60th year, No. 13
Serving the NATO, Naples and Gaeta Military Community in Italy
Friday, April 3, 2015
President Obama
Naples-area chief petty officers conduct morning colors at Naval Support Activity Naples to celebrate the 122nd birthday of the Navy’s chief petty officer rank. Photo by MCC Travis Simmons
Know your part, Do your part
By Philip Lee and Robert P. Kozloski, Office of Strategy and Innovation, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy (Management)
By Chris Meza NSA Naples Sexual Assault Response Coordinator
In April, the Navy will observe the 11th annual Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month (SAAPM). The theme is “Eliminate Sexual Assault: Know your part. Do your part.” Eliminating sexual assault requires every service member to help create a culture upholding the Navy core values of Honor, SEXUAL ASSAULT Page 5
Virtual Wargamers Needed to Solve DON’s Data Dilemma: Join the Discussion April 6-17
The Easter Eggstravaganza drew a very large crowd of adults and children. There were vendors, a kiddie train, arts and crafts and more to keep everyone entertained. The Easter bunny was busy posing for pictures with many children. From NSA MWR Facebook
CAPTAIN’S CORNER. . . . . . . . . 2 BASE NOTES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ITALIAN NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 NAVY HISTORY / SPOTLIGHT. . 4 FFSC CALENDAR . . . . . . . . . . . 5 SOUND OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 MOVIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 USO TOURS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 WORD SEARCH / COLOR ME 12
cHIefs BIrtHDaY . . . page 7
fun easter facts .page 12
JOBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
“The very technologies that can empower us to do great good can also be used to undermine us and do great harm,” President Barrack Obama said recently. This statement captures the essence of the informationage dilemma facing all federal organizations – how to effectively share data for maximum benefit, while at the same time protecting data from nefarious cyber activity. The Department of the Navy (DON) collects more data each day than the total amount stored in the Library of Congress, yet it does not have an effective strategy to share this information internally nor with the public, thus preventing it from maximizing on recent open-data and innovation trends. The DON possesses vast amounts of non-mission related data such as demographic, medical, energy, education, public safety, and financial data which other organizations VIRTUAL WARGAMERS Page 11