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Columbus Day weekend: Have a very safe and enjoyable Columbus Day weekend. Plan your holiday travels<br />
with safety in mind. Please slow down. If you are traveling long distances ensure that you plan your trip to<br />
arrive safely back in Pensacola. As we spend time with family and friends, do not forget to keep our forces<br />
deployed around the world and their families in your thoughts and prayers. – NASP XO Cmdr. Greg Thomas<br />
Construction on Chief’s Way at <strong>Corry</strong> <strong>Station</strong> Oct. 11-15:<br />
Reflective markers are being replaced and surfaces repaved;<br />
<strong>Corry</strong> <strong>Station</strong> personnel should plan accordingly and exercise<br />
caution. For more information, call 452-3100 ext. 1482.<br />
Vol. 74, No. 40 VISIT GOSPORT ONLINE: www.gosportpensacola.com<br />
October 8, 2010<br />
<strong>CID</strong> <strong>Corry</strong> <strong>Station</strong>, <strong>Marines</strong> <strong>leading</strong> <strong>CFC</strong> <strong>response</strong><br />
By Trista M. Swauger<br />
<strong>CFC</strong> Assistant<br />
Since Combined<br />
Federal Campaign<br />
(<strong>CFC</strong>s) official kickoff<br />
Sept. 15, the program has<br />
hit the ground running.<br />
“Overall, the <strong>response</strong><br />
at the mid-point of the<br />
campaign in a lot of commands<br />
has been far<br />
greater than in the past,”<br />
said Ron Denson,<br />
EscaRosa <strong>CFC</strong> No. 0194<br />
director.<br />
“<strong>CID</strong> <strong>Corry</strong> <strong>Station</strong> has<br />
been the true standout so<br />
far this year. In 2009 they<br />
raised $82,000, which<br />
smashed their goal of<br />
$38,0000 (216 percent of<br />
the goal),” Denson said.<br />
“This was the huge success<br />
story that everyone<br />
was talking about last<br />
year.” CTTC Michael D.<br />
Miller, the <strong>CID</strong> activity<br />
chair last year, was selected<br />
by Office of Personnel<br />
M a n a g e m e n t<br />
Washington, D.C., as one<br />
of the 10, nationwide,<br />
Hero Award winners, as a<br />
reflection of his leadership<br />
and dedication to the<br />
campaign.<br />
Going into this year,<br />
<strong>CID</strong> <strong>Corry</strong> <strong>Station</strong> was not<br />
sure they would be able to<br />
do that well, because it had<br />
not been done previously<br />
since the early 1990s.<br />
“They established a goal<br />
of $45,229 and have<br />
smashed that goal and far<br />
surpassed last year’s totals,<br />
currently sitting at<br />
$110,815 (245 percent of<br />
their goal), and are not<br />
done yet,” Denson said.<br />
CTTC(SW/AW) Steven<br />
Cogar, <strong>CID</strong>’s activity chair<br />
this year, and his team have<br />
shown the success level<br />
that a motivated and dedicated<br />
group of people are<br />
capable of.<br />
The other two commands<br />
that are doing<br />
“great thus far” are the<br />
<strong>Marines</strong> (which includes<br />
AMS-1, AMS-2,<br />
MATSG-21 and<br />
MARDET onboard <strong>Corry</strong><br />
<strong>Station</strong>) and Naval<br />
Aviation Schools<br />
Command (NASC).<br />
The <strong>Marines</strong> brought in<br />
$26,706 in 2009, set their<br />
goal at $22,500 for 2010,<br />
and are at $49,685 (221<br />
percent of their goal) and<br />
will continue to collect<br />
throughout the rest of the<br />
campaign.<br />
NASC brought in<br />
$41,979 in 2009, set their<br />
goal at $35,000 for 2010,<br />
and are currently at<br />
$53,429 (153 percent of<br />
their goal).<br />
“We are very excited to<br />
see how these stats are going<br />
to reflect the total amount<br />
raised at the end of the campaign,”<br />
Denson said.<br />
“I believe it is an indication<br />
that our federal<br />
employees see the need<br />
to support non-profits is<br />
increasing and they are<br />
better prepared to help.”<br />
EscaRosa Combined Federal Campaign (<strong>CFC</strong>) Assistant Trista Swauger brings donation<br />
totals on the NASP <strong>CFC</strong> office chart up to date. “Many of the donors we are seeing<br />
are not contributing large amounts, but are electing to give a little via payroll deductions<br />
resulting in larger annual contributions,” <strong>CFC</strong> EscaRosa No. 0194 Director Ron<br />
Denson said. “Overall, this is causing commands to raise far more than anticipated.”<br />
Photo by Mike O’Connor<br />
The official end of the<br />
campaign is Oct. 29, but<br />
<strong>CFC</strong> can legally accept<br />
donations until<br />
December. “As of 11<br />
a.m. Oct. 5, we are at<br />
$416,432.00, which is 51<br />
percent of the area goal,”<br />
Denson said.<br />
Legislation in 35 states helps military school children<br />
Story, photo<br />
by Anne Thrower<br />
<strong>Gosport</strong> Staff Writer<br />
Your son was a star football<br />
player. But when the family<br />
transferred to a new base,<br />
they arrived after the football<br />
tryouts had already been completed.<br />
And your daughter has<br />
always done well on state-required exams<br />
while stationed in other states. But how<br />
well will she do on the FCAT, Florida’s<br />
Comprehensive Assessment Test.<br />
Carissa Bergosh<br />
Issues like these are all too<br />
common realities for career<br />
military families where children,<br />
on average, attend six to<br />
nine different school systems<br />
during their school years.<br />
Help for such issues are<br />
growing in many states.<br />
About 35 states, including<br />
most states with large military<br />
populations, have joined the<br />
Interstate Compact on Educational<br />
Opportunity for Military Children, making<br />
it easier for military children to transfer<br />
from one state to another.<br />
And some states, including Florida,<br />
have taken it one step further – passing<br />
legislation that makes the transition easier.<br />
Still in its infancy, the number of states<br />
joining the compact is growing, said<br />
Carissa Bergosh, the school liaison officer<br />
for Naval Air <strong>Station</strong> Pensacola.<br />
“The compact provides a valuable tool to<br />
help our families,” Bergosh said. “The more<br />
tools we give to our parents, the better advocates<br />
they can be for their children.”<br />
While not exhaustive, the compact does<br />
address key transition issues including eligibility,<br />
enrollment placement and graduation.<br />
The Office of the Secretary of Defense<br />
developed the compact. But a variety of<br />
federal, state and local officials, as well as<br />
national education groups and military<br />
families, were involved in creating the<br />
interstate agreement.<br />
The compact is designed to resolve transition<br />
issues. It also helps schools become<br />
more aware of the issues facing military<br />
children, Bergosh said.<br />
“It’s important that families be aware of<br />
this compact,” Bergosh said. “It’s there to<br />
assist our families.”<br />
For more information visit the Military<br />
Interstate Children’s Compact<br />
Commission’s website at www.mic3.net.<br />
Energy<br />
Awareness<br />
Month<br />
reminders<br />
From NavFacSoutheast<br />
During October, the<br />
Department of the Navy<br />
(DoN) is participating in<br />
National Energy<br />
Awareness month. This<br />
year’s DoN theme is<br />
“Strength Through<br />
Energy Security.”<br />
Enhancing energy security<br />
makes the Navy and<br />
Marine Corps operationally<br />
stronger and is<br />
attained through energy<br />
efficiency and increased<br />
use of alternative energy<br />
sources. Every Sailor,<br />
Marine and civilian is<br />
responsible for managing<br />
energy as a critical<br />
resource, which means<br />
considering energy in<br />
every action taken and<br />
decision made.<br />
As the United States<br />
government is working to<br />
reduce energy consumption<br />
and lead the nation<br />
toward energy independence,<br />
the secretary<br />
See Energy on page 7<br />
Navy promotes energy security at upcoming forum<br />
From Chief of Naval<br />
Operations Energy and<br />
Environmental Readiness<br />
Public Affairs<br />
ARLINGTON, Va.<br />
(NNS) – The 2010 Navy<br />
Energy Forum will be<br />
held Oct. 12-13 at the<br />
Ronald Reagan Building<br />
and International Trade<br />
Center in Washington,<br />
D.C. The theme for this<br />
forum is “Seapower<br />
Repowered: Energy as a<br />
Force Multiplier and<br />
Strategic Resource.”<br />
The forum will bring<br />
together military, government,<br />
and industry leaders<br />
to discuss the importance<br />
of energy to the<br />
warfighter and combat<br />
capability. Energy and<br />
environmental organizations<br />
are encouraged to<br />
participate.<br />
Distinguished Navy<br />
speakers include the<br />
Honorable Ray Mabus,<br />
secretary of the Navy, and<br />
Adm. Gary Roughead,<br />
Chief of Naval<br />
Operations. Guest speakers<br />
include former Sen.<br />
John Warner; Dr. George<br />
Friedman, international<br />
affairs expert and chief<br />
executive officer of<br />
STRATFOR; and Dr.<br />
Daniel Yergin, chairman<br />
of Cambridge Energy<br />
Research Associates and<br />
Pulitzer Prize winner for<br />
his bestseller, “The<br />
Prize.”<br />
Building on a year of<br />
progress toward the secretary<br />
of the Navy’s energy<br />
goals announced in<br />
Wheelchair Basketball Game<br />
coming Oct. 15 ... In October,<br />
National Disability Employment<br />
Awareness Month, the Mobile Patriots<br />
Wheelchair Basketball Team will go up<br />
against the Pensacola Navy Warriors.<br />
The game will take place Oct. 15, 11<br />
a.m.-1 p.m. at the NASP Portside basketball<br />
courts (50 Saufley St., Bldg.<br />
627). The event, organized by Naval<br />
Education Training Command, will<br />
also have lunch available; hotdogs,<br />
chips and drinks can be purchased<br />
outside the gym. Additionally, there will<br />
be a special appearance by renowned<br />
boxer Roy Jones Jr.<br />
For more information call 452-4871.<br />
(Right) Former NASP Commanding<br />
Officer Capt. Pete Frano competes in<br />
a previous year’s event. Photo by<br />
Anne Thrower<br />
fall 2009, participants<br />
will focus on policies,<br />
partnerships, technologies,<br />
and culture change<br />
needed to move these<br />
goals forward. Issues<br />
such as reducing lifecycle<br />
energy costs, grid security,<br />
and alternative fuels<br />
will be addressed. The<br />
forum will also address<br />
the “Navy Energy Vision<br />
for the 21st Century,”<br />
which identifies the<br />
Navy’s way forward for<br />
increasing energy security.<br />
“Energy is a national<br />
security issue, both for<br />
the Navy and the nation,<br />
and our use of this critical<br />
resource must be looked<br />
at in strategic terms.<br />
Reforming energy use<br />
within the Navy will, first<br />
and foremost, increase<br />
our combat capability,<br />
while it also advances our<br />
energy security and promotes<br />
environmental<br />
stewardship,” stated Rear<br />
Adm. Philip Cullom,<br />
director of the Navy’s<br />
Energy<br />
and<br />
Environmental Readiness<br />
Division and director of<br />
the Navy’s Task Force<br />
Energy.<br />
A newly recast<br />
OPNAV N45, the Energy<br />
See Forum on page 7<br />
Published by the Ballinger Publishing, a private firm in no way connected with the Department of the Navy. Opinions contained herein are not official expressions of the Department of the Navy nor do the advertisements constitute<br />
Department of the Navy or NAS Pensacola endorsement of products or services advertised.
