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March 21, 2013

Vol. XXX No. 11

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NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION

Smart Grid Provides Efficiency, Security to Region’s Infrastructure

By Patrick Gordon NDW Waterline writer

Throughout Naval District Washington (NDW), the Smart Grid Pilot Program has been providing a conscientious approach to energy usage since its implementation last year. The program allows operators to monitor and act on energy issues within the grid remotely, saving time, energy and resources. To accomplish this, a vast network of technology was developed to provide the most efficient manner of energy management secure from modern threats.

“One of the greatest accomplishments of the Smart Grid Pilot Project thus far has been the security architecture,” said Jeff Johnson, chief information officer of Naval District Washington. “We are the first region to attain Fleet Cyber Command accreditation and that is a huge step in the pilot program.”

Richard Robishaw, regional operations director, explained that the security architecture the Smart Grid uses to monitor its systems is so effective because it had already been in place and thoroughly tested before the implementation of the Pilot Program.

“The Navy decided in 2003 that it would have a single procurement agency, and the Navy picked Naval Facilities Engineering Command to do that. So they developed the AT/FP [Anti Terrorism/Force Protection]

Assure program and they built an architecture that we use today,” said Robishaw. “And when Smart Grid was being developed, one of the things they needed to do was the same thing that we did 10 years earlier, which is they would have to build an architecture, they would have to build requirements, they would have to build capabilities, they would need a back bone. But we had just done all that for AT/FP Assure.”

Robishaw said that by incorporating Smart Grid on the same network as regional operations, countless man hours and funds that would have been spent on development would be saved. A large part of this, he explained, was because many of the goals that Smart Grid was trying to accomplish with energy usage monitoring were the same as security operations.

“The control of a building’s environment is very near and dear to the security side of the equation, because if you get a bad person in a building you control, you control how much light or heat or cool air that they are using,” said Robishaw. “So having the Smart Grid on the security network was a great marriage; they want to use it to reduce cost, we want to use it for environment control in emergencies. So you have N3 - operations - and N4 - Facilities and Environmen-

See Smart Grid, Page 5

U.S. Navy photo by Patrick Gordon

Jeff Johnson, chief information officer for Naval District Washington, explains physical security features of the Washington Navy Yard tied into the Smart Grid. The Smart Grid Pilot Program has been providing a conscientious approach to energy usage since its implementation last year, allowing operators to monitor and act on energy issues within the grid remotely, saving time, energy and resources.

Navy Nutrition Month in NDW: What’s on Your Plate?

By Patrick Gordon NDW Waterline writer

Courtesy photo

Balanced meals can make a difference in Sailors’ overall health. March is “Navy Nutrition Month,” and Naval District Washington is encouraging all of its personnel to eat right and stay healthy during March and throughout the year.

Around the Yard, page 2 Link directly to www.dcmilitary. com /waterline on your Smart phone

March is “Navy Nutrition Month,” designated in conjunction with National Nutrition Month and the 21st Century Sailor and Marine initiative. According to NAVADMIN 051/13, the goal of Navy Nutrition Month is to increase awareness and transform food environments Navywide to facilitate and maintain better food and beverage options.

It stated that better food choices will enhance physical performance and contribute to the Navy’s efforts to achieve a fit and ready force.

“Nutrition is so important because healthy nutrition is what fuels our bodies;

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it’s what keeps us going day after day after day,” said Leigh Houck, health educator at the Washington Navy Yard Branch Health Clinic. “Without the optimal fuel, we don’t get the nutrients that our bodies need.

Our bodies and brains will eventually stop working efficiently and will break down and get sick through chronic disease, possible weight gain, and even acute illness. Since we’re each issued only one body, it’s really important to treat it as optimally as we can.”

The threat of poor health due to an improper diet is of concern to Navy officials.

According to NAVADMIN 051/13, recent

NHHC Hosts Book Signing, page 3

See Nutrition, Page 5

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Navy Patent Licensing Fees Break Record at NSWCDD

By John J. Joyce NSWC Dahlgren Division Corporate Communications

A private company paid the Navy a record breaking $500,000 in exclusive patent licensing fees, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Commander Capt. Michael Smith announced at a March 5 ceremony held at Dahlgren to honor the patents’ inventors.

The Navy received $100,000 per patent - the largest upfront fee in the service’s history - from Kismet Management Fund LLC, for the licensing of five patents invented by four NSWCDD employees and a civilian university professor.

“This historic licensing agreement with private industry is a direct result of our employee-inventor’s genius in developing technological solutions to challenges facing our warfighters and the Fleet,” said Smith. “These five inventions will further benefit the warfighter as we roll the up-front fees into the research and development of new technologies to increase the safety of our Fleet and forward-deployed warfighters.”

Although the license is exclusive, it applies strictly to the commercial sector. The Navy owns the patents and can allow non-profit institutions to use them for research.

“We have a responsibility to protect the government’s

intellectual property generated during the research and development process,” said NSWCDD Chief Technology Officer June Drake. “In order to protect our intellectual property, we maintain a rigorous patent program. Technical transfer of these patents into the public domain can help the Navy save money by reducing cost and increasing product availability.”

The patents’ technical transfer can also 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 NSWCDD in the form of royalties.

What’s more, the technical transfer process enables the joint services to reward their researchers through licensing agreements.

“It results in a win-win situation all around for our employees, the Navy and most importantly, the warfighter,” said Drake.

The inventors will receive $130,400 - about 26 percent of the licensing fee - based on an Office of Naval Research formula.

NSWCDD will apply the remaining $369,600 to fund various licensing activities and research to develop more licensable technologies.

