In preparation for transition from the P-3 Orion to the P-8 Poseidon, Consolidated Maintenance Organization 11 was disestablished March 6 at NAS Jacksonville Hangar 1000. [ More ]
HS-5 'Nightdippers' deploy with Ike
The "Nightdippers" of HS-5 recently completed Composite Unit Training Exercise (COMPTUEX) with Carrier Strike Group 8 and are now beginning a scheduled five-month deployment as part of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 on board USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69).
How's your driving?
Since we all work on a naval air station, I'll use an aviation analogy - they say that every line in the NATOPS (Naval Aviation Training and Operating Procedures Standardization) manual was written in blood.
Emergency skills tested in crisis situation
Firefighters, security and medical personnel provided an integrated response March 3 to a crisis scenario involving a wild fire, injured personnel and a hostage situation at NAS Jacksonville Antenna Farm.
Naval Medicine responds with "corpsman up!"
Medical personnel from Naval Hospital Jacksonville (NH Jax) and Naval Branch Health Clinic Jacksonville joined NAS Jax fire and security responders at the scene of a simulated fire to stabilize, triage and transport "victims" to the NH Jax Emergency Department for further care.
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