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PAO/NPASE/AFN - what’sthe difference? Each de-partment has its ownmission and tasks. Haveyou ever found yourselfasking who to go to forroster photos? Howabout for commercialsfor the radio? Read allabout the media onboard NAS Sigonella.

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Seven female Sailors as-signed to USS GeorgeH.W. Bush (CVN 77) AirDepartment formed thefirst all-female arrestinggear crew in Navy hi-story, Aug. 15.

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Thousands of visitorsand pilgrims will swarmthe streets and squaresof the Ognina district inCatania to celebrate theFesta della Madonna diOgnina, a traditional re-ligious festival honoringthe Madonna that takesplace from Sept. 8through 11 in the smallharbor of Ognina.

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NAS Sigonella was a busyplace last weekend - thefirst ever Mini Relay forLife on Saturday, and theDarius Rucker concert onSunday. See pictures andread more about the ac-tivities.

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The City of Milo sits onthe Eastern slopes ofMount Etna. Its residentsget a panoramic view ofthe Sicilian coastline, andon a clear day they sayyou can even see Cala-bria. Milo is a city of richhistory and tradition,and one of those tradi-tions is its annual winefestival, called ViniMilo.

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Eating your greens made easier

Gary Bufalo, Naval Air Station Sigonella’s Commissary director,displays the new Commissary salad bar here, Aug. 16. Bufalo deci-ded to install a salad bar after visiting a commissary in Germany.

Naval Air Station (NAS) Si-gonella’s Commissary, locatedon NAS I, opened a salad bar forcustomers Aug.10.

Gary A. Bufalo, Sigonella’sCommissary director construc-ted the idea of having a salad baron NAS Sigonella after visitingcommissaries on other U.S. mi-litary bases in northern Ger-many.

“I wanted to do this here be-cause I thought it would go overgreat with the community. Plus,it’s a healthier alternative in-stead of eating junk food orhamburgers,” said Bufalo.

The new salad bar offers anassortment of cut fruits and ve-getables along with salad dres-sing, croutons, sunflower seeds,cheese and more. The deli will

be selling meat that can be ap-plied to a customer’s salad, if de-sired.

The salad bar is located nearthe deli in the commissary andoffers a medium size bowl, co-sting $3, and a large size bowl,costing $3.90.

With help from the store ma-nager of the Aviano Commis-sary, Bufalo had his staff trainedon how to process the salads,cut up the fruit, display the in-gredients, cleanly prepare thesalad ingredients and operatethe temperature controls of thesalad bar.

“It is awesome,” said Cmdr.Alice Whitley, Health Promo-tions and Nutrition departmenthead at U.S Naval Hospital Sigo-nella. “It provides an additionaloption so people can really in-crease their fruit and vegetablein-take.”

By Tracie Barnthouse

NAS Sigonella Public AffairsU.S. Naval Hospital Sigonella has

always hazd a strong presence as a te-nant command of Naval Air Station(NAS) Sigonella, and the commandoperates two facilities to service theentire base population - the main ho-spital on NAS I, and the Flight LineClinic (FLC) on NAS II, whichmainly works to serve the active dutypopulation. The team of 18 medicalprofessionals who make up the FLCpull together when the operationaltempo increases - such as recently withOperation UNIFIED PROTECTOR- to get the job done and do their partto ensure the health and safety of theservice members stationed here.

“It’s an interesting time to be sta-tioned at NAS Sigonella,” said Lt.Gina Romano, Department Head forthe FLC. “We aren’t changing the waywe run things – we are definitely for-ced to step up the pace and just pro-vide a service to people. It’s neat tosee the way everybody is able to work

FLC, continued on page 12

Situation Fluid, But Gadhafi RegimeNears End, Obama Says

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, 2011– Though the situation in Libya re-mains fluid, the country is at a tip-ping point and the last hours ofMoammar Gadhafi’s regime are athand, President Barack Obama saidtoday.

The president spoke from BlueHeron Farm on Martha’s Vineyard,Mass., where he has been followingthe situation in the Libyan capital ofTripoli during a vacation.

NATO officials do not knowwhere Gadhafi is, the president said,and the situation on the ground iscomplicated. “But this much isclear: the Gadhafi regime is comingto an end, and the future of Libya isin the hands of its people.”

