October 30, 2015
South Potomac Pilot NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY SOUTH POTOMAC DEFENSE COMMUNITY
Navy’s Last Coal-Fired Plant Decommissioned By Barbara Wagner Staff Writer
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On Oct. 23 the Navy’s last coal fired power plant, the Goddard Power Plant, was decommissioned from service. The plant was built in 1957 and was considered cutting edge technology for that time. The plant was capable of providing over 900 Pounds per Square Inch (PSI) of steam, exceeding the previous plant’s production of 200 PSI steam. The Goddard Plant had already exceeded its expected service life by over a decade and had served as the primary power source for the Navy’s premiere base for energetics, Naval Support Facility (NSF) Indian Head, Md. To commemorate the occasion, a decommissioning ceremony took place just outside the gates of the old power plant. Following an invocation from NSASP Command Chaplain Lt. Cmdr. Randy Gibson, Cmdr. William Windus, NSASP public works officer, offered a welcome to those in attendance and introduced NSASP Commanding Officer Capt. Mary Feinberg. Feinberg spoke about the significance of the closing of Goddard in light of
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U.S. Navy Photo by Andrew Revelos
Rear Admiral Kate Gregory, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command and Chief of Civil Engineers, and Secretary Dennis McGinn, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Energy, Installations and Environment, locked the entrance to the Goddard Power Plant during the Goddard Power Plant decommissioning ceremony held at Naval Support Facility (NSF) Indian Head, Md. on Oct. 23.
Celebrating 30 Years of AEGIS Training By Kimberly M. Lansdale Center for Surface Combat Systems
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Charles Ludwig
Left to right: AEGIS Training and Readiness Center (ATRC) commanding officer Capt. Pete Galluch, retired Rear Adm. George Huchting, ATRC student of the month FC3 Andrew Brunetta, and Center for Surface Combat Systems commanding officer Capt. Bill McKinley cut the ribbon officially opening the new addition to the Rear Adm. Wayne E. Meyer AEGIS Education Center onboard Naval Support Facility Dahlgren, Va.
The Center for Surface Combat Systems (CSCS) and its learning site, AEGIS Training and Readiness Center (ATRC), celebrated 30 years of training, which included a ribbon-cutting ceremony for their new wing, onboard Naval Support Facility (NSF) Dahlgren, Va. on Oct. 21. To start the ceremony, Capt. Pete Galluch, ATRC’s commanding officer, discussed ATRC’s past and welcomed distinguished guests, including Virginia’s Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs John C. Harvey, Jr., a retired admiral, retired Vice Adm. James Doyle, Jr., Mrs. Anna Mae Meyer, wife of the late Rear Adm. Wayne Meyer, and prior commanding officers, retired Capts. Willard Siepel, Sheldon Margolis, Ted Hontz, and Rick Easton. “Ground breaking for the AEGIS Training Center took place in 1983,” Galluch said. “It was formally established as a training command in November, 1984 and opened for training in October, 1985 with the first class of 14 students graduating December18, 1985 from the AEGIS Computer Fundamentals course.” Capt. Bill McKinley, CSCS’ commanding officer,
then introduced the keynote speaker, retired Rear Adm. George Huchting. “Today, I have the honor and privilege to introduce an essential leader and mentor in the AEGIS community,” McKinley said. Huchting discussed the importance of international AEGIS partnerships and history of the schoolhouse. He then spoke directly to ATRC instructors in the audience. “How you prepare your Sailor students and how you use your experience to take another turn on the war fighting effectiveness is key to the real value of those national treasurers — the AEGIS fleet — standing tall to whatever challenge they face — Not taking a hit, and if they do, fighting through and coming home safe,” Huchting said. “Your job is to ensure that the next 34,000 Sailors who come through these doors can do just that!” He then addressed the students. “Thirty-four thousand Sailors have walked in your moccasins — they have taken your ship and its AEGIS system to sea — truly, they have gone in harm’s way,” Huchting explained. “Their feedback has en-
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