LESLIE C. SMITH STAFF WRITER The Veteran’s Cura- tion Program (VCP) is a pioneering program training veterans for the workforce through the preservation of cul- tural resources. Located in Alexandria, Va., VCP AN INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION OF COMPRINT MILITARY PUBLICATIONS AT JOINT BASE ANDREWS, MD. DCMILITARY.COM FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2015 | VOL. 4 NO. 29 SPORTS East Coast Tuskegee Airmen Chapter hosts golf tournament, Page 3 COMMUNITY Have a fun, safe time at the pool, Page 7 JBA NEWS 79th Medical Wing Master Sergeant selectees announced, Page 2 BY SENIOR AIRMAN HAILEY HAUX SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMAND INFORMATION Two Air Force generals testified before the Senate Armed Services Commit- tee during their nomina- tion hearing as the next U.S. Transportation Com- mand commander and new vice chairman to the Joint Chiefs of Staff July 14. Both were nominated by President Barack Obama and expressed their grati- tude for the nomination, and if selected look for- ward to working together with Congress, the Defense Department, and other branches of the govern- ment and military. “I look forward to work- ing with (all agencies) to address a wide spectrum of challenges confronting Generals testify for their future positions U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO/SENIOR AIRMAN HAILEY HAUX Gen. Paul J. Selva, the nominee for vice chairman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Gen. Darren W. McDew, the nominee for U.S. Transportation Command com- mander, sit before Congress to testify for their future positions during their nomi- nation hearing July 14, 2015. Both were nominated by President Barack Obama and expressed their gratitude for the nomination, and if selected look forward to working together with Congress, the Defense Department, and other branches of the government and military. Military appreciation night at Bowie Baysox U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO/SENIOR AIRMAN JOSHUA R. M. DEWBERRY Tech. Sgt. Karen Blackburn, 11th Wing Command Post controller, sings the national anthem for the Bowie Baysox baseball game at Bowie, July 17. see BAYSOX, page 9 see FUTURE, page 10 BY KAREN ABEYASEKERE 100TH AIR REFUELING WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS When 2nd Lt. John “Spike” Nasmyth climbed into his F-4 Phantom II on Sept. 4, 1966, to fly a combat mission over Viet- nam, he never foresaw that he’d be blown out of the sky by a surface-to-air missile. The last words he heard before his jet was transformed into a lump of crumpled, metal wreck- age were from his “guy in back,” Ray Salzurulo, a pilot systems operator — Optimism helped Vietnam veteran survive as POW COURTESY PHOTO Prisoners of war await their release in January 1973, at the end of the Vietnam War. Spike Nasmyth (center), then a second lieutenant and an F-4 Phantom II pilot, was shot down by a Vietnamese surface-to-air missile Sept. 4, 1966. He was kept prisoner for 2,355 days. Nasmyth visited Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, July 8, 2015, and shared his story with RAF Mildenhall Airmen. see POW, page 8 U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO/AIRMAN 1ST CLASS RYAN J. SONNIER Senior Master Sgt. William Tortolano, Strolling Stringsí violinist, performs for a crowd at the National Museum of American History in Wash- ington, D.C., July 16, 2015. The U.S. Air Force Bandís Strolling Strings concert was part of the museumís Star-Spangled American Music Series. Strolling Strings entertains at Museum of American History see STROLLING, page 6 see VCP, page 4 LESLIE C. SMITH/ANDREWS GA- ZETTE Army veteran Jackie Mud- diman says the Veterans Curation Program sharp- ened his business skills. EXAMINING THE PAST, DISCOVERING SELF
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LESLIE C. SMITHSTAFF WRITER
The Veteran’s Cura-tion Program (VCP) isa pioneering programtraining veterans forthe workforce throughthe preservation of cul-tural resources. Locatedin Alexandria, Va., VCP
AN INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION OF COMPRINTMILITARY PUBLICATIONS AT JOINT BASE ANDREWS,MD.DCMILITARY.COM FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2015 | VOL. 4 NO. 29
SPORTSEast Coast Tuskegee Airmen Chapter
hosts golf tournament, Page 3
COMMUNITYHave a fun, safe time at the pool,
Page 7
JBA NEWS79th Medical Wing Master Sergeant
selectees announced,Page 2
BY SENIOR AIRMANHAILEY HAUX
SECRETARY OF THEAIR FORCE PUBLIC AFFAIRSCOMMAND INFORMATION
Two Air Force generalstestified before the SenateArmed Services Commit-tee during their nomina-tion hearing as the nextU.S. Transportation Com-mand commander and newvice chairman to the JointChiefs of Staff July 14.
Both were nominated byPresident Barack Obamaand expressed their grati-tude for the nomination,and if selected look for-ward to working togetherwith Congress, the DefenseDepartment, and otherbranches of the govern-ment and military.
“I look forward to work-ing with (all agencies) toaddress a wide spectrumof challenges confronting
Generals testify fortheir future positions
U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO/SENIOR AIRMAN HAILEY HAUX
Gen. Paul J. Selva, the nominee for vice chairman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff,and Gen. Darren W. McDew, the nominee for U.S. Transportation Command com-mander, sit before Congress to testify for their future positions during their nomi-nation hearing July 14, 2015. Both were nominated by President Barack Obamaand expressed their gratitude for the nomination, and if selected look forward toworking together with Congress, the Defense Department, and other branches ofthe government and military.
