AFPAK Blog, Page 6 Around the Yard, Page 2 Link directly to the NDW Facebook page on your smart phone March 29, 2012 The Waterline The Waterline Vol. XXIX No. 13 www.facebook.com/NavDistWash [email protected]NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION www.cnic.navy.mil/ndw Inside By Benjamin Christensen, Naval District Washington Public Affairs ANNAPOLIS, Md. (NNS) -- Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley signed a proclamation March 19, declaring April 2012 as Month of the Military Child, the first such declaration to be made in the state of Maryland. This proclamation follows on the heels of one by Mayor Vincent C. Gray for the District of Columbia last week. "While several other states have issued proclamations designating April as Month of the Military Child, we were delighted to have Governor O'Malley respond positively to the request for such a proclamation for all military con- nected children and youth in Maryland," said Carol Mohs- berg, school liaison officer for Naval Support Activity An- napolis. Although there more than 40,000 military children liv- ing in Maryland, much focus is spent on their parents' dedication and sacrifices, while children in military fami- lies are often overlooked.The so-called "military brats" of- ten make huge sacrifices of their own due to the great de- mands on their parents. "While we often recognize the active duty or reserve service member, it is important to remember that 'kids serve too'; in their schools, their neighborhoods, their communities, etcetera," said Mohsberg. Jennifer Dailey-Perkins, regional school liaison officer for Naval District Washington (NDW), said April has been utilized as a month to honor children from military fami- lies since 1986, when then-Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger requested members of all the military branch- es take that time especially to commend military children for stoically enduring the trials they often face. "Since then each April, military installations around the world honor our young heroes with special activities and events," said Dailey-Perkins. "These festivities let them know that they are valued and supported." This time is also being used to remind service families that there are indeed resources available for them. Each in- stallation in NDW has a School Liaison Office "who is avail- able to offer assistance to military families who have school-aged children with transition and deployment needs." "Additionally, our entire NDW Child andYouth Pro- gram team stand ready to assist our military children and take pause this month to celebrate their achievements," said Dailey-Perkins. For information and resources for military families with children, visit the Military Health System at www.health .mil/Themes/Military_Children.aspx. To read the proclamation, visit the Naval DistrictWash- ington Facebook page at www.facebook.com/NavDist- Wash. Maryland Governor signs proclamation declaring April 'Month of Military Child' Naval Support ActivityWashington's (NSAW) Community Plan- ning Liaison Officer (CPLO) and PublicWorks Department have kept in close contact with the managers of the 11th St. Bridge Project and the DCWater Clean Rivers Project Combined Sewer Overflow Control Program, clearly communicating both the needs of the Yard's commuters and NSAW's operational requirements. These efforts have minimized impacts to the installation by con- solidating individual construction evolutions. However, there will still be inconveniences for our commuters. In the near term, two gates will be impacted: - From March 26 through April 20, the O St. Gate will be open to inbound vehicle traffic only. No impact to pedestrian traffic. - From March 26 through March 30, the 9th St. Gate will be re- duced to one vehicle lane. From 5 a.m. to 9 a.m the gate will be an inbound-only vehicle gate, and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. it will be out- bound-only. There will be no impact to pedestrian traffic. We also expect that from April 3-13, Pepco will conduct work in support of the sewer project that will create lane closures on M St. both east and west of the 9th St. Gate. There will be further impacts to vehicular and pedestrian traffic as the construction projects progress throughout the summer.We will continue to actively engage the project managers and pass in- formation to help your employees plan their commutes.Thank you in advance for your patience and cooperation in helping us manage this issue. Information on bridge and sewer construction traffic Benjamin Christensen, NDW Waterline writer Navywide exercise Solid Curtain/Citadel Shield (SC/CS) 2012 was completed last Sat- urday, marking the thirteenth running of the security training operation. An annual fixture in the early spring, SC/CS is a widespread activity, with exercises taking place at bases throughout the continental Unit- ed States. SC/CS has been run each year since 1999. A key aspect to the usefulness of exercises such as SC/CS are the wide scope and variety of the individual tests and processes that take place, which prepare the participants for the entire scope of possible contingencies that they might face in the event of a real emer- gency. Events this year included active shoot- ers, suspicious packages, surveillance exercis- es, bomb threats, and protests. "This exercise allowed us to train to and practice those procedures which will be need- ed if there is a significant event to the base, the region or the nation" said Capt. Anthony Callandra, commanding officer of Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling. "It also helped us gain valu- able lessons learned to improve security and emergency management for not only security threats but also natural or manmade disas- ters." Although this year's exercise is similar in nature to other years, SC/CS has been unique this year in that it has provided the first oppor- tunity to identify Mission Essential Personnel (MEP), those who were required to report to work when the Force Protection Condition (FPCON) was raised to CHARLIE last Thurs- day. By identifying those MEPs, it allowed for "non-essential" personnel to remain at home. About 3-7 percent of personnel that work on the various NDW installations are considered MEPs. "Identifying the MEPs by working with the individual tenants was extremely manpower intensive, but it was a huge success, and well worth it," said Tim Stoessel, with Naval District Solid Curtain/Citadel Shield comes to a close U.S. Navy photo by Gin Kai Naval Support Activity Annapolis conducted a simulated active shooter scenario at the U.S. Naval Academy March 22 in support of Solid Cur- tain/Citadel Shield 2012. Exercises like this were held throughout Naval District Washington to train first responders for real life emergencies. See SC/CS, Page 5
NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
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By Benjamin Christensen,Naval District Washington Public Affairs
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (NNS) -- Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malleysigned a proclamation March 19, declaring April 2012 asMonth of the Military Child, the first such declaration tobe made in the state of Maryland.
This proclamation follows on the heels of one by MayorVincent C. Gray for the District of Columbia last week.
"While several other states have issued proclamationsdesignating April as Month of the Military Child, we weredelighted to have Governor O'Malley respond positively tothe request for such a proclamation for all military con-nected children and youth in Maryland," said Carol Mohs-berg, school liaison officer for Naval Support Activity An-napolis.
