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AIR FORCE NEWSAF Assistance Fund in full swing, Page 3

HEALTHTrusting yourself can save your life,

Page 3

COMMENTARYAir Force medicine: A vision

for the future, Page 2

BY STAFF SGT.MATT DAVIS

AIR FORCE DISTRICTOF WASHINGTONPUBLIC AFFAIRS

When serving, mili-tary members knowsometimes they will be inharm’s way to support themission. When forwarddeployed, Airmen receivetraining to prepare themto engage the enemy.

But what if the threatwas within your base?Knowing basic activeshooter response can savelives.

According to the AirForce’s Be Ready website,an active shooter is an in-dividual actively engagedin killing or attempting tokill people, most often inpopulated areas. In mostcases, active shootersuse firearms and there isno pattern or method totheir selection of victims.Active shooters can alsouse improvised explosivedevices to create addition-al victims and to impedefirst responders.

“An active shootercould be a domestic inci-dent or, as we saw at theNavy Yard, an insiderwho worked in the build-ing who became disgrun-tled,” said Mark Allen, AirForce District of Washing-ton Security Forces direc-tor. “The Navy Yard shoot-er was an active shooterand an inside threat. Theguy worked there and hadthe credentials to get intothe installation and facil-ity.”

AFDW personnel fol-low guidelines estab-lished on the Air Force’sBe Ready website on how

Properresponsecould savelives inactiveshootersituation

see SHOOTER, page 5

BY STAFF SGTNICHELLE ANDERSON

11TH WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS

February marks the be-ginning of African-Ameri-can/Black History Monthand Joint Base Andrewswill host several eventsthroughout the month inits honor.

This years’ nationaltheme is, “A century ofblack life, history and cul-ture.”

“It came from the As-sociation of the Study ofAfrican-American life andHistory,” said Capt. PeterLee, 11th Civil EngineerSquadron Explosive Ord-nance Disposal flight com-

JBA honors,‘A centuryof black life,history andculture’

see HISTORY, page 5

U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO/AIRMAN 1ST CLASS PHILIP BRYANT

Maj. Stephen Akins, 756th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft commander and pilot,holds his daughter on the flightine Feb. 9 at Joint Base Andrews. The Akins family reunited after a two-month deployment to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing. More photos on page 4.

459TH AIRMEN RETURN HOME

BY BOBBY JONESSTAFF PHOTOJOURNALIST

The Harmony HallRegional Center in FortWashington, hosted its’monthly Kid’s Day Outevent entitled “Lincolnand Tubman,” which de-picted two of the 19th cen-tury’s most historical fig-ures come to life onstage.The two personas sharedtheir individual roles inthe effort to end slaveryin America with a largegroup of students fromJames Ryder Randall El-ementary School studentson Feb. 4.

Bright Stars TouringTheater actors, DannyGrumich and MoniqueScott portrayed AbrahamLincoln and Harriet Tub-

man, based on historicalaccounts and research.

During their perfor-mances, the duel thespianteam gave the young au-dience interesting factsabout their lives. Grumichgave glimpses of a youngAbe Lincoln’s family life

and personal nuances’ likehis love of reading and hisphysical strength and en-durance while choppinglogs on the farm.

Both actors stressedthe importance of educa-tion, touting Lincoln’s suc-cess as a lawyer, after only

a year of education.Best known for her

leadership as an abo-litionist, Scott helpedbreathe life into her roleas Tubman engaging thechildren by asking forvolunteers to come up onstage and act as thoughthey were runaway slaves.Waving her arms for thechildren to follow her sheasked them to be quiet asthe voice of a slave hunt-er could be heard in thebackground over blood-hounds. Grumich, walkedbriskly from behind theflag on stage which serveddually as backdrop andchanging quarters, whisk-ing his black cape aroundwhile swinging a lanternback and forth in search of

Lincoln and Tubman teachstudents life lessons to succeed

see SUCCEED, page 7

PHOTO/BOBBY JONES

A young Abe Lincoln shows his prowess andstrength as he chops wood.

BY BOBBY JONESSTAFF PHOTOJOURNALIST

A young man angrilyencounters his girlfriendtalking with a fellow malestudent in the BladenHall breezeway at PrinceGeorge’s Community Col-lege (PGCC).

