Kitsap Navy News July 29, 2011

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Vote delayed on levy for veterans, homeless

By GREG SKINNER

gskinner@kitsapnavynews.com

Shortly after the war-bound USS John C. Stennis aircraft carrier passed the hill-top executive offices of Kitsap County, the commissioners Monday voted to delay voting on a resolution asking county voters to decide on a special property tax increase that seeks to raise funds for the benefit of homeless veterans as well as non-veteran homeless.

The Kitsap County Veterans and Human Services Levy seeks to add $.05 of liability to every thousand dollars of assessed property value throughout the county.

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THIS EDITION “MMC Jason Turner hugs his son, Cooper, one last time Monday, as his his Wife Laura, and their daughters Amanda and Megan look on, prior to the departure of the USS John C. Stennis.” TOM JAMES/STAFF PHOTO

Morning of goodbyes

USS John C. Stennis departs for sevenmonth Middle East mission

By TOM JAMES

tjames@soundpublishing.com

Tears and hugs were in no short supply Monday, as sailors and Marines aboard the aircraft carrier John C. Stennis said goodbye to their families, leaving Puget Sound Naval Shipyard with the afternoon tide for a sevenmonth deployment to the Persian Gulf.

Sailors aboard the Stennis have been preparing for the deployment to support missions in America’s war on Terror in Afghanistan, including taking part in training exercises off the West Coast, since finishing a six-month

maintenance schedule in December.

In March, a fire on the vessel’s flight deck injured 11, including eight sailors, one Marine and two civilians. None of the injured were the ships’ company.

Past armed guards in a glass booth, pop music played at the entrance to the half-day event, set on a pier beside the ship itself. Blue canopies sheltered relatives as they lingered close to their sailors, talking to them, touching them one last time before the ship’s 2 p.m. departure.

At brief intervals, rain fell heavily, while volunteers made balloon animals for the children and handed out donuts and coffee.

At breaks in the rain, people moved between the reception on the pier and the Stennis’ cavernous aircraft hangar deck. Speaking from a podium set up there, Stennis Captain Ronald Reis said he looked forward “to setting sail and conducting America’s business and protecting our great way of life.”

On the pier, sailors and their families

took a more stoic view of the upcoming voyage to join the war in the Middle East.

“It pays the bills,” said sailor Brent Cole.

“Keep your family back home informed on what you’re doing,” advised Leutenant Darin Debow, as he waited with his son, Darin. “If you don’t they get worried.”

For Lt. Ken Jones, the deployment will be his fourth during twenty years in the Navy. Jones, who started his career in the Navy as a wheelman, said he was excited for the deployment, his first as an Officer of the Deck.

Still, said Jones of leaving home, “It never gets any easier.”

Petty Officer Dero–derick Walton advised first-timers to, “Take it one day at a time, and before you know it you’ll be back.”

The spouses staying ashore had plans in common for coping: stay busy, stay

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Army Base Kitsap, boots aboard Soldiers care for Navy animals and food

By TOM JAMES tjames@kitsapnavynews.com

There’s nothing Navy inside the nondescript brick building that stands just inside the decomissioned Marine gate aboard Naval Base Kitsap Bangor. Outside hangs a sign that looks like something you might find in the civilian world.

White-on-brown, with a vaguely old-timey feel, and a cartoon hand pointing at the door, it reads, “Veterinary Clinic.”

Welcome to the NBK branch of the US Army Veterinary Command, staffed by fourteen dedicated soldiers, aboard Naval Base Kitsap, Bangor.

“We’re really the only Army personnel you’ll see on Navy bases,” said Sgt. Kimberly Cox, the post’s noncommissioned officer in charge.

Soldiers at the post carry out two roles aboard Naval Base Kitsap. First, just like the sign says, they provide basic veterinary services, including microchip implants, spaying and neutering to military families on base, as well as medical care and routine check-ups for the Navy’s working dogs.

Most of the soldiers’ time, however, is actually taken up by a second mission – food safety inspections – which they have performed along with their veterinary duties since the foundation of the Army’s Veterinary Command in 1916.

Just like the world outside the gate, every facility that serves or handles food on the base has to be regularly inspected.

While Navy personnel inspect food preparation facilities,

Army technicians from the post visit every galley on Naval Base Kitsap, including those aboard visiting ships and submarines, to inspect their food storage facilities, inluding those in the galley workspaces themselves.

At the discretion of a ship’s captain, food safety inspectors will even be posted aboard ships when they deploy, said Cox. Some captains request an inspector as a precautionary measure, said Cox, because food poisoning can quickly hinder a crew’s ability to perform daily tasks.

Personnel at similar posts around the country provide both veterinary services and food safety inspections for all the US armed services, including the Coast Guard.

Personnel from the veterinary command are also the only ones authorized to extend food shelf-life. While this isn’t done stateside, Cox said, it is an important function on ships and overseas, where delivery times can sometimes mean that food arrives with little time left before its expiration date.

“People ask how we combine the two (missions),” said a private Bard, with a grin. “We just tell them, ‘the officers are trained to look at the animals, alive and dead.’”

Originally the two missions were combined as a matter of efficiency and expertise: veterinary specialists are trained to declare the fitness of living animals for slaughter and consumption, said Cox, so it makes sense that their training should also cover inspecting meat after slaughter.

Army Spc. Nigel Lewis helps Pvt. Katherine Reynolds inspect fresh produce at a Navy warehouse aboard Naval Base Kitsap Bangor Thursday Morning. The Army isnpects foods for all U.S. military branches on land and at sea.