Although there more than 40,000 military children liv-ing in Maryland, much focus is spent on their parents'dedication and sacrifices, while children in military fami-lies are often overlooked.The so-called "military brats" of-ten make huge sacrifices of their own due to the great de-mands on their parents.
"While we often recognize the active duty or reserveservice member, it is important to remember that 'kidsserve too'; in their schools, their neighborhoods, theircommunities, etcetera," said Mohsberg.
Jennifer Dailey-Perkins, regional school liaison officerfor Naval District Washington (NDW), said April has beenutilized as a month to honor children from military fami-lies since 1986, when then-Secretary of Defense CasperWeinberger requested members of all the military branch-es take that time especially to commend military childrenfor stoically enduring the trials they often face.
"Since then each April, military installations around theworld honor our young heroes with special activities andevents," said Dailey-Perkins. "These festivities let themknow that they are valued and supported."
This time is also being used to remind service familiesthat there are indeed resources available for them. Each in-stallation in NDW has a School Liaison Office "who is avail-able to offer assistance to military families who haveschool-aged children with transition and deploymentneeds."
"Additionally, our entire NDW Child and Youth Pro-gram team stand ready to assist our military children andtake pause this month to celebrate their achievements,"said Dailey-Perkins.
For information and resources for military families withchildren, visit the Military Health System at www.health.mil/Themes/Military_Children.aspx.
To read the proclamation, visit the Naval DistrictWash-ington Facebook page at www.facebook.com/NavDist-Wash.
Maryland Governor signs proclamationdeclaring April 'Month of Military Child'
NavalSupportActivityWashington's(NSAW)CommunityPlan-ning Liaison Officer (CPLO) and Public Works Department havekeptinclosecontactwiththemanagersofthe11thSt.BridgeProjectand the DC Water Clean Rivers Project Combined Sewer OverflowControl Program, clearly communicating both the needs of theYard's commuters and NSAW's operational requirements.
Theseeffortshaveminimizedimpactstotheinstallationbycon-solidating individual construction evolutions. However, there willstill be inconveniences for our commuters.
In the near term, two gates will be impacted:- From March 26 through April 20, the O St. Gate will be open to
inbound vehicle traffic only. No impact to pedestrian traffic.- From March 26 through March 30, the 9th St. Gate will be re-
duced to one vehicle lane. From 5 a.m. to 9 a.m the gate will be aninbound-only vehicle gate, and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. it will be out-bound-only.There will be no impact to pedestrian traffic.
We also expect that from April 3-13, Pepco will conduct work insupport of the sewer project that will create lane closures on M St.both east and west of the 9th St. Gate.
There will be further impacts to vehicular and pedestrian trafficas the construction projects progress throughout the summer. Wewill continue to actively engage the project managers and pass in-formationtohelpyouremployeesplantheircommutes.Thankyouinadvanceforyourpatienceandcooperationinhelpingusmanagethis issue.
Information onbridge and sewerconstruction traffic
Benjamin Christensen,NDW Waterline writer
Navywide exercise Solid Curtain/CitadelShield (SC/CS) 2012 was completed last Sat-urday, marking the thirteenth running of thesecurity training operation.
An annual fixture in the early spring, SC/CSis a widespread activity, with exercises takingplaceatbasesthroughoutthecontinentalUnit-ed States. SC/CS has been run each year since1999.
A key aspect to the usefulness of exercisessuch as SC/CS are the wide scope and varietyof the individual tests and processes that takeplace, which prepare the participants for theentire scope of possible contingencies thatthey might face in the event of a real emer-gency. Events this year included active shoot-ers, suspicious packages, surveillance exercis-es, bomb threats, and protests.
"This exercise allowed us to train to andpractice those procedures which will be need-ed if there is a significant event to the base, the
region or the nation" said Capt. AnthonyCallandra, commanding officer of Joint BaseAnacostia-Bolling. "It also helped us gain valu-able lessons learned to improve security andemergency management for not only securitythreats but also natural or manmade disas-ters."
Although this year's exercise is similar innature to other years, SC/CS has been uniquethis year in that it has provided the first oppor-tunity to identify Mission Essential Personnel(MEP), those who were required to report towork when the Force Protection Condition(FPCON) was raised to CHARLIE last Thurs-day. By identifying those MEPs, it allowed for"non-essential" personnel to remain at home.About 3-7 percent of personnel that work onthe various NDW installations are consideredMEPs.
"Identifying the MEPs by working with theindividual tenants was extremely manpowerintensive, but it was a huge success, and wellworth it," saidTim Stoessel, with Naval District
Solid Curtain/Citadel Shield comes to a close
U.S. Navy photo by Gin Kai
Naval Support Activity Annapolis conducted a simulated active shooterscenario at the U.S. Naval Academy March 22 in support of Solid Cur-tain/Citadel Shield 2012. Exercises like this were held throughout NavalDistrict Washington to train first responders for real life emergencies.See SC/CS, Page 5
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What advice do you have for someone to have a safe spring/summer?
Around the Yard
“If you're doing a lot of yard work,make sure your equipment is ingood working condition. Being inthe military, we always preach goodORM [Operational Risk Manage-ment].”
CE1 Anthony Castillo, NAVFAC Washington
“When you're crossing the street infront of motorized traffic, make eyecontact with the driver before youcross. If you have eye contact, thenyou know that they see you.”
C. Patrick Zilliacus,Department of Transportation Planning
“Be more aware of your surround-ings. When driving, be alert to kidswho could be out playing.”
Sheila Bryant, NAVFAC Washington
U.S. Navy photos by MC2 Kiona Miller
by Senior Airman Susan L. Davis,Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling Public Affairs
Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, D.C. -- The annual Air ForceAssistance Fund campaign kicked off at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling March 12. The goal for the JBAB Air Force Element isto raise $4,700, calculated based on the active duty populationand their pay grades.
Master Sgt. Michael Hall, JBAB Public Works Departmentoperations superintendent, and Ch. (Capt.) Chris Conklin,JBAB chaplain, are project officers for this year's AFAF cam-paign.
