October 24, 2013

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By Patrick GordonNDW Waterline writer

Fall brings with it a number of seasonaljoys. Crisper air, changing leaves, and sea-sonal foods are all fond reminders of the au-tumn. But the season also brings with it theannual threat of the influenza virus, and Na-val District Washington medical personnelare reminding everyone to defend againstthis seasonal foe.

Influenza, commonly known as the flu,is a contagious respiratory illness caused byseveral types and subtypes of viruses. Oneor more virus strains cause a surge in flunearly every year, and can cause mild to se-rious illness, and - in severe cases - can leadto death. The viruses undergo continuousgenetic changes, so people don’t achievepermanent immunity. Vaccines must be up-dated every year to combat the anticipatedpredominant strains, and annual vaccina-tion is recommended as the best defense.

“The importance of influenza vaccina-tions cannot be understated as one of thebest defenses against the season flu,” saidHospital Corpsman 2nd Class Kody Han-sen of the Preventive Medicine Depart-ment at the Branch Medical Clinic, Wash-ington Navy Yard. “Each year, experts fromthe Food and Drug Administration, WorldHealth Organization, U.S. Centers for Dis-ease Control and Prevention and other insti-

tutions study virus samples collected fromaround the world. They identify the influen-za viruses that are the most likely to causeillness during the upcoming flu season andcreate vaccines based on their findings.These vaccinations help the body to buildantibodies as a defense against the flu virus,keeping our personnel mission ready.”

Several forms of vaccination are avail-able, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Con-trol and Prevention (CDC) recommendsthat everyone ages 6 months or older getan annual flu vaccine, particularly youngchildren and seniors. Three kinds of influ-enza viruses commonly circulate amongpeople today: Influenza A (H1N1) viruses,influenza A (H3N2) viruses, and influ-enza B viruses. The 2013-2014 trivalentinfluenza vaccine is made from three vi-ruses -- an A/California/7/2009 (H1N1)pdm09-like virus; an A(H3N2) virus anti-genically like the cell-propagated proto-type virus A/Victoria/361/2011; and a B/Massachusetts/2/2012-like virus.

The vaccination is usually given one oftwo ways, as an injected shot or an inhalednasal spray. Themain difference between thetwo is that the flu shot is an inactivated vac-cine - containing killed virus - while the nasalspray contains attenuated, or weakened, vi-

NDW Prepares for Flu Season, Promotes Vaccinations

See Vaccinations, Page 8

By Patrick GordonNDW Waterline writer

It’s that time of year again, when ghostsand ghouls wander the sidewalks and startknocking on doors. But with Halloweencomes added hazards that parents, neigh-bors and trick-or-treaters in Naval DistrictWashington can prevent with a little effort.

“Halloween is a fun time for everyone,but with children outside after dark goinghouse-to-house, everyone should be morevigilant to avoid any potential dangers,”said Edward Lewis, Naval Support ActivityWashington (NSAW) safety and occupation-al health specialist. “Motorists, parents andkids all need to do their part to make sureeveryone has a safe Halloween.”

Lewis said that parents can do manythings prior to Halloween to ensure theirtrick-or-treaters are safe from the start. Headvises working with children to put their

costume together, making sure they won’ttrip while walking in it, to only use flame-re-tardant materials when making a costume,and to use makeup instead of masks to en-sure the child has a full range of vision. Healso advises that children under 12 be ac-companied by an adult, and older childrentrick-or-treat in a group for safety.

“Parents should make sure their trick-or-treater can be well seen at night in theircostume, wearing or carrying some sort ofreflective material and using a flashlight,”said Lewis. “It’s also a good idea to get toknow the neighbors where your child will betrick-or-treating. Whether accompanied byan adult or not, this will allow children andparents alike to get to know who they’ll bemeeting Halloween night.”

Parents should also remind their chil-dren to avoid houses that are not lit, andto never accept rides from strangers,said Lewis.

When trick-or-treating, children shouldstick to sidewalks and crosswalks, makingsure to look for traffic before crossing theroad, and to always follow posted signs suchas cross walk indicators, said Lewis. Motor-ists need to be extra vigilant Halloweennight, especially in residential areas.

Lewis advises parents to remind theirchildren not to eat any candy that isn’t fac-tory-wrapped, and to avoid eating home-made treats made by strangers.

“It’s best if kids wait until they get homeand have a parent or guardian inspect theircandy to make sure it’s safe before they eatit,” said Lewis. “Make sure all candy is prop-erly factory-wrapped; if the wrapper is tornor missing, throw that piece of candy away.”

Fire safety is also important due to jack-o-lanterns and other popular Halloweenluminaries.

“It is safest to use a flashlight or battery-operated candle in a jack-o-lantern,” said

George Revoir Jr., Naval Support ActivityWashington Safety Installation Program Di-rector. “If you use a real candle, use extreme

Safety Keeps Halloween Spooky, Not Scary

U.S. Navy photo by Patrick Gordon

Ali Malone inventories candy pur-chased for Halloween at the Wash-ington Navy Yard Navy Exchange.For safety purposes, trick-or-treatersshould only eat factory-wrappedtreats that have been inspected by aparent or guardian.

See Safety, Page 10

U.S. Navy photo by Patrick Gordon

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Edwin McCulley of the Washington Navy YardBranch Medical Clinic prepares a flu mist inoculation for Naval SupportActivity Washington personnel at the Washington Navy Yard. Naval Dis-trict Washington is working hard to ensure that its personnel are preparedagainst the influenza virus during the flu season.

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Stay together; it’s always safer togo in groups.

Operations Specialist 2nd ClassAntonio D’Andrea

Military Sealift CommandWashington Navy Yard

Go with a parent and stay in well-litneighborhoods.

Eric WebsterBuilding 200

Washington Navy Yard

Know thehouses that you’re going to.

Don BradleyN5

Naval District Washington

By Lt. Teng K. OoiPh.D., U.S. Naval Academy, andCapt. Linda J. Beltra, M.D.Medical Corps, Naval Hospital Jacksonville

Attention Navy Reserve officers! Are you interested inan opportunity to teach, inspire, and empower the nextgeneration of American leaders to serve our nation?

The U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) needs qualified NavyReserve officers, especially at the ranks of lieutenant andlieutenant commander, with at least a master’s degree in anappropriate academic discipline to instruct in designatedacademic departments for Fall 2014 and to serve as out-standingmilitary role models andmentors for midshipmen.

Recall opportunities will be considered for the followingdisciplines: cyber security; information systems; informa-tion technology; electrical engineering; computer engineer-ing; general engineering; nuclear engineering; mechanicalengineering; naval architecture; ocean engineering; aero-space engineering; control systems engineering; mathemat-ics; chemistry; physics; computer science; oceanography;political science; economics; English; history; and foreign

languages, including Spanish, French, German, Russian,Arabic, Chinese, or Japanese.

Interested Navy Reservists should email the following- A cover letter that states which discipline(s) you are ap-

plying for and your qualifications for the position.- A resume of experience (academic, professional, and

naval experience, including any recent mobilizations, re-calls, or extended active duty periods).

