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THOM STODDERT ■ Page 5 Widows, widowers may be eligible for more benefits.

LAPORA LINDSEY ■ Page 5 What to expect when your spouse goes from enlisted to officer.

VOLUNTEERISM ■ Page 15 Navy divers help clean up Brownsville Marina on Earth Day.

HISTORY ■ Page 16 Five things you didn’t know about the USS Turner Joy.

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5 May: USS Turner Joy turns 58

30 May: Memorial Day

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Curator John E. Gerten, TMC (ret.), has meticulously restored the Turner Joy’s sonar room, complete with sound and simulated screens. Here, deep in the bowels of the ship, it’s easy to imagine how sonar techs felt when they reported enemy torpedoes in the water.

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May 5 is the 58th anniversary of the launching of USS Turner Joy (DD-951 ) at the Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company in Seattle, the day her hull first kissed the salt waters of Puget Sound.

The Turner Joy went on to serve with distinction throughout the war. But it is most famous for the naval action that took place Aug. 4, 1964, and the stillunanswered question: did the North Vietnamese really attack the USS Turner Joy and the USS Maddox that dark, stormy night?

Or was it all a mistake?

Visitors aboard the Turner Joy have the See TURNER JOY, Page 2

6 May: Military Spouse Day

Help with transfer blues

BY BOB SMITH

Transfers can be traumatic for spouses and children. Familiar social support networks can be a big help.

Fortunately, there are a growing number of not-for-profit organizations that are augmenting the military’s support efforts. A number of those groups were at Kitsap Military Appreciation Day, April 16.

The International Order of Rainbow for Girls, for example, provides leadership and community service opportunities for members, no matter

From left, Nikki Rogers and Kyla Baesler of the International Order of Rainbow for Girls represented the organization at the annual Military Appreciation Day, April 16 at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds.

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Mick Hersey is doing all he can to ensure names like Nathan Stoddard, Levi Cline, Otto Borst and William Bishop don’t fade away.

These men — all American soldiers from past battles — are buried in a small, overgrown cemetery on hilly property owned by Grace Bible Church, three miles south of Port Orchard.

Above, Pvt. Nathan Stoddard of the Minnesota Volunteer Infantry’s 11th Regiment.

Contributed photo Bethel Cemetery, this overlooked bit of landscape, is one of four tiny independent plots hidden on acreage around South Kitsap and contain the remains of fighting men.

Those sacred cemeteries, which include Colby, See MEMORIAL, Page 2

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Armed with brushes and cleaners, Hersey and his group of 20 volunteers from Bethel Bible Church recently restored some of the dignity to the Bethel site by scrubbing mildew from the gravestones.

“We scrub them for about 30 minutes and then rinse the gravestones thoroughly,” Hersey said.

When the job is done, the transformation is stark. Their granite surfaces sparkle, looking as if recently been placed on the grave site.

To wander among the a gravesites is to step back through more than a cen-

Continued from page 1 Sedgwick and Olalla, are where you may find Hersey and a group of volunteers on a Saturday.

They have been mowing grass, clearing overgrown turf and cleaning years of mildew that has blackened gravestones of military veterans who served in conflicts as far back as the Civil War. The Bethel site was platted on April 29, 1892, and accepted remains for burial until 2009. It is not maintained by a cemetery association but is administered

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The earliest graves contain the remains of Civil War soldiers, including a Union soldier from Virginia, which was a Confederate state during those war years.

Of the 211 buried at the Bethel site, 22 are military veterans. Eleven of those men fought in the War Between the States. The well-known local Mullenix family name is well-represented at the cemetery, where many family members have just been laid to rest.

Hersey and his revolving band of helpers having completed their work at this cemetery, are planning to organize cleanup projects at other cemetery sites this summer.

Hersey said he’s compelled to revive the names of those who honorably served in the military — many killed in battle.

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“I was on a ship here in Bremerton in 1992, and my last command was up at the naval station at Everett,” Hersey said while tending to a gravestone at the Bethel site.

He shares his patriotism in other ways as well. As a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, Hersey dresses up on Memorial Day as naval hero John Paul Jones and helps place flags on the graves of veterans in area cemeteries.

America’s now-mobile population — with families often living thousands of miles away — is increasingly unable to care for their loved one’s grave sites. That leaves the job to dedicated vets like Hersey.

