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Vol. 34, Issue 4 Fleet Readiness Center East, MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina September/October 2013Department of Defense Vertical Lift Center of Excellence
F-35B debutpage 3
Commanding OfficerCol. Blayne H. Spratlin, USMCExecutive OfficerCol. Vincent E. Clark, USMCEditor Dave Marriott
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FRONT COVER: Deputy Commandant for Aviation Lt. Gen. Robert E. Schmi-dle Jr., addresses the audience at the induction of FRC East’s first F-35B Lightning II. Pilot and crewchief names have been intentionally blurred as per FRC East Security director. See page 3. (Photo by Dave Marriott)
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Commanding OfficerCol. Blayne H. Spratlin
The new fiscal year is here and as all of you know a lot of uncer-tainty has come along with it.
As we move into this next fiscal year, I wanted to share with you the results from FY13. Congress has finally passed a con-tinuing resolution which only postpones putting together an FY14 budget. I also wanted to tell you everything I know about the current FY and our pending workload at this point.
Fiscal Year 13 saw us do very well over-all in our four “pillars,” or focus areas, of safety, quality, throughput, and cost. In safety, we saw a reduction in recordable injuries from 77 to 69 from FY12 to FY13. There were also reductions across the board in all areas related to missed work days and Federal Employee Compensation Act costs. This is a reflection of everyone’s hard work and efforts related to safety and our continued Voluntary Protection Pro-gram journey.
All of you continue to turn out a great quality of work for the warfighter. We reduced the costs of poor quality from ap-proximately $3.5 million in FY12 to $2 million in FY13 while performing over 3.1 million hours of work. I have asked you to work on these aircraft, engines, and com-ponents like it were one of your own fam-ily members flying those aircraft, and you have done that.
Our throughput goal for aircraft is a 90 percent completion rate within seven days of the promised day of delivery. In June before furlough hit, we had achieved a 68 percent on time completion rate, which was quite good and climbing. It is an area we were able to point to and say we were pro-viding good support to the warfighter and
were trying to make it even better. But un-fortunately the furlough days hit our pro-duction hard, and until we push the current aircraft through, our on-time delivery rates will not go back up.
On cost, we still have some work to do to get our indirect costs down to the lev-els we need to, which will then allow us to charge less for our direct labor rates. We need to continue to try to keep our rates competitive so we remain a relevant option to the warfighter.
As for our current FY, there are still more questions than answers. We still ex-pect to perform approximately 3 million hours of work this year between aircraft, engines, components and the ISSC (engi-neering, logistics, program management, and the fleet support teams). During the last week of October we expect to get the specific numbers of each aircraft that we’ll be performing PMIs on, and as we get that data, we’ll publish it. The F-35 work is
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Commanding Officer
S tanding room only was the best way to describe the ceremony in Hanger 1 early July 15, as Fleet
Readiness Center East celebrated the induc-tion of its first F-35B Lightning II aircraft, better known as the Joint Strike Fighter.
In addition to attracting hundreds of FRC East artisans, engineers, and logisti-cians, the event also drew the attendance of Deputy Commandant for Aviation Lt. Gen. Robert E. Schmidle Jr., U.S. Senator Kay Hagan, Acting Commander Fleet Readi-ness Centers Dennis West, and dignitaries from Boeing, DoD, and Naval Air Systems Command.
"This is a historic day for Fleet Readi-ness Center East as we induct the first of America's next generation aircraft, the F-35B," West said. "A little more than a 100 years ago, less than 200 miles away, the Wright brothers were taking their first flights at Kitty Hawk – who could ever have imagined an aircraft such as this?"
Like the AV-8B Harrier, the F-35B has a short takeoff/vertical landing capability. Unlike the AV-8B, the F-35B is also su-personic and has a radar-evading stealth capability – no other STOVL aircraft in the world can make that claim. The F-35B will eventually replace all the Marine Corps'
fixed-winged tactical aircraft, including the F/A-18 Hornet, the EA-6B Prowler, and the Harrier.
The Lightning II could be around nearly 50 years, keeping the next two generations of FRC East artisans busy.
