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Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (NSWC IHEODTD) welcomed Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition (ASN RDA), Sean Stackley, Aug. 28, during a visit to demonstrate how the command leads efforts to increase range and lethality of energetic materials and provides life-saving tools, technologies and information.

“This was a unique and interesting day,” said Stackley. “One of the best parts of my job is getting the opportunity to meet the folks who are actually doing the hard work on these critical systems - everything from leadingedge technologies to working with the warfighters going in theater.”

The secretary was joined by Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Expeditionary Programs and Logistics Management Thomas Dee; and Executive Director of the Naval Surface and Undersea Warfare Center Don McCormack.

“We’re honored the Secretary devoted an entire day to better understanding the organic, in-house capabilities and expertise this division provides the Navy and Department of Defense,” said NSWC IHEODTD Technical Director Ashley Johnson.

“The men and women of this command never want our warfighters to go into a fair fight. Our purpose is to fly farther, hit harder and save lives,”

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Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition Sean Stackley holds an inert Shoulder-launched Multi-purpose Assault Weapon (SMAW) round as he discusses how the command is seeking to increase lethality and range of energetic materials with Technical Director Ashley Johnson. added NSWC IHEODTD Commanding Officer Capt. Vincent Martinez.

“We’re very passionate about that mission, and the workforce enjoyed demonstrating our capabilities to the Secretary.”

The group visited work stations to learn about the division’s advances to increase lethality, such as its support

of Countermeasure Anti-Torpedo and other ordnance systems, development of reactive materials and research in the area of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). In the MEMS clean-room - one of the only clean rooms currently rated for use of energetic materials - the visitors learned how decreasing fuse size can

increase capabilities or capacities in other areas of existing platforms.

Following a micro-scale detonation of materials, Stackley traveled to the division’s Energetics Manufacturing Complex to witness the

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NSF Indian Head - A Family Tradition

by Barbara Wagner, Staff Writer Through the 125-year history of Naval Support Facility (NSF) Indian Head, the installation has evolved with new technologies, missions and monikers along with the evolution of the various tenants who have been a part of the foundation of the facility. However, there have been some constants that have helped ground the facility as an integral part of the local community.

One of those constants is the family of employees, many of whom come from the local community and have been employed there for generations.

There have been many families throughout the years who have counted service to their country through employment at Indian Head and who continue to be a part of the

NSF Indian Head celebrates its 125th anniversary in 2015. A celebration event that is free and open to the public will be held on Sat., Sept. 26 from noon - 6 p.m. at the Village Green Pavilion. For more info, visit the NSA South Potomac Facebook page, www. facebook.com/NSASouthPotomac base’s future.

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U.S. Navy Photo By Karen Durkalski Official Photograph U. S. Naval Ordnance Station Indian Head

A photo from the retirement ceremony for Thomas O. Hodges dated May 5, 1967. Mr. Hodges was a second generation NSF Indian Head employee and his son Donald Gladwell and granddaughter, Kim Gladwell, would also be employed on NSF Indian Head. Kim Gladwell, his granddaughter, is currently employed at Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (IHEODTD). Pictured from left to right are Mr. and Mrs. Hodges, his daughter Charlotte Gladwell, also an employee for a time at NSF Indian Head, Kim Gladwell at 6 years of age and his other daughter Becky, who was also employed for a time at NSF Indian Head.

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Navy Inventions Brainstormed at Innovation Discovery Event

By John Joyce, NSWC Dahlgren Division Corporate Communications Three inventors stood before the Navy’s version of ABC’s “Shark Tank” panel of tycoons, famous for investing in budding entrepreneurs’ creative ideas and making dreams a reality.

The U.S. Navy inventors - Adam Simonoff, Dr. Kevin Boulais and Gerhard Thielman - emphasized the military applications of their patented and patent pending innovations before the panel at the University of Mary Washington Dahlgren campus, Aug. 20.

Then they explained how their innovations can be commercialized for the public to enjoy.

Like their multi-millionaire counterparts in the TV reality show, this Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD)sponsored panel of distinguished university professors, business owners and entrepreneurs were clearly more interested in the commercial applications as they peppered the inventors with questions.

Panel members questioned the inventors about possibilities in health, medicine, law enforcement, agriculture, and aviation industries.

Technical transfer of patents into these industries - or anywhere in the public domain - can help the Navy save money by reducing cost and increasing product availability.

No stone was left unturned. The panel also discussed how the transfer of technology could ignite a whopping new crop of webbased games for adults or children.

“The panelists added a new dimension and a fresh look at the commercial applicability of NSWCDD intellectual property,” said Lorraine Harting, NSWCDD Technical Partnering Office acting director, regarding the nonfederal panel members’ view of federal technology and its applications.

The fresh look could not begin until event facilitator Mike Riley of TechLink was sure everyone was creative, positive, and free from any inkling of critical thinking.

Riley asked the panel, participants, and observers, to cite two unique things about themselves - one true, one false - followed by crowdsourcing, a guess, and feedback on what was in fact true.

After a round of fascinating factual and fictitious stories with lots of laughter, Riley declared that the TechLink Innovation Discovery process was ready to begin.

U.S. Navy photo by Master Chief Mass Communication Specialist D. Kevin Elliott

Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) scientist Dr. Kevin Boulais uses liquid nitrogen in a molecular beam epitaxy system to create photocapacitors for light guide film applications. Boulais was one of three NSWCDD inventors presenting their patented and patent pending innovations before a panel of university professors, business owners and entrepreneurs at the ninth Office of Naval Research-sponsored Innovation Discovery event, Aug. 20.

The primary activity of TechLink - a DoD partnership intermediary - is brokering Cooperative Research and Development Agreements and patent license agreements between DoD labs and U.S. industry for the manufacture and use of DoD inventions. These inventions involve virtually all technology fields, including medicine, software, electronics, communications, advanced materials, and energy-related technologies.