As part of the Arab Spring re-volts, the people of Libya took tothe streets to end Gadhafi’s 42-yearlong dictatorship. While the peopleof Tunisia and Egypt were succes-sful in toppling their leaders, Ga-dhafi sent the army after protestersin Libya. The United States, the

NATO alliance and Arab partnersacted to prevent a wholesale slau-ghter of innocent Libyan men,women and children in Benghazi,Libya’s second-largest city and theseat of the revolt.

“In the early days of this inter-vention, the United States providedthe bulk of the firepower, and thenour friends and allies stepped for-ward,” Obama said. “The Transitio-nal National Council establisheditself as a credible representative ofthe Libyan people. And the United

By MCSA Brian Glunt

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By Jim Garamone

American Forces Press Service

NATO, continued on page 3

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Commanding Officer

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Direct LineGood Day Sigonella! It has been

an exciting past few weeks for manyof our Sigonella Leaders. The NAS-SIG Chiefs Mess is in the middle oftraining our newly selected ChiefPetty Officers, who on 01AUG11,received the great news. I wouldlike to congratulate the followingChief Selects: Alan Trojanowski,from NASSIG Security; Shane Da-costa, from AIMD; Samuel Sands,from NCTS; Shannon Prothero,from CTF-67; Melissa Ochoa;from NAVHOSP; Jeffrey Carmi-chael, from CNE DET MAST; andfrom our deployed VP-45 squadronwe had Angela Johns, Orion Patter-son, Kevin Hunt, Rishka Elzie, andEric Choisnet This is a significantmilestone in each of these Leaders’career, and the day they put on theiranchors will mark one of the prou-dest days in their lives.

The summer months are quicklycoming to an end, and most of thecommunity is now focusing on

back to school. Please keep in mind,however, that we still need to exer-cise recreational safety. There is along holiday weekend on our hori-zon, and I expect all leaders to befully engaged: making sure theirSailors have a plan. If you are goingto travel, make sure you exerciseORM, and have contingency plansin place. If you are driving any longdistance, make sure you go to NKOand click on the Travel Risk Plan-ning System (TRIPS) link. This sy-stem is used to help you recognize,and avoid, the hazards faced whileon the highway: fatigue, not buc-kling up, and driving too far. Pleaseutilize this tool, and enter your su-pervisor’s .mil account, so theycould see and approve your plan.

There has been several Sigonellainitiatives that are intended to tar-get some of the behaviors that tendsto keep us in trouble. One in parti-cular is Sigonella’s chapter of Coa-lition of Sailors Against Destructive

Decisions (CSADD). I’ve hadsome motivated Sailors that havebeen heavily involved in this endea-vor – positively influencing beha-vior through resources and toolsthat promote good decision makingprocesses. They are always lookingfor new ideas and participationfrom the community. Please takethe time to be a part of this wor-thwhile organization. Also, ourDUI Task Force has been meetingon a regular basis, and working hardto educated the Sigonella Commu-nity, via posted “Don’t Drink &Drive” banners and All Hands e-mail notes. The two organizationsare looking at sponsoring someevents in the future, and they needyour help. Please volunteer yourtime!

Finally, I would like to welcomeNaval Air Station Sigonella’s newCommand Master Chief,CMDCM David L. Graham. Hecame to us from the Oceana based

Strike Fighter SquadronEight One, where he alsoserved as the CMC. His pre-vious commands includesthe USS Norfolk, USS New-port News, Basic EnlistedSubmarine Service SchoolGroton, USS Hymand G.Rickover, Submarine Trai-ning Facility Norfolk, COM-PHIBRON EIGHT, andUSS Kauffman. He is herewith his wife of 22 years, La-Donyia, and two boys Don-tay and Davon. When yousee them, please take thetime to welcome them to theSigonella Community.

Thank you for all the sup-port each and every one of you havegiven me. All the programs we havein place and all the personnel – Mi-litary and Civilian – we have hereare what makes Sigonella the modelthat we always are!!

Also, in the last CMC Direct

Line, the wrong dates were cited forthe next advancement exams. Thecorrect dates are 01SEPT11 for theE6 exam, 08SEPT11 for the E5,and 15SEPT11 for the E4 exam.Good luck to all of those taking theexams!

Stay Safe & Hooyah Sigonella!!

NAS SigoNellA ActiNg commANd mASter chief, edwArd SANtiAgo

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HealthWWaattcchh

Most adults are aware of the har-mful effects associated with the use oftobacco products, such as lung can-cer, cardiopulmonary diseases andlow birthweight. However, the oral ef-fects of tobacco usage, both smokingand smokeless, are generally conside-red to be less well-appreciated.

