Cryptologic Warfare Group SIX

Winter 2017-2018

Also: Navy Day Ball

Advancement Results And Much More

ANCHOR WATCHIn its 43rd year of production

Holiday Issue 2017

The “Anchor Watch” is produced by Cryptologic Warfare Group SIX.

Opinions are not necessarily those of the Department of the Navy nor the U.S. Government. We reserve the right to

correct, edit and omit material. Photos are official U.S. Navy unless otherwise indicated.

Story ideas are due the first working day of each month to the Public Affairs Office, Bldg. 9804, Room 138,

Fort Meade, Md. 20755-5290. Phone: 301-677-0860 FAX: 301-677-0399.

Story ideas are also accepted electronically at cwg6pao@gmail.com

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Sailors of the YearAdvancement ResultsNavy Day Ball Feature PhotoSailor in the Spotlight

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Veterans Day Event; WWISAPR Resource FairCWG-6 Holiday PartyHispanic Heritage Month2017 in Photos

Sea Junior Sailor of the Year PO3 Anthony T. Farrington

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Shore Junior Sailor of the YearPO3 Ryan J. Lennan

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Shore Sailor of the Year PO2 Michael J. Porcelli

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Shore Senior Sailor of the YearPO1 Jared D. Mollette

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Sea Senior Sailor of the Year PO1 Adam D. Walker

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Sea Sailor of the Year PO2 Joshua N. Hedrick

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CommodoreCapt. Joe J. Johnson

Executive OfficerCmdr. William Daniels

Command Master ChiefCMDCM Ricardo Galvan

Public Affairs StaffPublic Affairs Officer

Lt. Ryan Sylvester

Public Affairs StaffMC2(SW) Taylor DiMartino

MC2(IDW/SW/AW) J.C.J StokesMC2(SW) Liz DunaganMC3 Julia A. Williams

CONTENTS:

CONGRATULATIONS 2017 SAILORS OF THE YEAR

CONGRATULATIONS 2017 SAILORS OF THE YEAR

congratulations to all who Were Selected!

congratulations to all who Were Selected!

bravo zulu shipmates!

first class petty officer

second class petty officer

third class petty officer

NICOLE AHNEWILLIAM ALEXITALO ANGIOLINILYNEA ARRIAGAAMANDA BARNWELLJORDAN BAYLESSBRIANNA BEANNATASHA BELLNICKOLAS BENNERSHAYLA BLACKWELLKEVIN BLAKEASHLYN BORNHEIMBRANDIE BROWNCODY BURHANSIGNACIOLERAY CAMACHOTIFFANY CARTERJOHN CASTRODAVID CONLONMATTHEW CONNER JOSHUA DAVISTRAVIS DOWNEY

TORREY DUHANEYDEVIN DUNFORD MANDY ENGELANTHONY FARRINGTON ALEXANDER FOWLERSSHILOH FRUNKERICK GALBANSALINAS TYLER GILLESPYJAMES GRAHAMRONNIE HALLANDRE HANNADAVID HARDYMEGANN HERDEGENMICHAEL HITCHINGS KATHERINE HOLMKEVIN HOWARDTYLER HUFFMANJACOB HYZERJAIDEN JAROMAYPHILIP JONESRYAN KRULL

ROBERT LACROIXJAMES LUGONIKOLAS LUTTONMARC MAJORARMANDO MANNMACAFEE DALTON MATTHEWSMATTHEW MCBRIDEKOLIN MCCANDLESS STEPHEN MCGAHEYKRISTIANA MONTALDIANDREW MORGANNICOLAS MORRISONWESLEY MULLERALEX NASHDANA PEARSONLAYLA PENAHEAVEN PERRYJAMES PFEIFERJACOB RINEYNICHOLAS ROYRYAN SALITER

ALEC SCHMITTCODY SITTONJACQUELINE SMITHTYLER SPRAGUEWILLIAM STAFFARONIBRANDAN STEPHENSMARIANA TANNER MARIA TAYLORQUINN TEETERROBERT TILLYISRAEL TRUJILLORYAN UNITSZACHARY VENABLE BRYAN VILLANUEVACHAD WALLACEPATRICK WIMMERMARKTREVOR WUERFEL

