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Naval Weapons Station Yorktown ‘buddy base’ program reached out to help the people of Vietnam

By Mark O. Piggott Naval Weapons Station Yorktown Public Affairs

YORKTOWN

In 2015, the United States commemorates the 50th anniversary of the start of the war in Vietnam. Naval Weapons Station (WPNSTA Yorktown played its part in the conflict, both militarily and personally, through the U.S. Navy’s “buddy base” program.

On March 8, 1965, America’s ground war in Vietnam began when the United States sent 3,500 Marines to the region. By December of 1965, nearly 200,000 Marines, Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen were in country. By the war’s end on April 30, 1975, more than three million service members served in Vietnam and 58,000 lost their lives.

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Photo: One of Coastal Group 13’s junks pier side at the Tu Hien Naval Base in Vietnam, June 29, 1971.

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Lincoln Sailor offers help after local vehicle roll-over

By Lt. Cmdr. Jennifer Cragg USS Abraham Lincoln Public Affairs

NEWPORT NEWS, VA.

MC3 Jared Aldape Joseph Guzman IV, right, assists a youth with course work at the Boys and Girls Club of America, Fort Story. Guzman was named as the JEBLCFS and regional Mid-Atlantic Youth of the Year.

JEBLCFS Teen named Boys and Girls Club Youth of the Year

By MC3 Jared Aldape JEBLCFS Public Affairs

VIRGINIA BEACH

A sophomore from Frank W. Cox High School has been named by the Boys and Girls Club of America (BGCA) as the Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story (JEBLCFS) and regional MidAtlantic Youth of the Year.

Joseph Guzman IV, 16, will move on to compete at the state level competition that will take place in Richmond, Virginia, April 15-17.

“It was of great pleasure to be on the panel and absorb all of Joseph’s interviewing

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skills, positive attitude and personality,” said Ronnica S. Edmonds, Navy Mid-Atlantic Regional Child and Youth Programs (CYP) director.

“Listening to him deliver his speech with confidence, poise and the knowledge he possess to move forward in his life, was just amazing. This young man is definitely a leader and has a lot to offer.”

Being named Youth of the Year is the highest honor a Boys & Girls Club member can receive. The title recognizes outstanding contributions to a member’s family, school and community.

“Initially, I wanted to com-

pete for the possibility of winning the scholarships,” said Joseph. “Of course, I want to go to a good school and provide for my family. That was the drive that motivated me.”

Joseph is the son of Army Staff Sgt. Joseph Guzman III, assigned to 368th Transportation Company, JEB Fort Story and finds time between class projects to lend his talents to the club. “He’s very big in the youth center. He volunteers for all the special events that we have here locally and in the community,” said Matthew Chory, teen sports coordinator.

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Being at the right place at the right time is certainly a life-long motto for Lt. Cmdr. Gary Lane, who was first on the scene after a vehicle roll-over in Newport News, Jan. 16.

Lane relied on instinct when he came upon the scene of the accident, calming a driver whose vehicle had rolled multiple times until Newport News Fire Department arrived on the scene.

“You got to react in these types of situations, my whole naval career has

been fire and rescue, that is what I know,” said Lane, who has served in the U.S. Navy just shy of 24 years and is the aircraft handling officer aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lane has spent the majority of his career at sea.

“I have three live rescues as a crash and salvage flight deck officer and assisting immediately after this incident didn’t affect me because here was someone who needed assistance,” said Lane.

“I would certainly want someone to do the same for me if I needed assistance.”

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PRIVATIZED BASE HOUSING OPENS UP MORE OPTIONS

By MC2 Jonathan Sunderman Defense Media Activity

Most military members will transfer a number of times throughout their careers, each transfer coming with its own share of stress and uncertainty.

One of the biggest sources for stress is trying to decide where you are going to live upon transferring. Will there be available housing on base? Do you even want to live on base, or is off-base housing a better option? There are many questions, and believe or not, there are an equal number of answers.

There are now more options than ever for Sailors and their families to find suitable living accommodations. To make the best of their tour, service members need to become familiar with all of those options.

First let’s look at on-base housing; there are essentially three options: privatized housing, government-owned housing or single/unaccompanied housing.

The original purpose of on-base housing was to provide financial relief to service members unable to find appropriate housing with the BAH, said Aimee Stafford, program management specialist, Fort Meade, Md., housing division. Onbase housing served to fill that gap.

However, on-base housing has come a long way, and is now a viable option regardless, said Stafford. In fact, many bases have begun privatizing housing.

In recent years bases, posts and installations have started partnering with private companies to develop and maintain

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DON’T BE A TARGET OF SOCIAL MEDIA FRAUD Information obtained from NCIS. Do you have Facebook, Instagram or KIK messenger? If so, you could be the target of a scam that could cost you thousands.

Although the social media fraud scheme is not necessarily new, there has been an increase in volume of incidents with service members that has caused an alert for military law enforcements to become involved.

“While there are several active investigations ongoing, we can say that service members were reporting information very similar to the description of the scheme, that someone had promised them money on behalf of the banking institution, but they found that money was taken from their accounts,” said Dan Poche, NCIS Norfolk Field Office.

“When they contacted their respective banking institution, they discovered that they were not part of a rewards program and that no official member of the bank had contacted them. The initial success of the scams likely led to continued attempts by the criminals, at which point law enforcement noticed patterns and similarity in the incidents, which were violations of Federal statutes.”

With the growing popularity of social media forums, new avenues are opened up for criminals to gain access to, in attempt to try different types of fraudulent schemes to victimize service members.

So how does the scam work?

■ A USAA member (service member/spouse/civilian/retiree) is contacted via social media (Instagram/KIK Messenger/Facebook) by an individual claiming to be affiliated with USAA. ■ The purported USAA representative will offer the USAA member an opportunity to take advantage of a re-

wards program, wherein the purported representative offers to upload funds through the USAA member’s mobile banking application ■ The purported USAA representative requests the USAA member’s mobile banking credentials (username/ password/PIN) and then uploads a check or checks usually in denominations just under $5,000. The funds are immediately available after the mobile deposit is made.

■ The purported representative then directs the USAA member to wire/ Moneygram/Western Union a finder’s fee to the purported USAA representative.

■ The money that is wired is picked up at another location by a money mule.

■ The check deposited by the purported USA representative doesn’t clear, as the checks are counterfeit, and the USAA member’s account is left with a negative balance for the funds they wired.

Criminals are becoming more and more innovative and keeping up with current technology and social media trends, attempting to target persons in the least suspicious manner often with a very creative story.

“To avoid becoming a victim, members should be aware of what information their banking institutions will and will not ask over the phone or via social media. Most banks, but not all, will not ask for personal account information such as login and password, nor will they ask for the number of a credit, debit, or checking card,” said Poche.

“If a member is suspicious, or wants to confirm the authenticity, the member should terminate the phone call, then contact the banking institution directly

by calling any number officially provided by the bank. Do not allow threats of losing a prize or winning money discourage the member from confirming the authenticity before providing sensitive information.”

One thing to remember is that participating in this type of scam, may be unwittingly participating in a money laundering or bank fraud scheme, and although they may not be not be criminally prosecuted, they are liable for any overdrafts to their bank accounts and can have their USAA membership terminated for violating USAA security policies.

“If someone becomes a victim of such a crime, they should first contact their local police department, then contact the appropriate Military Criminal Investigative Service (Army CID, AFOSI, or NCIS),” said Poche.

While it is important to note that this fraud scheme has been specific to USAA thus far, any financial institution with a mobile application or online interface is susceptible to being targeted by scammers. USAA Bank, as well as nearly every other bank, will never ask for any personal or account information, including debit card numbers or PINs, in any social media platform.

If you are suspicious about any social media post claiming to be from USAA Bank, please notify USAA immediately at abuse@usaa.com, Visit USAA’s Security Center for more information on how you can help protect yourself online.

To see the USAA online article regarding this scam, visit http://bit. ly/1AgsJ2o.

To see the Department of Justice Press Release, visit http://1.usa. gov/1Gm3mRI.

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Female troops share experiences at Women in the Military Seminar said Cmdr. Eileen D’Andrea, from Edison, New Jersey, assigned to Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC). “I feel like I helped clarify misconceptions about life in the military.”

Some of the misconceptions were that everyone in the military has to live on base, it is extremely strict and regimented, and the only jobs available are combat related.

“I learned that women could do things that are stereotyped for men,” said a student. “Usually when I see military all I see is men. I don’t see women doing things like construction or architecture. There’s even a cop here too. If she’s doing that, then I can do that.”

The main emphasis was to give interested students information about military life from a female perspective and then let them use that information to make an in-

By MC3 Lauren Booher Navy Expeditionary Combat Command Public Affairs

HAMPTON

The bell sounded off and amidst the shuffle of students transitioning between classes, female students trickled into the auditorium. Some were timid, a few made comments about what branch they were interested in, but all were curious about the women there in uniform.

Female service members shared their experiences as women in the military with students from Hampton High School during a Women in the Military seminar, Feb. 10.

After introducing themselves in the auditorium, service members and students moved to the cafeteria where they broke up into smaller groups.

“We weren’t there to recruit,”

formed decision, said D’Andrea.

Students asked questions about moving, military entrance requirements, physical fitness, Afghanistan, family life and even whether you need to know how to swim to join the Navy.

“There are mainly women in our JROTC program,” said retired Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Deb Clark Hampton High School Air Force Junior ROTC teacher. “Hearing it first from women who are actually in the military, living it, breathing it, it means so much more to them. It gave them the chance to ask any of the burning questions they may have or even give them a reality check.”

The reality check being that joining the military requires studying, whether it is to take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB), which is a multipleaptitude battery that measures de-

MC3 Lauren Booher Cmdr. Eileen D’Andrea, assigned to Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC), speaks to female students from Hampton High School during a Women in the Military seminar, Feb. 10.

veloped abilities and helps predict future academic and occupational success in the military, or taking college classes to become a commissioned officer. Service members gave varying advice to the female students, but the main message remained the same: educate yourself.

“She [D’Andrea] gave me advice,

like go to school and get your education, because that’s something no one can take away from you,” said another student.

Sailors from NECC are already making plans to participate next year so Hampton High School’s Women in the Military Seminar will continue to be an annual event.

Fly-away team replaces gas turbine engine on USS Jason Dunham

By Dan Smithyman Southeast Regional Maintenance Center Public Affairs

GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA

When the gas turbine engine that powers one of the generators aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) failed, a fly-away team from Mayport, Florida, was dispatched from the Southeast Regional Maintenance Center (SERMC) with engine in-hand.

The ship was deployed in the Caribbean when two of its three generators experienced some issues and pulled into port at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

“Their number two generator had problems with an electrical breaker, and number three had a bearing failure on the gas turbine engine that

powers the generator, which is the engine we replaced,” said Chief Gas Turbine System Technician (Mechanical)(SW) Maurice Waller.

The seven-man fly-away team from SERMC consisted of five active-duty Sailors and two civilians. Gas Turbine System Technician (Mechanical) 1st Class (SW) Kristopher Mitchell, team leader, saw this as an opportunity to bring to bear the capabilities of SERMC and his technicians.

The team procured a new engine, gathered tools, and assigned the right personnel to travel to a remote location for an urgent repair that would ultimately enable Jason Dunham to return to its regularly scheduled deployment.

“There was a lot of coordination between the ship and SERMC before we left,”

Mitchell said. “We had to make sure we had all the right tools, parts and people for this job. It’s not like here (in Mayport) where we can come back to the shop if we need more parts or tools.”

The team left Feb. 8 via C-130 aircraft from Naval Air Station Jacksonville loaded with a new engine, connex box with tools and rigging gear, and a special van that would transport everything to the ship. By the evening of Feb. 11, the engine was replaced, operationally tested and the ship was underway Feb. 12.

“The ship’s force prepped everything for us before we arrived, meaning they removed the module wall to access the engine, and disconnected the fuel lines and electrical connections,” Waller said.

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engine and installed the new one,” said Gas Turbine System Technician (Mechanical) 2nd Class (SW) Nico Carter, one of the team members. “We also changed out the PTO shaft.”

Carter explained that the PTO shaft is a power take off shaft that connects the gas turbine engine to the reduction gear, which is connected to the generator. The team performed troubleshooting on the entire system to ensure safe and optimum performance before they called the job successful.

Mitchell said the first day lasted more than 14 hours as the team worked to remove the broken engine, which weighs

about 1,600 pounds and measures eight feet long. The greatest challenge, he said, was lifting the broken engine out from deep inside the bottom of the engineering room, through vertical trunks and narrow passages of the ship, and then bringing in the new engine in reverse order.

“We do our own rigging,” Mitchell said. “It’s an ownership thing. We want to make sure our engine is handled with care, and no damage occurs because of a chainfall banging a fuel nozzle or something like that.”

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Matthew Ressler was heavily involved in the rigging evolution. “It took some creativity, but this is normal for a GSM,” he said.

The electrical breaker issue on the number two generator was repaired prior to the number three engine changeout. A sister team from Norfolk’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center made that repair.