PAGE<br />
2<br />
October 8, 2010<br />
GOSPORT<br />
Using common sense makes house fires more preventable<br />
From Fire & Emergency Services Gulf Coast<br />
“What were they thinking” Like the<br />
recent fire in California, where a 36-yearold-man<br />
was burned more than 60 percent<br />
of his body when he attempted to light the<br />
fire in the fireplace with logs that he soaked<br />
with gasoline.<br />
This is a true story. At 36 years old, he is<br />
certainly beyond the point where he should<br />
have known better. Has he done that<br />
before, with better results Was this the first<br />
time How did this sound like a good idea<br />
in his mind<br />
How about the babysitter who turned on<br />
the space heater and then placed a blanket<br />
on the space heater to “warm it up” While<br />
the intent was to pick it up soon after it was<br />
“warmed up,” a cell phone call took her<br />
outside, so her voice would not wake the<br />
children. I don’t have to tell you that the<br />
blanket started a family room fire before<br />
the babysitter got back in the home.<br />
There was a fire caused by a hair dryer<br />
being used to warm up a bed. Yes, you read<br />
that right. The kids were complaining about<br />
Voters can receive electronic ballots<br />
how cold the house was, and the parents<br />
told the kids to take a hair dryer and put it<br />
between the sheets prior to getting into bed<br />
for the night. One night, they got sidetracked,<br />
and that is when the bedroom fire<br />
started.<br />
How about the person that thought a<br />
good storage place for clean food storage<br />
containers would be the oven, and another<br />
person in the home thought they would<br />
turn the oven on to prepare food. Guess<br />
what happened next<br />
Many home fires are preventable. Even<br />
small fires and the resultant smoke and heat<br />
damage may displace a family for months<br />
from their home.<br />
Education is the key. Smoke alarms, carbon<br />
monoxide detectors and escape plans.<br />
Practice fire safety behaviors like “stop,<br />
drop and roll” and “crawl low under<br />
smoke.”<br />
Watch for more informational articles<br />
during the month of October.<br />
For more information or to schedule fire<br />
prevention training for your organization<br />
call 452-8759.<br />
Navy leadership outlines goals for this year’s Combined Federal Campaign<br />
BY MC3 Shannon Burns<br />
Defense Media Activity<br />
Voting for military members,<br />
their families and overseas citizens is<br />
easier now than ever before.<br />
More than half the states post<br />
absentee ballots online for military<br />
and overseas voters. Additionally,<br />
voters from all 55 states and territories<br />
can use the FVAP online Federal<br />
Write-in Absentee Ballot automated<br />
assistant to vote for all federal candidates.<br />
In 2009, President Obama signed<br />
the Military and Overseas Voters<br />
Empowerment (MOVE) Act into<br />
law. The MOVE Act requires all<br />
states to provide blank absentee ballots<br />
in at least one electronic format:<br />
e-mail, an online ballot delivery system<br />
or fax at least 45 days before an<br />
election.<br />
To jump-start the electronic voting<br />
support process for military and<br />
overseas voters, FVAP offered the<br />
federally funded Electronic Voting<br />
Support Wizard (EVSW). This system<br />
develops state-designed and<br />
operated absentee ballot delivery<br />
websites, accessible through<br />
FVAP.gov, that allow voters to mark<br />
their precinct-specific absentee ballots<br />
and then print, sign and submit<br />
by the methods allowed (mail, e-<br />
mail, fax or online delivery system).<br />
In addition to EVSW, other states<br />
produced their own online ballot<br />
marking systems. These systems<br />
vary by state.<br />
Finally, FVAP produced the<br />
online Federal Write-in Absentee<br />
Ballot automated assistant which<br />
allows voters to access and mark an<br />
online ballot for federal elections.<br />
This is a back up ballot if the voter<br />
does not get a regular state absentee<br />
ballot, where the voter can select<br />
their candidates online, print the ballot<br />
with the choices printed out on the<br />
ballot, sign the oath and return the<br />
ballot package by whatever means is<br />
allowed by the state (mail, e-mail,<br />
ARLINGTON, Va. (NNS) — Senior Navy leadership<br />
outlined individual Combined Federal Campaign (<strong>CFC</strong>)<br />
goals for Navy organizations across the fleet during a<br />
recent ceremony at the Pentagon Center Courtyard in<br />
Arlington, Va.<br />
Under Secretary of the Navy Robert Work described<br />
<strong>CFC</strong> donation goals to Navy leaders from 16 organizations,<br />
including Naval Information Operations<br />
Command, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center and<br />
United States Marine Corps Headquarters.<br />
He presented representatives from each organization<br />
with a small board denoting Department of the Navy<br />
(DoN) <strong>CFC</strong> goals during the ceremony. Work also<br />
explained how funds raised through <strong>CFC</strong> have a nationwide<br />
impact.<br />
fax or online system). The automated<br />
assistant provides voters a complete<br />
federal ballot specific by congressional<br />
district with all instructions<br />
necessary to return the ballot to<br />
the election office.<br />
In the end, the voters get more<br />
time to review, mark and return their<br />
ballot by the state deadline.<br />
Being stationed or living away<br />
from home means it takes longer for<br />
ballots to get to and from voters. Past<br />
research shows late delivery of ballots<br />
is a top reason why absentee ballots<br />
from military and overseas voters<br />
are not counted. The combination<br />
of these systems and early ballot<br />
availability means that voters can<br />
have their ballot in hand to vote and<br />
return 45 days or longer before an<br />
election. For more information, visit<br />
FVAP at: www.fvap.gov or contact<br />
the NAS Pensacola voting assistance<br />
officer at 452-3100, ext. 1351, or by<br />
e-mail: cheryl.ausband@navy.mil.<br />
“This is worth doing,” said Work. “It impacts Sailors,<br />
Wounded Warriors and communities throughout the<br />
United States.”<br />
Work added that although there are numerous reasons<br />
the <strong>CFC</strong> has remained integral in the DoN, the thousands<br />
of sea service members and Department of Defense<br />
(DoD) employees choosing to participate in the program<br />
are who ensure the program’s continuing legacy.<br />
“One reason why we’re successful is because of our<br />
Sailors, <strong>Marines</strong> and civilians,” said Work. “They have<br />
already dedicated their lives to providing a service to the<br />
country. They understand what it means to give and what<br />
it means to sacrifice.”<br />
Of the more than 4,000 charities eligible for participation<br />
in the 2010 <strong>CFC</strong>, numerous charities maintain close<br />
military ties, including Puppies Behind Bars, an organization<br />
which trains and donates aide dogs to Wounded<br />
Warriors.<br />
New SERE school ... Cutting the ribbon to officially inaugurate the<br />
Navy’s new Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE)<br />
facility at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY), Portsmouth, N.H.<br />
From left to right are Capt. Bryant Fuller III, PNSY commander;<br />
retired Rear Adm. Jeremiah Denton Jr.; Rear Adm. select Michael<br />
White, Naval Education and Training Command chief operations<br />
officer; and Capt. Peter Jefferson, Center for Security Forces commanding<br />
officer. Photo by Darryl Orrell<br />
“The <strong>CFC</strong> is an incredibly important donor to us not<br />
only because of the amount of funds generated as a whole<br />
but also because when we get private individuals who<br />
want to give us money from their paychecks it tells us that<br />
the work we are doing is important,” said Gloria Gilbert<br />
Stoga, Puppies Behind Bars president.<br />
DoN <strong>CFC</strong> expectations during 2009 were set at $3.82<br />
million, but more than $4 million were collected. DoN<br />
<strong>CFC</strong> organizers established a goal of 3.9 million dollars<br />
for this year’s campaign.<br />
The <strong>CFC</strong>, officially formed in 1964 as a test project in<br />
six cities, consolidated numerous charity drives into one<br />
annual combined campaign resulting in a substantial<br />
increase in contributions ranging from 20 percent to 125<br />
percent.<br />
In 1971, former President Richard Nixon announced<br />
that the <strong>CFC</strong> would be the uniform fundraising method<br />
for the federal service.<br />
Rating conversions helps keep good Sailors on best path<br />
By MC1(AW) LaTunya Howard<br />
NPC PAO<br />
MILLINGTON, Tenn. (NNS)<br />
— With the merger of Perform-to-<br />
Serve (PTS) and Fleet Rating<br />
Identification Engine (RIDE) Oct.<br />
1, Sailors are being advised to take<br />
full advantage of the program’s<br />
conversion option in order to stay<br />
Navy as the force is shaped to provide<br />
future capabilities.<br />
“What we have is 5,000 Sailors<br />
in overmanned ratings being<br />
looked at in PTS, but 6,000 vacancies<br />
in undermanned ratings not yet<br />
filled,” said Mike Fair, Bureau of<br />
Naval Personnel deputy military<br />
community manager. “We have to<br />
match these Sailors up with these<br />
undermanned specialties by educating<br />
Sailors on how PTS and<br />
Fleet RIDE can keep them from<br />
becoming separated from the Navy<br />
because they aren’t in ratings we<br />
need.”<br />
PTS was implemented in March<br />
2003 as a means for the Navy to<br />
match manning requirements with<br />
mission requirements. It is a centralized<br />
reservation system that balances<br />
overmanned and undermanned<br />
ratings, using re-enlistments<br />
as its key tool.<br />
With Fleet RIDE integration,<br />
Sailors are provided the additional<br />
information of what other rating<br />
billets are open, and what he or she<br />
qualifies for outside of their current<br />
rating, based on their Armed<br />
Services Vocational Aptitude<br />
Battery.<br />
“Most Sailors are loyal to their<br />
rating and are reluctant to change,”<br />
said NCCS(AW) Jermaine Rawls,<br />
Navy Personnel Command PTS<br />
Help Desk. “Career development<br />
boards are indispensable in raising<br />
the number of conversion requests<br />
through PTS.”<br />
The chain of command must<br />
counsel Sailors before they enter<br />
the PTS window to clarify the<br />
importance of applying for both inrate<br />
and conversion quotas.<br />
“Some advantages that accompany<br />
a rating conversion are<br />
advancement, selective re-enlistment<br />
bonus, formal training, college<br />
credit and the opportunity to<br />
stay Navy,” said Rawls.<br />
Sailors considering conversion<br />
can review their Career Re-enlistment<br />
Objective (CREO). CREO<br />
refers to the manning levels for all<br />
Navy ratings and is a consideration<br />
for Sailors requesting PTS<br />
approval. CREO categories are<br />
identified in one of three levels:<br />
CREO 1 rates are undermanned;<br />
CREO 2 rates are manned at<br />
desired levels; CREO 3 rates are<br />
overmanned.<br />
Career counselor can assist<br />
Sailors with understanding the benefits<br />
of reviewing their CREO<br />
information and can provide<br />
Sailors with guidance throughout<br />
the PTS process.<br />
“PTS and Fleet RIDE helps us<br />
keep our best and brightest Sailors<br />
in the Navy in their current rating,<br />
conversion to undermanned rating<br />
our by direct affiliation into our<br />
SelRes,” said Fair.<br />
“There are many untold happy<br />
endings. For example, a machinist’s<br />
mate third class was approved<br />
for conversion. His old rating was<br />
overmanned with advancement<br />
opportunity to E-5 less than 7 percent.<br />
The Sailor converted to cryptologic<br />
technician collection (CTR);<br />
attended A School; graduated; converted<br />
to CTR third class; received<br />
a selective re-enlistment bonus for<br />
a six-year re-enlistment; and is now<br />
assigned to a Navy Information<br />
Operations Command. CTR<br />
advancement opportunity for E-5 is<br />
nearly 100 percent. We want to get<br />
the word out to Sailors about the<br />
power of PTS and Fleet RIDE,”<br />
said Fair.<br />
Vol. 74, No. 40 October 8, 2010<br />
Naval Air <strong>Station</strong>, Pensacola, Fla.: A Bicentennial Defense Community<br />
