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Joint Base Journal Vol. 6, No. 9

March 6, 2015

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Spring Forward reminder: move clocks ahead one hour at 2 a.m., Sunday, March 8.

Don’t TXT, drive; Save it 4 L8R

BY NICOLE M. WOODS JOINT BASE ANACOSTIABOLLING PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Across the United States, texting while driving is a familiar but deadly risk that is taken every day. Many people feel a need to be constantly connected to family and friends, but is it really worth the damage it can cause?

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that in 2012, driver distraction was the cause of 18 percent of all fatal crashes (killing 3,328 people), and crashes resulting in an injury (wounding 421,000 people).

Reaching for a phone, dialing, texting and other uses of portable devices increase the risk of getting into a crash by three times.

On Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB), drivers are encouraged to keep two hands on the wheel and to stay focused on the road at all times while operating a

vehicle. A failure to do this could result in not having that option at all.

“People must remember that driving on base isn’t a right, it’s a privilege, and it can be revoked very quickly based on the point system and the commanding officer’s guidance,” explained JBAB Police Sgt. Bianca Burgos.

Although the base does not have payable citations yet, JBAB police currently enforce armed forces traffic tickets, which work off of a point system, as opposed to a monetary ticket (of $100 or more) that would be given off-base.

According to Burgos, each offense has a certain amount of points that can accumulate fast if you are not adhering to the law. Every offense is different and could result in your driving privileges being taken away, even after just one of-

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PHOTO COURTESY OF JBAB POLICE

An auto accident in January was the result of a driver reaching for a cellphone and losing sight of the road. The incident resulted in additional damage to four parked vehicles near Defense Intelligence Agency at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling.

Despite D.C. law, marijuana prohibited at JBAB

BY JEREMY K. JOHNSON JOINT BASE ANACOSTIABOLLING PUBLIC AFFAIRS

On Feb. 26, a new law governing possession and use of marijuana took effect in the District of Columbia.

Despite the change in enforcement for residents of the District, military leaders are reminding uniformed personnel and DOD civilians that federal law still applies to government employees.

“D.C. legalizing marijuana changes nothing if you’re active duty or a DOD employee,” said Navy Capt.

Frank Mays, Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB) commanding officer. “You can’t use it, can’t possess it, can’t sell it, and can’t bring it on to bases or other U.S. gov-

“Any person found in possession of marijuana on a military installation could be barred from base for a significant period of time and ejected from residing in base housing.”

- Andrea Burkman ernment property.”

Even for D.C. residents, the law - meant to curb the number of arrests and rate of incarceration - defines in specific terms what is legal and what is not.

According to the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) website, the new law makes marijuana possession legal if: The possessor is at least

21 years of age; the amount in possession is equal to two ounces or less; the possession is on the individual’s private property or District of Columbia (non-federal) property.

Marijuana use, according to the website, is legal if: The possessor is at least 21 years of age; the amount in possession is equal to two ounces or less; the use is lim-

ited to private property; the user is not operating a vehicle or boat.

Individuals under the age of 21 who are stopped for possession will not be arrested or ticketed if the amount is equal to two ounces or less, but the marijuana will be confiscated.

If the amount is more than two ounces, MPD may arrest the possessor in addition to

confiscating the marijuana.

Finally, each household (with multiple adults over 21) within the boundaries of the District’s new law may have up to six marijuana plants with a maximum of three mature plants.

Under no circumstances is it legal under the law to engage in the sale of marijuana. Gifting is permitted, but limited to one ounce or less.

Further complicating these rules, D.C. encompasses multiple sites that are federal property. Under 21 United States Code, section 844, it is unlawful for any person to knowingly or intentionally possess a controlled substance. The federal government does not recognize laws legalizing marijuana in any state, terri-

tory or district of the United States.

Federal law supersedes any local legislation for the use of legalized recreational or medical use of marijuana.

Because of this, federal law enforcement officials and agents may arrest anyone for possession in locations that fall under the authority of National Park Service and federally owned buildings.

In Washington, that includes places like the National Mall and the many Smithsonian sites in that area.

At JBAB, possession and use of marijuana is illegal for all persons entering the base, including service members, residents, contractors and civilians.

