8 JAX AIR NEWS, NAS JACKSONVILLE, Thursday, July 16, 2009 Public Works officer achieves milestones By Kaylee LaRocque NAS Jax Deputy Public Affairs Officer During the three years Cmdr. Chuck Lewis worked as the NAS Jax Public Works officer, he oversaw a vast number of projects that laid the footprint for the station's future genera- tions. "It is very gratifying to have successfully executed the high visibility BRAC program (P-3 Hangar, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast Operations Center and Fleet Support Facility) and Helicopter Master Plan (new Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing Hangar) at NAS Jacksonville, safe- ly executing all require- ments to meet operational milestones," stated Lewis, enthusiastically. During his tour, Lewis' department was instrumen- tal in: Executing more than $300 million of construc- tion at NAS Jacksonville, including safe and on-time completion of the $16 mil- lion NAVFAC SE Center, $125 million BRAC P-3 Hangar and Apron and $75 million MH-60R Helicopter Hangar. Executed $170 mil- lion in Commander, Navy Installations Command program funds for facilities sustainment, facilities ser- vices, utilities, transporta- tion and facility manage- ment. Put NAS Jacksonville on the Navy's energy map. Earned fiscal year 2007 Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Energy Blue Award at NAS Jacksonville, the base's first energy award on record. Awaiting announcement for expected fiscal year 2008 SECNAV Energy Gold Award this summer. Will have the first U.S. Green Building Council LEED certified hangar (511) in the Navy. Implemented nearly $20 million in energy conserva- tion projects saving more than $2 million per year. Completed several for- mal planning studies to prepare NAS Jacksonville for the next 20 years, including first master plan update since 1997, installa- tion appearance plan, traf- fic study and basic facility requirements for 100-plus station tenants. Positioned NAS Jacksonville to exe- cute $200 million in mili- tary construction the next five years. Stood up a new Public Works Department, with remnants of four NAVFAC organizations consolidat- Photo by AnnaLisa Cachin NAS Jax Commanding Officer Capt. Jack Scorby Jr. presents NAS Jax Public Works Officer Cmdr. Chuck Lewis with the Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal during his farewell luncheon July 9. Lewis earned the award for outstanding public service throughout the Navy and civilian communities from June 1996 to June 2009. Lewis spent countless off-duty hours supporting children's sports teams in Guam, Hawaii and Florida. ed into one department and a single Public Works Department voice, focused on providing outstanding support to NAS Jacksonville and its 100-plus tenants. Took advantage of $3 million in global war on ter- rorism funds in fiscal year 2007 and 2008 allowing much needed repairs to the chapel complex exterior, Fleet and Family Support Center and the airfield. Demolished 32 old buildings, over 90,000 square feet, saving $1.5 million annually. Obtained more than $1.5 million in grants for a wastewater reuse system that would use all wastewa- ter effluent for golf course watering and eliminate all daily maximum load dis- charge into the St. Johns River. Lewis joined the Civil Engineer Corps Collegiate Program in 1989 and gradu- ated from the University of Idaho with a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering in 1991, ultimately completing Officer Candidate School in 1992. He earned a Master of Engineering Degree from the University of Florida in 2000 and an M.B.A. from Colorado State University in 2008. In 1992, Lewis reported assis- tant resident officer in charge of construction, NAS Memphis in Millington, Tenn. His next tour took him Public Works Center Guam, where he served as customer service team super- visor, facilities engineering department head, Public Works Center liaison at Joint Task Force-Operation Pacific Haven and North Guam supervisory contracting officer for Officer in Charge of Construction Marianas. He reported to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Seven in 1998, where he served as Delta Company Commander, officer in charge of Detail Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; officer in charge of Detail Soto Cano, Honduras; assistant operations officer for the 22nd Naval Construction Regiment (Fwd) during Operation Fuerte Opoyo; officer in charge of the air detachment and assistant operations officer. In 2001, Lewis reported to Naval Air Facility El Centro as the public works officer, officer in charge of construc- tion and site manager for Navy Region Southwest Assistant Chief of Staff, Facilities and Environmental programs. Two years later, he reported to Public Works Center, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii as the Navy Region Hawaii Deputy Program manag- er for Facilities, Environmental and Safety, subsequently serv- ing as the NAVFAC Hawaii act- ing safety director and assistant operations officer. From October 2005 to May 2006, he supported Operation Iraqi Freedom with the Army Corps of Engineers, Gulf Region Division, in Baghdad and Babil, Iraq, where he served as a senior program analyst in the Reconstruction Operations Center, inaugural staff engineer for the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Babil province and Forat Area engi- neer overseeing six resident offices in five provinces and resident engineer for the Babil province office. Lewis, who is transferring to the Industrial College of the Armed Forces at Fort McNair, Washington DC to earn his Master of Science in National Resource Strategy, is looking forward to his next assignment but will definitely miss the people he has worked with here. "We have very profession- al staffs at every turn here and great tenant relation- ships. We really are a great team," he said. "There is a long list of people who make it all happen that I'd really like to thank for making this such a great tour for me. Capt. Scorby is an out- standing base skipper and I thoroughly enjoyed his leadership; Cmdr. Bowler is a great base XO; all of the HOBBY WORLD You'll like our selection. Your wallet will like our price. 3.. 7273 103rd St. Jax 772-9022 175 Blanding Blvd. OP 272-6315 www.hobbyworld.biz Photo courtesy of NAVFAC SE Cmdr. Chuck Lewis, NAS Jax Public Works officer, right, receives the Meritorious Service Medal from Capt. 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