February 28, 2013

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NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION

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INSIDEAround the Yard,page 2

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Patrick GordonNDW Waterline writer

Naval District Washington (NDW) con-cluded its Citadel Shield 2013 (CS13) exer-cise March 1. The event, held since 1999,is a field training exercise used to test andevaluate antiterrorism procedures at the in-stallation level throughout the continentalUnited States.

Beginning Feb. 19, six installations withinNDW - Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Na-val Support Activity (NSA) South Potomac,NSA Annapolis, NSA Bethesda, Joint BaseAnacostia-Bolling and NSA Washington -took part in various training scenarios withan emphasis on realism to train personnel.Scenarios included active shooters, masscasualty drills, bomb threats, surveillanceand false credential exercises.

“These exercises are always beneficialin allowing our personnel the opportunityto respond to different events and to utilizepreplanned responses designed for specificscenarios,” said NDW Regional Security Of-ficer Rob Shaffer. “They go a long way intesting the knowledge and training that wedeliver to our people.”

Training for CS13 had been ongoingsince the conclusion of last year’s force pro-tection exercise to ensure that little was leftto speculation in the event of a real-worldemergency.

“We prepare year-round for this,” saidNSA Washington Antiterrorism Officer Wil-liam Holdren. “As we go through this, wemake sure that every installation that wehave has been fully briefed, they understandwhat is going on, and that we have their ap-proval for the drills, so there is a lot of prep-aration that goes behind this. From a policestandpoint, we have ensured that all of ourgear is up to date. It’s a yearly time to shine;we work extremely hard to be ready for this.Citadel Shield, we know what we’re doing.”

TheCS13 exercise is all-inclusive, incorpo-rating a number of departments and person-nel involved in addition to security personnel.

“You have force protection, administra-tion, emergency management, all of thosecomponents coming together in to one inte-grated exercise where all are working as oneto complete the mission,” said InstallationTraining Officer for NSAWashington Audrey

NDW Concludes Successful Citadel Shield Exercise

U.S. Navy Photo by MC1 Patrick Gordon

Naval Support Activity Washington Security personnel and volunteers takepart in an active shooter drill at the U.S. Naval Observatory during the Cita-del Shield 2013 field training exercise Feb. 22. Six installations within NavalDistrict Washington took part in CS13, training and evaluating personnel inantiterrorism tactics and procedures. See Citadel, Page 6

Patrick GordonNDW Waterline writer

TheWashingtonNavy Yard (WNY) FitnessCenter, located in Building 22, will undergo a$2.6M renovation beginning March 1 whichis expected to last through October. Themain focus of the renovation is to providerenovated locker rooms, adequate HVAC,and an upgraded first floor work out area.

“I am excited that the Washington NavyYard Fitness Center will be getting this muchneeded renovation.” said Cmdr. David Var-ner, commanding officer of Naval SupportActivity Washington. “We have developeda great plan to minimize the impact to ourfitness operations during the actual renova-tion but some minor inconveniences will benecessary. This project will allow us to pro-vide the personnel who work on this basewith a much improved fitness experience. Ahealthy Navy is a strong Navy, and this reno-vation will make being and staying healthythat much better for our people.”

The renovation will progress in threephases to minimize impacts to customers,with select services still being offered dur-

ing the process. Phase 1, beginning March 1,will include renovations to the second andthird floor of the Fitness Center. The sec-ond floor gym area and locker rooms will beclosed, but the equipment and locker roomson the first floor will still be available duringthat time. Racquetball court #2 will also beclosed, but racquetball court #1 will remainopen and available for reservations coor-dinated through the Fitness Center’s frontdesk. Alternative racquetball courts are alsoavailable in theWashington, D.C., area listedon the website provided for renovation up-dates, http://www.cnic.navy.mil/NSAW/FleetAndFamilyReadiness/Fitnessand-Sports/index.htm. The third floor group ex-ercise room will also be closed. During thisphase all group exercise classes will be heldon the indoor tennis court in Building W73.Towel service will be suspended during therenovation project. Throughout the reno-vation, leadership intends on providing op-timal fitness services to personnel at WNY.

“When certain exercise areas are closedduring this major renovation, our goal is to

Washington Navy Yard Fitness Center Renovations toEnhance Fitness Experience

U.S. Navy photo by Patrick Gordon

Alex Thibau lifts weights in the Washington Navy Yard Fitness Center Feb.26. The Fitness Center is scheduled for renovations beginning March 1 andis expected to continue in three phases through October.See Fitness, Page 10

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I really didn’t notice anything different.

Hospital Corpsman3rd Class Collis Foster

Branch Medical Clinic Washington Navy Yard

I noticed thatwestooda fewmorewatches,butother than that,notmuch.