Juxtaposed to the “Shark Tank” moguls, the Innovation Discovery panel nurtures pressure free, non-critical, imaginative brainstorming sessions for ideas that improve the transfer, transition, and commercialization of inventions under development, leading to enhanced defense capabilities and positive economic impact.

“The more relaxed you are, the more creative you are,” said Riley, who taught college students for 30 years at Montana State University. “It’s highly important that we have no criticism - it will block creative thinking.

When you think you will be judged, it will block you creatively. We are being creative as we see what everyone sees but thinking what no one else thinks.”

The brainstorming - and a technique inspiring creativity called brainwriting - began immediately after each inventor briefed his innovation to the panel.

Thielman spoke about his innovation - the Spherical Armored Mobile Platform.

Boulais briefed the panel on the Light Guide Film for Electronics, Distributed Computing, Sensing and Electromagnetic Control. Simonoff presented the Collaborator Common Collaboration En-

vironment.

In the end, the panel and the witnessing audience of scientists and engineers - generated scores of commercial applications for the inventions.

“They brainstormed many great commercialization ideas for our technologies and patent claims to strengthen our patent applications,” said Harting. “We will work hard to bring some of the great ideas generated to fruition. Ideally, the panel members will become ambassadors for NSWCDD. As they become aware of our inventions and the potential of these inventions to help create new technology start-up companies and assist existing businesses in the region, they will help get the word out: NSWCDD is a valuable national asset that has the potential to be a powerful engine of innovation and economic development.”

The Innovation Discovery process has been identified as a best practice by the Navy Technology Transfer Program and is a prototype that federal research laboratories throughout the United States can implement to give their development personnel a step-by-step system to discover, document, and protect intellectual property and its commercialization potential.

“They were all extraordinary ideas, each in a different way, each looking in a different domain,” said event cosponsor Dr. Charlie Daniels, an Old Dominion University Batton College of Engineering professor and a summer fellow at the NSWCDD Technical Partnering Office. “The idea is to get this technology into the hands of people who can exploit it. The Navy can also be paid back with licensing fees. We’re rewarding the

inventors and the Navy for investing in these innovations. Plus, whoever receives and uses the license doesn’t have to do all the research themselves. It’s really a win, win.”

Before the Innovation Discovery Process, there were limited resources in place to thoroughly identify and capture intellectual property aspects. Moreover, there was little thought among scientists and engineers about the technology transfer and commercialization potential of the innovations developed and implemented within their military projects.

The Innovation Discovery event - NSWCDD’s first and the ninth sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) - was part of a pilot program intended to increase the number of invention disclosures, improve existing disclosures, or identify commercial applications to existing inventions.

The program enables NSWCDD to exploit the government’s intellectual property generated during the research and development process. What’s more, the patents’ technical transfer can result in royalty income for the Navy. If commercial product sales are made that include these patents in the future, a percentage of those sales will also come back to the inventors and NSWCDD in the form of royalties.

“I was impressed with how the panel brainstormed many commercial applications for Collaborator,” said Simonoff. “If Collaborator transfers to a licensee, I hope to see it transition back to DoD even better to benefit the warfighter.”

The Collaborator Common Collaboration Environment is designed to meet a

variety of applications including a secure shared situational awareness by providing a web-based chat room equipped with a synchronized, multilingual, multilayered, multi-privileged, multimedia whiteboard with active dynamic intelligent content. Users log in using a commercial-off-the-shelf web browser for anytimeanywhere 24-7 availability.

Originally designed for military mission planning and execution, Collaborator is equally useful for modeling and simulation, telemedicine, distance learning, logistics package shipping, emergency management, meteorology, virtual social gatherings, group gaming, virtual town hall meetings, virtual corporate meetings and conferences, architecture and construction trades, interior design and product engineering meetings. If it can be visualized, then it can be shared - securely. Collaborator maximizes use of the cloud and protects the privacy of its users’ data.

“An aircraft company can license this,” Daniels asserted, after the panel and participants, mostly scientists and engineers, brainstormed the Light Guide Film for Electronics, Distributed Computing, Sensing and Electromagnetic Control invention.

Boulais told the panel that the flexible dielectric waveguide for light - like fiber optics but flat - is often used for flat panel displays, keypad illumination, and advertising.

He added that the invention will secure communication with no radio frequency interference and it will network electronics, sensors, and radiating elements in a twodimensional fashion.

The light guide film will also improve “flexible electronics”. In other words, there will be “no copper interconnects to break,” explained Boulais.

“The idea of being able to safely and efficiently replace all the copper wiring in airliners is huge.” said Daniels.

“One of the biggest issues in the airline industry today are fuel costs. Think of the cost savings, the efficiency, and the reliability increases. Had we not done this, this idea may never have come into the public domain, and the Boeings and the British Air Spaces of the world would not be able to exploit this technology.”

Thielman, an engineer and attorney, told the panel that his Spherical Armored Mobile Platform will provide a highly maneuverable reconnaissance vehicle for hostile urban environments.

The patent claims include an armored transport and a version for recreational vehicles.

He filed a follow-on application for an unmanned re-

mote-control reconnaissance device called the Spherical Infrared Robotic Vehicle, patented last year. The inventive spherical vehicles provide unique mechanisms for steerable locomotion designed to enhance capability for the warfighter.

“The panel provided suggestions for additional uses of the overall concept besides operation on solid terrestrial surfaces, so those options are expected to be included in follow-on patent applications,” said Thielman, who is an NSWCDD patent counsel.

For example, the panel suggested that a miniaturized version of the vehicle could explore the human body for healthcare diagnostics.

“Without the contributions from panel members, these additional purposes might have been overlooked,” he added.

