62nd year, No. 11
Serving the NATO, Naples and Gaeta Military Community in Italy
Sailors Play Basketball, Navy Band Performs at Local High School
Friday, March 24, 2017
CYP Hiring Event: One Stop Shop for Job Seekers From NSA Naples MWR Child and Youth Programs
U.S. Navy Sailors and volunteers from Naval Support Activity Naples, participated in a five-on-five basketball game with students from the Istituto Tecnico Economico Statale “Leonardo da Vinci” high school in Santa Maria Capua Vetere (CE), as part of a community relations project March 20. The volunteers included ABH1 Charles Lynch, ABH2 Dennis Ketchum, ABH3 Martika Velasquez, LSSA Jasmine Howard and LSSN Robert Solowinski. For more on the visit at the high school, turn to page 5. Photo by MC1 Daniel Barker
Naval Support Activity (NSA) Naples is in search of qualified applicants to participate in the first major Child and Youth Programs (CYP) Hiring Event in the European Region that is exempt from the current hiring freeze. This one-of-a-kind hiring event is a fast tracked, “One-Stop-Shop” for employment with CYP. If qualified, this unique event happening March 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., will allow you to complete many of the employment steps in the hiring process, all in the same day. This process includes: the submission of resumes, application documents, preference forms, drug screenings, interviews and tentative hire letters. NSA Naples MWR Director Anthony Smith explained that the purpose of the hiring event is to fill 40-plus vacancies at CYP and that within two weeks, you could CYP HIRING EVENT
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Noble Jump kicks off with an Alert Exercise From JFC Public Affairs
Forces from a number of NATO countries are preparing to deploy significant numbers of soldiers, vehicles and helicopters to Romania later in the year to test the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) concept. Around 4,000 troops from nine NATO countries will make the journey to the Cincu training area towards the end of May, coming from bases in the UK, Germany, The Netherlands, Spain, Poland, Norway, Albania, Bulgaria and Romania. They will mostly arrive by air, with the heavy equipment
coming by sea or rail. Exercise Noble Jump is a major logistical challenge that will test the ability of all the participants to deliver a significant fighting force to wherever it is needed. Before the troops move, they have to be alerted, and this process is now taking place throughout the troop contributing nations. Using a preplanned process, NATO’s military headquarters contacts the member states’ MODs and formerly requests that they move their high readiness troops. The VJTF is kept on short notice to move and is able to deploy a powerful well trained force within days to prevent aggression succeed-
ing. This year, it is being led by the UK’s 20 Armoured Brigade. Deputy Commander of Joint Force Command Naples Canadian Air Force Lieutenant-General Alain Parent, who has command of the NATO Response Force in 2017, explained that Noble Jump is a key milestone. “It is our first major exercise that will see significant forces and their equipment moving across Europe and will provide an opportunity for us to demonstrate that we are able to quickly deploy forces to wherever they are needed to prevent conflict,” Parent said. “The Alert phase of the exercise is a key drill which we need to practice to ensure that our procedures are correct and I’m pleased to be able to say that it has gone very smoothly.”
Reminder:
DENTAL TEAM VISITS SCHOOL
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On Sunday at 2 a.m. clocks are to be turned forward one hour. Sunrise and sunset will be about one hour later, resulting in more light in the evening.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, right, walks with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg before a meeting at the Pentagon, March 21, 2017. Photo by Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith
Mattis, NATO Secretary General Stress Trans-Atlantic Bonds DoD News, Defense Media Activity
The trans-Atlantic bonds built on a legacy of common commitments and common defense continue to get stronger, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said before a March 21, 2017, meeting at the Pentagon with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. In a statement released after the meeting, Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. Jeff Davis said the two leaders met to discuss the key role the alliance plays in trans-Atlantic security and to review preparations for the upcoming special meeting of NATO heads of state and government. Mattis noted in remarks before the meeting that he and Stoltenberg had met in Brussels and in Munich recently. “I was very much impressed by the increased unity I found during my visit with you and the resolve of the alliance,” he said. “We had all hoped for a better future back 20 years ago, and some things haven’t turned out the way we wish, so we have to address that reality.” DOD, NATO MEET Page 7