Pentagram
Published for Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall
Vol. 61, no. 07 February 21, 2014
Basketball champions!
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RACHEL LARUE
Nicole Pittman, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Lady Generals player, goes up for a basket Feb. 16, during the first game of the women’s portion of the Capital Classic Basketball Tournament against Fort Bragg. The women’s team from JBM-HH won the weekend tournament. By Jim Dresbach Pentagram Staff Writer
There was a President’s Day weekend sweep of Armed Forces basketball squads at the 2014
Capital Classic tournament on Joint Base MyerHenderson Hall, as the hosts Fort Myer Generals and Lady Generals ran through bracket and pool play to claim titles in
the 19th annual military hoops get-together. The storyline in Feb. 17’s men’s championship contest featuring the Generals versus Fort Bragg was the ever-changing point margin and lead held at the Fort Myer Fitness Center gymnasium. Sometimes large and expanding and moments later, paper-thin and shrinking, the Generals never trailed during the 40-minute contest, but had numerous brushes with falling behind. But like in the quarterfinal and semifinal games, a group of Generals took turns dominating game segments throughout the team’s championship run. “That’s pretty much what we do,” Cap Classic most valuable player and General guard Montavious Waters said following the 93-90 championship game victory over Bragg. “We have so many guys who can dominate. It seems like we just take turns. That makes it tough to deal with us.” The Myer men grabbed an early 21-6 lead five
Snow and ice removal remain a mission priority By Rhonda Apple Pentagram Staff Writer
It felt like employees and residents on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall had just survived the Jan. 21 snow storm with the highest snow totals on the base and throughout the National Capital Region in the past four years, when Mother Nature brought another batch of winter weather Feb. 12 and 13. The Office of Personnel Management called for federal government offices to shut down Feb. 13. Still the Directorate of Public Works operations and maintenance personnel were out pre-treating the
joint base’s main roads, putting out ice-melt on sidewalks and preparing for another snowfall. Denise Faldowski, operations and maintenance chief for DPW said during inclement weather, each storm is treated as an individual event. “All bases are treated equally. We have developed priority one, two and three routes and parking areas by committee,” she said. “This is revisited each fall to ensure we will continue to meet the mission. For example, a priority 1 route will need to be clear and travelable at all times during and after see SNOW, page 4
Gospel service celebrates AfricanAmerican History Month By Julia LeDoux Pentagram Staff Writer
With song and praise, the Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall gospel service celebrated African-American History Month Feb. 15 at Memorial Chapel on the Fort Myer portion of the joint base with the presentation “the black church and civil rights.” During his sermon, Rev. Leonard R. Smith, pastor of the Mount Zion Baptist
Church in Arlington, Va., explained the civil rights movement and black church go handin-hand. “The reality is, they all came together because they believed that if they could stand together a difference could be made,” he said. Smith said it wasn’t just well-known leaders like Martin Luther King who sparked the civil rights movement. Religious leaders across America whose contributions have
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minutes into the title game as Kevin Clark took control. The Generals forward scored nine points in a span of four minutes as the hosts expanded the lead to as large as 18
points. Bragg continuously whittled into the Myer lead and trailed 41-40 with three minutes and see BASKETBALL, page 6
News Notes Volunteers needed
Volunteers from all services, civilians and family members are needed Feb. 27 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the AMF Capital Plaza Lanes, 4601 Cooper Lane, Hyattsville, Md., in support of the Special Olympics bowling championship. At least 40 volunteers are needed for this event. To sign up, contact Kea Matory at matoryk@usmc-mccs.org or call 703-693-1253 or Master Sgt. James Myers at james.c.meyers.mil@mail.mil or call 703-6961321.
Columbia Pike closed Feb. 22-March 1
The Virginia Department of Transportation has announced that Columbia Pike will be closed in both directions under Washington Boulevard Bridge during demolition of the remaining portion of the old bridge. Columbia Pike traffic will be detoured around the work area. Additional details, including specific detour routes and impacted areas, can be found online at http:// www.virginiadot.org/projects/northernvirginia/route_27-244_interchange. asp.
Fort Myer PX hours
Effective March 1, the hours of the AAFES Post Exchange on the Fort Myer portion of JBM-HH will be from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Sunday hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The post exchange now has a dry cleaners. Also, the grand opening of Subway will be 6:30 a.m. Feb. 26. The military clothing store will relocate to the PX this spring.
Army Voices rescheduled
The U.S. Army Voices will hold a concert March 2 at 3 p.m. at Brucker Hall on the Fort Myer portion of Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall. The concert is free and no tickets are needed for entry.
gone largely unknown by history, were invaluable to the movement, he noted. Later this year the nation will mark the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The law was signed by President Lyndon Johnson of July 2, 1964 and outlawed major forms of discrimination against racial, ethnic, national and religious minorities. It also ended the unequal application
The tax center is located in room 208 of Bldg. 205 on the Fort Myer portion of the joint base. Limited parking is available at the location, and those parking in the area but not using the tax center could be issued a citation. The tax center provides cost-free federal and state income tax return preparation and e-filing for military personnel, their families and other eligible clients throughout the 2014 tax season. Hours of operation are
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Index Community Spotlight Features Community
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Kevin Clark, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Generals player, goes up for a basket Feb. 16, during the annual Capital Classic Basketball Tournament while playing Fort Carson. The men’s team from JBM-HH won the weekend tournament, which ran Feb. 15-17 on JBM-HH.