With all three generators back on line, Jason Dunham sailed out of Guantanamo Bay, and the SERMC fly-away team returned to Mayport in time to celebrate Valentine’s Day with their loved ones.

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NNSY UNDOCKS USS MARYLAND USS Maryland (SSBN 738) is now pierside at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) to finish up its Engineered Refueling Overhaul.

Maryland has been at NNSY since Dec. 2012

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Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) achieved a timely and successful undocking for USS Maryland (SSBN 738) Feb. 21.

Maryland is now pierside to finish up its Engineered Refueling Overhaul (ERO).

EROs are complex, major shipyard availabilities which extend a submarine’s service life. Maryland has been at NNSY since Dec. 2012.

Some of the major jobs during this avail-

ability have included nearly all of ship systems being overhauled, including replacement of distilling plants with a reverse osmosis unit; replacement of the service turbine generator rotor with a low-sensitivity rotor; installing an upgraded 500 kilowatt motor generator; and LAN upgrades.

A timely undocking was achieved despite high winds challenging crane service, unusually cold weather preventing the normal process of washing down the dry dock, and several inches of snowfall on Feb. 16 and 17. When it became apparent the effort

might fall short of maintaining the planned undocking date, volunteers pitched in from around the shipyard to assist.

“The team has shown great perseverance and refused to give up,” said Project Superintendent John Darlington.

“It took the entire shipyard to help us get through the snow event and we have proven that when everyone works together we can be successful. This is a proud project team and we will continue to work together to give the shipyard more successes in the future. I am truly proud to be a part of this

High school hosts Service Academy Information Day

MCSN Taylor A. Elberg Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets attend a service academy seminar. The seminar informs high school students and active duty service members about the various service academies.

project team.”

Dave Bittle, USS Albany (SSN 753) project superintendent added, “What I witnessed on the Pier 3 and Dry Dock 4 was truly amazing. This was something not normally seen or experienced. We’ve shown the true meaning of teamwork and it’s an awesome display.”

In addition to the small amount of production work to still be accomplished on the boat, system testing and certification and Ship’s Force training will be conducted, culminating in sea trials later this year.

By MC2 Ian Carver Navy Public Affairs Support Element - East

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Norview High School hosted its first South Hampton Roads Service Academy and Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Information Day Feb. 14.

The annual event, held at a different location each year, is sponsored and coordinated by the United States Naval Academy (USNA) Alumni Association’s Hampton Roads Chapter who brings in guest speakers from multiple military service academies to speak on behalf of their institutions.

Events such as these allow potential service academy candidates an opportunity to gain valuable information about the application processes.

“Understanding the service academy application process early in your high school career is very important,” said Bill Daniels, a retired Navy captain and USNA graduate class of 1977.

“Events like these help with that process.”

In addition to the service academies, the association invited several local universities to discuss their ROTC

Understanding the service academy application process early in your high school career is very important.”

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programs with students who are not interested in attending a service academy, but may still want to earn a commission upon graduation.

Cadet Ensign Dustin Matthews, a student at Norview High School and member of the school’s Junior ROTC unit, said it was important for him to be able to gain information about the local universities’ ROTC programs.

“This is a great program to reach out to the parents and show them what we [ROTC] have to offer around here with the different colleges,” said Matthews.

This is the seventh annual event for the Hampton Roads region. Each year the event is hosted by an NJROTC command at a local area high school.

COMMANDER U.S. FLEET FORCES COMMAND DISCUSSES FLEET READINESS AT AFCEA WEST U.S. Fleet Forces Public Affairs SAN DIEGO

Commander U.S. Fleet Forces Command, Adm. Phil Davidson, speaking to a group of military leaders, government officials and members of private industry discussed the need to increase the fleet’s readiness during a key note address at the United States Navy Institute 25th Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) West Conference Feb. 11.

“It is quite clear to me that my job – the job of Fleet Forces Command – is to make the fleet ready to fight and win – both today and tomorrow,” said Davidson.

Praising the fleet’s performance in 2014, Davidson expressed his

appreciation to Sailors for answering the nation’s call to duty. “You met every challenge, whether directing the neutralization of Syrian chemical weapon stockpiles at sea, meeting the rise of ISIS in Syria and Iraq, or deploying an expeditionary response to the outbreak of Ebola in western Africa,” said Davidson.

“But today’s fight is evolving rapidly. America’s competitors and potential adversaries are flexing their muscles abroad and attempting to match our capability with vastly improved technologies in the air, on and under the sea, and in space and cyberspace,” said Davidson. Given all our forward fleets are observing in the Pacific, the Arabian Gulf, and the Mediterranean, Davidson stressed that technology alone will not provide sufficient

tactical advantage in contested and denied environments of the future.

“Simply put, the firing key cannot be our only tactic in the battle space. We need to cultivate the minds of our warfighters to think in new and creative ways to fight. I believe we have the tools, and most importantly, the people, to set the course to work through the challenges and succeed today and in the future.”

Davidson also addressed the importance of implementing the optimized fleet response plan (OFRP).

OFRP sets the framework to improve stability and predictability of the fleet and the fleet’s readiness by better aligning maintenance, manpower and training.

“We are already beginning to see the goodness that OFRP will

bring,” said Davidson. “We have seen improvements in our manpower at sea by aligning personnel to fleet units before the training cycle, not just before deployment.

This has reduced the number of previously required cross-decks of critical personnel.” OFRP is also bringing predictability back in the maintenance phase as the fleet works through maintenance and modernization deferrals – both critical to readiness.

Another benefit of the improved OFRP alignment is a more predictable and focused integrated training phase. Our Sailors will be in place prior to the integrated training phase and will benefit from exercising as a complete strike group team with advanced warfare tactics across all warfighting domains in

contested and denied battle space.

Davidson sited the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group’s recent composite training exercise which saw increased time in denied electromagnetic environments, advanced anti-submarine warfare against a live opposition-force submarine and TRCSG’s employment of Naval Integrated Fire ControlCounter Air (NIFC-CA) – the first NIFC-CA capable strike group.

The Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association West conference is the largest event on the West Coast and is designed to bring a diverse group of professionals together to discuss issues and share ideas and solutions for the technological challenges of today and tomorrow, including those of the maritime domain.

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WPNSTA Yorktown unites for command physical training

By Mark O. Piggott Naval Weapons Station Yorktown Public Affairs

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Mark Piggott Master Chief (SW) Lee Friedlander, command master chief, Naval Weapons Station (WPNSTA) Yorktown slams a 20-pound medicine ball down for a combined 200 repetitions as part of command PT, Feb. 4.

YORKTOWN

Physical fitness and conditioning is an essential part of a Sailor’s life, both at sea and ashore, and the men and women of Naval Weapons Station (WPNSTA) Yorktown are no exception. The command comes together weekly to build teamwork and camaraderie by training as one.

“The benefit of a good PT [physical training] program is to have Navy personnel fit to fight,” said Master-at-Arms 1st Class Peter J. McDonald, command PT coordinator. “We are not all on the frontlines but we are still part of the best fighting force of the United States. We should all be ready to go at the drop of a hat and having a good PT program ensures that.”

Many Sailors take the time to work out on their own and command PT helps those who work side-by-side to also train side-byside in a positive atmosphere.

“Fighting through the workouts with a partner helps to show each other what you are capable of and shows that you’re able to push each other to that common goal of a more fit Navy,” McDonald continued.

“Teamwork and esprit de corps are built when everyone is doing the same work (exercises) and are potentially going through the same hardships during the PT session,” added Juan Ospina, assistant director of Sports and Fitness at the WPNSTA Yorktown

Gymnasium. “As a unit, the Sailors start and finish as a team and no one is left behind. Leaders will lead from the front; junior Sailors will set up and take charge. Everyone else will strive not to let their shipmates down.”

According to Ospina, a good PT program requires that all personnel get the benefit of fitness regardless of ability, age, or health as well as showing up for PT and having a good attitude.

“It is important to mix up exercises as well, to not only break up the monotony of each PT session, but to keep working different areas of the body,” McDonald emphasized. “PT is about overall development of the body.”

One area of concern that everyone runs into when it comes to exercise is taking the time to work out, but those excuses don’t fly with Ospina.

“An hour long TV program usually airs approximately 20 minutes of total commercial time. Commercials are normally broken down to three to four minute breaks, each one lasting 30 to 60 seconds in length,” said Ospina. “So, you could potentially take each three to four minute break and do a different exercise every 30 to 60 second commercial. You could do three or four body weight exercises at every break. At the end of the TV program, you worked out for approximately 20 minutes.”

The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) conducted Force Protection Exercises (FPEX) at Naval Station Norfolk, Feb. 19-20, as part of the ship’s certification process for future operations.

“FPEX is an exercise of evolutions designed to test the effectiveness of our anti-terrorism plan, preplanned responses (PPRs) and our security training team,” said Lt. j.g. Billy C. Newell, Kearsarge’s security officer.

“It is evaluated by Commander, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 4 Anti-Terrorism Office.”

Newell said that Sailors are expected to demonstrate competence in executing responses, weapons handling ability and the capability to defend the ship and crew during FPEX. “It prepares and tests the crew’s ability to defend against asymmetrical tactics used by terrorists and pirates, as well as successfully operate in potential high risk environments,” said Newell.

Master-at-Arms 1st Class Michael S. Mahan, the leading petty officer for the security team, said he was confident in the success of the Kearsarge security force.

“We have some motivated Sailors.

I’ve got to give it to them. They come from different rates and assist the master-at-arms with jobs that aren’t even really required or what they came in for,” said Mahan. “We have mess cooks, we’ve got airmen, we’ve got engineers...We’ve got everybody!

They learn a little part of what a master-at-arms does and they’re expected to fight to protect the ship. I think they’re doing very well. I think we’ll come through this very well.”

Newell said he believed that Kearsarge Sailors would complete FPEX successfully.

“I believe we are performing well,” said Newell. “We successfully completed Afloat Training Group (ATG) 1.4 with a 99 percent and we are still operating at that tempo.”

Kearsarge completed ATG’s Antiterrorism Force Protection (ATFP) basic phase 1.4 certification in October. This certification is the pre-requisite for FPEX.

Sailors conduct security drills during a Force Protection Exercise aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3).

FPEX is the final step for the ship’s security certification in which possible scenarios include observation, active shooter, personal and vehicle borne improvised explosive devices (IEDs), floating IEDs, water and swimmer attacks.

“It’s like the Super Bowl for security,” said Mahan. “These are critical things that we have to be prepared for in our security on board the ship so that we can react to protect the ship while we are overseas. It’s about making sure that we can handle all of these scenarios and follow our PPRs.” Success demonstrates the crew’s readiness for deployment.

“Our security team is put through Security Reactionary Force (SRF) basic and advanced courses, as well as small arms, crew served weapons and less lethal weapons training,” said Newell.

Mahan said that the security team has been preparing for about a year, making sure that everyone is qualified and trained to protect the ship.

“We have to pass these things or the ship can’t deploy,” said Mahan. “If we can’t successfully secure the ship, it jeopardizes security.”

Photos by MC2 Travis DiPerna Information System Technician 2nd Class Quentin Deck secures a passageway during a Force Protection Exercise aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3).

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Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) 1st Class Harrison Moorer leads the choir in a song celebrating African-American/ Black History Month on the foc’sle aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). The theme for this year is “Civil Rights in America.”

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MC2 Jonathan Pankau Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO) Adm. Michelle Howard delivers the keynote address during the National Naval Officers Association (NNOA) Black History Month presentation. Howard delivered her remarks on “African-Americans in the Sea Services: A century of black life, history and culture,” at the Pentagon.

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NAVSUP FLC Norfolk celebrates AfricanAmerican History

By Jim Kohler NAVSUP FLC Norfolk Office of Corporate Communications

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NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Norfolk celebrated African-American/Black History Month Feb. 12, during a lunch and learn presentation aboard Naval Station Norfolk.

The program began with the screening of a 1945 documentary called The Negro Sailor. In the film, a newspaper reporter follows “Bill Johnson” from induction, through basic training and ultimately, actual combat in this stirring call to arms, urging African-Americans to throw their might

MC2 Jonathan T. Erickson Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Christian Lopez, assigned to the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40), speaks of equal opportunity and diversity prior to a command 5K run. Frank Cable’s diversity committee, in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Black History Month, hosted the run.

behind the battle to preserve democracy in the raging global conflict. A consistent theme throughout the short film was the need for Sailors to work as a team, regardless of what their job was, in order to get that job done.

During the celebration, three featured speakers took turns sharing some of their experiences as they rose through the Navy’s officer ranks on their way to the rank of captain.

Retired Navy captain and current NAVSUP FLC Norfolk Industrial Support Department Director Michael Johnson was the first speaker who spoke on the beginning of his naval career when he entered the Navy as an enlisted Sailor, and reported to his first command, a submarine, as a fireman recruit. When the chief of the boat (COB) asked him one day what he wanted to do in the Navy, Johnson replied that he wanted to be a storekeeper. The COB got him involved in the Supply Department and then was able to get Johnson to Storekeeper “A” school.

