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The Naval Support ActivitySouth Potomac CommunityRelations (COMREL) Councilmet Oct. 23 at the Universityof Mary Washington Dahl-gren Campus, where militaryand community leaders gaveupdates on the King GeorgeJoint Land Use Study, Domin-ion Power Transmission Lineto Dahlgren and the Rappah-annock Community CollegeProgram. Rep. Rob Wittman,Virginia 1stDistrict, briefed theCOMREL on the prospects foranother roundofBaseRealign-ment and Closure (BRAC) andother budgetary issues thataffect the Department of De-fense.

Capt. Mary Feinberg,

NSASP commanding officer,led the audience in the Pledgeof Allegiance after the presen-tation of colors by the KingGeorge High School Navy Ju-nior ROTC Color Guard. Thehost for the gathering wasJoe Grzeika, chairman, KingGeorgeCountyBoardofSuper-visors. He said that the wholecommunity is part of a biggerregion and that they all worktogether to supportNaval Sup-port FacilityDahlgren.

“This base is important toall of us,” Grzeika said. “Thankyou all for coming. We have agreat program today.”

Feinberg, who is also theSouth Potomac Council Ex-ecutive Committee co-chair,said she is enjoying the oppor-tunity to maintain and growthe relationship between NSFsDahlgren and Indian Head

with the surrounding commu-nity. She provided updates onrecent and upcoming eventsat Dahlgren and Indian Head,including the celebration ofthe Navy’s 239th birthday andthe Navy Ball at the Hospital-ity House in Fredericksburg inOctober.

“JWAC (Joint WarfareAnalysis Center) planned thatevent,” Feinberg said. “Theydid a phenomenal job.” Shesaid the 240thNavy Ball will beplanned by NSASP and wouldtakeplace inOctober 2015.

“In the past fewmonths onbase (Dahlgren), we’ve had acouple of high-profile visitorsto include the CNO (chief ofnaval operations) who cameSept. 4,” Feinberg said. “Hewas kind enough to have anall-hands call for all of theparticipants. It was a great op-

portunity toask theCNOques-tions.”

The congressional repre-sentative for the Virginia com-munity around Dahlgren, Wit-tman, toured the base earlierin the month, Feinberg added.Secretary of the Navy Ray Ma-bus is slated to visitDec. 16.

Feinberg also shared thatOctober is Energy ActionMonth, formerly known as En-ergy Awareness Month. “TheSecretary of theNavy set a goalto have energy use reduced by50 percent by 2020,” she said.

COMREL meets atUMW Dahlgren Campus

U.S. Navy photo by Zack Shelby

Rep. Rob Wittman, Virginia 1st Congressional Dis-trict, addresses the Naval Support Activity SouthPotomac Community Relations Council at theUniversity of Mary Washington Dahlgren Campuson Oct. 23.

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Assistant Secretary of theNavy (Energy, Installationand Environment) DennisMcGinn honored two gov-ernment civilians with theSecretary of the Navy SafetyExcellence Award during aPentagon ceremony Oct. 20.

The Navy civilians - sys-tems safety practitionersRebecca Funkhouser andRobert Heflin - receivedthe award on behalf of

the Naval Surface WarfareCenter Dahlgren Division(NSWCDD) Systems SafetyEngineering Division.

“It was a privilege torepresent our outstandingorganization and all of thehardworking and dedicatedsystem safety practitionersin it,” said Funkhouser, ascientist working with ateam dedicated to reduc-ing operational risk for

Sailors aboard ships, in-cluding the littoral combatship USS Freedom (LCS 1)- a fast, maneuverable andnetworked surface combat-ant designed to accomplishcritical warfighting mis-sions, including mine war-fare, anti-submarine war-fare and surface warfare.

McGinn presented Hef-lin and Funkhouser with aplaque inscribed with the

motto “Mission First, SafetyAlways”.

“It was an honor to beallowed to represent ourSystems Safety EngineeringDivision,” said Heflin, anNSWCDD senior safety en-gineer. “It’s an outstanding

organization, truly commit-ted to providing our warf-ighters with the safest pos-sible environment.”

The Secretary of theNavy’s Safety Excellence

NSWC Dahlgren System Safety Practitioners receive Excellence Award

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Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installa-tion and Environment) Dennis McGinn presentsthe Secretary of the Navy Safety ExcellenceAward to Navy systems safety experts RebeccaFunkhouser and Robert Heflin as Commander,Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) ViceAdm. William Hilarides looks on during a Penta-gon ceremony Oct. 20. Heflin and Funkhouseraccepted the award on behalf of their Naval Sur-face Warfare Center Dahlgren Division SystemsSafety Engineering Division colleagues, who arededicated to providing Sailors with the safestpossible environment in addition to developingnew and innovative approaches to system safetyengineering for systems of systems and new andemergent technologies.

