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CHAPLAIN’S CORNER | REALIZING YOUR POTENTIAL
Singing a new song Chaplain (Maj.) Andrew Ropp Family Life Chaplain
I was in the high school choir, and we were in the cafeteria warming up before a concert in front of our hometown crowd. The gym was packed with family and friends waiting to hear “their” choir, which had performed well at a handful of competitions around the state. With only a couple minutes to go before our grand entrance, the choir director walked up to me with a very serious look on his face. He said, “Andy, don’t sing, just mouth the words.” It was a small-town school where the students did not need to try out for the choir. For me, it was a chance to perhaps
learn how to sing better. I always admired those who could sing, and thought I might be able to be like them someday. I was one of the smallest in the school and thought that perhaps I could eventually be good at singing if I couldn’t be good at sports. Besides, the girls seemed to really like the guys who were good singers! I knew that the choir director gave private voice lessons. I decided to ask about the cost and getting on his schedule. After waiting for most of the students to leave after class one day, I timidly asked him if I could take private voice lessons from him. His answer was quick, and the short conversation still rings clear in my mind. “No.” “Is your schedule full?” I asked.
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Each year, auto insurance companies declare millions of vehicles to be “totaled,” meaning it’s not worth the cost to repair them. It doesn’t matter whether the car was damaged in a collision, during a flood or after a thief’s joyride went bad. It’s hard to argue with such an assessment if your car was wrapped around a telephone pole or the gas tank exploded. But what if the damage was more cosmetic,
such as major dents on the roof and hood from a hailstorm? A vehicle is considered a total loss if the insurance company determines that the total cost to repair your car to pre-accident condition, plus fees for storage, salvage and a replacement rental car (if included in your policy), is more than a certain percentage of car’s retail value. Insurers set their own allowable percentage, within state-mandated guidelines (typically around 60-to-75 percent), and use their own formulas to determine a car’s value and es-
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“No,” he said. “You don’t have any potential.” No potential? Somehow I was not surprised by his answer. I walked away wondering where my potential might really be. Over the years since then, I have had various other people give me similar messages. “You could never do this.” “You will never be able to do that.” As a result, I have been forced to evaluate for myself what I will pursue in life … what journey I will take to discover my true potential. I begin by taking confidence in the fact of God’s promise. “For I know the plans I have for you.” (Jeremiah 29:11). God has plans for my life. He knew those plans before I was ever born. And God’s plans for me cannot be thwarted by the opinions of others. Knowing this, I can confidently pursue His plans for me. I can only fail by not trying.
timated repair costs. Thus, if your $4,500-valued 2002 Honda Civic sustains $1,800 worth of damage – moderate bodywork and repainting these days – it might be deemed totaled, even though the engine still runs fine. On the other hand, a latemodel Mercedes could sustain far greater damage and still be considered salvageable. What’s worse, if the accident was your fault, or you must otherwise tap your own insurance (e.g., it was caused by an uninsured driver), you would only receive that $4,500 minus your deductible. Good luck finding a comparable car for that amount. Other big losers when a car is totaled are people still paying off their auto loan. Since the lender
With this confidence I can then start each day with a curious fascination and interest to see what that day has in store for me. What opportunities will come where my potential might be tested? Where can I discover a part of what God has planned for me? In what ways can the events in my life demonstrate the power of God to fulfill what He has promised? Interestingly, fulfilling my potential within God’s plan will always be greater than what could have been without Him. I am still not good at singing. Many people have asked me to stop singing when I tried. However, I have accomplished other things in my life that I would have never dreamed. Some of them were things someone said I wouldn’t be able to accomplish. The adventure of discovering what God has in store for me continues. What adventure is waiting for you?
technically owns the car, they’ll get first crack at any insurance payment; and you’ll still be responsible for paying off the loan balance. As a preventative measure, you may want to purchase gap insurance if you owe more than the car’s retail value – or if you rolled past debt into the new car loan. It will pay the outstanding loan balance if your car is totaled or stolen. Most insurers will let you add gap insurance at any time. Here are a few additional points you should know about when and why a car is declared totaled, and precautions you can take ahead of time to lessen the impact: • Make sure the insurance appraisal includes the value of all extra features and aftermarket
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COVER An advanced individual training Soldier takes a shooting position to help guard his patrol during the Task Force 244 Quartermaster Field Training Exercise Jan. 16. For a story and more photos, see pages 12-13.
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Taking part in the cake-cutting ceremony at the observance are Regimental Command Sgt. Maj. Allen B. Offord Jr., Transportation Corps; Rev. Horace L. Jones of Cornerstone Ministries; Col. Thomas Rivard, 59th Ordnance Brigade commander and Command Sgt. Major Edward Morris, 59th Ord. Bde.
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Members of the Cornerstone Ministries Community Choir of Petersburg entertain and inspire community members with gospel songs at the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. observance at the Lee Theater Jan. 15.
