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ARMY NEWS SERVICES

A bill signed into law by the president Jan. 3 meansSoldiers in uniform and their families may soon have aneasier time moving through security screening lines atthe airport.

The “Risk-Based Security Screening for Members ofthe Armed Forces Act” calls for development of a planthat will provide “expedited security screening servicesfor a member of the armed forces, and, to the extent pos-sible, any accompanying family member.”

Included in that law are instructions to consider estab-lishing standards for screen-ing of military uniform items,including combat boots.

Only service members onorders and in uniform will begranted access to any expe-dited security screening pro-cedures that have been devel-oped, officials said.

The new law calls for chang-es to be implemented withinsix months.

Transportation Security Ad-ministration officials say theagency is now “in consultationwith DOD,” and “is reviewingoptions for implementing pro-cedures that will adhere to thenew law.”

Already, the TSA had poli-cies in place that help expeditethe movement of uniformedservice members though thesecurity screening process.Soldiers with proper identifi-cation are not required to remove their boots or shoes un-less the footwear sets off screening equipment.

Families of service members can obtain gate passes togo with service members to their departure gates to seethem off, or to be standing at arrival gates when they getoff the plane.

Additionally, the TSA has worked with DOD to make iteasier for injured service members to negotiate the screen-ing process. The Military Severely Injured Joint ServicesOperations Center Program ensures that any screening is“conducted by TSA screening experts with empathy andrespect in order to make the overall experience for the ser-vice member as expeditious and pleasant as possible.”

New law expeditesSoldiers throughairport security

Included in thatlaw are instruc-tions to considerestablishing stan-

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By Karen ParrishAMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE

The Defense Department’s new, 10-year strategy will ensure the UnitedStates remains the world’s strongestmilitary power, DOD leaders empha-sized in weekend interviews.

In an interview with Bob Schief-fer that aired today on the CBS newsprogram “Face the Nation,” DefenseSecretary Leon E. Panetta and JointChiefs Chairman Army Gen. Martin E.Dempsey said the department is chang-ing to respond to a new global reality.

The strategy announced Jan. 5 out-lines defense priorities for the comingdecade, and emphasizes trimming theforce while investing in intelligence,surveillance and reconnaissance pro-grams, combating anti-access technol-ogies, countering weapons of massdestruction and prevailing in all do-mains, including the cyber world.

“Clearly, we face the constrictionof having to reduce the budget by al-most half a trillion dollars,” the sec-retary said. “We developed a strat-egy that said [the military] is goingto be leaner, it is going to be smaller,but it has to be agile, it has to adapt-able, it has to be flexible, quickly de-ployable, and it has to be technolog-ically advanced. That’s the kind offorce we need for the future.”

The department’s plan calls forpriority emphasis on the Pacific andthe Middle East, while maintaininga presence elsewhere, Panetta noted.

“The bottom line is, when we facean aggressor anyplace in this world,we’re going to be able to respondand defeat them,” he added.

The chairman said a popular mis-conception about the new strategyassumes the nation’s forces will nolonger be able to fight more than oneconflict at a time.

“In fact, we were pretty adamantthat we must be able to do morethan one thing at a time, and by theway not limit ourselves to two,”Dempsey said. “The threat, and theenvironment in which we find our-selves in this decade of the 21st cen-

tury, suggests to us that it’s likely tobe more than two.”

The strategy aims to build a forcecapable across the military opera-tional spectrum with the leadership,manning and equipment to provideoptions to the national commandauthority, the chairman noted.

One point that may have been un-deremphasized, he added, is that themilitary has “learned an enormousamount over the last 10 years abouthow to wage war.”

Dempsey said the military has de-veloped strengths unforeseen a decadeago, noting its capabilities in specialoperations, intelligence, surveillanceand reconnaissance, and cyber.

“What we’re looking to do here isnot constrain ourselves to a two-warconstruct, but rather build a forcethat has the kind of agility the sec-retary mentioned, that is a learningorganization that will adapt itself towhat it confronts,” he said.

The military has seen a decade ofhigh demand, and defense leadersare working to ensure the force sizeremains adequate and adaptive tofuture missions, he said.

“We do have a … significant, capa-ble [National] Guard and reserve com-ponent, and we do have an active com-ponent that has learned a lot over thelast 10 years,” Dempsey noted. “Whatwe’re trying to do is break the templateand think about different ways of ac-complishing the task, to give more op-tions to our nation’s leaders.”

The geopolitical and economicchallenges of 2012 demand a shift inmilitary power, the general said.