The depot is currently performing aux-iliary air inlet door modifications, which require some structural work and changing actuators. Each aircraft takes six to eight weeks to complete. The next modifica-tion, according to F-35/FA-18 Integrated Product Team Military Deputy Maj. Den-nis Bard, "is a little more intensive and could take up to six months to perform."
"We're also planning to begin a series of Structural Life Limited Part upgrades, which extend the life of several other com-ponents later this year," West said.
FRC East can currently accommodate a single F-35B, but by mid-year 2014 it plans to have all six repair stalls operational.
"Fifteen aircraft will be brought here over the next three years for this (air inlet door) modification, and we'll send teams to modify 19 more out in the Fleet," West said. "It will bring in $4.5 million in busi-ness to FRC East.
"In the future, you'll see more F-35Bs (here), as this is the place where Marine
aviation will be sending the aircraft for modification, maintenance, or repair, and when the time comes, overhaul."
FRC East completed its first F-35B Oct. 2. The second Lightning II was inducted the next day.
Depot inducts first F-35BDefense Department
LengthSpeedWingspanMax g-ratingCombat Radius (Internal fuel)Range (internal fuel)Internal fuelWeapons payloadPropulsionThrust: Maximum (with afterburner) Military Power (without afterburner) Vertical (without afterburner)
51.2 ftMach 1.6
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>900 nautical mi
13,500 lb15,000 lb
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38,000 lb
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The 2013 National POW/MIA Rec-ognition Day poster honors those still missing from our nation’s past wars and conflicts and those who made the ulti-mate sacrifice and whose remains have not yet been recovered and returned home.
The poster depicts the Missing Man Table, with special significance to each item displayed.
● Set for four, the missing personnel from the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force are represented at the table.
● The round table shows everlasting con-cern. The table cloth is white symbolizing the pu-rity of the servicemen’s motives when answering the call to duty.
● A single red rose is displayed in a vase as a reminder of the life of each of the missing and their loved ones and friends who keep the faith while seeking answers.
● The vase is tied with a red ribbon symbol-izing the continued determination to account for them.
● A slice of lemon is a reminder of the bitter fate of those captured and missing in a foreign land.
● The salt symbolizes the tears shed by those missing and their families who long for an-swers to end years of uncertainty.
● The lighted candle reflects hope for their return to their families and our nation.
● The inverted glass symbolizes the service-men’s inability to share an evening toast.
● The chairs are empty; they are missing.
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cost of tools required to maintain compos-ite backshells.
Mann said it took him about a year to develop his ergonomic, recoiless, bucking bar system for installing rivets. He said he used personal experience and input from fellow artisans to come up with the design. He said some of artisans "buck hundreds of rivets each day" which can wreak havoc on their hands.
"What the tool does is absorb the vibra-tion from the air hammer before it gets to your hands," Mann explained. "It allevi-ates shock vibration, and should eliminate a lot of the carpal tunnel and rigid finger cases artisans are experiencing."
Mann pulled from his 19 years of expe-rience manufacturing recoiless guns and howitzers at Army Ordnance Watervliet Arsenal in Watervliet, N.Y., to develop the recoiless bucking bar tool. He said he basically took the bucking bar that already existed and added a spring.
"It's a simple tool," Mann said. "I can't believe nobody had the idea before."
Neither tool is being marketed yet, but both tools have potential for commercial uses. Mann said his recoiless bucking bar system would benefit people doing civilian aircraft rework, manufacturing cars, trail-ers, or "anywhere where they buck rivets."
Once the patents are issued, Capps
Two Fleet Readiness Center East employ-ees were honored at
the Naval Air Warfare Center – Aircraft Division on Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Aug. 29.
Machinist Thomas E. Mann and Electronics Technician Daniel R. Capps received Tech-nical Achievement awards from NAWCAD Executive Director Gary Kessler for tool designs. Both tools are currently in a "pending patent" status at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Capps said he invested about 32 hours taking his slideably adjustable locking pli-ers from initial concept to first drawing. The tool combines the flexibility and look of channel lock pliers with adjustable half-hex jaws. It has nine positions that fit the hex coupling composite backshells used on V-22 wiring harnesses, and can also be used to loosen or tighten the hex nuts on aircraft hydraulic lines and tubes or any other hex head or hex-shaped part.
