2 THE DOLPHIN Thursday, January 21, 2016

Naval Submarine School

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News in your community

PPV 101 for
Senior Leadership

GROTON,
Conn.
Representatives
from Family Housing
Regional,
Balfour
Beatty, and NAVFAC
Public Private Venture
(PPV) will hold a PPV
101 briefing for senior
leadership at the Chiefs
Club (Gateway Inn,
Building 429) today at
1 p.m.
Sailors E7 and above
from all commands are
welcome to attend and
learn about each partners individual roles
when seeking PPV housing.
For questions concerning the brief, Sailors may
contact Family Housing
at (860) 694-2900.

Clinic announces
Saturday closure

GROTON, Conn.
Naval Branch Health
Clinic (NBHC) Groton
will be closed Jan. 30
due to computer system
upgrades.
For
any
medical concerns, call the
Nurse Advice Line at
1-800-TRICARE.

Commissary hiring
vendor stockers

GROTON, Conn. - It is
a New Year and as like
most people we begin
the task of paying off
that holiday debt. If you,
or your spouse, are looking to earn some extra
cash, Naval Submarine
Base
New
Londons
Commissary has Vendor
Stocking positions available. You must be
18 years old.Contact Erin
George (egeorge@webcogp.com); or Brandon
Labrecque (BLabrecque@
acosta.com) for details.

FRA Announces
meetings, events

GROTON,
Conn.
- The Fleet Reserve
Associations
Branch
and Unit 20 will hold
their regular monthly meetings at 6 p.m.,

Home. Note that this is a

new time for the Branch
meetings. Unit 20 will
meet in the Club area
and Branch 20 will meet
on the second deck. All
members in good standing are encouraged to
attend these meetings.
Membership in the
FRA is open to all active
duty, retired, and veterans of the Sea Services,
i.e., the Navy, Marine
Corps, and Coast Guard,
who have at least one
day of enlisted service.
Membership in the
FRA Auxiliary, or Unit,
is open to all spouses,
children and step children over age 16, parents, and grandparents
of FRA members in good
standing.
For more information,
call the Branch Home at
(860) 445-0731.

By Submarine Learning
Center Public Affairs

GROTON, Conn.
Navy Diver 1 st Class
(DSW/EXW/SW)
Jonathan Scalise was
named Naval Submarine
Schools Sailor of the
First Quarter 2016, in
award ceremonies Jan.
12 sponsored by the Fleet
Reserve
Association,
Branch 20.
Scalise is a high
risk
instructor,
Pressurized Submarine
Escape
Facility
for
the Engineering and
High
Risk
Training
Department.
Capt.
Aaron
M.
Thieme,
commanding
officer,
Naval
Submarine
School,
praised Scalise noting,
(A)s a Master Training
Specialist, he provided the highest level of
instruction, logging 32
hours of podium time
and 62 hours of laboratory instruction, leading to the successful
graduation of 450 initial
accession and fleet level
students.
His superb performance as diving supervisor was instrumental
during the supervision
of 86 hours of incident-free bottom time,
resulting in the safe
completion of 300 buoyant free-ascents and 38
proficiency dives.
He
also
devoted
100 hours of off-duty
time mentoring 36 Boy
Scouts and 32 hours
assisting the Maritime
Heritage Festival in New
London, Connecticut.
Scalise received the
Navy and Marine Corps
Achievement
Medal
(Gold Star in lieu of
Third Award) and was
presented with a replica statuette of the Lone
Sailor by George Hyland
of the Fleet Reserve
Association, Branch 20.
Others
nominated for Sailor of the
Quarter
included:

Photo by John Narewski, VISC

GROTON, Conn. - ND1 (SW) Jeremy Odell, right, receives a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement
Medal (Gold Star in lieu of Fourth Award) from Capt. Aaron Thieme, left, Commanding Officer, Naval
Submarine School, Jan. 12

Photo by John Narewski, VISC

GROTON, Conn. - George Hyland of the Fleet Reserve Association congratulates ND1 (DSWEXW/SW)
Jonathan Scalise on being named Naval Submarine Schools Sailor of the First Quarter 2016, during
award ceremonies, Jan. 12, sponsored by the Fleet Reserve Association, Branch 20.

Aircrew
Survival
Equipmentman 1st Class
Zack
Maxey,
Sonar
Technician Submarines
1 st Class (SS) Arturo

Technician Submarines
Navigation 1st Class
(SS) Jonathan Sheaks.
ETR2 (SS) Eugenius
Paule was the Junior
Sailor of the Quarter,
selected by the Naval
Submarine School First
Class
Petty
Officer
Association.
Other
nominees
were Machinists Mate
Weapons 2nd Class (SS)
Daniel Gilliam, ETV2
(SS) Shawn Loftus,
MMW2 (SS) Richard
Giraldofantini, and STS2
(SS) Robert Johnson.
Capt. Thieme noted,
(a)s
a
Submarine
Communications
Electronic Rating Field
Instructor, Petty Officer
Paule trained, mentored
and transferred 67 students and fleet returnees, while providing
Teen ski trip
over 80 hours of critical
offered by Groton
support for employment
GROTON, Conn.
and testing of a revised
To keep teens active
BLQ-10 curriculum.
on their day off from
ND1 (DSW) Jeremy
school, Feb. 15, Groton
Odell was honored by
Parks and Recreation is
the Naval Submarine
offering a day trip to
School Master Training
Powder Ridge Mountain
Board as Instructor of
Park and Resort in
the First Quarter.
Middlefield.
Capt. Thieme praised
Packages are availOdell,
(a)s a Master
able for beginner and
Training
Specialist
experienced skiers and
(MTS), Petty Officer
snowboarders, as well
Odell mentored 3 MTS
as a snow tubing packcandidates, held five
age, starting at just $53.
MTS training sessions
Teens age 11-18 are
and expertly delivered
invited to register. The
142 hours of instruction
bus will leave from the
Groton Senior Center at
in submarine escape
8 a.m. and return at
procedures, resulting in
approximately 5 p.m.
Photo by John Narewski, VISC the graduation of 440
For
more
inforinitial accession and
mation and to regis- GROTON, Conn. - ETR2 (SS) Eugenius Paule, right, accepts congratulations and a plaque from Capt. fleet level students.
ter, visit GrotonRec. Aaron Thieme, left, Commanding Officer, Naval Submarine School
com/Discover or contact Groton Parks and
Recreation at (860) 5365680.
The One Book One
LEDYARD, Conn. - movie tie-ins will take March 2
NARFE to meet
The Gales Ferry Library place Wednesdays at 6
Young Mr. Lincoln Region book discussion
and the Bill Library in p.m. on the following (100 minutes)
in March
will take place March 30
at 7 p.m.
NEW LONDON, Conn. - Ledyard will be host- dates:
March 9
For more information,
The New London NARFE ing a variety of events February 10
Incident at Ogala
Chapter 158 will resume in conjunction with the
call the Gales Ferry
To Kill a Mockingbird (90 minutes)
its monthly meeting, One Book One Region (129minutes)
Library at (860) 464March 23
March 9, at thePort & selection Just Mercy February 24
Sin by Silence (49 2208 or the Bill Library
by
Bryan
Stevenson.
Starboard,Ocean Beach
at (860) 464-9927.
Hey Boo (82 minutes) minutes)
One Book One Region
Harman,
Electronics
Technician Submarine
Communications1st
Class
(SS)
Mark
Pavely, and Electronics

One Book One Region programs scheduled