“What we’re trying to do is chal-lenge ourselves to respond to thatshift and to react to that strategic in-flection point,” he said.

Dempsey said his concern is thatin light of changing strategy andbudget issues, some will see theUnited States as a nation and a mili-tary in decline.

“Nothing could be further fromthe truth,” the chairman asserted.“That miscalculation could be trou-blesome … it could cause even ourclose partners to wonder, what kindof partner are we? So what I’d liketo say right now is, we’re the samepartner we’ve always been, and in-tend to remain that way.”

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CBS’ “Face the Nation” host Bob Schieffer interviews Defense Secretary LeonE. Panetta, center, and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the JointChiefs of Staff, left, in Washington, D.C., Jan. 6. Panetta and Dempsey fieldedquestions ranging from the upcoming budget cuts to the threats that Iran pos-es in the Middle East.

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The original vision of Sittercity when itwas founded back in 2001 was to create aplace on the internet where parents couldgo to find that perfect care provider for theirfamily, said Melissa Anderson, the presi-dent of Sittercity’s Corporate Division.

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The program allows military parents topost jobs with the requirements of whatthey consider to be the perfect sitter. Theycan include specifications like sitters whohave access to military installations ormilitary-subsidized care providers.

Once the job is posted, sitters apply di-rectly to that job. The parents receive tar-geted cover letters through email explain-ing the sitters’ qualifications. Then, theparents can choose from the applicantswhich one best suits their needs. The com-munications go directly through the siteuntil they feel comfortable enough to con-nect with them personally.

“On average, each job post gets 11 ap-plicants,” Anderson said. “We connect amilitary family with a care provider everyseven minutes.”

Tech. Sgt. Tanya King, of the 446th Air-lift Wing at Joint Base McChord-Lewis,Wash., and her family took advantage ofthe service after they made a permanentchange of station to a place where theyhad no family members.

“It was pretty simple,” King said of herexperience using Sittercity. “There arethousands of childcare providers on thesite, and you can narrow them down tospecific things. Being military, there aretimes when our child is sick we can’t just

leave work to go pick up our kid fromdaycare. We were able to find sitters whowould watch our daughter if she was sickand would come out to the base and pickher up. We also have a dog, so one of ourcriteria was that the sitter would be will-ing to care for the dog too.”

The care itself is not free.“The parents have to pay for the care pro-

vided, and that is all negotiated through theparents and the provider. In the job postingthe parents will give a range of what they’recomfortable paying, so the sitter will havean idea before applying,” Anderson said.

Sittercity is accessible to military mem-bers around the world, so members whoare moving from an overseas location to astateside location can begin finding a sit-ter before they even arrive in country.

“We see lots of uses of Sittercity fromfamilies who (have a deployed member)or who have (moved) and they are in a lo-cation where they don’t have family mem-bers to help them care for their children,”Anderson said.

King said because of the thousands of op-tions her family had for childcare providers,they didn’t feel like they were pressured toleave their child with someone who theyweren’t totally comfortable with.

“There were so many choices we wereable to schedule interviews with our top 10choices, and we really got a feel for the sit-ters,” King said. “We really got an idea of thekind of care that could be provided, so wewere able to find that needle in a haystack.The woman who we chose takes a learningapproach to childcare as opposed to just bab-ysitting. She actually uses it as an opportuni-ty to teach her sign language. Had we nothad so many choices, we probably wouldn’thave found that needle in the haystack.”

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The large number of veterans comingout of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghani-stan are a good resource for Americanbusinesses looking for great employees,said an Army Reserve general.

About 20 million veterans now residein the United States, said Maj. Gen. KeithThurgood, chief of staff, U.S. Army Re-serve Command. The unemployment ratefor those veterans that are coming out ofrecent conflicts is about 14-18 percent.

“For some of the generational cohorts,veterans in the 18-24-year-old range, thatunemployment is nearly three times thenational average,” Thurgood said. Thenational unemployment rate is about 9percent now.

So many veterans available for work,Thurgood said, is “an opportunity for thenation,” because veterans have skill setsthat are usable by any business.

“The Army does two things really wellthat every business wants,” he said. “Theydeliver results, and they produce leaders —they fill the leadership pipeline. If you wereto take those two characteristics, and takethem to a business, I guarantee you that Sol-dier, that veteran, can start to make an im-mediate impact on the business’ results.”