"Composite backshells aren't as robust as their metal counterparts and damage easily if not handled properly," Capps said. "Regular tools apply pressure only to two sides of a backshell, which can crack a composite coupling. The adjustable lock-ing pliers apply pressure evenly to several sides."
On the V-22, one pair of slideably ad-justable locking pliers can do the same job as a kit of nine wrenches. Capps said this will reduce the number, footprint and the
Electronics Technician Daniel Capps accepts a Techni-cal Achievement Award from NAWCAD Executive Direc-tor Gary Kessler, Aug. 29.
Machinist Thomas Mann (left) accepts a Technical Achievement Award from NAWCAD Executive Direc-tor Gary Kessler, Aug. 29.
Designs earn two awards
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In the two decades Jeff Nelson has been walking the aisles here at Fleet Readiness Center East, he's
gone from tool and parts attendant to air-craft production manager, with five stops in between. He credits his family and some God-given talents and skills – organization, creativity, determination, and interper-sonal effectiveness – for most of his suc-cesses, but does confide he may not have progressed as far or as fast if it wasn't for mentoring.
"My first mentor here was a peer men-tor who got me involved in educational op-portunities," Nelson said. "He planted the seed in my head that I needed to get edu-cated. He made me realize it could be done and I could do it, because he was doing it and showing me how. Since then, I've had many mentors who have helped me along in my career."
Nelson said he currently has mentors at FRC East and other locations, and tries to stay in contact with them all.
"Mentors have different strengths and weaknesses – it's important to keep in touch with each one," he said. "I still meet and talk with my mentors today. An example is a recurring phone call I have scheduled with a mentor at Pax River."
Like many mentees, Nelson is also a mentor – to four people at the time of this interview – and has some strong views on what characteristics make a good mentor. He said a good mentor is someone people respect, seek out, and want to spend time with. A good mentor is accessible, open, honest, and good humored – someone who is able to laugh out loud, laugh at them-selves, and who is willing to share their own follies. Good mentors know their strengths and weaknesses, lead by example, and are positive – all the time. Nelson said mentor-ing has no room for cynics or pessimists.
"A big piece of being a successful, men-tor is always being accessible," Nelson said. "A good mentor needs to make his or her mentees feel welcome – because if you don't, they won't be back. You also need to be a good listener who is capable of provid-ing feedback and recognition.
"Everybody needs and wants feedback and recognition. They say three billion people go to bed hungry each night. Three point five billion go to bed each night hun-gry for recognition or acknowledgement. Even old dogs need their heads rubbed once in a while."
Another char-acteristic of a good mentor, according to Nelson, is keep-ing and sharing all types of infor-mation, and "pro-viding folks with career enhancing information they may not even know exists." But, he warns, a mentor shouldn't force his or her personal or professional views on their mentees.
"I let people know this is what I'm sharing with you because I think it's important," Nelson said. "But I also let them know I'm not forcing anything on them. They are free to agree or disagree with it. If it's something they think they can use, great, if not, they can put it in the recycle bin. A mentor is the coach, but he doesn't know everything. As has been said, if you think you're the smartest guy in the meeting, you need to invite more people."
Nelson said there are three characteris-tics he looks for in employees, especially his mentees.
"People need to have the right attitude, a good work ethic, and have initiative," he said. "People with these three character-istics can be taught – these characteristics will really help bring people along. I have no use for folks with bad attitudes, because a bad attitude just can't be fixed."
A good mentor-mentee relationship is reciprocal according to Nelson.
"Mentors also learn from mentees, it goes both ways," he explained. "Each per-
son brings a different perspective, a differ-ent set of skills, and a different set of expe-riences into the relationship. Both parties contribute." He said mentees have respon-sibilities in the relationship as well.
"Mentees need to be up front with men-
tors and tell them exactly what they are ex-pecting to gain from the relationship. They also need to be honest with themselves, about themselves. If they can't be, there will be never be any value in the relation-ship, it won't matter what the mentor says or does."
Nelson encourages everyone to at least consider finding a mentor, and said many people don't realize all of us have been mentored throughout our lives.
"Almost everything you've learned, al-most everything you know, almost every thought you have, almost everything that developed you into what you are today, is the result of someone's – a mentor's – influ-ence," he said. "Everyone can benefit from having a mentor. You just have to know where you're at in life, where you're at in work, and what you want to improve, to find the right one. Too often people walk right past what they need."
