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BY BOBBY JONESSTAFF PHOTOJOURNALIST

In the tradition ofTour de France Monthcelebrated in July, wherea bevy of cyclists master-fully speed through 2,087miles of tight turns andhilly terrain of France’scountry side in competi-tion for the coveted Tourde France trophy, manylocal cyclist will hit ourroads with its own obsta-cles and topography.

Although we say “onceyou ride a bike you neverforget,” amateur and nov-ice bicyclists can benefitfrom learning the rules ofthe road and good basicbicycle safety from theirlocal bicycle specialists.

Riders from the profes-sional to the first-timercan seek out advice froma local bicycle fitter.

“A lot of the people I fitare just enthusiasts andwe want to make surethat they’re not hurtingthemselves,” said BeckyPuritz, a salesperson andbicycle fitter at SpokesEtc., in Alexandria, Va.

She said there are nu-merous schools of fit,but her

specific procedure is calledbody geometry fit, which isorganized by the BoulderCenter for Sports Medicine.

Puritz said some rulesof the road vary from stateto state, such as how muchroom a car has to give youin order to pass. Accord-ing to the bicycling lawsof D.C., Maryland and Vir-ginia, the driver of a vehi-

cle passing a cyclist mustprovide 3 feet of space be-tween the car and cyclist.

She said most statesmandate that a helmetbe worn. In Virginia, ifyou’re younger than 14,you must wear a helmet,older than 14, it is op-tional. “However, I highlyrecommend that every-one wear them for their

own safety,” said Puritz.In Maryland and D.C.,cyclists younger than 16,must wear a helmet.

“First of all you want toride on the road as muchas possible, not the side-walk, because it’s for pe-destrians. There are placeswhere it may be legal to

AN INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION OF COMPRINTMILITARY PUBLICATIONS AT JOINT BASE ANDREWS,MD.DCMILITARY.COM FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2015 | VOL. 4 NO. 28

SPORTSTake a swing into National Tennis Month,

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COMMUNITYJoint Base Andrews hosts bone mar-

row drive, Page 5

AIR FORCE NEWSAir Force rolls out details to improve

RPA mission, Page 2

see BIKE, page 4

DOD NEWSDEFENSE MEDIA ACTIVITY

U.S. Office of PersonnelManagement officials an-nounced July 9, the resultsof the interagency foren-sics investigation into a re-cent cyber incident involv-ing federal backgroundinvestigation data and thesteps OPM is taking toprotect those affected.

In late May, as a resultof ongoing efforts to secureits systems, OPM discov-ered an incident affectingbackground investigationrecords of current, former

and prospective federalemployees and contrac-tors, officials said.

The forensics investi-gation determined thatthe types of information inthese records include iden-tification details such asSocial Security numbers;residency and educationalhistory; employment histo-ry; information about im-mediate family and otherpersonal and business ac-quaintances; health, crim-inal and financial history;and other details.

Some records also in-clude findings from inter-

views conducted by back-ground investigators andfingerprints. Usernamesand passwords that back-ground investigation ap-plicants used to fill outtheir background inves-tigation forms also werestolen.

21.5 million SocialSecurity numbersstolen

Since learning of theincident affecting back-ground investigation re-cords, OPM and the inter-agency incident responseteam concluded that sen-

sitive information, includ-ing the Social Securitynumbers of 21.5 millionindividuals, were stolenfrom the background in-vestigation databases.This includes 19.7 millionpeople who applied for abackground investigationand 1.8 million non-ap-plicants -- predominantlyspouses or cohabitants ofapplicants, officials said.

There is no informa-tion at this time to sug-gest any misuse or fur-ther dissemination of theinformation that was sto-

Protecting federal workers,others from cyber threats

see CYBER, page 10


In 2014, The Maryland-National CapitalPark and Planning Commission Department ofParks and Recreation (M-NCPPC) was namedamong the “Best of the Best” and was reac-credited by the Commission for Accreditationof Park and Recreation Agencies (CAPRA), re-ceiving the maximum score in every availablecategory during the 2014 National Recreation

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BY SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCEPUBLIC AFFAIRS

The six month deferment for female airmen toaccomplish their fitness assessments followingchildbirth will be increased to 12 months to alignwith recent changes to the deployment deferments,Air Force officials announced July 14.