Some onlookers sur-rounded the tension-filledsituation, aiming the cellphones to document theevent on the lovers’ eveof Valentine’s Day, Feb.13. The jealous boyfriendquickly accuses his girl-friend of flirting and ex-plodes in a jealous rage,pushing her abruptly andhollering obscenities. “If I

PGCCsupportbreakingthe chainof violence

see VIOLENCE, page 6

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Andrews Gazette2 Friday, February 20, 2015

BY LT. GEN. (DR.)THOMAS W. TRAVIS

AIR FORCE SURGEON GENERAL

The United StatesAir Force’s coremissions are air and space superi-ority, intelligence surveillance andreconnaissance (ISR), rapid globalmobility, global strike, and commandand control. These are almost iden-tical (but in different terms) to themissions the USAF had in 1947. Butwe now do these missions in threedomains: Air, Space and Cyberspace.

In the Air Force I grew up in, the“operators” were primarily pilots andnavigators. There are many moretypes of operators these days, as air-power is projected through the vari-ous domains in very new ways. AirForce medicine is adapting and inno-vating to better support the Airmenwho safeguard this country 24/7, 365days a year.

In that regard, Air Force medi-cine is now focusing on human per-formance. This is not a huge shift forus. Since the Air Force Medical Ser-vice (AFMS) began in 1949,Air Forcemedics have focused on occupationaland population health and preven-tion. We are simply taking it to thenext level.

OurAFMS strategy embraces this,and to focus on this as a priority, werecently changed the AFMS vision:

“Our supported population is thehealthiest and highest performingsegment of the U.S. by 2025.”

This is an audacious but achiev-able goal, which is focused on healthrather than health care and is clearlyconnected to the imperative to assureoptimal performance of Airmen.EveryAirman (or other service member) hashuman performance demands placedon them by virtue of their operationaland mission tasks. These demandshave changed, rather than decreased,due to the technologies employed incurrent mission environments.

In view of the evolving Air Force,the AFMS is evolving to ensure thatas many of our supported servicemembers are available to their com-mander as possible, and are able toperform the exquisite set of skills thatare now required of them. Health inthe context of mission equates to per-formance and every medic or healthcare team must know how the mis-sion might affect the health of theindividual, or unit, and how medicalsupport affects the mission.

I think this is just as relevant forother beneficiaries -- to include familymembers and retirees, who also haveperformance goals in their day-to-dayactivities. Toward that goal, we havebegun either embedding or dedicatingmedics to directly support missionssuch as special operations, remotelypiloted aircraft, ISR and explosiveordnance disposal, which have had aclearly positive impact on those Air-men, their mission effectiveness andtheir families.We are moving rapidlyto make this “mission specific” sup-port a more widespread practice.

At the clinic level, our intent is toprovide customized prevention, ac-cess and care for patients, recognizingspecific stresses associated with ca-reer specialties.Our goal is to preventphysical or mental injuries wherepossible, and, if we are unable to pre-vent, then to provide rapid access tothe right team for care and recoveryto full performance. As a result, mis-sion effectiveness and quality of lifeshould improve, and long-term inju-ries or illnesses are mitigated to pro-vide for a healthier, more active life,long after separation or retirement.Concordantly, long-term health carecosts and disability compensationshould also decrease.

Patient safety and quality careare foundational to supporting ourbeneficiaries in their quest for betterhealth and improved performance.In order to improve both safety and

quality, we are committed as part ofthe Military Health System (MHS)to becoming a high-reliability healthcare system. This is a journey beingundertaken by health care systemsacross the country. To achieve thisgoal, we need a focused commitmentby our leadership and staff, instillinga culture of safety and quality, and aconstant measurement of the care weprovide, combined with robust pro-cess improvement at all levels.

These key tenets will enable theAFMS to achieve the principles ofhigh reliability seen in the aviationand nuclear communities, and areaimed at eliminating medical er-rors. To that end, we are committedto strengthening our performance-improvement programs and trainingall medics as “process improvers.”This will require advanced train-ing for key leaders and staff, drivingprocess improvement activities fromthe executive suite down to the frontlines of our clinics and wards.A greatexample of this is Wilford Hall Am-bulatory Surgery Center’s “GatewayAcademy,” designed to equipmid- andsenior-level leaders with the knowl-edge and skills to lead in an innova-tive environment.