“I was in the Navy for 23 and a-half years. It’s my way of paying back the community for supporting the military. And, of course, the veterans who came before us.”

in the bowels of the ship or have a volunteer explain what the gun control room crew saw on radar when they opened fire.

Based on the ship’s history (www.ussturnerjoy. org), on Aug. 4, 1964, USS Turner Joy, along with sister ship USS Maddox, were on patrol off the coast of North Vietnam.

The weather was bad, seas were rough, night was falling and visibility limited.

Radar and sonar men on both ships reported what appeared to be PT boats attacking. Turner Joy reported a torpedo attack, began evasive maneuvers, and opened fire at the unidentified radar returns.

The battle lasted almost four hours. Afterward, USN forces claimed at least two enemy ships sunk and two more were badly damaged.

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Terryl Asla / KMT my scope approximately 12 miles ... It appeared to me that there was a definite plan used by the craft ... I saw one contact being hit by burst from our mounts approximately four times and then completely disappear from the scope. “ Boatswains Mate 3rd Class Donald Sharkey reported, “I saw … a PT Boat while engaged in a night gunnery engagement against surface contacts..”

But a search the next morning found no debris or oil slicks.

USS Maddox Captain Herrick, the officer in tactical command of USN forces, said, “Review of action makes many report-

ed contacts and torpedoes fired appear doubtful.

Freak weather effects on radar and overeager sonar men may have accounted for many reports. No actual visual sightings by Maddox. Suggest complete evaluation before any further action taken.”

Despite his concerns, three days later Congress authorized President Johnson to throw the full force of the United States military against communist North Vietnam.

What really happened that night in 1964?

Today, thanks to careful restoration and research, the USS Turner Joy Museum Ship helps visitors decide for themselves.

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Kitsap Veterans Advisory Board volunteers needed Veterans are needed to serve on the Kitsap County Veterans Advisory Board, which guides the county Veterans’ Assistance Program.

Board members will help provide services to low-income veterans and their families, and organize activities such as the

annual The Unforgotten Run to Tahoma.

To qualify, individuals must reside in Kitsap County resident, have an honorable discharge and want to serve. Contact Rebecca Pirtle, 360-3374650 or rpirtle@co.kitsap. wa.us.

Armed Forces Day Parade May 21 More than 100 entries —- military units, decorated floats, dignitaries, equestrian groups, marching bands and classic cars —- are expected to take part in what is said to be the longest, continuously

Mock attack at Pier Bravo BREMERTON — Gunshots rang out at Pier Bravo on Sinclair Inlet April 12 and 13 as a small boat attacked the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and an active shooter got aboard.

The munitions were blanks; it was all part of Citadel Protect, an Anti-Terrorism Force Protection exercise.

Although Citadel Protect is part of Naval Base Kitsap’s normal training rotation, this was the first time it had taken place on Pier Bravo.

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n this edition, we celebrate the anniversary of the USS Turner Joy, which was launched on May 5, 1958, participated extensively in the Vietnam War, and fired the final round of naval gunfire of the war on Jan. 28, 1973, just seconds before the ceasefire went into effect. It was decommissioned in 1982.

Peace often comes with a price, and thousands of visitors a year tour USS Turner Joy and learn about the sacrifices our military personnel and families make to help achieve and maintain peace, and protect our interests at home and abroad.

The ship provides an accessibility to the Navy mission and history that the general public can’t get elsewhere: A two-person stateroom aboard the ship is a Vietnam War exhibit, a replica of a windowless cell at the infamous “Hanoi Hilton,” with the names of all of the armed services personnel released in 1973 as part of the Paris peace negotiations. Aboard the ship, there is a plaque with the names of the sailors killed in a shipboard explosion in 1965.

But the USS Turner Joy needs — and deserves — our help.

Cmdr. Jack James, a retired Navy SEAL and director of the USS Turner Joy Museum, is trying to raise $1.25 million to take the ship to dry dock for needed maintenance. He’s raised roughly half of the money — $250,000 through fundraising, $300,000 from an allocation by the state Legislature.

Currently, the Turner Joy’s main sources of funding are the Historic Navy Ships Association and the Tin Can Sailors Association. Other help could be readily available.

The Turner Joy is inspected by Navy Sea Systems Command, but because the ship is decommissioned it cannot use a Navy dry dock. The ship should not have to go to a private dry dock.

