types of keys and objects that can be a pun off the word “key,” including house keys, hotel keys, computer keys, kiwis, tiki torches, monkeys and piano keys. Navarro added some personal touches by shaping some of the objects to resemble things that mean a lot to her. Among these displays are the
(NASP) Fleet and Family Support Center (FFSC) is bringing awareness to National Domestic Violence Awareness Month with a series of events. See Gosport’s page B1 “Life” page for more.
Story, photo by Ashley Laliberty NASP PAO Intern
It is not every day that you come across an art car. NAS Pensacola’s Ens. Clara Navarro shows off her creativity and love for puns with her strategicallydecorated art car, the “Key-A,” that she has been working on for the past two years.
NASP Ens. Clara Navarro’s art car features dozens of visual puns based on the nature of it being a “Key-A” (KIA) Sorrento.
Texas star to represent her home state, a Chinese flag to represent her college degree in Mandarin Chinese and computer keys aligned to read from her favorite poems. Navarro has always loved theatre and being able to think outside the box. “I think exercising that creative part of the brain has always been important to me, and finding outlets for it ... especially at the Naval Academy, where everything was so uniform and regimented,” Navarro said. The Key-A is not her first art project. At 16 years old, she turned her Dodge Ram van into “The Time Machine” by covering it in clocks and TIME magazine covers. She joined the Houston Art Car Club and See Key-A on page 2
TOPGUN departs NASP ... Visiting TOPGUN squadron support personnel leave NAS Pensacola Oct. 7 in a C40 transport for NAS Fallon. The aircraft departed during COR 1 conditions with Hurricane Nate on the horizon. Photo by AC3 Christian Klos-Dunn
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