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Navy’s Mid-Atlantic Region conducts biannual SAPR drill

By David Todd Navy Region Mid-Atlantic Public Affairs

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Electronics Technician 2nd Class Dane Saunders, a volunteer pet boarder, waits with a miniature dachshund, Rocky, whose owner, Fire Controlman 1st Class Carl LaTorre, just returned from a six-month deployment. Photo

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DOGS ON DEPLOYMENT Prenatal and Parenthood Program Fair takes place at Naval Station Norfolk

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Navy Region Mid-Atlantic recently conducted its bi-annual Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) drill on board installations across its 20-state region.

The purpose of the drill was to provide standardized protocols for conducting SAPR procedures on board naval installations. The drill tested the responses of command duty officers (CDOs), watchstanders, base security, SAPR and medical personnel when presented with a report of a sexual assault crime by a victim or third party entity.

The drill also evaluated the response of outside mutual aid partners such as the local police departments and emergency services. The end goal was to ensure the simulated victims had proper access to SAPR services and were given professional care and support.

“We were given 16 different scenarios [from Commander, Navy Installations

■ SAAPM The Navy will hold its annual Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month (SAAPM) in April with the theme “Prevention is Possible!”

Command (CNIC)], of which eight were pre-selected for use during this drill,” Navy Region Mid-Atlantic SAPR Officer (SAPRO) Capt. Valerie Parker said. “The installations were then given the option to select specific scenarios for evaluation.”

Effective SAPR programs incorporate a coordinated approach between first-responders, medical, mental health, legal, investigative, security, chaplain, Fleet and Family Support Center, and civilian resources. The regional SAPRO provides policy guidance for installation SAPR programs and oversees the coordination and implementation of SAPR drills within the region. Each

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Navy assists with local fire

By Kelly Wirfel Naval Station Norfolk Public Affairs

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More than 50 Naval Station Norfolk (NAVSTA) Sailors attended a Prenatal and Parenthood Program Fair at the C9 Auditorium, Feb. 16. During the fair, attendees learned about the various programs available to them which include prenatal and postpartum fitness classes, prenatal nutrition classes and parenthood classes.

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Housing Management Specialist awarded LMH Partner of the Year

By Katisha Draughn-Fraguada Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads Public Affairs

HAMPTON ROADS

Naval Support Activity (NSA) Hampton Roads Housing Management Specialist Denise Elliott was recently recognized as the 2015 Lincoln Military Housing (LMH) Partner of the Year.

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Firefighters from Navy Region MidAtlantic (NRMA) Fire and Emergency Services partnered with the City of Norfolk to extinguish a massive fire that tore through multiple condominium and apartment buildings on Willoughby Spit, Feb. 13.

NRMA responded as part of the mutual aid agreement between local and federal emergency services. Units from both Naval Station (NAVSTA) Norfolk and Naval Support Activity (NSA) Hampton Roads responded to the fire.

The first call to the 1200 block of West Ocean View Avenue came in around 7 p.m. to Norfolk Fire and Rescue. Due to the size of the fire and weather conditions the arriving units immediately requested a third alarm assignment which in turn dispatched NAVSTA Norfolk’s unit, Engine 13 and NSA’s unit, Quint 15.

Not only did the firefighters have to battle high winds which caused the blaze to spread faster, they were also dealing with freezing conditions which caused equipment to ice up and surfaces to be slippery.

“Personnel that responded to this structure fire did an outstanding job,”

NAVY’S THIRD MCPON LAID TO REST Sailors, stoic in their service dress, lined the streets of Damn Neck Annex, Virginia Beach, Feb. 21, for the funeral procession of retired Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Robert J. Walker.

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Photo courtesy of Navy Region Mid-Atlantic Fire and Emergency Services Firefighters from Navy Region Mid-Atlantic Fire and Emergency Services partnered with the City of Norfolk to extinguish a massive fire that tore through multiple condominium and apartment buildings on Willoughby Spit, Feb. 13.

District Fire Chief Mike Pope said.

“Our firefighters performed tasks and duties as they were trained, in a safe and extremely professional manner. All Navy units remained on scene, playing an integral part in getting the fire under control and eventually out, until approximately 2 a.m.”

In emergency services, mutual aid is an agreement among emergency responders to lend assistance across jurisdictional boundaries. This may occur due to an emergency response that exceeds local resources, such as a disaster or a multiple alarm fire such as this one.

“Having a mutual aid agreement with the surrounding community is extremely important,” Pope said. “The agreement allows both the installation and city fire departments to share resources and personnel in a manner that provides the most efficient, safe and

immediate emergency response to the naval base, municipalities and the surrounding communities.”

Due to the time duration of the fire, additional units were eventually dispatched.

“Eventually [NAVSTA Norfolk] provided backfill fire and emergency response to NSA with Navy Engine 11 and received backfill response from Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek Navy Engine 17,” Pope said. “This is another example of how the City of Norfolk and local naval installation fire departments combined forces to provide the most expedient and effective emergency response.”

More than 60 firefighters worked for 12 hours to wrangle the flames and ensure the fire stayed under control.

Overall, fourteen buildings were damaged and approximately 40 residents were forced from their homes.

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A2 | THE FLAGSHIP | FEB 25, 2016 | FLAGSHIPNEWS.COM Electronics Technician 2nd Class Miles Sheahan conducts maintenance on an amplifier chip in the MicroMiniature Electronic Repair shop on board the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69).

Ike’s 2M Repair Shop best in cost savings among afloat units

By MCSA Liam Antinori USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Public Affairs

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The Micro-Miniature Electronic Repair (2M) shop on board the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) is leading the fleet in circuit card, fiber optic and small electronic repair efficiency, Feb. 11.

“My guys put in tireless effort in every repair that came to our shop,” Eisnehower’s 2M Shop Divionsal Officer Ensign Damian Powell said. “Their determination is shown by being the most cost-saving 2M division in the fleet.”

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Eisenhower’s 2M saved the Navy nearly $627,000 last fiscal year, more than $308,000 of which was in the last quarter alone, restoring equipment the ship would otherwise have had to repurchase.

“We’re executing the main purpose of the 2M program: saving the Navy money,” Eisnehower’s 2M shop Leading Petty Officer Electronics Technician 1st Class Danny Garcia said. “We replace a 50cent component on a $50,000 circuit card-instead of having to replace the card itselfbecause of the skills of a 2M technician.”

The closest runner up was the guided-missile cruiser

USS Vicksburg (CG 69), which saved more than $618,000 in 2M shop costs.

The closest among aircraft carriers was USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) at close to $325,000 in savings.

“Our 2M team is very efficient,” Electronics Technician 2nd Class Michael Whitson said. “Like any shop, we have our good and bad days, but in the end we pull together and get it done.”

Last fiscal year, Eisenhower’s 2M division completed a total of 60 repairs including one averted casualty report, fixing everything from steering units to communications equipment.

Electronics Technician 2nd Class Miles Sheahan said they are fully capable of continuing these repairs while the ship is underway.

“We’re all on the same wavelength,” Sheahan said.

“We all have our strengths, and when we work together, I think we can solve any problem that comes into our shop.”

Powell said Eisenhower will continue to lead the fleet in mission readiness while preparing for its upcoming deployment.

“We’ll continue to move forward,” Powell said. “As our new guys come in, we’ll train them up and continue to do great work.”

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Lincoln Sailors honored with leadership awards

By MCC Amy Kirk USS Abraham Lincoln Public Affairs

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Three Sailors assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) received Lincoln Leadership Awards for their outstanding performance, during a special birthday celebration honoring the ship’s namesake, Feb. 12.

Lincoln’s Combat Systems Department Chief Warrant Officer 3 Joshua Letson was presented the Statesman Award as an officer who has exemplified the highest ideals of leadership. Reactor Department’s Machinery Division Leading Chief Petty Officer Chief Machinist’s Mate Anthony Vega received the Union Award for senior enlisted leadership, and Engineering Department’s Fire Watch Division Acting Leading Chief Petty Officer Cryptologic Technician (Collection) 1st Class Brian Riley

received the Liberty Award for enlisted leadership.

“This is pretty amazing; a very humbling experience,” Letson said. “It’s nice to know that hard work is recognized by not only your junior Sailors, but by those you work parallel with.”

In order to promote the development of leadership qualities and to formally recognize exceptional performance, the Stennis Center for Public Service instituted the Lincoln Leadership Awards Program in 2011. The awards are presented annually to an officer, chief petty officer and petty officer who have who have exemplified superior and sustained leadership qualities.

“I am proud to honor the service and hard work of these Lincoln Sailors who have demonstrated exceptional vision, integrity, courage and willingness to serve; personal traits they share with our namesake, Abraham Lincoln,”

Lincoln’s Commanding Officer Capt. Ron Ravelo said.

“They honor our ship and the great legacy of the 16th President of the United States.”

Award recipients are nominated by fellow crew members and selected for the award by a group of their peers, making the honor even more special.

“What you do [and] how you act and carry yourself has a domino effect throughout the command, whether it’s good or bad,” Vega said. “I can only hope that I was as positive an example as the leaders that have mentored me.”

As part of the Stennis Center’s continuing effort to strengthen understanding and relationships between civilian leaders and the military, the award winners will travel to Washington, D.C., later this year. The primary purpose of the trip is to provide the awardees with a better understanding of the role of

Congress in setting national security policy and to make them more aware of the environment in which John C. Stennis made such a lasting impact on our nation through his leadership.

“A leader can only be as strong as the person he or she is leading. When it comes down to it, I’ve worked with some good Sailors, and they are the reason for my success,” Riley said. “Their success is mine, and my success is theirs.”

Lincoln is currently undergoing Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) at Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries in Newport News. It is the fifth Nimitz-class ship to undergo RCOH, a major life-cycle milestone. Once complete, Lincoln will be one of the most modern and technologically advanced Nimitz-class aircraft carriers in the fleet, and will continue to be a vital part of the nation’s defense.

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USS EISENHOWER DECK DOES ITS PART FOR INSURV With the Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) right around the corner, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) is pushing through to the final inspections next week with a series of fast cruises and short underway periods.

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USS CARTER HALL RESCUES FISHERMEN IN DISTRESS The Norfolk-based dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) rescued three fishermen Feb. 15 after responding to a distress call. It was late afternoon and the crew of the Carter Hall was conducting training and qualification operations in the Atlantic Ocean when they received a bridge-to-bridge mayday call. It was late afternoon and the crew of the Carter Hall was conducting training and qualification operations in the Atlantic Ocean when they received a bridge-to-bridge mayday call.

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PARENT ENGAGEMENT KEY TO CHILDREN’S DENTAL HEALTH February is National Children’s Dental Health Month and Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) pediatric dentists are on a mission to remind parents to ensure their children are developing good dental-care habits.

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NSN SAILING CENTER RECEIVES ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD Sailing Center and Marina received recognition on Feb. 8 by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality as a Virginia Green Attraction. The Sailing Center and Marina is operated by the base’s Morale, Welfare and Recreation department.

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DOGS ON DEPLOYMENT Connecting military pets with temporary homes

By MCSN Casey J. Hopkins Navy Public Affairs Support Element East

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Fire Controlman 1st Class Carl LaToore and his miniature dachshund, Rocky, have been separated by over 5,000 miles of land and sea for six months. Just as the sun was setting at Chesapeake City Dog Park Feb. 17, the two were reunited, thanks to Dogs on Deployment (DoD).

DoD is a non-profit organization founded in June of 2011 by Navy and Marine Corps couple, Lt. Shawn Johnson and his wife, Capt. Alisa Johnson.

The Johnsons decided to start DoD when Shawn, a MH-60S Sea Hawk pilot, was preparing to deploy, and Alisa, a KC-130J Hercules pilot, had orders to attend six months of military training in Quantico, Virginia.

Luckily, they had family to look after their miniature Australian Shepherd, JD, but they knew that there had to be other military pet

owners that went through the worrisome process of trying to find someone to watch their pets while they were away.

They spent the last few days they had together before Shawn’s deployment building a website and Facebook page and what is now Dogs on Deployment was born.

DoD has since grown into a nationwide organization, with hundreds of volunteers that not only house military pets when the pets’ owners are deployed, but also help at community and military events, work at speaking engagements or help out behind the scenes at their offices.

“People who want to volunteer in any capacity register through our website,” DoD Hampton Roads Coordinator Myra Smith said.

Katie Roberts and Electronics Technician 2nd Class Dane Saunders volunteered to board Rocky during LaToore’s deployment.

“When I first signed up for Dogs on Deployment online,” Roberts said. “I just kept

an eye out and looked around for dogs that would fit us. I kept in mind the dog I have and what I think he would get along with.

So I kept looking online and I found Rocky, and since he was another small dog like ours, I thought it would be a good idea.”

“They are truly awesome volunteers,” Smith said. “They are foster boarders and regularly volunteer to represent Dogs on Deployment at community and military events.”

Along with linking military pet owners to volunteer boarders, DoD also works with military members and boarders when situations arise that require the military pet owner to deploy at a moments notice.

According to Executive Director of DoD Debbie Gaskell the network of volunteers has a huge group that really scrambles to help find a home and put together match matches between military pet owners and volunteers.

“We don’t want any military member to

surrender their animal, whether to a shelter or some other situation like craigslist that’s not what we want to see. We do everything within our power to find a home for pets,” Gaskell said.

According to their website, DoD has successfully boarded 851 pets since their start.

Smith explained that DoD boards most types of animals.

“We board dogs, cats, birds, snakes, fish, hamsters, gerbils, rabbits; just about anything,” Smith said.

LaTorre, who was deployed to Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Systems Romania, said he felt very nervous and excited before he got to the dog park.

Rocky even had his own Facebook page, set up by Roberts, so LaTorre could see pictures and videos of his puppy.

“This organization is great, I don’t know what I would have done without dogs on deployment,” LaTorre said. “Knowing he’s with a family makes it a little less stressful.”

Along with connecting boarders to military pet owners, DoD also advocates for military pet owner rights, provides educational resources, and grants financial assistance for military pet owners during times of emergency. To find out more about DoD, visit www.dogsondeployment.org.

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Smoot highlights MARMC Black History Month celebration; Tells struggles, successes

By Aaron Strickland Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center Public Affairs

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Photos by MC2 Charles Oki Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) 2nd Class Dustin King, assigned to EOD Mobile Unit (MU) 6, helps a Cary High School Navy junior ROTC cadet don an EOD Mark 9 bomb suit during a tour of EODMU6.

EOD MOBILE UNIT 6 HOSTS NJROTC CADETS

By MC2 Charles Oki Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 Public Affairs

VIRGINIA BEACH

Sailors from Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Mobile Unit (MU) 6 hosted more than 30 cadets from Cary High School’s Navy junior ROTC during a tour of Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story on Feb. 12.

The visit was part of a field trip to Hampton Roads for the cadets to see and experience a small part of Navy life.

During their trip, the cadets visited various surface, air, and expeditionary commands in the mid-Atlantic region.

“It’s been a very educational trip for the cadets,” Cary Highs School Senior Naval Science Instructor Lt. Col. Wesley Feight said. “They’ve been able to see all the things we talk about in class and now they have a frame of reference of what they might be able to experience if they decide to join. Not only do

Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) 2nd Class Keith Ferguson, assigned to EOD Mobile Unit (MU) 6, explains the capabilities of the Talon and Packbot bomb disposal robots to Cary High School Navy Junior Recruit Officer Training Corps cadets during a tour of EODMU6.

they get to walk around the deck of a ship, sit in the cockpit of a helicopter, or see the technology behind explosive ordnance disposal, but they also get to speak to Sailors and get a human perspective on what it’s like being in the military.”

Upon arriving at EODMU6, the cadets were given a short brief on the process of becoming an enlisted EOD technician or an EOD officer. Following the brief, cadets were

given the opportunity to try the Mark 9 EOD bomb suit, operate two types of EOD robots, and experiment with a portable x-ray device.

“Visits like this one let us show potential Sailors a small part of what being an EOD technician is really like,” Explosive Ordnance Disposal 2nd Class Keith Ferguson said. “A lot of people have heard of EOD but few actually know what it is that we do.

The ability to share our per-

spective as EOD technicians while also letting the cadets experience the weight of the bomb suit or understand the challenge of controlling the robots can be extremely beneficial for the cadets if they are considering joining the EOD community.”

Following the hands-on demonstration, the cadets thanked the technicians for the opportunity to experience a small part of the EOD life.

“This was my first time in the Norfolk area and it has been a great experience,” Cary High School junior and Navy junior ROTC cadet Sean Hart said. “I’ve had a lot of interest in joining the Navy and this visit has shown me that reading about Navy life is one thing, but being able to come here, experience it, and talk to Sailors who live it, is a completely different thing entirely. I am grateful for the opportunity to come here and I feel like any cadet who is considering joining the military should take advantage of an opportunity like this.”

Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center celebrated Black History Month, “Hallowed Grounds – Sites of African American Memories,” Feb. 16, with poems, interpretative dance, and a keynote speech from Naval Sea Systems Command’s (NAVSEA) executive director for logistics, maintenance and industrial operations, who told of a career full of challenges that she overcame through hard work and perseverance.

NAVSEA Senior Executive Service Member Sharon Smoot, who supervises Naval shipyards and the Supervisors of Shipbuilding, grew up in an Air Force family and spent much of her early childhood overseas, so she began her life unfamiliar with the prejudice and civil rights struggles of the 1960s and 1970s.

“I lived a sheltered life, living overseas with the military,” Smoot said. “I didn’t go through culture shock until I moved [to Portsmouth in the late 1970s] and shared with the things that people here experienced.”

Smoot, the 2010 Black Engineer of the Year for Professional Achievement in Government, believes that she had obstacles thrown at her due to her gender, her color and for something one wouldn’t think was a problem, her size.

“I have been judged unfairly because of my height,” Smoot said. “I’m 5-foot-zero. That’s why I wear high heels. But in my mind, I’m a 6-foot-4, 240 pound linebacker!”

The roadblocks began during high school in Portsmouth. “I had a counselor tell me that I could not be an engineer because I was too small,” Smoot said. “I didn’t know that there was a height requirement for being an engineer!”

But she wanted to be an engineer, so she chose Virginia Tech, which was in its early years of being co-educational. Smoot had to overcome a climate that didn’t welcome women into her chosen field. “On my first day in my first engineering class, [I had a professor who] said that women don’t belong at Virginia Tech and they certainly don’t belong in engineering,” Smoot said.

Smoot began her career with the Department of the Navy in 1986, first as an electrical engineer at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, and over the next 15 years moved into leadership and planning. She entered the senior executive service in 2006.

“Just because I don’t look like a leader doesn’t mean that I’m not the leader,” Smoot said. “And don’t assume that the person you are addressing doesn’t have something to contribute to the conversation or the work. I don’t judge you by what I see and I accept that people judge me by what they see me do.”

She closed with encouraging words about how every member of the Navy, whether in uniform or as a civilian, will have a part in its war fighting and history making mission.

“How will you contribute to your future?” Smoot asked. “What part of history do you want to contribute to?”

Tidewater Collections Too opens at NMCP

By MC1 Gary Johnson NMCP Public Affairs

PORTSMOUTH

The Tidewater Officers’ Spouses’ Association (TOSA) officially opened a non-profit gift boutique, Tidewater Collections Too, in Building 3 of Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) with a ribbon cutting ceremony held Feb. 16.

NMCP Commanding Officer Capt. Darin Via and many members of TOSA were present to celebrate the opening of the second store.

“This store is going to give TOSA

another opportunity to continue helping the military families in our area,” Tidewater Collection Stores Manager Connie Batchelder, . “All of the profits from our stores go to different charities in the area.”

The first store, Tidewater Collections, opened on Naval Station Norfolk more than 20 years ago, and it is run solely by volunteers from TOSA. The NMCP store opening has taken some time and planning, but the members involved are happy to see their efforts come to life.

“We originally applied for the

MC1 Gary L. Johnson III Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Commanding Officer Capt. Darin Via, third from left, and members of the Tidewater Officers’ Spouses’ Association cut a ribbon to celebrate the official opening of the Tidewater Collections Too gift boutique inside the medical center Feb. 16.

space just about three years ago,” Tidewater Collections Volunteer Coordinator Liz Nosal said. “After all the legal paperwork and blessings from the ‘powers that be,’ we are happy to say that we are open.

This gives us a chance to offer staff and patients of NMCP the opportunity to purchase some unique gifts

and help other military families in the process.”

The store sells a variety of items for anyone looking for a special gift or just something nice for themselves. Many of the items come from different vendors. Some are even donated so they do not cost the store anything. They have even

been given permission to make and sell items with the symbol that most people living in Norfolk will recognize – the mermaid.

“The iconic Norfolk Mermaid is one of our most popular selling items, and we can’t seem to keep them in stock,” Batchelder said.

“With all the support we get from different groups and organizations, we are able to donate a substantial amount every year.”

The store is run by an all-volunteer staff of TOSA members and normally donates about $20,000 every year.

In 2015, they broke their record and donated more than $34,000 to charities and organizations benefiting service members and their families in the tidewater area.

“We are usually very happy with the amount we are able to donate, but last year was just incredible,” Nosal said.

The store is located across from the Navy Exchange and is open Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Local Navy commands celebrate African-American History Month

By Robert J. Fluegel NAVIFOR Public Affairs

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Sailors and DOD civilians assigned to Naval Information Forces (NAVIFOR), Naval Network Warfare Command (NNWC), 10th Fleet, Suffolk and Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command (NCDOC) gathered to observe National African-American History month during a ceremony Feb 16.

Commander of NAVIFOR Rear Adm. Matthew J. Kohler kicked off the event and thanked the contributors and attendees for their involvement.

“Our lives have been and will continue to be enriched by African American culture,” Kohler said. “Todays observance is important to help us to remember and honor the difficult path that has been traveled; the lessons of perseverance and valor; and finally, to remember where we want to be as a society, that we haven’t achieved Dr. Martin Luther King’s dream and that we have to continue moving forward.”

The celebration included a guest speaker, a special guest, multimedia presentations, static displays, potluck and a cake cutting ceremony. The purpose of the ceremony was to honor African-Americans and African-American historical sites and the impact that they have had on our Navy and country.

NNWC civilian Mr. Rich McKinney served as the guest speaker and presented a multimedia presentation on Camp Robert Smalls.

“On 21 April 1942 Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox signed an order establishing a dedicated facility for the purpose of training Negro Sailors,” McKinney said. “The facility was named Camp Robert Smalls, after an African American Civil War Navy Hero.”

Camp Robert Smalls was located inside the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in Illinois and the first class of 277 enlistees began training in July 1942. Of that class, 222 completed the training successfully on Sept. 3, 1942, with 102 of those graduates chosen to continue with specialized training, and the rest of the class were assigned to routine duties.

Ms. Donna T. Gray was the events special guest this year. She was born and raised in New York City. Her family hails from Beaufort, South Carolina. She traces her family tree to the Civil War Naval hero Robert Smalls, who settled in Beaufort after the war. She entered the Navy after graduation in 1974 as a radioman. After leaving active-duty service, she has worked in a variety of jobs, both inside and outside of the federal government. Ms. Gray is currently a student at the University of Virginia and Tidewater Community College.

The multicultural committee set up 20 different stations to represent different “Hallowed Ground” sites throughout Virginia. Among those stations were: Norfolk “Black Soldiers Memorial;” Chesapeake “Great Dismal Swamp – the underground railroad;” Newport News “Virginia War Museum;” Lynchburg “Legacy Museum of African American History;” Shenandoah Valley “Preswould Plantation;” and Bedford “Booker T. Washington’s childhood home.”

Robert Fluegel Naval Information Forces Lt. Shelley Pulliam speaks about his Petersburg, Virginia, “Hallowed Grounds” static display during an African-American History Month celebration, which this year had the theme of “Sites of African American Memories,” on Feb 16.

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By Kelley Stirling Navy Exchange Service Command Public Affairs

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The Little Creek Navy Exchange (NEX) will be undergoing some renovations over the coming months and customers should be aware of upcoming changes.

The $6.6 million project was awarded to Reisbeck Contracting, Inc., of Virginia Beach. Before Reisbeck begins construction on Feb. 29, the products from the housewares department will be moved over to the Home Gallery on Feb. 24. Products such as dishes, cookware, bathroom accessories and small appliances will be located within the Home Gallery – furniture store – across the street from the new Wendy’s.

The renovation project will expand the cosmetics area as well as the jewelry, watches and sunglasses areas. In addition, carpet, flooring and fixtures will be replaced. All lights will be replaced with the cost-saving LED lights.

For business reasons, the beauty salon will permanently close on Feb. 28, and all existing customers are being referred to Norfolk NEX or Oceana

NEX. The barber shop will remain open.

This housewares section, which is currently on the second floor of the main store, will be used as the “swing” space as each section is undergoing renovations. As each area is renovated, the products will be moved into that section. At the end of the project, the housewares will be moved back to the main store.

The project is expected to take about nine months, ending before the holiday shopping season.

About NEXCOM The NEX Command (COM) is celebrating 70 years of excellence this year. NEXCOM oversees 100 NEX facilities and nearly 300 stores worldwide, 39 Navy Lodges, the Ships Stores Program, the Uniform Program Management Office, the Navy Clothing Textile and Research Facility and the Telecommunications Program Office. NEXCOM’s parent command is the Naval Supply Systems Command. NEXCOM’s mission is to provide authorized customers quality goods and services at a savings and to support quality of life programs for active duty military, retirees, reservists and their families.

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Below: Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Mike D. Stevens passes on the National Ensign from the casket of retired MCPON Robert J. Walker to his family during a funeral procession.

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MCPON Robert J. Walker laid to rest Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Mike D. Stevens speaks at a memorial service in honor of retired MCPON Robert J. Walker.

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Family, friends and Sailors gathered on Feb. 23, for a memorial service on board Naval Station Norfolk to pay their respects to retired Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Robert J. Walker.

It was the final farewell to the Navy’s third MCPON before he was laid to rest at Princess Anne Memorial Park in Virginia Beach.

In attendance was Walker’s wife, Fran, his five surviving children, grandchildren, four retired MCPONs: Duane R. Bushey, James L. Herdt, Terry D. Scott, Rick D. West, and the current MCPON, Mike D. Stevens.

Walker passed away Feb. 15, at the age of 87.

During his remarks, Stevens described Walker as a great champion of Sailors. A quiet, humble, servant leader, who let actions speak louder than words, attributes he often shares with today’s chief petty officers.

“Servant leader means that it is our people we serve, not ourselves,” Stevens said. “Bob always knew that the more senior he became the more people he would serve - not the other way around.”

Stevens recalled the story of Walker’s call to his wife after he was selected for MCPON. “He called Fran to tell her the news of his selection, but she couldn’t understand a word he was saying,” Stevens said. “She couldn’t understand him because Bob was overwhelmed with emotion. You see, he was emotional because he recognized the opportunity he was now being afforded.

The opportunity to lead, and advocate at the highest level for the Sailors and families he so deeply loved.”

As MCPON, Walker directed chief petty officers toward what he described as the five Principles of Professionalism:

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MC2 Nathan R. McDonald Pallbearers carry the casket of retired Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Robert J. Walker during a memorial service in his honor on board Naval Station Norfolk.

MC2 Nathan R. McDonald Robert Walker Jr. commemorates his father, retired Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Robert J. Walker, at a memorial service held on board Naval Station Norfolk.

technical expertise, job skill, leadership, motivation, and personal integrity and responsibility. Leadership was Walker’s favorite topic. He believed leadership qualities were learned,

not innate qualities, and he worked for four years to develop leadership training programs.

“Bob believed in rolling up his sleeves and working hard for his people and his Navy,” Stevens said. “Bob was a man of action, especially when it meant speaking up for his Sailors.”

As MCPON, Walker initiated a recommendation to create a Navy Senior Enlisted Academy, re-organized top tier senior enlisted into a Fleet, Force, and Command Master Chief program, pushed to create the Enlisted Surface Warfare Qualification, and enacted indoctrination courses for new petty officers and chief petty officers.

Stevens ended by saying, “If legacy is the lantern that lights the path for others to follow, make no mistake about it - MCPON Robert J. Walker, Bob, you have lit a bright path for all of us – path that will shine into eternity.”

Walker was born Feb. 2, 1929, in Baldwin, New York, and joined the Navy at the age of 19 in 1948. Walker became the third MCPON on Sept. 25, 1975, serving four years in the office before retiring Sept. 28, 1979, after 31 years of service.

He is survived by his wife, Fran Walker, of 64 years; his children: Kathy Jones, Linda Campbell, Robert Walker Jr., Teri Rice, and Michael Walker; 12 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Walker was preceded in death by his daughter Michelle Walker Pfeffer.

Chief petty officers render a final salute to retired Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Robert J. Walker as his hearse passes his namesake building on board Dam Neck Annex, Virginia Beach.

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Naval Station Norfolk holds EOC training

By Kelly Wirfel Naval Station Norfolk Public Affairs

NORFOLK

Twenty nine Naval Station (NAVSTA) Norfolk military and DOD civilian personnel gained valuable training and experience in incident management during the Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Incident Management Team (IMT) course, Feb. 17-19.

The class was composed of fire, security, emergency management and various other specialists from NAVSTA Norfolk departments. The goal of the class was to train the attendees how to properly serve as a member of the EOC so they can coordinate together and properly respond to an incident.

While the main role of NAVSTA Norfolk’s first responders, primarily security and fire and emergency services, is to arrive at, secure and take charge of the scene during a man-made or natural disaster, the role of EOC members is to manage the incident from a command center, provide necessary resources to the scene and provide updates as needed.

“Having the opportunity to train together as a team is extremely important as the members learned processes together and developed synergy and teamwork so that when a real world incident occurs, they can function together more efficiently and with confidence,” NAVSTA Norfolk Emergency Manager Eugene Lambert said. “Also, the call to activate the EOC could come in the middle of the night and whoever is the first one there, needs to know and understand everyone’s job. You may be the only one there for some time until others arrive to help. The first two hours of an incident are the most hectic and the ability to gather and sort information quickly will have a huge effect on the decision making abilities once people start to arrive. People need to be able to step up and fill someone else’s shoes so the team can continue to meet its objectives.”

The class, instructed by members of CNIC Command Shore Operations Training Group (SOTG) covered a variety of topics that included: National Incident Management System, Incident Command System, Emergency Management Plan, Mass Warning and Notification, Defense Support to Civil Authorities, Communications, Emergency Public Information, Recovery Operations, and De-mobilizing personnel from an incident. The course also included several practical application classroom exercises requiring student working groups to apply the knowledge gained during the classroom lessons.

The students also viewed two videos that summarized emergency response after action reviews of the 2007 San Diego, California, wildfires in which Naval Base Coronado, California provided evacuee site support; and the 2010 Millington, Tennesse, floods that impacted Naval Support Activity Millington.

“I have nothing but great things to say about the SOTG team and also the training as a whole. The training team has traveled to bases all over the world teaching this course and were able to share their experiences and present our team with the best practices they have seen at other bases, as well as the things that don’t work well,” Lambert said. “The practical exercises the team conducted allowed the students to implement what they learned in the classroom and really tested their limits. I was very proud to see how much they improved from day one and I have complete confidence they could step in and work in the EOC during any incident and get the job done.”

Attendees were required to complete several prerequisites before attending the course: Federal Emergency Management Agency independent study courses, Operations Center (Shore) Incident Management Team member watch station Personnel Qualification Standard and also get a letter from the Commanding Officer designating them as a member of the Incident Management Team.

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Helpline is confidential, secure resource for assault victims Continued from front installation is required to conduct two drills annually during the months of June and December.

“The sexual assault prevention and response drills that we conducted provided invaluable training for everyone involved from emergency response personnel to the victim advocates [VA],” Naval Station Norfolk Commanding Officer Capt. Doug Beaver said. “Drills such as these increase command awareness of sexual assault protocols so that those who treat victims of sexual assault are ready to provide the most comprehensive medical and advocacy services possible.”

Conducting the drills helped to bring emphasis to sexual assault prevention, while also preparing firstresponders for real-world situations.

“Conducting SAPR drills are an excellent way to exercise and evaluate our response and reporting procedures,” Parker said. “This is the third iteration of drills, and each time we’ve received slightly different feedback from those involved in the drill. We’ve used that feedback to improve formal and informal training, and have developed a quick reference guide for CDOs and watchstanders to clarify reporting requirements. We have seen the SAPR drill processes steadily improve over the last 18 months, which undoubtedly will positively impact response and reporting during a real event.”

For CNIC enterprise, coordinating the drill can be seen as a tremendous undertaking, but the information derived through the lessons learned pays dividends for the Navy’s over-

HOUSING | Continued from front Elliott received her award at the LMH Gold Medallion Awards Ceremony in Richmond, Virginia, on Feb. 15. This ceremony highlights those individuals who are considered the “Best of the Best” from the entire Mid-Atlantic Military region and who excel as a liaison between the Public-Private Venture (PPV) residents and military commands.

“A few years ago, we added Partner of the Year as one of our honored categories because we felt that it was important to recognize our hard working partners for their dedication and service,” LMH Director of Military Affairs Jim Cox said. “The partnership is only successful because of strong team work and working sideby-side, day in and day out, to provide the best possible service to our military families.”

Each nominee is selected by LMH employees based on criteria, such as: having excellent communication, exhibiting a positive attitude, being a team player, being dependable, having effective problem-solving skills, and willingness to go the

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Prenatal, postpartum fitness classes available

Continued from front “These classes are important for a variety of reasons,” NAVSTA Norfolk Command Master Chief William Caraballo said.