Johnson proudly returned to the sub as a storekeeper 3rd class which began a cycle of hard work and strong mentorship that in turn helped him achieve every goal he set for himself. After earning the rank of chief petty officer in eight years, he transitioned to the officer community, becoming a supply corps officer, and eventually became the Navy’s first African-American limited duty officer (LDO) captain.

“Set the target, and with the right help you can get there,” said Johnson. “There is nothing you can’t do if you set your mind to it, but you can’t do it without help.”

NAVSUP FLC Norfolk, Supply Management Department Naval District Washington Director Capt. James Albritton addressed the audience next via video teleconference (VTC) from Washington, D.C. He recalled the social and cultural challenges he experienced growing up in a small town in Louisiana. Despite

those challenges, he became the first African-American student council president at his high school. He later enlisted in the Navy, and was selected as the honor recruit while a member of the honor company at Recruit Training Command. While serving as a hospital corpsman, he was encouraged to apply for a Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship. He was selected for an ROTC scholarship, and graduated from Southern University. After graduating from Supply Corps School, he rose through the ranks, citing the help of several important mentors along the way. Included among those mentors was (then) Cmdr. Michael Johnson.

The final speaker was NAVSUP FLC Norfolk Contracting Department Director Capt. Lorenzo Williams. As a high school student in South Carolina, he was encouraged by his Junior ROTC instructor to apply for an ROTC scholarship. As an ROTC student at the University of South Carolina, he had his first of many meaningful mentorship experiences. A Navy lieutenant there told him “whatever box you are in, you don’t have to stay there.” Those words stayed with him throughout his career. Michael Johnson was also one of his mentors as he rose through the ranks. “My experience taught me that not only could I do better, but I better do better,” said Williams.

As with the other speakers, he echoed the theme of teamwork that resonated through the earlier DVD presentation.

All three speakers had several mentors in common. One in particular was singled out by the three speakers – retired Navy captain and current NAVSUP FLC Norfolk Operations Department Director Bob Howard. They all said that he epitomized the spirit of Sailors helping Sailors, regardless of race, ethnic background or religion. Howard taught all three the importance of having good mentors throughout your career, but serving as a mentor to others throughout your career.

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remembers Continued from front WPNSTA Yorktown provided more than 150,000 tons of ordnance annually during the war in Vietnam, including more than 115,000 MK82 low-drag bombs annually for the U.S. Air Force. The war efforts went much further than just weapons; they also supported the people of Vietnam by donating clothes, toys and other material assistance through their “buddy base” at Coastal Group 13 Junk Base, located at Tu Hien, Vietnam, just South of Danang.

The Navy established the “buddy base” program in order to raise the standards of living for the Vietnamese Sailors and their families stationed there. The program opened direct communication and assistance between American bases and their Vietnamese counterparts, providing technical and material assistance as well as encouragement to the Vietnamese people.

“Servicemen do a lot more than fight a war,” said former WPNSTA Yorktown Commanding Officer, Capt. W.J. Maddocks in a 1970 interview with the Daily Press. “This will give us an opportunity to help a far distant community with its pattern of living, in much the same way we have

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been doing in this area.”

Lt. j.g. Robert F. Pascal, senior advisor for the base, explained in his letters to WPNSTA Yorktown, how difficult it was for the Vietnamese Sailors to support their families while trying to serve their country. “The Vietnamese get extremely low pay in the Navy,” he explained. “A second class petty officer with two children makes $40 a month, a Lieutenant with two children about $54 a month, while a taxi driver in Saigon makes about $300 a month.”

Coastal Group 13 Junk Base in Tu Hien was composed of six Yabuta junks, two Vietnamese Chuluc junks and two Boston Whaler skimmers. The junks were 50-foot wooden fishing craft armed with .50 and .30-caliber machine guns. The Sailors who manned the junks were comprised of mostly ex-fishermen, including four officers, 17 petty officers and 97 noncommissioned officers. Their mission was to patrol the outlying coastal area and to stop Viet Cong attempts to infiltrate men and supplies.

The Officers’ Wives’ Club and installation firefighters collected toys and clothing from military and civilian personnel on base and from the local community. Their first shipment of two pallet boxes was sent on July 20, 1971.

“It shows what can be done when our community relations can reach 9,000 miles across a continent and ocean to help others,” Maddocks concluded.

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| On base, off base accommodations

Continued from front housing within the gates. Base housing communities are being remodeled and renovated to modernize and make homes more efficient and safe for service members. For this type of housing, military members continue to receive BAH. The privatized housing company acts as a rental property manager and service members sign a lease and pay rent.

While privatization has brought housing a long way, it may not be a fit for every family, or every location.

Government-owned housing may be the only option you have, especially if taking a position overseas. The housing is operated and maintained by the DOD. While you will not have to worry about rent or utilities with this type of housing, you will also not receive BAH. Service members who are unmarried or who are separated from their families may live in single/unaccompanied housing, often referred to as barracks or bachelor quarters. The

housing generally is a single or shared room with a private or shared bath and common area. Living in these types of quarters can be appealing to some Sailors because everything is generally taken care of. You will not receive BAH if you find yourself living in this type of dwelling.

Other benefits to living on base include the sense of security a gated community provides, easy access to most facilities and a sense of camaraderie among the residents, said Stafford. In the case of deployments, most likely there is a support system nearby; a neighbor or another military spouse that gets it, has been there before, and can provide valuable resources.

For those of you looking to live out in town, you have to weigh your options. Do you have a big family or is it just you and your dog? An E-5 with dependents may not have an easy time finding a single family home in their price range in this area as easily as single Sailor looking for a one or two bedroom condo or apartment. Another thing to consider is the cost of utilities

and services. These costs will be your responsibility and need to be considered when making your final decision.

And of course your amount of BAH will depend on your base location.

Another source of stress is trying to put together living arrangements from another state, or even country. And that’s where www.homes.mil comes in. This website was constructed to help service members look for housing either at their current location, or any location in the world. The site not only helps those getting ready to PCS, but can also be a great source for putting your current home up for rent. In addition to the listings, the site has contact information for all military housing offices.

At the end of the day, it really comes down to what works best for the service member and their family.

“I think the biggest thing is calling the housing office...knowing what’s truly available...because it’s hard and each area has something specific that you probably should know before you move there,” said Stafford.

Tara M., Alumnus The Johnson Center. MBA.

| Sailor helps

civilians after car crash Continued from front The vehicle, according to Lane, had landed upright on its left side blocking immediate access to the driver. Lane and other drivers, who later arrived on the scene, helped move the tools and equipment that landed around the driver and calmed him until authorities arrived on the scene.

Chris Blake, technical rescue lieutenant with the Newport News Fire department, reflected on Lane’s assistance after the incident.

“It was nice that he was there to stabilize the incident before we arrived on scene,” said Blake.

Lane, who previously served aboard Lincoln in 1993 as a third class petty officer, has held numerous jobs on previous carrier flight decks to include moving planes back and forth across the flight deck to coordinating launching of aircraft to crash and salvage.

Lane is assigned to Lincoln’s Air Department and coincidentally is the third Sailor to provide rescue to citizens living or transiting through Newport News. On July 1, 2014, Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Devon Bishop and Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Jessica Jusino, rescued an elderly woman from her Newport News residence.

While both Sailors had recently completed general shipboard firefighting training at Naval Station Norfolk’s Firefighting Training School prior to assisting in the rescue that ultimately saved a woman’s life, Sailors like Lane have compiled a history of quick thinking that saves lives and ships.

“In my experience, the worst situations can happen instantaneously due to landing and recovering aircraft, which requires quick reaction skills and years of on-the-job training,” said Lane.

YOUTH | Army Continued from front Chory goes on to state that his level of commitment to the program set him apart from his peers. “For him it was all about his willingness to do this all the time and maturity level,” he said.

In September 2012, BGCA Military Services added a military component to the National Youth of the Year (YOY) program. The new military process is intended to increase the opportunity for military affiliated youth to access the State, Region, and National levels of the BGCA YOY program. Each year, a single BGCA military youth of the year (MYOY) will be selected to represent all branches of the armed services and participate in the National YOY event.

Local Clubs recognize members ages 14 to 18 as Youth of the Month winners and select a Youth of the Year, who then participates in state competitions. State winners each receive a $1,000 scholarship and participate in regional competitions. Five regional

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winners each receive a $10,000 scholarship and compete on the national level. The NationalYouth of theYear receives up to an additional $50,000 scholarship and is installed by the President of the United States.

Joseph, who enjoys mentoring the younger kids after school and playing basketball with his peers at the club, says he is drawn to contribute by his passion to help out others “I will always find time to contribute to the club because I enjoy being here,” he said.

Chory says that Joseph’s influence around the club is starting to affect even the most skeptical of his peers. “Now that he’s won, the teenagers are starting to look at the program,” said Chory. “They’re realizing that it’s cool because now he gets to travel, compete and meet other people.”

Joseph says he’s looking forward to touring Richmond and seeing the progress of what he’s done. “It’s going to be competitive, there are more judge and I’m going to have to give a speech, but I’m ready,” said Joseph.

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Carter greets workforce, outlines priorities at all-hands meeting

First AfricanAmerican tomb guard recalls ‘walking the mat’

By Cheryl Pellerin DOD News, Defense Media Activity

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By Jacqueline M. Hames Soldiers Magazine

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Arlington National Cemetery rests on an expanse of rolling hills in northern Virginia. One of the busiest tourist spots in the cemetery is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which sits at one of the highest points in the cemetery.

Though there is a spectacular view of Washington, D.C., visitors don’t pay much attention to the scenery. They are focused on the white marble sarcophagus and the lone Soldier who guards it, 21 steps at a time. While there has been a 24-hours-aday, seven days a week military guard at the Tomb since July of 1937, the 4th Battalion, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) didn’t assume its watch until 1948.

And it wasn’t until 1960 that the Tomb Guard selected its first African-American Soldier to “walk the mat.”

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Photo courtesy of Fred Moore Then, Spc. 4th Class Fred Moore faces the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia during his relief walk in 1961. Moore was the first African-American Soldier to “walk the mat” at the Tomb. See more Black History Month coverage on A6.

Early Detection and Treatment Effective with Chlamydia Screening at Naval Hospital Bremerton

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Communicable diseases and viral infections don’t just come and go. Some have a tendency to linger and stay.

Along with such frequent ailments as the common cold and food borne illness – two of the top five most common illnesses that include influenza, strep throat, and respiratory syncytial virus – there is another persistent malady that needs continual awareness of and that is Chlamydia.

“Chlamydia is the most commonly reported sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the United States. It is caused by the bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis. It can infect both men and women; and in women it can cause permanent damage to the reproductive system,

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Ta attests that the take home message is not one of alarm, but of awareness, with the ability to enact preventative measures.

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During a standing-room-only allhands gathering in the Pentagon’s auditorium Feb. 19, Defense Secretary Ash Carter enthusiastically greeted those he will lead and discussed his priorities as the 25th secretary.

Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work introduced Carter, citing the defense secretary’s “deep understanding of our business, of our shared enterprise, of organizing and training and equipping an organization [and] a fighting force that is ready for war and operating forward to preserve the peace.”

Taking the podium, Carter said, “The first and most important commitment for me always has been and always will be to you … I mean all of you – those who make up the greatest fighting force the world has ever known, and the finest and most decent fighting force the world has ever known.”

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DEFEATING ISIL TAKES DIPLOMATIC, MILITARY EFFORT, CARTER SAYS U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter holds a press conference after meeting with senior commanders attending a regional security conference on Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Feb. 23.

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Dealing a lasting defeat to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant will require “a combined diplomatic and military effort,” Defense Secretary Ash Carter told reporters at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, after he concluded a conference there with ambassadors and senior U.S. and regional military leaders.

Earlier in the day, during a troop talk at Camp Arifjan, Carter said he convened the conference to “begin to make my own assessment of the campaign to counter ISIL.” Carter thanked the conference partici-

pants, noting that “many traveled a significant distance on short notice to be here, and I sincerely appreciate it.”

Wide-ranging Discussion He added, “We had an incisive, candid, wide-ranging discussion.”

There were no briefings during the conference, said Carter, noting it featured participants’ sharing “of experience and ideas and expertise, and it made me very proud of the American team here in this region working on this problem of ISIL.”

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Know your resources with your local FFSC

By Jenny Collins Naval Center for Combat & Operational Stress Control Public Affairs

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The Naval Center for Combat & Operational Stress Control (NCCOSC) facilitates research and develops evidence-based programs that provide Sailors and Marines with important tools to build and maintain resilience.

As service members build resilience, military couples can also take steps to boost their resilience as well.

Military spouses and significant others play an important part in offering encouragement and support to today’s service members.

With a military career that often includes deployments and extended separations, military couples must work harder at being able to withstand, recover, and grow together in the face of stressors, adversity, and changing demands.

Below are eight ways military couples can improve their resilience.

1. Maintain Your Connection.

Being apart can be tough. By figuring out a system of regular contact, couples can build a strong foundation of open communication. It’s best to time conversations about up-

MC3 Liam Kennedy Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Markel Ancrumm, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5), kisses his wife and child after pulling into port following the completion of the ship’s final deployment to the western Pacific region.

setting issues as to not overwhelm your partner. Open conversations should still consist of an overall positive and supportive tone.

