Every year around the holidays, many service members are separated from their family and friends. Deployed service members aren’t the only ones to include the thousands of others stationed all over the world. Luckily there are people back stateside who keep those military members in thoughts around

Most of the people who work on Naval Air Station Sigonella put in a couple of years before they rotate out for new people. What many don’t see are the locals who have worked at Sigonella for years to keep everything running smoothly throughout all these transitions.For the Motor Vehicle Registration

Machinery Repairman Fireman Timothy Rector from Nottingham, Pa. joined the Navy in October 2020 for a few reasons. The most significant reason was his uncle; a fellow Sailor with whom he shared many traits. Rector’s other reasons were the traveling opportunities as well as being unsure what he

The Sigonella Child Development Center (CDC) received accreditation through the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the culmination of a rigorous process that ensures that child care facilities meet stringent standards.

Hearing the title “Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Aircraft Handler)” probably doesn’t bring to mind a firefighter unless you’ve been in the Navy a while or worked on a U.S. Naval base but that is exactly what ABH2 Francisco Perezguillen is.As a member of the Naval Air Station Sigonella Fire and

For some people when their goals or dreams don’t pan out, they become disheartened and will settle for something less. For U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Alan Pulido, from Kissimmee, Fla., when his dream of a soccer scholarship to college didn’t happen he was determined to find a new purpose.“I thought

September 16th is National Tattoo Story Day and provides a great opportunity to dive into the all the reasons a person may get a particular image, symbol, words or numbers tattooed on their person.In the past, there have been many different reasons people got tattoos from hitting acupuncture points

Yeoman 2nd Class Tyree Pierre from Manassas, Va. joined the Navy in November of 2015. Pierre has been at Naval Air Station Sigonella for 10 months, where he works for the Base Admin department.Pierre joined the military to both experience new locations while also being a part of something bigger

Most people spend a lifetime checking off items on their bucket lists but Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Darius Shirley, from Byram, Mississippi, has almost completed his travel bucket since he joined the Navy in January 2015, with only Asia and South America still left on his list of places of

In addition to celebrating their 49th birthday, Naval Security Forces here at Naval Air Station Sigonella were provided the opportunity to be some of the first in the fleet to qualify for the new Navy Security Force Insignia, a qualification program 10 years in the making.