The event supports President Barack Obama’s October 2011 Executive Order, “Accelerating Technology Transfer and Commercialization of Federal Research in Support of High-Growth Businesses” that requires federal laboratories to share its research products with the private sector in order to boost economic development. The order’s underlying statute requires that all federal laboratories take an active role in technology transfer.

“We are going to start taking these ideas back to ODU and replicate it in as many places as we can,” said Daniels. “We will start looking at our own inventions and intellectual property and ask ourselves, ‘why can’t we do the same things here?’ We have intellectual property that hasn’t been exploited and many of our stakeholders have this level of intellectual property.”

TechLink assists DoD in licensing its inventions to industry, enabling companies to create new products and services using these inventions. There is no charge to either DoD labs or companies for these services.

“We are very excited to see these events continue to multiply across not only the Navy labs, but all the federal labs and academia,” said Dottie Vincent, ONR Technology Transfer program manager.

NSWCDD, a Naval Sea Systems Command warfare center division, is a premier research and development center that serves as a specialty site for weapon system integration. The command’s unique ability to rapidly introduce new technology into complex warfighting systems is based on its longstanding competencies in science and technology, research and development, and test and evaluation.

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NSF Indian Head 125th Anniversary, Week Three: NOSSA [As we approach the celebration of Naval Support Facility (NSF) Indian Head 125th Anniversary, the South Potomac Pilot will be featuring a series of articles to spotlight the tenants, employees and community that have been such an integral part of NSF Indian Head’s past and shape its future.]

Week Three Spotlight -Naval Ordnance Safety and Security Activity (NOSSA) Prior to the establishment of the Naval Ordnance Center (NOC), the Navy’s weapons and explosives safety program office was located within Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Headquarters, in several different codes over the years, with the last organization being NAVSEA (SEA 06), Weapons and Combat Systems Directorate in 1993. With the establishment of the NOC, as a tenant command at Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Indian Head NAVSEA (SEA 06) was subsequently dises-

tablished, with the various organizations and offices within SEA 06 transferred to other Navy commands and organizations. The Navy’s Weapons and Explosives Safety Office was transferred from SEA 06, with the existing staff, duties, and responsibilities, to the NOC in 1993, and physically located at Farragut Hall, NSWC Indian Head, Md. as a tenant command. With the subsequent disestablishment of the NOC in March 1998, the Navy’s Weapons and Explosives

Safety Office was combined with several other Navy ordnance safety-related organizations and was re-named the Naval Ordnance Safety and Security Activity, with a Navy Captain (O-6) as the Commanding Officer (CO).

Since its official establishment in Sept.1999 as an Echelon III activity of NAVSEA, the Naval Ordnance Safety and Security Activity (NOSSA) has been located at Farragut Hall, NSWC Indian Head, now known as Naval Support Facility (NSF) Indian Head, MD).

As part of the Navy’s commitment to weapons and explosives safety, NOSSA was created to continue the long tradition of an independent organization responsible for establishing policy and practices for explosives and weapon safety within the Department of the Navy (DON). Upon establishment in 1999 as a NAVSEA Echelon III level command NOSSA CO was

assigned as a direct report to the Deputy Commander for Surface Ship Technology (SEA 53), and was also double hatted as SEA-53M. The reason for assigning NOSSA as a direct report to SEA 53, vice some other code within NAVSEA, was due to the incumbent in the SEA 53 position, Rear Admiral (RADM) Mike Mathis. RADM Mathis was the last Commander of the NOC and understood the rationale for the disestablishment of the NOC, the establishment of NOSSA, and was the driving force behind the consolidation of all ordnance related surety functions within the NOSSA. NOSSA’s functions support three of the main NAVSEA lines of business: engineering, industrial operations and business and operations. NOSSA’s explosives safety technical and programmatic leadership is not limited to the U.S. Navy and U.S Marine Corps. We also support U.S. Joint Programs

utive Director is the principal authority on all matters related to naval ordnance transportation, safety, and security worldwide.

Since its inception, the NOSSA has played an important role in stabilizing and improving explosives safety within the DON. The legacy of Navy explosives and weapon safety has since been positive. The number of catastrophic and significant mishaps occurring within the DON, a service that lives in proximity to ordnance and weapon systems aboard ship, has dramatically reduced. The Navy is deployed worldwide 365 days a year, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. Approximately 560,000 sailors and civilians’ research, develop, test, monitor, maintain, store, handle, transport, and use tons of energeticbased weapons and perform that work safely. NOSSA has been critical in establishing that legacy.

September Energy Tip

EOD: Stackley visits NSWC IHEODTD

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extrusion process of MK 90 grains used in the Hydra 70 (2.75-inch) rocket system; and then to the Systems Engineering Center to discuss the Navy-priority efforts such as the Digital Rocket Launcher and densified propellant development; and the cartridge- and propellant-actuated devices (CAD / PAD). The command also demonstrated the use of energetics beyond weapon systems at the Detonation Science Facility by quickly and precisely cutting through thick metal with linear shaped charges and a modified thermal lance.

After a quick Mark VI boat ride down the Potomac River to the command’s EOD site, senior- and master-level EOD technicians assigned to the Technical Support Detachment (TSD) Combined Explosive Exploitation Cell platoons guided the secretary through a unique EOD scenario. Stackley was suited in protective EOD gear, transported to the site’s test range, and experienced “the Lonely Walk.”

Accompanied by a TSD EOD technician, Stackley traveled on foot to a waterfront test range where two abandoned vehicles waited to be investigated. After returning to the bunker, he used an autonomous robotic EOD ground system to trigger the device and render it safe.