Commanding Officer — Capt. Christopher W. Plummer<br />
Public Affairs Officer — Harry C. White<br />
The <strong>Gosport</strong> nameplate pays homage to<br />
the 100th anniversary of naval aviation in<br />
2011: the Centennial of Naval Aviation, or<br />
CONA.<br />
The image on the left side of the nameplate<br />
depicts Eugene Ely taking off in a Curtiss<br />
pusher bi-plane from the USS Pennsylvania<br />
Jan. 18, 1911.<br />
While Ely had taken off from the USS<br />
Birmingham two months earlier after his plane<br />
had been loaded on the ship, the USS<br />
Pennsylvania event was the first time a plane<br />
landed on and then took off from a U.S. warship.<br />
The image on the right side is the Navy’s<br />
most modern fighter aircraft, the F-18 Super<br />
Hornet.<br />
Established in 1921 as the Air <strong>Station</strong> News,<br />
the name <strong>Gosport</strong> was adopted in 1936. A<br />
gosport was a voice tube used by flight instructors<br />
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October 8, 2010<br />
GOSPORT<br />
COMMENTARY<br />
PAGE<br />
3<br />
Your personal security is really important<br />
By Beth Wilson<br />
Military Spouse Contributor<br />
I have to admit that while I think I<br />
am OpSec (operational security)<br />
conscious, I never realized how careless<br />
I was on PerSec (personal security).<br />
Maybe, like me, you have said or<br />
posted something similar to the following:<br />
“My countdown calendar is<br />
getting smaller.”<br />
From an OpSec perspective I didn’t<br />
reveal a thing about my service<br />
member’s command, area of operation,<br />
movement or return, right<br />
So from an OpSec perspective I<br />
was good. However, from a PerSec<br />
view — well, I just announced that<br />
my husband is gone … inferring that<br />
I am home alone.<br />
Now what if I then post “I’m<br />
meeting the girls for a movie.” Now<br />
I have announced<br />
that I live alone<br />
and my home is<br />
going to be empty.<br />
See where we<br />
are heading here<br />
PerSec takes a different<br />
mindset.<br />
So let’s talk<br />
about personal safety at home. The<br />
Department of the Army offers the<br />
following to spouses:<br />
• Consider owning a dog. If that is<br />
not possible, give the appearance of<br />
owning a dog. Post a “beware of<br />
“Consider owning a dog.<br />
If that is not possible, give<br />
the appearance of owning a<br />
dog.”<br />
Beth Wilson<br />
dog” sign, set large dog bowls outside<br />
and inside the house.<br />
• Consider stronger doors, a security<br />
alarm system, peepholes in all<br />
doors, black-out<br />
drapes and curtains.<br />
Most alarm<br />
companies will<br />
conduct a free<br />
home inspection<br />
and make safety<br />
recommendations<br />
regardless of purchase of their<br />
products.<br />
• Have adequate lighting outside<br />
your house.<br />
• Create the appearance that the<br />
house is occupied while you are<br />
away.<br />
• Use timers to control lights and<br />
radios (yes, radios).<br />
• Have a trusted neighbor/relative<br />
pick up deliveries (newspapers,<br />
mail, etc.).<br />
• Have<br />
trusted<br />
neighbor/<br />
relative put<br />
“Develop a ‘code’ to talk about<br />
deployment with your family and<br />
friends.”<br />
your trash<br />
out and<br />
return containers<br />
to proper place … and cut<br />
your grass.<br />
• Never admit strangers to your<br />
home without proper identification<br />
(think about all the service providers<br />
in our home with each permanent<br />
change of station (PCS) move).<br />
If not expecting a service tech,<br />
call the company to verify the official<br />
visit.<br />
• Do not unnecessarily divulge<br />
your home address, phone number or<br />
family info. Teach children to do the<br />
same.<br />
• Personally destroy all paperwork<br />
and other items that reflect personal<br />
information (bank statements, credit<br />
card offers, etc).<br />
A good cross-cut shredder is about<br />
$30 and is worth it.<br />
• Develop a “code” to talk about<br />
deployment with your family and<br />
friends. (“Joe returns on the 10th of<br />
Carnation.”)<br />
• Help children understand the<br />
importance of safety, especially<br />
keeping our service member’s status<br />
as a secret from unauthorized individuals<br />
(authorized include teachers,<br />
clergy, etc).<br />
Car safety<br />
• Always<br />
lock your car,<br />
even if you are<br />
only going to<br />
be a moment.<br />
Think this isn’t<br />
important<br />
Your base access tags announce<br />
you are military, your vehicle registration<br />
and insurance cards provide<br />
your address.<br />
More info than any stranger has a<br />
right to access.<br />
• Never leave bills or other correspondence<br />
in your car, again this<br />
reveals your address.<br />
Internet safety<br />
Remember once you post it on the<br />
Internet it is there forever.<br />
A clue given today, coupled with a<br />
clue yesterday and another tomorrow<br />
can potentially put you, your<br />
family or service member at risk.<br />
PerSec — Your personal security<br />
– yup, it really is important.<br />
Connect with Beth on Twitter<br />
(@Beth_Wilson), Facebook<br />
(www.facebook. com/ enlistedspousecommunity)<br />
and www.enlist<br />
edspousecommunity.com.<br />
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October 8, 2010<br />
GOSPORT<br />
October’s Energy Awareness Month vision –<br />
Showcasing Navy energy savings<br />
From NavFac SE<br />
October is Energy<br />
Awareness Month and<br />
throughout the region,<br />
installations are taking<br />
steps to carry out the<br />
Navy’s long-term commitment<br />
to saving<br />
energy.<br />
Energy-saving tips for businesses;<br />
heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC)<br />
The bottom line of energy awareness is<br />
to make all your dollars count. Cutting<br />
back unnecessary energy use keeps hardearned<br />
money in your bank account. This is<br />
especially important now as many parts of<br />
the country face more critical energy shortages<br />
and the possibility of rolling blackouts.<br />
General tips<br />
• Whenever possible, don’t use large<br />
energy-consuming equipment during the<br />
peak hours of 3 p.m.-7 p.m.<br />
• Turn equipment and lights off after<br />
hours.<br />
• Always choose Energy Star® products<br />
whenever possible.<br />
• Set energy-saving features on all your<br />
office equipment to put them into sleep<br />
mode when not in use.<br />
• Perform occasional energy audits in<br />
Cool lighting tips<br />
The right light for the right task<br />
Many offices, stores or factories can easily reduce<br />
lighting without affecting productivity. Turn off as<br />
many unnecessary lights as possible. Use task lighting<br />
instead of overhead lighting and light only those areas<br />
that are needed at the time. Providing the right lighting<br />
can save up to 15 percent on your lighting bill.<br />
Again, make sure that equipment and lights are<br />
turned off after hours.<br />
• Replace old fluorescent lights with newer, more<br />
efficient models with electronic ballasts (such as<br />
retrofit T12 lights with magnetic ballasts to T8 lights<br />
and electronic ballasts).<br />
• Replace your high-use incandescent light bulbs<br />
with compact fluorescent lights. A compact fluorescent<br />
light uses 75 percent less electricity to produce<br />
the same amount of light as an incandescent bulb. The<br />
compact fluorescent will last about 10,000 hours as<br />
opposed to the 600-1,000-hour average life of an<br />
incandescent. By replacing a 100-watt incandescent<br />
with an equivalent 25-watt compact fluorescent, you<br />
can save more than $90 per bulb in electricity costs<br />
over the 10,000-hour lifetime of the compact fluorescent.<br />
• Make sure that bulbs, fixtures, lenses, lamps and<br />
reflective surfaces are cleaned regularly. By removing<br />
(Above) A low-pressure sodium 90-watt streetlight<br />
being installed at NAS Pensacola The new<br />
lights will save the base about $3,000 annually<br />
and have the additional benefit of causing less<br />
distraction to nesting sea turtles. (Right) the<br />
older-style streetlight head.<br />
your home or workplace to familiarize with<br />
energy consuming devices.<br />
• Learn more about energy efficiency<br />
and conservation by reading and asking the<br />
experts<br />
Cooling and ventilation systems –<br />
improve efficiency<br />
• Set the thermostat in your workspace<br />
to 78 degrees during work hours, and raise<br />
the setting to 85 degrees when the space is<br />
unoccupied. The energy savings can be significant<br />
– as much as 2 percent of your air<br />
conditioning costs for each 1 degree that<br />
you raise the thermostat.<br />
• Use a programmable thermostat and<br />
make it easy to adjust the settings as well as<br />
regulate the temperature when you are<br />
closed to avoid unnecessary cooling costs.<br />
• Close window blinds to shade your<br />
(Above) Solar panels light the Truman Bridge, NAS Key<br />
West.<br />
grease, dust and other dirt, you can increase the output<br />
of your lights.<br />
• Install automatic, occupancy sensor room-lighting<br />
controls to turn lights on or off depending on<br />
occupancy or time of day.<br />
• Change out incandescent or fluorescent exit signs<br />
with LED exit signs.<br />
• Observe and report exterior lighting that is on during<br />
daytime hours to your building energy monitor.<br />
rooms from direct sunlight.<br />
• Adjust your clothing during temperature<br />
extremes. Lighter in both color and<br />
weight in the summer and darker and heavier<br />
in the winter.<br />
• To save energy, keep your exterior and<br />
freight doors closed as much as possible.<br />
• Keep your cooling and ventilation<br />
systems tuned. Maintain a regular filter<br />
replacement and cleaning schedule. Don’t<br />
forget to check ducts and pipe insulation.<br />
• Install window film, solar screens or<br />
awning in south and west facing windows.<br />
• Solar control window films applied to<br />
existing glass in windows and doors is an<br />
effective method to reduce peak demand<br />
during hot months and conserve energy<br />
anytime air conditioning might be<br />
required. In addition to the energy management<br />
benefits, the use of these films<br />
can also reduce exposure to ultraviolet<br />
radiation and reduce glare.<br />
• Install ceiling fans – they make it feel<br />
at least four degrees cooler during the<br />
summer.<br />
• When buying new cooling and ventilation<br />
units choose Energy Star®. They<br />
are 20 to 30 percent more efficient than<br />
older models.<br />
• Re-wire restroom fans to operate<br />
when the lights are turned on.<br />
• Insulate water heaters and supply<br />
pipes.<br />
• If possible, install ceiling and wall<br />
insulation. You will save money on your<br />
monthly utility bills and your employees<br />
will be more comfortable.<br />
• Install Energy Star® labeled reflected<br />
“Cool Roof” roofing materials.<br />
When to turn off PCs<br />
If you’re wondering when you should turn off your personal<br />
computer for energy savings, here are some general<br />
guidelines to help you make that decision:<br />
Though there is a small surge in energy when a computer<br />
starts up, this small amount of energy is still less than the<br />
energy used when a computer is running for long periods<br />
of time. For energy savings and convenience, consider<br />
turning off:<br />
• The monitor if you aren’t going to use your PC for<br />
more than 20 minutes<br />
• Both the CPU and monitor if you’re not going to use<br />
your PC for more than two hours.<br />
Plug in your monitors, printers and other accessories into<br />
a power strip. When this equipment is not in use for extended<br />
periods, turn off the switch on the power strip to prevent<br />
them from drawing power even when shut off. If you don’t<br />
use a power strip, unplug extra equipment when it’s not in<br />
use.<br />
Screen savers are not energy savers. Using a screen saver<br />
may in fact use more energy than not using one, and the<br />
power-down feature may not work if you have a screen<br />
saver activated. In fact, modern LCD color monitors do not<br />
need screen savers at all. For more tips, visit the DOE website<br />
at www.energysavers.gov/your_home/.<br />
It is important to be aware when NMCI updates your<br />
computer. Contact your building energy monitor or<br />
resource efficiency manager if you have any questions.
