Kitsap Veterans Life, April 01, 2016

JOEY PRICE ■ Page 5 Relocating? The Navy Wives Club can help you feel at home

THOM STODDERT ■ Page 5 It’s getting easier to file a claim with VA. Here are some tips.

FUN STUFF TO DO ■ Page 13 Cool activities for you and your family.

THE REAL NCIS ■ Page 15 By the way, Mark Harmon really is a nice guy.

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Personnel, Veterans and their Families

Preparing the next generation

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Four days in the life of Navy Band NW

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hursday, 17 March, 1400 hours, Navy Band NW HQ at Naval Base Kitsap — Bangor.

The cluttered rehearsal hall looks more like a storage room. The gray industrial carpet is threadbare. The fluorescent lights are harsh.

And the musicians are wearing combat boots.

But none of this matters to the five members of the Navy Band NW Woodwind Quintet, because this is their last rehearsal before their performance at the U.S. Navy Undersea Museum in Keyport on Sunday.

They form a V formation in their folding chairs, with the open end of the V toward the audience. At the tip of the V, Musician 2nd Class Blake Yarbrough of Dallas, Texas plays the French horn and directs. He keeps his right fist bunched in the horn’s bell to mute the sound so as not to drown out the lighter voices of the clarinet, oboe, flute and the bassoon.

BROWNSVILLE — As darkness falls March 18, seven Sea Scout ships tie up on the east breakwater at the Port of Brownsville for their annual rendezvous.

There’s the 28-foot sailboat, Sea Scout Ship Hurricane (Port Orchard); SSS Argo (Bellevue); SSS Propeller and SSS Yankee Clipper (Seattle); SSS Kelsema (Edmonds); SSS Phantom (Everett); and SSS Falcon (Port Townsend). They are joined by Venture Post Scuba out of Bothell.

Aboard are about 80 teenage Sea Scouts and their leaders, most of whom are Navy and

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Musician 2nd Class Blake Yarborough of Dallas, Texas plays French horn for U.S. Navy Band Northwest. He also directs its Woodwind Quintet.

Terryl Asla / KMT Immediately to his left is the oldest member of the group, Musician Chief Sterling Strickler playing the bassoon. Originally from Kenai, Alaska, he’s nearing retirement and is “the most senior senior chief” in Navy Band NW. Rounding out the quintet is

Musician 3rd Class Shelly Sgroi of Minster, Ohio on flute, Musician 3rd Class Rachel Mortenson of St. Louis, Missouri on oboe, and Musician 3rd Class Justin Laukat of Draper, Utah on clarinet.

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Continued from page 1 The quintet will be playing five pieces at their Sunday performance and they stop after rehearsing each piece for a critique. At the one-hour mark, they stop for a break and to answer questions.

Asked why they joined the Navy Band, their first, off-the-cuff answer is “to earn a regular paycheck.” But as they talk, it becomes apparent there are lots of reasons.

Personal reasons.

For Strickland, it’s been the chance to see the world. Every few years, a Navy musician can expect to be transferred to another of the 11 bands inside and outside the U.S., he explains. And every band travels. A glance at the tentative 2016 touring schedule for the Navy Band NW includes concerts as far away as North Dakota. Strickland fondly recalls the opportunities he had to tour islands that were the site of major battles in World War II when he was with the Pacific Fleet Band in Hawaii.

Others see the band as

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a stepping stone. They aspire to play with one of the premier military bands like the Naval Academy Band, or a civilian symphony or orchestra.

There is also the professional challenge.

“It forces you out of your comfort zone,” Strickland says, and everyone agrees. In addition to performing in the marching band and ceremonial band, they also perform in some of the small groups that the Navy Band NW fields in order to maximize its community presence.

The types of groups constantly change as musicians transfer in and out of the unit or leave the service. In addition to the woodwind quintet, there’s the rock band, jazz band, brass quintet, brass quartet, low brass quartet and a woodwind octet — not to mention requests for solo performers. Consequently, most musicians can play several instruments and have additional musicrelated skills like arranging or tour management.

Ultimately, their main reason for joining may have been because they wanted to be part of

one of the best bands in the world, according to Lt. Bruce Mansfield.

Mansfield is the band’s commanding officer and, like every other Navy musician, he started out as a musician third class. He says the band has a lot of people with bachelor’s and master’s degrees and, like him, they all have to start out at the bottom and work their way up. They handle all of the collateral work, too, he explains. With just 35 members, the band can’t afford anyone who is not a rated musician. So everyone — the typist in the office, tour manager, or supply clerk — are all musicians.

Sunday, 21 March, 1300 hours, U.S. Naval Undersea Museum, Keyport It’s raining when the two band vans pull into the parking lot and start to unload. It’s all hands on deck; everybody totes and carries. As people start to arrive for the performance at 1400, the quintet members take a few minutes to go through the arcane musical ritual that precedes any musical

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Five things you didn’t know about the U.S. Navy Band Behind every great naval hero, there was a musician: Musician (MU) is one of the oldest ratings in the U.S. Navy.

