61st year, No. 22
Serving the NATO, Naples and Gaeta Military Community in Italy
Friday, June 3, 2016
Obama: Honor by Remembering Stories of the Fallen By Jim Garamone
Sailors shoot M-16 rifles aboard the USS Porter (DDG 78) during low-light gun qualifications May 29, 2016. Porter, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is conducting a routine patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. Photo by MC3 Robert S. Price
Help! My Passport Has Been Stolen Diana Maimone NAVFAC EURAFSWA, Naples
After a great Lebanese dinner in the outskirts of Berlin, I went to pay my bill and discovered that my wallet had been stolen. I immediately retraced my steps, remembering the last time I had used my wallet. It turned out to be five hours earlier when I paid for what turned out to be a very expensive pretzel, followed by a crowded bus ride. I hope that you will never need to know the following information, but in case you find yourself in a similar situation – don’t panic – here are some steps to replace your valuable documents.
Returning Home: Making the return flight within 12 hours, no time to panic 1. In order to get a new passport, CAC, driver’s license, and clear your credit card from fraudulent charges, you need to file a police report. You will need a photocopy of your passport (or a PDF in an email) as proof of identity and to record the number of your passport. 2. While waiting for the police report, use their safe space to call and cancel credit cards and contact the consulate. 3. You may need to cancel your flight and visit the consulate during business hours for a temporary passport. In my case, I was able to
use my red passport to return to Naples, as it was stored in a separate location. Base Access: Returning to work 1. At the gate show your ID and your police report to the guard. 2. Take that police report to Base police and fill out a voluntary statement of loss. 3. With both police reports, visit your HRO for a copy of your CAC entitlements, Form 1172. 4. Go to PSD with your police reports, Form 1172, and ID. Traveling Again: Replacing your passport ● Get passport photos. Cost $12.99 (four photos), $7.99 (two photos) at Naples NEX at Support Site. REPLACING STOLEN PASSPORT Page 11 CAPTAIN’S CORNER. . . . . . . . . 2 BASE NOTES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 NAVY HISTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 FFSC CALENDAR . . . . . . . . . . . 5 SOUND OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 MOVIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 JOBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
BIGGEST LOSER COMPETITION . . . . . . . page 5
FIREWORKS, CONCERTS ARE COMING . . . . . . page 14
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It is peaceful at Arlington National Cemetery with impeccably cared-for grounds and row after row of headstones seeming to march down to the Potomac. It is a shrine that Americans visit each day to see and touch and be moved – by the precise steps of the sentry at the Tomb of the Unknowns or the sight of a horse-drawn caisson taking another fallen service member to rest. For many, the area known as Section 60 is the most poignant, if only because it is the most recent. Many killed in Iraq and Afghanistan have their final resting place there. On Memorial Day, many of those graves have flowers or drawings or stones placed atop them. Section 60 is where President Barack Obama came to mark his final Memorial Day as commander in chief. He placed a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns and addressed several thousand people in the Memorial Amphitheater. Most Solemn Obligation Obama said that he has no more solemn obligation than the decision to send service members into harm’s way. “I think about this every time I approve an operation as president – every time, as a husband and father, that I sign a condolence letter, every time Michelle and I sit at the bedside of a wounded warrior or grieve and hug members of a Gold Star family,” he said.
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