The secretary ended the day by meeting with the division’s EOD Department civilian engineers and learned

and our foreign allies, to include North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

In order to assure the continued evolution of technical leadership needed to meet future requirements we have aligned ourselves with Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV), Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), and NAVSEA objectives, as indicated by our strategies, goals, and metrics. This alignment allows for optimal Fleet operational readiness and national combat capability by effectively identifying objectives and managing risks throughout the lifecycle of ammunition and explosives.

NOSSA is an echelon three command reporting directly to the NAVSEA Deputy Commander for Ordnance Safety, SEA 00V. NOSSA’s Executive Director is delegated by NAVSEA as the Technical Warrant Holder for weapon systems safety and security. NOSSA’s Exec-

This Week in Navy History

U.S. Navy photo by Todd Frantom

After being met at the pier by EOD Technicians from the Technical Support Detachment, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition Sean Stackley dons protective gear for an EOD “Lonely Walk” scenario. Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (NSWC IHEODTD) welcomed Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition (ASN RDA), Sean Stackley, Aug. 28, during a visit to demonstrate how the command leads efforts to increase range and lethality of energetic materials and provides life-saving tools, technologies and information. how these individuals provide information, tools and technologies to technicians and first responders so they can safely return from their own “Lonely Walk.”

“There’s a lot to be said for the corporate co-location of folks in uniform who are going into theater, understanding what the problems are, and coming back to work directly with our engineers and testers,”

said Stackley. “We need this shared knowledge. Not only does it benefit the warfighter by delivering better products, it also benefits those senior-level officers who later on may want to become a program manager. It gives them that hands-on experience they need to have.”

NSWC IHEODTD, a command within Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) and a part of the Na-

val Research and Development Establishment, leads the Navy in energetics, energetic materials and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) knowledge, tools, equipment. Headquartered in Indian Head, Md., NSWC Indian Head EOD Technology Division also includes detachments in Louisville, Ky., Picatinny, N.J., McAlester, Okla. and Ogden, Utah.

September 11, 2001 American Flight 77 hijacked by terrorists struck the Pentagon. Casualties include 33 sailors, 6 Department of the Navy civilians and 3 Navy civilian contractors reported missing in Arlington, VA. Two commercial airliners also struck the World Trade Center in New York City, NY, destroying both towers.

September 12, 1966 Launch of Gemini 11, piloted

by Cmdr. Charles Conrad Jr., USN and Lt. Cmdr. Richard F. Gordon Jr., USN. Their mission lasted 2 days and 23 hours and included 44 orbits at an altitude of 1368.9 km. Recovery was by HS-3 helicopter from USS Guam (LPH-9).

September 13, 1814 British bombardment of Fort McHenry inspires the Star Spangled Banner.

September 14, 1939 - Atlantic Squadron Neutrality Patrol ships deploy.

September 15, 1950 - U.S. forces under Vice Adm. Arthur Struble achieve an amphibious landing at Inchon, Korea September 16, 1940 President Roosevelt signs Se-

NASA Photo

On Sept. 11, 1966 the Gemini 11 mission was piloted by Astronauts Charles “Pete” Conrad, Jr. and Richard F. Gordon, Jr. Shown here is the lift-off of the Gemini-Titan 11 (GT-11) on Complex 19. lective Training and Service Act, the first peacetime draft.

September 17, 1861 Union landing party from USS Massachusetts takes possession of Ship Island south of New Orleans, LA. This was the headquarters for Adm. David Farragut’s Gulf Coast Blockading Squadron.

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Family: Generations of Service

Base Happenings

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Dahlgren

Daily Bread Moves to Chapel Annex

The Daily Bread Giveaway Program previously held at the USO building has moved to the Chapel Annex every Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the foyer. A variety of breads, rolls, cakes, pies and cookies are available for free to those in need. For more information on the program contact RP2 Harrelson in the Chapel offices at 653-8297.

Second Tour Thrift Store

The Second Tour Thrift Store is open for your back-to-school shopping! The store is open Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.

NSASP Navy Ball

The NSASP Navy Ball, celebrating the Navy’s 240th birthday, will be held Friday, Oct. 2 from 6 p.m.

- midnight at Fredericksburg Square, 525 Caroline St. in Fredericksburg, Va. Event will include dinner, dancing, and all of the traditions honoring the Navy’s birthday. Tickets are available at www.navyball.org, or by emailing navyballnsasp@gmail.com.

Dahlgren Commissary Closed Oct 10

The Dahlgren Commissary will be closed on Sat., Oct. 10 and will be open Mon., Oct. 12 from 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.

DMV2Go at the Parade Field

DMV2Go will be at the NSF Dahlgren Parade Field on Sept. 15 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. DMV2Go offers most services as DMV offices but without the wait! Bring your documents and take care of your DMV business and save yourself some time!

Indian Head

Indian Head 125th Anniversary Celebration

Come and celebrate NSF Indian Head’s 125th anniversary at a family festival on Saturday, Sept. 26 at the Indian Head Village Green Pavilion. Event will be held from noon - 6 p.m. and include live music from the Navy Band Commodores and local favorites The Sam Grow Band, historic displays and STEM demonstrations, children’s inflatables and activities, food vendors, a reunion of former base employees and more!

This event is free and open to the public. Attendees with base access will be allowed to park on base near the Navy Exchange/NSLC and walk to venue. For more info, call (866) 359-5540.

“Treasures” Thrift Store Donations

“Treasures” is open on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The store is located at 12 Strauss Ave. next door to the USO. Donations of gently used items are currently being accepted.

To publish information on your event or program under “Base Happenings,” contact Andrew Revelos at 540-653-6012 or email andrew.revelos1@navy.mil

IHEODTD) long-time employee Kim Gladwell is a fourth generation family member whose family’s history of employment with NSF Indian Head dots the landscape of NSF Indian Head history and goes back to the turn of the 20th century. “My maternal great-grandfather, Thomas O. Hodges, started here in 1903 when it was called the Naval Proving Ground and retired from here in 1933,” Gladwell said.

