Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Hawaii recognized Clyde Y. Haruno and Lt. John F. Daly III as the organization's 2014 Civilian and Military Architect/ Engineers of the Year at a ceremony held Oct. 24 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

Rear Adm. Paula C. Brown reported for duty as the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) deputy commander and deputy chief of civil engineers, before receiving her second star at a promotion ceremony Oct. 30 at NAVFAC headquarters in the Washington Navy Yard.

Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity contract Oct. 29, to ManTech SRS Technologies, Inc., a large business of Fairfax, Va., for architecture-engineering and environmental services.

More than 15 Seabees with Public Works Department (PWD) Naples attached to Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Europe Africa Southwest Asia (EURAFSWA) designed, built and brought thrills to a haunted house at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Naples Oct. 25-27.

Sailors, civilians and contractors began using a newly refurbished pedestrian bridge Oct. 28 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, which connects the south end of the shipyard to a parking lot used by thousands every day.

PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (NNS) -- During the Navy's screening of dredged harbor material at its Confined Disposal Facility, Waipio Peninsula, Oahu, various potentially explosive munitions have been recovered that are scheduled to be destroyed through controlled detonations at a safe location Oct. 30 and potentially Oct. 31.

PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific and NAVFAC Hawaii hosted an Energy Action Day Fair Oct. 23 at its Makalapa Compound headquarters on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Hawaii awarded a $11.3 million contract Oct. 23 to RORE-ITSI, JV LLC (small business), San Diego, Calif., for a firm-fixed task order to construct a Child Development Center (CDC) at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

ACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast awarded a $9.5 million firm-fixed price contract Oct. 16 to FutureNet Group, Inc., a small business based in Detroit, Mich., for a new front gate with anti-terrorism and force protection improvements at Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) Parris Island, S.C.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast Commanding Officer Capt. Christopher Kiwus presented the Meritorious Service Medal (second award) to Cmdr. Miguel Dieguez, NAVFAC Southeast Assistant Regional Engineer, in a brief ceremony Oct. 21.

PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- While October is recognized as National Energy Awareness Month, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific Building Energy Monitor (BEM) teams conduct year-round inspections and monthly audits as part of the command's energy saving initiative.

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Washington held its 5th annual "Think Pink" event in support of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month at the Washington Navy Yard Oct. 17.

PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Hawaii recently completed a design-build project Sept. 24 at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard/Intermediate Maintenance Facility's (PHNSY/IMF) Building 155 while maintaining the structure's historic window features.

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest awarded A&D GC Inc. of Santee Calif., an $11.39 million firm-fixed-price task order under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract Sept. 30 for construction of an E-2D Aircrew Training Facility at Naval Base Ventura County.

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The selection of the 16th force master chief of the Seabees was announced Oct. 11 by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) at the Washington Navy Yard.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast awarded 59 restoration and modernization energy projects totaling $40.9 million in fiscal year 2013.

GULFPORT, Miss. (NNS) -- Naval Construction Battalion Center (NCBC) Gulfport has won the Secretary of the Navy's Energy and Water Management Award, Navy Small Shore category, for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013. Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus announced the winners Sept. 20.

NORFOLK (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Mid-Atlantic partnered with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to collect more than 20 tons of old, unused or broken electronics to be recycled, in an event at Naval Station Norfolk, Sept. 3.

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (NNS) -- Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune held a pair of ribbon cutting ceremonies Oct. 2, for a major expansion of the facility and the opening of a center for service members suffering from traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) -- NAVFAC Southeast awarded a $7.3 million task order under a multiple award construction contract Sept. 30 to Asset Group, Inc., a small business based in Oklahoma City.

Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii (NNS) -- With October being Energy Awareness Month the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Hawaii Energy Team would like to emphasize how shifting daily routines at work and at home regarding energy use is essential to fulfilling energy conservation initiatives.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast awarded $30 million maximum contract Sept. 27 to Gulf Coast Architectural Group Inc., a small business based in Pensacola, Fla., for indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity architect and engineering services throughout the NAVFAC region.

Jacksonville, Fla. (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast awarded a $15.3 million contract Sept. 27 to Anthony and Gordon Construction Company, a small business based in Knoxville, Tenn., for construction of the Aircraft Corrosion Control Facility at Naval Air Station (NAS) Corpus Christi, Texas.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (NNS) -- Military personnel from Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Mid-Atlantic visited Corporate Landing Middle School in Virginia Beach Sept. 27 to give presentations as part of a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Career Conference for children at the school.