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Garrison tests systems with active-shooter training exercise By Adrienne Anderson Staff writer Fort Belvoir garrison organizations participated in an activeshooter training exercise May 5, focusing on going over processes to make sure emergency personnel know how to respond to an activeshooter incident on post. “The objectives of the exercise are for the commander (Col. Michelle Mitchell) to observe her garrison employees’ reaction to an active shooter, to exercise and evaluate her emergency responders, to evaluate her incident command post actions and her emergency operations center,” said Donald Smart, operations specialist with the Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security. The scenario took place at Belvoir MWR’s Outdoor Recreation. An irate customer begins shooting customers and employees, which results in both dead and wounded at the incident scene. The role players consisted of Community Emergency Response Team members. The CERT force is the first on any Army installation. They are individuals trained in essential skills, such as light search and rescue and first aid, Smart said. They live within Fort Belvoir neighborhoods and can help their neighbors, as needed, until emergency personnel arrive. The Federal
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Belvoir observes Asian American Pacific Islander Month at 11:30 a.m. today in the Community Center, with a performance by The Hawaiian Entertainment Company. Info is available by calling 703805-2288 or 703-805-5390.
Prostate Cancer Support Group
The Prostate Cancer Support Group meets at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital the second Thursday of every month. The next meetings are today, 1-2 p.m., and 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the Urology Clinic, Sunrise Pavilion, 2nd floor. Spouses and partners are invited. For more information, contact Jane Hudak, 301-319-2918, jane.l.hudak.ctr@mail.mil.
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Officer William Burgess searches for any additional suspects during the May 5 active shooter drill at Fort Belvoir Outdoor Recreation. Emergency Management AgencyThe Directorate of Emergency trained volunteers make perfect role Services, including Fire and See ACTIVE, Page A10 models, Smart said.
Belvoir Army Emergency Relief campaign extended Your dollar makes a difference By Adrienne Anderson Staff writer
The Army Emergency Relief Campaign on Fort Belvoir has been extended from its original deadline of Sunday to May 31. So, it’s not too late to donate. AER has $112,000 donated of a $160,000 goal, which is 70 percent, said Toni Cuttino, Belvoir AER officer. “If everyone on Fort Belvoir gave just one dollar, we could not only meet our goal, but surpass it,” Cuttino said. AER provides emergency financial assistance to Soldiers and their families, mostly from donations to the program, according to the AER website. Financial assistance comes in the form of interest-free loans, grants, partial loans and partial grants. AER has helped a local family whose house burned down. The family lost everything. “AER paid for clothes and furniture until insurance was able to kick in after the investigation,” she said.
Army Emergency Relief Extended through May www.aerhq.org 703-805-3130 In another situation, a Soldier lost his wife, Cuttino said. They had five kids, but AER paid for the Soldier’s parents to fly in to help the kids. AER also paid for the funeral and burial cost until they could get their insurance. Overall, AER helps with needs such as rent or mortgage, vehicle repair, essential furniture, funeral costs, emergency travel, relocation funds for PCS moves, food, dental and medical expenses. For information about AER and how to donate, visit www.aerhq.org. For information on the local AER, contact Toni Cuttino, Belvoir AER officer, 703-805-3130, toni.m.cuttino.civ@mail.mil.
Adults are invited to come to the Community Center Lounge at 9 p.m. Friday for a comedy night, featuring comedian DJ Franchise. Doors open at 8 p.m. and the show starts at 9 p.m. The event has free finger food while it lasts and a cash bar. This event is for adults, 21 and older. Tickets are $15. For more information, call 703-780-0930, ext. 600.
Safety Day
Belvoir’s annual Installation Safety Day is May 19, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., in Bldg. 259, off 16th Street, behind the motor pool.
Join Cub Scouts
Fort Belvoir Cub Scout Pack 118 has its Spring Join Scout Night for families to get information and learn about Cub Scouts and upcoming summer camps. The event is May 19, 6 to 8 p.m. at the Scout Hut, 10002 Caples Road, beside the Belvoir Thrift Shop. Info is available from Lorraine Horton, 808-388-4985, rainyhorton @gmail.com.
Memorial Observance
Belvoir observes Memorial Day at 10 a.m., May 26 at the Cold War Memorial on Long Parade Field. Maj. Gen. Joseph Caravalho Jr., joint staff surgeon for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is guest speaker. Info is available from public affairs, 703-805-2034.