See Patent, Page 5

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Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Commander Capt. Michael Smith and four NSWCDD inventors hold a symbolic check representing $500,000 in exclusive patent licensing fees at a ceremony March 5. NSWCDD received $100,000 per patent - the largest upfront fees in the Navy’s history - from Kismet Mgmt Fund LLC, for the licensing of five patents. From left, The employee-inventors Larry Fontenot, Danny Synan, Mike Masters (ret.) and Paul Werme were joined by their family members and command leadership at the event. Lonnie Welch, an Ohio University professor named as a co-inventor of all five patents, was not in attendance.

Around the Yard What healthy eating tips can you offer for Navy Nutrition Month?

Eat lots of fruits and vegetables, and be sure to eat periodically throughout the day.

Lt. Todd Nennich N14

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If you’re PT’ing regularly, eat white meat for lean protein. I’ve also found that spinach and broccoli are good vegetables to have in your diet, as well.

Eat a lot of greens.

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This Week in Navy History March 21

1917 - Loretta Walsh becomes the first female Navy petty officer when she is sworn in as a Chief Yeoman.

1919 - Navy installs and tests the Sperry gyrocompass, in the first test of an aircraft gyrocompass.

1945 - Bureau of Aeronautics initiates rocket-powered surface-to-air guided missile development by awarding contract to Fairchild.

March 22

1820 - Commodore Stephen Decatur dies after duel with Capt. James Barron.

1915 - “Naval Aviator” replaces former “Navy Air Pilot” for officers qualified as aviators.

1929 - Navy ships protect Americans and their property during Mexican revolution.

1946 - USS Missouri (BB-63) departs U.S. to return body of deceased Turkish ambassador back to Turkey for burial. Missouri arrived in Istanbul April 5, 1946.

March 23

1815 - USS Hornet captures HMS Penguin in battle lasting 22 minutes.

1882 - Secretary of the Navy William H. Hunt issues General Order No. 292 creating the Office of Naval Intelligence.

1945 - Carriers begin pre-assault strikes on Okinawa, Japan. Kamikaze attacks on Allied forces follow.

1958 - First launching of simulated Polaris missile from a submerged tactical launcher facility takes place off the coast of California.

1965 - Lt. Cmdr. John W. Young, Pilot of

Gemini 3, completes three orbits in 4 hours, 53 minutes at an altitude of 224 km. Recovery was by helicopters from USS Intrepid (CVS-11).

March 24

1903 - George Dewey commissioned Admiral of the Navy with the date of rank March 2, 1899. He is the only person to hold this rank.

March 25

1813 - USS Essex takes Neryeda, in the first capture by U.S. Navy in the Pacific.

1898 - Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt proposes that the Navy investigate the military application of Samuel Langley’s flying machine, beginning naval aviation.

March 26

1942 - Adm. Ernest J. King is named Chief of Naval Operations while simultaneously serving as Commander, U.S. Fleet. He is the only person to hold this combined command.

1943 - Battle of Komandorski Islands prevents Japanese reinforcements from reaching Attu, Alaska.

1966 - Operation Jackstay, Navy’s first amphibious assault in Vietnam’s inland waters, begins.

1968 - Operation Bold Dragon III began in Mekong Delta, Vietnam.

March 27

1794 - Congress authorizes the construction of six frigates, including USS Constitution.

Photo courtesy of Naval History and Heritage Command

This painting of a Chief Yeoman (F) was commissioned by the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations for use in an exhibit on Navy uniforms at the Sesquicentennial Exhibition at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1926. Loretta Walsh became the first female Navy petty officer when she is sworn in as a Chief Yeoman (F).

1799 - USS Constitution recaptures American sloop Neutrality from France.

NHHC Hosts Book Signing

U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Gina K Morrissette

John Domagalski, author of “Sunk in the Kula Gulf,” signs copies of his book after giving a lecture at the Naval History and Heritage Command’s Museum Educational Center. “Sunk in the Kula Gulf” tells the story of USS Helena’s final voyage and the struggle of her survivors.

While the majority of Helena’s crew members were rescued the night of her sinking, others spent up to a week waiting to be rescued. In total, 168 of Helena’s more than 900 crew members perished.

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1880 - USS Constellation departs New York with food for famine victims in Ireland.

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NSA Washington-JBAB Fleet Family and Fun CAREER SUPPORT AND RETENTION The Transition Assistance Management Program (TAMP) Offers an array of services and benefits to transitioning service members, including computers setup for individuals to go online to different job banks, college and scholarship resources and career assessment tools.

Resume Writing Workshops are offered which includes Federal Resume Writing Interview Skills, information on veterans’ benefits and a professional resource library; Two TAP Seminars and one Executive TAP Seminar - five-day programs - are offered monthly sponsored by the departments of Labor and Veteran Affairs, and include information that will benefit the transitioning military member.

hance operational and personal readiness including parenting skills training, couples communication, anger and stress management, conflict resolution, Child Abuse Awareness, Spouse Abuse Awareness and suicide prevention. Trainings can be customized to fit needs of the command.

New Parent Support Program (NPS) Assists new parents in coping with the demands of parenting and military life through parenting education and training and home visits to new parents prior to delivery and after delivery; information and referral for military and community resources; child development screenings and monitoring. All active duty members and their families who are pregnant and or have children in the home from infancy to three years old are eligible for these home visitation services.