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The 24th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Observance at Fort Lee focused on the theme, “A Walk in My Shoes� to honor the memory and accomplishments of the fallen civil rights leader. J The Jan. 15 event at the Lee Theater, hosted by the 59th Ordnance Brigade, U.S. Army Ordnance School and the Installation Equal Opportunity Office, drew approximately 300 people. Those in attendance included Brig. Gen. John E. O’Neil IV, Quartermaster General and commandant, U.S. Army QM School. “Dr. King was amongst the greatest activist leaders
the world has known,� said Col. Thomas Rivard, 59th Ord. Bde. commander, in welcoming the participants, “His accomplishments rank with Mahatma Ghandi and Nelson Mandela.� In a repeat appearance Rev. Horace L. Jones, pastor of Cornerstone Ministries in Petersburg, was the guest speaker for the event. The clergyman and civil rights leader, who participated in the March to Selma (Ala.) in 1965, described how he met King and his father in Atlanta at a breakfast. As a nervous young man, he was so excited to share a breakfast of grits with King and his father that this memory will last a lifetime. “Jones,
a past president of the Sussex County Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a civil rights organization, described the many of actions of King in the face of constant danger. “I aged about 10 years during that period – some of those terrible things we experienced I can never forget.� He continued, “Dr. King was a calming force who was able to weather any storm. We needed that strength and I needed that strength.� King was committed to what he believed in, the pastor said. “It was greater than him – the movement,� he said. “The most important thing to him was the
equality of all people. “Dr. King knew he was going to the valley of the shadow of death but he feared no evil, no death, no handicaps. He just went because he knew he was chosen.� The pastor emphasized that King spent many days in jail for a reason – “To let us know that nothing or nobody can stop what God has in store for us.� He said, “We are not where we want to be but we are thankful that we are not where we used to be. There are those who are still trying to take our rights from us, and still trying to keep us from achieving the dream that any of us can be whatever we desire to be.� Jones acknowledged
Musicians from the Fort Lee 392nd Army Band’s Battlefield Brass Ensemble entertain audience members at the observance.
it was good to see many changes in the past 50 years. “It’s also good to see a president fulfilling the dream too. But, we must continue to walk in the footsteps of those who have gone before us. We are fulfilling the dream by standing firmly on the foundation that was built with the sweat and tears of so many.� In conclusion, Jones said that the civil rights movement lost a great leader, statesman and liberator.
“We have been encouraged and energized by his words and actions that have kept the ball rolling,� he said. “But we have not achieved our goals until we are able to shout – free at last, free at last, thank God, we’re free at last.� Other highlights included the choirs from Cornerstones Community Ministries and the Third Baptist Church, which performed a number of gospel selections that gained participation from many in attendance.
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Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas J. Kelly Jr., incoming 23rd Quartermaster Brigade CSM, receives congratulatory greetings from fellow Soldiers just after his assumption of responsibility ceremony Jan. 16 at the Petroleum and Water Department auditorium. His wife, Tammy, stood to his left. Kelly succeeded CSM Edward Bell, who took an assignment at Fort Knox, Ky.
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Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas J. Kelly Jr. has served most of his career in deployable units, but he shrugs off the notion that his new position in the institutional Army will be dramatically different. “This does not present a unique challenge to me because I’m a leader,” he said. “In any situation, a leader will lead, no matter what.” Kelly’s statement came moments after an assumption of responsibility ceremony in which he became the 23rd Quartermaster Brigade’s top enlisted Soldier at the Petroleum and Water Department auditorium Jan. 16. Col. Mary Beth Taylor, commander of the 23rd
QM Bde., officiated the event that was attended by roughly 200 people to include Brig. Gen. John E. O’Neil IV, Quartermaster General. A native of Baton Rouge, La., Kelly comes to Fort Lee from Fort Bliss, Texas, where he was the CSM for the 72nd Brigade Support Battalion, 212th Fires Brigade, 1st Armor Division. He acknowledged that working with students in a Training and Doctrine Command environment as opposed to working with experienced Soldiers will take some adjustment, but he is anxious to learn and make an impact. “I will take the first 90 days to assess and learn the missions of every department and move forward,” he said.
Kelly replaced CSM Edward Bell, who took an assignment as the 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command’s top enlisted Soldiers after the death of its former CSM. Bell served eight months as the 23rd QM Bde CSM. Taylor, who has served as commander for less than a year, lauded Kelly’s deployment accomplishments during her remarks and said afterward his experience is critical to improving the brigade. “He brings a new perspective to the brigade and a new type of leadership that is focused on engagement and taking care of Soldiers,” she said. Taylor also said Kelly is the right Soldier to support strategic initiatives SEE KELLY, PAGE 14
The Regimental Club has a new menu and selections from which to choose, Monday-Friday, 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. The choices vary daily and may include items such as herb-baked chicken, fried flounder, slow roasted beef tips with gravy, salisbury steak, a variety of vegetables, starches and fresh daily-made desserts. Community members can enjoy an all-you-can-eat buffet, a dessert and drink, all for $8.50. For details, call (804) 765-1523.
Tax Assistance Center Opens Feb. 3 The Fort Lee Tax Assistance Center will offer free federal and state tax preparation services, Feb. 3 - May 9, at 6052 MeKong Road. All active duty personnel and their family members are eligible to receive the service. It is also open to reservists on active duty more than 29 days and their family members; and military retirees and their family members. A satellite facility to drop off simple returns will be located at the Soldier Support Center, room 120-E, building 3400, 1401 B Ave. The primary office will be open Monday-Friday except holidays – walk-ins, 8:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. (last client will be seen at 5 p.m.); appointments, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. For appointments, call (804) 734-5732. NOTE: In the Jan. 9 edition of the Fort Lee Traveller, the address for the Fort Lee Tax Center was incorrect. The address is 6052 MeKong Road, as listed above.
Troops to Teachers A Teaching as a Second Career briefing is set for Feb. 21, 10-11:30 a.m., at the Army Education Center, building 12400, 700 Quarters Road. Troops to Teachers may pay up to $10,000 in stipends and bonuses. For details, call (757) 683-3327 or visit www.odu.edu/troopstoteachers.
CLICK2GO at Commissary Shoppers at the Fort Lee Commissary can buy groceries online 24/7 that can then be picked up at curbside on any weekday when the store is open. Pick-up time for the CLICK2GO service must be at least four hours from the order time. The customer pays for the groceries at curbside behind the commissary without leaving the vehicle. Visit www.commissaries.com to fill out an order. The groceries are kept in a temperature-appropriate holding area until the pickup. Payment can be made by credit card, debit card and DeCA gift cards.
Host Families Requested The International Military Student Office at the Army Logistics University is always looking for community members on and off-post to serve as social sponsors for international students who attend classes at Fort Lee. The hosts help the students to learn more about the local community and make them feel welcome as visitors to the U.S. For details, call the IMSO at (804) 765-8159 or email rebecca.a.joyner2.civ@ mail.mil.
