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By Patrick GordonNSAW public affairs

Commuters of the Washington NavyYard know the morning routine at theWashington Navy Yard very well. Everymorning at peak travel hours they are greet-ed by long lines of vehicles trailing up roadsaround the installation. But the frustrationof traffic - and the inevitable search forparking - at the yard is easily avoidable. Infact, drivers pass by the solution every dayon their way in and out of the gate: pedes-trian access gates.

The pedestrian entry gates at the NavyYard allow foot traffic to easily enter andexit the base with few to no delays. A furtherbenefit of these gates is that no vehicle park-ing is required for personnel who access theinstallation by foot.

“In theory, the idea is that the more peo-ple are walking to work and using the pe-destrian access, the fewer cars will be tryingto access the vehicle gates and find parkingon the yard,” said Kirk Avery, NSAW infor-mation technology installation programdirector. “But we still don’t have enoughemployees using public transportation toget to and from work and using those pe-destrian gates.”

Avery cites his own experience usingpedestrian access points as an argumentagainst driving in to work every day.

“I mean, when I catch the metro, I justwalk right on in to the yard,” said Avery.“But people who are driving are stuck intraffic. Walking down M Street I have seencars lined all the way down the block wait-ing to drive on to the yard at the 6th Streetgate. And it’s pretty telling that as a pedes-trian I am moving faster than traffic to geton to the Navy Yard property.”

Using the pedestrian access gates is sim-ple. Gates with pedestrian turnstiles are un-locked with a common access card scanner.When the scanner reads the CAC that infor-mation is sent to middleware which takesthe information and sends it to DefenseEnrollment Eligibility Reporting System.DEERS validates that person’s name againstits database, and then sends it back to themiddleware, which recognizes that card asvalid and the turnstile is unlocked throughthe Lenel enterprise access control systemallowing the individual to come through.For any personnel who experience trouble

using the scanners, instructions are postedat most gates to ease use.

“A lot of people run into problems usingthe pedestrian access gates simply becausethey’re not using them correctly,” said Av-ery. “Remember to swipe the barcode partof your Common Access Card, not the mag-netic stripe. Another feature of the reader isa small camera, but some people think thatthey can gain access by holding their cardto the camera, which won’t do anything. Sousing proper procedure is key.”

Avery added that while the system is veryeffective, sometimes a gate will not read aCAC. Should this happen, he advises per-sonnel to simply use one of the other gatesto gain access to the yard.

“If someone tries to scan their ID at anunmanned gate and it doesn’t work, theyjust need to walk down to a manned accessgate where security can scan the card and al-low them access,” said Avery. “In most casesof that happening the ID scanner at the pe-destrian gate simply are not reading the card

properly, which is usually just a network orsystem issue. If the card worked yesterdayand it’s just not reading today, it’s nothingto worry about. They just need to gain accessto the yard through a manned gate.”

Pedestrian access is available at the fol-lowing WNY gates:

6th Street Gate - An officer is present24 hours a day to check ID cards; in lateApril, 6th Street gate hours will change to5:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday - Friday for pe-destrians, turnstile access after 6 p.m. andweekends 9th Street and N Street Gates - IDSwipe access only via the turnstile O StreetGate - During operating hours ( 5:30 a.m.to 6 p.m. Monday - Friday), an officer willbe present to check ID cards, during non-operating hours, swipe access is availablevia the turnstile; in late April, O Street gatehours will change to being a manned post24 hours a day, seven days a week RiverwalkGates - Swipe access only via the turnstilesIf personnel experience malfunctions withDoD-issued ID cards at a pedestrian gate

and cannot gain access via the turnstile,they are advised to email the turnstile accessfunctional mailbox at tamr.nsaw-wnyd@navy.mil to report the problem. When doingso, include your name, date, time, turnstilenumber, and the 10-digit ID number on theback of card.

And while using pedestrian access gatescan reduce vehicle traffic, Avery points outthat they save the Navy in many ways.