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Changes coming to Rader pharmacy
The check-in system at the Rader Clinic pharmacy will change on March 3 to an entirely ticketed system. This will eliminate the need for patients to stand in line while they wait and will allow them to sit during the time they are not being served at the window.
Fort Myer tax center open
When the weather strikes, stay informed!
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Iwo Jima
Jack Colby, a World War II veteran, talks to Marines from Headquarters Marine Corps, Headquarters and Service Battalion Henderson Hall, after the annual wreathlaying ceremony in honor of the Battle for Iwo Jima. On Feb. 19, 1945, the United States invaded the island of Iwo Jima as part of the Pacific “island hopping” campaign to combat enemy forces. The Battle for Iwo Jima lasted 31 days and resulted in a U.S. victory that secured a strategic foot hold for follow on forces.
Community Spotlight • Name? Spc. Andrew Carlston. • Job title/where do you work? Tax Center [on the Fort Myer portion of Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall]. • Military service? Army. • Favorite food? Pizza. • Favorite sports team? Chicago Bears. • Favorite athlete? Derrick Rose. • Favorite place you’ve ever traveled to or been stationed? Chicago. • What do you like most about working on/visiting JBM-HH? Being close to D.C. • What are your goals for the year? Stay out of jail, don’t go broke. • What do you like most about living in the National Capital Region? Mild winters. • What’s the best advice you’ve ever received? “Don’t do it.” • If you won the lottery, what would you do? Invest and start a business. • What advice do you have for someone getting stationed at JBM-HH? Enjoy it.
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If you’ve ever looked at a photo, read the caption underneath and thought you could do better, now is your chance. Each week, “Caption This” will have a photo taken from around the base. It’s up to you to figure out the best, funniest or craziest caption that describes what’s going on in the picture. The only rule is you have to KEEP IT CLEAN! “Caption This” submissions can be sent either by emailing them to pentagramjbmhh@yahoo.com, commenting on our Facebook page www.facebook. com/jbmhh or just stopping by Headquarters Bldg. 59, suite 116 and dropping it off. Don’t forget to add the “Caption This” number, your name, rank or position and where you work. Commander, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Every week the Pentagram staff will pick their favorite. The winner’s Col. Fern O. Sumpter’s vision and philosophy: name, caption along with the photo, will be printed in the newspaper. Compete with your friends and coworkers and see who can come up with the With a team of resource management savvy and technically competent best one. And if you have a photo you think would make a great “Caption DoD professionals, establish JBM–HH as DoD’s premier provider of consis- This,” send it in. tent, quality services that enhance readiness and the overall well-being of our customers. We must be ... - Experts at what we do … constantly improving our skills and knowledge. Too much car, too little snow! - Focused … set priorities and complete the mission. - Committed … to the mission and each other, fostering a community of J. Martin Cook, retired USNR excellence. - Professional/respectful … remain calm, even when others are not… count on each other at all times, treating everyone with dignity and respect.
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Safety tip The last time I didn’t wear a seat belt By Staff Sgt. David Niesen Wisconsin National Guard
I grew up during a time when most states didn’t have laws requiring vehicle occupants to wear a seat belt. As a teenager, I wore a seat belt when I was riding in the car with my parents. Riding with my friends, however, was a different story. For some strange reason, it was uncool to wear a seat belt, especially when riding in a cool car. We knew it was wrong, but what teenager wants to look uncool? One friend had an early 80s Mercury Lynx with automatic shoulder belts. As soon as you closed the car door, the shoulder belt would ride up a track that ran above the window. The lap belt, however, had to be fastened manually. Being young and naïve, we figured the shoulder belt would be good enough. Little did we know that we’d soon get to test the importance of those shoulder belts. One evening, as we returned from visiting our girlfriends who lived in a neighboring town, my friend decided to pass a tractor-trailer that was going too slow for us. The highway we were traveling on was flat and we were out in the middle of nowhere, so my friend started to make his move. As the front bumper of our vehicle reached the rear bumper of the semi, my friend saw a car up ahead coming around a slight bend in the road. He hit the brakes and quickly moved back to the right. In his haste to avoid the oncoming vehicle, he overshot the road and our right tires rode over the gravel shoulder. He then hit the brakes again as he tried to move the tires back onto the road. This time, though, the brakes locked up and we went into a skid. As we slid toward a ditch, the right-rear tire blew out and the rim dug into the soft dirt beyond the gravel, causing us to overturn two and half times. We ended up straddling the ditch upside down, the roof of the car saved from being smashed by resting in the void. As we hung there, I remember thinking just how lucky we were to have had those automatic shoulder belts. Because the passenger door window did not break, I was unable to get out on that side. After we took off our shoulder belts, we were both able to crawl out the back door windows. Of course, nobody stopped to help. As we inspected the damage to the vehicle and the path we’d taken to end up inverted in a ditch, I realized how easily things could have turned out differently. Fortunately, somebody did call an ambulance for us (this was before widespread cellphone use), and we were taken to the hospital. In the end, I walked away with a couple of bruises. My buddy just needed a few stitches from where he grabbed the windshield as it came in on him. I decided that night I would never ride in a car again without my seat belt, and I wouldn’t let anyone else go without one either.
Did You Know? New Hampshire is the only state that doesn’t require drivers to wear seat belts when operating a motor vehicle.