FFR/MWR Phone numbers Fitness Centers Washington Navy Yard, bldg. 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-2282/2829

Information, Tickets & Travel (ITT) Ticket Office, WNY Bldg. 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-2484 Travel Office, WNY Bldg. 184 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 685-8299

Food & Beverage Catering & Conference Center, WNY Bldg. 211 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-3041/4312 Mordecai Booth’s Public House, WNY Bldg. 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 678-0514

Military and Family Support Center MFSC, JBAB Bldg. 72 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-6151 MFSC, JBAB Bldg. 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 767-0450

Other Important Numbers FFR Administrative Office, WNY Bldg. 101. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-3659

Family Employment Readiness Program (FERP) Offers seven basic services, which include job search strategies, job readiness, resource information, job referral service, individual counseling assistance, career planning and links to education and volunteer opportunities.

Personal Financial Management (PFM) Program offers individual and family financial counseling, financial classes, and is responsible for the Command Financial specialist training in the Region (NDW).

Improve your speaking skills with Helmsmen Toastmasters Join us Thursdays, 7:30-8:45 a.m., at the Pentagon Library and Conference Center. Toastmasters is an international organization that helps everyone speak, think, lead and listen better. For more info, contact Carl Sabath at carl.sabath@osd. mil, 703-695-2804, or Elizabeth Femrite at elizabeth.m.femrite.civ@mail.mil, 571256-8674. Remember, great Helmsmen say, “Yes!” To learn more about Helmsmen Toastmasters, visit http://helmsmen.toastmastersclubs.org

DEPLOYMENT READINESS/ FAMILY SERVICES Life Skills Education Provides presentations to help commands meet requirements, as well as en-

Deployment/mobilization/readiness Assisting Sailors and family members prepare for deployment, manage separations and reunite and reintegrate with families and community through services including the Family Accountability and Assessment System, Individual augmentee (IA) Indoc Course and Deployed Family Fun Days.

Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) Provides assistance to service members with special needs children and family members with medical needs including resource referral to medical, counseling and educational services, support groups and care providers. Assists in finding duty stations where needs are met. Mandatory enrollment per OPNAVINST 1754.2D.

FFRP Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-4052 MWR Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-4662 MWR Marketing Department, WNY Bldg. 101. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-5912 Regional Child Placement Office, JBAB Bldg. 414. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-3055 Family Housing Office, JBAB Bldg. 414 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-0346 Liberty Program/Center, JBAB Bldg. 72. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 685-1802 Outdoor Recreation/Equipment Rental, JBAB, Bldg. 928 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 767-9136 Navy Gateway Inns & Suites, JBAB, Bldg. 602 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 404-7050

the indoor tennis courts. Two changing rooms will be provided in Building 73. Towel service will be suspended throughout the entire renovations. For further information and updates throughout all phases, please do not hesitate to ask the staff members at the Fitness center. You can also sign-up for email alerts by emailing your full name and email to nsaw.marketing1@gmail.com.

Modified March Exercise Schedule Monday 10:45 - 11:30 a.m. - Pilates 11:40 a.m. - 12:25 p.m. - Cardio Conditioning

Fitness Center Renovations - Phase 1 Begins March 1 | WNY Fitness Center Phase 1 will include renovations to the 2nd and 3rd floors. The 2nd floor gym area and locker rooms will be closed but the equipment and locker rooms on the 1st floor will be available for use. Racquetball court #2 will also be closed so please coordinate reservations for use of racquetball court #1 at the front desk. The 3rd floor group exercise room will also be closed and classes will be relocated to Building 73 on

Tuesday 6:30 - 7:15 a.m. - Basic Training Challenge 11:40 a.m. - 12:25 p.m. - Yoga 12:35 - 1:20 p.m. - Cardio Conditioning Wednesday 11 - 11:45 a.m. - Zumba 4:15 - 5 p.m. - Yoga Thursday 10:45 - 11:30 a.m. - Cardio Conditioning 11:40 a.m. - 12:25 p.m. - Boot Camp Friday 11 - 11:45 a.m. - Lean & Mean

Tax Day Relief Party & Karaoke @ the Pub April 18 | 4 to 8 p.m. | Mordecai Booth’s Public House Stop by the Pub and relax after turning your taxes in! DJ Scott Entertainment will be there playing great music and you can also do karaoke.

MWR/ITT Travel’s Peru Program 10 days | Oct. 11-20 If you’re looking to savor Peru’s highlands but don’t want to miss its Amazon region, this adventure tops the menu in comfort and style. After taking in your fill of Amazonian wildlife from the comfort of our intimate and exclusive “G Lodge Amazon,” embrace cultures past and present in Cuzco where you’ll have lots of time to explore ruins, museums and markets. Finally, delight in the sweet views of the Sacred Valley from the comfort of your coach as you travel by rail to Machu Picchu. With years of experience, we employ the best local guides, ensuring that you’re free to enjoy the beauty of the region. Trip cost is $3500.

For more information and full terms, please visit go.gadventures.com/MWRPeruExperience2013.

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Crews Into Shape It’s time to start thinking about getting your body back to that fit, energetic, healthy you. The good news is that you can have fun doing it. The 13th annual “Crews Into Shape” challenge will run March 3 to March 30. Begun in 2001, the challenge is a four-week long team approach to wellness where each team member earns points for exercising, maintaining or achieving a weight goal, eating fruits and vegetables, and other activities.

Sponsored by the Navy Marine Corps Public Health Center, the challenge is open to the entire DoD family. Find two to 10 crew members, pick a crew leader and register your team by March 3. Sign-ups and forms are web-based, making participation smoothsailing. Crew leaders receive frequent “Crews Notes” during the campaign to encourage their crew members. Crew names and locations are posted on the web. For challenge rules and registration information, visit www.med.navy.mil/sites/nmcphc/health-promotion/Pages/crews-into-shape.aspx.

