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Naval hospital gearing up for changes, expasion

By JANIS REID

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aval Hospital Oak Harbor is gearing up for a series of changes and expansions that will aid them in providing healthcare to the growing military population.

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Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Nicodemus P. Ruczynski, assigned to Naval Hospital Oak Harbor laboratory, reads a microscopic specimen during urinalysis testing

The hospital serves more than 20,000 service members, retirees and their families living in and around Whidbey Island Naval Air Station.

In the coming years, the base is anticipating several new squadrons to be installed, increasing the need of healthcare on base.

“Medical practice, and the people we serve, has changed significantly since we opened 45 years ago, and Naval Hospital Oak Harbor has adapted over the years to ensure we continue to provide the very best care to those who rely on us,” said Capt.

Edward Simmer, the hospital’s commanding officer.

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Oak Habor Naval Hospital. efit our patients in a couple of ways,” Simmer said. “It’s going to let us do more surgeries, offering more care than we do now and in more than one location.”

The Navy took some flack in 2007 when it announced plans to close the emergency room and limit the urgent care to day-time hours. The military community was concerned at the time that they would not have 24-hour care options like they did before, said Sharon McIntyre, the hospital’s public affairs officer.

McIntyre said hospital leadership has learned from that experience, and has tried to notify people of the new changes and make sure they know that their needs will still be met.

The main changes will include the closure of the hospital’s Urgent Care Center, an expansion of the Medical Home Port Primary Care Center and its hours and an expansion, upgrade of the birthing center and the addition of a 24-hour nurse hotline.

The hospital’s decision to close its Urgent Care Center was made because of its lack of use, Simmer said. In addition, the Medical Home Port model focuses on wellness and maintaining good health, which has decreased the hospital’s need for non-maternity inpatient care.

The Navy will also partner with area hospitals so that Navy surgeons can perform operations at civilian hospitals that are better equipped for such procedures and have Intensive Care Units, which the Naval Hospital does not.

“Our Urgent Care Center also has had a significant decrease in utilization, since most people are now healthier and can get an appointment with their regular provider when they need it, generally on a same-day basis,” Simmer said.

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In addition, instead of going to urgent care and having to wait to see a doctor, patients can now call and make an appointment with their primary care staff, which will lead to better, more consistent care, Simmer said.

“That’s all going to be a plus for the patients,” Simmer said. “For example, converting urgent care, where patients are seen by a doctor they likely do not know and have never seen before, to an expanded Medical Home Port with evening and weekend hours will ensure patients can be seen by the team they know and trust.”

The 24-hour nurse hotline will also be available to retirees and active duty patients with concerns and questions.

The nursing staff will have access to hospital schedules and if they determine the need, they can schedule and appointment.

The hospital is in negotiations with two area hospitals and is expected to make an announcement with one of them in January, Simmer said. They hope to have the majority of the changes implemented by April of next year, and have the birthing center upgrades completed by 2016.

For more information, call 360-257-9974 or stop by the hospital.

Veterans to receive 1.5 percent cost-of-living increase in January

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HOSPITAL EXPANSION Whidbey Island Naval Hospital is gearing up for expansion and upgrade of the hospital’s emergency room.

NAVY FORUMS The Navy held a series of community open houses to discuss an Environmental Impact Study looking at the Navy’s presence on the island.

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SECURITY CRITICISM The recent placement of cement blocks around Outlying Field Coupeville has caused neighboring residents to criticize the appearance as well as the Navy’s failure to consult the community.

COMING HOME Patrol Squadron 1 (VP-1) returned from a six-month deployment Dec. 2. VP-1 completed the deployment to Isa Air Base in Bahrain and Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in support of operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

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VETERAN SERVICES The sailors of Electronic Attack Squadron 142 returned home to Whidbey Island Naval Air Station Dec. 12

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CYBER SAFETY Cybercrime, espionage and other threats are growing in today’s online society, making it increasingly more important for Navy sailors, civilians and family members to remain vigilant.

RESURRECTING MEMORIES Fred McCarthy shares memories sparked by a recent reunion he attended with other veterans.

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Veterans, their families and survivors receiving disability compensation and pension benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs will receive a 1.5 percent cost-of-living increase in their monthly payments beginning Jan. 1, 2014.

