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April 17, 2015

Sexual Assault Awareness Prevention Month Kickoff NICK MINECCI

USAG PUBLIC AFFAIRS

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Prevention Month, and on April 6 leaders and members of the Fort Detrick community gathered at the Fort Detrick Auditorium for the Fort Detrick 2015 Sexual Awareness Month Prevention Month kickoff event.

SAAM’s purpose is to raise public awareness about sexual violence and to educate communities on how to prevent it. The theme of the 2015 campaign is, “Eliminate Sexual Assault: Know Your Part. Do Your Part.”

During the event, Maj. Gen. Brian C. Lein, commanding general of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command and Fort Detrick challenged attendees to do everything they could to eradicate sexual assault throughout the military.

“I take this very serious, and so should all of you. There is no place in the Army, in the military or anywhere, for these actions, and I challenge all of you to help put an end to this problem,” said Lein.

Guest speaker for the kickoff was Dr. Donna D. Ferguson, deputy division chief,

Behavioral Sciences Education and Training Division, U.S. Army Military Police School at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

Ferguson, a native of Thomasville, Alabama, has served in uniform for more than a quarter of a century, as a military police officer and civilian, and has had a variety of duties during her service.

Ferguson served as a trainer for the Department of Defense Sexual Assault Response Coordinator Training Team, been a primary trainer on the Department of the Army Sexual Assault Unit Victim Advocate Training Team, a trainer for Waynesville R-IV school District regarding effects of family violence on children and an advisor to Waynesville R-IV school district on juvenile and gang violence among numerous other positions.

During her talk, Ferguson discussed several things people can do to help improve education and do their part to eliminate sexual assault. Recommendations included: - Eliminate Sexual Assault: every person working for the DOD at every level in the

See PREVENTION, continued on page 5

George Zerante, Kristen Pickering, educators with Catharsis Productions and Maj. Gen. Brian C. Lein, commanding general U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command and Fort Detrick, during an April 15 presentation on Sexual Assault and Harassment Prevention at the Community Activities Center. Lein said that while it’s an uncomfortable topic, “It has to be discussed so that we can make a cultural shift in how we view these issues, not only to reduce the number of incidents but to discuss ways to solve the problem.”

Photo by Jenni Benson, USAG PAO

Military Child Competes in Final NCAA Gymnastics Tournament SHANNON BISHOP

USAG PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Kytra Hunter, a 21-time All-American award winner and 2015 Southeastern Conference gymnast of the year, is the daughter of Deforrest Hunter, chief of Patient Administration at the Fort Detrick Barquist Army Health Clinic.

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Today, for the final time in her athletic career, Kytra Hunter, daughter of Deforrest Hunter, chief of Patient Administration at the Fort Detrick Barquist Army Health Clinic, will compete in the NCAA gymnastics championship in Fort Worth, Texas.

“I’m so proud of Kytra as an individual; she’s been on a challenging 20-year journey with this sport and she is dedicated,” said Kytra Hunter’s mother, Kimberly Hunter.

“Aside from all of the titles and awards she’s won, she’s become a young lady that is well loved and well respected in the community.”

Kytra Hunter, a 21-time All-American award winner and 2015 Southeastern Conference gymnast of the year, began taking gymnastic courses at the age of three in Florence, South Carolina, before moving to Maryland with her family for her father’s military career.

“We wanted to put Kytra in an activity so she could be active,” said Deforrest Hunter of his daughter. “She always saw me being active for the Army, so she thought exercise

was fun. We wanted her to be in an activity that kept her active, but also made her happy...She fell in love with gymnastics.”

In the sixth grade, Kytra Hunter became an elite gymnast with a rigorous training schedule and high expectations. According to Kimberly Hunter, she would train from 6:30-9:30 a.m., go to school from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and then go back to the gym to train from 3-7 p.m.