Navy Suspends Early Career Transition Program From Navy Personnel Command Public Affairs The Navy announced suspension of the Early Career Transition Program (ECTP) in a Navy message released March 14.

According to NAVADMIN 063/13 Navy Personnel Command (NPC) will no longer accept requests to transition to the Selected Reserve under this program. Requests submitted U.S. Navy photo by MC1 Chris Laurent and received at NPC prior Rear Adm. Sandra E. Adams speaks to Navy Reto March 14 will be accept- serve Sailors at the Naval Operational Support ed and processed. Requests Center (NOSC) Chicago during an all-hands call. received after March 14 will Adams spoke about the budget concerns circube returned without action. lating throughout the Department of Defense and Previously approved re- opened the floor to questions from the Sailors to quests are unaffected. get an idea of their concerns. Adams serves as Established in 2011, the flag officer sponsor to NOSC Chicago.

ECTP allowed active duty and Full Time Support reduce overmanning in the active com(FTS) Sailors with at least two, but less than 16 years of service to leave ponent while filling the Selected Reserve active duty and affiliate with the Selected ranks with highly trained and qualified Reserve to finish out the remainder of their Sailors.

Since 2011, the Navy has made sigNavy contract.

It provided Sailors an early transition nificant progress in balancing the force, opportunity to continue their naval ser- eliminating the current need for the ECTP vice and pursue educational or personal voluntary early separation program. ECTP goals at a time when the Navy was expe- may be reinstated in the future as required. riencing record high retention and low atFor more information, read the NAVADtrition. When the program was activated, MIN 063/13 at the NPC website www.npc. active duty Navy had 35 overmanned rat- navy.mil. ings while the Selected Reserve had 22 For more news from Navy Personnel undermanned ratings, so the ECTP helped Command, visit www.navy.mil/local/npc/.

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tal - coming together with N6 - Information Technologies - being the conduit to both, with great communications happening between all three which have allowed for great ties happening with existing and future technologies.”

Robishaw said that by utilizing the NAVFAC AT/FP Assure program, both Smart Grid and security personnel can securely perform similar tasks on a network resistant to cyber attack due to the robust technology they utilize. The result is not only a secure, but cost effective operation.

“We have what we call semi self-aware software that is preprogrammed to know

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analysis of waist circumference measurements in PRIMS identified a high proportion of sailors at risk. By National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute guidelines, males who have a waist circumference of 35-39 inches are at a moderate risk for heart disease and diabetes. Males who have a waist circumferences of 40 inches or greater are at high risk for heart disease, diabetes, and sudden death. Females who have a waist circumference of 32-35 inches are at a moderate risk for heart disease and diabetes and those whose waist measurements exceed 36 inches are at high risk for heart disease, diabetes and sudden death.

Houck recommends that personnel keep themselves healthy and mission-ready by educating themselves about what food is healthiest to eat. Simple acts such as reading food labels and reviewing the nutrition pages of restaurant websites can make a difference in the amount and quality of food that personnel eat, said Houck.

Houck warned that lack of time and interest in cooking are two of the biggest pit-

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Continued from 2 Interestingly, the five NSWCDD inventions are not new patents. The technologies were developed over the last 13 years with the earliest patent issued in May 2006.

“By its very nature performing research and development leads to some technologies being left on the shelf,” explained Lorraine Kaczor, NSWCDD Technical Partnering Office Domestic Outreach Lead. “Licensing these technologies to business partners gives them new life to find their place in commercially available products.”

Navy technologies can benefit from licensing since the commercial products they are incorporated into are typically less expensive and more available to the military.

“In the final analysis, this benefits the warfighter,” said Kaczor. “Our command’s investments in these patents are a testament to our commitment in research and development.”

All five patents directly impacted the development of NSWCDD’s Computing Resource Management software architecture capabilities in support of the High Performance Distributed Computing project or HiPer-D. HiPer-D resource management architecture provides capabilities for real-time monitoring of computers, networks, and software applications within a distributed computing environment in addition to capabilities for starting and moving software components that adapt to performance bottlenecks and

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what to look for,“ said Robishaw. ”So instead of having multiple rooms of multiple people watching screens endlessly to see what is going wrong, the software is looking not only for bad guys, but also fluctuations in temperature, controls and power grids.

If the software sees the problem it will flash on screen and then we can act. It doesn’t sound like much until you realize that before we would have had to send out massive amounts of manpower to go out there. Now we have monitoring equipment that uses cameras and sensors that keep these things in check, and the human interaction is from a distance. So it saves however many man hours would have been spent on that base, multiplied by 74 bases. That’s huge savings.”

This story is part three of a four-part series on the NDW Smart Grid Pilot Program. falls facing service members when it comes to eating healthy.

“When you are busy with your job, and you have a long commute, and perhaps you have a family at home you’d like to spend time with, it seems easier to depend on fast or purchased-prepared food,” said Houck.

“But if you put just a bit of time in on the weekends preparing for the week ahead, it will pay off. Learn to cook healthy food for yourself and your family. Take time on the weekends to make a big delicious batch of your favorite healthy dinner that can carry you through part of the week and leave you enough to freeze for another time. Or prepare enough of your own salad bar ingredients on Sunday evening to make lunch-prep a breeze during the week.”

For information and resources on eating healthy during Navy Nutrition month visit the following websites: - The Navy Nutrition Program Web Page www.npc.navy.mil/support/navynutrition/Pages/default2.aspx - Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center www.med.navy.mil/sites/nmcphc/ health-promotion/Pages/default.aspx - Navy Fitness www.navyfitness.org/nutrition/

maintain system performance goals.

