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Navy Operational Support Center Cincinnati Changes Command

Navy NewsStand

Story Number: NNS100721-05
7/21/2010

By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mark Meredith, Navy Region Mid-West Reserve Componet Command, Public Affairs

CINCINNATI (NNS) -- Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) Cincinnati held a change of command ceremony July 18.

"These officers are entrusted with the ultimate responsibility of command," said Chief of Navy Reserve, Vice Adm. Dirk Debbink, who served as guest speaker. "No amount of explanation can alter the placement of ultimate responsibility, whether for success or failure, squarely on the shoulders of the skipper in command."

U.S. Reps. Jean Schmidt and Steve Driehaus and Capt. John Hetrick, deputy commander, Navy Region Midwest Reserve Component Command, were among those in attendance. The Cincinnati Naval Sea Cadets Corps served as the color guard.

Cincinnati is named after one of the world's first citizen-soldiers, Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus of Rome.

"I can tell you that the spirit of Cincinnatus lives on today, here in Cincinnati and in the hearts of the 65,100 Reserve component Sailors across the country who stand ready to serve when called, and to resume their civilian lives when their service is complete," said Debbink.

NOSC Cincinnati supports 250 drilling Reservists in seven Navy Reserve units. Twenty-six NOSC Sailors are mobilized at this time, with 27 more mobilizing in June.

"With this duty comes the awesome responsibility of ensuring the citizen-Sailors are ready to serve our nation anywhere in the world including Iraq, Afghanistan and Haiti," Efimba said. "These citizen-Sailors have a balancing act between serving our nation and working as nurses, construction workers, bankers and myriad of other jobs that directly support the Cincinnati community. I look forward to working with these great people in serving our nation and the Greater Cincinnati area."

Under Schomaker's watch, NOSC Cincinnati ensured Sailor readiness to support global operations, including relief efforts in Haiti.

"I've had the honor of welcoming nearly 60 citizen-Sailors home from such assignments," Schomaker said. "Every single one of them has returned home charged with pride and professionalism that is uncommon in civilian life. All of them have earned my respect and admiration. All of them are members of a fraternity filled with selfless heroes who delay fulfilling their personal desires, who often put their lives in jeopardy, and who selflessly put service before self."

Schomaker reports to Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas for his next assignment.

"A skipper is a nobody without a crew. I am happy to say the Sailors who make NOSC Cincinnati thrive are some of the very best Sailors I have ever worked with."