GOSPORT October 8, 2010 PAGE 5<br />
Taking the bite out of bed bugs: prevention and treatment tips<br />
By Mary Anne Broderick Tubman<br />
Navy Region Southeast Public<br />
Affairs<br />
In recent years, a worldwide<br />
resurgence of a long-forgotten<br />
nemesis –– the bed bug –– has<br />
invaded public consciousness.<br />
The way we live today, with<br />
increased domestic and international<br />
travel, living in close<br />
quarters and limited use of<br />
insecticides, have all contributed<br />
to the bed bugs’ unwelcome<br />
return.<br />
While the mere mention of<br />
the pint-sized pest is enough to<br />
make anyone’s skin crawl,<br />
knowing what they are, where<br />
they come from, and how to<br />
treat and prevent them are<br />
important to calming fears about<br />
their significance as a threat to<br />
public health.<br />
What exactly are bed bugs<br />
They’re small, brown, nocturnal<br />
insects that survive on the blood<br />
of their hosts, which are usually<br />
sleeping humans.<br />
“Bed” bug is something of a<br />
misnomer as they can live just<br />
about anywhere, including<br />
clothing, carpets, cracks and<br />
crevices. While they are not<br />
known to carry diseases like<br />
mosquitoes or ticks, they can be<br />
difficult to eliminate and can<br />
make life miserable for anyone<br />
who experiences an infestation.<br />
These unpleasant characteristics<br />
have made the bed bug an<br />
object of fear for many, including<br />
military members and their<br />
families.<br />
Naval Hospital Pensacola’s<br />
Preventative Medicine<br />
Department will not be quarantining<br />
personnel or preventing<br />
them from entering the base due<br />
to bed bug infestation, says<br />
HMC Robert Boling. The bugs<br />
are not spread via person-to-person,<br />
he said.<br />
“Our office deals with roughly<br />
three to four bed bug complaints<br />
every month, usually<br />
from local Bachelor Enlisted<br />
Quarters or Bachelor Officer<br />
Quarters,” continued Boling.<br />
“When we find evidence of bed<br />
bug infestation in a room the<br />
personnel are usually moved to<br />
another room and the infested<br />
room is treated with an approved<br />
pesticide. Prior to personnel<br />
moving, we ask that they wash<br />
bedding, clothing and inspect<br />
their luggage for evidence of<br />
insects and eggs to prevent them<br />
bringing the bed bugs with<br />
them.”<br />
Dr. Harold J. Harlan, a boardcertified<br />
entomologist of the<br />
Information Services Division<br />
of the Armed Forces Pest<br />
Management Board in<br />
Washington, D.C., has studied<br />
Cimex lectularius L., the common<br />
bed bug, for more than 38<br />
years. In his dealings with both<br />
the insects and with people,<br />
including those bitten by them<br />
and those tasked with controlling<br />
them, he’s ready and willing<br />
to address the common perceptions<br />
about bed bug behavior<br />
and their effect on quality of life.<br />
“The most common public<br />
misconception about bed bugs is<br />
that they are only present in<br />
unsanitary conditions,” Harlan<br />
said. “The reality is that bed<br />
bugs have been found in just<br />
about every place you find people,<br />
including hotels, apartment<br />
buildings, cruise ships, movie<br />
theaters, trains and long-term<br />
care facilities.”<br />
How do they get around in the<br />
first place<br />
Bed bugs and their eggs are<br />
transferred from location to<br />
location in a variety of ways,<br />
most commonly on bedding,<br />
moving boxes and furniture.<br />
Travelers are especially vulnerable<br />
to picking up bed bugs on<br />
both their luggage and clothing.<br />
Reactions to bed bug bites<br />
vary from individual to individual.<br />
While bites often go undetected,<br />
they can cause skin reactions<br />
after repeated bites that are<br />
the result of proteins in the bed<br />
bugs’ saliva.<br />
Very often, people will seek<br />
medical attention for bed bug<br />
bites because of their general<br />
fear of the insect.<br />
“Another common misconception<br />
is that bed bug bites<br />
cause terrible and long-lasting<br />
medical problems for their victims,”<br />
Harlan added.<br />
Most of the time, concern<br />
about the bites drives people to<br />
seek information and help.<br />
“Usually, we hear from individuals<br />
who have stayed somewhere<br />
and been bitten,” said Lt.<br />
Cmdr. Craig Stoops, acting officer<br />
in charge of the Navy<br />
Entomology Center of<br />
Excellence (NECE), a field<br />
activity of the Navy and Marine<br />
Corps Public Health Center,<br />
located on board Naval Air<br />
<strong>Station</strong> Jacksonville. “We<br />
receive anywhere from one to<br />
two inquiries about bed bugs<br />
every month.”<br />
What is the best way to keep<br />
bed bugs out of your home and<br />
property Travelers can treat<br />
luggage with a commercially<br />
available, EPA-labeled pesticide<br />
developed specifically for these<br />
insects.<br />
Check hotel rooms for bed<br />
bugs and inform the management<br />
if any are detected.<br />
Keep luggage and personal<br />
items off of the floor and hang<br />
clothing that isn’t being worn.<br />
When returning home, avoid<br />
bringing bed bugs into the home<br />
Crew members prepare uniforms to be sprayed with Permethrin<br />
on the flight deck aboard the Military Sealift Command (MSC)<br />
hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) in preparation for conditions<br />
the crew will encounter on its deployment. Permethrin is<br />
effective against multiple species of crawling and flying insects,<br />
including bed bugs, mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, chiggers and flies.<br />
Photo by PH3 Timothy F. Sosa<br />
by checking belongings for bugs<br />
or eggs, which are both readily<br />
visible.<br />
Wash affected clothing in hot<br />
water followed by drying in a<br />
hot dryer, which will kill bed<br />
bugs in all states of development.<br />
Vacuum bed bugs from box<br />
springs and mattresses with a<br />
high energy particulate air<br />
(HEPA) filtered vacuum.<br />
Seal any openings where they<br />
have access to the home.<br />
Enclose mattresses and box<br />
springs in commercially available<br />
plastic covers, which will<br />
prevent bed bugs from entering<br />
and entomb any bugs that are<br />
already present.<br />
If a bed bug infestation is discovered,<br />
seek the services of a<br />
qualified pest management professional.<br />
They use a variety of<br />
extermination methods, including<br />
pesticide placement, heat,<br />
cold and steam.<br />
Understanding bed bugs and<br />
how to deal with them will bring<br />
peace of mind, and a better<br />
night’s sleep.<br />
For information visit the<br />
Navy and Marine Corps Public<br />
Health Center website at<br />
http://www.nmcphc<br />
.med.navy.mil/
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6<br />
October 8, 2010<br />
GOSPORT<br />
NAS Whiting Field celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month<br />
Story, photos<br />
by Jay Cope<br />
NASWF PAO<br />
Using food, music and remembrances<br />
of time spent abroad, Naval<br />
Air <strong>Station</strong> Whiting Field recognized<br />
the significant influences Hispanic<br />
culture has on our society. The luncheon<br />
event at the base auditorium<br />
observed Hispanic-American heritage<br />
month.<br />
Established in 1988 to celebrate the<br />
culture and traditions of those who<br />
trace their roots to Spain, Mexico and<br />
the Spanish-speaking nations of<br />
Central America, South America and<br />
the Caribbean, Hispanic-American<br />
Heritage Month is now celebrated<br />
from Sept. 15-Oct. 15. The event was<br />
originally proclaimed as National<br />
Heritage Week in 1968, but was<br />
expanded to those dates to coincide<br />
with the<br />
anniversaries<br />
of the independence<br />
of<br />
five Latin<br />
American<br />
countries,<br />
Mexico and<br />
Chile.<br />
N a v y<br />
bases across<br />
the country<br />
celebrate<br />
Hispanic-<br />
American<br />
Heritage<br />
Month to<br />
recognize<br />
the experiences<br />
and contributions they have<br />
made to the maritime forces.<br />
“Today contributions of Hispanics<br />
to the mission of the Navy are woven<br />
NASWF PAO<br />
into every segment of naval operations.<br />
Recognizing that America’s<br />
strength lies in its diversity, it is in the<br />
Department of the Navy’s best interest<br />
to draw from every diverse group in<br />
our nation. We must leverage the<br />
strength of the diversity that our nation<br />
and our people have to offer,” the honorable<br />
Juan M. Garcia III, assistant<br />
secretary of the Navy (Manpower and<br />
Reserve Affairs) said.<br />
The event was coordinated by the<br />
cultural affairs committee to help bring<br />
disparate elements of the base together<br />
to socialize and learn about a different<br />
cultural background. The celebration<br />
started with an audio visual presentation<br />
documenting entertainment, athletic<br />
and historical figures of Hispanic<br />
descent who impacted American life.<br />
The presentation scrolled through until<br />
the luncheon began. The menu of pork,<br />
pollo guisado, seven bean salad,<br />
Spanish rice<br />
and more<br />
reflected<br />
dishes from<br />
those regions<br />
that have<br />
become popular<br />
in the<br />
U n i t e d<br />
States.<br />
Father<br />
Dennis<br />
O’Brien<br />
served as the<br />
guest speaker<br />
for the<br />
occasion<br />
and related<br />
his experiences<br />
as a missionary tending to congregations<br />
in Ecuador. The conditions<br />
of the areas he served in the late 1980s<br />
and early ’90s reflected significant<br />
Hispanic American Heritage Month celebration<br />
attendees line up to enjoy the lunch of pork, pollo<br />
guisado, seven bean salad, Spanish rice and more.<br />
The Naval Air <strong>Station</strong> Whiting Field fitness center is<br />
an impressive facility with a treasure trove of wellness<br />
activities available. So, Morale, Welfare and<br />
Recreation (MWR) is teaming up with Santa Rosa<br />
Medical Center, Fleet and Family Support Center, the<br />
Navy Exchange, the Branch Heath Clinic and the commissary<br />
to bring a health and wellness fair to the facility.<br />
The fitness center will serve as the hub of the event<br />
with booths providing heath information and testing to<br />
provide military service personnel, retirees, family<br />
members and base employees the information they<br />
need to stay fit and well. The one-day fair will last<br />
from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. today (Oct. 8) and is free to attend.<br />
Terrence Edgar, the NAS Whiting Field fitness coordinator,<br />
believes this is the first such fair at the base and<br />
says that the event kind of snowballed from what he<br />
originally envisioned.<br />
“At first, we thought this would just be an MWR and<br />
base medical event, but as we contacted people, it just<br />
kind of grew. We just wanted to let the (base personnel<br />
and families) know what we have to offer and provide<br />
them information on ways to keep healthy,” Edgar<br />
said.<br />
A few of the booths will include: TRICARE; men’s<br />
and women’s health issues; tobacco cessation, dental<br />
AC2 Adrianna Ayala-Barcellos performs<br />
a salsa as a portion of the<br />
Hispanic American Heritage Month<br />
luncheon. She also danced the<br />
merengue and a newer salsa as well.<br />
poverty. There were few cars, little<br />
organized or modern transportation<br />
and a lack of advanced facilities.<br />
“It was overwhelming,” he said.<br />
“You live in a South American country<br />
and you get flexible fast. We asked<br />
ourselves, what is the best way of<br />
being with these people”<br />
He and the few other missionaries in<br />
the team decided that the best way to<br />
help was to set the communities up so<br />
they would not need the team anymore.<br />
The Missionary Society of<br />
Saint James the Apostle worked to<br />
provide domestic abuse shelters,<br />
schools and other facilities, and once<br />
the community were prepared, they<br />
moved on to another location they<br />
could help. O’Brien worked in<br />
Ecuador for five years.<br />
O’Brien went on to work at various<br />
parishes until 2004 when he became<br />
the pastor for Saint Rose of Lima<br />
Church in Milton. The congregation<br />
there was separated by language<br />
between the English-speaking and<br />
Spanish-speaking members. Molding<br />
the congregation into one community<br />
was a task of inclusiveness that<br />
O’Brien embraced. Using translators<br />
at many functions and gathering<br />
together as a community for celebrations<br />
of each cultural background,<br />
O’Brien thinks they found a way for<br />
them to find common ground –– much<br />
like the Navy’s heritage celebrations<br />
do.<br />
“Having a day like this is a day of<br />
inclusion,” he said.<br />
Following the guest speaker, performers<br />
entertained the audience<br />
with short displays of traditional<br />
music and dance. Juan Vazquez,<br />
playing the keyboards, sang a Puerto<br />
Rican song, “Vico San Juan.” AC2<br />
Adriana Ayala-Barcellos energetically<br />
performed both new and old style<br />
salsa as well as a merengue. Several<br />
people even stayed after the event<br />
ended to try a few of the dance<br />
steps.<br />
The event is designed to educate<br />
and remind military personnel about<br />
the contributions, but it also can<br />
serve as a way to bring awareness to<br />
the culture and through that awareness<br />
bring appreciation.<br />
“I found myself financially, not<br />
richer,” said O’Brien, “but much<br />
richer culturally for living in another<br />
country.”<br />
NAS Whiting Field to host military wellness fair today<br />
health and more from the Branch Health Clinic on the<br />
base. Santa Rosa Medical Center will provide blood<br />
pressure station/cardiac scoring, diabetes education, a<br />
nutrition station, PSA screening and cholesterol screening.<br />
Other activities will feature aerobics classes, martial<br />
arts demonstrations, a demo by the Living Sensations<br />
gymnastics team, spinning classes, a cross-fit challenge<br />
and prize give-a-ways. Should the event be successful,<br />
Edgar stated that they hope to do this one or<br />
two times a year.<br />
“We hope people will gain a better understanding of<br />
