Serving the NATO, Naples and Gaeta Military Community in Italy Russell Egnor Navy Media Awards – 2016 Best Newspaper in the Navy
63rd year, No. 10
Friday, March 16, 2018
NSA Naples Master-at-Arms Selected for All-Navy Wrestling Team By Gary Nichols Naval Support Activity Naples Public Affairs
Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Schuyler Swanton, who is part of the Naval Support Activity Naples Security Department, was recently selected to be a member of the All-Navy Wrestling Team. Wrestling is more than just a part-time hobby for Swanton, who grew up in Springhill, Florida, a medium-sized city on the Gulf Coast, about 45 minutes north of Tampa. He wrestled at Frank W. Springstead High School, and he joined the Navy in the fall of 2012. His father had also served in the Navy as a Machinist Mate. Swanton said that not only did he want to follow in his father’s footsteps, but that he was looking for a transition into the workforce. NSA WRESTLER
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Service Secretaries: People Are Most Important Part of DoD’s Success By Jim Garamone DoD News
Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Schuyler Swanton (right), who is part of the Naval Support Activity Naples Security Department, and a member of the All-Navy Wrestling Team, grapples with a member of the Air Force Wrestling Team at the Armed Forces Championship last month. Swanton won Silver in Freestyle and Bronze medal in Greco-Roman. DOD photo
Plans for Massive NATO-Norway Exercise Underway Story by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Mark Patton
The most visible part of Exercise Trident Juncture 2018 is still some eight months away, but personnel from across NATO already have it on their mind. U.S. Navy Admiral James Foggo, commander of JFC Naples, visited various Norwegian locations and entities, February 26 to 28, 2018, to talk to Norwegian Chief of Defence Admiral Haakon Bruun-Hanssen and his subordinate staff and commands about exercise preparations. Foggo’s visit comes simultaneously with the deployment of the JFC Naples’ Operational Liaison and Reconnaissance Team, or OLRT, to Bodø, Norway. Some 35,000 troops from 30 NATO members and partners, along with 70 ships and about 130 aircraft, are estimated to deploy to central and northern Norway in October for the live portions of Exercise Trident Juncture 2018. Photo courtesy of NATO
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Speaking at a forum on issues surrounding the president’s fiscal year 2019 defense budget request, the three service secretaries agreed on March 12, 2018, that the Defense Department’s most crucial need is continued investment in people. Army Secretary Mark T. Esper, Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer and Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson told the Center for Strategic and International Studies that the American military’s most crucial advantage is its people and that investment must continue to attract and retain them. Kathleen Hicks of CSIS moderated the discussion. “At the end of the day, people are what makes everything work, and we really have to focus on this,” Spencer said. War for Talent The services will be in a war for talent with the private sector, other portions of government and each other, the Navy secretary noted. “We are all going to be looking for more people to do more things in a more intelligent manner,” he said. “We are going to have to figure out a way to adopt and adapt those people that we have.” Esper noted that the budget request supports the National Defense Strategy announced last month. PEOPLE ARE KEY
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