2. Reshape Interpretation. Some highly stressful life events are inevitable in military life. One cannot change when or how these events happen, but couples can certainly shape their attitudes to best react and respond. Use flexible thinking to place some perspective on the situation.

3. Remain Optimistic. Maintaining optimism in the face of stressors is a couple’s best chance to move forward during stressful times. Try to envision what you both want instead of worrying about what you’re both scared of.

4. Trust. Discuss in detail your expectations of one another on the homefront and while you are apart.

Work together to find ways to maintain trust. Talk about concerns but don’t dwell on them. Focus on how

to work past them.

5. Take Care of Yourself... and Each Other. Set aside a couple of minutes a day to decompress. Meditation is a great tool to alleviate stress. Make sure that your partner is doing the same or offer ways to help one another. Taking care of yourselves helps keep your minds ready to deal with situations that require resilience.

6. Understanding. If you and your partner are in the middle of a conflict, focus on what is upsetting you and vice versa. Try to disregard what caused the fight. Concentrate and work together to find the solution. This type of behavior control will be much more effective.

7. Create and Work Towards Goals Together. Couples who have common goals are often more successful in their relationship. Develop realistic goals with deadlines. Even completing small accomplishments can help improve your relationship.

SNOW DAY SLUMBER PARTY

By Lisa Smith Molinari Military Spouse Contributor

At the time, I thought it was a good idea. At the time, I thought it would be fun. At the time, I thought it would make me look like Mother of the Year.

Yes, at the time.

My brain must’ve been frozen when I had the bright idea to allow our teenage daughters, Anna and Lilly, to invite friends to a “snow day slumber party,” because it didn’t exactly turn out as I had envisioned.

My husband picked up our excited daughters and their friends from school after early dismissal, while I was at home frantically vacuuming our base house in hopes that no one would notice that I haven’t dusted since Truman signed the Marshall Plan.

Upstairs, while sucking a dust bunny and a paper clip from a corner, I heard them.

The back door burst open with an uproar of giggles. Backpacks thunked on our government-issuelinoleum floor, and I heard the suction-breaking sound of our refrigerator door opening. Our daughters and their friends swarmed the

house like marauding bees, buzzing with excitement from room to room, until finally settling in Lilly’s bedroom to post the first of many slumber party selfies and Snap Chats.

Instinct told me to hide in my room for the next two days, communicating with my husband via cell phone to bring me wine, Pringles and People magazines. But if I wanted these teenagers to think I was a cool mom, I knew I couldn’t cower in fear. I checked myself in the mirror (Okay, trendy sweater and some decent boots, at least I’m looking the part...), took deep breath (They’re teenagers, not blood-sucking zombies, right?), and entered the fray (Here goes nothing.)

Leaning nonchalantly on the door jam, I interrupted the group draped over Lilly’s bed. “Hey girls, how’s it going?” Sensing my pathetic need for recognition, Anna shot me an “Oh Brother” look, but her friends flashed genuine smiles.

So far so good.

Later in the kitchen, I knew that a cool mom would create a Pinterestworthy slumber party dinner like Euro-Asian fusion organic kebabs or something. However, the best I could muster was turkey noodle

soup and grilled cheese sandwiches. Mercifully, the girls hailed the low-brow buffet as the “perfect blizzard meal” and my reputation was spared.

Despite the fact that my mental stability depends heavily on my nightly couch time, my husband and I relinquished the entire first floor of the house to the giggling gaggle, so they could splatter brownie mix all over the kitchen, light popcorn bags on fire in the microwave, charge expensive movies on our Netflix account, and make more noise than a herd of stampeding wildebeests.

The next morning, while silently suffering anxiety over making the perfect chocolate chip pancakes – Oh Lord, please don’t let me burn them this time – I noticed that our house had turned into a combat zone, strewn with dishes, socks, bendy straws, blankets, popcorn, sweatshirts, soda cans, cell phones, and lip gloss.

Thankfully, the group went sledding after breakfast, giving me time to wash the dishes, tidy the house, and take a shower. Towel drying my hair in my bedroom, I breathed a huge sigh of relief. I think I’m a cool mom after all, I thought. Sip-

8. Professional Help. It’s important to recognize that unresolved relationship problems have the potential to impact a service member’s well-being and focus on the job. If the stress of military life becomes overwhelming for either party, don’t hesitate to seek help from a support group, counselor, clinician, or chaplain. Reaching out for support can help you manage any reaction and boost your resilience.

Resilience is very effective in helping our active duty population manage operational and combat stress, both in their work life and their home life.

At NCCOSC, we envision a future of innovative and relevant research that will increase our knowledge of psychological health. The knowledge that is gained will ultimately contribute to the readiness and resilience of our Sailors and Marines as they face the future challenges of military service.

ping my coffee, I reached out to separate the blinds, hoping to catch a heartwarming glimpse of the girls sledding in our snowy Currier and Ives base neighborhood.

“Oh, good God,” I sputtered, coffee shooting from my nose. Apparently, sledding is not thrilling enough. Apparently, it is more fun to jump off our garage into a snow bank. Apparently, this experience is even better if you film the stunts and upload clips to social media for all your friends – and, unfortunately, their parents – to see.

Driving the girls home in our saltsplattered minivan that afternoon, I chuckled at myself for trying so hard to be a cool mom, and realized that I should just be thankful I was returning the girls home with no apparent injuries other than a few minor hot chocolate burns and a bit of sleep deprivation.

Despite it all, motherhood is truly rewarding, I thought while looking out at the winter wonderland ... and then, I made a mental note to update our liability insurance.

Currently stationed in Newport, R.I., Lisa is a 20-year Navy spouse and mother of three teenagers, whose award-winning columns appear in military and civilian newspapers nationwide, and on her blog, themeatandpotatoesoflife.com.

Follow Lisa @MolinariWrites.

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OPERATION FREEDOM’S SENTINEL QUALIFIES FOR CAMPAIGN MEDAL DOD News, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON

Operation Freedom’s Sentinel is a qualifying operation for award of the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, the Department of Defense announced in a release issued Feb. 19.

Additionally, the release said, the transition from Operation Enduring Freedom to Freedom’s Sentinel also marks a new campaign phase, “Transition II,” for the Afghanistan Campaign Medal. Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Jessica L. Garfola Wright signed a memorandum authorizing these changes retroactive to Jan. 1, 2015.

The qualifying Afghanistan Campaign Medal operations, campaign phases, and associated inclusive dates for each are as follows:

Operations: ■ Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) – Sept. 11, 2001 to Dec. 31, 2014.

■ Freedom’s Sentinel – Jan. 1, 2015 to present.

Campaign Phases: ■ Liberation of Afghanistan – Sept.

11, 2001 to Nov. 30, 2001.

■ Consolidation I – Dec. 1, 2001 to Sept. 30, 2006.

■ Consolidation II – Oct. 1, 2006 to Nov. 30, 2009.

■ Consolidation III – Dec. 1, 2009 to June 30, 2011.

■ Transition I – July 1, 2011 to Dec. 31, 2014.

■ Transition II – Jan. 1, 2015 to present.

Service members should contact their respective military departments for additional guidance.

U.S. Navy file photo Master-at-Arms 2nd Class David Yee hugs his kids during liberty call at Naval Air Station North Island.

Leave – Use it or lose it Chief of Naval Personnel Public Affairs WASHINGTON

Military service members' February leave and earning statement (LES) will carry a reminder that as of Oct. 1, any accrued leave more than 60 days will be lost.

Since 2008 Sailors have been allowed to carryover up to 75 days of leave each fiscal year as authorized by Congress. That authorization will end at the end of fiscal year 2015 after which leave carryover will revert to 60 days. In general, any leave bal-

ance in excess of 60 days on Sept. 30, 2015 will be lost.

Service members' LES may have an incorrect use/lose leave balance. Defense Finance and Accounting Services (DFAS) is reprogramming pay systems to account for the return to the 60 day leave carryover by the June 2015 LES. Sailors should check their LES and talk with their Command Pass Coordinator (CPC) for help understanding their correct use/lose balance.

There are some specific exceptions. Sailors with more leave days than the authorized

■ get more information Commands with questions on leave policies should contact their local Personnel Support Detachment (PSD) or call the NPC Customer Service Center at 1-866-U-ASK-NPC ((866) 827-5672). For more news from Chief of Naval Personnel, visit www.navy.mil/local/cnp/.

carryover limit, who are also assigned to hostile fire or imminent danger pay areas or deployed on a ship or mobile unit for at least 60 continuous days, may apply for special leave accrual (SLA) to retain any excess leave days.

This request is typically done at the command level. Instructions on how to apply for and administer SLA are outlined in MILPERSMAN 1050-070.

Sailors are encouraged to work with their commands to manage their leave balances throughout FY15.

Commands with questions on leave policies should contact their local Personnel Support Detachment (PSD) or call the NPC Customer Service Center at 1-866-U-ASK-NPC ((866) 827-5672).

For more news from Chief of Naval Personnel, visit www. navy.mil/local/cnp/.

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The annual Academy Women Officer Women Leadership Symposium (OWLS) will be held March 6-7 at the Women In Military Service for America (WIMSA) Memorial, Arlington, Virginia.

Held annually, OWLS includes educational and professional development workshops, seminars and exhibits designed to enhance the professional knowledge of attendees while increasing overall awareness of issues affecting women in the military. The symposium offers an invaluable opportunity for female officers, midshipmen and senior enlisted to benefit from the open dialogue, career enhancing information, and mentoring opportunities.

While all service members are eligible, ideal candidates for the symposium include outstanding officers, midshipmen, and senior enlisted, who are at a career decision point. All 66

available Navy-funded registrations will be coordinated through the Navy Office of Diversity and Inclusion – Women’s Policy.

Individual commands are not authorized to expend travel funds, including lodging, transportation, and meals and incidental expenses (M&IE). Travel funding for those who are attending in an official capacity has already been coordinated and approved; all other travel is not authorized. Lunch will be provided on March 6-7 for those attending. All other meals will be purchased by the attendee.

To obtain a conference registration reservation, contact Lt. Tawney Nakamura at (703) 604-5077 or tawney.nakamura@navy.mil. Registrants must be from the local National Capital Region. Uniform for Navy personnel will be service khaki for E-7 and above and service uniform for E-6 and below.

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making the area extremely bright.

“You could see a chipmunk,” Moore remembered.

of Moore: a “Straight Trooper” Continued from B1 Drafting and Recruitment Spc. 4th Class Fred Moore, the first African-American posted to the Tomb Guard, was drafted Aug. 13, 1959, and left his home in Cleveland, Ohio, for basic training shortly after. He wasn’t pleased with being selected and spent the first part of his training thinking about how he could go back home.

“When I got my letter from the government telling me that I had been selected, I was upset because I was working, and a lot of the guys, the friends that I knew, they weren’t working,” Moore said. “And I had a job, and then when I went into the service, they were still doing what they were doing, and it just kind of rubbed me the wrong way.”

One night, Moore’s platoon sergeant lined up the new recruits and asked how many of them had been drafted. He sympathized, acknowledging that the draftees might have a few complaints about being in the service. And then he reminded everyone, “The Army can do more to you than you can do to it.”

“So, I just said ‘OK, I’m going to straighten up, I’m going to do the best I can, and make the best of it,’ and it worked out real well for me,” Moore said.

Moore was sent to the reception center at Fort Knox, Kentucky, during training. He and the other recruits were subjected to a series of tests over three days before they were given any assignments. An officer called Moore into his office and noted that Moore had scored exceptionally well on the tests.

He went on to emphasize Moore’s physical build: 185 pounds, 6 feet 1 inch, and asked Moore if he’d like to be in Honor Guard Company.

“Well, I didn’t have a clue as to what he was talking about, I didn’t know what Honor Guard Company was,” Moore said. The officer explained it was a spit-and-polish outfit, so Moore agreed to the assignment. When he received his orders after training, he was a little disappointed because his fellow Soldiers were all going to exciting places, like South Korea and Germany, and Moore had to say he was going to Fort Myer, Virginia.

Honor Guard Company is the nickname for The Old Guard’s Company E, 4th Battalion. The

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company also comprises an escort platoon, a casket platoon, a firing party and a continental color guard.

When Moore arrived in late 1960, he was assigned to the firing party.

“You were busy all the time.

You were busy, just about every day. When I first got there, once I got my training and settled into the company, I was on the military firing party, we did military funerals in Arlington National Cemetery,” Moore recalled. “We fired the rifles over the graves, and we did that five days out of the week.

Sometimes, we would have burials every half-hour on the hour.”

When the weather was good, the company would participate in parades and ceremonies, sometimes functioning as a ceremonial guard for visiting dignitaries.

“I was in the inaugural parade for John F. Kennedy. Kennedy was just coming in and Eisenhower was going out, and also … I was part of his inaugural ball. I was part of the outfit that performed,” Moore added.

Tomb Guard Now-retired Army Col. Neale Cosby, who served as a platoon leader with the Tomb Guard and was the Honor Guard Company’s basketball coach, had first choice of the Soldiers qualified to stand watch of the Tomb. He selected Moore for duty under the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Battalion and assigned him to Quarters Number 1, in preparation for Tomb Guard duty.

