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NAVAL AIR STATION KINGSVILLE

providing for planning, receiving and processing flight plans.

Field Support - e Field Support Division handles all transient aircraft movement on the airfield, maintains the command's arresting gear, and provides aircraft support for visiting aircraft on and around the Air Operations tarmac.

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During the past year, Field Support Division supported the Training Air Wing TWO training mission by conducting excellent/safe turnarounds for 56 transient aircraft; responding to 16 short field arrest¬ments; and pumping 14,496 gallons of fuel.

Ground Electronics - e NAS Kingsville Ground Electronics Division is responsible for preventive maintenance of all ATC and Radar equipment at NAS Kingsville, NALF Orange Grove, and the McMullen Target Range. ey also provide maintenance on the command TACAN and Precision Approach Radar, and command radios and communication systems.

Ground Electronics is also responsible for installation and upkeep of transmitter and receiver sites, certifying and maintaining NAS Kingsville and NALF Orange Grove's runway lighting systems, and providing PA system support for ceremonies and special events.

NALF Orange Grove - Navy Auxiliary Landing Field (NALF) Orange Grove is located in Jim Wells County about 40 miles northwest of NAS Kingsville. e site serves as an additional training site for Training Air Wing TWO, as an extension of usable air space. e field consists of two 8,000-ft runways, a parking apron, air traffic control tower and radar facility, a crash, fire, and rescue station, and a fully instrumental aircraft refueling station.

NALF Orange Grove supported the Training Air Wing TWO training mission in 2011 by completing 32,428 military operations and 17 civilian operations. Additional accomplishments include the addition of a $5.6M Lighting Project; the construction of an Emergency Generator Building; the installation of new lighting and taxiway lights to the secondary ramp - which added 12 new parking spaces for aircraft during night operations; and the installation of a new airfield lighting control system - allowing all airfield lighting to be controlled from a single source.

Branch Health Clinic

Phone: (361) 516-6313 / DSN: 876-6313

Branch Health Clinic Kingsville provides outpatient medical care to active duty military personnel, military retirees, and their family members. Primary Care offers the largest concentration of care, with illness intervention requiring hospitalization provided through external resource sharing agreements. e Clinic has 52 staff members including six officers, 33 enlisted, nine civil service, one contractor, and three Reservists, and is an active participant in the TRICARE program, with more than 2,200 enrolled TRICARE Prime beneficiaries who account for over 13,000 annual visits.

Beneficiaries in the system have a Primary Care Manager as a central point of care delivery. e healthcare system offers a wide range of outpatient services including: Primary Care, Military Medicine, Flight Medicine, Occupational Health Services, Optometry Specialty Services from Naval Health Clinic Corpus Christi, Health Promotion and Wellness, Ancillary Services, Manage Care, Health Benefits Advisor, and UM/ Risk Management.

Command Religious Ministries, Command Chaplain

Phone: (361) 592-6331

Duty Chaplain: (361) 438-6979 e mission of the Command Religious Ministries Program is to meet the spiritual, family and moral needs of all Sailors, Marines, and civilian personnel at NAS Kingsville. Religious services are conducted every Sunday at McFall Memorial Chapel, a beautiful and historic building erected in 1942. e church was named after Chaplain William McFall, one of the first station chaplains, who died in action on Dec. 12, 1943, while serving in the South Pacific.

Protestant services are held beginning at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, while Catholic Services begin at 12:30 p.m.

McFall Chapel is available for weddings, funerals and other appropriate events. Use of the Chapel must be approved by the Chaplain staff. e Chaplain's office also provides confidential counseling. e Chaplain's office is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday.

Navy Federal Credit Union

Phone: (888) 842-6328

NAS Kingsville is home to a full-service Navy Federal Credit Union Branch

Office, located across from the NAS Kingsville headquarters building. e branch is open 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, and has ATM facilities.

Fleet & Family Support Center

Phone: (361) 516-6333 e Fleet and Family Support Center (FFSC) offers a number of programs to help military personnel and their families while assigned to NAS Kingsville. ese programs include job fairs, courses on personal finance, transition assistance, relocation services, and individual counseling. e Navy Marine Corps Relief Office is located in the same

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