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Navy Reserve celebrates centennial anniversary “All 59,000 Sailors are very

BY MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 2ND CLASS(SCW/ proud to celebrate the history and SW/AW) JONATHAN PANKAU the heritage of our service and esDEFENSE MEDIA ACTIVITY

Service members and civilians packed the Pentagon Library Conference Center for the Navy Reserve Centennial Kickoff Celebration March 2.

Chief of Navy Reserve Vice Adm. Robin R. Braun delivered the opening remarks, commending Navy Reserve Sailors for being ready then, ready now and ready always, and introduced Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert, the centennial’s keynote speaker.

“Serving through the Cold War, I’ve seen the Navy Reserve go from a group of ‘One day we may need them, let’s hold on to them. That’s our strategic reserve,’... to integration, to addiction in Desert Shield/ Desert Storm ... to really, frankly, total integration today,” Greenert said.

Greenert and Braun visited the U.S. Navy Reserve displays set up in the Pentagon’s Navy corridor after the opening ceremony and performed the cake and ribbon cutting.

pecially to highlight the millions who have served over the past century,” said Braun.

Congress authorized the establishment of the Federal Naval Reserve on March 3, 1915.

Initially, the only Sailors eligible to enroll were enlisted Navy veterans. On Aug. 29, 1916, with the prospect of America’s entry into World War I looming, the Navy Reserve reorganized to allow the enrollment of non-veterans and designated as the U.S. Naval Reserve Force.

Since Sept. 11, 2001, there have been more than 70,000 Selected Reserve mobilizations, along with an additional 4,500 deployments by Full Time Support Sailors, including more than 8,000 who have done a second combat tour.

Since its establishment in 1915, five U.S. presidents have served in the Navy Reserve.

For more information on the Navy Reserve, search Navy.mil or visit https://www.navyreserve. navy.mil.

Spring Forward means checking smoke alarms

U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 1ST CLASS NATHAN LAIRD

Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert, Chief of Navy Reserve Vice Adm. Robin Braun, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs Juan Garcia and Navy Reserve Force Master Chief C.J. Mitchell cut a ribbon in front of the new Centennial of the U.S. Navy Reserve display in the Pentagon March 2.

Library program incorporates yoga into story time

BY MICHELLE L. GORDON JOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-BOLLING PUBLIC AFFAIRS

PHOTO COURTESY OF U.S. FIRE ADMINISTRATION

Daylight Savings Time begins at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 8. The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) recommends checking smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors at the same time you change your clocks during the semi-annual Daylight Savings time changes in the spring and fall. For traditional smoke alarms, USFA recommends changing the batteries annually. As an alternative, 10-year sealed lithium battery smoke alarms are available in many home improvement stores and only require semi-annual testing. For more information about fire safety, visit the U.S. Fire Administration website: http://www.usfa.fema.gov

Every Wednesday morning, the Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB) Library is filled with tiny tots and yoga mats during the newest addition to the weekly children programs, Mommy + Me Yoga.

The class provides moms of young children an opportunity to get out of the house, socialize with their peers, and get a workout.

Yoga instructor Erica Kraft said she started the class nearly three months ago as a way get her young daughters involved in her exercise routine.

“I really like running, but I can’t do a lot of it right now because of the cold weather,” she said. “I feel like yoga is something I can do with my kids - plus I get a workout myself - it’s the best of both worlds.”

During the weekly session, Kraft, who has been practicing yoga for nearly 13 years, incorporates traditional yoga poses into a story book. The class is free to attend and children of all ages are welcome.

“I don’t think you can ever be too young for yoga,” said Kraft. “If you have a newborn, you can be doing the stretches while the baby is watching you, and you can lift them up with you. It’s just a great way to get kids moving and concentrating.”

Kraft’s daughter Elsie, 3, was born with Down syndrome. One of

U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY MICHELLE L. GORDON

Mommy + Me Yoga is held Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m., at the Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB) Library. The class provides moms of young children with an opportunity to get out of the house, socialize with their peers, and get a workout. the common physical traits of the condition is low muscle tone. Kraft said the class helps her daughter develop her core strength, as well as focus.

Minna Ramos has attended the class with son Easton, 3, and daughter Aurora, 9 months, since it began last fall. She said she previously did yoga videos at home, but she really enjoys going to the Mommy + Me class because it is a great opportunity to get out of the house, talk to other moms, and it keeps her kids active.

“I like the fact that we can bring our children with us and not be

stressed about them being quiet and contained,” she said. “It’s for all of us and it’s great. It’s something we needed here on base.”

