61st year, No. 39
Serving the NATO, Naples and Gaeta Military Community in Italy
Friday, October 14, 2016
NSA Naples Kicks off 2016 Combined Federal Campaign From Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer
The Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) is the world’s largest and most successful annual workplace charity campaign with more than 200 CFC campaigns throughout the country and internationally, helping to raise millions of dollars each year. Pledges made by federal civilian, postal and military donors during the fall campaign season – which runs through December 15th – supports eligible non-profit organizations that provide health and human service benefits throughout the world. The CFC database contains more than 4,000 approved charities in every interest area. These charities are listed in the “Catalog of Caring” available on the CFC website. The CFC’s mission is to promote and support philanthropy through a pro-
Navy College Website Receives Major Upgrade Naval Support Activity Naples Executive Officer Cmdr. David Gaugler; Commanding Officer Capt. Douglas Carpenter; and Command Master Chief Ashley Drake participate in the CFC Kick-Off October 6 on board Capodichino. Photo by PO1 Daniel Barker
gram that is employee focused, cost-efficient, and effective in providing all federal employees the op-
portunity to improve the quality of life for all. For details contact CPO Brighthaupt at
gojah.brighthaupt@eu.nav y.mil or PO1 Cox at justin.cox@eu.navy.mil or visit cfcoverseas.org
Happy 241st Birthday to U.S. Navy: Beginnings of the Continental Navy By Charles Brodine Naval History and Heritage Command
Each October 13, the U.S. Navy celebrates its birthday. It has done so for 241 years, but the birth of the U.S. Navy stems from a very short, frantic, almost panicked 11 days in 1775. The result of that crisis has become the most powerful sea power in the world. For those Americans who lived on the continent’s coastal waterways in the fall of 1775, the question of naval de-
fense was of no small moment. For a maritime people whose prosperity and fortunes were tied to the sea, the prospect of full-scale conflict with the greatest sea power in the world must have been a chilling one indeed. Because Congress had already provided for an army to contend against the Red Coats, those who feared the British trident might reasonably have asked why could not Congress create a Navy? Over an 11-day period in early October 1775, Congress deliberated on just this question, considering several schemes to fund the purchase or building of ships to defend the colonies. A number of congressmen argued vehemently against these proposals. Samuel Chase of Maryland declared one of the plans under consideration “the maddest idea in the world,” one that would bankrupt the continent. Edward Rutledge of South Carolina called another plan “the most wild, visionary mad project that ever had been imagined.” Rutledge predicted “it would ruin the character, and corrupt the morals of all our Seamen . . . [making] them selfish, piratical, mercenary, [and] bent wholly on plunder.” NAVY BIRTHDAY Page 11 Left: The First Navy Jack, which was flown on ships of the United States Navy since its beginnings.
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By Ed Barker Naval Education and Training Professional Development Public Affairs
The Naval Education and Training Professional Development Center (NETPDC) launched a major redesign and upgrade of the Navy College Program (NCP) website October 1. Designed to complement and support the NCP’s Virtual Education Center (VEC), the redesigned NCP website greatly improves the ability for Sailors, commands and academic institutions to access Voluntary Education (VOLED) information. “The Navy has taken the lead in modernizing its VOLED program, ensuring Sailors have the same opportunities as their civilian counterparts,” Capt. Lee Newton, NETPDC commanding officer, said. “Our goal is to provide online access and support to Sailors pursuing voluntary education at the time and place that’s most convenient for them, using the virtual tools with which they are already familiar.” VOLED Director Ernest D’Antonio said, the website enables Sailors to find specific information tailored to their individual needs. “From getting started on their degree path, to applying for Tuition Assistance (TA), to taking those final classes for a master’s degree – it’s all here on the newly redesigned site,” D’Antonio said. NAVY COLLEGE WEBSITE Page 11