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Find freshness, community at local farmers markets STORY AND PHOTOS BY CHRIS BASHAM
When combat, military sexual assault or other highly stressful, traumatic experiences leave lasting emotional scars that do not resolve themselves quickly, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder can result. The fragmented memories of experiencing or observing a painful, frightening and life-changing event can stay within the mind and keep a person with PTSD from comfortably functioning in everyday life, especially if their daily responsibilities might put them back in environments that call to mind those experiences in an unexpected and emotionally powerful way. “We’re not getting the PTSD numbers in the Air Force that the other services are getting, mainly because of the Air Force mission. They’re not on the ground, seeing handto-hand combat,” said Dr. Beth Davis, a civilian working for the Center for Deployment Psychology to provide PTSD treatment and other mental health care as part of resiliency programs offered at Malcolm Grow Medical Clinic and Surgery Center. Davis said that all psychology and social work residents training at MGMC&SC are assigned at least one PTSD case. The treatment is available for active duty service members, and on a space-available basis to retirees and family members. Capt. Jordan Simonson, who will be completing his oneyear residency as a clinical psychologist at MGMC&SC in August, explained that the training helps residents learn what they’ll need to know to help fellow Airmen. “All residents are trained in one of two evidence-based treatments for PTSD,” said Simonson. “Both Prolonged Exposure Therapy and Cognitive Processing Therapy address avoidance,” in which patients alter their daily lives to avoid encountering people, places, events or sensations with a strong tie to the unpleasant memories of their “index trauma,” the original PTSD-causing experience. Over time, residents are expected to learn both modalities of treatment, but as a practical matter each practitioner will become especially comfortable with one or the other therapy and usually rely upon it in a clinical setting. Progressive Exposure Therapy and Cognitive Reprocessing Therapy are the Air Force’s treatments of choice, and are therefore the modalities available at Malcolm Grow. The main difference between the two therapies, Davis said, is that one relies upon a patient retelling the story of the events which caused their PTSD symptoms
Prince George’s County has a wealth of outdoor markets, as seasonal as the crops they offer. Some are open starting in late spring, others stay open through the fall and a few have hours throughout the year but right now is definitely the best time of year for fresh produce lovers to find local foods, flowers and craft items on offer. From tiny farmstands to large operations on urban parking lots that focus more on flea market-style odds and ends, there is something for everyone, if you know where to look. Sure, you can go to the grocery store and stock your kitchen, but sometimes it’s fun to step out of the daily routine and get the freshest produce, purchased straight from the farmers who nurtured it throughout the growing season. Of course, sometimes they’re just a good place to grab a quick bite. Glenn White of Upper Marlboro stopped at a local farmers market just on the spur of the hungry moment. “I did 45 miles on my bike this morning and passed by,” said White as he pored over the selection of baked goods for a post-workout refueling stop. Shopping at local farmers markets provides an opportunity to get to know the details about the food you put on your family’s table. Jessica Hill of Cabin Creek Heritage Farm in Upper Marlboro, Md. said that her family had been “hobby farmers” of alpaca, sheep, horses and chickens for years before starting to market their pork, chicken, eggs and lamb in earnest at a local farmers market. She offers a selection of the most popular items at the mar-
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STAFF WRITER
Then now in command of Army Flying Unit
FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2013 | VOL. 2 NO. 28
Glenn White of Upper Marlboro, Md. finished a 45-mile bike ride with a stop at the market for baked goods made by Carol McKenzie of Croom, Md.
WATER RESTRICTIONS LIFTED EARLY A vacant water park is dry July 19 under compliance with a Prince George’s County-mandated water restriction due to a failing 54-inch water main in Forestville, Md. The water restriction affected more than 200,000 residents in the southern Prince George’s County communities of Joint Base Andrews, Temple Hills, Oxon Hill, Morningside, Hillcrest Heights and National Harbor. Within three days the restriction was officially lifted after two Washington Suburban Sanitation Commission workers averted a water shutoff the evening of July 19.
