VOL.55 NO. 7 MARCH 31, 2016
SERVING NAVAL AIR STATION OCEANA, DAM NECK ANNEX, AND NALF FENTRESS
NAS Oceana celebrates women’s history
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STORY AND PHOTO BY MC2 (SW) ALYSIA HERNANDEZ NAS Oceana Public Affairs In recognition of Women’s History Month, Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana’s Heritage Committee hosted a special presentation at the Chapel of the Good Shepherd March 24. The program featured two guest speakers who discussed empowering girls and women. Tracy Keller, Girl Scouts Council CEO, opened with a brief history of Girl Scouts. She explained that the Girl Scouts organization was founded in 1912 by 51-year-old Juliette Gordon Low. “She was a visionary and a revolutionary,” Keller said. “When women did not yet have the right to vote, she was putting girls front and center. Juliette believed that girls deserve the same opportunities as boys to develop physically, mentally and spiritually, and her
VALIONS TEST THEIR SKILL IN THE MOJAVE DESERT —Page 9
Retired Rear Adm. Ann Phillips addresses Sailors gathered for the Women’s History Month celebration in the NAS Oceana Chapel March 24.
idea has succeeded.” Similar to organizations established at that time for women, the Girl Scout program sought to prepare girls for their responsibilities to the home and their communities through character building and leadership
training, Keller said. Keller paused on Girl Scouts to discuss the role of women in our country. “Let’s be honest, it hasn’t always been that
— See Women’s History, page 9
Thousands of Sailors now board-eligible for chief BY ED BARKER Naval Education and Training Professional Development and Technology Center Public Affairs PENSACOLA, Fla. — From the pool of approximately 33,000 first class petty officers who took the chief’s test, 19,170 Sailors are now selection-board eligible for the fiscal year 2017 active duty and full time support Chief Petty Officer Selection Boards, officials announced March 11. Sailors who took the cycle 230 E-7 exam can find out if they made the board by checking their profile sheets via the Navy Advancement Center (NAC) portal on Navy Knowledge
Online (NKO). Reserve component answer sheets for cycle 098 are currently being processed by NAC and those selection board eligibility results should be out in early April. “The process to identify which Sailors are selection board eligible starts with the Final Multiple Score (FMS), which consists of only two factors for chief candidates — eval performance mark average and exam standard score,” said Master Chief Electronics Technician Nuclear Power (SS) James Berhalter, command master chief for the Naval Education and Training Professional Development and Technology Center.“Once the FMS is calculated for each candidate, the Advancement Cen-
ter rank orders Sailors in each rating.” The FMS performance factor is calculated using the Sailor’s advancement recommendations within the time period specified for that cycle. The FMS exam standard score is a numerical representation of rating knowledge compared to peers taking the same exam. Only the advancement candidates that fall in the top 60 percent of each rating, plus selection board waivers, are considered by the chief selection board. There are 461 selection board waivers for cycle 230, which include candidates who
— See Chiefs, page 3
SPRING ACTIVITIES AWAKEN —Page 12
SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS & PREVENTION MONTH April is Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Month. Be sure to attend any of the following events to mark the month: • April 1: SAPR Personnel Appreciation Lunch • April 8: FRC-MA Talent Show • April 21: SAPR 5k • April 27: 4th Annual Denim Day Walk