Midshipman1st Class Alex Kornick

United States Naval Academy

Nothing, really.

Culinary Specialist2nd Class Luis Mojica

BFQ Washington Navy Yard

Patrick GordonNDW Waterline writer

The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) mo-bile customer service center, called “DMV 2 Go,” is travelingacross Virginia providing services to military members, vet-erans, and their families. Throughout the month of March,personnel at select military installations, including somewithin Naval District Washington, can conveniently meetwith DMV personnel for a variety of services.

Northern Virginia’s mobile office is a handicap accessi-ble 32-by-11 foot RV, nicknamed “Mozart” in keeping withthe ‘Mo’ for mobile office naming convention. Mozart hasthree customer service work stations, two testing stationsand a public kiosk to access other state services through aVirginia internet portal.

The office-on-wheels is equipped to process all DMVtransactions. Personnel can apply for or renew ID cards anddriver’s licenses; get copies of driving records; obtain ve-hicle titles, license plates, decals and transcripts; order dis-abled parking placards or plates; obtain fishing and huntinglicenses; update addresses for your DMV record and voterregistration; change organ donor status; set up a “myDMV”account; and many other services.

“We like to provide these services to Virginia drivers, and

servicemembers especially, because we know how difficultit can be to take time out of their schedules to come to aDMV office,” said Sunni Brown, DMV 2 Go spokeswoman.“We know particularly for military personnel that gettingoff work to take care of these things can be trying, so largecomponents of our mobile services are dedicated to servingthem and their DMV needs.”

Brown added that DMV staff can assist with services spe-cific to veterans including applying for the Virginia veter-ans ID card. The veterans ID card serves as proof of veteranstatus to receive discounts from retailers and restaurants.Staff will also accept and process certificates of disability,which allow veterans to apply for a registration fee exemp-tion. The DMV also offers more than 30 military-themedlicense plates.

“It really is a win-win for all involved,” said Brown.Installation locations and dates of the Northern Virginia

DMV 2 Go mobile office for March are:- March 5 - Joint BaseMyer-Henderson Hall - 126 Forrest

Circle, Arlington, 22211 - 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.- March 11 and 12 - Marine Corps Base Quantico - 3500

Russell Road,Quantico, 22134 - 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.- March 21 - Dahlgren Naval Base - 500 Sampson Road,

Dahlgren, 22448 - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.For more information on the DMV 2 Go program, visit

www.dmvNOW.com/DMV2GO.

‘DMV 2 Go’ Brings Services to Servicemembers

Courtesy photo

Northern Virginia’s mobile “DMV 2 Go” office of-fers three customer service work stations, twotesting stations and a public kiosk to access oth-er state services through a Virginia internet por-tal. The truck will be visiting several military in-stallations in Naval District Washington in March.

What did you notice most about this year’s Citadel Shield exercise?

Around the Yard

February 281844 - Explosion of Peacemaker, an ex-

perimental 14 inch gun, aboard USS Princ-eton.

1893 - Launching of USS Indiana (BB-1),the first true battleship in the U.S. Navy.

1959 - USS Strong (DD-758) rescues 13Arab fishermen from Bahrain when theirfishing boats floundered in a storm.

1980 - Blue crew of USS Francis Scott Key(SSBN-657) launches four Trident I (C-4)missiles in first C-4 operational test.

March 11942 - U-656 becomes the first German

submarine of World War II to be sunk by na-val air power (VP-82).

1954 – The first of six detonations in theOperation Castle nuclear test.

March 21859 - Launch of USS Saginaw at Mare

Island, Calif., the first Navy ship built on theWest Coast of the U.S.

1867 - Birthday of the Civil EngineerCorps.

1899 - Act of Congress creates the rankof “Admiral of the Navy” for George Dewey.

1973 - Women begin pilot training inU.S. Navy.

March 31776 - First U.S. Navy amphibious land-

ing operation. The Continental naval squad-ron under Commodore Esek Hopkins landsSailors and Marines, commanded by Ma-rine Capt. Samuel Nicholas, on New Provi-dence Island, Bahamas, capturing neededordnance and gunpowder.

1871 - Navy Medical Corps established.1883 - Congress authorizes four modern

ships of steel, “A,B,C, D Ships”; three cruis-ers, Atlanta, Boston and Chicago; and a dis-patch boat, Dolphin.

1915 - Office of Chief of Naval Opera-tions (CNO) established.

1915 - Congress creates Federal NavalReserve. Under it, the Naval Reserve Forceis built up.

1960 - USS Sargo (SSN-583) return to Ha-waii from arctic cruise of 11,000 miles, 6,003miles under the polar ice.

March 41911 - Appropriation of first funds for ex-

periments in naval aviation.