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TRADOC: Strategic Landpower concept to change doctrine Gary Sheftick Army News Service
WASHINGTON – The Army’s doctrine will change dramatically in the near future as joint leaders develop the operational concept of Strategic Landpower, said Gen. Robert W. Cone. One change will be a seventh war-fighting function called “engagement,” said Cone, who serves as commanding general of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command. He told attendees at the Association of the United States Army Aviation Symposium in Arlington, Jan. 15, that the new war-fighting function would involve skills used to influence foreign governments and militaries.
Relationships with the Special Operations community that the Army has formed over the past 12 years should be preserved and institutionalized in the Strategic Landpower concept. So should gains in battlefield intelligence, Cone said. “Unless we continue to exercise these skills, we will lose them and pay for it again in blood,” Cone said. The Strategic Landpower Task Force that Cone presides over is a joint effort with the Marine Corps and U.S. Special Operations Command, or SOCOM. Although Cone is president of the task force, he said the board of directors include Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Ray Odierno, Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James Amos and SOCOM
Commander Adm. William H. McRaven. The task force was formed partly to counter critics who believe “precision strikes” by air and sea power can win a war without boots on the ground. “While human beings transit air and transit sea, they live on the land,” Cone said. “And so your strategic outcomes are going to take place on the land.” Any strategy that relies on only two elements of the joint triad is doomed to be problematic, he said. The Army was captivated from 20012003 with something called “precision strike” or “net-centric warfare,” Cone said. He explained the fundamental premise was viewing an adversary as a “complex, adaptive system.” “You identified critical nodes and then you essentially used precision strike to take out those nodes that brought about the systemic collapse of the enemy, which resulted in the enemy’s capitulation,” Cone said. Before invading Iraq, Cone said he even took part in a “capitulation exercise” at Camp New York, Kuwait. He said many fully expected invading forces to be greeted as liberators.
“How did that work for us?” he asked, adding that the Iraqis “flipped the thing over on its head” and began a bloody insurgency. “War is fundamentally a clash of human wills,” Cone said. “Technology is secondary.” Before invading Iraq, Cone admitted that he didn’t think much of human terrain skills. He said the campaign was originally planned “sort of independent of the people, the culture, the language, the history ... ” But he said 12 years later, after tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, he’s the biggest advocate of what the Army has learned about human terrain. He warned that human terrain skills are especially perishable. “You know what will happen if budgets retract,” Cone said. “The first things they will cut are the linguistic skills (and) the human terrain systems.” He said that the military has come a long way in battlefield intelligence and human terrain systems over the past 12 years, but he emphasized they must be institutionalized. SEE DOCTRINE, PAGE 7
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Go First Class program yields improvements T. Anthony Bell Senior Writer/Special Projects
A rather large poster depicting the likenesses of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Bruce Willis greets visitors to the Bull Dental Clinic lobby. Its message, “You Deserve To Go First Class,” is an appeal to Soldiers to get themselves dental ready in a fraction of the time it took them in the past. Capt. Ruth Nelson, the dental and wellness coordinator, U.S. Army Dental Command at Fort Lee, said the poster also represents the DENCOM’s aggressive and unconventional means to tackle what was a perennial problem. “We’re trying to change from a health care system to a system of health,” she said, “It’s a different approach than, for example, just finding out you have a cavity and filling it. We’re trying to be preventive to ensure readiness. Prevention is key.” The Go First Class pro-
Go FIrst Class Implemented: 2013 Army-wide Goal: to standardize the patient care experience across the Army in an efficient manner What it means for military personnel: when possible, Soldiers going through the GFC process will receive their cleaning, annual dental exam, and initiate or complete treatment of their dental cavities – all in a single visit, according to the U.S. Army Dental Command Military personnel can get treatment at: Bull Dental Clinic, building 8204, C Avenue; and Mosier Consolidated Troop Medical Clinic 2, building 18036, 300 Central Avenue on the Ordnance Campus For more information: call (804) 734-9207 (Bull) or 734-5454 (Mosier) gram, which started roughly a year ago at Bull, is geared toward permanent party Soldiers and urges them to come in to get several treatments in a single appointment. “In the past, they would come and get an exam, get scheduled for a cleaning, get scheduled for a filling and anything else they need,” said Nelson. “Now, they come in and have their exam, their cleaning and if they have a cavity or two, we take care of it (in one sitting).” The U.S. Army Dental
Command measures dental readiness by four categories. Class 1 denotes Soldiers who are diseasefree, have no dental problems and are deployable. Class 2 means the Soldier may have a cavity but is still deployable. Class 3 and 4 describe Soldiers who have not had an annual exam or have significant problems that would prevent them from deploying. The Army’s dental readiness goal is 95 percent, meaning that percentage of Soldiers should be in Class 1 or 2. It also has a wellness
goal of 65 percent, which prescribes the percentage of Soldiers who should be in the Class 1 category. As it stands, the Go First Class program at Bull has proved to have a positive impact on permanent party Soldiers’ dental health, said Nelson. It is largely responsible for wellness and readiness rates of 70 and 99.8 percent, respectively. Those numbers are particularly significant considering Bull’s primary mission of serving a student population that is three times the size of assigned permanent
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Capt. Ruth Nelson examines a patient at the Bull Dental Clinic Jan. 16. Nelson, who also serves as the dental and wellness coordinator for the U.S. Army Dental Command at Fort Lee, has been instrumental in the implementation of the Go First Class program, which aims to increase dental readiness and efficiency.
