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NAVY NEWS SERVICE - 03 MAY 95 - NAVNEWS 021/95
TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR NAVNEWS 021/95
Top News and Policy Stories
NNS306. Attorney General Announces New Policy for Cubans in Gitmo
Personnel Notes
NNS307. Teams Travel to Brief Eval, Fitrep Revisions
NNS308. New Recruits to Receive PT Clothing Allowance
NNS309. "Troops to Cops" Conversion Program Announced
Salute to Excellence
NNS310. Navy Commands Recognize Performers of the Year
Around the Fleet
NNS311. Notable Quotable: John H. Warner Jr., Executive Vice
President, Science Applications International Corporation
NNS312. SECNAV and CNO Participate in Housing Ground Breaking
NNS313. Navy Recruiters Line 'em Up For Shipshape Service
NNS314. Jordan's King Hussein Visits USS Theodore Roosevelt
NNS315. "Wheel of Fortune" Tapes 10 Shows on Ike
NNS316. Navy Wrestlers Bring Home Gold
NNS317. Status of U.S. Navy on May 1, 1995
NNS318. This Week in the Navy: May 1, 1898
Short Splices
NNS319. Crews of Warriors Meet in England
NNS320. Navy-Marine Corps News
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Top News and Policy Stories
NNS306. Attorney General Announces New Policy for Cubans in Gitmo
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno announced
a new policy May 2 on immigration of Cubans to the United States
which applies to Cubans currently detained at Naval Base Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba.
Reno said all Cuban migrants presently at the Naval Base will
be considered for entry into the United States. Cubans who attempt
to flee Cuba after yesterday's announcement will be returned to
Cuba in accordance with diplomatic exchanges with the Cuban
government.
The new policy will save the military services that are
funding the operations in Guantanamo Bay $1 million a day,
according to Marine GEN John Sheehan, Commander in Chief, U.S.
Atlantic Command, as well as a planned $100 million "to turn the
camps into something that was going to be more permanent." He
estimated that the process of transferring the Cubans from
Guantanamo Bay would take about seven months.
As for the future of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, GEN Sheehan
said, "I don't think Gitmo is ever going to be a fully functional
military facility as has traditionally been characterized as a
fleet training center, etc. We're going to move the fleet training
center out of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, because we can do the same
things in the continental limits of the United States at lower
cost."
Atlantic Fleet spokesperson, Senior Chief Journalist Ted
Brown, added the Atlantic Fleet has no plans to pull the Navy out
of Guantanamo Bay as it remains a viable logistics command.
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Personnel Notes
NNS307. Teams Travel to Brief Eval, Fitrep Revisions
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Briefing teams from the Bureau of Naval
Personnel are heading out to spread the word worldwide about the
latest changes to the evaluation and fitness report systems.
Two teams of briefers are on the road to conduct briefings for E1
through E6 and another for E7 and above. Each brief lasts
approximately 30 minutes and the teams are available for
questions and answers, following each session.
One team is visiting East Coast and European bases. Visits
sites include:
- Norfolk, Va., area through May 5.
- Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla.; Naval Station Mayport,
Fla.; and Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga., May 8-10.
- London; Gaeta, Naples and Sigonella, Italy; and Rota, Spain,
May 15-18.
- Earle, N.J., May 24,; Naval Air Station Brunswick, Maine,
May 25; and Naval Submarine Base New London, Conn., May 26.
The second team will travel west and visit West Coast and
Western Pacific bases. Visit sites include:
- Yokosuka and Atsugi, Japan, through May 5.
- Guam, May 8.
- Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, May 9-10.
- San Francisco, May 12.
- Seattle and Bremerton, Wash., May 15-16.
- San Diego, May 18-19.
Additional visits are being planned for Charleston, S.C.;
Pensacola and Orlando, Fla.; New Orleans; Corpus Christi, Texas;
Great Lakes, Ill.; and Newport, R.I. These briefings are in
addition to those available during scheduled detailing and CNO
Career Information Team visits.
by LT Dan Bates, BUPERS Public Affairs
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NNS308. New Recruits to Receive PT Clothing Allowance
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- New recruits will receive physical
training (PT) clothing allowances as part of the requirement to
participate in mandatory Navy fitness training.