"My personal goal is to try and collect enough contribu-tions to surpass our goal and ensure these programs are avail-able for our Airmen now and in the future," said Hall. "We nev-er know how life is going to turn or who is going to need a help-ing hand.What you give this year, you or yours may need later.When you think about it, for a few dollars, you can really makea difference in one of our service members' lives."
Conklin agreed."They take care of those who have sacrificed much and
gone before us, those who find themselves in difficult financialcircumstances because of the loss of a spouse, catastrophichealth care costs, or those who have outlived their retirementsavings," he said. "They are also an investment in our own fu-
ture and future Airmen to ensure that these organizations con-tinue to serve Airmen and their families in times of need."
The AFAF was established to provide for an annual effortto raise funds for charitable affiliates that provide support tothe Air Force family, including active duty members, retirees,reservists, guardsmen and their family members (includingsurviving spouses) in need.
These organizations are the Air Force Villages Inc., the AirForce Aid Society Inc., the General and Mrs. Curtis E. LeMayFoundation, and the Air Force Enlisted Village Inc. These or-ganizations help Air Force members and family members inemergencies, educational needs, or to have a secure retire-ment home for widows or widowers of Air Force members inneed of financial assistance.
"Each Air Force unit has key workers appointed who canassist with contribution processes," said Hall. "It is our goal tomake 100 percent contact with everyone. Both military andcivilians are more than welcome to make contributions."
Contributions may be made in the form of cash, check, orpayroll deduction for active duty Airmen, or retired Airmenmay set up a deduction from their retirement pay.
The Potomac Lanes Bowling Facility will also host an AFAFBowling day, from noon-6 p.m. March 27, where donationswill be accepted. The $8 cost will cover frames and shoes.
Hall shared a personal story about how the Air Force AidSociety, an Air Force Assistance Fund offshoot, helped him ear-
ly in his Air Force career."I was a poor airman basic when my transmission went out
in my car at the same time my wife was days away from givingbirth to our child," he said. "The Air Force Aid Society gave mean interest-free loan and I was able to get my car fixed just intime. It relieved a great deal of stress on me and my family."
Conklin encouraged members to spare what they can forthis worthy charity.
"This is a great opportunity to give to an organization thatdirectly benefits their brothers and sisters in the Air Force, thathonors and cares for our living heritage, and one that they maycome to benefit from one day as well," he said.
Similarly, the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, foundedin 1904, is a private, non-profit charity organization sponsoredby the Navy.The NMCRS provides need-based financial assis-tance to eligible recipients in the form of interest-free loansand grants, as well as scholarships and interest-free loans foreducation.The NMCRS also offers financial counseling, budg-et for baby workshops, thrift shops and visiting nurse servic-es.
For more information or to donate to the Air Force Assis-tance Fund, log on to http://www.afassistancefund.org/, orcontact your unit AFAF representative.
For more information or to donate to the Navy-MarineCorps Relief Society, log on to http://www.nmcrs.org/ or e-mail melodie.weddlenmcrs.org or carol.loebleinnavy.mil.
Charities offer service members a chance to give back
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March 291954 - Carrier aircraft began reconnais-
sance near Dien Bien Phu, Indochina1960 - Launch of first fully integrated Fleet
Ballistic Missile from USS Observation Island1973 - Naval Advisory Group and Naval
forces, Vietnam disestablished and last U.S.prisoners of war left Vietnam.
1975 - Evacuation of Danang by sea began
March 301944 - First use of torpedo squadrons from
carriers to drop aerial mines (Palau Harbor)1972 - Easter Offensive began in Vietnam
March 311854 - Commodore Matthew Perry nego-
tiates Treaty of Kanagawa to open trade be-tween U.S. and Japan
1971 - Poseidon (C-3) missile becomes op-erational when USS James Madison beganher 3rd patrol carrying 16 tactical Poseidonmissiles.
1992 - USS Missouri (BB-63), the last activeAmerican battleship is decommissioned.
April 11893 - Navy General Order 409 of 25 Feb-
ruary 1893 establishes the rate of Chief PettyOfficer as of this date.
1917 - Boatswain's Mate 1/c John I.Eopolucci, a Naval Armed Guard on board thesteamship Aztec, died when the vessel wassunk by a German U-boat. He was the firstU.S. Navy sailor killed in action in World WarI.
1942 - First Naval Air Transportation Serv-ice (NATS) squadron for Pacific operationscommissioned
1945 - Over 1200 Navy ships and Armytroops begin invasion of Okinawa
1966 - The command, US Naval Forces
Vietnam established1967 - Helicopter squadron HAL 3 activat-
ed at Vung Tau
April 21781 - Frigate Alliance captures 2 British
privateers, Mars and Minerva1827 - First Naval Hospital construction
begun at Portsmouth, VA1947 - UN places former Japanese man-
dated islands under U.S. trusteeship1951 - First Navy use of jet aircraft as a
bomber, launched from a carrier, USS Prince-ton.
1960 - USS Glacier begins 12 days of reliefoperations, providing helicopter and boattransportation and emergency supplies toresidents of Paramaribo, Suriname afterfloods.
April 31797 - CAPT Thomas Truxtun issued first
known American signal book using numerarysystem
1942 - ADM Nimitz named Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, a joint com-mand, and retained his other title, Com-mander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet
1992 - First five coed recruit companiesfrom Orlando, FL NavalTraining Center grad-uate.
April 41776 - Continental Navy frigate Columbus
captures HM Tender Hawke, first Americancapture of British armed vessel
1854 - Sailors and Marines from sailingsloop, Plymouth, protect U.S. citizens atShanghai
1898 - Appointment of first Civil Engineer-ing Corps officer, Mordecai Endicott, as Chief,Bureau of Yards and Docks
1949 - Establishment of NATO
This Week in Naval History
U.S. Navy photo courtesy National Archives and Records Administration
The USS Bunker Hill (CV 17) aflame following being stuck by two kamikazebombers within 30 seconds off the coast of Kyushu during the initial stagesof the Battle of Okinawa. Although heavily damaged by the strike, theBunker Hill would survive the battle to undergo extensive repairs at Bremer-ton Navy Yard on the Puget Sound, Washington.
by Doug Abbotts,NAWCAD Public Affairs
Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23, or (VX) 23, wel-comed its new leader in a change of command ceremonyMarch 23 at Hangar 201.
