Halloween trick or treating hours onboard NAS Pensacola ... Halloween trick-or-treating: 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31, throughout housing onboard Naval Air Station Pensacola and NASP Corry Station for authorized dependents. Base security will provide additional patrols to help keep children safe. For more information, contact NASP Chief of Police Carl Matthews at 452-2653.
Vol. 80, No. 43
CNATT holds change of command Oct. 27 From Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Public Affairs
Capt. Terrence E. Hammond turned over command of NAS Pensacola’s Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training (CNATT) to Capt. Eric. J. Simon in a ceremony held at the National Naval Aviation Museum Oct. 27.
Capt. Eric J. Simon
Hammond retired from the U.S. Navy following the change of command ceremony. Simon is a native of Whittier, Calif. He enlisted in the Navy in December 1980, completing recruit training in San Diego, Calif. and Aviation Machinist’s Mate (AD) A-School at Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island, Wash. While enlisted, he served tours with Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron One Three Seven (VAQ-137), Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron One Three Two (VAQ-132), and
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NASP to host Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show From NASP Public Affairs
The Navy’s Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, will close the 2016 season at their annual Homecoming Air Show aboard Naval Air Station Pensacola Nov. 11-12. The world-famous Blue Angels F/A 18 Hornets will perform their aerobatics for the local crowd in this, their final air show of the year, and the team’s 70th anniversary. Tentatively scheduled for both days will be aerobatics by performers such as the Vertigo Air Shows Jet Glider, the world’s only jet-launched sail plane, flown by Bob Carlton; an Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon demonstration and Heritage Flight with a vintage warbird; Skip Stewart in a high-flying aerobatic symphony;
NOS Energy Drink drifting demonstration ... (Above) NAS Pensacola MWR and the NOS Energy Drink Drift Team put on a demonstration of high-speed car handling at the Naval Aviation Technical Training (NATTC) ballfields parking lot Oct. 22. (Left) Airman 1st Class Nicole Monson prepares to take a ride in a 5.6L 600HP Infiniti M35 drift car driven by Ryan Tuerck. Photos by SN Christian Klos-Dunn
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GCE celebrates NDEAM with sixth annual picnic Story, photo by Mike O’Connor Gosport Associate Editor
NAS Pensacola contractor Global Connections to Employment (GCE) celebrated October, National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), with an appreciation picnic for its employees Oct. 21. GCE, an affiliate of Lakeview Center, is the largest private Northwest Florida employer of persons with disabilities. Food services, administration services and custodial services are provided to NASP through GCE, em-
ploying 317 people – 236 whom are people with disabilities. They serve about 9,000 meals per day to diners at the galley. Lakeview Center CEO/President Gary Bembry was on hand to express his thanks to the employees. “October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month and it gives us the opportunity to increase awareness about individuals and their employment issues, to celebrate the successes that you all have created for us, and to show what’s possible when we reach out and create a culture See GCE on page 2
Annual retired military seminar tomorrow, Oct. 29 From NASP Public Affairs Capt. Terrence E. Hammond
October 28, 2016
Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Departments (AIMD) at NAS Miramar and NAS Lemoore, Calif. He was promoted to chief petty officer (ADC) in 1989. Simon was commissioned as an ensign in the Limited Duty Officer Program in March 1993. His squadron tours include Strike Fighter Squadron Two Five
The 43rd Annual Gulf Coast Area Retired Military Seminar, sponsored by Naval Air Station Pensacola Fleet and Family Support Center (FFSC), is scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon tomorrow, Oct. 29, at the Mustin Beach Club aboard the air station. This year’s speakers will be Amanda Burns, head of Navy Retired Activities; Capt. Sarah Martin, commanding officer, Naval Hospital Pensacola (NHP); and TRICARE representative Elaine Weaver. Representatives from the Department of Veterans Affairs, NHP, TRICARE, Naval Regional Legal Service Office, TRICARE Delta Dental, Retired Activities Office and veterans service organizations will be present to address
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Ivy Marshall (center), a Global Connections to Employment (GCE) food service worker at the Naval Air Station Pensacola (NASP) galley, is recognized for his 50 years of service by NASP CO Capt. Christopher Martin (right) and GCE President Richard Gilmartin at the sixth annual National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) Employee Appreciation Picnic held aboard NASP Oct. 21.
IWTC students lend a hand at animal shelter From Center for Information Warfare Training Public Affairs
Sailors assigned to Information Warfare Training Command (IWTC) Corry Station participated in a community service event at the Escambia County Animal Shelter Oct. 22. The volunteer event was organized by Corry United, a student-led organization dedicated to promoting community-building events and leadership opportunities. SN Dylan Odett, the Corry United public affairs spokesperson, said the experience was part of an effort to provide IWTC Corry Station students with weekend activities that promote positive decisions as they train to
become members of the information warfare community. “I believe that it is important to remember that as members of the armed forces we are examples within the community, and there are people out there who look up to us,” said Odett. “Events such as this provide an excellent opportunity for Sailors to realize the lives they can touch.” The Escambia County Animal Shelter is committed to working in partnership with the community to create a safe, healthy and caring environment for both citizens and animals. At the shelter, students comforted See Volunteers on page 2
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