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NAVY NEWS SERVICE - 18 JAN 95 - NAVNEWS 003/95
TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR NAVNEWS 003/95
Top News and Policy Stories
NNS034. Expedited Citizenship Available for Gulf War Vets
NNS035. Advancement Examinations Set for March
Personnel Notes
NNS036. Career Recruiter Force Applicants Wanted
NNS037. Fleet Support Lateral Transfer Criteria Set
NNS038. Survey Shows Sexual Harassment Continues to Drop
Salute to Excellence
NNS039. USS Carl Vinson Sailor Helps Police Make Drug Bust
NNS040. Navy in San Francisco Receives Community Service Award
Around the Fleet
NNS041. Notable Quotable: Dr. Richard Joy, UNISYS Corporation
NNS042. Last Battleships Stricken from Navy Register
NNS043. Payroll Reduction Must Clear Congressional Approval
NNS044. Cuban Migrants in Panama to Move to Guantanamo Bay
NNS045. Constellation Battle Group Enters Persian Gulf
NNS046. Commanding Officer of USS Pensacola Relieved of Command
NNS047. Safety Center Advises Against Foreign Port Two-wheelers
NNS048. Naval Academy to Celebrate 150th Anniversary
NNS049. Naval Institute Holds Essay Contest
NNS050. This Week in the Navy: Jan. 18, 1911
Short Splices
NNS051. NAS New Orleans Wins Conway Trophy
NNS052. Flag Officer Moves Announced
NNS053. Navy-Marine Corps News
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Top News and Policy Stories
NNS034. Expedited Citizenship Available for Gulf War Vets
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Aliens and non-citizen nationals who
served on active duty during the Persian Gulf conflict can apply
for expedited naturalization.
President Bill Clinton signed an Executive Order on Nov. 22,
1994 that authorizes citizenship for eligible Sailors. Members of
the armed forces must have served honorably between Aug. 2, 1990
and April 11, 1991. Physical presence in the Persian Gulf during
that period is not required.
Personnel must have been inducted, enlisted, or reenlisted in
the U.S, the Canal Zone, American Samoa, or Swains Island, or have
been lawfully admitted to the U.S. for permanent residence.
Personnel applying for expedited naturalization must submit
three Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) forms, which can
be obtained and filed at any INS office. The forms required to be
filed include INS form N-400 (application for naturalization), INS
form N-426 (certificate of military service) and INS form G-325B
(biographic form).
More information and assistance is available from Naval Legal
Service offices, Navy JAG at (703)697-9161 or DSN 227-9161,
PERS-662 at (703)697-6621 or DSN 227-6621 and NAVADMIN 006/95.
by LT Dan Bates, BUPERS Public Affairs
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NNS035. Advancement Examinations Set for March
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The next cycle of advancement examinations
for third class through first class petty officer will be
administered in March.
Candidates for the exam must complete eligibility requirements
before Feb. 1. The third class exams are scheduled for March 7.
The second class exams are scheduled for March 9 and first class
exams are scheduled for March 14.
Beginning with this exam cycle, separate Military Leadership
(MILEAD) examinations will no longer be administered for basic
eligibility, but will be incorporated in the actual advancement
exam. The new advancement exams will include 15 general military
questions per test. These questions will be taken from military
requirements for the appropriate paygrade.
This change eliminates redundant testing procedures, and
places increased emphasis on knowledge of the military requirements
by including Naval standards questions in the compilation of the
advancement exam score. Completion of the rate training manuals
can be waived locally by the Education Service Officer for any
unavailable manuals.
Advancement results will be released no later than June 1,
1995. More information is available in NAVADMIN 010/95.
by LT Dan Bates, BUPERS Public Affairs
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Personnel Notes
NNS036. Career Recruiter Force Applicants Wanted
ARLINGTON, Va. (NNS) -- The Navy's Career Recruiter Force
(CRF) Board is scheduled to convene March 7. The CRF is open to
all active duty recruiters, E-6 through E-8. Applicants must have
a minimum of two years recruiting duty experience within the past
five years, have no less than 9.5 years active duty naval service
and meet specific physical and health guidelines set in BUPERS
Instruction 1133.29.
Applications are due to Commander, Navy Recruiting Command
(CNRC) no later than Feb. 10. In order to enable microfiche
review, commanding officers of prospective applicants must submit
their name, social security number, and rating to CNRC (code 113)
no later than Jan. 27 by message, or fax to (703) 696-4698, DSN
226-4698.
The board's results will be announced via message. For more
information call YN1(AW) Michael Allen at (703) 696-4131 or DSN
226-4131.