The deployment deferment policy, as part of theAir Force’s 2015 Diversity and Inclusion initia-tives, increases the deferment from deployment,

Dwell time, PTexemptions increasefor Air Force mothers

see MOMS, page 4

Hitting the road safely

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Becky Puritz, a salesperson and bicycle fitter at Spokes Etc., in Alexandria, Va.,displays one of the shop’s Tour de France bicycles.

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July 179th Annual Hip Hop Poetry Choir7-9 p.m.Bowie Center for the Performing Arts, 15200 An-

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July 17Night at the Movies7-10 p.m.Duvall Field, 9200 Rhode IslandAve., College ParkMovie night featuring games and children’s ac-

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July 19Romero & Juliet: Prince George’s Summer

Shakespeare Festival2-4 p.m.Bowie Center for the Performing Arts, 15200 An-

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July 23Wind Down Thursday Summer Concert Series:

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DEERS and TaxesRegistration in the De-

fense Enrollment Eligibil-ity System (DEERS) pro-vides information for youand family members toreceive the full spectrumof military benefits. Notadding family membersto DEERS can affect theiraccess to health care, sub-mitted claim forms andincome tax reporting. Onthe 2014 federal tax form,you reported minimumessential health carecoverage (MEC) for yourfamily.

In filing your 2015 taxreturn, the Department ofDefense will report healthcare coverage of its ser-vice member and theirdependents to the Inter-nal Revenue Service todetermine MEC requiredby the Patient Protectionand Affordable Care Act(ACA). For tax purposes,individuals are identifiedby their Social SecurityNumbers.

All sponsors shouldconfirm that SSNs arecorrect in DEERS. Thosewho do not meet the MECrequirement will be re-quired to pay a fee for thenumber of months eachfamily member did nothave coverage. If yourfamily information is not

reported accurately inDEERS, information sentto the IRS will be incor-rect.

The Department of De-fense suggests that uni-formed service members,retirees and annuitantsreceive IRS forms elec-tronically through myPay.For more information onhow Tricare works withthe ACA, go to the Tricarewebsite.

CAC’S New LookThe Defense Depart-

ment’s Common AccessCard has been modifiedto make it easier for vi-sually color-impaired se-curity officials to identifybearers who are military,government or contractorcivilians, or foreign na-tionals. Only new CACswill be issued with thechanges. Department ofDefense employees withup-to-date CACs do notneed to get new cardsThe change will be im-plemented through thenatural life cycle of thecards. New CAC holdersand those whose cardsare about to expire canupdate them at their De-fense Eligibility Enroll-ment Reporting SystemID card office.

Additional

CoverageCoverage of breast

pumps and breast-feed-ing counseling for Tricarebeneficiaries has beenupdated. Supplies andservices will be retroac-tively covered as of Dec.19, 2014.

The American Acad-emy of Pediatrics recom-mends exclusive breast-feeding for the first sixmonths, for most children,and continued for at leastthe first year as foods areintroduced. Consideredpreventive care, equip-ment, supplies and servic-es are exempt from costshares and copays. Breastpump and supplies mustbe obtained from a Tri-care authorized provider.

If payment is out ofpocket, a claim formwith copy of the prescrip-tion for the breast pump,along with receipt for re-imbursement can be sub-mitted.

The Retiree ActivitiesOffice is open 10 a.m. to3 p.m., Monday throughFriday. Visit the office inBuilding 1604 at Califor-nia and Colorado Avenuesor call 301 981-2726. Callbefore your visit to ensurea volunteer is on duty.The RAO has a website atwww.andrews.af.mil.

Retiree Corner

The Security ForcesBlotter is intended tokeep members of theJoint Base AndrewsCommunity informedand aware of thecrimes and offensesthat occur throughoutthe base each week.If you have any infor-mation that may helpSecurity Forces solvea crime or prevent acriminal act, pleasecontact BDOC (BaseDefense OperationsCenter) at 301-981-2001, CRIME STOPLINE 981-2677 (COPS,or the investigationssection at 301-981-5656).

July 2, 4:24 p.m.:Security Forces re-sponded to an anony-mous tip through the“LiveSafe” App report-ing an illegally parkedcar at the commissary.Security Forces re-sponded and cited thevehicle accordingly.