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An MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter assigned to Helicopter MaritimeStrike Squadron (HSM) 35 takes off from the littoral combat ship USS Free-dom (LCS 1) during visit, board, search and seizure training off the coast ofsouthern California. Navy systems safety practitioner Rebecca Funkhouser- a scientist working with a team dedicated to reducing operational risk forSailors aboard ships, including the Freedom - received the Secretary of theNavy Safety Excellence Award at a Pentagon ceremony Oct. 20.

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2 Friday, October 31, 2014The South Potomac Pilot

NSASP hosts EOC-IMT course

U.S. Navy photo by Andrew Revelos

Members of Naval Support Activity South Potomac enhanced and practiced their emergency re-sponse skills during an Emergency Operation Center (EOC) Incident Management Team (IMT) courseOct. 21-23 at Naval Support Facility Dahlgren. The course was presented by Commander Naval Instal-lation Command’s mobile training team and covered EOC team member roles and responsibilities,information management, communications, and the use of the C4I Suite, the Navy’s current commonoperating picture online application. The course also included of a number of practical applicationclassroom exercises, during which student working groups applied the knowledge they gained dur-ing lectures. Instructors organized the students into common EOC functional groupings--operations,planning and logistics sections -- and presented them with training scenarios that simulated on-baseemergencies. To successfully navigate the scenarios, the EOD IMT students had to realistically lead,brief, coordinate, and plan in response to the fictional emergencies. Each day, classroom instructionwas followed by an EOC exercise that became more complex as the course progressed. Congratula-tions to the graduates and Bravo Zulu to the instructors.

Trick or Treat with the CDC

Photo courtesy of Elena Bonilla

Elena Bonilla, relocation and deployment con-sultant at the Fleet and Family Support Center,brings smiles to youngsters during the ChildDevelopment Center’s annual Trick or Treatevent at Naval Support Facility Dahlgren onOct. 24.

Service members andtheir families enjoyeda haunted house, hay-rides, prizes, food arts,crafts, games and apumpkin patch at Na-val Support FacilityIndian Head’s Fall intoFall celebration Oct. 24.Thanks to MWR and allthe volunteers whosework brought smiles toyoungsters at IndianHead!

Fall into Fall at NSF Indian Head

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“It’s been ongoing, but we have five years leftto try andmeet his goal.” NSASP hosted energyfairs atDahlgrenand IndianHead inOctober tohelp the workforce identify ways to reduce en-ergy use.

“We also established energy awards forsmall commands and large commands,” Fein-berg said. “In addition to that, each commandon the base has an energy officer to help us tryand meet the goal. Our bases are making goodprogress and I look forward to continuing thateffort.”

Every year from Sept. 1 to Dec. 15, militaryand civilian employees participate in the Com-binedFederal Campaign, Feinberg said.

“This was established by President JohnF. Kennedy more than 50 years ago,” she said.“Thousands of charities - local, national and in-ternational have been donated to though CFC.Thecharities cover everything fromanimalwel-fare services, to health and human services, tocancer research. SouthPotomac last year raiseda good amount of money. We look forward todoingthatagainthisyear. Ifyouhappentobeonbase and see a burger burn, it is raising moneyforCFC.”

Feinberg also mentioned the base’s annualparticipation in a holiday assistance programthat supports both military members and thecommunity aroundDahlgren.

“It provides formilitary and civilian familiesin need,” she said. “We solicit to the commandsand theygiveus a list of the folks thatneedhelp.The tenant commands will then sponsor thatfamily andhelp them ina timeofneed.We lookforwardtodoingthatagain.Lastyear,wehelpedover 300 families both inside and outside thefence line.”

She also updated the community on Veter-ans Day events, the Fredericksburg Chamberof Commerce Military Affairs Council report tothe community, Aegis Training and ReadinessCenter expansion and the new gymnasiumconstruction that is ongoing at Dahlgren. SheupdatedtheCOMRELontwomilitaryconstruc-tion projects at NSF Indian Head- P222, whichwill replace theGoddardPowerPlant, andP162,which upgrades test and research facilities forthe Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian HeadExplosiveOrdnanceTechnologyDivision. Fein-berg added that joint land use studies are beingconducted inKingGeorge andCharlesCounty.