what we can offer on the base. It should be an entertaining<br />
day,” Edgar said.<br />
Call Simone Sands to<br />
advertise in this newspaper<br />
433-1166 ext. 21
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Partyline e-mail submissions<br />
Submissions for Partyline should be e-mailed to:<br />
anne.thrower.ctr @navy.mil.<br />
Submissions should include the organization’s<br />
name, the event, what the event is for, who benefits<br />
from the event, time, date, location and a point of<br />
contact.<br />
Bible study at NASP changed to Wednesdays<br />
The weekly Bible study/pizza lunch has changed<br />
to Wednesdays from 11 a.m.-noon at the McKamey<br />
Center next to Naval Aviation Memorial Chapel.<br />
The first half hour will be spent eating pizza and<br />
socializing, with the last half hour devoted to reading<br />
and discussing the Bible.<br />
The study previously was on Tuesday. For information<br />
call Lt. Cmdr. Shawn Bowen at 452-5273 or<br />
736-0973.<br />
NHP walk-in mammogram events in October<br />
Naval Hospital Pensacola’s Radiology<br />
Department has three remaining walk-in mammogram<br />
events in October. “Happy Hour Tuesday”<br />
events will be Oct. 19 and 26 from 5-7 p.m. and a<br />
weekend walk-in will take place Oct. 23 from 8<br />
a.m.-2 p.m.<br />
Redeemer Lutheran School fall festival run<br />
Redeemer Luther School is having a Fall Festival<br />
and run Oct. 9. The run, which starts at 8 a.m.,<br />
includes a 10K, 5K and one-mile fun run. For information<br />
call 525-3851.<br />
VFW Hosting entertainment and dancing<br />
VFW Post 706, 5000 Lillian Highway, Pensacola,<br />
is hosting entertainment and dancing Oct. 9 from 6-<br />
11 p.m. The event is open to the public. For more<br />
information, please call the post at 455-0026.<br />
Quina House 200th anniversary Oct. 9-10<br />
The Quina House Museum will celebrate the<br />
200th anniversary of the oldest house in Pensacola<br />
on its original site Oct. 9-10.<br />
The free open house at 204 S. Alcaniz St. will<br />
take place from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 9 and 11 a.m.-4<br />
p.m., Oct. 10.<br />
For information visit quinahousemuseum.org or<br />
call 432-3050.<br />
Military judo championship this weekend<br />
The 2010 Emerald Coast Military Judo<br />
Championships will take place at the Portside Gym,<br />
Oct. 9, 8-11 a.m.<br />
American Legion Post 240 hosting Oktoberfest<br />
An Oktoberfest will be held at the American<br />
Legion Post 260, located at 8666 Gulf Beach<br />
Highway, Oct. 9, beginning at noon.<br />
This event is open to the public and will be used<br />
to raise funds to help support local active military<br />
and veteran families.<br />
For more information call Jimmy Lee at 982-<br />
1947<br />
St. Joseph Church lawn party Oct. 10<br />
St. Joseph Church will host its annual festival,<br />
Oct. 10 from 12:30-4:30 p.m.<br />
Activities will include games, bingo, food, live<br />
entertainment and a silent auction. Admission is<br />
free.<br />
For information call 436-6461.<br />
Annual retiree seminar at NASP Oct. 16<br />
The 2010 retiree seminar at NASP will take place<br />
Oct. 16 at the base theater (Bldg. 633) from 9 a.m.-<br />
noon.<br />
All military retirees are invited to attend the annual<br />
event sponsored by the Retired Activities Office<br />
and the Fleet and Family Support Center.<br />
Representatives on hand to answer questions<br />
include Naval Hospital Pensacola, VA, TRICARE,<br />
Vet Center, MWR, NEX, FFSC, Retired Activities<br />
Office and NLSO. For information call 452-5990.<br />
Impact aid cards available to military families<br />
Impact aid cards are used to provide federal funds<br />
to schools systems that are financially burdened by<br />
providing services to children residing on military<br />
bases or other federal properties.<br />
Impact aid cards, or federal cards, are sent home<br />
with students for parents to fill out and return to the<br />
school.<br />
For information contact Carissa Bergosh, school<br />
liaison officer at 293-0322.<br />
Bill of Rights essay contest offers up to $5,000<br />
U.S. high school students and their teachers are<br />
invited to compete for nearly $115,000 in prize<br />
money by participating in the Bill of Rights<br />
Institute’s fifth annual Being an American Essay<br />
contest.<br />
Top winners and their teachers will also receive<br />
all-expenses paid trips to Washington, D.C. Firstplace<br />
winners receive $5,000.<br />
For contest guidelines visit www.being<br />
AnAmerican.org.<br />
NEX to host birthday ball event, Oct. 13<br />
Hot air balloon rides, car clubs and other vendors<br />
will participate in a Navy Ball celebration Oct. 13 at<br />
NASP. The event, from 4-7 p.m., will take place on<br />
the lawn in front of the Navy Exchange, which is<br />
hosting the event. For information, call 458-8883,<br />
ext. 3326.<br />
Local Flying Cross Society to meet Oct. 14<br />
The Pensacola chapter of the Distinguished<br />
Flying Cross Society will meet at Franco’s Italian<br />
Restaurant in Pensacola Oct. 14 at 11:30 a.m.<br />
The Distinguished Flying Cross is awarded to<br />
aviators and aircrew for heroism and/or extraordinary<br />
achievement during aerial flight.<br />
DFC recipients, spouses, significant others and<br />
those desiring to join the Pensacola chapter are<br />
invited. The group meets the second Thursday of<br />
every other month. Bring a picture of your favorite<br />
flying machine.<br />
For information call 453-9291.<br />
Hispanic Heritage at Naval Live Oaks<br />
Gulf Islands National Seashore of Santa Rosa<br />
will host a Hispanic Heritage month event at Naval<br />
Live Oaks visitor center auditorium Oct. 14, 5:30<br />
p.m. The program is free. For additional information<br />
call the Naval Live Oaks Visitor Center at 934-2600<br />
or visit www.nps.gov/gui<br />
Retired officers’ wives meet Oct. 14<br />
The October meeting of the Retired Officers’<br />
Wives and Widows Association (ROWWA) will be<br />
held at the Scenic Hills Country Club Oct. 14.<br />
Social time will begin at 11 a.m., followed by lunch<br />
at 11:30 a.m.<br />
Lunch reservations are required. Checks should<br />
be sent no later than Oct. 9 to ROWWA, P.O. Box<br />
1193, Gulf Breeze, FL 32562. For information call<br />
Jeannie Harris at 677-9089<br />
NOMI <strong>CFC</strong> 5K scheduled for Oct. 15<br />
NOMI is hosting a Combined Federal Campaign<br />
(<strong>CFC</strong>) 5K run/walk Oct. 15 onboard NASP.<br />
Registration is $15 prior to the race and $20 on<br />
the day of the event. T-shirts will be given to the first<br />
200 registrants.<br />
For information, contact command <strong>CFC</strong> representative,<br />
call 452-2355 or e-mail justin.todd@<br />
med.navy.mil.<br />
Marine LINKS sessions for spouses and children<br />
Lifestyle, Insights, Networking, Knowledge and<br />
Skills (LINKS) sessions for Marine spouses are<br />
scheduled for Oct. 19-20, 8:30 a.m.-noon; Nov. 16,<br />
8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. and Dec. 4, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.<br />
A LINKS 4 Kids session is scheduled Oct. 15, 6-<br />
9 p.m.<br />
All the sessions will be held at the commanding<br />
officer’s conference room at the MATSG-21 headquarters.<br />
To register contact Beth Austin at<br />
elizabeth.a.austin@usmc.mil or 452-9460, ext.<br />
3012.<br />
Lee University Singers onboard NASP Oct. 15<br />
The Lee University Singers are holding a free<br />
concert on the lawn near the Naval Air Technical<br />
Training Center (NATTC) galley onboard NASP<br />
Oct. 15 at 6 p.m. Bring a lawn chair and enjoy an<br />
evening of music<br />
For information contact Chaplain David Gibson<br />
at david.l.gibson@navy.mil.<br />
Fall festival at Warrington Baptist Oct. 16<br />
The Warrington Baptist Church, 103 W. Winthrop<br />
Ave. ( just outside NASP) is planning a Fall Family<br />
Expo/Health and Safety Fair Oct. 16, 4-7 p.m.<br />
The free event will have children’s activities,<br />
prizes, information booths, food, drawings and<br />
musical entertainment. The event is for all ages.<br />
For information, contact Jesse McCoy at 455<br />
4578.<br />
Flu vaccine available to veterans in Pensacola<br />
The flu vaccine is available to all eligible and<br />
enrolled veterans at any of the Department of<br />
Veterans Affairs Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care<br />
System (VAGCVHCS) facilities.<br />
Veterans seeking a flu shot should visit one of the<br />
VAGCVHCS facilities along the Gulf Coast, including<br />
facilities on Highway 98 in Pensacola, Mobile,<br />
Ala., and Eglin Air Force Base.<br />
FFSC offering parenting classes in October<br />
The following classes will be held at FFSC<br />
onboard NASP:<br />
• How to Say No to Your Kids, Oct. 19, 10-noon.<br />
• Military Parenting Class starts, Oct. 20, 1-3 p.m.<br />
• First Time Dads, Oct. 22 and 29, 9-11 a.m.<br />
For information or to register call 452-5990.<br />
NMCRS offering free tickets to DeLuna Fest<br />
Navy Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) is<br />
offering free tickets to DeLuna Fest for anyone who<br />
spends $20 or more at the NMCRS thrift shop on<br />
<strong>Corry</strong> <strong>Station</strong>.<br />
Free tickets are also offered to NMCRS volunteers<br />
who have accumulated 20 or more hours of<br />
volunteer service. For more information call 452-<br />
2300.<br />
October specials at NASP veterinarian clinic<br />
Save 10 percent on pet shampoo products in<br />
October at the veterinarian clinic onboard NASP.<br />
For information, 452-3540.<br />
Veranda of Pensacola hosting VA info event<br />
Veranda of Pensacola is hosting an educational<br />
workshop about VA benefits Oct. 19 at 2 p.m.<br />
The event will take place at Veranda, located at<br />
6982 Pine Forest Road.<br />
The workshop is free and open to the public.<br />
Seating is limited. Call 944-8800 to register.<br />
Helicopter association golf tournament Oct. 20<br />
The 2010 National Helicopter Association (NHA)<br />
Golf Tournament will be held Oct 20 at the NAS<br />
Whiting Field Golf Course. This will be a four-man<br />
scramble, with a noon tee-time.<br />
The $30 entry fee includes green fee, cart and<br />
lunch.<br />
Mulligans can be purchased for $5. The fee (cash<br />
or checks made payable to “NHA Region 5”) will be<br />
collected the day of the tournament.<br />
Sign up in the HT-8 Duty Office or e-maile Lt.<br />
Ronald Dillard at ronald.dillard@navy.mil.<br />
Military engineers golf tournament Oct. 22<br />
The Society of American Military Engineers<br />
(SAME) is hosting its annual scholarship golf tournament<br />
Oct. 22 at A.C. Read Golf Course onboard<br />
NASP.<br />
The cost is $240 per team with proceeds to benefit<br />
college scholarships for local engineering students.<br />
Registration and lunch begin at 11 a.m.<br />
For more information contact Wes Hamill at wesley.hamill@navy.mil.<br />
Friday night fights at <strong>Corry</strong><br />
Kick boxing will take place 7 p.m. Oct. 22 at the<br />
<strong>Corry</strong> Running Track. The event is free to DoD, military<br />
and guests. Food and beverages available. For<br />
info, call 452-6173.<br />
Gulf Coast Chorale performance Oct. 23<br />
The Gulf Coast Chorale will present “Oscars,<br />
Tonys and Flags,” with special guest The Fiesta<br />
Barbershop Chorus Oct. 23 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Ann<br />
Catholic Church in Gulf Breeze.<br />
Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the door and<br />
$5 for students.<br />
For more information email robertfrommel@bellsouth.net<br />
or go online to www.gulf coastchorale.org.<br />
Balfour Beatty Center accepting clothing items<br />
Until Oct. 22, members of NASP can place gently<br />
used infant-to-adult clothing, baby items, blankets and<br />
shoes in collection boxes located at Balfour Beatty<br />
Communities housing office or the Balfour Beatty<br />
Community Center located in Lighthouse Housing.<br />
Balfour Beatty will deliver the goods to homeless<br />
veterans and women’s shelters on Make a Difference<br />
Day, Oct. 23.<br />
Energy from page 1<br />
of the Navy (SecNav) has outlined five<br />
energy goals. These goals seek to<br />
enhance and better enable combat capabilities,<br />
sustain the environment for future<br />
generations and promote a clean energy<br />
economy.<br />
SecNav energy goals<br />
• Energy efficient acquisition:<br />
Evaluation of energy factors will be<br />
mandatory when awarding contracts for<br />
systems and buildings.<br />
• Sail the “Great Green Fleet:” DoN<br />
will demonstrate a Green Strike Group in<br />
local operations by 2012 and sail it by<br />
2016.<br />
• Reduce non-tactical petroleum use:<br />
By 2015, DoN will reduce petroleum use<br />
in the commercial vehicle fleet by 50 percent.<br />
• Increase alternative energy ashore:<br />
By 2020, DoN will produce at least 50<br />
percent of shore-based energy requirements<br />
from alternative sources; 50 percent<br />
of DoN installations will be net-zero.<br />
• Increase alternative energy use DoNwide:<br />
By 2020, 50 percent of total DoN<br />
energy consumption will come from<br />
alternative sources.<br />
Saving energy takes everyone’s effort.<br />
We all must change the way we act and<br />
behave. What are you doing to conserve<br />
energy<br />
Be watchful for information that will<br />
be shared with you over the next month<br />
and see what you can do to change the<br />
way you behave.<br />
A brief video on energy “Myths and<br />
Facts” can be found on our public portal<br />
at https://portal.navfac.navy.mil/portal/<br />
page/portal/navfac/navfac_ww_pp/navfac_southeast_pp/<br />
news/ myths%20<br />
and%20facts.mov.<br />
Forum from page 1<br />
and Environmental Readiness Division, which leads<br />
Navy’s Task Force Energy, is hosting this event with<br />
help from National Defense Industrial Association<br />
(NDIA). Those interested in participating or exhibiting<br />
at this event should contact Kari King, CMP at<br />
kking@ndia.org or (703) 247-2588. More information<br />
on the conference can be found at<br />
http://www.ndia.org/meetings/1600/Pages/<br />
default.aspx.<br />
Those requesting information regarding Navy’s energy<br />
and environmental programs may contact Tracey<br />
Moriarty, Chief of Naval Operations Energy and<br />
Environmental Readiness Division, at tracey.moriarty@navy.mil.<br />
For more news from Navy Environment and Energy,<br />
visit www.navy.mil/local/nee/.