Matching Soldiers with businesses thatcan benefit from the unique characteris-tics Soldiers bring to the table — integ-rity coupled with an understanding ofdiscipline, respect, diversity and the im-portance of collaboration, along with theability to think strategically and act tacti-cally — is what the Reserve componentis doing with the online “Employer Part-nership of the Armed Forces” website, atwww.employerpartnership.org/.

Right now, Thurgood said, there are onlyabout 36,000 registered users on the website.

“We’ve got over 600,000 jobs that wecould fill today, if we had the right peo-ple,” he said. “We’re not trying to createmagic here. We’re trying to take the sup-ply, the resources we have, and matchthem with a known demand.”

Thurgood said there are about 2,500employers partnered with the Reserve viathat website, and he said response fromthe employers has been good.

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ity of people they are getting and the easewith which we can do business,” he said.

The Reserve component also has pro-gram service mangers in specific regionsacross the United States, about two doz-en of them, who are working to connectveterans who need a job with private sec-tor human resource professionals that arelooking for employees. Thurgood said theReserve is working to expand that forceof service managers.

Why veterans have a more difficult timefinding work when they leave the serviceis a two-fold problem — and part of that isbased on Soldier’s humility, Thurgood said.

“If you think about the culture of theUnited States Army, by and large, theforce is what I would describe as a hum-ble force,” Thurgood said. “Soldiers arenot used to talking about themselves andmaking themselves look better. It is aboutdiscipline, it is about the team, it is aboutaccomplishing the mission. And we collec-tively are only a small piece of that. There’sa little bit of reluctance to say ‘I’m actuallygood.’ And these Soldiers are good.”

So Soldiers, Thurgood said, have a hardtime selling themselves in the job market.They also have a hard time knowing howto translate the skills they learned in theArmy to skills that employers want in theprivate sector.

Thurgood said the Army can bolster itsprograms designed to help Soldiers makethat transition from the Army to the pri-vate sector — programs like the Transi-tion Assistance Program.

“I think there is some more structurewe need to put around TAPS,” he said. “Ifyou start to integrate all these activities ina way that makes sense, you’ve really gota good framework that can be good forthe nation and good for our Soldiers.”

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The transitory lifestyle of the military,while wonderful in many ways, can leadto problems when relocating to differentstates. The Department of Defense recog-nized that some state laws create unintend-ed barriers for service members and theirfamilies, and started the USA4 MilitaryFamilies initiative to inform state policy-makers about how to better accommodateservice members and their families.

To accomplish this task, the DoD estab-lished the DoD-State Liaison Office to informstate executives and legislators of key issuesthat can help alleviate unintended barriersand provide needed protections to assist ser-vice members and their families. States gov-ernments have been very accommodating,understanding the important role they playin the lives service members and their fam-ilies. States understand that they have a re-sponsibility to consider the welfare of thosewho are responsible for the nation’s defense.

Annually, DSLO addresses a list of 10 KeyIssues that has been reviewed by the staffs ofthe Military Services, the Office of the Secre-tary of Defense, the National Guard Bureau,and the Joint Staff, and has been approved bythe Under Secretary of Defense for Personneland Readiness. We encourage readers to go tothe recently revised website about USA4 Mil-itary Families and the 10 Key Issues to learnmore about the current issues, periodically re-view progress on working these issues withthe states, and make suggestions about otherpotential state issues for consideration in 2013.

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� 1. Recognizing military education, train-ing, and experience towards granting an oc-cupational license to a separating servicemember. As of June 2011, one million veter-ans were unemployed and the jobless ratefor post-9/11 veterans was 13.3 percent,with young male veterans experiencing anunemployment rate of 21.9 percent.

This is a new issue and, although somework has been done to translate the edu-cation, training, and experience of servicemembers into civilian occupations, manystates have not built this requirement intotheir licensure policies. Colorado, Utah, Vir-ginia, and Washington passed legislation in

2011, which DSLO is using to educate oth-er states on this issue in 2012. In additionto occupational licensure, DSLO is educat-ing state policy makers on granting servicemembers academic credit for their militaryeducation, training, and experience.

The American Council on Educationhas established guidelines that many col-leges and universities already use. Louisi-ana and Texas passed legislation in 2011 re-quiring state institutions to provide credit.DSLO is using these bills to inform otherstates of these best practices.

� 2. Modifying occupational licensing lawsconcerning licensed military spouses enter-ing their states. In 2010, Colorado and Flori-da developed legislation that DSLO used in2011 to request changes. Now eleven stateshave rules that accommodate military spous-es through endorsement of their existing li-cense or by providing them temporary licens-es so that they can find work more quickly.

