THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2017 www.cnic.navy.mil/jacksonville www.jaxairnews.com VOL. 75 • NO. 39 • NAS JACKSONVILLE, FLA Photo by MC2 Clay Whaley Cmdr. Christopher Wood was one of three Patrol Squadron 8 "Fighting Tigers" presented with the 2016 Navy and Marine Association Leadership Award. Lt. Cmdr. Michael Steffens and Lt. Ryan Duffy also received the award. VP-8 Sailors earn Photo by MC2 Nick Bergman Navy and Marine The Patrol Squadron 5 "Mad Foxes" depart Naval Air Station Jacksonville for 4th and 6th Fleet dual-site deployments. Association Leadership Award By Lt. j.g. Danielle Tatchio VP-5 deploys to Sigonella, El Salvador VP-8 Public Affairs Officer By Lt.j.g. Mary Carter Jordan Leading up to deployment, the without the presence of a pilot on Three Patrol Squadron Eight (VP-8) “Fighting VP-5 PAO Mad Foxes have demonstrated board. Tigers” recently received the 2016 Navy and Marine their ability to overcome the chal- VP-5 also ensured 100 percent Association (NMA) Leadership Award, having been The “Mad Foxes” of Patrol lenges that a dual site deployment completion of the Fleet Naval chosen by their peers for exhibiting the highest lev- Squadron (VP) 5 departed Naval presents, including completion of Air Training and Operating els of excellence in leadership. Air Station Jacksonville Sept. 21 for the Advanced Readiness Program Procedures Standardization evalu- Cmdr. Christopher Wood, Lt. Cmdr. Michael their second P-8A dual site deploy- and Operational Readiness ations, a multitude of combat air Steffens, and Lt. Ryan Duffy were nominated by ment, including the first-ever oper- Evaluation. Additionally, VP-5 crew (CAC) mission qualifications their peers and selected for three of the four lead- ational P-8A deployment to the aviation ordnancemen have and overseas training courses and ership awards presented by NMA to Patrol and U.S. Southern Command area or been hard at work complet- requirements. Reconnaissance Wing 11. responsibility. ing the Conventional Weapons The efforts of VP-5 were recog- NMA sponsors more than 400 awards annually The Mad Foxes are relieving the Technical Proficiency Inspection nized by Commander, Naval Air for presentation by the Commanders of Naval Air VP-16 “War Eagles” in Sigonella, and achieving a perfect score. Forces, as they were presented Forces, Naval Surfaces Forces, U.S. Marine Forces, Italy and VP-9 “Golden Eagles” The squadron’s maintenance with the 2016 Battle Efficiency Atlantic and Pacific and the Superintendent of the in El Salvador in support of team led the charge of qualify- award last month. US Naval Academy to those officer and enlisted Commander, Task Force (CTF) 67 ing the first enlisted servicemen and CTF-47, respectively. to turn the engines of the P-8A See VP-5, Page 7 See VP-8, Page 6 Photos by Kaylee LaRocque Chiefs spring into action NCC Edwin Perez of Naval Air Station Jacksonville (NAS Jax) Executive Department (right) helps AWFC Yajaira Lewis of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron U.S. Navy photos (VR) 58, collect donated cases of water for residents of Puerto Rico who survived Hurricane Maria, a Category 4 storm that hit the island Sept. 20. Perez who donated Helping in Puerto Rico 20 cases of water, said he has family there Lt. j.g. Grant Evans, Naval Air Station Jacksonville Public Works construc- and wanted to help however he could. tion manager, finds some kind of secondary water line entangled in an The water was loaded onto a C-40 Clipper uprooted tree while performing damage assessments at the Navy Operational aircraft from VR-56 from NAS Oceana, Support Center in Puerto Rico Sept. Virgina, that stopped at NAS Jax to pick up 29. The damage assessment team passengers heading to the island Sept 28. arrived Sept. 28 and will work there U.S. Navy Photo way around the island to check Sailors from Fleet Logistics Support naval facilities on the island after Squadron 56 and civilian personnel Hurricane Maria passed through unload pallets of water donated by causing devastating destruction. members of the Naval Air Station Jacksonville Chief's Mess after land- ing in San Juan, Puerto Rico Sept. 28. Lt. j.g. Grant Evans, Public AWOC Martin Zebulon of Works Department Jacksonville Commander, Patrol and construction manager, affixes a Reconnaissance Wing 11, donates damage assessment placard on several cases of water to help the Transmitter Facility in Aguada, those in need from the aftermath Puerto Rico. Evans, part of the of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico damage assessment team, is in during a special collection drive at Puerto Rico assessing naval facilities Naval Air Station Jacksonville (NAS on island after damage caused by Jax) Sept. 28. Hurricane Maria. E FLU VACCINE COLOR RUN 5K NAS JAX SAILORS Available aboard NAS Jax Hundreds Participate in Fun Run Help Habitat for Humanity Page 3 Page 4-5 Page 9 ó Sustain • Enable • Support ó This Week in Navy History From staff docked with Mir Space Station. The mission began on Sept. 25. Oct. 7 Oct. 5 1864 - USS Washusett cap- 1863 - Confederate subma- tures Confederate raider CSS rine David seriously damages Florida in harbor of Bahia, USS New Ironsides with a spar Brazil. torpedo off Charleston, S.C. 1924 - Rigid airship 1913 - Trial of OWL, Navy’s Shenandoah commences trans- first amphibian flying boat. continental flight. 