Serving the NATO, Naples and Gaeta Military Community in Italy Russell Egnor Navy Media Awards – 2016 Best Newspaper in the Navy
64th year, No. 40
Friday, October 25, 2019
CNO Meets Naples Sailors, Highlights Readiness, Importance of Free, Open Maritime Commons From Chief of Naval Operations Public Affairs
Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday visited Naval Support Activity (NSA) Naples, October 18, to meet with forward-deployed Sailors in the region and listen to their concerns. “Our Navy cannot succeed without our Sailors; you are our asymmetric advantage,” Gilday told a group of Sailors in Naples. “I want Sailors to know that the primary thing I want them focused on is to be the most ready Navy we can be. At the end of the day, it’s not high technology that will win a fight - it’s going to be individual Sailors.” Following his remarks at RSS in Venice Thursday, Gilday discussed the significance of a free and open maritime commons and the essential roles that Sailors and leaders have – especially in the U.S. 6th Fleet. CNO MEETS NAPLES SAILORS
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DOD Releases Report on Suicide Among Active-Duty and Family Members By C. Todd Lopez
Adm. Mike Gilday, Chief of Naval Operations, is interviewed by American Forces Network Naples during a visit to Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy, Oct. 18, 2019. Gilday is conducting fleet engagements in Naples, Italy to see first-hand the work Sailors are doing in U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations.Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathan Nelson.
JFC Naples International Club Adopts Local Charities Story by Ebru Pekari and Carolyn Deakin, JFC Naples International Club
At the Joint Forces Command (JFC) Naples International Club’s annual welcome event in September, the club adopted a local charity - Centro Laila. Located in Castel Volturno, Centro Laila has been operating since 1984 to care for children of immigrant workers who work six days a week. The charity bathes, clothes, feeds, educates, and loves these children, some as young as one year old, whom otherwise would be left alone for 12 to 13 hours a day. Club members brought donations of new children’s clothing, school supplies, baby care items, personal care necessities, nonperishable food, and kitchen items to benefit Centro Laila. JFC INTERNATIONAL CLUB Page 7
The children of Centro Laila pose for a heartfelt thank you photo with big smiles to the JFC Naples International Club for the great solidarity shown during the collection of items on September 18. The products were used to meet the daily needs of the children. Photo courtesy Gisele Luciano, Centro Laila Charity
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CAPTAIN’S CORNER. . . . . . . . . 2 BASE NOTES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 HISTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 FFSC CALENDAR . . . . . . . . . . . 5 SOUND OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 MOVIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 JOBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 USO TOURS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 WORD SEARCH / COLOR ME 14
The Department of Defense released a report on September 26 that contains substantial suiciderelated data and represents, for the first time, numbers related to suicide of military family members. The report shows that in 2018, 541 service members across the military’s active and reserve components died by suicide. Within the active component, the suicide rate was 24.8 per 100,000 personnel, an increase from 2017’s rate of 21.9. In the service reserves, the suicide rate for 2018 dropped to 22.9 suicides per 100,000 from the 2017 rate of 25.7. In the National Guard, the suicide rate rose to 30.6 per 100,000 in 2018 from 2017’s 29.8. “Across all of our populations, active component, reserve and National Guard, the 2018 suicide rate is statistically consistent over the past two years,” Elizabeth P. Van Winkle, DOD’s executive director of force resiliency, said. “However, rates from the active component are statistically higher than rates from the last five years.” DOD RELEASES SUICIDE REPORT Page 11