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While Airmen are encouraged to tellthe Air Force story, they should be mind-ful to do so in ways that lend credit tothemselves and the service, officials said.

With the emergence of social media,information sharing has changed in un-precedented ways. It continues to be dy-namic and evolving.

Now a cultural norm around the globe,social media is part of the daily activitiesof Airmen and their families, who use so-cial media sites to stay connected.

The Air Force has specific guidance re-lated to social media. In particular, Air-men should remember to heed both oper-ational security and Air Force core valuesas they exercise the privilege of accessingsocial media, officials said.

“A helpful reminder for Airmen is to useour core values as a filter before engagingin a public forum,” said Col. Steve Clut-ter, the Air Education and Training Com-mand public affairs director. “Core valueswill guide them to be cautious before cross-

ing the line between funny and distasteful,or sharing good information without creat-ing an OPSEC violation. We must reinforceto our Airmen to use good judgment whenusing social media sites as there may beconsequences with what is posted.”

Careless use of social media can jeop-ardize the mission. An OPSEC violationwas detailed in an article written by Air-man 1st Class Precious Yett, with the502nd Air Base Wing OL-B Public Affairsat Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.

“I had a situation with a member whowas deployed downrange in support ofOperation Iraqi Freedom,” said Tech. Sgt.Darrell Williams, the 902nd Security Forc-es Squadron Military Working Dog sec-tion NCO in charge. “I logged onto Face-book one morning and noticed he hadchecked-in to his search pit on the base.

“He wasn’t thinking that by doing so,he’s broadcasting the grid coordinatesto a strategic location on base via an un-secured medium,” Williams said. “Any-one with hostile intentions could have uti-lized those coordinates to not only locate

an entry point into the installation but tar-get those who work there. Additionally,the deployed member had posted whatequipment was currently in use and iden-tified these pieces of equipment by name.”

Williams said he immediately sent theAirman a Facebook message and remind-ed him of operational and communicationsecurity procedures. The post was deleted,but with the information already online,the damage could have already been done.

The Air Force pamphlet “Social Mediaand the Air Force,” produced by the AirForce PublicAffairsAgency Emerging Tech-

nology Division, states, “Airmen shouldnote that anytime they engage in social me-dia, they are representing the Air Force andtherefore should not do anything that willdiscredit themselves or the Air Force.”

It goes on to say, “Airmen must abide bycertain restrictions to ensure good orderand discipline. All Airmen are on duty 24hours a day, 365 days a year and all actionsare subject to the Uniform Code of MilitaryJustice. Even if Airmen state they are notrepresenting the Air Force, other audiencesmay not interpret the information that way.

Officials advise Airmen to be care-ful of the details, text, photos and videoposted to profiles on MySpace and Face-book and other social networks. Em-ployers and adversaries can search thesesites, and there are numerous examplesof people losing a job due to their inap-propriate photos or comments.

“Airmen, by the nature of the business, arealways on the record and must always repre-sent the core values, even on the Web: integ-rity first, service before self and excellence inall that is done,” the pamphlet stated.

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cancy for an 11:45 a.m. Gospel WorshipService Music Director/Pianist. Applicantsmust have at least five years of experienceplaying the piano or organ and at least twoyears of experience directing and playing forchurch choirs in traditional hymns, gospel,and current contemporary Christian music.Applicants must have Gospel Service choirexperience and be familiar with the flowof Gospel Service worship. A letter of rec-ommendation from an ordained clergy per-son, as well as two additional letters of rec-ommendation attesting to the applicant’sChristian character is also required. A dem-onstration of skills is required and will bescheduled after receipt of applications.

To review the Basis of Award, Statementof Work, and other contract requirements,contact Andi Torrenti, Protestant Parish Co-ordinator, at 764-3770 or the Chapel Annexat 764-7847. Applications must be receivedby close of businessTuesday.

Anger Management ClassesAnger Management is a three-part se-

ries designed to help you identify what tripsyour trigger and how to stop it from gettingout of hand. Sessions are scheduled at theHealth and Wellness Center Thursday andJan. 26 from 9 to 10:30 a.m.

Those interested in attending must con-tact Behavioral Health at 764-6840 to signup. For directions, call 764-6321. Anger Man-agement is open to everyone on base. Nochildren please.

Stress Management ClassFind out how meditation and guided im-

agery can ease your stress. Visit the StressManagement: Relaxation 101 classWednes-day, 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Health and Well-ness Center. To register, call 764-2427.

