Serving the NATO, Naples and Gaeta Military Community in Italy Russell Egnor Navy Media Awards – 2016 Best Newspaper in the Navy
63rd year, No. 32
Friday, August 31, 2018
Sen. and retired Navy Capt. John McCain speaks to midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy about his experiences during the Vietnam War and the current state of world affairs on October 30, 2017. McCain died August 24, 2018, in Arizona after a long battle with cancer. He was 81. Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brianna Jones
DoD, Nation Mourns Death of Senator John S. McCain By Jim Garamone DoD News
United States senator and retired Navy Capt. John S. McCain died August 24, 2018, in Arizona after a long battle with cancer. He was 81. McCain chaired the Senate Armed Services Committee, but it was his life of service and his heroism in Vietnam that inscribed his name in the hearts of service members everywhere. “We have lost a man who steadfastly represented the best ideals of our country,” Defense Secretary James N. Mattis said in a DoD release. “As a naval officer and defiant prisoner of war, John McCain stood with his brothers-in-arms until they
returned home together.” McCain, the grandson and son of four-star Navy admirals, was captured in North Vietnam in 1967. He was wounded in ejecting from his aircraft. The North Vietnamese sought to gain propaganda by torturing him into asking for an out-of-sequence release. He refused to leave. He spent more than five years in the Hanoi Hilton. Selfless Service to the Nation “Passionately committed to our country, Senator McCain always put service to the nation before self,” Mattis wrote. “He recognized that for our experiment in democracy to long endure, people of action and passion must serve. In this he repre-
sented what he believed, that ‘a shared purpose does not claim our identity – on the contrary, it enlarges your sense of self.’” McCain graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1958. He trained as an aviator and volunteered for service as a Navy pilot in Vietnam. “Senator McCain exemplified what it means to be a warrior and dedicated public servant,” Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in a written release. “Both as a naval officer and as a member of Congress, he was a lifelong and tireless advocate for the men and women of the U.S. military.” NATION MOURNS JOHN MCCAIN
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Afghanistan Peace Process Shows Promise, Resolute Support Commander Says By Terri Moon Cronk DoD News
The peace process in Afghanistan has shown progress since the first ceasefire in 17 years took place in June, the commander of NATO’s Resolute Support mission and U.S. forces in Afghanistan told Pentagon reporters today. Army Gen. John W. Nicholson, commander of NATO’s Resolute Support mission and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, visits with service members at Train, Advise and Assist Command East in Afghanistan’s Lagham province. Army Gen. John W. Nicholson, commander of NATO’s Resolute Support mission and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, visits with service members at Train, Advise and Assist Command East in Afghanistan’s Lagham province. Speaking from Afghanistan via teleconference Army Gen. John W. Nicholson called the response to the cease-fire overwhelming. “For the first time in 17 years, the Afghan people, the Afghan security forces and the Taliban all celebrated Eid al-Fitr together in peace,” he said, referring to the Muslim holiday that marks the end of the monthlong Ramadan fast. AFGHANISTAN PEACE PROCESS Page 6