61st year, No. 25
Serving the NATO, Naples and Gaeta Military Community in Italy
Friday, June 24, 2016
College Graduation Ceremony at Capo
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
NATO’s Defense Spending Rises, Secretary General Says By Jim Garamone DoD News
Naples Navy College Office hosts a Graduation Recognition Ceremony to honor graduates of the current academic year from the three colleges and universities on Naval Support Activity. Central Texas College, University of Maryland University College and the University of Oklahoma participated in the event, marking 42 years of Navy Voluntary Education. Photo by MC1 Daniel Barker
From NSA Naples Navy College
More than 60 students were recognized at the Navy College Annual Graduation Recognition Ceremony
June 16 at the Capodichino base theater receiving academic degrees and certificates from colleges/universities in the United States. Students were recognized for matriculating toward
and completing certificates and degrees at the associate, bachelor and master levels.
GRADUATION
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Aircraft Carrier Eisenhower Visits Naples The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike) transits off the coast of Naples, Italy. Ike, the flagship of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. Photo by MC2 Michael R. Gendron
CAPTAIN’S CORNER. . . . . . . . . 2 BASE NOTES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 NAVY HISTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 FFSC CALENDAR . . . . . . . . . . . 5 SOUND OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 MOVIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 JOBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
ALL HANDS CALL AT JFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 7
END OF SUMMER PARTY . . . . page 14
USO TOURS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 WORD SEARCH / COLOR ME 14
Overall NATO defense spending has reversed trends of past years and is rising, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in Brussels on June 14, 2016. The secretary general spoke on the eve of a two-day NATO defense ministers conference, the last such meeting before the NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland, next month. Defense Secretary Ash Carter is attending the meetings. After the fall of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, NATO defense spending dropped, Stoltenberg said. NATO’s goal, he said, was for allies to spend about 2 percent of gross domestic product on defense, but few countries did so. The rise of a revanchist Russia and its actions in Georgia and in annexing Crimea from Ukraine shocked Europe, Stoltenberg said. At the last NATO summit in Wales, NATO members vowed to increase defense spending in response. Last year saw was a small uptick in defense spending across Europe and Canada, Stoltenberg said. “Our estimates for 2016 show a further increase across NATO’s European allies and Canada,” said he added. “These are only estimates. But they are encouraging.” The annual real change in NATO defense spending, he said, currently stands at around 1.5 percent, which represents an increase of more than $3 billion.
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