1925 - Congress authorizes restoration ofUSS Constitution.

1947 - Operation Highjump, air opera-tions in Antarctica, ends.

1963 - A Navy Hercules aircraft com-pletes 12-day rescue operation of criticallyill Danish seaman from Danish freighter offthe coast of Antarctic.

March 51942 - Name and insignia of “Seabees”

officially authorized.1943 - USS Bogue (CVE-9) begins first an-

ti-submarine operations by escort carrier.1960 - USS Newport News (CA-148) and

personnel from Port Lyautey completeemergency relief operatons at Agadir, Mo-rocco, after an earthquake on Feb. 29, 1960.

March 61822 - USS Enterprise captures four pi-

rate ships in the Gulf of Mexico1862 - USS Monitor departs New York for

Hampton Roads, Va.1942 - U.S. Cruisers and destroyers bom-

bard Vila and Munda, Solomon Islands,sinking two Japanese destroyers.

This Week in Navy HistoryThursday, February 28, 2013 3Waterline

Graphic courtesy of the U.S. Navy Seabee Museum

The Seabee name and logo, de-picting a bee shooting with build-ing tools in his hands, was adopt-ed March 5, 1942. The name camefrom the abbreviation of the units’designation as construction bat-talions, or “CBs” for short.

Andrew RevelosSouth Potomac Pilot Staff Writer

Members of Marine Corps SystemsCommand (MARCORSYSCOM) recentlyconducted validation testing of the sight-ing system on the Marine Corps’ newestanti-armor technology at the Naval SupportFacility (NSF) Dahlgren airfield. The M41A4Saber System has replaced the M220A3TOW Weapon System in Marine Corps in-fantry and tank battalions.

As a premiere military research, devel-opment, testing and evaluation (RDT&E)organization, MARCORSYSCOM serves theever-evolving needs of Marine warfighters.Its engineers came to Dahlgren to test theSaber System’s newest sighting features, forwhich the airfield at Dahlgren provided an“ideal spot.” Making use of the flat, specificdistances at the airfield, MARCORSYSCOMengineers worked to ensure that Saber’s mildot reticle sight remains true when opera-tors make sight adjustments. It is vitally im-portant that warfighters are able to quicklyadjust the sight’s zoom, magnification, dayand night features with no change in themissile’s point-of-impact.

The concept is not too far removed fromthe basic principles of marksmanship everyMarine learns on the rifle range, though ap-plying those principles to a guided missilesystem is a considerably more complicatedproposition. The goal, however, is exactlythe same: one shot, one kill.

To accomplish that goal, MARCOR-SYSCOM engineers depend on feedbackfrom the operating forces and many of theRDT&E professionals who serve the com-mand are themselves former Marines andcombat veterans.

“Our primary mission is to support thewarfighter through the research, develop-ment, acquisition, fielding and disposal ofequipment that allows Marines to do theirjob as a premier expeditionary force,” saidKevin Deal, systems engineer for MARCOR-SYSCOM. “Feedback, from both the oper-ating forces and [the] retired Marines whoare present within our development teamsat Marine Corps Systems Command, pro-

vides real-world insight into whether or notequipment will meet the demands of theMarine warfighter.”

There is no question that anti-armorguided missiles will be a fixture of combatfor the foreseeable future. The TOW Weap-on System, predecessor of the Saber System,first saw use in the Vietnam War and updat-ed versions were used extensively duringthe Gulf War. Soldiers famously employedTOW missiles during the Iraq War to kill thesons of Saddam Hussein, Uday and Qusay,who barricaded themselves in a buildingduring a firefight with American forces.

Ensuring that the Saber System functionsproperly for Marines in those kinds of high-stress combat zones motivates Deal and histeam. “The demonstration of service to oth-ers that Marines display in their dedicationto our nation is what motivates me to sup-port the Marine warfighter,” he said. “I toowish to demonstrate that same dedicationto country and I find the most proper way toaccomplish this is through the use of my en-gineering talents in support of our Marines.”

The attitude is a familiar one amongDahlgren’s own professionals, who pridethemselves on not only serving Navy warf-

MARCORSYSCOM EngineersTest Saber at Dahlgren

U. S. Navy photo by Andrew Revelos

Dave Virkler, a contractor supportengineer to MARCORSYSCOM Anti-Armor Systems Program Office,uses the M41A4 Saber to sight in atarget as part of recent validationtesting at the NSF Dahlgren airfield.

See Test, Page 6

Patrick GordonNDW Waterline writer

Military Saves Week, a partner in the De-partment of Defense Financial ReadinessCampaign, is scheduled to run to March 2.The annual program conducts an annualsavings campaign and is part of AmericaSaves and is coordinated by the non-profitConsumer Federation of America.

