Gitmo Residents Earn Navy's Overseas Volunteer Service Award Community Service Category, As Are Social Organi- Manitarian Programs
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Gmi iuananm Baym ( 7 Vol. 53 No. 51 Friday, December 20, 1996 Commentary Gitmo residents earn Navy's overseas volunteer service award community service category, as are social organi- manitarian programs. This is a base where no JOC(SW) D. G. Coulter nations and private groups. Incorporating every one lacks involvement and where volunteerism is PublicAffairs Officer facet of Gitmo, organizers estimated 70 percent the norm. of the population was involved in volunteerism The uniqueness of Team Gitmo is its sim- What do theD.E.F.Y.kids, theChief Petty of some kind at some point plicity. It happened by accident. The slogan Officers, W.T. Sampson schools, the Marines,: through the past year. was long term, but the concept was realized. the Scouts, the Family Service Center and the The nominationpackage Gitmo had great need of unity. While looking for XO all have in common? They are members of stated Team Gitmo a mascot, the Chief Staff Officer's weekly news- that thing we call Team Gitmo. Team Gitmo isalifestyle paper article attracted the idea of T-shirts with being an idealistic approach to getting things adopted by the Team Gitmo cartoon character. Anyone, any- done around town when the money has where could have accomplished the easy task of run out and the billets have been cut and G an sole-source volunteerism. We made it fun. We we team members remain, expecting a qual- Btanam made itwork. The more volunteers accomplished, ity of life that makes us reason that we are dents after the more recognition their programs earned- in all respects still part of the big blue marble. surviving two thereby creating the atmosphere of polite com- This Team Gitmo self-service has paid off tumultuous years of in- petition with the different segments of the Team. immeasurably over the past couple of years. It tense migrant and Joint Task Force operations, Listed among the specific activities which paid off in another way a week ago when the base a 14-month evacuation of families, and presumed earned Team Gitmo the award were Drug Educa- commander was notified that Team Gitmo was base closure from most outside support mecha- tionForYouth(D.E.F.Y.), Guantanamo Bay Youth selected as the overseas Personal Excellence Part- nisms. The vision is restoration of the base to a Athletics Association (GBYAA), Operation nership and Community Service Award winner. family environmentwith "community" as its cor- Brightside Recycling Program, the Chief Petty The award is to be presented in March or nerstone. Incorporating each command, depart- Officer's Association, the First Class Petty April to Commander, Naval Base as the Con- ment,private organizationand individual onbase, Officer's Association, National Night Out, the glomerate host. Every command and detachment Team Gitmo established project objectives of self- base library, Scouting, the Fenceline Players, Food on base is included by name as winners in the sufficient education, recreational, safety and hu- - continued on page 4 New housing relocation policy clarified Guantanamo Bay - The Family Housing Office began accepting take several years to ac complish. Residents already assigned to this area applications for relocation to new construction from E-7 through E-9 and will be allowed to rem ain, however priority will be given to those in this civilian equivalent personnel on Dec. 9. The application acceptance sched- area who wish to reloci ate to new construction. ule will continue as noted. As relocation app lications are accepted at the Housing Office, the In order to comply with Gitmo's long term housing plans, Commander, Tierra Kay application ns are separated from applications from all other Naval Base, CAPT Jim Cannon, wishes to concentrate relocation priority areas. The first priority to fill new construction will go to inbound person- on Tierra Kay residents. nel and the second pri ority will go to three bedroom eligible residents With the addition of 155 newly constructed units, the Naval Base will currently residing in foiur bedroom units, regardless of housing area. Next, soon be faced with an excess of family housing. Eventually, certain neigh- all Tierra Kay residents will be considered per the control date/time stamped borhoods will need to be phased out. Tierra Kay, being one of the oldest on their applications. If needed, applicants from all other housing neigh- and most dense enlisted area, will be the first to go away, a process that will borhoods will be consi dered. GITMO Here now. Just Say No!!! On a more serious note, I keep hearing of drugs on the base. We are discharging the news those who get caught. My concern is for the young residents that are just starting CAPT Carl Albury, their lives and may be also ending their Chief Staff Officer, ability