party troops. “That’s amazing,” said Nelson. “Before we started this program, we were at about a 49-percent wellness rate and 89 percent for
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Choosing work that is enjoyable as well as challenging allows me to view my work as an enlightening experience even under difficult circumstances.â€? The motivating factor behind your efforts? “My spiritual and religious convictions.â€? What is one thing you could not live without? “I have not yet decided. As life continues, I think about the “what if’sâ€? as a way of facing fear. I love my family so very much but have come to realize and accept (to some degree) that everyone transitions according to their own time and plan and that we are on this ‘earth plane’ for a fleeting moment to learn what we must and become our best self.â€? Pet Peeve: “My own impatience. I have behaviors and imperfections that I must work on every single day.â€? One lesson you have learned that you would like to share with others? “Have fun. It’s not that serious or ‘Lighten up, YaYa.’ That’s what my 10-year-old granddaughter says, and then we have a great laugh.â€? Favorite place to vacation: “Any place near water.â€? How do you define success? “Doing it right the first time or understanding ‘the lesson’ from a first experience without having to repeat it over and over. What works for me is listening carefully, asking critical questions for clarity of goal or outcome, letting the mind proceed with clarity and creativity and voilà ‌ then back to the drawing board to make a better mousetrap!â€? – compiled by Amy Perry
“Is there a human domain� in warfare?� Cone asked. The Special Operations Forces community is adamant that there is, Cone said, but the Marine Corps disagrees. He cited the disagreement as an example of the issues the task force is sorting out as it forms its Strategic Landpower concept. The joint differences are one reason that the operational concept is taking some time, Cone said, citing that the seven-page Strategic Landpower White Paper took five months to complete. If it takes time to pave the right path, that’s all right, Cone said, because the Strategic Landpower concept needs to be enduring. “On the institutional side, I got to tell you, I can’t wait to write an operational concept and then change all of doctrine in
the coming years,� Cone said. Some decisions have already been made, Cone said. Special Operations has been added as an Army competency. “You’ll have combined arms maneuver, you’ll have wide-area security and you’ll have special operations,� Cone said. To the six war-fighting functions, the Army will add another called “engagement,� Cone said. Many of the skills, tasks and systems associated with “influence activities� were formerly clustered under “mission command.� But now enough lessons have been learned and the skills are so important, he said the Army will be better served to conceptualize them under a seventh warfighting function. Some of these same issues are being addressed by “Force 2025,� which Cone said is a “near-term� project under TRADOC.
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trip and a significant part of the military’s total compensation package,” Jeu said. “This study proves our overall savings hold up across a much wider retail landscape.” Commissary savings percentages are calculated based on an annual market basket study. Procedures differ somewhat depending on geographic location. In the continental United States, DeCA employs a comparison study – the latest one conducted over a 26-week period that ended June 22 – which uses Nielsen’s database of commissary and industry front end sales volume on 37,000 grocery items with a Universal Product Code. Pricing comparisons for meat and produce items in the CONUS are accomplished through in-
store audits at 30 randomly selected commissaries to compare them with commercial retail stores within commuting distance. Outside CONUS (Alaska, Hawaii, the Far East, Europe, Guam and Puerto Rico), DeCA conducts additional in-store audits, using a broad sample of grocery, meat and produce items. Savings percentages compare commissary prices, which include DeCA’s 5-percent surcharge, to commercial prices with any applicable sales taxes included. Last year, with a price survey that focused on traditional grocery retailers, commissary savings were at 31.2 percent. This year’s 30.5-percent-savings figure comes from DeCA’s ability
now to access Nielsen’s “all outlets combined” database, which allows the agency to compare its prices to more retailers that also sell grocery items. “In a sense, now we are tougher on ourselves when it comes to measuring commissary patron savings,” Jeu said. “That’s a good thing, because it raises credibility.” DeCA significantly increased confidence in its savings surveys in the 1990s when the agency began to compare pricing on thousands of items, not just a literal market basket of a dozen or twodozen items. The scope of retailers in the comparison was limited to traditional supermarkets. Later DeCA made an approximated pricing adjustment in the savings calculation because more types of retailers expanded into the grocery business, but their full pricing data wasn’t always available. With “all outlets” retail data available today, DeCA increased the savings survey’s accuracy by
using actual pricing of the grocery newcomers. The value of the benefit moved front and center for DeCA’s patrons in 2013 as commissary shoppers were impacted by the six days commissaries closed due to sequestration, July 8 - Aug. 18, and again when all but remote stateside stores were closed Oct. 2-6 for the government shutdown. “Our patrons have been quite passionate about being able to access their commissary benefit,” Jeu said. “When word got out on Sept. 30 that we were closing because of the government shutdown, our customers flocked to their stores Oct. 1, making it our largest sales day – $30.6 million, more than double our normal daily sales volume – of the 21st century. Those numbers underscore the fact that our patrons understand and value the savings they get from their commissary benefit.” – Defense Commissary Agency
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It’s been a long day at the office. Visions of the vending machine flash through your mind. Caffeine and sugar are calling your name. Stop! The additional 140 calories from a 12-ounce can of soda and 220 calories (or more) from a candy bar or bagged snack, if consumed on most work days, could create a weight gain of 25 pounds per year. Even if the soda in the equation is diet, it could result in weight gain of 15 pounds per year. Stack that on top of the extra calories employees consume when someone brings donuts or other “goodies” to the office and those sweet treats extracted from the desktop candy jar. These office habits add to inevitable weight gain that most blame on aging, heredity and/or metabolism or the lack thereof. In addition, technology has created an environment (office and home) that promotes sedentary behaviors. Studies have shown that sitting too much during your waking hours (whether it is at your desk, in meetings or in front of the television) is detrimental to your health and may increase your risk of cardiovascular disease and other chronic health problemss. In addition, sitting too much and lack of physical activity
(at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise daily) can contribute to weight gain. Healthy nutrition coupled with activity are two of the three key components of health defined in the Army surgeon general’s Performance Triad (the third is quality sleep). Quality nutrition promotes health, prevents disease and contributes to achieving and maintaining a healthy body weight. We think better, feel better and perform better when our bodies are well-nourished. We are not destined to work in “obesifying” office conditions and can make positive changes in our work world to manage our health and weight. Be prepared for office pitfalls (even if you work from home) and plan ahead. Here is a list of strategies to consider for a healthier work environment: • Eat breakfast – Breakfast skippers start the day at a disadvantage and may start grazing early and feel they have no willpower or resistance to sugary and fatty foods that they might otherwise avoid. • Bring healthy (and portioncontrolled) lunches and snacks – Prepare your lunch and snacks the night before. By doing this, you have complete control over the size of your meals and what goes in your body, and you save money too. In addition, having healthier, portion-
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An advanced individual training Soldier takes a shooting position to help guard his patrol during the Task Force 244 Quartermaster Field Training Exercise Jan. 16.