The architecture’s key feature is the ability to monitor system performance coupled with the ability to dynamically allocate and reallocate system resources as needed.

The HiPer-D technology - jointly funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA and the USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51 ship class) acquisition program was never fielded by the Navy although it was assessed for possible use both within the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense program and the future USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000 class guided missile destroyers).

Four NSWCDD inventors - Paul Werme, Larry Fontenot, Danny Synan and Mike Masters (retired) - were joined by their family members and command leadership at the event. Lonnie Welch - a Ohio University professor named as a co-inventor of all five patents, was not in attendance.

The five patents, registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Federal Register, follow: U.S. Patent No. 7552438 - Resource management device; U.S. Patent No. 7051098 - System for monitoring and reporting performance of hosts and applications and selectively configuring applications in a resource managed system; U.S. Patent No. 7096248 - Program control for resource management architecture and corresponding programs; U.S. Patent No. 7171654 - System specification language for resource management architecture and corresponding programs therefore; U.S. Patent No. 7181743 - Resource allocation decision function for resource management architecture and corresponding programs.

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Book Review Reviewed by Cmdr.

Youssef Aboul-Enein Seward: Lincoln’s Indispensable Man by Walter Stahr. Published by Simon and Schuster, New York. 660 pages, 2012.

One way to truly understand the presidency of Abraham Lincoln is to become immersed in the biographies of key figures in his administration. Few stand out more than Secretary of State William H. Seward.

Lawyer, historian and author Walter Stahr has written an overdue biography of Seward that has received accolades from award winning Lincoln biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin, Civil War Historian James McPherson, and noted Lincoln Scholar Harold Holzer.

Under Lincoln, Seward’s position would be comparable to the contemporary positions of Secretary of State, White House Chief of Staff, National Security Adviser, and political party leader.

But the book provides readers a look at Seward beyond just his service in the American Civil War. Seward can by all accounts be called an American statesman, and through this biography readers get a glimpse of the mechanics of American government at the county, state, and national levels, as well as Seward’s interactions with not only Lincoln, but members of his cabinet, as well as leaders in Congress from John Quincy Adams to Henry Clay.

Seward was born in rural New York in 1801 and

died in 1872. During seven decades he would engineer the American expansion in Alaska, attended the ill-fated compromise of 1850 over the expansion of slavery as a member of the United States Senate, run for President of the United States, and aid Lincoln, a rival, in his presidential speeches. Lincoln’s 1861 first inaugural speech, also referred to as the “Mystic Chords of Memory” speech, was drafted with the help of Seward.

Significant sections are on Seward’s activities in keeping foreign powers from interfering in the American Civil War. The book goes into the mechanics of diplomacy of the period, to include the very dangerous “Trent Affair,” which the author refers to as the Cuban Missile Crisis of its day, and which could have led to war between the U.S. and Great Britain during the Civil War in late 1861. Another diplomatic crisis that Seward managed was the French intervention in Mexico in the sum-

mer of 1861. Approximately 40,000 French and foreign troops landed in Mexico under the imperial direction of the French Second Empire under Napoleon III. This was a direct challenge to the Monroe Doctrine and undertaken during the start of the American Civil War. The book details Seward’s exchanges with French diplomats, the holding back of American outrage, and the persuasion undertaken for Mexico to withdraw. This was no easy task for Seward; while remaining publicly neutral, the United States was supporting Mexican insurgents against the French puppet Emperor Maximilian of Mexico.

The book also covers Seward’s position on the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. He would be viciously stabbed by Lincoln assassination conspirator Lewis Powell in April 1865, but remained in government service to advise President Andrew Johnson.

It also offers a deep discussion on the agony of slavery being debated at the time.

Editor’s Note: Cmdr.

Aboul-Enein maintains a regular book review column in the Naval District Washington newspaper, Waterline. He teaches part-time at the National Defense University and is the author of two books on the Middle East. Aboul-Enein wishes to thank the National Defense University Library for providing a quiet place to read and write this column, as well as Shaw Air Force Base, S.C.

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What are the benefits of participating in RECP/energy conservation?

The benefits to the residents of reducing electricity usage include the potential to earn extra money to cover other expenses. The benefit to the project is that reduced energy usage saves the project money, which increases the available funds to contribute to future reserves for the maintenance and repair of the local area PPV. Welcome to NDW’s RECP weekly column in which we will be providing you with tools and information on how to get smart with the Navy’s Resident Energy Conservation Program. RECP for electricity only is scheduled to start for NDW in October 2013.

If you have specific questions regarding RECP, please email the waterline.ndw.fcm@ navy.mil and your questions might just be featured on our column.

CSADD to Hold Self Defense Seminar The Coalition of Sailors Against Destructive Decisions (CSADD) Washington Navy Yard Chapter will host a Self Defense Seminar in support of Sexual Assault Awareness Month April 10 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling Fitness Center II, Bldg. 419.

Participants will learn basic defense techniques taught by a certified black belt Jiu Jitsu instructor.

To sign-up and for more information contact Electricians Mate 2nd Class Scott Jones at scott.a.jones5@navy.mil or 202-685-0277. Deadline for registration is April 3.

U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Kiona Miller

Jim Thrift, self defense instructor for Calvert Mixed Martial Arts, performs a self defense move for participants during a self defense class inside of the West Fitness Center at Joint Base Andrews, April 13, 2012. The Coalition of Sailors Against Destructive Decisions (CSADD) Washington Navy Yard Chapter will host a Self Defense Seminar in support of Sexual Assault Awareness Month April 10, 2013.