Studies have shown that tobaccouse may be one of the most significantrisk factors in the development andprogression of periodontal (gum) di-sease.

Additionally, following periodon-tal treatment or any type of oral sur-gery, the chemicals in tobacco canslow down the healing process and

make the treatment results less pre-dictable.

At least 80% of oral cancer patientsare smokers, and human studies havedetermined that a smoker is as muchas 7 times more likely than a nonsmo-ker to develop an oral malignancy.Users of smokeless tobacco have arisk of developing oral cancer that is4 times greater than nonusers. Oralcancer resulting from tobacco usemost often involves the tongue or thefloor of the mouth (the area belowthe tongue).

Leukoplakia is a well-definedwhite patch of the soft tissues of themouth.

Approximately 80 percent of leu-koplakia patients are smokers, andsmokers are much more likely to have

Mass Communication Specialists(MC) are the eyes and voices of theUnited States Navy. They present thestory of the Navy to audiences not onlyin the States, but also around the globeand strive to get the most pertinent in-formation out to a broad audience inthe form of written articles, photos,and radio and television broadcasts.

At Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigo-nella, there are 11 MCs, and thoughthey all work together as public affairsand visual information experts, thereare three distinct commands that each

have varying missions and tasks. All MCs stationed at NAS Sigo-

nella either work at the Public AffairsOffice (PAO), American Forces Net-work (AFN), or Naval Public AffairsSupport Element (NPASE).

The Public Affairs Office, led by Lt.Tim Page, oversees command infor-mation, coordinates many communityrelations projects, conducts base toursand manages media interest on base.The PAO also runs the base newspa-per “The Signature,” which is one ofthe primary command informationproducts on NAS Sigonella. The PAOalso maintains the official NAS Sigo-nella Facebook page, coordinates thesupplemental Welcome Aboard maga-zine, and sends out All Hands messa-ges. The PAO helps coordinate manycommunity relations (COMREL)programs at NAS Sigonella, and is theofficial command sponsored COM-

REL coordinator. The program is runby Deputy Public Affairs Officer, Al-berto Lunetta. COMRELs play a keyrole in maintaining close ties withNAS Sigonella’s host nation and citi-zens.

AFN Sigonella is tenant commandresponsible providing timely, effective,accurate and relative informationthrough broadcast (radio and televi-sion) to the U.S. military member andtheir families. Along with providingstories of daily events at NAS Sigonellaand throughout the rest of Sicily, AFNalso hosts two daily live radio shows.AFN also creates a two-minute newspackage every day of events going onaround NAS Sigonella that airs on theAFN local channel of events. Provi-ding a recap of base events is impor-tant because AFN puts every news

e eyes and ears of NAS Sigonella -Mass Communication SpecialistsBy LS1 Alejandro Ozornio

NASSIG First Class Association

Oral health risks of tobacco useBy Cmdr. Peter Dodson, DC, USN

Director of Dental Services USNHSigonella, Italy

TOBACCO, continued on page 12

COMMUNICATE, continued onpage 12

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Midtown Movie theaterSSchedule & deScriptionS

Movie schedule is subject to change.Please call to confirm. Movie Hotline: 624-4248

Friday, August 26

5:00pm Green Lantern PG-13

8:00pm Captain America PG-13

Saturday, August 27

2:00pm Judy Moody PG

4:30pm Bridesmaids R

7:30pm Bad Teacher R

Sunday, August 28

2:00pm Mr. Popper’s Penguins PG

4:30pm Monte Carlo PG

7:30pm Larry Crowne PG-13

Tuesday, August 30

5:00pm Monte Carlo PG

8:00pm Horrible Bosses R

Wednesday, August 31

5:00pm Transformers 3 PG-13

8:00pm Bridesmaids R

Thursday, September 1

5:00pm Cowboys & Aliens PG-13

8:00pm Bad Teacher R

Friday, September 2

5:00pm Larry Crowne PG-13

8:00pm Harry Potter 7 pt.2 PG-13

Vino on the volcanoThe City of Milo sits on the

Eastern slopes of Mount Etna.Its residents get a panoramicview of the Sicilian coastline,and on a clear day they say youcan even see Calabria. Milo isa city of rich history and tradi-tion, and one of those tradi-tions is its annual wine festival,called ViniMilo.