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Lab tech earns ‘naval<br />
ambassador’ kudos<br />
for volunteerism;<br />
see page B2<br />
Spotlight<br />
October is<br />
Breast Cancer Awareness<br />
month<br />
By MC2(SW) Scott Wojciechowski<br />
Naval Hospital Pensacola<br />
The single most<br />
common cancer<br />
among women<br />
is breast cancer.<br />
It is a deadly and serious cancer found not only in<br />
women, but at least 2 percent of men. The American<br />
Cancer Society estimates more than 1,950 cases of<br />
breast cancer will be diagnosed in men and 207,090<br />
cases in women throughout 2010; resulting in more<br />
than 40,000 deaths.<br />
For the past 26 years, October has been dedicated as<br />
Breast Cancer Awareness Month.<br />
“People have been seeing pink ribbons, during the<br />
month of October, for years for breast cancer awareness,”<br />
said Michelle Wilkes, Breast Health program<br />
coordinator at Naval Hospital Pensacola.<br />
“We are still trying to get the message out that early<br />
detection saves lives,” she continued.<br />
The American Cancer Society recommends a threepart<br />
strategy to detecting breast cancer early: A self<br />
breast exam once a month for women over 20; clinical<br />
breast exams periodically (at least once every three<br />
years) for women in their 20s and 30s; and a mammography<br />
screening, with a yearly clinical exam, for<br />
women ages 40 and over, or those who may be at high<br />
risk.<br />
“With no prevention for the No. 1 diagnosed cancer<br />
in women, and the second <strong>leading</strong> cause of cancer<br />
deaths, breast exams and mammograms are our best<br />
Early detection:<br />
your best protection<br />
By Marlene Haydon<br />
Humana Military Healthcare Service<br />
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defense; and women should take advantage of these life<br />
saving screening tools,” said Wilkes.<br />
Medical research shows that certain conditions may<br />
increase a woman’s risk of getting breast cancer, such as<br />
a personal history of breast cancer, family history, certain<br />
breast changes, genetic alterations, late child-bearing<br />
and taking hormone replacements.<br />
It is important to be aware of certain symptoms that<br />
may suggest the onset of breast cancer such as a lump<br />
Early detection and treatment of cervical<br />
cancer can save lives.<br />
Cervical cancer usually begins in the<br />
cells or tissue that lines the cervix.<br />
Sometimes, the normal cells in the<br />
cervix slowly change into precancerous<br />
cells. These cell changes can be found<br />
with a Pap test and treated before cancer<br />
develops. Six of 10 cervical cancers<br />
occur in women who have never had a<br />
Pap test; or who have not had a Pap test<br />
in the past five years.<br />
Finding cervical cancer early, through<br />
regular screening, improves the chances<br />
of successful treatment. At one time,<br />
cervical cancer was the <strong>leading</strong> cause of<br />
cancer deaths in U.S. women. Today, the<br />
number of deaths from cervical cancer<br />
has declined significantly. This suggests<br />
that regular Pap tests and early detection<br />
and treatment are working.<br />
To help raise awareness of the importance<br />
of cancer screenings, Humana<br />
Military Healthcare Services (Humana<br />
Military), in collaboration with the<br />
Naval Hospital Pensacola, is launching<br />
a campaign to encourage women to<br />
schedule their Pap test.<br />
TRICARE covers preventive cancer<br />
screenings, including Pap tests. There<br />
are no co-pays or referrals required as<br />
long as you obtain care and services<br />
from a military treatment facility or network<br />
provider.<br />
Patients enrolled at Naval Hospital<br />
Pensacola or its branch health clinics are<br />
encouraged to call today to schedule<br />
your Pap test at 505-7171 or toll free to<br />
(877) 879-1621.<br />
As part of the campaign to increase<br />
awareness of the importance of cervical<br />
cancer screening, Humana Military is<br />
notifying beneficiaries who may be due<br />
for cervical cancer screening by post<br />
card, phone call and e-mail. To find out<br />
more about cancer prevention, visit<br />
www.humana-military.com.<br />
PETUNIA<br />
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SUNFLOWER<br />
TULIP<br />
(NAPS) — When<br />
someone you know is facing<br />
a serious health diagnosis<br />
or a condition like<br />
breast cancer, there are<br />
many ways you can help<br />
ease the strain:<br />
1. Help out at home:<br />
Mow the lawn, take the<br />
trash to the curb, water the<br />
plants or collect the mail<br />
or newspaper. Offer to<br />
fold laundry or clean the<br />
house.<br />
2. Help with meals:<br />
Provide ready-to-cook<br />
meals, frozen and portioned<br />
according to the<br />
family’s size. Make-andbake<br />
meal preparation<br />
Gosling Games<br />
Color Me ‘Pink is for hope’<br />
or thickening in or near the breast,<br />
in the underarm area, changes in<br />
the size or shape of the breast, or a<br />
change in the way the skin of the breast looks or feels.<br />
See your doctor if you notice any changes in your self<br />
exam.<br />
“You are never too young to be diagnosed with breast<br />
cancer,” said Wilkes. “Current estimates are that 1 in 8<br />
women will develop breast cancer with no other risk factor,<br />
other than being female. Screening exams are an<br />
important gift to yourself and your loved ones,” she said.<br />
NH Pensacola wants to recognize survivors, as well<br />
as bring awareness to the issue, by hosting a Breast<br />
Cancer Awareness “Pink Out Day” Oct. 15. Everyone<br />
coming to the hospital will be afforded the opportunity<br />
of obtaining and wearing pink ribbons and staff members<br />
will be wearing pink to show their support.<br />
Additionally, during October, the hospital’s radiology<br />
department will conduct four walk-in mammogram<br />
events, known as “Happy Hour Tuesdays,” Oct. 19 and<br />
26 from 5-7 p.m. and a “Weekend Walk-In” Oct. 23<br />
from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.<br />
These events are available to all women who are<br />
enrolled in TRICARE Prime or have a primary care<br />
manager at the hospital or one of the local branch health<br />
clinics.<br />
There’s also an “Awareness Fair” scheduled for<br />
Naval Air <strong>Station</strong> Pensacola’s Radford Fitness Center<br />
at the <strong>Corry</strong> <strong>Station</strong> Wellness Center Oct. 13; from 9<br />
a.m. to 1 p.m.<br />
The local American Cancer Society will also be hosting<br />
the “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer” mallto-mall<br />
walk starting at Cordova Mall Oct. 30; registration<br />
begins at 7 a.m. and the walk will start at 8 a.m.<br />
Additionally, NH Pensacola will become a tobaccofree<br />
compound beginning Nov. 18, National Smoke-<br />
Out Day.<br />
For more information, see NHP’s website:<br />
http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/pcola/<br />
What to do when a friend<br />
has cancer: how you can help<br />
items are convenient if<br />
you don’t like to cook.<br />
Restaurant gift cards<br />
always come in handy.<br />
Go grocery shopping for<br />
those family members<br />
who remain at home — or<br />
invite them for dinner.<br />
3. Take care of the rest<br />
of the family: Help the<br />
kids at home get to school<br />
in the morning or to their<br />
after-school activities.<br />
Provide rides for the children<br />
or dinner for them<br />
before their evening activities.<br />
Offer to take them<br />
shopping for a special<br />
birthday, holiday, or getwell<br />
gift. Walk the dog or<br />
change the cat’s litter box.<br />
5. Don’t do it alone:<br />
Coordinating daily dog<br />
duty or the kid pool to<br />
extracurricular activities<br />
among a group will help<br />
Jokes & Groaners<br />
spread out the responsibility<br />
and time commitment.<br />
A group may even be able<br />
to tackle larger projects<br />
such as painting or landscaping<br />
that will really<br />
touch the family.<br />
Doctor’s advice<br />
“When facing a serious<br />
health condition, people<br />
live in a slow-motion<br />
world filled with fear,<br />
uncertainty and important<br />
medical decisions. They<br />
simply can’t focus on —<br />
or may even forget about<br />
day-to-day activities,” Dr.<br />
Jesse Gruman, president<br />
of the Center for the<br />
Advancement of Health,<br />
said. “Those burdens<br />
cause action paralysis.<br />
Friends and family can<br />
best help by just doing<br />
whatever they see that<br />
needs doing.”<br />
Short takes<br />
What’s the difference between a hunter and a fisherman<br />
A hunter lies in wait while a fisherman waits and lies.<br />
At the day-care center, some of the children were telling<br />
each other about their siblings. “My brother takes horseback-riding<br />
lessons,” bragged one. “My sister takes gymnastics,”<br />
said another. Not to be outdone, the youngest<br />
child piped up, “My sister takes antibiotics!”<br />
The new minister was talking to the church’s oldest inhabitant.<br />
“I am 97 years old, sir, and I haven’t an enemy in the<br />
world,” the aged one said. “That is a beautiful thought,”<br />
the clergyman said approvingly. “Yes sir,” was the answer.<br />
“I’m pleased to say that I’ve outlived them all.”<br />
What do you get when you cross an elephant and a skin<br />
doctor A pachydermatologist.<br />
Why do bagpipers walk when they play They’re trying to<br />
get away from the noise.<br />
Remember, half the people you know are below average.<br />
A philosopher always knows what to do until it happens to<br />
him.