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NNS037. Fleet Support Lateral Transfer Criteria Set
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Officers may request transition to the new
Special Duty Officer (Fleet Support) Community beginning with the
April 1995 Lateral Transfer and Redesignation Board. The community
is a gender-neutral restricted line community that supports shore
commands and staffs, in positions from division officer to major
command and beyond.
Officers will be considered on the merits of their past
performance and professional qualifications achieved. Officers in
the surface, submarine, special warfare, aviation, and special
operations communities must be warfare qualified prior to applying.
The board will evaluate officers on their prior experience in
areas of specialization such as activity management; space and
electronic warfare; manpower, personnel and training; and logistics
and sealift.
Unrestricted line officers must be commanders and below.
Staff corps officers applying for transfer must be lieutenant
commander and below. More information is available in NAVADMIN
007/95.
by LT Dan Bates, BUPERS Public Affairs
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NNS038. Survey Shows Sexual Harassment Continues to Drop
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Results from the 1993 Navy Equal
Opportunity and Sexual Harassment (NEOSH) Survey shows that the
Navy is heading in the right direction in eliminating all forms of
discrimination and sexual harassment from its ranks.
Sailors who participated in the survey, conducted Navy-wide
every other year since 1989, reported that sexual harassment has
decreased and believe their commands are taking equal opportunity
complaints seriously.
The percentage of women who said they were sexually harassed
in the last year was the lowest since the survey began in 1991,
dropping 25 percent for female enlisted members from the last
survey in 1991. Female officers who said they were harassed
dropped 40 percent from the 1989 survey.
The survey results indicated that most personnel agree or
strongly agree that they have an equal chance to serve, learn, and
progress no matter what race or ethnic group they belong to. All
groups surveyed had generally positive perceptions of the Navy's
equal opportunity climate.
More details about the survey are available in NAVADMIN
005/95.
by LT Dan Bates, BUPERS Public Affairs
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Salute to Excellence
NNS039. USS Carl Vinson Sailor Helps Police Make Drug Bust
ABOARD USS CARL VINSON (NNS) -- Aviation Boatswain's Mate
Airman Warren Pribula was presented a Certificate of Appreciation
recently from Alameda, Calif., Mayor Ralph Appenzzato for helping
the Alameda police apprehend a suspected drug dealer. Pribula is
stationed aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).
"In the latter part of October, Pribula, was approached by a
man who wanted to sell him some drugs," said Alameda Police Chief
Burnham Matthews. "Not being happy with this situation, Pribula
walked down the street and flagged down a squad car.
"The officers asked Pribula if he would help in the arrest of
this person. He then went back and re-established contact, and
offered to buy some narcotics from the suspect. The arrest was
successful, resulting in apprehending a drug dealer who was also
wanted on an outstanding parole violation."
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NNS040. Navy in San Francisco Receives Community Service Award
SAN FRANCISCO (NNS) -- The U.S. Navy recently received the
1994 Community Service Award from the San Francisco chapter of 100
Black Men, during the organization's 6th Annual Scholarship Gala.
The award, given to the Navy for its many contributions in
the Bay Area, was accepted by the Honorable William Cassidy Jr.,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Conversions and
Redevelopment, responsible for conversion and reinvestments of
closing facilities.
Like the 100 Black Men, thousands of Sailors serve as role
models and mentors and frequently provide inspiration and
motivation to young, high-risk African-Americans in the Bay area.
Cassidy described Navy initiatives targeted to increase the
number of minority officer accessions in the Navy and Marine
Corps services, to a crowd of more than 1,200 people.
"This means that 12 percent of the officers who will join
the Navy to start their careers in the year 2000 will be African-
Americans; 12 percent will be Hispanics and 5 percent will be
Asian American and Pacific Islanders," said Cassidy.
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Around the Fleet
NNS041. Notable Quotable: "I was very impressed with the leaders
and the entire crew from seaman to admiral. They were all very
professional, extremely courteous to me, very helpful, and knew
their jobs extremely well. I was amazed at the responsibility
placed on 19-year old kids to do life threatening jobs. One of the
lessons I have learned is to give applicants for jobs here with a
military background like that a much closer look." -- Dr. Richard
Joy, vice president and general manager for systems technology
operations, of UNISYS Corporation after spending 24 hours at sea
aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).
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NNS042. Last Battleships Stricken from Navy Register
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Navy struck its last four Iowa-class
battleships from the Naval Vessel Register Jan. 12, saying the cost
of operating the ships outweighed their value to the fleet.
The four ships: Iowa (BB 61), New Jersey (BB 62), Missouri (BB
63) and Wisconsin (BB 64) had all been decommissioned, but were
maintained as part of the Navy's "mothball" fleet -- ships removed
from service but maintained so they could be restored to
operability if the need arose.