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As to what it’s like being Army on a Navy base, said Cox, an 18-year Army veteran who has actually served mostly on Navy installations, “There is a difference.” It took her a while, she said, to get the hang of the different Navy courtesies and terminology, like saying, ‘cover’ instead of ‘headgear’ and ‘galley’ instead of ‘mess hall.’ And people are always impressed,

she said, when they call and she refers them to the captain in charge of the Army personnel, until they realize that in the Army a captain is the equivalent to a Navy leutenant.

The soldiers all frequently return to Joint Base LewisMcChord for training, but none of them claimed to prefer the food at either facility over the the other. Cox, who started in

the Army as a cook, said “it’s all on who cooks it.”

On July 22 the Army Veterinary Command combined with the Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine to create the Army Public Health Command. Hours and services at the Army’s Bangor facility will remain the same.

Nimitz officer to join Blue Angels

By TOM JAMES

tjames@kitsapnavynews.com

Lieutenant Scott Adams, 28, a supply officer aboard the USS Nimitz, will transfer this August to Pensacola, Florida, where he will begin a two-year posting as supply officer for the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, better known as the Blue Angels.

As supply officer for the Angels, Adams said he will be on the road with the Angels for most of their show season, from March through November, to ensure that the correct spare parts are always available in sufficient quantity. In 2011 the Blue

Angels are scheduled to perform at 32 air shows in different cities around the US. Adams who is single and has no children, said he looks forward to the near-constant travel, and is excited for the opportunity to see the country. Still, he said of his time on the Nimitz, “this tour’s been extremely rewarding.

I’ve met a lot of great people, so I’ll be sad when I depart, but I’m excited for the challenge down there.”

Adams first heard about the position in early 2010 from his supply chief, who was a former Blue Angels supply officer himself. Toward the end of that same

Lt. Scott Adams, 28, of Omaha, Neb. will rotate to Pensacola, Florida this August to serve as the Blue Angels supply officer.

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year, Adams began preparing his own application.

The application process, said Adams, lasted about eight months, from his initial paper application to a final visit to Pensacola, the Blue Angels’ home base, along with one other candidate, for social engagements and one last interview.

Adams acknowledged that

luck played a role in his ability to apply: if the end of his rotation

on the Nimitz hadn’t coincided with the end of the current Blue Angels supply officer’s rotation, he would have had to wait another two years to apply for the position.

“It was sort of like everything fell into place,” said Adams.

“As a kid going to airshows I had seen the Blue Angels,” Adams said. “Before joining the military, I didn’t know I would have that opportunity. When I found out that my timing was perfect, I thought, I want to live life without regrets.”

The Blue Angels will perform in Washington on Aug. 6 and 7, at Seattle’s annual Seafair festival.

Afghanistan award for NHB corpsman

KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN (NNS) – Kandahar Air Field Role 3 Multi-National Medical Unit leadership recently awarded the Junior Service Member of the Month for the third time in a row to a Sailor from Naval Hospital Bremerton.

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Bryce Moheit was recognized during a Memorial Day celebration for his performance as a surgical technician in Role 3 Trauma Hospital’s Operating Room (OR) with the Junior Service Member of the Month award for April. Moheit follows Hospitalman Andrew Brown, of NHB’s Labor and Delivery depart-

ment, who was named the initial recipient in February for his work in the Intermediate Care Ward, and March awardee HM3 Levi Arcaira from NHB’s Internal Medicine department for his contributions in the Urgent Care Unit.

“It is an honor to be selected for Junior Service Member of the Month.

I’m humble and grateful. Just being part of our international team that delivers the kind of care we do, and has a 98 percent casualty survival rate even when dealing with injuries from improvised explosive devices and gunshot wounds, makes me proud,” said Moheit, a Tennessee native.

Veteran job fair set for Tacoma

By TOM JAMES

tjames@kitsapnavynews. com

A Seattle non-profit will hold a hiring fair for military veterans and families at Tacoma’s Cheney Stadium Sept. 2, offering interview coaching for job-seekers and 750 complimentary tickets to a Tacoma Rainiers baseball game after the event.

The event will be open to veterans of any conflict, military family-members and caregivers, and active duty military and national guard personnel, according to promotional materials made available by the organization, Hiring America’s Heroes.

Midge Joiner, a veteran’s coordinator at Bremerton WorkSource, said her experience with similar events was that they do help connect Kitsap veterans with jobs, but that many veterans face significant challenges transferring credentials and verifying specific work experience.

Often, said Joiner, discharge paperwork only lists a generic rank or rate, not specific job titles, making it difficult for potential employers to judge what duties a soldier or sailor actually performed during their service. Specializations

When: September 2, 2011 Where: Cheney Stadium, Tacoma Details: www.hireamericasheroes.org and certificates that are explicitly acknowledged are often hard to transfer, she said, because military criteria and training often differ significantly from civilian requirements.

Joiner said WorkSource offers classes on subjects useful to vets, including transferring skills to the civilian world, and that Washington’s Department of Licensing recently began recoginzing commercial driving experience accrued during military service, allowing drivers leaving the military to apply for a CDL upon discharge without having to take additional courses.

Joiner also emphasized that job fairs are not just for younger or recentlydischarged veterans or those with high-tech skills.

Head-hunters from large firms such as Amazon and Microsoft, said Joiner, are typically aware of openings in all of their companies’ departments, from programming to shipping to security.

Moheit considers himself just part of Role 3 MMU that is constantly striving to improve upon their 98 percent casualty survival rate. “What we do in the Operating Room is vital.