“The idea behind using electronic accesscontrol is to reduce man hours and reducethe number of bodies necessary to supportthese gates,” said Avery. “If you’re usingyour card to gain access to the base at a pe-destrian-only gate, that frees up a police of-ficer to patrol the yard who would otherwisehave to be standing a post checking ID’s. Sothe scanners are two-fold: access controland man-hour reduction.”

So the next time you make your way tothe Washington Navy Yard, ask yourselfthis: Where is your time best spent, insideor outside the gate?

Pedestrian access saves time, hassle at Washington Navy Yard

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Using pdestrian access turnstiles at the Washington Navy Yard is an easy way to avoid long lines of vehicle trafficon the yard.

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By Brian SuttonNSAW public affairs officer

It’s no secret that Washington Navy Yardtraffic is nightmarish. Six thousands carsmaking the daily mad dash to the threeopen gates, all at roughly the same time, is arecipe for long wait times, frustrated drivers,and upset commanders and supervisors.

What’s worse, those six thousand carsare competing for only 4,911 spots on theyard. Once you factor in reserved, execu-tive, and handicapped spaces against thatnumber, only 3,470 spots are open parkingfor those trying to cram their way into theyard in their vehicles. There are not nearlyenough spaces to accommodate all of thosecars, and creating your own parking spacesin fire lanes, sides of buildings and edges ofparking lots is just going to get you ticketedand towed. So why drive to the yard at all?

That’s a question you need to ask your-self as a driver, if you are one. Why driveto work when there are more convenient,more affordable options that don’t contrib-ute to a growing problem on the yard?

To fully understand the situation, firstwe must take a look at some backgroundinformation that should shed some light onthe situation and give readers a greater un-derstanding of the problem.

Security of the WNYTo truly understand the problem, first

the issue of command should be explored.Commanders have an obligation, both le-gally and morally, to protect employees,visitors and facilities on their respective in-stallations. That’s a hefty responsibility andone that Capt. Monte Ulmer, Naval supportActivity Washington commander, takes veryseriously.

Part of the Navy requirements for help-ing ensure security on theWashington NavyYard is the directive to actively scan theidentification cards of those attempting toenter Navy installations, both on foot andin vehicles. That’s no easy task, but it’s animportant step to take to ensure that thosewho enter the Washington Navy Yard havelegitimate business to conduct here.

It takes a bit of time to get 6,000 vehi-cles through the gates in the morning andthrough the required security scanning. Onaverage during peak commuting times, ourpolice officers can accommodate one vehi-cle per lane per gate every 10 seconds. If ourscanners are running slow, it may take a fewseconds longer per vehicle.

Should a commander trade the safetyand security of his workforce for the sakeof convenience? The answer is obviously,“No.” Security regulations set by Com-mander, Naval Installations Commandmust be followed. NSAW is in compliancewith all applicable guidance and directivesfor installation access.

After all, it’s for your safety, right?Why don’t you add more police officers

at the gates?That’s an often-asked question, and one

that, on the surface, appears to make a lotof sense. Doubling officers on the gateswould, theoretically, increase traffic flowonto the yard.

NSAW is currently doing that. We haveincreased the numbers of police officersduring heavy commute times, using over-time hours to provide you with greater ac-cess through our gates during peak traf-fic times. We are also using Navy Reserveforces and our Auxiliary Security Forces tobetter man the gates for your convenience.In addition, we’ve added more hours to ourgates that are typically only open for a shorttime each day.

Even with the addition of police officers,there are still heavy backups at our gates.Adding more and more police officers onthe gates may reduce the wait time outsideour gates, but traffic already moves slowlyon the yard, and we will just be transferringa problem outside our gates to inside ourgates as traffic backs up. People hunt andscramble for parking spaces. You are re-membering that 6,000 cars are trying to findtheir way to 4,911 spaces, right?

Barrier constructionThe installation currently has the O

Street gate closedfor barrier mainte-nance/replacement.Construction on thatgate should be com-plete by the end ofApril, and on May 1those attempting toaccess the yard willhave one more gate to use. That will helpshift the traffic flow to an additional gatemaking access slightly easier for you. Wedo expect to see some internal congestionrelief when the O Street gate opens back up.That should give commuters a bit of relief -but only a little.