Another area where we are pursu-ing process improvement is obstetriccare. All military treatment facilitieswith maternal-fetal care have imple-mented standardized checklists andoperating instructions created bya team of AFMS obstetric care sub-ject matter experts. The consistencyprovided by these clinically provenguidelines allows medical staff towork in any Air Force OB depart-ment, with the confidence that theprocesses are the same regardlessof location. Additionally, these ex-perts have worked with Air ForceMedical Modeling and SimulationTraining to implement state-of-the-

CommentaryAir Force medicine: A vision for the future

Nuclear Medal ReadyThe new Nuclear Deterrence Op-

erations Service Medal is expectedto be available this spring. It’s aneffort to help retain high-caliberairmen in the nuclear mission. Air-men who were assigned, deployed,or mobilized on a nuclear missionto a wing, center, or below for 120consecutive days or 179 nonconsecu-tive days are eligible to receive theaward, retroactive to Dec. 27, 1991.Retired or separated airmen andfamilies of deceased airmen can sub-mit requests to the Air Force Person-nel Center at Randolph AFB, Tex.

Uniforms are DistinctiveHaving separate military services

brings perspectives to the table thatare the epitome of “jointness,” ac-cording to the chairman of the JointChiefs of Staff. Army Gen. MartinE. Dempsey said that he hopes themilitary services retain their own

unique field uniforms. There havebeen suggestions for the military toadopt a single field uniform. Legis-lators point to cost as an issue. Thechairman said he believes the uni-forms affect and express the uniquecultures of the services. The uni-forms reflect the differences in theservices, the chairman said. “When Isit with the service chiefs, it is ben-eficial that we have four differentviews and that those views can bemolded into military advice that wecan provide to our elected leaders.”The difference in perspectives andexperiences of the services are valu-able, and a single viewpoint wouldbe a disservice to the nation, thechairman added.

New POW/MIA AgencyThe Joint POW/MIA Accounting

Command inHawaii has a new name-- the Defense POW/MIAAccountingAgency. The new designation repre-

sents a merger between JPAC, as itwas known, the Defense POW/Miss-ing Personnel Office in Washingtonand some functions of the Air Force’sLife Sciences Equipment Laboratoryin Ohio. The merger follows a seriesof revelations in testimony beforeCongress concerning failures in ef-forts to identify missing war dead.Congress had mandated that thePentagon have the capacity to iden-tify up to 200 sets of remains a year,but in 2013 the agencies identifiedonly 70 sets.

The Retiree Activities Office isopen 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Mondaythrough Friday. Visit the office inBuilding 1604 at California andColorado Avenues or call 301 981-2726. Call before your visit to ensurea volunteer is on duty. The RAO hasa website at www.andrews.af.mil.

Retiree Corner

February 21Musicology1p.m.-3 pmMount Rainier Nature and Recreation Center,

4701 31st Pl., Mount Rainier, MD 20712Bring history to life as you explore the evolution

of African American music and culture, from tradi-tional to modern. Enjoy interactive performancesand refreshments.

FREECall 301-927-2163,www.pgparks.com

February 21-22Maryland Wine Passport ExperienceRomano Vineyard & Winery, 15715 Bald Eagle

School Rd., Brandywine, MD 20613While enjoying the wine trails, explore the state’s

rich culture, museums, attractions and history whilelearning more about the wines that represent eachregion. Ticket includes exclusive access to all of theparticipating wineries on any of the six Marylandwine trails, “behind- the- scene” experiences at eachwinery, a commemorative wine glass and more.

Call 301-752-1103, or visit www.marylandwine.org

February 24-26Be an “E-Week”Southern Technical/Recreation Complex, 7007

Bock Road, Fort Washington, MDEngineers Week celebrates how engineers make

a difference in the world. Children will see how en-gineering works in daily life with fun, interactiveactivities.

For children 8-16 (Parents encouraged to attend).

February 26Midweek Matinee: Four Score and Seven Years

Ago10:15 and noonPublick Playhouse, 6600 Kenilworth Avenue,

Riverdale, MD 20737Lemuel escapes slavery in Georgia to find a new

life in Gettysburg and unexpectedly befriends ayoung confederate soldier. Understanding and em-pathy combat racial prejudice when these youngmen realize that fighting back is the not path topeaceful resolution.

Recommended for grades 3-8. Tickets $8/$6 forgroup of 20 or more. Call 301-277-1710.