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DLA to help rid Army of excess equipment By Beth Reece Defense Logistics Agency Public Affairs Army officials are depending on the Defense Logistics Agency’s disposal and distribution experts to help remove more than 1.2 million pieces of excess equipment from unit inventories in the next two to three years. The effort, known as “All Army Divestiture,” is expected to free Soldiers from costly, time-consuming maintenance on unneeded items as the service reduces its force structure. “All this extra equipment encumbers the service, in terms of people, manpower hours, resources and money for parts,” said Col. Mike Arnold, DLA’s Army national account manager. “As we help take unneeded equipment off the Army’s property books, Soldiers can focus on the mission-essential equipment that’s staying in the force structure. It’s all about readiness.” DLA will help with divestiture efforts at 13 U.S. installations. Initial planning for each location will be based on the Army’s Master Divestiture List and equipment calculations in the Army’s Decision Support Tool, which weighs the items on units’ property books with what units are authorized. That data will be used to create a plan agreed to by a joint working group comprising installation and unit leaders, and representatives from the Army’s Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, U.S. Army Forces Command and Army Materiel Command. “We’re all going to sit down together and look at what’s excess, then do a bottom-up review of it. We’ll agree, on an installation and unit basis, to what’s going to be turned in or destroyed, what space it’s going to be done in and the process for how it’s going to be done,” Arnold said. DLA gives units two options for divesting surplus equipment. They can turn it into DLA Disposition Services, which will make it available to other federal agencies, as required by
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Ray Menendez, left, a DLA Disposition Services material examiner, helps units at Fort Bliss, Texas, turn in excess property as part of "All Army Divestiture." law. If no federal agency wants the The agency has already supported materiel, DLA Disposition Services divestiture efforts for 3rd Brigade, will demilitarize it, then auction it 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, off to the public — or break it down Texas; and 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored into scrap material that can be sold. Division at Fort Bliss, Texas. Initial The service may also transfer ex- planning for other units and instalcess equipment to DLA Distribution lations is scheduled to take place for repair and storage. In the past, through December, and multiple visunits spent “an inordinate amount its will be made to some installations of money” shipping equipment to to accommodate units’ deployment Red River Army Depot in Texas or and training schedules. Upcoming Sierra Army Depot in California only visits include Fort Bragg, N.C., and to have it shipped elsewhere, Arnold Fort Irwin, Calif., in July. said. Equipment being turned in will “The second-destination costs as- range from common items like tools, sociated with doing that was a huge tents and generators to entire fleets. expense for the Army that can now All light tactical vehicles that aren’t be mitigated through DLA’s partner- fully armored are being turned in, as ship with the Army. DLA has agreed well as some versions of the mine-reto send in a team from DLA Distribu- sistant, armored-protective vehicle, tion to accept items the Army wants Arnold said. to keep on its property books at “Due to the rapid nature of how numerous CONUS-based Army in- we procured MRAPs to keep Soldiers stallations where there is sufficient safe in combat, we ended up with equipment to warrant our forward several different versions from nupresence. From there, we’ll ship it off merous manufacturers. By streamto the appropriate depot for them,” lining the fleet to particular models, he continued. the parts become standard and how DLA Disposition Services will also the Army fixes them becomes rousend teams to installations if neces- tine,” he added. sary, but most stateside installations Helping the service “clean the atalready have personnel and facilities tic” gives DLA a unique opportunity for property turn-ins and disposal. to mentor future logisticians and
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improve Soldiers’ understanding of command supply discipline and maintenance. “Our disposition and distribution folks on the ground are training, mentoring and guiding troops through the process,” Arnold said. “Rather than tell a sergeant he didn’t fill the form out right, our guys are walking them through it, so the property can be turned in.” The process is just as much about changing a culture as the physical act of taking equipment off Soldiers’ hands, he added. Soldiers deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan became accustomed to having their equipment handed to them when they arrive in theater. That resulted in a “rentalcar mentality” in which Soldiers lost the art of logistics, Arnold said. Many are unfamiliar with forms required for property turn-ins and which items must be demilitarized. To help them, DLA created a “smart book” and a series of YouTube videos that outline proper forms and steps to prepare equipment for divestiture. “There’s a whole generation of officers and noncommissioned officers that don’t know the inherent responsibility in maintaining and keeping accountability of all these fleets of equipment,” Arnold added. “One of our goals is to get that mindset back.” As a Defense Department combat support agency, DLA provides all the services, other federal agencies, and joint and allied forces with a variety of logistics, acquisition and technical services. The agency sources and provides nearly all consumable items America’s military forces need to operate, from food, fuel and energy, to uniforms, medical supplies, and construction and barrier equipment. DLA also supplies more than 88 percent of the military’s spare parts. Headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Va., DLA has about 26,000 employees worldwide and supports more than 2,430 weapon systems. More information about DLA is available from www.dla.mil, www.facebook. com/dla.mil or http://twitter.com/ dlamil.
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Belvoir marks National Day of Prayer with breakfast By Amanda Stewart Staff writer With bowed heads and folded hands, a group of Belvoir community members began their day in prayer at the National Day of Prayer Breakfast, May 5 at the Officers’ Club. The annual event, organized by Fort Belvoir chaplains, is part of a nationwide effort to set aside the first Thursday of May each year for prayer. The theme for this year’s 65th annual National Day of Prayer was “Wake Up America.” Belvoir’s prayer breakfast fea-
tured prayers, music, Scripture reading and remarks by guest speaker and chaplain, Lt. Col. Karen L. Meeker, U.S. Army War College fellow, who spoke about thankfulness and about the challenges facing the nation. “Much to be thankful for, to be a citizen of this country that would set aside a day specifically for prayer,” said Meeker. “And, for the thankful, we’re praying every day, right? Every day is a day for prayer. May our hearts always be united in prayer for our country, and for the affairs of our world.” Meeker said there is “so much to
pray for across our country, for there are serious things going on,” asking the audience to pray for leaders of the Army and of the country, and to pray about cultural shifts going on in the nation now. “We need to seek what God is doing in our midst right now,” Meeker said. “The church has lost its place in the public forum … We have not been faithful; we have not sought him and his vision. God is calling
the church to repentance.” Meeker also thanked the audience for choosing to take the time to pray. “The Lord woke us up this morning and you chose to come here this morning. You woke up, breath in your lungs, another day,” Meeker said. For more information about the National Day of Prayer, visit www. NationalDayofPrayer.org.