The good news on the O Street barriercontinues to come in. The barrier construc-tion is ahead of schedule, in fact, so thatMay 1 date is an improvement over the orig-inal projected gate opening. The 6th Streetgate was also completed early in order tohelp accommodate the return of Naval SeaSystems command to the yard.

Traffic PatternsThe barrier construction at O Street

leads me to a related topic - changes intraffic patterns. NSAW has worked closelywith the District of Columbia Departmentof Transportation to change the traffic lightcycles along M and 11th streets to better ac-commodate our traffic congestion. In thepast few months, DDOT has shortened thecycles between lights so that traffic flowsmore smoothly at high volumes. We are infrequent contact with DDOT reps to makesure we are doing all we can in conjunction

with the district tomake your commut-ing experience moreefficient.

One of the in-teresting pointswe’ve taken a lookat is the efficiencyof completed proj-

ects within the DDOT framework. Regionaltransportation improvements, such as theconnections to 295 and the addition of anew ramp from 695, have reduced commutetime to the WNY, resulting in vehicle stack-ing at the gates due to less commute timeon local roads. In more simple terms, those6,000 cars are arriving to our gates fasterthan ever before, creating a bottleneck. Theend result is that drivers are sitting fartherback in longer queues.

Return of NAVSEABeginning in January, Naval Sea Systems

Command began its return to WNY. Withthe return come many thousands of em-ployees who, for the past 16 months, were

working out of Buzzard’s Point while theHumphrey’s Building was being renovated.Obviously having such a large populationreturn to an installation creates a commut-ing surge. We’ve done what we can with theresources we have to mitigate the effects ofthis surge.

The solutionNow that you have the background and

understand a few of the key issues at hand,the obvious question you might have is,“What’s the solution?”

The solution is quite simple. Be a part ofthe solution rather than expect others to bethe solution for you. The way I see it, here’swhat needs to happen:

1. If you must physically report to workeach day, make good use of alternate workschedules to alleviate traffic flow duringpeak hours. Do that in conjunction withusing vanpools or mass transit to also helpus reduce the traffic footprint on the yard.After all, we are trying to encourage you tohelp us keep more than 1,000 vehicles fromcoming through our gates each morningin addition to changing the volume duringpeak hours. If you are a commander or su-pervisor, please look for ways you can haveyour command be the example.

2. If you can, make use of telework op-portunities. Teleworking is a presidentialmandate for the federal workforce to reduceworkforce footprint, reduce traffic, and helpthe environment by reducing carbon emis-sions. Try it. Federal employees can agreewith their employers to work from home upto three days per week. If even 10 percent ofour driving force telecommuted three daysa week, that would reduce vehicles comingthrough our gates by as much as 600 duringthe morning rush and would free up thoseparking spaces, getting us closer to our goal.Supervision of teleworkers is not difficultto accomplish if you have a plan in place.Many teleworkers report greater productiv-ity because they are not constantly inter-rupted when working from home.

3. Switch your regular day off. I get it.Everyone with an RDO wants to take it ona Monday or Friday in order to get a three-day weekend. You or your command mayrequest that your RDO be on days otherthan Mondays or Fridays. Frankly, since Iknow the Navy Yard typically does not havea traffic problem on Mondays and Fridays,if I were a driver I’d request another day offjust so my commute would be easier and Icould avoid coming to work on a high-vol-ume day. It just makes sense. Our tenantcommands are encouraged to explore thoseoptions with their employees.

4. The best thing you can do is to stopdriving. Help us make everyone’s commut-ing experience better by using mass transit,van pools, biking and walking in to work.Heck, you can even get a government-paidmass transit subsidy of up to $130 a month.You can’t beat that.

I understand that when asked to sacri-fice, we always expect others to sacrifice sothat we may continue to get what we want,but the reality is that all of us need to sacri-fice, including you. Take advantage of oneor more of the options above. Your com-muting life will be better, the traffic flowwillbe better, and you might just have a littleextra money in your pockets reducing com-muting costs and wear on your vehicles. Bea part of the solution, not a continuation ofthe problem.