BY AIRMAN 1ST CLASS JOSHUA R. M. DEWBERRY 11TH WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS
The United States Army Priority Air Transport Command conducted an age-old tradition designed to inspire unit pride here, July 19. The symbolic gesture of passing the torch, or guidon in this case, from one commander to another was exemplified as Lt. Col. Erich R. Then assumed command from Col. David R. Applegate. Then, who spent the last three years working at the Pentagon Department of the Army G8 headquarters, was charged with the responsibility of leading one-of-three Army detachments which retain a fleet of fixed-wing aircraft for the United States’ topmost government representatives. “I’m very fortunate to be selected as the USAPAT battalion commander here,” said Then. “This assignment was at the top of my list, I’m very happy to be in this position.” Headquartered here at Andrews since 1988, USAPAT’s mission is to provide senior Army leadership, key government officials and congressional delegates in support of Army missions, as directed, with fast, long-range, safe and
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Navy study on Walter Reed lays out traffic impact BY AGNES BLUM
THE MONTGOMERY GAZETTE
The Navy released its two-volume final environmental impact statement regarding the effect of two construction projects at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center campus in Bethesda on July 19. One of the Navy’s two projects evaluated in the study involves replacing five small buildings on the Walter Reed campus with one 573,000-square foot building. The other project involves building a 341,000-square foot education and research facility and a 144,000-square foot, above-ground parking garage at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. The 243-acre Bethesda campus is bound-
ed by Rockville Pike to the west, with the National Institutes of Health main campus and the Medical Center Metro Station across the street. To the north sits Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart and Columbia Country Club is to the south. Ever since the campus was expanded under the Base Realignment and Closure program, known as BRAC, traffic has been an issue. The Navy has been diligent in addressing the congestion that spills from the campus onto Rockville Pike, often backing it up in both directions, said Phil Alperson, the Montgomery County BRAC coordinator. One of the issues mentioned in the statement is that between the two new
projects, 900 new parking spots will be added to the campus. This may be a problem because many personnel work odd shifts during which transit options may not be available, Alperson said, and many will end up driving. That’s 900 more cars on the road every day. “The Navy has worked hard to get people to find other ways to work,” Alperson said. With these new buildings, it will have to keep that effort up. Some of those efforts have been building a series of connecting bicycle pathways that lead to and cut through the campus, working with transportation officials to revamp the nearby Metro and encouraging use of public transportation and carpooling, Alperson said.
Now that the statement has been released, the public has 30 days to submit comments, until Aug. 19. Comments will be considered when final decisions are made. The two-volume document can be viewed online at www.wrnmmc.capmed. mil/PatientVisitors/SitePages/EIS.aspx Hard copies are also available to the public at five Montgomery County libraries: Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Davis, Kensington Park, and Rockville Memorial. A copy also is available at the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center. To ensure a staffer will be available, call 240-7778200. This story originally appeared in the July 23, 2013 edition of The Montgomery Gazette.
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Around Town July 26
Free theater at the Kennedy Center 2700 F Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 6 p.m. Free performances and half-price food and drink make for an affordable visit to one of the city’s most respected theaters. For information visit www.kennedy-center.org.
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Ethiopian Heritage Festival Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets N.W. Washington, D.C. noon - 10 p.m. Celebrate Ethiopian heritage with activities for children and teens. For information visit www.ehsna.org.
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The Who’s Tommy Port Tobacco Players, 508 Charles Street, La Plata, Md. 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays See Pete Townshend’s master work interpreted by a local community theater. For information visit http://www.ptplayers. com/index.html.
Blues, Brews and Barbeque All day Six Flags America, 13710 Central Avenue, Largo, Md. Enjoy live blues, a local barbeque battle and beer. For information visit http://www.sixflags.com/america/events/ BBandBBQ.aspx.
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Fresh out of a bad relationship, cutting back on useless social media blathering, practicing art and guitar for a few hours a day, and generally keeping an eye on the prize: My youngest boy, at 17, appears to be turning that corner from childhood to maturity, and I am so glad he tells me about it during those precious times we have together in the car or chatting online. “I realized, I was spending hours and hours on Skype with this one person because they insisted, whether I wanted to or not. And time was just passing,” he said. “After a while, I didn’t want to talk to them at all, but I did, because I felt stuck with it, until I finally manned up and broke things off.” It’s not just the big decisions in
life. My baby is taking a hard look at the smaller ones, too. As a lifelong gamer (we used to give him a broken remote to hold while his brothers played, back when he was still in diapers) he still plays a lot of video games, on just about every system out there. He’s critical of all of them, not just because he’s a congenital hipster, but also because he hopes to go into game design himself, some day. He evaluates the plot, the musical score, the characters, the game play of just about every new game on the market with a real expert’s eye. Last week, he told me he’d realized why so many of his friends spent a lot of time on a particularly popular game he felt was sub-par. The big appeal, he decided, was that it was easy to get sucked into the game and forget to stop playing. His less discriminating friends, and the
consumers who continue to shell out $60 for the game, just want a mindless escape: Something to do to kill time. “I’m not interested in killing time,” he said. “If I’m going to spend two hours on something, I want to know I’m going to get something out of it.” As a mother, these are beautiful words to hear. Without pushing my son into doing anything in particular, without discouraging him from figuring it all out on his own, I get the joy of watching him make mindful choices about how he spends his time and who he counts as friends. I wouldn’t want him to approach life any other way. After 17 years, he’s still one of my very favorite people. It’s great to see him turning into one of my favorite adults, too.
behavioral health care, prescriptions and preventive care such as wellness exams and immunizations. At age 60, Retired Reserve coverage ends and retirees are eligible for coverage through TRICARE Prime, Standard or Extra. For more information on TRICARE programs for Reservists, go to www.tricare.mil/trs.
provide the RACHAP program. In the National Capital Area, call Audiology Clinics at Joint Base Andrews, 240 857-8860; Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 301 2957840 or Fort Belvoir, 571 231-2548. Generally, at least two visits are required; one for evaluation and one for fitting. Military retirees may also be eligible for hearing aids from the Department of Veterans Affairs. For more information, call 1-877 2228387 or 1-800 827-1000.
