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Interactive Customer Evaluation Comments Regarding Ensign: Not sure who is responsible for the maintaining of the ensign on NAS 2 but it as well as the Italian flag are starting to show signs of wear and should be replaced. Response: Thank you for your constructive feedback. Shortly after receiving your ICE comment we were able to work with protocol and the Command Duty Officer to quickly replace the flag showing signs of wear. Please continue to let us know if you see discrepancies like that around base. Comments Regarding NEX Optical: Is there a possibility of opening up vision center? Response: As of Monday, 04May, aligned with the Italian government and Sicilian regional decrees the NEX optical shop is open with social distancing measures in place from 1000-1600. Thank you for your suggestion! Comments Regarding SigList and Social Media: We have received multiple ICE comments regarding the conduct on local community social media group. Response: The Facebook group “SIGLIST” is in no way connected to or controlled by NAS Sigonella. Anything posted there is by people in their individual capacities. However, I would like to take this opportunity to remind Sailors that their conduct online should be no different than when in uniform standing amongst their peers and leadership.
Per Navy social media policy, your actions online are potentially no different than in-person from a legal perspective. So please carefully watch your conduct and respect each other no matter what page you choose to browse. Cyber-bullying has no place in our Navy. Our official page is www.facebook. com/NASSigonella, and your questions and comments will always be answered if you send a direct message to the page run by our expert public affairs team. Comments Regarding Temperature Checks: We have received multiple ICE comments regarding temperature checks, particularly at the NAS II gate. Response: There is a perception that the Italian Air Force Security preferentially pull over Americans or just wave certain cars through without a temperature reading. Since the health and wellness of our force and the NAS Sigonella community is my top priority, I assure you these perceptions are false. Initially, on the rollout of the temperature checks, there were many kinks which needed to be worked out. As I am sure you know by now, it is a fairly smooth process and we have had very few high temperatures over the past month. CMC and I have looked into the issue and the only exception granted to temperature checks are the security personnel who must pass through the gate multiple times a day, such as "ICE" cont’d on Page 11
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