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By Patrick GordonNSAW Public Affairs

Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month is un-derway in Naval Support Activity Washington and with itcomes a variety of events around the command. A centraltheme of these of events is preventing sexual assault when-ever and wherever it may occur, and to accomplish this goalcoordinators say that a cultural shift must occur.

“While 18- to 24-year-olds are at the highest risk of as-sault, everyone - regardless of age - contributes to our cul-ture,” said Liz Blanc, NSAW sexual assault and response co-ordinator. “So even if you don’t fall into that high-risk agegroup you can help control the culture and influence whatthose 18- to 24-year-olds do. And I think we need to changethe culture in how we view intervention and even how weview sexual assault victims.”

Blanc said that while increased efforts in the Departmentof Defense havemade it easier for victims receive treatmentfor and report incidents of sexual assault, bystander inter-vention to prevent such incidents is still a topic that needsto be pressed.

“One of the challenges with bystander intervention isthat we can train on skills all day long, but there is a ton ofresearch that looks at why are people so bad at interven-

ing,” said Blanc. “And it points to the fact that bystanderstend to move through a series of steps before they activelyengage, and what motivates them to act. Sort of a cost-ben-efit analysis that bystanders go through determining whatthe potential consequences are to themselves versus thebenefit to the person they are acting on the behalf of.”

Research further indicates that bystanders want to besure that person they are helping is “worthy” of those ef-forts before they intervene, said Blanc.

“And that’s where victim blaming tends to come from,”said Blanc. “So when we try to address changing the cul-ture we need to do two things: Help people understand thatintervening is a socially responsible thing to do, and makethem realize that they can intervene effectively.”

Others note that while the DoD has made great stridesto train its personnel in how it views and prevents sexualassault, society as a whole needs to change its treatmentof the issue.

“This is a cultural problem, not just a military problem,”said Cmdr. Ann Lundwall, Navy Victims’ Legal Counsel atNSAW. “Our service members don’t learn how to rape inboot camp.”

Lundwall said that part of the problem is in how sexualassault is presented as a subject, even in entertainment.

“It has been pointed out recently that if you look at filmslike ‘Animal House’ and ‘Revenge of the Nerds,’ there is

conduct in those films that would be considered charge-able offenses of sexual assault, and these are comedies,”said Lundwall. “But I’m glad that we are starting to focuson things like bystander intervention, because it takes thefocus of blame off of the sexual assault survivor, and morelooking to what we can do as a society and recognizing whatis not acceptable.”

Blanc and Lundwall agree that with effort and contin-ued initiatives like SAAPM, cultural perceptions of sexualassault will change. Similar efforts have yielded positiveresults in the past on other issues, said Blanc.

“It’s been done before,” said Blanc. “25 or 30 years ago, itwas pretty common to see people letting their friends drivedrunk. Now people don’t think twice about preventing thatfrom happening in a number of ways because the culturewas changed. It wasn’t overnight, and it required a lot ofeffort from a number of people and organizations, but thatis an example of how the message changed from ‘this is ac-ceptable’ to ‘I need to do something to prevent this fromhappening.’”

And sexual assault, said Blanc, is something everyoneneeds to prevent from happening.

This article is part two of a series on Sexual Assault Pre-vention and Awareness Month in NSAW.

Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month:Changing Culture for the Better

From NSAW Sexual Assault Pre-vention and Response

April 2For parents with teenagers, helping them

prepare for life after high school can comewith a unique set of challenges. Sometimesparents feel like they don’t have the toolsto talk to their teens about difficult topics.Recognizing that the issue of sexual assaultis one of these tough subjects, the NSAWSexual Assault Response Coordinator willbe giving a training that specifically ad-dresses these concerns. Parents will be giv-en the information and support they needto talk to their teenagers about consent andsexual assault.

The event will be held for NSAW at theAdmiral Gooding Center April 2 from 11a.m. to 12:30 p.m. An additional session willbe offered at the Office of Naval IntelligenceApril 16at 11 a.m. Registration is required.Please contact Liz Blanc at elizabeth.blanc@navy.mil to reserve a seat.