Indian Head, EOD Warfare Centers to Merge

By Becky D’Ambrosio and Mark Viniard NSWC IHD Public Affairs Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) announced March 1 the merger of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) and the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (EODTECHDIV) with the goal of improving operations and continuing support to the warfighter.

The new command will be called NSWC Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (NSWC IHEODTECHDIV) and will become official on October 1, 2013.

Both organizations are part of NAVSEA’s command, and are neighbors

geographically separated by only the Mattawoman Creek and a twelve mile commute. The technical mission, functions, and Technical Capabilities (TC) of the departments will remain unchanged. Personnel in technical positions will continue their current work.

“The Navy took this action because together the organizations offer greater capacity and capability to effectively meet warfighters’ needs as a single command. The merger strengthens and improves the division’s technical capabilities and creates new opportunities to leverage business practices,” said Capt. Tom Smith, commanding officer (CO) of EODTECHDIV and acting CO of NSWC IHD. NSWC IHEODTECHDIV will continue to provide

research, development, engineering, manufacturing, test, evaluation and in-service support of energetics and energetic materials for ordnance, propulsion systems, naval guns systems, and other devices. It will also develop and deliver explosive ordnance disposal technology, knowledge, tools and equipment to the Department of Defense and foreign and interagency partners.

“The unified organization offers more workforce development and career progression opportunities for some employees,” said Dennis McLaughlin, technical director. “Sharing best work and business practices improve operations and creates professional synergy.”

To date, no decisions have been made on a final organizational structure

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Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) announced March 1 the merger of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) and the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (EODTECHDIV) with the goal of improving operations and continuing support to the warfighter. The new command will be called NSWC Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (NSWC IHEODTECHDIV) and will become official on Oct. 1. and there are no plans to change employees’ current physical locations. No reductions in force or forced

elimination of civilian positions are planned as a result of this merger.

Leadership is actively

partnering with Union bargaining unit representatives to elicit their ideas on details of the merger.

Smith will be the first CO of the new NSWC IHEODTECHDIV. Mr. Dennis McLaughlin, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is currently serving as the technical director, IHD, and will become NSWC IHEODTECHDIV’s first technical director.

As the transition to one command takes place, NSWC IHEODTECHDIV will employ over 1,700 government civilians and 51 military members, and will continue to be based at the two existing sites in Charles County, Md. Although the timing mirrored the current sequestration process, these two events are separate and unrelated.

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Echoes from Our Past: Pax River reflects on 70 Years

By Michael Smolek NAS Pax River cultural resources manager Base construction began on Naval Air Station Patuxent River April 4, 1942.

The lack of facilities in the region, the remoteness of the location, the lack of labor-both skilled and unskilled-and the competition for materials during war time greatly hampered and increased the complexity of the massive construction effort.

An initial work force of 650 laborers rapidly swelled to 7,000 within only nine months and, while existing houses and farm buildings were immediately put to use, the first new buildings to be built were barracks, a mess hall and a brig.

The brig was needed because, according to reports from the period, “the type of living accommodations available to the workers attracted a high percentage of transient laborers, many with criminal records. Drinking, fist-fights, cuttings, and other disorders existed in the workmen’s barracks, and professional gamblers operated flagrantly.”

While the base was being built, there were rows of 35 tarpaper barracks for the 3300 resident workers located just north of the intersection of Cedar Point Road and Taxiway Alpha, in what was once the town of Pearson.

A worker’s sick bay building was constructed nearby, now building 463, and the original plan for the building reveals the social attitudes of the time-it was divided right down the middle, segregated by race.

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Aerial photo showing the tarpaper workers barracks just north of the intersection of Taxiway Alpha and a re-routed Cedar Point Road. The buildings in the former town of Pearson were put to use during the construction, but were later removed.

Southern Maryland Electric was not able to generate enough electrical power to meet the needs of the construction activities, so a diesel-powered electrical plant had to be built to augment the electrical supply. That power plant, building 516 on Millstone Road, is now used for office space.

Vast areas of ground were under construction with runways and taxiways, utilities and hundreds of buildings. Old roads were re-rout-

ed and new roads installed. Large trailer trucks were used to move personnel around the base and were called “cattle cars” by the workers.

At one point there were 125 dump trucks, 44 cranes and shovels, 35 bulldozers and 99 earthmovers, graders and scrapers in use. Materials were delivered by truck and, later, by the railroad that the Navy took over and extended some 40 miles from Bran-

dywine, Md., to the base.

According to oral tradition, truck drivers coming from the north out of Washington were given simple directions on how to find the construction site-just keep heading south toward the cloud of dust.

The first concrete for the runways was poured on June 9, 1942.

There was an on-site concrete plant near the intersection of Taxiways Alpha and Bravo that

was capable of generating a sizeable 2,000 cubic yards of concrete per day.

The first three hangars started were built using traditional construction methods and materials.

Hangars 101 and 301 are steel, and Hangar 201 is an impressive wood structure; however, the wartime shortages of steel and wood, and the need for speedy construction, were motivating factors to use alternative construction materials and methods.

In October 1942, a new and relatively unproven type of construction was chosen for the construction of Hangar 110.

The innovative ZD-type concrete hangar was a poured-inplace, thin-shell concrete construction system poured over massive forms that were moved on rails. Hangar 110 and the other five double barrel-vault concrete hangars that were to follow have the distinction of being the largest such structures built in the U.S. up to that point. Based largely on the success of the construction at Pax River, this type of construction was published in a contemporary engineering journal and became a widely accepted construction technique.