Congress established the Department of the Navy in April 1798. When the first U.S. Navy vessel, the USS Ganges, went to sea in May, a fifer and a drummer were called for in the captain’s orders. The fifer was so important that a part on every tall ship — the fife rail — is named for where he sat and played while the crew heaved the anchor.

Everybody starts at the bottom: It doesn’t matter if a Navy musician has a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree or even a PhD in musicology.

Everyone comes in as a musician third class (MU3).

After eight years, they can apply for the position of band master. In August 1826, John H. Page, a seaman on the USS Constellation, became the first recorded bandmaster in Navy music history.

Those who then go on to become commissioned officers are following in the footsteps of another Navy musical luminary, John Phillip Sousa. Sousa is perhaps best known for his work as bandmaster of the U.S. Marine Band in the late 1800s.

Throughout his Marine

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Continued from page 2 performance — tuning, toot-tootling, and running through the opening bars of each of the five pieces they will perform. Then they clear away their folding chairs to make way for the Navy Band NW Brass Quartet, which proceeds them on the program.

Sunday, 21 March, 1430 hours It’s time. The Woodwind Quintet opens with a quick, crowd-pleasing rendition of “American Folk Suite.”

They follow that with a little-known work by John Philip Souza, “The Gliding Girl-Tango.” The piece sounds like the music for a dance scene in a zany Marx Brothers comedy; a slow, stately dance is

John Phillip Sousa rose through the ranks. career, he served in the enlisted ranks, reaching warrant officer status.

When he was recalled in World War I to lead the U.S. Navy Band, he was made a lieutenant commander — becoming the first Navy musician to ever become a commissioned officer. Sousa reportedly enjoyed his new rank and uniform so much that he continued to use it for the rest of his life.

Navy musicians play the world: Musicians are transferred every two- to three- years, so anyone who stays in until retirement can indeed join the Navy and travel the world.

Fleet bands in the continental U.S. include Navy Band Northwest, Navy Band Northeast, Navy Band Southwest, Navy Band Southeast, the United States Navy Band Great Lakes, and the U.S.

periodically interrupted by a madcap tango played at a increasingly frantic pace.

It’s a challenging piece calling for consummate musicianship and timing.

And they nail it.

In a complete change of pace, the group next performs the difficult “Army of the Nile,” a piece inspired by the success of the English army in Africa during World War II. Petty Officer Laukat arranged the piece for the woodwind quintet.

Following a performance of Nielsen’s classical Opus 43, they close with a medley of service songs that leaves the audience smiling.

Sunday, 21 March, 1500 hours It’s time to pack everything up and head back to HQ. Outside, the rain is

Fleet Forces Band.

Outside the continental U.S., there is the Pacific Fleet Band in Hawaii, U.S. Naval Forces Europe Band, and the Seventh Fleet Band in Italy.

The premier bands are The United States Navy Band in Washington D.C. and the Naval Academy Band. The latter, founded in 1845, was the Navy’s first land-based band.

Everyone has a day job: Each U.S. Navy Band is self-run. A band member not only plays one or more instruments, he or she also has a collateral office job such as tour coordinator or quartermaster.

Navy musicians don’t always play marching tunes: It’s true that a Navy band has a ceremonial band, a brass band, and a marching band. But, they also field lots of small, four- to five- members groups so they can play at more events. How many groups depends on the band’s current makeup.

At the present time, Navy Band NW has a rock band, jazz band, woodwind quintet, brass quintet, brass quartet, low brass quartet, and woodwind octet.

The band is also called upon to provide pianists, solo singers and buglers for funerals.

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If you live here, you’re part of the community W

hether soldier, sailor, airmen or Marine; single or married; active duty or retired; if you live in Kitsap County, you’re part of the community.

You wear the uniform (for which we are grateful). But you’re also a neighbor. You may have children in local schools, or a spouse employed by a local business. You shop in local stores, drive on local streets, live in a house or apartment in a local community, pay local taxes. So, you have a stake in the local quality of life. What you think matters.

Kitsap Military Times wants to help connect you to opportunities to be a part of the community, to stay on top of local issues that affect you and your household (and your pocketbook).

We’ll do that with news and feature stories and with lists of clubs, organizations, volunteer opportunities, and public meetings you should know about.

We call it “refrigerator journalism” — stuff that you’ll want to cut out and keep on the fridge so you’ll be reminded of what‘s coming up.

We start here with a list of schedule of school board meetings.

If you have children in local schools, you may want to get to know the local people who make decisions that affect your children’s education.

■ Bainbridge Island School Board: 5:30 p.m. the second and last Thursday of each month, 9530 High School Road NE, Bainbridge Island. www.bisd303.org.

■ Bremerton School Board: 5 p.m. the first and third Thursday of each month, 134 Marion Ave. N., Bremerton. www.bremerton schools.org.

■ Central Kitsap School Board: 6:30 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesday of each month, 9210 Silverdale Way NW, Silveerdale. www.ckschools.org.

■ North Kitsap School Board: 6 p.m. the second and fourth Thursday of most months, 18360 Caldart Ave. NE, Poulsbo. www.nkschools.org.

■ South Kitsap School Board: 6 p.m. the first and third Wednesday of each month, 2689 Hoover Ave. SE, Port Orchard. www.skitsap.wednet.edu.