Tamara Turner, JBAB Library children’s program coordinator said in addition to Mommy + Me, the library also hosts story times on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10 a.m., and they show a Navy Motion Picture Service movie each Friday at 5 p.m.

Mommy + Me Yoga is held Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m., at the JBAB Library. For more information, call 202-767-5578.

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Community shred event promotes Military Saves Week, identity theft prevention

BY LT. CMDR. JIM REMINGTON JOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-BOLLING PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling’s (JBAB) Military Family Support Center (MFSC) hosted a community shred event for service members and dependents in the Exchange parking lot Feb. 26 to promote Military Saves Week and to help fight identity theft.

The event, scheduled 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., was the first of its kind at JBAB. It managed to gather more than 3,000 pounds of documents by its midpoint, according to Elliot Lofties of Shred Ace, in spite of the day’s wintery mix which resulted in a two-hour delay for federal government workers.

“I got here at about 10:40 a.m.

I had my first customer around 10:50 a.m. So far I’ve had 25 customers, and filled 10 barrels which each hold just over 300 pounds of paper.”

While the event was intended for military personnel and dependents, the shred opportunity was also open to organizations on base

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fense, depending on its severity.

“We are currently in the process of getting the monetary tickets implemented on base, so there will eventually be a fine if you are caught using your cell phone without a hands-free device on the installation,” she explained.

Recently, a cell phone violation occurred on a busy road near the Defense Intelligence Agency building, resulting in a five car collision. All cars involved were parked, except for the at-fault driver, who was operating their vehicle while distracted. The impact of the offender’s vehicle hitting the first car created a ripple effect, crashing into several other vehicles and causing damage.

“It was on a busy street where a lot of employees park their cars and cross the street. If it would

Joseph Cadet (left) and Jeffrey Council (center), employees at Anacostia Bachelor Housing, deliver 40 boxes of documents from Furnari Hall to Elliot Lofties of Shred Ace for destruction. Cadet and Council noted that normally this amount of shred would take both of them two to three days to shred. Instead they were able to pack and deliver the documents for shredding inside of a half hour. which accounted for approximately 10 percent of the total shred.

Jeffrey Council and Joseph Cadet of Anacostia Bachelor Hous-

ing brought 40 boxes from Furnari Hall, each containing containing documents with data requiring destruction.

have been an hour later during rush hour and someone was getting into their vehicle, they could have easily been struck,” Burgos said.

The offender said their phone had gone off and they went to grab it. The next thing they knew, the accident happened.

Once you start texting and driving, or put the phone to your ear, you’ve already lost control and immediately become distracted, Burgos conveyed.

“The text can wait; something as simple as responding to a text message can definitely wait because you can really hurt someone. We have a lot of kids that come on base and a lot of residents living on base walking around not paying attention, you can both get hurt,” she said.

Tips from www.stoptextsstopwrecks.org to stop texting and driving include: Out of sight, out of mind When you’re in the car, put your phone where you can’t get it. A

place where you won’t even be tempted to look for it. No phone.

No texting.

Silence is golden - Turn those notifications off. The less you hear your phone, the less tempted you’ll be to respond while you’re driving.

Find your app - An app can help you stop texting and driving.

Download your fave and forget about it in the car.

Designate a texter - Borrow thumbs from a friend. Or lend yours to a friend. Passengers get the privilege of texting while in motion.

“If you’re not using a handsfree device, then don’t use the phone at all, if it’s that important and pressing that you need to get the text message out or you need to answer the phone, then just pull over, put the car in park and do what you have to do. Other than that, it can wait,” Burgos concluded.

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“Normally we shred that ourselves. Having this today meant a lot,” said Council. “Normally this would have taken us two to three days.”

“Instead it took us just a few minutes,” added Cadet.

“People may be wondering, ‘What are these people doing out here in the snow, cold and rain?’” said David Rowe, a personal financial manager at MFSC. “Our original intent was to bring the shredder truck in and get rid of all of our documents that we don’t need to have, to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands of identity thieves.”

Rowe said everyone should be regularly shredding old bank, credit, and financial account statements that contain full account numbers. He recommended keeping copies of documents that support tax filing for a period of six years and those that relate to any credit disputes forever. Beyond that, any documents that we have electronically he said can be shredded almost immediately.

