Pull up Your Sleeves! October 5, 2017 Edition
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Pull up your sleeves! October 5, 2017 Edition SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST CENTENIELLE SPORTS! SUBVETS HONOR LOST SHIPMATES FOCUS ON FOOD—MWR CHANGES THINGS UP Inside this issue: Around the Station 1-4 Sports 5-6 Meat & Potatoes of Life 7 Fleet & Family Support 8-9 Morale, Welfare & Rec. 10 At the Clinic 11 (top) Continuous lines from 5 a.m. to 8 a.m. formed up and moved quickly through at Kay Hall beginning with a screening area and then on to one of a Focus on Food 12 dozen vaccine dispensing stations. (above) Hospital Corpsman Third Class Michael Lara administers a flu shot to one of the 1,200. (photos by Kathy Now Hear This 13-14 MacKnight, NHCNE Public Affairs) Traffic & Commuting 15 Hot Jobs 16 Wednesday’s medical exercise dispenses flu Around the Fleet 17-18 vaccine to 1,200 active duty members….all Veteran News 19 before 9 a.m. It’s 3:30 a.m. and 33 Naval Health Clinic New England (NHCNE) staff members are setting up a Closed Point of Dispensing (CPOD) to administer flu 1 AROUND THE STATION vaccine inside Howard Kay Hall in training country on board Naval Sta- tion. The goal of the drill is to allow NAVSTA to administer flu shots to military personnel in a very compressed period, quickly meeting medi- cal readiness requirements of tenant commands, while also allowing for improvement to the CPOD plan for various threat environments and public health emergencies. The POD site is where medical countermeasures and other sup- plies are dispensed to an intended population, which on this October 4th morning is flu vaccine to NAVSTA active duty members. As an exer- cise, the efficiency and effectiveness of POD capabilities will be evaluated and the expected goal is 100 percent completion of required flu shots with re- spect to unit readiness. The timeframe to administer the vaccines ran from 5 a.m. to 8 a.m. and the lines were consistently long, but moved swiftly as 1,200 active duty staff members were screened before receiving their flu shots. Tenant commands had been given an appointment time for their active duty staff members to arrive, muster, and to have completed forms in-hand, expediting the process. To accommodate the early morning influx of staff ar- riving, NAVSTA additionally opened Gate 17 at 4:45 AM to support the event. NHCNE’s Infection Prevention Coordi- nator, Pamela Charron Burnap, said “The process was fabulous, the corpsmen and nurses were efficient and responsive, and everything went smoother than we ex- pected. We couldn’t be more appreciative of the participation we received from the tenant commands and we know NHCNE can be ready to deploy this process again in the future to meet medical readiness re- quirements.” “I am so proud of all of the staff that made this possible,” she added. NHCNE serves approximately 25,000 enrollees and 7,200 active duty students and OP Forces in the Northeast Region. Command headquarters and outpatient clinics are located across four states in the NHCNE nurses Kathrine Russell and Traci Dalton filled New England region. syringes with flu vaccine during the shot-ex. Over 1,200 active duty members received their flu shots in the three hour timeframe. (all photos by Kathy MacKnight, NHCNE Public Affairs) NAVSTA Newport Public Affairs Office Base Condition Line: 841-2211 Office# 841-3538 We are always looking for content to share with our E-Mail: [email protected] community and welcome emailed .jpg images; png formats Capt. Ian L. Johnson, Commanding Officer and word documents—please do not send PDF formatted Lisa Rama, Public Affairs Officer content. Ens William Park Operational and Exercise Impacts are often Ltjg Ashlee Davis communicated to the public first using the installation MC2 Jess Lewis, NWC Public Affairs Facebook Page—’like’ us at: www.facebook.com/ Follow us on twitter @NAVSTANEWPORTRI NAVSTANewport to stay informed! 2 AROUND THE STATION Tolling of the Bells for the lost boats USSVI Rhode Island takes their creed to “perpetuate the memory of our shipmates who gave their lives in the pursuit of duties while serving their country” to heart annually by gathering to remember the nearly 4,000 sub- marine officers and sailors who have lost their lives onboard boats since the community be- gan. Last Saturday’s memorial service at the RI Veterans Cemetery was by far the wettest one ever held outdoors with attendees huddled under tents to listen to abbreviated remarks by guest speaker Capt. Michael R. Coughlin, Commanding Officer, Naval Undersea War- fare Center, Division Newport; stand for the tolling of the bells for those who lost their lives onboard the 64 boats in the Submarine Service still on Eternal Patrol; the twenty-two Rhode Island men who lost their lives on boats in World War II; an honors salute and playing of taps. The tolling of the bells was often joined by