- A full-length khaki photo.Email: reserve.recall@usna.eduReserve Recall Liaison Officer, CDR John Schedel United

States Naval Academy, Code 11C121 Blake RoadAnnapolis, MD 21402-1300Telephone: (410) 293-6513DSN: 281-6513Fax: (410) 293-2591To receive full consideration, interested officers for Aca-

demic Year 2014-2015 should apply no later than Dec. 15,2013. Officers selected will be recalled to active duty andassigned orders for an officer-instructor tour, not to exceedthree years, commencing July 2014. Recalled officers will re-main on the reserve active status list and will remain eligible

for promotion consideration before reserve selection boards.Selections will be made only after USNA placement of-

ficers are confident that USNA billets will not be filled fromthe active duty pool of potential officer instructors. Appli-cants will be made aware of their selection status by mid-April 2014. Final arrangements are contingent upon PCSfunding being available through the Navy.

Navy Reserve Officer Faculty Opportunities at the U.S. Naval Academy

Photo courtesy of Lt. Teng Ooi

Instructor Lt. Teng Ooi, second from right, poseswith the Midshipmen of his Calculus II class atthe U.S. Naval Academy Math Department in An-napolis, Md.

What safety tips can you offer trick-or-treaters in NDW?

Around the Yard

October 241944 - In air-sea battle in the Sibuyan

Sea, carrier aircraft attack Japanese CenterForce.

1958 - USS Kleinsmith (APD-134) evacu-ates U.S. nationals from Nicaro, Cuba.

1962 - Atlantic Fleet begins quarantineoperations to force Soviet Union to agreeto remove ballistic missiles and long rangebombers from Cuba.

October 251812 - USS United States under Capt. Ste-

phen Decatur captures HMS Macedonian.1924 - Airship, USS Shenandoah (ZR-

1), completes round trip transcontinentalcruise that began on Oct. 7.

1944 - During Battle of Leyte Gulf inBattle of Surigao Straits, U.S. battleshipsexecute the maneuver of “crossing the tee”of the Japanese forces. In Battle off Samar,escort carriers, destroyers and destroyerescorts heroically resist attacks of JapaneseCenter Force. In Battle off Cape Engano,3rd Fleet carriers attack Japanese NorthernForce, sinking several small carriers.

1950 - Chinese Communist Forces launchfirst offensive in Korea.

1966 - Operation Sea Dragon logistics in-terdiction began.

1983 - U.S. Marines and U.S. Army troopsland on Grenada to evacuate U.S. citizensthreatened by the island’s unstable politicalsituation.

October 261921 - In first successful test, a com-

pressed air, turntable catapult, launches anN-9 seaplane.

1922 - Lt. Cmdr. Godfrey Chevaliermakes first landing aboard a carrier, USSLangley (CV-1), while underway off CapeHenry, Va.

1942 - Battle of the Santa Cruz Island.USS Hornet (CV-8) was lost and USS Enter-prise (CV-6) was badly damaged during thebattle.

1944 - Battle of Leyte Gulf ends with Navycarrier and U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft at-tacks on the retreating Japanese ships. U.S.forces sink many Japanese ships includingfour carriers, three battleships, 10 cruisers,and nine destroyers, for a total of 26 capitalships. Afterwards Japanese fleet ceases toexist as an organized fighting fleet.

1944 - Special Task Air Group One makeslast attack in month long demonstration ofTDR drone missile against Japanese ship-ping and islands in the Pacific. Of 46 mis-siles fired, 29 reached their target areas.

1950 - U.S. Amphibious Force SeventhFleet lands 1st Marine Division at Wonsan,Korea.

1963 - USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619)launches first Polaris A-3 missile from asubmerged submarine, off Cape Canav-eral, Fla.

October 271864 - Lt. William Cushing sinks Confed-

erate ram Albemarle with a spar torpedo at-tached to the bow of his launch.

1922 - Navy League of U.S. sponsors firstannual celebration of Navy Day to focuspublic attention on the importance of theU.S. Navy. That date was selected becauseit was Theodore Roosevelt’s birthday.

1943 - First women Marines report forduty on West Coast at Camp Pendleton,Calif.

1944 - Fast Carrier Task Forces attackJapanese shipping and installations in Vi-sayas and northern Luzon, Philippines.

1967 - Operation Coronado VIII begins inRung Sat Zone, Vietnam.

October 281864 - Steamer General Thomas and

gunboat Stone River destroy Confederatebatteries on Tennessee River near Deca-tur, Ala.

1882 - Orders issued for first Naval Atta-che, Lt. Cmdr. French Chadwick, who is sentto London.

October 291814 - Launching of Fulton I, the first

American steam powered warship. The shipwas designed by Robert Fulton.

1980 - USS Parsons (DDG-33) rescues110 Vietnamese refugees 330 miles southof Saigon.

October 301775 - Congress authorizes four vessels

for the defense of the United Colonies.1799 - William Balch becomes Navy’s

first commissioned Chaplain.

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Marine Corps photo by TSgt. M. J. Creen

A U.S. Marine Corps Sikorsky CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter hovers abovethe ground near a Soviet ZU-23 anti-aircraft weapon prior to picking it upduring “Operation Urgent Fury”, the U.S. invasion of Grenada in October1983. The Sea Stallion was from Marine medium helicopter squadron HMM-261 Raging Bulls, which was deployed aboard the helicopter carrier USSGuam (LPH-9). U.S. Marines and U.S. Army troops landed on Grenada toevacuate U.S. citizens threatened by the island’s unstable political situa-tion Oct. 25, 1983.

By Don RochonNaval Facilities EngineeringCommand Public Affairs

The selection of the 16th force masterchief of the Seabees was announced Oct. 11by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command(NAVFAC) at the Washington Navy Yard.

Naval Construction Training Center(NCTC) Command Master Chief (SCW)Christopher R. Levesque will assume theduties of the highest ranking enlisted Sea-bee in January 2014 from Seabee ForceMaster Chief (SCW) Douglas R. Dickey, whoretires in February 2014.

NAVFAC Commander and Chief of Na-val Civil Engineers Rear Adm. Kate Gregorypraised the two men as innovative leaders inthe Naval Construction Force.

“From World War II to the present, Sea-bees have always had exceptional leaderslike Force Dickey,” said Gregory. “He per-sonifies the very best in our force, and hisdetermined approach on how we support,train, and develop our Seabee communityhas been an unqualified success. We arealso fortunate to have another remarkableleader in Master Chief Levesque to helpbuild upon these accomplishments andlead our Seabees in a very challenging timein our history,” Gregory said.

Prior to taking the reigns as force masterchief in 2011, Dickey served as commandmaster chief of the 31st Seabee Readiness

New ‘Force’ Behind Seabees Selected

Courtesy photo

Naval Construction Training Cen-ter (NCTC) Command Master Chief(SCW) Christopher R. Levesque willassume the duties of the highest rank-ing enlisted Seabee in January 2014. See Force, Page 10

From Defense Media Activity - Navy

The fast attack submarines USS Virginia(SSN 774) and USS Minnesota (SSN 783)have been selected as the initial two Virgin-ia-class submarines to integrate female of-ficers, announced Oct. 15.

A total of six female officers, two SupplyCorps and four nuclear-trained, will reportaboard no later than January 2015. Both sub-marines are homeported in Groton, Conn.

“Female officers serving aboard Virginia-class submarines is the next natural step tomore fully integrate women into the subma-rine force,” said Secretary of the Navy RayMabus. “There are many extremely talentedand capable women with a desire to succeedin this field and the submarine force will bestronger because of their efforts. Our Navyhas proven over the years that one of ourgreatest advantages is our diversity. This isan advantage we should capitalize on acrossall platforms, including submarines.”