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USO hosts Medal of Honor recipient By Adrienne Anderson Staff writer Former Staff Sgt. Clinton Romesha, Medal of Honor recipient, visited Fort Belvoir Friday, to promote his new book, “Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor,” which shares the stories of those who were in the same platoon as Romesha, in what he describes as one of the deadliest battles. “What’s really great about it is the amount of help I got from the guys who were there with me,” he said, adding he didn’t want the book to be about him. “To be able to go around the country and interview them face-to-face was part of the healing process for a lot of guys, (through) talking about it openly and to put it down on paper. That way, for those who read it, (they) will get a sense of what these guys and gals do every day when they put on that uniform and serve and sacrifice.” Through the book, he said he hopes others will understand what it means to serve and sacrifice. The actions which led to Romesha receiving the Medal of Honor occurred in October 2009 in Afghanistan. Combat Outpost Keating came under heavy enemy fire from about 300 enemy
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Medal of Honor recipient and former staff sergeant, Clinton Romesha, left, visits with Sgt. Peter Segura, 249th Engineer Battalion, during a brief visit at USO Metro Warrior and Family Center, Friday.
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Superheroes were dancing it up at Friday's Spouse Appreciation Dinner at the Community Center. The Fort Belvoir MWR dinner also featured a DJ, photo booth, vendors and door prizes.
Spouses enjoy superhero-themed appreciation event More than 150 military spouses enjoyed Belvoir MWR’s Superhero-themed Military Spouse Appreciation event Friday. “It is our way of thanking our spouses, who
are heroes themselves, for the support they give to our Soldiers each and every day,” said Romel Voellm, Community Activities Center director for MWR. “We were also happy to see
more male spouses come out this year. This is a great way to show appreciation. We hope the event continues to grow each year for MWR and for military spouses … male and female.”
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AAFES-sponsored food trucks serve dinner to the crowd at Fort Belvoir MWR Movie Night at Specker Field House Saturday.
MWR hosts first movie night of the year Next event June 17, with Elvis tribute
Belvoir’s Morale, Welfare and Recreation hosted its first movie night of the year Saturday, sponsored by Spartan Week. “We thank them and the Fort Belvoir families for coming out this evening to enjoy the various food trucks and a movie,” said Romel Voellm, Community Activities Center director for MWR. “We will start our Family Fun Fridays Movie and Concert series outdoors at the amphitheater on June 17, with an outdoor concert by Lionel Ward,” he said. Ward is an Elvis Presley tribute artist.
Angus Thompson tends the smoker with one of the AFEES sponsored food trucks at Fort Belvoir MWR Movie Night at Specker Field House Saturday before a screening of "Captain America: The Winter Soldier."
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Belvoir Golf Club hosts Kali’s Cure tournament By Rick Musselman Sports editor
Despite chilly temperatures and periods of rain, more than 70 wounded, injured and ill military veterans and their caregivers competed in the inaugural Kali’s Cure – Independence Invitational golf tournament at the Fort Belvoir Golf Club, Saturday. Tee off began at 8 a.m., as part of the broader Spartan Weekend that took place in the National Capital Region, May 5 through Sunday. The Spartan Weekend is a consortium of nonprofit veterans charities dedicated to reducing the suicide rate among U.S. Service members — a number estimated to be as high as 22 per day. According to a recent press release, Kali’s Cure founder, Kali Pung, was paralyzed in a diving accident nearly 10 years ago when she was in her early 20s and she has since been motivated to help men and women who have suffered similar injuries in service to their nation. Special guests for Saturday’s event included retired Col. Gregory D. Gadson, former garrison commander at Fort Belvoir. Gadson has known Pung for several See GOLF, Page B2
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Michael Mucaria tees off on the Gunston course at the inaugural Independence Invitational at Fort Belvoir Golf Course, Friday.
Tennis tourney nears completion with senior, doubles matches By Rick Musselman Sports editor
More than 40 athletes, representing five units assigned to Fort Belvoir, continued the 2016 intramural tennis championship tournament with men’s senior and men’s, women’s and mixed doubles matches, April 27–May 5 at the 14th Street, Graves Fitness Center, and Barracks courts on North and South posts. In the men’s senior open division, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s Shannon Farmer downed Defense Logistics Agency’s Yong Kim in the final to claim the champion trophy, and U.S. Army Legal Services Agency’s Charles Lozano and DLA’s Luis Villarreal earned equal third-place finishes with respective quarterfinal victories over Fort Belvoir Community Hospital’s Loc Tran and DLA’s Jerry Shelton. In the men’s doubles division, DLA’s Chris Boeding See TENNIS, Page B3
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Fort Belvoir Community Hospital’s Matthew Laudie moves into position for the return during his and teammate, Lamel Zarzuela’s FY16 intramural tennis men’s doubles division match series, May 4 at the Graves Fitness Center Courts.