July 3, 2:35 a.m.:Security Forces re-sponded to an indi-vidual attempting toenter the installationthrough Pearl HarborGate. The individualdid not have propercredentials and had anopen warrant. SecurityForces apprehendedand charged the indi-vidual accordingly.

July 3, 12:57 p.m.:Security Forces re-sponded to a shoplift-ing incident at theMain Exchange. Anindividual walked outof the Main Exchangewithout rendering pay-ment for a shirt. Theindividual was appre-hended and chargedaccordingly.

July 3, 3:29 p.m.:Security Forces re-sponded to a domes-tic altercation at thePresidential Inn. Secu-rity Forces apprehend-ed and charged the in-dividuals accordingly.

July 3, 11:54 p.m.:Security Forces re-sponded to a loud noisecomplaint at LibertyPark Base Housing.

SecurityForcespolice blotter

see POLICE, page 10

BY SECRETARY OF THEAIR FORCE

PUBLIC AFFAIRS

In response to a criti-cal shortage of remotelypiloted aircraft pilots, theAir Force rolled out moredetails of its plan to fixthe problem in both theshort and long term. Themost recent initiatives in-clude creating bonuses forRPA pilots of $15,000 peryear beginning in fiscalyear 2016; placing somenewly minted pilots inRPA squadrons beginningin August; and investingmore than $100 million tobuy more ground controlstations, simulators andcontract instructors.

“In a complex globalenvironment, RPA pilotswill always be in demand,”said Secretary of the AirForce Deborah Lee James.“Remarkable Airmen haveensured the success of the(MQ-1B Predator and MQ-

9 Reaper) programs. Wenow face a situation whereif we don’t direct addition-al resources appropriately,it creates unacceptablerisk. We are working hardto put solutions in place tobring needed relief to ourAirmen and ensure our ac-tions show their value toour mission.”

Bonus payThe Air Force is looking

at special and incentivepays to enhance recruitingand retention, as well asrecognize RPA pilot contri-butions to the mission, ac-cording to officials. Underthis proposal RPA pilotswould be able to choose be-tween a Critical Skills Re-tention Bonus of five yearsat $15,000 per year or nineyears at $15,000 per year.This bonus is similar invalue and commitment towhat has been offered toaviators in the past whohave similar training and

experience. Members whochoose either the five- ornine-year option would al-so be eligible to receive 50percent payment upfront.

“We will continue tomaintain a persistent fo-cus on this mission set andbring about the necessaryrelief to sustain operationsresponsibly,” James said.“This is a high demandmission set. It is a nation-al security imperative thatwe get this right.”

Undergraduate pi-lot training gradu-ates to RPA

As another part of thesolution, about 80 UPTgraduates over the next 12months will be assigned toRPA positions for one as-signment tour to help alle-viate growing pressure onovertaxed RPA crews. AirForce pilot training basesare at Columbus Air ForceBase, Mississippi; Laugh-

AF rolls out details toimprove RPA mission

see RPA, page 9

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BY LESLIE C. SMITHSTAFF WRITER

On July 11, The EastCoast Chapter of theTuskegee Airmen Inc.presented scholarshipsto three graduating stu-dents: Alexandria Reed,North Point High School;Jordan Campbell, CharlesHerbert Flowers HighSchool; and TerrenceChristian, Oxon Hill HighSchool.

The organizat ionawarded 11 students intotal with $1,000 scholar-ships.

Campbell will be at-tending Tuskegee Uni-versity in Alabama. “I amgoing to pursue AerospaceEngineering and hopeful-ly become a fighter pilotin the air force.

“I was involved withthe youth in aviation pro-gram and soloed last sum-mer. This is just a greatprogram and I love it andhopefully I will be able todonate once I graduate,”Campbell shared.

Christian will attendNorth Carolina Agricul-

tural and Technical StateUniversity. “I will be join-ing the Air Force ROTCprograms and studyingComputer Engineering.This program was greatand exposed me to themilitary and aviation ca-reer fields.”

Reed will major inMathematics at Towson.“This program has helpedme with entering college— education-wise and theprocess. I also participat-ed in the Tuskegee recog-nition breakfast serving

in the honor guard. Itwas nice to give back andmeet some of the peoplethat made it possible forpeople of color to be in theAir Force,” said Reed.