Since the Navy officially changed theirpolicy prohibiting women serving on sub-marines on April 29, 2010, the submarineforce has integrated 43 women onto sixOhio-class ballistic-missile (SSBN) and

guided-missile submarines (SSGN). FurtherVirginia-class integration is being plannedin the submarine force.

“My plan is to begin by integrating fourVirginia-class attack submarines, with thesecond set of two units being integrated inFiscal Year 2016,” said Vice Adm. MichaelConnor, commander, Submarine Forces.“Since Virginia and Minnesota are bothAtlantic Fleet submarines home ported inGroton, Conn., I intend to select two PacificFleet submarines home ported in Pearl Har-bor, Hawaii early next year.”

The female officers will be assigned tothe Virginia-class submarines for duty aftercompleting the nuclear submarine trainingpipeline, which consists of nuclear powerschool, prototype training and the Subma-rine Officer Basic Course.

Submarines with women currently serv-ing on board are USS Florida (SSGN 728),USS Georgia (SSGN 729) and USS Wyoming(SSBN 742), homeported in Kings Bay, Ga.,and USS Ohio (SSGN 726), USS Louisiana(SSBN 743), and USS Maine (SSBN 741),homeported in Bangor, Wash.

For more news from the Secretary of theNavy, visit www.navy.mil/local/secnav/ orwww.facebook.com/SecretaryoftheNavy.

SECNAV Announces Virginia-class Submarines for Women

Centralized SchedulingMilitary and Family Support Center

(MFSC) located on Joint Base AnacostiaBolling introduces a comprehensive cen-tralized scheduling service for your indi-vidual appointment needs. One call to ourscreeners gets you an appointment forpre-separation briefs, employment servic-es, clinical counseling, personal financialmanagement, relocation, deployment and ahost of other programs and services. MFSCis here to support you and stands ready toassist with every career and life change.Contact our Centralized Scheduling Centerfor individual, marriage and family counsel-ing, individual resume assistance, financialcounseling, relocation assistance or deploy-ment/reintegration support. Please call202-685-6019 to schedule an appointment.

CAREER SUPPORTAND RETENTION

The Transition AssistanceManagement Program (TAMP)

Offers an array of services and benefitsto transitioning service members, includingcomputers setup for individuals to go onlineto different job banks, college and scholar-ship resources and career assessment tools.Resume Writing Workshops are offeredwhich includes Federal Resume WritingInterview Skills, information on veterans’benefits and a professional resource library;Two TAP Seminars and one Executive TAPSeminar - five-day programs - are offeredmonthly sponsored by the departments ofLabor and Veteran Affairs, and include in-formation that will benefit the transitioningmilitary member.

Family Employment ReadinessProgram (FERP)

Offers seven basic services, which in-clude job search strategies, job readiness,resource information, job referral service,individual counseling assistance, careerplanning and links to education and volun-teer opportunities.

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Pre-Separation BriefingsService members preparing to transition

from military to civilian life are requiredby law to attend a pre-separation counsel-ing briefing. The pre-separation brief is de-signed to make transitioning military mem-bers aware of all the services and benefitsavailable to them and their family membersunder Transition GPS. These briefings will

provide the information necessary to makemore informed decisions. For your conve-nience the pre-separation counseling brief-ing is available through one-on-one ap-pointments at Military and Family SupportCenter and can be made through Central-ized Scheduling at 202-685-6019.

DEPLOYMENT READINESS/FAMILY SERVICES

Personal Financial Management (PFM)Program offers individual and family fi-

nancial counseling, financial classes, andis responsible for the Command Financialspecialist training in the Region (NDW).

Life Skills EducationProvides presentations to help com-

mands meet requirements, as well as en-hance operational and personal readinessincluding parenting skills training, couplescommunication, anger and stress man-agement, conflict resolution, Child AbuseAwareness, Spouse Abuse Awareness andsuicide prevention. Trainings can be cus-tomized to fit needs of the command.

New Parent Support Program (NPS)Assists new parents in coping with the

demands of parenting and military lifethrough parenting education and train-ing and home visits to new parents priorto delivery and after delivery; informationand referral for military and community re-sources; child development screenings andmonitoring. All active duty members andtheir families who are pregnant and or havechildren in the home from infancy to threeyears old are eligible for these home visita-tion services.

Deployment/mobilization/readinessAssisting Sailors and family members pre-

pare for deployment, manage separationsand reunite and reintegrate with families andcommunity through services including theFamily Accountability and Assessment Sys-tem, Individual augmentee (IA) Indoc Courseand Deployed Family Fun Days.

Exceptional Family MemberProgram (EFMP)

Provides assistance to service memberswith special needs children and familymembers with medical needs including re-source referral to medical, counseling andeducational services, support groups andcare providers. Assists in finding duty sta-tions where needs are met. Mandatory en-rollment per OPNAVINST 1754.2D.

Fitness Center - Phase 3The Washington Navy Yard Fitness Cen-

ter, located in W-22, is undergoing a majorrenovation project that began February 27,2013 and is expected to continue to Novem-ber 4, 2013. Each phase will have customerimpacts; possible closures, alternative work-out sites and relocation of fitness equip-ment. Phase Two is nearing completionand below you will find details regarding thetransition from Phase Two to Phase Three.

Phase 3 renovations of the 1st Floor GymArea began Aug. 19. The 1st Floor Gym Areaand 2nd Floor Cardio Area will be closedduring this phase of the renovation project.The fitness equipment will be relocated tothe Tennis Court Area in Building 73.

Racquetball Court #2 will also be closedduring this phase. Please coordinate yourcourt reservations at the front desk for useof racquetball court #1.

During all phases of this renovation thattowel service will be suspended due to lim-ited access to laundry facilities. Building73 will serve as an alternative fitness facil-ity throughout the renovations. Please beaware that Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling Fit-ness Centers are also available for use dur-ing renovations.

For further information and updatesthroughout this major renovation project,please do not hesitate to ask the staff mem-bers at the Washington Navy Yard FitnessCenter. You can also sign-up at the frontdesk for renovation email alerts or by email-ing the NSAW MWR Marketing Departmentat nsaw.marketing1@gmail.com. Pleaseprovide your full name and email address.

Military and Family Support OffersResume Review

Call for appointment | 202-685-6019Military and Family Support Center of-

fers a one-on-one resume review sessionfor those that are job seeking. Knowledge-able staff will sit down with you and reviewyour resume and assist you in developing aresults-oriented resume. Having a solid andeffective resume can greatly improve yourchances of landing an interview. Accordingto a recent study from TheLadders, recruitersspend just six seconds scanning your resumefor certain information. Will your resumemake it in those six seconds? Your resumeshould portray your skills, talents, careerhighlights and make you stand out from thecrowd. Focusing on your accomplishmentsvs. simple job experience and using keywords can open the door for an interview.

Download the Free “ABSalute” AppThe JBAB Warfighter & Family Readi-

ness Marketing Department developed afree smartphone application, bringing its

resources to customers and employees on amobile platform. Perfect for iPhone and An-driod devices.

“ABSalute” is a fast and easy-to-use appli-cation designed to allow quick access to eventsand programs. Download the app and receivethe latest information about MWR, as well asWarfighter and Family Readiness programs.