DEONTE ARCENEAUXTYLER BEMENTJOSHUA BILADEAUALEC BISSOCHRISTIAN CHERRYDANIEL COLBERTCOLLIN FINLEYCHRISTOPHER HALL

STEPHEN HILYERMANUEL JIMENEZRICHARD KELLENBERGERJAMAL MADUROAMANDA MAUPINCODY METCALFEBLAINE MILTONPRESTON MULL

DANIEL MUNOZKAITLYN PLUMLEELUIS RODRIGUEZKRISTEN ROTHCOLLIN SCHMELEBECKSHOSHONE SESTITOSKY STEPHANOPOULOSALICIA SWARTZLANDER

PAIGE TOKAJEREMANUEL VALLEJOSE VARGASCASTROWILLIAM WEBBLANE WINANS

NATHAN BREENKEONI BYRONJOSEPH CAHILLJACOB COOKSTROCK COTTENJAMES EASTAMY ELLENZERIC ELLENZCAMERON FEWINGALEXIANNA GARCIAMARTIN GASCAANDREW GRAVES

RYAN GREERBENJAMIN HIGGINS KEITH JENSENJASON KALTZDALTON KASINGERTERRENCE KEYMATTHEW LACHMANMANUEL MAGSAYSAYWILLIAM MCKINLEYSCOTT MCLAUGHLINDALICIA MOSLEYGRANT NAGELHOUT

WILLIAM NOBLELOGAN PATTERSONJOSEPH PERRYMICHAEL PORCELLIMIGUEL QUINTOCODY RAYJARYTH RICHARDSONACOBAJEZER RIVERAFRANCISCO RODRIGUEZSOLARESDANIEL SALDIVARTYLER SATOIAN SCHULTZABERGER

ADAM STEPHENSCHELSEA STONEDAVID SULLIVAN CONNOR SWEARINGENJOSHUA THOMASDARREN WEIDENHAMMERMARK WEISBECKER RYAN WELKER KAITLIN WIELAND APRIL ZELLMAR

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CRYPTOLOGIC WARFARE GROUP SIX NAVY DAY BALL 2017Photos by MC2 Taylor DiMartino

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CRYPTOLOGIC WARFARE GROUP SIX NAVY DAY BALL 2017October 13, 2017

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Master Chief Petty Officer (Ret.) James D. Eaton plays a song on the guitar as his final speech at his retirement on October 27, 2017 at the Base Theater on Fort George G. Meade, MD.

Photo By MC2 Liz Dunagan

CTI3 GERALD ESPARZA

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CTI3 Esparza attached to CWG-6 in the N-72 Holding Division

INTERVIEWED BY MC3 JULIA WILLIAMS

SAILOR IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Who influenced you to join the Navy?

Joining the military was something I always wanted, I actually dropped out of high school when I was 17. I actually went back to high school because enlisting was something I really wanted to do.

My high school counselor was the one who suggested the Navy and he was the one that called the recruiter. So he and I talked about it and I signed up.

What is your favorite part of being in the Navy so far?

I guess it would have to be how much the higher-ups care about their Sailors. I’ve had many other jobs before the Navy where the people who were in charge didn’t care about anything. They only cared about their job, and if someone had a problem then ‘oh well, tough luck.’ If you have a problem at home keep it at home, don’t bring it to work. But here my supervisors care about me which is really nice.

Do you have any mentors?

One person would be Petty Officer 1st Class Rutkowski. He and I studied together in A-school. He answers my questions about the military and the Navy. He is encouraging me to get started on getting my college degree. Also an Army Sergeant and another friend from A-school helped me get back in shape and they continue to give advice about things outside of the military such as financial advice.

What does being a Sailor mean to you?

Being a part of the Navy means there is always someone who you can count on and there’s always someone counting on you. You’ve got to do your part. Not only just helping your Shipmates out but helping everyone out in general. Try to volunteer and help people out. When you’re out in uniform, people know that you are part of the military, what you do can give people a better idea of the military.