The goal of Military Saves Week is to en-courage servicemembers and their familiesto take the “Military Saves pledge,” a com-mitment to begin the journey toward finan-cial freedom. The program promotes posi-tive changes in personal financial behaviorthrough the notion that everyone can “Set aGoal, Make a Plan, Save Automatically.”

“Without those three elements, savingmoney is so difficult,” said Paul Grossman,regional work and family life coordinator.“Military Saves Week is a time when ser-vicemembers and families can focus ontheir future goals. It is a time to pause andrethink their financial goals and strategiesfor achieving them. Whether young or old,single or married, it’s never too late to startplanning and saving. During Military SavesWeek, servicemembers should be evaluatingtheir emergency fund, ways to reduce debt,and savings for short and long-term needs.

While not considered important bysome, financial instability can have a greatimpact on the lives of servicemembers andmission readiness. In addition to the stresspoor finances can cause on an individual’spersonal life, it can affect them profession-ally as well. Poor credit or high debt can leadto loss of security clearances, which affectsoverall mission readiness.

Statistics show that it is a concern, aswell. According to a 2012 Consumer Fed-eration of America and the American Sav-ings Education Council Annual SavingsSurvey, fewer than 50 percent of Americanssay they have a savings plan with specificgoals. Among the services, 54 percent ofmilitary families say that they have not setaside sufficient emergency funds to cover atleast three months’ worth of expenses, and

68 percent express that they feel stress fromtheir family’s current financial condition ac-cording to the 2012 Blue Star Families Mili-tary Family Lifestyle Report.

Military Saves Week aims to curb thoserising numbers by educating servicemem-bers on how to take control of their financesand plan for their futures. Servicememberscan go to www.militarysaves.org to make apledge to save, and are encouraged to attendtraining provided by the Personal FinancialEducators at Fleet/Military and Family Sup-port Centers. Throughout the week, Per-sonal Financial Educators will offer variousworkshops and one-on-one consultationson multiple financial topics. These sessionswill assist in debt reduction, investing, creditmanagement, thrift savings plan, retirementplanning, and saving for college.

“The most successful part of MilitarySaves Week has been the partnerships estab-lished between personal financial educators,commands, and community organizationsto deliver workshops, display informationaltables, and conduct one-on-one consulta-tions has increased money management

Military Saves Week HelpsServicemembers Plan forTheir Futures

See Plan, Page 10

U.S. Navy photo by Patrick Gordon

Financial planning is essential forall military personnel. Military SavesWeek, running Feb. 25 to March 2,encourages servicemembers to “Seta Goal, Make a Plan, Save Automati-cally” in order to better prepare fortheir futures.

CAREER SUPPORTAND RETENTION

The Transition AssistanceManagement Program (TAMP)

Offers an array of services and benefits

to transitioning service members, including

computers setup for individuals to go online

to different job banks, college and scholar-

ship resources and career assessment tools.

Resume Writing Workshops are offered

which includes Federal Resume Writing

Interview Skills, information on veterans’

benefits and a professional resource library;

Two TAP Seminars and one Executive TAP

Seminar - five-day programs - are offered

monthly sponsored by the departments of

Labor and Veteran Affairs, and include in-

formation that will benefit the transitioning

military 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, career

planning and links to education and volun-

teer opportunities.

Personal FinancialManagement (PFM)Program offers individual and family fi-

nancial counseling, financial classes, and

is responsible for the Command Financial

specialist training in the Region (NDW).

Improve your speaking skills withHelmsmen Toastmasters

Join us Thursdays, 7:30-8:45 a.m., at

the Pentagon Library and Conference

Center. Toastmasters is an international

organization that helps everyone speak,

think, lead and listen better. For more info,

contact Carl Sabath at carl.sabath@osd.

mil, 703-695-2804, or Elizabeth Femrite

at elizabeth.m.femrite.civ@mail.mil, 571-

256-8674. Remember, great Helmsmen

say, “Yes!” To learn more about Helmsmen

Toastmasters, visit http://helmsmen.toast-

mastersclubs.org

DEPLOYMENT READINESS/FAMILY SERVICES

Life Skills Education

Provides presentations to help com-

mands meet requirements, as well as en-

hance operational and personal readiness

including parenting skills training, couples

communication, anger and stress man-

agement, conflict resolution, Child Abuse

Awareness, Spouse Abuse Awareness and

suicide 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 life

through parenting education and train-

ing and home visits to new parents prior

to delivery and after delivery; information

and referral for military and community re-

sources; child development screenings and

monitoring. All active duty members and

their families who are pregnant and or have

children in the home from infancy to three

years old are eligible for these home visita-

tion services.

