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■ all hands on deck Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert, left, and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Mike Stevens hold a live worldwide Navy allhands call.
CNO, MCPON host live all-hands call
The two talked to and answered questions from a studio audience and Sailors in the fleet. The all-hands call was part of a series of events this week in recognition of the Navy’s 239th birthday.
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MD.
By MC3 Jules Stobaugh Defense Media Activity
The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) joined Sailors from across the fleet to host a worldwide Navy birthday all hands call Oct. 7 at Defense Media Activity, Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. Adm. Jonathan Greenert and MCPON (AW/NAC) Mike Stevens spoke about retirement, CPO 365, uniform changes, sea duty, and other Navy topics with a live studio audience, as well as Sailors from around the world via satellite and social media. “The centerpiece of what we do today, and what we continue to do, is sea duty,” said Greenert. “We’ve made some changes accordingly. It’s arduous duty for many, and that’s why we’ve increased sea pay this year. Deployments have increased some and we should acknowledge that – and we have recently with hardship duty pay.” The Navy leaders started the show by reenlisting 14 Sailors with their families and command leadership on hand. Then Sailors from Norfolk, San Diego, ships at sea, and even the International Space Station were able to ask questions via live satellite, phone calls, and prerecorded messages. One of the first questions asked involved redesigning basic training. “We review the curriculum for boot camp all the time,” said Greenert. “We look at: what do we want in the character of a Sailor, what do we want in the ethical nature of the Sailor, what are we missing in the fleet, and we’ve got to strive to get that in there today. So it’s about unit, not self.”
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Navy lays wreath, celebrates 239 years
NAVY ESTABLISHES NEW BASE IN ROMANIA By MC2 (SW/AW) Luke B. Meineke Commander, Navy Region Europe, Africa, Southwest Asia Public Affairs
DEVESELU, ROMANIA
By MC2 Jonathan Pankau Defense Media Activity
WASHINGTON
The Navy celebrated its 239th birthday with a wreath laying ceremony at the U.S. Navy Memorial, Oct. 9. Vice Adm. Scott H. Swift, director, Navy Staff, was the guest speaker and addressed a crowd circled around the “Granite Sea,” a map of the world that serves as the Navy memorial centerpiece. Swift spoke of historic
MC2 Leonard Adams Vice Adm. Scott H. Swift, left, Director of the Navy staff, and Rear Adm. Mark K. Rich, commandant of Naval District Washington, salute a wreath in honor of the 239th birthday of the U.S. Navy at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington D.C.
achievements that led to the Navy’s formation and growth. He mentioned his father’s service aboard the heavy cruiser USS New Orleans (CA-32) and his participation in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest Naval combat engagement in history.
“His service in the Pacific during the second World War, while individually his, was also collectively reflected of the competence, heroism and bravery the United States Navy exemplified these in
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Commander, Navy Region Europe, Africa, Southwest Asia (CNREURAFSWA) established Naval Support Facility (NSF) Deveselu Friday, Oct. 10, during an establishment and assumption of command ceremony on base. NSF Deveselu, formerly a disused Romanian airfield, is the first Navy base to be established since Naval Station (NS) Everett in Washington, whose official groundbreaking ceremony was held Nov. 9, 1987. The installation, scheduled to be operational in 2015, will be part of a NATO’s overall ballistic missile defense (BMD) system. Rear Adm. John Scorby, Commander, Navy Region Europe, Africa, Southwest
Asia, hosted the ceremony. “This is a historic occasion because ballistic missile threats to the U.S. and our allies are real and growing,” Scorby said. “Fortunately, NATO’s capabilities and defenses against these threats are also real and growing.” Originally proposed in 2000 by then President George W. Bush, this BDM system, or shield, named the “Aegis Ashore System,” is a response by the NATO military alliance to increasing threats posed by the amalgamation of intercontinental ballistic missiles in the Middle East. Today the Aegis BMD system is the key component in the Obama administration’s plan for a phased deployment of a missile defense umbrella in Europe, which is intended to protect U.S. forces and NATO allies from regional threats.
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