FRIDAY, MAY 6, 2016
Eye on the Fleet
NORFOLK
VOL. 27 NO. 17
(May 3, 2016) U.S. Fleet Forces Band performs pier side as the amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) returns to it homeport of Naval Station Norfolk after a seven-month deployment. USS Arlington was part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group areas of responsibility.
U.S. Navy photo by MC3 Kameren Hodnett
inside: APPRECIATION Spouse messages. . . . . . . . . 3 AT THE NEX Student rewards . . . . . . . . . . 4 FITNESS PRT ends. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 FRESH PERSPECTIVE Above NAS Key West . . . . . . 7 TOP OF PAGE ONE: Marines with Marine Aerial Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242, flying the F/A-18D, prepare for an air-to-air refueling.
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Navy prepares for hurricanes with exercise From NAS Key West Public Affairs
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n Monday, U.S. Fleet Forces Command and Commander, Navy Installations Command initiate a two-week hurricane preparedness exercise HURREX/Citadel Gale 16 for Navy regions along the Eastern seaboard and the mid-Atlantic. The purpose of the annual exercise, which ends May 20, is to prepare installations, military members and DOD personnel to respond to weather threats in U.S. coastal regions, and to maintain the ability to deploy forces even under the most adverse weather conditions. see hurrex page 2
U.S. Navy photo by MC3 Cody Babin
Naval Air Station Key West Commanding Officer Capt. Steve McAlearney, center, with the fuels service team, which was named the 2015 Naval Retail Fuel Activity of the Year. In 2015, the division handled 21.1 million gallons of fuel with a spill-free record and zero flight delays or interruptions.
Fuels team performance earns award, recognition From NAS Key West Public Affairs
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aval Air Station Key West’s Fuels Department was selected as Naval Retail Fuel Activity of the Year
for superior performance, which included providing 21.1 million gallons of fuel spill-free and without flight interruptions or delays. The Key West activity, a detachment of Naval
Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Jacksonville, provided JP-5 fuel to aircraft at Boca Chica Field, ships at Truman’s Mole Pier and to the Coast Guard. “Receiving this award is
acknowledgement to the outstanding customer service and superb operation that the fuels operation at Key West provides daily to our Navy and Marine Corps see fuels page 5
Day of appreciation recognizes military spouses for the 32nd year From NAS Key West Public Affairs
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t one time, the commissary used brown paper bags that sported the slogan “Military Wife - Hardest
Job in the Navy.” Times have changed - if the bags carried the slogan today, it would begin with “Military Spouse.” It took a couple hundred years before recognition was given to the spouses of
military members. It was President Ronald Reagan who signed Proclamation 5184 in 1984, establishing Military Spouse Appreciation Day. The intent was to recognize and honor the contributions
and sacrifices of military spouses. In his proclamation, Reagan discussed why military spouses deserved special recognition: “Since the early days of the Continental Army, the
wives of our servicemen have made unselfish contributions to the spirit and well-being of their fighting men and the general welfare of their communities. see Spouse page 3