FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2016
Eye on the Fleet
ARABIAN GULF
VOL. 16 NO. 38
(Sept. 19, 2016) AME1 Benjamin Echols conducts a fire extinguisher systems test on an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the ‘Gunslingers’ of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 105 in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). The ship and its carrier strike group are deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.
U.S. Navy photo by MCSN Christopher Michaels
inside: POW/MIA Remembrance . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 FEDS GIVE Prepping for CFC. . . . . . . . . . 4 1 SMALL ACT Leading the way. . . . . . . . . . . 5 THEY’RE KHAKI NOW CPOs pin on anchors. . . . . . 7 TOP OF PAGE ONE: An AV-8B Harrier, from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), lands on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1).
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SAR rescues man pulled from sea From NAS Key West Public Affairs
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aval Air Station Key West’s Search and Rescue crew rescued a man who had been plucked from the water by a tanker Monday night. The man, who identified himself as Costa Rican, told the crew of the M/V Overseas Long Beach he had been floating in the water for six days after he was separated from a disabled boat he was in. The Coast Guard requested NAS Key West’s assistance at 9:53 p.m. Monday as the Navy SAR crew was closest to the vessel, which was 114 miles to the west of Key West. Within an hour, the NAS Key West SAR team was airborne, reaching the vessel at 11:45 p.m. Because they were using night-vision goggles, the crew circled the tanker, requesting for lights to be extinguished in order to lower rescue swimmer AWS1 Jimmy Robinson to the deck to retrieve the victim. SAR crew chief and medical technician HM2 see SAR page 3
U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Cody Babin
Command Master Chief Karen Lewis, stationed out of Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads in Norfolk, Virginia, introduces herself to Naval Air Station Key West’s and tenant command’s first class petty Officers during a chief petty officer training course Thursday. Lewis is part of the Fleet Chief Petty Officer Training Team, which provides leadership training to chiefs and first class petty officers.
Fleet team trains Key West CPOs, first classes By MC2 Cody Babin Southernmost Flyer
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ailors assigned to Naval Air Station Key West and its tenant commands attended training this week given by Fleet Chief Petty Officers Training Team, stationed out of Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads in Norfolk, Virginia. “The training is mostly
about leadership,” said Command Master Chief Karen Lewis. “We talk about the responsibilities that Sailors have as chiefs and first classes.” The course was pioneered by Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Mike Stevens, and was recently opened up to first classes. Stevens introduced CPO 365 Phase I in 2012 as a way to begin prepar-
ing first class petty officers for anchors, rather than waiting until the intensive six-week chief select training, now called CPO 365 Phase II. Training doesn’t end after pinning on the anchors; chiefs continue to attend leadership classes such as the one presented this week by FCPOTT. Chiefs attended training on Wednesday while first class petty officers attend-
ed Thursday. The training facilitates Sailors in an effort to get them to think outside of the box as well as get back to the basics, said Lewis. Not only is that mission for the training team, but according to the mission statement, it also seeks to connect to junior Sailors. “The most important see train page 2