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Legislative Update The following bills were among those considered this session by the Washington State Legislature.

You can find more information about each of these bills at www. leg.wa.gov.

ESHB 1213: Concerning the definition of “veteran” for the purposes of the county veterans assistance fund. Delivered to the governor for signature.

ESHB 1351: Concerning license fees for National Guard members under Title 77 RCW.

Signed by the speaker of the House.

HB 2637: Creating the Washington State Historic Cemetery Preservation Capital Grant Program. Signed by the speaker of the House.

E2SHB 2793: Providing for suicide awareness and prevention education for safer homes. Signed by the speaker of the House.

SB 6202: Concerning the enforcement of employment rights arising from state active

duty service by a member of the National Guard. Delivered to the governor for signature.

SSB 6254: Authorizing the issuance of Purple Heart license plates for more than one motor vehicle. Delivered to the governor for signature.

SB 6405: Addressing the civilian health and medical program for the Veterans Affairs administration. Delivered to the governor for signature.

Sound Off Transcendental Meditation helps those with PTSD Please consider the following as a front-page article on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: The Transcendental Meditation program has been endorsed by the Veterans Administration for more than 20 years for soldiers with PTSD. Kindly watch and share with all: “PTSD and Transcendental Meditation — David George, Infantryman” (2:34; www.youtube. com/watch?v=6ki4c-XkYsM) “Transcendental Meditation Improves Performance at Military University” (5:12; www.youtube. com/watch?v=oIH0913lQe0 )

Visit www.operationWarriorWellness.org for more information.

Results are available for longstanding PTSD symptoms as well, including for Vietnam War veterans.

Also, see the dramatic effects for Domestic Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder for women and children, and for PTSD for “First Responders,” at www.davidlynch foundation.org/#video=6gM_sXi UPvo (5:24) Also, from www.Army.mil: “Transcendental Meditation — a Path to Healing.”

“Doctors promised him through medication and hard work he could potentially heal over the course of years, but since transcendental meditation he has moved much closer to achieving

his recovery in months.” — U.S. Armed Services official website, www.Army.mil.

BILL TORRINGTON Fairfield Editor’s note: Thanks for the news tip, Bill. We’ll look into it.

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De-stress your next move

oining the Navy Wives Club of America (NWCA) could de-stress your next move.

It worked for me.

The worst part of moving to a new duty station is not dealing with the movers, cleaning quarters, packing or unpacking boxes (even the garbage they packed so nicely). It’s not even driving 2,000 miles with two kids, ages 3 and 5, and two dogs.

No, the worst part is getting to your new duty station and not knowing a single soul.

Yes, it gives you more time to spend with the hubby and the kids and the dogs. (As if you really wanted this after being stuck in a car with them for 2,000 miles!) But where is the “you” time?

We all need someone to have coffee with and talk about all of life’s little things.

Before I discovered NWCA, I remember one move when we didn’t get into base housing right away and my husband’s command did not have a Family Readiness Group (FRG) to assist me. So, I spent the first two months reading nursery books and watching “Finding Nemo.”

Don’t get me wrong, spending time with the children is important, but I think they were getting just as tired of me reading to them as I was.

One day, I decided I would take the kids to the park. Since we didn’t have two cars, my husband got a ride to the boat with one of the guys. I was so excited! I dressed the kids

VETERANS ADVOCATE | THOM STODDERT

Four secrets to filing a speedy, successful VA claim

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iling a claim for compensation with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)? Here are four things you can do that will help assure speedier success.

First, take advantage of recent changes at the VA and include your evidence with your claim.

This is called a “Fully Developed Claim.” If you do it correctly and your evidence is good, your claimed benefit is awarded in only about three months. This is much faster than the traditional method where you filed a claim, waited for the VA to respond, sent back what they wanted, waited for them to accumulate the evidence, and then waited for them to adjudicate the claim — a process that can take years.

So what is good evidence? Good evidence shows that the requirements for that benefit have been met, along with the links to the veteran’s military service.

Your military record is the most common evidence.

The VA recognizes some medical conditions can begin while you are on active duty and only now have progressed to the point where you need assistance.

Cancers and muscular dystrophy are a few that can be given the status of being service connected years after you left the military. Your military service medical records and current civilian medical records are the most common form of evidence in these cases. Present evidence that the condition is chronic and that the condition was diagnosed within the statutory limits set for that particular medical condition.

in their cute little sun suits and started off.

And promptly got lost.

After about an hour of trying to figure out where I was (the car didn’t have GPS) and my son saying, “Mommy, we lost!” I was in tears. Needless to say, I was very upset and it was very late when I finally found my way to the pier to pick up daddy. When he got in the car, I could tell he wasn’t a happy sailor. But after listening to both kids yelling “Lost! Lost! Lost!,” all he could do was laugh.

That evening after things had calmed down, he gave me a brochure he had picked up about the Navy Wives Clubs of America, Inc. and said, “Maybe you should check them out.” I started reading and came to the part that said membership is transferable from duty station to duty station, and I was sold.