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Good Samaritans not in short supply on JBM-HH By Julia LeDoux Pentagram Staff Writer
A pair of military police officers are being hailed by their leadership as good Samaritans after a routine traffic stop turned into a medical emergency recently on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall. “We were just doing an ordinary, routine patrol,” said Sgt. John W. Massey of the 289th Military Police Company. Massey and Sgt. David L. Smith were recently on Gorgas Road preparing to turn onto Sheridan Avenue when they noticed a vehicle pull up to the stop sign on Sheridan Road. “He did everything right,” said Massey. “We came to our stop and he proceeded to pull forward. We pulled in behind him.” Massey noticed that the driver, a retired Marine and Vietnam veteran, appeared disoriented. The driver was also traveling at about 10 miles an hour below the posted speed limit. “We were starting to impede the flow of traffic,” Massey continued. “I just thought he might have been lost. He crossed the double yellow [line] and failed to maintain his lane three different times.” The pair then initiated a traffic stop on the basis that they felt the driver needed help. “I just wanted to see if he needed help finding wherever it was he needed to go,” said Massey. Massey flipped the lights of his patrol vehicle on, but the driver did not stop. Confident that the man had seen the lights and knew he was behind him, Massey sounded his siren a couple of times. The driver eventually stopped. “There was other traffic on
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Sgt. David Smith, left, and Sgt. John Massey, both with the 289th Military Police Company, pose for a photograph in Bldg. 417, Feb. 12. Smith and Massey both helped people in distress in separate incidents.
the road, which is one of the reasons I wanted to stop him and see if he needed help and get him on his way,” he said. The driver had his window down and Massey asked if he needed help. “He just kind of looked up at me and wasn’t really putting normal sentences together,” said Massey. “He seemed really confused. I took a step back for a minute and re-evaluated what was going on.” Massey then leaned back into the window and began asking the driver questions. “He just seemed to be confused and puzzled; he didn’t appear to know where he was,” Massey said. Massey requested that the patrol supervisor come out. Massey explained what was going on and a dispatcher made contact with the man’s wife. “His wife, without any hesitation said he was a diabetic and his blood sugar level plummeted and he basically went
into diabetic shock behind the wheel,” he continued. Paramedics from the Fort Myer Fire Department discovered that the man’s blood sugar was seriously low. The man was transported by Arlington County to a hospital, where he was successfully treated. Massey and Smith aren’t the only good Samaritans to recently help someone out in need at the joint base. Community members Willie and Lynne Phillips were recently at the Post Exchange on the Fort Myer portion of the joint base when a 90-yearold woman fainted while at the cash register. Military police officer Spc. Michael Hughes responded. A check of the woman’s vital signs showed everything was fine. That’s when the Phillips stepped up and offered to drive her to her son’s house in Fairfax, ensuring that she arrived home safely. The Pentagram will continue to follow these stories.
Happy birthday,
Mr. President
PHOTOS BY STAFF SGT. LUISITO BROOKS
Soldiers from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), help honor President George Washington’s 282nd birthday at his Mt. Vernon, Va. home, Feb. 17. The celebration included a wreath laying ceremony, a firing demonstration by Soldiers from the Commander-InChief’s Guard, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) and a musical performance by The Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps.
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Snow, from page 1 a snow event. A priority 3 parking area, such as Tri-Services, may not be cleared until a few days after the storm.” The snow team follows procedures outlined in Army Regulation 420 (Facilities Management). DPW’s O and M and the grounds contractor conduct pre-treatment of road surfaces on JBM-HH prior to expected winter weather. Faldowski said the type of pre-treatment is dependent on the storm coming in. “If a storm is coming in and it is beginning as snow, we pre-treat with a brine solution. You will know when this has been done because the roads appear to be striped,” she said. “If the storm moving in is beginning as rain, we cannot use the brine or salt because it will wash off the surfaces.” She said facility employees can prepare for an on-coming snow/ice storm by making sure they have ice melt on hand. DPW distributes ice melt daily from 1-2 p.m. at JBM-HH’s Bldg. 325 on the Fort Myer portion of the joint base and at the same time at the P Street lot on the Fort McNair portion of JBM-HH. JBM-HH residents can help prior to the storm by moving vehicles to non-priority routes and parking lots.
Faldowski said seven to 10 inches of snow fell on JBM-HH overnight Feb. 13. DPW’s O and M snow team worked long hours, plowing major roads and clearing secondary streets, to remove the accumulation. Anthony Taylor, a JBM-HH DPW supervisor, said the DPW O and M snow team clears roadways and parking areas; the grounds contractor is responsible for sidewalks up to each facility’s steps. The housing contractor is responsible for clearing sidewalks and steps in the residential areas, according to Kevin Fleming, a JBM-HH Executive Management Housing Directorate supervisor. “Do not attempt to stop one of the plow trucks or heavy equipment during snow/ice removal,” said Taylor. “Safety is our priority, and it is difficult to stop these vehicles on icy or snow-packed roads.” Likewise, joint base personnel should never attempt to flad down plow trucks, Fleming said. DPW’s service desk/emergency number, 703696-3263, can be used to help deploy team members to places that may have been missed or have iced over after being cleared. “This is the best way to ensure your call will be addressed because you will get a service order number,” said Faldowski.
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RACHEL LARUE
Top: A snow plow clears snow out of the Tri-Service parking lot on Joint Base MyerHenderson Hall Feb. 14. The snowstorm, dubbed “Pax,” dumped over half a foot of snow in the region and closed the federal government in the National Capital Region Feb. 13. Bottom: Spc. Tony Girod, The Old Guard 529th, shovels snow behind the dining facility Feb. 14. PHOTO BY
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Soldiers of the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) conduct memorial affairs in spite of Arlington National Cemetery being closed due to the inclement weather from winter storm Pax, Feb. 13.
