Serving the NATO, Naples and Gaeta Military Community in Italy
60th year, No. 18
Friday, May 8, 2015
President Obama
Obama Nominates Moving Matters! Make Yours a Smooth Move This Summer New Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Nearly 40 Sailors and family members joined the classic USO Naples tour of Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast May 2, 2015. The beautiful Amalfi Coast is a stretch of coastline on the southern coast of the Sorrentine Peninsula in the Province of Salerno in Southern Italy, about an hour from downtown Naples. For details about other tours, visit www.uso.it. Photo by Cmdr. Don Biadog Jr.
By Sutten Thomas, Navy Household Goods Personal Property Regional Program Manager, NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Sigonella
SIGONELLA, Sicily – We’ve all experienced a permanent change of station move. The way that you plan and execute your move matters. Success, for the most part depends on a member’s active participation at origin, and destination before pick-up, during the move and destination delivery. Communication with the transportation service provider (TSP), local agents and Personal Property Shipping Office (PPSO) counselors is essential. May 15 through July 31 presents unique challenges for the moving industry, service members and their families, especially moves made during the peak of the peak (June 16 through July 4). During the busiest moving season, government moving service providers are stretched to capacity and often times are required to perform services with limited packing crews, trucks in short supply, and full storage facilities. However, each person can manage unforeseen changes in their moving plans by being informed, planning ahead, and remaining flexible. Before You Move: Moving is stressful enough, but knowing what to expect during the move can calm anxieties. Before you make your move application plans or
contact the local PPSO, go to www.move.mil, for updated information, customer information videos and articles, regarding shipping entitlements, claims, privately owned vehicles and much more. Counseling is the most critical part of a successful move. Customers must ensure they have all the information needed for a successful move. Having valid and updated contact information (telephone numbers, email, etc.) in Defense Personal Property System (DPS) is the key to a service member’s successful move.
Customers should book early, remain flexible in arranging their pack out or pick up dates, and try to schedule before or after the peak of the peak season, whenever possible. Initial pack out or pick up dates are your “desired” pack or pick up and is not confirmed until official orders are turned into the PPSO, and the moving company contacts the service member to conduct the pre-move survey, finalize the pack and pick up dates and establish the required delivery date (RDD). MOVING MATTERS! Page 7
Rear Adm. John C. Scorby, commander, Navy Region Europe, Africa and Southwest Asia (EURAFSWA) returns a salute from Capt. Phillip Old, Region EURAFSWA operations officer, during a command uniform inspection on May 1, 2015. Region EURAFSWA provides efficient and effective shore service support to the United States of America and Allied forces operating in Europe, Africa, and Southwest Asia. Photo by MC2 Luke Meineke
CAPTAIN’S CORNER. . . . . . . . . 2 BASE NOTES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ITALIAN NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 NAVY HISTORY / SPOTLIGHT. . 4
WORD SEARCH / COLOR ME 12 JOBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
OBAMA NOMINATES Page 11
SOUND OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 MOVIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 USO TOURS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
HOW PLANES WORK . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 12
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama nominated Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. to serve as the 19th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Air Force Gen. Paul J. Selva to serve as the 10th vice chairman May 5, 2015. During an announcement in the White House Rose Garden, the president said that among military leaders, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the principal military adviser to him and his national security team. Members of that team, including Defense Secretary Ash Carter, were in the audience. “In recent years, I have been deeply grateful for the service of our chairman, Gen. Marty Dempsey, and our vice chairman, Adm. Sandy Winnefeld. Marty and Sandy will complete their terms later this year,” Obama said. Navigating Urgent Challenges To Dempsey and Winnefeld, the president said he’s relied on their advice, counsel and judgment as the nation has navigated the urgent challenges of recent years.
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VictORy iN EuROPE . . . . . . . . . page 4
By Cheryl Pellerin DoD News, Defense Media Activity