That was several moves ago and, believe me, I have not had a problem since. Thanks to NWCA, I have had a contact person at every duty station who met me at my door, helped unpack and took me out for coffee.

I just wish I had known about NWCA sooner; I wouldn’t have had to memorize “Finding Nemo”!

Who we are NWCA is for all spouses from all branches of the services who are interested in helping us reach our goals. Our local chapter, Kitsap No. 46, has been in the area since 1942.

Currently, we have 32 active members consisting of enlisted and officers from all different commands, active duty, retired, reserve and civilian spouses. We’re a diverse group who all work well together.

Contact me We stand ready to help all military family members, even if you don’t belong at this time. So, if you’re newly arrived and you’d like input on which schools to enroll your kids in, or where there’s a good restaurant, please let me know. Email me at pricejj@ embarqmail.com or look us up on Facebook at Navy Wives Clubs of America Kitsap No. 46.

on.” Now, years later, the effects of that injury have gotten to the point that you can’t ignore it any more. Since you didn’t report it at the time, your military medical record doesn’t show it. Fortunately, statements from former NCOs, officers, and/or friends can be just as good as medical records. These are called “buddy letters” or “lay statements.”

These letters should be short and to the point; no war stories, just the specifics.

final for one year. So ask yourself: is there evidence you know of that the VA did not use? Did they misunderstand the evidence they had? Respond to their concerns within the 12-month window and you may get a better decision or get the denial reversed.

The key word here is “better” evidence. Not more, better. Just tell them what they want to know.

Second, remember you have options, even if the VA initially denies your claim or gives you a low rating. Read the Rating/Decision Letter the VA sent you very carefully (this is the document with the big, black seal of the VA on the front page). In it, they: (a) briefly describe your military history, (b) list the evidence they used to make their decision(s), (c) tell you what decision was made and — this is the important part! — (d) tell you how you can earn a higher rating or reverse their denial of benefits.

— Joey Price is national president of the Navy Wives Club of America and president of NWCA Kitsap No. 46. She lives in Poulsbo. Contact her at pricejj@embarqmail.com.

Third, regardless of whether you choose to use the Fully Developed Claims process or the traditional method, always work closely with a knowledgeable service officer from an established Service Organization such as the American Legion or Veterans of Foreign Wars. Never — ever — pay for help, upfront or afterward.

Fourth and finally, make use of the VA’s comprehensive website — www.vba.va.gov.

It’s good and it’s there for you.

— Thom Stoddert is a U.S. Army combat veteran (Vietnam War, Operation Desert Storm) and a former VA rating specialist.

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There’s the commodore of the Sea Scouts, retired USCG Lt. Cmdr. Al Bruce; USN veteran Diana Baird, administrative officer, SSS Phantom; USCG veteran Matthew Kelly, mate, SSS Phantom; USN veteran Mark Peverley, mate, SSS Hurricane; USAF veteran Harvey Smith, crew adviser, SSS Venture; USN veteran Chris Wojahn, SSS Phantom; and retired USCG Cmdr. Dale Shepardson, mate, SSS Argo.

The only active duty personnel is Cmdr.

Joseph Goldbach, USNR, who is mate on the SSS

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Continued from page 1 active-duty personnel and their families, as well as veterans. In Kitsap Military Times, you’ll find profiles and other features you’ve come to expect, as well as all-local stories about business, day trips, events, local schools, pocketbook issues, and opportunities to get involved in the community.

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Saturday morning begins with breakfast and registration in the Brownsville Yacht Club’s clubhouse. Following that, the teens, many in sweatshirts and jeans, are chivvied into ranks by the veterans for welcoming remarks by Commodore Karin Leach followed by the flag-raising ceremony.

Then, it’s off for a day of training in nautical skills, such as piloting, knot-tying, compass reading, line handling and sailmaking.

At 5 p.m., they have uniform inspection, eat, and then line up smartly in their uniforms for evening colors. Then it’s time for elections and socializing.

By 10 p.m., it’s lights out and the veteran volunteers

finally have time to visit and discuss why they do what they do. To a man

Joining the publication as a columnist is Joey Price, president of the Navy Wives Club.

Kitsap Military Times will be available on local bases and at locations countywide. To find a location near you, go to KitsapMilitaryTimes.com/ locations. To subscribe, call 888-838-3000; the annual subscription rate is $24.

“I think it’s wonderful,” said Lt. Col. Stacey James, USAF (ret.), coordinator of

the Kitsap County Veterans Assistance Program. “I think of new families who are in Kitsap County for the first time and are trying to find out what’s going on [in the community].

A lot of our younger sailors, soldiers, airmen and Marines and their families need [a source] to find what’s going on that’s not sponsored by the military.”

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(and woman), the first reason they give is that it gives them an opportunity

to return to the sea. They even quote Water Rat’s words from “Wind in the Willows”: “Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing — absolutely nothing — half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”

But as the night wears on, the conversation becomes more thoughtful and introspective. A few, like Cmdr. Joseph Goldbach, USNR, volunteer on order to spend more time with their children who are in Sea Scouts. Others talk about sharing the life lessons they learned in the service.