If we don’t have an OR to run, we lose the capability of our hospital. With no OR, we lose the ability to save lives and help make a difference in this region of the country,” said Moheit.

As a surgical technician, Moheit’s role includes preparing all instruments and equipment for any OR case, many times with little or no notice. He prepares instrument sets and needed supplies such as vessel loops, staplers, and extra drapes, along with the surgical bed. Day or night, he assists the surgeons by providing whatever support is needed be it for neurological surgery, interventional radiology, orthopedic or vascular needs, and more.

After one case is over, he helps sanitize and cleaning up the OR, as well as the restock supplies for the next trauma case.

“Preparing for a case while the casualty is being quickly evaluated in the trauma bay is very important,” said Moheit.

“I make sure the proper gear is there and stand by in anticipation of any additional, needed items that can make the difference in the clutch.”

Often fighting persists against the Taliban not just in the Kandahar region.

Casualties arrive from near and far battlefields.

Local Afghans also seek treatment for a host of ailments. “Most of the time we have six to nine cases on the board for the morning shift. We take care of a lot of local nationals as well as coalition forces. We get everything from triple amputation to a multiple

person motor vehicle accident (MVA),” said Moheit.

A normal work day can stretch well beyond 12-hours for Moheit. After finishing breakfast before 6 a.m., he’s onto the surgical cases for the day, before finally wrapping up a his shift, stopping for a chow break, some personal time in the gym, a shower and then back to the barracks to rest before starting all over again.

“It is gratifying to know that I’m directly impacting by helping to get someone home to see their family again. But it is difficult to be in the trauma bay and see one of my brothers in uniform, struggling for life and being worked on by our trauma team. I think about his family and how their life is now changed forever. It breaks my heart,”

said Moheit. “I also get to work with a great international group, comprised of mainly U.S. Navy, but we also have Canadian and Dutch doctors, nurses and technicians.”

Moheit attests that Naval Hospital Bremerton helped develop his fundamental knowledge and skills to handle the work load and stress level in a war zone. “I came with experience and I have gotten a lot more being here. I have also had a life lesson in compassion and pain. There are those who come in and don’t make it. When I leave the OR, I have seen grieving people from their unit or family and all I can do is offer water and kind words to help lessen their hurt. As with them, I will never be the same.”

Let the public vote As the first levy in years to gain traction with the Board of County Commissioners, it’s important to let the people of Kitsap County vote up or down on the Kitsap County Veterans and Human Services Levy.

Following a workshop presentation by social service providers and some stakeholders, and a public hearing on a resolution to place the levy on the coming ballot, the BOC decided to wait in hopes of hearing more from their constituents regarding the $.05 per thousand tax hike on property in the county. The BOC has until August 8 to decide.

The public process for the levy has been good so far. The “need” has been presented from front-line social services organizations that daily deal with the disenfranchised, the homeless and the hungry – veterans included. And, at least one commissioner was surprised to find out the county’s GREG veteran population outnumbered the SKINNER total citizenry living in the City of Bremerton.

The issue is indeed ready for a public vote and should be forwarded. Sandbagging on the tax increase, for political convenience, should be avoided when dealing with veterans’ issues.

The levy is not just about the veterans. Thousands of residents face the end of unemployment benefits and continued high unemployment. But, as usual, veterans are happy to stand up for a cause. In this case, as the face of the homeless in Kitsap County.

Public support for the levy could have been shown through a verified signature campaign. But social services organizations, who would have run or paid for the signature campaign are now over extended and under funded with little time to spend beyond servicing their clients and winnowing away at the growing waiting list for their services.

We propose that the traditional form of signature gathering in support of the levy on the ballot is not necessary, considering that at least 37,000 Kitsap County voters have at one time in their life signed the dotted line.

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Can a Human and Bird Mother Get Along?

A mother Robin made a nest outside our kitchen door. It wasn’t a great choice as far as locations go.

I’m sure she realizes that now. But we were on vacation at the time, so how could she have known?

Over the last month, as I’ve watched the Robin perfect her nest, lay eggs in it, incubate them, and then, finally, feed the babies (she even has three--I’m sure they are boys), I’ve felt a deep kinship with her.

First, I watched as she sat on the newly created nest and struggled with her eggs. Maybe this was just my imagination. Everything I’ve read indicates that female birds do not gain weight when they have an egg, nor do they feel pain when they lay it. (Of course, everything I’ve read was probably written by a man.)

Still, I’m quite sure the mother Robin looked plump and uncomfortable the day before I climbed a ladder and spotted a new blue egg in her nest. Her chest was squished against her neck (“Lie down,” I wanted to tell her, “It’s the only way to keep everything where it should be: not in your throat.”), and she was breathing heavily with her beak wide open. I bet her ankles were swollen.

We shared a moment when the Robin looked through the window, at me sitting at the kitchen table.

Again, maybe this was my imagination, but she seemed angry at the male Robin in a tree nearby. And well she should be! I nodded to show my empathy. I was like the compassionate nurse who knows that the daddy bird just doesn’t get it.

A few days later, the Robin sat on her eggs and stayed there to incubate them. I shooed kids away

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It was around this time that my relationship with the mother began to change. It’s the same with human women: we commiserate over pregnancies, but once the babies are born, it’s every mom for herself: “My stroller is bigger than yours, and I feed my baby only organic.”

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USS Ohio stops in Japan

YOKOSUKA, JAPAN (NNS) –– Ohioclass guided missile submarine USS Ohio (SSGN 726) arrived at Fleet Activities Yokosuka July 13 for a port visit as part of its deployment to the western Pacific.