“This sport is something she enjoyed,” said Kimberly Hunter. “We enjoyed supporting her in it. We made sacrifices as a family for this, but we did it for our kids...our goal was having well-rounded kids, much like every other parent. What is unique to us is that we stuck to it. We didn’t give up, even when it was tough.”

Kimberly Hunter left her job in banking and finance to take a job coaching preschoolers at at the gym where Kytra became an elite gymnast.

“Even though I didn’t train Kytra directly, I know it meant a lot to her to have her mother there for her,” said Kimberly See GYMNASTICS, continued on page 5

What’s Inside

President Lincoln’s Final Hours Commemorated in New Exhibit, p. 3

BHSAI Develops System to Identify Patients with Severe Bleeding During Transport, p. 4

Fort Detrick Tax Center Closing, p. 6

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Nallin Farm Gate Opening Ushers in a Season of Change COL. PERRY CLARK COMMANDER USAG FORT DETRICK

Spring has finally arrived, bringing in the season of rebirth. This is a wonderful time of year filled with changes in nature, and also here on Fort Detrick. One of the biggest, and most talked about changes, is last week’s opening of the new Nallin Farm Gate and Visitors Center.

Located on Opossumtown Pike, just forward of the old Opossumtown Gate, this new facility is state-ofthe-art in terms of security and protecting those who live and work on Fort Detrick. It has a modern truck vehicle inspection point, helping ease congestion during rush hours, accommodating many more vehicles accessing the base, has acceleration and deceleration lanes, dual turn-in lanes and an updated traffic signal.

Along with this new access point opening we have new hours of operation for all the gates on Fort Detrick. The Nallin Farm Gate and Visitors Center will be the only gate open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including on weekends and holidays.

Veterans Gate, which many of you know as the 7th St. Gate, is open every weekday, excluding holidays, from 5:30-9 a.m. and 11 a.m.-1 p.m. for entry and exit, and evenings 3-6 p.m. for exit only.

The Rosemont Gate is open every weekday from 6-9 a.m. for entry and exit, and in the afternoon from 3:30-6 p.m. for exit only, and will be closed on holidays. Old Farm Gate will be open every Monday-Fri-

day from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. for both entry and exit, and closed on holidays.

I want to personally thank you all for your patience and understanding during this time of change with the new times and traffic patterns. Please know we will be watching traffic patterns and will adjust as needed.

The change in seasons also is a change for us to do some spring cleaning on Fort Detrick. The week of May 4-9 will be the installation-wide post clean-up, and I want to thank you now for all the work you have already done to recover from the long winter and the work you will continue to do to make Fort Detrick a beautiful place to live and work.

Finally, while I am speaking about change, as home to some of the most advanced medical research in the world, a field that is constantly changing and advancing. With that in mind I wanted to highlight all the great work being done by the men and women working in our laboratories, especially with April 19-25 being National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week.

NMLPW celebrates medical laboratory professionals and pathologists, the men and women are a vital role in every aspect of health care. Our lab techs usually work behind the scenes and the public has no idea of their importance in our labs conducting critical testing every day.

We should all be proud of the hard work and accomplishments these dedicated professionals do every day, it is truly remarkable work. I want to thank all of you for your dedication and commitment, helping make Fort Detrick a truly wonderful place to live and work.

Save the Date SARC Run/Walk The Fort Detrick Sexual Assault Response Coordinator is sponsoring the Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Awareness Run/Walk at the Odom fitness track. April 30, from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

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Command Staff Maj. Gen. Brian C. Lein

Commanding General, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command and Fort Detrick

Col. Steven P. Middlecamp U.S. Army Garrison Commander

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Uncovering the Truth to Staying Rested HEATHER MCDOWELL DUONG USAMRMC PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Now that spring has arrived we can spend more of our waking hours, perhaps even when we first wake up, in daylight. As we bask in the sun we need to remember that longer days and shorter nights don’t translate to getting less sleep. To help those who are struggling to get enough rest each night, TRICARE and Military OneSource cohosted a webinar March 23 to uncover the truth behind popular sleep myths.