Thus began a long family history of employment with and for the United States Navy. Gladwell’s grandfather, Thomas O. Hodges, Jr. began working as a Powder Factory Attendant in 1937 at the age of 25, when NSF Indian Head was referred to as the Naval Powder Factory.

Hodges, Jr. later became a sheet metal worker who received a commendation in 1966 for his excellence in craftsmanship.

“Grandpop was also the very first retiree from Naval Ordnance Station (NOS) Indian Head to receive a retiree badge,” Gladwell said.

Gladwell’s family has also been an integral part of the fabric of the town of Indian Head as well, with the family living just outside the gates of NSF Indian Head in a home that Hodges, Jr. built for his growing family. Gladwell’s grandmother, aged 96, still lives in that same home on Mattingly Avenue that her husband built almost 60 years ago.

Gladwell’s father, Donald F. Gladwell, was one of the first computer technicians working in the Data Processing Department on NSF Indian Head in the 1970s. Gladwell worked for NOS before transferring to NAVSEA Automated Data Systems Activity (SEAADSA). Unlike his father and grandfather before him, however, Gladwell was not able to retire from the facility. He unfortunately succumbed to a sudden heart attack while in a meeting representing SEAADSA in 1993 in Washington, D.C. Kim Gladwell now carries on the proud tradition of being a part of the NSF Indian Head family of employees having started her career at SEADDSA in 1982.

In 1989 Gladwell transitioned to NSWC IHEODTD and has been on board there ever since. Gladwell grew up in the town of Indian Head and now resides just a few miles from the front gate of NSF Indian Head. Having served 34 years at Indian Head so far, her service, along with that of her other family members, is part of what makes NSF Indian Head so special.

“I’m very proud to be a member of the NSF Indian Head workforce,” Gladwell shared, “and proud of my family’s longtime association with the command from Navy Proving Ground to Naval Support Facility Indian Head.”

U.S. Navy photo by Barbara Wagner

George Spooner and his sister Chris Ireson are longtime Naval Support Facility Indian Head employees with over 60 years of combined service. NSF Indian Head has had many generations of families employed during its 125 years of service to the nation, Spooner and Ireson are one example of the many families who count service at NSF Indian Head as a “family tradition.”

Other families who shared their history and memories emphasized the way that the base has often been a ‘six degrees’ experience for them. Kevin King, a third generation employee tells the story of meeting another Indian Head employee, Cedric White, at the local Toastmasters meeting upon first arriving at Indian Head.

“As we chatted, it turned out that his father also worked here at Indian Head,” said King. White later spoke with his own father, Billy White, about the meeting and the details that King had shared about his father. Billy White quickly recalled a meeting with King’s father, Morgan King.

“After retirement,” King shared, “my father returned to visit the base and stopped at his former lab where he met Billy White - his replacement.”

Siblings George Spooner and his youngest sister Chris Ireson are long time employees on NSF Indian Head who have found the base to be a great place for them to pursue their livelihoods.

Spooner, a disabled veteran, came to NSF Indian Head in 1984 following his service in the Navy; Ireson has worked on NSF Indian Head 29 years in October and Spooner will tally 32 years of service next May. Spooner began at the gas plant and moved over to engineering when the division was moved off base to the Ely’s department store. When the Ely’s building was closed, Spooner returned to the base

with his unit. Since the return to base, Spooner has continued his career in the logistics support field.

Ireson has been in the same building, albeit in different locations, and has worked in procurement contracts for her entire career at Indian Head. She recalls her mother advising her as a young 20 year old in 1986 to apply to work at the base. She did and the rest, as they say, is history. Ireson, an acquisitions specialist has worked her way up from a GS-2, and today continues to support NSF Indian Head with a pretty remarkable brag for this year.

“We are the only NSWC procurement office who received a highly satisfactory on their last review. We’re pretty proud of that,” Ireson said. “We worked really hard to get there.”

Speaking of the evolution of the facility through the years, Spooner noted, “I think the biggest thing for NSWC here on Indian Head - we went from a Naval Ordnance Station to Naval Surface Warfare Center then we became a tenant on the actual Naval Support Facility, then EOD combined with Indian Head. It gave us a lot more capabilities and kept us stronger as an organization. We have a very rich history here.”

This family duo has been at NSF Indian Head during a rapidly-changing technological environment and felt the effects of the new types of warfare the 21st century brought about as they detailed their very different roles on the base. Following September 11, 2001, they felt the shift in the needs in light of a new threat.

“For me, our work load really shifted towards dealing with a different type of threat environment,” Spooner shared.

“We were still supporting the warfighter, but there was a different threat out there and the warfighter needed the right tools to do their job.”

“In all of this, though, we still remember,” Spooner continued. “Her work, my work, everything that we do here, we’re all supporting that guy out there that’s on the front lines.”

Their story and the tales from all of the other families that have served over the last 125 years are part of the history of NSF Indian Head. The celebration of 125 years is not just the celebration of the gun powder, technology, energetics and building evolutions, but of the families whose daily lives have been intertwined into the base’s existence. More than a facility, Indian Head has become an extended family of co-workers, neighbors, brothers and sisters who are all threads in the colorful tapestry that is proudly displayed as the United States Navy’s premiere center for energetics.

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MWR Highlights Give Parents a Break

Dahlgren Aquatics Center 540-653-8088

Bring the kids to the pool and keep cool.

If you need a birthday idea, why not rent out the pool? Inquire about pool parties with a staff member today!

Open Recreation Swimming Winter Hours: Saturday’s from noon to 3 p.m.

Lap Swim Winter Hours: Mon. through Fri. 5 to 8 a.m., 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday – 9 to 11 a.m. Closed Sundays.