JLUS UpdatePatrick Small, senior planner,Matrix Design

Group, provided the COMREL with an updateon theKingGeorge JLUS.

“Thank you for the opportunity to comehere and present today and provide you with avery brief update,” Small said. “For those of youwho are not familiar, the Joint Land Use Studyaddresses compatibility between the installa-tion and surrounding jurisdictions. Compatibil-ity is critical between the jurisdictions and NSFDahlgren, which provides economic benefit tothe community. There’s a symbiotic relationshipthere in terms of what the two groups bring toeachother- thecommunityandthe installation.”

Small said the project has been going on forabout a year and that there were a number ofsteps involvedas thestudygathersandvalidatesinformation, identifying compatibility issuesand developing recommendations. He addedthat the JLUS project is scheduled to be closedout by the endof January.

“I look forward to all of your participationin the process and to an effective outcome thatbenefits both the jurisdictions and Naval Sup-port FacilityDahlgren aswell,” Small said.

Dominion Virginia Powertransmission line update

The next presenter was Carla Picard, man-ager Electric Transmission Project Communi-cations, who provided an update on the finalphases of the project that sawDominion Powerconstruct a transmission line through KingGeorgeCounty toNSFDahlgren.

“We’ve been working very closely with thebase and the community on theboth thedevel-opment of this project, the approval of the proj-ect through the state corporation commission,and ultimately the construction,” Picard said.“I’m happy to say we are at the tail end of thatprocess.Thankyouforyoursupport throughoutthis process.”

Picard said the project encompasses threedifferent stages. She mentioned the new highvoltage transmission line which is visible fromHighway 301 just outsideNSFDahlgren.

“It taps intoour existing grid system,”Picardsaid. “We had to tap into that existing line andextend a new high voltage feed to the Dahlgrenarea. We worked pretty closely with a group ofleaders from the area to try to determine routesthat would be the least-impacting in the com-munity for this new line.”

The new transmission line was one of thethree pieces of the project. The second is a newsubstation, located on the base, which providestwodirect circuits to the base. The third piece isnewdistribution connections for the local area.

“Those are the three pieces of the project,”she said. “We’ve completed the transmissionline. It’s energized. The new substation is ener-gized.Thosenewcircuits thatnowfeed thebasedirectly are energized. Our final step is workingon this distribution circuit connectionswith theexistingcommunity.Wearenowintherehabili-tation stage.”

Picard also mentioned the energy fairs heldOct. 22 and 23 at Dahlgren and Indian Head re-spectively. “Very exciting, she said. “Dominion isahugeadvocateofenergyconservationandthereare a ton of suggestions on our web site for any-body that wants to make some updates aroundtheir house.” She said there are lots of ways tosaveenergyavailableatwww.dom.comandenterthe word “conservation.” Picard also said moreinformation is available at the projects availableat theDominionVirginia Powerweb site.

Rappahannock Community CollegeProgram update

Next to present was Hut Williams, collegerecruiter and duel enrollment specialist, Rap-pahannockCommunityCollege.

“Asweall know, education is very importantto not only our children, but for ourselves asweprogress throughout our career whether it bemilitary or civilian,” Feinberg said. “Sometimeswemayneedit forprofessionaldevelopment forour current jobormaybe for our new job.”

RCC has two campuses - Glenns and War-saw-as well as off-campus sites in Kilmarnock,KingGeorgeandNewKent.Williamshelpsgrowandpromoteduel enrollment for RCC.

“We’ve been here for a long time and we’rereally excited about the opportunity to provideto the community,” Williams said. He thenmade an announcement about the ScholarsProgram, which allows current high school stu-dentswhoreceivepermissionfromtheprincipalto enroll in evening andweekend classes at anyRCC site, including Glenns Campus, WarsawCampus, and King George High School. Anyclass starting 5 p.m. or later during the week oralldaySaturdaywillbebilledataspecialScholarRate of $10per credit.

“It’sofferedtoallhighschoolstudentsacrossour region,”Williams said. “It does not apply toonline courses or adults unfortunately but itdoes apply to our high school students.” Therate is typically about $140per credit, accordingtoWilliams.

“I hope you go home and spread the word,”he said. “We offer a lot of classes geared towardanAssociate’sDegree.”Hementionedafewstu-dentswhowillearnanAssociate’sDegreebeforefinishinghigh school.

