60th year, No. 17
Serving the NATO, Naples and Gaeta Military Community in Italy
Friday, May 1, 2015
EARTH DAY 2015:
Naples Service Members Plant Trees, Cleanup Base By MC2 Eva-Marie Ramsaran NAVFAC EURAFSWA Public Affairs
Members of the Naples Area Second Class Petty Officer Association (NASCPOA), U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet First Class Petty Officer Association, Naples Area Seabee Association, Public Works Department (PWD) Naples Utilities and Energy Management Office, Girl Scouts of America, Naples American High School and BRITE, the Department of the Navy energy mascot promoted the Navy’s 2015 theme for Earth Day, “A Sustainable Future Begins with You” at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Naples, Italy April 22. The Earth Day theme underscores the ripple effect of each individual’s actions that benefit the environment EARTH DAY Page 7
First Lady Michelle Obama
Members of Naples Area Second Class Petty Officer Association (NASCPOA) and U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet First Class Petty Officer Association plant a tree for the third annual tree-planting event on Earth Day at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Naples, Italy on April 22, 2015, to beautify the installation and benefit the environment. Photo by MC2 Eva-Marie Ramsaran
JFC Naples Celebrates the International Children’s Festival 2015
First Lady Announces Jobs, Training for 90,000 Vets, Spouses By Terri Moon Cronk DoD News, Defense Media Activity
From JFC Public Affairs
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MANASSAS, Va., April 24, 2015 – First Lady Michelle Obama announced yesterday that numerous technology and energy companies have committed to hire or train 90,000 veterans and military spouses in the next five years as part of the Joining Forces initiative. Celebrating the fourth year of Joining Forces this month, the first lady spoke to an audience of veterans, family members, business owners and government leaders here at Micron Technologies, which produces memory-storage devices. Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, launched Joining Forces in 2011 to honor and support service members, survivors, veterans, and their families, according to the initiative’s website. Joining Forces began at a time when the unemployment rate was 12 percent for service members returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and one in three of the youngest veterans who sought work could not find jobs, Obama said. “We issued a call to people all across the country,” the first lady said.
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Allied Joint Force Command Naples Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Leonardo di Marco opened up the annual International Children’s Festival hosted by the Turkish element April 23, 2015, at JFC Naples Headquarters in nearby Lago Patria. This is an event that commemorates the founding of the national parliament of the Turkish Republic in 1920 and marks the role of children in the country’s future. This cultural tradition is conducted in every children’s festival celebrated in Turkey. Every year JFC Naples invites children from around the world to participate in the International Children’s Children from around the world participated in the International Children’s Day festivities at the Joint Force Command on April 23. Photo courtesy of JFC Public Affairs
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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
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Let’s Make Cookies! . . . . . . . . . .page 12