Navy Cmdr. Thomas "Lou" Tennant, the former ChiefTest Pilot for VX- 23 since September 2010, replaced MarineCol. Charles Gray, who will become program manager forthe AV-8 Harrier.
"We have accomplished much over the last year and ahalf; we have shown tremendous leadership, discipline andteamwork. We will continue to need those qualities goingforward, because the hard work has just begun," Tennanttold the group of more than 600 people gathered for the af-ternoon event.
With more than 470 personnel, VX-23 supports the re-search, development, test and evaluation of fixed wing tacti-cal aircraft by providing aircraft and pilot assets, mainte-nance service, safety oversight and facility support. VX- 23supports the squadron's F/A-18A-F, EA-6B, EA-18G, and T-45A/C aircraft. The squadron conducts operations from a fa-cility that includes three large hangars, and also operates andmaintains a TC-7 catapult and MK-7 arresting gear facility.
Raised in Tulsa, Okla., Tennant was commissionedthrough the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps programat the University of Notre Dame in 1990, where he earned abachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. A naval avia-tor since 1993, Tennant attended Naval Postgraduate School,Naval Test Pilot School and received his master's degree inaeronautical engineering.
His previous assignments include a deployment to theMediterranean/Adriatic seas from 1994 to 1997; two years atthe Strike Aircraft Test Squadron as lead F/A-18E/FWeaponsIntegration Team test pilot and project officer; working as thesafety, maintenance, operations and administrative officerwith Strike Fighter Squadron 27, (VFA) 27, from 2002 to 2004while he was forward deployed from Naval Air Facilities At-sugi, Japan; and serving as the military deputy at the F/A-18and EA-18G Advanced Weapons Laboratory.
Additionally, he deployed to the Arabian Gulf aboard USSHarry S. Truman (CVN 75) from 2007 to 2009 as the executive
officer and commanding officer of Strike Fighter Squadron105, (VFA) 105, supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom; andlater to U.S. Central Command, serving as the Fifth FleetNaval and Amphibious Liaison Element director.
Tennant has earned more than 3,200 hours of flight timein 27 models of military and civilian aircraft and has over 600carrier landings.
For outgoing commander Gray, the ceremony was a plat-form to reflect on his legacy and pass the baton to Tennant.
At the end of the ceremony, Gray challenged the men andwomen of VX-23, saying, "We must not let metrics andterms, such as 'affordable' and 'supportable,' distract usfrom the real goal: deliverable when promised and as prom-ised."
Navy commander takes reins as new (VX) 23 leader
U.S. Navy photo
Cmdr. Thomas "Lou" Tennant accepts command of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23 from MarineCol. Charles Gray in ceremonies last week at NAS Patuxent River.
The Transition AssistanceManagement Program (TAMP)
Offers an array of services and bene-fits to transitioning service members, in-cluding computers setup for individualsto go online to different job banks, col-lege and scholarship resources and ca-reer assessment tools. Resume WritingWorkshops are offered which includesFederal Resume Writing Interview Skills,information on veterans' benefits and aprofessional resource library; Two TAPSeminars and one Executive TAP Semi-nar - five-day programs - are offeredmonthly sponsored by the departmentsof Labor and Veteran Affairs, and includeinformation that will benefit the transi-tioning military member.
Family Employment ReadinessProgram (FERP)
Offers seven basic services, which in-clude job search strategies, job readi-ness, resource information, job referralservice, individual counseling assis-tance, career planning and links to edu-cation and volunteer opportunities.
Personal Financial Management (PFM)Program offers individual and family
financial counseling, financial classes,and is responsible for the Command Fi-nancial specialist training in the Region(NDW ).
Volunteer ProgramOpportunities are available as an ad-
ministrative assistant, counseling media-tor, transition assistant, Information & Re-ferral assistant, data entry/word processorand a retired activities volunteer.
DEPLOYMENTREADINESS/
FAMILY SERVICES
Life Skills EducationProvides presentations to help com-
mands meet requirements, as well as en-hance operational and personal readinessincluding parenting skills training, couplescommunication, anger and stress manage-ment, conflict resolution, Child AbuseAwareness, Spouse Abuse Awareness andsuicide prevention. Trainings can be cus-tomized to fit needs of the command.
New Parent Support Program (NPS)Assists new parents in coping with the
demands of parenting and military lifethrough parenting education and trainingand home visits to new parents prior to de-livery and after delivery; information andreferral for military and community re-sources; child development screenings andmonitoring. All active duty members andtheir families who are pregnant and orhave children in the home from infancy to
three years old are eligible for these homevisitation services.
Deployment/mobilization/readinessAssisting Sailors and family members
prepare for deployment, manage separa-tions and reunite and reintegrate withfamilies and community through servicesincluding the Family Accountability andAssessment System, Individual aug-mentee (IA) Indoc Course and DeployedFamily Fun Days
Exceptional Family Member Program(EFMP)
Provides assistance to service mem-bers with special needs children and fam-ily members with medical needs includ-ing resource referral to medical, counsel-ing and educational services, supportgroups and care providers. Assists in find-ing duty stations where needs are met.Mandatory enrollment per OPNAVINST1754.2D.
MWR HappeningsKaraoke nights
NSA Washington's MWR team willhost free karaoke nights at the MordecaiBooth's Public House located on theWashington Navy Yard every 1st and 3rdThursday of the month between thehours of 4-9 p.m. DJ Scott will be on-siteto offer the latest songs for you and yourfriends to sing. Next date is April 5.
Don’t miss Fully ChargedSM, the all-new surge of circus entertainment fromRingling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey®where megawatts of thrills explode off ofthe arena floor with breathtaking dare-devilry, superhuman stunts and never-before-seen performances that energizeChildren of All Ages!