According to Maj. Jordanna Hostler, M.D., a pulmonary/critical care and sleep medicine specialist at the Sleep Disorders Center at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, there are many things we can do to make sure we get enough sleep.

The exact reason people need to sleep is still unknown. What researchers do understand, however, is that getting enough sleep affects our health, immune system, critical restorative functions in the body, mood and productivity.

“Our brain waves are very active while we sleep,” said Hostler. “Our brain clears out ‘the gunk,’ or metabolic byproducts. It solidifies memories and supports emotional and cognitive processing during sleep.”

Hostler explained that when we sleep we cycle between rapid eye movement, or REM, and non-REM sleep in the following five stages: Stage 1: We are in a restful state between being awake and asleep.

Stage 2: After an average of five to 10 minutes, our heart rate slows and our brain does less complicated tasks.

Stage 3: After another 15 minutes, we move into non-REM sleep. This is our deepest and most restorative sleep. During this stage, the blood supply to muscles increases, tissue growth occurs and our body makes repairs.

Stage 4: As we move into this stage our body temperature and blood pressure drops.

Stage 5: Approximately 90 minutes after we first felt sleepy we move into our final stage of the sleep cycle. We return to REM sleep and experience an increase in breathing and heart rate. Our blood pressure and body temperatures also rise.

Research suggests that adults between

the ages of 18 to 64 should get seven to nine hours of sleep. Many people think they can get by on less “zzz’s,” but according to Hostler, that is a myth.

“Chronic poor sleep is linked to poor health, mood disorders and low productivity,” said Hostler.

Bringing this point home she noted that one-fifth to one-fourth of all automobile accidents are attributed to sleep-deprived drivers.

“Driving sleepy is like driving drunk,” said Hostler. “In fact, it’s even worse. Studies show that even though sleepy people make the same amount of errors when driving as someone who’s intoxicated, they don’t realize it.”

To play it safe, if you begin to feel sleepy while driving, rather than blasting the radio or rolling down the windows to stay awake, Hostler advises pulling over, grabbing a cup of coffee or other caffeinated beverage, and then napping for 15 to 20 minutes.

“The caffeine will take effect as soon as the sleep-inducing chemicals clear the brain following the short nap,” said Hostler.

Another popular myth Hostler addressed is the misbelief that snoring is harmless. She noted that while a common problem, it may be a strong clue to sleep apnea, a sleep disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts. She shared that people who snore and feel tired even after a full night’s sleep may have the disorder and should be evaluated.

Hostler recommends that should you awaken after falling asleep, get out of bed and do something boring in dim light until you get sleepy again. She cautioned against using your smart phone or watching TV. “The light emitted from these is similar to the wave-length of the mid-day sun and tells the brain to turn off the melatonin and wake-up,” said Hostler.

And what about minimizing the impact Daylight Savings Time has on our lives twice a year? According to Hostler, the best thing for the body is to get the same amount of sleep each night. This means going to sleep and waking up at the same time every day.

For more information on adopting good sleep habits and additional healthy living tools and resources, visit www.health.mil/OLW.

President Lincoln’s Final Hours Commemorated in New Exhibit National Museum of Health and Medicine “His Wound Is Mortal: The Final Hours of President Abraham Lincoln,” a temporary exhibition at the National Museum of Health and Medicine featuring artifacts related to the Lincoln assassination, including the bullet that killed the president, opened at the medical museum in March.

The updated Lincoln exhibit, along with several planned special events, is part of NMHM’s observance of the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s death. NMHM, a Department of Defense museum founded during the Civil War as the Army Medical Museum, is open to the public daily and is located on the Fort Detrick-Forest Glen Annex in Silver Spring, Maryland.

On the night of April 14, 1865, Lincoln was shot while watching a play at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. Surgeons from the Army Medical Museum treated the president until he died. Those same surgeons later performed Lincoln’s autopsy, during which they recovered the bullet. The bullet, along with several small shards from Lincoln’s skull and locks of Lincoln’s hair, are featured in the exhibition.