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GOSPORTSPOTLIGHT<br />
October 8, 2010<br />
CNATT Top Three<br />
Association assists<br />
Habitat for Humanity<br />
By CMDCM Roger Simmons<br />
CNATT PAO<br />
The month of August was “homebuilding<br />
time” for the Top Three<br />
Association from the Center for<br />
Naval Aviation Technical<br />
Training (CNATT). On Aug.<br />
10, CNATT Top Three volunteers,<br />
led by CNATT Volunteer Coordinator, AMC<br />
Carlos Giovanetty, joined forces with Habitat For<br />
Humanity (HFH) at Tennessee Drive in Pensacola to<br />
help with the hanging of vinyl siding for a new HFH<br />
construction home.<br />
Armed with nothing more than a wish to lend a helping<br />
hand and an eagerness to learn the trade, these volunteers,<br />
consisting of senior enlisted Sailors and<br />
<strong>Marines</strong> E-6 to E-9, united with the Pensacola HFH to<br />
assist in the building of homes for the less fortunate.<br />
The Sailors and <strong>Marines</strong> had no trouble joining right in<br />
as they helped hang siding and complete other various<br />
construction tasks with the professionals of HFH. The<br />
ease with which they tackled their projects was due in<br />
large part to the wealth of knowledge the HFH on-site<br />
managers provided.<br />
“Once they gave us some pointers of how to do it, we<br />
got faster and faster,” said AEC Joe Mackey. “I can’t<br />
believe we almost did a whole house in one day.”<br />
A week later, the groups once again joined forces at<br />
Border Street in Pensacola to work on a new HFH construction<br />
home. The new challenge for the group that<br />
day was hanging the roof.<br />
“I have never done anything like this and was a little<br />
hesitant to do anything that would need to be removed<br />
and installed again,” explained ATC Eric Watkins. “But<br />
they (HFH) keep a good eye on you and they won’t let<br />
you get in any trouble,” Gunnery Sgt. Robert Rood<br />
emphasized.<br />
Overall, 11 CNATT Sailors and <strong>Marines</strong> participated<br />
each day in these two construction jobs and left with a<br />
deep feeling of satisfaction. After these events were<br />
completed, there was one common agreement among<br />
the volunteers; in the future, the CNATT Top Three<br />
Association volunteers will once again to lend a hand<br />
for this worthy cause alongside the folks at the<br />
Pensacola regional HFH.<br />
Lab tech earns ‘naval ambassador’<br />
kudos for volunteerism<br />
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NHP PAO<br />
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One of Naval Hospital<br />
Pensacola (NHP)’s corpsmen<br />
was recognized Sept.<br />
17 for his outstanding volunteer<br />
work within the local<br />
community. HM2 Corey<br />
Smith, a laboratory technician,<br />
was awarded the<br />
Military Outstanding<br />
Volunteer Service Medal<br />
during an awards ceremony<br />
at the hospital.<br />
HM2 Smith contributed<br />
his time outside of work to<br />
help the growth and development<br />
of citizens within<br />
the Pensacola community.<br />
He volunteered with the<br />
Council on Aging of<br />
Northwest Florida, United<br />
Way of Escambia County,<br />
Knockout Fitness, the<br />
American Cancer Society<br />
and other various community<br />
organizations.<br />
His dedication to community<br />
improvement was evidenced<br />
through the hundreds<br />
of personal service hours<br />
provided as a “naval ambassador<br />
throughout the local<br />
area,” said Capt. Maureen<br />
Padden, acting commanding<br />
officer and executive officer<br />
of the hospital. “Your continuous<br />
enthusiasm and dedicated<br />
humanitarian support<br />
is noteworthy and a direct<br />
reflection of our Navy core<br />
values.”<br />
At the Aug. 17 awards<br />
ceremony, NHP presented<br />
Navy Commendation<br />
medals to orthopedic surgeon,<br />
Capt. Anil Taneja and<br />
HM2(FMF) Sean Spare,<br />
<strong>leading</strong> petty officer of the<br />
Family Medicine Clinic.<br />
As reconstructive services<br />
division head, Taneja provided<br />
sage program oversight<br />
for the planning, execution<br />
and rehabilitation of<br />
the department’s orthopedic<br />
arthroplasty procedures.<br />
Spare demonstrated<br />
superb managerial skills<br />
and deckplate leadership<br />
for 22 Sailors and 30 civilians<br />
within the clinic while<br />
increasing command readiness<br />
and deployability<br />
through the instruction of<br />
200 Sailors in tactical combat<br />
casualty care.<br />
At the same ceremony,<br />
RP2 Dimitry Givans was<br />
presented with the Military<br />
Outstanding Volunteer<br />
Service medal, over a sixyear<br />
period, for providing<br />
leadership and service to the<br />
San Clemente senior citizens<br />
home, three orphanages in<br />
HM2 Corey Smith<br />
Japan, the Special Olympics,<br />
Pine Forest High School<br />
“Project Graduation” and<br />
other Pensacola-area organizations.<br />
In her first awards ceremony<br />
as the new commanding<br />
officer at NHP<br />
Aug. 13, Capt. Jennifer<br />
Vedral-Baron congratulated<br />
NHP sailors on their<br />
accomplishments.<br />
“I’m immensely<br />
impressed with the level of<br />
dedication by all levels of<br />
the naval hospital’s staff,”<br />
Card making day shows troop appreciation<br />
at scrapbooking store ... ‘Scrap<br />
That,’ a scrapbooking supply store near<br />
NAS Pensacola, recently held a free card<br />
making day, “to show appreciation for the<br />
troops and to make cards that they can<br />
use to send home to their family members<br />
on birthdays and holidays,” said the<br />
store’s owner, Sandy Valade. The event<br />
was a success and has since become a<br />
regular event. (Left-right) Karen<br />
Plummer and Michelle Thomas, spouses<br />
of the base’s CO and XO, respectively,<br />
lend a hand making cards.<br />
she said.<br />
Capt. Vedral-Baron<br />
handed out Navy & Marine<br />
Corps Commendation<br />
medals to Cmdr. George<br />
Middleton, urology department<br />
head, and Lt. Cmdr.<br />
William Covill, assistant<br />
head of anesthesia<br />
Additionally, she delivered<br />
a Navy & Marine<br />
Corps Achievement medal<br />
to Lt. j.g. Laura Hudson for<br />
her superior performance as<br />
shift charge nurse of the<br />
medical surgical ward; and<br />
congratulated two sailors,<br />
HM3s Jennifer Kitchens<br />
and Samuel Animpong on<br />
three years of excellent<br />
service as hospital corpsmen.<br />
“The wealth and breadth<br />
of achievements recognized<br />
at the awards ceremony<br />
was unequaled,” the CO<br />
said: “I’m proud of our staff<br />
and look forward to the<br />
presentation of many more<br />
awards.”<br />
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GOSPORT<br />
October 8, 2010<br />
PAGE<br />
B3<br />
Oak Grove Park’s new two-bedroom waterfront duplexes ready soon<br />
By Mike O’Connor<br />
<strong>Gosport</strong> Associate Editor<br />
Like to camp, but don’t like bugs<br />
NAS Pensacola’s Oak Grove Park has something new<br />
to offer active-duty military, retirees and Department of<br />
Defense employees – three new two-bedroom duplexes,<br />
each with a waterfront view.<br />
“There are six units total, each with two bedrooms,<br />
fully furnished – with the exception of food, beverages<br />
and a good attitude,” Lance Don, Oak Grove Park manager,<br />
said.<br />
“There’s a patio on all of them and the patio overlooks<br />
the water; there’s a pretty good view of the (Pensacola)<br />
pass.”<br />
Don expects them to be open soon – about Nov. 1 –<br />
but urges potential visitors to check the NASP Morale,<br />
Welfare & Recreation (MWR) website or facebook<br />
pages for firm dates. Cost will be $110/night.<br />
“They still have the new paint smell inside,” Don<br />
noted, “and we anticipate moving furnishings into them<br />
Room with a view: MWR’s new duplexes will offer visitors Gulf of Mexico water views. Photo by Billy Enfinger<br />
in the next week or so.”<br />
Stays at the new duplexes will be booked through the<br />
MWR reservation desk (phone 452-2535); the website<br />
for Oak Grove is www.naspensacola-mwr.com<br />
/leisure/oakgrove.htm. On Facebook, visit www.facebook.com/mwrpensacola.
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B4<br />
GOSPORTOFF DUTY<br />
October 8, 2010<br />
WORSHIP<br />
NAS Pensacola<br />
Protestant<br />
Sunday<br />
• 8 a.m., Communion<br />
Service**<br />
• 10:15 a.m. Worship<br />
Service*<br />
• 6 p.m. Contemporary<br />
Service**<br />
Tuesday<br />
• 9 a.m., Women’s<br />
Bible Study***<br />
Wednesday<br />
• 5:30 p.m. Fellowship<br />
Dinner<br />
• 6 p.m. Bible Study***<br />
Roman Catholic<br />
Saturday<br />
• 3:45 p.m. Sacrament<br />
of Penance****<br />
• 4:30 p.m. Mass*<br />
Sunday<br />
• 8:30 a.m. Mass*<br />
Monday and Thursday<br />
• Noon Mass****<br />
Friday<br />
<strong>Corry</strong> <strong>Station</strong><br />
Protestant<br />
Sunday<br />
• 9 a.m. Adult Bible<br />
Study (chapel conference<br />
room)<br />
• 9 a.m. Chapel Choir<br />
(sanctuary)<br />
• 10 a.m. Worship<br />
Service<br />
• 11:30 a.m. Fellowship<br />
• 7:30 p.m. Praise and<br />
Worship<br />
Thursday<br />
• 5:30 p.m., Bible<br />
Study and dinner (fellowship<br />
hall)<br />
Roman Catholic<br />
Sunday<br />
• Noon Mass<br />
Tuesday<br />
• 11 a.m. Mass (small<br />
chapel)<br />
Latter Day Saints<br />
Sunday<br />
• 10:30 a.m.**<br />
Wednesday<br />
• 7-8:30 p.m., Bible<br />
Study (<strong>Corry</strong>)<br />
*Naval Aviation<br />
Memorial Chapel<br />
**All Faiths Chapel<br />
***J.B. McKamey<br />
Center<br />
****Lady of Loreto<br />
Chapel<br />
Pensacola Greek<br />
Festival Oct. 15-17<br />
The 51st annual<br />
Greek Festival will<br />
take place Oct. 15-17 at<br />
Annunciation Greek<br />
Orthodox Church in<br />
Pensacola.<br />
The event will<br />
include food, dancing<br />
and a Greek market at<br />
the church’s facilities,<br />
located at 1720 W.<br />
Garden St.<br />
Activities will go on<br />
from 11 a.m.-10 p.m.,<br />
Oct. 15-16 and noon-6<br />
p.m., Oct. 17.<br />
The same weekend<br />
on Oct. 16 will be the<br />
28th annual Catholic<br />
Charities’ Jewel of the<br />
Gulf Gala from 7-10<br />
p.m. at the Sacred<br />
Heart Cancer Center.<br />
Admission to the<br />
gala is $50. The<br />
evening will include<br />
hors d’oeuvres, beverages<br />
and entertainment.<br />
There will be live and<br />
silent auctions.<br />
There will also be a<br />
$10,000 grand prize<br />
drawing.<br />
One thousand drawing<br />
chances will be<br />
available at a donation<br />
of $50 per chance.<br />
For information on<br />
how to purchase a<br />
chance to win $10,000<br />
or to purchase guest<br />
admission passes, call<br />
436-8754, ext. 25, or<br />
go online to www.jewelof<br />
thegulfgala.com.<br />
The gala has been<br />
chosen<br />
by<br />
Annunciation Greek<br />
Orthodox Church as<br />
this year’s selected<br />
charity and will receive<br />
a portion of the proceeds<br />
from the Greek<br />
Festival.<br />
“We are so grateful<br />
to have been selected<br />
and appreciate this<br />
honor,” said Elizabeth<br />
Fayard, regional director<br />
of Catholic<br />
Charities.<br />
“We anticipate Oct.<br />
15-17 to be a busy and<br />
enjoyable weekend,<br />
filled with many great<br />
causes to support.”<br />
Free Gulf Islands<br />
National Seashore<br />
concert for Oct. 9<br />
From Gulf Islands National Seashore<br />
Gulf Islands National Seashore will present<br />
a free concert this weekend (Oct. 9) — Sound<br />
Side Serenade — from 1-2:30 p.m. at the Naval<br />
Live Oaks picnic area.<br />
This year’s event will feature a performance<br />
by the Santa Rosa Strings Student Orchestra.<br />
“Autumn is the perfect time of year to enjoy<br />
the outdoors at Gulf Islands National Seashore,<br />
and this event gives friends and families a<br />
chance to gather and enjoy music in a beautiful<br />
setting,” said Superintendent Dan Brown.<br />
The event will take place on the lawn and<br />
under the trees along the shore of Santa Rosa<br />
Sound.<br />
Visitors are invited to bring blankets or lawn<br />
chairs to sit on. They can also bring their own<br />
picnic lunches and beverages.<br />
The program is free and open to the public.<br />
Brown encourages everyone to visit Gulf<br />
Islands National Seashore.<br />
The Naval Live Oaks picnic area is located<br />
south of U.S. Highway 98 next to the Naval<br />
Live Oaks Visitor Center.<br />
For additional information about Sound Side<br />
Serenade or other programs offered at the<br />
Seashore, call the Naval Live Oaks Visitor<br />
Center at 934-2600 or visit the seashore’s website<br />
at www.nps.gov/guis.<br />
World War II<br />
bomber offering<br />
rides in Pensacola<br />
From the Liberty<br />
Foundation<br />
“Liberty Belle,” a<br />
restored World War II<br />
Boeing B-17 Flying<br />
Fortress, will take to<br />
the skies over<br />
Pensacola Oct. 16.<br />
Public flights will be<br />
available Oct. 16 from<br />
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.<br />
The plane will<br />
remain on the ground<br />
for tours from 2-5 p.m.<br />
the same day.<br />
There is no charge<br />
for ground tours.<br />
Flying in the plane cost<br />
$395 for Liberty<br />
Foundation members<br />
and $430 for nonmembers.<br />
The Liberty<br />
Foundation’s “Liberty<br />
Belle” is one of only 14<br />
B-17s that still fly<br />
today.<br />
The B-17s defensive<br />
fire power saw action<br />
in every theater of<br />
operation during World<br />
War II.<br />
There were 12,732<br />
B-17s produced<br />
between 1935 and<br />
1945, of those 4,735<br />
were lost in combat.<br />
Following World<br />
War II, the B-17 saw<br />
combat in three more<br />
wars. They saw service<br />
in Korea, Vietnam and<br />
Israel used them in the<br />
Arab-Israeli War of<br />
1948.<br />
“Liberty Belle” was<br />
built toward the end of<br />
the World War II and<br />
never saw any combat.<br />
The “Liberty Belle”<br />
provides visitors the<br />
opportunity to take a<br />
step back in time.<br />
During flight operations,<br />
there will be a<br />
designated, secure area<br />
for those who would<br />
like to watch the<br />
bomber flight at no<br />
charge.<br />
For enthusiasts that<br />
choose to take a flight<br />
experience on the aircraft,<br />
they will receive<br />
a pre-flight safety<br />
briefing containing the<br />
historical significance<br />
of the aircraft and a<br />
scenic air tour around<br />
the city.<br />
During the flight,<br />
passengers will be able<br />
to move about the aircraft<br />
to the different<br />
combat crew positions<br />
to see the viewpoint<br />
that thousands saw in<br />
combat more than 60<br />
years ago.<br />
The total flight experience<br />
takes 45 minutes<br />
with about an half hour<br />
in flight.<br />
Passengers can<br />
become a Liberty<br />
Foundation member<br />
for $40 and receive the<br />
member discount for<br />
family and friends.<br />
The Liberty<br />
Foundation spends<br />
more than $1 million<br />
annually to keep the<br />
Liberty Belle airworthy<br />
and out on tour.<br />
The Liberty<br />
Foundation is a nonprofit<br />
flying museum,<br />
and funds generated<br />
help offset the costs. To<br />
reserve seats, contact<br />
Scott Maher at (918)<br />
340-0243 or e-mail<br />
him at smaher@liberty<br />
foundation.org.<br />
October<br />
Liberty<br />
Activities<br />
The Liberty Program<br />
events target young,<br />
unaccompanied activeduty<br />
military. Events are<br />
at the main Liberty<br />
Center in the Portside<br />
Entertainment Complex<br />
at NASP unless specifically<br />
stated to be at<br />
<strong>Corry</strong> <strong>Station</strong>. For additional<br />
information, call<br />
452-2372 or visit their<br />
Web site at<br />
www.naspensacola.<br />
navy.mil/mwr/singsail/<br />
liberty.ht .<br />
8-11<br />
Liberty — Busch<br />
Gardens, threenight<br />
stay, breakfast,<br />
Busch<br />
Gardens ticket<br />
and transportation,<br />
$100.<br />
11<br />
Blood Drive, 4-9<br />
p.m., free T-shirt<br />
12<br />
Liberty — Free<br />
mall shuttle<br />
leaves NASP at<br />
5:30 p.m., leaves<br />
<strong>Corry</strong> at 5:45<br />
p.m.<br />
13<br />
Liberty —<br />
Pumpkin Bowling,<br />
6:30 p.m., prizes.<br />
Liberty — <strong>Corry</strong><br />
— Movie premiere<br />
“Get Him to<br />
the Greek,” free,<br />
11 a.m. and 7<br />
p.m.<br />
14<br />
Liberty — Movie<br />
premiere “Killers,”<br />
free, 11 a.m. and<br />
7 p.m.<br />
Liberty — <strong>Corry</strong><br />
— Pumpkin<br />
Bowling, 6:30<br />
p.m., prizes.<br />
15-16<br />
Liberty —<br />
DeLuna Fest<br />
activities.<br />
16<br />
Liberty — FSU<br />
vs. Boston football,<br />
times TBA.
