![]() ![]() The base had to quarantine new people arriving and provide them three meals a day, and Moore called emergency management officer John Varone a hero for standing up contact tracing efforts. ![]() “Lo and behold,” he said, “we were tested by the pandemic, not enemy action of a human sort.” He lives in Gales Ferry with his wife, Donna. “My family and I truly call Submarine Base New London, and all of southeastern Connecticut, home,” he said. He served on two fast-attack submarines here: the USS City of Corpus Christi and USS Dallas. He said that Executive Officer Cmdr. Reg Preston “only leaves me enough busywork to convince myself I’m still in charge,” and that he only got his job because people knew how good his wife, Carrie, would be.Ĭurtin said as commanding officer, his main lines of effort will be providing for safety and security, supporting tenant commands in their mission and pursing quality-of-life improvements for sailors, families, veterans and the community.Ĭurtin, 54, said he first walked through the gates of the Naval Submarine Base in 1986 as an 18-year-old enlisted petty officer reporting for basic submarine school. Moore gave a humorous, heartfelt and often self-deprecating speech of lengthy thanks, theming it around Richard Scarry’s 1968 picture book “What Do People Do All Day?” but pertaining to the roles of base personnel - from Child Development Center caretakers, to command duty officers, to firefighters, to workers in port operations. Rock recognized Moore’s “relentless public affairs campaigns” for leading to one of the highest vaccination rates in the Navy, as well as for focusing on families and for leading a team countering unmanned aerial operations. ![]()
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