Dahlgren Bingo 540-653-8785

$1,300 Jackpot and 51 numbers (Assuming no one wins September 10th jackpot. If jackpot was won it will start back at $1,000 and 48 numbers) Thursday Evenings at the Community House Doors open at 4 p.m.

Early Bird games start at 5 p.m. Buy 2 packs for $35 and get 1 double action and 1 purple card for free. Buy 3 packs for $45 and get 1 double action, 1 red and 1 purple card for free! Military, Military Spouses, Retired Military and Dependents can buy 1 regular pack for $20 and get 1 double action, 1 purple and 1 red card for free! Try your luck on Thursday! The jackpot now starts at $1,000 and 48 numbers and will increase $100 and 1 number each week it is not won. Payouts for regular games start at $50. Food and beverages (non-alcoholic and adult beverages) are available for purchase. All with base access are invited. Participants playing bingo must be 18 years of age or older. A valid form of identification must be shown to purchase alcoholic beverages.

For more information, please contact the ITT office at 540-653-8785.

Dahlgren Cannonball Lanes 540-653-7327

Games: Military $3.00, Civilian $4.00.

Hourly Bowling: Military $20, Civilian $25.00 Shoe Rental: Military $1.50, Civilian $2.50.

Looking to have a birthday party or after work gathering at Cannonball Lanes? Stop in or call to inquire about plans and rates for renting out the Multipurpose Room.

All-U-Can Bowl Fridays

Every Friday from 7 p.m. to midnight, enjoy two hours of all you can bowl! Rates for all you can bowl are: Military $6.95/person & Civilian $7.95/person. Both rates include shoe rental.

9-Pin Tournament

Sept. 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. join Cannonball Lanes on the third Saturday of every other month for a 9-Pin tournament. 9 pins count as strikes. The highest scratch wins. A prize will be awarded to the first place finisher.

Cost: $10/person.

Dahlgren Child & Youth CDC 540-653-4994 YAC 540-653-8009

the Fitness Center.

Child Development Center.Eligible patrons include all children 6 weeks to 5 years of age (not in kindergarten). The CDC is offering extended hourly care scheduled for the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month and the 2nd Saturday of each month. This care is free with a respite care referral and $4/hour for all other eligible patrons. Please call the center for more information and to register.

Storytime at the Library

Saturday Open Recreation

Daddy and Me Party

Saturdays at the YAC from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. FREE program open to Military, DoD Civilians and Contractor Dependents, school ages K-12. Sponsors must fill out a yearly registration packet for their child to attend. They can pick up the packets at the Youth Activities Center. Children will have access to facility computers, music, crafts, books and more!

Start Smart Sports Development Program

Sept. 16 at 5 to 6 p.m. Dahlgren Youth Center. Start Smart Sports Development Program introduces and prepares 3 to 5-year old children, along with their parents, to organized sports in a fun and safe environment. Kids develop skills such as throwing, catching, batting and kicking.

Back to School Dance

Sept. 18 at 6 p.m. Dahlgren Youth Center.

Enjoy music, refreshments and cookies while celebrating the start of another school year!

Youth ages 8 to 12 are invited to dance, have fun and meet new classmates. Cost: $2/person.

Dahlgren Craftech 540-653-1730

Let Craftech customize all of your back to school items! Backpacks, lunch boxes, pencil cases, clothing, blankets, jackets… you name it, they’ll customize it!

Creative Classes at Craftech

Fill your home with new décor that you create yourself! Craftech offers classes for framing and matting, stained glass, wax and watercolor and wreath making! Craftech can also personalize just about anything for you! They have a brand new embroidery machine. Stop in today and see what they can do for you!

Dahlgren Fitness Center 540-653-8580

Fruit and Veggie Factor

Sept. 2 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Join the Dahlgren Fitness Center Wednesday, Sept. 2, 16, and 30 for Fruit and Veggie Fear Factor! The individual who correctly identifies the most fruits or vegetables will win a prize!

Dahlgren General Library 540-653-7474

Every Friday at 10 a.m. Short or tall, big or small, enjoy storytime and crafts for all!

Join the General Library every Friday to read a story and make a craft. Cost: FREE.

Sept. 12 at 11 a.m. Enjoy some fatherchild bonding time by putting together and decorating your own miniature wooden sailboat! Cost: FREE.

Dahlgren ITT 540-653-8785

Richmond International Raceway – Military Appreciation Program

Sept. 11 & 12, take advantage of special military pricing and hospitality for the events taking place on Sept. 11 and 12 at RIR. Tickets start as low as $10 and can be purchased by visiting www.rir.com/salute.

Dahlgren Liberty Center

540-653-7277 The Liberty Center and all activities are for Liberty Center Patrons Only: E1-E6 Single/Unaccompanied Active Duty Military.

Flicks Friday

Come out and watch any movie from our collection. Drinks and popcorn are on us!

Cost: FREE.

Richmond International Raceway

Sept.12, Join Liberty to watch NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series at Richmond International Raceway and cheer on your favorite driver!

Ice Cream Sundae Sunday

Sept. 13 Get your fix of free ice cream all day at Liberty!

Tricycle Races

On Sept. 15 at noon, Who is the fastest on three wheels? Enjoy an afternoon of tricycle races at the Liberty Center.

Wing Wednesday

Sept. 16 at 4 p.m. Enjoy FREE hot wings while they last! Cost: FREE.

Fire Pit Fun

Sept. 19 at 7 p.m Bring your guitar or enjoy the music. The Liberty Center will provide chairs, roasting forks, s’mores, hotdogs and drinks. Cost: FREE.

Not Your Average Tri

Sept. 21 & 25 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sled push, tire flip and loading race!