“Rarely can a museum claim to be as much a part of an event as it is the holder of its historical significance,” said Adrianne Noe, Ph.D., NMHM director. “In the case of the response to the assassination of President Lincoln, the National Museum of Health and Medicine tells our own history when we describe the medical response to that national tragedy.”

On April 28 at 6 p.m., NMHM staff will present the Medical Museum Science Café “Remembering Lincoln at the Medical Museum.” Collections managers and education staff members will discuss the history of the Lincoln artifacts in the NMHM collections.

Programs are free and open to the public and reservations are not required. Learn more about NMHM events online at www. medicalmuseum.mil.

Concurrent with the Lincoln exhibit, NMHM opened a special exhibit featuring the “Medical and Surgical History of the

The bullet that killed Abraham Lincoln is one of the objects on display at the National Museum of Health and Medicine, marking the 150th anniversary of the president’s death.

Photo Courtesy Matthew Breitbart, National Museum of Health and Medicine

War of the Rebellion,” an innovative effort by the Army Medical Museum to collect, collate and share the lessons of battlefield medicine during the course of the Civil War. The exhibit includes artifacts, specimens and images documented in the work, including a review of gunshot injuries, charts about the spread of disease and infection, and artifacts that chronicle the novel use of anaesthesia during the course of the war.

NMHM is open daily, including weekends and holidays (closed only on Dec. 25), from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Admission is free.

A free visitor parking lot is located on Linden Lane. Directions are available on the NMHM website at http://www.medicalmuseum.mil/index.cfm?p=visit.index. Visits to NMHM exhibits are self-guided, and guided tours are available for groups of 10 or more (four weeks’ notice required.) Information about tour programs can be found on the NMHM website at http://www.medicalmuseum.mil/index.cfm?p=education.tours.

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Fort Detrick Service Members to Participate in Nutrition and Fitness Study SHANNON BISHOP

USAG PUBLIC AFFAIRS

The Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness: Physical and Nutritional Resilience Study, conducted by the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, continues to gather data from active-duty service members about the nutritional status and fitness of individuals in an effort to improve the Global Assessment Tool used to measure emotional, social, family, spiritual, physical and nutritional fitness of a Soldier.

The study, otherwise known as CSF2, began enrolling in June 2014 and has collected data from 200 participants from all branches of the U.S. military, with plans to collect more. The study will continue through May 2016 with hopes of collecting data from up to 2,000 participants.

The principle investigator for the study is Dr. Patricia Deuster.

“This study is about Service Members’

well-being as a whole. We are establishing a baseline dataset to help describe the nutritional status and physical fitness of the military,” said Katie Kirkpatrick, a study coordinator working with Fort Detrick.

One local Service Member, Capt. Kathryn Buckland, detachment commander of the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency, is assisting by coordinating and hosting the CSF2 study at Fort Detrick on May 1. Potential participants in the study will first attend a brief on the morning of May 1 before deciding whether to enroll.

“The purpose of this study is two-fold,” said Buckland. “It’s about body composition, diet and nutrition. The only requirement for anyone to participate in this study is that they are active duty and at least 18 years old. We have 13 signed up, but we are expecting more following the May 1 briefing.”

The CSF2 is a voluntary study that requires a Service Member to volunteer 90120 minutes of their time. To be eligible for

the study, one must be active-duty military men or women, be able to speak and read English, and be age 18 or older. According to the study design, participants will answer questions, have body composition measured and undergo an interview and blood draw. Specifically, the study will also look for biomarkers of nutritional status, inflammation and stress and cardiovascular risk.

“We want data from all kinds of people— different ages, weights, body types, fitness levels, etc., so we can get the whole picture,” said Kirkpatrick. “The study is open to all branches of the military across the U.S. The first field study took place at Fort Bragg in North Carolina…Right now, we are reaching out to military members in the local area for participation.”

