Navy preparing for hurricane season

NORFOLK, Va. - U.S. Fleet Forces Command, Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) and naval facilities under their directions within Navy regions Southeast and Mid-Atlantic are conducting a natural disaster preparedness exercise - Hurricane Exercise/Citadel Gale 2018 – from April 24 to May 11 prior to the start of the Atlantic hurricane season in June. The annual exercise prepares the Navy to respond to adverse weather threats in U.S. coastal regions, and to maintain the ability to deploy forces even under the most severe weather conditions. HURREX/CG 18 will involve a simulated storm system developing and intensifying to hurricane strength, threatening the eastern coastal regions. Commands are participating by reviewing and exercising heavy weather instructions, procedures and accounting off sailors, Navy civilians, and families in drill-affected regions through the Navy Family Accountability and Assessment System (NFAAS). (Source: US Fleet Forces Command 04/24/18) Gulf Coast Note: Most all Navy commands within the four Gulf Coast states are participating, including the larger commands at NAS Pensacola and Whiting Field, Fla.; NAS Meridian and Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport, Miss.; and NAS/JRB New Orleans. http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=105226