• Military Menu                       

• Introduction
• Systems
• Facilities
• Agencies
• Industry
• Operations
• Countries
• Hot Documents
• News
• Reports
• Policy
• Budget
• Congress
• Links

• WMD
• Intelligence
• Homeland Security
• Space

Communications Center Named in Honor of Fallen Sailor

Navy NewsStand

Story Number: NNS100512-23
5/12/2010

By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Robert Stirrup, Commander, Navy Region Hawaii Public Affairs

WAHIAWA, Hawaii (NNS) -- Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Pacific (NCTAMS PAC) held a dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of the Senior Chief Information Systems Technician (SEAL) Daniel R. Healy Communications Center at NCTAMS PAC in Wahiawa, Hawaii May 11.

Personnel assigned to NCTAMS PAC and Seal Delivery Vehicle Team (SDVT) 1 joined Healy's family to observe the opening of the center.

"We are celebrating a momentous occasion today, with the dedication of this state-of-the-art facility that is designed to support the newest technology and is the largest communications center in the Pacific," said Capt. Patricia Cole, commanding officer of NCTAMS PAC, who gave opening remarks.

Rear Adm. Sean A. Pybus, commander, Special Operations Command Pacific, served as guest speaker.

"Today we are here to honor a great warrior, husband and father that put his life on the line to defend our freedom," said Pybus. "On behalf of the SEALs and SDVT-1, we are very happy and grateful that NCTAMS PAC chose to dedicate this new center in honor of Senior Chief Healy."

Healy's daughter, Jasmine Healy, then spoke about her father.

"My father always put others before himself," Healy said. "We are especially thankful for everything that he did. He gave his life to his country and is a true American hero."

In March 2005, Healy deployed to Afghanistan with SDVT-1's Alpha Platoon. He died along with seven other SEALs and eight Army "Nightstalker" commandos, when their MH-47D Chinook helicopter was shot down during a mission to rescue a four-man SEAL reconnaissance team in Kunar Province on June 28, 2005.

Healy was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V" for Valor, the Purple Heart Medal and the Afghanistan Campaign Medal.

The $46 million center will provide premier telecommunications services spanning 17 time zones and 43 countries. The relocation of the many command, control and communications systems from the current operations facility to the new center will be the largest such move in naval history and will take approximately two years to complete.