This study ties closely with the Army’s focus on the Ready and Resilient campaign.

The outcomes from this study will validate new metrics, scoring algorithms and feedback to Service Members for the GAT 2.0.

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“This new feedback will allow Service Members to assess their own health. The GAT covers the total force fitness domains and this study is designed to enhance the GAT,” said Kirkpatrick. “It also serves the same idea of total force fitness that is used in the Ready and Resilient campaign.”

According to the official R2C campaign website, “the campaign integrates and synchronizes multiple efforts and initiatives to improve the readiness and resilience of the total Army…Ready and Resilient will build upon mental, physical, emotional, behavioral and spiritual resilience in our Soldiers, families and civilians to enhance their ability to manage the rigors and challenges of a demanding profession.”

For more information about the Uniformed Services University Consortium for Health and Military Performance, and the other research studies of Dr. Patricia Deuster, visit: www.usuhs.edu/mem/ champ.html.

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BHSAI Develops System to Identify Patients with Severe Bleeding During Transport LORI A. DEBERNARDIS AND ANNA K. APPLEGATE TATRC

Did you know that the majority of casualties that die on the battlefield die from uncontrolled bleeding? Analysis of data from conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan indicates that approximately 22 percent of Service Members who died following severe bleeding after injury could have potentially been saved had their hemorrhaging been controlled early on.

Experts in the combat casualty care community believe that the opportunity to save casualties is in the pre-hospital environment. Saving a life does not just happen once you get to the hospital, it happens when you can manage hemorrhage at the point of injury or in transit to a medical treatment facility.

Given this information, how would one go about handling, or even recognizing the need for administering a blood transfusion?

The Biotechnology High Performance Computing Software Applications Institute, one of the Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center’s key labs, is addressing this issue with development of the Automated Processing of the Physiologic Registry for Assessment of Injury Severity system, or APPRAISE. APPRAISE is an artificial intelligence-based system that can alert medics when trauma patients are in need of massive blood transfusions without any human intervention. It collects and analyzes, in real time, vital sign information from the patient during pre-hos-

Maxim Khitrov, a software developer and HJF contractor (left) and Jaques Reifman, Ph.D., a senior research scientist and director at the Biotechnology High Performance Computing Software Applications Institute (right) demonstrate the APPRAISE system. APPRAISE is a clinically validated platform for the automated, pre-hospital, real-time collection and analysis of vital sign data.

Photo by Adam Wyatt

pital transport. It then uses the results of that analysis to determine if the patient will need a massive blood transfusion before the patient arrives at the hospital.

The system consists of an offthe-shelf vital signs monitor connected to a ruggedized PC running Microsoft Windows. Dr. Jaques Reifman, Ph.D., BHSAI director, and members of his team, Maxim Khitrov and Jianbo Liu, Ph.D., and

Andrew T. Reisner, M.D., an investigator with BHSAI at the time of development, and an emergency room doctor at Massachusetts General Hospital, collaborated to develop the APPRAISE system.

“A benefit of the system is that it uses standard vital signs, such as EKG, heart rate, and blood pressure, which caregivers are already familiar with,” said Reifman . “There is no need for training care givers

to new sensor modalities, so APPRAISE can be easily disseminated throughout the healthcare system.”

The team worked with Boston MedFlight, a not-for-profit organization operating in Boston and New England that served as the equivalent to a shock trauma medevac, to test and validate the BHSAI-developed mathematical models and algorithms in a prospective study.

For nearly two years the APPRAISE system was used in Boston MedFlight helicopters to monitor trauma patients during emergency transports. Patients were then transported to one of three hospital partners: Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

By comparing clinical and trauma registry data with computer predictions, BHSAI scientists found that the APPRAISE system was able to automatically identify casualties in need of massive blood transfusions with 78 percent sensitivity and 90 percent specificity within 10 minutes of the start of transport to the trauma center. This was the first time that anyone, not just the Army, had been able to collect and analyze data in real time as patients were being transported.