The app features:- Facility finder including hours of op-

eration, phone listings, and GPS capabilities- Upcoming special events and programs

that can be added directly to your calendar- Outdoor Recreation and Capital Cove

Marina equipment and boat rentals- Full dining facility menus- Quick links to the Navy-Air Force Half

Marathon and Navy 5 Miler website, CNICJBAB website, Naval District Washington(NDW) Facebook page and the current edi-tion of the 411 magazine

- Facility and Event Photos- Push notifications to alert users with

the most current information.

Mordecai Booth’s Hours ChangeMordecai Booth’s, located on the ground

floor of Building 101 on the WashingtonNavy Yard, has changed its hours. The newhours of operation are Tuesday-Friday,2:30-8:30 p.m. Come on in and enjoy thesame great service at a new time!

NSA Washington-JBAB Fleet Family and Fun

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FFR/MWR Phone numbersFitness CentersWashington Navy Yard, bldg. 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-2282/2829

Information, Tickets & Travel (ITT)Ticket Office, WNY Bldg. 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-2484Travel Office, WNY Bldg. 184 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 685-8299

Food & BeverageCatering & Conference Center, WNY Bldg. 211 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-3041/4312Mordecai Booth’s Public House, WNY Bldg. 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 678-0514

Military and Family Support CenterMFSC, JBAB Bldg. 72 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-6151MFSC, JBAB Bldg. 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 767-0450

Other Important NumbersFFR Administrative Office, WNY Bldg. 101. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-3659FFRP Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-4052MWR Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-4662MWR Marketing Department, WNY Bldg. 101. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-5912Regional Child Placement Office, JBAB Bldg. 414. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-3055Family Housing Office, JBAB Bldg. 414 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-0346Liberty Program/Center, JBAB Bldg. 72. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 685-1802Outdoor Recreation/Equipment Rental, JBAB, Bldg. 928 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 767-9136Navy Gateway Inns & Suites, JBAB, Bldg. 602 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 404-7050

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DSO Changes Walk-in HoursDefense Service Office North has changed walk-in hours to Monday, Tuesday and

Wednesday from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. DSO North is the local office for legal defenseservices. Attorneys are available to provide advice to servicemembers regarding nonju-dicial punishments, summary courts-martial, Article 138 and 1150 complaints, admin-istrative separation processing, hardship discharges and suspect’s rights. Consultationsare confidential. DSO is located onboard WNY in Building 200, Suite 1200. Servicemembers should present in uniform.

Wearing of Portable headphones, earphones, and Bluetooth devices:Thewearing of portable headphones, earphones, cellular hands-free devices, radios,

recording devices or other portable listening devices while running, jogging, walking,bicycling, skating, or skate boarding in roadways and streets interfereswith and impairsrecognition of emergency signals, alarms, announcements, and the approach of EVs.

NSAWpersonnel are advised use of these deviceswhile performing the noted activi-ties aboardNSAW fence line installations is prohibited. (TRAFFICOPNAVINST5100.12J)

Helmsmen ToastmastersWant to improve your speaking and leadership skills? Come to Helmsmen Toast-

masters! Join us Thursdays,7:30-8:45 a.m., at the Pentagon Library and ConferenceCenter (PLCC). Toastmasters is an international organization that helps everyonespeak, think, lead and listen better. For more info, contact Annika L’Ecuyer (annika.lecuyer@pentagon.af.mil or 703-614-7160) or Elizabeth Femrite (elizabeth.m.femrite.civ@mail.mil or 571-256-8674). More information can be found at the HelmsmenToastmasters website, http://helmsmen.toastmastersclubs.org.

Influenza Shot Exercise (Shot-Ex)BranchHealth ClinicWashington Navy Yard is offering Shot Exercises to individu-

al commands for active duty personnel on the Navy Yard. The Influenza vaccinationis an annual requirement for all Active Duty members and will be conducted fromSept. 2 to Nov. 1. The benefit of using Shot Exercises is to allow medical personnelto administer a mass number of influenza vaccines at designated location providedby commands, reducing wait times for patients and loss of work hours. Shot Exerciserequirements are only available to Active Duty members. A command must havea minimum of 25 personnel and a completed command executive approval form.

For scheduling, please contact HM2Hansen via email at kody.hansen@med.navy.mil or by telephone at: 202-433-3730/0880 no later than Oct. 16.

2013 Hiring Our Heroes Veterans Hiring FairJoin us at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in the Bolling Club, Building 50, Nov.

1 for the 2013 Hiring Our Heroes Veterans Hiring Fair from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. TheU.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Hiring Our Heroes event is sponsored by LockheedMartin and co-sponsored locally by Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB) MilitaryFamily Support Center, the Employer Support of the Guard & Reserve (ESGR), theU. S. Department of Labor Veterans Employment and Training Service (DOL VETS),U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the American Legion, NBC News, and otherlocal partners.

A workshop for veterans and other military job seekers that focuses on resumewriting, tips for successfully navigating hiring fairs, military skill translation, andinterviewing will start at 9 a.m. To register for the Hiring Our Heroes EmploymentWorkshop, visit hohworks.eventbrite.com/

Employers can register for free at HOH.Greatjob.net; job seekers can register forfree at HOH.Greatjob.net to guarantee admission. Walk-ins are welcome but spaceis not guaranteed. For registration questions, please contact us at hiringourheroes@uschamber.com or call 202-463-5807.

For more information about Hiring Our Heroes, visit www.hiringourheroes.org.

NDW News

From The Staff Judge Advocate For Naval District Washington

In an effort to keep you informed of military discipline and administrativematters that have occurred in Naval District Washington, the Waterline willperiodically publish Court-Martial and Administrative Separation results.

Administrative ProcessingAdministrative Separation Boards:- A Cryptologic Technician (Ineterpretive) Seaman was separated under

MILPERSMAN 1910-142 (commission of a serious offense).- A Hospitalman was separated under MILPERSMAN 1910-142 (commis-

sion of a serious offense).- An Airman Apprentice waived an Administrative Separation Board and

accepted voluntary separation under MILPERSMAN 1910-142 (commissionof a serious offense) and 1910-146 (drug abuse).

- A Legalman 1st Class was separated under MILPERSMAN 1910-120(physical or mental condition).

- An Information Systems Technician 1st Class was separated under MIL-PERSMAN 1910-146 (drug abuse)

Legal Corner

By MC2 Pedro A. RodriguezNaval District WashingtonPublic Affairs

Naval District Washington (NDW) ischallenging all motivated senior Sailors toparticipate in the “No Sailor Left Behind”program led by The National First Class As-sociation Baltimore-Washington District(NFCABWD) and the Coalition of SailorsAgainst Destructive Decisions (CSAAD),NDW Chapter, Oct. 2.

The program is an opportunity for areaFirst and Second Class Petty Officers toshare their knowledge and experience withthe U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard Sailors. Inthe mentorship process, petty officers whowork in joint commands get an opportunityto interface with junior Sailors and keeptheir leadership skills sharp.

“This program will help our Sailors be-cause they can identify with the mentorswho graciously volunteered. We do not havemuch depth on the bench here at the Cer-emonial Guard in terms of staff leadershipand rate diversity,” said Ceremonial GuardCommand Master Chief David L. Anderson.“We train, mentor, lead, and perform ourmissions with 200-370 Guardsmen with of-tentimes fewer than 20 officer and enlistedfleet returnee staff members.”

The “No Sailor Left Behind” conceptmeans that whether the Sailor decidesto make a full 20-year naval career or justserve one enlistment, all members will havean opportunity to benefit from the program.

