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Interactive Customer Evaluation Comment Regarding American Command Duty Officer responsible for all UH lockouts. Our response below Driving:
We have received multiple ICE appropriately addresses all of your comments regarding reckless driving in comments and concerns. Response: the triangle. Thank you for your comment. The Response: Thank you for your observation Housing office strives every day to provide and feedback. This has been a topic I the best customer service possible. As have highlighted in previous Captain’s many of you have noticed and commented, Log episodes, social media posts and Unaccompanied Housing has raised publications in the Signature. Needless to the level of responsibility for lockout say this is a topic I take very seriously. The procedures in order to more closely align safety of our local national population, with the intent of the Commander Navy service members, civilian employees, and Installations Command instruction. The UH CNIC instruction identifies their families is at the top of my priorities. a Resident Advisor to maintain good You are correct, for those of you who have experienced it, reckless driving is a order and discipline, security, and verify room entry during off duty hours. considerable danger on our roads. Again I reiterate to all service members Normally, this role would be filled by and families attached to Sigonella, SLOW an E7-E9. Since we don’t have any E7DOWN! With the number of slow moving E9 geographic bachelors living on base vehicles, goat-herds, stray animals, and here at NAS Sigonella, our very junior cyclists please drive safely with caution. Resident Advisors have been authorized Please remember, as servicemembers and to perform some of these functions civilians assigned and serving overseas through a waiver. We understand that forgetting your we are all ambassadors of our Nation. A single instance of reckless driving room key can occasionally happen, but between an American servicemember or the high number of lockouts can become civilian em-ployee and our Italian hosts extremely disruptive to the long-term could have a lasting negative impact on schedule and well being to our RAs our strategic relationship. If our Naval who also maintain a “day job” with their Security Forces see reckless driving, I normal command. With our procedural shift, Command have the ability to immediately revoke your driving privileges. I don’t want to leadership and Housing Management be the bad guy, but your safety and the has heightened the level of responsibility safety of all who work in and around NAS in managing lockouts to a Senior Petty Sigonella is too important to risk with bad Officer on duty. This responsibility was decisions behind the wheel. Please help given to the Base ACDO, a First Class Petty Officer, to be responsible for both me by thinking and slowing down. Comment Regarding the UH B170 & B623 security, verifying room, and tracking junior service Barracks: We have received several comments member who have locked themselves out. Also be aware, that after one year, your regarding the Unaccompanied Housing policy shift in making the Assistant key may expire. We have issued new keys "ICE" cont’d on Page 11
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