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Air Station switches to Time Warner cable service

1 Aug 2007 | Pfc. Michael R. Stevens Marine Corps Air Station Miramar-EMS

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MARINE CORPS AIR STAION MIRAMAR, Calif. --

Marine Corps Air Station Miramar officially switched cable service providers June 30.

After 10 years of service, the station made the move from Americable to its new provider, Time Warner Cable.

“The switch offers Marines on station a new provider with new and different capabilities,” said Jack Harkins, the deputy director of installation and logistics here.

Time Warner will be offering digital cable and Internet service in a variety of packages to on-base military housing and duty offices on station.

“We selected Time Warner because we needed to find an affordable service plan for the Marines while finding a suitable business plan for the Marine Corps,” said Harkins. “Priority is for Marines and sailors in the barracks and residents in family housing to be provided with a full-service cable and Internet provider.”

During the next few weeks, personnel will be on station to assist in the selection process and to answer installation and billing questions, according to Harkins.

For residents who were previously subscribed to Americable, no cancellation process is necessary.

These members will continue to have service until August 15, however, if they do not subscribe to Time Warner by then, they will lose cable.

For more information on cable services, visit www.timewarnercable.com.


POLICY

The most important starting point for an EMS* is the development of an environmental policy. ISO14001 requires local governments to implement their own environmental policy. The environmental policy acts as a basis for the environmental management system.

PLANNING

ISO14001 requires that an environmental management system is planned properly. It requires the organization to consider the following carefully: Environmental Aspects; Legal and Other Aspects; Objectives and Targets; and an Environmental Management Program.

IMPLEMENTATION

The two requirements for implementation of an EMS is to define, document, and communicate roles, responsibilities and authorities, and to allocate the resources needed to implement and control the EMS.

CHECKING

The key requirement in this EMS step is to regularly monitor and measure key characteristics of activities and operations that could have a significant impact on the environment. Changes to EMS procedures may become necessary in order to deal with nonconformances with the EMS, with mitigating environmental impacts, or corrective and preventive action.

REVIEW

The management review process ensure that information is collected to enable management to carry out proper review. Top management review the need for changes to policy, objectives and targets, and ensure that a commitment to continual improvement is being demonstrated.

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