Patriot Center Performances – April7th @ 11:30am, 3:30pm & 7:30pm; April8th @ 1:00pm; April 14th @ 11:30am,3:30pm & 7:30pm; April 15th @ 1:00pm
Washington NationalsIndividual Game Tickets
Catch all the excitement of Nationalsbaseball in 2012! We are now taking ticketorders at the Ticket Office in the Town Cen-ter, Building 22. Opening Day Game Tick-ets are limited so please don’t wait becausethey will sell out fast! The ticket sales donot include the Washington Nationals vs.New York Yankees series June 15th-17th.Limited tickets will be available please staytuned for more information about this se-ries. Please stop by the Ticket Office to or-der or grab a price list!
Richmond International Speedway –Military Appreciation Program
As a thank you for all that you do,Richmond International Speedway isproud to extend two special offers forthe Spring NASCAR weekend, April 27-28, 2012! Please visit www.rir.com/salute and choose “Washington NavalYard” to find out more information andorder tickets!
NSA Washington-JBAB Fleet Family and Fun
By Cheryl Pellerin,American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 21, 2012 – As acritical enabler of Defense Department busi-ness and military operations and the DoDcommand-and-control backbone, cyber isthe focus of intense research and develop-ment in an environment where successmeans getting out ahead of an evolvingthreat.
During the unclassified portion of a hear-ing of the Senate Armed Services subcom-mittee on emerging threats and capabilitiesyesterday, experts from DoD, the DefenseAdvanced Research Projects Agency and theNational Security Agency discussed the de-partment’s vulnerabilities and needs.
“DARPA’s bottom-line message today [is]that DoD is capability-limited in cyber, bothdefensively and offensively,” DARPA ActingDirector Kaigham “Ken” J. Gabriel told thepanel. “We need to change that.”
“Our approach to cybersecurity is domi-nated by a strategy that layers security ontoa uniform architecture,” Gabriel explained.“This approach … is not convergent with agrowing and evolving threat. That’s the de-fensive picture.”
In cyber offense, he added, modern war-fare demands the effective use of cyber and
kinetic means.“The tasks required for military purposes
are sufficiently different that we cannot sim-ply scale intelligence-based cyber capabili-ties and adequately serve the needs of DoD,”the acting director said.
For example, he added, “a cyber exploitthat always causes the target system to crashis not much of an intelligence exploit, but itmay be exactly the effect a DoD mission callsfor.”
DARPA-developed technologies arewidely prevalent in military, intelligence andcommercial use today, but much remains tobe done, Gabriel said. “From our vantagepoint,” he added, “the greatest vulnerabilityin cyber offense for the DoD is the lack of ca-pabilities with proportionality, speed and di-versity of effects.”
“It's very much an environment wherewe have to continually up the game and getahead of the threat,” Zachary J. Lemnios, as-sistant secretary of defense for research andengineering, told the senators.
“We started in computer network defenseyears ago with the perimeter defense strategy-- a firewall strategy.We then moved to an en-vironment where we have on the commer-cial side embedded agents that look at
Officials: Cyber researchneeds innovation, talent
See Cyber, Page 8
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Naval Histor y and Her itage Command SeminarsThe Naval History and Heritage Command hosts a series seminars for
which historians select basic readings that will cover major trends, wars,battles, policies, and technologies across the chronological span of theU.S. Navy's history and facilitate discussion on the readings and their im-plications. Each one-hour seminar starts at noon in the National Museumof the United States Navy's Museum Education Center, Building 76, Wash-ington Navy Yard.
The topics for each seminar are listed below:April 11 - Professional Reading - A historical work from the Navy Pro-
fessional Reading program.May 23 - War of 1812 - What was the strategic value of the U.S. Navy
during the War of 1812?June 20 - Navy Leadership - How did the personalities of its leaders af-
fect the Navy's performance in World War II and the Cold War?
Reminder: Nav y civilian employees must ver if y MyBiz infor -mation by May 1
The Department of the Navy will begin the process of converting pa-per-based personnel records, which contain records that cover an employ-ee’s work history, to electronic files. This is a part of the DON’s effort toimplement eOPFs across the enterprise. Converting to eOPFs will not onlymaximize available technology, it will also enable immediate 24/7 accessfor employees, hiring managers and human resource professionals to crit-ical personnel documents online through a secure Internet connection.
Employees must ensure they have entered their correct email addressinto their DCPDS records via MyBiz prior to May 1. This must be done ona secure DON network (NMCI).
For more information please visit http://www.public.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/eOPF%20march%202012.pdf
Improve your speak ing and leadership sk ills!Come to Helmsmen Toastmasters!
Join us Thursdays from 7:30-8:45a.m. at the Pentagon Library and Con-ference Center (PLCC). Toastmasters is an international organization thathelps everyone speak, think, lead and listen better. For more info, contactCarl Sabath at [email protected] or 703-695-2804 or Elizabeth Femriteat [email protected] or 571-256-8674. Remember - GreatHelmsmen say "YES!"
Navy Yard Chapel Holy Week Schedule 2012Palm Sunday March 31 - 5 p.m Mass
April 1 - 9 a.m MassHoly Thursda y April 5 - 5 p.m MassGood Friday April 6 - Passion service at Noon
with Archbishop Broglio and Fr. MandatoFollowing the service, there will be anopportunity for all to venerate the relic ofthe true cross.
Holy Saturday April 7 Easter Vigil - 5 p.m MassEaster Sunday April 8 Easter Sunday - 9 a.m Mass
NDW NewsIs this vet working the system?
Q: I’m supposed to be the Wounded Warrior hiring POC at my or-ganization and I need help.We placed this woman (disabled vet, butnot combat) in an entry level role at my organization.She had a generaldischarge under honorable conditions due to misconduct, but themanager was willing to give her a chance—she seemed really desperateand begged for it. Fast forward four months. She called me the otherday wanting me to refer her for a GS9 position in another location (she
is a GS5) but I explained that I was only really tasked with filling jobs inside my org,timein grade,and that it’s a different series/skill set that she doesn’t have any experience with.Anyway, I work with another POC who recruits disabled vets too for a different activityin the Midwest.She called me about a candidate who had asked for her help because shesaw that she worked with us. It’s the same person! She told her a whole different story. Iam scared to say anything.Is she playing us? Help!