With a crew of approximately 160, Ohio conducts a multitude of missions and showcases the latest capabilities of the U.S. submarine fleet.

“Ohio continues to excel on every mission assigned to it and remains a vital, strategic asset throughout the Western Pacific,” said Capt. Dixon Hicks, commanding officer for the Ohio Gold crew.

Measuring 560 feet long and displacing more than 18,000 tons of water when submerged, Ohio is one of the largest and most versatile submarines in the world. She is capable of a multitude of missions, including anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface ship warfare, tomahawk strike, naval special warfare involving special operations forces, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.

“Our crew has been working very hard since the day we arrived in Guam more than three months ago,” said Ohio’s chief of the boat Neil Davenport.

“This will be our first port visit of this deployment and finally gives a chance for our dedicated Sailors to enjoy some well-deserved liberty,” Davenport continued.

For many of the crew members, this is their first time visiting Japan.

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“The main takeaway for the kids is weapon safety that they can take back to their schools and teach their friends,” said Chief Warrant Officer Todd Fosberg, the detachment’s training officer.

Fosberg also said that the instruction was the same material given to all Sailors who handle weapons.

According to Hackworth, the training provided a solid understanding of weapon safety for the Cadets.

“If one of these kids goes back and sees another kid using a gun in an unsafe manner, he can stop it. I am confident that he would stop it based on what he learned here today,” said Hackworth.

Lt. Cmdr. Mike Evans, operations support officer for Submarine Group 9 who works as the active duty liaison for the detachment, said he was impressed by the training.

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BANGOR (NNS) –– Reserve sailors from Submarine Group 9, Force Protection Detachment 1, taught a weapons familiarization class to Keyport Sea Cadets at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor on July 9.

The class was the first event in a new relationship between SUBGRU 9 sailors and the Naval Sea Cadet Corps.

“This is the first time we have gotten together with the Sea Cadets, and we hope it will be the first of many,” said Cmdr. Jim Hackworth, commanding officer for the detachment.

The Sea Cadets, ranging in age from 12-17, were given hands-on experience with weapon systems used on base by the Force Protection Detachment, including the M9 Beretta pistol, the M4 assault rifle, the M500 shotgun and the M240B machine gun.

Weapons safety and rules for the use of force were the focus of the

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Stennis hosts families before deployment

BREMERTON (NNS) –– The sailors and families from Carrier Strike Group 3 enjoyed a tour of USS John C. Stennis July 19 in preparation for their upcoming deployment.

The event was more than just “bring your family to work day,” it gave the families special insight into the missions their loved ones will be doing while deployed over the next several months.

“Families play an extremely important role in the Navy’s ability to succeed worldwide,” said Commander, Carrier Strike Group 3, Rear Adm. Craig

Faller. “We are all family, and it’s important to take time to honor that and ensure our families are ‘connected’ in a meaningful way before we deploy.”

The tour itinerary was full of stops at several demonstration stations around the ship.

Families were greeted by Rear Adm. Faller in the hangar bay with an American flag prominently displayed from deck to overhead.

The Engineering Department Damage Control Flying Squad, first responders, hosted guests in the hangar bay and in a repair locker for a look at fire

fighting gear and Weapons Department Sailors from the armory allowed young family members to wield a number of not-so-small arms.

Walking the Flight Deck is always a good experience and the tour included a visit to Flight Deck Control where the famous “Ouija” board was on display and brought to life by an Air Department flight deck director. On the Bridge, kids got a chance to take the helm and even sit in the Captain’s chair.

The usual formal Flag Mess dining area was used as a flight gear demonstration room, and

the admiral’s office featured a map where kids could chart out the ship’s route.

“It was truly amazing to see my daughters with an admiral plotting out on a map where the ship will be on the deployment” said Stephanie Ives, wife of Information Technology Specialist 1st Class Thaddeus Boyd.

Kids collected triangular puzzle pieces at each station that, once completed, would form the Strike Group Three emblem.

“We wanted this to be especially rewarding for our children and enable them to

take home a memento,”said Lt. Cmdr. Bill Daniels, family day coordinator. “We wanted this to be especially rewarding for our children and enable them to take home a memento,” Following the tours, the command enjoyed a picnic at Rear Adm. and Mrs. Faller’s residence.

“Family readiness events like these contribute to unit combat readiness and build team cohesiveness that pays dividends in the long run, especially over those long periods when contact is limited,” said Faller.

Navy supports Federally Employed Women PHILADELPHIA (NNS) – The Navy was a key participant advocating the professional development and advancement of women during the Federally Employed Women 42nd National Training Program in Philadelphia, Penn., July 18-22.

The conference, with the theme “Your Future, Let it Ring the Sound of Success!” featured keynote speeches, panel sessions, training classes and professional seminars for nearly 1,500 attendees, which included federal, civilian and military leaders, senior management officials and employees representing a wide variety of occupations.

Mentoring and the elimination of barriers to success were key themes

included in the program.

Director of the United States Office of Personnel Management John Berry provided opening remarks at the conference and reflected on the importance of workforce inclusion to mission success.

“We want to make the federal government the employer of choice. Not just for women, but for all Americans,” said Berry. “A workforce that reflects the population that it serves, serves better. We know the needs of our communities better. But it’s not enough to just get people through the door. All too often, we hire people because they’re different - and then drive them away because they’re not the same. That doesn’t help anybody. We have got to do better at making people feel included

so that they can succeed and advance and be promoted.”