Construction was fast and the average time to construct a concrete hangar from beginning to end was just six months, 17 days.

Today, the hangars have been determined to be eligible for the National Register of Historic Places because of their contribution to the history of engineering technology and for the importance of the aeronautical activities that have taken place in them over the last 70 years.

Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Fund Drive Aides Families to Help Families

By Connie Hempel NAS Public Affairs Office As the annual Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) fund drive launched recently, volunteers have hit the streets looking to make 100 percent contact, raising dollars and awareness.

“Through the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, our Sailors and Marines can get the support they need right here from their family,” Rear Adm. Cindy “CJ” Jaynes, commander of Fleet Readiness Centers and Naval Air Systems Command assistant commander for Logistics and Industrial Operations, said during the kickoff event March 12. “I know with the current budget constraints it will be harder to go out and get as many donations as we’ve had in the past, but a lot of our civilians are retired military and they haven’t forgotten what it’s all about.”

Since its beginning 109 years ago, the NMCRS has helped thousands of Navy and Marine Corps families facing financial struggles every year. Whether those struggles are caused from a military

move leaving a dual income family to single income, a vehicle in need of repair, or not being able to make ends meet with rent, utilities and groceries, the NMCRS offers interest-free loans and grants for active-duty and retired military, their family and widows of service members.

During last year’s drive, more than $103,000 was raised for the NMCRS at Pax River. With those donated dollars, the NMCRS was able to help more than 250 clients.

But it’s not just about the nointerest loans and grants. NMCRS offers financial education, as well.

“Financial stability contributes to readiness,” said Maureen Farrell, director of the NMCRS office here. “We can help with budgets and building a strategy for the future.”

Sometimes people are unsure if NMCRS can help them, but Farrell said if in doubt, call.

“If we can’t help, we can put you in contact with who can,” she said.

For more information on the NMCRS or to make an electronic donation, visit www.nmcrs.org or call 301-342-4739.

U.S. Navy photo by Connie Hempel

Rear Adm. Cindy “CJ” Jaynes, commander of Fleet Readiness Centers, talks to the NavyMarine Corps Relief Society fund drive volunteers about the importance of 100 percent contact.

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Canines Help Warriors Rehab With ‘Doga’

By David A. Dickinson WRNMMC Journal staff writer In the search of new ways to help wounded warriors, some health care providers have reached back to the ancient art of yoga.

Andrea Lucie, a recreational therapist and yoga instructor at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) at Naval Support Activity Bethesda, is one such provider who works with wounded warriors using traditional therapy.

Now, she has added “Doga,” a form of yoga incorporating canines, to her therapy modalities.

Service dogs are known to help with anxiety under many circumstances, and their assistance is no different with yoga, Lucie explained.

Army Staff Sgt. Benjamin Floyd uses Doga, working with his service dog, Huff, to help in his rehabilitation. “I’ve done very limited yoga before. This [Doga] certainly has been a very unique bond for me.”

The golden retriever seems to know exactly what humans around him need, Lucia explained about Huff. “He’s very intuitive and knows when you need him. He will impose his presence by coming up to you and putting his paw in your lap.”

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dogs. If she sees a patient needs to work on arm strength, she will place the canine in a position in which the patient will have to reach for the dog. “You are accomplishing the pose and the stretching,” the therapist explained. “The patient and the dog both feel the connection.”

Floyd, who was injured in Afghanistan in 2011, will soon return to his home in Amarillo, Texas, and plans to continue to work with a service dog. “It’s an oxytocin release when you’re petting the dog,” he said of his bond with Huff. “I can feel the relaxation through his body.”

She teaches Doga from her heart and intuition, explained Lucie, who has also taught equine therapy.

“Some people have westernized the practice of yoga,” she said, drawing a distinction between what she teaches at NICoE to that in the general public. “This is calming, soothing and takes the edge off. It may be a fad in the studio community, but not here.

“At NICoE, we are introducing a variety of integrative medicine therapy modalities to our patients, allowing them to choose alternative treatment options that they may respond to better than traditional interventions,” the therapist added.

For more information about NICoE, visit www.nicoe.capmed.mil.

Photo by Andrea Lucie

Army Staff Sgt. Benjamin Floyd uses “Doga,” working with his service dog, Huff, to help in his rehabilitation.

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NSAB Establishes First Junior Enlisted Mess

By Master-At-Arms Seaman April Beazer NSAB Public Affairs staff writer Junior enlisted members of Naval Support Activity Bethesda (NSAB) came together recently for the first meeting of the NSAB Junior Enlisted Mess (JEM).

The Junior Enlisted Mess was established at NSAB on Dec. 22, 2012, to give Sailors who are of rank E-4 and below a chance to enjoy what they do, said Religious Programs Specialist 3rd Class John Leitzinger, president of the Junior Enlisted Mess, who oversees all of the group’s meetings and events.

“I thought it was a good opportunity to implement something that would benefit E-4 and below Sailors and get more people involved, so it’s less of a nine to five job and more of enjoying what you do,” said Leitzinger. “If you do something you love, you never have to work a day in your life.”

Personnel Specialist 2nd Class Demario Stackhouse, creator of NSAB’s Junior Enlisted Mess, organized the group as a means to boost the spirits of the command.

“I wanted to create the Junior Enlisted Mess to give E-4 and below a chance to create morale within themselves as a junior com-

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Master-At-Arms Seaman Apprentice Jason Phillips and Master-At-Arms Seaman Cassandra Garcia listen as the president and vice president discuss future events at a recent meeting of the Naval Support Activity Bethesda Junior Enlisted Mess. munity, as well as morale with the command,” he said. “It’s giving E-4 and below a voice,” said Stackhouse.