The East Coast Chap-ter of The Tuskegee Air-men Inc. is a volunteerorganization comprisedof military and civilianprofessionals with themission of expanding theaviation and the histori-cal legacy of the TuskegeeAirmen to the community.

Tuskegee Airmen chapterawards local scholarships

LESLIE C. SMITH/ANDREWS GAZETTE

Jordan Campbell (back left) of Charles Herbert Flow-ers High School, Alexandria Reed of North PointHigh School, and Terrence Christian of Oxon HillHigh School are pictured here with are pictured withTuskegee Airmen Dr. Ivan Ware, William T. Fauntroy,Dr. Cyril O. Byron, Lemuel Lewie, Walter K. Robinson,Major Anderson II.


Tennis is a challengingsport of body position, geo-metric angles, ball delivery,speedandstamina,butmostof all lots of fun for ages. It’splayedyeararound,butJulyis observed unofficially asNationalTennis Month.

“The most important

thing is to learn propertechnique and not try toadvance in the game veryquickly, because tennis is avery hard game,” said DickStockton,once ranked num-ber eight in the world pro-fessional tennis rankings.

Stockton stressed theimportance of learningthe basics of proper tennistechnique.

“Any novice player needsto first learn proper tech-nique and get a good graspfor what really can happenon the court. You have todevelop good hand-eye co-ordination, if you were notborn with it. Besides thatyou have to understand thegeometry of a tennis court

Taking a swing intoNational Tennis Month


A Joint Base Andrews tennis student practices her delivery during tennis sum-mer camp.

see TENNIS, page 9

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ride on the sidewalks, butthat doesn’t mean thatyou should. It’s also saferfor the cyclist to be on theroad, because at an inter-section drivers are notlooking for something asfast-moving as a bike tocome off the sidewalk intoroad traffic,” said Puritz.

“Also, when you’re cy-cling on the road, makesure you’re going in thedirection of traffic, in-stead of what we referto as ‘salmoning or goingupstream,’ against theflow of traffic. Individualsriding bikes on the roadshould not dart in and outof traffic, because motor-ists cannot predict youractions or avoid hitting acyclist because you maybe hidden in the blindspot area of their sidemirror,” Puritz advised.

“Basically be predict-able and move like a ve-hicle, it’ll make everyonea lot safer,” Puritz said.

Purtiz recommendedriders learn proper handsignals and she notedyou need to signal whenyou’re turning prior to ap-proaching your turn, justas vehicles do. “However,a lot people [motorists]don’t know these signals,so I just kind of point inthe direction that I in-tend on turning. It’s muchmore intuitive to them.”

Puritz advised to payattention to proper in-flation of the bike’s tirebased on model andmanufacture of your tirenoting proper PSI.

According to Puritz,tires naturally loseabout 1 percent of theirair per day. But aftertwo weeks you may loseas much as 15 percent;enough to make a dif-ference in the ride andwear of the tire.

“Another thing a nov-ice bicyclist can do togreatly increase theirsafety is go on a Wash-ington Area BicyclistAssociation (WABA) cityskills ride. They do tonsof training courses forpeople who are new onthe roads so that theyget used to riding intraffic,” Purtiz shared

“There is also the

League of American Bi-cyclist hat occasionallydoes Traffic Skills 101courses, which I’ve takenmyself,” said Puritz.

“It teaches you notonly how to deal withtraffic and be a safe cy-clists on the road, butalso what to do you ifyou encounter an unex-pected obstacle right inyour way, and there’s acar riding right next toyou. Like how do younavigate around it?” saidPuritz.

“If you’re new andyou’re feeling unsurethere are tons of pro-grams and places to helpyou to learn.”

short tour or dependent-restricted assignment,and temporary duty toone year, unless waivedby the service member.

“The goal is to allevi-ate the strain on some ofour talented airmen whochoose to leave the AirForce as they struggle tobalance deployments andfamily issues, and this isespecially true soon afterchildbirth,” said Secre-tary of the Air Force Deb-orah Lee James.

The one-year defer-

ment applies to femaleAirmen who gave birthon or after March 6, 2015,to provide predictabilitywith minimal disruptionto airmen and the deploy-ment process.