He also said RCC will offer two engineeringcourses in the spring. “I think this is going to bevery interesting to the folks atDahlgren,”he said.“Hopefully that is going to be very popular as weget that off the ground.”Williams closed his pre-sentation by showing a video of a student whotook advantage ofwhat RCChad to offer, includ-ing scholarships, cheaper tuition rates andmoreavailable direct interactionwithprofessors.

Rep. Rob Wittman updateThe final speaker at COMREL was Wittman,

who touched on the ongoing fiscal uncertaintyaffectingDoD.“It’sanhonorandaprivilege tobeherewith you, to give you anupdate about someof the things going on inWashington,” he said.

Wittman discussed three areas of concern totheNSASP community: the potential for anotherround of BRAC, the sequester cuts scheduled tohit DoD in the next fiscal year and changes inOverseasContingencyOperation(OCO)funding.

On theprospects of anotherBRAC, the likelyversionof thenationaldefenseauthorizationbillfor the upcoming fiscal year is clear, said Witt-man.

“There will be no BRAC this coming year,”he said. “In ourmeetings withmy counterpartson the Senate side-the Senate [sub] committeeon readiness that’s chaired by Senator [Jeanne]Shaheenandco-chairedbySenator [Kelly] Ayo-tte-our conversations reflect the same feeling.There will not be a BRAC this year and we aredirect andun-ambivalent about that.”

However,WittmansaidCongresswasexam-iningwhether somebranchesof themilitaryare“over-capitalized.”

In particular, the Army and Air Force facechallenges in maintaining bases that may notbeneeded. “Whatour focushasbeen is tomakesure that if a discussion takes place about whatservice branches would want to do to shed thatcapacity, how would they go about doing it,”saidWittman.

Wittman said he is evaluating any poten-tial cuts by examining the savings they wouldproduce within five years. “The BRAC that wasdone in 2005won’t yield any savings until 2018,so the idea of a BRAC creating dollars that areimmediatelyavailable for theservicebranches isamisnomer,”hesaid. “It’snotgoing tohappen.All theeasybaseclosuresandrealignmentshavealreadyhappened; thedifficultonesaretheonesthat are before us.”

While discussion about cuts is needed, saidWittman, it is inappropriate to have it now dueto the pressing security situations around theworld.HealsocautionedagainstBRAC-typeac-tions thatmayoccurat theDoDlevel, sincesuchexercises tendtoarbitrarily take fromeachof theservicebrancheswithout regard for their overallstate of readiness. “Let’s understand where theover-capitalization is and make sure we’re notsayingthateverybodyhas toclosesomethingonthe idea of fairness,” he said.

Wittman told the COMREL about the 2014QuadrennialDefenseReview (QDR) andhopedCongress would revise it. The current strategy,as submitted by DoD to Congress, sets the goalof fighting and beating a regional adversary onone front, while denying objectives and impos-ingcosts toasecondadversaryonanother front.“Thecurrent strategy says tofightandwinawaron one front; we believe it should say to fightandwin awar on two fronts,” he said. “I believethat is absolutely critical.”

Throughout all of the readiness discussions,saidWittman, leaders should take care tomain-tain the current and future capabilities of theNavy and Marine Corps. “Dahlgren is so fun-damental to modernizing our forces,” he said.“TheDirected Energy program and the Railgunare going to be the future of our Navy. That isexcitingwork.”

Investing in new technologies such as di-rectedenergyand railgunnowpromises amoreefficientU.S. responsetothreats inthefuture,hecontinued. To underscore the point, Wittmanquestioned the wisdom of destroying a pickuptruck and a few terrorists with cruise missilesthat costmillions of dollars.

Wittman, a co-chair of the CongressionalShipbuilding Caucus, also highlighted the im-portanceofships tohost thenewestnavalweap-ons technology. “We have the best ships in theworld, but there are other countries that havemore ships than we do,” he said. “China hasmorenaval ships than theUnited States.”

Wittman said theunresolved sequester cuts,scheduledtoreturnnextyear,andthehalvingoftheOCOfund,are further reasons forcaution. “Ibelieve the sequesterwill ultimately be set asidenext year, butwehavedo that in the confines ofa larger budget deal to really address the deficitand the debt,” he said. “We can’t balance thebudget on the backs of ourmen andwomen inthemilitary.”

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Awards - created to showcase Navy andMarine Corps commands that exemplifyexceptional and sustained safety excel-lence - recognizes commands and pro-grams that have gone above and beyondnormal duties to ensure the safety of Sail-ors, Marines, civilians, and resources.