PersonalizedValentine video/cardThe Airman & Family Readiness Center

will host a Personalized Valentine Video andCard event Jan. 20, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at theA&FRC classroom. Create your own valen-tine video card to send to your deployedloved one for Valentine’s Day. A&FRC willmail all videos and cards to deployed mem-bers at no cost to families. Pizza and drinkswill be served.

Register by calling 764-3990 beforeTuesday.

Troops toTeachersAre you interested in becoming a teacher?

Troops to Teachers (TTT) offers a $5,000 sti-pend to pay for any approved teacher licen-sure program, in any state, at any accreditedcollege, to military personnel with bachelor'sdegrees. Participants may also be eligible fora $10,000 bonus. TTT also provides informa-tion on teacher licensure requirements in Vir-ginia. Joe Wargo, Virginia TTT director, willbe at the Langley AFB Education Center inRoom 130, Jan. 24 at 11:30 a.m. to give apresentation on this program.

For more information, call the TTT officeat 683-3327.

Marriage seminarThe Langley Chapel will host a marriage

seminar, “A Peacemaking Mission,” Feb. 9,9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Langley Club.Wheth-er you have a good marriage that you wantto make better, or you are hanging on bya thread, this marriage seminar can trans-form your marriage. The Chapel is sponsor-ing this one-day event at no cost to TeamJBLE and their families. Come with or with-out your spouse. Lunch provided. Open toeveryone. Alternate Duty Location autho-rized for GS civilians. Join us for a fun-filledone-day event to connect with your spouseand learn effective ways to have a thrillingmarriage. You'll leave with a fresh perspec-tive and step by step details on A Peace-making Mission.

This event has limited seating and willonly be available for 16 couples. Sign-upearly to reserve your seat. Registration canbe completed at https://einvitations.afit.edu/MarriageSeminar377/anim.cfm or bycalling 764-7847.

Tax centers openingThe Joint Base Langley-Eustis Tax Cen-

ters will open for business Feb. 1. Loca-tions at Langley Air Force Base and FortEustis will serve customers through April17. The Tax Centers will serve clients on anappointment-only basis. Phone lines willopen Jan. 30 at both locations to scheduleappointments.

The Langley Tax Center is located in Bldg.801, at 402 Helms Ave., on Langley AFB. Tomake an appointment, call 225-5777. TheEustis Tax Center is located in Bldg. 2733,at 2733 Madison Ave., on Fort Eustis. Tomake an appointment, call 878-2343. Bothtax centers will be open weekdays from 8a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

For a complete list of tax center servic-es, as well as what to bring to your appoint-ment, visit the JBLE Tax Center website:http://www.jble.af.mil/units/taxcenter.asp.

Deployment marriage studyThe Langley Chapel is offering a Deploy-

ment Ready Marriage Study (married or en-gaged) Tuesday evenings through Feb. 21from 6 to 8 p.m. This event provides Chris-tian-based principles for strengthening yourmarriage, restoring your marriage, and be-fore and after deployment marriage con-cerns. A free dinner is provided.

For more information or to sign-up, callthe Langley Chapel at 764-7847 or DennisTrexler at 303-9280 or by e-mail at [email protected].

Wednesday morning Bible studyWednesday morning Bible study, spon-

sored by Military Ministries, is held eachWednesday morning from 6:15 to 7:15a.m. at the Langley Chapel Annex audito-rium. Enjoy great fellowship, insightful Bi-ble topics, relevant Biblical discussion, andstrengthened Bible knowledge.

For more information, contact Joe Shirey at764-5527,William Shirey at [email protected] or Chuck Macri at 928-7220 oremail [email protected].

Young adult Bible studyThe Langley Chapel will host aYoung Adult

Bible Study and fellowship everyThursday, 9to 11 p.m. for dependent family members,ages 18-25, at the Bethel Chapel RE Center.The study will be on, "Who is God,” by Fran-cis Chan. The RE Center is located on 1stStreet across from Bethel Chapel.

For more information, call David Rasboldat 764-0992/254-2944.

Friday, 7 p.m.NewYear’s Eve (PG-13)

New Year’s Eve celebrateslove, hope, forgiveness, secondchances and fresh starts, in in-tertwining stories told amidstthe pulse and promise of NewYork City on the most dazzlingnight of the year.