They say that working with youth helps the young people develop leadership skills and independence in a safe environment, and

is a good way to introduce them to water safety.

Sunday, it’s breakfast and colors again. Then it’s time to clean up the Yacht Club clubhouse and grounds. By 1 p.m., they all depart for home and another day of what they like to call “messing about in boats” The Sea Scouts would like to establish a second “ship” (they don’t use the term “troop”) in Kitsap County. At present, there is only Sea Scout Ship 1661, the SSS Hurricane, in Port Orchard.

If you live in Kitsap County and want to learn more, contact Cmdr.

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of producing military- and veteran-interest publications on its own or under contract with the U.S. Navy. Past publications include Trident Tides, Puget Sound Navy News, Northwest Navigator, Kitsap Navy News and Veterans Life.

Sound Publishing also publishes another military paper, Crosswinds, on Whidbey Island.

Kitsap Military Times’ staff is Richard Walker

(U.S. Navy veteran), editor; Terryl Asla (Gold Star family member, Korean War), assistant editor; Sophie Bonomi, copy editor; Leslie Kelly, copy editor; Donna Etchey, regional advertising director; Bryon Kempf, creative services director; and Brian Judge, regional circulation manager.

Kitsap Military Times’ office is located at 19351 8th Ave. NE, Suite 106, Poulsbo. Call 360-779-4464.

Email (first initial, last

name)@soundpublishing. com.

Kitsap Military Times Advisory Board members are Spenser R. Haley, U.S. Army veteran; Jack James, U.S. Navy retired; Brian Kelly, U.S. Army veteran; Leslie Kelly, former Veterans Life editor; Luciano Marano, U.S. Navy veteran; and John Rodriguez, U.S. Army veteran.

Left, Cmdr.

Joseph Goldbach, USNR, is mate on the SSS Hurricane.

Above, veteran volunteers and some of their charges line up aboard the SSS Propeller.

Terryl Asla / KMT

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Shipping News Sub comes home The Blue crew of the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Maine (SSBN 741) has returned to Naval Base Kitsap — Bangor following a routine strategic deterrent patrol, according to Sub Group Nine.

USS Ohio on patrol The USS Ohio (SSGN 726) is deployed in the Western Pacific. The Ohio’s home port is Naval Base Kitsap — Bangor, but it will remain forward deployed out of Apra Harbor, Guam, for most of its 16-month operational cycle.

Measuring 560 feet long and displacing more than 18,000 tons of water when submerged, it is manned by two separate crews (Blue and Gold) who alternate every four months.

Commissioned in 1981 as SSBN-726, Ohio was the first of its kind and gave its name to the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine.

From 2002-05, the boat was converted from a ballistic

missile submarine into a guided missile submarine and re-commissioned in 2005 as SSGN-726.

Its new capabilities include anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface ship warfare, tomahawk strike, naval special warfare with special operations forces, as well as intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.

For special warfare operations, it is equipped with dual drydock shelters, while it can carry as many as 154 tomahawk cruise missiles — more than any other submarine or surface warship.

Found at last The last U.S. vessel lost without a trace in peacetime has been found, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Navy.

The discovery solves one of the top maritime mysteries in U.S. Navy history.

The USS Conestoga (AT 54), a ocean-going fleet tug, steamed from Mare

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Island Naval Shipyard in California at 3:25 p.m. on March 25, 1921, headed for Pearl Harbor. After leaving the Golden Gate, the tug, possibly towing a barge, was never heard from again.

Weather logs indicate that around the time of Conestoga’s departure, the wind in the Golden Gate area increased from 23 to 40 mph and the seas were rough with high waves. A garbled radio transmission from Conestoga, relayed later by another ship, stated the tug was “battling a storm and that the barge she was towing had been torn adrift by heavy seas.”

For months, the ship’s mysterious disappearance gripped newspapers across the country. Unable to locate the ship or wreckage, the Navy declared Conestoga and its crew lost on June 30, 1921.

In 2009, NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey discovered an uncharted shipwreck near the Farallon Islands off San Francisco. In 2014, NOAA launched a two-year See SHIPPING, Page 12

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EMBEDDED WITH U.S. NAVY BAND NORTHWEST

Left, the band practices in the small rehearsal room in the Navy Band Northwest building on Naval Base Kitsap — Bangor.

Above, everybody lends a hand unloading the band’s van for a performance at the U.S. Naval Undersea Museum at Keyport.

Terryl Asla / KMT

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Left, quintet members wait in the wings to go on for their performance at the U.S. Naval Undersea Museum in Keyport. Above, Lt. Bruce J. Mansfield. U.S. Navy Band Northwest director. Like all band members, he came in as a musician third class and worked his way up.

Below, clockwise from left, in performance at Keyport: MU3 Shelly Sgroi, flute; MU3 Justin Laukat, clarinet; MU 2 Blake Yarbrough, horn; MUC Sterling Strickler, bassoon; MU3 Rachel Mortenson, oboe.

Terryl Asla / KMT

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Continued from page 7 investigation and on March 23, 2016 — 95 years after the vessel disappeared with 56 officers and sailors aboard — they announced the discovery of the final resting place of the USS Conestoga and her crew.