“Most importantly providing this education enhances the health and welfare of our pregnant Sailors so they can give birth to healthy babies and enable them to live a healthier life. The better educated you are the better parent you are for your child.”

The prenatal and postpartum fitness classes are held at the N-24 gym every Monday and Wednesday from 10-11 a.m. Prenatal and postpartum aquatic fitness classes are available every Friday from 10-11 a.m. at the Fleet Reaction Pool, FRP-12. The goal of these classes is to provide fun and challenging workouts for mommy and baby while learning to exercise safely. The classes are also highly recommended to active-duty Sailors to help them prepare for their postpartum Physical Readiness Assessment.

NAVSTA Norfolk also offers a walking club, prenatal yoga classes and the ship shape pro-

gram for postpartum Sailors.

Another resource available to expecting Sailors are prenatal nutrition classes which are offered in building N-26 every Tuesday from 7-8 a.m. These classes are taught by Sewells Point Medical Center Nurse Educator Peggy Smith.

In this class Smith goes over a variety of information to include healthy food choices, physical exercise options, how to properly “baby proof” households, proper sleeping positions and also postpartum fertility.

“Becoming a parent can be overwhelming at times and my goal is to answer any and all questions that soon to be parents might have,” Smith said. “The more information they receive prior to giving birth the better.”

The last major event NAVSTA Norfolk hosted was the Parenthood Program Fair.

“The goal of the Parenthood Fair was to make sure all our Sailors are aware of the services available to them,” Caraballo said.

“There are so many resources and people willing to assist our Sailors, it’s just a matter of them knowing what is available.”

arching fight against sexual assault.

“CNIC SAPR staff received and responded to voice reports and Navy Blue or Navy Unit situation reports [SITREPS] from installations worldwide during the month of December, in order to provide feedback directly to CDOs to improve the reporting process,” Parker said. “At the region, all normal reporting processes were in place whereby the installations called the Regional Operation Center with a voice report, and generated the appropriate exercise SITREP, reporting as they would during an actual sexual assault incident.”

Parker commented that after completion of the drills, each installation drafted lessons learned and best practices, which were briefed by the commanding officers during the January Executive Steering Committee meeting. This was an excellent way to share information and to learn from one another.

“Our region’s consolidated lessons learned and best practices were forwarded to CNIC, where they will be evaluated along with input from all other regions,” Parker said. “We hope to see some of our input incorporated into future process improvement efforts. Without a doubt, the installation’s lessons learned and best practices are invaluable to everyone.”

Preventing and responding to sexual assaults, and ultimately eliminating sexual assaults from the Navy’s ranks, is vital to mission readiness. Additionally, installations serve as a support system to those who are victims of sexual assault.

“Sexual assaults can have psychological, emotional and physical effects on a survivor,” Beaver said.

“If victims or survivors are struggling with the effects resulting from a sexual assault, SAPR services are available whether the assault transpired days, weeks, months or even years prior to reporting. Services are provided by a team of trained professionals such as sexual assault response coordinator’s, VAs, mental health professionals, as well as firstresponders.”

“SAPR plays an important role in the recovery of all victims and the support they receive throughout the process,” Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island, Commanding Officer Capt. Dennis Boyer said. “Sexual assault has no place in the Navy and it is a crucial effort by all to intervene and stop sexual assaults from happening.”

If you feel that you have been a victim of sexual assault, help is available 24/7 by calling (877) 995-5247, or by visiting SafeHelpline.org. The Safe Helpline provides live, one-onone support, and information to the worldwide DOD community. The service is confidential, anonymous, secure, and available worldwide – providing victims with the help they need anytime, anywhere.

The Navy will hold its annual Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month in April. The national theme for 2016 is “Prevention is Possible!” SAPR is an important effort of the 21st Century Sailor Office which consolidates programs and policies, new and existing, to maximize Sailor personal and family readiness and build resilience, enhancing the asymmetric advantage Sailors bring to the force.

For more information, go to www.

Navy.mil/sapr.

Awardee also a Navy spouse extra mile for their customers. The nominations are then reviewed and decided upon by the Regional Gold Medallion Committee.

“I was excited and honored to receive the Partner of the Year award,” Elliott said. “Being nominated tells me that Lincoln Military Housing can depend on me to approach all situations with a positive attitude and address issues before they become unmanageable. I am eager to continue to participate in this partnership because I know that we are all dedicated to providing the best possible service to our military families.”

As a housing management specialist, Elliott assists military members and their families in finding safe, suitable and affordable housing in the Hampton Roads area. She is a Navy advocate for service members and their families when maintenance, health, or safety issues arise and serves as an independent mediator to help communicate when there is an issue and facilitate a mutually agreed upon resolution.

“I am a Navy spouse and mom of two children, so I know the difficulties and stress associated with

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I feel a sense of fulfillment when I help answer that question because I see the final impact of my work with these families.”

Elliot’s supervisor and NSA Hampton Roads’ Housing Program Director Jacky DuBeck has worked with her for four years and considers her a great team leader for PPV housing.

“She exemplifies quality workmanship and a willingness to accept all tasks, often working independently,” Dubeck said. “She is dedicated, professional, dependable and always willing to take on additional duties, which makes her an outstanding employee. Denise is a valuable team player with day-to-day enthusiasm, a positive ‘can do’ attitude and constantly strives for excellence making her a great asset to the Housing Service Center and NSA Hampton Roads.”

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Selective Re-enlistment Bonus plan update released MC3 Daniel Rolston Chief of Naval Personnel Public Affairs WASHINGTON

Navy released an update to the Selective Re-enlistment Bonus (SRB) award plan Feb.18, in NAVADMIN 036/16 that includes 14 award level increases, 54 award level decreases, 15 skills added, and 32 skills removed from the last SRB NAVADMIN 057/15 released in April 2015.

Increased award levels are effective immediately and decreases take effect in 30 days.

SRB rewards Sailors who attain special training in skills most needed in the fleet, and helps meet critical skill re-enlistment benchmarks and enhance Navy's ability to size, shape and stabilize manning. Award levels are adjusted as re-enlistment requirements for specific ratings and skill sets are met.

This update also provides Sailors in Tier 2 and Tier 3 skills levels the flexibility for re-enlistment within 180 days of their re-enlistment expiration of active obligated service (EAOS)

FAMILYLINE CELEBRATES 50 YEARS

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For 50 years the Naval Services FamilyLine (NSFL) has been empowering Navy families to meet the challenges of a military lifestyle with information, resources and mentoring.

Originally starting out as Naval Services WifeLine in 1965, the NSFL is comprised of a board of volunteer spouses and is located on the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. “We are proud of our Sailors, and recognize that their spouses and families serve

selflessly alongside them,” NSFL Chair Beth Mulloy said. “Our organization continues to exist for the same reasons it was formed a half century ago.”

The organization provides information and support to Navy spouses worldwide.

Information booklets and a protocol handbook, first developed in the 1960s, have grown to a “Guideline Series” of topics pertinent to service members and their families. They are sent to Fleet and Family Support Centers, spouse clubs, family readiness groups and other organizations upon request.

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even if the EAOS is beyond Oct. 1, 2016, thus crossing fiscal years.

Enlisted community managers continuously monitor the health of their community and make recommendations to leadership, as required, to maintain acceptable manning levels in critical skills. As re-enlistment requirements for specific ratings and skill sets are met, award levels are reduced to zero and posted on the Navy Personnel Command (NPC) SRB webpage http:// goo.gl/Nu6Ist.

Eligible Sailors desiring SRB reenlistment are encouraged to work with their command career counselors, command master chiefs, and chain of command to discuss timing of re-enlistment and procedures well before their EAOS. Requests are required to be submitted a minimum of 35 days prior to the requested reenlistment date.

Current SRB information can be found at http://goo.gl/Nu6Ist. NAVADMIN 036/16 can be read at www. npc.navy.mil.

Mine countermeasures Squadron 5 Commodore and Commander of Task Force 52 Capt.

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Imagine a next-generation virtual reality software program that will help steer Navy ships on the right course. One Naval officer was not only able to imagine it, but he also invented a virtual reality navigation prototype.

Lt. Brendan Geoghegan is the first Sailor from U.S. 7th Fleet to win the 2015 Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Innovation Award.

Geoghegan won first place in the Innovation Scholar (Professional Military Education) Category for his entry, “Navigational Heads-Up Display: Will a Shipboard Augmented

Krishna Jackson Commander of U.S. Fleet Cyber Command/U.S. 10th Fleet Vice Adm. Jan Tighe tries out a virtual reality headset on demonstration by Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific’s Battle Space Exploitation of Mixed Reality lab.

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As part of his thesis during his tour at Naval Postgraduate School’s (NPS) Computer Science Program in Monterey, California, Geoghegan built a next-generation virtual reality software program, a 20-minute video game where players or test

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Amanda Huffman, center, reacts to the announcement that she was selected as the 2015 Heroes at Home Military Spouse of the Year.

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Nominations are now being accepted for the 2016 Heroes at Home awards. The Flagship Newspaper, Military Newspapers of Virginia along with our presenting sponsor, USAA, are excited to announce the opening of the nomination period for the 12th annual Heroes at Home Military Spouse Awards. Visit www.heroesathomeva.com for details and to submit a nomination. The nomination deadline is March 27, at midnight.

Honor the “hardest working member of the military,” the mili-

tary spouse, for their strength, many sacrifices and commitment to the Hampton Roads community.

Any spouse of active-duty U.S. military service members, Guard or Reserves living in the Hampton Roads area may be nominated.

Nominations will be accepted from any individual or group, civilian and active-duty personnel. Don’t feel limited to just one nomination; if you know more than one outstanding military spouse, you can nominate more than one person.

Since 2005, The Heroes at Home program has honored thousands of local military spouses, the unsung heroes who maintain the homefront during lengthy deployments,

selflessly give back to their communities though volunteer work, provide moral support for their loved ones and assist other military families. These spouses deserve recognition for everything they do behind the scenes and for the challenges they overcome every day.

This May, the Hampton Roads community will come together to recognize spouses of service members from the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Navy and Marine Corps. The Military Spouse Awards give the military and civilian communities an opportunity to say “thank you” and to recognize our military spouses for their ongoing efforts and their impact on the local community. This

recognition program was the first of its kind and is still the only regional event in the country that honors military spouses from all branches of the armed services.

A judging panel consisting of members of the Hampton Roads business and military community will review the nominations and select 10 finalists, one of whom will be named the 2016 Heroes at Home Military Spouse of the Year. All nominees will be honored at the Heroes at Home Spouse Appreciation and Awards Luncheon on May 5. The finalists and the Heroes at Home Military Spouse of the Year will be announced at this luncheon.

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The unspoken fear for many military families

By Cathy McCarthy Operation Homefront

The email that Operation Homefront received began the way that many do, with a thank you for assistance we have provided. It included the common refrain we’ve seen many times over 14 years of providing emergency assistance to military families.

“I have friends that have had a water heater rupture and flood their house, another their washing machines quit, another house payment problems, another car payment problems and we have left our wives and husbands with the entire load to manage.”

The Murphy’s Law of Deployments. Something many of our military families are intimately familiar with. If it can break, it will, and it will do so as soon as your service member leaves on deployment.

As a Navy wife, I experienced the car breakdowns. The sick children. Calling a neighbor at 5 a.m. because I threw out my back and couldn’t pick up my baby. The appliances going kaput. And more than my fair share of shower cries.

But it is what the next two sentences said that gave me the most pause.

“The stress on these families can be unbearable. Some of us will not make the reintegration back into our families.”

There it is. In black and white. The worst fear of many a military couple, but one too often not confronted, or one we shove to the back of our minds or one we pretend does not exist. The specter that the stress, from years of deployments, or years of trying to recover from combat wounds – both seen and unseen – will eventually tear the family apart.

A RAND corporation study in 2013 looked at 462,444 enlisted service members who married while serving in the military from March 1999 to June 2008. “Researchers found that cumulative months of deployment matter. More cumulative months of deployment increased the risk of divorce among military couples, regardless of when the couple married or when the deployment occurred. The risk of divorce was higher for hostile deployments than for non-hostile deployments, and women were always more likely to divorce than male service members as a result of time in deployment.”

But what sticks out the most from this study is that 97 percent of the divorces occurred after a return from deployment.

There are some things that programs and pamphlets can’t fix. But, together with many of our partner organizations and fellow travelers in the non-profit world, we hope we can help do something to change the odds. If we can be there for the spouse and children of a deployed service member when the heating goes

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out in the dead of winter, or provide respite and a shoulder for a caregiver, or give a veteran a place to transition or a forever home, then we remove one burden. Perhaps that one thing gives the family time to breathe and regroup and focus on themselves.

We are lucky to live how we do thanks, in no small part, to the service of our men and women in uniform. It’s a debt we can never repay, and for some, we will owe in perpetuity.

But the times we can repay, we should. In whatever way we can keep the stress and effects of war from becoming too great, we should.

Helping build strong, stable and secure military families is how we truly say “Thank you for your service.”

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MC3 Emiline L.M. Senn Fiji’s U.S. Ambassador Judith Cefkin meets with junior ofďŹ cers on the ight deck of the guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110).

USS William P. Lawrence becomes ďŹ rst U.S. Navy warship to visit Fiji in 10 years

By Lt. j.g. Jane M. Baird USS William P. Lawrence

SUVA, FIJI

The guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) completed a port visit in Suva, Fiji, Feb. 14.

Lawrence’s port call in Suva is the ďŹ rst time a U.S. warship has visited Fiji in almost 10 years. Ship visits like these provide excellent opportunities for the U.S. and PaciďŹ c Island Nations to strengthen theater security cooperation and help to ensure a safer and more prosperous future for the region.

While in port Suva, the crew of more than 300 Sailors actively integrated with the local community. Sailors visited Samabula Senior Citizens Home, painted one of the wards in Colonial War Memorial hospital and met with students from Veiuto Primary School and Cathedral High School. “It was a truly rewarding experience to give back to the Suva community,� Personnel Specialist 2nd Class Brian Swarthout said, who provided landscaping services to the elderly at Samabula. “Seeing the sheer joy on their faces is unforgettable, and we will cherish the friendships made during our short stay.�

The port visit provided opportunities to foster U.S.-Fiji military relations through a series of bilateral engagements. During the port visit Fiji military ofďŹ cials organized a roundtable to discuss the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard Search and Rescue

(SAR) Mission. “The meeting provided an outstanding exchange with Fiji, one of our regional SAR mission partners,� U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Matthew Guanci said. “It has surely laid the foundation for future engagements with the new Fiji Rescue Coordination Center.�

Lawrence also engaged with the next generation of Fiji military leadership. Lawrence’s Commanding OfďŹ cer Cmdr. Walter C. Mainor held a leadership symposium with cadets from the Royal Fijian Maritime Academy. The meeting was followed by a soccer match between members of the ship’s crew and the Academy.

The engagements culminated with a reception held aboard Lawrence. Senior leaders present included Fiji President George Konrote and Fiji’s U.S. Ambassador Judith Cefkin.

Following the visit in Suva, Lawrence will commence maritime law enforcement operations in support of the Oceania Maritime Security Initiative (OMSI). OMSI is a secretary of defense program which leverages DOD assets transiting the region to increase the U.S. Coast Guard’s maritime domain awareness.

A law enforcement detachment from U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team South based out of Miami will work with Lawrence to conduct maritime law enforcement operations in support of U.S. and PaciďŹ c Island Nations ďŹ sheries laws and to suppress illicit activities.

MC3 Emiline L.M. Senn A pilot assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike squadron (HSM) 71 discusses the MH-60R helicopter on the ight deck of the guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) with Fiji President George Konrote.

â– the ship Commissioned June 4, 2011, Lawrence is named after Vice Adm. William P. Lawrence, a naval aviator, former Vietnam POW and former commander of U.S. 3rd Fleet. Commanded by Cmdr. Walter C. Mainor, the ship is assigned to the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group.

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USNS Maury (T-AGS 66) delivered Team Ships Public Affairs PASCAGOULA, MO.

The Navy accepted USNS Maury (T-AGS 66) from builder VT Halter Marine Feb. 16.

The USNS Maury was designed to perform acoustic, biological, physical and geophysical surveys. The vessel will provide the military with essential information on the ocean environment.

“The Navy’s acceptance of T-AGS 66 is the culmination of a dedicated team effort

between the Navy and VT Halter,” Navy’s Program Executive Office (PEO) Ships Support Ships, Boats, and Craft Program Manager Mike Kosar said. “I look forward to learning of the new and innovative contributions to science and ocean exploration that USNS Maury and her crew will undoubtedly make over the next 30 years.”

T-AGS 66 is named in honor of Cmdr. Matthew Fontaine Maury, known as the “Father of Modern Oceanography,” and nicknamed, “Pathfinder

of the Seas.” He dedicated his life to the study of naval meteorology and oceanography, and made copious contributions to the charting of wind and ocean currents. USNS Maury will continue to contribute to his curiosity and thirst for ocean discovery and understanding.