Recruits currently are required to purchase PT clothing as an
out-of-pocket expense upon arrival at the Recruit Training Center.
The funds will provide each recruit with a one-time allowance to
purchase the required PT gear.
Each recruit will receive one set of sweat clothes, a knit
cap, two sets of shorts and shirts and four pair of socks. The
allowance of $56.35 will begin Oct. 1, 1996.
by LT Dan Bates, BUPERS Public Affairs
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NNS309. "Troops to Cops" Conversion Program Announced
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Recently separated and soon to be
separated veterans will be able to join the ranks of local
peacekeepers through a new police training grant program announced
May 2 by the Departments of Defense and Justice.
The program, "Troops to Cops," will provide up to $5,000 in
training to eligible policing agencies for each veteran hired this
year. The Department of Defense has made $15 million available to
the Community Oriented Policing Services Program (COPS) to assist
with conversion efforts and help expedite President Clinton's
mandate to put 100,000 peace officers on the street.
Eligible veterans must have been a member of the Armed Forces
on or after Oct. 1, 1993, and must have been honorably discharged.
Veterans can contact their local transition office to find out
about police vacancies.
More than 7,700 law enforcement agencies across the country
who have been selected to receive COPS hiring grants will be
eligible for funding. Grants may be used to pay for academy,
supplemental, or in-service training costs for veterans hired after
Jan. 1, 1995. As with all COPS-funded programs, officers hired
must receive training in community policing.
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Salute to Excellence
NNS310. Navy Commands Recognize Performers of the Year
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Three major commands recently announced
the results of their selection boards, convened to recognize top
performers.
- Aviation Storekeeper First Class (AW) Maureen E. Sims and
Quartermaster First Class (SW) Daniel J. Nichols have been selected
as Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet's (CINCLANTFLT) Shore
and Sea Sailors of the Year. Sims is stationed at Naval Air
Station, Keflavik, Iceland. Nichols is stationed aboard USS
Clifton Sprague (FFG 16), homeported in Mayport, Fla.
- Electronics Technician First Class Patrick P. Shima has been
selected as Chief of Naval Education and Training's (CNET) 1995
Sailor of the Year. Shima is the leading petty officer in the
Advanced Electronics School Department at Fleet Training Center,
San Diego.
- Commander Naval Air Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet
(COMNAVAIRLANT), announced the selections of LCDR Mark Kohart from
Fighter Squadron (VF) 103 as Pilot of the Year, LCDR Keith Menz
from VF 142 as Naval Flight Officer of the Year and LT Devon Jones
from VF 101 as Landing Signal Officer of the Year. All three are
based at Naval Air Station Oceana.
(This story appeared on Navy Wire Service as NWSA540, 546 and 547)
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Around the Fleet
NNS311. Notable Quotable: "I will remember the professionalism and
competence exhibited by our country's Navy and Marine Corps
personnel who, in the face of the extreme difficulties caused by
significant budget reductions and force downsizing, remain prepared
to defend our country's national interests, with their lives, if
necessary. So many are so young, yet clearly very well trained,
motivated and executing their responsibilities with pride." -- John
H. Warner Jr., Executive Vice President of Science Applications
International Corporation, in a letter to Secretary of the Navy
John Dalton, following Guest Program visits to various commands in
San Diego
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NNS312. SECNAV and CNO Participate in Housing Ground Breaking
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Secretary of the Navy John H. Dalton and
Chief of Naval Operations ADM Mike Boorda, participated in a Navy
housing ground-breaking ceremony on May 2 for a new 188-unit Navy
enlisted housing community in southeast Washington, D.C, adjoining
Bolling Air Force Base.
"I firmly believe that providing our people with quality
housing is a critical factor in retention, and retention is tied
directly to readiness," said Secretary Dalton. "In my mind,
quality of life is not on the periphery of the readiness issue.
Quality of life is at the heart of readiness."