Retiree Corner COURTESY OF THE RETIREE ACTIVITIES OFFICE
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TRICARE is for Reservists, too
TRICARE has affordable health care programs available for Air Force Reserve retirees, including “gray-area retirees.” Reservists who retire before age 60 are eligible for TRICARE Retired Reserve coverage while they are in the “gray area” waiting period between retiring from active service and receiving retirement pay at age 60. While on active duty for more than 30 days, Reservists are covered by TRICARE Prime. However, Reservists could be without health care insurance between active duty tours. To ensure coverage for themselves and their families, Reservists can enroll in TRICARE Reserve Select. Both “Select” and “Retired Reserve” provide health coverage including emergency care; outpatient visits, hospitalization, maternity care, mental and
Get hearing aids at a discount
The Retiree-At-Cost Hearing Aid Program and Retiree Hearing Aid Purchase Program help military retirees purchase hearing aids at a government-negotiated cost. The program is open to military retirees who have hearing loss or tinnitus (ringing in the ears). Dependents of military retirees are not eligible for this program. Retirees can buy hearing aids at a significant savings. For example, a set of hearing aids that retails for about $5,000 costs a retiree as little as $755. Not every military medical facility is able to
Commissary earns record sales
Commissary customers found their benefit well “worth the trip” in fiscal 2012 with historic numbers in savings, shopping transactions and sales. At 31.2 percent savings when compared to commercial stores, military commissaries saved their customers more than $2.76 billion. Authorized customers made 97,822,042
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Where else can you buy corn from a person who can tell you the precise moment they picked it?
Ripe, warm peaches wait for purchase.
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Jessica Hill of Cabin Creek Heritage Farm in Upper Marlboro, Md. offers pork, chicken, lamb, turkey and eggs for now, and will introduce produce and eventually beef when her herd of Devon beef cattle matures.
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ket, and encourages shoppers to come by the farm for a tour or to purchase things that don’t sell as well at the St. Thomas Episcopal Church Farmers’ Market. The big draw for her customers? Cabin Creek, while not certified organic, operates under sustainable, organic principles and is transitioning to become a GMO- and soy-free farm. “ Genetically Modified Organisms? A lot of people don’t know what a GMO is, but they know they’re bad,” said Hill. Hill and her family believe that soy is overused in modern food production, and not a healthy food. “Soy-free and non-GMO go together. All soy is owned by Monsanto, and we believe soy is not good for you,” said Hill. “It’s used as much as, if not more than, corn.” Hill encourages shoppers to come to the farm for a tour. “Anybody can come and visit the farm and see how we do
things,” said Hill. “It’s important for people to see.” Mary Ellen Merlino doesn’t raise animals or tend a farm, but she spends her free time when not working at the Library of Congress creating one-of-a-kind sterling silver and bead jewelry. After tiring of the hassle and travel of selling her jewelry at large, regional shows, she discovered that a farmer’s market was operating just a few miles from her Upper Marlboro home. “I like the rocks and the stones and the beads. The necklaces just kind of grow from that,” said Merlino. When she’s not selling her jewelry, she’s shopping from her fellow farmers market vendors. “All the farmers are also local and really know where things are from,” Merlino said. “We’re all our best customers.” Some vendors use a farmers market stand as a trial run for a larger, brick and mortar business. Carol Mckenzie of Croom, Md. said that after completing
Mary Ellen Merlino sells sterling silver jewelry she creates at her home just a few miles from the market.
American Market at National Harbor
Freedom Farmers Market
Arcadia Farmers Market at Adelphi
St. Thomas Church Farmers’ Market
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www.arcadiafood.org
Branch Avenue in Bloom Farmers Market 301-702-2250
culinary school with her daughter she hoped to open a storefront in Croom selling handmade specialty foods. While the plans go through the slow approval and loan-securing process, she sells baked goods at a farmers market. Farmers markets in Prince George’s County often accept Farmers Market Nutrition Program, WIC and Seniors Coupons and Fruit and Vegetable Checks. Each farmer’s market has its own days and hours of operation, which can be a little confusing. Once you learn what’s on and
301-203-0619
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Suitland Farmers Market 202-709-5436
where, though, you can fit a trip into your schedule and enjoy timing your menu to the rhythms of nature. Call or check online before you go to find out what you’re likely to see at the farmers’ markets you intend to visit. That will save you time driving and give you another opportunity to learn about what’s available in our local area. Here’s a list of a few farmers’ markets not far from Joint Base Andrews. Once you start shopping, you’ll learn about the many other options throughout the county.
