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USFF and CNIC Navy Installations Conduct HURREX/Citadel Gale 2013 Exercise

Story Number: NNS130513-17Release Date: 5/13/2013 3:38:00 PM
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From Commander, Navy Installations Command Public Affairs

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFF), headquartered in Norfolk, Va., and Commander Navy Installations Command (CNIC), Washington D.C., are conducting the hurricane preparedness exercise, HURREX/Citadel Gale 2013, May 13-24.

The purpose of this annual exercise is to prepare the Navy to respond to weather threats to U.S. coastal regions, and to maintain the ability to deploy forces even under the most adverse weather conditions.

HURREX/CITADEL GALE 13 will involve three simulated storm systems developing and intensifying to hurricane strength, threatening the Caribbean Islands, East Coast and Gulf Coast regions.

All Navy commands with personnel in these regions will participate, to include reviewing and exercising heavy weather instructions and procedures and accounting for Sailors and Navy families in the affected regions through the Navy Family Accountability and Assessment System (NFAAS).

There will be no U.S. Navy ship movements associated with this exercise.

For more news from Commander, Navy Installations Command, visit www.navy.mil/local/cni/.

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