Military appreciation night atBowie Baysox
U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO/SENIOR AIRMAN JOSHUA R. M. DEWBERRY
Tech. Sgt. Karen Blackburn, 11th Wing CommandPost controller, sings the national anthem for theBowie Baysox baseball game at Bowie, July 17.
see BAYSOX, page 9
see FUTURE, page 10
BY KARENABEYASEKERE
100TH AIR REFUELING WINGPUBLIC AFFAIRS
When 2nd Lt. John“Spike” Nasmyth climbedinto his F-4 Phantom IIon Sept. 4, 1966, to fly acombat mission over Viet-nam, he never foresawthat he’d be blown out ofthe sky by a surface-to-airmissile.
The last words heheard before his jet wastransformed into a lumpof crumpled, metal wreck-age were from his “guy inback,” Ray Salzurulo, apilot systems operator —
Optimism helped Vietnamveteran survive as POW
COURTESY PHOTO
Prisoners of war await their release in January 1973, at the end of the VietnamWar. Spike Nasmyth (center), then a second lieutenant and an F-4 Phantom IIpilot, was shot down by a Vietnamese surface-to-air missile Sept. 4, 1966. He waskept prisoner for 2,355 days. Nasmyth visited Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England,July 8, 2015, and shared his story with RAF Mildenhall Airmen.see POW, page 8
U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO/AIRMAN 1ST CLASS RYAN J. SONNIER
Senior Master Sgt. William Tortolano, StrollingStringsí violinist, performs for a crowd at theNational Museum of American History in Wash-ington, D.C., July 16, 2015. The U.S. Air ForceBandís Strolling Strings concert was part of themuseumís Star-Spangled American Music Series.
Strolling Strings entertains atMuseum of American History
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July 24Maryland Wine Week: Music in the Vineyard6:30-9:30 p.m.Romano Vineyard & Winery, 15715 Bald Eagle
School Road, BrandywineMaryland Wine Week is a celebration of Mary-
land wine, hard cider and mead produced by morethan 65 wineries throughout Maryland. An eve-ning of music, wine and barbecue at RomanoWin-ery, featuring the jazzy sounds of GrooveSpan andfood from of Lil Macks BBQ. Call 301-752-1103 orvisitwww.romanowinery.com.
July 25Glenn Dale Day2-4 p.m.Marietta House Museum, 5626 Bell Station
Road, Glenn DaleLive music, food and craft vendors, and try a
little wine from local wineries. Free. AdmissionCall 301-464-5291 or visit www.pgparks.com.
July 25Stolen Identity: The Story of Esau and JacobNoonEvangel Cathedral, 13901 Central Ave., Upper
MarlboroEvangel’s 2015 summer production. Tickets are
available on a first come first serve basis. Addi-tional performance at 4 p.m.. Free. Call 301-249-9400 or visit www.evangelcathedral.net.
July 26Swinging Summer Celebration6 p.m.Joe’s Movement Emporium, 3309 Bunker Hill
Road, Mount RainierSummer swing dance hosted by Joe’s and fea-
turing Gottaswing’s own Tom Koerner. A fabulousSunday evening at Joe’s. Meet the instructors andlearn some basics tonight. ($). Call 301-699-1819or visit www.joesmovement.org.
July 28International Champions Cup: Chelsea FC vs.
FC Barcelona8 p.m.Fed Ex Field, 1600 FedEx Way, LandoverThe International Champions Cup returns to
FedEx Field for a high-powered match betweenChelsea FC and FC Barcelona. Limited numbertickets still available. For tickets, visit www.inter-nationalchampionscup.com or www.ticketmaster.com.
Hot ticketsarnound town
OPM Cyber AttackThe Office of Personnel
Management in comingweeks will begin to sendnotification packages tosome 21.5 million individ-uals affected by a recentcyber incident involvingfederal background in-vestigation data. This in-cludes records of current,former and prospectivefederal employees andcontractors.
Types of informationinclude Social Securitynumbers; residency andeducational history; em-ployment history; infor-mation about family andbusiness acquaintances;health, criminal and fi-nancial history. Somerecords also include find-ings from interviews con-ducted by backgroundinvestigators and fin-
gerprints. OPM and theDefense Department areworking with a privatefirm specializing in creditand identity theft moni-toring to address poten-tial risks created by thisincident for at least threeyears, at no charge. AnOPM website — ww.opm.gov/cybersecurity — of-fers information regard-ing the incident. The sitewill be regularly updated.
Beneficiary UpdateYour life insurance
beneficiary is the personyou have designated toreceive your insuranceproceeds. It is importantto make sure your ben-eficiary information is upto date. This will make itmuch easier on your fam-ily members to file a claimand receive the benefit
quickly. You should reviewyour beneficiary informa-tion at least once a year tomake sure everything iscurrent. Even though youmay have the same ben-eficiary, they might havechanged addresses.
A regular beneficiaryreview each year willmake sure you capturethese changes. Certainevents such a marriage,birth or divorce should al-so trigger a review of yourbeneficiary information.
Change in RetiredPay
If you’re enrolled inthe Tricare Retiree Den-tal Program (TRDP),you may notice a changein your Oct. 1 payment.This change is the sched-uled annual adjustmentin monthly premiums as
established by the TRDPcontract. Specific infor-mation regarding theannual premium adjust-ment can be found onthe TRDP website, http://trdp.org. Enrollees in theEnhanced TRDP can usethe website’s PremiumSearch feature to findtheir new monthly pre-mium amount. You canalways review your Re-tiree Account Statementon myPay.