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Stay connected on social media by using common sense
Friday, July 26, 2013
PENN AVENUE WIDENING PROJECT CONTINUES
BY AIRMAN 1ST CLASS ZACHARY VUCIC AIR FORCE NEWS SERVICE
Engaging in social media can be a positive experience that entertains, keeps people connected and allows opinions to be expressed on a wide variety of topics. In some cases though, social media can ruin personal reputations or careers, and create an open window for criminals to access personal information. According to the Air Force’s top social media expert, safe use of social-media outlets is simple -- use common sense. Tanya Schusler is the chief of social media for the Air Force Public Affairs Agency, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. She said in many cases, problems arise when people are “too trusting” with their personally identifiable information. “It can be something as simple as sharing your location when visiting your favorite store or restaurant,” said Schusler. “This tells your social network one critical piece of information -- you’re not home.” To take full advantage of social media, and still post to Facebook and tweet to friends safely, Schusler offered the following advice: Many Airmen cause issues by posting photographs of themselves violating appearance standards, acting inappropriately and most importantly, violating operational security protocol. If you’re not within regulations, don’t post it. Airmen should not post information about deployments or photos of secure areas within their workplace. Even if the Airman takes the information down shortly after posting, someone has already seen it. The information can be printed, screen captured, copied etc. Once information is released to the internet, it’s there permanently. When posting personal opinions about Air Force topics, provide a disclaimer stating the opinion as your own, and not that of the Air Force. This can be done either as a disclaimer on a profile, or on each individual post and will alleviate any potential confusion from followers reading the post. If an Airman posts a statement about hurting himself or others, time is of the essence. Contact 911 if you know the location of the Airman. If you do not know the person’s location, contact the command post or your supervisor for assistance in locating the Airman. It is important to seek help for these individuals immediately. Using certain security features within social media sites can help mitigate some of the risk of personal information being shared. However, privacy policies change almost daily, and Airmen may not know about the updates. Therefore, do not rely on site security measures alone. Be careful of whom you allow into your social media networks, and don’t trust that the account will always remain secure. Assume personal responsibility. Airmen’s social-media pages are their personal space, and they are encouraged to tell their personal Air Force stories through social networks. They simply need to ensure the information they post is cleared for release and within regulations. Don’t jeopardize the mission or put anyone’s life, or lives in danger. Think before you post. “We don’t want Airmen to feel like they are stifled from sharing information,” Schusler said. “We just want to emphasize the use of common sense to keep people safe.” If Airmen have questions about acceptable posting to social media, there are resources available to them for guidance. AFPAA has published a new booklet, the Air Force Social Media Guide, available for download here, or at http://www.af.mil on the homepage under the social media icons. Airmen can also contact their local public affairs office with questions.
Contractors work in symphony with an excavator and bulldozer to move soil during a Pennsylvania Avenue construction project, north of Joint Base Andrews.
Above: Contractors unload gravel from a flatbed truck on Pennsylvania Avenue to be used during the construction of two bridges which carry Pennsylvania Avenue motorists over Woodyard Road near Joint Base Andrews, north of Upper Marlboro.
Left: A diesel pile driver and impact hammer pounds into soil July 18 to provide foundation support for two bridges which will carry Pennsylvania Avenue motorists over Woodyard Road near Joint Base Andrews, north of Upper Marlboro. The project will also bring significant improvements to nearby sections of Woodyard Road.
JBA Buzz
CAPTION THIS
What areas of self-improvement do you want to work on? “Go work out at the gym more and eat healthier. I also plan on taking up a college speech class.”
“I want to go to school and further my education. I also plan on being more involved in base activities. I want work toward being more physically fit.”
Airman 1st Class Shelbey Leimbach
Senior Airman Corey Shellhammer
779th Medical Support Squadron cardiopulmonary technician
11th Civil Engineer Squadron electrical systems journeyman
“I’m always working on self-improvement. I’ve been in the Navy for two years and I’m constantly learning my rate. The Navy encourages us to go to college to further our advancement.”
Send your silly captions for this week’s photo to cbasham@dcmilitary.com. The funniest ones will be used in a future edition of The Andrews Gazette.
Navy Personnel Specialist Abel Mboo
Master Sgt. Christine Cunningham
Naval Air Facility Washington
Headquarters Air Force District of Washington administrative assistant
“I want to continue maintaining my physical and mental health as I age by eating right, exercising and controlling my reactions to negative stresses. I also want to prepare for financial fitness after retirement. And lastly, I plan to organize my life better so I can give back to others.”
