Friday, April 20, 2001
GTMO welcomes
former
Port Services Officer as
next Chief Staff Officer
 GUANTANAMO BAY
- On April 23, CDR Michael Fair, former GTMO Port Services Officer,
will become the Naval Base Chief Staff Officer and Naval Station
Executive Officer.
Fair was raised in Palatka, Fla., and
graduated from Palatka Senior High School. He enlisted as a Seaman
Recruit in the U.S. Navy and attended Basic Training at Recruit
Training Command Orlando, Fla., in July 1970.
After basic training, he reported to
the USS Tringa (ASR 16), where he completed the first of ten
deployments to the Sixth Fleet. In 1972, he reported to Naval
Station Key West, Fla., as Assistant Tugmaster.
In July 1974, Fair reported to the USS
Charles F. Adams (DDG 2), homeported in Mayport, Fla., where
he advanced to Boatswain’s Mate First Class and attained
Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist (ESWS). In January 1979,
he reported to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga., and qualified
as Tug Master YTB-789.
Fair received his commission as a Limited
Duty Officer Ensign in April 1980. His first assignment as a
commissioned officer was as First Lieutenant/Salvage Officer
on board USS Recovery (ARS 43), where he completed qualifications
as Surface Warfare Officer.
From July 1983 to July 1985, Fair served
as the Base Security Officer at Naval Station Mayport, Fla. In
August 1985, he reported to the USS Nashville (LPD 13) where
he served as First Lieutenant until March 1989.
He was selected into the College Degree
Program and attended St. Leo College at Naval Amphibious Base
Little Creek, Va., where he attained a Bachelor’s of Arts
Degree in Human Resource Administration. Fair returned to sea
as ship’s First Lieutenant on board USS Ponce (LPD 15),
from January 1991 to November 1993.
In December 1993, he reported to U.S.
Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as the Port Services Officer
until August 1995. He then served as Port Operations Officer
at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., from August 1995 until
August 1998. In September 1998, he reported to Naval Technical
Training Center (NTTC) Corry Station in Pensacola, Fla., as Director
of Electronic Warfare and Technology School. He also served as
Director of Training and Executive Officer of NTTC Corry Station.
GTMO port
visit ‘breaks
the ice’ for British ship
British Royal Navy icebreaker
HMS Endurance (AV 171)
(lower left) takes a break in GTMO, beside USCGC Durable
(WMEC 628) on Pier Alpha, after a hydrographic survey
mission in the frozen waters around Antarctica. Endurance,
with a crew of 112 Royal Navy Sailors and 14 Royal Marines,
is painted red for easy recognition on the ice.
Photo by PH2 Emmitt J. Hawks
Hurricane
Exercise 2001
to begin soon in GTMO
By
AK1 Robin Smith
Naval
Base Operations Leading Petty Officer
In next two weeks,
U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will be participating in
Hurricane Exercise 2001 (HURREX01). This exercise will test the
base’s hurricane preparedness before hurricane season officially
starts June 1. Hurricane season runs through Nov. 30.
If you live in
non-hurricane resistant housing and plan on relocating to a hurricane
resistant housing unit, you will need to stop by Naval Base Operations
to fill out the relocation form. The housing areas that will
be affected are Paola Point, Deer Point, Marine Site, Marina
Point, Corinaso Point and Hibiscus Hollow.
If you choose
not to relocate to a hurricane resistant house, you will be assigned
to a hurricane shelter. The shelter warden for that shelter will
muster you once the appropriate hurricane condition has been
set. Please remember that pets are not allowed at the shelter.
In the coming
weeks, you will be seeing and hearing more information in regards
to this exercise.
If you’d
like to volunteer to be a shelter warden, call ET1 Michael Newton
at 4721. If have any questions regarding this upcoming exercise,
call AK1 Robin Smith at 4366.
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