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By Rick Musselman Sports editor
Being a sports editor is a relatively safe line of work — at least compared to coal miners, rodeo clowns and guys who have to do things like get up on top of the space shuttle and polish the nose cone before launches. Nevertheless, five years’ worth of experience has shown me that misfortune can befall even the local sports guy if he dares not pay exactingly close attention to what is happening around him. I’ve mentioned before how many times I’ve gotten hit in the head by an errant volleyball, and the close grooms I’ve had with line-driving fouls at the softball field or wildly slicing drives at the Golf Club. Fortunately, all that experience has caused the natural development of an inner voice that always keeps me from letting my mind wander too far from the action at hand. Over the last couple of years, whenever I’ve found myself standing at the likely convergence point of a midair football, a sprinting wide receiver and an equally fast-moving defensive back, that voice suddenly makes its presence known, saying something like, “Check it out, buddy, you’re about to be killed.” It always allows me to make a last-second escape before I wind up under a pile of human wreckage along the sidelines. The first warning this quickwitted little gremlin gave me was during a wheelchair basketball game two years back. At one point, a defensive player came barreling right at me in his attempt to snag a rebound. That voice, within scarcely a nanosecond, fully explained how the steel bar on the front of his chair was at precisely the same elevation as my ankles and that if I didn’t move, I’d probably be taking an ambulance ride that afternoon. Like an automaton, I jumped skyward with legs akimbo. While I’m sure I looked like a singular idiot, that inspired warning did grant me another day of walking around, breathing and seeing stuff. So keep an eye to the sky at all times — and keep an ear turned inward for that blessed little voice that saves lives.
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Little League baseball completes week four By Bill Behring Special to the Eagle The past week had more days of rain than baseball and the fields were so wet and muddy all games were postponed. The weather also closed fields in neighboring leagues
where Belvoir’s Major and Junior divisions’ interleague teams play. Two games in the Minor Division did get played recently, though, before the rains began. In the opener, the Padres tangled with the Yankees. Despite the Padres scattering seven hits, they
mustered only three runs, ultimately falling, 8-3, to the Yankees, who were led by the power of Nathan Watson belting two hits. In the nightcap, the Pirates tromped the Royals 10-1. Royals’ leadoff batter Ethan Boganwicz was issued a base on balls
and then advanced to second as Ethan Kirby grounded out. Chris Cross allowed Boganwicz to score with a shot to right. Maddie Ferguson received the Royals’ only hit. The Pirates smashed only two hits, one each from the bats of Jayce Rios and Kamali Brown.
Belvoir community invited to hike Potomac Heritage Trail Press release Join “Walk On” Ray Smith to hike possible alignments of the National Park Service Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail in Fairfax County, June 4. Echoing the original Cross County Hikes, the events are intended to suggest scenic and historically significant ways to fill gaps in the better known PHNST trail areas. Participants can park at each hike’s finish point and ride the free NPS-provided shuttle to each hike’s start point. Metro shuttle will also be available on-demand and bottled water and maps with directions and rendezvous points will be provided. Participants of all ages are welcome, including children accompanied by adults.
June 4 “Memorial Day” Walk
This event includes special access to scenic Accotink Bay Wildlife Refuge lands not normally open to the public. The route is a repeat of the April 23 Annual March of the Military Child. All participants park at the hike’s finish point, located in the far left, southernmost corner of the Lorton VRE/Town Center parking lot, 9000 Lorton Station Blvd. You have the option to hike 7 or 10 miles. Both options include the scenic Wildlife Refuge. The 10-miler also includes historic Arcadia Farms, a mix of wooded and built-up areas and researcher/author Greg Wilson who will provide glimpses into the area’s rich history that he has documented extensively (www. civilWarQuakerScout.com).
10-Mile Hike
Shuttle leaves at 8:30 a.m.to take you to the start at Arcadia Farm, near Richmond Highway at Mount Vernon Highway.
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Shuttle leaves at 10 a.m. to take you to the McCarty Loop Trailhead at a spot immediately adjoining the Visitor Center parking lot to the right-front of Belvoir’s Tulley Gate, 9500 Pohick Road, Fort Belvoir. When the 10-milers arrive, the two groups will join. Those with valid military or federal civilian identification cards, or are ages 15 and younger (with adult), need not register. Otherwise e-mail smithr5612@hotmail.com by May 27 with the following information. • Drivers license/state issued ID • Number, state and full name as listed on the document. • Passport • Date of birth, country, number and full name as listed on the document. • Bring the document for sign-in. Contact: goo.gl/KWLBGb (the Kennedy Marches meet-up site). June 4 will also serve as the fourth day and last 10-miles of a 100mile annual Cross County Trail/PHNST circuit “T. Roosevelt Walk,” May 28, 29 and 30, Memorial Day weekend. For further details, visit http://goo.gl/KWLBGb (the Kennedy Marches meet-up site). Contact smithr5612@hotmail.com/703-732-7724
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Robert Pellegrino completes a short putt during the inaugural Independence Invitational at Fort Belvoir Golf Course, Friday.
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golf from a regular cart which limited his independence. One unique highlight of the Independence Invitational was that dogs were nearly as prevalent on the greens as humans because of a partnership between the non-profit organization, Warrior Canine Connection, and the Spartan Weekend and included more than 40 host families.
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DLA’s David Bella serves the ball during his and teammate, Chris Boeding’s FY16 intramural tennis men’s doubles division match series against USALSA’s John Choike and Thomas Hong, May 4 at the Barracks Courts.
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DLA’s Shane Nopkhun serves the ball during his and teammate, Jerry Shelton’s FY16 intramural tennis men’s doubles division match series against FBCH’s Lem Zarzuela and Matthew Laudie, May 4 at the Graves Fitness Center Courts.