the rolling thunder during the rain- soaked event. The Submarine Veterans Memorial is currently being upgraded and was fenced off to the side of the tents. For safety sake, the color guard presented the colors under an adjacent tent as most of the attendees remained standing due to the pouring rain. The solemnity of the event was not lacking even though the names being read often had to be repeated due to thunder but for the members of the organization, the veterans groups in attendance, leaders from state agencies and government, guests and participants—the weather was no obstacle compared to the sacri- fices being remembered. Authors Note: I attempted to cover this ceremony “in the usual way” by getting quotes from the attendees, telling the story of why we were there, what key message the guest speaker conveyed and providing a sense of tone and emotion. Unfortunately, along with my shoes, legs, head and camera, my notebook was drenched be- yond legibility so I’ll let the photos convey how committed those gathered are to the memories of those lost. 3 AROUND THE STATION NUWC Division Newport Teams with New Bedford Whaling Museum for New Exhibit The Naval Undersea Warfare an acoustic source. Center (NUWC) Division, Newport, “Division New- has teamed with the New Bedford port continues to Whaling Museum (NBWM) on a play an important new exhibit that explores the U.S. role in this field,” Navy’s long history of marine mam- said Capt. Michael mal research, its role in protecting Coughlin, NUWC the ocean environment, and its sig- Newport’s com- nificant contributions to marine manding officer. mammal science and conservation. “This EPA provides "Whales Today," an exhibit on a means for the Na- whale ecology, ocean health, conser- vy to assist in the vation and marine mammal research, development of the opened September 28 at the NBWM. exhibit, which will NUWC Division Newport Commanding Officer The exhibit highlights the important provide a unique op- Capt. Michael Coughlin looks at the exhibit role played by the Navy in both re- portunity for the pub- "Stewards of the Sea: Defending Freedom, Pro- search and ocean stewardship. A lic to learn about his- tecting the Environment" during an opening re- Navy traveling, interactive exhibit toric research and ception held on Sept. 28 at the New Bedford provided by the U.S. Fleet Forces current investigations Whaling Museum in New Bedford. For more in- Command, entitled Stewards of the in the study of marine formation, visit www.whalingmuseum.org. (Navy Sea: Defending Freedom, Protecting mammal bioacous- photo by Kerri Spero, NUWC Division Newport/released) the Environment, will provide an tics, many of which overview of the Navy’s wide reach- take place at NUWC Newport.” The development of the new ex- ing environmental protection activi- The EPA also permits direct co- hibit was inspired by the donation of ties through March 2018. operation between NUWC Newport pioneering marine mammal bioa- The new display also features and the museum to promote educa- coustics research equipment and re- equipment and information on ma- tion in science, mathematics and cordings conducted by William Wat- rine mammal research performed by business from which the museum kins and William Schevill of the NUWC Newport, provided through can benefit from NUWC Newport’s Woods Hole Oceanographic Insti- a March 2017 Education Partnership interest in undersea acoustic re- tute from the 1940s to the 1990s. Agreement (EPA) NUWC has with search. The EPA will permit addi- Their work involved collaboration the museum. The static displays in- tional contributions to the new ex- with the Navy's Underwater Sound clude loaned or donated items in- hibit as it becomes a permanent part Laboratory, which is now NUWC cluding a design concept unmanned of the NBWM collection. Division Newport. undersea vehicle, hydrophones and Dr. Brian McKeon (left), acting technical director at NUWC Divi- sion Newport and Capt Michael Coughlin (right) Commanding Of- ficer of NUWC Newport, present Drew Keane, formerly of the Un- dersea Warfare Combat Systems Department at NUWC, the Depart- ment of the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award for his ex- ceptional record of achievement characterized by superb technical expertise, program management, and customer focus. Mr. Keane's ability to understand the customer, successfully convey customer requirements, and implement solutions has produced substantial results. A proponent for growing the workforce, he has provided opportunities for other engineers to take on challenging, productive work and build successful careers. Keane recently retired from fed- eral service and now works at NUWC as a contractor. 4 SPORTS Naval War College holds baseball game of the century Students, staff and faculty assigned to U.S. Naval War College participate in a commemorative Army-Navy baseball game from the 1917 time frame.