Also for the first time, payments will not be rounded down to the nearest dollar. Until this year, that was required by law. Veterans and survivors will see additional cents included in their monthly compensation benefit payment.

For veterans without dependents, the new compensation rates will range from $130.94 monthly for a disability rated at 10 percent to $2,858.24 monthly for 100 percent. The full rates are available on the VA’s website.

The increase also applies to death pension recipients, survivors receiving dependency and indemnity compensation, disabled veterans receiving automobile and clothing allowances, and other benefits.

Under federal law, cost-of-living adjust-

ments for VA’s compensation and pension must match those for Social Security benefits. The last adjustment was January 2013 when the Social Security benefits rate increased 1.7 percent.

In fiscal year 2013, VA provided over $59 billion in compensation benefits to nearly 4 million veterans and survivors, and over $5 billion in pension benefits to more than 515,000 veterans and survivors.

For veterans and separating servicemembers who plan to file an electronic disability claim, VA urges them to use the joint Department of Defence/VA online portal, eBenefits.

Registered eBenefits users with a premium account can file a claim online, track the status, and access a variety of other benefits, including pension, education, health care, home loan eligibility, and vocational rehabilitation and employment programs.

For more information about VA benefits, visit www.benefits.va.gov, or call 1-800-8271000.

Veteran claims backlog down 36 percent since March At a mid-December hearing before the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Under Secretary for Benefits, Allison A. Hickey, outlined progress made by the Veterans Benefits Administration in reducing the backlog of veterans’ disability compensation and pension claims. That benefit was reduced by 36 percent since March. She attributed the success to the combined impact of the administration’s transformation initiatives and increased employee productivity.

“We know there is much more work to be done to reach our goal of eliminating the disability claims backlog in 2015,” said Hickey.

“But I’m encouraged that the improved tools and processes we’ve put in place so far are having a real impact so that we may better serve our nation’s veterans, their survivors and their families.”

Hickey detailed the elements of the transformation plan, which includes re-training and reorganizing its workforce, streamlining business processes, and building, and implementing new technology solutions. With each transformation milestone, said Hickey, VBA is successfully moving away from a paperbound, manual process to improve benefits delivery to veterans, their families and survivors through paperless claims processing.

She also noted that if full funding is received, mandatory overtime for claims processors, which helped bring down the backlog this

year, will continue for much of 2014.

Also, VA’s web-based, paperless electronic claims processing solution, the Veterans Benefits Management System, was successfully deployed to all 56 of VA’s regional benefits offices across the country, six months ahead of schedule.

In fiscal year 2013 alone, VA provided more than $59 billion in compensation benefits to four million veterans and survivors, and more than $5 billion in pension benefits to more than 515,000 Veterans and survivors.

For veterans and separating servicemembers who are planning to file a disability claim, VA urges them to do so by filing electronically through eBenefits. Those who need help filing their claims can contact their local veteran service organization for assistance.

Under current law, veterans filing initial disability compensation claims through Aug. 5, 2015, may be eligible for up to one year of retroactive benefits. Registered eBenefits users with a premium account can file a claim online, track the status, and access a variety of other benefits, including pension, education, health care, home loan eligibility, and vocational rehabilitation and employment programs.

For more information about VA benefits, visit www.benefits.va.gov, or call 1-800-8271000.

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Navy completes Growler scoping meetings

By JANIS REID Officials from Whidbey Island Naval Air Station and the Navy’s Fleet Forces Command held three public scoping meetings for an environmental impact study the first week of December. The meetings were held in Coupeville, Oak Harbor and Anacortes and drew more than 300 people.

Hearing that this presentation might occur, organizers of the Citizens of Ebey’s Reserve, who have been vocally against the Growler, decided to follow suit and present their own materials to the captain.

“We decided to present our materials in a formal manner as opposed to just slipping them in the comment box,” said Michael Monson, COER president. “We wanted to present them with our documents in a way that they were unable to just shove into a corner. That we were organized, had intelligently gathered materials, and not to be dismissed.”

The three scoping meetings, held Tuesday through Thursday, marked the beginning of an Environmental Impact Statement which aims to look at the potential environmental effects associated with ongoing EA-18G Growler airfield operations at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station’s Ault Field and Outlying Landing Field Coupeville. It will also include the proposed introduction of two additional expeditionary electronic attack squadrons and the addition of aircraft to the fleet replacement squadron.