Patrons can compete as an individual or as a team of 3. Awards will be given to the top male and female, as well as overall team. For more information and to register contact

540-653-7336

Civilians - $5; AD, Retired, Reserve, Family Members (E7 - above) $4; AD, Reserve, Family Members (E6 - below) - $2.50; Child (6-11) - $2; Child (5 and under) - Free; Tickets for a movie shown in 3-D are an additional $1

Friday, Sept.11 7 p.m.

Paper Towns PG-13 Saturday, Sept. 12 4 p.m.

Shaun The Sheep Movie PG Saturday, Sept. 12 7 p.m.

Southpaw R Friday, Sept. 18 7 p.m.

Vacation R Saturday, Sept.19 4 p.m.

Fantastic Four PG-13 Saturday, Sept.19 7 p.m.

Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation PG-13 For movie listings online, visit www.navymwr.org/ movies and select the Dahlgren Theater.

Grow Band!

Child & Youth

CDC 301-744-4458

Give Parents a Break

At the Child Development Center. Eligible patrons include all children 6 weeks to 5 years of age (not in kindergarten). The CDC is offering extended hourly care scheduled for the 2nd and 4th Friday of each month and the 3rd Saturday of each month. This care is free with a respite care referral and $4/hour for all other eligible patrons. Please call the center for more information and to register.

Start Smart Sports Development Program

Sept. 17 at 5 p.m. at the Youth & Teen Centers. Start Smart Sports Development Program introduces and prepares 3 to 5-year old children, along with their parents, to organized sports in a fun and safe environment. Kids develop skills such as throwing, catching, batting and kicking.

Stars & Strikes Bowling Center 301-744-4761

Open Bowling

Every Friday and Saturday from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Bring the family out for an exciting night of bowling! It’s perfect for an affordable night out with friends. Cost: Military, $2/game and $1 shoe rental; Civilian, $3/ game and $1 shoe rental.

Fall Intramural Sports

September 2015 Intramural Soccer, Intramural Softball and Intramural Flag Football League and Tournament play begins in September. Register at the Fitness Center.

Cost: Active Duty, Free; Retiree/Active-Duty Dependents, $15; DoD Civilians, $30; Contractors/Off Base Civilians, $40.

Dahlgren Movie Theater

Lunchtime Bowling 125th Anniversary Celebration

Sept. 26 at noon at Indian Head Green Pavilion. Join Indian Head as they celebrate 125 years! This is a FREE event that features time capsule opening, Navy ceremony alumni activities, children’s activities, military exhibits, Navy Commodores Jazz Ensemble and entertainment from the Sam

Every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Enjoy lunch and bowling fun on your break!

Cosmic Bowling

Sept. 12 & 26 at 5 p.m. What glows in the dark and is too much fun to miss? Cosmic bowling at Stars & Strikes Bowling Center!

Cost: Military, $2/game and $1 shoe rental; Civilian, $3/game and $1 shoe rental.

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Commandant’s Corner

Community Notes

By Rear Adm. Yancy Lindsey, Commandant, Naval District Washington

August was a busy month, but September is proving to be even busier. Since my last Commandant’s Corner, I’ve completed my installation visits (except for NSF Thurmont), begun community outreach, and we initiated our command-wide Organizational Climate Survey. If you haven’t completed your survey, I ask that you please do so. I value your input and need your help to improve our work life and environment.

In August, I visited Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bethesda, NSA Washington and Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling. As with the previous installations visits, these visits were informative and enlightening as to how each installation manages their unique challenges and opportunities. I continue to be impressed by the great work you do each and every day with our limited resources and the outstanding customer service you extend to our tenants.

I had the opportunity to address the South Potomac Community Relations (COMREL) Council and meet some of the community leaders that Captain Feinberg works with every day. Regular, meaningful community engagement is critical and plays a key role in the ability of our installations and tenants to accomplish their missions. This month I will begin engaging community and civic groups with on base luncheons and speaking engagements. I

Friday, September 11, 2015

Dahlgren 2015 Hooks and Irons Golf Tournament

The International Association of Firefighters Local 4438 is sponsoring a golf tournament on Wednesday, Sept. 23 at Cameron Hills Golf Course Lunch, prizes and raffles!

Prices are $75 per player or $280 per four player team. For more information contact Ryan Passeral at 540-903-0925 or email at rpasseral4438@gmail.com

Rear Adm. Yancy Lindsey, commandant of Naval District Washington (NDW), greets Sailors during one of his recent visits to Navy installations in the region. look forward to these opportunities to tell the Navy story and show off our installations and people.

I also recently had the opportunity to meet with the NDW Chief’s Mess and hold an all-hands call with NDW’s E-6 and below. Both engagements resulted in lively discussions about some of the key issues facing the Navy today. I especially appreciated everyone’s candor and willingness to share their thoughts and recommendations for improvement. I greatly value your input and opinion.

Thanks to all of those who attended the NDW command picnic. I had a fun time

and greatly appreciate the efforts of those who had a hand in scheduling and executing the event.

This month we pin a new group of Navy Chiefs. This is always a special time in our Navy as we welcome these new leaders, with their new ideas and energy, into the khaki ranks. Early congratulations to our newest Chiefs and their families.quite an accomplishment.

October is National Energy Awareness Month and in next month’s Commandant’s Corner I’ll be sharing some thoughts on the Navy’s Energy Program and our role in it as the installation enterprise.

9th Annual Stratford Hall Wine and Oyster Festival

Come enjoy Virginia wines and oysters from Chesapeake Bay and Tidewater oyster growers on Sept. 19 and 20 at this event that was voted “Best Of” in Virginia Wine Lovers Magazine. Discounted tickets available online until Sept. 13, and online ticket sales will continue until Sept. 18.

Gates open at 11 a.m. and tickets can be purchased there as well. Antique car show will be held on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be free tours of the Great House and the Gristmill along with train barrel rides, miniature farm animals and a scavenger hunt for the children. For more information or to purchase tickets visit www.stratfordhall.org.