Specifically, the NSWCDD team wonthe Secretary of the Navy Safety Excellence

Award for Safety Integration in Acquisition- a category that commends teams with anacquisition mission that made a significantimpact by integrating safety into their pro-grams, projects or systems.

“The strategic planning and innovativeapproaches implemented within our or-ganization are expected to facilitate newmethods as we engage in these advanceddisciplinary concepts,” said Melissa Le-derer, NSWCDD Systems Safety Engineer-ing Division head. “It is this forward look-ing approach and proactivity in advanc-ing the discipline which distinguishes theSystems Safety Engineering Division as the

premier U.S. Navy safety organization foracquisition programs and demonstratesour strong practice of advancing the cul-ture of robust system safety engineeringpractices and their integration within ac-quisition.”

On the horizon at NSWC Dahlgren Di-vision are integration and interoperabil-ity safety, and the application of systemsafety within a mission engineering ap-proach.

“The Systems Safety Engineering Di-vision has been on the cutting edge fordeveloping and advancing system safetyengineering practices, processes and

methodologies for decades,” said Lederer.“As an organization we have been forwardfocused in developing new and innovativeapproaches to system safety engineeringfor systems of systems and new and emer-gent technologies.”

NSWCDD systems safety engineersensure naval guns, ammunition, and gunbarrels headed for the fleet are safe andeffective. Moreover, they oversee the safedevelopment and testing of new weaponsfrom the electromagnetic railgun to the la-ser weapons system in addition to testingof new types of ammunition, such as reac-tive materials.

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By Zack Shelby,NSASP Staff Reporter

Naval Support Activ-ity South Potomac hand outSailor and civilian employeeawards during a quarterly cer-emony Oct. 17 at the DahlgrenCommunity House.

As Cmdr. Christopher Zay-atz, NSASP executive officerread the citations, Capt. MaryFeinberg, NSASP command-ing officer, presented recipi-ents with their awards.

“It’s always nice to get to-gether and recognize mem-bers of our staff that have goneabove and beyond,” said Fein-berg. “Thank you very much.”

ABH2 Charlie R. Kirkpatrickearned the Navy and MarineCorps Achievement Medal forhis superior performance fromOctober 2011 to November2014 serving as an assistant op-erations officer and commandfitness leader at Naval SupportActivity South Potomac.

CS3 Tamika Lymon earnedJunior Sailor of the Quarter,CS2 Patrick Adgerson earnedSailor of the Quarter and MC1Charles Ludwig earned SeniorSailor of the Quarter honors

respectively for outstandingperformance of duty, me-ticulous military bearing, andpositive attitude towards ship-mates NSA South Potomacand the U.S. Navy.

Cpl. Bryan Mason, NSASPpolice, was recognized as thecommand’s Civilian of theQuarter for his outstandingwork supporting security op-erations. Mason regularly con-tributes his energy to enhanc-ing the department’s trainingspace and leads by example.

Tiffanie M. Wagner wasselected as NSA South Po-tomac’s Civilian Supervisor ofthe Quarter in recognition ofthe dedication and enthusi-asm she exhibited in the ful-fillment of her duties.

Feinberg also took time todiscuss other things going onthe community, such as thenew Morale, Welfare and Rec-reation bingo nights.

“As you sit here today inthe Community House youmay notice the room is set upfor the new bingo games we’vebeen offering on Thursdaynights,” she said. “The MWRteam has done a fantastic jobputting together an evening inthe week for everyone to lookforward to. The crowds aregrowing and so is the progres-sive bingo jackpot. Come outand enjoy that great program.”

Feinberg also mentionedanother successful MWRevent - the Pumpkin HarvestFestival.

“It was absolutely fantas-tic,” she said. “It was morethan I imagined and I wasthrilled to see everyone havefun. It’s obvious the MWRteam has built a wonderfultradition. Thank you so muchfor all your hard work. It’s agreat reflection on your staff.”

Feinberg also mentionedother recent successful eventsand let everyone know aboutactivities that will happen inthe community in the nextcouple months.

“Holiday plans are out andI want to invite all of you toattend our annual South Po-tomac Holiday Party on Dec.12 at the Mix House at IndianHead,” Feinberg said. “It willbe preceded by our Fourth

Quarter Awards Ceremony aswe’ve done the past few years.We’ll have a formal invite outin the next couple of weeks.

Feinberg also said NSASPwill be working with tenantcommands to provide holidayassistance to military mem-bers of the community, fami-lies in need at Dahlgren andIndian Head.