Though the scope of the Navy’s planned Environmental Impact Statement is still being determined, project managers said the study will be “comprehensive,” responsive to public feedback and will look at more than just jet noise.

The Navy maintains that an Environmental Impact Statement, or EIS, was in the works for some time, but members of a Central Whidbey-based citizen group claim it’s the direct result of a lawsuit they filed against the Navy in July.

Both groups presented information to Capt. Mike Nortier, NAS Whidbey Island’s commanding officer and posed for group photographs. Nortier accepted both presentations as part of the Navy’s process to gather information as part of the EIS process. His acceptance of the information was not an endorsement of the information presented.

Traditionally, scoping meetings do not include any formal presentations, but involve a series of informational stations where visitors can ask questions and speak with Navy staff and pilots. Tables are placed in the center of the room where comment sheets can be filled out.

Notwithstanding, Commissioner Jill Johnson, Oak Harbor Mayor Scott Dudley, and Oak Harbor

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Coupeville residents fill out comment sheets during the Navy’s scoping meetings regarding the EA-18G Growler and its impacts on the environment.

Chamber of Commerce President Jason McFadyen presented to Nortier a series of letters, a resolution of support, an economic impact study and petitions in support of the EIS, the base and its operational missions.

“It was important for me to demonstrate to the base captain the level of support out there,” Johnson said Friday. “There has been some strong visuals fro the anti-OLF side, and I wanted there to be a visual representation that there is strong support.”

The group, Citizens of Ebey’s Reserve, is calling for a complete closure of OLF, claiming that the outlying runway is unsafe.

Not only will the study be looking at noise, but it will also look at air quality, safety, the habitats of migratory birds and other factors, said Lisa Padgett, U.S. Fleet Forces Command project manager for the EIS. “All the potential environmental effects,” Padgett said.

Padgett said the Navy has already

begun an airspace and airfield analysis in preparation for the public forums to be held in December.

The EIS process under the National Environmental Protection Act is a “very regimented” schedule with public input opportunities available throughout, according to Ted Brown, the Navy’s Installations and Environmental public affairs officer.

“Public input is very important to the process.”

After the public comment period is closed Jan. 3, the Navy will determine the necessary scope of the EIS, he said. The required training associated with the base will be determined, then the Navy will conduct a comprehensive noise analysis.

After a draft EIS is completed, one that includes all of the above information, more public comments will be taken, and the Navy will again address concerns.

Two expeditionary, or land-based Growler squadrons will be joining the base along with two individual Growler aircraft assigned to the base for a total of 13 additional aircraft.

Navy representatives, including Padgett, have stressed that pilots flying in expeditionary Growler squadrons do not require ongoing Field Landing Carrier Practice, or touch-and-goes, because they are land-based squadrons.

Brown said the VAQ community comprises both the older EA-6B and the newer EA-18G aircraft, and they expect the transition to the EA-18G to be complete in 2016 based on current fiscal budget projections.

NAS Whidbey squadron says goodbye to the Prowler November marked the end of an era for Electronic Attack Squadron 131 lancers stationed at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station.

The Lancers flew their three EA-6B Prowlers off of the USS Ronald Reagan and back home to NAS Whidbey Island last month, culminating over 40 years of carrier operations with the Prowler.

Despite operating in a fiscally challenging environment, the Lancers have worked hard to stay both current and tactically proficient.

In the last six months, the squadron participated in several strike of the month events, a

high-speed anti-radiation missile shoot, as well as providing aircrew to augment VAQ-134 for their air wing fallon events and composite rraining unit exercise.

In October, VAQ-131 began a rigorous field carrier landing practice program preparing to embark aboard the Reagan with the Carrier Air Wing 2 Broadsword team. This would be VAQ-131’s last time aboard an aircraft carrier, flying the venerable EA-6B Prowler.

The Lancers also completed basic fighter maneuver counters’ sorties against F/A-18 Hornets, and completed 10 critical qualification flights.

With an aggressive flight

schedule, VAQ-131 successfully completed 53 sorties over 79 hours of safe flight operations and attained 87 traps during the short detachment aboard the Reagan.