Current Results As of May 9 Senior Men’s Open Division 1st Place Shannon Farmer, NGA 2nd Place Yong Kim, DLA 3rd Place Charles Lozano, USALSA Luis Villarreal, DLA Men’s Doubles Division 1st Place Chris Boeding, David Bella, DLA 2nd Place Loc Tran, Kevin McCoy, FBCH 3rd Place Jerry Shelton, Shane Nopkhun, DLA Andrew Green, Russell Neukirchen,DLA Women’s Doubles Division 1st Place Carrie Alfalaij, Kathryn Kelley, DLA 2nd Place Stephanie Wright, Irene Smith, DLA 3rd Place Carly Jones, Courtney Sullivan, DLA Grace Colina, Stacy Usher, FBCH
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and David Bella claimed the championship trophy with a final-match victory over FBCH’s Loc Tran and Kevin McCoy, May 5 at the Graves Fitness Center Courts. DLA’s Jerry Shelton and Shane Nopkhun shared the third place distinction with DLA teammates, Andrew Green and Russell Neukirchen with respective quarterfinal victories over FBCH’s Matthew Laudie and Lamel Zarzuela, and USALSA’s Malcom Squires and Charles Lozano, May 4 at the
Barracks Courts. In the women’s doubles division, DLA’s Carrie Alfalaij and Kathryn Kelley took this year’s title by defeating DLA teammates, Stephanie Wright and Irene Smith. DLA’s Carly Jones and Courtney Sullivan shared equal third-place distinctions with FBCH’s Grace Colina and Stacy Usher. For match schedules, results and standings, visit http://www. quickscores.com/Orgs/index. php?OrgDir=belvoirmwr. For more information about Fort Belvoir’s intramural sports program and the annual Commander’s
DLA’s Chris Boeding returns the ball during his and teammate, David Bella’s FY16 intramural tennis men’s doubles division match series against USALSA’s John Choike and Thomas Hong, May 4 at the Barracks Courts. Cup title race call Geneva Martin, their respective unit representative league coordinator, at 703-806- for sign-up information and sched5093. Athletes can also contact uling details.
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Sports & Recreation Briefs This week Youth enrollment for spring sports open The enrollment for Track and Field, ages 5-18, closes when the teams are full or Friday. The season runs through August and the cost is $60. Enrollment for any sport must be done in person at Parent Central Offices, 9500 Barlow Road, Bldg. 950. For more information, call Youth Sports and Fitness at 703-805-9318.
Armed Forces Polo Match Great Meadows Polo Club’s Twilight Polo hosts Army and Navy polo teams as they “Battle in the Saddle” Saturday in The Plains, Va. The 22nd Annual Military Appreciation Night first began in 1994 during Great Meadow Polo’s inaugural season. The tradition of a Twilight Polo night in honor of the Armed Forces continues this year with a charity match to benefit the Army Caisson Platoon’s Equine Assisted Programs, which focuses on helping wounded veterans. Military polo teams have been increasing the number of events they play to raise funds to support the military community. The gates at Great Meadow open at 6:30 p.m. Parking/admission costs $40 per carload or is available in advance for $35 at greatmeadow.org/ twilight-polo. Fees are waived for all military personnel, active duty, active reserve, retired, who show a military ID card. Picnicking on the polo grounds is permitted and encouraged. The U.S. Army Caisson Platoon is expected to provide a mounted color guard and the West Point Alumni Glee Club is expected to sing.
The night ends with fireworks. For more info, contact Mark Gillespie, 703-2986319, gillespie2@aol.com.
Youth Fall Sports Registration for summer and fall Sports is now under way. Tackle Football is for ages 7-15 years and the cost is $85. Cheerleading is for ages 5-15 and the cost is $55. Tackle football and cheer season is August - November. Flag Football is for ages 5-10 and the cost is $55. Flag Football season is September - November. Fall Baseball is for ages 7-15 and the cost is $60. Baseball season is September - November. Fall soccer is for ages 5-12 and the cost is $55. Soccer season is September - November. Enrollment for fall sports closes Aug. 12 or when teams are full. Register with Youth Sports and Fitness, 9500 Barlow Road, Bldg. 950. Call 703-805-9138 for more information.
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Outdoor Pools Opening Both North Post and Connelly Outdoor pools open May 28. Connelly Pool at the Officers' Club will have early season hours, May 28-Jun 23, of 3:30-7 p.m., Monday – Friday, and 12-7 p.m. Saturday – Sunday. Regular season hours, June 24 – Sept. 5, will be 12-7 p.m., Monday - Sunday. North Post Pool will have early season hours, May 28 – June 23, of 3:30-7 p.m., Friday and 12-7 p.m. Saturday – Sunday. Regular season hours are, June 24 – Sept. 5, 12-7 p.m., Friday-Sunday. North Post Pool will be closed MondayThursday (camps only). For North Post Pool season pool passes visit Benyaurd Indoor Swimming Pool or call 703-805-2620 for more information. For Connelly Pool season passes visit the Officers’ Club or call 703-780-0930 for more information.
