Panorama September 22, 2017

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Serving the NATO, Naples and Gaeta Military Community in Italy Russell Egnor Navy Media Awards – 2016 Best Newspaper in the Navy

62nd year, No. 35

Friday, September 22, 2017

Congratulations to Navy’s Newest Chief Petty Officers Defense Secretary Jim Mattis

Secretary Mattis Issues Interim Guidance on Transgender Personnel Service By Terri Moon Cronk DoD News

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has issued interim guidance on military service by transgender individuals based on direction received from a presidential memorandum, Defense Department officials said on September 18, 2017 The guidance takes effect immediately, Mattis directed. In a memorandum to the services and DoD components, the secretary said the interim guidance will be in place until no later than Feb. 21, 2018, when he presents the president with a plan to put in place the policy and directives of his memorandum.

Chief Information Systems Technician Amy Northington has her cover placed on her head by her mentor during a chief petty officer pinning ceremony at Naval Support Activity Naples on September 15, 2017. The ceremony honored more than 28 men and women promoted to the rank of chief petty officer, having their anchors pinned by friends, family and their new peers in the Chiefs Mess. Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alyssa Weeks By MC1 Daniel Barker

In the hangar bay of Naval Support Activity Naples on board Capodichino, Sailors, local

Italian nationals and family members attended a Chief Pinning Ceremony September 15. Twenty-eight Sailors from NSA Naples and tenant commands

marched in formation into the hangar while singing the Navy’s fight song to officially begin the ceremony. CHIEFS PINNING Page 11 CAPTAIN’S CORNER. . . . . . . . . 2 BASE NOTES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 HISTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 FFSC CALENDAR . . . . . . . . . . . 5 SOUND OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 MOVIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 JOBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

TIGER SHARKS KICK OFF 2017 SEASON . . . . . . . page 6

STOP GERMS FROM SPREADING . . . . . . . page 14

USO TOURS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 WORD SEARCH / COLOR ME 14

Policy, Standards, Procedures “Consistent with military effectiveness and lethality, budgetary constraints and applicable law, the implementation plan will establish the policy, standards and procedures for transgender individuals serving in the military,” Mattis wrote in his memorandum. And supported by a panel of experts, the deputy defense secretary and the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will propose recommendations supported by “appropriate evidence and information,” for the secretary’s consideration, he said in his memo. TRANSGENDER INTERIM GUIDANCE Page 7


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