Southernmost Flyer July 22, 2016

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FRIDAY, JULY 22, 2016

Eye on the Fleet

san diego

VOL. 27 NO. 28

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

Vet crews see menagerie at Key West By Jolene Scholl

(July 15, 2016) OSC Lavon Schwartz blows through a conch shell at a retirement ceremony aboard USS Midway (CV 41). Theodore Roosevelt is currently moored and homeported in San Diego and is undergoing a scheduled planned incremental maintenance availability.

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U.S. Navy photo by MCSN Bridget Saunders

inside: SEEING HIM OFF Optometrist retires . . . . . . . 3 PACKS A PUNCH USS ‘gentle breeze’. . . . . . . 4 ELEMENTAL Change of command. . . . . . 5 PRINCESSES, HEROES Meet and Greet . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Energy Tip Switch to LED lighting at home to save energy and, over the life of the bulb, money! TOP OF PAGE ONE: The Longhorns of Naval Air Station Fallon’s Search and Rescue (SAR) team conducted water rescue qualifications at Lahontan Lake in Fallon, Nevada.

U.S. Navy photo by Jolene Scholl

Army veterinarian Capt. Katy Dorsey from Patrick Air Force Base gets ready to immunize a goat at Truman Annex’s Seminole Battery Thursday as Veterinary Food Inspector Edgar Medina holds her from running while a second goat watches. The well-goat check was part of a quarterly vet visit this week at Naval Air Station Key West. The Army vet team also conducted wellness checks on military members’ pets and the installation’s military working dogs.

hen Army veterinarian Capt. Katy Dorsey rolls onto Naval Air Station Key West she knows it won’t be the typical vet visit she makes at other installations. “Yes, it is a menagerie,” she said while discussing the patients she sees. “We have a two-day clinic for POAs - privately owned animals - for active duty, reservists and retirees. It’s basically a wellness visit,” said Dorsey, who is based out of Patrick Air Force Base. Dorsey also conducts see vet page 7

Don’t get busted breaking ‘bugging’ rules during mini-season By Jolene Scholl Southernmost Flyer

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raffic will pick up this weekend as tourists converge on the Keys for the annual spiny lobster mini-season, Wednesday and Thursday. Florida Fish and Wildlife officials remind tourists and locals alike that a recre-

ational saltwater license and a spiny lobster permit are required and size limitations are strictly enforced. Also, bag limits are enforced on and off the water. In Monroe County, the bag limits are six lobsters per person per day. The purpose is to prevent multiple trips out to lobster on the same day.

Buggers who are found to possess lobster - on or off the water - over the daily limit, can be cited, officials said. To report someone who is violating the limit, call Miami dispatch at (305) 470-6863 and give the location of the where the boat is leaving and returning. Calls can be made anonymously. During the two-day sport

season, the sheriff’s office will have extra patrols at boat ramps, bridges and on the water, noted Deputy Becky Herrin in a press release. “Anyone caught with illegal lobster will be charged accordingly,” the release noted. Additionally, sheriff’s office boats will be on patrol

and deputies will also be operating a number of personal watercraft. There are regulations specific to Monroe County. For example, while the spiny lobster season begins elsewhere at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, diving at night for lobster is not permitted see lobster page 3


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