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CNO sets hurricane



readiness tasks


 Photo by Lt. j.g. Glenn Greenleaf
VP-30 Commanding Officer Capt. Rich Fite (center) awarded the Navy and Marine Corps
Achievement Medal to (from left) ADCS(AW/SW) Jeffery Waters, AWO1(AW/NAC) Tonya
McMilon, Lt. Gregory Jenkins and AD1(SW) Kenneth Neville.

VP-30 recognizes 'Sailors in the Arena'


By Lt. j.g. Glenn Greenleaf
VP-30 Public Affairs
Four exceptional leaders and men-
 tors were awarded the Navy and
 Marine Corps Achievement Medal
for leadership achievement May 22 by VP-
30 Commanding Officer Capt. Rich Fite.
 In the tradition inspired by President
Theodore Roosevelt, Fite recognized:
 Lt. Gregory Jenkins, a pilot instructor
 ADCS(AW/SW) Jeffery Waters, LCPO
of maintenance control
 AD1(SW) Kenneth Neville, LPO of
maintenance administration
 AWO1(AW/NAC) Tonya McMilon, LPO
of Information Systems Department
 "These remarkable 'Pro's Nest' sail-
ors earned this recognition through their
exceptional mentorship and deckplate lead-
ership," said Fite.
 "They exemplify the power of example
and the power of principle that inspire
Sailors to excel every day. Their positive
attitude, solid work ethic, attention to


detail, and genuine concern for their fellow
man positively impact their work centers,
our command and our community as a
whole."
 Fite also spoke the immortal words of
President Theodore Roosevelt:
 "It is not the critic who counts; not the
man who points out how the strong man
stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could
have done them better. The credit belongs
to the man who is actually in the arena;
whose face is marred by dust and sweat
and blood; who strives valiantly; who
comes short again and again because
there is no effort without error and short-
coming; but who does actually strive to do
the deeds; who knows great enthusiasm,
the great devotions; who spends himself in
a worthy cause; who at the best knows in
the end triumph of high achievement, and
who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails
while daring greatly so that his place
shall never be with those cold and timid
souls who neither know victory nor defeat."


By YNC (SW/AW) Chad
Guillory
NAS Key West Assistant
Administrative Officer
Hurricane Season is
 here, and living in
 a hurricane zone
means there is a good pos-
sibility of having to evacu-
ate.
 Given this, there are four
Chief of Naval Operations
(CNO) mandated items
for all Navy person-
nel: (1) enrollment in the
Defense Travel System
(DTS) Web site; (2) obtain-
ing a Government Travel
Charge Card (GTCC);
(3) updating your Navy
Family Accountability
& Assessment System
(NFAAS) account; and (4)
and updating your Total
Workforce Management
System (TWMS) self-ser-
vice account.
 Defense Travel System -
According to NAVADMIN
315/08, DTS is the
Department of Defense
(DoD) mandated electron-
ic order writing system
when Navy personnel go
on official Temporary Duty
Travel (TDY) or if there is
a need to evacuate due to a
natural disaster.
 All military personnel
must be enrolled in DTS, or
they will not receive reim-
bursement after an evacu-
ation until enrollment is
completed and DTS orders
are written.
 Military family members
will be issued separate
evacuation orders by their
sponsor's command using a
different system than DTS.
 DTS travel advances


and claims will be pro-
cessed online, and all non-
DTS advances and travel
claims will be filed with
the Jacksonville Travel
Processing Center (TPC)
by completing a paper
travel voucher.
 The main advantages of
DTS are quick advances for
those who are ineligible for
a GTCC, as well as quick
payment of travel claims
upon return of an evacu-
ation, most times within
two to three work days,
versus two to three weeks
with TPC.
 See your command/
department DTS
Representative to enroll
today at www.defensetrav-
el.osd.mil. The DTS help
desk can also be reached at
1-800-378-5406.
 Government Travel
Charge Card According
to NAVADMIN 316/08,
Navy personnel are man-
dated to have a GTCC dur-
ing official TDYs and evac-
uations to pay for essential
needs such as vehicle fuel,
food, lodging, tolls, rental
car (if needed), and even
cash advances.
 However, the GTCC shall
not be used for non-essen-
tial items such as gifts and
entertainment.
 All card transactions are
recorded, and any fraud-
ulent use is punishable
under the UCMJ. The pro-
cess to obtain a GTCC can
take one to three weeks,
so contact your command
GTCC Coordinator today.
 Navy Family
Accountability &
Assessment System


- During the Navy-wide
hurricane exercise held
in May, several person-
nel did not have accurate
recall information listed in
NFAAS.
 During Hurricane Ike in
September 2008 NFAAS
was used when NAS Key
West personnel and their
families were ordered to
evacuate to the Orlando
safe haven. Updating
NFAAS takes only a few
minutes and can be accom-
plished at https://navyfam-
ily.navy.mil. Log in using
the sponsor's SSN and date
of birth, then click on the
"My Info" tab.
 All information contained
within is pulled from
the Defense Enrollment
Eligibility Reporting
System (DEERS) database.
If your DEERS information
is inaccurate, contact PSD.
 Total Workforce
Management System
- Finally, all military and
civilian personnel must
update their TWMS infor-
mation. Login to https://
twms.nmci.navy. mil/self-
service/. In the left-hand
column, click on "Personal/
Recall Information."
 One of the biggest con-
cerns during Hurricane
Ike, aside from accounting
for personnel and family
members, was having suf-
ficient personal funds, so
be sure you and your fam-
ily are prepared now.
 Remember, it's not a
question of "if' a hurricane
will affect your area, it's a
question of "when."


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FOD walkdown


 Photo by MC2Charles White
Sailors of the VP-16 "War Eagles" cast long, early morning shadows as they
participate in a foreign object damage (FOD) walkdown on the flight line of
NAS Jacksonville.


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