The Retiree ActivitiesOffice is open 10 a.m. to3 p.m., Monday throughFriday. Visit the office inBuilding 1604 at Califor-nia and Colorado Avenuesor call 301 981-2726. Callbefore your visit to ensurea volunteer is on duty.The RAO has a website atwww.andrews.af.mil.
Retiree Corner
BY MELANIE MOORE79TH MEDICAL WING
PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
On July 16, individu-als from the 79th MedicalWing were selected forpromotion to master ser-geant. Advancement tomaster sergeant is one ofthe most significant pro-motions within the enlist-ed Air Force. Congratula-tions to:
n Tech. Sgt. MillicentCavazos
n Tech. Sgt. NailahDillard
n Tech. Sgt. AndreaFranklin
n Tech. Sgt. DeborahGarcia
n Tech. Sgt. KimberlyGlover
n Tech. Sgt. MaishaGranda
n Tech. Sgt. ThomasKellner
n Tech. Sgt. RodrickMartin
n Tech. Sgt. MariaPaucar
n Tech. Sgt. MichaelRamsey
n Tech. Sgt. KaraShores
n Tech. Sgt. KimberlyTanner
n Tech. Sgt. LashennaWells
n Tech. Sgt. CatalinaCaldwell
Congratulations to the 79th MedicalWing Master Sergeant selectees
AF PHOTOS BY STAFF SGT. JILLIAN KOZUB
Colonel Robert Bowersox, 79th Medical Wing Commander and Chief Master Sgt.Michelle Thorsteinson-Richards, 79th Medical Wing Command Chief congratulatethe 779th Medical Group Master Sgt. Selectees at a party on Joint Base Andrews.
Colonel Robert Bowersox, 79th Medical Wing Commander and Chief Master Sgt.Michelle Thorsteinson-Richards, 79th Medical Wing Command Chief congratulatethe 779th Medical Group Master Sgt. Selectees at a party on Joint Base Andrews.
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The Security ForcesBlotter is intended tokeep members of theJoint Base AndrewsCommunity informedand aware of the crimesand offenses that oc-cur throughout thebase each week. If youhave any informationthat may help SecurityForces solve a crime orprevent a criminal act,please contact BDOC(Base Defense Opera-tions Center) at 301-981-2001, CRIME STOPLINE 981-2677 (COPS,or the investigationssection at 301-981-5656).
July 14, 1:40 p.m.:Security Forces respond-ed to a vehicle accident
involving a GovernmentOwned Vehicle. The op-erator made contactwith the gate resultingin damages consisting ofdents to the driver’s sidedoor and a cracked driv-er’s side window. Theindividual was chargedaccordingly.
July 16, 2:06 p.m.:Security Forces respond-ed to a shoplifting at theMain Exchange. An indi-vidual walked out of theMain Exchange withoutrendering payment forvarious items. The indi-vidual was apprehendedand charged accordingly.
July 17, 6:02 p.m.:At the Main Gate Secu-rity Forces stopped an
Security ForcesPolice Blotter
see POLICE, page 10
BY BOBBY JONESSTAFF PHOTOJOURNALIST
The East ChapterTuskegee Airmen Inc.(ECCTAI) had a goodshowing of members andfair weather for the 25thBenjamin O. Davis Jr.Golf Classic held at TheCourses at Andrews onJuly 17.Held in honor of Gen-
eral Davis, the first Afri-can-American general inthe Air Force, the flagshipchapter holds the annualfundraising event to sup-port its youth programs.According to golf com-
mittee chairman Clar-ence Smith, the chap-ter provides thousandsof dollars annually forscholarships to studentsin Prince George’s Coun-ty and the Youth and Avi-ation Program, which isgeared toward inspiringyouths toward careers inaviation and aerospace.“We actually give kids
flying hours toward solo-ing in airplanes, plus wetake them around to theSmithsonian and variousair fields,” said Smith, aformer ECCTAI presi-dent.“We also work with a
company called AvDyneAeroServices, in Glen
Burnie, where kids canlearn to be aircraft me-chanics. In fact, we havea couple of kids that gottheir licenses to work onairplanes,” said Smith. ““We’re trying to instill
the spirit of the Tuske-gee Airmen in them fromtheir past.” Smith saidthe East Coast Tuskegee
Chapter was first to or-ganize among the morethan 50 chapters aroundthe country. “We startedin 1972, and we’re thelargest chapter.”Approximately 120
players turned out forthe event. “We receivedstrong support from the
East Coast TuskegeeAirmen Chapter hostsgolf tournament
Jerome Hodge sinks a bogey at the seventh hole dur-ing the 25th Annual Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Golf Classicat The Courses at Andrews on July 17.
BY LESLIE C. SMITHSTAFF WRITER
Singer and songwrit-er Lahla-Hadiya usesmusic to help othersheal. This petite pow-erhouse wants to get amessage to people whenshe performs.A pastor’s daughter,
she used her gospelroots to form the basisof her current day musicwhich she describes asneo-soul, jazz and R&Bwith a gospel perspec-tive. “I believe singing
is my ministry. I try totake my experience inlife — learned lessons,love and relationships— and try to minister toother people, male andfemale.”One of nine children,
she discovered early onthe gift of music. Her fa-ther sang and her moth-er sang gospel with sev-eral groups, includingthe Richard SmallwoodSingers.“I think I came out
the womb singing — itwas almost if I didn’t
belt something out itwould’ve been ‘what iswrong with her?’”Hadiya mimicked
early on what she heardher mom sing. She actu-ally got her nicknameLahla from singingscales with her mom.“We would sing and I
would get stuck on that[La]. It was my favoritepart, and I would justkeep singing that partall around the house. Soshe started calling me
Music, melody,messageSinger, songwriter Lahla-Hadiyabuilds bridges through music
see GOLF, page 7
see SONG, page 9
BY LESLIEC. SMITHSTAFF WRITER
Project opportunitywas created in 2010 onthe Eastern shore whenJoe Giordano was seekingto create a program thatwould help veterans insearch of employment andwould provide an alterna-
tive to traditional employ-ment. The retired Armyveteran was looking to de-velop an answer to the highunemployment rate amongveterans in Maryland.“This year Maryland
had the highest veteranunemployment rate in thecountry. These guys andgirls are coming home and
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provides transitional em-ployment and vocationaltraining for recently sep-arated veterans.