“I got to know him on the basketball court, and like him, and respect him. Not only was he a good Soldier, but he was a good guy, he was a very steady guy, an all-American Soldier,” Cosby said. He added that Soldiers on the Tomb Guard should be able to present themselves well at attention, have straight posture, be coordinated at handling a rifle and be able to keep the 21-count well. Moore seemed to possess all those qualities.

“Plus the fact that … you don’t want just good Soldiers. You want good citizens, good Americans, good people, and he was all that,” Cosby said.”I could tell that. And it was not, in fact, it did not skip my mind that he was black and none had ever served there. And I thought it was the right thing to do, and I looked around and I thought, ‘This guy’s got everything, why don’t I do it?’”

| SECDEF

discussed priorities Continued from B1 The total national team includes Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines. It includes civilians and contractors, he added, “and the fallen, the families of the fallen and wounded warriors. I think we have to start there.”

Commitments and Priorities To those he will lead, Carter explained how he sees the job and what he’ll be doing, and detailed his commitments and priorities.

Carter said a critical responsibility for him as defense secretary is “to make sure we never put anyone and their family in [harm’s way] without the greatest care and reflection about why we’re doing it and what its purpose is and what the benefit is for our nation and for the future.”

A primary role in the job, the secretary said, is to assist the president and the national leadership in making decisions that will keep the nation safe and protect the country and its friends and allies now and into the future.

“We’re a large institution … a beacon of quality, if I may say so, in the federal service, so we have a lot to offer our national leadership in helping them make decisions,” Carter said.

DOD’s ‘Great Expertise’ “I intend to be very active in doing that,” he added, “and I will be counting on you to help me, and lift the great expertise of this department and

all its people to the service of the country’s national security decisions.”

Carter summarized the multiple national security threats – old and new – facing the nation, but said the nation also has bright opportunities to explore.

“We are not only the finest fighting force in the world, but I think we’re the brightest beacon of hope as a country in the world,” Carter said.

“If you want evidence of that,” he added, “take a look at who has all the friends. The United States has friends and allies in every part of the world.

No other country on earth can say that, [and] our antagonists have none or few.”

Opportunities to Pursue Carter said the country has a lot to be proud of and many opportunities to pursue, “if only we can all come together and grab hold of them” for a better future.

Today’s constrained budget and resource environment presents challenges, he acknowledged.

“If we’re going to convincingly make the case to our people that they need to spend more on their defense – which I believe they do – we need to, at the same time, show them that we know we can do better at spending that money,” Carter said.

Being open to change and to the wider worlds of technology and culture will help make the Pentagon better at spending money, and better at succeeding in the future, he added.

Photo courtesy of Fred Moore The first African-American Soldier on duty at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, then-Spc. 4th Class Fred Moore, walks his relief in 1961 at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

In January of 1961, President Kennedy brought the president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, to the Tomb for a wreath-laying ceremony. Nkrumah asked Kennedy why he didn’t see any people of color on the Tomb Guard, Moore explained.

Nkrumah’s concern became Kennedy’s, and orders traveled down the chain of command in The Old Guard. Moore, already in line for Tomb duty, was moved quickly into a sentinel position.

“The next thing I know, the word came back to the company that they told me to get my stuff, I was moving out of the 3rd Platoon, I was going down to the Tomb Guard Platoon, I was going into training, and that was in January. So I went into training in January and in March I became a guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier,” he said.

Then, Spc. 4th Class John Ranum was on the relief (a relief is the shift a guard is assigned) that Moore joined, and described Moore as a “straight trooper.”

“He had to be good. Well, we all had to be pretty good, but … he was exceptional,” Ranum said of Moore.

Moore wasn’t nervous for his first shift of sentinel duty because the training had prepared him well.

However, he remembered it being a little overwhelming. That first crowd felt like the largest crowd of the day to Moore. He added that stepping onto the mat for the first time was a “great feeling.”

He was unaware he was the first black Soldier on a Tomb Guard relief until an article came out in Ebony magazine in September 1961.

The Tomb Guard reliefs were organized differently during the 1960s, with 12 Soldiers on duty as sentinels. There were three reliefs, Ranum explained, with four men

CHLAMYDIA Continued from B1 “Chlamydia infection is extremely common. It is the leading preventable cause of infertility in the United States. The infection rates are highest among sexually active young women 15-25 years of age. Chlamydia infections are readily treated with antibiotics, and screening leads to as much as 60 percent reduction in the incidence of pelvic inflammatory disease. Early detection and treatment are effective in preventing severe and permanent damages to the reproductive system,” Ta said.

Ta stresses that it is important to get checked for Chlamydia because for women, approximately 70 percent of cases are asymptomatic.

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on each relief working in 24-hour shifts. Ranum said the more difficult times to walk the mat were at night, or in bad weather.

“It was easier with the people around, because if there was no one there – which was very rare, maybe the first hour in the morning – you had to be just as straight as [with] the people there, because you never knew,” he said. “Every day was different, every walk was different, and it was just very interesting to watch people, although we had to look straight ahead practically all the time. It was interesting to see the effect the place has on people and sometimes you could just tell that someone … had a real interest and was nostalgic about being there. Very moving.”

Ranum and Moore served on the same relief for about six months and grew very close. One day, during the height of summer, Moore recalled relieving Ranum from his post. It had been raining off and on all day, so Moore had gone on duty with a rain jacket. The moment he stepped on the mat, it stopped raining. When he came off the mat after his halfhour walk, he took the jacket off.

On his next walk, he went out without the rain jacket, and sure enough it started raining. Things went on this way over the course of the day: Whenever Moore was prepared for rain, it was sunny; when he dressed for clear skies, it drizzled.

Ranum spent the whole shift laughing at him, like any good friend would.

Moore remembers Soldiers talking about being uncomfortable while on duty at night in a cemetery, but he’s not sure why it made some people nervous. When the moon was out, the white marble of the amphitheater reflected the light,

Proud to Serve Moore was drafted into the Army during a tumultuous period for civil rights, when racial discrimination was rampant. However, he said he didn’t experience that in the Army, and he got along well with his fellow Soldiers.

“To tell you the truth, I considered myself blessed because I didn’t have any problems whatsoever. No problems, no problems at all,” he said.

He credits that blessing to being around other good people.

After Moore’s duty as a Tomb sentinel was over, he went on to the Noncommissioned Officers Academy and graduated with honors. He went home to Cleveland after his two-year service requirement ended.

He lost touch with Ranum, Cosby and other members of his relief until 1998, when he went to a reunion of the Society of the Honor Guard, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

The society, which is a 501(3)(c) organization with the goal of protecting and enhancing the image of the Tomb and the Soldiers who stand guard, was founded by Cosby and four former sentinels.

Moore hadn’t seen anyone from his Army days in 37 years, and had to reschedule another family function to attend the society’s reunion.

When his wife, Joyce, found out about the reunion, she was insistent that they attend, Moore said.

“So we went down and we just had a fantastic time, you know, and it was strange, and then younger guys that had been guards down there, as soon as they heard my name they knew who I was, and I was kind of baffled,” he said. So many people wanted to take pictures with him and knew his name that he had to ask what was going on. He discovered he was part of the Tomb Guard test; Soldiers had to know who the first AfricanAmerican sentinel was in order to become sentinels themselves.

Moore has been to as many biannual reunions with the society as possible, and when he goes, new sentinels tell him that he “paved the way,” but Moore said he is more proud of them than they are of him.

“They’ve just elevated (the position) and that’s what makes me proud,” he said.

EDITOR’S NOTE: In 1997, Army Sgt. Danyell E. Wilson became the first female African-American Tomb Guard.

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| Carter: anti-ISIL efforts making impact

Continued from B1 Conference participants reflected on the “seriousness and the complexity of the threat posed by ISIL, especially in an interconnected and networked world,” the secretary said.

“Lasting defeat of this brutal group can and will be accomplished,” he said. “But I learned some things that we'll need to guide our effort to do so.

“First, doing so, that is achieving the lasting defeat of ISIL, will require a combined diplomatic and military effort,” Carter continued.

“That was abundantly confirmed by our discussion, and was affirmed or rather affirms the bringing together of this unique grouping of political and military leaders.”

Second, although he’s cognizant “of the great strength of the coali-

tion the United States has assembled and leads in this struggle,” Carter said there’s a need “to leverage further the individual contributions of each.”

Third, he added, while the center of gravity of the anti-ISIL campaign is in Iraq and Syria, “it has ramifications in other regions of the world that need to be taken into account also in our approach.”

Fourth, ISIL's “use of social media will be pressing us to be more creative in combating it in the information dimension as well as the physical dimension,” Carter said.

The secretary also said that discussion among conference participants indicated to him that ISIL “is hardly invincible.”

Coalition anti-ISIL efforts to date “have already been having some important impacts,” Carter said.

He added, “Our global coalition is up to the task, and so is American leadership, which has shone through – throughout the course of this campaign.”

Carter described today’s conference as “very productive and very valuable, and you should expect to see more consultations like this by me in the future, convening senior leaders from across our government and sometimes experts from outside of it to ensure that our nation's defense is as dynamic as the challenges before it.”

At the conclusion of his remarks, Carter took questions from the press.

One reporter asked him about the importance of a political-military balance in the fight against ISIL. Carter acknowledged that the anti-ISIL campaign in Syria does have both political and military dimensions.

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MC1 Nathan Laird Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert is welcomed to a ceremony to present the U.S. Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation to the crew of the Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Toronto (FFH 333). Toronto received the award for their significant disruption of drugs, criminal and terrorist activities while assigned to Combined Task Force (CTF) 150.

Canadian warship to receive U.S. Navy Meritorious Unit Award

By MCC (SW/AW) Julianne Metzger Chief of Naval Operations Public Affairs

WASHINGTON

The U.S. Navy’s top admiral presented a U.S. Navy unit award to a Canadian warship Feb. 20.

Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert presented the U.S. Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (MUC) on Feb. 20 to HMCS Toronto (FFH 333) of the Royal Canadian navy in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

U.S. Ambassador to Canada Bruce Heyman, Commander of the Royal Canadian navy Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, and several members of U.S. and Canadian government and navy leadership attended the ceremony.

A non-U.S. naval force receiving a U.S. Navy unit decoration is a rarity; this event

marking the fifth occurrence of such a decoration in the last 45 years.

Returning from their deployment, the crew of the Toronto was selected to receive the prestigious award due to their continued support of Combined Task Force (CTF) 150.

The Halifax-class frigate significantly disrupted the flow of drugs, criminal and terrorist activities in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.

While deployed Toronto responsibilities included tracking, boarding and searching maritime contacts of interest to CTF-150.

Among Toronto’s accomplishments during deployment which began in February of 2013, the ship’s crew seized six large caches of illegal drugs to include 1,300 kilograms of heroin and six tons of hashish. Seizures of a large magnitude can significantly affect unlawful organizations’ ability to fund illegal operations.

Wounded Warriors, families brought together during NRSE Symposium

By MC2 (SW/AW/EXW) Stacy D. Laseter Naval Region Southeast Public Affairs

JACKSONVILLE, FLA.

A panel of seriously wounded, ill and injured Sailors, alongside their spouses, gathered at the Commander, Navy Region Southeast (CNRSE) Wounded Warrior Family Symposium Feb. 11, on board Naval Air Station Jacksonville.

The symposium was hosted by Navy Wounded Warrior (NWW) - Safe Harbor, the Navy’s main support program for wounded warriors and their caregivers.

During her opening remarks, CNRSE Rear Adm. Mary Jackson thanked the panelists for sharing their story before emphasizing the importance of learning and spreading the word about the NWW Safe Harbor program.

“This is about having the opportunity to learn about how we can better provide services for our ill, injured and wounded warriors,” Jackson said. “We are very much looking forward to what you have to tell us, but I also ask that today be a dialogue. We need to learn.”

The objective of the event was to hear directly from the families of enrollees about their experiences, trials and triumphs. Their open feedback will develop the delivery of non-medical services to current and future enrollees and their families.

“We had people with the ability to affect change in the audience to hear the questions, comments and concerns of our recovering service members and their caregivers,” said Lt. Daniel J. Simonds, regional program director, NWW Safe Harbor.

The panel of enrollees included retired Airman Brett Parks, who was injured in a shooting when he attempted to stop a robbery while off duty; Hospital Corpsman Herbert Peterson, who was injured after suffering 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degree burns in a liberty accident; Chief Naval Aircrewman (Operator) Trevor Bowen, who was diagnosed with terminal cancer last year, but has since gone into remission; and Masterat-Arms 2nd Class Daniel Devine, who was injured during his third tour to Afghanistan when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) exploded a mere 300 feet from him, causing a traumatic brain injury.

“We had a broad spectrum of wounds, illness and injuries on our panel and I think a

From the moment I woke up, Navy Safe Harbor was there with me and my wife....” -Retired Airman Brett Parks lot of times, people associate wounded warriors with combat, but our audience was able to see that it’s not just combat wounded Sailors who require assistance,” said Simonds. “I thought that really drove home a nice point to the audience.”

