NAS Jax honors first-quarter SOQs

NAS Jacksonville recognized the most recent Sailors of the Quarter (SOQ) at a luncheon at the NAS Jax Officers' Club April 25. [ More ]

Giant voice coming soon
In the coming weeks people around NAS Jacksonville may believe they are hearing a voice from the sky, but in reality it will be the testing of the new Giant Voice Communication System.

HURREX underway at NAS Jacksonville
NAS Jacksonville's leaders and first responders are participating in the Atlantic Fleet Hurricane Tracking and Warning Exercise 07 (HURREX 07) which began April 23 and will continue through tomorrow in preparation for the upcoming hurricane season. The exercise is being conducted by U.S. Fleet Forces Command to provide afloat and shore-based Atlantic Fleet commands and other Department of Defense activities with the opportunity to test their disaster preparedness capabilities. One of the top-line messages of the exercise noted that training conducted during HURREX 07 will ensure that the Navy is prepared to respond to weather threats to U.S. coastal regions and maintain the ability to deploy force readiness and warfighting capabilities even under the most adverse weather conditions.

Hundreds of prescriptions processed daily at Navy Exchange Satellite Pharmacy
The Navy Exchange (NEX) Satellite Pharmacy provides a valuable service to military members, retirees and family members by processing nearly 600 new prescriptions each day. "Our main function is to fill civilian prescriptions and to hand out refills that are called in. The refills are processed at Naval Hospital Jax and delivered to us each morning so they are ready for our customers to pick up," explained Lt. Cmdr. Rob Dobbins, NEX Satellite Pharmacy department head. "Our services are extremely important because this is where most of our retirees and family members get their prescriptions from civilian providers filled for free."

Hospital Pharmacy streamlining service while enhancing safety
Naval Hospital Jacksonville operates the third busiest pharmacy in Navy medicine. The pharmacy located in the hospital, fills 2,200 new and refill scripts daily. Last year, that added up to 1,327,943 prescriptions filled in 2006 or almost 3,000 prescriptions a day.