Hot ticketsaround town

see MEDICINE, page 7

Andrews GazetteFriday, February 20, 2015 3

BY AIR FORCE AIDSOCIETY

AIR FORCE DISTRICTOF WASHINGTONPUBLIC AFFAIRS

The 2015 Air Force As-sistance Fund Campaignhas kicked off and willrun until May 1.

Air Force bases world-wide are participating inthis fundraising eventwhich raises money forfour Air Force charities -Air Force Aid Society, AirForce Enlisted Village,Air Force Villages Chari-table Foundation and theGeneral and Mrs. CurtisE. LeMay Foundation.

- The Air Force AidSociety: Provides Airmenand their families world-wide with emergency fi-nancial assistance, edu-cation assistance andvarious base-level com-munity enhancementprograms.

- The Air Force En-listed Village: SupportsTeresa Village in FortWalton Beach, Florida,and Bob Hope Village inShalimar, Florida, nearEglin Air Force Base.The fund provides homesand financial assistanceto retired enlisted mem-bers’ widows and widow-ers who are 55 and older.It also supports Haw-thorn House (in Shali-mar) which providesassisted living for resi-dents, including 24-hournursing care.

- The Air Force Vil-lages Charitable Foun-dation: Donations sup-port independent andassisted living needs forretired officers and theirspouses, widows or wid-owers and family mem-bers. Communities arelocated in San Antonio,Texas.

- The General andMrs. Curtis E. LeMayFoundation: Providesrent and financial as-sistance to widows andwidowers of officer andenlisted retirees in theirhomes and communitiesthrough financial grantsof assistance.

Air Force officials areusing a three-campaigngrouping where all AirForce bases are assignedto one of the followingthree six-week campaignperiods:

Group I -- Feb. 2 -March 13

Group II -- March 2 -April 10

Group III -- March 23- May 1

Group I bases, whichalready started, includeCharleston Air NationalGuard Base, West Vir-ginia; Grand Forks AFB,North Dakota; KeeslerAFB, Mississippi; JointBase Langley-Eustis,Virginia; Laughlin AFB,Texas; Malmstrom AFB,Montana; Vance AFB,Oklahoma and Minneap-olis-St Paul Internation-al Airport Air ReserveStation, Minnesota.

New this year is anupdated Air Force As-sistance Fund website,which features informa-tion about all of the af-filiate charities, a linkto the donation forms,videos, assistance storiesand FAQs. Everyone isencouraged to check outthe site and learn moreabout how your dona-tions help the Air Forcefamily. Whether activeduty or retired, officer orenlisted, Air Force Assis-tance Fund is there forthe Airmen, by the Air-men to take care of ourown.

AF AssistanceFund in full swing BY LESLIE C. SMITH

STAFF WRITER

For Gail Harris-BerryAmerican Heart Monthis about more than an-other observance month,it’s about a message.

At the age of 43, GailHarris-Berry first wentto the emergency roomafter experiencing ex-treme fatigue. “I hadgotten the point whereI could hardly put onefoot in front of the oth-er.” During her visit,they performed severaltests, including those forhigh blood pressure andhigh cholesterol, rulingout heart disease and aheart attack.

After much insis-tence, the staff decidedto put her on a heartmonitor and kept herovernight. The next daythey released her with aprescription for a stresstest. She took the stresstest within the week,and passed “with flyingcolors; and the very nextday I was back in theemergency room withthe very same feeling.”

“The medical staffbegan to treat me asif I was having mentalproblems. They said,‘Ms. Harris-Berry you’regoing to have to haveyou leave this hospital;we’ve run every test onyou – your heart, yourliver, your lungs. Thereis nothing else we can do

for you; we’ve run everytest we can, more thanone time.’ They wantedto send me for a psychi-atric evaluation,” Har-ris-Berry said.

While seated in theemergency waiting room,refusing to leave whenbeing turned away onceagain, she happened tosee a doctor that recog-nized her from one ofthe previous trips. “Heexplained to me the onlything left he could dowas a cardio cath; and Ireally didn’t know whatit was at the time, but Itold him whatever it was

I wanted it,” Harris-Ber-ry said.

Harris-Berry wasprepped for the proce-dure with each memberof the staff explainingthe procedure and theirrole. It was while shewas in the operatingroom when she couldhear the urgency in thevoices of the staff oncethey began the proce-dure.