COMBAT CLASSROOM From security operations to patrols to MOS training, Soldiers get inside look at deployed environment Amy Perry Production/News Assistant Editor
With weather conditions varying from 66 degrees F and sunny to 33 degrees F and snowing, the Quartermaster Field Training Exercise Jan. 13-16 gave Soldiers a unique look at the different conditions they could face while deployed. Aside from the unpredictable weather, Task Force 244 dealt with another obstacle – more than double the normal number of Soldiers participating in the exercise, said Paul Wilson, operations specialist, 244th Quartermaster Battalion, 23rd QM Brigade. “There were more than 700 Soldiers assigned for the training,” said Wilson. “Normally, there are larger rotations before and after block leave, but this year, it was the second rotation after block leave that was much larger. “It’s tougher than normal, because you have to train twice as many in
half the time,” he continued. “We had four companies in this rotation – the equivalent of two task forces – so two companies trained on Monday and Tuesday and the other two performed relief in place to train on Wednesday and Thursday.” Since Friday was a training holiday, the exercise was even shorter than usual, although all the Soldiers received the instruction they needed, said Wilson. The training on Fort Lee is unique because it usually includes the advanced individual training Soldiers as well as students in the Basic Officer Leader Course or the Logistics NCO Academy’s Advanced Leader Course at the Army Logistics University. It gives the students an opportunity to work with new Soldiers, officers and NCOs – mimicking a field environment, said Wilson, although sometimes the exercises only include students from either BOLC or ALC. The Jan. 13-16 rotation included AIT
Soldiers and BOLC students. The rotation was organized by the 244th QM Bn. With 36 exercise rotations a year, each battalion from the 23rd QM Bde. usually has 12 rotations they are responsible for each year. Lt. Col. Jerry Gaussoin, commander, 244th QM Bn., and his team were in charge of the tactical operations center. Capt. Essie Washington, executive officer for 244th QM Bn. and Task Force 244, said their job was to make sure everything ran smoothly at the Logistics Supply Area Dragon. “Accountability is our biggest challenge out here; knowing where every Soldier, weapon and any sensitive item is at all times is important,” she said. “We also have to make sure the Soldiers get the full effect of training.” This rotation of Task Force 244 is the first non-pilot run of the field training exercise. The 23rd QM Bde. and the battalions have worked through two pilot programs to prepare the units for training on Fort Lee.
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(ABOVE) Soldiers assigned to Papa Company for Task Force 244 guard against potential attacks after the discovery of an improvised explosive device on the road ahead of their patrol during the Quartermaster Field Training Exercise Jan. 16. (LEFT) A platoon leader from the Basic Officer Leader Course and his radioman call for air medical evacuation for a simulated injury during a situational training exercise at the QM FTX.
Pvt. Brisa Ramirez guards the gate to the Logistics Supply y Area Dragon from a tower during the Task Force 244 QM FTX Jan. 16. Ramirez and several others were responsible for the t perimeter security of the training area.
Pvt. Craig Paschetti, Juliet Company, 244th Quartermaster Company, reviews information for a summary court martial during his military occupational specialty training at Logistics Supply Area Dragon Jan. 16. Each Soldier receives warrior tasks and battle drills instruction as well as their MOS training during the FTX.
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75$16,7,21 352*5$0 7236 7+$1.6 72 62/',(5 ,1387 Surveys, analysis key to more responsive ACAP, says director WASHINGTON – Soldiers now have the military’s best career transition program, which the Army began re-engineering about three years ago, said the program’s director. That re-engineering was the result of “a pretty detailed analysis and a lot of surveys and interviews and discussions with Soldiers,� said Walter Herd, Army Career and Alumni Program, or ACAP, director. The program helps Soldiers with their transition from military to civilian life. Herd said discussions led to three important take-away messages. First, it was found that those Soldiers who had the most successful transitions were the ones who started the transition process early and spread that process out over time, touching bases with relevant experts along the way, he said. “So the earlier you begin and the more you engage, the more successful you are,� he said. “It’s that simple.�
Second, ACAP found that commanders need to be supportive of their Soldiers’ transition process, become more involved and understand where their Soldiers are in the process. “We found when commanders do that and know what their people are doing, Soldiers are more successful,� he said. It might seem like common sense that leaders would support that, but it isn’t always the case, he said. The most common comment on surveys was “this is a great program, but my first sergeant won’t let me go,� Herd said. Leaders are becoming more and more aware of that, but the message still needs to be reinforced, he emphasized. Third, Soldiers need to meet career readiness standards and commanders need to track progress on Soldiers attaining those standards well before their transition date, he said. Those standards include: Department of Veterans Affairs
benefits counseling; Army pre-separation counseling; Department of Labor workshop attendance; a 12-month, posttransition budget plan; continuum of military service opportunity counseling – for active duty only; a military occupational specialty analysis of skill-sets applicable to civilian jobs; individual assessment tool to determine proficiencies; individual transition planning with a counselor; creation of a job application package, including completed resumes for targeted employment; reference lists, and two job applications or job offer letters; and follow-on activity with the Department of Labor, the VA and if applicable, the Small Business Administration. ACAP’S ROOTS Until about two years ago, ACAP was a voluntary and staffcoordinated effort. Commanders didn’t have visibility over how their Soldiers were doing in getting ready for leaving the Army. About that time, Congress passed the VOW to Hire Heroes
Act of 2011, designed to address some of the challenges of veteran unemployment. At the same time, the president directed the Office of the Secretary of Defense to add policy mandates to the VOW Act. Significant resources have been allocated to increasing size and number of brick and mortar ACAP centers, now found on all major installations and most of the smaller ones. The number of ACAP counselors has tripled over the last couple of years, totaling about 700 counselors at about 75 locations on installations, including centers used by the Guard and Reserve. “Their sole task is to help Soldiers reach their career-readiness standards,� Herd said. Additional counselors are also at the Army’s virtual ACAP center. Soldiers can log on to it at www.acap.army.mil or call tollfree 1-800-325-4715 to chat with a master’s degree-level counselor 24/7. Every month about 2,000 Soldiers log into the virtual ACAP center to work on their individualized transition plans. More Soldiers are visiting the site every month. No other service has a similar virtual transition assistance website, Herd said. Herd encourages Soldiers to