The Navy will dispose of the ships in accordance with existing
law, which allows private organizations and municipalities who
qualify to obtain the vessels as memorials and museums. Several
groups have already asked the Navy to consider them for this
privilege.
(This story appeared on Navy Wire Service as NWSA141)
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NNS043. Payroll Reduction Must Clear Congressional Approval
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The 50 cents a month payroll reduction
taken from Sailors' pay checks to support the Armed Forces
Retirement Home (AFRH) will not increase, at least not until after
a Congressionally required study of the homes' operations is
completed later this year.
The AFRH is comprised of the U.S. Naval Home in Gulfport,
Miss., and the U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home in Washington, D.C.
The 1995 Defense Authorization Act, approved by Congress,
allowed the Secretary of Defense to increase the deduction to $1.00
per month, beginning Jan. 1, 1995. He decided to forego an
immediate increase after the Chief of Naval Operations, the Master
Chief Petty Officer of the Navy and members of the Military
Coalition recommended further study before instituting an increase.
"I'm very pleased by the DOD decision not to raise the 50-cent
per month deduction from our enlisted people for the Armed Forces
Retirement Homes," said Chief of Naval Operations ADM Mike Boorda.
"When we're taking money out of Sailors pay for something, the
Sailors need to know that we have explored every other
possibility."
by JOCS Neil Guillebeau, MCPON Public Affairs
(This story appeared on Navy Wire Service as NWSA144)
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NNS044. Cuban Migrants in Panama to Move to Guantanamo Bay
GUANTANAMO BAY (NNS) -- The U.S. Atlantic Command in Norfolk
is planning to return approximately 7,500 Cuban migrants, currently
in Panama, to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to a statement made
by the Department of Defense Jan. 12. The process of relocating
the Cuban migrants, who originally volunteered to move to Panama
from Guantanamo Bay last September, will begin Feb. 1.
"We will continue to look for resettlement possibilities in
third countries," said Dennis Boxx, Deputy Assistant to the
Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, "such as the agreement
that was reached very recently with Spain, where 72 Cubans were
moved on Dec. 8."
The effort to transport the migrants is expected to be
completed on or before March 6. The plan is to transport the
Cubans by airlift and sealift. The combined airlift/sealift will
take place through the use of military ships -- USS Portland (LSD
37), USS Austin (LPD 4) and USS La Moure County (LST 1194) -- and
contract aircraft.
This move coincides with the ending of the six-month safe
haven status granted by the government of Panama to the Cuban
migrants. The Cubans returned to Guantanamo Bay will be housed in
the radio range facility there.
(This story appeared on Navy Wire Service as NWSA128)
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NNS045. Constellation Battle Group Enters Persian Gulf
PERSIAN GULF (NNS) -- A seven-ship battle group, led by the
aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV 64), entered the Persian
Gulf, Jan. 11. Escorting Constellation are the guided missile
cruisers USS Chosin (CG 65) and USS Lake Erie (CG 70), the
destroyer USS Kinkaid (DD 965), the ammunition ship USS Kiska (AE
35), the replenishment oiler USS Cimarron (AO 177), and the
attack submarine USS Topeka (SSN 754).
The battle group's arrival strengthens U.S. presence in the
gulf and supports U.N. initiatives in the region. Aircraft from
Constellation's air wing, Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW 2), are
patrolling the U.N. no-fly zone over southern Iraq in support of
Operation Southern Watch.
Chosin, Lake Erie and Kinkaid join the guided missile cruiser
USS Gettysburg (CG 64), destroyer USS David R. Ray (DD 971), and
the guided missile frigates USS Halyburton (FFG 40),
USS Jarrett (FFG 33) and USS Vandergrift (FFG 48) already on
station in the gulf.
The Constellation battle group deployed Nov. 10, 1994, and
spent most of December in the western Pacific. The ships are
expected to return to their home ports in May.
(This story appeared on Navy Wire Service as NWSA139)
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NNS046. Commanding Officer of USS Pensacola Relieved of Command
NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- As a result of Admiral's Mast
proceedings conducted on Jan. 12 and 13 at Naval Amphibious Base,
Little Creek, Va., the commanding officer of dock landing ship USS
Pensacola (LSD 38) was relieved of command Jan. 17.
This action came after an investigation determined that the
ship had run aground in late-November 1994 off the coast of North
Carolina, causing damage to the ship's port shaft propeller. The
ship's navigator also was relieved.
There were no injuries to the ship's crew as a result of the
grounding. The damaged propeller has been replaced.
RADM Leonard Picotte, Commander, Amphibious Group Two, conducted
the mast proceedings.
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NNS047. Safety Center Advises Against Foreign Port Two-wheelers
NORFOLK (NNS) -- As a result of several serious mishaps
involving deployed Sailors on rented motorcycles, scooters or
mopeds, the Naval Safety Center recommends that commanders
prohibit rental of two-wheeled vehicles in foreign ports.