This year will be Milo’s 31stannual wine festival. It hap-pens August 26th - September11th. Many types of winesfrom different regions will befeatured each night. You willbe able to taste and purchaseanything from bold, robust

reds to bubbly, sweet whitewines, and try the entries fromthe festival’s wine competi-tion. Vendor booths will linethe streets with tastes of localfares, like honey and othersweets. Some nights will alsoinclude special live music andothers will have “Cinema &Vino,” where they will showfilms that feature wine.

ITT will take a trip to the fe-stival on Sunday, September 4.Call them at 624-4777 formore information. To get thefull program for the Milo WineFestival visit the city’s websiteat www.comunedimilo.ct.it.

Join ITT For eseExtended Trips!

Take a trip with ITT and let us take care of the details! The tripsinclude airfare and hotels, plus many meals, entry fees and anescort for the entire trip.

Columbus Day Weekend in TransylvaniaSee some amazing historical regions of central and western Ro-

mania, including Bucharest, Peles Castle, Count Dracula’s Castleand Bran Village. We will also visit the medieval city of Sighisoarawhere Vlad Dracul was born and have lunch in his childhoodhome. October 7th – 10th

Thanksgiving Tuscany TourEnjoy your Thanksgiving meal at a winery on the Tuscan coun-

tryside! Then spend time falling in love with this artistically richand beautiful region of Italy in Florence, home of Michelangelo’sDavid, Botticelli’s “Birth of Venus” and the famous Ponte Vecchio.Then visit the picturesque hill towns of Pisa, Siena and San Gimi-gnano!

November 23rd 27th

Christmas in RomeDecember 23rd – 26th Call ITT at 624-4396 or 624-4777 for the full itineraries on

these trips or to get signed up today!

COWBOYS & ALIENS – Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Paul Dano, Sam Rockwell

It’s 1873 in the Arizona Territory. A stranger with no memory of his past stumbles intothe town of Absolution. The only hint of his history is a mysterious shackle that encirclesone wrist. What he discovers is that the people of Absolution don’t welcome strangers,but they will come to depend on him as their only hope for survival in an epic show-down with marauders from the sky (112 min).

BAD TEACHER – Cameron Diaz, Lucy Punch, Jason Segel, Justin Timberlake, John Higgins

Some teachers just don’t give an F. For example, there’s Elizabeth. She’s foul-mouthed,ruthless, and inappropriate. She drinks, gets high, and can’t wait to marry her mealticket and get out of her bogus day job. A wild set of relationship circumstances in-cluding being dumped by her fiancé and fighting off the unwanted advances of a co-worker set into motion an education like no other for her, her co-workers and herstudents (89 min).

MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS – Jim Carrey, Carla Gugino, Angela Lansbury,Ophelia Lovibond, Madeline Carroll

Growing up in Brooklyn, young Tommy Popper looks forward to his moments when,on his tiptoes to reach a HAM radio, he can talk to his father, a world traveler. Yearslater, Tommy is now Mr. Popper, a highly successful real estate developer in Manhattan,living a posh lifestyle in an ultra modern Park Avenue apartment and well on his wayto becoming partner at his prestigious firm; that is until a final gift from his late fatherarrives for him from Antarctica. His world is turned topsy turvy with the arrival of apet penguin, and attempts to rid himself of the animal only land him more penguinsand thanks to his new charges, he learns the importance of family; human and other-wise (97 min).

LARRY CROWNE– Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Bryan Cranston, Gugu-Raw,Jon Seda

Until he was downsized, Larry Crowne was a superstar team leader at the big-box com-pany where he’s worked since he was in the Navy. Underwater on his mortgage andunclear on what to do with his suddenly free days, he heads to a local college to startover. There he becomes a part of a colorful community of outcasts who are all tryingto find a better future for themselves. Larry develops an unexpected crush on his pub-lic-speaking teacher, Mercedes Tainot, who’s lost passion for teaching and her marriage.A simple guy who’s life has stalled will come to discover his reason to live (99 min.)

HORRIBLE BOSSES – Jennifer Anniston, Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudekis, Colin Farrell

For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerablewould be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, withthe benefit of a few-too-many drinks and some dubious advice from a hustling ex-con,the three friends devise a convoluted and seemingly fool-proof plan to rid themselvesof their respective employers… permanently (93 min.)