The Navy uses the Turner Joy for free for the Chief Selects Legacy Academy. The academy entails living aboard the destroyer while participating in community relations projects, ship preservation, and leadership training, and concludes with a ceremony on the pier in front of the ship. The Navy should contribute funding to at least cover its costs.

The public can help keep the Turner Joy shipshape. To make a tax-deductible contribution, go to www.USSTurnerJoy.org.

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CIRCULATION Brian Judge, regional manager, 360-731-1425 Kitsap Military Times continues Sound Publishing’s proud tradition 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.

Spend our tax dollars on education Today, I received an email from state Rep. Sherry Appleton, D-Poulsbo, in which she highlighted her recent accomplishments.

She was proud that she helped obtain $300,000 for the Bremerton Historic Ships Foundation and $30,000 for South Kitsap public schools.

Really? $300,000 of tax dollars for an old ship and only $30,000 for public schools? What a joke!

I would think that Kitsap County tax dollars would be better spent on education or maybe highways and bridges. If folks want to repair old ships, then they need to obtain private money.

LEE METCALF Poulsbo

Protect the virtues listed in our documents We must all understand laws, rules and regulations control our lives. Laws, rules and regulations affect the cars we drive, our jobs, our retirements, the taxes we pay, etc. Every minute of our lives has some kind of rule, regulation or law that influences what we have or don’t have. Judges and attorneys are the creators and interpreters of rules, regulations and laws.

We, in the past, have been able to enjoy a high standard of living because this nation has had a low amount of corruption and a high amount of honor, integrity and justice in the legal system. Most people can look at their community or their lifestyle and see that

we are losing our quality way of life.

The people choose to govern themselves through the founding documents, like the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. The key to having justice, domestic tranquility, provision for the general welfare, the blessing of liberty and our posterity is because the people’s awareness that corruption in the system would take these virtues from them. If the people in charge of rules, regulations, and the makers and interpreters of laws, moved away from honor, integrity and justice and start to promote corruption in the system, the people would lose all of the virtues of life they have enjoyed for so many years.

The people of a nation can tell when corruption is growing by some of these factors; when your cell phones, your electricity, your water and other things like food and the basic things you need to live, raise in prices and the income you receive does not raise at the same rate. These things happen because of corrupt

interpretation of laws, rules and regulations. Laws, rules and regulations are connected to judges and attorneys and some of these things may include lawmakers.

The failure of income to keep up with prices is because of the growing amount of corruption in the system.

Some of this corruption is revealed in the following legal cases: ■ U.S. Bankruptcy Court District of Arizona case number 0:13-bk-11909-EPB. ■ U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit cases no. AZ-14-1511, AZ-14-1514, AZ-141520.

■ U.S. Court of Appeals For The Ninth Circuit Case no.

15-60054, 15-60055.

■ U.S. Bankruptcy Court District of Arizona case number 0:13-bk-11909-EPB, Adversary 0:13-ap-01267-EPB. You can see more corruption at www.youtu.be/eHgbRYgpGGs These cases reveal the need for legal reform. If the people are going to maintain their way of life the people will have to promote See LETTERS, Page 5

FOR SPOUSES ONLY | JOEY PRICE

May 6 is Military Spouse Day: Toast yourself

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et’s be honest: every day is Military Spouse Day. Spouses have one of the toughest jobs in the military. We are expected to keep the home fires running smoothly, take care of the children and household duties, and make sure dinner is on the table. Many of us work outside the home too.

If our spouses are deployed, we are responsible for all of the aforementioned, plus everything else.

The car needs an oil change. The yard needs mowing. Bills have to be paid.

It is not always possible to talk to or contact our spouses; we must make the decisions and be responsible for the outcomes all by ourselves.

Not everyone is cut out to be a military spouse, but for those who are we salute you and thank you for the jobs you do. A happy spouse makes for happy military personnel. Be proud of what you do — you are a very important part of the military.

— Joey Price, a military spouse (retired), is national president of Navy Wives Club of America and president of NWCA Kitsap No. 46. She lives in Poulsbo. Contact her at pricejj@ embarqmail.com.

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VETERANS ADVOCATE | THOM STODDERT

Widows, widowers: You may be eligible for more benefits

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ay 6 is Military Spouse Day, and Mothers Day is May 8. So it’s good time to review the benefit programs available to assist the surviving spouse and/or other family members of a deceased veteran (some sites still call these “widow’s benefits”).