“After nearly a century of ambiguity and a profound sense of loss, the Conestoga’s disappearance no longer is a mystery,” Assistant Secretary of Commerce Manson Brown

said in an announcement of the Conestoga’s discovery.

Brown is deputy administrator of NOAA. “We hope that this discovery brings the families of its lost crew some measure of closure and we look forward to working with the Navy to protect this historic shipwreck and honor the crew who paid the ultimate price for their service to the country.”

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military vessels or planes owned by the U.S. government, as well as foreign sunken military craft that lie within U.S. waters.

Learn more at www. seapowermagazine.org/ stories/20160323-conesto ga.html.

The USS Conestoga, circa 1921, shortly before her disappearance.

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Get Involved Volunteers needed for Veterans Advisory Board Veterans are needed to serve on the Kitsap County Veterans Advisory Board.

The board guides the county’s Veterans Assistance Program. As a board member, you help provide services to lowincome veterans and their families, and organize activities such as the annual The Unforgotten, Run to Tahoma.

To qualify, you must be a Kitsap County resident and be an honorably discharged veteran Go to www.kitsapgov. com/volunteer/boards/ vets%20bd.htm or contact Rebecca Pirtle, communications and volunteer services coordinator, 360-337-4650 or rpirtle@co.kitsap.wa.us.

Meanwhile, here’s a list of local organizations.

American Legion Post 30 Port Orchard ■ 615 Kendall St., Port Orchard. 360-813-5399.

■ Meets at 7:30 p.m. the first and third Wednesday of every month.

■ Social Night is on the third Friday of every month — games, movies and snacks provided.

American Legion Post 31 Shelton ■ Veterans Memorial Hall, 210 W. Franklin St. ■ Meets at 1800 on the first Tuesday of every month.

■ Contact: Commander Ken Gonella, 360-4264546, or kgonellalegionpost31vso@hotmail. com.

American Legion Post 109 Silverdale ■ 10710 Silverdale Way, Silverdale.

■ Meets 7 p.m. the third Monday of the month, at All Star Lanes & Casino.

■ Contact: Email alpost109 cmdr@gmail.com, or visit on Facebook.

American Legion Post 149 Bremerton ■ 4922 Kitsap Way, Bremerton. 360-373-8983.

■ Online: www.legion149 wa.org.

American Legion Post 172 Bainbridge Island ■ 7880 NE Bucklin Hill Road, Bainbridge Island.

206-842-5000.

■ Meets 7:30 p.m. the first and third Friday of the month.

■ Online: www.bainbridge islandpost172.org.

American Legion Post 200 Belfair ■ Meets 6 p.m. the first Thursday of the month.

■ Contact: Tom Welch, email xtw@aol.com.

American Legion Post 245 Veterans Service Office ■ 19068 Jensen Way, Suite 3A, downtown Poulsbo.

360-779-5456.

■ Open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Thursdays.

Disabled American Veterans Chapter 5 and Auxiliary ■ 2315 Burwell St., Bremerton. 360-373-2397.

■ Chapter meetings: Meeting noon, potluck 1 p.m., first Saturdays.

DAV Adjutant Service Office ■ North Mason Resources, 140 NE Highway 300, Belfair.

360-552-2303.

■ Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Thursday or by appointment.

Kitsap County Veterans Assistance Program ■ Kitsap County Department of Human Services, 614 Division St., MS-23, Port Orchard.

■ Contact: 360-337-4811.

■ Online: www.kitsapgov. com/hs/veterans/VA.htm.

Marine Corps League Olympic Peninsula Detachment 531 ■ 2315 Burwell St., Bremerton. 360-265-7492.

■ Meets 6 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month.

Mason County Veterans Service Office ■ Veterans Memorial Hall, 210 W. Franklin St., Shelton.

Contact: Pete Laserinko, 360-426-4546.

■ Free assistance for all veterans, including pre-, current- and postincarcerated vets with any VA claims, within the state. It also provides county financial assistance through the Soldiers and Sailors Veterans Assistance Fund.

■ Available to resident veterans of Mason County.

Navy Wives Club of America, Kitsap No. 46 ■ Contact: Joey Price, pricejj@embarqmail.com.

(Note: Joey Price is also the national president.)

Suquamish Tribe Veterans Resource Office ■ Contact: LaVada Anderson, 360-394-8515, landerson@suquamish.nsn. us.

VFW Post 239 Bremerton ■ 190 Dora Ave., Bremer-

ton. 360-377-6739.

■ Meets 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month.

VFW Post 2669 Port Orchard ■ 736 Bay St., Port Orchard.

■ Service officer available noon to 4 p.m. Tuesdays.

VFW Post No. 1694 Shelton ■ Memorial Hall, Second and Franklin streets, Shelton. 360-426-4546.

■ Meets 7 p.m. the second and fourth Thursdays of each month. Beverages and snacks are served at 6 p.m. by the Ladies Auxiliary.

WorkSource Kitsap County ■ 1300 Sylvan Way, second floor, Bremerton. 360337-4767.

■ Contact: Michael Robinson, disabled veterans outreach, 360-337-4727, mrobinson@esd.wa.gov. Or jmckenna@esd.wa.gov.