The program currently has more than 1,640 enrollees, with more than 1,500 additional service members who have received assistance though they did not qualify for enrollment. NWW Safe Harbor offers an extensive variety of services, including assisting with employment and education opportunities, connecting them to benefits, hosting adaptive athletics events, and family and mental health resources.

“My injury has changed everything,” said Devine. “I’m not able to play with my kids as much as I would like to. I require a lot of patience from my wife and I’ve lost a lot of memory. It’s been something that I’ve had to learn to deal with, but you learn and you push forward. We are fairly new to the program, but they have given us more resources than we know what to do with.”

The NWW Safe Harbor program was formally established in 2008 and, since its foundation, its mission has extended beyond offering support to service members wounded in combat. Currently, of its enrolled service members, half are injured and half are ill.

“It helped me have a complete turnaround from where I was when I woke up from my coma. I didn’t know what to do,” Parks said.

“From the moment I woke up, Navy Safe Harbor was there with me and my wife, and they helped get the paperwork together because we didn’t know about anything. And they helped to push me to do sports and continue setting goals and get better.”

For more information about NWW and how to enroll, call (855) NAVY WWP/ (855) 628-9997, or visit http://safeharbor.navylive. dodlive.mil or email safeharbor@navy.mil.

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Retired Lt. Col. Wally Kaenzig is a survivor of Iwo Jima. Here he looks through old photos during WWII.

Among the Americans serving on Iwo island, uncommon valor was a common virtue.”

-Adm. Chester Nimitz

Retired Lt. Col. Wally Kaenzig sits in his office and reflects on his experience during the Battle of Iwo Jima.

Retired Lt. Col. Wally Kaenzig holds up a photo of the members of his artillery batter on Iwo Jima.

GHOSTS OF IWO JIMA 70 years after the battle began

By MCC Michael Jones Defense Media Activity

Deafening silence. Snow lightly dusts the branches of the Christmas trees on this cold, gray Galloway, New Jersey morning.

The rows are neatly lined – this is a farm, after all. Its principle crop is Christmas trees. However, its true purpose seems to be the sale of home and family, of comfort, of peace and safety ... of silence.

A sharp, shrill metallic buzz slices the early morning tranquility. It sounds like a chainsaw at first, but soon reveals itself as a four-wheeled, all-terrain vehicle.

Wally Kaenzig sits at the helm, gleefully carving a path through the fresh-fallen snow. He laughs – zipping around with the wild abandon of youth. Kaenzig is 94 years old. If anyone has earned the right to laugh, it’s Kaenzig. He spent 26 days in hell.

Kaenzig is a survivor of Iwo Jima.

The Rutgers University Junior was well on his way to a career in agriculture when the shocking news crackled across the radio that December in 1941. In an instant, Wally and many of his classmates dashed to the nearest military recruiting station – they were going to fight.

Turned down by the Navy, (“You ain’t gonna be able to grow squash very well on a ship,” laughed the recruiter) Kaenzig found himself walking through the next door in the building. He was going to be a Marine.

Kaenzig became a member of the Corps’ legendary 4th Marine Division. Before long, he was training extensively at Camp Pendleton, California for an invasion like no other. The Marines knew they were working toward something huge – the secrecy surrounding the operation was highlighted one day by the unannounced arrival of a black convertible limousine. The silent,

Retired Lt. Col. Wally Kaenzig holds up a newspaper clipping of when he deployed in support of the Korean War.

bespeckled stare of the commander in chief studying the drills in the dunes below was all the proof needed.

Once out to sea, Kaenzig and his fellow Marines were briefed on the objective for which they had been training so long. The 4th Marine Division would join the 5th and 3rd for an invasion of an eight-squaremile, pork chop-shaped volcanic island: Iwo Jima.

The island’s two runways (a third under construction) would allow for U.S. longrange bombers to begin runs over the Japanese mainland. Iwo Jima’s strategic location was not lost on the Japanese – more than 20,000 defenders dispatched to the island were dug in, literally, through a series of interconnected tunnels and caves.

Amphibious forces of the U.S. Pacific Fleet attacked the fortress of Iwo Jima on

Feb. 19, 1945, with a formidable force, totaling 495 ships, including 17 aircraft carriers, 1,170 planes, and 110,308 troops.

The beaches were eerily quiet as the Higgins boats landed ashore and the Marines began to offload. The relentless, preinvasion bombardment from naval and air forces must’ve surely worked.

The minimal resistance, however, proved only a ploy to draw the exposed Marines onto the beaches. It was then that 20,000 determined Japanese defenders, led by General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, opened up from their vast underground network.

The bombardment did little to soften the defenses.

It was directly into this inferno on D-Day that Kaenzig came ashore. He almost didn’t even make it off his Higgins boat. Mortar and artillery shells burst all

around as the boat’s ramp lowered. Several simultaneous and deafening explosions nearly capsized the landing craft. The boat was sinking fast – Kaenzig knew he had to get out of there quickly.

Conditions worsened as Kaenzig struggled ashore through the volcanic sand.

The hailstorm of bullets and artillery only increased as he struggled to organize and push his men forward.

He was only 24, but Kaenzig knew and accepted that he would soon be dead.

It was four days into the campaign when luck began to change. The roar of ships’ horns and whistles off the island pointed Kaenzig’s eyes toward the summit of Mount Suribachi – the island’s highest point. There flapping in the Pacific breeze was the American Flag. The summit was secured.

The celebration was short lived.

Literally inching their way across the island, the Marines were able to secure Iwo after 36 days of brutal combat. Victory came at a very heavy price. At the battle’s conclusion, 6,821 Americans and more than 20,000 Japanese were killed. Twenty-two Marines and five Sailors received the Congressional Medal of Honor for their actions on Iwo – the most bestowed for any campaign. Adm. Chester Nimitz remarked, “Among the Americans serving on Iwo island, uncommon valor was a common virtue.”

Kaenzig returned to Galloway following the war hoping to put the past behind him.

Seventy years have gone by, and yet the memories are as vivid as the day he stormed ashore. Friends and family have passed. The ranks of survivors grow smaller each year, yet Kaenzig embraces life with the zeal and passion of a man more than half his age.

Surrounded by the trees on the farm he loves, perhaps he’s finally found his peace.

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Maintaining the Bonhomme Richard’s advancement machine

By MC3 Cameron McCulloch USS Bonhomme Richard Public Affairs

USS BONHOMME RICHARD, AT SEA

The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) could be considered one immense machine with many other machines within. These “machines” give us water, supply us heat, cook our meals and propel the ship forward.

But there is one machine that propels our Sailors’ careers forward as well; the Bonhomme Richard Advancement Machine (BAM).

BAM was created in response to Bonhomme Richard Sailor’s desire for an opportunity to better prepare for advancement examinations.

It provides the crew with an hour every Friday for dedicated in-rate training in their work centers.

“When I received word of the crew’s desire, the creative process of BAM took place,” said Senior Chief Navy Counselor Latonya

Luter. “The name I came up with was the Bonhomme Richard Advancement Academy, but in keeping with the commanding officer’s explosive personality and energy, the name took on the creative spin of the Bonhomme Richard Advancement Machine. Sailors asked and ‘BAM,’ they got it.”

This provides departments a dedicated and ship-wide time to train their Sailors without interruption or distraction.

“We always know we’re having BAM on Friday so I ask the Sailors what they want to learn on Monday,” said Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class C.J. Anderson, Deck Department’s training petty officer.

“When Friday rolls around, I can have all that information prepared and have time devoted to training on it, which is a major contribution to Sailors getting advanced.”

That advancement and training information, for any rate, is available online for Sailors to use for

individual study, as well as departmental training.

“The bibliography for advancement and the topics and sub-topics that Sailors can expect on the advancement examination are the primary tools and can be downloaded from Navy Knowledge Online (NKO) or from the Command Career Counselor (CCC) folder on our network computers,” said Luter.

“Additionally, leaders can utilize the bibliography references to provide hands-on training to their Sailors.

Some Sailors can read reference material for long periods of time and still have difficulties with advancement exams; however, having practical application improves the retention of information.”

Work centers use the allotted time to coach their Sailors and enhance the ship’s overall warfighting capability.

“It’s a set time so there are no excuses not to study,” said Machinery Repairman 2nd Class Veronica

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Cooley, machine shop leading petty officer. “We are always focused on something else and BAM is the one time a week we can focus on

ourselves and get ourselves to the next level of proficiency. It not only helps with advancement, but betters the ship as a whole.”

Personal Readiness Summit emphasizes ‘every Sailor every day’

By MC3 Gabrielle Joyner Navy Public Affairs Support Element West, Detachment Hawaii

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Sailors and senior leadership stationed throughout Navy Region Hawaii participated in a two-day personal readiness summit at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Feb. 17-18.

The summit focused on building trustworthy relationships between peers and command leadership, as well as promoting personal resilience to manage an array of personal behavior issues. With a theme of “Every Sailor Every Day,” the summit’s objective was to empower commands to provide a command climate culture of equal respect as a key part of developing operational readiness.

“It’s critically important that naval leaders today ensure their teams, squadrons, ships and boat crews are ready to fight and win,” said Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr., Commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet (PACFLT). “It’s a lot harder to be ready to fight if you’re bogged

down with personal issues that are distracting from the real mission.”

U.S. Pacific Fleet Master Chief Marco Ramirez stressed the serious nature of the subjects addressed during the summit as vital to the organization.

“The purpose of the personal readiness summit is to make sure that we are engaged, and we can better recognize destructive behaviors,” said Ramirez. “Part of readiness is to provide education in recognizing these issues because readiness is not a joke, it is what we do.”

The summit included a diverse range of interactive presentations on topics such as sexual assault prevention, suicide prevention, stress control, ethics, physical readiness and other personal issues that affect the fleet.

“We try to bring in new and interesting speakers to provide different perspectives on personal and family readiness issues,” said John Croce, PACFLT Personal and Family Readiness, Equal Opportunity, & Commer-

cial Services management, and host of the summit. “We get a lot of good feedback from these very sessions across the fleet and think it’s a key component of our whole personal and family readiness program.”

The participating Sailors were grouped in targeted audiences as a way to maximize training opportunities and group participation.

“Our organization is hierarchical, we have leaders and followers, but we are also a team and we share ideas and our practices,” said Cmdr. John Kalantzis, PACFLT deputy chaplain, and a panel participant. “This summit is a mechanism for discussing the best practices, adjusting the policies where necessary and bringing in new fresh ideas and making processes we have work better so that we can take care of our people and win the fight.”

Mike Domitrz, founder of “The Date Safe Project,” performed interactive training fueled by crowd participation entitled,

“Can I Kiss You.” The presentation focused on sexual assault and changing the culture towards the meaning of consent.

“The best part about this training is that it’s just blatantly truthful, he just says it like it is and people can better relate to it,” said Steelworker 2nd Class William H. Baird, assigned to Naval Facilities Engineering Command.

“It’s an ongoing issue and everyone wants to do something to stop it but not a lot of people really make the effort to do so. Being straightforward really helps.”

Harris suggests that leadership engage with their teams and talk to them about the subjects outlined in the summit sessions when they check in, to set the tone, and when they check out to see if the message has resonated.

“I encourage you to take from this summit the tools you need to communicate with your command team and help put a stop to the issues that distract us from the mission, for the welfare of our Sailors, our Navy and our nation,” said Harris.

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: THIS WEEKEND A SCANDALOUS REINVENTION

OF A SHAKESPEAREAN CLASSIC

By Yiorgo Contributing Writer

Southeastern Virginia’s leading theater company, Virginia Stage Company, proudly presents a scandalous reinvention of the Shakespearean classic, “The Taming of the Shrew” directed by award winning director Patrick Mullins, Feb. 24 through March 15 at the Wells Theater in Downtown Norfolk.

Here is my recent conversation with Patrick.

Yiorgo: What is your position and job description at Virginia Stage Company (VSC) and how did you make the job your own?

Patrick Mullins: I have been the Associate Artistic Director of the Virginia Stage Company for the last eight years. I assist with artistic oversight for all of our main stage and outreach work in the community as well as the development of new work when we commission new playwrights or commissioned plays. The way that I have made it my own is that I sought projects outside of the theater place. I’ve directed a couple of Springtime Solutes on USS Wisconsin as well as at the Mid-Summer Fantasy Series, and I also teach a couple of classes at Old Dominion University and help oversee our joint training program coordinating internships between the academic world and the professional world.

Y: What is the most fun/worst part of your job?

PM: It’s the same thing for me. The final

week of rehearsal before the opening of any play. You’ve rehearsed for a couple of weeks and you put it up on the stage and all the pieces are finally coming together. You are following this thread of intuition of how it is going to work, it’s thrilling and exciting, it becomes beautiful and bigger then you could ever imagine but at the same time it feels like a train hurling down the track, that might jump the track at any moment and crash and burn. It’s when it gets to that place before it lands in the audience. I enjoy the show once it opens but to me the opening is almost a letdown because my job is done.

Y: What is the Cultivate Program and are you still involved with it?