The vessel is 353 feet in length with an overall beam of 58 feet. Maury is 24 feet longer than the previous T-AGS design to accommodate a moon pool for deployment and retrieval of autono-

■ about the ship Designed to perform acoustic, biological, physical and geophysical surveys, USNS Maury (T-AGS 66) will provide the military with essential information on the ocean environment.

mous underwater vehicles.

Maury will be operated by the Military Sealift Command (MSC). MSC consists of noncombatant, civilian crewed

ships that replenish Navy ships, chart ocean bottoms, conduct undersea surveillance, tactically preposition combat cargo at sea and move military equipment and supplies used by deployed U.S. forces around the world.

As one of the DOD’s largest acquisition organizations, PEO Ships is responsible for executing the development and procurement of all major surface combatants, amphibious ships, special mission and support ships, and special warfare craft.

The Military Sealift Command navigation test support ship Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Maury (T-AGS 66) is launched at VT Halter Marine in Moss Point, Miss. Maury is named in honor of Cmdr. Matthew Fontaine Maury, known as the “father of modern oceanography.”

NAVSEA WARFARE CENTERS COLLABORATE, DELIVER TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO MARINES, ONR Office of Public Affairs and Congressional Affairs, NSWC Panama City Division PANAMA CITY, FLA.

Scientists and engineers from Navy Centers of Innovation developed a new tool that allows Sailors and Marines to save money and time using scanners and modeling and simulation during logistical and planning phases of operational maneuvers.

The two Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Surface Warfare Centers (SWC) –Panama City, Florida, and Philadelphia divisions – continue a collaboration effort and are using 3-D scanners to scan the inside of ships of the line to help Marines determine if vehicles or equipment may be stowed on Navy surface vessels before ever turning the vehicles ignition.

More specifically, scientists and engineers conducted fleet operator focus groups to understand requirements and then collaborated as Navy Centers for Innovation on a project managed by the Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) for the Office of Naval Research (ONR).

“The project began in fiscal year 2015 in support of the Marine Corps Systems Command, or MCSC,” Project Lead Tyson Kackley said. “So what does this mean? This project saved thousands of hours of engineering and logistics effort related to transportation and manning simply by using CAD [computer aided design] models, science, math and engineering to determine if the vehicle could fit properly inside the ship to allow ingress and egress, before actually attempting to insert the vehicle into the ship.”

The Panama City and Philadelphia warfare center division personnel assigned to this project have conducted fleet workshops to allow the scientists and engineers to receive the necessary user feedback to design tools the Sailors and Marines will want to use.

“East Coast Marine Corps combat cargo officers and combat cargo assistants were briefed, and provided input to the project team, regarding potential desirable uses for

In short, the system allows us to use modeling and simulation to assess feasibility before incurring costs using operational assets.”

-Tyson Kackley, project lead

the tool as well as areas of the ship to pay special attention to during the scanning process,” Kackley said. “Personnel from Expeditionary Strike Group 2, Surface Forces Atlantic and Pacific have also participated.”

Kackley, a NSWC Panama City Division employee, believes the project’s title, Framework for Assessing Cost and Technology (FACT) Rapid Technology Insertion, builds on the existing capabilities of MCSC’s FACT system.

“The FACT system, winner of the Secretary of the Navy’s 2014 Acquisition Innovation Award, enables sophisticated trade studies early in the development of Marine Corps vehicle designs,” Kackley said. “Models relevant to the system in question are interfaced with FACT models for performance, reliability, [and] cost concurrently.

“FACT allows rapid consideration of hundreds of thousands of design permutations, to zero in on the most promising design candidates,” Kackley said. “This system of system analysis provides decision makers the impact on cost, reliability and performance in under 90 seconds. In short, the system allows us to use modeling and simulation to assess feasibility before incurring costs using operational assets.”

The project used a laser imaging detection and ranging (LIDAR) scan of compartments on board USS Arlington (LPD 24) in May

where Marine vehicles might be stored. The first step of the project was to acquire validated 3-D data of the vehicle spaces on board Arlington via a LIDAR scanning process conducted by SWC Philadelphia scientists and engineers.

Next, the team inserted a CAD model of a conceptual vehicle inside that surface ships scan to determine feasibility of vehicle transport inside the ship.

“Post-processing alignment of the scans resulted in a virtual environment in which our users could inspect any vehicle stow area aboard a ship with highly detailed three-dimensional realism,” Kackley said.

“Highly accurate measurements of any visible features are readily accomplished via the point cloud viewing software. The FACT Run Time Interface enhancement will add the capability to consider the transportability aspects of the vehicle design. In other words, will a proposed design or design modification be able to be transported aboard ship, whether amphibious ships or prepositioning ships.”

Subsequent to the ship scan, CAD models of the Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) and a conceptual Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) were provided by the Advanced Amphibious Assault Program Management Office at PEO Land Systems in Stafford, Virginia.

A lightweight CAD model of the AAV was placed within the ship point cloud, to illustrate how the physical limitations of the ship may impact the AAV maneuver from the ship’s well deck through the ramps, into the various vehicle holds.

Considerations, such as vehicle breakover angle when negotiating ramps become important, as does the overall external profile, as a vehicle negotiates the tight spaces aboard ship.

James Harrison, who is assigned to the NAVSEA (SEA05D) Ship Design office, located in Washington D.C., coordinated the shipboard tool component validation.

The individual vehicle program offices are

providing validation support for the vehicle components of the tool.

The MCSC Systems Engineering, Interoperability, Architectures, and Technology (SIAT) Transportability and Naval Integration office serves as the accreditation agent, supporting eventual accreditation of the tool by the chief engineer of the Marine Corps.

While the accreditation has not occurred yet, a memorandum of understanding is already in place to support future fleet integration.

The fiscal year 2016 work is to develop the software, which will add this new capability to FACT. Vehicle designers and transportability certification engineers will be able to use FACT to pull up the desired ship and vehicle, and conduct rapid assessments as to where any trouble spots might occur when maneuvering a vehicle aboard a ship.

“At the end of acquisition process, this new tool will be transitioned to the fleet and integrated into FACT,” Kackley said. “To access the system, service members simply access the tool via a web browser from any computer. That is the desired end state.”

Additionally, Kackley stated staffs from Marine Corps Headquarters (HQMC) Plans, Policies and Operations (PP&O); HQMC Combat Development and Integration (CD&I); Office of the Chief of Naval Operations N95; NAVSEA PMS 317;as well as MCSC and PEO Land Systems have been engaged as active stakeholders in the project.

SWC Panama City, under the Expeditionary Maneuver Technical Program Manager, is providing project management support, on-site support to MCSC SIAT Modeling and Simulation, as well as software development support.

The resource sponsor is the ONR Technology Insertion Program for Savings.

SIAT Modeling and Simulation Division manages this project in support of ONR and the two NAVSEA warfare centers interface with the fleet operators and deliver the science behind the capability.

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Power Surge: ONR, energy efficiency in the spotlight

By David Smalley Office of Naval Research Public Affairs

ARLINGTON, VA

Sailors, Marines make humanitarian stop in Thailand during Cobra Gold 2016

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Jose O. Nava School children perform a traditional Thai dance during the dedication ceremony for a one-room multi-purpose educational building Feb. 18 at Ban Sa Yai, Trat, Thailand. The construction at Ban Sa Yai was one of six humanitarian civic action sites in which the Thai, U.S. and partner nation’s militaries will worked together on civic programs during Cobra Gold 2016.

First African-American woman from NROTC selected for nuclear submarine service

By Michael F. Miller Naval Service Training Command Public Affairs

BATON ROUGE, LA.

The first African-American woman from Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) has been selected to serve on board Navy submarines.

Southern University, Louisiana, and A&M College Midshipman 1st Class Nsombi Roberts, from Palm Bay, Florida, was interviewed Oct. 29 by the top Navy officer in the submarine force in Washington, D.C. and Director of Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program Adm. James F. Caldwell Jr. After passing her technical interviews and the interview with Caldwell, Roberts was selected for submarine service.

“I really liked the challenge, and that’s why I wanted to go nuclear sub,” Roberts said. “I really want to be on a fast-attack sub but my ultimate aspiration is to command a submarine.”

Leadership at Southern University NROTC provides mentorship for all midshipmen leading up to their service selection.

“We gauge incoming freshmen and let them know it’s okay to go the sub route and that a very select few are selected, so if given the chance, take it,” Southern University NROTC Executive Officer Cmdr. Tremayne Criner said. “Interest in application and se-

lection has gone up since the arrival of our nuclear programs officer, Lt. Kevin Zimmerly.”

According to Roberts, she considers herself fortunate to have a nuclear programs officer at the university.

“Midshipman Roberts was motivated the moment I met her and definitely excited about the nuclear submarine program,” Zimmerly said, who came from King’s Bay, Georgia, after being stationed on board the Ohioclass ballistic missile submarine USS West Virginia (SSBN-736). “I serve as mentor to our midshipmen and there is also a lot of support we receive from the NROTC program headquartered in Pensacola, Florida.

Roberts, who attended Bayside High School, Louisiana, also participated in the Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) program and ascended to the rank of battalion commander. She continues to be heavily involved in her school work and extracurricular activities in college. While majoring in chemistry with a minor in mathematics, she is also a member of the university’s quiz bowl team as well as Zeta Phi Beta sorority.

“The NROTC program has allowed me to balance many things in my life,” Roberts said. “My father was in the Army and I’ve been taught to balance lots of things in my life. I feel the

Midshipman 1st Class Nsombi Roberts pressure to succeed but it is good and helpful pressure.”

Roberts is among more than 4,000 students enrolled in the NROTC program at 166 colleges and universities throughout the country. Upon graduation and completion of the NROTC program in May, she will commission as an ensign in the Navy.

Following her commissioning and graduation, Roberts will attend Nuclear Propulsion School in Charleston, South Carolina, Prototype – Nuclear Power Training Unit – at one of several locations in the country and Submarine School in Groton, Connecticut, before being assigned to her first submarine. The whole training process is expected to take 15-18 months.

The NROTC program, overseen by Commander of Naval Service Training Command Rear Adm. Steven C. Evans, at Naval Station Great Lakes, Illinois, was established to develop midshipmen mentally, morally and physically and to imbue them with the highest ideals of duty, loyalty and Navy core values in order to commission college graduates as Naval officers.

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A scientist sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) has been named to the National Academy of Inventors for work in energy efficiency using gallium nitride (GaN), with resulting improvements in everything from warfighter communications to hybrid cars, officials announced Feb. 11.

Umesh Mishra, at the University of CaliforniaSanta Barbara, is a pioneer in research to reduce the amount of energy lost as electrical currents pass through commonly used but inefficient voltage adaptors, where much of the current dissipates as heat.

His innovative use of GaN, a semiconductor compound, in materials and electric devices has already made dramatic impacts for Sailors and Marines.

"The world has to waste less energy while it powers its needs for the next century," Mishra said. "This includes communications, the Internet and transportation, to name a few. To provide our nation's defenders with an unfair advantage we need to provide them with the very best performance systems for communications, computation and detection, while being compact and lightweight. GaN provides this at a reasonable cost."

ONR has supported Mishra's research for two decades, and his accomplishments in advancing energy efficiency have become significant for the warfighter and the nation, experts said.

ONR Program Officer for Electronic Devices Paul Maki noted Mishra's GaN research has already improved air and missile defense radar, broadband electronic warfare platforms and other GaN-based devices relying on radio-frequency technology.

"Gallium nitride is being deployed in the Navy right now," Maki said. "GaN precision electronics more accurately control switching waveforms and the end result is greater efficiencies."

The Navy and Marine Corps are particularly interested in improved energy efficiency as new and powerful weapon systems like lasers and electronic railguns advance, both of which demand significant shipboard power capabilities for firing and cooling.

In addition, Maki noted, longer battery life – another benefit of new uses for GaN – will be critical for unmanned vehicles and fuel-cell vehicles.

"It's these improvements in energy efficiencies that have gotten [Mishra] this well-deserved recognition," Maki said. "He has been very supportive of naval science and technology."

Maki said Mishra has led a series of successful multidisciplinary university research initiatives funded by ONR. As Mishra's research advanced, the frequency performance required for naval platforms improved by a factor of 20, and the power output and power density improved by five times.

Mishra believes ONR's sustained support for longterm research was essential to the success of his results.

"I cannot emphasize enough how important is the sustained support that ONR provides in a missionoriented framework," Mishra said. "This has been critical for GaN and it is an absolute fact that without ONR support, GaN development in the U.S. would have been second rate, if that."

Election to the National Academy of Inventors is considered a prestigious professional distinction, awarded to innovative academic inventors whose work has made a noteworthy impact on quality of life, economic development and societal welfare.

While Mishra's GaN-inspired work on power conversion will be key for the future force, the corollary impact on data servers, solar inverters and electric and hybrid motor drives will have broad impact across society.

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Stennis Sailors perform surgery at sea Sailors perform a laparoscopic appendectomy on board USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Providing a ready force supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region, Stennis is operating as part of the Great Green Fleet on a regularly scheduled 7th Fleet deployment.

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His innovation was not only efficient but the tools he used for his project were practically inexpensive.

“There are numerous virtual reality headsets that are being released in the commercial sector this year at price-points well under a thousand dollars, which has never been done before,” Geoghegan said. “I did it within one year by myself for under $1,000.” Geoghegan used his own funds to purchase the Oculus Rift, which the school later reimbursed.

“The real lasting impact of this research is that with very few resources – financial, skill set, and time – I was able to test an entirely new operational concept in the safety of virtual reality, benefiting from repeatable conditions and negligible risk to the subjects,” Geoghegan said.

Participants of Geoghegan’s project tested the waters on his software program to see if the players were able to steer the ship’s course as accurate as possible.

Based on Geoghegan’s experiments, there was a 50 percent increase on steering a ship on course.

“The software I built was only intended as a showcase and lab test to prove this technology could help if the Navy went out and implemented it,” Geoghegan said. “I am a firm believer that virtual and

MC1 Tim D. Godbee Secretary of Defense Ash Carter uses a virtual reality display at Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command in San Diego, California, Feb. 3.

augmented reality technologies will begin showing up in our daily lives.”

NPS Professor Dr. Amela Sadagic noted that Geoghegan’s innovation improved the efficiency of ship navigation by the way of using the concepts of augmented reality.

Ensign Elizabeth Cotter who has been a conning officer for over a year on board USS Blue Ridge is excited about Geoghegan’s winning experiment.

“I think it is an awesome idea!” Cotter said.

Cotter noted the only way that conning officers can receive real navigational practice is during underway or deployment. Prior to getting hands-on practice, naval officers have to attend a navigational class and practice conning on a simulator – a fake ship set-up that is similar to a computer game.

Cotter would like the Navy to take the helm on Geoghegan’s virtual reality software program and implement it in the navigational world.

Geoghegan’s program would allow the user to gain more personalized training.

“Geoghegan’s innovation

will be perfect, especially for future conning officers and for those who are in the process of getting their surface warfare pin,” Cotter said. “To be a good conning officer, is to be an experienced one.”

Top leaders in the Navy have recently expressed great interest in cutting-edge ideas.

At an all hands call last week, U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Joseph Aucoin congratulated Geoghegan on his recent win, and echoed one of Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson’s priorities – innovation.

Aucoin encouraged his Sailors to think outside of the box, stay educated, keep up with the 21st century technological advances and continue to contribute to the Navy’s reputation of being the best in the world.

“There are award programs that exist to recognize great sacrifice or great leadership. There are programs to promote those we think are meant to succeed. The reason I am so excited to receive this award is that in this case I have done neither,” Geoghegan said. “While I did work hard on this project, the joy of being recognized

is that maybe someone will take this research and expand upon it.”

Geoghegan has recently taken on the role of Information Systems Security Manager for U.S. 7th Fleet, in which his daily duties include helping maintain cyber security for the fleet.

“Lt. Geoghegan instills high-performance, motivation and creativity,” Cmdr. Manny Cordero said.

“Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and, therefore, the foundation of all invention and innovation.”

Geoghegan believes if the Navy adopts his innovation, it will help the next-generation of navigators do their jobs better.

“I realize that it will be many years before our conning officers begin donning headsets that aid them in their duties,” Geoghegan said.

“Just as 3-D printing is drastically changing the way we can maintain supply chains, economical virtual reality is going to be a game changer in the way we test new warfare ideas, train sailors, and maybe even fight wars.”

Navy finalizes eight cybersecurity standards, now available to industry

By Steven A. Davis Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command Public Affairs

SAN DIEGO, CALIF.

To ensure critical warfighting capabilities can operate, fight, and win in a contested cyber environment, the Navy has finalized the first eight in a series of more than two dozen planned foundational cybersecurity standards that govern the vast majority of the sea services’ systems and programs.