April 7Why: Sexual Assault Awareness and Pre-

vention Month (SAAPM) continues withthe Teal Tuesday River Walk Wear April 7at 11 a.m. Join the NSAW Command, Sex-ual Assault Prevention and Response staff,Fitness Center, and Civilian MWR to raise

awareness and show support for this issue.Personnel are encouraged to wear teal dur-ing this walk along the Anacostia. The eventwill kick off at the Catering and ConferenceCenter and participants will walk or jogdown to Nationals Park and back.

Registration is not required. For moreinformation about the event and SAAPM,please contact SarahMcCallister, NCR SAPRVA at sarah.mccallister@navy.mil or 202-258-3696.

April 10Naval Support Facility Arlington will

kick off Sexual Assault Awareness and Pre-vention Month with a proclamation sign-ing April 10 at 11 a.m. Personnel are invitedto show support by placing a teal paintedhandprint on the SAAPM banner followingthe proclamation. Free ice cream will beavailable for attendees.

For additional information please con-tact Liz Blanc, NSAW SARC at elizabeth.

blanc@navy.mil or 202-615-9820.

April 21Sexual Assault Awareness and Preven-

tion Month continues on NSAW with a re-source fair April 21 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.outside of Building 22. Personnel are in-vited to learn about the local Sexual AssaultPrevention and Response program and itsallied partners while enjoying lunch andlive music. On hand to offer informationand resources will be representatives fromSAPR, NSAW Fleet and Family Support Cen-ter, US Naval Criminal Investigative Service,Region Legal Service Office, NSAW BranchHealth Clinic, NSAWChaplin, and Navy Vic-tim’s Legal Counsel. Attendees will be ableto enjoy a chicken fry, free ice cream pro-vided by Civilian MWR and live music fromthe Navy Band’s Cruisers.

In the event of inclement weather, theResource Fair will be held in Building 73.For more information please contact LizBlanc, NSAW SARC at elizabeth.blanc@navy.mil or 202-615-9820.

April 29The NMIC commands will be closing out

Sexual Assault Awareness and PreventionMonth with a Teal to Toe 5k. The 5k willkick off at April 29 at 9 a.m. within the Suit-land Federal Center. For more informationplease contact Liz Blanc, NSAW SARC atelizabeth.blanc@navy.mil or 202-615-9820.\

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Join the Washington Rugby ClubThe Washington Rugby Club is seeking players to

join its ranks. Practices are atModel Secondary School forthe Deaf on the Gallaudet Campus, Gallaudet-NOMA metroon the red line, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 PM and last roughly two hours.

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Navy Museums Offers Well-Appointed Ceremonial and Meeting SpacesLooking for a suitable location to hold your retirement/promotion or change of

command ceremony? Look no further! The Navy Museum located at the histori-cal Washington Navy Yard has just what you’re looking for. We have two locationsto choose from, both with one of kind naval backdrops (Main Museum - Bldg. 76,and the Cold War Gallery - Bldg. 70). Both venues are free of charge to both activeduty military and Civil Service personnel to use during our normal business hours(9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundaysand Holidays (except for Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and NewYear’s Day). We also provide support for receptions in conjunction with ceremonies.In addition, the Navy Museum is available for after-hour and weekend events toboth military and civilian organizations.

Besides ceremonial support, the Navy Museum also boasts an ample MuseumEducation Center which can be used for meetings, command training, lectures,etc. (seating capacity is approximately 100 and has audio and visual capability)Another popular meeting location we offer is our Ready Room Theater within theCold War Gallery, which resembles an actual carrier ready room aboard ship. Thisvenue seats 23 people comfortably (can be expanded to 30) and has audio andvideo capability. If you would like further information, or would like to scheduleone of our venues during normal working hours, please contact Mr. Frank Arre at(202) 433-2385. For after-hour and weekend events, please contact the Naval His-torical Foundation at (202) 678-4333, Ext 1. Stop by and check us out. We’re sureyou won’t be disappointed!