As dwell times for de-ployment, permanentchange of station andTDY increase, so too willthe exemption from thecurrent fitness assess-ment for female Airmenfollowing pregnancieslasting 20 weeks or more(delivery, miscarriage,etc.). The service doesnot anticipate significant

mission or readiness im-pacts associated with ex-tending this action.

“Like many other pro-grams announced ear-lier this year, such asthe Career IntermissionProgram, we recognizethe potential retentionbenefits associated withproviding our female Air-men options that allowthem to serve and sup-port their family withouthaving to choose one overthe other,” James said.

Air Force GuidanceMemorandums will beavailable detailing thechanges to both policiesin the coming weeks.

The Air Force contin-ues to research oppor-tunities, in conjunctionwith the Department ofDefense, to extend thematernity and convales-cent leave period, similarto the recent changes an-nounced by the Secretaryof the Navy.

Airmen currently re-ceive six weeks (42 days)of maternity leave, inline with the Departmentof Defense policy. By di-rection of the president,federal agencies can ad-vance up to six weeks ofpaid sick leave to federalemployees with a newchild.

“We want to make surewe develop an equitablepolicy that supports allof our airmen and alsomaintains the abilityto execute our mission,”James said.

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BeckyPuritz, a salespersonandbicycle fitter atSpokesEtc., inAlexandria, Va., displaysoneof the shop’s TourdeFrancebicycles.

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Joint Base Andrews isholding a bone marrowregistration drive fromJuly 27-31.

Registration boothswill be set up at the BaseExchange, Commissary,the Jones Building andthe Air National GuardReadiness Center from 11a.m. to 1 p.m., as well asthe promotion ceremonyat the Base Theater onFriday. Extra locationsmay be announced.

Salute to Life — aDepartment of Defense-sponsored program thatregisters potential bonemarrow donors and findsmatches for patients

in need of bone marrowtransfusions — is con-ducting the drive.

“Registering in theprogram doesn’t meanyou have to donate,” saidSenior Master Sgt. PaulDuit, ANGRC aircraftmaintenance policy man-ager and bone marrowdonor. “It was six yearsbefore I was told I wasa potential match, and Iwas allowed to stop theprocess of donating at anytime.”

The bone marrow reg-istration process consistsof swabbing the inside ofthe cheek and filling outa form. Potential donorsare then put into a medi-cal database. If one of theapproximately 12,000 pa-tients per year that need

bone marrow matches apotential donor’s DNA,then the process of deter-mining candidacy begins.

“I didn’t feel anything[during the procedure],”Duit said. “I didn’t sleepfor 3 days because I wasso excited and felt sogood.”

Duit’s bone marrowwas used to save the lifeof a woman in Hong Kong.

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linAFB,Texas;VanceAFB;Oklahoma; and SheppardAFB, Texas. The currentplan is to only use the UPTpipeline for one year whilethe RPA-unique trainingpipeline increases fromapproximately 190 to 300RPA pilot graduates peryear. The last time the AirForce placed a UPT gradu-ate directly into the RPAcareer field was 2011.

“The most critical chal-lenge we face in this mis-sion area is a shortage ofRPA pilots and the UPTgrads are the fastest wayto address that shortfallwithout sacrificing mis-sion capability in otherplatforms,” said Air ForceChief of Staff Gen. MarkA. Welsh III. “Actionswe take today will allowthe Air Force to continueto provide world-class,strike-ready (intelligence,surveillance and recon-naissance) over the battle-field and enhance overallcombat capability.”

As part of the get-wellplan, themove to placeUPTgraduates as RPA pilots ad-dresses a constant demandfor real-time ISR in supportof combatant commanderneeds. Those UPT gradu-ates selected will get therequisite RPA training forthe MQ-1B or MQ-9.

“Those selected forRPA duties will serve onetour and then be placed inmanned aircraft if desiredafter completion of thattour,” Welsh said. “Thiswill help the Air Forceachieve a healthy steadystate for the RPA enter-prise as soon as possible.”