“Over the course of our nation’s history, women have made great strides in breaking down barriers and pursuing their portion of the American Dream,” continued Berry. “Women now serve in combat and steer some of America’s most successful businesses. They are worldclass athletes, astronauts, and now one-third of the U.S. Supreme Court. As a nation, we have made progress. But there is a lot more to do.”

The conference also featured a Department of Defense agency forum July 18, which gave DoD participants an opportunity to hear remarks from several female military and civilian leaders, including

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Navy Capt. Ken Barrett, deputy director of DoD’s Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity, presided over the awards ceremony.

“As a strong partner, the Department of Defense stands with you, united, to move the needles with respect to women’s representation throughout the armed services and the civilian corps,” said Barrett. “And what a great event - any time we can come together to acknowledge the tremen-

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“This reception is a proud reflection of FEW’s commitment to all of our service men and women, civilians and their families and especially those award winners whose attributes truly epitomize our core values of honor, respect, and devotion to duty,” continued Barrett.

“Most of us have heard the phrase, ‘history is her story too.’ To that point, it is fitting that we use this wonderful opportunity to pay special tribute to those women who truly exemplify the kind of sacrifice and selfless service to America that we all should try to emulate.”

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WASHINGTON (AFPS) – With portable, flexible care, the Defense Department’s Military Family Life Consultant program has become a critical component in service member and family support, the director of the Pentagon’s office of family policy, children and youth said.

Through the program, behavioral health specialists deploy around the world to offer short-term, nonmedical counseling and life coaching to military families dealing with everything from deployment and reintegration issues to natural and manmade disasters.

This immediate care can prove invaluable to a family

member in need, Barbara Thompson told American Forces Press Service. “We’re at the prevention end of the spear,� she said. “We can help families cope with the challenges they’re facing before these issues escalate, before they require more intensive treatment.�

The Defense Department launched the program in 2004 in response to the stressors of an increasing deployment pace and unexpected tour of duty extensions, Thompson explained.

Officials saw the value of augmenting family center staffs to better meet the needs of families. “To have that professional mental health specialist be

available to help guide staff as they work with families and children has just been a real godsend,� Thompson said.

Since its inception, the program has exploded, with officials embedding consultants in family centers, military child and youth programs, summer camp programs and in schools, both on and off installations, with a high level of military participation. “We recognized early on that children were manifesting behaviors as they coped with the separation from a parent, and we wanted to make sure the staff was totally prepared to meet their needs,� Thompson said.

To address the needs of

geographically separated service members and their families, consultants are sent to many Guard and Reserve reintegration events -- about 100 events a week -- she said.

As word spread about the program, so did the demand.

Army officials, for example, requested a life consultant be embedded in every brigade.

Recently, with the program’s flexibility and portability in mind, officials began to surge consultants into areas affected by natural disasters, such as tornados and earthquakes, and to military communities dealing with stressors of a different kind, Thompson explained.

For example, officials sent 54 counselors to Fort Hood, Texas, after the November 2009 shooting spree there, and to Japan this year in the wake of a massive earthquake and tsunami.

Consultants typically embed in a location from 30 to 90 days, or for a semester when dealing with child and youth programs and schools.

On average, they meet with families about four times. “We want to be sure we are

providing access to someone you can talk to, whether it’s communication with your kids, marital issues or trouble in the work environment,�

Thompson said.

These sessions are kept confidential, she added, unless there’s a “duty to warn� situation, such as domestic violence or a suicide risk.

Officials hope this confidentiality encourages people to seek help without the perceived stigma of seeking mental health care, she added. “We want people to have the opportunity to talk to someone, to problem solve and figure out the next steps for themselves and their families,� she said.

All consultants are licensed clinicians with a master’s or doctorate degree.

But while on duty, they’re wearing a nonmedical counseling hat, Thompson noted.

The program is meant to complement military treatment facilities and mental health care programs, she explained, not replace them.

Consultants will recommend further treatment if the situ-

ation escalates to a higher need. “It’s problem-solving and coaching, not therapy,� she said.

With a years-long track record of success, Thompson said, she believes the program will continue to be in demand for some time to come, even with the troop drawdowns in Iraq and Afghanistan. “Our gut feeling is that the issues are going to be around for a while, regardless of downsizing,� she said. “Psychological issues and challenges of reintegration take time.�

The program provides a stable opportunity to work through those issues, Thompson said. “This program is supporting one component of the spectrum of psychological health,� she added. “It’s a critical component for family support.

Service members and their families can find a life consultant by contacting their local family support or child and youth center.

President commemorates Korean ceasefire

WASHINGTON, (AFPS) – As President Barack Obama commemorated the anniversary of the armistice agreement that established a demilitarized zone between North and South Korea and brought an end to fighting there, the top U.S. officer in Korea Wednesday emphasized the need for international cooperation to curb the North Korean aggression the armistice was drafted to prevent.

Speaking during armistice anniversary ceremonies along the demilitarized zone, Army Gen. James D. Thurman echoed the message Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Navy Adm. Mike Mullen delivered earlier this month in the South Korean capital of Seoul. “We ask the global community to assist in convincing North Korea that its path to security and prosperity lies in the cessation of its

provocative behavior, better relations with its neighbors and complete, irreversible denuclearization,� Thurman said.

Thurman offered his comments as a top North Korean diplomat visits New York at Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s invitation for talks aimed at restarting the stalled Six-Party Talks.

North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kae-gwan was slated to meet today with Stephen Bosworth, the Obama administration’s envoy for North Korea, at the United Nations.