The BHSAI team has received two U.S. patents for the APPRAISE system and is currently pursuing FDA approval and a licensing agreement with a commercial partner.

Excited about the results and what this technology could mean for Warfighters in the future Reifman said, “[The] bottom line is that the majority of the casualties on the battlefield are due to uncontrollable bleeding. Here, we deployed in the civilian setting a technology that demonstrates how we can identify bleeding patients pre-hospital, in real time, and in a fully automated fashion in a prospective trial.”

More information about the APPRAISE system trial will be documented in the May 2015 issue of the journal Shock.

TATRC’s MHIC Team Leverages WiFi and Mobile Health in a Combat Operations Setting JEANETTE LITTLE TATRC MHIC

The Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center’s Mobile Health Innovation Team, working with the Cyber Center of Excellence Experimental Division, Regional Training Site-Medical, Ft. Gordon, and the 75th Combat Support Hospital, hosted a technology demonstration to showing a digital paging device that can be used in combat support hospital settings at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia.

Photo by Ed Kensinger, TATRC mHIC

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Imagine arriving at a major medical center with a life-threatening medical condition. Imagine now that this facility has no paging or cell phone capability. How will the right doctor be alerted that you need treatment to save your life?

The Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center’s Mobile Health Innovation Team are working to avoid a scenario such as this in austere, deployed hospital environments.

Earlier this year, TATRC together with the Cyber Center of Excellence Experimental Division, Regional Training Site-Medical, Ft. Gordon, and the 75th Combat Support Hospital hosted a technology demonstration to showcase a digital paging device that can be

used in combat support hospital settings at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia.

The team demonstrated a commercial digital voice-over Internet Protocol badge combined with an NSA-approved, wireless capability for tactical environments. Demonstration attendees were able to observe the voice-activated digital paging system in use, allowing hands-free communications throughout the hospital, a real-life operational setting.

Called, “Addressing Documented Gaps in Internal CSH Communication & Recall with a Garrison Optimized COTS Solution Leveraging Wi-Fi & Vocera Mobile Health,” the event demonstrated how use of a commercially available technology can help deployed hospital staff avoid instances where members of a clinical team are taken away from providing care to retrieve another care provider.

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“With the assistance of the Cyber Center of Excellence, Experimentation Division, we continue to seek technical solutions to answer real world medical needs,” said Edward Kensinger, TATRC MHIC project manager.

Imagine arriving at a major medical center with a life-threatening medical condition. Imagine now that this facility has no paging or cell phone capability. How will the right doctor be alerted that you need treatment to save your life?

The Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center’s Mobile Health Innovation Team are working to avoid a scenario such as this in austere, deployed hospital environments.

Earlier this year, TATRC together with the Cyber Center of Excellence Experimental Division, ReSee TATRC, continued on page 6

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Hunter. “I think for her just knowing that I was in the room with her helped her feel supported.”

Deforrest Hunter removed his name from consideration to be promoted to sergeant major in order to allow his children to pursue their careers.

“I went to Korea for one year,” said Deforrest Hunter. “After my tour in Korea, I was able to come back to Walter Reed and be with my family again. Shortly after returning, I decided to retire from the military after 26 years so I could help my kids have their own career. My wife and I decided that Kytra’s talents could send her to college.”

Kytra Hunter describes the year of her father being overseas as one of the longest and hardest years of her life.

“When my dad came back to Maryland, it meant a lot to me that he was going to be settled and he would be able to be at all of my competitions,” said Kytra Hunter.

Kytra Hunter continued to train throughout her adolescent years, ultimately joining the U.S. National Team for two years. She later joined the World’s team as an alternate for two years.

When it came time to make a decision about college, Kytra Hunter had offers from numerous colleges around the country.

“Kytra had offers for 21 scholarships to major colleges,” said Deforrest Hunter. “She had offers from Auburn University, Penn State, University of Georgia, University of Florida and other big schools. My wife and I told her she had to pick four colleges to consider.”

