62nd year, No. 18
Serving the NATO, Naples and Gaeta Military Community in Italy
Friday, May 12, 2017
U.S., Italian Service Members Compete During 2017 MWR Naples Armed Forces Olympics
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis
Mattis: United States, Denmark Stand Firmly Together By Terri Moon Cronk DoD News
Members of various Naval Support Activities Naples commands and Italian first responders race in a 5K during the Armed Forces Olympics May 5, 2017, at Carny Park. This was the 23rd annual Armed Forces Olympics event hosted by MWR Naples. Photo by MC3 Krystina Coffey By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ford Williams
U.S. and Italian service members got the chance to put their physical abilities to the test during the 23rd annual MWR Naples Armed Forces Olympics
held at Carney Park, May 5, 2017. The event gave both Italian and U.S. military members the chance to have some fun out of the office while being involved in several physically challenging team-building exercises. Some of the events that took place
include: a 5K run, bench press competition, obstacle course, human foosball, a soapbox derby, a truck pull and the main event of every year – tug-of-war. OLYMPICS
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Be Prepared: It’s Much More Than Just a Well Known Motto By Sean M. Quinn NSA Naples Emergency Management Officer
Napoli, the Campania Region and Italy offer many opportunities to each of us that others can only dream of. While we make the most of the experience, we need to understand and accept the potential for emergency
situations such as earthquakes here. You have probably heard many times that you need to have an emergency plan and kit ready at all times. While that sounds great, do you know what you should have in your kit to sustain you and your family following an emergency and for
how long? The checklist below can help you get started so you can be prepared and ready. These additional online sources may help you build your kit: ● Ready Navy: http://www.ready.navy.mil/Bui ldAKit/EmergencyKits/index. htm
● FEMA: http://www.ready.gov/build-akit ● American Red Cross (ARC): http://upson.redcross.org/Med ia/checklist.pdf ● ARC “Let’s Make a Kit”: http://youtu.be/TLFkD8TiTvs EMERGENCY PREP
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CAPTAIN’S CORNER. . . . . . . . . 2 BASE NOTES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 HISTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 FFSC CALENDAR . . . . . . . . . . . 5 SOUND OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 MOVIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 JOBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
COLLEGE STARTS SOON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5
MOTHER'S DAY FUN FACTS . . . . . . . . page 14
USO TOURS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 WORD SEARCH / COLOR ME 14
The United States stands firmly with its ally and fellow NATO member Denmark, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen in the Danish capital of Copenhagen on May 9, 2017. The secretary and prime minister made brief remarks before going into bilateral discussions. In Copenhagen on his first stop of a three-country trip to Europe, Mattis joined with his Danish counterpart, Defense Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen, to co-host a meeting of leaders from 15 countries to discuss the effort to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Danish Troops The secretary complimented Rasmussen on the Danish military, noting that he had seen them personally in combat zones. “The skill of your troops is matched by their ethical performance, which is critical when you’re fighting on battlefields where innocent people are mixed in among a very merciless enemy," Mattis told the prime minister. "And it takes a special kind of soldier to master that battlefield. You have fielded very high-quality troops.” DENMARK
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