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NAS Pensacola construction, traffic notices ... An Ellyson Avenue / Radford Boulevard storm drain replacement project will begin Dec. 11 and last approximately one week. The left turn lane of Ellyson Avenue that connects to Radford Boulevard will be closed for the work to take place. For persons wanting to turn left off of Ellyson Avenue onto Radford Boulevard, they may do so from the right turn lane. • A Murray Road storm drain repair project is under construction. The southbound right lane of Murray Road between Page Road and Farrar Road in front of Bldg. 3815 will be closed for the work to take place, reducing the normally two southbound lanes down to a single southbound lane. For further information, call Construction Manager Ens. Raven Watts at 452-3131, ext. 3071.

Vol. 81, No. 49

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December 8, 2017

NMOTC investigates strategies for in-flight physiologic events By MC2 Michael Lieberknecht Navy Medicine Operational Training Center

(Clockwise) Marine Corps volunteers help carry Christmas trees for service member families at the Mustin Beach Club during the Trees for Troops giveaway Dec. 1; NASP MWR Director Kerry Shanaghan welcomes visitors to the tree-lighting ceremony; PO3 Sammy Cohen and his daughter Kylee search for the perfect Christmas tree.

NAS Pensacola conducts tree-lighting ceremony, Trees for Troops program Story, photos by Ens. Lewis Aldridge NASP Public Affairs

NAS Pensacola (NASP) held its annual tree-lighting ceremony at the Mustin Beach Club Dec. 1. The event was sponsored by NASP’s Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) pro-

gram. The director of NASP’s MWR, Kerry Shanaghan, was proud of the way the evening turned out. “A lot of work went into this occasion,” Shanaghan said. “Many different commands were involved and it See Trees on page 2

Navy Aerospace Medical Institute (NAMI), a detachment of Navy Medicine Operational Training Center (NMOTC), is host to scientific research using a new technology that could potentially become an early-warning signal to military pilots who are experiencing inflight physiologic events such as hypoxia. The senior medical officer of Naval Aviation Schools Command (NASC), who coordinates all NAMI research, is working with new Electroencephalogram (EEG) technology for use in hypoxia detection. Capt. G. Merrill Rice began the project in September, partnering with a team from the University of West Florida (UWF), the Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition (IHMC) and Naval Aerospace Research Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio. “This collaboration has put forth a protocol to evaluate newer EEG technologies to see if we

Wearing new ranks at NASP: 15 Sailors frocked to next pay grade Story, photo by Ens. Lewis Aldridge NASP Public Affairs

Fifteen Sailors assigned to Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola were advanced to their next rank during a frocking ceremony held onboard the base Dec. 1 in Bldg. 1504. NAS Pensacola Commanding Officer Capt. Christopher Martin reminded the newly-frocked petty officers that with this promotion comes added responsibility. “This is a huge day for you all,” Martin said. “The bar is now set higher and more will be expected from you.” While the petty officers will wear the rank of the next higher pay grade, they will not receive their pay raise until officially promoted, which occurs in three increments a year. There were thirteen Sailors in attendance to be advanced. The most

can monitor the pilot’s brainwaves while in extreme environments,” Rice said. Hypoxia is a deficiency in the amount of oxygen reaching tissues

episodes. Helping make the project possible is the departure from “wet” gels and the multiple wires associated with traditional EEGs. Conventional

Lt. Clayton Shaw, an instructor pilot from Training Squadron Ten (VT-10) participates in a research project using new Electroencephalogram (EEG) technology. The goal of the project is to provide early warning signs to pilots before feeling symptoms of hypoxia.

in the body and can carry symptoms of confusion, rapid heart rate and shortness of breath. Navy pilots training in the T-45, pilots flying the F/A-18 Super Hornet and even the new F-35 have reported physiological episodes as a result of oxygen deprivation. NAMI’s latest project is just one of many ongoing efforts to mitigate these

EEG equipment is perhaps best known for its use in sleep studies and evaluating seizure-type disorders. Instead, Rice is using new EEG technology that is wireless and uses highly conductive retractable silver coated electrodes. Rice said the primary objective of this protocol See NMOTC on page 2

Retiree town hall ... Naval Hospital Pensacola (NHP) will be hosting its next Retiree Town Hall today, Dec. 8, from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Command Theater, third deck. The town hall is open to all military retirees and their families. The theme for this town hall will be alternative methods of health care. Following these short presentations, subject matter experts from various clinics in the hospital will be available for questions. For more information, contact the NHP Public Affairs Office at 505-6796. Basefest coming to NAS Pensacola...

NASP CO Capt. Christopher Martin addresses a group of service members at a frocking ceremony Dec. 1. Fifteen base Sailors were advanced.

senior of the group, AC1 Michael Aguilera, from Harlingen, Texas, credited his advancement to the continued support of his family and shipmates. “I am super excited because this has been a long time coming,” Aguilera said. “This promotion still

doesn’t feel real and I couldn’t have made it to this point if it wasn’t for my wife.” Sailors were eager to perform the additional tasks that come with advancing in rank and also provided See Ranks on page 2

MWR is proud to announce BaseFest will be held Dec. 15 with gates opening at 4 p.m. This event is a concert to be held on the NASP Portside lawn with a music line-up including DNCE, Tompson Square, Lauren Duski and special guest Bobby “Blackhat Band.” This event is free and open to DoD ID card holders. For more information visit Base Fest Music Festival.com.

Angel Giving Tree ...

The Navy Exchange (NEX) mall is hosting a series of events to celebrate the holiday season including the Angel Giving Tree, now through Dec. 10, located inside the mall entrance. For more information, contact Andrea Beck at 458-8811.

Published by Ballinger Publishing, a private firm in no way connected with the Department of the Navy. Opinions contained herein are not official expressions of the Department of the Navy nor do the advertisements constitute Department of the Navy, NAS Pensacola or Ballinger Publishing’s endorsement of products or services advertised.


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