Serving the Nato, Naples and Gaeta military community in italy
58th year, No. 15
MWR Set To Trim Programs at NSA Naples
Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Christopher Munoz, assigned to U.S. Naval Hospital Naples, swims laps in the Capodichino Fit Zone Pool, April 17. The indoor pool is scheduled for closure mid-June through late August to meet a worldwide directive for Navy bases. (Photo by MC1 Travis Simmons)
By Lt. Tim Hawkins, Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy Public Affairs
Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) is scheduled to begin making specific
reductions to programs at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Naples, Italy, starting May 1. Programs impacted will include community events, libraries, gyms, pools and at
least one intramural sport, as mandated by Commander Navy Installations Command in response to current budget pressures. “Navy organizations everywhere must reduce operating costs to confront budget realities, and we are no different,” said NSA Naples Commanding Officer Capt. Scott Gray. “We simply must implement MWR program reductions that we have been directed to make.” In the coming weeks, MWR will reduce the number of free group exercise classes at Support Site and Capodichino. Six free classes will be offered each week at the Support Site Fitness Forum, and five will be available at the Capo Fit Zone. The free classes at Support Site are scheduled to include two classes each for indoor cycling, “Fit Pump” and “Fit Combat” workouts. Capodichino’s free group exercise classes will include three classes for indoor cycling and one class each for “Total Body” and “Super Gag” workouts. “These classes were chosen based on patron interest, and as free classes, active duty personnel will have priority,” said Tony Smith, the MWR Naples director. “It is important that patrons accurately fill in and sign the class signin sheets, for this is the information upon which we base our decisions.” Smith said that a wide spectrum of other group exercise classes will continue to be offered, but now for a small
fee. Gym users will be charged $3.50 per class when an exercise coupon is purchased individually and $3 per class if they buy a full booklet of 12 coupons. In addition, community members will soon feel the impact of MWR program cutbacks at the Support Site library. The community’s main library has to reduce its operating hours by more than 20 hours per week. The library’s new schedule will be announced once an implementation plan is finalized, Smith said. Community events that require registration fees, like fun runs and triathlons, will continue to happen as scheduled. However, personnel and families should anticipate fewer NSA Naples events overall this summer and through September. “Events that are 100 percent funded by commercial sponsorship or other outside sources will still be held. But, community events that are fully funded internally, including family and fitness events, will be deferred for the remainder of FY13,” said Smith. Organizations that are interested in sponsoring an MWR event can contact the Admin office at 081-568-4050. Regarding swimming pools, Navy bases worldwide have been directed to operate only one this summer, a time when NSA Naples typically operates three. However, Naples requested and was granted a waiver to operate two pools.
Friday, april 19, 2013
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The Department of the Navy submitted its FY2014 budget
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From Defense Media Activity - Navy
Crime Statistics Summary
The Navy unveiled its piece of the 2014 Presidential budget April 10. The graphic provides a snapshot of the anticipated costs in these priority areas. Military Personnel requested: $45.4 billion This includes active and reserve basic pays, housing allowances, and other special pays among other things. The anticipated FY14 active end strength is 323,600, an increase of 900 Sailors to reduce manning gaps at sea and improve sea/shore flow. This is also targeted to help improve Navy cyber capabilities while taking the Navy Reserve end strength to 59,100. The critical Navy civilian workforce would grow from 188,714 to 190,373. Operations and Maintenance requested: $48.5 billion This includes the costs associated with the daily operations of the ships and aircraft that make up our Navy, just under $2 billion in training and education for Sailors, and the base operations and support Sailors and their families depend on for quality of life.
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Procurement Funds requested: $43.5 billion This includes the Navy's ships, aircraft and weapons that not only Sailors serving today will use to defend our country, but also their children, (and sometimes grandchildren) who chose to serve in the Navy.
Infrastructure Funds requested: $2.3B This area includes the Military Construction projects that are critical to maintaining and updating the base support facilities from which our fleet depends. This area also includes continued Base Realignment and Closure costs and costs associated with maintaining family housing.
Research and Development requested: $16 billion As the Navy purchases the platforms for today's and future generations to serve aboard, the Research and Development costs are focused on designing and arming these platforms with the technologies that will ensure Sailors continue to have the most advanced technology on the battlefield at their disposal.
All of this is a reflection of the CNO's tenets of: Warfighting First, Operate Forward, and Be Ready. Navy leaders remain committed to taking care of our Sailors, civilians and their families; being good stewards of taxpayer dollars through smart investments; striving for efficiency while developing alternative sources of energy, and building partnerships which helps build capacity around the world.
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