A: I think the answer to “is she playing us”? is clear as a bell. I’ll give this individualcredit—she definitely has moxie. Veterans, disabled or otherwise, are just like everyoneelse—there are sometimes bad apples. It’s important not to ignore things like the fact thatshe was discharged due to misconduct. I have worked with many veterans who have allsorts of issues with money, the law, family, health, etc. Not one that we have placed hasbeen discharged in any way but honorably. A General Discharge under Honorable condi-tions with a note about misconduct is something to take heed of. Sure, give the lady achance to explain but interview closely. More than once. Hiring a fed is signing off on a20-30 year career. It’s not to be taken lightly.
It sounds to me as though you are under no obligation to further assist this individual.She has a federal position and therefore is “in the system.” She can compete for other po-sitions. Direct her to USA Jobs and answer questions, be professional, but let her figure itout. Let her apply on her own to anything that catches her eye. If she doesn’t qualify, thesystem will take care of it.
As for your counterpart in the Midwest, yes, I would answer her inquiry. Let her knowthe facts- that she works with you currently and has for a few months, that she has ap-proached you to actively seek other employment. You don’t have to give your opinion orcompare notes on her tall tales, but you can say “Boy, we seem to have different informa-tion about her.” And leave it at that.
Laura Stanek, Human Resource Advisor and Wounded Warrior Program Manager, isdedicated in assisting wounded warriors and disabled veterans from all branches of servicewith transition to federal civilian employment. Need employment Advice? Have a successstory to share? Email at [email protected].
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Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945 byMax Hastings. A Borzoi Book, published byAlfred A. Knopf, NewYork. 699 pages, 2011.
What more can be written aboutWorldWarII, a defining event of the 20th century? Awardwinning British historian Max Hastings haspublished a single volume of the conflict thatchiefly looks at the human dimension throughletters and diaries, while preserving the overalltactics and strategy of the different theaters.
The human toll, as described in the book,was 60 million dead, a breakdown of 23,000deaths per day from September 1939 to Au-gust 1945. Hastings points to a powerful de-scription from British and American infantry-men on their experiences in Europe, whichlasted eleven months. He reminds the readersof the titanic struggle between Germany andRussia that lasted four years.
Inferno, published in Britain as All Hell LetLoose, is part of a collection that Hastings hasproduced onWorldWar II, which includes Ar-mageddon and Retribution, published in 2004and 2008 respectively. His book Armageddondelves into the ordeal of the victims of theholocaust, while the current book, Inferno, ex-plores the evolution of the holocaust fromHitler’s homicidal anti-Semitism to his hench-men who systematized the liquidation of mil-lions. In the February 11, 2011 edition of Wa-terline, a review of Hastings’ book Winston’s
War was featured. The overarching geo-strate-gic theme of the Axis and Allied powers wasthe struggle for hemispheric dominance.
The book offers details that highlight howdifferent people suffered differently in the war:for instance, the book contains such intimatestories as a British husband complainingabout and discarding carrot marmalade. Thiswould have be considered a luxurious delicacyin Russia’s eastern front, where people sur-vived by hacking off the limbs of dead horses.Men and women were reduced to debasing
Inferno: The World at WarBook review
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Washington(NDW)TrainingandReadiness(N7).The successes of the operation did not go
unnoticed by the various NDW commands."Our security professionals performed
extremely well not only in the execution ofthis exercise, but also in planning andpreparing for it," said Capt. Frederick (Fritz)Kass, commanding officer of Naval SupportActivity Bethesda. "Equally key to our suc-cess was the outstanding cooperation we re-ceived from all of our tenant commands."
"Solid Curtain/Citadel Shield 2012 was asuccess at Naval Support Activity South Po-
tomac," said Capt. Peter Nette, commandingofficer, Naval Support Activity South Po-tomac. "Without the support and coopera-tion from our supported commands and lo-cal communities, success above the tacticallevel would've been difficult to achieve."
Despite the resounding success of the ex-ercise, the work of preparation is never trulyfinished. Security and other personnel willcontinue to train and prepare diligently toensure that they are consistently ready.
"We will apply lessons learned as we con-tinue to refine plans and procedures, butoverall the exercise was a tremendous suc-cess," said Rear Adm. Patrick Lorge, com-mandant, Naval District Washington.
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One part of the AFPAK Hands program involves a one-year Out of Theater assignment in which Sailors are giventhe opportunity to improve their skills and understandingof the unique region. Some are assigned to work in a gov-ernment agency or DoD command. These six AFPAK Hands,members of COHORT 1 (the first team deployed for this pro-gram), are currently in their Out of Theater assignments,and have been selected to pursue higher education.
Kahn and Andrews are attending the College for Interna-tional Security Affairs (CISA), aiming to earn a Master of Artsin strategic security studies. Taylor and Tortorelli are attendingthe Industrial College of the Armed Forces (ICAF), in an AFPAKconcentration program. Larges and Devine are attending theNational War College (NWC), which also has an AFPAK con-centration program. All of the Sailors are working towards im-proving their own knowledge of the world at-large, which willgive them a unique perspective once they redeploy.
Editor's note: AFPAK Hands is a language and culturalimmersion initiative which consists of three phases: languageand cultural training, in and out of theater deployment. Dur-ing an out of theater deployment a service member can be as-signed to a government agency, DoD command or other or-ganization where their work in country can be applied andthen add to their perspective when they redeploy.
AFPAK Hands: On the Ground
These Sailors, L-R - Lt. Cmdr. Jalal Khan (CISA); Cmdr. Kyle "Chilly" Taylor (ICAF); Cmdr. Chad Larges(NWC); Capt. Mike Devine (NWC); Lt. Cmdr Garland Andrews (CISA); and Cmdr. Raymond "Pasta" Tor-torelli (ICAF) are AFPAK Hands in the Out of Theater deployment phase of the program.