The program consistsof a five-month long ses-sion where each vet istrained as a laboratorytechnician to work onfederal and private col-lections in a variety ofconditions — working onartifacts and archiving.They are then returnedto their original reposi-tory.
During the fivemonths, the participantsreceive pay while learn-ing new job skills in a“peer-to-peer veteran’senvironment.” Skills suchas data entry, photogra-phy and report writing,processing and curationof archeological collec-tions are learned andutilized to rehabilitatearcheological collectionsand records for long-termcuration and research.
Veterans are directedto the program from anumber of sources —friends, veteran organi-zations, schools.
The Alexandria Lab,the largest, is one of threelabs funded and directed
by the Army Corp of engi-neers. There are also labsin Augusta, Ga., and St.Louis.
Currently, 13 AirForce, Navy Army andMarine veterans are par-ticipating in the program.A total of 172 veteranshave or are participatingin the program, of whichan estimated 86 havegone on to employmentor future education.
The program does notrequire prior experiencein the archiving and ar-cheological arena but isdesigned more to giveveterans the opportunity
to hone skills they al-ready possess while look-ing for the career. Par-ticipants have a rangeof experiences and havedifferent plans.
Army veteran, medi-cally retired after fivetours in Iraq, Jackie Mud-diman is currently twoand a half months intothe program. Muddimanfound the project throughthe Army Wounded War-rior Organization.
“You’re able to dive in-to history. I love history— to be able to see a pieceand hold it in your hand.It gives you a better un-
derstanding, especiallywith the investigationsand compiling the data,”said Muddiman, a nativeVirginian.
Muddiman is eyeinga position in operationswith a local restaurant.Muddiman credits theprogram with sharpen-ing his current skills andamplifying them.
“I already had a largeamount of attention todetail, I didn’t think Icould have any more, butI was able to broadenand deepen that here.There is a great deal ofdetail that goes into ev-erything we do here — asfar as picking up an ar-tifact and writing about
it, to taking a documentand trying to referenceit with the report in theright order so that peoplethat come after us canmake sense of it. Thephoto piece — the level ofdetail that goes into it isimmense. So now it’s justsecond nature and any-thing I go into I’m goingto have this.”
Joshua Williamson,an Air Force veteran,made his way to the pro-gram after a professor atGeorge Mason referredhim. He shared what theprogram means to himbeyond employment.
“It means a lot to methat it’s only veterans —that the technicians areveterans. They are reallylooking out for veteransand have their best inter-est in mind. I think it’sreally great that they’revery flexible. They un-derstand that most of ushave appointments withthe VA — which can bea process sometimes —that maybe some otherplaces of employmentwon’t be as understand-ing when you need totake a half day off to waitat the VA. So that reallymeans a lot to me thatthey understand as a vet-eran that we have some
other obligations, hard-ships, that other peoplemight not have.”
Marine veteran Jo-seph Grier plans to usethe skills acquired in anentrepreneurial role. Gri-er’s plan is to own a jazzrestaurant. Grier plansto use the current digita-lization skills along withthe management andteamwork skills honed inthe program.
“It’s been a great expe-rience being around otherveterans. It creates a re-laxed environment for meto work,” Grier said.
“It’s also a motivation-al experience for me. Itsmeans a lot what they’vebrought out of me,” Griershared.
“It’s meant a lot be-cause it’s an opportunitythat most don’t realize isthere. I would like themto get the word out tomore veterans.” Griersaid that his hope is tofollow in VCP footstepsand create more jobs forveterans.
The program is man-aged through Cogstone-Berger, two culturalresource managementfirms. To find out moreabout the program orto apply, visit VeteransCurationProgram.org.
VCP, from page 1
PHOTOS BY LESLIE C. SMITH/ANDREWS GAZETTE
Marine veteran Joseph Grier says the Veterans CurationProgram motivated him and opened doors. He’s noweyeing the entrepreneurial arena beyond the program.
Air Force veteran JoshuaWilliamson says heappreciates the VeteransCuration Program’s flex-ibility in working with vet-erans’ unique needs.
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Guests of the National Museum of American History listen to the U.S. Air ForceBand’s Strolling Strings during a concert held in Washington, D.C., July 16, 2015.The Strolling Strings performance was part of the museum’s Star-SpangledAmerican Music Series.
STROLLING STRINGS ENTERTAINSAT NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY on projects.
After receiving addi-tional funding Giordanowas able to expand theprogram to offer courses inSouthern Maryland, AnneArundel County and How-ard County.
The Anne ArundelCountyprogram,fundedbycounty agencies, is aimedat veterans in HowardCounty and Anne ArundelCounty. Due to the fundingsources, participants mustbe a resident of one of thecounties or own and run abusiness in those counties.