VAQ-131 transitioned to the EA-6B in 1971. Two versions of the Prowler are still in use today, but they are being phased out to be replaced by the EA-18G Growler, introduced in 2007.

On May 5, 2014 VAQ-131 will officially begin the process of transitioning to the EA-18G Growler starting a new chapter in their long history of service in the electronic attack community.

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Whidbey Island based VAQ-131 flies Prowlers before they being their transition to the Growler.

On Base

Navy responds to criticism of new OLF security fencing

By JANIS REID Staff reporter The recent placement of cement blocks around Outlying Field Coupeville has caused neighboring residents to criticize the appearance as well as the Navy’s failure to consult the community.

More than 1,000 40-inch cement barriers have been placed around the perimeter of the OLF, stamped with the words “government property, do not trespass.” Additional fencing will also be placed at the entryways.

Maryon Attwood, a member of the Citizens of Ebey’s Reserve, or COER, said she feels that the barriers are a “keep out” sign to island visitors and that the Navy should have consulted neighbors about the appearance.

“They should have sought local input,” Attwood said.

“That’s my group’s continuing problem with them. They talk the talk, but they don’t walk the walk.”

COER had speculated that the cement blocks were an added security as a result of their criticism of the jet noise and the Navy’s intention to resume touch-and-go operations in January.

The group filed a federal lawsuit against the Navy in July, asking a judge to compel the Navy to conduct an Environmental Impact Statement or EIS. The group alleges that the Navy’s new EA-18G Growlers are louder than previous aircraft and that the Navy is performing more operations at OLF than estimated in recent years.

The Navy says they have intended to increase security at the field for several years.

“We’ve been trying to get those blocks out there for some time,” said Bill MacMillan, Whidbey Island Naval Air Station airfield manager and deputy operations officer. “I had this identified as a security risk a long time ago.”

MacMillan said he’s proposed additional security at OLF since he took the position in 2005, but it took a drunk driver to cause damage to OLF’s arresting gear to raise the priority of the project.

In March of 2007, 46-yearold Coupeville resident James Slone led police on a highspeed chase onto OLF according to court documents.

Slone plead guilty and was convicted in May 2007 to attempting to elude police and driving under the influence.

According to the police report, Slone sped up and down the runway running over arresting gear causing the vehicle to spark and smoke, and a tire was torn off and was running on the rim.

The drunk driving incident has been compounded with other incidents such as vandalism, driving onto the property and “doing donuts,” harrassment of onsite military staff and bullet holes in structures, according to NAS Whidbey’s Public Affairs Officer Mike Welding.

A first round of blocks were placed out at OLF in 2009 at the easiest entry points to make it more difficult to enter, and protecting the Navy’s millions of dollars worth of equipment at the field, Welding said.

Attwood said she wondered why the Navy is doing it now and not back in 2005 when they first identified the need.

“The story seems weak,” Attwood said. “To me it looks like a power play and I think that’s how a lot of people view it.”

Welding said that while number of people have contacted Navy about the perceived “sudden” added security, this type of project takes time.

“You have to put forth a request to get funding through the Department of

Defense where things are prioritized according to need,” Welding said.

Welding said he has seen funding requests for additional security at OLF dating back to 2008, but requests may have been made prior to that.

A main complaint of Attwood and some other area residents is that the Jersey barriers are an eyesore in an area that butts up against Ebey’s Landing National Historic Reserve.

“It’s the entry way to Ebey’s Reserve and the second oldest town in Washington State,” said Attwood. “They had a long time to talk to local people. They did what they thought they should do from their military point of view and did not get additional ideas from the civilian community.”

Jackie Queen, an environmental planner for the Navy base, said the Navy contacted the appropriate state agencies as well as local tribes before resuming the project.

Queen also said that the barriers along Highway 20 were placed behind existing bushes in the hopes that the blocks will be obscured as the plants grow.

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Above: A row of cement barriers lines the perimeter of Outlying Field Coupeville as an added security measure to protect arresting gear and other Navy property.

Left: The blocks are intended specifically to keep unauthorized vehicles driving onto the field.

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Family members wait in the hangar bay as sailors assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 1 return home at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island.