“When they werewheeling me to recovery,I told them I could hearthem and I asked what itwas. And the nurse said,‘Thank God you listenedto your body and not tous. You had a 90 percentblockage and it wouldhave killed you.’ ”

To understand Har-ris-Berry’s insistenceyou have to go to thevery beginning, “Heartdisease runs in my fam-ily. All the men on my fa-ther’s side of the familydied before the age of 50;except for my dad. Hislife was spared becausehe had a quadruple by-pass surgery. My dad hadtwo daughters, but bothof us developed heartdisease before the age of50. My first episode wasbefore the age of 46, andmy sister had hers abouttwo years ago.”

With me, becauseof my age, and, at thetime, I didn’t have highcholesterol and I didn’thave high blood pres-

sure, I had none of theprecursors that a hos-pital would look for ina patient coming in [fora heart attack]. And Ididn’t go in because Iwas having chest painsor anything like that; soI didn’t have the obviousprecursors for a heartattack but I knew some-thing was going on in mybody,” said Harris-Berry.

It was her personalexperience coupled withher family history thatprompted Harris-Ber-ry to lend her voice toheart disease and soughtout the American HeartAssociation (AHA) fortraining to become anambassador. “I’ve beenwith them ever since.”Her biggest message is,“Be your own advocate!No one can tell you howyou feel better than you.”

In her message, Har-ris-Berry by no meansdiscounts modern medi-cine, “It is only becauseof modern medicine thatsome have been diag-nosed; women by natureare nurturers – takingcare of everyone else –and sometimes ignorethe signs. And so yougo into cardiac arrestbecause you ignore thesigns.”

“What I’ve learnedis 80 percent of cardiovascular [episodes] andstrokes are prevent-

Trusting yourself can save your life

PHOTO COURTESY/GAIL HARRIS-BARRY

Gail Harris-Berry wasmoved to become anambassador for theAmerican Heart Asso-ciation after her ownexperience of beinghospitalized with a 90percent heart blockagewhile presenting noother symptoms of heartdisease.

see LIFE, page 5

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459TH AIRMEN RETURN HOME

Megan McAlister and son Colin await hus-band and father, Tech. Sgt. Chris McAlister,756th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stra-totanker boom operator, on the flightline.

Col. Thomas K. Smith, 459th AirRefueling Wing commander,passes bags from the KC-135 Stra-totanker to other unit members onthe flightline. It is common for unitmembers to unload bags whilereturnees embrace family.

U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTOS/AIRMAN 1ST CLASS PHILIP BRYANT

Members from the 459th Air Refueling Wing greet unit members returning fromdeployment on the flightline Feb. 9 at Joint Base Andrews. They were greeted byfriends, family and co-workers for the first time in months.

Family of a 459th Air Refueling Wing mem-ber holds welcome balloons as they wait tobe reunited on the flightline.

Joint Base Andrews, Md.Draft Environmental Assessment

and Draft Finding of No SignificantImpact for Joint Base Andrews-NavalAir Facility Washington, Md.

Maryland State Highway Adminis-tration (SHA) announces the availabil-ity of and invites public comments onthe Draft Environmental Assessment(EA) and Draft Finding of No Signifi-cant Impact (FONSI) for MD 4 at Suit-land Parkway Interchange Construc-tion on Joint Base Andrews-Naval AirFacility Washington, MD (JBA).

Under the Proposed Action, SHAwould construct a grade-separated,signalized diamond interchange witha directional ramp at the intersec-tion of MD 4 and Suitland Parkway/Presidential Parkway. The profile ofSuitland Parkway and existing Presi-dential Parkway would be raised, whilethe profile of MD 4 would be lowered,allowing Suitland Parkway and exist-ing Presidential Parkway to travel overMD 4. Elements of the current designthat would occur within the bound-ary of JBA include the relocation of anexisting high pressure fuel line, andrelocation of the JBA perimeter fenceand security path. This action would

improve traffic operations and providesufficient capacity to address existingand projected travel demands along theMD 4 corridor.

No increase in the number of per-sonnel or change in operations at JBAis anticipated. The Draft EA demon-strates that the Proposed Action wouldnot significantly impact the environ-ment and supports a FONSI. Conse-quently, an Environmental ImpactStatement is not needed.