Other courses havesome flexibility in eligibil-ity depending on the coursefunding.
Along with being a vet-eran, participants enteringthe programs must alreadyhave a solid concept ofwhat their business ven-ture is to be.
“We conduct a prettythorough screening andassessment. What we dois, when we have interestfor the course, we conducta two to two-and-half hourorientation session wherewe speak about the course.We talk about what I liketo call the good, the badand the ugly of entrepre-
neurship. After that, wefollow up a questionnairewith telephone calls.” Gior-dano and the team wantare seeking out candidateswhich would be seriouspursuers.
With veterans as courseinstructors, using Nx Levelcurriculum, a nationallyrecognized entrepreneur-ship training program, thecourse meets three hours aweek for a total of 30 hoursof classroom with approxi-mately 20 hours of out-side coursework required.“Time-wise, it’s prettymuch like taking a collegecourse,” Giordano said.
The main goal is to re-search and develop a viablebusiness plan. The classesare supplemented with ex-pert guess speakers. “Eachclass session we havesomeone come in to speak.We have a lawyer comein. We have a CPA comein also. We have commer-cial lenders come and talkabout financial statementsand funding for small busi-nesses as well as cash flowanalysis.”
There are two businessplan review sessions. Onesession looks at the mar-keting plan where market-ing experts spend 20-30minutes with each partici-pant giving feedback andinsight, and the same with
the finances, budgets andexpenditures part of themarketing plan.
Giordano’s advice forbudding “vetrepreneurs”is, “They really need to dotheir research and theirhomework and use thefree resources that areavailable.” The programhas speakers from the lo-cal Score Chapter and theSmall Business Develop-ment Center. Giordanosaid that persistence iskey, noting the partici-pants that follow up withthe speakers.
“Veterans have whatI consider the four mainqualities that you need tobe successful: they’re mo-tivated; they’re self-disci-plined; they know how tomulti-task; and they knowhow to problem solve.
There have been 144veterans taking the course,which has an 87-percentcompletion rate.
Giordano is lookingto bring the program toPrince George’s Countyand is currently acceptingapplications to be placed onthe waiting list.
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Children watch a 20-minute water safety video to the safety rules during a WaterDay Safety session at the Allentown Splash, Tennis and Fitness Park in TempleHills July 17.
1. Constantly su-pervise non-swim-mers.
2. Take swimminglessons. Lessons canstart as early as 6months.
3. Achieve a levelof water competency,which includes jump-ing in the water andrecovering safely,treading or floatingfor a minute, turningcompletely around,swimming 25 yardsand exiting the poolindependently.
4. Use personalflotation devices fornon swimmers.
5. Always swimat a facility with lifeguards.
6. Always swimwith a buddy.
7. Know your pool.Recognize where theshallow end and thedeep end of the poolis located. Knowwhere you are com-fortable navigating.
8. Know the poolrules before gettinginto the water.
9. Avoid breathholding games. Hold-ing your breath forlong periods of timewhile in or under wa-ter is dangerous.
10. Have fun inthe sun this summer.
— MarylandDepartment of Parks
and Recreation
10 tips forwater safety
BY BOBBY JONESSTAFF PHOTOJOURNALIST
The season is ripe forfun in the sun and oneway to cool off is to takea splash in your neighbor-hood pool. But first timeor novice swimmers needto learn how to swim andlearn the rules of watersafety.
During a recent WaterSafety Day session heldat the Allentown Splash,Tennis and Fitness Parkin Temple Hills, chil-dren ages 5 to 13 learnedthe importance of wa-ter safety and survivalskills through watchinga 20-minute safety skillsvideo and a 20-minutehands-on beginners watersafety class on July 15.
The class runs fourdays per week for a two-week period, where kidslearn to swim free style,butterfly and breaststroke and turn tech-niques.
“It was great,” saidMiracle Thomas, 12, re-ferring to the water safetyclass.
“I learned not to breakany glass at the pool be-cause you can hurt your-self,” said Thomas. “Ilearned to never, neverrun, because you mightfall on the slippery flooraround the pool. I learnedhow to float, too. I’m notas scared of swimmingnow, but I need some morepractice.”
Jackie Jones, grand-mother of Donovan, 5,noted, “I think it’s of greatvalue to teach the kidshow to be safe in the wa-ter. I have him scheduledto take the next class onAug. 3.”
Topaz Tucker servesas a life guard at Allen-town Splash Park has
been a Red Cross-certi-fied water safety instruc-tor for 9 years. She saidthat besides basic swim-ming techniques, “I teach[swimmers] how to rollover, front to back andvice versa. This techniquewill help them in casethey get tired they canroll over on their back andperform what we call asurvival float. It will keepthem stable in the water,without panicking untilthey get close to safety.”
“We just teach themgenerally how to swim,depending on what levelthey’re in. I think thatmost times, when they’reafraid of the water, it’skind of difficult to getthem comfortable inswimming. But in duetime, they do get used toit. We start them out withjust bobbing and gettingused to the water.
“The instructors alsouse life buoys and otherflotation devices to edu-cate a child about it use tosave someone else’s life bytossing it to them duringthe water safety sessionsin the pool,” Tucker said.
There are numerouspool facilities throughoutPrince George’s Countyfor children and adultsalike to have fun safelyand cool off from thehot temperatures. Formore information visitpgparks.com/Things_To_Do/Sports/Aquatics.htm.
The Maryland Nation-al Parks and PlanningCommission Parks andRecreation have specificsafety rules in place to en-sure you have a fun andsafe summer.