October 8, 2010<br />
GOSPORTMOVIES<br />
PAGE<br />
B5<br />
Movies and show times for Portside Cinema<br />
FRIDAY<br />
Nanny McPhee Returns (PG) 4:45; The Lottery Ticket (PG13) 5; The Expendables (R) 7, 9:15; Going the Distance (R) 7:15;<br />
Piranha 3 (R) 9:30<br />
SATURDAY<br />
SUNDAY<br />
MONDAY<br />
Columbas Day<br />
TUESDAY<br />
WEDNESDAY<br />
THURSDAY<br />
TICKETS<br />
Nanny McPhee Returns (PG) noon;The Lottery Ticket (PG13) 12:15; Eat Pray Love (PG13) 2:15; Vampires Suck (PG13)<br />
2:30; The Switch (PG13) 4:45; The Expendables (R) 5, 7:15; Going the Distance (R) 7; Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (PG13)<br />
9:15; Piranha 3 (R) 9:30<br />
Nanny McPhee Returns (PG) noon; Eat Pray Love (PG13) 12:15; Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (PG13) 2:30; The Lottery<br />
Ticket (PG13) 3; Going the Distance (R) 5; The Switch (PG13) 5:15; The Expendables (R) 7:15; Piranha 3 (R) 7:30<br />
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (PG13) 5; The Switch (PG13) 5:15; The Expendables (R) 7:15; Piranah 3 (R)7:30<br />
The Lottery Ticket (PG13) 5; The Expendables (R) 7:15<br />
The Switch (PG13) 5; Going the Distance (R) 7:15<br />
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (PG13) 5; The Switch (PG13) 5:15; The Expendables (R) 7:15; Piranha 3 (R) 7:30<br />
Adults $3, children ages 6-11 $1.50, children younger than 6 free<br />
Going the Distance<br />
Erin (Drew Barrymore) and Garrett (Justin Long) have<br />
a summer fling in New York City, but when Erin returns<br />
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712-1425<br />
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wall sand<br />
sculptures, 48”<br />
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$300 432-7078<br />
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4907<br />
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293-5340<br />
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shelves, almond<br />
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1349<br />
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excellent condition<br />
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469-682-1734<br />
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September 2010<br />
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932-3467<br />
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used less than 5<br />
months, both<br />
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1499<br />
Infinity Golf Bag<br />
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For Sale Rosetta<br />
Stone Language<br />
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Barely used.<br />
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850-748-1129.<br />
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1968 Mustang 2<br />
dr cpe 6 cyl ps,<br />
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$14,000. 456-<br />
8983<br />
04 Nissan 350z,<br />
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$30k+ in<br />
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500+WHP 334-<br />
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1985 380SL<br />
Mercedes, garage<br />
kept, black on<br />
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69K miles, asking<br />
$9,500 OBO 602-<br />
0856<br />
71 Torino, Totally<br />
Rebuilt, Like new<br />
. Hot Orange,<br />
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712-3037<br />
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332.8485<br />
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$11,500 OBO<br />
287-3682<br />
Misc. Motors<br />
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SeaDoo GTX 155<br />
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1985 25' Grady-<br />
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Twin Mariners - No<br />
Trailer. $5,000. Call<br />
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C a m p e r<br />
Coachman<br />
Catalina Lite<br />
2006, 26 foot, 1<br />
slide, lists<br />
$ 1 2 , 0 0 0 -<br />
$15,000—<br />
Reduced—only<br />
$9,000. 941-4105<br />
19’ four winns<br />
fish & ski 1995 V-<br />
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$4,999 748-0788<br />
09 Yamaha<br />
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Real Estate<br />
Homes for rent<br />
2BR/1BA w/<br />
Bonus Room,<br />
CH&A, shady<br />
backyard, good<br />
area, 10 min. from<br />
NAS, very clean<br />
$600/mo.+$600<br />
dep. 1 year lease<br />
438-6129<br />
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unfurnished, very<br />
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neighborhood.<br />
Minutes from base<br />
& shopping<br />
$875/mo. 944-<br />
0938<br />
House For Rent<br />
East Hill Brick,<br />
3BR/1BA,<br />
Liv/Din, 1,500 Sq<br />
ft. CH&A, fenced<br />
yard-garage,<br />
$950. Mo / $550.<br />
Dep 474-0170<br />
1BR apt for rent<br />
downtown<br />
Pensacola.<br />
Water/garbage<br />
incl. $600/mo<br />
$500 dep. No pets.<br />
313-9762.<br />
Cordova Park—<br />
furnished Studio<br />
Apt.- 650 sf, 1 min<br />
from everything-<br />
Includes: Internet,<br />
Dish Network,<br />
utilities, Quiet<br />
residential<br />
$550./mo +$100<br />
dep. Call: 439-<br />
2109 for appt.<br />
Room for rent,<br />
$500 a month.....<br />
for more info call<br />
Donald 305-923-<br />
1041<br />
Beautiful<br />
waterfront home<br />
remodeled marble<br />
bathroom,<br />
bamboo wood<br />
floors $850 3br<br />
2baths must see.<br />
572-7112<br />
Bayou Texar—<br />
1600 Texar Dr.,<br />
Waterfront<br />
4BR/4BA, living<br />
room, dining<br />
room, boathouse<br />
& lift, 2 family<br />
rms, breakfast rm,<br />
fully equipped<br />
kitchen, 1600<br />
Texar Dr. 434-<br />
2298 or leave<br />
message at 433-<br />
1721<br />
3BR/1BA home in<br />
Pace near Whiting<br />
Field. Pace<br />
Schools, Tile,<br />
Shed, Fenced, No<br />
Smok or pets 221-<br />
1222<br />
3BR/2BA Nice,<br />
just renovated,<br />
brick house, 2,000<br />
sf, spacious open<br />
floorplan, nice<br />
family-friendly<br />
neighborhood, 10<br />
mi. from NASP.<br />
$1,000/mo. 944-<br />
0938<br />
1 B R / 1 B A<br />
Cottage, 650 sf,<br />
nicely furnished,<br />
water, garbage incl.<br />
$500/mo. + $500<br />
dep. 587-5078<br />
3BR/2BA, pool,<br />
Scenic heights<br />
area, no<br />
pets/smoking, 5<br />
min. from mall<br />
$1,000/mo.+$1,00<br />
0 dep. 470-9093 or<br />
516-7456<br />
3,000 SF Home<br />
For Rent. 4br/3ba<br />
$1450, near NAS<br />
Pensacola and<br />
Naval Hosp, Kim<br />
375-8480<br />
For Rent Brick<br />
3BR/1BA, fam.<br />
rm., CH&A,<br />
fenced backyard<br />
$650/mo.+$650<br />
dep. 456-4369<br />
Beautiful 3/2<br />
house for rent near<br />
Whiting Field;<br />
pool, fenced yard,<br />
standby home<br />
generator,<br />
$1400/mo. 748-<br />
5662<br />
Beautiful 1BR<br />
Luxury Apartment,<br />
3 min. from NAS<br />
Main Gate, W/D in<br />
every unit,<br />
hardwood floors,<br />
quiet neighborhood<br />
$650/mo. 456-<br />
5432<br />
3br 2bth house<br />
Close to base<br />
1208sqft cntrl ht<br />
and air. Appliances<br />
Furnished. $950<br />
mo. 757-971-0710<br />
For rent 4/3 w/<br />
pool in Pace, tile<br />
and hardwood<br />
floor, $1400/month<br />
$2000 deposit,<br />
408-483-7383<br />
Roommates<br />
Roommate<br />
Wanted Furnished<br />
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prefer elderly<br />
roommate, non<br />
drinker/non<br />
smoker $500/mo.<br />
Ensley area 748-<br />
3936 or 477-2142<br />
Home to Share<br />
Near <strong>Corry</strong>, private<br />
bed, bath, living<br />
area. No smoking.<br />
$500/mo. Utilities<br />
& cable included.<br />
456-1996<br />
Share Entire<br />
Home-3/2 Master<br />
BM $400-1 $500-2<br />
Small BM $300 +<br />
$100 util. Laun,<br />
prking,kit. 454-<br />
6137<br />
H o u s e<br />
Bedrooms4Rent<br />
Master $275, small<br />
$250. Laundry<br />
Kitchen, living<br />
room parking, call<br />
454-6137<br />
Housemate<br />
W a n t e d :<br />
4BR/3BA Gulf<br />
Breeze, pool,<br />
privacy fence, dog<br />
O<br />
K<br />
$600/mo.+half<br />
utilities 207-9361<br />
Bedroom for Rent<br />
in 3BR home,<br />
close to base,<br />
smoking OK,<br />
utilities included,<br />
references<br />
$475/mo. 293-<br />
7360<br />
Homes for sale<br />
2 acres 4/3 w/<br />
100sq ft extra<br />
brick garage next<br />
to Sims Middle in<br />
Pace. $269,000.<br />
call 384-4441<br />
Beautiful brick<br />
patio home, in<br />
northeast<br />
Pensacola off<br />
Spanish Trail, 3/2,<br />
fireplace, open<br />
floorplan, 1,576<br />
sf, large 2cG<br />
$175,000 433-<br />
6533<br />
Lillian, Ala.<br />
3BR/2BA 3<br />
beautiful lots, all<br />
fenced, garage &<br />
carport, low taxes,<br />
lots of trees &<br />
gardens, walking<br />
distance to beach<br />
$89,500 251-961-<br />
1642 or 850-382-<br />
7620<br />
For Sale<br />
Brick/vinyl,<br />
2BR/1BA, large<br />
lot, 100x140 ft.,<br />
fenced. Reduced<br />
$35,000 456-<br />
4369<br />
N MILTON<br />
H2O/air quality.<br />
2 lots 3+ ac EA.<br />
Utilities/paved<br />
road. 4 mi.<br />
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