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quent events will be based primarily upon availability of funding, according to Rowe.

“If there is a strong demand there is a possibility of having another in the spring,” he said.

Military Saves Week 2015, which ran Feb. 23-28, aimed to start service members thinking about saving for their future and to take an audit of their financial health.

“It’s a good time to ask, ‘Do I have my paperwork updated?

Have I updated my will? Is the right person named as the beneficiary of my Serviceman’s Group Life Insurance?’ This is also a good week to sit down and take a look at our money. Are we spending it in the right way? Are we putting enough away for retirement or our kid’s college?’” said Rowe.

Service members and dependents interested in taking closer account of their budget, finances, savings, or who are interested in a short seminar to assist them with buying a car, or renting a home off base, may contact the MFSC by email at david.rowe@navy.mil or by phone at 202-767-0450.

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JBAB police officer and McGruff the Crime Dog visit Leckie Elementary School

BY JOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-BOLLING PUBLIC AFFAIRS Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB) Police Sgt. Bianca Burgos and McGruff the Crime Dog (played by Cpl. Chad Booker) visited Leckie Elementary Feb. 26. The school, located less than a mile from JBAB, is a community partner with the base.

Burgos and McGruff talked to students there about safety precautions at home and school, including bullying, gun safety and “stranger” danger. Each month Leckie Elementary focuses on a core value. For February, the focus was “citizenship.”

Burgos emphasized the importance and behaviors of good citizenship. For example, she said, she taught them “if you see something, say something,” as well as “if you HEAR something, say something.”

She said she also taught an interactive lesson on gun safety.

“I always remind children of the dangers of guns and what they need to do if they see one,” explained Burgos. “I taught the students a short dance to help them remember what to do when they come across a weapon. ‘Stop! Don’t Touch! Leave the area! And Tell an Adult!’ The children practiced with me twice and then showed me that they memorized it by doing it on their own.”

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Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB) Police Sgt. Bianca Burgos and Cpl. Chad Booker (as McGruff the Crime Dog) visited Leckie Elementary School Feb. 26 to teach students the importance of good citizenship and being safe through situational awareness.

21st-century DARPA tool could work against ISIL

BY CHERYL PELLERIN DOD NEWS, DEFENSE MEDIA ACTIVITY

Today’s national security landscape challenges the Defense Department with threats ranging from low-tech, lone-wolf terrorists and high-tech peer adversaries to extremist groups that use both approaches, like the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL); the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency prepares for them all.

DARPA Director Dr. Arati Prabhakar spoke here recently with CNN defense correspondent Barbara Starr at the Future of War Conference.

“My first tour at DARPA was in the Cold War, and at that time [we] worked against the one monolithic existential threat and everything else was just sort of backseat,” Prabhakar said.

“We don’t really have the luxury of dealing with [just] one kind of national security threat today,” she added.

The National Security Landscape

The spread and violence of ISIL is what she called a “today issue,” as is the historic West African outbreak of Ebola virus disease.

Such crises will flare up and be part of the national security environment, “and how we deal with them as technology changes and what those kinds of actors are able to do -- that’s part of the national security landscape but it’s not the whole story,” the director said.

“We know as well that nation states around the world are changing their military positions, their military capabilities, and with those shifts come the concern about an acute national security threat in the future that we want to deter and defeat if that becomes necessary,” she added.

The challenge for the department is a wide spectrum of threats, Prabhakar said, from low-tech terrorist groups to peer adversaries.

For their own nefarious purposes, said Prabhakar, ISIL uses the same infrastructure that everyone uses for connectivity, commerce and interacting with family and community.

A Wide Spectrum of Threats

Deterring conflicts with peer adversaries will require sophisticated high-end technology, the director said.

“At DARPA what we think about is how do we prepare for that environment, how do we get ourselves to a place where we are able to deter and defeat if necessary a very technologically enabled peer adversary, but how do we do it in a way that isn’t just more of the same from the past? You’ll see those kinds of ideas about rethinking complex military assistance throughout our portfolio,” she explained.

Adversaries like ISIL use low-tech approaches combined with 21st-century components in their use of social media for terrorism and recruitment, she said.

“The 21st-century tools are the scalable part,” Prabhakar added, “and I think that’s the piece that needs addressing in order to deal with the whole situation. In fact, we’re beginning now to have tools and techniques to start dealing with that.”

