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Navy Recruiting Adjusts to Katrina Devastation

Navy NewsStand

Story Number: NNS050909-01
Release Date: 9/9/2005 7:23:00 AM

By Jeffrey Nichols, Navy Recruiting Command Public Affairs

MILLINGTON, Tenn. (NNS) -- A week after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast Aug. 29, Navy Recruiting personnel from the disaster area and all over the country are working together to help pick up the pieces, bring back some normalcy to their lives and resume their mission.

Working with its regional field activities, Navy Recruiting Command (CNRC) has constructed a recovery plan led by Navy Recruiting Region South, Macon, Ga. The plans are to provide assistance to recruiters, their families, delayed entry program (DEP) members, and support the Navy recruiting mission.

“Our number one priority is to take care of recruiters while supporting the recruiting mission,” said Cmdr. Marshall Young, deputy commander, Navy Recruiting Region South. “The Navy is working with every recruiter, DEPer and their families to meet personal needs and the needs of the Navy for the best situation possible considering the circumstances.”

The storm damage has required a temporary reorganization of the Navy Recruiting Districts (NRD) in the affected areas.

The operational areas in the unaffected region of NRD New Orleans have been assigned to NRD Nashville and NRD Montgomery.

The hurricane-affected areas in NRD Montgomery’s region have been assigned to New Orleans NRD. This will allow NRD New Orleans, working from their temporary location in Baton Rouge, La., to concentrate solely on the recovery of all affected families, their houses and the Recruiting stations. As a result, NRDs Montgomery and Nashville can better support the Navy Recruiting mission with stations that were unaffected by the storm.