visit the ACAP center on post as well as use the virtual ACAP center online. FUTURE GOALS Today, Soldiers still do most of their transition work during the 12 to 24 months before separation, he said. “Over the next six or eight months, we’re going to spread that planning across the entire Soldier lifecycle, beginning at basic training level and at key points in their careers.� For example, a Soldier doing 20 years, might do a resume and budget at the eight-and 12-year time, he said. That would let those career Soldiers know where they stand in relation to military-tocivilian job skill sets and would also better enable them to assist and counsel their own younger Soldiers, having gone through the process themselves, he said. Another step the Army is taking is to codify the transition process in a campaign plan and in an Army regulation that should be published within about a year. Herd concluded that while ACAP is important for Soldiers, it is equally important they do it for their families. Spouses are encouraged to attend the workshops available to their Soldiers, he said. – Army News Service
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brigade welcomes new enlisted leader Continued from page 4 aimed at changing practices that are inefficient or ineffective. “We have a lot of initiatives that we have going on, and those are ways that we can improve the schools and the brigade,� she said. “Some of them are subtle changes we need to make; sometimes it’s breaking glass. Sometimes that’s what it takes to implement change, and we’re ready to do that.�
Kelly wasn’t specific about his planned order of business but said change is in order. He said improvement to the advanced individual training field training exercise is a top priority. “I want that to be an event in which, when it is complete, the Soldiers have been thoroughly challenged and dog-tired,� he said. “I want them to appreciate good training.� In addition to serving at Fort Bliss, Kelly has held deployed assignments
with the 22nd Air Supply Company (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; Supply and Transportation Troop, Regimental Support Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Polk, La.; and 526th Brigade Support Battalion, Fort Campbell. The 23rd QM Bde. is the training support element of the U.S. Army Quartermaster School. It houses and provides support yearly for roughly 23,000 Soldiers.
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Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas J. Kelly Jr., incoming CSM, 23rd Quartermaster Brigade, accepts the ceremonial sword from Col. Mary Beth Taylor, brigade commander, during an assumption of command ceremony Jan. 16 at the Petroleum and Water Department auditorium.
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the word out on how important it is,� she said. “We’re able to sit down with our patients and talk about comprehensive care and address all of their needs.� From a personal standpoint, Nelson said the Go First Class program is a proven, efficient business practice that has its roots in the private sector. “It is working, and it is going to stay,� said the private sector veteran. The U.S. Army Dental Command at Fort Lee, which includes Bull and the Mosier dental clinic on the Ordnance Campus, handles roughly 40,000 students and at least 6,000 permanent party military members annually.
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Spc. Spencer Brown, dental specialist, provides a briefing to advanced individual training students prior to treatment at Bull Dental Clinic Jan. 16. The clinic, which handles roughly 400 students weekly, has a 95-percent readiness rating for permanent party Soldiers, largely due to its Go First Class program that aims to increase the efficiency of dental care.
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The staff of Kenner Army Health Clinic wants to raise awareness of the changes to recommended cervical cancer screening during Cervical Cancer Awareness Month in January. The human papillomavirus is known to contribute to development of cervical cancer in some women. A vaccine is available against HPV, so cervical cancer has become the most preventable female cancer in the United States. Cervical cancer screening is performed using the Papanicolau (Pap) smear test, which checks for abnormal cells in the cervix. The cervix is the lower part of the uterus (womb) that opens into the vagina (birth canal). The test can identify an infection, abnormal (unhealthy) cervical cells or cervical cancer. Getting regular Pap tests is one of the best things you can do to prevent cervical cancer. In fact, regular testing has led to a major decline in the number of cervical cancer cases and deaths. “Regular Pap testing” no longer means annual; age and prior history determines frequency. There have been some recent changes in women’s health care, including updated guidelines for Pap smear testing from the American
Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and several other scientific medical organizations. For years, women have been told to start Pap smear testing within three years of becoming sexually active or by 18 years old. After years of research, ASCCP and ACOG have determined it’s best for women to start testing at age 21, no matter when sexual activity started. The change in the recommended age to begin routine screening is due to the fact that it can take several years for the changes in the cervix cells to develop after infection with the human papilloma virus (HPV), and oftentimes the immune system of very young women can clear the body of HPV. Women, ages 21-29, should be tested every three years instead of annually. A second big change is for women age 30 and older. Testing should occur every three years, but these women should also have Pap with HPV cotesting every five years. Women with certain risk factors may need more frequent testing; the results of Pap and HPV screenings are used to determine the need for additional evaluation. Women who have had a hysterectomy (removal of the
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Obama announces reforms for NSA datacollection program Cheryl Pellerin American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama announced a series of reforms for a controversial National Security Agency datacollection program Friday that he said would give Americans confidence their privacy is being protected and allow U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies to continue safeguarding the nation. The president delivered remarks at the Department of Justice, presenting results of the administration’s review of U.S. signals intelligence programs, seven months after some of the NSA’s most sensitive surveillance programs were leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. In December, the president’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies recommended more than 40 changes at the NSA in a wideranging report. Obama also issued a presidential policy directive about U.S. SIGINT activities that he said will clearly prescribe what the United States does and does not do with respect to overseas surveillance. And he said he has made clear to the intelligence community that the United States will not monitor the communications of heads of state and government of its close friends and allies unless there is a compelling national security purpose. “What’s really at stake is how we remain true to who we are in a world that is remaking itself at dizzying speed,” Obama said. “Whether it’s the ability of individuals to communicate ideas, to access information … or to