Using Internet Tools Against ISIL

For their own nefarious purposes, she said, ISIL uses the same infrastructure that everyone uses for connectivity, commerce and interacting with family and community.

“Today at DARPA we are developing some of the tools and technologies to start seeing patterns of interconnection in the

vastness of the Internet,” she said.

A DARPA program called Memex started by developing a way to understand linkages among websites, initially to help fight sex trafficking, the director explained.

The program got its name and inspiration from a hypothetical device described in “As We May Think,” a 1945 article for the Atlantic Monthly magazine written by Vannevar Bush, director of the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development during World War II, according to DARPA’s website.

A Tool for Law Enforcement

The early Memex work rapidly led to the ability to see, for example, the same phone numbers that would pop up over and over again in a website, Prabhakar said.

“And we started quickly being able to give law enforcement, in that case, a tool that allowed them,” she said, to do domain-specific deep web searches rather than a single-threaded search through the small portion of the web indexed by Google or Bing.

In the human trafficking world, Memex is leading to indictments and convictions, the director said, “but those tools can be used for many other purposes, and today we’re starting to help in the fight against [ISIL] using those same kinds of tools.”

The director declined to discuss that ongoing work, but she said the tool’s use-

fulness has played out well in the case of law enforcement and human trafficking.

Looking for Patterns and Networks “There, we started working with law enforcement in the Dallas, Texas, region, where they were looking for sex-trafficking patterns and networks,” the director said.

Memex experts looked at back-page ads in the region and from there were able to build a quick assessment of where the same phone numbers kept showing up on multiple websites.

“If you’re looking across thousands and thousands [of ads] manually, you wouldn’t have seen it,” Prabhakar said, “but we were able to scoop up these high-value phone numbers and hand them to law enforcement.”

The law enforcement colleagues were “sort of taken aback initially by how rich that dataset was,” she added, and many of the numbers tied to criminal violations the officers were familiar with through conventional law enforcement means.

Fighting ISIL Online More interesting from a national security point of view, the director said, was the discovery that some of the phone numbers linked to fund transfers in the region around North Korea, and that started them on the trail of looking for a trafficking network.

“That’s the kind of work that is now being picked up by law enforcement and is starting to help put people behind bars for human trafficking and sex trafficking,” Prabhakar said.

“But you can imagine how that might give you a way to see how the [ISIL] global community, that’s spreading like cancer,” she added, “is using that infrastructure similarly.”

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JADOC Soldiers lauded for outstanding work

PHOTOS COURTESY OF JOINT AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY OPERATIONS CENTER

On Feb. 13, Army Col. Larry M. Pinkerton, Jr., commander of the Joint Air Defense Artillery Operations Center (JADOC), Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, awarded the Army Commendation Medal to Army Lt. Col. Shane Hartley, Army Maj. Dewey Miller, Army Capt. Gregory Jacomet, and Army Capt. Joel Sprout. The Soldiers were presented the awards for their efforts in preparing Task Force Luzon for mobilization to the National Capital Region - Integrated Air Defense System mission.

Face of Defense: Air Force NCO helps veteran in need

BY AIR FORCE TECH. SGT. ROBERT BARNETT JOINT BASE ELMENDORFRICHARDSON

Alec Fonoti, a civilian mechanic for an on-base laundry service at Joint Base Elemendorf-Richardson, had prepared a big dinner to take to a friend’s house. He loaded the food and his family of nine into his vehicle and left.

That day, Jan. 3, was the last day Fonoti and his family would spend in their house.

“The fire report said the [stove] burner on the left was still slightly on,” Fonoti said. “A fire caught and it destroyed the whole house.”

When they returned, the Fonotis checked on their neighbors first, making sure they were safe. Fortunately, the fire had been limited to their house -- but everything was destroyed.

“I couldn’t think right,” Fonoti said. “For a big family like mine, I got so stressed that first day. At that point, I thought I might end my life.

It was so hard for me, it was painful.”

A Fellow Vet in Need

Fonoti served in the

U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO BY TECH. SGT. ROBERT BARNETT

Air Force Master Sgt. Robert Chastain, a first sergeant assigned to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, helped a family of nine relocate after their home burned down.

Army as an infantryman from 1987 to 1994. In midFebruary of 1991, the 1st Battalion, 42nd Infantry Regiment (Mechanized), 3rd Brigade, 2nd Armored Division, was the first to breach the Saudi Arabia border in Operation Desert Storm. Fonoti was among the Soldiers in that unit.

