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Sailors recognized


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Members of the NAS Jax Honor Support Team gather with NAS Jax Commanding Officer
Capt. Jack Scorby Jr. after he presented each of them with a flag letter of appreciation
from Commander, Navy Region Southeast Rear Adm. Townsend Alexander for providing
pallbearer support in the events honoring Capt. Scott Speicher when his remains were
returned home Aug. 13.


FRCSE pins


new CPOs
By FRCSE Public Affairs

A after six weeks of arduous candidate
, training, five Fleet Readiness Center
 Southeast (FRCSE) Sailors were
promoted to the rank of chief petty offi-
cer (CPO) on Sept. 16 at NAS Jax Hangar
1000.
 FRCSE Commanding Officer Capt. Paul
Sohl welcomed families, friends and ship-
mates who were on hand for the CPO pin-
ning ceremony. He also presented each CPO
with a frocking letter.
 Promoted at a pinning ceremony the
following day at Naval Station Mayport
were ADC(AW/SW) Sean Campbell and
AMC(AW/SW) Christopher Dean from
FRCSE Detachment Mayport. ATC(AW/
SW) Johnny Golden was pinned in Al
Anbar Province, Iraq while serving as an
Individual Augmentee.
 The pinning ceremony marks a milestone
in a Sailor's career and recognizes his or her
leadership and professional qualities. These
traits continue to be honed with experience
and maturity throughout the Sailor's naval
service.


 Photo by Vic Pitts
New FRCSE CPOs stand in front of their
sponsors at their Sept. 16 pinning ceremony.
(From left) ATC(AW) Brian Runyon, ADC(AW)
Roy Cedeno, ATC(AW/SW) Joseph Becker,
ADC(AW) Joseph Rechis and ATC(AW/SW)
Robert Barber.


 Photo by Lt. Jon Moore
"Red Lancers" AD2 Rueben Lawrence and ADAA Alexander Anderson perform maintenance
on a P-3 Orion turbo-prop engine on a sandy flight line.


j 'Red Lancers'


SKeeping the birds aloft


By Lt. Jon Moore
VP-10 Public Affairs Officer
n Qatar, the Red Lancers of VP-10 are
 over the hump and fast approaching
 the end of a challenging six-month
AFRICOM and CENTCOM deployment.
Still sporting an impressive 99.5 percent
sortie completion rate, their sustained
superior performance can be attributed
to many factors the most obvious and
important of which is a coordinated group
effort.
 You can see it in the line shack person-
nel who see the aircraft safely through
engine starts and parking evolutions.
 The machinist's mates ensure the
Orion's four turbo-prop engines are prop-
erly serviced and operating within specifi-
cations.
 The electricians and avionics technicians


keep the aircraft's flight and mission sys-
tems mission ready.
 The parachute riggers maintain the sur-
vival gear for the aircrew who operate the
equipment and fly the missions.
 The leadership coordinates the hundreds
of maintainers, operators; their actions
and equipment in a symphony of ongoing
operations.
 None of this would happen without each
Sailor doing his or her part.
 This "can do" attitude of the Red Lancer
team is recognizable through the long
hours they work under harsh desert con-
ditions. The labors of these Sailors day in
and day out contribute directly to the com-
bined military effort in this region.
 There is not one Sailor in VP-10 who
doubts that his or her effort is essential for
mission accomplishment.


 Photo courtesy of ATC Golden
BUC Maurice Burnett pins ATC(AW/SW)
Johnny Golden at a recent CPO promo-
tion ceremony held at Al Asad Air Base in Al
Anbar Province, Iraq where Golden is serving
as an Individual Augmentee.


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