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See page 18 Navy Marine Corps Coast Guard Army Air Force ARMED FORCES DISPATCHSan Diego Navy/Marine Corps Dispatch www.armedforcesdispatch.com 619.280.2985 FIFTY EIGHTH YEAR NO. 14 Serving active duty and retired military personnel, veterans and civil service employees THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2018 September Monthly Obervances Nat’l Coupon Nat’l DNA, Geonomics & Stem Cell Education Nat’l Food Safety Education Nat’l Fruit and Veggies Nat’l Head Lice Prevention Nat’l Home Furnishings Nat’l Honey Nat’l Infant Mortality Aware- ness File photo of recovery efforts in Key West Fla. follow- Nat’l Mushroom ing Hurricane Irma in Sept. 2017. Navy photo Nat’l Organic Harvest Nat’l Osteopathic Medicine CNIC’s Ready Navy Program: Nat’l Ovarian Cancer Awareness ‘Get Ready, Get Set, Prepare!’ Nat’l Passport Awareness ASHINGTON - September is National Emergency Prepared- Nat’l Pet Memorial Wness Month. Commander, Navy Installations Command’s Nat’l Preparedness (CNIC) Ready Navy Program educates Sailors and their families on Nat’l Prostate Cancer how to be prepared when an emergency occurs. This year’s overall Awareness theme is “Disasters Happen. Prepare Now. Learn How.” Nat’l Prime Beef Each week in September will have a focused theme: Make and Nat’l Prosper Where You Are Practice Your Plan; Learn Life Saving Skills; Check Your Insurance Planted Coverage; and Save For an Emergency. Nat’l Pulmonary Fibrosis “National Preparedness Month reminds us all of the importance of being prepared in the event disaster strikes,” said Tim Alexander, Awareness CNIC Director of Operations. “For many of us, it is not a question Nat’l Recovery MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR (Sept. 3, 2018) - (above) Secretary of De- of ‘if’ but a matter of ‘when.’ Having a well thought-out plan to Nat’l Rice fense James N. Mattis talks with the commander of 3rd Fleet, Navy Vice Adm. execute when the time comes significantly improves the chances Nat’l Save A Tiger John Alexander, upon arrival here (below). Mattis meets the Marines on the tar- of a positive outcome.” Nat’l Sewing mac. He traveled to California to observe carrier strike group training. DoD photo Ready Navy is a proactive Navy-wide emergency preparedness, Nat’l Service Dog by Lisa Ferdinando public awareness program. It is designed for the Navy community, Nat’l Shake (Ice Cream) to increase the ability of every person and family on or near Navy Nat’l Sickle Cell see Prepare, page 4 Nat’l Skin Care Awareness Nat’l Spinal Cord Injury NRSW conducts emergency Awareness Nat’l Suicide Prevention preparedness exercise Nat’l Translators WASHINGTON - This week, Commander, Navy Installation Nat’l Pediculosis (Head Lice) Command, Regions Southwest and Northwest along with their instal- Prevention lations and tenant commands are testing their abilities to respond to Nat’l Piano a major earthquake and what follows next. Nat’l Preparedness The exercise, called Citadel Rumble 2018, test sNavy installations’ Nat’l Wilderness capabilities to prepare for, respond to and recover from “all-hazards” One-on-One scenarios, which basically means that if an earthquake isn’t hazardous Pain Awareness enough, it triggers other hazardous event scenarios. The exercise, spearheaded by CNIC, is being conducted in col- Pediatric Cancer Awareness laboration with local and federal authorities at bases within NRSW Pleasure Your Mate and NRNW through tomorrow (Sept. 7). Polycystic Ovarian yndrome “Citadel Rumble is an annual fully integrated disaster prepared- Awareness ness, response and recovery exercise to evaluate Shore Emergency Save The Koala Management program readiness,” said Mike Velasquez, deputy Save Your Photos emergency management director. Sea Cadet Self-Care Awareness Self Improvement COLLEGE FOOTBALL: San Diego State Aztecs home opener Healthy Aging Shameless Promotion vs. Sacramento State • Saturday, Sept. 8 • 6 p.m. • SDCCU Stadium Sports and Home Eye Health & Safety featuring ... KGB SkyShow Subliminal Communications Navy announces 2018 Stockdale Award recipients WASHINGTON - Navy an- disposal mobile unit, mobile A Naval Academy graduate nounced the two 2018 Vice diving and salvage unit, or Navy and pilot, Stockdale ejected from Adm. James Bond Stockdale special clearance team and who his A-4E Skyhawk over North Leadership Award recipients in serve as examples of excellence Vietnam in September 1965. NAVADMIN 216/18. in leadership and conspicuous He was captured and while held contribution to the improvement prisoner served as an inspiring Cmdr. Michael T. Lisa, former of leadership in the Navy. leader to his fellow prisoners commanding officer of Elec- until his release in February tronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) Lisa and Siegrist are sched- 1973. 