The Admiral Nimitz Hall at NAS Whidbey Island will host a Thanksgiving meal Nov. 25.
The facility will be open to all active duty and their family members, Reserve personnel on orders and family members, military retirees with valid ID card and family when accompanied by sponsor and DoD civilians.
Hours of operations are brunch, 8 to 11 a.m., $4.85; Thanksgiving dinner, 2 to 5 p.m., $7.
November 11, 2010
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The VAQ-142 Gray Wolves recently held quarters in conjunction with a redeployment safety stand down as they prepared to conclude their deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn.
108 Gray Wolves received awards ranging from Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals to Letters of Commendation. The squadron also announced that four Gray Wolves were promoted through the Combat Meritorious Advance Program (CMAP). CMAP is a process by which Naval Forces Central Command may advance deserving Sailors in pay grades E1 through E5 for extraordinary deeds demonstrated while engaged in, or in direct support of, combat operations.
Aviation Maintenance Administrationman 3rd Class Akeem Bannis, Aviation Maintenance Administrationman 3rd Class Danilo Leyva-Neves, Aviation Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class Jeremiah Morales and Aviation Electrician’s Mate Airman Amber Parmerlee were all advanced to their current rates due to exemplary performance on deployment.
November 11, 2010
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Whidbey Island Campus student Avionics Technician 2nd Class David Cradduck was recently awarded the prestigious Worldwide Faculty and Staff Scholarship of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
The award certificate was formally presented to Cradduck in the classroom on Nov. 1 by the Embry-Riddle campus director.
He was selected for one of five $1,000 scholarships awarded from over 40 final candidates.
The surprise announcement was met with much applause from Cradduck’s classmates.
November 11, 2010
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Humor in the work place is a good thing as long as it’s in good taste, and with Krispy Kreme Doughnuts in hand, it definitely was a tasteful gesture for two NAS Whidbey Island Search and Rescue Sailors.
Aviation Electronics Technician 1st Class Daniel Graham and Naval Aircrewman Helicopter 2nd Class David Scott took a department Morale, Welfare & Recreation fundraiser Oct. 29 to a whole new level to help raise money for the upcoming command Christmas party.
While selling boxes of doughnuts, they were challenged by Lt. Cmdr. Gerald Hopen of NAS Operations. If they could eat a dozen glaze doughnuts in one sitting, he would buy both boxes.
“I thought I could do it, then after four doughnuts, I thought, what had I gotten myself into,” said Graham. It took him about 15 minutes to eat the whole dozen, and his stomach ached for about an hour afterward. Would he do it again?
November 11, 2010
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More than 100 active duty and Reserve personnel and their families attended an Individual Augmentee Appreciation event at the Convergence Zone aboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island, Oct. 28.
During the event, service members and their families learned how to cope with changes caused by Individual Augmentee (IA) deployments, through guest speakers and by sharing their own stories.
“It’s a chance for us to celebrate the return of IA’s and honor the departure of the ones who are leaving,” said Kelly J. Gilman, an individual deployment support specialist (IDSS) at the Fleet and Family Support Center aboard Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. “The goal of the event is to have a network opportunity for the IA’s, and there is no better resource than a returning IA for someone who is getting ready to go to the same place, so we hope they get a chance to meet and then sit down and talk to each other and network.”
November 4, 2010
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Lt. Cmdr. Robert Merrill of VAQ-137 has celebrated 47 birthdays, 28 of them while serving in the Navy. He’s a thankful man who loves his wife Vicki, and has enjoyed his career in the Navy. His plan was to spend two more years serving his country and then begin another career helping people and serving the needs of his family. However, everything changed in January 2010.
Whenever Merrill had a medical appointment, he always reminded his flight surgeon, Dr. Tammy Servies, of his family’s history of kidney disease when she ordered a blood panel. On this particular day, the blood panel came back with terrible news, and Merrill was sent to Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma to see a kidney specialist. The specialist confirmed the diagnosis and told Merrill that his kidneys were failing. He immediately began spending 13 hours a day on peritoneal dialysis to sustain kidney function for the short term. His only chance for long term survival was to find a donor. His spouse was not a good match. He began to count each day as a blessing.
He informed his command of his illness, and worked each day despite his exhaustion. Upon learning about Merrill’s illness, shop Leading Chief Petty Officer, Chief Aviation Structural Mechanic–Safety Equipment Adrienne Stem, made an announcement at a staff meeting.
November 4, 2010
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A lead firefighter from Navy Region Northwest Fire and Emergency Services saved a life last summer but it wasn’t in the Northwest and he didn’t jump off a fire truck to do it.
Richard Rivers donated his bone marrow to the Department of Defense Marrow Donor Program in Fairfax, Va., where it was given to a man with leukemia. Rivers got the word five days ago that the patient was out of the hospital and doing well.
“I feel awesome,” Rivers said of the procedure. “Most of the people around here (Fire House 71) are oriented around helping people and this is just a continuation of that.”
All of the 40 people at the fire station volunteered to go on the bone marrow registry after now retired Battalion Chief Mick Lamar told them he had leukemia in 2004.
November 4, 2010
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We all know that a military ID card is required when a beneficiary attempts to enter a military installation or purchase goods at the Exchange or Commissary. Unfortunately, military members sometimes forget they need to present their ID card for medical services and to pick up prescription medicine. Since October 2009, 762 visits to Naval Hospital Oak Harbor (NHOH) were by patients not carrying their military I.D. card. Of these patients, 55 percent were minor children over the age of ten, 14 percent were spouses and 17 percent were active duty members.
So why does this matter and how does it affect patient care? Every Military Treatment Facility (MTF) is mandated by the Department of Defense (DoD) to verify eligibility for care using the military ID at every medical appointment. If the patient does not bring their ID card, the MTF is required to send the patient to medical records to complete an eligibility form. The patient is then given 30 days from the date of visit to present their ID card to the medical records department. If they donít, the patient is billed for the visit.
November 4, 2010
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The top general in the Canadian Forces, Gen. Walter Natynczyk, along with his wife Leslie, made a whirlwind visit on Oct. 22 to the Canadian Detachment at the Naval Oceanographic Processing Facility Whidbey Island. Natynczyk’s position is equivalent to his U.S. Navy counterpart Adm. Mike Mullins, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff.
During his three hours on base, he attended a luncheon with some of the installation’s senior leadership and a few of the Canadian sailors; presented an award; held a town hall meeting with the Canadian Detachment stationed at NOPF and toured the facility where they work.
Natynczyk kicked off the afternoon with the presentation of a CDS Commendation to Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class Dan Caplette, the Coxswain of the Detachment, a position equivalent to Command Master Chief. The commendation recognized Caplette for his leadership and tireless efforts towards improving the quality of life for all of the Canadians posted “south of the border.”
October 28, 2010
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Bringing Sailors home from deployment, carrying celebrities to their United Service Organization performances, delivering Navy divers and their equipment to salvage operations in Morocco-it’s all in a day’s work for the VR-61 Islanders homeported at NAS Whidbey Island.
Despite its designation as a Reserve squadron, VR-61 operates much more than one weekend a month and two weeks a year. Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 61 carries out its mission of supporting the fleet around the world, around the clock, 365 days a year.
With a complement of more than 240 Sailors, VR-61 operates out of detachment sites in Atsugi, Japan; Sigonella, Sicily; and Bahrain as well as at their home base in Whidbey Island, Wash. As a result, the Islanders are able to provide short notice logistics support virtually anywhere around the globe.
October 28, 2010
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