“We currently have 236 proteges fromthe Ceremonial Guard and 38 mentors whocame out in support of this program,” saidLogistic Specialist 1st Class DonnaMassie, a14 year veteran assigned to the WashingtonPlanning Center. “As soon as this program is

up running our intentions are to expand ourprogram across the region.”

Even though the Navy already has an im-plemented mentorship program, due to thelow senior-to-junior personnel ratio, bothNaval District Washington and U.S. NavyCeremonial Guard CommandMaster Chiefshad to come up with a solution to compen-sate and find the resources to present totheir Ceremonial Guard junior personnel.That was when the NFCABWD stepped upand recruited other senior members fromcommands around the area.

Participation in the No Sailor Left Behindprogram is voluntary and Sailors from allthe Naval District Washington installationsare encouraged to participate.

“Mentorship is the cornerstone to a suc-cessful career path, it enables leadershipgrowth and professional development ofour junior sailors,” said Massie.

Navy senior leadership has an interest insenior enlistedmentorship of junior person-nel, which provides a close yet professionalenvironment in which new Sailors can learnto be future leaders of the fleet.

“Our job as leaders is to ensure our sail-ors are equipped with the tools they need tosucceed and excel in their naval career, aswell as their personal life creating amore in-formed Navy,” saidMassie. “Thementor en-ables the protege to grow to their full poten-tial by sharing their experience, knowledge,and encouraging good decisions. Mentoringis a joint venture and this type of profession-al relationship is very beneficial to both thementor and protegee. Having a person withgood insight who can help through “fork inthe road” or “what should I do?” situationsis invaluable in today’s Navy.”

Formore news fromNaval District Wash-ington, visit www.navy.mil/local/ndw/.

NDW Launches NoSailor Left BehindMentorship Program

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Reviewed by Cmdr.Youssef Aboul-Enein

Dinner with Churchill:Policymaking at the DinnerTable by Cita Stelzer. Pub-lished by Pegasus Books,New York. 2012.

A researcher at ChurchillCollege in Cambridge, Eng-land, Cita Stelzer has writ-ten a unique perspective onBritish Prime Minister Win-ston Churchill. It is a war ofthe minds not between theAllies and Axis, but amongthe Axis powers over thedinner table. Stelzer recre-ates the elaborate prepa-rations for a meal thatChurchill would undertakewith Roosevelt, Stalin, hiscabinet, King George VI,and Field Commanders.Churchill believed that tak-ing a meal with a leaderoften helped in gaining anunderstanding of issuesand allowed him to ma-neuver the leader towardsBritish interests. An earlyexample cited in the bookis when, before the war,Churchill as Minister ofMunitions broke a strike bygetting the strikers to drinktea and eat cake with him;the compromise avertedfurther labor problems.

In the book, readers willlearn about Churchill’s pe-culiar dining habits such hisdislike of thick bread as partof the sandwich, and the

types of cigars he was partialto. The British Prime Minis-ter negotiated for food tobe part of America’s Lend-Lease Package, feeding aBritain under siege by NaziU-Boats. Churchill also didnot eat geese or pigs he hadpersonally raised, having de-veloped a relationship withthe animals; he once toldhis wife Clementine over aplate of goose, “He was myfriend.” The book dispelsthe myth that Churchill wasa drunk, for while he didappear to drink prodigiousquantities of alcohol duringthe day, his whisky was ex-tremely watered down, andhe always seemed to drinkwith meals. The extent ofrationing of food shortagesin Britain is discussed in thebook, and how apprecia-tive British sailors aboardthe HMS Prince of Wales

were when they received1,500 care packages duringthe conclusion of FranklinRoosevelt and Churchill’sfirst meeting at PlacentiaBay in 1941. The packagescontained delicacies in ex-tremely short supply.

There are vivid descrip-tions of Churchill beinghosted by Soviet dictatorStalin as well as the eatinghabits noted by the BritishPrime Minister. The bookdiscusses how Churchillpolitely consumed foodshe did not like and wouldnot necessarily eat, suchas when Roosevelt servedhim his favorite delicacyof sauerkraut and pig’sknuckles. Stelzer ends herbook with the limits of din-ner diplomacy in Yalta, andthe Potsdam Conference inwhich the United States andthe Soviet Union would at-tempt to define what wouldlater be termed the ColdWar world. The book is aunique glimpse into WorldWar II history.

Editor’s Note: Cmdr.Aboul-Enein is author ofthree books on the MiddleEast, all three published byNaval Institute Press. Heteaches part-time at theNational Defense Univer-sity and wishes to thank hisTeaching Assistant Ms. Ta-mara D’Amico for her editsto this book review column.

Dinner with Churchill:Policymaking at the Dinner Table

U.S. Navy Capt. Douglas E. Reckamp, Director of Afghan Hands Management Ele-ment - Forward, United States Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A), left, and U.S. ArmyMaj. Sifuentes, incoming Senior Intel Advisor, assigned to the Khyber Joint BorderCoordination Center (middle), engages in casual conversation with Pakistani ArmyLt. Col. Gul Hassan, the senior Pakistan military officer in the Khyber Joint BorderCoordination Center on Forward Operating Base Torkham in Nangarhar province,Afghanistan, Sept. 9, 2013. These gentlemen meet after Key leader engagement be-tween Pakistani and Afghan officials. Reckamp, an Afghanistan-Pakistan (AFPAK)Hand from Naval District Washington directs the program in Afghanistan consistingof more than 200 “Boots on Ground” - U.S. Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy andcivilian personnel. The other 600 AFPAK Hands are in training or conducting their“Out of Theater” assignment.

The AFPAK Hands programwas stood up in 2009 by then Navy Adm.MikeMullen,Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff, to establish a cohort of experts that specializein the complexities of Afghanistan and Pakistan language and culture. These mem-bers provide persistent engagement on regional issues while advising leaders andcommanders throughout the levels of governance and command. An AFPAK Handis committed to more than 40 months with the program. During those months, aservice member engages in 10 months of training, nearly two years of deploymentin-theater in Afghanistan or Pakistan, and one year out of theater in the U.S. Formore information on AFPAK Hands visit http://www.public.navy.mil/BUPERSNPC/CAREER/LANGUAGE.

AFPAK Hands: On the Ground

U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Darian George

By Bernard S. LittleWRNMMC Journalstaff writer

Walter Reed NationalMilitary Medical Center(WRNMMC) and NationalCapital Region Medical Di-rectorate (NCR-MD) cele-brated the U.S. Navy’s 238thbirthday with a cake-cuttingceremony in Building 10’sEagle Zone on Friday.

The celebration beganwith members of the Ju-nior Enlisted Mess singing“Anchors Aweigh,” fightsong of the U.S. Naval Acad-emy, which has come to beknown as the Navy song. ASailor also rang a bell hon-oring the Navy’s 238 years ofselfless service to the nation,and ringing in its next yearwith hope and promise.

“It’s important we gatheras one team and celebrate,every opportunity we get,the diversity that is WalterReed Bethesda,” said ArmyBrig. Gen. Jeffrey B. Clark,WRNMMC director. He add-ed celebrating theU.S. Navy’sbirthday, [and] recognizingitsmore than two centuries of

service, is “very special.”Navy Rear Adm. Raquel

Bono, NCR-MD director,agreed, saying, “It’s good tosee the number of differentuniforms out celebrating theNavy’s birthday. This is oneof those occasions when wenot only celebrate the legacyof our military and Navy, but[also recognize] the histori-cal legacy every one of youis helping to build every day[at Walter Reed Bethesda].So thank you for what youare contributing to the his-tory and legacy we are es-tablishing here.”

