DA Form 638 Army award bullet examples for Army Commendation Medal. 2000 Miler Listing. Each year the names of those who have reported hike completions in the previous 12 months are published in the spring issue of the A. T. Journeys. Naval Support Activity Mid South Wikipedia. Naval Support Activity Mid South NSA Mid South, NAVSUPPACT Mid South, NSAMS, in Millington, Tennessee, is a base of the United States Navy. A part of the Navy Region Southeast and the Navy Installations Command, NSA Mid South serves as the Navys Human Resources Center of Excellence. The base is host to several commands and other military tenants Navy Personnel Command, Navy Recruiting Command, the Navy Manpower Analysis Center, a Marine reserve Company Bridge Company C 6th ESB, 4th MLG and the US Army Corps of Engineers Finance Center. More than 8,5. 00 military, civilian, and contract personnel are assignedwork on base. 1Initially established as Park Field, it was one of thirty two Air Service training camps established after the United States entry into World War I in April 1. The Naval Support Activity has approximately 8,5. As the base has evolved and changed, so has its impact on the area. It plays an important part in the community and is one of the largest single employers in the state of Tennessee. 3Major commands aboard NSA Mid Southedit. Aerial view of NSA Mid South, October 2. Of the more than 3. Naval Support Activity Mid South, these are some of the major commands Throughout the year, NSA Mid South partners with the Millington and Memphis communities to put on several projects Flag City Freedom Celebration the annual Fourth of July fireworks display, seeing more than 4. NSA Mid Souths Navy Lake recreational facility. National Night Out a community police awareness raising event held the first Tuesday of August. NSA Mid Souths NNO event is one of the largest nationwide. Leadership Millington a leadership program sponsored by the Millington Chamber of Commerce, which includes a day touring NSA Mid South. Navy Ten Nautical MilereditBeginning in 2. Naval Support Activity Mid South is sponsoring the Navy Ten Nautical Miler, the first and only race measured in nautical miles instead of statute miles. The world class foot race, intended to take the place of the Navys previous premiere race, the Blue Angels Marathon, attracts runners from all over the world. HistoryeditInitially known as Park Field, the facility was established as a World War I training base in 1. It was named after 1st Lieutenant Joseph D. Park, who was killed on 9 May 1. Olive, California, thirty nine miles southeast of Los Angeles. The aviator fell only fifteen feet, but the radiator crushed his head, and then fell upon his body. 4World War IeditThis site was originally established by the Army Signal Corps which managed Army aviation in its early days in May, 1. United States entered World War I. The Department of War sent a cadre of officers to the Memphis area to survey sites for an aviation school. The group decided on a location in the Millington area, about 1. Memphis. An agreement to lease the land for the Army was concluded, and the construction of some 5. Park Field covered of over 7. Dozens of wooden buildings served as headquarters, maintenance, and officers quarters. Enlisted men had to bivouac in tents. The first unit stationed there was the 1. Aero Squadron, which was transferred from Kelly Field, Texas in November, 1. However, a few U. S. Army Air Service aircraft arrived with the 1. Most of the Curtiss JN 4 Jennys to be used for flight training were shipped in wooden crates by railcar. 5Park Field served as a base for flight training for the United States Army Air Service. In 1. 91. 7, flight training occurred in two phases primary and advanced. Primary training took eight weeks and consisted of pilots learning basic flight skills under dual and solo instruction with a student capacity of 3. After completion of their primary training, flight cadets were then transferred to another base for advanced training. 5Training units assigned to Park Field were 6Post Headquarters, Park Field, December 1. July 1. 91. 96. 5th Aero Squadron II, April 1. Transferred from Kelly Field, TexasRe designated as Squadron A, JulyDecember 1. Aero Squadron, December 1. Transferred from Selfridge Field, MichiganRe designated as Squadron B, JulyDecember 1. Aero Squadron, December 1. Transferred from Kelly Field, TexasRe designated as Squadron C, JulyDecember 1. Aero Squadron, December 1. Re designated as Squadron D, JulyDecember 1. Squadron E, AugustDecember 1. Flying School Detachment Consolidation of Squadrons A E, December 1. July 1. 91. 9By February 1. World War I in November 1. Park Field was unknown. Cadets in flight training on 1. November 1. 91. 8 were allowed to complete their training, however no new cadets were assigned to the base. Also the separate training squadrons were consolidated into a single Flying School detachment in December, as many of the personnel assigned were being demobilized. Finally, flight training activities ceased in July, 1. Inter war yearseditIn March 1. War department officially purchased Park Field, and a small caretaker unit was assigned to the facility for administrative reasons. At that time the airfield began pioneering airmail routes throughout Tennessee and the surrounding states. However, the airfield continued to decline until it was little more than a storage area for aircraft and parts. By 1. 92. 1, the decision had been made to phase down all activities at the base in accordance with sharply reduced military budgets. War Department had ordered the small caretaker force at Park Field to dismantle all remaining structures and to sell them as surplus. The field was closed and abandoned in January, 1. Ironically, the Stock Market Crash of 1. Park Field. During the 1. In 1. 93. 7 the Resettlement Administration later the Farm Security Administration took over the land and developed model farms used to demonstrate what could be achieved with correctly managed land. Park Field remained under this agencys jurisdiction until the outbreak of World War II. World War IIedit. Aerial view of the Naval Air Station Memphis in the mid 1. Just as the onset of World War I had given Park Field its birth in 1. December 8, 1. 94. Memphis area. In February 1. Navy Shore Station Development Board recommended approval of a reserve aviation base on the former site of Park Field. On September 1. 5, 1. Naval Reserve Aviation Base was officially commissioned on the south side of the station. On January 1, 1. 94. Naval Reserve Aviation Base was renamed Naval Air Station Memphis. During the war, Naval Air Station Memphis was a primary flight training center for aviators. It had a training capacity of about 6. The facility was expanded to about 3,5. OLF for training and emergency landings in the area. 7 In 1. Naval Air Technical Training Center NATT. 8Cold WareditAs part of the consolidation of facilities after the war, HQ NATT was transferred to NASM in 1. In April 1. 94. 9, the bases functions completely changed, and a new Naval Air Station was established, different in both scope and function. The new NAS assumed logistic support for all the commands at Navy Memphis, except the Naval Hospital. The boundaries included all Navy property on both sides of the Millington Arlington Road Navy Road. NAS Memphis continued its support and logistics role for some 5. The faculty was made a permanent Naval Installation during the Korean War, and during the 1. Naval personnel. 8 During the Vietnam War, 2. NASM, which continued to provide service to the Navy into the 1. Modern eraeditThe 1.