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Fitness tip:
JBA COOLS OFF AT GATEWAY POOL
Overtraining is too much of a good thing BY SABINE LOPEZ
FITNESS AND OPERATIONS SPECIALIST WEST FITNESS CENTER
Have you ever felt tired, run-down, and listless? Do your joints ache, your muscles hurt, and do you feel confused and disillusioned? This could be a 50s-era advertisement for some bogus tonic, or it could be a serious question that suggests YOU have been over-training. It doesn’t matter what level your physical abilities; Overtraining Syndrome can happen to anyone who regularly works their muscles to failure. Today we’ll explore the symptoms and effects, and we’ll talk about how to prevent or minimize this crippling phenomenon. Almost everyone has at some point experienced physical or mental exhaustion; The best cure is usually to get a few good nights’ sleep. The most obvious sign of Overtraining Syndrome is a day-after-day fatigue that seems to hang over you, even if you feel like you’re getting enough sleep. There are also emotional and mental signs of Overtraining Syndrome: Attitude and personality fluctuations, changes in sleeping patterns, anxiety and even depression. Perhaps the most serious symptoms are physical: Overtraining Syndrome can cause gastrointestinal disturbances, irregular menstrual cycles in women, headaches, and elevated cortisol levels. Cortisol is a normal by-product of exercise, but elevated levels lead to weight gain and muscle atrophy. In other words, the symptoms of Overtraining Syndrome are exactly the OPPOSITE of the gains you seek from physical training. There is usually one main culprit for most athletes: People suffering from Overtraining Syndrome usually fail to allow for an adequate Recovery Phase for their muscles. When you work out, you introduce a “stress cycle” to your body, and it’s important to know how this cycle works. Under the right circumstances you introduce a stressor to your body (such as a set of weight-training exercises), and your body reacts by getting stronger and more resilient to that stress. As you rest after your workout, your body develops physical and psychological strength to handle the stress you introduced. However, there are in fact three phases in the stress cycle: Alarm (your body initially reacts), Resistance (your body adapts to the stress), and Exhaustion (your body can no longer optimally repair itself). It’s that last phase that is dangerous: In the Exhaustion Phase you have over-worked your body to the point where it can’t keep up with what you’re trying to force it to do. There’s an easy way to break this cycle: REST. It’s a good idea to consider that rest – a Recovery Phase – is just as important in your exercise plans as the workouts themselves. That’s because regular rest & recovery break the stress cycle and help prevent Overtraining Syndrome, even while you build physical and psychological strength. If you feel some of the symptoms mentioned here, take between two and five days off – don’t do ANY strenuous exercise that works your muscles to exhaustion. If you’ve been working that hard, there’s a good chance that rest will help your body, and a few days off won’t destroy your gains. To avoid Overtraining Syndrome, give yourself at least 48 hours’ rest for any muscle you work to exhaustion, EVERY TIME. If you do a hard strength workout on your legs on Monday, don’t do another one until at least Wednesday – and you should consider waiting until Thursday, because the Recovery Phase is truly that important. Your body is an amazing machine; under the right circumstances it gets stronger with use, rather than weaker. Treat your body right, use the Recovery Phase to your advantage, and keep Overtraining Syndrome out of your life!
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Left: David Dinges, left, beat the heat by playing a game of basketball with his son Luke July 19 at Gateway Pool on Joint Base Andrews. David, a principal at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and his family are vacationing in the D.C. area. Above: Gateway Pool lifeguard Miguel Thomas cannonballs during a pool break.
JBA Intramural Golf standings
Place Teams 1 89 OG 2 AFDW 3 PAG 4 NGB 5 11 SFG 6 779 MDG 7 11 FSS 8 1st HELI
4 June 12 10 12 8 BYE 4 2 0
June 9 8 BYE 4 11 3 1 12
25 June 10 12 12 11 1 BYE 2 0
2 July 9 BYE 6 3 12 6 7 5
9 July 12 11 1 12 0 12 BYE 2
16 July 10 12 12 BYE RS RS 0 2
Ready, aim, sign up! JBA Intramural Softball Standings
TEAM 11 SFG 779 MDSS (A) 89 OG 744 CS (B) 11 LRS 459TH 11 CES 744 CS (A) PAG 89 APS 89 CS 779 MDSS (B)
WINS 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0
LOSSES TIES 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 3
POINTS 9 7 7 6 5 4 4 3 3 3 0 0
Calling all archers interested in hunting whitetail deer: Brandywine Bowhunters, on the Brandywine Communication site in Maryland, is accepting membership applications from active duty military members and dependents, retirees and DOD civilian employees. Prospective members must have a current Maryland hunting license and a valid military or DOD identification card and must pass a proficiency test. Archery deer season begins in early September and will last through Jan. 31, 2014. (Note: B2 is a private organization. It is not part of the Department of Defense and has no government affiliation) For additional information call 240-682-2042 or 301-659-1325.