The Information Technology (IT) and Information Assurance (IA) Technical Authority Board (TAB) developed these cybersecurity standards to provide a uniform security architecture framework, including the consistent application of security controls, for Department of the Navy afloat, ashore, aviation and space systems.

The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), as the Navy’s information assurance technical authority, finalized* the following cybersecurity standards: ■ Host Level Protection ■ Network Firewall ■ Network Intrusion Detection Sys-

tems and Intrusion Protection Systems ■ Defense in Depth Functional Implementation Architecture ■ Security Information and Event Management Implementation ■ Information Security Continuous Monitoring ■ Boundary Protection ■ Vulnerability Scanning *Note: the Navy cybersecurity standards are available in their entirety only to government organizations and authorized industry companies.

According to SPAWAR Commander Rear Adm. David Lewis, “Our intent in publishing these standards is for them to be included in design requirements, development and production contracts, and any other technical or engineering artifacts that touch on or influence cybersecurity designs for our various computer-based systems.”

The standards are a key element of the Navy’s strategy for cyber, including the Cybersafe initiative, which protects the Navy’s ability to operate in cyberspace by focusing on mission assurance of critical warfighting components.

The cybersecurity standards apply to all Navy IT systems, which include business systems; command and control systems; combat systems; weapon systems; navigation systems; machinery control systems; hull, mechanical and electrical systems; and propulsion systems.

These standards build upon existing, publicly available National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) cybersecurity standards, with additional information for Navy-specific implementation. They have been approved through the IT/IA TAB, which consists of experts at SPAWAR, the Naval Sea Systems Command, the Naval Air Systems Command, the Naval Supply Systems Command and the Naval Facilities Engineering Command. Other Navy and Marine Corps organizations are participating in the standards development process.

“These standards are subject to periodic review and update,” Lewis said.

“Both as NIST issues changes to the underlying standards and as we decide to make changes based on lessons learned during implementation.”

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Mulloy started volunteering for the organization 15 years ago, and continues to be amazed by the strength of military spouses who offer their time and expertise for the group.

“I have never seen a group of spouses who work so hard,” Mulloy said. “Everyone pitches in, and you can call upon them at any time – and they will come!”

NSFL currently operates with 450 volunteers and one part-time office employee, and offers four elements: The Guideline Series, Spouse Courses, COMPASS and CORE online.

Last year NSFL distributed 45,000 publications to fill requests from their customers. Mulloy believes one of the reasons the Guidelines are so popular is because they are easy to read and contain valuable, up-to-date information.

Guidelines include an emergency preparedness booklet, “Are You Ready?,” that provides information on creating a family emergency plan, completing emergency contact cards and compiling an emergency supply kit. There are also Guidelines for spouses of commanding officers (CO), executive officers (XO), command master chiefs (CMC) and chiefs of the boat (COB). These publications include information regarding deployments, support resources and emergency guidelines to assist spouses in understanding their role as a member of the command support team.

The Command Spouse Leadership Course and the CMC and COB Spouse Leadership Course are intense one-week, accredited executive level courses for spouses of COs, CMCs, COBs and command senior chiefs en route to their first command. Developed by Navy spouses and supported by NSFL since inception, these courses run in conjunction with the leadership course conducted in Newport, Rhode Island. Spouses attend on official Department of the Navy orders in conjunction with their active-duty spouse’s orders to attend the Command Leadership School.

Another course offered at installations worldwide is COMPASS, which is based off the original orientation program for new Navy “wives” and has developed into a very successful program for new spouses. COMPASS is a free, three-day, program coordinated and taught by Navy spouse volunteers.

It covers topics including: relocation and moving, deployments, finances, benefits and services, naval traditions, community resources and communication.

“What makes COMPASS unique is that the information, which is already out there, is being imparted by ‘seasoned’ Navy spouses,” COMPASS Program Director Rosemary Ellis said. “Spouses want to help each other, and it’s a conduit for those talented women and men to do so.”

Participants and mentors go by a first-name-only basis and their spouse’s rate or rank is not shared.

“The only reason they are there is because they are married to a Sailor,” Ellis said. “That commonality levels the playing field.”

Ellis said the program works well because it uses a standardized curriculum touching all aspects of military life. Complimentary babysitting is available, and volunteers provide meals and snacks.

“COMPASS gives participants great comfort that they are not alone,” Ellis said.

Over the past year, more than 90 COMPASS courses were offered at 20 locations worldwide, with nearly 1,000 participants.

Ellis reflected it was during her tenure as chair that the name of the association changed from WifeLine to Naval Services FamilyLine.

“That was quite an interesting transition. It only took 12 years to get it done!” Ellis said. “I had previously worked as a volunteer in the organization, so I knew what WifeLine [and] Naval Services FamilyLine stood for.

Ellis believes FamilyLine will continue to educate and assist spouses and their families. She believes that organization’s biggest challenge has always been getting the word about the many wonderful things our organization has done over the past 50 years.

“We all have had the goal of reaching out and helping all of our Naval Services spouses and their families,” Ellis said. “I feel that FamilyLine will continue to educate and help our spouses and their families. The new technologies have helped get the word out about our organization. We need to focus on what we do best while exploring new opportunities to educate and reach those who will benefit from what FamilyLine has to offer.”

The fourth component of NSFL is the Continuum of Resources and Education (CORE) program. This is a network of seminars, workshops, classes and people dedicated to empowering the Navy spouse, educating the Navy family and promoting the Navy lifestyle. Its mission is to establish a continuing workshop series for CO and XO spouses, as well as junior spouses, to enhance and develop leadership skills.

NSFL was created with a $2,000 grant from the Navy League and the energy of a few Navy spouses.

It has grown and flourished due to the dedication of many volunteers through the years and financial support of spouse clubs, base boutique shops, the Navy League, individual donations and corporate donations such as Batelle and USAA. For more information, or to make a contribution, visit NSFL at www.nsfamilyline.org For more news from Commander, Navy Installations Command, visit www.navy.mil/local/cni/.

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Handles Franklin of the Harlem Globetrotters visited White Oak Elementary school in Virginia Beach to teach students about bullying prevention, Feb. 22. Franklin visited five local schools in conjunction with Lincoln Military Housing.

The Globetrotters designed the program in coordination with the National Campaign to Stop Violence. The program focuses on action, bravery, and compassion – comprising the ABCs. The program targets 6-14 year-old students and involves Globetrotter players discussing the three key words in the ABCs and tools that kids can use on a daily basis to reduce bullying.

The Globetrotters equate what it means to be part of a team to how kids can offer support to one another to help stop bullying.

The important message of bullying and violence prevention is conveyed with student participation – and the team’s signature ball handling skills and humor – for a well-balanced program that informs and entertains. Teachers and administrators are also provided with program certificates to be distributed to the kids to take home in the days after the program is presented.

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Opera Tales: Little Red Riding Hood ■ ■ ■ ■

When: Feb. 28, 3 p.m.

Where: Harrison Opera House, Norfolk Cost: $5-$30 For more information, visit: http://bit.ly/1QcairO

This endearing one-act musical comedy will enchant audiences of all ages. This opera emphasizes musical storytelling, literature, language, and communication.

Youngsters will be captivated by the antics of Little Red, Grandma, and the Wolf through this zany, fast-paced and high-spirited adaptation! Fun lobby activities will begin before each show at 2:00 pm – create your own take-home memories. All are performed on our main stage so your little ones will get the full theatre experience. Programs will start at 3:00 pm and run up to one hour in length – perfect for little ones! Seats will be reserved so you’ll enjoy the same seats for all three shows.

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Operation Homefront is hosting an event to recognize and honor military spouses – no cost to them – on March 19, 2016 at Norfolk Waterside Marriott from 6 to 9 a.m. RSVP with pam. mcnamee@operationhomefront.net or 703-4219033 by Friday, March 4, 2016.

“This is Our War:” A tribute to the African-American USOs ■ ■ ■ ■

When: Feb. 27, 5 p.m.

Where: Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg Cost: Program included in Museum admission For more information, visit: http://bit. ly/1LCznGR During WWII, a time of segregation, Bruton Heights School was where African-American soldiers found their “Home Away from Home”.

Travel back in time and be entertained at the USO. Discover the contributions of AfricanAmerican soldiers and entertainers.

Military soccer players and their families have long enjoyed the annual June North American Sand Soccer Championships (NASSC) on the Virginia Beach Oceanfront since its inception in 1994. The event is focusing on a dedicated inter-service BEACHMASTERS division for activeduty and reserve “Military Command” entries. Application deadline is April 15. Register and view details online at www. sandsoccer.com.

Shyly but surely, harbor seals have warmed up to Virginia waters

By Dave Mayfield The Virginian-Pilot

With an elbow on the steering wheel, Deanna Rees steadied her zoom camera and began the count: “So, one, two, three …”

It was a little over an hour past daybreak about midway across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, Rees and another Navy biologist were trying to distinguish some splotchy-coated harbor seals from the rocks on which they were scattered.

Looking out from a parking lot 400 feet away, they knew they probably were missing a few.

“You kind of have to wait for them to move sometimes ’cause they can get tucked down in there,” Rees said.

For the past two years, she’s led what’s been the most systematic study of seal populations in Virginia waters.

Traditionally, seals have been regarded in these parts as wintertime oddities – migrants precariously nosing along alone or in small groups around the lower Chesapeake Bay until the waters up north warm and lure them back.

Rees and other biologists are beginning to view their presence differently, however.

Around the man-made islands of the bridge-tunnel and on the sandbars of the marshy lower Eastern Shore, harbor seals are thriving in what seem to be growing numbers from mid-autumn to mid-spring. Rees has counted as many as 30 at one time around one bridge-tunnel island. A few weeks ago, Nature Conservancy Scientist Alexandra Wilke logged 46 sunning in a seaside spot in North Hampton County.

“It’s kind of a new, exciting thing to see them in such numbers,” Wilke said. “I can

Vicki Cronis-Nohe | The Virginian-Pilot Harbor seals congregate on the end of one of the rocky islands at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel on Feb. 2. The Navy and others are finding them in surprisingly large numbers.

remember when 10, 12 or 15 at a time would be a good day. I just assume they’re getting some pretty awesome fishing.”

That the seals’ numbers appear to be increasing along this stretch of the Atlantic coastline isn’t surprising to wildlife biologists.

Thanks to a landmark 1972 federal law that banned killing or harassing them, seal populations had already dramatically rebounded in the heart of their territory from New England northward.

Late springtime estimates for harbor seals along the Maine coast nearly tripled to more than 75,000 between the mid-1990s and 2012, according to the Northeast Fisheries Science Center, a federal research arm based in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. It found dramatic increases for gray seals and harp seals in the hearts of their ranges as well.

In Massachusetts, around Cape Cod and islands like Nantucket, gray seals have become numerous and aggressive enough to earn distinction as “the most controversial animal in New England,” according to a Yankee Magazine article in 2014. They swarm popular beaches and snatch fishermen’s catches. And to the horror of many beach lovers, they’ve attracted a sizable following of white sharks, which love to chomp them – and still rarely attack humans.

Virginia’s seals aren’t nearly as conspicuous. Rather, they’re downright shy – largely sticking to out-of-way places like the offlimits northern islands of the bridge-tunnel or the Nature Conservancy’s expansive Vir-

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ginia Coast Reserve, a string of 14 islands along the Eastern Shore.

That’s the nature of harbor seals, which account for almost all of the seals in Virginia.

Wilke won’t disclose where she has seen them lately, fearing that a curious hiker or boater will upset them.

“As soon as they notice a change in your behavior, like when your boat slows, they’re gone,” Wilke said.

Still, the seals are getting more attention from humans. The Navy is particularly interested in documenting their patterns because the sea service is required under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to alter ship movements and exercises if seals are spotted nearby.

“The ‘density data’ that Rees’ surveys provide will be fed into Navy environmental analyses,” U.S. Fleet Forces Command’s Acoustic Policy Manager Jene Nissen said.

“Before gunnery, mine-warfare and other exercises commence, a software program called the ‘Protective Measures Assessment Protocol’ is run. Based on the parameters entered, it dictates the steps that commanders must follow to limit potential harm to whales, dolphins and seals. A spotting of a marine mammal within 1,000 yards of a ship requires its sonar to be powered down by half. That reduction further increases within 500 yards. Within 200 yards, sonar must be shut down.”

It’s too early to say whether the more systematic documentation of seals in Virginia waters will alter Navy training significantly.

If their numbers continue to increase, however, the likelihood of conflicts with Navy

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When: Feb. 27, 10 a.m.

Where: The Old Coast Guard Station Maritime Museum, Virginia Beach ■ Cost: $2-$4 ■ For more information, visit: http://bit.ly/1u20eSw A pictorial exhibit honoring the history of the lives and service of African-Americans in the United States Coast Guard and its precursor organizations.

U.S. Fleet Forces Band Engagement ■ ■

When: April 2 Where: Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk ■ Cost: Free Open to the public, event features the Woodwind Quartet.

operations will, too.

Susan Barco, who coordinates the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center’s response to marine animal strandings, believes Virginia’s shift from a “borderline” region for wintering harbor seals to a habitat for larger populations may also increase pressure on the creatures on which they prey.

There’s little research on what they’re eating while down south, though Barco guesses their diet includes fish like tautog, oyster toad and sea bass, as well as blue crab and squid.

“While harbor seals tend not to be viewed as much of a nuisance by humans, I wouldn’t be surprised if in the decades ahead, gray seals also push into Virginia waters in greater numbers during the winter and raise some ruckuses, as they have up north,” Barco said.

Gray seals, which prefer to haul out from the water in sandy spots, can congregate in larger numbers, and they’re bigger. A male gray seal can weigh 800 pounds, well over twice the size of a male harbor seal.

“They’re big, wild carnivores,” Barco said.

“They’re like wolves without legs.”

The aquarium in the 1990s regularly rehabilitated seals that were found in distress, but those calls have fallen significantly since the seals in Virginia have become better established. The last harbor seal the aquarium tried rehabbing – in this case, unsuccessfully – came from North Carolina in 2013.

The aquarium did nurse a gray seal back to good health last year before releasing it with a tracking tag.

The New England Aquarium in Boston has stopped rehabbing seals altogether, according to spokesman Tony LaCasse, though it still studies dead ones for disease trends.

“Like the Virginia Aquarium, its rehab effort has shifted mainly to sea turtles because the seal numbers are so strong,” LaCasse said.

While their populations are becoming better accounted for in Virginia, Rees and other biologists would like to know much more about the seals’ habits while they’re here – not only what they eat, but also how far and where they travel each day and what they do at night. She’d like eventually to attach satellite-tracking tags to some harbor seals. That would help scientists learn where they go in the spring to give birth to and raise pups.

The Nature Conservancy’s Wilke said her organization also needs to know more so it can incorporate seals into its education of students and others who visit the Eastern Shore reserve.

“We don’t know enough yet to really teach anyone about them,” Wilke said.

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1. Can the Grease – Pour used cooking grease into an empty, heat safe container – such as a soup can – and store it in the freezer. Once solidified, toss the can into the garbage. // 2. Scrape Your Plate – Wipe all pots, pans, dishes, and cooking utensils with a paper towel prior to washing to absorb the grease. // 3. Catch the Scraps – Eliminate using the garbage disposal. Catch food scraps in your sink with a basket or strainer and toss them into the trash or compost bin. ~askHRgreen.org

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Preventing pollution from our use, disposal of household chemicals NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic

This article serves as the final part of a four article-series on everyday habits that residents can adopt to prevent pollution from stormwater runoff and to protect our local waterways. We hope you found this article series informative and can incorporate some of the pollution prevention techniques!

Stormwater pollution results when precipitation such as rain or snowmelt runs over surfaces picking up pollutants like pesticides, fertilizers, construction site sediments, pet waste, litter, etc.

These pollutants can significantly degrade water quality and threaten aquatic, wildlife and human health.

In addition, stormwater pollution impacts our drinking water supplies and use of waterways for recreational activities such as swimming, fishing or boating.

Runoff from our lawns, rooftops, and driveways enter into the storm drain system. This system dis-

charges directly to nearby streams, lakes, and bays without receiving treatment. Because of this, it is important for us to prevent pollutants from being washed into these storm drains from our use and disposal of household chemicals.

When household chemicals are either accidentally washed into a storm drain or intentionally dumped outside and drain into the stormwater system, it is referred to as an “illicit discharge.” Common examples of the materials that lead to household illicit discharges include: ■ Paint and paint thinner ■ Motor oil and gasoline ■ Antifreeze ■ Fertilizer, herbicides, and pesticides ■ Bleach, solvents and cleaners ■ Swimming pool chemicals and chlorinated water The everyday products that we use can be very harmful if not stored, used, and disposed of properly. These products can

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be classified as: toxic: pest fumigants, ant traps, and old fire extinguishers;corrosive: drain cleaners, rust removers and over cleaners; oxidizers: chlorinated pool chemicals and various peroxides; and flammables: gasoline, kerosene, fuel oil, butane, oilbased paints and paint thinners.