Deployment/mobilization/readinessAssisting Sailors and familymembers pre-

pare for deployment, manage separations

and reunite and reintegrate with families

and community through services including

the Family Accountability and Assessment

System, Individual augmentee (IA) Indoc

Course and Deployed Family Fun Days.

Exceptional Family MemberProgram (EFMP)

Provides assistance to service members

with special needs children and family

members with medical needs including re-

source referral to medical, counseling and

educational services, support groups and

care providers. Assists in finding duty sta-

tions where needs are met. Mandatory en-

rollment per OPNAVINST 1754.2D.

MWR Happenings

Fitness Center Renovations - Phase 1Begins March 1 | WNY Fitness Center

Phase 1 will include renovations to the

2nd and 3rd floors. The 2nd floor gym area

and locker rooms will be closed but the

equipment and locker rooms on the 1st

floor will be available for use. Racquetball

court #2 will also be closed so please coor-

dinate reservations for use of racquetball

court #1 at the front desk. The 3rd floor

group exercise room will also be closed and

classes will be relocated to Building 73 on

the indoor tennis courts. Two changing

rooms will be provided in Building 73. Tow-

el service will be suspended throughout the

entire renovations. For further information

and updates throughout all phases, please

do not hesitate to ask the staff members at

the Fitness center. You can also sign-up for

email alerts by emailing your full name and

email to nsaw.marketing1@gmail.com.

Pre-St. Patrick’s Day Party at the PubMarch 14 | 4 to 8 p.m. | Mordecai Booths

Public House

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day a fewdays early

at the Pub. Join us after work for some great

live music entertainment and Karaoke by DJ

Scott, party specials, giveaways and more.

The Bornstein’s - A Comedy & MindReading Duo

March 21 | 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. | Catering &

Conference Center

$15 in advance | $20 at the door (includes

admission & lunch buffet)

MWR & CMWR are hosting a new special

event. The Bornstein’s are a comedy and

mind-reading duo that will leave you say-

ing “Wow!” The event will begin with a lunch

buffet which includes fried chicken, fish,

macaroni & cheese, greens, salad and des-

sert. After lunch, the show will begin around

11:30am. Purchase your tickets at the MWR

ITT offices or call 202-433-5912 for more in-

formation regarding this event!

MWR Ticket Office Hours in theTown Center

The MWR ITT Office located in Build-

ing 22 (Town Center/Food Court) has new

hours of operation. They will be open Mon-

day through Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. If

you need to contact the office during normal

hours of operation you can reach them at

202-433-2484.

March Group Exercise SchedulePlease visit theWashingtonNavy Yard Fit-

ness Center in Building 22 to receive a copy

of this month’s Group Exercise Schedule.

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) 433-2484

Travel Office, WNY Bldg. 184 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 685-8299

Food & BeverageCatering & Conference Center, WNY Bldg. 211 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-3041/4312

Mordecai Booth’s Public House, WNY Bldg. 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 678-0514

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

MFSC, JBAB Bldg. 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 767-0450

Other Important NumbersFFR Administrative Office, WNY Bldg. 101. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-3659

FFRP Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-4052

MWRDirector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-4662

MWRMarketing Department, WNY Bldg. 101. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-5912

Regional Child Placement Office, JBAB Bldg. 414. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-3055

Family Housing Office, JBAB Bldg. 414 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-0346

Liberty Program/Center, JBAB Bldg. 72. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 685-1802

Outdoor Recreation/Equipment Rental, JBAB, Bldg. 928 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 767-9136

Navy Gateway Inns & Suites, JBAB, Bldg. 602 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 404-7050

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Joint Women’s Leadership SymposiumThe Sea Service Leadership Association has opened registration for its 26th annual

Joint Women’s Leadership Symposium, the largest gathering of military women in thenation. Women from each of the five service branches are invited to register. The two-day symposium will be held March 10-12, at the Gaylord National Hotel & ConventionCenter in National Harbor, Md. Attendees may register at www.sealeader.org.

Crews Into ShapeIt’s time to start thinking about getting your body back to that fit, energetic, healthy

you.Thegoodnews is that youcanhave fundoing it. The13thannual “Crews IntoShape”challenge will run March 3 to March 30. Begun in 2001, the challenge is a four-weeklong team approach to wellness where each team member earns points for exercising,maintaining or achieving a weight goal, eating fruits and vegetables, and other activities.

Sponsored by the Navy Marine Corps Public Health Center, the challenge is open tothe entire DoD family. Find two to 10 crew members, pick a crew leader and registeryour teambyMarch3. Sign-ups and formsareweb-based,makingparticipation smooth-sailing. Crew leaders receive frequent “Crews Notes” during the campaign to encouragetheir crew members. Crew names and locations are posted on the web. For challengerules and registration information, visit www.med.navy.mil/sites/nmcphc/health-pro-motion/Pages/crews-into-shape.aspx.