Commentary
RETIREE, from page 2
Teamwork yields success BY COL. BILL KNIGHT
11TH WING/JOINT BASE ANDREWS COMMANDER
As the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission has now completed repair of a failing water main without interrupting service to this area, I can’t help but be impressed with the way we all came together to prepare for what could have been a serious crisis. The WSSC and all of our public utility servants have worked around the clock to bring this problem to resolution. We’re very grateful for your hard work and commitment to minimizing the impact of the water outage to both us here at Joint Base Andrews and our neighbors in the surrounding community. Getting through a situation like this takes teamwork and tremendous effort. Thankfully, we had swift assistance from our neighboring military instal-
23 July Total Points BYE 62 RS 53 5 48 7 45 12 36 RS 25 12 24 0 19
lations. Our joint teammates at Marine Base Quantico, and Joint Bases Meyer-Henderson Hall, Langley-Eustis, and AnacostiaBolling lent us equipment to keep the critical, no-fail missions here at Andrews at full strength. Thank you for your support--we are extremely grateful for the opportunity to serve side-by-side with you in our nation’s capitol. Our friends from the local community also reached out to help service members and families staying at the Presidential Inn find a place to stay while water was unavailable. They also donated bottled water and food to our transitioning families. A special thanks to all who helped--you make us proud to project air power from Prince George’s County and Maryland. To all of our base mission partners, your cooperation and collaboration is present every day. Once again, you put teamwork first and made things happen. Thank
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you for your strong support as we worked through the situation and for making Joint Base Andrews a great place to work. To our residents in the dorms and base housing, big-time thank you for your disciplined approach to adhering to the water use re-
strictions put in place. I continue to be impressed with your resilience during adversity and for your willingness to help during difficult times. Finally, I want to thank the men and women on the 11th Wing and our teammates in the Air Force District of Washington who are charged with supporting this busy and expansive installation. Taking care of the service members and families who live and work here is a privilege, as you are our nation’s most precious resource. From our medics to our communications experts and from our headquarters staff to those who support the base on a daily basis, with vigilance and precision you are always ready and provide world-class support. Thanks again to all of you for a job well done. I look forward to working with you all as we continue to make a global impact with each mission accomplished here.
shopping trips, an increase of more than 1.6 million from fiscal 2011. Defense Commissary Agency record sales of $6.09 billion were the highest since $6.02 billion in fiscal 1992. Then, the agency had 411 stores versus 247 today. Sales helped generate about $312.5 million in surcharge funds. The 5 percent surcharge is used to fund new stores and equipment and renovate existing facilities. Commissaries redeemed nearly 113.3 million coupons in fiscal 2012 for a customer savings of about $104.2 million. The Retiree Activities Office is open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday. Visit the office in Building 1604 at California and Colorado Avenues or call us at 301-9812726. Our e-mail address is rao@andrews.af.mil. Call the office before your visit to ensure a volunteer is on duty. The RAO has a website at www.andrews. af.mil; Under “Helpful Links” click on “Retirees Activity Office” for information on retiree subjects, including past copies of “Retiree Corner.”
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THEY SEE ME ROLLIN’
Parasmani Salunke, 6, of Sterling, Va. rides a pony on the grounds of Largo High School.
Community Day brings resources and fun to Largo The 12th Annual Kettering/Largo/Mitchellville Family Community Day and Health Fair was held July 20 at Largo High School. Sponsored by the Kettering Recreation Council, KLM Boys and Girls Club, MarylandNational Capital Park and Planning Commission and B&K Productions, the fair offered wellness information and health screenings, yoga demonstrations, a 3-on-3 basketball competition, fashion show, vendors, live music and activities for children.
PHOTOS/CHRIS BASHAM
Health and wellness educators, vendors, a yoga meditation center and other displays drew crowds inside Largo High School.
PHOTO/BOBBY JONES
A Camp Springs resident uses an umbrella to protect herself from the scorching sun whiles she glides home on a pair of roller skates with a small bag of groceries July 19.
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Bikini photo offensive ter reopens) when there were clearly others in the background who could have provided the photographer with a more PC shot, or this photo could have been swapped with another photo from page 5. In a time when we are fighting against historical stereotypes this decision was in poor taste.
Maybe it’s the nature of what my office is working on or a combination of this, that fact I am a social worker and having a young adult this age but I wonder what possessed the paper to include a picture of a 19-yearold in a very revealing bikini on the front page of The Andrews Gazette (July 12, 2013: Allentown Splash, Tennis and Fitness Cen-
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Ask the Lawyer: What if I injure someone accidentally? BY MATHEW B. TULLY
Q. What should a service member do if he accidentally injures someone and ends up getting charged with a crime? A. Someone can be harmed by a service member’s conduct without there being any wrongdoing. It is called an accident, and the Uniform Code of Military Justice provides an affirmative defense for such situations. More specifically, Rule 916 of the Rules of Courts-Martial states, “[a] death, injury, or other event which occurs as the unintentional and unexpected result of doing a lawful act in a lawful manner is an accident and excusable.” In U.S. v. Scott P. Curry (1993), the U.S. Court of Military Appeals outlined three elements necessary for an accident defense. They includ-
ed: 1. the injurious act was lawful; 2. the accused acted without negligence; and 3. the injury was “unforeseeable and unintentional.” To illustrate the type of situation where the accident defense would apply, the court provided the example of a child who runs into the street and is hit by a car and killed, resulting in an unpremeditated murder charge for the driver. Such a tragedy would not count as a homicide so long as the driver was driving “carefully, lawfully, and without neglect,” the court said. In U.S. v. Darwinn Davis (2000), a Navy hospitalman was convicted at general court-martial of the involuntary manslaughter of his daughter in violation of Article 119. He appealed this conviction, claiming the judge failed to instruct him on the accident defense. The hospitalman claimed his infant daughter’s fatal injuries stemmed from an incident in which
he swerved his car to avoid traffic and she was not properly secured in the car seat. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces found the accident defense was not available to the hospitalman because he failed to properly secure her in the car seat. Consequently, the court found the judge did not err in not providing the accident defense instruction. Service members who are charged with a crime that stems from an accident should immediately contact a military law attorney. Depending on the circumstances, an attorney could help them raise the affirmative defense of accident. Mathew B. Tully is an Iraq war veteran and founding partner of the law firm Tully Rinckey PLLC. E-mail questions to askthelawyer@fedattorney.com. The information in this column is not intended as legal advice.