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Aviation Electrician’s Mate 1st Class Joseph Tucker holds his family at a homecoming for Patrol Squadron (VP) 1 at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. VP-1 completed a six-month deployment to Isa Air Base in Bahrain and Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in support of U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

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Study cites ‘significant’ impacts from Navy An economic impact study completed by the Island County Economic Development Council this month highlights the monetary impact of the island’s Navy presence.

The study was requested by Island County Commissioner Jill Johnson, who presented the data to Navy representatives at a recent public event for the Environmental Impact Statement initiated to study the impact of the new EA-18G Growler.

Photos by U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joan E. Jennings

Family members of Sailors assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 142 wait for sailors to return home during a homecoming celebration at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI). VAQ-142 returned home after an extended deployment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68).

Wolves return after extended deployment

By Lt. Candice Nunley, VAQ-142 Public Affairs Officer

The sailors of Electronic Attack Squadron 142 returned home to Whidbey Island Naval Air Station Dec. 12, following the completion of an extended deployment to the U.S. third, fifth, sixth and seventh Fleet Areas of Responsibility (AOR) aboard the Everett-based aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68).

The Gray Wolves left Whidbey Island in early April to join Carrier Strike Group 11 (CSG 11). During their nine-month Western Pacific deployment, the Gray Wolves flew training missions in the skies around Hawaii, Wake Island, South Korea, and many Western Pacific islands.

After port calls in Busan, South Korea and Phuket, Thailand, the Nimitz CSG11 steamed west to relieve USS Eisenhower (CVN 69) in supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

The VAQ-142 Gray Wolves began flying combat missions over Afghanistan in June and celebrated the completion of their last OEF mission in late August.

They had good reason to

Aviation Electronics Technician 1st Class Don Gardner feeds his baby for the first time at the homecoming of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 142 at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. VAQ-142 returned home after an extended deployment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68).

celebrate as, in a little less than three months, the squadron flew 93 combat sorties amounting to 637 mishapfree flight hours and a 100 percent mission completion rate.

However, shortly before chopping out of Fifth Fleet, CSG-11 received the first of what would be three extensions for potential contingency operations in support of the chemical weapons dearmament of Syria.

The Gray Wolves remained ever vigilant, tirelessly working to execute sorties in prepa-

ration and training.

In a turn of events, the Gray Wolves transited the Suez Canal in mid-October.

Escaping the heat of the Red Sea, personnel were excited to be part of a once-in-alifetime West Coast cruise to the Mediterranean Sea. Shortly before pulling into port in Naples, Italy, the Gray Wolves explored the blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea and participated in joint operations with the French Chevalier Paul (D 621) and the British HMS Dragon (D 35).

“Naval Air Station Whidbey Island contributes significantly to Island County’s economy and to a lesser degree Skagit’s,” the report states.

At approximately 10,000 employees, the base is four times the size of the next near-

est employer in Island, San Juan, Skagit and Whatcom counties, according to the report.

The base contributed $726 million into Island County’s economy in 2011 and $15 million into Skagit’s.

In addition, the numbers of veterans living near the base are three times higher than the national average. In 2011, veterans in Island County received $44 million in retirement and disability payments and $28 million in Skagit County.

The base also contributes significantly to education with more than 50 percent of the students in Oak Harbor School District being military dependents and 13 percent of Skagit Valley College students.

Whidbey Island remembers Pearl Harbor

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(Left) VAQ-129 Command Master Chief Greg Renick introduced Gayle Vyskocil (left) and Lorene Pevota, widows of Pearl Harbor Navy survivors, prior to laying a wreath at a Pearl Harbor commemoration ceremony on Naval Air Station Whidbey Island’s Seaplane Base Dec. 6 with Capt.

Michael Nortier. (Above) Nortier stands with Pearl Harbor survivors Harold Shimer (left) and Cecil Calavan.

County services aim to help struggling vets

By JANIS REID

Island County Veterans Services has seen substantial growth over the last few years, but service coordinators would like to do more.

Before 2009, 10 or less veterans were served each year. In comparison, the Island County program has served increased to serve more than 100 in 2013.

The Veteran’s Assistance Program, formerly the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Relief Act, provides emergency funding to indigent or struggling veterans and their families to pay for food, rent or mortgage, utilities, medical expenses and miscellaneous bills, such as the cost of burial.

