62nd year, No. 41
Serving the NATO, Naples and Gaeta Military Community in Italy Russell Egnor Navy Media Awards – 2016 Best Newspaper in the Navy
Friday, November 3, 2017
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis
Mattis:
Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Marjorie Stout mans-the-rails of the Blue Ridge-class command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) as the ship arrives in its forward-deployed port of Gaeta, Italy October 27, 2017. Mount Whitney is returning to Gaeta following a 10-month maintenance period at Viktor Lenac shipyard in Rijeka, Croatia. Mount Whitney, forward-deployed to Gaeta, operates with a combined crew of U.S. Navy Sailors and Military Sealift Command civil service mariners. Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Feddersen By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Feddersen
The Blue Ridge-class command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), flag ship of U.S. 6th Fleet, arrived at its forward-deployed port in
Gaeta, Italy, October 27, after completing a 10-month shipyard maintenance evolution at the Viktor Lenac shipyard in Rijeka, Croatia. During the maintenance availability, shipyard teams completed work on Mount
Whitney’s generators, propeller, habitability spaces and command, control, communications, computers, cyber and intelligence systems. “We had nearly $45 million worth of work on the hull, mechanical and electrical sys-
tems of the ship, and a complete upgrade of the computer systems,” Capt. Kavon Hakimzadeh, commanding officer, said. MT. WHITNEY RETURNS TO GAETA Page 7
Navy Leaders for Installations, Facilities, Policy and Strategy Visit NSA Naples Rear Adm. Rick Williamson, Commander, Navy Region Europe, Africa, Southwest Asia (EURAFSWA) (second from left), visits with James Balocki, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (DASN) for Installations and Facilities (middle), Mindy Montgomery, Senior Director for Policy and Strategy Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy (DUSN) for Policy (second from right), Noele Patterson, Deputy Director for Policy and DUSN for Policy (right), and Marjorie Lutz, EURAFSWA Executive Director (Left) October 31, 2017, at Naval Support Activity Naples. Navy Region EURAFSWA provides operational platforms ashore that enable U.S., allied, and partner nation forces to be where they are needed and when they are needed to ensure security and stability in Europe, Africa, and Southwest Asia. For the full story turn to Page 11. Photo by MC2 Joe Bishop
CAPTAIN’S CORNER. . . . . . . . . 2 BASE NOTES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 HISTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 FFSC CALENDAR . . . . . . . . . . . 5 SOUND OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 MOVIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 JOBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
WILDCATS RUNNERS FINISH STRONG . . . . . page 3
BASEBALL: AMERICA'S PASTIME . . . . . . . . . . page 14
USO TOURS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 WORD SEARCH / COLOR ME 14
U.S. Will Not Accept Nuclear-Armed North Korea By Jim Garamone DoD News
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis reiterated that the United States will not accept a nuclear-armed North Korea. Mattis spoke at an October 28, 2017, news conference following talks with South Korean Minister of National Defense Song Young-moo in Seoul yesterday. The two men met for the 49th annual Security Consultative Meeting in the shadow of North Korea’s continuing nuclear program and following launches of its intercontinental ballistic missiles. “In light of [North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un’s] expanded outlaw activities that all the world experienced and observed over the past year or two, I cannot imagine a condition under which the United States would accept North Korea as a nuclear power,” Mattis said. Serious North Korean Threat The secretary said the threat from North Korea, also known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, has grown more serious since his trip to the country earlier this year. NORTH KOREA Page 7