Aircraft Production Manager Jeff Nelson talks with a prospective men-tee during an Fleet Readiness Center East speed mentoring event re-cently. (Photo by David Hooks)
Mentoring is for everyone
After the highly successful speed mentoring events in
March and June, there has been great demand by mentees and senior mentors alike, for addi-tional events. In response, Code 7.3.3 has planned speed mentor-
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SHOP TALK
First blade sold
The Blade Shop sold their first V-22 Osprey blade, recently. Team members included (front row, left to right) Supervisor Doug Ford, Aircraft Mechanical Parts Repairer Jessi-ca Broadway, Aircraft Mechanical Parts Repairer Danny Millis, Mechanical Engineering Technician Jerry Tetreault, and (back row) Aerospace Engineer Aaron Eldal, Aircraft Me-chanical Parts Repairer James Murry, Machinist Frank Grady, and Machinist Sam Poss.
David Hooks
Application Area BRAVO met its Gold milestone July 1, inching
Fleet Readiness Center East ever closer to achieving Vol-untary Protection Program Star Status.
AA Foxtrot and Golf grabbed Gold earlier this year, but BRAVO is the first mixed area
– office and productions spaces – to earn the honor. Foxtrot and Golf are entirely administrative spaces, while 72 percent of BRAVO’s spaces are production or a pro-duction-office mix.
According to Eric Jones, BRAVO Com-munication Team lead, this mixture pre-
sented some difficulties, such as “getting everyone on board.”
“Production people have dangerous jobs, and getting their buy-in seemed much easier than getting office people, who have less danger in their jobs,” he said. “Another challenge was having different 5S and PPE (personal protective equipment) require-ments across the 11 safe sites.”
It took BRAVO 17 months to advance to Gold, but Jones said that was because some safe sites had to be reassessed.
“There wasn’t a common discrepancy,” Jones said. “The discrepancies were most-ly minor things which were easily fixed.
The primary focus for these areas during reassessments was 5S issues.”
Sustainment and posturing to meet the command’s VPP initiative is BRAVO’s current plan.
“This will include continual monitoring of +1 and 5S scores, and a continued focus on safety enhancements by the BRAVO Safety Network Team and the BRAVO Communications Team,” said Corporate Communication Head and BRAVO Ap-plication Area Champion Melissa Drum-mond. “I will also be walking around and encouraging more employee involvement as the Commands moves toward its Star Status.
“I’d like to thank all those who put time and effort into this entire Gold effort, and who are already passionate about sustain-ing this remarkable achievement,” she added.
BRAVO teammates who stood out in the quest for Gold included Gold Project Lead Nancy Manning-Moore; the B4/Tool Room 5S effort led by Bridget Wilkins, Steve Adinolfi and the Tool Room team; Pattie Davis-Hanson in B2; the entire H-53 hangar and their high +1 and 5S scores dur-ing the relocation from Hangar 1/Alpha to Hangar 3/BRAVO; the Heavy Metal team implementation; the JHA team implemen-tation; the Gold Tiger teams; and Patti Gar-rison for the benchmarking of the Super-visory Safety Training, which has spread from BRAVO throughout the entire com-mand. More to come in next newsletter.
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ing events for October, November, into the new calender year.
Comments by prior mentor participants:
After serving as a senior mentor in the speed mentoring event, Bill Owens, tech-nical directives logistics lead, offered, “It was good to talk to so many individuals who have a desire to better themselves and support the fleet.” And Tim Quinn from Logistics Management Integration Depart-ment said, “Great event! Let’s do this more often and cast as wide a net as possible!”
Prior mentee participants were very pleased to have received excellent career advice while talking with several senior leaders for only a few minutes each. Martha Wilson shared, “This has provided invalu-able insight into the different departments and how my skills need to be enhanced to provide the foundation to develop a career and move myself forward. The beauty of the program is that it is not broken down into technical and non-technical. The in-sights I’ve received have been surprising and practical. Wow, I didn’t expect that!”
If you would like an opportunity to ask career advice of several FRC East senior leaders, please contact Dwayne Oglesby at 464-9282 (or [email protected]) to reserve a seat for one of the four upcom-ing speed mentoring sessions. You will also need to attend a one-hour meeting the day before your scheduled event to review the procedures and discuss possible questions you might ask of senior leaders.
