CNRNW Fire, Emergency Services simulate real life saving scenarios

Coinciding with Fire Prevention Week, Navy Region Northwest Fire and Emergency Services conducted a fire drill using quarters “A” at Naval Magazine Indian Island Oct. 8. Quarters “A” is scheduled to be torn down for new housing projects within the next couple of months, and with the help of American Eagle Communities the fire team was able to cut holes in the house, break windows, fill the structure with water based smoke and conduct many drills before the house is demolished. “They’ve allowed us to do everything but burn the place down. It’s great because we’re able to simulate real life scenarios,” said Fire Capt. Jim Whitsett, Navy Region Northwest Fire and Emergency Services. “We’ve filled the house with smoke, so it’s hard for the guys to see. I put a dummy in the house for them to find and we’re treating the whole thing as if we had received a call of a house fire with a victim inside.”
October 14, 2005
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Men’s group steps to plate for domestic violence

“Estimates range from 960,000 incidents of violence against a current or former spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend each year to four million women who are physically abused by their husbands or live-in partners each year,” according to a recent issue of the Women’s Issues newsletter. Because the number of women abused each year is so high, the counselors at the Counseling and Prevention Services (CAPS), have a Men Ending Violence group to help men find better ways of communicating with their wives or girlfriends. The level two class is 16 weeks long with three months of follow up with a counselor, and the level three class is 26 weeks with six months of follow up with a counselor.
October 14, 2005
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USS Camden ends 38-plus years of service

For more than 31 years the USS Camden (AOE 2) has called Bremerton its homeport from which it has deployed to provide the beans, bullets and oil to the fleet. On Thursday, Sept. 29, the fast combat support ship was decommissioned at Pier Delta at Naval Base Kitsap at Bremerton ending 38 years of naval service. More than 300 people attended the pierside ceremony held under a large ceremonial tent due to inclement weather conditions. Capt. Kenneth Norton the ship’s current commanding officer, welcomed the audience, that also included more than a half dozen former Camden commanding officers and approximately 100 former crewmembers who served on board through the ship’s career.
October 7, 2005
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Medical, dental merger becomes official

Saturday, Oct. 1 was the official start date of the new merger that will see dental technicians once again become hospital corpsmen. Dental technicians began in the Navy as corpsmen until being named their own rating in 1947. “This is just a refolding of dental techs into hospitalmen,” said Senior Chief Dental Technician Thomas Countryman, the NHB Nursing Services leading chief petty officer. “This merger streamlines us to do what we’re supposed to: provide high quality patient care to everyone, whether dental care or surgery.” The two ratings had never drifted too far apart, said Master Chief Hospital Corpsman Frances Rose, the command master chief for Fleet Hospital Bremerton. Corpsmen have been trained in emergency dental care just as the dental techs had been trained in medical care.
October 7, 2005
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Medical, dental merger becomes official

Saturday, Oct. 1 was the official start date of the new merger that will see dental technicians once again become hospital corpsmen. Dental technicians began in the Navy as corpsmen until being named their own rating in 1947. “This is just a refolding of dental techs into hospitalmen,” said Senior Chief Dental Technician Thomas Countryman, the NHB Nursing Services leading chief petty officer. “This merger streamlines us to do what we’re supposed to: provide high quality patient care to everyone, whether dental care or surgery.” The two ratings had never drifted too far apart, said Master Chief Hospital Corpsman Frances Rose, the command master chief for Fleet Hospital Bremerton. Corpsmen have been trained in emergency dental care just as the dental techs had been trained in medical care.
October 7, 2005
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NCTS decommissioned, stands up Det.

After more than 20 years of faithful service to the Puget Sound area, Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station, Puget Sound (NCTS) closed its doors for the final time and stood up a new detachment Sept. 30 at the Naval Base Kitsap Chapel in Bangor. With reduced manning of nearly 60 percent, Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station, Pacific, Detachment Puget Sound (NCTAMS PAC Det PS) will be commanded by Cmdr. Julie Schroeder, new officer in charge (OIC) as Cmdr. Martha Warner moves on to her next assignment. Warner said the ceremony was all about NCTS. “This is a day of reflection and… a day to brag about our successes. I’m just one member of the team; the lucky one to lead a group that made this the most rewarding and easiest command for me,” said Warner. She departs after two years as commanding officer. The guest speaker for the event Capt. Robert Baker (ret.), first full term commanding officer of NCTS from 1985-87, said he had some great memories of this command.
October 7, 2005
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CNRNW recognizes Katrina volunteers

Commander Navy Region Northwest, Rear Adm. William French recognized CNRNW civilian employees Sept. 21 for their volunteer efforts Sept. 5-15 on the Gulf Coast after hurricane Katrina. Each member of the group was presented with a letter of appreciation, a CNRNW coin and monetary compensation to recognize their superb performance and professionalism while in the disaster zone. “These people stepped forward not knowing where their next meal was coming from or where they were going to sleep that night to help people who really needed their help. We have such multi-talent in this group they were able to do all kinds of things. Everyone walked away with such a great appreciation for what Navy Region Northwest can do, thanks to those eleven ambassadors. We are very proud of them,” said French.
September 30, 2005
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Seahawks honor local military

The Seattle Seahawks welcomed servicemembers throughout the Pacific Northwest to Qwest Field on Sunday to honor them during their annual Military Appreciation Day as the Seahawks took on the Arizona Cardinals. Nearly a half hour before the 1:05 p.m. kickoff, members of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard lined up in the back of the South end zone to watch pregame warm-ups. As some of the Seattle players entered the field to stretch, they ran by the servicemembers, giving high fives as a way of saying “thank you.” Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Avena, McChord Air Force Base, said he thinks the world of the Seahawks organization for pulling off an event like this. “It seems that not a lot of people appreciate the military quite like this, so just to get us out here is a big deal,” Avena said.
September 30, 2005
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Bangor family receives big ‘Welcome Home’

Oct. 1 cannot come fast enough for Vicki Cahill. That is because she will move into her new home in the Bangor Family Housing area on that date. She and nearly 100 other guests showed off her new home Sept. 21 at Naval Base Kitsap as American Eagle Communities, LLC, finished construction of the first house in the Navy Region Northwest’s privatized housing development. “There’s just so much space,” said Cahill outside of her new 2,100 square foot home. “This is the biggest home we’ve ever had. It doesn’t even look like military housing.” This was just the first of 605 new homes to be constructed in the public-private venture (PPV) project. The partnership between the Navy and American Eagle also covers 3,098 existing units and will renovate over 1,600 others. Rear Adm. William French, commander, Navy Region Northwest, said overall, this is a major upgrade for the Sailors.
September 30, 2005
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CNRNW personnel return from Gulf Coast

Eleven Commander, Navy Region Northwest employees recently returned from the Gulf Coast after assisting families that were impacted by the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina. The CNRNW team members were: Beverly Barron, Beth Dunklin, David Eekhoff, Mike Fagan, Britt Feldman, Bonnie Linscott, Susan Porritt, Darlene Reysack, Robert Root, Elaine Winters and Rick Williams. From Sept. 5-15, the CNRNW team members provided families in Gulfport and Meridian, Miss. with mental health information, transportation, crisis intervention, child care resources and school information, housing, basic needs such as food, water, and sanitation, financial resources such as FEMA, Red Cross, the U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Public Health, and many others that helped families regroup after the hurricane.
September 30, 2005
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