PM: Yes I am, it is when VSC interacts with the world outside of the Wells Theater main stage by doing residency programs at the Attucks Theater, high school tours that includes our current anti-bulling tour called “X out Bulling” and hosting forums to name a few. It continues to grow. We are working on a project right now that is a little military based that I am excited about. It is a chance for us to take what we do and put it in a different context.

Y: What are some of your favorite plays that you have directed?

PM: I have done a fair amount of Shakespeare and classical work. There is a reason why those stories, characters and art types stay with us. I like examining them, taking them outside of, or building up their context, so it is easily accepted into our society. A

perfect example would be our current production of “The Taming of the Shrew.” It is about a woman’s place in society and marriage. We are still having the same conversations today that they had back then.

Y: Speaking of Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew,” you are currently directing it at VSC. Why put on this particular play?

PM: Chris Hanna, our Artistic Director, came to me and said, “How do you feel about directing ‘The Taming of a Shrew’”?

For me, it was the last play I wanted to direct. It is so misogynistic and re-enforces some bad habits we have in society of how we treat each other. I got to thinking about it. Why are we still doing this play if it is so damaging? I wanted to take it outside its context so I casted a guy to play the woman that gets tamed Katherine, and four women that play all the other parts. I wanted to keep the gender ideas but not exactly tie it to the gender ideas at the same time. So that kind of casting takes it out of context of how we look at it.

Y: Without giving it away, what can the audience expect to see that they have not seen before?

PM: It is unlike any Taming of the Shrew version that you have seen before. It is a New Synthpop Musical that I have decided to structure like a Greek theater. It includes an all female chorus who are cast in a rock band called the SHREWS that acts partly as Greek chorus. In this case it is an elec-

tric pop band with original music and lyrics composed by local musician and producer Jacki Paolella specifically for this show. The five actors play all the music and play all the roles in the play. I like to see how the poetry reverberates, so I left the text in tact but I have abridged it some so the whole play takes place in about 90 minutes as opposed to two hours. Because we do not use some of the words anymore or some of the jokes or dialogues are now archaic, we abridged them into a music montage that tells that part of the story.

You know Shakespeare had his actors dress in contemporary clothes and speak in Elizabethan times so we kind have paid homage to that and have done it as well in this production. So it transcends any period of time except for the references to locations and occupations.

Y: Why should people see this play?

PM: Shakespeare believed that shows should be accessible and fun. I believe the same way. This production is fun with great music. Not musical theater type of music but the kind you would listen to on the radio or in a concert where you would join in and dance to. It has a little bit of everything, costumes and glam, and a very sexy cast that are also killer musicians and singers. It’s about having a good time while presenting themes for us to think about in an enjoyable, fun subtext.

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Macro Photography 2-day Workshop ■ ■ ■ ■

When: Feb. 27, 5 p.m. and Feb. 28, 9 a.m.

Where: Botanical Gardens Cost: Members $68, not-yet-members $96 For more information, call: 441-5830

Are you an avid photographer, looking to fine tune your skills and expand your knowledge of photography? This course is ideal for the intermediate photographer with knowledge of manual camera settings that want to take their abilities to the next level and capture those extreme close ups. Join professional photographer Ken Knight as he reveals his tips and techniques for taking quality close-ups in the Garden. This course is informative for both the digital and the SLR photographer. Bring a camera with macro capabilities, and tripod.

Pre-registration is required. Moderate walking.

AUTO AUCTION TO BE HELD ON NAVSTA NORFOLK MARCH 11 All vehicles have been abandoned on the Naval Station and are sold as is. There is no guarantee that the vehicles will run.

Vehicles are not guaranteed as to year or state inspection. *SPECIAL ODOMETER NOTE: DO NOT rely on the odometer reading, as it could be incorrect. Odometer reading could be more or less. Bidders are explicitly advised to closely examine the vehicle they are bidding on. There are no guarantees expressed or implied.

Vehicles may be viewed at SP-314 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the Monday and Tuesday prior to the day of the auction.

There will be a list of vehicles available at the viewing: however, any vehicle may be pulled from the auction up until the moment the auctioneer offers the vehicle for bid. Everyone entering the lot must have valid CAC card. This auction is only open to our eligible military CAC card holders. (Active Duty, Retirees, Dependents, Civil Service)

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YEAR

MAKE

MODEL

VIN

WHITE

1976

WINNER

24 ' BOAT

WNB15286M76A

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1981

SUZUKI

GS450S

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BLUE

1983

CADILLAC

DEVILLE

6D47563614188

GREY

1985

FORD

F250

1FTEF26N0FNA62531

BLUE

1987

SUZUKI

SAMAURI

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BLACK

1989

NISSAN

240

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RED

1992

TOYOTA

PICKUP

4TARN81AXNZ018230

TEAL

1993

DODGE

STEALTH

JB3BM44H0PY023490

WHITE

1994

FORD

F350

1FTJF35G3RNA83241

GOLD

1996

TOYOTA

COROLLA

2T1BA02C0TL135407

BLUE

1997

CADILLAC

DEVILLE

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WHITE

1999

FORD

TAURUS

1FAFP53U5XA318627

WHITE

1999

GMC

VAN

1GTHG35R0X1130176

BLACK

1999

FORD

ESCORT

3FAKP1139XR224452

BLACK

2000

OLDSMOBILE

ALERO

1G3NL52E8YC312936

Little Sprouts Parent & Child Complete Six Week Series (Tuesday Sessions)

WHITE

2000

DODGE

DURANGO

1B4HS28Z6YF159252

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WHITE

2000

COLEMAN

CAMPER

4CE676F10Y7276913

SILVER

2001

ISUZU

RODEO

4S2DM58W214321774

BLACK

2001

JEEP

CHEROKEE

1J4EF485X1L524675

WHITE

2001

FORD

E150

1FTREQ4201HA89940

GOLD

2001

AUDI

A6

WAUED54B11N163714

GREY

2002

AUDI

A4

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RED

2002

CHEVROLET

CAVALIER

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BLACK

2003

JEEP

WRANGLER

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RED

2003

VENTO

SCOOTER

5KMMVG1V835012696

BLACK

2003

NISSAN

XTERRA

5N1ED28T23C702078

RED

2004

PONTIAC

GTO

6G2VX12G04L288051

GREEN

2006

JEEP

LIBERTY

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Battle of Smithfield Walking Tour

BLUE

2006

VOLKSWAGEN

JETTA

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■ When: March 7, 2 p.m.

■ Where: Isle of Wight County Museum, Smithfield, Va. ■ Cost: Suggested donation for admission is $2 for adults ■ For more info, visit: www.historicisleofwight.com

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2006

FORD

FOCUS

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GREY

2006

BWW

330i

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SILVER

2007

DODGE

CHARGER

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BLACK

2007

DODGE

MAGNUM

2D4FV47VX7H794034

RED

2009

KIA

SPECTRA

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RED

2009

SUNTRACKER

20'BOAT

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SILVER

2009

TRAILSTAR

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When: March 3, 9:30 a.m.

Where: Botanical Gardens Cost: $50 per parent/caregiver & child, $100 per parent/caregiver & child not-yet-members, $20 for each additional sibling for members and not-yet-members ■ For more information, call: 441-5830 Take a break from your regularly scheduled activities and get into nature. In our Little Sprouts series, children and their grown-ups are encouraged to dig deeper into the world around them through stories, arts & crafts, nature walks and planting activities. After each class, children will take home something to grow and parents will receive a list of activities that they can use to further encourage their child’s love of the outdoors.

Learn about the Battle of Smithfield, a relatively small skirmish during the American Civil War – taking place from Jan. 31 to Feb. 1, 1864. The tour begins with a presentation at the Isle of Wight County Museum. Interpreting local history, the museum’s exhibits include prehistoric fossils, Native American and Colonial artifacts, a country store and the museum’s most notable artifact – the world’s oldest, edible cured ham. The 1902 pork product exemplifies the patented Smithfield curing process. Please wear comfortable walking shoes for the tour.

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■ buy tickets Tickets for BVI’s production of “Sleeping Beauty” at the Sandler Center range from $18 to $32 and can be purchased at the Sandler Center Box Office, www. ynottix.com or 1-877-YnotTix.

Red Cross Month ■ When: March 1-31 ■ Where: Various Hampton Roads locations ■ Cost: Suggested donation for admission is $2 for adults ■ For more info, visit: facebook.com/RedCrossBlood

The American Red Cross is recognizing everyday heroes during Red Cross Month and asking others to become part of the Red Cross mission. Every two seconds someone in America requires blood. Heroes of all blood types are needed to help save lives one pint at a time.

Please consider giving blood or platelets in March.

Book Signing!

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MCFARLAND, USA (PG)

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THE DUFF (PG-13)

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Join the Lilac Fairy as she saves Aurora and her kingdom from the evil Carabosse’s jealous rage. “Sleeping Beauty” is a time-honored and favorite fairytale of love and hope. This beautiful ballet will be sure to delight adults and children of all ages with its splendor and tradition.

The original choreography and staging dates back to the great Russian tradition of Petipa. But with the creativity and artistry of BVI’s co-directors, Suzanne Lownsbury and Janina Michalski-Bove, the ballet has been restaged with contemporary audience in mind. Along with additional choreography by BVI faculty member Lydia Coco, the fresh approach will draw ballet lovers deep into this magical fairytale.

We are excited to have an amazing cast of guest artists which include Ballet Virginia International’s “home grown” ballerina LeeAnn

Walker currently dancing with Roanoke City Ballet. Walker will be performing the role of the Princess Aurora. Also joining us is Mario Chimal from Orlando Ballet. Chimal will perform the role of Prince Florimund. Rie Matsuura and Tanner Blee, also from Orlando Ballet, will perform the roles of Princess Florine and Bluebird in the famous Bluebird pas de deux and variations.

Adding to this brilliant cast will be BVI crowd pleaser, Cornelius Bartlett as Puss in Boots and Helen Watson, returning to our stage, as White Cat. Other guest artists include Stephen Gregory, formerly of Ballet West, as the evil fairy Carabosse and Ballet Virginia International’s well-loved Children’s Program Director Lisa McCarty, formerly with Nevada Ballet Theatre, appearing as the Queen.

Since 2008, Michalski Bove and Lownsbury have brought to the stage many full-length ballets including “Snow White,” “Alice in Wonderland,” the annual “Nutcracker” and many contemporary works as well. BVI is the resident ballet company at the Sandler Center for the Performing Arts in Virginia Beach and a member of the Southeastern Regional Ballet Associaton (SERBA).

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Three easy changes you can make today to meet your long-term diet goals StatePoint The biggest hurdles to sticking to a new diet are convenience and flavor. Who wants to eat food that doesn’t taste good or is hard to make? You and your family are more likely to stick to your commitments if the changes you make suit your schedule and your palate.

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StatePoint Whether you live for culinary adventure or unfamiliar items on your plate make you nervous, trying new foods is a worthwhile endeavor. But even avid foodies don’t have the time to try everything.

So how can you prioritize your food bucket list?

Enter, “1,000 Foods to Eat Before You Die,” a new book that presents the globe’s must-have foods into one master list of the best dishes, ingredients, restaurants, markets, books and movies, that everyone should experience.

To whet your appetite, author Mimi Sheraton, former New York Times restaurant critic and awardwinning cookbook author, shares five food must-haves originating from five regions of the world: White Asparagus – Europe Milder in flavor than the green variety, white asparagus is highly prized in Europe, while in the U.S. it has only recently come into favor. A harbinger of spring, asparagus is celebrated in Belgium, Holland, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, where special asparagus menus are featured

in restaurants.

For an Italian approach, serve cold with lemon juice and olive oil. If you prefer elaborate flavors, serve with a Hollandaise sauce of egg yolks, lemon juice, butter and nutmeg.

Egg Cream – United States A New York original, egg creams contain neither eggs nor cream. A once ubiquitous street treat, this beverage is a lot harder to come by now.

Make your own at home with a squirt of chocolate syrup, followed by a shot of seltzer and a quick stir, then add a trickle of whole milk and stir vigorously while blasting in vibrant shots of soda to create a frothy, creamy concoction.

Tagine – North African (pictured) Like the pans Americans call “casseroles,” a tagine is both a cooking vessel and the stew cooked within.

A tagine is a deep, wide terra-cotta bowl, with a high-peaked conical cover that directs and concentrates heat. Meats, poultry or fish are slow cooked with various vegetables over direct fire or charcoal, absorbing aromatic spices such as saffron, cinnamon and ginger.

To serve, tangines are fitted into

colorfully woven baskets and passed around to guests, along with rice, couscous or fresh, hot bread.

Congee – Asia Like Westerners, the Chinese believe in starting the day with a hearty meal. Congee, a creamy rice porridge, is a favorite. Variations found throughout Asia are sold everywhere, from street stands to dim sum palaces. To prepare, cook short grain white rice until it approaches mush, then serve with a variety of toppings, such as spicy, pickled vegetables, dried fish, preserved eggs and tofu.

Vegemite – Australia Australian children cry for this caramelized spread made of brewer’s yeast and vegetables, as American tots do for peanut butter and jelly. Spread on buttered toast or bread as a snack or a sandwich, or on biscuits as a special treat at teatime, Vegemite may not be pretty, but it is one of the world’s most iconic foods and definitely worth a try.