Meanwhile, Obama marked the armistice anniversary recognizing the service members who fought for South Korea’s freedom in that conflict and continue to help protect it today.

The president declared today National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day,

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No peace treaty has ever been agreed to, however, leaving a tentative peace between North and South Korea that sometimes has erupted into conflict.

North Korea launched a torpedo attack in March 2010 that sunk the South Korean navy ship Cheonan and killed 46 sailors.

In November, a North Korean artillery attack on Yeonpyeong Island killed four, including two South Korean service members.

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opportunity to recognize the sacrifices of those who sacrificed after the Korean peninsula erupted in conflict on June 25, 1950, and continue to defend South Korea today. “Today, we express our unending gratitude to all who fought and died in pursuit of freedom and democracy for the Korean peninsula,� he said in his proclamation. “For three years, our armed forces fought to help keep Korea free, suffering

bitter reversals and winning stunning victories before the Military Armistice Agreement at Panmunjon secured the border near the 38th Parallel,� he said. “Together, American service members and allied forces were part of a generation that, in the words inscribed at their memorial in Washington, defended ‘a country they never knew and a people they never met.’�

The veterans’ courage and sacrifice enabled South

Korea to flourish, and the U.S.-South Korean alliance remains “stronger than ever� today, Obama said.

Obama paid special tribute to the tens of thousands of troops who died protecting South Korea and recognized those who have continued to guard the border since hostilities officially concluded. “Their selfless sacrifices have had a profound impact on the promotion of freedom across the globe,� he said.

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Voters could see a property tax hike of $15 on a $300K home to support Kitsap social services If passed, the levy is Food Cases have increased expected to raise $1.4 mil22 percent since 2009 and lion annually for six years 5.7 percent of the county’s before expiring. residents receive food aid, Money raised would be said Bentsen. split into two accounts, one “If passed (the levy) will for non-veteran homeless not end homelessness,� he and one for indigent vetsaid. erans – each with an adviThe levy was prepared sory board overseeing their and presented to the Board administration. of County Commissioners The levy would remain by the Kitsap Continuum flat at $.05 for the proof Care Coalition, through posed life of the levy, Bentsen’s public presentaaccording to Leif Bentsen, tion and a previous workKitsap County shop with the Human commissioners Services direcexplained what tor. It equates could be done a $15 increase with the funds on a $300,000 raised through home, he said. the levy.

Keeping the Those funds, proposed levy, levy support– Lief Bentsen, and all its proers say, will be ponents say it used to create Kitsap County can do, in coninterventions Human Services text, Bentsen and reduced Director to the said there was numbers of no simple those who fall Kitsap County solution for completely Board of ending homeoff the ecoCounty lessness and if nomic ledge voters approve and reduced Commissioners the tax costs to the increase, the community overall problem of homeat large resulting from the lessness would continue to statistically higher rates of outweigh resources. unpaid medical expenses, Since January 2010, incarceration, job-loss, 1,472 of the county’s resimental illness and family dents have used up unemtrauma that accompany a ployment benefits. homeless life.

Of those, 223 were With a load of data veterans. Kitsap County’s supporting the rise in ecofour primary shelters are nomic stress and increased full with waiting lists after homelessness, staff memserving 33,121 “bed nights� bers from the various bodin the last year. ies that make up KCCC The last school year saw made a clear argument 555 public school students during testimony that self report being homeless today’s homeless situation in the county. DSHS Basic will likely worsen in the

“If passed (the Levy) will not end homelessness�

coming years as the economy struggles recover.

Following the presentation and public comment representing both sides of the debate, board chairperson and District 2 commissioner Charlotte Garrido advised fellow board members to give the public more time to “seek additional input� and to hear more stories about “what’s good in KCCC.�

The debate

Though Garrido heard much of the proposed levy information last week during a work session, Monday she said that she had not realized that Kitsap County was home to one of the nations most dense veteran populations per capita and needed more time to consider the levy and the totality of the need presented on behalf of the homeless and indigent veterans community living in the county.

At the work session Garrido said that the board and those in the room that day were essentially convinced of the need, but that the KCCC had the task of getting the “greater community� and voters on board with the increased tax liability. “But,� she asked, “how many in the greater community are in this room?�

District 1 commissioner Rob Gelder Monday echoed Garrido and agreed that more time and comment was needed and offered a motion to keep public comment open until 5 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 3.

A unanimous vote made it so.

Going forward, Gelder said that the public and leaders should ask, “What kind of community do we want to live in?�

The board must decide by the end of the Aug. 8 meeting in order for the levy to make the November

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Need by the numbers $1.4 million: annual levy goal for six years 1,472: number of county residents who have used up unemployment benefits in the last 18 months 4,557: Kitsap veterans currently unemployed $15: cost of levy increase for a property valued at $300,000 555: homeless students in county schools 14,349: number of Kitsap residents taking food aid $490,000: annual loss of state and federal grants Source: Kitsap Continuum of Care Coalition ballot.

District 3 Commissioner Josh Brown Monday voiced his overall support for the levy saying that he felt strongly that the county should make a commitment to “those who are vulnerable.�

Regarding the additional needs of local indigent veterans Brown gave a nod to the largest employer in the county and said, “We wouldn’t have Kitsap County if it weren’t for the Defense Department.�

Brown reminded the

“public� that the board had not sought a property tax increase since the recession began. “We’re not asking for money at every turn,�

Brown said.

If commissioners choose to send the levy to the November ballot and it wins there, the levy would return to the board for the creation of a resolution outlining the administration of the levy and its two accounts.