By MC3 Danian Douglas
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (NNS) -- A U.S. Naval Academy team ofresearchers and Navy divers completed a year of collecting oys-ter samples from the Severn River March 20 as part of an ongo-ing effort to study and restore oyster populations in the Chesa-peake Bay watershed.
The team helps rejuvenate the declining oyster populationby monitoring water quality and testing the collected samples.
The project was initiated two years ago, when a group ofoceanography and ocean engineering faculty and staff workingindependently on Chesapeake Bay-related issues saw the ArmyCorps of Engineers were reconstructing local oyster reefs.
The USNA group contacted the Army's engineers to suggestthat the Naval Academy could play a role, said ocean engineerLouiseWallendorf, who works in the academy's hydromechan-ics laboratory.
Oyster larvae need a hard surface on which to attach, so theycan change to young oysters called "spat," and grow. Normallylarvae settle on the shells of oysters that make up the bay's reefs,but overharvest and changes in the oyster reefs have led to adramatic decline in oyster populations.
Oyster restoration involves building reefs made of oystershells, granite, recycled concrete and slag and placing them inknown oyster breeding spots, including an area in the SevernRiver near the Naval Academy yard.
The Academy works with researchers from the University ofMaryland who hatch oyster larvae and grow the spat on shell,and the Oyster Recovery Partnership which coordinates place-ment of the oyster spat on the Army's artificial reefs, said Wal-lendorf.
The Naval Academy Sailing Center also became involved,supplying boats for the researchers to place water quality in-strumentation and the Navy divers to collect oyster samplesfrom the reefs.
"What we do on each dive is harvest a certain amount ofoysters from each type of reef," said Navy Diver 2nd Class CaseyMrozek, of Lake Zurich, Ill. "The Academy team then conductsbiological tests to determine which areas promote the bestgrowth rates."
Cecily Steppe, associate professor in the Oceanography De-partment, examines the maturity and gender of the oysters un-der microscopes and compares it to measurements of the wa-ter's salinity, temperature and dissolved oxygen at each reef site.This helps determine the oysters' ability to survive and repro-duce. Reports are then sent to the Army Corps of Engineers forevaluation.
Only since diving for the project did Mrozek realize how im-portant the oyster culture is to the community.
Naval Academy assistswith Chesapeake BayOyster Restoration
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A look at Solid Curtain/Citadel Shield 2012at Naval Support Activity South Potomac (NSASP)
U.S. Navy photos by Andrew Revelos
An EOD robot approaches a suspicious package at theAegis Training and Readiness Center. The drill was part ofSolid Curtain/Citadel Shield 2012 at Naval Support FacilityDahlgren.
A Naval Support Facility Dahlgren police officer guides em-ployees that have evacuated their building due to a suspi-cious package.
Cpl. Scott Brosky (front) of NSASP Police responds to a mass casualty drillat the Fleet and Family Support Center, as Capt. Brian Flanagan (rear), eval-uates the police response. The drill was part of the Navywide Solid Cur-tain/Citadel Shield 2012 security exercise.
By Lt. Ryan Larson, Navy EntomologyCenter of Excellence Public Affairs
ACCRA, Ghana (NNS) -- The Navy Entomology Center ofExcellence (NECE) headquartered at Naval Air Station Jack-sonville announced March 21 a key collaboration with an in-ternational company as part of a program to discover newpublic health pesticides for controlling mosquitoes.
Vestergaard Frandsen (VF) is an international companybased in Europe that specializes in complex emergency re-sponse and disease control products.
VF is interested in techniques developed by NECE and theUnited States Department of Agricultural Center for MedicalandVeterinary Entomology (CMAVE) to aid in the discovery ofinsecticides with new active ingredients for use in treating bednets and conducting indoor residual pesticide applications, thecornerstone of malaria prevention programs in Africa.
Katelyn Chalaire, NECE entomologist, will provide directsupport to Vestergaard Frandsen's pesticide discovery initia-tive. Chalaire's expertise stems from her work in the discoveryand evaluation of new pesticides used to control mosquitoesas part of the congressionally mandated DeployedWar-FighterProtection (DWFP) Program.
Chalaire and Dr. James Becnel of CMAVE in Gainesville,Fla., presented a training workshop on pesticide screeningprocedures at VF's laboratory in Accra. NECE has collabora-tions with civilian and government agencies, includingCMAVE, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and
the U.S. Department of Agriculture."I conducted a toxicology screening workshop for five lab-
oratory technicians and the laboratory manager of the VF-Ghana research laboratory," said Chalaire. "This workshop willenable the CMAVE and VF-Ghana screening programs to ex-change chemicals for evaluation and will be beneficial toDoD's goal of identifying new chemicals for vector control."
The workshop included an oral presentation detailing ad-vanced pesticide screening techniques used by Chalaire, fol-lowed by a hands-on demonstration of the screening protocol.Ultimately, the training standardized methods between thetwo labs, promoting product and results exchanges.
According to Chalaire, mosquitoes are developing resist-ance to insecticides commonly used in public health pro-grams, so it is imperative to identify new compounds for bothmilitary and non-military use to control human disease trans-mitted by blood-feeding insects.
"Chemicals with new modes of action will be targeted inan effort to overcome insecticide-resistant insect popula-tions," said Chalaire. "This coincides with efforts of CMAVEand NECE as part of the DeployedWar-Fighter Protection Pro-gram to discover new public health pesticides and identifynew strategies for insecticide-resistance management."
Although VF is focused on finding products to be used onbed nets, these insecticides with new modes of action couldbe used as an alternative to permethrin currently used to treatmilitary fabrics (e.g., uniforms, tents, barriers, etc.), duringresidual insecticide applications, and as a spatial spray againstresistant mosquitoes and other disease carriers, or "vectors."
"I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work on a projectthat has so much potential for the development of a new insec-ticide that could be used to protect our troops," said Chalaire.