If you are an FRC East manager and would like to participate as a mentor for one or more of the four sessions, please contact Dwayne Oglesby at 464-9282.
Bastion engines back to fight
A rtisans in the F402 Aircraft Engine Shop and employees from supporting competen-
cies completed repairs on two Harrier engines damaged in the 2012 insurgent assault on Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, recently. The engines arrived at FRC East just months after the attack.
The attack left two Marines dead, nine coalition soldiers injured, six Harriers de-stroyed, and two Harriers so heavily dam-aged they may become hanger queens.
The Marines killed during the battle were LtCol. Chris “Otis” Raible from Marine Attack Squadron 211 and Sgt. Bradley Atwell from Marine Aircraft Lo-gistics Squadron 13. The aircraft were all from VMA-211.
“These were the only two engines we were able to salvage and fix,” said F402 Aircraft Engine Shop Supervisor Chris Day. “The rest of the engines and air-frames were damaged beyond repair.”
Artisans replaced a number of parts and
Artisans from the F402 Aircraft Engine Shop and employees from each competency in the F402 community -- Evaluation and Examination, Quality Assurance, Production Control, Engineering and the Industrial Production Team lead -- with the two battle-damaged en-gines they recently finished repairing. Both engines are from Harriers destroyed during the attack on Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, in September 2012. (Photo by Dave Marriott)
components in the engines, but Day said the most severe damage was to the low pressure compressor blades and vanes, which were “riddled with bullets.”
“Although the frames and structures for these aircraft didn’t make it, they did protect the engines somewhat,” he ex-plained. “The primary damage was to the front of the engines near the air intakes.”
For many, disassembling the shot up engines reinforced FRC East’s true rea-son for being here – to provide the war-fighters the weapons they need to defend the American way of life, Day said.
In a joint effort between FRC East and PMA-257, two battle-damaged LPC blades were made into plaques honoring the two fallen Marines.
Engines Industrial Production Team Lead Joseph Mauney and PMA-257 Pro-pulsion IPT Lead Maj. Samuel Hotz pre-sented the plaques to Raible and Atwell’s squadrons at a bi-annual Engine Har-rier Action Work Group meeting during March.
Schedule:
Nov. 20 – Session 1 – Speed men-toring in building 4034, room 11, 8 to 11 a.m.
Nov. 20 – Session 2 – Speed men-toring in building 4034, room 11, noon to 3 p.m.
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For Your Information ...
Disciplinary Action
The following actions were effected/issued from June 1 to June 30, 2013.
Adverse Actions
▪ Letter of Reprimand: Failure to Follow Tool Control Policy. (Code 6.2.1)▪ Letter of Reprimand: Failure to Comply with Work Procedures. (Code 6.2.1)▪ Letter of Reprimand: Conduct Unbecoming. (Code 6.3.1)▪ Letter of Reprimand: Failure to Follow Instructions. (Code 6.8.5)▪ Letter of Reprimand: Failure to Follow In-structions/Loafing While on Duty. (Code 6.2.2)▪ Letter of Reprimand: Inattention to Detail. (Code 6.2.1)
SINS Issued: 2Not using a crosswalk on A Street; improper PPE (safety glasses).
None.
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The FRC East Plan of the Week covers employee benefits, job op-portunities, retirements, training programs, holiday shutdown periods and more.
It is updated and posted on Friday morn-ings, and can be viewed on the front page of CPWeb.
Limited or no computer access? Ask your supervisor to print and post it on your shop’s read board.
See CPWeb or call Dave Marriott at 464-7028 for more information.
