THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, July 6, 1994 TAG: 9407060418
SECTION: MILITARY NEWS PAGE: A10 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Medium: 72 lines
SUPPLY CENTER HONORED: The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center in Norfolk has been awarded the 1993 Secretary of the Navy Omnibus Award for Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization.Undersecretary of the Navy Richard Danzig presented the award, which goes to only one command each year. Danzig lauded the command's small business program, which awarded $223.7 million to U.S. firms through small purchase and open market procurement. Of that amount, $150.7 million (67 percent) went to small businesses; $30.7 million (14 percent) to disadvantaged businesses; and $11.3 million (5 percent) to businesses owned by women.
CROATIA MISSION:
Sixty-seven personnel from the Naval Medical Center's Fleet Hospital Five in Portsmouth are among 200 people being sent Aug. 22 to Zagreb, Croatia, to provide medical support for the peace keeping mission there. The unit will relieve Fleet Hospital Six, based in San Diego, at a 60-bed medical center in Camp Pleso.
FINAL DOCKING: The 48-year-old submarine rescue ship Kittiwake returned to Norfolk on Saturday after a monthlong training cruise, docking for the last time before its scheduled retirement this summer. It has operated out of Norfolk for all but three years of its service life. The 251-foot, 2,000-ton ship has a crew of 103.
COMINGS & GOINGS
CHANGE OF COMMAND:
Navy Capt. Ronald S. Pearson, commander Attack Wing Atlantic Fleet, was relieved by Capt. Bernard M. Satterwhite in ceremonies June 24 at Oceana Naval Air Station. Pearson retired after 26 years of service.
Capt. George S. Rhodes, commanding officer of the amphibious assault ship Saipan, will be relieved by Capt. Ralph K. Zia in ceremonies July 27 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard.
Army Lt. Gen. Samuel N. Wakefield, commanding general of the Army Combined Arms Support Command at Fort Lee near Richmond and former commander of the Army Transportation Center at Fort Eustis in Newport News, retired recently. He had served at Fort Eustis until 1992.
Capt. Don P. Pollard has relinquished command of Destroyer Squadron Two and Naval Surface Group Norfolk to Capt. John M. Fahey, previously commander of Readiness Support Group Norfolk. Pollard, who formerly commanded the destroyer Conyngham and nuclear-powered cruiser Mississippi, is retiring after 27 years of service.
Cmdr. Suzanne Woodman Hirsch has relieved Cmdr. Kathleen M. Cummings as commanding officer of Atlantic Fleet Headquarters Support Activity. Hirsch previously served in San Diego with the communications schools department of Service Schools Command. Cummings will report to the Navy War College in Newport, R.I.
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RELIGIOUS AID FOR HAITIANS
The U.S. military is using more than guns and ships to deal with Haitian migrants - it is sending spiritual help in the form of chaplains and chaplain assistants.
SOURCE: Chaplain Corps [For complete graphic information, please see microfilm] by CNB