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To be considered for one of the more than 125 scholarships, applicants must fill out a application, which can be found online at www.TheWashBoard.org.

Deadline to apply is April 17.

For more information about scholarships, go to www.olympic.edu/olympiccollege-foundation and click on Scholarships.

Olympic College has campuses in Bremerton, Poulsbo and Shelton. In addition to certificates, associate’s degrees and transfer

degrees, OC offers bachelor’s degrees in applied science and nursing.

OC also hosts Western Washington University Center, which offers undergraduate degrees in five fields at OC Poulsbo and undergraduate and graduate degree programs at OC Bremerton.

■ Brandman University, Naval Base Kitsap — Bangor. Info: 800-746-0082, email acadadvisorBN@ brandman.edu, or www. brandman.edu/bangor-nbk/ contact#sthash.4Bw1Ulb7. dpuf.

■ Olympic College, Naval Base Kitsap — Bangor. Navy College

Office, Building 1042. Info: 360-473-2821, vetcenter@ olympic.edu.

■ Olympic College, Naval Base Kitsap — Bremerton. Navy College Office, Building 491. Info: 360-473-2821, vetcenter@ olympic.edu.

■ Olympic College, Bremerton campus. 1600 Chester Ave. Info: 360-7926050, prospect@olympic. edu.

■ Olympic College, Poulsbo campus. 1000 Olympic College Way NW, Poulsbo. Info: 360-394-2700, poulsbocampus@olympic. edu.

■ Vincennes University: Naval Base Kitsap —

Bremerton. Contact Jeff Dobson, site director, 120 S. Dewey St., Building 491, Bremerton. Info: 360-4787202, jdobson@vinu.edu.

■ Washington State University: Olympic College Poulsbo, 1000 Olympic College Way NW, Poulsbo.

Info: 360-394-2700, poulsbocampus@olympic.edu.

■ Western Washington University: at Olympic College in Bremerton and Poulsbo. Bachelor’s degrees in business administration, environmental science, environmental policy, elementary education and human resources. Info: Kathy.johnson@wwu.edu, 360-394-2733.

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Kitsap Military Times: It’s all about you Whether contributing a story or calling in a news tip, we want to hear from you Kitsap Military Times (KMT) is about the local military family, for the local military family, by the local military family.

That means you.

Train to be a journalist Be a KMT contributor. We’re looking for: ■ Columnists (Want to be a “secret shopper?” Are you an expert on moving? Are you a military dependent who’d like to tell your side of the story?)

■ Videographers and bloggers.

■ Graphic artists and photographers.

Contributors will receive regular feedback from staff

members, and may participate in seminars and workshops hosted by the company.

If you’re enrolled in a high school or college, contact us about internship opportunities.

Tell us about yourself ■ Are you a military spouse or a veteran who has a local business?

■ Does your organization have an upcoming event?

Let us embed a reporter ■ Flyboys, squids and SEALs

get most of the media coverage.

But behind them stand thousands of people and groups that make their work possible. We want to tell their stories, too, like we did with the Navy Band NW in this issue.

Join up today For more information and/ or to share ideas for stories, contact KMT Assistant Editor Terryl Asla. Email him at tasla@ soundpublishing.com or call him at 360-674-6663.

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: American Cancer Society Discovery Shop, 10600 Silverdale Way NW #B, Silverdale. Once-a-week fourhour commitment. Volunteers especially needed on Saturdays. Help raise money to fight cancer. Visit the store 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday; or call 360613-4139.

APRIL 1 SKYWALKS: First Fridays of each month at Pacific Planetarium, 817 Pacific Ave., Bremerton.

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APRIL 2 SCIENCE SATURDAYS AT THE U.S. NAVAL UNDERSEA MUSEUM: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. first Saturdays of the month at the U.S. Naval Undersea Museum, Key-

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AMOROUS AMPHIBIANS NIGHTHIKE: 6:30-8:30 p.m. April 2, Islandwood, 4450 Blakely Ave. NE, Bainbridge Island.

Cost: $5. Register early for this “toadally” awesome evening program. Staff naturalist Christina Doherty is an amphibian aficionado and can’t wait to dazzle you with an engaging visual presentation (complete with species-specific impersonations) followed by a guided small-group nighthike. For adults or families with childrern ages 6+. Info: www.island wood.org/events.

APRIL 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 KITSAP ULTIMATE FRISBEE: Weekly pick-up game 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays. Info: www.discnw.org.

APRIL 3, 10, 17, 24 PLANETARIUM SHOWS: noon, 1, 2 and 3 p.m. Sundays at the Pacific Planetarium, 817 Pacific Ave., Bremerton. Tickets: www.brown papertickets.com. Info: www. pacificplanetarium.com.

APRIL 4 VETERANS HOUSING OPTIONS GROUP: 1-2 p.m., Kitsap Community Resources, 1201 Park Ave., Bremerton. For veterans who are homeless or at high risk for homelessness in the

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APRIL 4, 11, 18, 25 WALKING CLUB: 9:30-11 a.m.