When Stackhouse sat down to draft his ideas for the JEM, he had

high hopes for the command to come together and work as a team.

“At the time, I was an E-4 and I knew what it was like to come up in rank and not have the morale, or feel like you don’t exist as

a junior Sailor,” he said. “At the end of the day, I feel like the work environment is a whole lot better when everyone can have fun and conduct business together,” said Stackhouse.

Chief Master-At-Arms Marty McQuagge, NSAB’s senior enlisted leader, shared his opinion of the new organization.

“The establishment of a Junior Enlisted Mess at NSAB is a significant milestone for the command that will improve communication at the deckplate level, foster camaraderie across different work centers, and give Sailors an opportunity to be a part of something larger than themselves,” said McQuagge.

A prior member himself, McQuagge has his own history with the JEM. He said, “Speaking from personal experience, having previously served as an active member of a Junior Enlisted Mess myself, it better prepared me for my eventual transition into the Chief’s Mess, mainly because I had the experience of working with others to reach common goals.”

As president of the JEM, Leitzinger encourages NSA junior enlisted members to join.

“It is a great opportunity to get [away from] what you normally do and meet more people,” Leitzinger said enthusiastically. “It’s too easy to get bogged down. Have a little bit of fun! Have some pride in what you do, because everyone is important and everyone has an important role to play here.”

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USNS Mercy Anemometer Positioning Evaluation Testing Completed

By Nicholas Malay NSWC Carderock Division Public Affairs Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD) recently completed Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH19) Anemometer Positioning Evaluation (APE) testing in support of Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) and Military Sealift Command (MSC). The testing focused on measuring the airflow of anemometers, wind measurement sensors that are installed on the superstructure of U.S. Navy ships. The APE testing is required to complete the aviation certification process following a new helicopter hangar installation on the ship’s superstructure.

“NAVAIR certifies the safe operating range of wind measurement during flight operations aboard Navy ships underway,” said Joshua Butler, NAVAIR engineer. “The results from the APE testing provide data that will determine a usable range of wind directions for the anemometers to help ensure safety while launching and recovering aircraft. Additional data will give us an empirical database to better understand the placement of anemometers for the topside design of future Navy ships.”

In January, NSWCCD printed a 3-D scale model of Mercy’s hull with several removable top-side structures. NSWCCD engineers supported the testing in the 8-by-8 foot Anechoic Flow Facility (AFF), a closedloop wind tunnel which quantifies aerodynamic and acoustic properties of scaled ship or aircraft models and sub-system components. T-AH class ships were the ninth class of ships to be tested at Carderock. APE testing is a part of the aviation certification process for any new ship class or any existing class that undergoes top-side changes that could impact the aerodynamics at the locations of the anemometers.

The APE testing is tied to NSWCCD’s technical capability (TC) in providing naval

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Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD) completed USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) Anemometer Positioning Evaluation (APE) testing in support of Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Feb. 8. The testing focused on measuring the airflow of anemometers, wind measurement sensors that are installed on the superstructure of U.S. Navy ships. The APE testing is required to complete the aviation certification process following a new helicopter hangar installation on the ship’s superstructure. architectural and integrated surface ship and submarine design analysis expertise.

To learn more about the 132 technical capabilities across the NAVSEA Warfare Centers, visit, www.navsea.navy.mil/Organization/ WFC_TECHNICAL_CAPABILITIES_%20 Rev4%20FINAL_01June2011.pdf.

NSWC Carderock Division leads the Navy in hull, mechanical and electrical engineering expertise and delivers technical solutions in order to build and sustain a dominant, ready and affordable fleet. Headquartered in West Bethesda, Md., approximately 3,600 scientists, engineers, technicians and support personnel are located across the U.S., which includes the Ship Systems Engineering Station in Philadelphia.

CNP Discusses Sailor and Family Budget Impacts with Congress

By Defense Media Activity-Navy The Chief of Naval Personnel joined personnel chiefs from the other services and Department of Defense civilian leadership March 13 in testifying before the House Armed Services Committee on the impacts of the current budget environment on military personnel and family related programs.

Vice Adm. Scott Van Buskirk discussed how the current budget environment is having significant impacts on Sailors and civilians, to include the potential furlough in April and evaluation the Navy’s ability to sustain the tuition assistance program as it currently exists.

The situation has caused adjustments in deployment schedules, resulting in uncertainty and disruption in the lives of our Navy families.

“The furlough of the nearly 186,000 civilians and the attendant 20 percent pay reduction will significantly affect them and their families. The absence of this highly skilled workforce impacts our ability to sustain critical family support programs and operate our educational institutions and learning centers; the hiring freeze and

release of over 650 temporary workers aggravates the situation,” Van Buskirk said.

He joined the Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Jessica Wright; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Dr. Jonathan Woodson; Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Manpower and Reserve Affairs Lt. Gen. Robert E. Milstead; Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel and Services Lt. Gen. Darrell D. Jones; and Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel Lt. Gen. Howard B. Bromberg.

While much of the testimony to the key military committee focused on negative budget impacts, Van Buskirk did point out the Navy is committed to keeping its covenant with Sailors and their families.

“As we go forward, to the maximum extent possible, we will minimize impacts on family and Sailor readiness programs.

We remain determined to avoid adverse impacts in programs that address sexual assault prevention, alcohol awareness and deglamorization, drug detection and abuse prevention, Navy Safe Harbor wounded warrior support, suicide prevention and resiliency, casualty assistance and funeral support; and child care,” said Van Buskirk.

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