History, from page 1 of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, workplaces, and in facilities that served the general public. Smith said perhaps the greatest accomplishment of the civil rights movement was that it dismantled the “awful atrocity that was called apartheid in America, and thank God it dismantled that system, and we proclaim the glory and creed that we are free at last,” he noted. “I’m convinced that the civil rights movement was the greatest and most influential movement of social reform of the 20th century.” The celebration also included a presentation by the Rough Riders Junior Buffalo Soldiers of America Northern Virginia Chapter. Buffalo Soldiers is the name given to six African-American cavalry regiments formed after the Civil War. Members of the gospel service’s youth ministry also portrayed freedom riders who rode buses into the segregated south in 1961. “It’s impossible to move forward unless you know where you came from,” said Chap. (Navy Lt.) Devon Foster, pastor of the Gospel Service. Keeper of the Community Awards were presented to
Fisayo Quadri, a senior at Charles Herbert Flowers High School in Silver Spring, Md., Rev. Dr. Perry A. Smith III, a Freedom Rider in 1961; Carlton Kent, who served as the 16th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps; and Army Maj. Gen. (Dr.) Nadja West, who is the Joint Staff surgeon at the Pentagon. The awards were established in 2006 and are given to individuals and organizations that impact the community by their deeds, service and achievements.
Special presentations were made to Edgar A. Brookins, who chaired the gospel service’s African-American History Month program for two decades, and gospel service volunteer Machelle Reynolds were presented with the first Edgar A. Brookins Keeper of the Community Award. Patrick Lundy and the Ministers of Music, featuring urban jazz harmonicist Frederic Yonnet performed a number of musical selections throughout the presentation.
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Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, the center is open from 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Beginning Feb. 8, the center will be open every other Saturday from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. To schedule an appointment, call 703-696-1040. Henderson Hall tax center open Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps tax center, located in room 105 Bldg. 29 on the Henderson Hall portion of JBM-HH, is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. The center provides fast and free tax preparation and electronic filing for federal and state tax returns. No appointments are necessary. Appointments are available for more complex tax returns. Bring your military ID; all W2s, 1099s, 1098s; social security cards for all family members; EIN for day-care providers; all documents supporting deductions and credits; copies of your 2012 federal and state tax returns; and tax power of attorney or IRS form 2848. For more information, call 703-693-7001. MCX renovation update On or about March 7, the parking lot at the rear of the Marine Corps Exchange will be inaccessible to all patrons. The closure is expected to last until March 17. Pedestrian access through the area at the rear of the MCX will be intermittently impacted over the next two weeks when construction crews require closing access for safety. The Java Café will continue to open at its regular time, 7:30 a.m. weekdays, 9 a.m. Saturdays and 10 a.m. Sundays. During crane operations, March 1 to 14, Java Café patrons should park in the MCX garage, use the breezeway entrance on the second floor and enter the Java Café from inside the MCX, which will open to permit access to Java Café only. During crane operations March 10 to 14, pedestrian access in and around the MCX second floor and at The Vineyard Wine & Spirits will be impacted periodically. American Clipper barber shop patrons may use the side entrance during these times. The Marine Club should not be affected. Please check www.facebook.com/mccshh for updates. For their safety, patrons are asked to obey all signage in and around the construction site. Any concerns may be directed to MCCS operations at 571-483-1947. Military Saves campaign The Military Saves financial readiness campaign will have information available at the JBM-HH commissary Feb. 25 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; at the dining facility Feb. 26 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and in the lobby of the community center on the Fort Myer portion of the joint base Feb. 28 from 10 a.m. to noon. Fife and Drum Corps celebrates 54 years Join the Soldiers of The United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps as they celebrate the Corps’ 54th birthday with a special performance Feb. 24 beginning at 7 p.m. in Conmy Hall on the Fort Myer portion of JBM-HH. The musical performance will include performances by the Historical Flutes and Historical Trumpets, Fife Ensemble, The Old Guard Drumline and a full marching performance by the Fife and Drum Corps. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit http://fifeanddrum.army.mil/54.html. Mobile DMV to visit Fort Myer portion of joint base The JBM-HH Army Career and Alumni Program will sponsor the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicle’s mobile unit Feb. 25 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the parking lot in front of the bowling center and Spates Community Club. They will provide all or most of the services provided at regular DMV offices. The mobile unit provides JBM-HH servicemembers, their families, DoD civilians and retirees a different and convenient venue without having to go to a regular DMV office. For more information, call 703-6966903. Book signing at Pentagon Military Clothing Store Retired Army Gen. Colin Powell will sign copies of his book, “It Worked for Me In Life and Leadership” at the Tri Services Pentagon Military Clothing Store, room #5E1084 Feb. 25 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Rader Dental Clinic closed Feb. 26 Rader Dental Clinic, Building 525 on the Fort Myer portion of Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, will close for mandatory staff training Feb. 26 from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. In addition, there will be no “sick call” at the Rader Dental Clinic – from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. – but all other appointments will still occur. In an emergency during this time, report to the Fort Belvoir Dental Clinic between 7 and 7:30 a.m. or return to Rader the following day. For more information, call 703-696-3460.
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LEDOUX
Urban jazz harmonicist Frederic Yonnet performs Feb. 15 during the Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall gospel service’s Black History Month celebration at Memorial Chapel on the Fort Myer portion of the joint base.