If you have products that are no longer needed that contain hazardous materials, it is important to properly dispose of them. Never dispose of them outside, allowing them to enter a storm drain because the stormwater runoff is not treated before flowing into our nearby waterways. Many of these materials should also not be placed in the trash because this could lead to groundwater contamination as the materials leak from a landfill.

Some tips and facts about household hazardous waste include: ■ As little as one quart of motor oil can contaminate millions of gallons of water.

■ Used motor oil can be rerefined into reusable lubricating oil. Reprocessing one gallon of used motor oil and burning it as fuel generates enough electricity to power everything in your home for a day.

■ Don’t rinse paint brushes outside where the rinse water can enter the stormwater system.

Clean water-based paint brushes in the sink and oil-based paint brushes by using paint thinner. If possible try to use water based paints!

■ Keep paints and solvents in sealed containers where they cannot become pollutants.

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■ Recycle all unused paints at local Hazardous Waste Collection Centers.

■ Avoid over applying fertilizers and pesticides, or applying them immediately before it rains!

■ For all household materials try to purchase and use non-toxic alternative when possible.

All materials should be used and disposed of in accordance with manufacturer specifications. The best way to dispose of household chemicals is to take them to a local hazardous waste recycling center or to participate in a local waste collection event.

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Saturday, Feb. 27 1 p.m. Kung Fu Panda 3 (3-D) (PG) 8 p.m.The Finest Hours (3-D) (PG-13)

Saturday, Feb. 27 12 p.m. Kung Fu Panda 3 (PG) 3 p.m. Ride Along 2 (PG-13) 6 p.m.The Finest Hours (PG-13) 9 p.m. Joy (PG-13)

Admission to all movies is only $3 per person at both Aerotheater and Gator Theater. Children ages two and younger are admitted free. Patrons 17 years of age or younger must be accompanied by a paying adult to attend all R rated movies. Doors open approximately one hour before showtimes. Both theaters are now accepting credit cards for admission and snacks.

Sunday, Feb. 28 1 p.m. FREE: The Book of Life (PG) 5 p.m. SNEAK PREVIEW: WhiskeyTango Foxtrot (R) 8 p.m. Dirty Grandpa (R)

Sunday, Feb. 28 1 p.m. Norm ofThe North (PG) 4 p.m. 13 Hours:The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (R) 7 p.m.The Revenant (R)

Schedule is subject to change. For your weekly movie showtimes and more, check out the Navy Mid-Atlantic Region MWR website at discovermwr.com.

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When a group of Russian gangsters blackmail corrupt cops into carrying out a difficult heist, the only way to pull it off is to fabricate a “999” call, which is police code for “officer down.”

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Norfolk Festevents announces National Recording Artists Jeff Kashiwa, Steve Cole, and Jackiem Joyner to appear on July 15, at the 34th Annual Norfolk Waterfront Jazz Festival at Town Point Park, along the Downtown Norfolk Waterfront.

The 34th Annual Norfolk Waterfront Jazz Festival returns for two nights along the Downtown Norfolk Waterfront July 15, and July 16, 5-11p.m. each day. This popular festival features legendary sounds of top National Smooth Jazz and R&B Recording Artists. A variety of seating and ticket options are available including the New Journal and Guide VIP experience, a reserved seating section, designated tent areas and festival lawn seating. For more information, visit festevents.org or call 441-2345.

Jeff Kashiwa: Seattle native, Jeff Kashiwa knew he was destined to be a musician following his junior high introduction to woodwinds. His instincts were correct. He became known as one of the

most compelling young saxophonists in contemporary jazz during his first year with The Rippingtons. Kashiwa performed hundreds of shows all over the world and appeared on many of the band’s classic recordings.

Having established himself in the 1990’s as one of the most diverse saxmen in contemporary jazz during his decade long tenure with The Rippingtons, Kashiwa’s instincts led him to more dynamic endeavors through his solo career. It surprised many when Jeff left the group to venture out on his own, but he had things to say through his own music. Kashiwa now has nine CDs released under his own name and has continued to record as a guest artist with many other artists as well. In 2004, Kashiwa founded The Sax Pack, a trio of saxophone headliners, featuring himself, Steve Cole and Kim Waters. The group released two CDs together and charmed audiences with their Rat Pack style reparte’ in tours across the U.S. and abroad.

Steve Cole: Saxophonist Steve Cole is one of the most celebrated players in contemporary jazz.

The Chicago, Illinois, native exploded onto the scene in 1998 with the album “Stay Awhile” that was produced by fellow Chicagoan Brian Culbertson. The disc scored two #1 hits and earned Cole the Oasis Smooth Jazz Award for best new artist shortly before his sophomore set, “Between Us,” was released in 2000. His catchy singles made him an instant radio favorite and he cranked them out with regularity on subsequent albums “NY LA,” 2003, “Spin,” 2005, and “True,” 2006.

In addition to his work as solo artist, Steve

has performed and recorded, with Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, Boz Scaggs, Larry Carlton, Jeff Lorber, Jim Peterik, Freddie Cole, Cyrus Chestnut, and KMFDM, and has been a featured soloist with the City of Prague Orchestra, and The Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Steve is also a founding member of The Sax Pack, a stellar sax trio completed by Marcus Anderson and Jeff Kashiwa.

In the 15 years since the release of his debut record, saxophonist Steve Cole has traveled full-circle creatively and arrived back home on his new release, “Pulse,” a 10-song set mixing R&B, contemporary jazz, gospel, blues and pop that he produced with fellow saxman David Mann. The new collection surveying Cole’s musical passions showcases the artist’s affinity for infectious melodies, a wall of horns, and soulful grooves.

Jackiem Joyner As a young turk on the contemporary jazz scene, saxophonist Jackiem Joyner is far from complacent and staid in his sound and style.

Not afraid to challenge the fan base that took him to No. 1 twice and Top 3 two more times on the Billboard chart, Joyner gets adventurous on his fifth album, “Evolve,” which will be released April 29th by Artistry Music and Mack Avenue Records. It’s his first on which he wrote and produced the entire set, including the first single going to radio in mid-March, “Generation Next,” an up-tempo urban-pop track with vibrant flashes of strings that provide a contrast to Joyner’s gentle melodic sax.

In addition to playing alto and soprano sax on the record, Joyner is a multi-instrumentalist who played many of the instruments heard

on the collection along with a couple of highprofile assists from Grammy-nominated sax player Gerald Albright and internationallyrenowned keyboardist Keiko Matsui. The collaborations are noteworthy for different reasons. When Joyner was in high school, Albright was his idol thus dueting with him on “Big Step” was a thrill. Joyner tours in Matsui’s band when not performing his own dates and wrote “Europa” with her mind. On a few tracks, he was joined by his touring band – guitarist Kayta Matsuno, bassist Tim Bailey, keyboardist Bill Steinway and drummer Raymond Johnson – to record live in the studio.

The Sax Pack The idea of The Sax Pack originated in 2004 with saxophonist Jeff Kashiwa after he saw a movie about the “Rat Pack,” a group of legendary entertainers led by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. Inspired by their showmanship and camaraderie, Kashiwa came up with the name The Sax Pack and called on some of his saxophone peers and started a new group that would feature the instrument, as well as their collective musical passion for jazz, funk and R&B. The Sax Pack has released three CDs, “The Sax Pack,” 2008, and “The Pack is Back,” 2009, and The Power Of 3, 2015, on Shanachie Records.

Backed by a tight rhythm section, the talented trio combine their life-long love of music and their passion for performance, to make an impact on audiences that love music as much as they do.

The well-known saxophonists are excited to create a show that combines their individual styles and diverse backgrounds for a fresh approach to the music that inspired them all to become musicians: jazz.

Highlights of the tour will feature original music written specifically for The Sax Pack, as well as each sax player’s signature hits and the classic funk, R&B and jazz tunes that will get fans out of their seats.

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fleming | part 2 of 2

The Flagship | flagshipnews.com | 02.25.16 | C5

NASCAR

Hamlin wins closest Daytona 500 since electronic scoring; first 500 win for Toyota

By Rick Minter Universal Uclick

It seemed fitting, given that Sunday’s Daytona 500 was the first since a $400 million overhaul of Daytona International Speedway, that the race would play out much like the first one back in 1959, when the track was brand new.

In 1959, the race ran caution-free from start to finish and ended with two drivers finishing so close together that it took several days of sorting through photos to determine that Lee Petty had edged Johnny Beauchamp to get the victory.

Feb. 21, the 58th running of the 500 was relatively calm for much of the day, with a few spins but without a single multi-car “big one” crash that seems to occur nearly every time the circuit races at Daytona, Florida or its sister track, Talladega Superspeedway, Alabama.

The finish wound up being just like 1959, with Denny Hamlin surging past Martin Truex Jr. to win by a margin of .01 seconds – the closest Daytona 500 finish since electronic scoring came into use.

In the closing laps, it appeared that a decision to take four tires on his last pit stop had doomed Hamlin, as his challengers, including Truex,

Photo courtesy of Mark Fleming Mark with wrestling legend Ivan Koloff.

Courtesy of NASCAR Denny Hamlin, in the No. 11 Toyota, beat Martin Truex Jr.’s No. 78 to the finish line in the Daytona 500 by .01 seconds.

Wrestling legend has book signing in Hampton

By Yiorgo Contributing Writer

Kyle Busch and Matt Kenseth, had taken only two, and thereby taken a lead that appeared to be insurmountable.

But on the final lap, Hamlin, running fourth, abandoned the faster low line, moved over a lane and used a drafting boost from Kevin Harvick to make a run on Kenseth, who led 40 of the final 41 laps. As Hamlin closed in on Kenseth, Kenseth moved high to block him, but Hamlin dove low, in between Kenseth and Truex, making slight contact with Kenseth.

As Kenseth slid back through the field, Hamlin and Truex door-banged their way to the finish line, with Hamlin surging ahead at the last second to get the victory. Hamlin’s teammates Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards both finished in the top 5, with Busch in third

and Edwards, in a damaged car, fifth. Harvick was fourth.

For Hamlin, who also won last week’s Sprint Unlimited at Daytona, this win was the 27th of his career, his first Daytona 500, and the first Daytona 500 for his manufacturer, Toyota.

“It’s the pinnacle of my career, for sure,” Hamlin said.

The win was also the first in Cup for Hamlin’s crew chief, Mike Wheeler, who took over the team in the off-season.

“Seeing Denny say it’s his biggest race, biggest thing he’s got, makes me happy,” Wheeler said. “I’m a small part of this. Racing has a lot to do with the driver, the actual car, people that build that car, with the spotter involved. Just really happy to be a small part of that.”

Denny Hamlin called his Daytona 500 victory “the pinnacle of my career.”

Mark Fleming was a professional wrestler in the Golden Age 1980’s and 90’s working for the Jim Crockett Promotions Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling.

He has written a book called, “It’s Wrestling, Not Rasslin’!” He will be doing a book signing on March 5, during the Vanguard Championship Wrestling show at Hampton High School in Hampton.

Former WWE superstar Carlito will be there, as well as Ring of Honor Colby Corino. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with a show time of 7 p.m.

For tickets and more information go to www.vcw-wrestling.com/site/.

Here is part II of our interview.

Yiorgo (Y): Why did you decide to write this book?

Mark Fleming (M.F.): It was all because of Doug Williams. A local writer who has authored several books about exbaseball players, kept after me to write the book. I was never a main event guy so I did not think there would be any interest for it. I talked it over with Charlie Thesz, the wife of six-time National Wrestling Alliance Champion Lou Thesz, who became my mentor, friend and coach, and she suggested that I speak to Scott Teal, who has co-authored many books on pro wrestling. I contacted him to get some advice, and Scott agreed to work on the book with me. This has been a two and a half year labor of love and finally here we are.

Y: What was your travel schedule like in those days?

M.F.: It was brutal, but we had so much fun that we did not realize it at the time.

Gene Anderson would call me each week and give me my schedule. It varied a little bit but here is a typical two-week schedule. Monday I would be in Fayetteville, North Carolina; Tuesday in Columbia, South Carolina; Wednesday was Charlotte, North Carolina for the TV taping; Thursday in Norfolk; and Friday in Richmond, Virginia.

On a typical Sunday, I would wrestle at 3 p.m. in Roanoke, Virginia, then drive 270 miles to Charlotte and wrestle there on a Monday.

There were times that I would drive 435 miles from Norfolk to Asheville, North Carolina, then back to Norfolk to wrestle there or in Richmond or Hampton. Other times I would leave Norfolk, drive 410 miles to Charleston, South Carolina, then from there to Charlotte another 220 miles, then Salisbury, Maryland, – 500 miles.

In a two year period I remember putting over 300,000 miles on my new car.

Y: Whom did you drive with the most?

M.F.: Most of the time I drove with Johnny Weaver, Sony Fargo, Jimmy Valiant, George South, Tommy Young, Abe Jacobs, and Ronnie Garvin. If I drove, they paid me 10 cents a mile for transportation or I paid them if I rode with them.

I learned so much from listening to their stories. Jimmy Valiant called me “Nick the Neck,” because I had a big neck and I

reminded him of Nick Bockwinkel when he was young.

Y: And it was important to be able to defend yourself.

M.F.: Oh yea, back then you sat in the car and you did not talk. If you did and you ran your mouth and acted cocky or bragged, those guys would put you in your place, not only in the car, but when you got in the ring with them they would try to hurt you. Guys like Ronny Garvin, Ole and Gene Anderson, Dory Funk Jr. I saw that happen so, so much.

Y: Tell us about your time with Lou Thesz.

M.F.: He was my idol. I first met him when Lou came back in the locker room at the Norfolk Scope. When he found out I lived in Norfolk, he told me he did as well and asked me if I wanted to get together and work out. I remember Wahoo McDaniel saying, “You boys just met the greatest champion this sport has ever seen.”

Eventually he invited me to his house for dinner with his wife Charlie and that was the beginning of a beautiful friendship and mentorship that I still wake up pinching myself to this day that it happened. I have been very blessed.

We opened up a gym together. Two of the more famous students we had were Masahiro Chono who won the New Japan G1 Climax tournament to win the NWA world heavyweight title and Koji Kitao.

The Japanese media covered it.

I also have been to Japan on several occasions where the wrestling style is very different, very stiff from the U.S. and Canada.

Y: Your book is a must read, especially for those wanting to know about training and for those who want to hear some great stories.

M.F.: We trained very, very hard. Lou had a saying, “We are wrestlers not rasslers!” And that’s where the title of the book came from.

Eventually I started working for Virginia Wrestling Association, an independent promotion out of Richmond. I wore a hood and wrestled as The Phantom and I even had a manager Kevin “The Truth” Casey. I also wrestled without the mask under my own name.

Y: And what do you do now?

M.F.: I made my other dream come true. I now own my own gym called Fleming’s Gym at 305 High St. Portsmouth. Our members’ ages range from 16-86. We have young high school athletes, businessmen and women, retirees and we teach them how to exercise, and train and we offer personal training as well.

So come by the gym anytime and especially March 5th, come by Hampton High School, see the great wrestling that Vanguard Championship Wrestling presents and we can talk some wrestling.

Yiorgo is our very own Hampton Road’s Arts and Entertainment, and Sports journalist. A stage, TV and movie actor, he is also an educator, motivational speaker, writer, storyteller, columnist, and is also involved in the colorful world of professional wrestling.

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Jackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Towing, monthly auto auction 3rd Sat. at 1 PM. Call 461-5765 for info.

furnished rm, house privileges. 757-423-0252.

Oceana/Dam Neck-Room with private bath, microwave, refrig, verticals, lg closet, laundry facilities, no pets. $625 mo. plus 1/2 mo security deposit. Call 757-270-6137.

Must have proof of income. Call/text 744-9749.

Auctions

250+ lots of coins begin at 1:00 PM Browning Light 12, Mossberg 500E .410, Lionel Trains, Tiffany Studios Bronze Zodiac items c1910, Tiffany Sterling Flask, Bradley & Hubbard desk items, Rolleiflex Carl Zeiss camera, AB Jackson original pencil â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Sullen Headâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, mid-century artwork

by Donovan, Fentriss, Mann, Kirby & McAdoo, pocket watches, watch repair items, daguerreotype, Towle Sterling â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aristocratâ&#x20AC;? flatware, collection of 1150+ Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments sold as one lot opening bid $1, sterling antique silver coins, rare antique Rose Medallion 15â&#x20AC;? pitcher & bowl, antique Chinese brass bowl previously displayed at the Chrysler Museum, 50+ Morgan & Peace Silver Dollars with several Carson City, 1915S $20 St Gaudens double eagle NGC MS63, 1803 one cent pieces, 3 cent nickels, 1832 Bust Half dime, Confederate Currency, 1922 $10 gold certificate, proof sets from the 1950â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s through 2010, 1938-D Walking Liberty, Seated Liberty Dimes, quarters and half dollars, Capped Bust half dimes, dimes, quarters, half dollars, many key date coins, Lincoln Continental 97,000 miles, mahogany furniture, stamp collection.