By being a little more adventurous with what goes on your dinner plate, you can expand your horizons and explore the whole world.

Hydrate yourself Water reigns supreme as the health drink of choice among nutritionists and dieticians.

Most diet plans include the following crucial advice: Stay hydrated, but avoid sugary beverages.

In addition to all of the critical functions water performs in your body, staying hydrated will help you feel fuller so you eat less over the course of the day.

But water doesn’t have to be tasteless to bestow benefits.

There are many virtually calorie-free ways to dress up water and add a hint of nutritional value: Add slices of strawberry or cucumber, wedges of lemon, lime or orange, chunks of watermelon or several sprigs of fresh mint or basil. Refrigerate until you’re ready to drink. Or get hydrated with green tea, which is loaded with antioxidants.

Snack on bold flavors Whether you’re on the go or at home, snack time can be a dieter’s downfall. Rather than buying full-sized bags of highfat snacks like chips, which are easy to binge on, opt for single-serving snacks that are wholesome and full of flavor.

For example, olives in readyto-go cups are a fuss-free way to punch up the flavor profile of

a meal or snack.

Pearls Olives to Go! singleserving Black Pitted Olives in a cup can be just as satisfying as a serving of chips, but they’re gluten-free, dairy-free, sugarfree, cholesterol-free, transfat-free, GMO-free and vegan.

They’re easy to open and stay fresh until you’re ready to eat them, which makes them perfect to stow in a gym bag or desk drawer.

Pearls recently added three new flavors to their Olives to Go! portion-controlled cup line, including Kalamata Pitted Greek Olives, Pimiento Stuffed Spanish Green Olives, and Sliced California Black Ripe Olives. Add to salads or sandwiches for bold flavor without a lot of extra calories. Read more about incorporating olives into a healthy Mediterranean diet at www.Olives.com.

Make friends with fat A major mistake many dieters make is trying to cut all of the fat from their diet. Fat is a necessary component of any healthy diet. Monounsaturated fat, polyunsaturated fat and Omega-3 fatty acids should comprise the majority of the fat you eat. Great sources of healthy fat include olive oil, salmon, tuna, avocado, olives, seeds and nuts. Olives and avocados are fruit, so they also boost your fruit intake.

Try tossing olives, canned tuna or avocados into a salad; sprinkle almonds or walnuts over oatmeal; swap commercially made salad dressings and marinades with goodquality olive oil and flavorful herbs and spices.

To make your commitment to healthy eating a long-lasting one, be sure the changes you make are sensible, sustainable and, above all, delicious.

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Focus Nicky Spurgeon (Will Smith) is an extremely accomplished con man who takes an amateur con artist, Jess (Margot Robbie), under his wing. Spurgeon and Jess become romantically involved but he realizes that deception and love are things that don’t go together. They split, only to see each other three years later... And things get messy.

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Battlefield Hardline is an upcoming firstperson shooter video game that features a new variety of gameplay that breaks away from the traditional Battlefield game modes.

The focus of the game has been shifted to police and the “war on crime,” breaking away from the military setting that previously characterized the series. As such, the main factions in Hardline are the police Special Response Units and criminals.

The multiplayer experience focuses on team play and strategy and adds a new dimension of speed, making it the fastest Battlefield game ever.

Players will have to create new strategies on the battlefield with faster getaway methods like the zipline and muscle cars, or new entry tactics with the grappling hook and non-lethal takedown options like arrests, interrogations and stun guns.

Story Mode Miami is embroiled in a drug war and Officer Nick Mendoza has just made Detective.

Alongside his partner, veteran detective Khai Minh Dao, he follows the drug supply chain from the streets to the source. In a series of increasingly off-the-books cases the two detectives come to realize that power and corruption can affect both sides of the law.

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CHIKARA Pro Wrestling to be in Hampton Roads

By Yiorgo Contributing Writer

Pro wrestling and non-pro wrestling fans rejoice.

CHIKARA Pro Wrestling will be in the Hampton Roads area for the first time ever on Sunday, March 8, with a starting time of 3 p.m. at the Norfolk Masonic Temple. With its colorful characters, and amazing athleticism, CHIKARA is a comic book come to life.

Leave all your preconceived notions of pro wrestling at home. Come out with an open mind, and bring the kids (they get in free!). Prepare yourself to have a great time! They have been bringing smiles to people’s faces for 15 seasons now.

Mike Quackenbush is the founder of CHIKARA and recently I had the pleasure of talking with him.

Yiorgo: Where were you born and what made you fall in love with pro wrestling?

Mike Quackenbush: I’m from Reading, Pa. I saw a match between Brian Pillman and Jushin Liger on WCW when I was 13 or 14 years old. That captured my imagination. It was unlike anything “pro-wrestling” that I had seen before.

Y: Many dream, but few succeed in becoming a pro wrestler. What made you realize you could do this and can you describe what your training experience was like? With Ace Darling being the same age as you was that a hindrance or help? Any significance to your last name Quackenbush?

MQ: When I saw the 1-2-3 Kid, I beat Razor Ramon on Monday Night Raw, that’s when I knew it was something I could do. I had flopped around the independent circuit for at least two or three years before I came across Ace Darling. The fact that he is the same age as I am surprises me, really.

I never knew his age. He was always rather mysterious about it. In my mind, he seems older, because he was my mentor. He could not have been more generous with his knowledge. “Quackenbush” first appeared on my radar in a short story I read for English class, called “A Separate Peace.”

Y: You wear many hats: Wrestler/Trainer/Director of Fun at CHIKARA, author of seven books,

host and/or co-host of “The Trending Show,” “The Grizzly Bear Egg Café,” “Daddy on Board,” Podcaster “CHIKARA Podcast A-Go-Go.” Can you take a moment and talk about each one of these “jobs” and how each one has helped the other or you as a whole.

MQ: Spending time on-camera as a wrestler, needing to convey a message to an audience that has informed a lot of what I do as a writer and podcaster. A thread that ties all those things together is storytelling. Being an effective storyteller. Training is a bit of a different beast from the others. In the beginning, I do not think I was a very effective teacher. There was so much trial and error in those early days. But eventually, you learn what works and what does not. The same is true about steering the good ship CHIKARA. But I always look at it like an experiment. It will probably never be 100 percent “right” for anyone. The experiment is always being refined, taking on new shape, changing as we go. I feel really blessed to do the work that I do at CHIKARA. Even little things like commentating the matches at the live events. For a kid who grew up listening to Bobby the Brain and Gorilla Monsoon every chance he had, what a pleasure it is to be doing that oft-overlooked job.

Y: Can you share a fun/fond memories working/ traveling with Claudio Castagnoli (current WWE Superstar Cesaro), CM Punk and Daniel Bryan.

MQ: I never really traveled with Punk or Bryan, although I crossed paths with them both, fairly often. I remember an afternoon in Indiana where a bunch of wrestlers, including my trainees, all went to see the movie “Signs.” Punk was sitting in the row in front of me at the movies. He was very careful about maintaining a certain image for himself to the fans. During the movie, there is a scene where an alien figure briefly appears outside a window during a child’s birthday party, and I remember Punk screaming in this high-pitched voice, and then looking around to see if anyone knew it was him.

On the other hand, I think Bryan’s appeal is that his real personality shines through in the ring, it is not so carefully crafted. One time he and I were

For a kid who grew up listening to Bobby the Brain and Gorilla Monsoon every chance he had, what a pleasure it is to be doing that oftoverlooked job.”

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wrestling in an armory in Philadelphia, and he had trapped my legs in part of the Rito Romero Special wrestling hold. I was fighting to keep my arms away from him, so he could not complete the hold. He saw me squirming to keep them away, and he said, maybe loud enough for some fans to hear, “what are you going to do Quackenbush?” He meant this in a friendly, competitive sort of way. He was jabbing me a bit. And so I pulled my knees up and straightened out, and this made him fall backwards onto his butt, and it made him look a tad clumsy. I rolled over to look at him, and he was enjoying a quiet laugh about that. I enjoyed that fun bit of competitive spirit, and that we could take a moment in a very serious match to laugh about something funny that happened. Bryan has a great sense of humor, in my opinion. You could say the same of Claudio. I don’t think Claudio gets to show how versatile he really is, at least not when I am watching his televised stuff. There really isn’t anything that he could not excel at. Claudio is one-in-a-million. I’ve wrestled everyone from Johnny Saint to Eddie Guerrero. If I thought I could manage one more match, I would want that match to be against Claudio.

Y: How do you describe CHIKARA to a novice or a veteran fan and what were you trying to achieve when you created it? Why should fans come be part of the CHIKARA experience March 8?

MQ: We believe pro wrestling should be fun.

That is such a simple notion, and it is so easily forgotten. We don’t want to insult your intelligence, we don’t want you to feel embarrassed that you brought your date or your kids, we just want you to have a good time with us. I guarantee, once you step into our universe, you will not want to leave. Come prepared to cheer, and laugh, and have a good time.

Leave the rest to us.

Y: Finally, where can fans go to order tickets and get more information about CHIKARA? MQ: We’re very active on social media, we post tons of free videos to YouTube, and our website is a great jumping off point to explore it all: http:// chikarapro.com For ticket info go to chikaratix.com

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LOGANO OUTDUELS SPRINT CUP VETERANS TO WIN DAYTONA 500

By Rick Minter Universal Uclick

Sunday’s 57th running of the Daytona 500 – NASCAR’s biggest race – had all the signs of a changing of the guard in the Sprint Cup Series.

Joey Logano, the 24-year-old driver who once appeared to be incapable of capitalizing on his early potential, outdueled some the sport’s veterans – including some, like Kevin Harvick and Denny Hamlin, who feuded with him in the past – to win the 500, easily the greatest triumph of his career.

In another storyline that seemed to fit the moment, Logano spent much of the race running against Jeff Gordon, the veteran who was competing in his final Daytona 500.

Logano said competing with Gordon on any occasion is something to treasure – especially for someone his age.

“Being able to race against him for the lead multiple times in the Daytona 500 is a dream come true for any kid,” Logano said.

“I’ll always remember that, for sure.”

On a day at Daytona in which youth ruled, it also seemed fitting that many veterans weren’t around to run for the win at the end.

Tony Stewart, who has won nearly everything a NASCAR driver could win, other

than the sport’s biggest race, left the Daytona 500 winless for the 17th straight year after wrecking in the early going.

Gordon started on the pole and led the most laps (87), but lost ground in a wild, 25-lap scramble at the end, and was involved in the race’s final caution period. He wound up finishing 33rd, but was still smiling afterward.

“I don’t know what else to say, other than I enjoyed it,” Gordon said. “I’m not going to miss those final laps. That was just crazy.”

From the start of the 500, it was clear that Logano would be one of the drivers to reckon with. He wound up leading the race six times for 31 laps, but he was at his best when the late-race pressure was on. He held the lead in a wild run in the closing laps as the lead pack ran three abreast, with Logano’s yellow Ford at the head of the pack.

With a little more than two laps remaining, Justin Allgaier and Ty Dillon collided, bringing out a caution flag that led to a sixminute red-flag period, and set up a greenwhite-checkered-flag run to the finish that extended the race to 203 laps.

With a bevy of the sport’s best restrictorplate racers lined up behind Logano and poised to gang up and draft past him, the youngster, who had never before finished in

the top 5 in the Daytona 500, pulled away on the final restart and maintained control of the race through the final two laps, and drove under the checkered and caution flags ahead of Kevin Harvick, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Denny Hamlin and Jimmie Johnson.

It was the ninth victory of Logano’s Cup career, and it came in his 221st start. It was the second Daytona 500 win for his car owner, Roger Penske, with the first coming in 2008 with Ryan Newman.

“That feeling of winning the Daytona 500 – I can’t explain how cool this is,” Logano said. “I said in an interview that this was our worst race track last year, and we worked really hard to figure out how we could get better at it, and all the hard work got us the win today.”

Hamlin, who was Logano’s teammate at Joe Gibbs Racing when the youngster landed his first Sprint Cup ride, only to fail to live up to expectations and eventually move to Team Penske, said Logano is a much different driver today than he was at Gibbs.

“Every single weekend, you know you’re going to have to beat the 22. That’s something we didn’t say about Joey just three years ago.”

Sunday’s race was without the “Big One” multi-car crash that usually occurs on the

Courtesy of NASCAR Daytona 500 winner Joey Logano said that racing against the retiring Jeff Gordon for the lead was “a dream come true.”

restrictor-plate tracks at Daytona and Talladega, even though there were several Big Ones in the preliminary races leading up to the 500.

Most of the incidents in the 500 involved just one or two drivers, and the lead pack ran side-by-side, often three wide, without a problem.

Harvick joked that the drivers must have gotten the wrecking out of their systems in the preliminary races.

Earnhardt Jr. and Hamlin had more logical explanations – saying the other races were at night, when the track had more grip and enticed drivers to take more chances.

On Sunday, the sun was out, the track was slicker, and drivers were more careful.

“The slick conditions … make us have to give each other a little more room,” Hamlin said.

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