Copies of the Draft EA and DraftFONSI are available for review untilFebruary 28, 2015 at the Upper Marl-boro Branch Library of the PrinceGeorge’s County Memorial LibrarySystem and the JBA Library at 1642Brookley Ave. The Draft EA and DraftFONSI are available online at: http://www.andrews.af.mil/library/environ-mental/index.asp.

Comments should be sent to Mr.Bruce Grey, Deputy Director for Officeof Planning and Preliminary Engineer-ing, Maryland State Highway Admin-istration, 707 North Calvert Street,Baltimore, MD 21202 or send via emailto bgrey(at)sha.state.md.us by no laterthan 15 days from the publication ofthis notice.

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to react to an active shooter threat. Here are some tipsto follow if an active shooter incident occurs:

Evacuate• If an escape route is accessible, evacuate the im-

mediate area.• When safe, call 911 or equivalent. Stay on the

phone until the operator ends the call.• Once evacuated, prevent others from entering the

area.• Follow any law enforcement instructions.

Barricade“The shooter is looking for the easy target and a lot

of times they are looking for numbers,” said Allen. “Ifsomething blocks or obstruct them, they’ll most likelymove on to an easier site.”

• If evacuation is not possible, find a place to createa barricade between you and the active shooter.

• If possible, lock the door and/or block the doorwith heavy furniture. Turn off any lights and coverwindows.

• Remain quiet and silence any devices (e.g. a cellphone) that may give away a hiding place.

Take action against the shooter, “fight”• As a last resort, and only when your life is in im-

minent danger, attempt to disrupt and/ or incapacitatethe shooter.

• Personnel should use whatever means possible tooverpower the subject to save further lives.

When law enforcement arrives• Law enforcement’s purpose is to stop the active

shooter as soon as possible.• Officers will proceed directly to the area in which

the last shots were heard and will not stop to help in-jured persons until the shooter is neutralized.

• Remain calm and follow instructions.• Provide any information that may assist them in

countering the threat.Just knowing a few of these guidelines could poten-

tially help you and others survive an active shooterincident. For more information on responding to andactive shooter threat, visit http://www.beready.af.mil/disasters&emergencies/activeshooter.asp or contactthe installation’s emergency management office.

SHOOTER, from page 1

mander. “It epitomizes the hardshipsAfrican-Americansfaced to attain the level of prominence they currentlyhold today.”

The reasoning stems from the life of Carter G. Wood-son,who established the Study of Negro Life and Historyin 1915, later renamed, Association for the Study of Af-rican-American Life and History.The group was createdto alter the world’s perception of African-Americans andshowcase their contributions to the continuously evolv-ing American lifestyle.

The theme is represented by the use of 100 names ofindividuals from a host of backgrounds that made no-table contributions to black history.

JBA plans to celebrate this month by paying tributeto such figures.

“We will read to the children at the Child Develop-ment Centers on base,” said Tech. Sgt. Antonio Jones,

11th Security Forces Squadron flight sergeant. “Thebooks will either be written by black authors or havespecial emphasis on black history.”

The event will take place at all three CDCs on Feb. 20from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 a.m.

According to the Black History Month PlanningCommittee, the second event will be a 1-mile walk be-ginning at the West Fitness Center on Feb 25 at 7:30a.m. Volunteers will provide historical facts along thelength of the walk to educate participants on black his-tory.

The month will conclude with a luncheon hosted bythe 11th Wing at the Club at Andrews on Feb. 26 at11:30 a.m., with a guest speaker who is still to be de-termined. Members wishing to attend should contacttheir unit representatives. The buffet price for clubmembers is $9.95 per plate, and for non-club members$10.95 per plate.

For more information please contact the Black His-tory Month planning committee at (301) 981-7781.

HISTORY, from page 1

The Joint Base Andrews firing range, located atbuilding 2495, is off limits to all unauthorized person-nel. Personnel are reminded of the dangers of gunfire.Trespassing is not only illegal, but dangerous due togunfire.

If you have a valid need for entry or have questions,contact 301-981-9755.

Trespass Notice

able. And because we know they are preventable andtreatable, we also have to be proactive: monitor yoursodium intake; if you’ve already been diagnosed withhypertension, take your medicine; take advantageof what five minutes of exercise a day can do; if yousmoke, stop smoking,” Harris-Berry shared.

“Because it is preventable, you want to do every-thing you can. And those are the things I talk aboutwhen I speak for AHA at different events; know youyour numbers – your blood pressure, your cholesterol.Be proactive.”