Most come through the Department of Veteran Affairs, others from the state and counties. Some benefits may even be available while the veteran is still living.

On the federal level through the VA, there is the Dependents Indemnity

Compensation (DIC). There is also a pension.

Both programs provide a monthly payment, but for different reasons.

With DIC, the VA will provide financial, educational, and medical assistance to the veteran’s survivors. The survivors can also be dependent children or parents.

The eligible veteran must have either died on active military service or from a serviceconnected medical condition.

DIC can also be awarded to the survivor when the veteran died from a

SPOUSE TO SPOUSE | LAPORA LINDSEY

What to expect when going from enlisted to commissioned

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eople expect something different from active duty persons when they are enlisted versus commissioned. Even though they already possess the needed skills and attributes, what changes after the commissioning ceremony is the level of expectation.

This also applies to spouses.

A little over a year ago, my husband became a commissioned officer and I was excited and proud.

However, that career change meant modifications to our family life when it came to dealing with politics, friends and

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Continued from page 4 the idea that they will not allow corruption in the system. The people will have to insist that honor, integrity and justice are present in the actions of judges and attorneys.

The way Americans would do this is to email every judge and attorney and ask them to make the commitment to legal reform. The next step is for the people to ask every city, county and state elected official to have the attorneys on their payrolls make the commitment to legal reform. These elected officials must ask the judges to also make the commitment to legal reform.

The people of the nation have two choices, (1) do nothing and lose everything or (2) choose to do

workdays.

Being placed in a position where you are expected to present yourself in a way that appeases others can create an internal conflict. It’s a balancing act between what is expected of you and what you would rather do. There are times when you may feel restricted in what you can say for fear of causing a commotion in your spouse’s military work life. This doesn’t mean being a brown noser. But, I would be lying if I said that what I say is never affected by my husband’s position. A

something to address the growing problem of corruption.

My prayers are that you and the business that you work for will use your skills to cause people in the nation to protect the virtues listed in the Preamble of the Constitution of The United States of America.

ROGER CHANTEL Veteran and concerned citizen Kingman, Arizona rogerchantel@frontier.net

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non-service related injury or disease after the veteran was rated as totally disabling, for greater than 10 years, or the veteran was totally disabled for greater than five years from the time he or she was discharged from military service.

A pension program is also available for veterans’ surviving dependents. Since the pension program is a needs-based benefit, the claimant’s income must be under a certain financial limit set by Congress, typically under the federal poverty level.

Prior to the veteran’s death, basic eligibility requirements for the status of “veteran” must be shown. The veteran must have had at least one day in the military during a period of recognized war and a total of 90 days of active duty service along with a discharge other than dishonorable.

There are the added levels of payments available for each of the federal programs.

The Housebound level is paid when the medical evidence shows that the recipient is essentially confined to a residence and needs assistance to travel about.

A still higher monthly payment can be made to the survivor if there is medical evidence showing a requirement for skilled medical supervision. Then, the Aid and Attendance level can be awarded. This will assist in getting the care a surviving spouse may need, sometimes in the home, but most often in an elder care facility.

On the state level, the Washington Department of Veteran Affairs at 1-800-562-2308, can assist surviving family members.

Likewise, counties have Veterans Funds which are administered by their health departments. They are required to provide assistance for eligible veterans or survivors.

Each county has its own eligibility requirements, so you will need to check and see what they are before you apply.

NEXT MONTH: Bad advice could cost you your benefits and lead you to financial ruin.

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

Contact him at stoddertwork@gmail.com.

part of you wants to rebel, the other part of you wants to keep the peace and appease people.

Making new friends is also a greater challenge. There’s a saying, “it’s lonely at the top,” and while being the spouse of a newly minted junior officer does not put you at the top, it does mean a smaller number of peers. After a transfer, most spouses make new friends and find resources based on their spouses’ coworkers until they are able to branch out on their own. However, when your spouse has fewer coworkers, you have a smaller social pool and finding friends and resources that last can become more difficult.

Politics and lack of friends aren’t the only challenges you should be prepared to face.

The new working hours can make the days seem long and cause changes in family dynamics. You might think that as an officer your spouse will home more often. In fact. the opposite is probably going to be true.

You can Google a pay chart and discover

how much your spouse will make based on whether he or she is enlisted or an officer.

