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Ron Fontaine/U.S. Navy photoNEW DIGS —Master Chief Electronics Technician Keith Rogers, Senior Enlisted Academy’s deputy director, looks over a refurbished unit on the second deck of Tomich Hall. The rooms, some with private baths, are furnished with armoires, study desks, recliners, bureaus, full-size beds, dinette tables and microwave/refrigerator food service units with cooking utensils.By JOY CHRISTMASNAVSTA Public Affairs StaffClass 100. the first class of 2002at the Senior Enlisted Academy in Tomich Hall, will also he the first class to take up residence in the new renovated berthing spaces.The $550,000 qualitv-of-life project spearheaded by Naval Station (NAVSTA) Newport Combined Bachelor Housing, was completed last month by Shore Lines Manufacturers Group, Inc., ofVirginia Beach, Va. The project began in October.Marcia Alves, bachelor housing functional manager, for Commander, Navy RegionNortheast, said the renovations were completed under the Navy’s seven-year replacement plan,ensuring all furnishings, fixtures and equipment (FEE) are maintained adequately.“During the replacement, all FEE is upgraded or updated through the whole room concept,” said Alves. “This project required some additional amenity upgrade/changes.”The project involved a complete gutting of the 64 singleoccupant rooms on the second, third and fourth decks of the schoolhouse which opened in 1989. The rooms were then painted, and wall-to-wall carpet was laid over tile flooring toreduce noise.Each room, between 250 and 270 square feet, is now furnished with a full-size bed, nightstand and triple-dresser with mirror. An armoire holds a 20-inch remote control color television/VCR combination with cable access. The rooms have desks with ergonomically designed chairs, and lounger/recliners.New mini-blinds and reflective film to repel heat from the sun and cool the non-air-conditioned rooms during summer were added to the double thermopane windows replaced a year earlier.SEA, Page 14
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Newport Navalog
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Fri, Jan 11, 2002
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