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News Notes, from page 4 International spouse group meets If you are an international spouse and you wish to meet other international military spouses in the community for networking, mark your calendar for the next meeting of the international spouse group, Feb. 26 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at American Legion Post 139, 3445 Washington Blvd., Arlington, Va. For more information, contact Corwin Smith, JBM-HH ACS relocation program manager at 703-6960153/3510. Using technology to stalk In this interactive workshop, set for Feb. 27 from 9-10 a.m. in the community activities center, Bldg. 405 on the Fort Myer portion of the joint base, participants will learn about the various ways offenders use technologies such as phones, computers, video cameras and global positions systems (GPS) to stalk or premeditate crimes. Participants will also learn about preventative measures, safety planning and legal remedies in order to promote safety, justice and healing. Registration is required. For questions, call 703-696-3512 or email karen.a.stpierre.ctr@mail.mil. Baby stages This class, held Feb. 28 from 1 to 3 p.m. in the ACS classroom in Bldg. 201 on the Fort Myer portion of the joint base, provides an overview of developmental milestones for children up to 3 years of age. Learn how to access your child for developmental milestones and discuss activities that you can do to help improve your child’s social, gross motor and cognitive development. Registration is required. For questions, call 703-696-3512 or email karen.a.stpierre.ctr@ mail.mil. Game on Operation Game On is a single-elimination gaming tournament for 80 active duty ser-
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News Notes vicemembers to participate in and will be held March 1 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the USO Warrior and Family Center at Fort Belvoir, 5940 9th Street. Review tournament information and register by visiting https://operationgameon2014.eventbrite.com. Soldier, family fitness Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness will conduct training March 2 from 1 to 3:30 p.m. at Bldg. 417, room 218 on the Fort Myer portion of JBM-HH. To register, contact Cpt. Paul Brown at 703-696-2619 or Sgt. Avrion Oliver at 703-696-5962. Trans-parenting This two-part seminar, held March 3 and 10 from 9 to 11 a.m. in Bldg. 201 on the Fort Myer portion of JBM-HH, is designed to provide parents who are separated or divorced with the tools to ensure that they are able to continue supporting and encouraging their children despite the breakup of the family unit. You must attend both sessions to receive a certificate of completion. Registration is required. For questions, call 703-696-3512 or email karen.a.stpierre.ctr@mail.mil. Commander’s race series The JBM-HH commander’s race series kicks off its 2014 season March 14 with the Shamrock Shuffle 5k run and 1-mile walk. Race begins at 6:30 a.m. at the Myer Fitness Center, Bldg. 414. Registration is free and the first 90 registrants will receive a Shamrock Shuffle T-shirt. You can register on-line at www.jbmhhmwr. com until midnight, March 12. Race day registration will be accepted at the Myer Fitness Center, Bldg. 414, from 5:30 to 6:15 a.m. Awards will be presented for largest military unit, top male and female finishers of the 5k and 1-mile walk, along with top finishers for each age group in the 5k. For further information or questions, call Todd Hopkins at 703-
696-0594 or email todd.a.hopkins.civ@mail.mil. Be on the lookout for registration information for the April 4 cherry blossom race along the river 3.5k-run and 1.5 k walk at Fort McNair. Roman Catholic Lent/Easter schedule 2014 Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Forts Myer and McNair Roman Catholic Lent/Easter schedule is as follows. All services are at Memorial Chapel unless otherwise indicated. Additional services will be published in upcoming editions of the Pentagram. March 5 Ash Wednesday Mass and the distribution of ashes: Fort Myer Memorial Chapel at noon and 6 p.m. Fort McNair NDU (location to be determined) at noon. March 7, 14, 21, 28 and April 4 and 11: Stations of the Cross at 6 p.m., followed by a penitential supper (meatless soup and bread) in the fellowship hall at 6:30 p.m. March 30 – April 2: Lenten retreat at Memorial Chapel. March 30, first session at 6 p.m. (no meal). March 31, meal at 6 p.m. and second session at 6:45 p.m. April 1, meal at 6 p.m. and penance service at 6:45 p.m. April 2, meal at 6 p.m. and final session at 6:45 p.m. ACAP March schedule The Army Career and Alumni Program has scheduled seminars and workshops, including retirement and ETS workshops, entrepreneur and smart investment seminars, federal resume workshops and more. See the complete schedule at www.slideshare.net/JBMHH/acapschedule-jan-mar-2014.
