Boots Hit the Ground at NAS Jax
Navy NewsStand
Story Number: NNS050315-09
Release Date: 3/16/2005 1:45:00 AM
By Journalist 1st Class Mike England Naval Air Station Jacksonville Public Affairs
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) -- Key leadership from the Naval Aviation Readiness Integrated Improvement Program (NAVRIIP) toured facilities at Naval Air Station Jacksonville March 9 as part of the Navy "Boots on the Ground" (BOG) project.
Flag officers attending the tour included Rear Adm. Wally Massenburg, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) assistant commander for Logistics, Rear Adm. Michael Roesner, commander, Naval Inventory Control Point and Rear Adm. Peter Williams, NAVAIR assistant commander for Industrial Operations.
"These Sailors deserve everything we can possibly get to them," explained Massenburg. "What we've failed to do in the past 10 years is to get them the tools. This is part of what we want to do here with the BOG project."
The distinguished visitors began their tour at the Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Detachment (AIMD), where they received firsthand accounts of readiness problems from military and civilian maintainers. The team reviewed the S-3B Flight Control Systems leading edge flaps and associated structures, the H-60 Automatic Flight Control System and the S-3B AN/APS-137 Radar System.
The tour continued with stops at the aviation support detachment, Patrol Squadron (VP) 161 and the sea wall before heading over to the galley for lunch. The BOG team then headed to VP-30 hangar for a tour of the flight line before concluding their tour with a social at the T-Bar.
"BOG is a product that delivers many attributes to improve non-deployed readiness. It gives the type wing commodore another strong, cross-functional tool to manage and optimize available resources," Massenburg said. "It supports the fleet and is exactly why this is such an exciting opportunity for us all."
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