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U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO/AIRMAN 1ST CLASS NESHA HUMES
The United States Army Priority Air Transport Command leadership finishes passing the flag during their change of command ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, Md., July 19, 2013. The command’s mission is to provide senior Army leadership and key government officials with fast, long-range and professional executive transportation throughout the world.
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professional executive airlift transportation throughout the world. From their European command out of Ramstein Air Base, Germany, to their Pacific command out of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, USAPAT’s operational efficiency has earned notable achievements, such as the Safety Excellence Award for May 2012 to May 2013. Under Applegate’s command, USAPAT successfully flew nine missions in direct support to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts, a legacy Then said he hopes to further. “My main goal is to make sure the fox hole is left better than it was when I found it,” said Then. “Col. Applegate has done a phenomenal job during a very high-stress mission. He’s got an outstanding team working for him. I want to continue that tradition of mission excellence.”
Red Cross calls for blood and platelet donors BY STEVE MAVICA FOR THE RED CROSS
While thousands of people have responded to the recent emergency call for blood and platelet donations from the American Red Cross, there remains an urgent need for platelet donors, as well as donors with types O negative, B negative and A negative blood. Right now blood products are being distributed to area hospitals almost as quickly as donations are coming in. “We are grateful to the donors who have rolled up a sleeve to give blood or platelets to the Red Cross in the last couple of weeks, but our work is not over,” said Donald L. Baker, CEO for the Red Cross Greater Chesapeake and Potomac Blood Services Region. “The need for blood is constant. As July comes to a close and August begins, we ask eligible donors to please give blood or platelets as soon as possible.” The Red Cross issued an emergency call for blood donations on July 9 after seeing about 50,000 fewer blood and platelet donations than expected in June. Donations have increased by about 15 percent since the emergency call for donors was issued, but the middle and end of July mark only the halfway point to the challenging summer months. “The summer is historically one of the most difficult times of year for blood and platelet donations,” said Baker. “Many donors are still enjoying summer activities, but patients are unable to take a vacation from needing lifesaving transfusions.” Blood and platelets are needed for many reasons. Accident and burn victims, heart surgery patients and organ transplant patients, as well as those receiving treatment for cancer or sickle cell disease, may depend on lifesaving transfusions. Each day, the Red Cross Greater Chesapeake and Potomac Blood Services Region needs approximately 1000 donors to step forward and give blood. Blood and platelets can only come from generous volunteer donors. Eligible donors with types O negative, B negative and A negative blood are especially encouraged to give double red cells where available. Type O negative blood is the universal blood type and can be transfused to anyone who needs blood. Types A negative and B negative blood can be transfused to Rh positive or negative patients.
How to Donate Blood
Simply call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org to make an appointment or for more information. All blood types are needed to ensure a reliable supply for patients. A blood donor card or driver’s license, or two other forms of identification are required at checkin. Individuals who are 17 years of age (16 with parental permission in some states), weigh at least 110 pounds and
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PTSD, from page 1 aloud, while the other uses written journals of the event. Each combine exposure to situations that share similarities with the original event and time spent thinking through thoughts from the moment of trauma and those that linger, including possible feelings of guilt or anxiety. The choice of which therapy to use is based on the clinician’s and the patient’s preference. Other options, such as Department of Veterans Affairsendorsed Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, are available at Fort Belvoir, Va. and at VA-affiliated centers. At JBA, all PTSD therapies are offered on a one-on-one basis. Veterans centers in the area sometimes offer group therapy sessions, as well, to encourage clients who may be avoiding social interaction because of their PTSD symptoms to spend time around other people. “Avoidance is what PTSD is all about,” said Dr. Fred Lockard of the Prince George’s County Veterans Center in Clinton, Md., which offers groups tailored to veterans by era of conflict, so that members of the group can understand and relate to each others’ experiences of wartime trauma and re-entry into life Stateside. “Some of our Vietnam-era veterans have had symptoms for decades and never received treatment until now.” Davis said that many patients wait to seek treatment until retirement from active duty service, in order to avoid any possibility of stigma or career impact. Over the course of treatment, patients are repeatedly exposed to their index trauma in an effort to decrease the symptoms over time. They are also given “homework” assignments to complete between sessions, such as reviewing their index trauma or coming up with a list of all the things that, since developing PTSD, they avoid doing because of anxiety. Once they have that list in hand, their next task is to go do those things. “You’ve got to get back on the horse,” said Davis, who added that therapists act as advocates and cheerleaders throughout the treatment process. Often, memories of that first traumatic experience are fragmented and hard to think through. Like a few bars of a half-forgotten song, they keep repeating themselves in the mind, never really following through to
Dr. Beth Davis examines data created during a neurofeedback session.