More than 100,000 workers (including Fleet Readiness Center East managers and su-pervisors) across the Southeast participated in a June 4 safety stand down on heat-related illnesses and injuries. Organized jointly by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, employers and trade associations, the one-hour event held at con-struction sites and other workplaces kicked off OSHA's nationwide outreach cam-paign to educate employers and workers about the hazards of working outdoors in extreme heat. The stand down training focused on raising awareness, knowing the symptoms of heat-related illnesses, and preventive steps to take while working in hot weather. Participants learned about OSHA's Heat Safety Tool — the mobile applica-tion available for iPhone, Blackberry and Android platforms in English and Spanish that recently surpassed 70,000 downloads. The app displays risk levels based on the heat index, symptoms of heat illness and first-aid information. Workers in a variety of industries, such as agriculture, construction and baggage handling, are at risk of heat-related illnesses. On average, 30 workers annually have died from heat stroke since 2003. The message is a simple one: Beat the heat with water, rest and shade. (Photo by Kimberely Walker)
Download the mobile app at http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/heatillness/heat_index/heat_app.html.Visit the Heat Illness Prevention Website at http://www.osha.gov/heat.
OSHA talks heat illnesses
continuing and will be ramping up toward the end of this calendar year and the start of CY15 as we start performing more and more modifications on that aircraft.
Overall, we need to continue to hold our course of providing excellent support to the warfighter as they seek to maintain high cost-wise readiness. FRC East and all its em-ployees bring a lot of support and capability to our nation’s warfighters, and I want to encourage you to keep up the good work!
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To report allegations of fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement, or ethical violations within Fleet Readiness Center East, use your chain of command first. If not satisfied call the FRC East Hotline at 464-7208. If still not satisfied, you can call the NAVAIR Hotline at DSN 757-1168 COMM (301) 757-1168, the Department of Navy Hotline at (800) 522-3451, or the Department of Defense Hotline at (800) 424-9098.
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KUDOSWe salute
Jeff M. Jablonski, David E. Morris, Kevin E. Padgett, David A. Rasmuson, and William Terhune, who were members of the NAVAIR T-45 Engine Safety Risk Recovery Team, and recipients of the 2012 NAVAIR Commander's National Award for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation. The team delivered increased speed to the fleet and improved affordability by developing, qualifying, and fielding the solution to catastrophic low pressure turbine blade failures in less than six months. Their efforts kept fleet assets available, which avoided a potential shortfall of 20 aviators in the training pipeline and saved more than $5 million by implementing innovative testing capabilities and processes. The Commander's National Awards are team awards which were created to recognize technical, business, and leadership excellence in support of NAVAIR's strategic priorities.
Randall H. Gay, who was a member of the NAVAIR Services Requirements Review Board Data Fusion Team, and a recipient of the 2012 NAVAIR Commander's National Award for Business Operations. The team improved integration and interoperability by linking data from multiple acquisition information systems, increased affordability by realizing significant contracted service cost reductions, and contributed to speed to the fleet by automating and streamlining the team’s processes and business rules. The Commander's National Awards are team awards which were created to recognize technical, business, and leadership excellence in support of NAVAIR's strategic priorities.
Diane L. Sullivan, who received a letter of appreciation from the commanding general, 2d Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), for the "tremendous" effort she provided as part of the Fleet Readiness Center Western Pacific Detachment Afghanistan from November 2012 to May 2013. While operating at a combat airfield at Camp Bastion, Sullivan repaired 18 aircraft, which spanned seven aircraft types. Her efforts making forward deployed combat repairs helped ensure aircraft critically important to the support of front-line Marine infantry units were available, and contributed directly to the 2d MAW (Forward) flying more than 15,000 hours and maintaining a more than 85 percent Mission Capable rate.
Matthew E. Maynard, who received a letter of appreciation from the Naval Air Systems Command, director of Logistics International Program, for his support and participation during the Turkish Navy Technical Group's visit to FRC Southeast during May. Maynard's presentation of FRC and In-Service Support Center D-Level products and services contributed to exceeding meeting goals and expectations. His "superb" efforts contributed to furthering a relationship of trust and cooperation with an international ally and partner.
Gary Odle, who received a letter of appreciation from Toastmasters International for being recognized as a distinguished toastmaster for his participation in the Toastmasters International Education Program. Distinguished toastmaster is the highest recognition Toastmaster members may earn, and it takes years of study, dedication, self-discipline, and active participation in the Toastmasters organization to achieve. Only a few of the 260,000 toastmasters ever receive distinguished toastmaster recognition.
Daniel R. Capps and Jewell Wall, who received letters of appreciation from the Newport Tee Ball Association president for volunteering to donate time and equipment to the NTBA closing ceremony in June. Capps provided the benediction and Wall sang the national anthem and provided the PA equipment free of charge. Capps and Wall's generosity helped bring “a beautiful and most-fitting ending to our tee-ball season.”