to become all they can be by their Naval Base use of drugs. Maybe I cannot talk on how it is to smoke a joint since I was growing up just before it became popular. What I can say is that over the years I have seen Welcome CDR Don Price - PXO/PCSO many people with great potential become Give CDR Price, his wife Tracy and their son Robert a warm welcome addicted to this stuff Life is too great and also too short to throw it all as they meet you and he is briefed by you. The more information you give away with drugs. When someone offers it to you, just say NO! And if you him, the better he can do his job and help you in the coming years. He and care about your friends, turn the person in so they can be prevented from his family are now part of the Gitmo family and Team Gitmo. destroying other lives. Naval Base Award Base Housing I want to thank all of the base for their contributions over the last few To clear up some confusion about base housing and moves to Nob Hill/ years. Contributions that have earned us the coveted CNO overseas Per- Villiamar Housing, - please see the article on the front page. sonal Excellence Partnership and Community Service Award. Of all the things that we could have been recognized for, this is truly the one that Happy Holidays makes me the proudest and the one area Team Gitmo has excelled in above I wish to take this opportunity to wish everyone the happiest of all others. I am very proud of each and every one of you. Keep up the great holiday seasons. In writing this, I just realized that soon this column will work. Please read the commentary by the Public Affairs Officer for more be written by another. Then I will be gone. Maybe as late as March, but information. By the way if you see CWO4 Harris or JOC(SW) Coulter that will come all too soon. Thanks for the memories and the friendship around, give them a well done for the excellent package they put together. and most of all the support. Nope, this is not my last column but it is the You did the work and they had to find a way to condense it all into 10 season to be thankful for all the good things in our lives. Gitmo and its pages. Thanks guys. people, YOU, are the best. CDR Price arrives as new Chief Staff Officer Guantanamo Bay - CDR Donald R. Price arrived on base Tuesday Nashua (YTB-774) homeported in Subic Bay, Republic ofthe Philippines. to relieve CAPT M. C. Albury as the Naval Base Chief Staff Officer and He is designated as a Surface Warfare Officer and holds a U. S. Coast Guard Naval Station Executive Officer. License of Master, Steam and Motor Vessels. He will be conducting in-depth briefings with CDR Price has served ashore at Naval Station all base commands and tenant activities for the next San Diego, Service Craft Officer (1983 - 1985); four to five weeks before assuming the duties as Board of Inspection and Survey, Atlantic (1989 - CSO.1990); Officer- In-Charge, U.S. Navy Brig and Cor- CDR Price was born in Shelby, N. C. on Oct. sectional Custody Unit Yokosuka (1990- 1991); 21, I1950. Following21,950 highFolwnihshol school, heeelse enlisted in the Chief Staff Officer, Commander Fleet Activities, U.S. Navy on Nov. 6, 1968 as a Seaman Recruit. Yokosuka 1991-1993 Operations Officer Naval w : ,Selected \ for BeachGrupTwo(1994-1995);service as a Limited andmostrecentlyDuty Officer (LDO) \ in 1979, he was commissioned as Ensign of the Un- as Waterfront Operations Officer, Naval Station San restricted Line onApril 2, 1980. Prior to his com- . Diego (1995-1996). mission he held the permanent enlisted gnmde of Chief CDR Prices' awards include the Meritorious Boatswain's Mate. Service Medal (four awards), Navy Commendation CDR Price has served at sea both in the Atlan- Medal (three awards), Navy Achievement Medal tic and Pacific Fleets in USS San Pablo (AGS-30), (two awards), and various Campaign Medals and USS Alstede (AF-48), USS Annapolis (AGMR-1), Deployment Ribbons. USS Seattle (AOE-3), USS Orion (AS-18), and as CDR Price is married to the former Tracey First Lieutenant in USS Buchanan (DDG-14), USS Anne Miles of West Covina, Calif. They have a Point Loma (AGDS-2), USS Kalamazoo (AOR-6), son, Robert (age 5), and are working with a foreign and USS Saratoga (CV-60). In addition he skip- adoption agency with hopes of a daughter from peered the harbor tugs Opelika (YoB-798) and China inaearly 1997. Page 2 *Friday. oecember 20, 1996 GITMO . Galley Christmas 2 p.m. -5p.m. cost $4.50 men u $3.50 for dependents of El - E4 Cream of mushroom soup Mixed nuts Steamship round with Au Jus Assorted holiday candies Roast Turkey with Stuffing Apple pie Bread dressing Cherry pie Steamed rice Carrot cake Steamed broccoli with cheese sauce Chocolate cake with Corn of the cob cherry nut topping Chilled horseradish sauce Cheesecake Chilled cranberry sauce Ice cream Hot dinner rolls Assorted chilled beverages NEW HORS OF OPERATION .- rl The following results are from traffic court an held on Dec.