62nd year, No. 30
Serving the NATO, Naples and Gaeta Military Community in Italy Russell Egnor Navy Media Awards – 2016 Best Newspaper in the Navy
Friday, August 4, 2017
NSA Naples Change of Command Farewell Capt. Doug Carpenter; Welcome Capt. Todd Abrahamson North Korean Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Lands Close to Japanese Coast By Terri Moon Cronk DoD News
Naval Support Activity (NSA) Naples held a change of command ceremony at the base’s Capodichino Piazza August 3. Capt. Todd Abrahamson relieved Capt. Douglas Carpenter to become the 34th commanding officer of NSA. For the full story and more photos go to pages 16 and 17. Photo by MC1 Daniel Barker
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The North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile that was launched July 28 from Mupyong-ni traveled about 620 miles before splashing down in the Sea of Japan about 103 miles from the coast of Hokkaido, Japan, the Pentagon director of press operations reported. The U.S. Eighth Army and South Korean army personnel conducted a combined live fire exercise at first light Korea time shortly after the North Korean missile splashed down inside Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone, Navy Capt. Jeff Davis told reporters on July 30, 2017. “This exercise utilized the Army tactical missile system, also called ATACMS, and the [South Korean] Hyunmoo Missile-2, which fired two missiles each into territorial waters of South Korea along the east coast,” he said.
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Alliance Working Together The combined missile launches, conducted within hours of the North Korean ICBM launch, demonstrate the alliance’s ability to work together to defend South Korea, the spokesman said.
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NORTH KOREAN ICBM PAGE 9
HISTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 FFSC CALENDAR . . . . . . . . . . . 5 SOUND OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 MOVIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 JOBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20