FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2017
Eye on the Fleet
NORFOLK, Virginia
VOL. 17 NO. 2
WWW.CNIC.NAVY.MIL/KEYWEST NAVAL AIR STATION KEY WEST, FLORIDA
venture out vets saluted
Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) work to remove ice that fell during winter storm Helena. George Washington is homeported in Norfolk preparing to move to Newport News, Virginia, for the ship’s refueling complex overhaul maintenance.
U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Jessica Gomez
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aval Air Station Key West Commanding Officer Capt. Bobby Baker, at left, addresses more than 100 residents of Venture Out Monday as part of the Cudjoe Key resort’s Annual Flag Raising Ceremony. This year’s theme focused on “Remembering our Fallen and Missing Warriors.” Above right are veterans who served in all branches of service dating as far back as World War II. Commanding officers from NAS and Coast Guard Sector Key West have given the address for more than a decade.
ANCHORED Student ambassadors. . . . . 3 SOLDIER RIDE Welcome back . . . . . . . . . . 4, 5 STILLETO AT SEA Now, that’s different. . . . . . 8 NOTICE Gate changes at Truman Annex - the United Street Gate will return to automatic mode on Jan. 27. At that time, base security will return to manning the Southard Street Gate. TOP OF PAGE ONE: Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) transport an F/A18F Super Hornet from the ‘Bounty Hunters’ of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 2 across the flight deck.
U.S. Navy photos by Jolene Scholl
NAS offices close for MLK Day From NAS Key West Public Affairs
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ll NAS Key West administrative and facilities offices are closed Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Only the following Morale, Welfare and Recreation facilities are open: Fly Away Cafe: 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. Navigator’s Bar: 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. NGIS Front Desk: 24 hours Sigsbee Marina: 7:45 a.m. - 5 p.m. Trumbo Pool: noon - 5 p.m. Vacation Rentals: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. The commissary is closed. The
Navy Exchange on Sigsbee Park and the mini-marts on Trumbo Point and Boca Chica Field are following holiday hours of operation: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Active duty and Tricare Prime patients at Naval Branch Health Clinic, Key West, should call 911 (or 9-911 from government phones) in the event of an emergency. For non-emergencies, patients needing medical assistance should call the nurse advice line, available 24/7 at 1-800-874-2273, or contact the clinic’s Command Duty Officer at 305-797-8008 to arrange consultation with a duty physician for advice and possible referral.
Holiday honors civil rights advocate From NAS Key West Public Affairs
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n Sunday, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would have celebrated his 88th birthday but for an assassins bullet the ended the life of Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1968. Yet America remembers the man of conviction who advocated the freedom of all peoples through nonviolence, using grassroots advocacy to create change. On Monday Americans will observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The federal holiday is observed on the third Monday of
January each year, around the time of King’s birthday, which was Jan. 15. President Bill Clinton signed the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday and Service Act Aug. 23, 1994, expanding the mission of the holiday as a day of community service, interracial cooperation and youth anti-violence initiatives. The national recurring theme of this holiday is “Remember! Celebrate! Act! A Day On… Not A Day Off.” It calls upon the American people to engage in public service and promote peaceful social see mlk page 3