Additional RPA invest-ments and improvements

In addition to the ini-tiative to place UPT grad-uates directly into theRPA enterprise, the AirForce increased the use ofGuard and Reserve Air-men as well as contractorsin order to bring relief toa community in high de-mand. In April, Air Forceleadership worked withthe Defense Departmentto bring relief as the sec-retary of Defense adjustedthe number of requiredcombat air patrols from 65to 60 by October. Air Forceleaders are currentlyworking reprogrammingactions within the DODand Congress to reallocatefunding to critical areaslike the RPA program.

The $100 million is partof the omnibus and subjectto congressional approv-al. The omnibus is a toolavailable to move funds toareas identified as criticalmission need areas. Initia-tives include buying sixnext-generation groundcontrol stations, moretraining simulators and

associated facilities, im-proved software tools, andaccelerating the develop-ment of automatic takeoffand landing capability.

“On average, an MQ-1Predator andMQ-9 Reaperpilot flies up to 900 hoursper year,” James said. “Incomparison, fighter pi-lots fly an average of 250hours. Due to the demandfor services, the MQ-1/9enterprise is the secondlargest in the regular AirForce behind only C-17(Globemaster III) pilots.”

The Air Force is alsoturning its attention toensure appropriate man-ning deficits are addressedin MQ-1/9 training and atthe RPA schoolhouse. TheAir Force will increase in-structor pilot manning atthe MQ-1B and MQ-9 For-mal Training Unit from 61to 100 percent due to thecombat air patrol reduc-tion and the Air NationalGuard assistance.

“We must fully man theMQ-1/9 schoolhouse in or-der to increase studentthroughput and replen-ish the force,” Welsh said.“The current demand putsrequirements for active-duty RPA pilots at about300 per year, but our cur-rent active-duty trainingproduction output is only180 pilots per year.We areprojected to hit 3 millionflight hours this fall. Wehave to get this right.”

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and the fact that you havetravel from pointA to pointB to hit the ball,” explainedthe 6-foot-2-inch seasonedathlete.

“I’ve been playing for58 years and I still don’tknow it all. I still learnnew things, and the gamehas changed since I start-ed playing,” said Stockton,now 64, noting the differ-ent techniques in stanceand racquet placement.

Stockton advised thatthe goal of hitting theball over the net is thebest place to start, espe-cially with children. “Youwant to help them get theball over the net becausethey will love the game ifthey can get it over thenet. My biggest point isif you can just find a wayto help a kid get the ballover the net they’ll leavewith a smile on their face.If he’s never able to dothat he’ll leave and say,‘this game is too hard. Idon’t want to play it any-more,’” Stockton said.

“If you want to getgood at this game youhave to be willing to hit

a million tennis balls, be-cause that’s what it takes,practice. It doesn’t hap-pen over-night. They’ll bedays when you think thisgame is ridiculously hardand other days you’ll say,‘I can do this.’ Then thenext day you’re back tosquare one. The game isnever the same from oneday to the next,” Stocktonnoted.

“But it’s a great gamethat you can do for the restof your life.You don’t haveto be a world-class tennisplayer playing at Wimble-don to get enjoyment outof the game. Anybody canenjoy it. I happen to livein south Florida, and Isee elderly players whocan hardly walk and it’samazing to watch them.The point is they’re stilloutside getting exercise,”said Stockton.

Today, Stockton,founder of Thanking ourTroops Through Tennis(T3) clinic, an initiativeof the non-profit entityBlue Sky foundationInc., which was creat-ed to show support fortroops and their families,by holding tennis clinicsat military bases around

the country. The programallows service membersand their families tolearn all aspects of thegame from world-classplayers and coaches.

“Most of the kids weteach have never hada tennis racket in theirhand before.All we’re try-ing to do is expose themto fun game and a healthylifestyle that tennis canprovide,” said Dick Stock-ton, a former professionaltennis player who playedfrom 1971 to 1986.

“T3 will be coming toJoint Base on Sept. 26for our third year. Theprogram offers three 75minute instructionaltennis clinics for ages4-10 years old, juniorclinic ages, 11-17 and thethird clinic is for adults18 and over.

“We set these clin-ics up as way to thankmilitary members andtheir families for whatthey do. We average a110 participants at the11 events we’ve held sofar, mostly kids, but inbetween there’s been awide age range of 4 yearsold up to age 87,” Stock-ton added.

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len from OPM’s systems,they added.