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DSO Changes Walk-in HoursDefense Service Office North has changed walk-in hours to Monday, Tuesday and

Wednesday from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. DSO North is the local office for legal defenseservices. Attorneys are available to provide advice to servicemembers regarding nonju-dicial punishments, summary courts-martial, Article 138 and 1150 complaints, admin-istrative separation processing, hardship discharges and suspect’s rights. Consultationsare confidential. DSO is located onboardWNY inBuilding 200, Suite 1200. Servicemem-bers should present in uniform.

Wearing of Portable headphones, earphones, and Bluetooth devices:The wearing of portable headphones, earphones, cellular hands-free devices, ra-

dios, recording devices or other portable listening devices while running, jogging,walking, bicycling, skating, or skate boarding in roadways and streets interferes withand impairs recognition of emergency signals, alarms, announcements, and the ap-proach of EVs.

NSAWpersonnel are advised use of these deviceswhile performing the noted activi-ties aboardNSAW fence line installations is prohibited. (TRAFFICOPNAVINST5100.12J)

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NSAW News From Rear Adm. Markham Richcommandant, Naval DistrictWashington

Greetings Team 88,The month of April is designated as Na-

tional Sexual Assault Awareness Month.This year’s theme is “Eliminate Sexual As-sault: Know Your Part. Do Your Part.” Pre-venting Sexual Assault is in our hands…it’s about knowing and upholding our corevalues and standards. Everyone has a rolea role to play in preventing and respondingto sexual assaults, and if you see somethingwrong, you must step in and do the rightthing, no matter how uncomfortable.

So this is the perfect month to discussSexual Assault Prevention and Response,and give you an update on some big pictureSAPR issues, as well as what has been hap-pening at Naval District Washington tomarkNational Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

The Department of Defense SAPR pro-gram has undergone significant review andgrowth, with major changes to key policiesand programs. One of the more importantthings that happened last year was that onDec. 1, the Department of Defense delivereda report to the president that detailed theprogress made in the campaign against sex-ual assault. In addition to the comprehen-sive report by the Department of Defense,each of the military departments and theNational Guard Bureau contributed a sup-porting report, further detailing their prog-ress. The reports highlighted the significantimprovements made in the sexual assaultprevention and response program, criminalinvestigations, and the military justice sys-tem over the past three years.

The DoD report to the president wasmore than 1,000 pages long, which makesfor a long read, but I encourage you to re-view it. Here is a link to the report: http://sapr.mil/public/docs/reports/FY14_PO-TUS/FY14_DoD_Report_to_POTUS_SAP-RO_Report.pdf

The report presented a list of 10 prom-ising indicators and/or agents of positivechange. Two of these items stood out forme. One was the extensive leadership en-gagement – Navy leaders at all levels arecognizant, involved and are leading the waywith the SAPR program. There has been apositive effect throughout our entire com-munity. The second item that stood out wasthat prevalence is down and reporting isup. Viewed together, these two trends indi-cate that we’ve made progress in terms ofour Sailors’ willingness to report, which is avitally important issue. Based on the 2012RAND survey, it was estimated that only 1 in10 victims reported a sexual assault. Fromthe 2014 RAND survey, this number has im-proved to 1 in 4.

Preventing and responding to sexual as-saults will always be a priority at NDW. Ourultimate goal is to eliminate sexual assaultfrom our ranks. We are using a proactiveapproach that consists of focused education,comprehensive response, compassionateadvocacy, and just adjudication in order topromote professionalism, respect, and trust,while preserving our mission readiness.

The regional sexual assault preventionand response officer is a good example ofour proactive approach. Every region withinCNIC now has a SAPRO assigned as a directreport to the commander whose sole respon-sibility is to help the commander implementan effective SAPR program. Our new SAPROis Cmdr. Stephen Frangos, located on JBABin the N9 building. The RSAPRO is the mili-tary counterpart to the civilian regional sex-ual assault response coordinator. These twopositions make up the SAPR team, which

maintains awareness of SAPR program andinitiatives, ensures policy and proceduralcompliance with subordinate commands,recognizes and recommends best practices,lessons learned and trend analysis.

