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More than 20 years of serving the Hampton Roads Navy family
Vol. 23, No. 23 Norfolk, VA | flagshipnews.com | 06.09-06.15.16
New York City Police officers wave goodbye to USS Bataan (LHD 5) Sailors as the ship departs after a week of being in port for Fleet Week New York. More than 4,500 Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen descended upon the city for the weeklong event.
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SERVICE MEMBERS THANK CITIZENS FOR THEIR SUPPORT DURING FWNY By MC1 Amanda Dunford Fleet Week New York Public Affairs NEW YORK
As the last U.S. Navy ship traveled safely out New York Harbor, and the supporting sea service members said their final goodbyes to the area that graciously hosted them during the week’s evolution, Fleet Week New York
(FWNY) officially came to a close. Held nearly every year since 1984, the week-long event gave citizens and visitors an opportunity to interact with nearly 4,500 sea service members, witnessing firsthand the latest capabilities of today’s maritime services. It is estimated that more than 53,000 ship tours were conducted in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Staten Island during
open general public visiting hours. “We are so thankful to the citizens of New York and New Jersey for their continued support of the armed forces,” Commander of Navy Region Mid-Atlantic Rear Adm. John Scorby Jr. said. “I’m very proud of the community outreach and camaraderie that our talented Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen were able to experience
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FLOODING AND SEA LEVEL RISE SURVEY
NRMA Fire & Emergency Services hosts simulation course Navy Region Mid-Atlantic Fire & Emergency Services hosted a two-day strategy and tactics course utilizing instructors and the mobile simulation lab from the University of Maryland’s, Maryland Fire Rescue Institute (MFRI). The course was provided twice May 31 through June 3 for fire department officers from Navy Region Mid-Atlantic (NRMA) fire stations throughout the Hampton Roads area. “Living in the digital age and having simulation software available where you can take pictures of your local buildings import them in the software and apply emergency problems to those facilities is
throughout the week.” While visiting, service members participated in numerous community relations (COMREL) projects, including visits to local area schools, rehabilitation projects with Habitat for Humanity, and outreach efforts through Project HOPE, as well as assisting
MC1 RJ Stratchko Example fire displayed from the mobile simulation lab from the University of Maryland’s, Maryland Fire Rescue Institute.
great. “Assistant Fire Chief Navy Region Mid-Atlantic Fire & Emergency Services Brad Burgess said. “We then have our local emergency responders look at it and recognize the building and decide how they would respond to that fire problem. “ Participants practiced incident assessment, communications, and fire ground tactics using computer simulations and scenarios designed around Navy facilities.
Researchers at Old Dominion University are conducting an assessment of our region’s risks and vulnerabilities to flooding and sea level rise. We are also interested in your perspective regarding adaptation efforts and what can be done to increase resilience to flooding and sea level rise. We are conducting a web survey of Hampton Roads residents to obtain your input. By completing the survey, you will be entered for a chance to win an iPad Mini. You can access the web survey here: http://bit.ly/SLR-flood-survey Questions about the research? Contact Dr. Michelle Covi mcovi@odu.edu
“If you think about pilots and how many hours they clock in a simulator before they ever fly a real plane. Well it’s kind of the same thing here, our fire officers take the same concept of simulation training and apply it to a real scenario. Doing these simulations before we ever put you in that role allows for greater success,” Burgess said.
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