What do you enjoy doing during your free time?

It’s weird for me because I am not used to having free time. Now that I am not in A-school, I have so much more

time! I really like working on my truck, working out at the gym, hiking, and playing video games with my sister online. I also like keeping in contact with my family and friends that I made in A-school and other times. I like driving around and exploring different towns.

What have you learned during your time in the Navy?

There is always someone who knows more than you and less than you. There’s always someone you can go to for help and to ask a question and they can point you in the right direction. But also there is always someone who will always need your help. I’m not the best at everything but I can help with things I am good at and if I can’t help then at least I can point others in the right direction.

What are a few or your long and short term goals?

I would like to get my Information Warfare pin and then start working on a college degree. But at the moment I am still waiting to hear what my primary job will be. I cannot wait to start working and giving my best. As for my long-term goals, I would really like to deploy, get my second class swim qualification, and maybe doing aircrew or going on a submarine.

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Three months after the United States entered World War I, a transformation

began along the railroad that runs between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., unlike anything the region had seen before. In a little over eight weeks, quiet Maryland farmlands would become populated with 1,200 wooden buildings that could accommodate a constant flood of tens of thousands of new recruits. The dawn of World War I was also the birth of Fort George G. Meade.

Hospice of the Chesapeake chose to highlight that moment in history during its annual Veterans Day Celebration held Nov. 10, in Boswell Hall at the Knights of Columbus in Bowie. Mary Jermann, Director of Volunteer Services for Hospice of the Chesapeake, said they were both honored and excited when retired Army Col. Ken McCreedy agreed to share his obvious love for the history of Fort Meade as a

way to celebrate veterans. His keynote speech, “Camp Meade and the Great War,” was filled with eye-opening stories of the beginnings of both World War I and an installation that has become Maryland’s largest employer.

“It was a great way to acknowledge the significance of Fort Meade, as well as the many men and women who have contributed to the legacy of service for our community and our nation,” Jermann said.

An example of that service to the community came when Fort Meade Army Specialist Alexis Kwamin read a poem she wrote after volunteering to perform her first Honor Salute for a Hospice of the Chesapeake patient who also is a veteran. Her emotional reading of “We Shall Never Forget” was rewarded with a standing ovation.

Other highlights included the fifth-grade class of Hilltop Elementary School, who performed “America the

Beautiful” and “God Bless America” as a select group read letters of thanks to veterans and a contingent of active military personnel and Naval Academy Midshipmen who performed a salute honoring veterans in the audience as well as the memory of those who have died.

Voices of Vets, Inc., performed “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the opening and then closed the event with a rousing rendition of the “Armed Forces Medley” which features the anthems for each of the five branches of the military.

Around 250 people attended the event. It is part of the nonprofit’s partnership with the national We Honor Veterans hospice initiative, which works to serve and honor the men and women from all branches of the military who have served our country.

Photos and story by Elyzabeth Marcussen, Hospice of the Chesapeake.

Veterans Day event looks back 100 years to beginnings of World War I, Fort Meade

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Photos and story by MC2 Liz Dunagan, CWG-6 Public Affairs Staff

CWG-6 Sailors Take

Part in Second Annual SAPR Resource Fair

Cryptologic Warfare Group SIX (CWG-6) Sailors and service members from across the military

services attended the 2nd annual Sexual Assault Response and Prevention (SAPR) Resource Fair at McGill Training Center on Fort George G. Meade, Md., Oct. 12. The event, hosted by the installation’s Fleet and Family Support Center, included representatives from more than 30 community and military agencies geared toward supporting victims and survivors of sexual assault as well as providing training and knowledge for caregivers. “This resource fair is basically my vision,” said Latrice Washington-Williams, a Fleet and Family civilian SAPR Victim Advocate. “The goal for this project was to have under one roof a one-stop-shop for sexual assault victims, survivors, and for people

who have been affected by sexual assault.” The fair was preceded by a SAPR Battle Stations Scavenger Hunt geared to credentialed sexual assault victim advocates

and senior leaders from each branch of service. The event went through the whole process of sexual assault response from reporting the assault to court-martial. It concluded with a survivor recounting her own experience with the process.