1957 - Minitrack, a satellite 1975 - President Gerald Ford tracking net developed by the signs law allowing admission of Naval Research Laboratory, women into service academies. becomes operational. This net- 2001 - Operation Enduring work, with stations from Maine Freedom begins with carrier air to Chile, tracked the Vangard strikes, plus, ship and subma- Photo courtesy of Ron Williamson satellite. rine Tomahawk strikes. Attendees at the Naval Air Station Jacksonville Air Show in 1945, peer into the cockpit of the Oct. 6 Oct. 8 Grumman F7F Tigercat. The sleek Tigercat arrived too late to see combat in World War II. It was 1884 - Department of the 1812 - Boat party under Lt. the first Navy and Marine Corps fighter designed with tricycle landing gear and was powered Navy establishes the Naval Jesse Elliott captures HMS by two Pratt & Whitney R-2800 engines. The last of 364 Tigercats was delivered in November of War College at Newport, R.I. Detroit and Caledonia on 1946. (General Order 325). Niagara River. 1940 - Fourth group of eight 1842 - Commodore Lawrence Stillwater, Okla., (Yeoman), of four Carrier Task Groups of Esperance begins: In two- U.S. destroyers involved in Kearny in USS Constitution, Bloomington, Ind., Task Force 38 on Okinawa and day battle, American task “Destroyers for Bases” deal are addresses a letter to the Viceroy (Storekeeper), and Madison, Ryukyus. force stops Japanese attack on turned over to British authori- of China, urging that American Wis. (Radioman). 1985 - Fighters from USS Guadalcanal and sinks two ties at Halifax, Canada. merchants in China be granted 1945 - Parade in New York Saratoga (CV-60) force Japanese ships while losing 1943 - In night Battle of Vella the same treaty privileges as City honors Fleet Adm. Chester Egyptian airliner, with the only USS Duncan (DD-485). Lavella, three U.S. destroyers the British. His negotiations are Nimitz and 13 other Navy and hijackers of the cruise ship 1950 - Task Force 77 aircraft attack nine Japanese destroyers successful. Marine Corps Medal of Honor Achille Lauro aboard, to Italy, destroy North Korean vessels to stop evacuation of Japanese 1950 - 1st Marine Division awardees. where the hijackers were taken off Songjin and Wonsan and troops from Vella Lavella, commences embarkation at 1945 - Typhoon hits Okinawa, into custody. north of Hungham. Solomon Islands. Inchon for landings at Wonsan, damaging many Navy ships. Oct. 11 1967 - Operation Coronado 1958 - USS Seawolf (SSN-575) Korea. Oct. 10 1776 - Battle of Valcour Island VI began in Rung Sat Zone. completes record submerged Oct. 9 1845 - Naval School, later on Lake Champlain, New 1968 - Launch of Apollo 7, run of 60 days, logging over 1873 – Lt. Charles Belknap the Naval Academy, opens in York. Although defeated, the the first U.S. three-man space 13,700 nautical miles. calls a meeting at the Naval Annapolis, Md. with 50 mid- American flotilla delayed the mission, commanded by Cmdr. 1962 - Commissioning of USS Academy to establish the U.S. shipmen and seven faculty. British advance and caused it to Walter Schirra Jr., USMCR Maj. Bainbridge (DLGN-25), first Naval Institute for the purpose 1923 - First American-built fall back into winter quarters. Ronnie Cunningham served nuclear-powered frigate. of disseminating scientific rigid airship, Shenandoah, is 1824 - Marquis de Lafayette as Lunar Module pilot. The 1997 - NASA Astronaut and and professional knowledge christened. It used helium gas visits the Washington Navy mission lasted 10 days and 20 Navy Cmdr. Wendy Lawrence throughout the Navy. instead of hydrogen. Yard during his yearlong tour of hours. Recovery was by HS-5 returns from mission of STS- 1942 - First three schools 1944 - Opening of Leyte America. helicopters from USS Essex 86: Shuttle -Mir 7 when Atlantis for enlisted WAVES open at campaign begins with attack 1942 - Battle of Cape (CVS-9). A night with the Bangor Police Department By Sarah Smiley Special Contributor their supervisor,” McAmbley said. “They From the Homefront do all the work — responding to calls, As I mentioned in last week’s column, Three women wearing headsets sat in mumbled under his breath. And then, initiating calls, and doing paperwork, all I’ve always been fascinated by the idea front of over-sized computer screens and “Good, he’s getting in a cab.” while staying awake all night.” that when I go to sleep, something that took calls, some of them urgent, some of Throughout the night, McAmbley also Their average age? Just under 30.