Non-smoker. Call Tiffany 757-264-0425.

NORFOLK-ODU/NOB, NON SMOKER,

Va Bch-Furn rm, priv. home, off Oceana, credit/

Flooring Mechanic IFPC has an imm. opening for an Epoxy/Trowel Mechanic. Valid Drivers License & reliable vehicle. amcgunnigle@internationalflooring.com 757-855-5286

BARRETT STREET AUCTION CENTER

TV Intmt, kitchen W/D, all incl. 125/wk/ No smoking in house. Call 7573663186

Dish, bus/grocery store. $625. 757-818-4872,

Diabetic Test Strips Wanted Up to $25 Cash/Box Unexpired/Unopened LOCAL. CALL BETH 757-235-4496

8:00 AM Sat., Feb. 27

B & J MOVING

Kempsville Furn. Bdrm, nice Nbhd, FIOS

Truxton-Portsmouth, close to shipyd-$475 mo

For Rent-Chesapeake House

Reasonable Rates, Licensed & Insured. bandjmoving.com. 757-576-1290

utils & cable. $525/mo + dep. 757-681-4067.

Room For Rent. $550 + Dep. 757-270-8165

PCA, CNA, NA, RN, LPN Immanuel Care Home Healthcare, Hiring for PCAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, CNAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, NAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, LPNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and RNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Flexible Hours. Please Call Ms.Skinner @ 757-547-8400

Call (757) 880-5215

CHES- Battlefield/Volvo Pkwy, furnished, incl. all

Quiet Home in Va Beach - Furnished Single

Groomer & Skilled Vet Assistant Both positions p/t or f/t w/Benefits. Apply Deep Creek Vet Ches. Info call 757- 487-1333 Meghan

CALVINâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ROOFING REPAIR - Roofing of all

Chesapeake- Furn rm, $600 mo.+ dep. Utils inclu. No smoking, drugs or pets. 757-408-2961.

Shore Dr. Furnished, walk-in closet, internet,

NORFOLK PLUMBING, INC. â&#x20AC;&#x153;THE ORIGINALâ&#x20AC;?

757-466-0644 â&#x20AC;&#x153;YOUR PLUMBERS IN THE BRIGHT YELLOW TRUCKSâ&#x20AC;?

Room for Rent. Laundry on Site. Off St parking.

Working roommates. Rachelle- 585-216-7901

Moyock, NC-2 rms, $450 & $550. All utils.

Check often at: www.discovermwr.com/ nafhr/jobs.html

Join membership at Sail Nauticus and have full access to our fleet of ten Harbor 20 sailboats starting at $295 a year. Learn to sail, race, and socialize with fellow boaters. Leave the insurance, maintenance, and dockage to us! At Nauticus. 757-823-4242 sailnauticus.org

ATTICS & GARAGES CLEANED

Licensed and Insured. Free Estimates.

10% Military Discount Call 757-672-6957

All Handyman, Int & Ext: Bathrooms, Small Jobs, Remodel. 30 Yrs. Exp. BBB A+ Rating. 430-2612.

Kline Realty 484-0123

twnhmes. $725-$1800. Kline Realty 484-0123

Sewing Machines/Vacuums

Contents hauled away, also tree limbs & shrubs.

Call 934-2258

We'll bring samples to your home, measure, and can even install the next day. We are Hampton Roads largest flooring dealer, so you get your floors installed right and at the lowest price guaranteed.

CALL 453-8000 for your free quote.

Handywoman Dunrite Services - Carpentry,

Churchland-Westhaven, 2 BR from $725.

Labradoodles Sheepadoodles $1400 434-2231322 www.heartofvirginiadoodles.com

Moving-Hauling

rior. Home repairs, maintenance, caulking, window glazing, wallpaper removal, over 30 yrs. locally. All work guaranteed. Insured. 757-435-4242.

Small Jobs, Baths, Kitchens, Ceiling Fans, Lights, Paint, Plumbing, Carpentry. 25 Yrs. Exp. Licâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d & Insâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d. Call Rob 757-679-4558

For Rent-Portsmouth Apts $250 Security Deposit. Waterview Colonial Manor Starting at $675. Immediate Availability, 393-2111

Churchland, W. Branch, Suffolk Homes, apts,

St. Bernard Pups-1st shots, de-wormed, ready

NEW FLOORING FAST!!

General Repairs

For Rent-Other City Apts

Mini. Schnauzers All Colors. Super Coats.

D. Joaquim Painting Services-Interior/Exte-

$14,995; 24x30â&#x20AC;&#x2122; $15,995; w/Slab & Vinyl Siding.

Call 465-0115 or 362-1833. dandwgarages.com

includes utils. 499-8000, ask for Fred.

Help Wanted

to go. $800. 252-357-4829. Call text 252-548-8327

DIVORCE

For Lease-Office Space Newtown Rd.-2500 sq. ft., 8 offices, $1800 mo.

Help Wanted

Golden Retriever Pups-AKC, 1st shots/ wormed, 10 wks, have parents, $600. 421-7708.

EVERY MONDAY AT 6 PM-10,000 Sq Ft. Bldg. All Inside

**757-403-4689**

Ward & Hollingsworth Realty 497-4838

Old Town Portsmouth 2BR 2 Baths Apt off st parking just painted new carpet close to NMCP & CG HQ call Melanie 757 404-1836 $875/mo

GOLDEN RET. PUPS, AKC, parents on site, shots & wormed, vet ck guarantee, $850. 757-620-6026

Appraisal Service With 40 Years Experience.

Attorneys

For Rent-Norfolk House Hollywood- 3 BR brick ranch, fenced, corner lot, Central heat/air, new paint/carpet. No pets. $1050

$45; both good cond. Free delivery. 757-237-5757.

Golden doodles, parents registered & on site, creams & copper, vet ck guar, $950., 757-620-6026

Virginia Beach Antique Co.

FREE QUOTES WITHIN THE HOUR

Call 460-1992 or 625-8193.

will be offered for public auction on Friday, Feb. 26 at 3 PM at Western Branch Storage, 3437 Western Branch Blvd., Chesapeake, 23321.

Cash Only. A877-Coone, A103-Williams, C71-Watson, C75-Hillard, E57-Mallory.

tails docked, $500 ea. Ready now. 757-653-6914.

422-4477

H WINTER HEATING SALEH On Gas Furnaces, Gas Packs & Heat Pumps. Clean & Check for $69. Call Comfort Energy Systems 757-335-0290.

SOME UTILITIES. 625-7110. 588-2359 Southern Park Aptâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s near Southern Shop Center, 1, 2 & 3BRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s avail., unfurnished, 560-7672

Boston Terrier ready now, ckc registered, 1st vacc. and deworming given asking 1000.00 call for more info 252-373-6663

$500. Call Sammy 757-651-3229.

Air Conditioning & Heating

OCEAN VIEW-Nice 1-2 BR, 5 locations, must see.

Carpet/wood, air, laundry, $595-$790.

Conducted By:

Lab Pups-Black & Yellow, AKC, OFA, hunting

757.622.1455

Move in Special! Ocean View-1 & 2 bdrm units.

Gregory Realty 855-3315 gregoryrealtycorpofva.com

American Bulldog Pups-6 males, CKC/NKC,

LARRY ZEDD

business

carpet. $700-$730. Credit 4 reqâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d. (888)368-5920 Ask About Our Specials Meredith Mgmt. www.RENTMEREDITH.com

Pickup or Delivery. 757-621-1468 Aubreyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Landscaping & Tree Service

AKC Yorkie Pups, Champion sired, 1 year health warranty, ready to go, ladyhawkofyork@aol.com, 804694-9747, 804-456-6553

ANTIQUES & ESTATES

Saturday, February 27, 9:30 a.m.

Peoples Consignment Auction

For Rent-Norfolk Apts Little Creek Rd-2 BR Twnhse. Central heat/air,

BEAUTIFUL SEASONED FIREWOOD

Pets-Dogs,Cats,Other

WANTED

Auctions Auction

Viewing Friday, February 26 From 10 a.m.-4 p.m. & 8 a.m. Auction Day

5 Great Bernese Puppies 7576353878 www.greatbernesepuppies.webs.com $800-1200

Antiques & Collectibles $350. Call Sammy 757-651-3229.

Cameras-Photography WANTED: Professional Film Cameras Leica,

bkgrnd ck, clean, quiet, no drama, $500. 635-5151 VA Beach Northampton Blvd. Weekly $199.00 plus tax, No deposit, Daily $39.99 special military rate free wifi, continental breakfast, micro/fridg in all rooms. Kitchnet rooms available.

No 30 day limit. Call 757-460-1000 VA BEACH - Room with house privileges, very clean & quiet, everthing included. $540. mo.

Available Now. No pets. Call 757-513-3836

VB, General Booth-Lg. Furn BR., Kit. Privileges, Utils. Incl. Dep. & Refâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, $525. 757-721-9546.

VB, Kempsville - Lg. Brick Ranch, Quiet, Fully Furnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d Rm, Sec. Sys., Cable, Internet, All Util. Incl., No Drugs or Alcohol. $550. (757) 718 - 5345

For Rent-To Share Blocks From Beach, 3 BR Condo to share, male w/same, $475/Utils Incl.+Sec. Dep. 425-1731

Green Run, VB - Furn. Private bdrm/bath, $600/mo all, avail. now, female pref, 471-1559.

For Rent-Townhomes Colony Oaks- 2 BR, 1.5 BA Twnhse, FP, community pool, Avail. May 1. $1275. 757-613-7775.

For Rent-Va. Beach Apts OCEANA/HILLTOP AREA Newly renovated throughout, Spacious 2 BR, 1 BA. $845/mo. 631-1306.

For Rent-Waterfront Rental Houses-Suff. & W. Branch. Bruce Rd & Riverfront Condo $1100-$1700 Kline Realty 484-0123

Real Estate Services All Houses Bought Cash Paid To You. 285-1234

Antiques & Classics

see. $1275 mo. 757-536-3052.

For Rent-Duplex Ocean View-3 BR, 2 BA, full kit., patio, on culde-sac, privacy, no pets/smoking. 2 blks from Ches. Bay. $1400, 804-382-8388. 757-615-4206.

For Rent-Furnished Apts ECONOLODGE: Wkly $199. Daily $42+ tax.

Monthly $1100+ tax. No deposit, no stay limit.

Contractor rates available. 757-460-1000

Motel 6-Ocean View. new rms, near fishing pier $179 wk, kitchenette avail. Pet ok. 757-480-9611

Chevrolet 1967 Camaro SS Turn key drag race car. Top/Super Pro class. 5.5@130 in 1/8. Consistent winner. Only high quality parts. Can supply complete parts list and photos. Come see and hear. Make serious offer. Call Mike before 8pm. (757) 636-7979

For Lease-Industrial Office Warehouse Chesapeake 1200 & 1500 sq. ft. Call 485-1323

VA BCH/NEWTOWN RD.

2000 sq. ft.-50,000 sq. ft. Call Fred 499-8000.

Automobiles for Sale ACURA 2006 TL 1owner, gold, sunroof, leather, all records, 210K miles, $4800, 7578162015

For Rent-Norfolk Apts $300 OFF 1ST MO. 1 & 2 BRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S Call 622-5500

www.councillrealtymanagement.com A Clean 1 BR, 1 BA, Ocean View & Southern Shop Ctr Areas. $625 mo. $500 dep. 646-2647.

FREEMASON -

337 W. BUTE ST.

2 Bedrms, 2 Baths, Central Air/Heat, Laundry, Parking, $1,200 Mo. Call Anna 620-8242.

www.councillrealtymanagement.com GHENT-8 Great Locations 1 & 2 BR, free heat & hot H20, $650-$995.

Meredith Mgmt. 622-8233 www.RENTMEREDITH.com

$200 Dep, 1st Full Month Rent Free Ingleside Square Apts. 3515 Gatling Ave. 466-8111

Audi 2008 TT Quattro convertible; 250 HP, paddle-shift automatic, leather, navigation, premium sound, premium paint and wheels, power everything, 73k miles. $17,400.00. Call 757 277-3545.

BMW 2008 750i 71k mi. Pristine Cond. Fully Loaded. Sport Package. CARCHEX Titanium Warranty until 09/14/17. 757-735-4277

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Automobiles for Sale

Chevy 2013 Spark LT, 4 dr., auto, 36K mis., loaded, On Star, warranty. $8900. 757-285-7202.

Chrysler 2006 Sebring, 4 dr., V-6, 95K, loaded, clean, nice, $2995. 757-558-1830.

Ford 2001 Focus, very good shape, 111K mis., $3195. 757-650-5050. Va. Dealer.

FORD 2005 FOCUS SE ZX4 excellent condition, 82k, $4,750, 757-537-7471 Ford 2007 Mustang GT Conv. white w/tan premium pkg. $14,500 call James 757-763-9515

Mercedes Benz 2010 S65 AMG V12 Private Seller I believe the nicest S65AMG in the country. 19,372 Miles! Loaded. Clean Carfax.

Original window sticker over $200,000. Asking $69,000. Ed 757.615.8782

Trucks

sunroof, white, like new. $14,950. 757-646-1734

Honda 2012 Fit Sport, 50K mis., orig. owner,

Chevy 1998 2500, Ext Cab, 2WD, tool boxes,

white ext, black interior, $10,900. 757-477-2450.

HD tow pkg, auto, V-8, $3500. 757-553-7724.

NISSAN 2013 LEAF SV - LOW 5,800 MILES, WHITE EXT., NEW CONDITION, NAVIGATION, HEATED SEATS, ALL ELECTRIC, FAST CHARGE PORT, POWER EVERYTHING, TWO REMOTE KEYS, ALL MANUALS, MSRP $35,000. PRICED @ $13,980. call or text @ (757)373-3258 VaDlr TOYOTA 2006 COROLLA CE AUTO AC 41K MILES EXCELLENT COND. NEW TIRES AND INSPECTION MUST SEE 7450.00 OBO 373-4245 vadlr Volvo 2000 S-80 Excellent condition, white/tan, 190k, garaged, owner senior citizen, just serviced & inspected, $3500, 925-0379

NEED A CAR? ZERO DOWN? BAD CREDIT? CALL 757-717-1715 VA DLR

Campers/RVs CONSIGNMENTS WANTED! Let us clean,

Mercedes 2008 CL550 Black, Excellent Condition.

76,000 miles. Financing Available. Asking $25,900.

Call Jason 757-613-3337.

Subaru 2009 Forester L.L. Bean, red, black leather int, loaded, $9800. pmbrick1@verizon.net

Dodge 1999 Ram 150 Extra Cab, Super Shape. Very good cond, 757-650-5050. Va Dealer.

Ford 2011 F150 FX4 LOADED excellent condition, fun country tires, leather, NAV, Power everything Black on Black 54k $27,000 757.425.8554

Toyota 2015 Tacoma Ext Cab SR5, auto, 5K, Tonneau cover, $24,900, will trade. 819-8664.

Vans Dodge 2015 Grand Caravan SE, 17,500 mis., charcoal gray, $18,500. 301-223-6915.

Ford 1996 250 Econoline Conversion, good cond, needs work on a/c. $3000. 757-328-7205.

St. Jude patient, Denise, with her father Chief Petty Officer, Travis Hale

FORD 1998 ECONOLINE 11 PASSENGER WINDOW VAN, EC, FRONT & REAR AC, 160K MILES 4500.00 757-513-4962

sell, & finance your RV. Snyders RV 499-8000.

Forest River 2007 Silverback 35L4QB Sleeps up to 10, 4 slides w awnings, bunkhouse, washer/dryer (a must have), ceiling fan, surround sound, whole house vacuum, new tires. 5th wheel hitch for 01 F250 addtl $400. Beautiful RV, must sell $21,000.