Clark then cut the largesheet cake decorated with theU.S. Navy emblem and thewords “Happy 238th, Oct. 13,1775.” Help in the endeavorcame from WRNMMC’s mostjuniorandseniorSailors,Hospi-talmanLarissaLemkeandCapt.KennethKelleher, respectively.

Lemke said she “abso-lutely loves” the Navy andplans to make it a career,while Kelleher, a generalsurgeon, joined the Navyduring the Vietnam era.Both said participating inthe cake-cutting ceremonywas “an honor,” and sym-

bolized the tradition of pass-ing the Navy’s traditions andlegacy from one generationto another.

Secretary of the Navy RayMabus, in a video messageshown at the celebration,said, “Since our beginning in1775, our Navy has defendedAmerica with pride, a tradi-tion that continues today. AsSecretary of the Navy, I havethe honor and privilege ofworking with the finest menand women our country hasto offer. This was the case238 years ago, and remainsas true today as it was at ourNavy’s inception.We are andwill continue to be, Ameri-ca’s ‘Away Team,’ the finestexpeditionary fighting forcethe world has ever known.”

During the Battle of LakeErie, “perhaps the most dra-matic and important battlein the War of 1812, our Sail-ors really showed their met-tle and tenacity, and in fact,were the asymmetrical ad-vantage for our forces,” saidChief of Naval Operations,Adm. Jonathan Greenert.

Navy’s 238th Birthday Celebrated at Walter Reed Bethesda

Photo by Bernard S. Little

From left, Hospitalman Larissa Lemke, the most junior Sailor at WalterReed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC), Brig. Gen. (Dr.) Jeffrey B.Clark, WRNMMC director, and Capt. (Dr.) Kenneth Kelleher, the most seniorSailor at WRNMMC, cut the cake celebrating the Navy’s 238th birthday onFriday in Building 10’s Eagle Zone. See Birthday, Page 10

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By Ryan HunterNSAB Public Affairs staff writer

“I saw her at night crying herself tosleep, because she didn’t have any friends,”wounded warrior Master Sgt. Cedric Kingsaid, describing the reaction of his oldestdaughter, Amari, 9, after his family movedto Naval Support Activity Bethesda (NSAB)one year ago. “We live at a hospital. For achild, there’s nothing normal about that.”

According to Child Psychologists Dr. RyoSook Chun and Dr. Ruth Hoffman, reactionslike these are common for military familieswith children living at NSAB and the sur-rounding community. Of the approximately16 school age children who currently resideon base, many must leave their friends andother family members behind, move to un-familiar environments and attend differentschool systems, all while witnessing the re-covery of an injured parent. “They have a lotof adjusting to do,” said Hoffman.

To aid in these family transitions, Chunand Hoffman work for a preventive, pre-clinical, outreach program called OperationBuilding Resilience and Valuing Empower-ing (B.R.A.V.E.) Families. The program is de-signed to strengthen families with childrenliving at NSAB through a variety of groupand one-on-one interactions with childrenand parents during their stay on base and inthe surrounding community.

“We visit service members at their bed-side as soon as they arrive at the hospital,”said Chun, the program’s director. Fromthere, Chun, Hoffman and the two so-cial workers that make up the OperationB.R.A.V.E. Families team work primarily as a

source of information for incoming families.Of the resources and information pro-

vided, a great deal is dedicated to advice,books, pamphlets and toys designed to helpreintroduce children to their injured familymember. “Children have a whole range offeelings about seeing an injured parent, butwe to try to encourage the parent to answerquestions at a developmental level that thechild can understand,” said Hoffman.

The program establishes relationshipswith children as they arrive at the hospitaland continues to observe and aid their de-velopment after their parents are moved tooutpatient with ongoing afterschool craftsand homework groups.

For many children on base, these twogroups are their only opportunity to social-ize with other children outside of school.“Without the program, my son, [Angel , 9,]might go all week just being in a hospitaland never have an actual friend,” said Mili-tary Spouse, Rosemary Rutland.

The main goal of the afterschool pro-grams is to, “provide an emotionally safeplace for kids,” and the parents believe it’sworking said Chun. Children can speakfreely about issues bothering them whileplaying and studying with credentialed psy-chologists and social workers. Rutland de-scribed the program as “counseling withouta counseling setting.”

The Operation B.R.A.V.E. Families pro-gram exercises a great deal of freedom andflexibility in its operation of these initiatives.“It’s an outreach program, [so] we do not re-quire consultation or formal referral,” saidHoffman. “We’ll run into someone in the caf-eteria, sit and have a cup of coffee with them.In the context of all that, we provide our pro-

fessional surveillance, and when it’s appro-priate, we can make recommendations.”

When Military Spouse Amy Oppelt start-ed noticing her son, Peyton, 7, was begin-ning to act quiet and withdrawn since mov-ing to the hospital, she wasn’t sure what todo. “There were a lot of things that were

happening behaviorally with my son that Ihadn’t seen before, but weren’t necessarilywhat I expected either,” she said. Oppelt be-gan bringing her son to private counselingservices and afterschool programs, before

Program Helps Children Transition to Hospital Life

See Transition, Page 10

Photo by Ryan Hunter

Khamya King, 6, practices her penmanship as Child Psychologist Dr. RuthHoffman helps during the Thursday afterschool Operation B.R.A.V.E. Fami-lies study group.

By MC2 Pedro A. RodriguezNDW Public Affairs

Performing for more than 300 Washing-ton Navy Yard (WNY) personnel, comediansfrom the “Comics Duty World Tour” broughtlaughter to a laugh and lunch show Oct. l6.

The event was sponsored by Civilian Mo-rale, Welfare and Recreation (CMWR), host-ed by Naval Support Activity(NSA) Washing-ton Morale, Welfare and Recreation to boostmorale for military and civilian employees.NSA MWR Marketing Manager Lori Riccio-Walker, who helped coordinated the eventsaid that Comics on Duty has been enter-taining WNY employees since 2005.

“The comedians were definitely veryexcited to help us boost morale here at theYard especially while we have been goingthrough these hard times,” said Riccio-Walker. “They were looking forward to al-lowing our employees the opportunity totake some time out of their day to get theirminds off what has been going on and mak-ing them laugh.”

Daniel Tirado, Jon Fisch, Warren B. Hall,and Keith Alberstadt headlined the hour-long show performing 10 to 20 minutes setsin front of nearly 300 employees.

“We try to make people realize that lifedoes continue and it’s sad but we want tobe thankful that we are all here alive,” saidHall. “For me to do anything for the militaryis like saying thank you to my mother; shewas in the Army for 26 years as a sergeantmajor, so this is like saying thank you to herbecause I would want her to have someoneperform and make her forget something badhappened yesterday.”

Olivia Hunter, NDW regional communityservices manager, was among the 300 crowdpleased with the Comic Show.

“I thought the show was excellent. Allfour of the comedians were really funny

and very entertaining,” Hunter said. “Quitefrankly, it was perfect timing for me becauseI realize that yesterday was the one monthanniversary of the tragic event that hap-pened here, and consequently, laughter isalways a very good healing remedy for thosepeople that were going for some type ofemotional situation. I felt like the Navy Yardneeded some laughter to help through thehealing process.”

Alberstadt, who is a veteran comedian,has travelled with Comics on Duty since2005 and said that it has has been the bestthing in his career.