What Google doesn’t tell you are the number of hours officers are expected to work even when they are supposedly off-duty.

I’m talking nights and weekends and phone calls at all hours.

There is a common theme with all of these new challenges: sacrifice. And that is something that crosses all ranks.

— LaPora Lindsey is the owner of High Caliber Resumes. A Navy spouse of eight years, she and her husband have two children. She has a master’s degree in administration and a bachelor’s in organizational communications from the University of West Florida. She enjoys volunteering in her free time.

Are you a military spouse or dependent?

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Email it to tasla@soundpublishing.com.

Please put “SPOUSE TO SPOUSE” in the subject line.

Public Meetings The following is a brief list of public meetings that may be of interest to military families.

For the date of local city government meetings, go to www. ci.bainbridge-isl.wa.us, www. ci.bremerton.wa.us, www.cityof portorchard.us, and www.cityof poulsbo.com.

MAY 4 ■ 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.

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

MAY 11 ■ Kitsap County Veterans Advisory Board, 5:30 p.m., Harrison Medi-

cal Center, Iris Room, Silverdale.

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

MAY 12 ■ 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.

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

MAY 18 ■ 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.

MAY 19 ■ Bremerton School Board: 5 p.m. the first and third Thursday of each month, 134 Marion Ave. N., Bremerton. www.bremerton schools.org.

MAY 25 ■ Central Kitsap School Board: 6:30 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesday of each month, 9210 Silverdale Way NW, Silveerdale. www.ckschools.org.

MAY 26 ■ 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.

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

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SEATTLE — Coast Guard officials are seeking public comment while conducting a waterways analysis and management system review of Admiralty Inlet.

Officials are seeking information from local mariners regarding the general use of the waterways and any issues with the visibility, placement or location of aids to navigation in that area before the comment deadline of July 31.

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Coast Guard seeks $100,000 fine for WSF laser strike SEATTLE — The Captain of the Port, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound, issued a $100,000 civil penalty to a Freeland man who intentionally struck the Washington state ferry Tokitae with a high-powered blue laser Oct. 22, 2015.

Coast Guard investigating officers determined that Mark Raden was aboard the state ferry Kitsap transiting between Mukilteo and Clinton when he pointed the laser at the pilot house of the Tokitae, resulting in injuries to the ferry master and chief mate.

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For a map of the WAMS review and the questionnaire form, visit the Coast Guard 13th District’s WAMS website at www. uscg.mil/d13/dpw/wams. asp.

The port captain issued the penalty on April 26.

The final penalty amount will be determined by a Coast Guard hearing officer in Arlington, Virginia.

“Firing a laser at a vessel is extremely dangerous and directly interferes with the safe movement of commercial vessels and the Coast Guard’s ability to conduct search and rescue operations,” said Capt. Joe Raymond, Captain of the Port, Sector Puget Sound.

“I encourage individuals who witness laser attacks on commercial vessels and Coast Guard small boats and aircraft to call 911.”

In addition to laser strikes on Washington State Ferries, laser strikes involving Coast Guard helicopters and rescue boats in Puget Sound have increased during the last few years. Such strikes have adverse impacts on the conduct of Coast Guard law enforcement and search and rescue activities. In addition, they can cause physical injury to any individuals struck.

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Over the course of any given day, most of my time is spent on executing our very difficult mission.

And all too often, we forget the most important part of our mission, and that’s to recognize the efforts of all the people who do many amazing things each and every day. Ultimately, these efforts lead to successfully executing our mission and pushing the ships back out to sea.”

— Capt. Howard Markle, commander, PSNS & IMF

PSNS & IMF honors 27 top employees, sailors BREMERTON — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility honored 27 employees and sailors as the best in their respective categories at the annual Employee of the Year Ceremony, April 26 in the Admiral Theater.

Employees, families, friends and well-wishers packed the theater to see winners announced from among more than 200 employees and sailors who were nominated for their performance during 2015.

Capt. Howard Markle, commander of PSNS & IMF, presented awards to winners in categories ranging from highly technical engineering functions to administrative professionals to traditional shipyard trades.

The Command also recognized employee achievements in safety, vision and innovation, volunteer service and “Spirit of Compassion.”

In addition, the command honored a Sailor and Junior Sailor of the Year from both the Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bangor and the Command’s Everett Detachment.

