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Newport Navalog, Friday, April 8, 2011
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Military and civilian representatives from the 102d Intelligence Wing, Massachusetts
Air National Guard, at center, join the 2010 Rhode Island/Southeastern
Massachusetts Combined Federal Campaign (RI/SEMA CFC) awards
luncheon, March 23, at the Officers’ Club. More than 162 federal civilians and
military representatives from 53 federal agencies, activities, and military commands
attended.
Distinguished NAPS alumnus
returns as its keynote speaker
LT. CANDY H. CONKLIN
NAPS Administrative Officer
The Naval Academy
Preparatory School (NAPS)
Battalion of Midshipman
Candidates hosted Lt. Cmdr.
Christina Dalmau as the
keynote speaker in their 2011
Character Development Lecture
series on March 24.
Dalmau is currently the
Director of the Officer
Department at Naval
Nuclear Power Training
Command in Goose Creek,
S.C., as well as a distinguished
alumnus of the
NAPS Class 1994.
A recent winner of the
Capt. Joyce Bright Hancock
Leadership award, she
returned to provide the
NAPS midshipman candidates
insight to her challenges,
accomplishments
and experiences with the
Naval Academy as well as
the naval nuclear power
community.
Lt. Cmdr. Christina Dalmau, Director of the Officer
Department at Naval Nuclear Power Training Command
in Goose Creek, S.C., and a Naval Academy
Preparatory School graduate, addresses the Battalion
of Midshipman Candidates at NAPS.
CFC luncheon cites
record contributions
By BOB KREKORIAN
NAVSTA Public Affairs Staff
Naval Station (NAVSTA)
Newport and its tenant
commands were among
other federal agencies in
Rhode Island (RI) and
southeastern Massachusetts
(SEMA) recognized for
their outstanding performance
during the 2010
RI/SEMA Combined Federal
Campaign (CFC) at an
awards luncheon, March
23, at the Officers’ Club.
Pledges and contributions
from NAVSTA and its
tenant commands totaled
$499,951. This sum repre-
sents almost 43 percent of
the total dollars raised in
Rhode Island and Southeastern
Massachusetts, and
more than 53 percent of the
total dollars raised in
Rhode Island.
Overall, the 2010
RI/SEMA CFC pledges and
contributions totaled $1.16
million, an extraordinary
accomplishment, and a
more than 3.5 percent
increase in giving above the
2009 campaign, officials
said.
“This is the fourth year
that we have raised at least
one million dollars,” said
Vincent Marzullo, chair-
man, Local Federal Coordinating
Committee. The
2007 RI/SEMA CFC raised
over one million dollars;
2008, $1.1 million; and
2009, $1.127 million.
Data from the 2010 Campaign,
provided by Elizabeth
Comeau, director,
2010 RI/SEMA CFC,
showed a donor participation
rate of 28.3 percent. A
total of 5,168 contributors
out of a total of 18,258 federal
civilian, military, and
postal employees raised
$1,166,330. The average
donation was $225.
Author says China learning
lessons from U.S. seapower
By JOHN W. KENNEDY
NWC Museum Director of Outreach
Bernard “Bud” Cole has
written a second edition to
his well-received book, The
Great Wall at Sea: China’s
Navy in the Twenty-First
Century. In a most informative
session, he presented
his research to a standing
room only crowd at the
Naval War
C ollege
Museum’s
Eight Bells
Lecture
held on
March 28.
W ellgrounded
Cole
in the issuesasso-
ciated with the People’s
Liberation Army Navy
(PLAN), Cole set the stage
by listing the national
security goals for China
and then discussed the
concerns PLAN has over
the issues of Taiwan, the
South China Sea, and the
Sea Lanes of Communication
(SLOCs.
Taiwan is only 81 nautical
miles from China at its
closest point of approach.
It lies within what is considered
the “first island
chain” for China. Yet, more
significantly, China considers
most of the South
China Sea to be within its
territory, he said. This
extends well beyond Taiwan
and encompasses the
major sea lanes that go
from the Strait of Malacca
to Southeast Asia and
beyond.
Cole said that China has
COLE, Page 14
Capt. Joseph P. Voboril
Commanding Officer, Naval Station Newport
Lisa Rama
NAVSTA Public Affairs Officer
Greg Kohlweiss
NAVSTA Public Affairs Staff
LUNCHEON, Page 14
Bob Krekorian
NAVSTA Public Affairs Staff
Richard Alexander
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