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SEPTEMBER 9, 2019 ARIZONA MEMORIAL Pg. 14-15 REOPENS PPV housing Sentry Aloha End of 15th MDG survey takes flight World War II restructures results at JBPHH commemoration clinics INSIDE: 1 PHOTO OF THE WEEK First class petty offi cers selected to become chief petty offi cers perform damage control efforts on a simulated ruptured pipe during a damage control challenge hosted by COMSUBPAC’s Chief Petty Offi cers Association on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Aug. 23. Sailors who are selected for promotion to chief petty offi cer go through six weeks of initiation training, to include leadership and physical training, to become better suited in their new roles as senior enlisted leaders. (U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Allen Michael Amani) DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, NAVY REGION HAWAII AGNES TAUYAN Ho‘okele is a free publication. DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, NAVY REGION HAWAII All editorial content is prepared, edited, LYDIA ROBERTSON provided and approved by the sta of the Commander, Navy Region Hawaii Public DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM A airs O ce: 850 Ticonderoga, Suite 110, CHUCK ANTHONY JBPHH, Hawaii, 96860-4884. Telephone: (808) 473-2888; fax (808) 473-2876; e-mail DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, PACIFIC MISSLE RANGE FACILITY address: [email protected] TOM CLEMENTS World Wide Web address: https://www.cnic.navy.mil/Hawaii/. EDITOR ANNA MARIE GENERAL This is an authorized publication primarily for members of the uniformed MANAGING EDITOR military services and their families in MC1 CORWIN COLBERT Hawaii. Its contents do not necessarily re ect the o cial views of the U.S. HO’OKELE STAFF: JIM NEUMAN government, the Department of Defense, ERIN HUGGINS and the military branch of services and MC2 CHARLES OKI do not imply endorsement thereof. STAFF SGT. JASMONET JACKSON HELEN ZUKERAN A Hui Hou! DAVID UNDERWOOD 2 Your Navy Team in Hawaii CONTENTS Commander, Navy Region Hawaii oversees two installations: Joint Base Pearl Harbor- Hickam on Oahu and Pacifi c Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, on Kauai. As Naval Surface Group Middle Pacifi c we provide oversight for the ten surface ships homeported at JBPHH. Navy aircraft squadrons are also co-located at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe, Oahu, and training is sometimes also conducted on other islands, but most Navy assets are 6-7 Sentry Aloha Takes flight located at JBPHH and PMRF. These two installations serve fl eet, fi ghter and family under the direction of Commander, Navy Installations Command. A guided-missile cruiser and destroyers of Commander, Naval Surface Force Pacifi c 8 PACFLT Band Honors WWII Sailors deploy independently or as part of a group COMMANDER, NAVY REGION HAWAII AND NAVAL SURFACE for Commander, U.S. Third Fleet and in GROUP MIDDLE PACIFIC the Seventh Fleet and Fifth Fleet areas of responsibility. The Navy, including your Navy REAR ADM. ROBERT CHADWICK team in Hawaii, builds partnerships and strengthens interoperability in the Pacifi c. Each year, Navy ships, submarines and aircraft from Hawaii participate in various 9-12 ‘Mighty Mo’ commemorates end of WWII training exercises with allies and friends in the Pacifi c and Indian Oceans to strengthen interoperability. Navy service members and civilians conduct humanitarian assistance and disaster response missions in the South Pacifi c and in Asia. Working with the U.S. Coast Guard, the Navy in Hawaii provides drug interdiction and fi sheries 13 15th MDG Restructures Clinics enforcement operations for Commander, U.S. Pacifi c Fleet. In even-numbered years Hawaii hosts the biennial summer Rim of the Pacifi c Exercise, the world’s largest military maritime exercise, featuring more than two dozen nations and 25,000 personnel. The Navy family in Hawaii comprises around 14-15 Arizona Memorial Reopens 50,000 people, most of whom are active duty service members and their families, and includes nearly 15,000 civilians and contractors as part of our workforce. COMMANDER, JOINT BASE JBPHH includes the Pearl Harbor waterfront, PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM Hickam fl ight line, Wahiawa annex and 16-17 CPO Selects Graduate Legacy Academy several other areas in West Oahu and CAPT. JEFF BERNARD provides a major logistics and other support hub for the military and military families. Supporting the nation’s ballistic missile PLUS: defense initiative, the Pacifi c Missile Range Facility on the western coast of “The Garden 4 PPV Housing Survey Results Island,” is the world’s largest instrumented 5 RECP: Energy Coservation multidimensional testing and training missile range. 