60th year, No. 34
Serving the NATO, Naples and Gaeta Military Community in Italy
Friday, September 11, 2015
OPM Acting Director Beth Cobert
OPM Awards Contract to Protect Data Theft Victims By Amaani Lyle DoD News
More than 100 chief petty officers and chief selects from Naples-area commands take part in a CPO 365 Phase II formation run on U.S. Naval Support Activity Naples. CPO 365 Phase II allows selectees to learn from the Chiefs Mess and to develop their history, heritage, leadership style and teamwork through mental and physical activities. Selectees also learn firsthand from the Navy’s history by visiting World War II sites and learning from those who have gone before us. Naples-area chief selects hope to receive their anchors during pinning ceremonies Sept. 16 after completion of Phase II. Photo by MCC Travis Simmons
Save Time at the Fleet Post Office: Fill Out an Electronic Customs Form By Shannon Haney NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Sigonella
The United States Postal Service (USPS) and Military Postal Service Agency announced a new Global Trade Compliance requirement that will impact all packages mailed at Navy Fleet Post Offices (FPO) located outside the Continental United States (OCONUS). Starting October 1, OCONUS FPO customers wishing to mail packages to the Continental United States (CONUS) are encouraged to complete a customs form online before they bring the item to a FPO for mailing. The new program will re-
quire customs form information for packages mailed from FPOs to be entered into the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) database. Customers will benefit from this procedure because tracking capabilities will be increased at each handoff of the mail. Customers will be able to track their mail from origin to destination with additional updates in-between. Filling out the customs forms online and bringing them to the post office saves time in line because it only requires the scanning of a barcode on the customs form. POST OFFICE CHANGES Page 11
The Carney Park Golf Course was heavily damaged due to the September 5 hail storm that affected a portion of the Naples area. The golf course will remain closed until further notice. For more information, call DSN 626-4050 or commercial 081-568-4050. Photo courtesy of NSA Naples MWR
CAPTAIN’S CORNER. . . . . . . . . 2 BASE NOTES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 NAVY HISTORY / SPOTLIGHT. . 4 FFSC CALENDAR . . . . . . . . . . . 5 SOUND OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 MOVIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 USO TOURS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
ACTIVE SHOOTER . . . . . . . . . . page 6
10 TIPS FOR EATING OUT . . . . . . .page 12
WORD SEARCH / COLOR ME 12 JOBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
U.S. Office of Personnel Management officials recently awarded to ID Experts a contract encompassing a comprehensive suite of identity theft and credit monitoring services for compromised victims, agency officials announced September 1 during a media conference call. Beth Cobert, OPM’s acting director, said the most recent data breach was one of the largest cyber crimes ever carried out against the U.S. government and she pledged to provide impacted parties individualized notices about obtaining additional credit monitoring services at no cost. All 21.5 million impacted individuals and their minor dependent children “are now covered for identity theft insurance and identity restoration services,” she said. ID Theft, Fraud Protection Services “Once notifications have been received,” Cobert added,” I hope people will take advantage of the comprehensive identity theft and fraud protection services we are providing to the victims of these crimes.” These notifications, she said, will begin by the end of September and continue over the following weeks. Navy Rear Adm. Allie Coetzee, DoD’s principal deputy for defense procurement and acquisition, said the contract immediately covers individuals with $1 million in insurance, as well as restoration services in cases following discovery of further compromise to information or identity. OPM AWARDS CONTRACT Page 11