“To be involved with the military as acivilian and as a comedian is somethingI wanted to do since I started in comedy,”said Albesrtadt. “So I got involved in ‘05,and since then, working for Comics on Dutyprobably has been the best thing about mycareer. I love it!”

Riccio-Walker said that the event serveda greater purpose than bringing a few laughsto the installation.

“Since our Fleet and Family Readinessmain mission is to provide quality of lifeprograms to our customers, we were reallylooking forward to providing this event forour patrons,” said Riccio-Walker. “It hasbeen a very hard month for everyone hereat the Yard and giving a boost in morale issomething we love to do. With the help ofCivilian Morale, Welfare and Recreation, theCatering and Conference Center staff, ourinformation tickets and tours office, and ourwhole team, I think we were able to providea great event for our Navy Yard patrons.”

The Comics on Duty Tour the highest“network-caliber” comedy programs to theArmed Forces, while affording host installa-tions and commands with the cost savingsbenefits of a joint force, multi-market, turn-key promotion.

For more news from Naval District Wash-ington, visit www.navy.mil/local/ndw/.

Comics on Duty Bring Laughter to Washington Navy Yard

U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Pedro A. Rodriguez

Comedian Daniel Tirado performs his routine for the audience at the Wash-ington Navy Yard (WNY).

U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Pedro A. Rodriguez

Comedian Warren B. Hall performs his routine for the audience at the Wash-ington Navy Yard (WNY). Naval District Washington’s Morale Welfare andRecreation brought the Comics on Duty Tour to boost morale of militarypersonnel and civilian workers at the WNY.

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From Defense Logistics AgencyDocument Services

As a field activity of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA),DLA Document Services has been serving the Departmentof Defense (DoD) for over 60 years. While some refer to theorganization as the DoD’s printer, it offers much more thanthat basic description implies.

DLA Document Services provides printing and copyingat many installations around the world. However, its coreservices reflect its mission to transform the DoD from highvolume print and duplication to lower volume print on-de-mand and the use of on-line documents, electronic contentand records management. In other words, DLA DocumentServices enables customers to increase functionality of theirdocuments, while lowering costs.

Core capabilities include the conversion of hardcopydocuments and media to standard digital formats, buildinglibraries of digital content with online access and the pro-vision of networked multifunctional devices (MFDs) thatprint, copy, scan and fax in customer workspaces.

DLA Document Services provides scanning and conver-sion services for all types of documents. Skilled techniciansscan documents of any size, from business cards to largeformat engineering drawings, and convert them to a hostof digital formats. DLA Document Services has converted,and indexed for easy search and retrieval, over half a billionimages to customer-specified digital formats.

DLA Document Services’ Electronic Document Manage-ment (EDM) program is a service to build digital librariesof documents with online access. EDM solutions are DoD5015.2 records management compliant and enhance busi-ness processes by providing advanced content lifecycleman-agement and workflow functionality. One example, the Elec-tronic DocumentManagement Service, assists DLADistribu-tion sites worldwide with digital capture, processing, man-agement and storage for millions of shipping documents.

DLA Document Services is also one of the government’slargest providers of office document equipment solutions.Its Equipment Management Solutions (EMS) program pro-vides networked MFDs that print, scan, copy and fax all inone compact system. With its leveraged buying power andall-inclusive flat rate pricing, DLA Document Services pro-vides the best value solutions at the lowest possible cost.DLA Document Services currently manage over 34,000 de-vices DoD-wide.

The organization’s EMS equipment assessment pro-gram helps agencies eliminate and consolidate costly sin-gle-function, desktop devices and replaces them with net-worked MFDs. Assessments are a value-added service thatbenchmark existing device inventory and operating costs,identify the organization’s document equipment needs anddeliver a set of recommendations on the optimal rightsizingmix of equipment. On average, assessments identify an an-nual savings potential of 25-30 percent for customers, whileincreasing capacity and capability.

DLA Document Services is co-located with customersat over 150 production facilities, primarily located on U.S.military installations around the world. On the WashingtonNavy Yard, DLA Document Services is conveniently locatedat building 21, located at 645 Rickover Street.

The organization also has a facility in the Pentagon, insupport of DoD senior leadership, and in the White House,serving as the document solutions provider to the Presidentof the United States. For example, each year DLA DocumentServices produces the booklet containing the script of thepresident’s State of the Union speech to Congress. It is pro-vided for duplication within just a few hours of the presi-dent’s address.

With the production of many sensitive and classifieddocuments, DLA Document Services places a great amountof focus on security. All employees have background checksthat qualify them for security clearances and are well versedin security procedures. Information Assurance (IA), the se-curity of networks and systems, is a major thrust for the or-ganization - ensuring protection of customer’s documents.

Whether it is printed or digital media, DLA DocumentServices is counted on as the trusted document solutionsprovider to the President of the United States, the DoD,other Executive Branch Federal agencies and the Americanservice men and women stationed around the world.

For more information about DLA Document Servicesproducts and services please contact Louis M. Rager at 202-395-9040, 202-433-2717, or 202-380-6760, or by fax at 202-395-5731.

DLA Document Services:More than a Printer for theDepartment of Defenseruses. The weakened viruses are cold-adapted, whichmeans

they are designed to only cause infection at the cooler tem-peratures foundwithin the nose and cannot cause flu illness.In both cases, the vaccine allows the body’s immune systemto identify and defend against the flu viruses in the vaccinewithout succumbing to the disease.

According to Ready Navy (ready.navy.mil), the seasonalflu is a common strain of the illness that strikes every “fluseason,” infecting 5 to 20 percent of the U.S. population.Flu-related complications require 200,000 hospitalizationsannually and kill 36,000 people on average. Flu activitycan begin as early as October and continue to occur as lateas May. The virus usually enters the body through mucusmembranes in the mouth, nose, or eyes. People infectedwith the virus can spread it through coughing or sneezing,making the virus airborne, or by spreading it to surfacesthat others come in contact with.

Symptoms of the flu vary. The flu is different from a

cold, and usually comes on suddenly. People who have theflu often feel some or all of these symptoms: cough; sorethroat; runny or stuffy nose; muscle or body aches; head-aches; and fatigue or feeling tired. Some people may havevomiting and diarrhea, though this is more common inchildren than adults. Fever or feeling feverish with chillsis common with the flu, though not everyone infected withthe flu will have a fever.

Though the virus can spread easily from person to per-son, there are ways the population can protect itself fromthe flu. Hansen recommends basic sanitary practices suchas hand washing and not touching your eyes.

“Most healthy adults may be able to infect others begin-ning one day before symptoms develop and up to five toseven days after becoming sick, so keep hands and surfacesclean, and avoid contact with people who may be gettingsick,” said Hansen. “If you yourself are sick, avoid exposingothers to the virus.”

For more information on getting vaccinated, personnelcan contact their personal physician or base clinic. More in-formation on flu prevention, statistics and frequently askedquestions can be found at www.ready.navy.mil/be_in-formed/diseases/flu_information.html, or www.cdc.gov/flu.

For more information on events happening in NDW,visit www.facebook.com/NavDistWash.

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For more news from other bases around the Washington, D.C. area,

visit www.dcmilitary.com.

By Nicholas MalayNSWCCD Public Affairs

Abel Vargas, a mechanical engineer atNSWC Carderock Division, utilizes highlyspecialized computer software to conductnumerical simulations in order to im-prove the maneuverability of the Navy’sfuture submarines.