Have a fun, safe time at the pool
players in the local com-munity.”
Jerry Burton, cur-rent ECCTAI president,stationed himself at theninth hole of the courseto congratulate anyonelucky enough to get ahole-in-one and win the$5,000 prize donatedby the Andrews FederalCredit Union. “
“The money raisedwill benefit our flightschool of young kids 15to 19 years of age,” saidBurton. “We try to getthem all the way to theirsolo flight of 15 hoursand some kids get all
the way to their privatepilot’s license. In fact,we just had one youngperson get their pilot’slicense this past Satur-day,” said Burton.
“We give $1,000scholarships everyyear, which we averageabout 12 scholarships ayear, which amounts to$12,000 going directlyfor grants and scholar-ships to graduating se-niors in the Maryland,D.C. and Virginia areas.Most of the kids comefrom Prince George’sCounty, which is by vir-tue of our proximity inMaryland,” said Burton.
“We’re here to enjoythe weather, but we’re
also here to get morepeople involved in thechapter,” Burton said.
The winners were:1st place, Robert Bul-lett, Ezekiel Pinkney,Cliff Daniels, WillieDiggs; 2nd place, Rod-ney Moore, MichaelScott, Morris Wallace,John Jetter; 3rd place,Steven Muller, ScottBishop, Harry Alaxan-der; men’s long drive,Matthew Tippy; women’slong drive,Vicki Smith;men’s closest to the pin,Barrington Jackson; andwomen’s closest to thepin, Sue Hood.
Andrews Feder-al Credit Union, TheLodge, Bullett Consult-ing, Lockheed Martin,Dr. Tracy O. Garrett,AvDyne Aero Services,LLC, Booz Allen Ham-ilton, Omni Systems,Theodore Wade & Co.Inc., Jet Blue, FinniansDesign, Leidos, MGMGrand National Harbor,The Law Firm of GabrielJ. Christian & AssociatesLLC, Shoppers, and Mr.& Mrs. James Love madethe event possible.
Clarence ‘CD’ Smith, golf committee chairman,gives welcoming remarks to more than 120 playersprior to a ‘shot gun’ start of the 25th Annual Ben-jamin O. Davis Jr. Golf Classic at The Courses atAndrews on July 17.
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“Hey, Spike — here comesanother...”
Direct hitAs the missile struck,
the first thing in Nas-myth’s mind was disbe-lief.“As with all good
fighter pilots, I thought Iwas invincible,” said the74-year-old Vietnam vet-eran and former prisonerof war during a visit toRoyal Air Force Milden-hall July 8. “I couldn’tbelieve that they’d gotme. But then, as I real-ized I was falling towardthe ground at an appall-ing rate, I said to myself,‘Eject or die, Spike!’ Itlooked like a movie — Iwas tumbling toward theground and it just lookedlike it was spiraling to-ward me at a hell of arate. That’s what mademe eject.”In 1966, Nasmyth was
assigned to the 555thFighter Squadron, 8thTactical Fighter Wing,at Ubon Air Force Base,Thailand, where he flewcombat missions in sup-port of the Vietnam War.
Crash landingAfter what seemed like
an eternity, his parachuteopened and brought himdown to Earth, some-where north of Hanoi.Struggling to free himselffrom his canopy harness,Nasmyth realized he’dbeen injured during theejection. A shard of met-al had gouged throughhis arm and gone in justbelow the elbow, out theother side and straightinto his leg.“It was just like a piece
of red, raw meat wascoming out of my rightarm,” said Nasmyth, ashe showed off his fore-arm and the scars he stillbears today.Once on the ground,
he was immediately sur-rounded by the NorthVietnamese, some ofwhom started to beat himbefore hauling him awayto collect their bounty.They took him to the in-famous Hanoi Hilton —the first of several prisoncamps which would be-come his “home” for thenext 2,355 days.
Unbreakable spiritNasmyth was sub-
jected to constant tortureand near starvation dur-ing the first three years.The guards would findany reason to humiliatehim and try to break hisspirit. Refusing to ac-knowledge that Nasmythwas a prisoner of war,they referred to him as awar criminal, and, as faras they were concerned,the Geneva Conventiondidn’t apply to war crimi-nals.After several months
of solitary confinement,he was allowed to mixwith the other “Ameri-can air pirates,” as theywere called by theircaptors. Together, theprisoners were held ina camp known as “the
Zoo.”
Sunny side of lifeBeing reintegrated in-
to the general populationof the camp brought newchallenges for Nasmyth.Primarily, this meantgetting along with oth-ers and sharing a cell.An antagonistic relation-ship between cellmatescould make long days andmonths even worse.“I only had one I con-
sidered killing,” saidNasmyth, in a tongue-in-cheek way. “Luckily, Ihad great cellmates. Mybest one ever was a guynamed Jim Piere, fromBessemer, Alabama.Nothing got him down,everything was a joke.I was with him for sixmonths, and we laughedthe entire time.”Nasmyth’s positive
outlook is what he saidgot him through darktimes where others wouldhave given up.“I’m a perpetual op-
timist and always havebeen,” Nasmyth said. “Ialways see the light atthe end of the tunnel.Most fighter pilots areoptimists, because flying
a fighter plane is damndangerous. It’s nothingbut a little tube full offuel and bombs. So youdon’t get worried aboutthings going ‘boom.’“Most fighter pilots
figured they’d surviveand get out — most ofus did,” he continued.“The optimists survived,the pessimists died. Ev-ery guy I know who diedwas a pessimist. If youlook at the dark side andthink you’re probablynot going to make it, youdon’t.”