“This truly is a great honor and a privilege for me,” Markle said during the ceremony. “Over the

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Shane Olinger, the 2015 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Employee of the Year in the Trades and Craft (mechanical, non-supervisory) category, is flanked by Capt. Howard Markle, PSNS & IMF commander and Capt. James Jones, IMF commander, during the Sailor and Employee of the Year ceremony April 6 at the Admiral Theater. PSNS & IMF recognized outstanding sailors and employees in 27 categories during the annual event.

Jason Kaye / U.S. Navy course of any given day, most of my time is spent on executing our very difficult mission. And all too often, we forget the most important part of our mission, and that’s to recognize the efforts of all the people who do many amazing things each and every day. Ultimately, these efforts lead to successfully executing our mission and

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Three strong leaders, three strong messages See an opportunity and push for it; keep the team focused on the mission and the purpose; and teach by example, not by words BREMERTON — Based on their achievements alone, the three guest speakers at the event were impressive and inspirational.

One, a hall of famer and a former commanding officer of a Navy ship.

Another, a member of the Port of Port Angeles Board of Commissioners.

Another, an Olympic College trustee and founder of a non-profit organization that mentors and empowers young women.

But all three, as women, have also shattered glass ceilings and opened doors for equality in their fields.

And they had powerful messages for leaders from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, other local Navy commands and local communities March 24 at the Women’s History Month breakfast.

The shipyard’s Professional Women’s Employee Networking Group hosted the event at the Kitsap Conference Center.

Harriette Bryant is a member of the Olympic College Board of Trustees and is founder of the nonprofit organization OurGems.

Cmdr. Darlene Iskra, USN (ret.), served 21 years as a diving officer and was the first female commanding officer of a U.S. Navy ship.

Colleen McAleer is president of the Washington Business Alliance and is the first woman to serve on the Port Angeles port commission.

Capt. Howard Markle, commander of PSNS & IMF, said the purpose of the event was not just to recognize the accomplishments of these women and others, but to learn from the stories shared and better understand how everyone can work together to improve their own organizations, in and out of the Navy.

Iskra and McAleer spoke about their time in the military and provided a unique perspective on women in leadership roles in the military.

Iskra decided to join the Navy in the late 1970s as

Retired Navy Cmdr. Darlene Iskra speaks to attendees of the PSNS & IMF annual Women’s History Month breakfast. Iskra spoke about her Navy experiences and on the topic of civil servant leadership.

Jeremy Moore / U.S. Navy Left, Colleen McAleer, Army veteran and member of the Port of Port Angeles Board of Commissioners.

Right, Harriette Bryant, Olympic College trustee and founder of Girls Empowered through Mentoring and Service.

Jeremy Moore / U.S. Navy

an officer, during a time when most jobs were unavailable to women.

Around that time, the Navy had opened up non-combatant ships and the diving community to women officers.

“So, my strategy was basically seeing an opportunity and pushing for it,” said Iskra, who is an

inductee of the Women Divers Hall of Fame.

“I knew that if I was going to be successful, that I needed to follow as closely as possible this career path that the men were doing. And I never thought of it in terms of being the first or deciding, ‘OK, my goal is to be the first (woman) commanding

officer in the Navy.’ ” When she commanded USS Opportune (ARS-41), she wasn’t just the first woman to command a ship, she was also the only woman on that ship. To be successful, she said she had to ensure the senior people on the ship did not let her gender get in the way of their mission.

“My leadership focus was always on leading from the front and leading by example — showing folks that, number one, women can do it, and number two, let’s all work together to make things happen,” she said.

McAleer also shared her experiences in the military as a young leader. She is a

decorated combat veteran who served 10 years in the Army as a helicopter and fixed-wing pilot and as a military intelligence officer.

“I learned more from the soldiers that I worked with about leadership and people in the first six months that I was in a unit as a platoon leader as a 22 year old,” McAleer said.

“I was one of three women in the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, which was supposed to be an allmale unit. So it was a really great experience as a woman in the forefront of doing something new in the military.”

After the Army, McAleer was a stay-at-home mom before going into business and eventually being elected to the port commission.

She stressed the importance of inspiration in mission accomplishment.

“You can have a great team environment while you’re focused on the mission and the purpose of the organization,” she said.