Warrant officer golf tournament Installation Safety Day and Share the Road Bike Ride USAG Fort Belvoir's steadfast goal is to educate and train all members of the community in accident prevention and safe operations, both at home and work. Fort Belvoir’s Safety Day will be, May 19, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the Motorcycle Training Center, 16th Street and Belvoir Rd, Bldg 259. Activities will include: bicycle, motorcycle, tricycle, boat, and other motorsports, fire extinguisher training, employee safety programs, health fair screening, safety gear display presentation, free snacks, seasonal safety
The Lord Fairfax Silver Chapter, USA Warrant Officers Association is holding their 3rd Annual Warrant Officer Week Golf Tournament at the Fort Belvoir Golf Course, July 8 starting at 2 p.m. Entry forms can be found on the chapter's web site at www.lordfairfaxwoa.org. The event is a four-person, captain's choice team scramble. Cost is $75 per person. If you sponsor a hole for an additional $250, the team entry is only $250 (a $50 savings). Entry deadline is July 1 and includes green fees, golf cart, barbecue dinner, beverages and awards. For more details, contact Dick Markle at 571-319-7103 or via email at rcmrkl@verizon.net.
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National Memorial Day observance set at Arlington National Cemetery Defense Department to recognize, commemorate fallen men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces U.S. Army Military District of Washington The annual 148th National Memorial Day Observance to honor America’s fallen Service members is May 30 at Arlington National Cemetery. The U.S. Army Military District of Washington will conduct a Presidential Armed Forces Full Honor Wreath-Laying Ceremony at 11 a.m. at the Tomb of the Unknowns, followed by an observance program hosted by the Defense Department in Arlington’s Memorial Amphitheater. A prelude by the U.S. States Army Band “Persh-
ing’s Own” begins in the amphitheater at 10:30 a.m. Both the wreath-laying and the observance program are free and open to the public, with no tickets needed. Space is limited to standing room only for the wreath-laying and seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis in the amphitheater. Attendees are encouraged to be at the Tomb of the Unknowns or seated in the amphitheater by 9:30 a.m. Free parking is available for vehicles in the Arlington National Cemetery Welcome Center’s parking lot from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. A free shuttle service will provide transportation between parking and the Memorial Amphitheater from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Walking to the amphitheater is prohibited. Attendees will have to pass through a security
checkpoint to access the ceremony. Prohibited items include: large bags or backpacks; firearms and weapons of any type; laser pointers; aerosol containers; soda cans; umbrellas; coolers; picnic baskets; tripods; lighters; tools; air horns; personal protection sprays; and insulated beverage containers. Clear plastic water bottles are allowed. DoD identification card holders will not be allowed to walk from Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall into the cemetery. They must park on post and board a free shuttle bus at the Fort Myer Memorial Chapel. The shuttle service begins at 8 a.m. and continues after the observance. More information is available by sending an e-mail to usarmy.mcnair.mdw.mbx.mediadeskomb@mail.mil or by calling 202-685-4645.
Belvoir Briefs Facility evac coordinator training Belvoir’s Fire & Emergency Services Division has announced the 2016 Facility Evacuation Coordinator training courses. This is an annual requirement for each facility on the installation to remain in accordance with Army Regulation 420-1, which makes building managers or appointees, in writing, serve as the evacuation coordinator. People will be trained by the F&ES Fire Prevention Division and will execute fire-prevention measures in the assigned building or facility, and provide written reports to the fire chief, including self-inspections, emergency evacuation plans, and fire safety briefings and occupant training. The course is offered May 16 in Thurman Hall; July 13 in Wood Theater; and Sept. 14 and Nov. 9 in Thurman, from 10 a.m. to noon. Registration and more information is available from Kevin Swain, fire marshal, 703-805-3660, james.k.swain.civ@mail.mil.
Army Warrant Officers The Lord Fairfax Silver Chapter, U.S. Army Warrant Officer Association, has its monthly chapter meeting at the USO Warrior and Family Center Fort Belvoir on 9th Street, Wednesday, starting at 4:30 p.m. Newly elected, two-year chapter officers will be installed. All active, reserve, and retired warrant officers are invited and encouraged to attend. Info is available from Chief Warrant Officer 5 Phyllis Wilson, chapter president, 703-545-6792.
2016 Army Birthday Ball Tickets for the 241st Army Birthday Ball celebrating "The American Soldier - Always Ready, Always Leading" are on sale. The 2016 Army Birthday Ball is from 5 p.m. to midnight June 18 at the Washington Hilton, 1919 Connecticut Ave., NW. Soldiers who are active-duty, National Guard and Army Reserve, Army family members, Army civilians, government contractors, Army
retirees and Army veterans can buy tickets. Event officials expect to sell out quickly. First-tier tickets are already sold out, which include GS-11 and below; O-3 and below; WO4 and below; E-9 and below. Interested people will be put on a wait list. Shuttle buses will run to and from the Pentagon to the Hilton. Limited paid parking is available at the venue and nearby garages so guests are strongly encouraged to use the shuttle or public transportation. The Army Birthday Ball is formal. Attire for civilians is formal evening wear or black tie. Military uniform is the Army Service Uniform; Dress Blues/Dress Mess with bow tie, or equivalent for other services. The U.S. Army Field Band, The U.S. Army Drill Team and The Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps will provide entertainment. Information about ball registration and ticket prices is available from www.2016ABB.com. The ball’s helpdesk is 1-877-614-3581, or via email to helpdesk@ubt.com.
Military Order of the Purple Heart The Greater Washington DC Chapter 353, Military Order of the Purple Heart’s monthly meeting is May 21 at 1 p.m. at the American Legion Post 176, 6520 Amherst Ave., Springfield, Va. The post’s Warrior Café is open before the meeting for lunch. All Purple Heart Medal recipients, particularly newer ones, are invited. For information, contact Commander, retired Col. Gordon Sumner, gordon.sumner53@gmail. com; or Adjutant William Lee, wlee95678@outlook.com.