Our SAPR team has been very busy thepast fewmonths with educational programsand training. We recently held the first sex-ual assault response drills throughout theregion. These drills will be conducted ev-ery June and December. The first set wentwell and we gained some valuable lessonslearned to improve the program effective-ness. Drill scenarios begin with a person re-porting an exercise sexual assault throughone of the various reporting channels andare designed to all exercise the full range ofinstallation response processes. The NDWSAPR team will be working with the instal-lation training officers to conduct the nextround of drills in June.

Our region led the way for best practicesby having the majority of our installationsrun the same drill scenario, which enabledus to compare results and better understandwhat worked well and where we needed toimprove. NDW unit victim advocates alsoplayed the part of the victim. The feedbackreceived was that the UVA’s learned just asmuch by playing the victim in the drill ascompared to the UVA’s that were being as-sessed. These best practices are going to berecommended by CNIC to all other regions.NDW also created a standardized assess-ment check list so that all installations willbe evaluated using the same criteria.

Beginning in April and through Septem-ber, we will be rolling out new BystanderIntervention to the Fleet, or BI2F. Thistraining is going to be a comprehensive by-stander skills-based facilitated experience.BI2F is going to teach how to recognize andaddress destructive behaviors on the con-tinuum of harm (bullying, inappropriate be-havior, offensive humor, posters, pictures,harassment, sexual harassment etc...). It willrevolve around the concept of “See some-thing, say something.” The two-hour train-ing will be mandatory for military person-nel, but our civilian workforce is welcomeand highly encouraged to attend what webelieve to be excellent training.

Sexual assault in all forms is unaccept-able. Providing critical training and aware-ness programs and trained advocates tohandle sexual assault response ensuresNDW continues to have a command cli-mate of respect, trust and professionalism.I encourage you to participate in the SexualAssault Awareness and Prevention Monthactivities at your installations and take sometime to educate yourself on DoD and NavySAPR programs and initiatives.

Thanks, Team 88.

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From NSAW public affairs

Food trucks are will be open for business on theWashington Navy Yard beginning in April. A food truckfor Mobil Kitchen Heavan will be available across fromThe Navy Museum at Building 76 April 6. More foodtrucks will be available around the Washington NavyYard on a date to be determined.

Food truckscoming to WNY

From NAVSEA public affairs

Naval Sea Systems Command is preparing to launcha version of the former DoD STARBASE-Atlantis pro-gram, defunded since September of 2013, at the Wash-ington Navy Yard. The program will offer Science,Technology, Engineering, and Math-focused afterschool and summer programs to school-aged childrenthrough partnerships with local area schools and orga-nizations. The NAVSEA program leads, in coordinationwith the NSAW N9 organization, are in the process ofpreparingWNY facilities for use, soliciting program vol-unteers, and completing hiring actions in anticipationof a spring/summer 2015 kickoff window.

STARBASE-Atlantisprogram preparingto launch at WNY

April 31797 - Capt. Thomas Truxtun issues

the first known American signal bookusing a numerary system.

1942 - Adm. Nimitz named Com-mander-in-Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas,a joint command, and retains his oth-er title, Commander-in-Chief, PacificFleet

1992 - First five coed recruit com-panies graduate from Orlando, Fla.,Naval Training Center.

April 41776 - Continental Navy frigate Co-

lumbus captures HM Tender Hawkein the first American capture of Britisharmed vessel.

1854 - Sailors and Marines fromsailing sloop, Plymouth, protect U.S.citizens at Shanghai.

1898 - Appointment of the first CivilEngineering Corps officer, MordecaiEndicott, as Chief, Bureau of Yards andDocks.

1949 - Establishment of NATO.

April 51946 - USS Missouri (BB-63) arrives

in Turkey to return the body of Turkishambassador to the U.S. and to showU.S. support and willingness to defendTurkey.

April 61776 - Sloop-of-war Ranger, frigate

Queen of France, and frigateWarren capture British Hibernia and seven othervessels.

