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Triad Corner
Team Souda,
It is such a pleasure to be at Naval Support Activity Souda Bay and to serve as your Executive Officer. In fact, I fought hard to get selected for this assignment!
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I’ve been onboard for almost two months and I am already very impressed with how you work together to support U.S., Allies and Coalition Partners. The fact that such tremendous support comes from such a small footprint is astonishing, but it is your hard work and dedication that makes it happen – and it is your continuous effort that makes us the premier location of choice in this area of operations.
My role as the XO is to support our Commanding Officer, CAPT Klug, and to support Team Souda as we work to implement his priorities. Therefore, a large part of my job is ensuring you have what you need to accomplish your piece of our mission.
As you know, Team Souda directly supports operations for European Command, Africa Command, Central Command, Special Operations Command, Strategic Command, and Transportation Command. I’m here to help fix any problem standing in our way of providing this crucial support. To that end, I expect you to utilize your chain of command, but I also expect you to reach out if you are not getting the results you need so that I can help find a solution.
Let me assure you that I live by the Golden Rule of treating others the way I would like to be treated, which is with dignity and respect. We are all professional and we all have a job to do – and from what I’ve seen to date, you all do yours exceptionally well. That is one of the reasons why Team Souda has such a sterling reputation and why I was so excited to receive my orders.
Thank you for welcoming my family and me with open arms. We are excited to join Team Souda and to be a part of this community. My wife, Kathryn, and I could not ask for a better place to live and raise our family. We are looking forward to learning about Greek customs and culture, exploring the beautiful island of Crete and the country of Greece, and to having some European adventures!
~ V/R XO