The speakers said they wanted to get involved in government and community programs to make a difference, give back to the community and improve people’s lives. For example, when Bryant’s husband retired from the military, he said it was her turn for her own career. She had young children and was allowed to bring them to work, which helped her to develop a passion for serving the community.

“I really want to give back and serve my community because they have served me and my family well,” Bryant said.

Bryant said she focuses on mentoring youth to become future leaders.

“I love what I do. I have a passion for what I do.

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“Know that lessons we teach by example are far more powerful than lessons we teach with words.”

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Earth Day: Divers clean Port of Brownsville sea floor

Divers bring up old water pipe from bottom of the Brownsville Marina.

BY TERRYL ASLA tasla@soundpublishing.com

BROWNSVILLE — For Earth Day, volunteer divers from Navy Base Kitsap — Bangor cleaned up under the boat houses on C Dock at the Port of Brownsville Marina.

Despite having to work largely by touch — visibility was only about 12 inches — they brought up lots of items that had blown or fallen in during the years.

The divers were Sonar Technician Senior Chief, Submarines, Troy Barnhart, ET1(SS) Daniel Losure, and STS1(SS) Aaron Nicol. The trio are members of a dive club at the base; diving is their hobby, not their Navy vocation. They were assisted

by STS2(SS) Robert Hares, ITS2(SS) Avistedes Candelaria and ETV2(SS) Ken Zbrowski.

Among their finds: lengths of old fire hose and tires that in years past had been nailed to the docks and finger piers to act as boat fenders; a barnacle-

Volunteers remove a sea cumbers from a recovered tarp.

Terryl Asla/KMT encrusted, 21-foot length of water pipe; coils of water hoses and electrical wire; old siding and tarps from long-ago boat house renovations.

And a welcome mat.

As divers brought up their finds, port staff and volunteers from Brownsville Yacht Club and Kitsap Maritime Heritage Foundation carefully removed “critters” — sea urchins, sea cucumbers, star fish, anemones,

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and mussels — from the jetsam and put them back in the water. Then they loaded trash into dock carts and hauled it to the Dumpster.

Port Commissioner Bob Kalmbach expressed the port’s thanks to the divers and their assistants. “For these Navy folks to volunteer to give up their day off to come here and clean up the bottom of Brownsville marina is just phenomenal,” he said.

Barnhart, Hares and Nicol first came to Brownsville in January when the port and yacht club hosted an educational “Pier Peer” program in cooperation with Kitsap County Extension. The divers brought up samples of sea life for the children and parents to see and touch.

“While we were down there, we found an old deck chair and an outboard motor. That’s what gave us the idea of coming back and helping clean up the bottom on Earth Day,” Barnhart said.

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the world.

Other agencies at the event included Seaport Church and Christa Camps.

Above, Alexis Cybak-Vertin, Megan Wertz, Daytona Smith, Sara Humphries, Jasmine Gordon and Michelle Marquez of Seaport Community Church. Below, Nicolas Acceffuro and Dennis Chud of Crista Camps, which offers programs for military families.

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Five things you didn’t know about the USS Turner Joy (DD 951) museum ship Big Shot: One of the last “gun ship” destroyers (the main armament of modern destroyers is missles), 70-pound shells from the Turner Joy’s 5-inch guns provided fire support for troops on shore throughout the Vietnam War. First and last: Not only did the ship fire some of the opening shots of the war during the Gulf of Tonkin incident, the ship fired the last naval round into Vietnam as well.

Last and first: The ship is the last of its kind; all of the other Forrest Sherman Class have been scrapped. It is also the first permanent, publicly accessible naval heritage and education ship attraction in the Pacific Northwest.

Zombie invasions: In 2015, an episode of “Z-Nation” was filmed aboard the Turner Joy. Then there are the annual Haunted Ship Halloween tours. Some people feel these kind of activities were demeaning

The USS Turner Joy is now a museum ship in the Port of Bremerton. The historic Vietnamera destroyer is named after Adm. Charles Turner Joy (1895-1956). Adm. Joy was a distinguished naval leader during World War II and the Korean Conflict. tive director of the Turner Joy. “The producers of that zombie TV show paid us more for that one day of filming than we make in an entire off-season month.”

for a historic fighting vessel on whose decks real men have lived and died.

“We are striving to keep the Turner Joy afloat and that takes money,” said Cmdr. Jack James, execu-

A POW memorial: The onboard memorial honors POWS released at the end of the Vietnam War.

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