Critics during the public hearing shared concern that such a tax would

cause more homelessness, draw the homeless to the county and generally opposed raising taxes, even to help veterans.

County resident and bootstrap-veteran Willi Spicker said he opposed raising taxes because his house cost more than others and he would have to pay more than the median share of the levy. “My portion is going to be higher,� he said. “I’ve helped myself.�

COLUMN | FROM PAGE 4 mouth. But the babies kept peeping and swaying. The mother could not fly fast enough.

Then all at once, while one baby still had his head resting on the edge of the nest, the mother sat on her babies. The peeping and swaying stopped. The birds gave up and went to sleep.

The mother looked at me, and I at her.

Her face was indignant. Mine, accusing. I had become that mother at Walmart who gawks and shakes her head while another parent disciplines her child.

The Robin continued to stare at me. I knew what she was saying: “Yeah, I’d like to see you try to feed three babies all at once. I don’t have thumbs, or tools, or even a monogamous mate! And these babies! They just keep begging and begging. Their swaying never stops. They’re fighting and pushing each other in the nest.

I can’t even comfortably fit in here with them. Judge me and I’ll judge you: I saw your 4-year-old eat two packages of fruit snacks in a row. And your 10-year-old? Well, he doesn’t wash his hands before dinner. And does your middle son eat anything else besides peanut butter?�

I reminisced about the Robin’s pregnancy, when she and I were a team, when we understood each other.

Later that day, my family gathered at the dinner table for a meal. The bird nest was just outside the screen door. My boys were exceptionally hungry. I went back and forth from the stove to the table with multiple helpings for them. I hardly had a chance to sit down myself.

I looked out the window at the Robin.

She looked back. “Bet you wish you could just sit on them,� she said.

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Michael Greenwalt, command chaplin aboard the Stennis, said preparing sailors and their families to move smoothly through the transition to deployment was a high priority for the Navy.

“To the greater community it might be invisible,” Greenwalt said. “But a lot of command hours go into preparing the families and the sailors. If you don’t have a happy spouse back home, you don’t have a focused sailor at sea.”

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“We expect that some people are going to struggle with the seperation,” said Greenwalt. “But struggle can be an opportunity to grow.”

For Jones’ fiance, Trish Materi, her feelings about the first time her husband-to-be would go to sea during their relationship were more easily summarized. “I’m scared,” she said.

Friends and family gather Monday to see off the sailors and Marines aboard the John C. Stennis as it sets sail for a deployment to include wartime engagement in Afghanistan.

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The diesel submarine USS Tilefish was commissioned Dec. 28, 1943, a little more than two years after the United States entered World War II. Built at Mare Island Navy Yard near San Francisco, it displaced 1,526 tons, was 312 feet long and had a draft of 15 feet, 2 inches riding on the surface. Surfaced it was capable of 20.25 knots; submered it glided along at 8.75 knots. The Balao-class boat had a crew of 66, and carried 10, 21-inch torpedotubes; one 40mm gun, and two .50cal machine guns.

By comparison, modern Virginia-class nuclear submarines are 65 feet longer, capable of diving twice as deep, and able to sustain submerged speeds of more than 25 knots.

During February and March 1944, the Tilefish underwent sea trials and shakedown off California. It got under way for Hawaii and left Pearl Harbor on April 3, 1944 on its first war patrol.

Setting course for the Japanese home islands, the boat was hampered by fathometer failure, periscope fogging, and overcast weather which hindered celestial navigation. On May 11, the ship spotted a passenger liner that was part of a small convoy. After launching a spread of torpedoes which scored a hit under the ship’s bridge, the Tilefish dove amid the sound of explosions.

But terror soon overcame the submarine itself as she suddenly took on copious amounts of water and dove uncontrolled to a hair-raising depth of 580 feet, well below test depth.

Obviously too deep to be hit by the depth charges of her pursuers, she evaded contact and surfaced. The boat

completed her first patrol May 29, 1944 at Majuro Atoll.

After refit, the boat headed to the Luzon Strait on June 22 with an attack group on her second patrol. On July 18, Tilefish launched torpedoes on a large convoy and scored two hits on a freighter.

A Japanese destroyer joined the fracas, and Tilefish quickly made another torpedo attack to protect her sister submarine USS Rock. One torpedo hit the tin can’s forward gunmount and literally

wrapped the ship’s bow around its bridge. The Tilefish was eventually forced to submerge after getting a final look at the destroyer, listing and dead in the water. She found little other action and fueled at Midway, before completing her second patrol at Pearl Harbor on Aug 15.

Tilefish departed Oahu Sept. 10 on her third patrol to the Sea of Okhotsk and off the Kuril Islands. Rough seas led to 30-to-40 foot swells. Despite the high seas, Tilefish sank a small trawler with her four-inch gun on Sept.

23.

During the mid-watch of Oct. 13, an adventur-

Hula dancers welcome Tilefish (SS-307), as she docks at the Pearl Harbor Submarine Base after a Korean War tour.

Crewmen placing the flower lei around Tilefish’s bow are Engineman 3rd Class Donald E. Dunlevy, USN, (left - still wearing E-3 stripes) and Torpedoman’s Mate 1st Class Gordon F. Sudduth, USNR. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS RELEASED BY SUBMARINE FORCE, U.S. PACIFIC FLEET, ON 26 MARCH 1951.

ous owl came aboard.

The feathered mariner was made a member of the ship’s crew and nicknamed “Boris Hootski.�

In the following days, the submarine sank two small freighters and ended her third Patrol at Midway on Oct. 24, 1944.