‘Remember, no ‘k’’The prisoners learned
to communicate in theform of tapping on thewalls and quickly passedmessages around thecamp in this manner. Anentire communicationsnetwork was built upon“the tap code.”When he first en-
tered the camp in soli-tary confinement, Spikehad heard the tapping,but had no clue as towhat it was. His fellowAmericans taught himthe secret code: “The al-phabet has 25 letters, no‘k’. Five lines of five let-ters, the first tap is forthe line. The second tapis the letter in the line.Remember, no ‘k;’ use ‘c’for ‘k.’“I had nothing but
time on my hands, soI practiced,” he said. “Icould do it so well andwould send messages fastand receive them first. Itkept me busy and in theknow.”The code helped keep
the POWs safe and sane,and enabled them toshare which lies theywould tell their tortur-ers. If they all said thesame thing, then therewas more chance of beingbelieved.All the while, the pris-
oners were on the look-out for the Vietnameseguards. If caught com-municating, they weresubjected to severe pun-ishment. One prisonerwould be down on his
hands and knees lookingthrough the gap underthe door, keeping watchfor the boots of their cap-tors.“I don’t think they
ever figured out the ex-tent of our communica-tions,” said Nasmyth,as he laughed. “They’dhave probably just cutour heads off. They justdidn’t have a dream thatwe were as clever as wewere. We could get amessage through the 14cells in the Zoo in threedays. Even though it wascaveman-primitive howwe did it, we did it prettycleverly.”
Free at lastAs B-52 Stratofor-
tresses attacked Hanoiduring Operation Line-backer II from Dec. 18-29,1972, Nasmyth recalledhow the men at the Zooendured a very violenttwo weeks that ended asquickly as they had be-gun.“Then everything
stopped. The Paris peacetalks were happeningand after we bombed Ha-noi, the Vietnamese de-cided they’d had enoughof that, so they signed theParis Peace Accords Jan.3, 1973,” he said.One of the stipulations
of the accord was that ithad to be read to all theprisoners, so they weremarched outside the Ha-noi Hilton, where some-one read the whole thingto them -- in Vietnamese.“None of us under-
stood two words of it andit took them about anhour to read,” he recalled,adding that an interpret-er eventually read it inEnglish.Approximately 300
men were released. Formost, this was the firstchance they’d had to seeeach other. Inside theprison, they’d never beenallowed to all be together.“My big worry the
whole time was that I’dwake up from a dream.Even the day I was re-leased, I kept poking my-
self, saying ‘don’t wakeup, man.’” Nasmyth said.“When I was on thatAmerican plane — aC-141 Starlifter — andflew out of there, I wasstill thinking it was adream. But it wasn’t.”
From past topresentAs the Vietnam vet-
eran arrived at RAFMildenhall on his wayto talk to Airmen July 8,he saw KC-135 Strato-tankers lined up on theflightline and reminiscedabout the memories theybrought back.A KC-135 was the last
aircraft he saw beforegetting hit by the mis-sile. It had just refueledhis F-4, and he was full ofpraise for them.“It was exhilarating
and amazing to see them(on RAF Mildenhall). Ithought, ‘my God — howold are they?’” Nasmythsaid.“We loved the tankers,
because they saved ourbacon,” he recalled. “Theywould deviate (from theirroute) and come north toget us if we were reallyshort on fuel. They didit regularly, and I’m sureit was against orders,but they just did it. Theywere good guys.”Hearing war stories
from the past aids inkeeping history alive andcan help give Airmen oftoday a clearer pictureof the struggles of thosewho served before them.“Heritage is important
to the 100th Air Refuel-ing Wing and it should befor every Airman,” saidCol. Thomas D. Torkel-son, the 100th ARW com-mander. “To hear such in-credible stories of serviceand sacrifice from a truehero of the Vietnam era isan amazing honor. SpikeNasmyth and his fellowPOWs are an inspirationthat motivates each of usto give a little more everyday.”
U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO BY GINA RANDALL/RELEASED
U.S. Air Force retired Maj. Spike Nasmyth, speakswith Team Mildenhall during a lunch July 8, 2015, inthe Galaxy Club on RAF Mildenhall, England. Nas-myth spoke about how prisoners of war communi-cated with one another in the camp by tapping mes-sages on the walls. He was a POW for more than sixyears.
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Col. Bradley Hoagland, Joint Base Andrews/11th Wing commander, and ChiefMaster Sgt. Vance Kondon, 11th WG command chief, pose for a photo with the89th Airlift Wing mascot, SAMFOX, at the Bowie Baysox baseball game at Bowie,Md., on July 17. Military members were invited to participate in pre-game events inhonor of military appreciation night.