NDW NewsFrom NAVFAC WashingtonPublic Affairs

Civilian and military engineers at NavalFacilities Engineering Command Washing-ton, the systems command that deliversand maintains buildings for its military sup-ported commands, are recognized duringNational Engineer Week, Feb. 17-23.

Engineers at NAVFAC Washington are in-volved in all aspects of building facilities, in-frastructure and utilities systems includingproject management, design and construc-tion management on projects that rangefrom smaller public works tasks to multi-million dollar military construction.

“Facility engineers and architects arewho we are,” said Tom Cox, NAVFAC Wash-ington chief engineer. “We provide all phys-ical infrastructure that exists on these instal-lations. From buildings to roads to utilities,at some time we’ve been tasked to get themin place.”

At Naval Support Activity South Potomac(NSASP), this means current projects such asthe Agile Chemical Facility at Naval SupportFacility (NSF) Indian Head. The project sup-ports the existing mission to manufacturenitrate esters, including torpedo fuel. Theproject consists of constructing several newfacilities and renovating existing facilities.

Engineers are also working on upgradesto NSF Indian Head’s steam distributionsystem, to replace the Goddard Power Plant.The project will reduce energy consump-

tion, decrease utility costs, and improvesteam distribution.

“The South Potomac Public Works De-partment provides facilities and engineer-ing services to multiple tenant commandsin support of their missions and the jointwarfighter,” said Cmdr. Jeffrey Brancheau,NSASP public works officer. “Our person-nel interface with a wide array of clientsand strive to provide cost-effective andefficient service including constructionproject support, facilities maintenance,

CEC Officers, NAVFAC CiviliansRecognized During NationalEngineer Week

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From left, Public Works DepartmentSouth Potomac engineers Dan Mc-Creery and James Kjelland, and ar-chitect Ron Castillo review plans foran active project.

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NDW Puts Force Protection to the Test

U.S. Navy photo by MC1 Patrick Gordon.

Security personnel at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Naval Support Activity Washington attend to asimulated casualty during an active shooter exercise Feb. 22. The exercise was one of many held bysix installations in Naval District Washington for the Citadel Shield 2013 (CS13) exercise. CS13 is anantiterrorism field training exercise held throughout the continental United States.

U.S. Navy photo by MC2 John Hamilton

NSAB security officers crouch behind their policecruiser while apprehending a suspect in a train-ing exercise during CS13.

U.S. Navy photo by Andrew Revelos

Naval Support Activity South Potomac police of-ficers advance down a hallway in tactical geartoward a role-playing hostage taker during Cita-del Shield exercises at Naval Support FacilityDahlgren on Feb. 20; the “stack” had to move ina tight formation to provide cover and minimizevulnerabilities.

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ighters, but also the wider

military RDT&E communi-

ty. The installation’s largest

command, the Naval Sur-

face Warfare Center Dahl-

gren Division (NWSC DD),

collaborates with MARCOR-

SYSCOM on a regular basis.

Deal explained why shar-

ing resources is so vital to

military RDT&E. “It is im-

portant for military scien-

tists and engineers to share

knowledge and resources

because by so doing they

are able to accomplish more

with less through the pooling

of talents that would not oth-

erwise be available individu-

ally,” he said. “No single per-

son has all the answers to any

one problem. It is necessary

to collaborate with and be

open to teaming with others

so that we might gain from

one another’s understand-

ings. This is especially true

in the world of science and

engineering where progress

is built on the backs of previ-

ous scientists’ and engineers’

research and discoveries.”

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facilities service, and envi-ronmental support.

“The collective effort ofthe public works team ul-timately supports nationaldefense by delivering andmaintaining quality facilitiesessential to the research, de-velopment and technologyprovided by our tenants to

support the joint warfighter,”adds Brancheau.

Engineers at NAVFACWashington bring compe-tencies in several focus ar-eas. These include projectmanagement, civil, mechan-ical, electrical, structural,fire protection, engineeringand architecture, and con-struction management.

“In my career with NAV-FAC, I’ve been challengedwith each new job assign-

ment,” said Liann Lofton,electrical design engineer.“I take great pride in mywork in helping to achieveour mission, since I get tosee a direct effect on how itaffects the morale of NavySailors and their families.”

The Civil Engineer Corps,which employs approxi-mately 2.5 percent of allNavy officers, is a uniqueorganization with no exactcounterpart in any other

service or any other Navy inthe world. The majority ofthese officers work in con-tract management, publicworks or with the Seabees.