forge bonds with people on other sides of the globe,” he added, “technology is remaking what is possible for individuals and for institutions, and for the international order.” Over the last six months, the president said he has created the outside Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies to make recommendations for reform; consulted with the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board; listened to foreign partners, privacy advocates and industry leaders; and with those in his administration has considered how to approach intelligence in an era of diffuse threats and technological revolution. Everyone who examined the problems, Obama said, recognizes that the United States has real enemies and threats and that intelligence serves a vital role in confronting them. They also recognized that challenges to privacy do not come from government alone, the president said. “Corporations of all shapes and sizes track what you buy, store and analyze our data, and use it for commercial purposes,” Obama said. “That’s how those targeted ads pop up on your computer and your smartphone periodically. But all of us understand that the standards for government surveillance must be higher.” Among the reforms, Obama approved a new presidential directive for SIGINT activities at home and abroad. The guidance, he said, will strengthen executive branch oversight of intelligence activities and ensure that the United States takes into account security requirements and alliances, trade and investment relationships,
and a commitment to privacy and basic liberties. Every year the administration will review decisions about intelligence priorities and sensitive targets, the president said. The reforms also will provide greater transparency about surveillance activities and fortify safeguards that protect the privacy of U.S. persons. “Since we began this review, including information being released today, we’ve declassified over 40 opinions and orders of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which provides judicial review of some of our most sensitive intelligence activities, including the Section 702 program targeting foreign individuals overseas and the Section 215 telephone metadata program,” Obama said. The president said he is directing the Director of National Intelligence, along with the attorney general, to annually review and when possible declassify future opinions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court with broad privacy implications and report to the president and Congress on the efforts. At the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said he fully supports Obama’s outlined reforms as the defense secretary and as former co-chair of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board and a former member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. “These programs must always balance the need to defend our national security with the responsibility to preserve America’s individual liberties and the president’s decisions and recommendations will do that,” Hagel said. “They will help restore the
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confidence of the American people and our allies and partners, they will preserve important capabilities that keep us safe,” he added, “and they will help the men and women of America’s military continue to accomplish their missions all over the world.” Obama also is calling on Congress to authorize the establishment of a panel of advocates from outside government to provide an independent voice in significant cases before the court. And the administration will provide more protections for activities conducted under Section 702, which allows the government to intercept the communications of foreign targets overseas who have information that is important for U.S. national security. During investigations, the FBI relies on National Security Letters, which can require companies to provide information to the government without revealing
the orders to the subject under investigation. But in the interest of transparency, Obama said he has directed the attorney general to amend how the letters are used so such secrecy will terminate within a fixed time unless the government demonstrates a real need for further secrecy. And the administration will let communications providers make public more information about the orders they receive to provide data to the government, Obama said. Regarding reforms of Section 215, the bulk collection of telephone records, Obama repeated that the program does not involve the content of phone calls or the names of callers. The program grew out of a desire to address a gap identified after 9/11 and was designed to SEE OBAMA, PAGE 19
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about reforms regarding data collection Continued from page 17 map the communications of terrorists, the president said, and it consolidates the phone records into a database the government can query if it has a specific lead. “The Review Group turned up no indication that this database has been intentionally abused, and I believe it is important that the capability this program is designed to meet is preserved,� Obama said, adding that he thinks critics are right to point out that without proper safeguards such a program could be used to give more information about private lives and open the door to more intrusive bulk-collection programs in the future. “I am therefore ordering a transition that will end the Section 215 bulk-metadata program as it currently exists and establish a mechanism that preserves the capabilities we need without the government holding this bulk metadata,� the president said. Because more must be done to determine how a new system will work, Obama has ordered that the transition proceed in two steps: 1. Starting now, investigators will pursue only phone calls that are two steps removed, rather than three, from a number associated with a terrorist organization. Obama directed the attorney general to work with the FIS Court so during the transition the database can be queried only after a judicial finding or in the case of a true emergency. 2. Obama said he told the intelligence community and the attorney general to use this transition period to develop options for a new approach in which the government doesn’t hold the metadata but that matches capabilities and fills the gaps the Section
215 program was designed to address. The president said officials will report back to him with options before the program comes up for reauthorization on March 28. Meanwhile, he will consult with congressional committees and then seek congressional authorization for the new program. To make sure the reforms are put in place, Obama said he is making important changes to how the government is organized. The State Department will designate a senior officer to coordinate diplomacy on technology and SIGINT issues, the White House will appoint a senior official to implement the new privacy safeguards, and the president will devote resources to centralize and improve the process used to handle foreign requests for legal assistance, “keeping our high standards for privacy while helping foreign partners fight crime and terrorism,� he said. Obama also has asked his counselor, John Podesta, to lead a comprehensive review of privacy and big data, a term describing a massive volume of structured and unstructured data that is difficult to process using traditional database and software techniques. “While the reforms that I have announced will point us in a new direction, I am mindful that more work will be needed in the future,� Obama said. “One thing I’m certain of: this debate will make us stronger. And I also know that in this time of change, the United States of America will have to lead.� The Traveller staff welcomes your comments on the issue of data collection by the government or commercial retailers. Share your views at www.facebook.com/ ftleetraveller.