“I was in the middle of combat,” Fonoti said. “We

came out and fought. I saw a lot of what was going on.”

He was later diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.

After the house fire, Fonoti told his supervisor he couldn’t focus on work.

Word of the situation soon spread to first sergeants across the base, and that’s when Air Force Master Sgt. Robert Chastain, then-

first sergeant for the 673rd Force Support Squadron, stepped in.

“I knew the house had burned down,” Chastain said. “I could see how bad it was really affecting him -- he was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. He couldn’t even navigate through the electronic process to order a refill for his PTSD medicine.”

The first sergeant helped Fonoti get the medicine refilled. He also reached out to other first sergeants and explained what had happened. He explained that there are many Air Force programs available to help out when there’s a need.

“Most of the programs are for military,” he said.

“So I told [the other first sergeants], ‘Whatever you can get me, I need. If you’ve got something that you don’t need, I’ll take it.’ We were able to replace [a lot].”

Collective Efforts Pay Off

The first sergeants were able to find the Fonotis a house downtown they could afford, he said.

“Before we did that, they were going to the homeless shelter. That’s how serious it was,” Chastain said.

“Think about that, a family like that in December [with] sub-zero temperatures on the streets. Helping them really and truly became my whole focus and purpose.”

Helping the Fonotis was among the many actions that earned Chastain the 673rd Air Base Wing First Sergeant of the Year award. “[First sergeants] don’t do it for recognition or a thank you, but we came in the next day [to see] two huge posters made by all those children that said, ‘Thank you, Master Sergeant Chastain, for this,’ and there’s a laundry list of things they received,” the first sergeant said.

“It gives you a warm feeling,” he added. “We displayed [those posters] inside Building 600 for a couple weeks so everybody could see how their efforts helped.”

Fonoti said Chastain’s actions helped save his life.

“I [felt] like I’d been in combat again -- when you fight, they fight with you like a band of brothers,” Fonoti said.

Fort Meade

TECHNICAL JOB FAIR Wednesday, 18 March 2015 9 am to 2 pm at Club Meade Fort Meade, Maryland

OPEN TO ALL JOB SEEKERS

(candidates with and without a security clearance).

Great opportunity for individuals with active security clearance!

No admission fee! Please arrive early!

Meet employers! Bring copies of your resume!

For additional information please visit: www.ftmeademwr.com

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In an email released the same day the new law went into effect, Naval District Washington Total Force Manpower and Personnel Director, Andrea Burkman, emphasized the existing prohibition has not changed.

“It is a federal crime for an individual to bring marijuana onto a military installation. Any person found in possession of marijuana on a military installation could be barred from base for a significant period of time and ejected from residing in base housing.”

All service members, including reserve members, who possess, sell or distribute marijuana may be prosecuted and subject to administrative action under Article 112a of the Uniformed Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). According to the UCMJ sentencing guidelines found in the Manual for Courts-Martial United States, a finding of guilt for possession or use could result in dishonorable discharge and maximum of 5-15 years confinement.

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Warfighter & Family Readiness Programs & Events Stay Connected!

Stay up-to-date with all events, programs and specials! Visit www.MyWFR.com or download the Free Smartphone App, ABSalute.

Special Events Women’s History Month Luncheon

March 11; Purchase tickets by March 6 | 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. | Bolling Club Celebrate Women’s History Month at this special awareness luncheon featuring a guest speaker and lunch buffet. Purchase tickets in advance at Warfighter & Family Readiness located on Brookley Ave, Bldg.

P-12 or from your unit representative. Walkins not accepted. Club Members: $11.95; Non-Members: $14.95

Save the Date! Easter Egg Hunt

March 28 | 11 a.m. | Base Track Bring your Easter basket for a morning of hunting Easter eggs on the JBAB soccer fields near the base track. Children will be placed into appropriate age groups. The Easter eggs will offer a sweet reward for those collected by the children and a select few eggs will hold a special prize. Parents, don’t forget to bring your camera to capture those special moments with the Easter Bunny! Rain date is March 29.

Earth Day Fun Day – Register to Volunteer!