Genealogy meeting The Mount Vernon Genealogical Society hosts Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D., who uses an interactive case study to show how a complex research problem can be solved online and the limits of material online today. The talk is Tuesday from 1-3 p.m., in Room 112 of the Hollin Hall Senior Center, 1500 Shenandoah Road, Alexandria. The event is free.
More info is available from www. mvgenealogy.org or by calling 703768-4101.
Summer bowling leagues Registration for summer bowling leagues is open. The Wednesday Match Point Competitive League is $22 per person and the season starts Wednesday. The Thursday No-Tap Non-Competitive League is $14 per person, with a May 19 start. Leagues are made up of 3-person teams and singles will be matched to a team. Leagues will play weekly at 7 p.m. for 14 weeks. Register at the Bowling Center, 5975 Middleton Road, or by calling 703-805-2991.
Golf beginners’ clinics The Fort Belvoir Golf Club offers golf clinics for beginners that cover everything needed to get started. Sessions are weekly for five weeks and cover putting, chipping, pitching, full swing, and etiquette. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday clinics start the weeks of May 22, July 10 and Sept. 4. Each session is one hour. Start times for the Tuesday and Thursday sessions is 6 p.m. and on Wednesdays there are 5 and 6 p.m. sessions. Contact the Golf Club, 703-806-5878 for more information.
Installation Safety Day and Share the Road Bike Ride One of Belvoir’s goals is to educate and train all members of the community in accident prevention and safe operations, at home and work. The Fort Belvoir Safety Day will be hosted May 19 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Motorcycle Training Center, 16th Street and Belvoir Road, Bldg. 259. Activities include bicycle, motorcycle, tricycle, boat, and motorsports safety; fire extinguisher training; employee safety programs; health fair screening; safety gear display; free snacks; seasonal safety awareness tips and tricks; and the Summer Safety Campaign. Safety Day includes a Bicycle Safety Awareness-Share the Road event. The bike ride will take place from 10 a.m.-noon.
Call 703-806-3447 for more information.
Family dinner buffet tonight The O Club now has an all-youcan-eat Family Dinner Buffet Thursdays from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. The cost is $12.95 for members; $14.95 for non-members; $6.95 for children ages 6-12; and free for children 5 and younger. Reservations are not needed. FMI, O Club, 703-780-0930.
Drum lessons Drum lessons will soon be offered at the Community Center. Anyone interested in learning how to play drums or extend their skills is asked to call the Community Center at 703805-3714 to get on the lesson interest list. Lessons are $95 for four, 30-min. classes.
Stroller Walking Group The Stroller Walking Group meets Fridays at 9 a.m. at Pullen Field Track next to Specker Field House. The Stroller Walking Group gives parents the opportunity to meet other parents, network, and get back into the swing of maintaining a healthy lifestyle with a brisk walk around the track. Contact ACS at 703-805-2781 for more information.
Youth fall sports deadlines Registration for summer and fall sports is open. Tackle Football, ages 7-15, $85. Cheer, ages 5-15, $55. Tackle football and cheer season is August through November. Flag football, ages 5-10, $55, with the season of September to November. Fall baseball costs $60 for the season that goes from September through November. Fall soccer, ages 5-12, $55, September through November. Enrollment for fall sports closes Aug. 12 or when teams are full. Register with Youth Sports and Fitness, 9500 Barlow Road, Bldg. 950. Call 703-805-9138 for more information.
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Travel fair shows off best vacation deals By Adrienne Anderson Staff writer
Travel connoisseurs and beginners alike dropped by Belvoir MWR’s Leisure Travel Services’ Travel Fair, May 4 at the Fort Belvoir Community Center. Sarah Guzman, a military spouse, came out with her young son to find deals for her family. “We added a few more days of vacation and are going to Orlando (to) Universal Studios,” she said about an already-planned trip. “That’s the main reason why I came, because I know they have deals, but I’m not exactly sure what they are.” One vendor on her list was Busch Gardens for their free military passes, she said. “Since (my husband) has been in the military for nine years … we’ve never had a honeymoon; we’ve never had a vacation,” Guzman said. “Our vacations have consisted of going home and visiting family. This is actually our first time venturing out, so I’m pretty excited about it.” Several vendors offered military discounts to their venues. People could also see what deals LTS had available. Ron Valentine, a retired staff sergeant and a Department of Defense civilian, has traveled around
Examples of current discounts offered by LTS for attractions and amusement parks in Virginia and Washington, D.C. Prices and availability are subject to change. Luray Caverns: • Gate price (adults): $26, MWR price (adults): $20 Kings Dominion for ages 3 and older: • Gate price: $60, MWR price: $37 Busch Gardens Williamsburg: • Gate price: $77, Adult price: $45.50 Newseum: • Gate price (adult ages 19-62): $24.33, MWR price: $14.25 • Gate price (children ages 7-18): $14.78, MWR Price: $9 the world but knows there is always something new to try in his local area. “I’m a retired Army guy, so I’ve been in the area for a while,” Valentine said. “But, even though I think I know about the area, you can always learn more. For instance, I’ve never been to the Newseum. I just asked if they offer a military discount; they do.” Knowing what’s around allows him to plan when friends and family come
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Tina Theodor, left, Sales Manager at Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, explains the activities to a Soldier’s spouse at Fort Belvoir’s Travel Fair, May 4 at the Community Center. and, of course, have been back to Heiinto town, he said. “I always get discount tickets from delberg and all through Germany, (LTS) because a lot of people are not Prague and Spain.” Vacation plans this year have aware there are tickets here you can changed for him, he said. Originally, get a discount on.” Valentine and his wife love travel- Valentine planned to take his wife ing. Without kids or pets, that’s where to Italy but instead will be visiting they prefer to spend their money and friends and family in Maryland. “It takes a bit of planning … you’ve time, he said. “I like all vacations. I lived in Hei- got to put a little effort into it, but I delberg for six years in the Army. I think it’s worth it.” For more information about disloved it, I didn’t even want to come back to the states,” Valentine said. counts offered by LTS, visit http:// “My wife and I have been to different belvoir.armymwr.com/us/belvoir/ places. I’ve been to Greece, Ireland, programs/leisure-travel-services.