Host nation traffic laws, signs, driving on the left in some
countries and speed laws are often misunderstood. Most rental
companies do not furnish the personal protective equipment
(helmet, eye protection, reflective vest, etc.) required by Navy
and Marine Corps instructions and orders. Requirements for
motorcycle training may not be waived.
Rather than risk individual mishaps, the Safety Center
recommends off-duty groups do their sightseeing by bus tours or
car rentals while in foreign ports.
(This story appeared on Navy Wire Service as NWSA136)
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NNS048. Naval Academy to Celebrate 150th Anniversary
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (NNS) -- The U.S. Naval Academy will celebrate
its 150th anniversary throughout 1995. The Academy was founded in
1845 by then Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft as a naval school.
A documentary, "U.S. Naval Academy -- 150 Years in Annapolis,"
will air on April 8, on the Arts and Entertainment Cable Channel
(check local cable guide for verification) as part of the
celebration. This film is a 90-minute tribute that explores the
Academy's century and a half of contributions to America, using
historical photographs, archival footage and recent interviews with
staff members, graduates and midshipmen.
"While this year offers ample time for reflection on the many
achievements of this institution, those of us responsible for
carrying out the mission of the Naval Academy must remain true to our
course as we guide the academy into the future," said ADM Charles R.
Larson, Naval Academy superintendent.
As 1995 continues, the academy will host museum exhibits, music
and theater performances, speeches and sporting events -- all of
which will illuminate the strong tradition, mission fulfillment and
service to country that make the academy unique.
(This story appeared on Navy Wire Service as NWSA130)
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NNS049. Naval Institute Holds Essay Contest
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (NNS) -- The U.S. Naval Institute invites entries
to its second annual Colin L. Powell Joint Warfighting Essay Contest.
Essays should be about combat readiness in a joint context --
persuasive discussions of tactics, strategy, weaponry, combat
training, force structure, doctrine, operations, organization for
combat, interoperability of hardware and procedures, or other issues
involving two or more services.
Entries may be heavy in uni-service detail, but must have joint
application. Entries are welcome from military professionals and
civilians alike. The Naval Institute will award cash prizes of
$2,500, $2,000, and $1,000 to the authors of the three best essays
entered. Maximum length is 3,000 words, but shorter opinion pieces
or "professional notes" (typically 2,000-word technical arguments)
may also be competitive.
Essays must be postmarked on or before 1 April. For additional
information contact Bert Hubinger at (410) 268-6110 or fax (410)
269-7940.
(This story appeared on Navy Wire Service as NWSB021)
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NNS050. This Week in the Navy: Jan. 18, 1911 -- Eugene Ely, a
civilian contract pilot, landed a plane on a platform built over the
stern of the Pennsylvania in San Francisco Bay -- the first shipboard
landing.
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Short Splices
NNS051. NAS New Orleans Wins Conway Trophy
NEW ORLEANS (NNS) -- Naval Air Station, Joint Reserve Base
(NASJRB) New Orleans has been selected as the top air station in the
Naval Reserve. Areas of consideration included fiscal management,
command readiness, recruiting, retention and planning.
NASJRB New Orleans now will compete as the Naval Air Reserve
entry in the DOD Commander in Chief Installation Excellence Award.
(This story appeared on Navy Wire Service as NWSA118)
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NNS052. Flag Officer Moves Announced
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The following flag officer moves were
recently announced:
RADM Norbert Ryan Jr. from Assistant Chief of Naval Personnel
for Distribution, PERS-4, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington,
D.C., to Commander, Task Force 12/Commander, Patrol Wings, U.S.
Pacific Fleet, NAS Barbers Point, Hawaii, July 1995.
RADM William Cross II from Director for Plans and Policy, J-5,
U.S. Transportation Command, Scott AFB, Ill., to Commander, Carrier
Group Six, Mayport Fla., July 1995.
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NNS053. Navy-Marine Corps News
The Jan. 20 edition of Navy-Marine Corps News -- a videotaped
newscast generated for broadcast to Navy-Marine Corps fleet and shore
units -- includes the following stories:
-- Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrated around the fleet
-- Admiral Mike Boorda stops Navy Home deductions from being raised
-- Congress allows business' to garnish wages for just debts
-- Helpful tips on how to keep your personal finances in check
-- USS Rainier Sailors learn to battle shipboard fires
-- Navy brings Super Bowl XXIX to the fleet via compressed video
-- Send your valentine a gift, even if you're at sea
-- Marine Corps Mom balances the Corps and quadruplets
-- Yokosuka kids go on patrol to make school crosswalks safer
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