Panorama June 29, 2018

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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

63rd year, No. 25

Friday, June 29, 2018

First NATO Joint Air Power Strategy Emphasizes Integral Role of Domain By Jim Garamone

NATO released its first Joint Air Power Strategy June 26, stressing the integral role the domain plays in all of the alliance’s tasks. This is the first joint strategy released since the alliance’s maritime strategy came out in 2011. The strategy spells out the importance of air power in collective defense, crisis management and cooperative security. It is key to deterring Russia and projecting stability beyond the borders of NATO. It is also vital for the struggle against terrorism. NATO AIR POWER Page 5

Navy Releases New Parental Leave Program From Chief of Naval Personnel Public Affairs

A Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 and U.S. Air Force F-15C line up for fuel from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 tanker during a training mission over the Netherlands, March 21, 2018. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Luke Milano

Festa Americana 2018 Celebrated at both Carney Park and Support Site By Chris Kasparek NSA Community Recreation Director

Throughout this weekend’s Festa Americana Event there will be many activities at Carney Park. For the specific time frames of those events, pickup your Festa Americana brochure at the NEX Food Court, Bella Napoli, and Tickets and Travel offices on both Support Site and Capo. A big change for this year’s event is that guests are invited to the park on both days. It is critical that you visit Tickets and Travel today and purchase your guest wrist bands if you have not done so already. No event guest wristbands will be sold for festivities after today. This year’s event will also have fireworks on both nights. Gates to the event on Saturday open at 4 p.m. and on Sunday at 2 p.m. Food, rides,

games, live music, softball tournament, and stage activities are all a part of MWR’s biggest event of the year. This year’s live music includes: La Terza Classe, The American Hitmen, the Navy Band, USO’s Naples Got Talent Participants, and the ESSENTIAL Bruce Springsteen Tribute Band. And, just when you thought there couldn’t possibly be more fun, we’ll end the festivities that celebrate our countries independence on the actual Fourth of July at Central Park onboard Support Site,

with a good old-fashioned American barbecue. So bring your Lawn Games, such as Cornhole, Lawn Jenga or Croquet, and listen to DJ music and enjoy great food in the company of your neighbors. Event runs from 3 to 9 p.m. Be safe, stay cool, and stay hydrated, and remember, as you drive in the line to the park, or wait in the line for food, or prepare for a ride in line, we are all here together, celebrating our freedom as Americans this weekend. For details on any of this weekend’s activities or our other great events and programs call DSN 629-4459.

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Navy announced the establishment of the Military Parental Leave Program in NAVADMIN 151/18, released June 21. The new program increases parental leave and combines the current family leave policies into one. The Military Parental Leave Program also aligns the Navy with recently released Department of Defense guidance pertaining to changes about parental leave. Under the new program, parental leave for the secondary caregiver increases from, 10 days to 14 days, and consolidates Adoption Leave MILPERSMAN 1050-420, Paternity Leave MILPERSMAN 1050-430 and Maternity Leave MILPERSMAN 1050-435 into the Military Parental Leave Program MILPERSMAN 1050-415 that will be published at a later date. The program applies to all active duty Sailors. Reserve Sailors who were performing active duties, or mobilized more than 12 continuous months, and are the parents of a qualifying birth or adoption on or after December 23, 2016, are also eligible The three family leave categories under the Military Parental Leave Program are: ● Maternity Convalescent Leave is a six-week (42 days), non-chargeable leave period for the Sailor who gives birth, commencing the first full day after a Sailor is released from the hospital following a birth. EW LEAVE PROGRAM

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