5 Hickam Communities Launches Survey 18 CNIC Ready Navy Program We provide services to the U.S. Pacifi c Command, one of DOD’s six geographic 21 Community Calendar combatant commands, with an area of responsibility covering half the globe. We directly support two component commands whose headquarters are on JBPHH: Commander, U.S. Pacifi c Fleet and Commander, U.S. Pacifi c Air Force. Close to our own Region/MIDPAC headquarters command is Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacifi c Fleet. With 18 forward-deployable combat-ready U.S. Navy submarines, Pearl Harbor is home to the largest submarine presence in the Pacifi c. The Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, on JBPHH, is the largest ship repair facility COMMANDING OFFICER between the West Coast and the Far East. PACIFIC MISSILE Within our region we support more than 100 RANGE FACILITY tenant commands. CAPT. TIMOTHY YOUNG 3 The Benefits of RECP RECP: Energy he RECP satisfies the requirement from the conservation Office of the Secretary of Defense for resident By Navy Region Hawaii Public Affairs Tpayment of utilities for privatized housing. Begnning Oct. 1, housing residents will be expecting a rate increase in their utility bill due Careful conservation of resources through less to a change implemented by the Naval Facilities energy consumption contributes to our nation’s Engineering Command and Commander, Navy security and readiness and takes better care of Installations Command. (See “NAVFAC HI addresses fi nancial change” story on pg. 18) our fragile ecosystem. Hickam Communities and Ohana Military n Residents will earn rebates if they Communities residents at Joint Base Pearl Harbor- conserve more electricity than amounts Hickam are encouraged to conserve energy. identified in a normal usage band Each home on JBPHH is metered for electricity and housing residents receive a monthly electricity n Monitoring usage offers families the consumption statement so they are fully informed chance to see how their conservation about their usage and habits. turns into savings The more energy effi cient Public-Private Venture (PPV) residents are, the more money saved. It is up n Reduced project costs allow for to residents to determine what is acceptable energy future improvements to housing and usage based on their personal lifestyle choices. neighborhoods With the help of the Resident Energy Conservation Program (RECP), it brings PPV utility usage in line To learn more about RECP in your with usage in private communities, and results in neighborhood, contact your privatized housing savings that can be reinvested to improve PPV community quality of life. community manager or your local Housing Service Center. How does RECP work? It establishes Like-Type Groups of housing and measures the average usage for each like type group every month. A 10% buffer is then added above and below the www.cnic.navy.mil/RECP average to create a normal usage band. The RECP benefi ts service members and their families who Visit us online or scan the QR Code with your phone! live on base housing. To learn more about RECP and energy conservation tips, visit www.cnic.navy.mil/RECP. Hickam Communities to launch satisfaction survey By Hickam Communities LLC On Friday, Sept. 20, Hickam Communities residents will receive an email from CEL & Associates (a third-party strategic consulting fi rm) containing a unique link and invitation to complete the annual resident satisfaction survey. When the survey is administered this year, Hickam residents will be asked for their candid feedback about their experiences living with Hickam Communities — from the move-in process through every stage of residency. Hickam Communities looks forward to the resident survey each year, as it provides fi rsthand feedback A Hickam Communities resident family poses for a photo in October from families about their home, their community, 2018. This family participated in the 2018 CEL Survey and won free rent for a month. (Photo courtesy of Hickam Communities) and their experiences with Hickam Communities property and maintenance services team. successful initiatives over the past year, as well as and more. One lucky Hickam Communities resident The survey is emailed to residents and should take opportunities for improvement or areas that would will win free rent for one month. Residents must “opt- fewer than fi ve minutes to complete. In addition to benefi t from a new program or service. in” to be considered for all weekly prize drawings. rating Hickam Communities in a variety of areas, As a special incentive, residents who complete and Hickam Communities residents are encouraged to residents will also have an opportunity to share submit their survey can “opt-in” to be entered to win a update their current email address by contacting their ideas and suggestions. variety of prizes in a series of random drawings held their community center as soon as possible. Survey results, comments and suggestions are each week over the four-week survey period that ends Residents who do not receive an email from Hickam- critical in helping Hickam Communities leadership on Oct. 26. [email protected] by Sept. 28 or have questions should contact their community center. identify the property management team’s Prizes include a golf package for two, a luau for four, Ho’okele / September 9, 2019 / 5 By Senior Airman John Linzmeier, 154th Wing Public Affars More than 700 Airmen from across the country and a team from the Roy- tors, [Falcons] and Eagles,’ said RAAF Flying Offi cer Nelson Mirus, Wedget- al Australian Air Force wrapped up a large-scale, combat-aircraft exercise ail aircrew member.