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APRIL 5 GOLD STAR WIVES DAY: Gold Star Wives Day honors the sacrifices of the individuals a fallen service member has left behind.

“They also serve who stay at home and wait.”

APRIL 9 FREE PERFORMANCE — HARP GUITARIST TIM BRETSCH: 6 p.m.

April 9, Silverdale Antiques, 9490 Silverdale Way NW, Silverdale. Complimentary musical

gift to the community. Hosts: Debbie and Denis Housen, 460692-2462.

APRIL 13 KITSAP COUNTY VETERANS ADVISORY BOARD: 5:30 p.m., Harrison Medical Center, Iris Room, Silverdale.

APRIL 16 MILITARY APPRECIATION DAY: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Kitsap County Fairgrounds Pavilion. Free. A fun-filled day for the entire family. Mini Boot Camp for kids, children’s activities, military vehicle display, performers, food samples, and more. Free drawings for anyone with a military ID. Many local businesses available to share information about the community.

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MAY 28 THE UNFORGOTTEN, RUN TO TAHOMA VII: 9:30 a.m., starting at the outdoor plaza at the Kitsap County Administration Building, 6719 Division St., Port Orchard. A video of the 2015 event will be shown at 9:30 a.m. and the ceremony will begin at 10:30 a.m. The unclaimed remains of deceased veterans in the care of the Kitsap County Coroner will then be escorted from Port Orchard to Tahoma National Cemetery. Sponsored by the Kitsap County Board of Commissioners, Coroner’s Office, Veterans Advisory Board, and Combat Veterans International. Info: 360-440-7037 or sjames@co.kitsap.wa.us.

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Behind the scenes at ‘NCIS’: Q&A with Cmdr. Smith Far left, Liam Neeson and Cmdr. Mark Smith on the set of “Battleship.” Left, Smith with Pauley Perrette of the “NCIS” cast.

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working out. She doesn’t like to see people bullied or wronged. She an activisttype person.

Sean Murray [who plays Agent Timothy McGee] is a military brat. His dad was in the Navy.

Michael Weatherly is as funny as his character, Anthony DiNozzo.

KMT: Tell us a little about yourself.

Cmdr. Smith: From November 2007 to May 2012, I was deputy director and project officer at the Navy Office of Information for Motion Picture, Television, and Documentaries in Los Angeles — the Navy’s “Hollywood office.” I assisted the entertainment industry with requests for Navy support.

In addition to “NCIS,” while I was there I also advised on “NCIS: L.A.,” the “Transformer” movies, “Battleship” starring Liam Neeson, and “Captain Phillips” with Tom Hanks.

I still stay in touch with members of “NCIS” cast.

KMT: So, is “NCIS” realistic?

Cmdr. Smith: The TV show mostly gets it right when it comes to military details. You have to understand, “NCIS” is first and foremost entertainment.

So, they sometimes make changes for the sake of storytelling or budget.

The series features a team of NCIS agents based at Washington Navy Yard.

But, in the real world, NCIS headquarters isn’t in the Navy Yard anymore. It has moved [onto Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Virginia]. But it didn’t make financial sense to build new sets at the lot in Valencia [California, where the show is filmed], so the TV NCIS HQ didn’t move. Likewise, the morgue isn’t in the same building as NCIS headquarters.

But as for the details, haircuts, uniforms and such, the producers want to get it right. There’s an urban myth that movies deliberately mess up the arrangement and order of service ribbons and patches on uniforms to confuse any would-be saboteurs. That’s not true.

If it’s a show that has the Navy’s support, we always

KMT: What about the Scottish actor David McCallum, who plays the medical examiner Dr. Donald “Ducky” Mallard?

Cmdr. Smith: He loves the part. He actually went and studied with a coroner.

He used to drive around in a Jeep that had ‘Ducky’ written on the back.

If it’s a show that has the Navy’s support, we always try to help get the details like that 100 percent correct.”

— Cmdr. Mark Smith, USN, was with the Navy Office of Information for Motion Picture, Television and Documentaries from 2007 to 2012 try to help get details like that 100 percent correct.

KMT: What was it like on the set of “NCIS”?

Cmdr. Smith: It was different from any other show I worked on. The cast and crew were like family. The cast and crew ate lunch together. They all got together to watch a new episode on the night it was released. They sat around on rickety chairs

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KMT: What are the cast members like?

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Adm. Thomas B. Hayward (ret.), the 21st Chief of Naval Operations, speaks during the funeral honor service. Fredreksen was one of 11 presented the Medal of Honor in 1906 for “extraordinary heroism” in the aftermath of a boiler explosion that killed 66 men and injured nearly everyone else on board the USS Bennington (PG-4). Fredreksen later lived in Bremerton, as did his shipmate and fellow Medal of Honor recipient, QM3 Raymond E. Davis (1885-1965).

Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justin A. Johndro / U.S. Navy Henry Larkin, a Seattle preschooler, looks at pictures of the USS Bennington (PG-4), on which Fredreksen served. Fredreksen’s Medal of Honor citation states, “Serving on board the USS Bennington, for extraordinary heroism displayed at the time of the explosion of a boiler of that vessel at San Diego, Cal. 21 July 1905.”

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