Over the course of his 7 year career inhydromechanics at NSWCCD, he has madea variety of significant contributions to de-signing the Navy’s future ships, includinghis contributions to the Ship to Shore Con-nector (SSC) program. In support of SSC,

the first U.S. Navy-led Air Cushion Vehicledesign in twenty years, he performed nu-merical simulations to evaluate different liftfan and bow thruster design configurations.

He was also involved in a multi-yearstudy, using computational fluid dynamics(CFD) as a design tool to analyze the circu-lation control hydrofoils to further under-stand its hydrodynamic behavior. He alsoprovided mathematical computations tohelp develop the technical baseline for op-erating aircraft carriers in shallow water.

Dr. Vargas was born in El Paso, Texas andearned his Ph.D. from George WashingtonUniversity in 2006.

Celebrating HispanicAmericans in Our Workforce

U.S. Navy photo by Nicholas Malay

Dr. Vargas explains the axial velocity contours along a submarine body.“The velocity contours at the propeller plane are of importance, and this iswhat we want to accurately capture in our simulations,” said Vargas.

By Regina AdamsNAVFAC Washington Public Affairs

Naval Facilities Engineering Command(NAVFAC) Washington held its 5th annual“Think Pink” event in support of NationalBreast Cancer Awareness Month at theWashington Navy Yard Oct. 17.

Capt.AntonioEdmonds,NAVFACWashing-ton commanding officer, thanked more than100 employees for attending the event held attheWashingtonNavy Yard in Building 212.

“Breast cancer is a big deal, in a very badway. Each day, over a hundred Americanwomen lose their lives to breast cancer,”said Edmonds. “We are gathering today toremember the losses, celebrate our survi-vors, and raise awareness for everyone.”

Capt. Craig Prather, NAVFAC Washing-ton executive officer, recognized the breastcancer survivors who were in attendance.The three breast cancer survivors in atten-dance were Crystal Brower-Petty, a pro-gram analyst and five-year survivor; AngelaTharps, a management analyst and nine-year survivor, and Carolyn Woods, a naturalresource specialist. Woods will be a seven-year breast cancer survivor Nov. 13. The

survivors shared their breast cancer journeyechoed the same messages: early detectionlowers the risk of breast cancer death anddon’t be in denial.

“I was in denial,” said Tharps. “I didn’ttell anyone. Please don’t be like me. Talk tosomeone, the earlier the better.”

After the breast cancer survivors sharedtheir experience, Prather led an emotionalmoment of silence, broken only by thenames of participant’s loved ones who havestruggled with the disease.

After the reflections frommany of the em-ployees, breast cancer survivors lead partici-pants on a 20 minute walk around theWash-ington Navy Yard. Participants were givenbottled water and breast cancer awarenesspamphlets and booklets when they complet-ed the walk at Admiral Willard Park.

“I am happy to see somany people at thisyear’s event,” said Brower-Petty. “I am over-joyed by the support from my co-workers.”

According to the National Breast Cancerwebsite, breast cancer is the second leadingcause of death among women. Men are alsoaffected-approximately 2,190 men are diag-nosed with breast cancer each year, result-ing in more than 400 lives lost.

NAVFAC Washington walks for National BreastCancer Awareness Month

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Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Washington breast can-cer survivors, Crystal Brower-Petty, program analyst, Angela Tharps, man-agement analyst and Carolyn Woods, natural resource specialist, led theBreast Cancer Awareness walk during the 5th annual “Think Pink” eventin support of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month at the WashingtonNavy Yard Oct. 17.

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Group, located at in Port Hueneme, Calif. Anative of Bremerton, Wash., he enlisted inthe Navy in 1981.

“It has been my distinct honor and privi-lege to have served as the force master chiefof the Seabees,” said Dickey. “We have beenthrough some tough times lately withinour Navy, and our Seabees have stayed thecourse and rode out the storm.”

Dickey went on to say that as the Navybecomes leaner, the need for Seabee skillsbecomes greater.

“We will continue to be called upon asthe Navy’s ambassadors of good will bybringing water to the deserts of Africa or as-sisting Pacific partnerships in Asia. I have nodoubt that the Seabee heritage will live onwith this generation of ‘Bees, and I have allthe confidence that our community will bein great hands with Master Chief Levesqueas the next Force.”

A native of Rantoul, Ill., Levesque en-listed in the Navy in October 1985 and com-pleted Construction Electrician ‘A’ School inGulfport, Miss. His decorations include theJoint Service Commendation Medal, Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medal, JointService Achievement Medal, Navy/MarineCorps Achievement Medal, and the MilitaryOutstanding Volunteer Service Medal.

“It’s my great pleasure to have the op-portunity to lead such an elite group of Sail-ors,” said Levesque. “I am humbled by theselection, and will continue to provide themany avenues that Force Dickey did for ourSeabees to excel. I also want to personallythank Force Dickey for his service to ourcountry, his leadership and wish him thevery best in his future endeavors.”

For more news from Naval Facilities En-gineering Command, visit www.navy.mil/local/navfachq/.

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“Today, the all-volunteer force - you - areour asymmetrical advantage. Think aboutthat as we celebrate our 238th birthday.”

“For 238 years, our Navy has overcomeenormous challenges and faced adversity.We’ve risen with those challenges and builta reputation as the strongest naval force theworld has ever seen,” added Master ChiefPetty Officer of the Navy Mike Stevens. Healso noted people, not resources or the en-

vironment, keeps the Navy moving forward.“This is our heritage,” he said.

Looking forward, Greenert said for to-day’s Navy, “War fighting is first; we [will]operate forward, and we will be ready. Wewill use the genius of our diverse all-volun-teer force, and we will be where it matters,when it matters, because that’s what [we’re]about [in] our great Navy of today.”

The United States Navy traces its originsto the Continental Navy and recognizes Oct.13, 1775 as the date of its official establish-ment - the date of the passage of the resolu-tion of the Continental Congress at Philadel-phia, Pa., that created the Continental Navy.

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realizing the young boy had remained quietso as to not distract from the recovery of hisfather, an amputee wounded warrior. “Hehad a lot of questions, but was just afraid toask. [The program] really helped break openthose communication barriers.”

Operation B.R.A.V.E. families is underthe directorate of behavioral health, de-partment of psychiatry and child/adoles-

cent psychiatry services, which means theservices they provide are not only profes-sionally advised but also free for woundedwarrior families. “We are all credentialedhospital staff,” said Chun.

For more information about the Opera-tion B.R.A.V.E. Families program call 301-295-0576. The afterschool craft and supportgroup is held on Mondays from 3:50 to 5p.m. and the homework study club is heldon Wednesdays from 3:50 to 5 p.m. Bothgroups are held in the family area outsideof the Military Advanced Training Center onthe first floor of Building 19.

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caution. Make sure children are watched atall times when candles are lit. When light-ing candles inside jack-o-lanterns, use long,fireplace-style matches or a utility lighter.Be sure to place lit pumpkins well away fromanything that can burn and far enough out

of the way of trick-or-treaters, doorstops,walkways, and yards. An ounce of precau-tion equals a pound of cure.”

Following these rules can help to makeHalloween night a fun, and safe, experiencefor everyone involved.

For more tips on Halloween safety, visithttp://www.cdc.gov/family/halloween/.

For more information on events in NDW,visit www.facebook.com/NavDistWash.

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