Saturday, 2 p.m.Arthur Christmas (PG)

Everyone knows that, eachChristmas, Santa Claus de-livers presents to every lastchild on Earth. What everyonedoesn’t know is that Santa ac-complishes the feat with a veryhigh-tech operation beneaththe North Pole. But when theunthinkable happens, and San-ta misses one child out of hun-dreds of millions, someone hasto save the day. It’s up to Ar-thur (James McAvoy), Santa’syoungest son, to deliver a pres-ent to the forgotten tyke beforeChristmas morning dawns.

Saturday, 7 p.m.NewYear’s Eve (PG-13)

Sunday, 2 p.m.No Show

Movie synopsis and show timeinformation is available online atwww.shopmyexchange.com/ReelTi-meTheaters/Movies-Langley.htm.

LangleyTheater Schedule


By Chris HalagardaNAVY FITNESS, PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTDIETITIAN

For many Americans, it’s that time ofyear to declare New Year’s resolutions.Unfortunately, too many people havepreviously made the decision to start ex-ercising, eat right and lose weight as a res-olution but have failed. If you have madethose resolutions in the past, ask yourselfwhat went wrong.

Over the years, it has been my experi-ence when talking with thousands of peo-ple about nutrition and fitness, chances arethey probably “bit off more than they couldchew.” Meaning: They set upunrealistic goals. Maybe yousaid you would go to the fit-ness center every day, nev-er eat cookies or cake again,or even eliminate soda fromthe diet. But what you real-ly need to do is set more spe-cific goals such as: I will go tothe fitness center or exerciseat home at least three timeseach week. I will allow myself two cookiestwice a week; or, I will have one soft drinka week. Be specific and realistic!

The other important change to make isto try to change your mindset about fatloss and exercise. For instance, rather thanfocusing on the way you look, focus onhow you feel. With a healthier diet and in-creasing the intake of essential nutrients,your energy levels will increase. The in-crease in “feel good” hormones will makeyou feel better and allow you to be moreproductive at work and at home.

This year, try making small changes toyour lifestyle that will make you feel bet-ter and, most likely, you’ll start to look bet-ter, too. You can get started today by add-ing one or two of these ideas to your life:

� Add fruits and vegetables. Promiseyourself you will eat five servings of fruitand vegetables at least four days eachweek. By eating all the fiber and water infruits and vegetables, you should eat lessfood the rest of the day and hopefully loseweight. Worst case is that you don’t loseweight, but you will be more hydratedand energized from all the additional vi-tamins and minerals you’re eating.

� Drink tea. Green tea, black tea, herbal

tea — whatever tea you like — just drink acup of tea or two at least four days per week.Teas are loaded with antioxidants, flava-noids, vitamins and minerals and may helpprevent tumors and promote weight loss.More research needs to be done to identifyall of the benefits from drinking tea, but weknow that it’s healthier than soda and canpromote weight loss.

� Spice it up! Don’t let a meal go by with-out sprinkling some type of herb or spiceon it. Sprinkle cinnamon on oatmeal, garlicpowder on salads, paprika on hummus andchili powder, onion, pepper, dry mustardand cayenne in chili. Don’t hesitate to trynew spices. There are so many great flavors

with so many health benefits.Best of all, most spices don’thave any calories! Before yougo grocery shopping at thecommissary, find a recipewith a spice that you’ve nevertried before and give it a try.

� Drink more water. Aimfor about half your bodyweight in fluid ounces eachday. If you weigh 120 pounds,

you should consume about 60 fluid ouncesof water per day. Keep in mind, water-densefoods such as fruits, vegetables, soups andteas will also increase this total, and highlevels of physical activity will increase dailyfluid needs above this amount. Just stayingwell-hydrated will make you feel more ener-gized. Don’t forget to drink fluids in the win-ter, too. We still lose a lot of fluid even whenit’s cooler outside.

� Add steps. If you can’t bear the thoughtof going to a fitness center and walking orrunning on a treadmill, get a pedometer andshoot for 10,000 steps a day. If you find that10,000 steps are way too many for you tostart with, opt for a more practical approach.Start by recording how many steps you takefor seven days; divide that total by sevenand try to go above and beyond that numbereach day. For example, if you average 5,000steps a day, try to reach 5,500 steps every dayof the following week; then 6,000 steps thenext week. Ultimately, you want to achieveand maintain at least 10,000 steps each day.

Chris Halagarda is the Navy Fitness, Per-formance Enhancement Dietitian. Contact himwith your questions at 202-433-0721 or [email protected].

Lifestyle changes thatcan help you feel andlook better:• Add fruits and

vegetables• Drink tea• Spice it up• Drink more water• Add steps

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