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National Security Lecture

“George Washington, Master Strategist: Relevancies in Today’s National Security Environment” is the topic for the fall 2015 National Security Lecture scheduled for Sept. 17 at 8 a.m. This event will be held at the University Hall (Room 110) located at the University of Mary Washington, Dahlgren Campus and is open to the public, and free of charge. Refreshments will start at 8 a.m. and the lecture will begin promptly at 8:30 a.m. This event is presented by Sean Thomas, Director of Leadership Programs at George Washington’s Mount Vernon. To register, visit us online: National Security Lecture http:// dahlgren.umw.edu/lecture-series/georgewashington-master-strategist-relevanciesin-todays-national-security-environment/

American Legion Riders 7th Annual BBQ & Bike Rally

Join the American Legion Riders at American Legion Post 89 on Dahlgren Road for their 7th Annual BBQ & Bike Rally on Sept. 26 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. This event will benefit the Virginia Wounded Warriors Program. Activities for the day will include exhibits by the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and two live bands - Black Coffee and the Heavy Cream and Kicking Mules. Prices are $10 per person, First Responders and Active Duty Military are $5.

For more information contact the American Legion Riders at 540-709-1322 or email at alr. post89.virginia@gmail.com.

Potomac PTA 5K & 1 mile Fun Run

Support the Potomac Elementary Parent

Teacher Association by participating in the Potomac PTA 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run on Sept.

27. The 5K begins at 8 a.m. and the 1 Mile Fun Run begins at 9:30 a.m. Register online at http://www.racetimingunlimited.org/R/ PE/Info.aspx . The run will take place at the Potomac Elementary School. Packet pickup will take place on Friday Sept. 25, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the school. For more information contact Ashley Koch at 540-663-3322.

Raise the Hood 4 Women

The Ice Cream Nook Annual Back to School Block Party and 1st Car Show will be held on Sept. 26 from noon to 5 p.m. The event will benefit the National Race to End Women’s Cancers and vehicle registration deadline is Sept. 23. There will be food, vendors and crafters along with children’s activities. For more information contact icecreamnook@gmail. com or visit www.icecreamnook.com

King George Garden Club 2015 Fall Plant Sale

Join the King George Garden Club on Oct. 3 from 8 a.m. to noon at the King George Farmers Market held at the King George Elementary School on the corner of Routes 3 and 205 (Ridge Road). Purchase locally grown plants, perennials, shrubs and lots more. Plenty of free gardening advice will also be available.

Indian Head Out of the Darkness Walk to Fight Suicide

Join the Maryland Chapter of Out of the Darkness in a Walk to Fight Suicide on Sept.

12 at the Indian Head Pavilion on the Village Green. The walk begins at 11 a.m. To register for the event contact rnewcomb@

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afsp.org or mmartin_wood@yahoo.com .

To learn more about the event or the organization visit www. afsp.org/walk.

9th Annual town of Indian Head Car Show and Veterans Recognition Day

Join Co-Sponsors Indian Head Baptist Church and National Veterans Foundation, Inc. for a fun filled day on Sunday Sept. 13 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Registration for the car show entries begins at 8:30 a.m. and continues until noon. There will be music, food, games and activities for the children after 11:30 a.m. including a dunk tank and moon bounce. For more information contact Jim Gerber at 301-375-7980, Tom Bowie at 301609-9197 or Karen Williams at 240-375-4061.

Put on Your Dancing Shoes, Head to the College of Southern Maryland

This fall, the College of Southern Maryland will offer a variety of dance courses including: Latin, ballroom, swing, ballet and hand dancing as part of its continuing education program. The courses, for beginners through advanced, individuals and couples, start Sept. 2 on the La Plata and Leonardtown campuses Registration for the courses is accepted up to the day prior to the start of class and can be made online, through walk-in registration at any campus and the Waldorf Center or by mail using a downloadable form. Students must register at least one day before the class begins. For information on these courses as well as others offered this fall, visit http://www.csmd. edu/CommunityEducation/ or contact 301539-4760 or conedops@csmd.edu

Shred Event Featuring Composting and Rain Barrel Workshops

The Department of Public Works is host-

ing an environmental outreach event on Saturday, Oct. 3 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Charles County Government Building parking lot (200 Baltimore Street, La Plata).

Backyard composting and rain barrel workshops are available, as well as free document shredding. The first rain barrel and compost bin workshops begin at 10:30 a.m.

Advance registration is required. Register at www.go.umd.edu/ccrainbarrel or for more information call Rachel O’Shea at 301-3965237 or Jackie Takacs at 240-393-6508. For more information on the composting workshop, call Department of Public Works’ Environmental Resources Division, at 301932-3569 or Luke Gustafson at 301-9345403 For registration forms and additional information, visit www.CharlesCountyMD. gov/Outreach. Citizens with special needs may contact the Maryland Relay Service at 711, or Relay Service TDD: 800-735-2258.

Registration deadline is Monday, Sept. 21.

Estonian Youth Choir in Concert St. Charles High School

The Charles County Commissioners, in partnership with World Artists Experiences, present a concert-play by the Youth Mixed Choir Vox Populi of Estonia on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 7 p.m. at St. Charles High School (5305 Piney Church Road, Waldorf). The special concert presentation, an opportunity to connect people through the arts and culture, is part of Charles County’s sister county relationship with Jogeva County, Estonia. Free and open to the public. The concert-play celebrates the 85th birthday of Veljo Tormis. For more information, contact the Public Information Office at 301-885-2779 or PressRoom@CharlesCountyMD.gov. Citizens with special needs may contact the Maryland Relay Service at 711, or Relay Service TDD: 800-735-2258.

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