1862 - Naval gunfire fromUSS Tylerand USS Lexington help save Uniontroops at Battle of Shiloh.

1909 - Cmdr. Robert E. Peary re-ports reaching the North Pole.

1917 - U.S. declares war on Ger-many.

1945 - First heavy kamikaze attackon ships at Okinawa.

1961 - USS Lake Champlain (CV-39)brings oxygen to aid stricken passen-ger of British liner Queen of Bermuda.

1968 - USS New Jersey (BB-62) re-commissioned for shore bombard-ment duty in Vietnam.

1989 - President orders DoD to as-sist in Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup.

1993 - Branch Navy Hospital Adakresponds to crash of civilian Chineseairline providing lifesaving treatmentand medical evacuation of 89 injuredpassengers. Only one passenger out of265 passengers dies.

April 71776 - Continental brig Lexington

captures British ship Edward.1917 - Navy takes control of all

wireless radio stations in the U.S.1942 - Navy accepts African Ameri-

cans for general service.1945 - Carrier aircraft defeat last

Japanese Navy sortie in the Battle ofEast China Sea; Yamato, world’s larg-est battleship, and five other shipssunk.

1979 - Launching of the first Tri-dent submarine, USS Ohio (SSBN-726) at Groton, Conn.

April 81925 - First planned night landings

on a carrier, USS Langley (CV-1), byVF-1.

1950 - UnarmedNavy patrol aircraftshot down over Baltic Sea by USSR.

1951 - First of four detonations inOperation Greenhouse nuclear test.

April 91861 - Second relief convoy for Fort

Sumter leaves New York.1941 - Commissioning of USS North

Carolina, which carried 9 16-inch guns.1943 - Re-establishment of Com-

modore rank.1959 - Selection of first seven Mer-

cury astronauts, including four navalaviators.

This Week in Navy History

Photo courtesy of National Nuclear Security Administration

U.S. nuclear test “George” of Operation Greenhouse test series, May 9, 1951. The “George” shot was a “sci-ence experiment” showing the feasibility of the Teller-Ulam design concept.

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By Patrick GordonNSAW Public Affairs

In the wake of the ISIS “hit list,” whichcontained the names and addresses ofabout 100 servicemembers, DoD leadershipis urging personnel to limit what they shareonline and who they share it with.

The DoD is reminding personnel that thelist does not show any evidence of an immi-nent threat, but its release has shown whatinformation can be gathered with minimalresearch.

“This incident is a reminder of the im-portance we individually have to place onour personal safety and operations secu-rity,” said Vice Adm. S. H. Swift, Director,Navy Staff, in a release to Navy Live. “Theguidance shared with Sailors in their sus-tained and cyclic training remains valid...stay aware, stay vigilant and be prudentabout the information you share. Stand-ing guidance for our web pages and com-mand social media accounts remain valid aswell-there is not a need to make a change.Ongoing intelligence and law enforcementassessments continue to reinforce thatsharing information smartly and with duecaution remains safe-this includes dealingswith vetted U.S. and international media. If

anything changes or new intelligence be-comes available, we will pass that informa-tion via the appropriate channels.”

But keeping information safe on socialmedia is easier than one may think. It ismore about what you don’t share than whatyou do. Navy Live released a list of guide-lines March 23 for keeping information safewhen using sites like facebook and twitter.Among their tips, they advise against shar-ing too much information, never to discloseoperational information, be savvy aboutwho you friend or follow online, know whatis safe to share, and to be general when de-scribing military service or duty.

Overall, though, personnel are urged notto be overly concerned by the incident. Byfollowing protocol and understanding howto protect themselves, personnel can keeptheir information and themselves safe.

“We serve in the most dynamic andpowerful Navy on earth, made possible byour Sailors’ efforts and the support of theirfamilies,” said Swift. “Taking the time to dis-cuss this issue, to place it in the appropri-ate context, will help ease anxiety and focusresponsive effort on productive, appropri-ate and necessary measures. This approachserves our Sailors and their families best.”

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