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Belvoir EEO office hosts trip to Holocaust Museum By Amanda Stewart Staff writer Members of the Fort Belvoir community marked the Holocaust Days of Remembrance last week with a trip to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. The Belvoir Equal Opportunity Office organized the May 4 bus trip to mark the Days of Remembrance, observed this year May 1-8, said Sgt. 1st Class Latoya Clay, EEO adviser. About 50 people attended the trip and viewed the museum’s artifacts and exhibits that tell the story of the persecution of Jewish, Roma and other groups in the Holocaust during World War II. During the visit, some Belvoir community members heard a talk by Holocaust survivor Morris Rosen, who spoke as part of the museum’s “First Person: Conversations with Survivors” series. Holocaust survivors are scheduled to speak at the museum Wednesday and Thursday mornings through August as part of that series. Other community members took a self-guided tour through the museum’s permanent exhibit, a threefloor exhibit that tells the story of the Holocaust, from 1933 to 1945, when Allied forces liberated the Nazi concentration camps. One of the highlights of the permanent exhibit is the three-story “Tower of Faces,” a display of hundreds of photographs of the inhabitants of a small town near the border of Poland and Lithuania. “The hundreds of photographs displayed through three floors of the
Permanent Exhibition represent the once thriving Jewish life that existed before the Holocaust,” according to a description on the museum website. “Seeing the individual people personalizes the losses in the Holocaust and helps visitors comprehend the scale of the genocide.” Another memorable sight in the museum is a display of more than 4,000 shoes found at the Majdanek concentration camp in 1944. The shoes, on loan from the State Museum of Majdanek in Lublin, Poland, are just some of those found when the camp was liberated. Before the bus trip May 4, Command Sgt. Maj. Richard Carullo, U.S. Army Garrison Fort Belvoir Headquarters Battalion, spoke to the group about what they would soon see at the museum. “This experience is likely going to leave you feeling depressed,” he said. “But, focus on the positive things like how Israel is now a thriving nation and how the United States helped the Jewish people.” Chaplain Maj. Kenneth Sharpe led a prayer before the group left for the museum. While it may be difficult and emotional to remember the events of the Holocaust, Sharpe said, it’s important to remember. “Remembering is a good thing,” he said. “It’s important that we remember things like this, so we can make sure we know this is not the way we want the world to go as a people.” For more information about the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, visit www.ushmm.org.
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Sgt. 1st Class Gracie Vaughn, front, and Private 1st Class Samantha Wilms listen to tales of responsibility with Mrs. Shroff's class, Friday at Fort Belvoir Elementary School during the final session of Character Counts. it means to be responsible. to happen,” she said. “Every time something has gone Children in the class told their wrong … I always take responsibil- own stories including details like ity for it. I don’t wait for someone breaking a lamp or statue. The class else to find out,” Vaughn said. also discussed the consequences of Her 6-year-old daughter recently their actions and what they could do took responsibility for being slow in to improve in the future. the mornings and making Vaughn Vaughn told the students to late to work one day. As a result, her hold onto each pillar they learned daughter apologized by making her throughout the year and to teach an “I’m sorry” card. them to their friends and family Although taking responsibility is members. Their parents would be the first step, sometimes being re- proud of what they had learned over sponsible includes paying the con- the year, she said. “Those (pillars) are what are gosequences. “You can’t be afraid of taking re- ing to make you successful in life,” sponsibility because of what’s going Vaughn said.
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Emergency Services and the police department, as well as DPTMS and the Fort Belvoir Public Affairs office participated in the exercise, he said. The exercise helps keep Fort Belvoir safe, Smart said. “It will give Fort Belvoir an increased level of protection and confidence that the personnel living and working on Fort Belvoir are going to be safe,” he said, adding they want to make sure Belvoir is prepared and ready by reducing response times to save lives, in the event their services are needed. Overall, the exercise was a success, Smart said. “We gained valuable experience. We were able to test our processes that we have in place and we were able to garner lessons learned to create an improvement plan to get better,” he said. The exercise allows the various organizations to be on the same page and work to use the same language when helping in a situation, he said. For example, law enforcement may use different terminology than the fire department. So, it is important for all involved to work together and develop common terminology for every situation, whether its law enforcement taking down the active shooter or emergency personnel assisting injured people. “Belvoir is always striving to become better and more able to protect its community,” Smart said. “We continue to plan and have exercises so that, in the event it really happens, we are as well-trained as we can be.”
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