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April 12, 2018
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Smucker’s Breakfast coming May 2 By Adrienne Anderson Staff writer Fort Belvoir starts Military Appreciation Month with its J.M. Smucker Company Mission: Breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m. May 2 at Pullen Field, 9637 Belvoir Road. Belvoir received the grand-prize breakfast from the company for having the most creative product display using Smucker’s products at the commissary. A team from Smucker’s chose Belvoir’s display as the winner, out of commissary displays around the world. The team visited in September, during National Breakfast Month. “The display was really bright and fun and had a lot of excitement,” said Heather Bartlebaugh, sales coordinator for Smucker’s, about the display, adding it was colorful and resonated with many of the judges. The grand-prize, free breakfast is open to everyone and includes a buffet of Smucker’s
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Information May 2 7-10 a.m. Pullen Field Everyone welcome!
Live music Giveaways Bounce houses Caricaturist
Mission complete, unit disestablished By Adrienne Anderson Staff writer
Photo by Paul Lara
Lt. Col. “Gus” Muller IV, Product Lead, Defense Communications and Army Transmission Systems, returned the charter of Product Lead to Col. Enrique Costas, Project Manager, DCATS during a Disestablishment Ceremony Friday at Belvoir’s Thurman Auditorium.
The Product Lead Defense-Wide Transmissions Systems held a disestablishment ceremony Friday, in Thurman Auditorium, commemorating the closure of the office after it completed its mission. “All the work that goes in, day in and day out, to provide capability for our Soldiers to enable them to be the most situationally aware force on the planet,” said Col. Enrique Costas, project manager, Defense Communications and Army Transmission Systems. What they do matters as an organization, as they help with military readiness, he said. “We have to celebrate the success of the organization and the contributions of our organization to the greater purpose, which is enabling our Army to be better than any other on the face of the earth,” Costas said. The ceremony was rare, as people often don’t hear about the closure of a product office because it’s achieved its mission and Army acquisition objective from beginning to
end, he said. And, for that, the organization and its staff deserve a well done. “Just because the charter for DWTS is going away, it’s a symbol of success not a symbol of failure in this case,” Costas said. Lt. Col. August Muller IV, the current and last product lead for PL DWTS, thanked those who helped make their mission a success and helped him while he led the organization. He talked about the LOVE principle and how it applied to DWTS. “Something I copied from my dad that I thought was so relevant to everything we do in DWTS. He said if you want to be a great leader, then you’ve got to LOVE your staff. You’re going to listen, you’re going to observe, you’re going to value, and you’re going to encourage them. LOVE is an acronym. It’s an action, and you can’t value your employees and you can’t value your staff, if you can’t first listen and observe.” Following his dad’s LOVE principle, is what made the program so successful, he said.
Save the dates! SHARP 5K
Kindergarten orientation
TroutFest
Education fair
Belvoir Golf Club Friday, 6:30 a.m. Very limited parking Shuttles from Exchange start at 5:30 a.m. Food court entrance
Fort Belvoir Elementary School Friday, 3-4:30 p.m. Meet and greet with teachers, administrators, staff
Saturday, 7 a.m.-2 p.m. North Post Pool 2430 Abbott Road $7, $3 for pole rental Cash only
Barden Ed Center Auditorium, Bldg. 1017 Tuesday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Army Career Skills Program, VA benefits GI Bill updates, Troops to Teachers