The new two-and three-bedroom homes will be completed next
spring under a $19.1 million contract. They will replace the World
War II-era Bellevue homes that were recently demolished on the Navy
property located adjacent to the Naval Research Laboratory and
Bolling Air Force Base.
(This story appeared on Navy Wire Service as NWSA557)
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NNS313. Navy Recruiters Line 'em Up For Shipshape Service
ARLINGTON, Va. (NNS) -- Navy recruiters are turning the tide
in attracting talented youth to naval service. Navy recruiters
made their new contract objective for three of the last four months
despite a shrinking pool of eligible young people and record low
unemployment rates.
"It's a case of top-to-bottom teamwork," said CAPT Diane
Carnevale, director of Navy Recruiting Command's (CNRC's)
Operations Department. Top Navy leadership has made a visible and
tangible commitment to attracting the best people out there, and
Navy recruiters have gone the extra mile to market Navy
opportunities aggressively in the face of stiff competition from
corporate recruiters and the other services," she added.
Navy recruiters like Damage Controlman Second Class Earl L.
Burpo of Navy Recruiting Station (NRS) Woodbridge, Va., believe in
their "product" and think that the Navy offers real advantages over
competing career opportunities.
"Navy technical training and educational incentives are second
to none," said Burpo. "The people I recruit see and value the
Navy's commitment to our people's long term educational and
personal goals. We provide a support network for achievement."
Still, the market remains challenging.
"Young people just aren't inclined to think of the military as
their first or best option as they once did," said Ed Kearl, head
of CNRC's Market and Goaling Analysis Branch.
Nonetheless, Navy recruiters are extolling incentives like the
Navy College Fund to assure that all qualified prospects get a
chance to seriously consider what could be the opportunity of a
lifetime.
by JO1 Mark K. Hollis, Naval Recruiting Command Public Affairs
(This story appeared on Navy Wire Service as NWSA544)
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NNS314. Jordan's King Hussein Visits USS Theodore Roosevelt
ABOARD USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (NNS) -- Hussein Ibn Talal, King
of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, at the invitation of VADM John
Scott Redd, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, paid a
five-hour visit April 22 to the Norfolk-based USS Theodore
Roosevelt (CVN 71) as the ship conducted training operations in the
northern Red Sea.
Hussein arrived aboard Roosevelt in an S-3 Viking from Sea
Control Squadron (VS) 24. Although the king is a veteran pilot,
this was his first carrier landing, and he said he "enjoyed it very
much."
During his visit, Hussein toured the combat direction
center, bridge and flight deck, sat in the cockpits of several
aircraft in the hangar bay and addressed the crew from the ship's
television station.
"The ship is technologically so advanced, and so different
from anything I remember. ... What makes anything superior are the
human beings who work together as a team. I am privileged and
proud, as are my colleagues from Jordan, to be among the best."
(This story appeared on Navy Wire Service as NWSA538)
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NNS315. "Wheel of Fortune" Tapes 10 Shows on Ike
NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- America's favorite game show wrapped up
taping two weeks' worth of shows on board USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
(CVN 69) May 1. One week was to pay tribute to United States
military personnel and the other was to feature the city of
Norfolk.
"This is the first time we've done the show in a non-broadcast
facility," said Pat Sajak, Wheel of Fortune's host. "Usually we go
to a theater or a hall or somewhere where they are used to
performances. Here, obviously, the ship is used for a much
different purpose."
Both Sajak and Vanna White, the show's ever-popular letter-
turner, called taping aboard the aircraft carrier a "unique
experience" and said it was what they liked most about this
particular on-location taping. The show's creator, executive
producer and television veteran, Merv Griffin, attended the tapings
April 28 and described the carrier as "incredible."
The shows are scheduled to air the weeks of May 15 and May 22,
with the military contestants appearing during the second week.
by JO3 Kristen Ellis, COMNAVBASE Norfolk Public Affairs
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NNS316. Navy Wrestlers Bring Home Gold
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (NNS) -- Navy wrestlers took three
gold, three silver and five bronze medals at the recent Armed
Forces Wrestling Championships at the Olympic Training Center here.
