WASHINGTON - Vice Adm. Yancy Lindsey, commander of CNIC, announced the awardees in a message across the 70 installations on March 5.
“The level of completion this year was tremendous and really a testament to the quality, professionalism, and performance of everyone on our F&ES team worldwide,” said CNIC Director of Operations Mark Sinder. “Best of luck to our winners as they compete at the DoD level!”
This year’s F&ES award recipients are:
Navy Small Fire Department of the Year: Naval Support Activity Bahrain
Navy Medium Department of the Year: Naval Station Rota, Spain
Navy Large Fire Department of the Year: Metro San Diego Fire Department
By WILLIAM COLE | The Honolulu Star-Advertiser | Published: February 26, 2021 HONOLULU (Tribune News Service) The Hawaii-based U.S. Pacific Fleet submarine force is getting a new commander, while Navy Region Hawaii will be saying goodbye to its current boss. The acting secretary of the Navy and chief of naval operations announced today that Rear Adm. Jeffrey T. Jablon will be assigned as commander of the sub force in the Pacific, replacing Rear Adm. Blake Converse. The posting comes as submarines and their stealth have taken on huge roles in countering a Chinese military buildup. Jablon currently serves as director of the military personnel plans and policy division in the office of the chief of naval operations in Arlington, Va.
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EPA: Hawaii s Military Bases Dumped 630,000 Pounds Of Toxic Nitrate Into The Ocean - Honolulu Civil Beat
EPA: Hawaii’s Military Bases Dumped 630,000 Pounds Of Toxic Nitrate Into The Ocean
While federally permitted, the Environmental Protection Agency hopes the data’s public release spurs facilities to reduce their chemical waste. Reading time: 7 minutes.
U.S. military bases in Hawaii dumped more than half a million pounds of nitrate compounds toxic chemicals commonly found in wastewater treatment plants, fertilizers and explosives into the ocean in 2019, newly released federal data shows.
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam led with the release of 540,000 pounds, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s latest Toxic Release Inventory. The rest more than 86,000 pounds came from the U.S. Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay.
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