Panorama January 25, 2019

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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

64th year, No. 3

Friday, January 25, 2019

Porter Sailor Honored as Navy Missile Defender of the Year From Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center

Lt. j.g. McKenzie Anderson, USS Porter (DDG 78) training officer, was honored as the Navy’s Missile Defender of the Year (MDOY) at the annual Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA) awards banquet held in Alexandria, Va., Jan. 11. The annual MDAA-sponsored event honors the best missile defense Soldier, Sailor, Airman and National Guard member for their outstanding efforts. Anderson was recognized along with Army Chief Warrant Officer Lucas Watterson, Air Force Capt. Rex Villa, and Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer Jacob Moore – recipients of the same honor within their respective branches of service. When Anderson was notified of his se-

lection he said, “It’s an honor to be selected as the 2018 Navy Missile Defender of the Year. It’s important to remember that [Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD)] is fundamentally a team effort, and I could not have asked for a better team than was onboard USS Porter. The men and women manning Porter’s combat systems are dedicated to meet mission requirements and execute BMD tasking at any time.” Vice Adm. Dixon Smith, deputy Chief of Naval Operations for fleet readiness and logistics, and Riki Ellison, Chairman and Founder of MDAA presented the Navy MDOY award to Cmdr. John Tobin, Porter’s former commanding officer, who accepted the award on behalf of Anderson because of Porter operational commitments.

Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with his Dutch counterpart, Navy Adm. Rob Bauer, the Netherlands’ chief of defense, at the Binnenhof in The Hague, Netherlands, January 18, 2019. DOD photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Dominique A. Pineiro

Dunford: Allies, Partners to Gain USS Donald Cook Arrives in Batumi, Georgia Importance in Future By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ford Williams

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) arrived in Batumi, Georgia, January 21, 2019 for a scheduled port visit. During the port visit in Batumi, the ship is scheduled to meet with city officials, host a reception onboard, conduct a community relations project and engage in a sports day with Georgian maritime counterparts. "I would like to thank our Georgian hosts for the warm welcome and hospitality,” Donald Cook Commanding Officer Cmdr. Matthew J. Powel said. “We are honored to play an active role in strengthening U.S.-Georgian relations and we look

MISSILE DEFENDER OF THE YEAR

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Lt. j.g. McKenzie Anderson

Sailors man the rails aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guidedmissile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) as the ship arrives into Batumi, Georgia, January 21, 2019. Donald Cook, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its eighth patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa. Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ford Williams

forward to visiting Batumi.” Donald Cook entered the Black Sea on January 19, 2019, to strengthen interoperability with NATO allies and partners and demonstrate the collective resolve to Black Sea security under

By Jim Garamone

Operation Atlantic Resolve. The U.S. Navy routinely operates in the Black Sea consistent with the Montreux Convention and international law. U.S. 6th Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, con-

ducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations, often in concert with allied, and interagency partners, in order to advance U.S. national interests and security and stability in Europe and Africa. CAPTAIN’S CORNER. . . . . . . . . 2 BASE NOTES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 HISTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 FFSC CALENDAR . . . . . . . . . . . 5 SOUND OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 MOVIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 JOBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

70 % NEW YEAR, NEW POWER BILL . . . . . . . . . . page 5

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Allies and partners will become more crucial to peace and security in the years ahead, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said last Friday during a ceremony in which he received the Order of Orange-Nassau at The Hague, Netherlands. Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford received the award from Dutch Defense Minister Ank Bijleveld and Dutch navy Adm. Rob Bauer, the Netherlands’ chief of defense. The Netherlands is a charter member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and Dunford and Bauer participated in the alliance’s Military Committee meeting earlier this week. His visit to the Netherlands was to discuss the state of the already close bilateral relationship. “I view the strength of the United States as being the network of allies and partners that we have,” Dunford said. “I am very humble about our ability to deal with any of the challenges we have in the world [alone]. But I am actually very confident of our ability to deal with the challenges we have … because of the network of allies and partners.” ALLIES / PARTNERS Page 11


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