Harris-Berry shared, “Stay attuned with your body,have a good relationship with your cardiologist, and beproactive those are the things you can do for yourself.”

To discover more about the American Heart Asso-ciation and its resources, and to learn about the riskfor heart attack and stroke, visit www.heart.org.

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can’t have you nobody can,” heshouted.

Fortunately, the scenario wasonly a skit performed by actorsfrom the PGCC theater depart-ment who wanted to illustratethe prevalence of domestic vio-lence in today’s society and takea stand against it during theglobal observance of the OneBillon Rising Movement = 2015V-Day “FLASHMOB.”

Cindy Marilyn, Violence Pre-vention Center Project (VPCP)program coordinator, noted, “Weopened with an impromptu ex-ercise involving a bystander in-tervention scene by some of thestudents from my theater artsdepartment,” with a “soapbox”to follow where people sharedthoughts and ideas on the is-sues.

According to Marilyn, theVPCP is a federally fundedgrant program through the De-partment of Justice Office of Vi-olence Against Women. “What Ido here on campus is facilitatetraining and programs as theypertain to domestic violence,dating violence, sexual assault,and stalking,” said Marilyn.

“People across the globewill join in solidarity to speakout against violence to womenon Valentine’s Day Feb, 14. Sowhether it’s communities com-ing together doing flash mobs,

speak-outs, or visuals the wholeidea is that everyone comes to-gether at that moment to speakagainst these issues. We sentout the link earlier and every-one has been practicing. We’relooking forward to being a partof this worthwhile event.”

Tanisha Smith Health Sci-ences Collegian Center coor-dinator noted, “We just wantto make our students aware ofdomestic violence and violenceagainst women. So we wantedto support the effort of the OneBillion Rising and ending vio-lence. When it comes to on cam-

pus we know that women arein relationships and they dealwith different things, so we justwanted to bring that awarenessto everyone on campus.”

Along the sidelines, severalstudents and faculty membersfrom the PGCC Violence Pre-vention Center Project wore redas a sign of solidarity during theglobal observance.

The participants initiallywatched a film with variouscelebrities loaning support,including President BarackObama, before joining the FlashMob dance routine, entitled

‘Break The Chain.’After, the participants made

personal affirmations in takinga pledge to put an end to domes-tic violence.

Nancy Franklin, a first-timeparticipant, was elated to jointhe international broadcastedevent. “I just learned the danceand I’m excited because I’vewanted to do a flash mob dance,”said the Bowie resident. “I’mhappy to be a participant andI hope to find more causes likethis to support because it lookslike they do lots of them aroundValentine’s Day every year. This

cause is really something thatpeople really need to get be-hind. I’m excited about it, evenif I can’t dance.”

Miriam Ofoegbu, PGCC gen-eral studies student noted, “Ifeel by taking this pledge we’reall walking toward eradicatingsexual assault in our communi-ties. It’s really a good thing tobe a part of it and I advise ev-eryone to try and contribute tothe community in whatever waythey can to fight sexual assault.”

“Last year I was with thegroup of people who helped withchoreography and practice thedance,” noted Neha Sethi, PGCCcampus staff member and stu-dent. “As a woman, this pledgemeans that we have to supportour fellow women who cannotspeak out and stand for them;become their voice and givethem strength so the violenceagainst them can end.”

A member of PGCC’s socialmedia department noted it wasthe college’s second year par-ticipating in flash mob danceentitled “Break the Chains – 1Billion Rising” choreographedby Debbie Allen, renowned ac-tress, choreographer and danc-er. To support future eventsand learn the dance for nextyear visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRU1xmBwUeA,or http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Fwv16dtUvYM.

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Prince George’s Community College students and faculty members take a stand to stop violenceduring a global observance of the One Billon Rising Movement = 2015 V-Day “FLASHMOB danceraising the hand in defiance Feb 13.

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slaves. The children bunched to-gether, following Scott’s instruc-tion.

As an adult, Lincoln had hisfirst encounter with slaves be-ing sold in the rural south ashe bumped into a young femalecrying while scurrying down thestreet en route to the auctionblock. The abrupt encountershowcased Lincoln’s Christianupbringing from his father as hetried to comfort her.

“I’m sorry sir, I’m on my wayto the auction block to be soldaway frommy family,” said Scott,playing the slave girl.

