November 2022 — MHCE Newsletter

26 | MHCE - News www.mhce.us NOVEMBER 2022 EDITION
3 Sailors Receive Commendation Medal for Saving
Injured Man’s Life at Navy Base in Italy
Three Navy sailors have
witnessed the accident
later, the injured man
never know when the
received commendation
and “sprang into action
regained consciousness
call to action comes.
medals for saving a man’s
immediately,” the Navy
and started breathing.
It could be on a carrier
life after an accident
at a U.S. military base
in Italy, officials said
Tuesday.
The sailors were
performing routine
duties and preparing
said.
“The first thing I thought
when he fell was to get
out of our [vehicle]
and see if he was
OK,” Bullock said in a
statement.
Around that time, Petty
Officer 3rd Class Sarah
Meader brought a firstaid
kit and stabilized
the injured man’s neck
until emergency medics
arrived.
in hostile waters or as
you're driving down
your home street. For
that, I am proud for their
performance and it was
an honor to award them
for their efforts."
for training at Naval
Support Activity Naples
two weeks ago when a
man who’d been tying
down a forklift fell off
a truck and injured his
head.
Two of the sailors,
Petty Officer 2nd
Class Xavier Escalante
and Petty Officer 2nd
Class Nikolas Bullock,
“I saw his eyes roll to
the back of his head, he
wasn’t breathing and he
started to turn purple,”
Escalante added. “I
started administering
CPR.”
Navy officials said one of
the men continued CPR
and chest compressions
while the other went to
call for help. A short time
All three sailors were
awarded the Navy
and Marine Corps
Commendation Medal
on Tuesday.
“These sailors embody
the courage the Navy
looks for in our fighting
force," Capt. James
Stewart, the base’s
commanding officer,
said in a statement. "You
Naval Support Activity
Naples is home to U.S.
Naval Forces Europe
and the Sixth Fleet. It’s
located in southwestern
Italy on the coast of the
Tyrrhenian Sea. Built
in 1951, the complex
is used by U.S. forces
but is technically under
Italian military control.