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Capt. Tracey “PETA” Gendreau, commodore of Training Air Wing 1, hit a personal milestone Feb. 5 when he caught his 1,000th trap aboard aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) while underway in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida during a carrier qualification (CQ) detachment.
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When Commander, Naval Surface Forces Atlantic (SURFLANT) approached the Industrial Support Department at NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Norfolk about performing a pilot project adding a full Repair Parts Analysis Group (RAG) to an integrated logistics overhaul (ILO) scheduled for USS Wasp (LHA 1), the response was an enthusiastic “yes.”
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NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Jacksonville’s postal operations team recently developed an innovative response to help manage the large and steady flow of mail to aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). By working with USPS to re-route mail and by installing a secure shipping container at NAS Jacksonville, the ship’s shore-based mail handling personnel were granted round-the-clock access to mail.
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In between the U.S. Navy and its contractors are thousands of pages of regulations, rules, laws, and policies that ensure the government receives the goods and services it requires at a fair and reasonable price, which guarantees careful spending of Americans’ tax dollars. The relationship gets complicated when, what seems to be a simple acquisition—one that private industry can undertake in a matter of minutes—becomes a matter of days or even weeks to accomplish via standalone procurements that are costly and administratively burdensome. This is especially frustrating for contracting specialists working to deliver expeditionary requirements due to the dynamic nature of expeditionary operations.
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Frontline healthcare workers, first responders, and security personnel have begun to receive their second dose of the Moderna coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine onboard Naval Support Activity (NSA) Naples, Italy. Staff from U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Naples have steadily been vaccinating the community since initial receipt of the vaccine on January 8th.