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Army coach leads Team USA to more Olympic medals By Gary Sheftick, ARNEWS and Tim Hipps, IMCOM
U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program and Team USA Olympic skeleton coach Sgt. 1st Class Tuffy Latour received a whole lot of love from his skeleton athletes on Valentine’s Night at Sanki Sliding Centre. Latour, 45, a four-time Olympic coach from Saranac Lake, N.Y., has led U.S. and Canadian athletes to six Olympic medals. He helped coach Team USA’s Noelle Pikus-Pace to an Olympic silver medal and Katie Uhlaender to a fourth-place finish Feb. 14 in the women’s skeleton event. One day later, Latour led Matt Antoine to an Olympic bronze medal and John Daly to 15th place in men’s skeleton. “He’s a rock,” Pikus-Pace said. “He’s the absolute best coach I’ve ever had, whether it’s track and field, skeleton, softball, basketball or soccer. “It’s not just because of his coaching on the track.” It’s because of the sacrifice he makes for us. He puts his athletes first, and he cares so much about us. He’s results-based and all about what will make us better as a team.” Uhlaender thanked Latour for his support at the start of the bobsled run, and asked him to hold the good-luck necklace charm she usually wears during competition. It was the Major League Baseball National League Championship ring passed on by her late father, Ted Otto Uhlaender, whose Cincinnati Reds lost the 1972 World Series in seven games to the Oakland Athletics. Katie told Tuffy she wanted to make the final Olympic run on her own — without her father’s presence, yet in honor of his name. It was a psychological way of “moving on,” so to speak. Ted Uhlaender, an outfielder for the Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds from 1965 through 1972, died of a heart attack at his ranch in Atwood, Kan., on Feb. 12, 2009, shortly before Katie finished second in the World Cup season finale at Utah Olympic Park in Park City, Utah. “He made me feel like a warrior,” Uhlaender said. “He made me feel like I have a purpose, and I felt like I lost my way when he passed away.” Nonetheless, Katie came roaring back on skeleton tracks and battled through numerous injuries to finish fourth at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games — five years and two days after losing her dad. Seemingly atop her game during the 2012-2013 World Cup skeleton season, Uhlaender again was forced to persevere after suffering a concussion last autumn. Having resiliently rebounded from numerous injuries and surgeries, including a shattered kneecap, Uhlaender expected to be in the medal hunt here. “I can’t help but wonder what if I hadn’t had that concussion, what if I had slid more, what if my start number was better,” she said. Pikus-Pace did not complete her six training runs here for the women’s skeleton event and few really knew what troubled the sure-fire Olympic medal contender. She missed some practice runs and blamed it on back pains. During a post-race press conference after winning the silver and sniffing the flowers, Pikus-Pace admitted that she had sustained a concussion.
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U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program and Team USA skeleton coach Tuffy Latour shouts encouragement to Katie Uhlaender en route to her fourth-place finish in Olympic women’s skeleton on Feb. 13 at Sanki Sliding Centre in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Latour also helped lead Team USA’s Noelle Pikus-Pace to the silver medal in the same event.
“On Wednesday, I had a concussion,” Pikus-Pace said. “On Friday, I was getting MRIs. I was pretty out of it. I couldn’t see clearly. My vision was blurred, so for medical reasons, I could not take those runs. … My back has bothered me, but my federation was just trying to protect me from the media to protect me for this race. I had the MRIs on Friday, and it was just deduced that I needed to take the maximum runs off that I could. But, honestly, I felt my best, and I felt very good today.” After likely the final race of her career, Pikus-Pace said she was “confident and coming back,” and experienced “only a little vertigo,” but “Lizzy just threw down.” Elizabeth Yarnold won Great Britain’s first gold medal of the Sochi Games with a four-run cumulative time of 3 minutes, 52.89 seconds. Pikus-Pace (3:53.86) took the silver, followed by bronze medalist Elena Nikitina (3:54.30) of host Russia. Uhlaender finished fourth in 3:54.34. “I slid my heart out,” said Uhlaender, 29, of Breckenridge, Colo. “There wasn’t anything else I could have done. I am heartbroken.” Already a world champion, World Cup champion and Olympian, Pikus-Pace finally got the Olympic medal that eluded her by one-tenth of a second at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Whistler, B.C., Canada. She retired from skeleton to expand her family, but a miscarriage in 2012 inspired her back onto the fast track. Her husband, Janson, and two
children, Lacee and Tracyen, supported her long road to Sochi and were here Feb. 14 to share in the celebration. “It was worth the wait,” Pikus-Pace said. “It was worth every minute of it. Honestly, getting hit by the bobsled, people said: ‘Oh man, that’s horrible.’ Getting fourth at the Olympics, they said: ‘Ah, too bad. Then I had the miscarriage at 18 weeks, and many tears were shed. But if I hadn’t gone through every single one of those things I could not be here today. And this is right where I want to be, and to have my family here, the love and support, it’s just beyond words — just beyond words.” During another post-race interview, she expressed her silver-stricken sentiments with rearranged words. “It is so surreal,” Pikus-Pace said. “This is everything I could have imagined and more, just to have my family here with me and all of the love and support and cheers we’ve had, and all of the trials we’ve had to overcome to come to this moment. This is as good as gold.” The proud gleam in Latour’s eyes seemed to say it all during the flower ceremony. “It’s just incredible,” Latour said while riding a van down the mountain from the skeleton start to the finish. “We’ve been working hard all season for the last two years with Noelle through a lot of ups and downs, and ever since we got here, she just hasn’t felt well. It was kind of a battle for her to just even get here to these races. For her to come out and finish second was as good as gold to her. “She wanted to come out and win a medal at the Olympic Games, and we got her there. It was little disappointing that we couldn’t get Katie up on the medal stand, as well.” U.S. Olympic men’s skeleton athletes also praised Latour. “Tuffy has been the best coach I’ve ever had in my life,” said John Daly, who finished 15th in the Olympic men’s skeleton event Feb. 15. “The one thing he’s kind of drilled into us is: ‘It’s a process, it’s not about results. You focus on the process. You focus on curves one, then two and on down.’ That’s a rea lly hard thing to do, but he’s always had confidence in us. He’s always kind of believed in us. We look to him when we don’t believe in ourselves, and we see what he sees, and that’s kind of how it goes, and that’s kind of why we do well.” Antoine claimed Olympic medal number six for Latour’s athletes when he struck bronze in men’s skeleton Feb. 15. “He started with us in 2010 and he’s taken the team to new heights,” Daly said. “He’s taken us all to a medal in each world championships, so you couldn’t really ask for a better coach.” “It’s great to be in WCAP,” Latour concluded. “Anytime you can serve your country and represent it at the same time, it’s very, very special. The Russians have put on a great Olympics. The Sochi Games are awesome. The facilities are first class. This is probably one of the best sliding facilities in the world. They have all these gondolas bringing people to these different facilities. It’s spectacular.” (Editor’s note: Check out news about U.S. military participation in the 2014 Sochi Olympics online at: defense. gov/home/features/2014/0114_olympics/. Amanda Bird of USA Skeleton contributed to this article.)