“While backgroundinvestigation records docontain some informa-tion regarding mentalhealth and financialhistory provided bythose that have appliedfor a security clearanceand by individuals con-tacted during the back-ground investigation,there is no evidencethat separate systemsthat store informationregarding the health, fi-nancial, payroll and re-tirement records of fed-eral personnel were im-pacted by this incident,”OPM officials stated ina news release.

Separate fromprevious incident

This incident isseparate, but relatedto a previous incidentdiscovered in April af-fecting personnel datafor current and formerfederal employees, offi-cials said. OPM and itsinteragency partnersconcluded “with a highdegree of confidence”that personnel data for4.2 million individuals

had been stolen, offi-cials said.

“This number hasnot changed since itwas announced by OPMin early June, and OPMhas worked to notify allof these individuals andensure that they areprovided with the ap-propriate support andtools to protect theirpersonal information,”the news release stated.

Assistance forthose affected

To protect those af-fected, OPM is provid-ing a comprehensivesuite of monitoring andprotection services forbackground investiga-tion applicants and non-applicants who had theirSocial Security numbersor other sensitive infor-mation stolen.

For the 21.5 millionbackground investiga-tion applicants, spousesor cohabitants with So-cial Security numbersand other sensitive in-formation that was sto-len from OPM databases,OPM and the DefenseDepartment will workwith a private sector firmspecializing in credit andidentity theft monitoringto provide services tai-

lored to address poten-tial risks created by thisparticular incident for atleast three years, at nocharge.

Notificationpackages

In the coming weeks,OPM will begin to sendnotification packagesto these individuals,which will provide de-tails on the incidentand information on howto access these services.OPM also will provideeducational materialsand guidance to helpthem prevent identitytheft, better securetheir personal andwork-related data, andbecome more generallyinformed about cyberthreats and other riskspresented by maliciousactors.

Other individualswhose name, address,date of birth, or othersimilar informationmay have been listed ona background investiga-tion form, but whose So-cial Security numbersare not included, couldinclude immediate fam-ily members or otherclose contacts of the ap-plicant.

In many cases, the

information about theseindividuals is the sameas information gener-ally available in publicforums, such as onlinedirectories or socialmedia, and thereforethe compromise of thisinformation generallydoes not present thesame level of risk ofidentity theft or otherissues, officials said.

The not i f i cat ionpackage that will besent to background in-vestigation applicantswill include detailedinformation that ap-plicants can provide topeople they may havelisted on a backgroundinvestigation form. Theinformation will explainthe types of data thatmay have been includedon the form, best prac-tices people can exerciseto protect themselves,and the resources pub-licly available to ad-dress questions or con-cerns, officials said.

New resourcesOPM launched a new,

online incident resourcecenter on July 10, athttps: / /www.opm.gov/cybersecurity to offer in-formation regarding theOPM incidents, as well

as direct individuals tomaterials, training, anduseful information onbest practices to securedata, protect againstidentity theft, and staysafe online.

This resource sitewill be regularly up-dated with the most re-cent information aboutboth the personnel re-cords and backgroundinvestigation incidents,responses to frequentlyasked questions, andtools that can help guardagainst emerging cyberthreats, officials said. Acall center will follow inthe weeks to come, theyadded.

In June, OPM iden-tified 15 new steps toimprove security, lever-age outside expertise,modernize its systemsand ensure internal ac-countability in its cyberpractices.

This included com-pleting deployment oftwo-factor “strong au-thentication” for all us-ers, expanding continu-ous monitoring of its sys-tems, and hiring a newcybersecurity advisor.

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Security Forces madecontact with the indi-vidual and briefed themon quiet hours. The indi-vidual’s leadership wasnotified.

As a reminderPlease remember,

while driving on the in-stallation you must havea valid driver’s license,proof of insurance, ve-hicle registration andproper Military Iden-tification or approvedinstallation access cre-dentials. All credentialsmust be up to date andpresented at the timethey are asked for.

For reporting anyemergencies or non-emergencies please feelfree to use the “LiveS-afe” app. “LiveSafe” isan anonymous reportingapp that can be down-loaded for free on yoursmart device.

There has been anincrease in loud noisecomplaints. Be consciousthat quiet hours are 24hours. Also be mindful ofyour neighbors and yoursurroundings.

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