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NAVFAC Engineers Assist Gulf Coast Military Installations

Navy NewsStand

Story Number: NNS050902-27
Release Date: 9/2/2005 6:42:00 PM

By John Verrico, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Public Affairs

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Civil Engineer Corps officers and civilian engineers from Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Washington departed Sept. 1 for the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast to help restore the area’s military installations.

Lt. Cmdr. Gregory Bo, assistant public works officer for Naval District Washington’s Central Area, will serve as the deputy commander for the team that will provide damage assessment and contracting support to the affected naval installations in Louisiana and Mississippi. The team's actions will help make it possible for naval installations in the Gulf Coast area to be rebuilt.

“The outpouring of volunteers has been tremendous,” said Cmdr. Ed Brown, operations officer of NAVFAC Washington. “I have a significant backlog of e-mails from across NAVFAC Washington and from personnel assigned to commands supported by us, ready to go and assist those in need.”

Also on the team from Naval District Washington are Lt. Gregory Benton, Assistant Resident Officer in Charge of Construction (AROICC) at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. Ensign Nate Herron and Ensign Dawn Moore, both AROICCs at the Washington Navy Yard are also team members, as are Steve Richards and Solon Carroll, engineering technicians from Naval District Washington Central Area.

“I'm delighted to see so many of our folks raising their hand to help others in such desperate need,” said Capt. Kevin R. Slates, commanding officer of NAVFAC Washington. “I’m proud of our entire team and their can-do spirit.”

This team was selected because of their background in contract management and also because they were ready to go.

“What we needed were people who can make an assessment and write a scope of work quickly,” said Brown. “We also needed people who could leave right away. They were among the first to respond and said ‘I’m ready to go tomorrow.’”

Dozens of NAVFAC Washington personnel volunteered to provide assistance, and names were coming in even after the list was submitted to NAVFAC Atlantic.

The team will join NAVFAC Damage Assessment Teams (DAT), consisting of structural and mechanical engineers, architects, roofing specialists and construction contract specialists from across the nation who have been deployed to the area.