Army wrestlers won the overall titles in both the freestyle and
Greco-Roman competitions.
Yeoman Third Class Robert Demeritt, stationed on USS Kitty
Hawk (CV 63), was both the freestyle and Greco-Roman champion in
the 114.5-pound division. Demeritt is ranked first in the nation
in his weight class in Greco-Roman wrestling. "USS Kitty Hawk is
giving me all the support I need," said Demeritt. "They know that
I have a good shot at making the Olympic team."
Hospitalman Matthew Lamb, stationed at Naval Hospital Newport,
R.I., was the 286-pound Greco-Roman champion and won a silver medal
in the freestyle competition.
As winners in their weight classes, Demeritt and Lamb
qualified for the World Military Council of International Military
Sports Games which are scheduled to begin Sept. 4 in Rome.
(This story appeared on Navy Wire Service as NWSA542)
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NNS317. Status of U.S. Navy on May 1, 1995
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The status of the U.S. Navy on May 1
Personnel: approximately 446,600 active duty
approximately 100,700 selected reserves
Ships: 374
Aircraft: approximately 5,400
Underway: 181 ships (48%)
Deployed: 111 ships (30%)
Exercises: 9
Port Visits: 10
Carriers/Air Wings Deployed:
USS Abraham Lincoln/CVW 11 - en route Hong Kong
USS Constellation/CVW 2 - en route port visit Pearl Harbor
USS Independence/CVW 5 - en route Gulf of Thailand
USS Theodore Roosevelt/CVW 8 - en route Persian Gulf
Carriers Underway:
USS America - COMPTUEX 95-3, Western Atlantic
USS Nimitz - local operations, Eastern Pacific
LHAs/LHDs/LPHs Underway:
USS Belleau Wood - port visit Singapore
USS Kearsarge - Destined Glory 95, Mediterranean
USS Peleliu - local operations, Eastern Pacific
Commissionings: USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60), May 27
(This story appeared on Navy Wire Service as NWSA554)
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NNS318. This Week in the Navy: May 1, 1898 Commodore George
Dewey's Asiatic Squadron defeated the Spanish in Manila Bay. The
battle had been begun by Dewey's order to his flagship captain,
"You may fire when ready, Gridley." Dewey later was promoted to
Admiral of the Navy as a result of the publicity given his victory.
(DD 349 and DDG 45 have been named for him; and DD 92, DD 380 and
CG 21 for Gridley.)
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Short Splices
NNS319. Crews of Warriors Meet in England
PORTSMOUTH, U.K. (NNS) -- During a recent port visit in
Portsmouth, U.K., the crew of USS Warrior (MCM 10), a U.S. Mine
Counter-Measures ship, was invited to a private tour of HMS
Warrior, England's first iron ship. The meeting between America's
first Warrior and England's first ironclad Warrior highlighted both
the huge advances made in naval architecture and living conditions,
and similarities in warship design.
USS Warrior was commissioned April 3, 1993, 132 years after
HMS Warrior first set to sea. The parallel's between the two ships
are as striking as their differences. Each ship was a
technological leap forward in her time -- the world's first iron-
hulled battleship and the modern world's most sophisticated mine
countermeasures vessel.
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NNS320. Navy-Marine Corps News
The May 5 edition of Navy-Marine Corps News -- a videotaped
newscast generated for broadcast to Navy-Marine Corps fleet and
shore units -- includes the following stories:
-- The Navy's new evaluation system is ready to hit the fleet
-- USS Oklahoma City Sailors send relief to namesake city
-- USS Oklahoma City Sailors donate needed supplies to city's mayor
-- Fleet Training Group scheduled to move from Gitmo to Mayport
-- Marine Corps' top enlisted addresses Marines' biggest concerns
-- Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps zeroes in on Marines' needs
-- NEWS YOU CAN USE: How to make your next moving experience easier
-- How Sailors uniforms are made, from start to finish
-- Sailors and Marines hit the parks to catch major league baseball
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