Gerry Pfannenstiel, the program’s coordinator for 16 years, said the growth has been due to increased outreach and creating new partnerships. But there are likely many veterans and their families who need assistance but aren’t aware of the programs that are available.

Financial assistance may consist of paying for housing or utility bills that may be behind or at risk of being shutoff. The office provides vouchers for food, fuel, work

specific clothing and school clothing and supplies for dependent children.

“We’re helping people stay in their homes,” Pfannenstiel said.

“Food vouchers free up money to pay other bills. It’s really important to indigent veterans too.”

The county can also provide assistance with Department of Veterans Affairs claims for compensation, pension, health care and all other VA claims.

Pfannenstiel said working with other organizations that help veterans like Worksource Whidbey and the Opportunity Council is key.

“Between the three of us we should be able to cover just about everything and provide a lot of information and referrals,” Pfannenstiel said.

In recent years, the Island County has been a partner in the annual Veterans “Stand Down” event, where veterans are invited to learn about all the benefits they are entitled to because of their service.

Started for veterans, by veterans, the event is designed to help servicemen and women return to

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Gerry Pfannenstiel, coordinator for Island County Veterans Services, offers information to local veterans at a forum earlier this year alongside Congressman Rick Larsen. a civilian lifestyle after their term of military service is completed.

Collaborating community organizations assist in housing, solving legal issues, finding employment opportunities, accessing health services and benefits, enrollment in VA systems and helping them reconnect with their communities.

“We are always looking to help people,” Pfannenstiel said.

To be eligible, veterans must: have served under honorable or general under honorable conditions; show an original or certified copy of a DD-214 or, if discharged prior to 1950, a certificate of discharge; have been a continual resident of Washington state for one year immediately prior to application and a resident of Island County at time of application; be able to provide proof of their iden-

tity and documentation of eligibility of dependents; be homeless or have income at 150 percent of poverty level.

For a family of three, 150 percent of the federal poverty guideline is $27,465 annual income.

For more information, please call or email Pfannenstiel at 360678-7805 or G.Pfannenstiel@ co.island.wa.us

Cyber safety important for sailors, families

By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jeffry Willadsen, Navy Public Affairs Support Element West, Det. Everett

Cybercrime, espionage and other threats are growing in today’s online society, making it increasingly more important for Navy sailors, civilians and family members to remain vigilant.

There are many different types of threats related to the Internet and computers, leaving many sailors wondering: “What exactly are the cyber threats out there, and what can I do to stop them?”

“Technology is reshaping every aspect of our lives and protecting our digital infrastructure from cyber threats is one of our highest security priorities,” said President Barack Obama in his 2013 Cyber Security Awareness Month proclamation. “All of us have a role to play in safeguarding the networks we use in our daily lives. Understanding the risks associated with being online can help secure personal information and prevent identity theft and fraud.”

Information technology has become deeply entwined with both our personal and professional lives. Because of this, cyber crime, cyber terrorism and other such digital attacks have become increasingly threatening and higher in priority. It is imperative not to underestimate the significance of these threats.

The first step in protecting yourself is to understand the threat.

In order to defend themselves and their shipmates from these attacks, it is important for sailors to understand the wide variety of forms cyber threats take.

Jay Williams, an information assurance manager at Naval Station Everett, said there are two broad classifications of cyber security: tech-

nical and physical controls.

These are the controls that are defeated in order for a cyber threat to be realized.

Technical threats are wide ranging and include phishing spear phishing, and malicious software. These threats take place through digital means and do not require physical interaction.

Phishing is a common cyber threat, designed to covertly secure a victim’s personal information.

This threat usually takes the form of an official-looking email, or some other electronic correspondence, that prompts an unsuspecting victim to enter data such as bank account information, passwords or social security numbers. The email may appear to be from a bank, vendor or other reputable institution, but it is a trap to steal money or valuable information from someone.

“With a very little bit of information, a hacker can compromise a system,” said Williams.

Phishing is sent out at random, a ‘wide net’ meant to ensnare as many innocent victims as possible. However, a new, more targeted version of phishing has emerged that can be even more dangerous.

Spear phishing, as this threat is known, is the same as phishing, except that it is tailor-made for a particular person. For example, a spearphishing email may contain the victim’s name or basic information. It may even come from the organization a victim works for or an institution the individual is a member of, which makes this kind of attack much harder to detect.