Call 757-406-3902

Handicapped Wheelchair Vans/Local Dealer Virginia’s Largest Wheelchair Van Dealer in Norfolk. New & Preowned available! Great Selection Mobility Supercenter 3301 N. Military Highway, Norfolk, VA. 23518 757-201-7495 ask for Carolyn Visit us @ mobilitysupercenter.com

MASERATI 2007 QUATTROPORTE STUNNING CONDITION, LOW MILES, FERRARI 400HP ENGINE, BLACK EXTERIOR W/ LEATHER AND WOOD INTERIOR, AUTO/MANUAL TRANS W/SHIFTERS, NAVIGATION, PREMIUM SOUND SYSTEM, POWER EVERYTHING, REAR RECLINING SEATS, NEW TIRES, NEW ROTORS & BRAKE PADS--- JUST SERVICED AND INSPECTED--- CARFAX CERTIFIED---CURRENT VALUE OVER $41,000.--- A STEAL @ $34,890. --TEXT OR CALL ANYTIME @ (757)373-3257 VaDlr

Ford 2004 Explorer, V-6, 120K, 1 owner, Jeep 2009 Liberty Limited Red w/tan leather all options 71k Excellent cond 2WD $10,300 OBO Call 757-434-1760

Honda 2011 Accord EX, V-6, 28,600 mis.,

MASERATI 2007 QUATTROPORTE STUNNING CONDITION, LOW MILES, FERRARI 400HP ENGINE, BLACK EXTERIOR W/ LEATHER AND WOOD INTERIOR, AUTO/MANUAL TRANS W/SHIFTERS, NAVIGATION, PREMIUM SOUND SYSTEM, POWER EVERYTHING, REAR RECLINING SEATS, NEW TIRES, NEW ROTORS & BRAKE PADS--- JUST SERVICED AND INSPECTED--- CARFAX CERTIFIED---CURRENT VALUE OVER $43,000.--- A STEAL @ $34,890. --TEXT OR CALL ANYTIME @ (757)373-3257 VaDlr

Sport Utility Vehicles

Together, we will defeat deadly childhood diseases.

800-822-6344 • stjude.org

leather, 7 pass, nice, $3995. 757-558-1830.

Ford 2013 Mustang Premium Coupe 3.7L, 305 Hp., V6, Ruby Red Metallic, Black Leather Interior, Loaded, 21,556 mi., Excellent condition, Well maintained. $17,000. 757-377-9950.

Lexus 2006 GS430 $9,500-Exceptional, Fully loaded and maintained by Lexus. Must see and Drive.

Bluetooth hands free, Nav, camera, DVD. Garage kept. non-smoker. 757-647-6723

Motorcycles Honda 1999 CBR900 WANTED Years ago, I sold my 1999 Honda CBR900RR. This yellow, black, and white motorcycle holds sentimental value. I would like to discuss buying it back from the present owner. A CARFAX report search shows it was registered in Virginia Beach in July 2013. The last three numbers of the VIN are 232. If you own this motorcycle and are interested in discussing this, please contact me as soon as possible.

In the event you own the bike and it’s not for sale, tell me what it takes for it to be for sale

Audi 2010 A4 Turbo S-Line Quattro well loved garage kept single owner.Black on black, 69000 miles, automatic, CLEAN, $18k.757-771-4898

Wheelchair vans from $9995 Mobility Works is the largest mobility dealer in Virginia and the nation with over 800 vehicles to choose from. VA approved.

We have low rate financing available with approved credit. Located in the Military Circle area of Norfolk so we’re close to all points in Tidewater. We have experience and compassion to find the best solution for your needs. Give us a call today @757-455-9889.

Wanted Automobiles $ABSOLUTELY ABLY ACQUIRING AUTOS All Makes & Models, Best Price Paid!!

FREE TOWING. 749-8035 1999 Honda CBR900 WANTED Years ago, I sold my 1999 Honda CBR900RR. This yellow, black, and white motorcycle holds sentimental value. I would like to discuss buying it back from the present owner. A CARFAX report search shows it was registered in Virginia Beach in July 2013. The last three numbers of the VIN are 232. If you own this motorcycle and are interested in discussing this, please contact me as soon as possible.

In the event you own the bike and it’s not for sale, tell me what it takes for it to be for sale

AUTOS ACCEPTED - Any Year, Make Or Model TOP DOLLAR, FAST, FREE TOWING. 757-737-2465 Or 757-754-9675

Motorcycles

Wanted: 1987 Buick Grand National.

Harley 2006 Road King Ready to ride 10/16 inspection Very Good Condition Test ride with cash deposit and motorcycle endorsement 393-9995 before 9pm $8000

We Buy Cars With Bad Transmissions

In good shape, 757-824-0281.

757-652-6100

Harley 2007 Dyna Street Bob, black on black, 11K mis., $8500. 252-333-5754.

Harley Davidson 1979 SHOVELHEAD $5900 OBO Retirement Sale + extras rev6-8@hotmail.com

4-Wheel Drives Jeep 2013 Rubicon 10th annv. ed.! Loaded. Winch.

Warr. 34k mi. $29.5k neg. Andrew, 757-377-7798.

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JEB Fort Story Chapel ROMAN CATHOLIC Mass schedule: 9 a.m., Sun. Bible study: 9:30 a.m., Tues.

PROTESTANT Worship service:11 a.m., Sun. Bible study: Noon, Wed.

JEB Little Creek Chapel Naval Station Norfolk ROMAN CATHOLIC Mass schedule: 5 p.m., Sat. (fulfills Sunday obligation) 8:30 a.m. & 12:15 p.m. , Sun. Confessions: 3:30 - 4:45 p.m., Sat.

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PROTESTANT Sun. School : 9 a.m. Sun. (Ages 4 - Adult) AWANA / Children’s Church : 10 a.m., Sun. (Ages 4 - 10) Worship service:10:30 a.m., Sun. Fellowship: 11:30 a.m., Sun. Coffeehouse: 5 p.m., Sun. Bible Study/ Band Practice: 5 p.m., Mon. WOC: 9:30 a.m., Wed Chapel choir practice: 7 p.m., Wed. Handbell choir: 7 p.m. Thurs.

NWS Yorktown Chapel

ROMAN CATHOLIC Our Lady of Victory Chapel Mass schedule: 11:45 a.m., Wed. | 10 a.m., Sun. PROTESTANT David Adams Memorial Chapel Worship services: 10:30 a.m., Sun. Jewish SABBATH Commodore Levy Chapel (Second Floor Bldg. C7) Sabbath: 7 p.m., Fri. (Sabbath Fellowship Oneg Shabbot Follows) ISLAMIC WORSHIP: Masjid al Da’wah 2nd Floor (Bldg. C-7) Services: 1 p.m., Fri. Chapels are open daily for prayer.

NAS Oceana Chapel

ROMAN CATHOLIC ROMAN CATHOLIC Mass schedule: 8:30 a.m., Sun. Mass schedule: 11:30 a.m., Tues.-Fri. PROTESTANT 9 a.m. & 12:15 p.m., Sun. Worship service:10:30 a.m., Sun. PROTESTANT Sun. school: 9:15 a.m., Sun. NSA Northwest Worship service: 10:40 a.m., Annex Chapel Sun. ROMAN CATHOLIC Bible study: 11 a.m., Wed. Rosary: 9:30 a.m., Sun. Confessions: 9:30 a.m., Sun. Dam Neck Annex Mass Schedule: 10 a.m., Sun. Chapel CCD (Sept-May) 11 a.m., Sun. ROMAN CATHOLIC Confessions: 4:15 p.m., Sat. PROTESTANT (EPISCOPAL) Mass Schedule: 5 p.m., Sat. Worship service: 8 a.m., Sun. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL PROTESTANT July 29 - Aug. 2; 6 to 8 p.m.

Worship service: 9 a.m., Sun.

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Last week’s CryptoQuip answer If the Founding Fathers took daily brisk walks, I guess they would be called constitutionals.

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duty chaplain

Norfolk: 444-7361 JEBLCFS: 462-7427 Yorktown: 887-4711 Oceana: 433-2871 Dam Neck: 492-6602 NSA Northwest Annex: 421-8204

The Duty Chaplain stands by to serve and is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Conversations are confidential. Contact the Duty Chaplain by calling 438-3822.

For stories from the Chaplain’s Corner, visit www.flagshipnews.com/news/chaplains_corner/

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Linkhorn Park

$875,000

Bay Breeze Point

$685,000

Heritage Park

$615,000

Emerald Greens

$598,000

Baycliff

$539,900

Contemporary Ranch with a relaxed open floor plan perfect for entertaining. Private back yard on the 11th hole of the Princess Anne Country Club Golf Course. Gunite salt water pool, tiered decking. 3400 square feet, 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths on 1.2 acres. Biking and walking distance to the oceanfront, boardwalk, restaurants, shopping, and parks.

Elaine Angelini 757-560-5426

Gorgeous three story residence with views of the marina offering vaulted ceilings, gourmet kitchen with granite tops and top of the line appliances, mother-in-law suite, salt water inground pool and so much more.

Gorgeous 5 bedroom, 3 bath home in sought after Heritage Park. Open floor plan and fresh paint with a pool, hot tub and a beautifully landscaped yard.

Fantastic six bedroom home, overlooking the golf course, with a great floor plan and offering a spacious kitchen, two master suites, large walk-in closets, sunroom, two car detached and two car attached garages and more.

Special location on a quiet cul de sac with a water view next door! Deep water boating in Broad Bay from boat ramp entrance to the neighborhood! Spacious traditional home.

The John Savino Group

Nicole Piette

The John Savino Group

Patti Frankenfield

Ghent

Emerald Lakes

$429,000

757-217-1688

$415,000

Sajo Farm

757-288-8824

$377,500

Amazing 3 story brick townhome in Ghent! Updated in 2014 including kitchen with granite counters, appliances, cabinets, and flooring. Beautiful hardwood floors throughout, open living room with fireplace, third floor is an entire master suite with additional master bedroom on second floor. Too many features to list.

Donna Turner 757-409-4380

Beautiful 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath home. Large corner lot in a cul-de-sac. Open floor plan.

Huge master with sitting area. Call today!

Front porch community with peerless amenities. Single family space without maintenance issues. Nearly new everything!

Nature lovers dream.

Denise Bausch

John Wade

Surry

Landstown Meadows

$330,000

4 bed, 3 bath on 2.6 acre lot. Open floor plan, 1st floor master with bath, screened porch, in-ground pool, 2 car garage and much more!

Michael Amory

757-810-2455

757-353-0388

$295,000

Beautifully renovated 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath home ready for its new owner. Remodeled kitchen with soft-close cabinets, granite counters, stainless steel appliances, and ceramic tile. Remodeled bathrooms, new flooring throughout, new AC unit, new windows, new fixtures, and freshly painted.

Donna Turner 757-409-4380

Thalia Manor

757-718-8007

$295,000

Spacious 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath home near Town Center! Remodeled kitchen with granite counters, soft-close cabinets, ceramic tile, and stainless steel appliances. Remodeled bathrooms, new flooring and carpet throughout, new fixtures and freshly painted.

Conveniently located to almost everything!

Donna Turner 757-409-4380

Cypress Point

757-217-1688

$345,000

Lovely open floor plan offering hardwood floors.

Kitchen with granite counters open to the family room with gas fireplace. Private back yard with new deck.

Large Master Suite with Jacuzzi tub, separate shower, dressing area. 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, new roof 2015.

Golf course community.

Elaine Angelini 757-560-5426

Burbage Grant

$280,000

757-650-6255

Marsh Creek

$340,000

4 bed, 3 bath, open floor plan. Large eat-in kitchen, formal living and dining rooms, huge master suite with sitting area, in-ground saltwater pool.

Lori Jeltema

757-719-3986

Princeton Halls

$275,000

Very desirable northern Suffolk. 4 bed, 2.5 bath, great room, dining room, 2 car garage, large fenced yard. Amenities galore. Call today!

Four bedrooms on the first floor and two on the second with four full baths. Large workshop area with attic stairs for loads of storage.

Over half an acre lot!

Kathy Worthen

Faith Wescott

757-536-9513

757-681-3071

PRICE REDUCED!

Capeview Colony

$255,000

Edgefield

$254,900

Greenfield Farms

$250,000

Belvedere

$244,500

Enjoy the evening sunset on the beach right across the street. This spacious home has been completely renovated. New roof, siding, kitchen, bathrooms and more.

Stunning renovation in the heart of Churchland! Features new kitchen, hardwood floors and custom tiled baths.

Detached garage with apartment and full bath.

Immaculate 4 bed, 2.5 bath brick home with granite counters, stainless appliances, hardwood floors, screened porch, attached garage.

Just reduced! Remodeled kitchen, refinished hardwood floors, new lighting, windows, bathrooms and more! Fenced in back yard.

1 car garage.

Sue DeValdes

757-672-9206

Bridget Combs 757-237-6263

LeAnn Amory-Wallace

Kathy Worthen

Wetshaven

$214,900

Great floorplan includes 3 bed, 2.5 baths, eatin kitchen and dining room. Full appliance package. Huge patio. Pool. Wrap around porch.

Lori Jeltema

Herons Cove Condo

757-719-3986

$199,900

Lambert’s Point

$235,000

Michaels Woods

757-332-0991

$225,000

$200,000

4 bed, 3.5 baths. Granite counters, ceramic tile, stainless appliances package. Bamboo flooring foyer. Hardwood floors. 2 car garage. Private fenced backyard.

3 bed, 2.5 bath updated condo! New wood laminate, new carpet. Large master with 2 closets. Large eat-in kitchen and dining room.

Amenities galore.

Kathy Worthen

Kippe O’Neil

LeAnn Amory-Wallace

Kathy Worthen

Burbage Grant

757-536-9513

$189,900

Highland Biltmore

757-897-8656

$185,000

Newly updated 3 bedroom, 2 bath is equipped with a new wing, new roof, windows, floors, and doors. Oversized garage. Corner lot.

Tony London

Annette Ladevig-Day

Kathy Worthen

$175,000

Harbour View

4 Bedroom home with crown molding, chair railing, spacious sunroom plus large deck for entertaining. You will love it!

Over 1,800 sqft. plus sunroom end unit townhome. 1st floor master suite, 2 upstairs bedrooms plus office. Garage. Home warranty.

Copley Place

$220,000

$217,500

Wonderful 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo with balcony overlooking the golf course. Updated kitchen, spacious master bedroom w/updated master bathroom featuring jetted tub, dual granite vanity, and walk-in closet. Comfortable open living area with vaulted ceiling. Conveniently located to bases, shopping, and interstates.

Donna Turner 757-409-4380

Great investment opportunity. Split level duplex, solid income statement. Upgrades include: new roof, windows, carpet, fixtures and more! Must see!

Price reduced! Gorgeous, quality 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath condo on a waterfront point surrounded by the Lynnhaven River.

757-729-0804

West Norfolk

757-536-9513

Cypress Point

Castle Heights

757-418-1366

$170,000

Granger Court

757-536-9513

$169,800

Aragona Village

757-332-0991

$185,000

757-536-9513

Cavalier Forest

$179,900

3 bedroom 1 bath brick and vinyl ranch. Home is in great condition with refinished hardwood floors throughout. 2 brick fireplaces, upgraded kitchen and bath, separate utility room with new gas heat and water heater. Large fenced back yard. Owner assists with closing costs on full price contract.

C J Howell 757-647-3481

Water views from the beautiful sunroom! This all brick ranch has been updated inside and out. Light and bright kitchen, deck, outside swing and much more!

Deerwood Trace

Redwing

$169,750

Tonie Frank-O’Gorman

757-718-8100

$165,000

Updated floorplan with 3 bed, 2.5 baths. Fresh paint, hardwood floors, large bedrooms with great closet spaces. 1 car garage and shed for extra storage.

Totally renovated. Updated kitchen, new paint, hardwood flooring, lighting, appliances and more! Ceramic tile shower. 1 car attached garage.

All brick rancher. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, screened in back porch, living room , cozy den, hardwood under all carpets.

Brick townhome with big backyard on quiet cul-de-sac, in a wonderful Great Neck location, ready for move-in!

Great no-fee townhouse with nice sized backyard. Updated roof, windows, siding, bath, paint and floors. Just move in!

Michael Amory

LeAnn Amory-Wallace

Larry Townsend

Patti Frankenfield

Josh Parnell

757-810-2455

757-332-0991

757-873-3485

757-650-6255

757-469-5674

PRICE REDUCED!

Glenwood Park

$155,000

Olde Towne

$154,000

Older charming home, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, minutes from Naval Base, Quick access to highway. Detached multi car garage.

Overflowing with historical charm. Hardwood floors throughout, open kitchen, granite counters. 10ft ceilings. Master suite with bath.

Call now!

Nicoda Miskel

Elizabeth Johnson

757-277-8860

757-567-2449

Avalon

$145,000

Cozy 3 bedroom, 1 bath home with 1492 sq. ft. of living space. Beautifully refinished hardwood floors, updated kitchen with newer cabinets, counters, and stainless steel appliances. Open and spacious backyard with deck, newer siding, one car attached garage, and front porch. Close to interstates and shopping.

Donna Turner 757-409-4380

The Lakes

$139,900

Hollywood

$128,000

Well maintained 2 bedroom twinhome with new carpet throughout, eat-in kitchen with stainless steel appliances, spacious family room with a cozy fireplace and more.

Come and see this currently being renovated 3 bedroom 1 bath home on approximately 1 acre of land. Don’t wait. Personalize your finishes.

All new HVAC, windows, roof, electrical, plumbing, wall. Pick your paint color.

Sue DeValdes

Soraya Midgett

757-672-9206

757-715-5879

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