Chalaire said the trip was also a great learning experience.She travelled to a small, rural village inWenchi, Ghana, to visita clinical study site where she learned how VF's bed nets arebeing evaluated for durability, ease of use, and efficacy.
"The most interesting part of the trip to Ghana was learn-ing about Vestergaard Frandsen's new product developmentprojects, specifically bed nets and durable wall linings for pro-tection against malaria-vectoring mosquitoes," said Chalaire."The products thatVF is developing could easily translate intoproducts that could be used for troop protection when theyare deployed to geographic areas where mosquito-borne dis-eases are endemic."
NECE is a field activity of the Navy and Marine Corps Pub-lic Health Center, and is part of the Navy Medicine team, aglobal healthcare network of 63,000 Navy medical personnelaround the world who provide high quality health care to morethan 1 million eligible beneficiaries. Navy Medicine personneldeploy with Sailors and Marines worldwide, providing criticalmission support aboard ship, in the air, under the sea and onthe battlefield.
For more information about medical entomology, visit theNMCPHC website at: http://www.nmcphc.med.navy.mil/.
For more news from Navy Medicine Support Command,visit www.navy.mil/local/nmsc/.
Navy Medicine, Private Industry Partnershipseeks Malaria, mosquito control In Africa
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experiences to survive, such as a boom in prostitution, the ag-onies of mass migration, and ordeals that led to the deaths ofmillions.
In the summer of 1939, the famous American film classic,“Gone with theWind,” was surging in popularity in Poland. ThePoles made comparisons to the doomed Confederacy andHitler committing to the invasion of Poland, the calm beforethe storm. You will get an intimate look at why the German gen-erals devised “blitzkrieg,” a quick war as Hitler and his generalstaff worried about the impact of long mobilizations had on themorale of the German people. Hitler would be genuinely sur-prised that the British and French would declare war on himover Poland; after all he was allowed Czechoslovakia and Aus-tria?
Chapters have vivid descriptions of Russia’s performance intheir attack on Finland. Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin pushed120,000 men, 600 tanks, and 1,000 guns through Finland’s nar-row approaches. They were ill-equipped and ill-trained. Thatand Stalin’s liquidation of his officer corps in the 1937 purgesled to 60 percent of that armor being destroyed, and the Sovietsmired in a quagmire. The Germans would pay close attentionto Soviet performance in Finland, and it would form the basisof Hitler’s fatal decision in June 1941 to invade the Soviet Union.Hastings takes readers to the Pacific, Iraq, Egypt, and the faminein British-controlled Bengal. Those with a passion for WorldWar II will enjoy Hasting’s book and elegant narrative style.
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work traffic,” he said.Eventually, Lemnios added,“we're moving to a point where
no longer will we be looking for particular attacks, but we willbe designing systems on the commercial side that morph au-tomatically -- actually change their features and operating rolesto respond to threats before the threats present themselves.”
President Barack Obama’s fiscal 2013 Pentagon budget re-quest includes a $3.4 billion investment in cyber activities, ofwhich $486 million is dedicated to science and technology in-vestments, he said. This investment is significant, he added,given the department’s complex set of cybersecurity respon-sibilities and challenges.
The DoD enterprise system includes 15,000 networks and7 million computing devices across hundreds of installationsin dozens of countries that are used for business operations.But the DoD cybersecurity capability must extend beyond theenterprise system, Lemnios said, to include mission-criticalcommand and control networks, cyber physical systems andcyber radio frequency systems -- communications systems --
that make up DoD’s tactical systems.“The emergence of networked tactical systems and cyber
physical systems have created new opportunities for increasedcybersecurityattackanddisruption,”theassistantsecretarysaid.
The cyber operational domain is built on measures andcountermeasures, he added, where technical depth, opera-tional innovation and technology transition are the ingredi-ents for leadership.
“The key to success for all our cybersecurity efforts is talent-- the workforce we have in our laboratories, in academia, inindustry, in our small business community and the workforceof tomorrow,” Lemnios said.
DoD has several programs to advance the cyber researchand development workforce, he said.These include the Com-prehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative that attracts highschool and college students into cyber security, the DoD In-formation Assurance Scholarship Program for scholars whowant to complete a degree in cyber-related fields, and effortsinvolving the services.
At the National Security Agency, the research enterprisesupports the agency’s information assurance and signals in-telligence mission with a highly skilled technical workforce,Michael A. Wertheimer, NSA’s director of research and devel-opment, told the panel.
Better than a third of the workforce has PhDs, another thirdhas master’s degrees, and just under a quarter have bachelor’sdegrees,Wertheimer said. But poor recruitment and retentionpractices have caused U.S. production of computer scientiststo decline, he added. NSA has created a three-year prototypepost-doctoral program to attract new talent, he said.
At DARPA, to create cyber capabilities with the diversity,dynamic range and tempo of DoD operations, the agencylaunched a program called Cyber FastTrack, which taps a poolof nontraditional experts and innovators, many of whom op-erate in the “white-hat” hacker community.
“Half of our so-called cyberpunks -- the group of about ahalf a dozen or eight program managers at DARPA -- don'thave PhDs,” Gabriel said. “Their skills, their capabilities, theirinsights are coming from their practice in the community. Andfrankly, it will have a shelf life.”
Like all the program managers who work at DARPA,“they'llgo through the three to five years, and they'll move on, andothers will come in with a newer, different perspective,” headded.
“I think that's an interesting thing about cyber. … It hassuch a fast refresh and short shelf life that we may have oppor-tunities for a different model of how we retain that capability,”he said.
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"It's cool to know that you're part of something that's helpingthe environment and the whole ecosystem around here," hesaid. "Participating in projects like this shows that the Navy isnot just concerned about defense. We're concerned about theenvironment that we need to live in and sustain ourselves."
For more information, visit www.navy.mil, www.facebook.com/usnavy, or www.twitter.com/usnavy.
For more news from U.S. Naval Academy, visit www.navy.mil/local/usna/.
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