By Nov. 15, Tilefish was underway again for the Kurils, operating in bitter cold, with poor visibility and hurricane-force winds.

Mountainous waves

forced the sub to submerge.

On Nov. 25, she entered the Sea of Okhotsk. Snow frosted the periscope, making identification on enemy targets difficult. On Dec. 22, she sank the tor-

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pedo boat “Chidori� and evaded a Japanese counterattack. She departed on Christmas Eve and arrived at Pearl Harbor on Jan. 2, 1945.

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toward Japan to prowl vessel traffic lanes. On Feb. 28, she reported sinking a 90-ton cargo ship in a morning gun

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On March 1, while on lifeguard station duty, she rescued a flier from the carrier USS Hancock (CV-19) who had splashed in the Pacific only 500 yards off the starboard bow.

On March 4, she sank a Japanese fishing trawler.

On March 5, while chasing a freighter, she sank a Japanese minesweeper. From March 10-19, she performed lifeguard duties in strikes on Nagoya and other

Japanese targets.

After patrolling approaches to Tokyo until March 22, the boat set course for San Francisco, via Midway and Pearl Harbor.

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by July 11, the boat was soon under way for Midway and Saipan.

When war in the Pacific ended, Tilefish was on lifeguard station off the Ryukyus. She continued sailing in the Western Pacific until Sept. 7, when she returned to

Photo of the lookout platform of the Tilefish (SS-307) at Mare Island on 22 Feb 1944.

Pearl Harbor.

On Sept. 5, 1950, Tilefish departed Pearl Harbor for Japan, where until March 1951 she sailed out of Japanese ports to Korea, protecting UN operations.

She resumed patrols out of California after the Korean War, which continued until 1957. In September, 1958, she embarked geophysicists to survey Eniwetok, Wake and Midway, operating at sea for three months. She returned to San Diego Dec. 5, 1958 for deactivation.

Tilefish was decommissioned Oct. 12, 1959.

She was recommissioned only to be sold to Venezuela, where she was rechristened the ARV Carite. Tilefish, now Carite, served in the Venezuelan Navy into the 1970’s. She was used in filmingthe movie “Murphy’s War,” acting the role of a German U-boat hiding in the Amazon River.

Venezuela decommissioned Carite on Jan 28, 1977, and scheduled her to be cannibalized for spare parts.

As the USS Tilefish, the vessel received five battle stars for her service in World War II and one for her service in the Korean War.

Bow view of the Tilefish (SS-307) being outfitted at Mare Island Navy Yard on 6 Jan 1944.

The Crowley (DE-303) and Rall (DE-304) are aft of Tilefish. Both destroyer escorts are also being outfitted at the yard.

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ROCK CLIMBING at Vertical World through Aug. 29, beginner to experienced activity level. Register Saturday prior to trip; August 1 (myFFR #4411213B), August 8 (myFFR #4411220B), August 15 (myFFR #4411227B), August 22 (myFFR #4411234B), August 29 (myFFR #4411241B). To register and for more info, call 360-476-3178.

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Homelessness grant to target Iraq and Afghanistan vets

WASHINGTON (AFPS) – The Department of Veterans Affairs Tuesday announced nearly $60 million in grants aimed at preventing homelessness among veterans and their families, with particular focus on veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts.

VA Secretary Eric K. Shinseki announced the awards, the first to be presented through VA’s new Supportive Services for Veteran Families program.

The grants will go to 85 nonprofit organizations in 40 states and the District of Colombia to serve an estimated 22,000 homeless and at-risk veterans and their families. “This new homeless prevention program will provide additional comprehensive support to veterans who have served honorably, and now find themselves in a downward spiral toward despair and homelessness,�

Shinseki said. “This program expands our capacity to act before a veteran becomes homeless and to target the problem of family homelessness.�

Shinseki, a retired fourstar general who served as Army chief of staff, came to his VA post in 2009 insisting that no one who has served the United States in uniform should ever end up living on the streets. With backing from President Barack Obama, he committed to ending homelessness among veterans by 2015.

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and Afghanistan.

To meet the 2015 deadline for eliminating veteran homelessness, Shinseki championed a plan that provides not just beds, but also services such as education, jobs and health care to address the root causes of homelessness.

The SSVF program is an example of that multipronged effort, VA officials explained. VA awards grants to nonprofit organizations and consumer cooperatives who in turn provide supportive services to very-lowincome families living in or transitioning to permanent housing. And to help keep them with a roof over their heads, the grantees also provide outreach and case management services and help participants obtain additional VA and public

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Volunteers of America of Los Angeles, which works to end homelessness there, is among the recipients of the initial SSVF grants.

Of about 70,000 homeless people living on the streets of Los Angeles County, VOA officials estimate that more than 20 percent are veterans.

A retired Navy lieutenant, Jim Howat, who serves as the organization’s director of program development, admitted to having a particular “soft spot� for homeless veterans.

Howat expressed concern that L.A. is seeing more veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan slip into homelessness. Many are reservists and National Guard members who have difficulty readjusting to civilian life after deployments. Readjustment prob-

lems often become financial problems, which can lead to homelessness and family problems, he said.

To prevent this cycle, Volunteers of America offers programs to help homeless people get into permanent housing, as well as programs to help them avoid slipping back into homelessness. “We don’t just do a BandAid approach,� Howat said. “Once we fix these problems, we work with families to provide preventive support so they are able to stay in that housing.�

The VA grant will go a long way in supporting housing initiatives as well as support programs for veterans and their families, Howat said. “We know we can put the money to work to make a difference,� he said.

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