Gina Conner (left) accepts the Corporate Op-erations Group (Code 7.0) Employee of the Quarter from Corporate Operations Group Head Melissa Drummond. Conner is the NMCI lead in Code 7.2. (Photo by David Hooks)
Veronica Mulherin accepts the Comptroller Group Code 10.0 Employee of the Quarter Award from Deputy Comptroller Maj. Aaron Hinman. Mulherin is a financial technician in Code 10.2. (Photo by David Hooks)
Each year, the national Federal Managers Association, local FMA Chapter 21, and the Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund, honor deserving federal employees or their family members with college scholar-ships. The 2013 Chapter 21 Scholarship re-cipients are (left to right): Rachel and Kelly Metcalf, daughters of Donna Metcalf and John Metcalf; and Emily Price, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Todd Price. Emily is attending the North Carolina State University. Kelly is, and Rachel will be, at-tending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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• Leave snakes alone. • Snakes often curl up
underneath shrubs, in rock piles, or in other shady, enclosed, sheltered areas. Don’t blindly reach into places where snakes might hide.
• Watch the ground when you are walking or jogging. Heed posted warning signs about venomous snakes. Stick to well-used trails and roads when possible.
• Close doors to keep snakes from entering buildings.
• Humans are not natural prey for venomous snakes and snakes will usually avoid you if they know you are near. Let them know you are coming by walking heavily, as snakes sense ground vibrations better than sounds.
• If someone is bitten, call 911. Then clean and disinfect the wound. Keep the patient calm, quiet and resting, and get them to a hospital as quickly as possible.
• If transportation is not immediately available, immobilize the area. Use constricting bands above
and below the site, but remember you aren’t
making a tourniquet. The bands should
not interfere with blood circulation ; they only
slow the movement of
lymphatic fluids just under the skin.
You can also wrap the area with a snug cloth or elastic bandage.
• Identifying the kind of snake that bit helps determine the proper treatment.
• Do not cut into a snake bite unless your a medical professional.
SafeTipswww.safetycenter.navy.mil
With deer season just around the corner encounters between hunters and snakes are bound to increase. The Navy Safety Center has the following tips to help keep your time in the woods safe and enjoyable:
Aircraft Examiner Wayne Cartwright accepts the Aviation Safety Professional of the Quarter Award from FRC East Commanding Officer Col. Blayne H. Spratlin. Cartwright works in the Workload Scope Determination Division. (Photo by Dave Marriott)
Cartwright named Safety ProWayne L. Cartwright earned
Fleet Readiness Center East’s Aviation Safety Pro-
fessional of the Quarter Award, recently.
Cartwright is an aircraft examiner in the Workload Scope Determination Division (Code 6.2.2).
While inspecting a tire which had been delivered through the supply system, Cart-wright noticed the deflator tag was improp-erly installed and questioned the safety of the tire’s configuration.
Cartwright had the tire inspected by a qualified wheel and tire artisan, and it was determined the tire was fully inflated and a danger to any artisan assigned to perform maintenance on it.
Cartwright’s professionalism, attention to detail, and knowledge of regulations and procedures prevented what could have re-
sulted in a catastrophic injury or death, and are in keeping with the FRC East policy of “Unsurpassed Service to the Fleet and Relentless Focus on Quality, Environment, and Occupational Health and Safety.”
Aircraft Examiner Supervisor Timothy E. Murray said Cartwright has consistently displayed a high degree of pride and keen professionalism and commitment during the 15 years he has served as an aircraft ex-aminer at FRC East.
“His continual attention to details and thorough evaluation on an H-53E wheel and tire assembly prevented an inflated tire from being sent to the floor for disas-sembly,” Murray said. “Mr. Cartwright’s timely action likely prevented a ‘near miss’ from becoming an actual incident.”
Cartwright has been a member of the FRC East team for 30 years.
and Mann will always maintain the intel-lectual property rights to the tools, but will never cash in on them. Both agreed that
was never an aim to start with."Our primary concern is supporting the
warfighter with the right tools, equipment, and parts," Capps said. "That's what we're here for, that's what the depot is all about."
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