Kytra ultimately decided to go to University of Florida after falling in love with the coaching staff, according to Deforrest Hunter. Florida also offered the program she wanted to study: food and resource economics.

“It means a lot to have such supportive parents. No matter what, they support me.

They have come to every single home competition since I started here four years ago,” said Kytra Hunter.

Kytra Hunter expects to receive her undergraduate degree this December.

“I’m applying to a master’s of management program at the University of Florida,” said Kytra Hunter. “I’m also looking for job opportunities that might send me to graduate school. My parents have invested so

Dr. Donna D. Ferguson, deputy division chief, Behavioral Sciences Education and Training Division, U.S. Army Military Police School at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, answers questions from the audience during the Fort Detrick 2015 Sexual Assault Awareness Prevention Month kickoff, April 6, in the Fort Detrick Auditorium.

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DeForrest Hunter, Kimberly Hunter, Kytra Hunter and DeForrest D. Hunter together at a NCAA gymnastics tournament. Kytra Hunter is competing in NCAA gymnastics championship in Fort Worth, Texas, today. This will be her final competition.

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much into my career and I would like to be able to go to graduate school without having to put a burden on them, or take out loans to pay for it.”

Kytra Hunter’s parents are proud of her and all of her accomplishments-personal, academic and athletic achievements alike.

“Honest to God,” said Kimberly Hunter, “this girl has a heart of gold. Everything together-the training, the home life, the har work-has made her who she is...I’m so proud of the woman she’s become despite all the sacrifices she’s made. She’s given her

athletic career 100 percent and I know that she can look back and know that she’s given it her all.”

Deforrest Hunter has saved every news clipping and article from Kytra Hunter’s career, according to Kimberly Hunter. After today, he’ll have a few more to add to the impressive collection he’s gathered over the years.

Note: April is the official month for Month of the Military Child. This feature is intended to share one of many great accomplishments made by children of U.S. Service Members.

military, must know, understand and adhere to service values and standards of behavior to eliminate sexual assault, and other inappropriate behavior.

- Know Your Part: each member of the DOD community has a unique role in preventing and responding to sexual assault. Everyone must recognize their part in stopping this crime starting with our own awareness and knowing when and where to intervene.

- Do Your Part: Individuals have to act. If you see a crime or inappropriate behavior unfolding, you need to step in to prevent it.

You each need to add our voice to the call to end this crime.

“What this comes down to is a real change in the culture,” said Ferguson.

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Fort Detrick Tax Center Closing

U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command and Fort Detrick Commanding General, Maj. Gen. Brian C. Lein, addresses the crowd at the closing ceremony for the Fort Detrick Tax Center April 15. “This year’s Tax Center prepared more almost 600 federal returns, a similar number of state returns, and e-filed most of these returns. The commercial value of these services mean a savings to our Soldiers, retirees, and their Families of more than $350,000,” said Lein.

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gional Training Site-Medical, Ft. Gordon, and the 75th Combat Support Hospital hosted a technology demonstration to showcase a digital paging device that can be used in combat support hospital settings at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia.

The team demonstrated a commercial digital voice-over Internet Protocol badge combined with an NSA-approved, wireless capability for tactical environments. Demonstration attendees were able to observe the voice-activated digital paging system in use, allowing hands-free communications throughout the hospital, a real-life operational setting.

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Called, “Addressing Documented Gaps in Internal CSH Communication & Recall with a Garrison Optimized COTS Solution Leveraging Wi-Fi & Vocera Mobile Health,” the event demonstrated how use of a commercially available technology can help deployed hospital staff avoid instances where members of a clinical team are taken away from providing care to retrieve another care provider.

“With the assistance of the Cyber Center of Excellence, Experimentation Division, we continue to seek technical solutions to answer real world medical needs,” said Edward Kensinger, TATRC MHIC project manager.

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