“It was a really fun event and we got to learn a lot about the program,” said Petty Officer 3rd Class William Hurd, a SAPR Victim Advocate assigned to CWG-6. “We got to refresh ourselves because a victim advocate can never have enough training and new scenarios happen every day and no two scenarios are the same.” Washington-Williams said she was inspired to organize the resource fair because she noticed that both civilian and service member victims of sexual assault

thought they only had one entity from which to receive support. Her goal for the resource fair was to inform all victims and survivors that they have a choice in who they report to and where they can receive counseling services and legal assistance. The event had sexual assault forensic examiner nurses, police department sexual assault detectives from across the D.C. and Baltimore area, non-profit legal aid services, as well as religious counseling. “People have a choice of getting services from the military or civilian resources,” said Washington-Williams. “We as a support team for victims and survivors need to be on one page regardless of what branch of service, civilian or military. We have one mission and that is to support the victim.” Washington-Williams wants to continue holding this fair every year because she felt it could be a safe place for victims to come forward and receive the help they need.

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Cryptologic Warfare Group SIX

Holiday Party 2017

December 1, 2017

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Warm Wishes To You And Your

Family This Holiday Season From,

The CWG-6 Team

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Sailors assigned to Cryptologic Warfare Group 6 (CWG-6) observed Hispanic Heritage Month with a

celebration lunch in the dayroom, Oct. 2. The event was organized by the CWG-6 Diversity Committee. It paid tribute to the generations of Hispanic Americans who have positively influenced and enriched our nation, society, and military by focusing on the theme of “Shaping the Bright Future of America”. Seventeen percent of the U.S. Navy’s enlisted force identifies as Hispanic American, including 1,118 master and senior chiefs as well as eight percent of officers and four percent of admirals. “Our Navy’s history is filled with outstanding Sailors and military members who come from many backgrounds from all around the world, especially Hispanic members. Recognizing Hispanic heritage is key to embracing and making us a successful Navy,” said Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathan Banks,

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Photos and story by MC2 Liz Dunagan, CWG-6 Public Affairs StaffObserving Hispanic Heritage

Vice-President of the Diversity Committee. The festivities of included presentation

displays of the Hispanic and Latin American countries that the month pays homage to. “It started mainly with making displays for each of the countries that fall under Hispanic Heritage month,” said Banks. Banks went on to explain that the group later decided

to give their shipmates a taste of Hispanic and Latin American cuisine by serving dishes such as empanadas, pico de gallo with shrimp, and elotes. In order to engage more Sailors, Banks and other members of the diversity committee performed a popular dance from the Dominican Republic called Bachata. “Learning the Bachata was a struggle, but it helped me understand and appreciate what that kind of music gives to you as a person,” said Banks.

Observation of Hispanic Heritage Month started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson and was expanded by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to cover a 30-day period starting Sept. 15 and ending Oct. 15. National Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates the anniversary of the independence of five Latin American countries on Sept. 15

including Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Mexico and Chile also celebrate their independence days on Sept. 16 and Sept. 18, respectively. For more information about the history of Hispanic Americans and their numerous contributions to the Navy, visit www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/diversity/hispanic-americans-in-the-navy.html/.

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Winter Driving Tips from the CWG-6 Safety Office Accelerate and decelerate slowly in slick and icy conditions. Applying the gas slowly to accelerate is the best method for regaining traction and avoiding skids. Don’t try to get moving in a hurry. Drive slowly. Everything takes longer on snow-covered roads. Accelerating, stopping, turning – nothing happens as quickly as on dry pavement. The normal dry pavement following distance of three to four seconds should be increased to eight to ten seconds. This increased margin of safety will provide the longer distance necessary if you have to stop. Know your brakes. Whether you have antilock brakes or not, the best way to stop is threshold breaking. Keep the heel of your foot on the floor and use the ball of your foot to apply firm, steady pressure on the brake pedal.