Military appreciationnight at Bowie BaysoxTeam Andrews members participate inpre-game events for the Bowie Baysoxbaseball game in Bowie, July 17.
that.”Her eureka mo-
ment — that singingwas what she was bornto do — arrived in el-ementary school, whereshe participated in theplays that were mostlymusicals. “I was alwaysplaced in the positionto exercise what was inme. From there I beganto love it rather thanjust ‘everyone in myfamily sings so I’m go-ing to sing.’”Her song writing
sprung forth from thepoetry she had indulgedin all along. “I realizedit could go hand andhand when I startedlooking at my poetryand realized I could putit to a melody and grewfrom there.”Hadiya recognizes
that pursuing a lovecan have its challengesespecially while rais-ing five kids, ranging inages 4 to 11, with herhusband.“I’m a mommy first. I
stop everything for mychildren, and, for me, Ithink that is what cre-ates the balance of mebe in able to do the mu-sic. I take care of my re-sponsibilities that Godgave me first.“I put a lot into be-
ing a mother and a lotof time when ‘I’m giv-ing lessons to my chil-dren — when they’re introuble or just trying toteach them — I create
a song. It just comes tome.”Later her music con-
tinued to be a familyaffair as it was musicthat brought her toher husband — meet-ing in church. He is abass player with thepraise team and is nowher producer and bandmate.“We always, as
friends, worked on mu-
sic. We communicatedmusically before the ro-mance,” Hadiya shared.“It’s always a livingbreathing part of ourrelationship. We alwaysconnected musically.”“I think sometimes
when I get mad I sing it.Even when he says I’mnagging, I start singingand the next thing heis creating a beat andasking, ‘Wait a minutewhat did you just say?’We’re just always creat-ing,” she laughed.It is that use of mu-
sic to understand andbridge that Hadiyawants to continue toshare.“You can’t live long
enough to experienceeverything. A lot ofwhat you learn comesfrom the experiences ofothers. Because somepeople, when they aregoing through some-thing, they feel likethey are the only onethat has ever gonethrough this — ever.It’s a relief to know thatyou are not the only oneand it is a relief to knowthe possibility of seeingthat light at the endof the tunnel. If I feelI can be that hope forsomebody then I fulfillmy purpose.”“If one person takes
away something thatmakes them feel blessedand makes them feelthey have a purpose,then I’m good,” Hadiyasaid. “It can be a roomfull of people and if itis just one person thenI feel I fulfilled my pur-pose.”She can be seen
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our nation,” said Gen. PaulJ. Selva, the nominee forvice chairman to the JointChiefs. “We are increasing-ly at risk in space, acrossthe networks of cyberspaceand face competitors whoare fielding increasinglysophisticated, convention-al and nuclear arsenals.”
During the course ofthe hearing, the generalstestified of threats to theU.S., such as Russia, Chi-na, Iran and North Korea.Cybersecurity was not leftout of the equation.
“There is always thatthreat adversarial na-tions can shut down ournation, and as we go for-ward, the threat only getsworse,” said Gen. DarrenW. McDew, the nomineefor USTRANSCOM com-mander. “Our ability todeal with it must evolveand we have to find waysto do better going forward.”
With discussions of thethreats from outside theU.S., Selva testified to thethreat on the homefront ...sequestration.
“Sequestration pres-ents a direct threat to themorale of our Soldiers,Sailors, Airmen and Ma-rines,” said Selva, the cur-rent USTRANSCOM com-
mander. “We deserve thebest maintained and bestequipment available tofight the threats that facethis nation.”
Sequestration has im-pacts on readiness, theability to maintain a forceand the ability to sustainthe morale of the men andwomen who have commit-ted to defending the free-dom and liberty aroundthe world, Selva continued.
“Our Soldiers, Sail-ors, Airmen, Marines andCoast Guardsmen trulyare the heart and soul ofour competitive advan-tage and they are far moreeffective when the fullweight of our country’spower is working in uni-son,” Selva said. “If con-firmed, I look forward tobeing an advocate for thosemen and women who wearthe uniform of our nationand their civilian counter-parts in our department.”
McDew listed readinessas the number one prior-ity for the USTRANSCOMenterprise in his writtentestimony.
“If confirmed, I will con-tinue the focus on preserv-ing readiness and align-ing resources for missionsuccess and to further en-hance USTRANSCOMS’soperational resiliency,”
McDew stated. “US-TRANSCOM has madegreat strides in improvingeconomies and efficiencies.I will continue this workby managing readiness,cost, and time variablesto deliver effective and ef-ficient deployment anddistribution solutions com-mensurate with assignedauthorities and availableresources.”
As the hearing contin-ued, the generals discussedopening up more dialoguewith senior military lead-ers across the globe on sui-cide rates and the stigmaput on mental health.
“I think the greatestlesson I carry forward intoany job is the dedication ofour Soldiers, Sailors, Air-men, Marines and CoastGuardsmen and all of theircivilian counterparts, bothin and out of government,to get the job done,” Selvasaid. “They depend on usfor sound leadership andfor advocacy. What I will(bring) into the positionas vice chairman, if con-firmed, is that undying ob-ligation to be an advocatefor (servicemen and wom-en) who lay their lives onthe line for us every day.”
U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO/SENIOR AIRMAN HAILEY HAUX
Gen. Paul J. Selva, the nominee for vice chairman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, andGen. Darren W. McDew, the nominee for U.S. Transportation Command commander,sit before Congress to testify for their future positions during their nomination hear-ing July 14, 2015. The generals testified of threats to the U.S. Issues such as suicide,readiness, sequestration and mental health were also brought up during the hearing.
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July 17, 6:04 p.m.:Security Forces respond-ed to a shoplifting at theMain Exchange. An indi-vidual walked out of theMain Exchange without
rendering payment forvarious items. The indi-vidual was apprehendedand charged accordingly.
July 18, 11:26 p.m.:Security Forces respond-ed to a vehicle parked ina designated parkingspot at the PresidentialInn. The vehicle wasmoved and cited accord-ingly.
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There has been anincrease of personnelattempting to shoplift.Any person attempt-ing to shoplift will becaught and will losetheir AAFES privileges.