“The Civil EngineerCorps presents a uniqueopportunity for engineer-ing professionals,” saidCmdr. Kevin Bartoe, assis-tant regional engineer. “Weare credentialed engineers,contracting acquisitionspecialists and Navy lead-

ers. The CEC supports con-struction and maintenanceof over $200 billion in plantproperty across the world,while also being ready torespond to natural disastersand contingency conflictsthroughout the world.”

Currently two NAVFACWashington CEC officersare on Individual Augmen-tee assignments supportingOperation Enduring Free-dom in Afghanistan.

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Champagne. “It’s the bestway to train our people. Wecan read books and PowerPoints all day long, but ifwe’re not out, boots on theground, with every part ofthe command doing theirpart to recover from what-ever events are taking place,it means nothing until we’reactually doing it.”

With the conclusion ofCS13, leadership will con-tinue the process of trainingand evaluating its person-nel, eventually leading upto next year’s force protec-tion exercise; but not beforetaking the opportunity toreview the successes of thisyear’s event.

“The most successfulpart of Citadel Shield hasbeen allowing us the oppor-tunity to evaluate our ownpreplanned responses andmeasure those against whatwe are trying to achieve,”said Shaffer.

For more informationfrom NDW, visit the NDWFacebook page at www.face-book.com/NavDistWash.

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The Uniformed Services University of the Health Scienc-es (USU) hosted the first educational panel to focus on themental well-being of deployed gay and lesbian servicemem-bers by featuring four panelists affected by the issue Feb. 6.

Three openly gay and lesbian service members and thewife of one panelist sat for an hour and a half in the SanfordAuditorium at USU to answer questions from 31 militarymental health specialists about the types of issues that af-fect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) servicemembers, especially when deployed.

The panel was part of a 10-day course called “Topicson Deployment Psychology” conducted by the Center forDeployment Psychology (CDP) based in Bethesda, Md.According to Dr. Ken Furman, who organized the course,CDP’s mission is to train military and civilian mentalhealth providers to provide evidence-based care for ser-vice members and their families. “Topics on Deployment

Psychology” focuses on preparing doctors to help servicemembers with deployment preparation, adjustment, sus-tainment, completion and re-acclimation. The course isdesigned specifically for uniformed mental health special-ists who may not have experience being deployed or maybe new to their careers.

Furman arranged the LGBT-themed panel based on hisprofessional estimation that the related areas of therapyneeded to be discussed. “This is one of the areas I thoughtneeded some consideration,” he explained. “It’s not talkedabout in terms of training programs and [was] certainly notbefore ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ [ended].”

During the discussion, students asked questions about avariety of LGBT-specific issues that they had seen with pa-tients or wanted to knowmore about, including coming outin uniform, dealing with harassment, substance abuse, iso-lation and even transgender issues. Panelists talked aboutlife under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT), trust issues withmilitary mental health providers, dealing with hostile co-workers and being isolated when a spouse is deployed.

This included testimony from Angela Shrader, an ArmyCaptain, and Cathy Cooper, her partner of 20 years. To-gether they described life under DADT, navigating conver-sations among military personnel in such a way as to not beidentified as a couple.

Shrader recalled a situation where she was having sur-gery and her supervisor wanted to make sure she had some-one looking after her at home.

“Cathy was there to help me,” she explained. “But Icouldn’t tell my boss that. She was insistent, so I had tomake something up. I told her my mother was coming intotown, which was not true. It went against everything I be-lieve about Army values and integrity.”

Cooper expressed her gratitude for the opportunity toshare their story, “For me it was a privilege to sit beforethose mental health professionals as a same sex wife of anArmy Captain. I hope they left with more insight into theirown comfort level when it comes to treating LGBT persons.”

Panelist Todd Burton, a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S.Army National Guard, shared with the audience his experi-ences while on deployment the day DADT officially ended.

“I immediately came out to my superiors, though it wasprobably easier for me,” he told the group, “because I wasprotected as an officer.”

All four panelists consistently told the students that thedecision of whether or not to come out to fellow servicemembers has a lot to do with the climate of the unit andhow safe they feel.

Afterward, Burton said being a part of the discussion wasa positive experience.

“It was an incredible privilege to participate in this fo-rum,” he added. “The students were engaged, interested,and really want to do the right thing as they move from theclassroom to the field. They presented challenging ques-tions that really showed their commitment to meeting theneeds of all service members.”

CDP Executive Director David Riggs said similar dialogs inthe past have been limited. “Where it’s come up usually for usis in discussions of professional ethics. The question that hascome up over and over again, before DADTwas repealed: ‘Dowehave the obligation to report that someone has comeout?’”

He pointed out that the Topics on Deployment Psychol-ogy panel was different because it focused entirely on LGBTissues, “I thought it was a very nice discussion. The questionsthat were asked were clearly on the minds of the providers.”