“We’ll be collecting donat-ed Thanksgiving dinners andChristmas gifts at both bases,”she said. “We look forward tothe opportunity to help maketheholidaysbetterandbrighterfor our neighbors. Again thankyouall somuchforcomingout.I’m truly enjoying leading thiscommand and I have all of youto thank for making it great.”

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NSASP presents awards, updates Dahlgren community

DahlgrenSecond Tour ThriftStore

Second Tour ThriftStore, a Dahlgren Of-ficers’ Spouses Clubvolunteer-run organiza-tion, offers free uniforms(gently used) for activeduty military membersare always available onthe porch. Store profitsare donated back to thecommunity in the form ofscholarships for militaryfamilies who have servedat Naval Support Facil-ity Dahlgren and supportfor local charities serv-ing King George County.The store is located at 722Sampson Rd. and is openon Thursdays from 12:30p.m. to 3 p.m.

Indian Head“Treasures” ThriftStore Donations

The Indian Head ThriftStore “Treasures” is openon Tuesdays from 10 a.m.to 1 p.m. The store is lo-cated at 12 Strauss Ave.next door to the USO.Donations of gently useditems are currently beingaccepted.

Barbeque truck at IHand Stump Neck

Enjoy delicious T&JBarbeque at NSF IndianHead on Wednesdays andThursdays, from approxi-mately 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.,next to the library, andat the NSF Indian HeadStump Neck Annex onTuesday, from approxi-mately 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.,next to Building 2195.

To publish informationon your event or programunder “Base Happenings,”contact Andrew Revelos at540-653-6012 or email an-drew.revelos1@navy.mil.

BaseHappenings

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance(VITA) season is fast approachingand volunteers are needed for taxpreparation. Dahlgren Fleet andFamily Support Center will be hold-ing training the week of Dec 8-12. Ifyou or someone in your command,is interested in participating, pleasecall the FFSC, 540-653-1839, to reg-ister for the training. This training isnecessary to complete the mandatedIRS certification tests which must becompleted in order to serve as a VITAVolunteer.

Volunteers will work directly withthe public helping patrons completetheir taxes using the Navy providedTAXWISE software on a one-on-onebasis. Clients will be active duty mili-tary, their family members, Militaryretirees and/or their family mem-bers. Volunteering for VITA willalso require your time. Tax seasonwill start approximately the middle

of January and run through April15th. Appointments will be sched-uled and completed at the Fleet andFamily Support Center. Volunteerswill choose their schedule and ap-pointments will be made during thattime. This commitment is requiredto accommodate all patrons in needof service. Most appointment timeswill be Mon-Fri, 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Ifyou would like to volunteer eveninghours, an attempt will be made to ac-commodate this schedule. A fewSat-urdayafternoonsmightberequestedat the start of the season so that wecan meet the needs of the single sail-ors as much as possible early in theseason. Commitment to the timesyou submit is vital to the success ofthe program.

Thisprogramisan importantwayto help others keep their money intheir pockets and learn more aboutyour own taxes at the same time.

VITA Volunteers neededLess than two week’s remaining to

register for Naval Surface Warfare Cen-ter Indian Head Explosive OrdnanceDisposal Technology Division’s (NSWCIHEODTD) 2014 Industry Day.

NSWC IHEODTD - a field activity ofthe Naval Sea Systems Command andpart of the Navy’s Science and Engi-neering Enterprise - is the leader in ord-nance, energetics and EOD solutions.The Division focuses on energeticsresearch, development, testing, evalu-ation, in-service support and disposal;and provides warfighters solutions todetect, locate, identify, render safe, re-cover, exploit and dispose of explosiveordnance threats.

WHEN: Tues., Nov. 4, 8 a.m.WHERE: College of Southern Mary-

land (CSM) Center for Business and In-dustryConferenceCenter,8730MitchellRd, La Plata, Md., 20646

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Com-panies and businesses interested inpartnering with NSWC IHEODTD, to

include providing general business sup-port services (administration, financial,legal and others) and materials (officessupplies, machine parts, chemicals andothers).

AGENDA: www.navsea.navy.mil/nswc/indianhead/workWithUs/Indus-tryDayAgenda.aspx

WHY: The purpose of the event is toprovide businesses interested in part-nering with the Division a basic under-standing of the organization, its missionand a general forecast of possible futurerequirements, potential contractingand/or subcontracting opportunities.