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Chili Open Scramble | Feb. 15 3-D Archery Shoot | Jan. 25 Fort Lee Family and MWR Outdoor Recreation is hosting a 3-D Archery Shoot Competition on Jan. 25, 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., at the Outdoor Recreation Archery Range, building 15014. The cost is $10 per adult, $8 for Fort Lee permit holders, $5 for youth ages 13-17, $3 for cubs 12 and under and $10 for all others. There will be six divisions of the competition. For details, call (804) 765-2212.
Read-2-Rover | Jan. 27 The next Read-2-Rover program is set for Jan. 27, 5-6 p.m., at the Fort Lee Community Library. The event is open to any child in the community up to age 12. Parents are asked to call the library by noon on the day of the program to sign up their children. Up to 15 youths will be accepted for each session. The program is offered every third Monday, except for holidays. The next event will be held Feb. 26. All families in the community are welcome. The library is located on the 2nd floor of Army Logistics University, building 12420, 34th Street. For details, call (804) 765-8095.
KidKapers Auditions | Feb. 8 The Theater Company at Fort Lee will hold auditions for the KidKapers production of “Seussical Jr.� on Feb. 8, 10 a.m., at the Lee Playhouse, building 4300, Mahone Avenue. Director Caroline Mincks seeks 30 young actors, ages 8-18, for both featured and ensemble roles. Those auditioning should be prepared to sing a selection of their choice and show a dance movement. A CD player and accompanist will be provided. No performers are paid. Rehearsals begin immediately after casting for a March 21-23 production.
A Chili Open Scramble is set for Feb. 15, 10 a.m., at the Cardinal Golf Club. The two-person scramble is open to all players. The cost is $30 for members and $45 for all others. The fee includes golf, a cart, chili for lunch, beverages and prizes. The entry fee should be paid by Feb. 13. For details, call (804) 734-2899.
FMWR Snow Xperience Ski Trips | Feb. 15, March 8 Fort Lee’s Family and MWR Outdoor Recreation Center is offering discounted Snow Xperience Trips to the Wintergreen Resort. The next trips will take place on Feb. 15 and March 8. The discounted cost varies for the skiing, snowboarding, tubing rentals and lift ticket packages. For registration and details, visit Outdoor Recreation, building 15014 on 5th Street, or call (804) 765-2212.
Religious Education Night | Every Wednesday A Wednesday evening religious education dinner and discipleship program is offered weekly at Memorial Chapel. The free sessions start with dinner at 5:30 p.m. followed by the classes, 6-9 p.m. The learning sessions offered include The Evangelization; Bible Survey; PWOC: Women’s Study; Spanish Study: What’s So Amazing About Grace?; Keys to a Loving Relationship and Basic: Who is God? Watchcare is available for ages 1-5. For details, call (804) 734-6483 or email jolynda.strandberg.civ@mail. mil.
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and high school students are offered each Monday, except for holidays, at Memorial Chapel. The next session is Jan. 27. The middle school group meets from 5:45-7:15 p.m., and the high school program is set for 7-8:30 p.m. Each session will have games, food, music and more. Friends can have fun and share their faith together. For details, call (518) 225-2965.
Texas Hold’em Tournaments | Tuesdays Texas Hold’em No Limit Tournaments are held Tuesdays at the Sports Zone, building 3650 on C Avenue. The next event is Jan. 28. Registration begins at 5:30 p.m. with a tournament start time of 6 p.m. Cost is $5 each night. Prizes will be given to top placement winners. For details, call (804) 765-3058.
ACS Scream-Free Parenting Series | Feb. 4, 11, 18 The ACS Family Advocacy Program will host a series of free Scream-Free Parenting sessions on Feb. 4, 11 and 18, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., at building 9023, 1231 Mahone Ave. Childcare is available on a limited basis. Brown bag lunches are recommended. For details, call (804) 734-6388.
5 Truths Class | Feb. 12, March 12 A class titled 5 Truths Every Parent Should Know, sponsored by the ACS Family Advocacy Program, will be offered Feb. 12 and March 12, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., at building 9023, 1231 Mahone Ave. Childcare is available on a limited basis. Brown bag lunches are recommended. Future dates are April 9 and May 7. For details, call (804) 734-6388.
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Calendar, continued Employment Readiness | Ongoing Five employment readiness classes are available at ACS in 2014. Times for the classes vary. The classes, with the next two dates, are as follows: Resume Writing, Feb. 4 and March 4; Interviewing Skills and Dressing for Success, Feb. 6 and March 6; Spouses Overseas Employment Orientation, Feb. 5 and March 5; Job Search Strategies and Application Assistance, Feb. 5 and March 5; and Small Business Workshop, March 19 and 26. For details and registration, call (804) 734-6388.
SPORTS & FITNESS Get Fit, Stay Fit | Daily A variety of weekly fitness classes are available through the Family and MWR Sports Office. The cost is usually $4 per class, and a fitness card may be used for most. The 10-class punch card costs $20. Some classes are free. Yoga (Iyengar) is free for active duty military and spouses of deployed troops. Classes for which there is a fee include Aerobics, Boot Camp, INSANITY, Pilates, Spinning, Spin Intervals, Yoga (Inyengar), Yogaworks (Vinyasa), Zumba and Zumba Toning. Workout with Weights in the
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Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and Prince George, as well as Fort. Lee. Students of all faiths are welcome. The open house hours are 2-4 p.m. on Jan. 26 and 5-7 p.m. on Feb. 4. For details, call (804) 732-3931 or visit www.saintjosephschool.com.
Military collectable experts will review and offer opinions on personalrelated military items at an Artifacts Roadshow on Jan. 25, 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., at the Virginia War Memorial, 621 South Belvidere St., Richmond. Two experts will offer opinions on the origin, history and preservation of military-related items from any era during the free event. No cash appraisals or monetary evaluations can be offered. For details, call (804) 786-2060 or visit www.vawarmemorial.org.
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