NHP conducting exercise Oct. 18 ... On Oct. 18, Naval Hospital Pensacola (NHP) will be conducting a tornado exercise from 8 a.m.noon. During that time, most services will not be available including appointments, pharmacy, laboratory and radiology except for urgent/immediate care ordered by a provider. The NHP Urgent Care Center will be open as usual during the exercise and the NHP Satellite Pharmacy, located next to the Commissary, will be open as well. For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/NavalHospPensacola.
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NAS Jacksonville family unites with NASP family in hurricane evacuation By PO1 Stacy D. Laseter Navy Region Southeast Public Affairs
Hurricane Matthew churned up the eastern seaboard of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, impacting several Navy installations, including Naval Air Station Jacksonville. When the word was passed to evacuate certain parts of Jacksonville, thousands of families in the area heeded the advice and made their way out of the evacuation zones. One of those families had an old shipmate to rely on. PO1 Kenneth Peneueta, assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 8, and his wife, Sonja, and their children were among those evacuees. They were lucky to know someone on NAS Pensacola who would be willing to house them during the storm. The Peneutas have known CPO Adam Stewart and his wife for five years from when they were stationed together at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay,
Hawaii, at VP-47. Stewart and his wife, Elise, were transferred to the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training on NAS Pensacola two years ago. When Sonja Peneueta called Stewart, she was relieved when he said he would take in the family of four. “I knew the evacuees from Guantanamo Bay were at Pensacola, so that put a strain on the Navy Gateway Inns and Suites,” said Sonja Peneueta. “Had the roles been reversed, I would do the exact same for them. I am so thankful.” The Peneuetas said this is their first time evacuating from a hurricane as a family and they weren’t really sure what to expect. But with newscasts talking about the potential loss of power and catastrophic winds, they knew they had to get out of town. “It was kind of frenzied, because we weren’t expecting to evacuate at first,” said PO1 Peneueta. “We had supplies
Guantanamo evacuees leave NAS Pensacola ... Families board a Boeing 757 aircraft for the return trip to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NSGB) Oct. 11 at Forrest Sherman Field onboard Naval Air Station Pensacola. More than 700 spouses and children were evacuated from the island to Pensacola due to Hurricane Matthew, a Category 4 hurricane that had maximum sustained wind speeds of 145 mph when it made landfall on NSGB. Damage to the base was minimal. The airlift was arranged through U.S. Transportation Command for all evacuees to return to NSGB from Pensacola. Photo by Janet Thomas
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Navy COOL unveils new credentialing program for DoN civilians By PO3 Taylor L. Jackson Center for Information Warfare Training Public Affairs
Department of the Navy (DoN) Credentialing Opportunities On-Line (COOL) launched a new website aimed at providing certification opportunities for DoN civilian em-
ployees, Oct. 3. Just like Navy COOL for Sailors, DoN Civilian COOL is a resource tool, mapping certifications and licensure based on formal training and on-the-job experience. The DON COOL website portal at http://www. cool.navy.mil/ now has a site specifically for civilians that is
searchable by federal occupation code or title. “Our intention, since Navy COOL’s inception, has always been to eventually include DoN civilians,” said Michael Talley, the assistant program director for Navy COOL. Navy COOL has helped more than 52,000 Sailors obtain
civilian credentialing, which can contribute to career development while on active duty and when a Sailor joins the civilian workforce, possibly even as a federal employee. DoN Civilian COOL was developed in partnership with U.S. Fleet Forces Command and is the first of its kind for
DoD civilians. The initial group of 37 federal civilian occupations includes fields such as information technology, human resources, administrative, financial, engineering, education, legal, supply and security See COOL on page 2
CNATT Sailor assists in rescue of Pensacola woman From CNATT Public Affairs
beeping in the middle of the night, at least, that’s what most people tell us. It’s OK. We understand you may forget about them hanging up there on the wall until they give you a reason to check.
A Sailor from the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training (CNATT) was awarded a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal Sept. 28 for assisting in the rescue of a Pensacola woman Lt. Cmdr. Timothy Ryan (right) receives trapped in a sinking au- the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement tomobile. Medal from CNATT Commanding Officer CNATT Deputy Capt. Terrence E. Hammon Sept.28. Technical Support Director Lt. Cmdr. Timothy Ryan received the award for his actions during the accident that occurred Aug. 11., after several days of heavy rains and significant flooding in the area. While driving north on Blue Angel Parkway, Ryan witnessed an automobile leave the roadway, strike a culvert and then overturn as it entered a canal. “I did what any one of us would do,” he said. “I responded to the situation, as I think most of us – Sailors or not – would do. I was just
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TOPGUN at NASP ... SA Austin Paddy from Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center (NSAWCN7) “TOPGUN” inspects an F/A-18 for structural damage following a flight Oct. 7. NAS Pensacola’s Forrest Sherman Field is serving as temporary home base for students and instructors from TOPGUN as they engage in air-to-air fighter training, specifically Basic Fighter Maneuvers (dogfighting). Photo by SN Christian Klos-Dunn
Fire Prevention Month: Even smoke detectors expire From Greg Snyder Fire and Emergency Services Gulf Coast
Did you know smoke detectors have an expiration date? Not like your milk or cheese, but the date is still there. When was the last time you checked your detector? Probably when it was
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