Cooper had a similar reaction, “I know the panel discus-sion was beneficial because so many attendees came up tous afterward and thanked us for the insight.”

Burton said he believes the panel’s inclusion at a militarymedical training facility was just as significant as the content.

“The Center’s decision to address this topic is one of themost important steps to date towards full inclusion of LGBTservice members by the military,” he explained. “The medi-cal community is critical. Their willingness to reach out andtalk about these issues now and in the future is a necessarystep towards full integration and acceptance.”

Army Capt. Rich Blake, a student in the course, agreed.“That’s exactly the point,” he said. “More important thanthe content itself or the perspectives that the panelists gavewas the fact that it was actually happening. It was prettyobvious by most of the reactions of the other military psy-chologists in the crowd that this was a big moment in mili-tary history, where there was an open discussion about howpolicies and regulations were affecting the military’s LGBTcommunity and what we’re going to do to make a positiveimpact on that.”

One of the impacts Furman would like to see, he pro-fessed, is students taking what they learned from the panel,as well as the other classes, back to their commands. “Allof these folk are going to go back to their training sites, soI would hope that this would open up discussions for themback there with their training faculty to allow them to ex-plore treatment considerations where the folks actually are.”

The course is conducted five times a year. After seeing howwell thepanelwent, Riggs saidhe supports holding similar pan-els in the future, “I think it’s a good idea; we’ll probably do it.”

USU Hosts Panel on LGBT Mental Health

Photo by Jeremy K. Johnson

Cathy Cooper, left, seated next to her wife of 20years, Army Capt. Angela Shrader, answers ques-tions frommilitary psychologists about life as amilitary spouse in a same-sexmarriage. Three otherpanelists, including Shrader, discussed being lesbi-an and gay in themilitary before and after the policyknown as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” and how being les-bian or gay affected deployment experiences.

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awareness and resiliency for servicemem-bers and their families,” said Grossman.“Military Saves reports pledges increased byover 30 percent from 2007 to 2012.”

The program has shown to be success-ful since its debut in 2007, with 2012 beingthe most successful. The last Military SavesWeek had the largest participation to date,with 339 organizations signed up or reportedparticipating. Those organizations included253 installations, commands, and detach-ments, 62 financial institutions - with over305 branch locations participating - and 24

non-profit organizations. In the first quarterof 2012, 26,394 individuals took the MilitarySaves Pledge, increasing the number of peo-ple enrolled inMilitary Saves to over 128,000.

“As wemove into the future, expect morematerials, resources, and information fromMilitary Saves,” said Grossman. “Our focuson a year-round effort has improved andexpanded. We will continue to engage withcommands and community organizations.Look for financial themes focused on sav-ings throughout the year from your localFamily Support Center.”

For more information on Military SavesWeek, visit www.militarysaves.org, or con-tact a local Fleet/Military and Family Sup-port Center and learn about the savingsevents being offered.

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still be able to provide a quality service, sothe alternative exercise area will be the in-door tennis court area in Building 73,” saidLori Riccio-Walker, Installation MarketingDirector for MWR and Fleet and FamilyReadiness Programs. “During phase 1 of therenovation all of the group exercise classeswill take place on the indoor tennis courtarea in Building W73.”

The phased aspect of the renovation willalso enable more space to be used by cus-tomers while renovations are taking place.

“Typical renovation projects start at thetop and end at the bottom in order to re-duce construction traffic in completed ar-eas,” said Andrew Gutberlet, Deputy PublicWorks Officer at Naval Facilities EngineeringCommand Washington. “By starting on thesecond floor, the contractors will be able tokeep the Fitness Center partially operationalthroughout the construction project.”

Riccio-Walker said the renovation will bethe first major renovation project the WNYFitness Center will have had since it opened

in the late 1990s. She added that customerscan look forward to new floors in the firstfloor exercise area, updated and reconfig-ured locker rooms, a modernized HVAC sys-tem and a brand new reception area.

“The updated HVAC system will providebetter airflow throughout the entire facil-ity,” said Riccio-Walker. “The locker roomsare being reconfigured, allowing the firstfloor locker room area to be Americans withDisabilities Act compliant. The first floor ex-ercise area will be painted and have brandnew flooring installed that will extend up thewall, protecting them from damage, and thereception area will be brand new to provideamore welcoming environment for custom-ers when they walk into the center.”

For the most up-to-date information re-garding the WNY fitness center renovations,sign up for email alerts by emailing your fullname and email to nsaw.marketing1@gmail.com. Updates will also bemade on the NDWFacebook page at http://www.facebook.com/NavDistWash, the NDW Twitter feed,http://twitter.com/NavalDistWash, andhttp://www.cnic.navy.mil/NSAW/Fleet-AndFamilyReadiness/FitnessandSports/index.htm.

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