“If it was not initiated from the user … if you didn’t inquire about something and they were just responding back to it, that should be a red flag,” said Williams.

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Malicious software is often downloaded and activated by clicking on a link or accessing a certain website. Once on your computer, smartphone or device, malicious software infiltrates software defenses and will fulfill a specific purpose. This purpose may be to obtain passwords or other sensitive or financial information. It may even record keystrokes, take screenshots or take photos using a device’s webcam.

“It’s very scary,” said Williams. “These things happen very quickly and very quietly.”

There are also physical threats to cyber-security.

These threats involve the common access card (CAC), password on private identification numbers (PIN), and unsecured computer hardware. These threats are physical, because they utilize physical access to a device.

The threat posed by an unattended CAC is of high importance for military members. The CAC ID card, which is used by sailors and other Department of Defense personnel, is used to gain access to government computers. Combined with a personal identification number, the CAC allows access to government email and other cyber resources.

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“It doesn’t make a difference if it’s five feet away or 15 feet away,” said Williams.

“It only takes a half a second for someone to walk up on an open workstation to do one thing real quick, and walk away and it can ruin a sailor’s career very quickly.”

Another physical threat is PINs or passwords being written down near a computer or other device. Information like this must be kept secret in order to protect the user against cyber criminals.

Information can also be gleaned by unauthorized physical access to a computer or other device. By leaving a computer out in the open or in plain view, someone could steal it, acquiring not only the hardware, but sensitive digital information as well.

So why do cyber criminals commit such crimes? Though there are many reasons such cyber threats exist, there are two that are of paramount importance.

First, cyber criminals may be after your assets. Much of cyber crime is committed in order to gain access to your personal information and, thus, your finances. Identity theft and financial fraud are common end-games for cyber crime. In order to keep r identities and finances safe, it is important to remember that there are people out there who want to steal them for their own personal gain.

Another reason for cyber crime, especially against military members, is to attack the United States, its security and its infrastructure. Digital information is a means that terrorists use to gain sensitive

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Chief of Naval Operations Jonathan Greenert said that cyber warfare is one of the most important subjects in the Navy.

“The level of investment that we put into cyber in the department is as protected or as focused as it would be in strategic nuclear,” Greenert said in an interview with Reuters. “It’s right up there, in the one-two area, above all other programs.”

So how do sailors help to defend themselves and the Navy from these numerous cyber threats?

The answer is both simple and complicated. First of all, it is important to understand these threats and realize that cyber security is “Our Shared Responsibility,” the theme for the 2013 cyber security awareness month, in October.

“Education and being alert are the two primary things,” said Williams. There are also several practical ways Sailors can prevent cyber crime.

“When you walk away from your workstation, make sure it is locked. Pull your CAC card out,” said Williams. “Without that they can’t get in.”

Keeping passwords, PINs and other important information memorized instead of written down for all to see is greatly important as well.

Also, keep your personal computers and other hardware secure and safe from theft. Do not leave them in your car or in view from open windows when you leave home.

“It’s important to make sure you have your software up to date,” said Williams.

Williams also strongly recommends using reputable anti-virus software and updating that software as soon as prompted.

Do not click on links in emails, especially if you are not sure if it is from a legitimate source. Even if you get a credible looking email from your bank or other trusted source, call to make sure it is legitimate before giving personal information or clicking any links.

Be wary of unanticipated login screens, and be aware of what accounts you have actually created yourself.

Be sure to not divulge any personal or compromising information to anyone unless you are absolutely sure that it will be safe and secure.

Remember, being safe online is your responsibility, and a choice that can protect yourself, your family and your nation from the danger of cybercrime.

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We enjoyed serving with this company. We had honored the memory of 26 flight crewmembers from our company who gave their lives during the Vietnam War with a monument at the helicopter training center at Fort Rucker, Ala., the summer before in 2012.

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He had been a county commissioner and owned a number of bail bond companies in Tennessee. I had a career in education in teaching and administration and now was also serving in municipal government.

We relived that flying experience a few times over … the engine failure … the open muddy clearing surrounded by jungle … the autorotation … the enemy fire … the perimeter we set up … the “Dustoff” helicopter that came in, landed, and took us out … the fact that the ship was overrun by Vietcong before dawn after our extraction and blown up.

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