RSVP: Sign up for the Industry Dayevent at www.navsea.navy.mil/nswc/indianhead/workWithUs/IndustryDay.aspx. Registration first come first servedand will close once maximum capacityof 275 attendees has been reached orOct. 31, whichever occurs first. For moreinformation, contact NSWC IHEODTDPublic Affairs staff at NSWC.IHEODTD.PAO@navy.mil or 301-744-6505.

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Special EventsBINGO is now at Dahlgren!

Thursday Evenings at the Dowell Community House.Doors open at 4:30 p.m.; early bird games starts at 5 p.m.This is the perfect opportunity to have fun after work withco-workers and friends and even win a prize! Food and bev-erages (non-alcoholic and adult beverages) will be availablefor purchase. There will be plenty of cash prizes available towin. You must be 18 years of age or older to play bingo. Youmust present a valid form of identification to purchase alco-holic beverages. There must be at least five participants inorder for games to be played. For more information, contactthe ITT office at 540-653-8785.

Trick-or-Treat with MWROctober 31 from 3 to 5 p.m at participatingMWR facilities.

Trick-or-treat with MWRwhen school gets out! Wear your fa-vorite costume and collect candy! Stop by theMWRAdminis-tration building, just outside of themain gate or the Library topick up a map of this year’s participating facilities.

Cannonball LanesHalloween Bash

October 31 at 7 p.m. This will not be another typicalnight at Cannonball Lanes Bowling Center. Celebrate Hal-loween with all you can bowl prices and enjoy some cake!Family friendly costumes are welcome, but not required.Cost $6.50, Military; $7.95, Civilian.

Turkey BowlNovember 1-20. Bowl a turkey and drop your name in

the box with your phone number. The drawing will take

place on Friday, November 21st at noon. Three lucky win-ners will be picked to receive a free Thanksgiving turkey!

General LibraryWizard of Oz Party

November 1 at 12 p.m. Lola the Clown and PJ the Clownwill be at the Dahlgren Library at 12 p.m. for pictures, crafts,face painting and lots of fun! Plus a free showing of the orig-inal “The Wizard of Oz” at the Dahlgren Theater at 2 p.m.

Cards to the TroopsNovember 3-8. Stop by the Library all week long to write

your own card to send to our troops overseas. Help maketheir holiday special. All ages are invited! The library willprovide all of the supplies. For more information, contactthe library at 540-653-7474.

Fitness CenterHalloween Costume 5k

October 31 at 11 a.m. TheWHFC has been host to singerssuch as KISS, athletes such as Ovechkin and even superhe-roes like Spiderman! You never know who will surprise usthis year. Prizes given to 1st and 2nd PlaceMale/Female andBest Costume voted by the WHFC Team. Please register atthe Weight House Fitness Center by 10:30 a.m. on October31st. Cost: Military, free. All others, $5.

Libery CenterMonday Night Football

Mondays During Football Season. Join the Liber-

ty Center for all of the Monday night games! Don’tworry, hours will be extended so you won’t miss thelast quarter!

Halloween NightOctober 29. Creepy crawlers everywhere are sure

to bring a frightful scare. Ghosts and witches takeflight as we celebrate Halloween Night at the LibertyCenter. Pizza, games, prizes and a scary movie mara-thon will be the highlight of evening entertainment.

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540-653-7336Friday andSaturday:7 p.m. Showings

Price of ShowsCivilians - $5; AD, Retired, Reserve, FamilyMem-bers (E7 - above) $4; AD, Reserve, FamilyMem-bers (E6 - below) - $2.50; Child (6-11) - $2; Child(5 andunder) - Free; Tickets for amovie shown in3-Dare an additional $1

Friday,October31th, 7p.m.Annabelle,R

Saturday,November1st, 7p.m.TheBoxTrolls, PG

Friday,November7th, 7p.m.TheBoxtrolls (3D),PG

Saturday,November8th, 7p.m.TheEqualizer,R

DahlgrenMovie Theater

MWR Highlights

DahlgrenCaledon Art & Wine Festival

Saturday, Nov. 1 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Caledon StatePark. Enjoy a fall day at the park and see what the area’sfinest artisans have to offer. Get a jump on holiday shop-ping. Taste wine from local wineries. A commemorativewine glass is included with the price of tasting. Great foodwill also be for sale. The picnic shelter, gift shop and visitorcenter will be open, and hay wagon rides will be availablefor the kids. Admission for wine-tasting is $10 per person(21 and older - everyone must have ID to taste). The festivalis free for non-tasting guests, but a $5/vehicle parking feeapplies to all. Coolers and outside food are not permittedwithin festival grounds. For more info check it out on Face-book at https://www.facebook.com/caledonartandwine.