Dr. Beth Davis displays an electro-cap used to position EEG sensors over 19 different areas of the scalp to measure brain activity during Quantitative EEG-guided LORETA 19-channel Z-score neurofeedback sessions.
a conclusion and never entirely fading away. Whether caused by a sudden, one-time event such as an explosion, or by a series of events over time as in domestic violence situations, the mind does not always filter through and reintegrate those memories in a way that helps a person to leave them in the past and move on with life. Although the person may not be living in circumstances that seem similar to those they encountered when they developed PTSD, the fragmented nature of those memories means that it only takes a fragment of similarity to bring them to the surface again--a smell, a color, a sound, a time of day or an activity that might seem ordinary to others can be enough to throw a PTSD patient right back into the experience that traumatized them, in a way that feels overwhelmingly present and real. “As memories are recovered, things evolve and show more detail,” said Davis. Over time mis-
placed guilt and subjective feelings of distress can decrease and become much more manageable. Fortunately, modern technology can help harness all those sensations and enable patients to work through their trauma and move past it. Patients at MGMC&SC can use virtual reality simulations very much like a video game to reproduce the sights, sounds, vibrations and even the smells of common situations encountered while on foot patrol in a village or while driving along a highway in the Middle East. The program, called Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy, also known as VRET, is used in addition to standard CPT or PET sessions. “The main difference between Iraq and Afghanistan? Afghanistan has mountains,” said Davis of the simulation’s onscreen appearance. Updates to the software are expected to have broader, more Air Force-related scenarios, such as treating traumatically
wounded patients or bagging bodies of the dead. “Hopefully, the updates will be more adaptable, and let us treat more patients,” said Davis. Patients talk through the events that led up to their trauma while Davis uses their descriptions of the environment and the timeline of the events to make the simulation as realistic as possible, down to the vibration of a damaged Humvee or the scent of garbage and diesel fuel. Surrounded by reminders of trauma, while in the safe environment of a Malcolm Grow office, patients relive their trauma in a way that helps put the fragments together into a cohesive whole. Whether or not VRET is used, the course of treatment usually lasts for between eight and 12 weekly, 90-minute sessions for either therapy, depending on the severity and complexity of the patient’s symptoms. Davis has also introduced modern biofeedback practices for the treatment of PTSD, traumatic brain injury and other conditions which can affect concentration, focus and mood. She heads the program at Malcolm Grow and offers training and certification in biofeedback for residents. By measuring psychophysiological metrics such as muscle tension, temperature, respiration, perspiration and heart rate, and giving clients constant, real-time feedback on their progress as they focus their mind calmly on a task,
biofeedback can help people learn to improve their mental focus, concentration and other thoughts and feelings. “A year ago I stood up the program here. Biofeedback has a long history, and we’ve adopted a more cutting-edge type,” David said. Quantitative EEG-guided LORETA 19-channel Z-score feedback uses low-resolution electromagnetic tomography to measure brain activity through sensors positioned against 19 areas of the scalp. The measurements create a sort of “brain map” to guide therapy, with a goal of creating more stable, efficient brain activity both during therapy and throughout everyday life. “No other U.S. Air Force site has this kind of neurofeedback,” said Davis, who added that the system costs about $55,000 to $60,000 in sensors, computer systems and other gear. “It’s good for mood regulation, and can help people sleep better, cope, not have heightened ‘alerts’ with PTSD and TBI. The behavioral effects are far-reaching Increased memory, attention, concentration.” Though LORETA is new, and there are no long-term studies of its effectiveness, Davis said that its targeted sensors represent an improvement over traditional neurofeedback’s “shotgun approach.” So far, Davis has treated four patients at JBA with the LORETA system. “I’m excited to see what the next five years of research show,” Davis said.
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Prayer Room in Chapel 1 Annex Daily Prayer Monday - Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Prayer Service Friday, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
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Chaplain Maj. Raphael Berdugo is the new Jewish chaplain. He can be contacted at the Chapel’s main line, 301-981-2111.
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Sunday Services Chapel 2, Traditional Service 9 a.m. Base Theater, Contemporary Service 10 Gospel Service 11:30 a.m. Tuesday Family Night at Base Theater Family meal 5 p.m.
Christian Education and AWANA Kid’s Program 6 p.m.
Roman Catholic
Reconciliation by appointment, call 301-981-2111 Daily and Saturday Mass have been temporarily suspended. Chapel 1, 1345 W. Perimeter Road. Mass Sunday, 8:30 a.m. Chapel 2, 3715 Fetchet Ave. Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) classes Monday, 6 p.m. For information, pastoral counseling and religious accommodation of all faith traditions call 301-981-2111 or visit the chapel office at 1345 W Perimeter Road.
About the Red Cross
The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides emotional support to victims of disasters; supplies about 40 percent of the nation’s blood; teaches skills that save lives; provides international humanitarian aid; and supports military members and their families. For more information, visit redcross.org.
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