It was a pivotal moment andlife lesson for Lincoln, becausehe realized that slavery was anunacceptable way to treat peo-ple. “I never liked slavery before,but I had just seen people first-hand being beat and whipped.”He vowed that if he ever had achance to do something aboutslavery he would eradicate it.

Lincoln explained to theyoung audience that althoughhis passion was to free all slaves,he wouldn’t have the power todo so until the later term of hispresidency.

The children also learnedabout how President Lincolnhad to deal with the turbulentand bloody Civil War betweenthe north and the south.

To give the audience an ideaof how divided the country wasthen, Grumich, divided the audi-

ence into three –each represent-ing a portion of the division ofthe states at the time: Northernstates, Southern states and Bor-der States. Grumlich then askedeach section to shout a chant –the left shouting “Free North,”the center shouted, “Staterights!” and the right, ‘Help us!”

“I hope that gives you an ideaof people yelling at the presidentfrom all over the country,” saidGrumich, in an attempt to makeclear Lincoln’s two primary mis-sions during his term – end thewar and slavery.

Lincoln eventually was able tokeep his promise, angeringmany,to the point of his eventual deathby JohnWilkes Booth who assas-sinated him at Ford’s Theatre, inWashington, D.C, just five daysafter the Civil War ended.

The children also later learnedthat Tubman’s quest eventually

led more than 300 slaves to free-dom. She later built a home inNew York and lived there untilshe died in March of 1913. Shegave her home to the elderly.

Although the two historymakers never met, the one-hourcreation explored their child-hoods, and highlighted momentsand events that showed howtheir lives paralleled as theyfought for the equal rights of en-slaved African Americans.

“Harriet Tubman and Abra-ham Lincoln were ordinarypeople, just like you and me,”said Grumich. “But when givena chance they did something ex-traordinary with their lives.”

Scott noted, “So you see younever stop learning and workingfor others. As we end our play to-day, we want each of you to askyourselves what you can do tomake this world a better place.”

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Bright Stars Touring Theater actors, Danny Grumich andMonique Scott, portrayed Abraham Lincoln and Harriet Tubman.

art mobile emergencies simu-lator training for all staff thatcares for OB patients. Thistechnology promotes teamworkand communication, enabling asystematic approach aimed atmanaging infrequent, yet high-risk, obstetric emergencies.Air Force Intensive Care Unitrepresentatives also are work-ing on updated checklists andbundles to ensure standardizedevidence-based practices andsoon will begin to work handin hand with the other militarybranch’s medical services to de-crease variability throughoutthe entire MHS.

In addition, we are work-ing to enhance communica-tion across the AFMS. Becausemedical errors often involvemiscommunication betweenmedical staff, our inpatient fa-cilities have teamed with theJoint Commission’s Center forTransforming Healthcare todevelop a comprehensive strat-egy using a Targeted SolutionsTool to prevent patient hand-off communication failures. AllAFMS inpatient facilities areparticipating in this program.Coupled with this initiative areprograms such asTeamSTEPPsandTimeOuts,which our staffsuse to facilitate open feedbackand training.A culture of safetyrequires that all AFMS mem-bers are empowered and un-derstand their responsibility to

report any unsafe condition orerror.

After more than 13 years ofwar, in which theMHS attainedthe lowest died-of-wounds rateand the lowest disease/non-battle injury rate in history,the AFMS is envisioning futureconflicts and adjusting our con-cepts of operations to prepare toprovidemedical support in situ-ations that could be very differ-ent than what we have facedin the current long war. Amongmany efforts,we are focusing onen route care (aeromedical andcritical care evacuation), expe-ditionary medical operationsand support to personnel duringcombat operations. Future con-tingencies may require longertransport times of more acutecasualties without the benefit ofstabilization in fixed facilities,as we have had in Iraq and Af-ghanistan. We have to considerworst-case scenarios,which willprepare us well for less chal-lenging circumstances. By en-hancing clinical skills throughpartnerships with busy, highacuity civilian medical centers,such as our training programsin Baltimore,Maryland;Cincin-nati, Ohio; St. Louis, Missouri;and, most recently, Las Vegas,Nevada, regular sustainmenttraining for all team personneland developing new medicalcapabilities, we are committedto being just as ready or moreready at the beginning of thenext war as we were at the endof the current one.

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