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Basketball, from page 1 55 seconds to play in the first half, when Waters went on his own personal scoring streak. The past All-Army guard dropped down the General’s next nine points and dished an assist to Lavor Postell to give Fort Myer a 52-40 lead with 1:04 remaining before the halftime break. Waters tacked on an additional field goal and technical foul shot, and the Generals led 55-40 after 20 minutes of play. Bragg, the defending Cap Classic champs, trimmed an 18-point, secondhalf deficit to have prime opportunities to tie or take the lead. At the 5:54 and 4:42 marks of the final half and during the final two minutes of play, Bragg possible go-ahead possessions were turned away by the General’s defense. “Defense played a major role in the last minute of the game,” Generals coach Marcus Hall said. “We had been playing man-to-man throughout [the] majority of the game; we decided to give them a different look by playing a match-up, 3-2 zone to eliminate their guards from penetrating to the basket.” During the final five minutes of play, Myer’s largest lead was four points following Terrell Moorer’s field goal with 4:09 remaining. Moorer scored 10 of his 14 points in the final half. Clark led the championship game scoring effort with 20 points as five Generals finished in double figures. With just two female teams participating in the tournament, the Lady Generals and Fort Bragg Lady Dragons played a best of three series. Myer scored a pair of Feb. 16 victories by the scores of 88-65 and 86-78, and Lady General Syreeta Bromfield earned the most valuable player nod. Teammates Erneisha Bailey, Keyanna Wakefield, Kathy Brown and Charlisa Cummings were named to the all-tournament team. During the women’s opener, the Lady Generals traded the lead 10 times in the first half, but despite scoring 25 points in game one, Bromfield felt finishing off a two-game sweep was the most important factor of the tournament. “I was kind of surprised [by the MVP award] because I felt like I didn’t play very well in the first game but did OK in the second game,” Bromfield said. “We had our mind made up to just take care of business on Sunday because we didn’t want to play them a third time on Monday.” In near dawn to past dusk action on Sunday, the Myer men posted their first win against Bragg during an 8 a.m. contest followed by a 97-82 victory against Camp Lejeune. In the 98-94 win over Bragg, a Clark baseline
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Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Lady Generals head coach Sherman Sherin talks to the players during the game against Fort Bragg Feb. 16. The women’s team from JBM-HH won the weekend tournament.
By Rear Adm. Sean Buck Director, 21st Century Sailor Office
Several national papers ran a wire service article this weekend that analyzed sex crimes reported in Japan between 2005 and early 2013. The article made it clear that military leaders recognize that sexual assault is a crime that destroys trust, divides teams and degrades the military’s operational effectiveness. Unfortunately, the article provides numbers without context or background. Without rebutting the article point by point, I want to raise a few issues that should be considered. First, it’s important to note that there are multiple offenses covered under Article 120 of the UCMJ, ranging from rape to non-penetrating contact offenses, such as groping. Second, each case is judged on its own merits, and if there is a conviction, the sentencing is awarded based on the unique facts in that case. The article might lead Sailors to think that commanders – particularly those in Japan — do not take their responsibility to make accountability decisions in sexual assault cases seriously. This is simply not true. In Japan, as in all other locations, every report of sexual assault is and will continue to be taken seriously, fully investigated by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), and presented to commanders for action as appropriate. NCIS agents and commanders do not work alone. Vice Adm. Nan DeRenzi, Judge Advocate General
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jumper with 36 seconds to play combined with Ernest Hassell’s one and the bonus free throws cemented the victory. Waters and Postell both scored a team-high 18 points in the initial Bragg encounter. Against Lejeune, Postell led the Generals with 26 points and the tournament’s male three-point champion, Sean Hackshaw added 11 points. To open the Cap Classic Feb. 15, Fort Myer nearly topped the 100-point plateau in a 97-83 win over Fort Carson. Waters led Myer with 25 points; Hackshaw scored 15 while Deon Coleman and Albert Glover notched 12 points and 10 points, respectively. Moorer, Hassell and Clark, along with Fort Bragg’s Kendrick Fox and Chadrick Dewitt and Camp Lejeune’s J. Demarcus White, were named to the Capital Classic all-tournament team.
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Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Generals players and coaches gather Feb. 15 during a time out while playing Fort Carson for the annual Capital Classic Basketball Tournament. JBM-HH won both the men’s and women’s portions of the tournament.
of the Navy, has noted the involvement military lawyers have in the process. “Prosecuting attorneys and staff judge advocates work with NCIS and commanders every step of the way,” she said, “offering legal advice on investigative actions and advising commanders on the appropriate disposition of cases.” Cases which may warrant trial by general court martial go through an Article 32 pretrial investigation process that is presided over by a judge advocate who makes recommendations regarding proper disposition. Then, before any case is referred to a
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irst and foremost, responsibility for fostering a climate intolerant of sexual assault lies with our commanding officers.” – Rear Adm. Sean Buck general court martial, the commander’s staff judge advocate provides separate written advice as to appropriate disposition. If you read my blogs, you know that a lot is happening, not just in Japan, but around the world to prevent sexual assault in our Navy. The truth is, only relatively recently did we begin to understand the magnitude of the challenge. As soon as we learn, we act – and not just piece by piece, but along the entire continuum of care. We’ve created changes in our reporting, investigative and adjudicative procedures – changes which have earned critical trust and resulted in increased reporting, which deepen our understanding.