Montpelier Hunt RacesSaturday, Nov. 1 all day at James Madison’s Montpelier,

1407 Constitution Hwy., Montpelier Station, Va. Join us forthe 80th running of the Montpelier Hunt Races, an annualcelebration of steeplechase racing and traditional southernhospitality! Seven exciting horse races, Jack Russell Terrierraces, stick horse races for the kids, unique shopping, andmuchmore ensure a whole day of family fun. For tickets andmore information, visit www.montpelierraces.org.

‘Got Your Back’ Dog Walk and FundraiserNov. 8 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Old Mill Park in Freder-

icksburg. Fall in and salute Jackson, a Psychiatric ServiceDog and his partner, veteran, Walter Parker. The Parkerfamily is raising $10,000 to “Pay It Forward” for the next

service dog and veteran team. Support our military fami-lies, walk your dogs, donate, participate, and assist anotherveteran who needs a lifesaving Service Dog. The walk willbe about 2 miles on a paved walking trail in Fredericksburg.Cost: $10 Individual/$20 Family. For more information, visithttp://paws4people.org.

Wicked Woods Haunted ForestCome see Virginia’s premier haunted attraction is back

and ready to scare! Featuring 3 attractions for one low priceof $23. Due to its intense nature Wicked Woods is Not rec-ommended for ages under 12. Open Fridays and Saturdaysthroughout October, from 7 to 10 p.m.! Wicked Woods islocated at 6220 Massey Rd., Spotsylvania. For more infor-mation, visit www.wicked-woods.com.

Indian HeadHousehold Hazardous Waste Collection

The Charles County Department of Public Works wouldlike to remind citizens the next household hazardous wastecollection will be held Saturday, Nov. 1. The householdhazardous waste collection site is the parking lot of the De-partment of Public Works building, located at 10430 AudieLane, off of Radio Station Road in La Plata. Collection hoursare 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Items accepted free of charge include:pesticides, herbicides, fertilizer, gasoline, oil-based paint,cleaning supplies, pool chemicals, fluorescent lights, mer-cury thermometers, and other poisons found in the home.Please remember to mark any container that does not havea readable, original label. Unacceptable materials includebio-medical waste (sharps, needles, anything with bodily

fluids), latex paint, prescription drugs, and ammunition.Used motor oil, anti-freeze, propane tanks, and batteriesare accepted on a regular basis at various collection sites.

Feline Adopt-a-thonIn celebration of the Halloween season, the Tri-County

Animal Shelter and the Humane Society of Charles Countyare joining forces to find loving homes for cats and kittens atthe Tri-County Animal Shelter (6707 Animal Shelter Road.,Hughesville) Saturday, Nov. 1, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Take advan-tage of these opportunities to see the cats and kittens; onemay just steal your heart. Felines are available for adoptionat a reduced fee of $5 for cats and $10 for kittens. Each newforever family gets a special treat bag!

Ward Virts Concert Series at College of SouthernMaryland: Bruce Swaim Quartet

The College of Southern Maryland will showcase theBruce Swaim Jazz Quartet as part of the Ward Virts ConcertSeries beginning at 3 p.m., Nov. 2. Swaim’s performanceis the second of six in the series, all which are held at thePrince Frederick Campus, 115 J.W. Williams Road, PrinceFrederick in theMultipurpose Room of Building B. Formoreinformation, visit http://www.csmd.edu/Arts.

Salute to Veterans Parade in La PlataNov. 9 from 1 to 2 p.m. Join the Town of La Plata to honor

the men and women of the US Armed Forces. The Salute toVeterans Parade starts at the Courthouse on Charles Streetin La Plata, Md. Bring the kids, and come enjoy an old-fash-ioned, hometown parade!

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Fire Controlman ChiefJose Tinajero and Fire Con-trolman Chief Steve Dillen-schneider were two of 30,000runners that participatedin Sunday’s Marine CorpsMarathon (MCM). The twoChiefs, stationed at AegisTraining and ReadinessCenter at NSF Dahlgren,were two of 3,710 activeduty military members thatcompeted in the traditionalevent. It was the first timeeither had run the MCM.While there were thousandsof runners, Dillenschnei-der noted that “if one thingstands out more than any-thing else, it was great see-ing all of the supporters outthere. As tough as it is to run

26.2 miles, it’s just as toughto be one of the hundreds ofNavy and Marine Corps vol-

unteers who dedicated theirweekend tomaking themar-athon so successful.”

ATRC Sailors run the MCM

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