Serving the NATO, Naples and Gaeta Military Community in Italy Russell Egnor Navy Media Awards – 2016 Best Newspaper in the Navy
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Friday, March 23, 2018
Service Secretaries: Continuing Resolution, Budget Uncertainty Harms Readiness Despite the threat of rain, a ribbon cutting Tuesday afternoon marked the reopening of the athletic field behind the Naples Middle High School / Elementary School. Photo by Gary Nichols From NSA Public Affairs
A ribbon cutting Tuesday afternoon marked the reopening of the athletic field behind the Naples Middle High School / Elementary School. The track and athletic field
had been off limits since the end of the last school year. The field needed renovations and repairs to remove hazardous debris and to install a new irrigation system and turf to improve the maintenance and quality of the field. NSA Naples Commanding
Officer Capt. Todd Abrahamson praised the partnership between NSA Naples Public Works Department (PWD) and Mirabella (Lessor) to renovate the athletic field as a win-win for everyone. “The huge partnership be-
tween the base, Mirabella and DODEA all came together to make sure the students along with the 10,000 people in our community were all benefactors,” Abrahamson said. ATHLETIC FIELD REOPENS Page 7
In Celebration of Women’s History Month – Outstanding Italian Women By Teresa Merola NSA Public Affairs
To celebrate International Women’s Month, let’s take a look at some Italian women who made history in politics, art, science, and are also an inspiration for women today. In the 11th and early 12th century, the city of Salerno was the epicenter of medieval medicine in Europe. Salerno was famous for having the first medical school and its hospitals had world-wide reputation for excellence. During this time, many women were trained as physicians and also taught at the medical schools. Generally at this time in Europe, women were denied education. Trotula de
Ruggiero (known as Trota) of Salerno worked as a medical practitioner in the city. She is generally considered to have been the world’s first gynecologist and thought to have been the first female professor at the city’s renowned medical school. Though we don’t know much about her life, she produced a series of important medical writings which have survived. Art was another field which was typically closed off to women in the 17th century, but Artemisia Gentileschi managed to achieve acclaim
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as a prominent artist of the period, and is celebrated for the progressive and experimental nature of her painting. Women are at the center of most of Gentileschi’s paintings, which often depict scenes of revenge or violence towards men. She went on to achieve considerable success, becoming the first woman to be accepted into Florence’s prestigious Accademia delle Arti, and working as a court painter across Italy, Spain, and even at the court of Charles I of England. Gentileschi is thought to have died in the Naples plague of 1656. OUTSTANDING ITALIAN WOMEN
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By Army Sgt. 1st Class Jose Ibarra DoD News
Service secretaries addressed the challenges of providing taxpayers more defense value for their money, and getting innovation into warfighters’ hands faster during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on March 21, 2018, on the Defense Department’s proposed fiscal year 2019 budget. According to defense officials, China and Russia are taking a more aggressive role on the world’s stage and the U.S. must maintain its military edge. Budget Resolution Uncertainty The Army, Navy and Air Force service secretaries testified in support of DoD’s proposed fiscal year 2019 budget of $686 billion, highlighting that, if approved, it would provide the services the monetary means to field a more lethal force as outlined in the National Defense Strategy. “We must have predictable, adequate, sustained and timely funding. Fiscal uncertainty has done a great deal to erode our readiness and hamper our ability to modernize,” Army Secretary Mark T. Esper said. Continuing resolutions and budget uncertainty have hurt military readiness and wasted tax dollars, the officials said. CONTINUING RESOLUTIONS Page 7