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Fort Myer Generals guard Montavious Waters finishes a first-half drive with a reverse layup against Fort Bragg during the final day of the 2014 Capitol Classic basketball tournament. The Generals went undefeated during tourney and Waters was named the Cap Classic most valuable player.
First and foremost, responsibility for fostering a climate intolerant of sexual assault lies with our commanding officers. They, along with their executive officers and senior enlisted advisors, have the responsibility of creating a professional command climate that will not tolerate, condone or ignore sexist language and behavior, hazing, sexual harassment or sexual assault. Over the past year, we have aggressively implemented a variety of new initiatives designed to improve victim confidence, including reforms to the military justice system, creation of dedicated legal support to victims, enhanced access to victim advocacy and increased training and awareness for the entire force. The FY14 NDAA provided the most sweeping reform to the Uniform Code of Military Justice since 1968 – over 30 different military justice provisions that are intended to enhance victims’ rights and improve the military justice process. The Navy believes that these reforms significantly strengthen our prevention and response program. If we are to continue to gain the trust of servicemembers, then we must ensure that our process of investigation and adjudication not only protects the due process rights of the accused but also fully respects victims’ rights, to include that victims be protected from the accused, accorded every means of privacy and treated with dignity and respect. In fact, we’ve already seen a 46 percent increase in reporting since last year. That’s good. That proves to me that the awareness level of this problem has already improved. Faith in our process is growing to the point that more victims are now coming forward. I’m hoping that sooner than later, the survey data will match the reporting data. Both numbers need to come down.
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Erneisha Bailey, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Lady Generals player, charges down the court Feb. 16, during the first game of the women’s portion of the Capital Classic Basketball Tournament against Fort Bragg. The women’s team from JBM-HH won the weekend tournament.
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Tournament MVP Montavious Waters splits the Fort Bragg defense in a Feb. 15 morning match up against the North Carolina base team. The host Generals beat Bragg 98-94 and 93-90 for two of their four 2014 Capitol Classic victories.
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History
From left, Sgt. Maj. Earlene Y. Lavender, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall command sergeant major, poses for a photograph with Paul Glenshaw, of The Discovery of Flight Foundation and the Wright Experience; David McCullough, author and historian; Michael Hill, McCullough’s researcher and Peter Drummey, Librarian of the Massachusetts Historical Society. The group was on hand to conduct research for McCullough’s 2015 book on the history of the Wright brothers.
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Ernest Hassell, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Generals player, goes up for a basket Feb. 15, during the annual Capital Classic Basketball Tournament while playing Fort Carson. The men’s team from JBM-HH won the weekend tournament, which ran Feb. 15-17 on JBM-HH.
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National Capital Region Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society set to conduct 2014 annual fund drive By Petty Officer 2nd Class Pedro A. Rodriguez Naval District Washington Public Affairs
The Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) annual fund drive will run March 3, and is scheduled to continue for six weeks, until April 11. The NMCRS fund drive kickoff is scheduled for March 4 at the Pentagon auditorium and will be attended by Command NMCRS fund leads and Navy and Marine Corps leadership. “The purpose of the annual fund drive is to help Sailors and Marines understand the Society’s programs and services available to them and to obtain funds essential to the continuation of the society’s assistance to Marines, Sailors and their families,” said Melodie Weddle, Washington Navy Yard NMCRS office director. Since 1904, the mission of NMCRS is to provide, in partnership with the Navy and Marine Corps, financial, educational, and other assistance to members of the naval services of the United States, eligible family members, and survivors when in need. The society provides need-based financial assistance to eligible recipients in the form of interestfree loans and grants, as well as scholarships and interest-free loans for education. NMCRS also offers financial counseling, thrift shops, and visiting nurse services. In 2013, NMCRS National Capital Region (NCR), covering the states of Maryland, Virginia (north and west of Quantico), New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia, assisted nearly 1,300 active duty and retired Sailors, Marines, and their families providing $1,117,068 in financial assistance. “The fund drive is actually run by the active duty for the active duty,” said Weddle. “I would say that the biggest challenge is meeting the goal of 100 percent personal contact in the National Capital Region.” This year’s fund drive is co-chaired by Rear Adm. Markham Rich, commandant, Naval District Washington, and Maj. Gen. Juan Ayala, commanding general, Marine Corps Installations
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Command. They, through their NMCRS committee coordinators and support team, will be working with commands throughout the designated area to ensure awareness and encourage support of this impactful campaign. Weddle explained that the NCR regional fund drive team is working hard to identify all the pockets of commands in this diverse area. She continued saying that the fund drive is extremely important to NMCRS’s ability to help Sailors and Marines. “The active duty fund drive is the largest
source of donations that the society receives,” said Weddle. “We would be unable to meet the needs of the Sailors, Marines, and their families that seek assistance each year. It is also a powerful tool in getting the message out about our services.” For more information on the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society and how to donate, visit www.nmcrsfunddrive.org. For more information on events happening in NDW, visit www.facebook.com/NavDistWash and www.navy.mil/local/ndw/.
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Seaman Pasquale V. Verrastro, quartermaster, uses a sextant to find the range of a foreign vessel on the bridge wing of the guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage Feb. 10. The annual Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society fund drive, which begins March 4, helps raise awareness of the society’s programs designed to provide financial, educational, and other assistance to Marines, Sailors, and their family members.
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