April 25 | 9 a.m. | Slip Inn Volunteers are needed to help clean up the Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling waterfront! Register to volunteer online at www.MyWFR.com or call 202-767-7707. Ages 12 and under must have adult supervision. The cleanup will be followed by an Earth Day Celebration at the

Slip Inn, featuring Chili Cook-off, blessing of the Marina Fleet and prizes!

Navy-Air Force Half Marathon & Navy 5 Miler

Members: $24.95 per person.

All-You-Can-Eat Buffet

Tuesday-Friday: 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. | Bolling Club, Washington Dining Room

Sept. 20 | National Mall, Washington, DC Register today online at NavyHalf.com.

Prices increase April 1!

Dining Slip Inn Now Open!

Hours of Operation: Tuesday – Saturday: 2-8 p.m.

Spinz at Potomac Lanes Bowling Center

Enjoy lunch or dinner at Spinz, featuring signature pizzas, 8” subs, salads, kid’s meals and more! View the full menu online at MyWFR.com or on the MWR App, ABSalute.

Champagne Sunday Brunch

Every Sunday | 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. | Bolling Club, Washington Dining Room Enjoy the BEST Champagne Brunch in the Capital Region, featuring mimosas, bloody marys and screwdrivers. Choose from a variety of food to include a carving station, omelet station, bacon, sausage and grits as well as seafood newberg, eggs benedict and made to order waffles with assorted desserts. Club Members: $17.95; Non-Members: $22.95

2-for-1 Steak Night

Every Thursday | 5-8:30 p.m. | Bolling Club, Wings Bar & Grill Choose from a juicy 12oz rib eye or New York strip steak. Catch of the day or grilled boneless chicken breast is also available.

Club Members: $24.95 for two people; Non-

Easter Brunch Buffet

April 5 | 11 a.m. & 1 p.m. | Bolling Club Make your reservations today by calling the Bolling Club at 202-767-6794/6792. Club Members: $28.95; Non-Members: $33.95; In honor of Gold Start Wives Day, any Gold Star Member will receive a free Easter Brunch. Simply wear your Gold Star pin or show your Gold Star Survivor ID. View the full menu online at MyWFR.com.

Entertainment

Every Sunday and Thursday and Sunday there are three $5,000 Progressive jackpots!

Social Hour

Wednesdays & Fridays | 5 p.m. | Bolling Club

Play Bingo at Potomac Lanes

Win up to $8,000 per game and daily prizes! Sign up for you VIP Bingo Payer’s Card today at Potomac Lanes!

Cosmic Saturday

Every Saturday | 8 p.m.-midnight | Potomac Lanes Bowling Center Unlimited bowling and shoe rental for only $15; $12 for active duty personnel and their families.

VIP Bingo’s Player Card Promotion

March 1 – 31 | Potomac Lanes Bowling Center If you live on Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, then you’re eligible for a free VIP Bingo Payer’s Card with $2 credit! Must be 18 years or older; only one $2 credit per household.

Ask Potomac Lanes today!

Recreation Chili Cook-Off

First Friday

March 6 | 5 p.m.-midnight | Bolling Club, Washington Dining Room Featuring DJ Bob Ski and free hors d’oeuvres from 5-7 p.m. for club members! $10 for non-members.

April 25; Register by April 22 | Noon | Slip Inn The Chili Cook-Off is right around the corner and we want YOU to show off your chili cooking skills! Compete with Clay, the 2014 Chili King, as he defends his title! The community will vote for their favorites! Awards will be given to 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Place. Register online at www.MyWFR.com or in person at Capital Cove Marina. All authorized ID Card Holders are eligible to participate. Free aprons to the first 20 registered participants!

Bingo is Going Live

Harlem Globetrotters

March 17 | Bolling Club, WASP Lounge After much anticipation, traditional and electronic bingo will begin on March 17 at the Bolling Club. Join in on the fun at any time every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday!

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Child & Youth Programs

coming to Washington, DC with their unrivaled family show, featuring some of the greatest athletes on the planet! Purchase discounted tickets today at the ITT Office!

Cost: $18.50 for section 113, Rows P, Q & R.

Registration: March 2-May 1 | Register online at www.MyWFR.com Season: May 26-July 25 Cost: $50, includes a swim team t-shirt.

Swimmers are required to purchase their own swim suits suitable for competition.

