Southernmost Flyer - April 10, 2015

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FRIDAY, April 10, 2015

Eye on the Fleet

Atlantic Ocean VOL. 26  NO. 15

WWW.CNIC.NAVY.MIL/KEYWEST NAVAL AIR STATION KEY WEST, FLORIDA

Tips to shut the door on social media snoops By Jolene Scholl (April 3, 2015) OS2 Jerome Shackleford serves as the bridge surface detector and tracker during a simulated general quarters drill as part of flag officer sea training aboard the guidedmissile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75). Donald Cook is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Karolina Oseguera

inside: REPORTING After an assault . . . . 5 ARMED FORCES Command Challenge . 6 UGLY TROPHY Bowling contest . . . . 8 ON STAGE Don’t stand by . . . . . 9 TOP OF PAGE ONE: An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Checkmates of Strike Fighter Attack Squadron (VFA) 211 prepares to launch from the Nimitzclass aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).

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uring World War II, the message “loose lips sink ships” was an idiom that reminded servicemen and citizens to avoid discussing secure information that could help the enemy. Today the idiom is “loose tweets sink fleets” but the purpose is the same reminding Sailors and civilians to avoid sharing information on social media that could be used to harm our forces at home and overseas. The Navy, its sister services and the DoD have issued social media guidance on

what Sailors and civilians should be sharing and to whom. The goal is education, according to Naval Air Station Key West Information Technology Director Gidget Johns. Johns hosted a Lunch and Learn session on Social Media April 2. There is an age difference in how social media is used, she told the group. “Oldsters will lock it down,” she said. Young people, however, grew up with the technology. “Social media is important to them because that’s see snoops page 16

Navy college office may be gone but Saint Leo roars on … base By Jolene Scholl Southernmost Flyer

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hen the Navy College at Naval Air Station Key West closed its doors in 2013, it directed Sailors to the Navy's Virtual Education Center for educational service/counseling and support. There no longer was a person to help guide them through the college maze.

Fortunately, Saint Leo University, with its staff of three, has had a presence at NAS Key West for about two decades. The university offers educational services to all branches of the military and Coast Guard serving in Key West as well as their dependents and DoD civilians working on base. Director Melissa Houston has been an academic advisee Saint leo page 3

Photo courtesy MWR

A father and daughter work together on a project at the Home Depot Kids Workshop table during the 2014 Youth Fest. The workshop returns to this year’s event, which is part of the Month of the Military Child. The Youth Fest runs from 2 - 5 p.m. Saturday at Sigsbee Park field, behind the Youth Center.

Military children focus of Youth Fest From NAS Key West Public Affairs

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orale, Welfare and Re­creation celebrates the Month of the Military Child in April with the annual Naval Air Station Key West Youth Fest Saturday. The event runs from 2 - 5 p.m. at Sigsbee Park field, across from the commissary. The Youth Center’s dance group “Uptown

Funk” will perform hiphop dance routes throughout the day along with other youth performances. Thriller BMX Team will perform at 2:30 and 4 p.m. Activities include a the Youth Center’s Goodfellas and SMART Girls BakeOff, a Home Depot Kid’s Workshop, marine life touch tanks, the Bootcamp Challenge inflatable, bounce houses, a water/bicycle/ pedestrian safety exhibit,

Nikki’s Face Painting and the Keys Photo Booth. Event sponsors are USAA, University of Phoenix, Waste Management, Sea­ camp, Sparkling Ice, Fury Water Adventures, The Home Depot, Military Affairs Committee, Navy League Key West Council and the Key West Area Chief Petty Officers Association. For additional information call the Youth Center at (305) 293-4437.


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