135, is the Pacific Fleet recipient uled to receive their awards from and Cmdr. Allen M. Siegrist, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. He received the Medal of commanding officer of USS John Richardson at a ceremony Honor in 1976 and served as James E. Williams (DDG 95), is tentatively scheduled for 14 No- president of the Naval War the Fleet Forces recipient. vember 2018 in the Pentagon. College from October 1977 until August 1979. He died in The two recipients were nomi- Stockdale, for whom the 2005 and is buried at the U.S. Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John Richardson presents the winners of nated by their peers, who were Stockdale Award is named, ar- Naval Academy in Annapolis, the 2017 Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale Leadership Award. This year’s win- also eligible for the award, and ticulated five roles for a leader - Maryland. He is survived by ners are for the Pacific Fleet, Cmdr. Brian Drechsler, former commanding officer of chosen from among seven final- moralist, jurist, teacher, steward his three sons and eight grand- SEAL Team Five, and for the Atlantic Fleet, Cmdr. Eric Sager, former commanding ists to receive the award. and philosopher. children. officer of USS California (SSN 781). Photo by MC1 Nathan Laird The Stockdale award was es- tablished in honor of Vice Adm. Navy awards Boeing $805.3 million contract to design, build MQ-25A Stingray Stockdale whose distinguished naval career symbolized the WASHINGTON, D.C. - The air wing for an initial operational rier air wing and provide longer and improve the lethality of the highest standards of excellence Navy awarded a contract to The capability by 2024. range and greater persistence airwing - all at relevant speed. in both personal conduct and Boeing Co. Aug. 30 for the MQ- tanking capability to execute Everyone who helped achieve leadership. 25A Stingray, the first opera- “MQ-25A is a hallmark missions that otherwise could this milestone should be proud tional carrier-based unmanned acquisition program,” said not be performed. we’re here. But we have a lot It is presented annually to two refueling aircraft. Assistant Secretary of the more to do. It’s not the time to commissioned officers on active Navy for Research, Develop- File photo dated Jan. 29, “This is an historic day,” said take our foot off the gas. Let’s duty in the grade of commander This fixed-price-incentive- ment, and Acquisition James 2018. Boeing conducts Chief of Naval Operations Adm. keep charging.” or below who are serving in firm-target contract with a ceil- F. Geurts. “This program is MQ-25 deck handling John Richardson. “We will look command of a single ship, sub- ing price of $805.3 million a great example of how the demonstration. photo back on this day and recognize The award is the culmination of marine, aviation squadron, Sea, provides for the design, develop- acquisition and requirements courtesy Boeing Co. that this event represents a a competitive source selection pro- Air, Land (SEAL) team, naval ment, fabrication, test, delivery, communities work hand in dramatic shift in the way we cess supported by personnel from special warfare squadron, SEAL and support of four MQ-25A hand to rapidly deliver ca- When operational, MQ-25 define warfighting requirements, Naval Air Systems Command and delivery vehicle team, special unmanned air vehicles, includ- pabilities to our Sailors and will improve the performance, work with industry, integrate the Unmanned Carrier Aviation boat team, explosive ordnance ing integration into the carrier Marines in the fleet.” efficiency, and safety of the car- unmanned and manned aircraft, program office at Pax River. 2 www.armedforcesdispatch.com THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2018 THURSDAY, 2 www.armedforcesdispatch.com National Military Dunford arrives for consults in Athens, readies for Indian 2+2 by Jim Garamone Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dun- The two men and their staffs will explore ways of enhancing our ATHENS, Greece - The chair- ford is being hosted by Greek discuss ways to increase coop- security cooperation.” man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff navy Adm. Evangelos Aposto- eration between the two already arrived here Sept. 3 for meetings lakis, the chief of the Hellenic close NATO allies. India is the only non-treaty with Greek defense officials. National Defense General Staff. ally with whom the United States Greece is a member of the co- has this form of discussion, of- Army researchers hope to alition to defeat the Islamic State ficials said. of Iraq and Syria and Greek lighten Soldiers’ battery load forces are also cooperating in A senior administration of- by David Vergun will soon result in an increase the refugee crisis that affects ficial speaking on background WASHINGTON - Across all in the quantity of batteries Sol- the nations of the Mediterra- put the meeting in perspective: six of the Army’s modernization diers must carry on dismounted nean Sea.