Give Parents a Break

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

March 20-22 | Verizon Center; Purchase tickets at the ITT Office “Ringling Bros. and Barnum & BaileyPresents Built To Amaze!” is an extraordinarily engineered circus experience where Children Of All Ages find out what it takes to build The Greatest Show On Earth! Ticket Price: $19.75. Purchase your tickets today, while supplies last!

Resale Lot

The Resale Lot is located on Duncan Avenue. If you are selling a car, truck, motorcycle, trailer, RV or boat, stop by Outdoor Recreation to register your vehicle. The cost is $12 for the first month, $22 for the second month and $32 for the third and final month. A copy of the current registration and insurance is needed at time of payment. All items will be featured on the WFR Facebook page, www.Facebook.com/ MyWFR.

D.C. Fishing License

Residents $10; Non-Residents $13; Temporary $6.50

Auto Hobby Shop Specials

1. Coolant Flush: $75. Includes one gallon of coolant 2. Oil Changes start at $13.50 with free washer fluid top off. Oil and filter sold separately.

3. Air Conditioning Service: $75. Freon not included.

Framing Classes

Play games for Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 totally free!

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1st & 3rd Saturday every month | 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Learn the tricks of the trade so you can preserve your special memories. Cost $50, plus supplies. Stop by the Arts & Crafts Center to check out the St. Patrick’s Day Specials!

Friday, March 6, 2015

Fridays | 6-11 p.m. | Child Development Center II Saturdays | 9 a.m.-6 p.m.| Child Development Center II Military families are subject to unique stressors associated with military life, including deployments, remote tours of duty, and extended working hours. This program is designed to give family members a short break from parenting in order to help them deal with these types of stressful situations.

Respite Care is available with an approved referral. FREE for Respite Care referrals. $4 per hour for all other patrons. To learn more or to register visit www.MyWFR.com.

Karaoke Night

Movie Madness

Every Friday | 5 p.m. | Library, Children’s Room Featuring a popular, Navy Motion Picture Service (NMPS) G, PG and occasionally PG-13 rated movie. Complimentary theater style popcorn will be served.

Fitness & Sports 2015 JBAB Recreational Volleyball League

April 6; Register by March 31 | 6 & 7 p.m. | Fitness Center I Register to play on JBAB’s Volleyball League. Open to all military, dependents, civilians and contractors attached to JBAB. Cost is $25. Register by March 31 at Fitness Center I.

Checker/Chess Challenge

March 13 | 7 p.m. | Youth Center Test your mind skills as the Youth Center challenges you with a game of checkers and/or chess

Trampoline Park Trip

Pre-Teens (Ages 9-12): March 21 | 3-7 p.m.; Register by March 13 Teens (Ages 10-17): March 28 | 3-7 p.m.; Register by March 20 Jump, leap and bounce all afternoon! $25 for a 2-hour session. Participants are responsible for all costs incurred on this trip.

Current membership, signed permission slip and waiver are needed for this activity.

Space is limit, so register today at the Youth Center.

CATHOLIC SERVICES Reconciliation

Sunday 9 a.m.

Chapel Center

Rosary

Sunday 9:10 a.m.

Chapel Center

Mass (Chapel Center) Tuesday 11:30 a.m.

Wednesday 11:30 a.m.

Thursday 11:30 a.m.

Friday 7 a.m.

Saturday 5 p.m.

Sunday 9:30 a.m.

Liberty Center Eligibility: E1-E6 Single, Unaccompanied Active Duty Military

Cooking with Liberty

March 7 | 5:30 p.m. | Youth Center

Chapel Schedule

March 10 | 5:30 p.m. | Enterprise Kitchen, Bldg. 72, 2nd floor Learn how to dish up your favorite foods at this free cooking class.

Paintball Trip

March 14 | 9 a.m. | at PEV’S Paintball Center Pull out a camouflage suit, grab a gun and get ready for some paintball action at PEV’S Paintball Center. Cost: $45 (Includes gun, mask, air and extra paint); $25 (Includes mask, air and extra paint.)

PROTESTANT SERVICES Sunday Worship

Gospel 11:30 a.m.

Chapel Center General Protestant 11 a.m.

Chapel 2

Sunday School

September - May 9:30-10:30 a.m.

Questions about these services or other religious needs can be directed to 202-767- 5900.

Mommy & Me Yoga

Every Wednesday | 10:30 a.m. | Library

Video Game Night

Every Friday | 4:30-6:30 p.m.| Library

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