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Vol. XXXII No. 8

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Subsidies make mass transit cheaper for employees

By Patrick Gordon NSAW public affairs The prospect of free money is one that seems too good to be true. But for employees of the Washington Navy Yard, it may be that they just don’t know what they’ve got coming to them.

Per Department of Defense Instruction 1000.27, the DoD “shall provide mass transportation benefits to offset commuting costs to its active duty military members and employees, including nonappropriated fund employees, to the extent authorized by law and regulation, to reduce pollution and traffic congestion, preserve the environment, and expand transportation alternatives inside the National Capital Region and outside the NCR.” What this means for Navy Yard personnel is that eligible employees in the NCR can receive subsidies for using mass transit - such as the Metro Rail, commuter busses, or MARC trains - under the Mass Transportation Benefit Program.

Personnel using the MTBP receive “transit passes” in amounts equal to their personal commuting costs, not to exceed $130 per month.

The individual must relinquish any federally subsidized parking permit, and may not be listed as part of a DoD carpool for purposes of qualifying for a parking pass.

Eligible personnel must be a civilian, military, or non-appropriated fund employee who is paid and employed by the Department of Defense, and be permanently stationed and working in the NCR, defined as the District of Colum-

bia; Montgomery, Prince George’s, and Frederick Counties in Maryland; Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William Counties in Virginia.

The MTBP was established in October 2000 and is offered to eligible employees and military service members, to the extent authorized by law and regulation, to reduce pollution and traffic congestion, preserve the environment, and expand transportation alternatives.

While the subsidy seems enticing, relatively few on the yard have taken advantage. Of approximately 18,000 employees on the Washington Navy Yard, only 2,275 take part in the MTB program, and of those 1,256 are Naval Sea Systems Command personnel.

“We’ve been pushing a lot of information about the program out to our workforce,” said Rory O’Connor, NAVSEA director of corporate communications, on the organization’s promotion of the MTBP. “When we were displaced, we knew that it would pressurize the amount of parking on base when we came back. So we had town hall meetings, where organizations that commute come and talk.

We shared that information frequently and often through all hands emails and meetings and just kept pushing it.”

O’Connor added that the program not only helps the personnel using it, but also the installation itself.

“Anything we can do to take cars off base will help everybody,” said O’Connor.

“The people who take part in these efforts materially improve life at the Navy Yard.”

O’Connor added that

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other efforts are in the works to make mass transit use for Navy Yard personnel. A joint initiative by Naval Sea Systems Command and Naval Support Activity Washington resulting in a shuttle system from L’Enfant Plaza to the Navy Yard is currently being reviewed.

For those who live far from mass transit hubs, the MTB program allows for other options, such as van pooling and slug lines. According to DODI 1000.27, Van pool vehicles “may be owned and operated by either public transit authorities (commercial) or by a private vendor in the business of transporting persons for compensation or hire, and must have seating capacity for at least six adults, not including the driver.” Slug lines on the Navy Yard offer a carpooling option with drivers picking up individuals needing a ride. A person who needs a ride enters the slug line, located near the Humphrey’s Building, and waits for a driver to stop by and pick up the slugger. The rider gets a free ride, the driver gets to use the HOV lanes during travel, and fewer vehicles are on the road and installation.

With fewer parking spaces at the Navy Yard, the variety of public transportation option available, and the prospect of up to $130 in monthly subsidies, the question becomes, “Why wouldn’t you use mass transit?”

For more information, visit the Department of Defense Washington Headquarters Services MTBP page at www.whs.mil/ mass-transportation-benefit-program.

U.S. Navy photo by Patrick Gordon

Commuters make their way to the Navy Yard/Ballpark metro station April 6. Eligible personnel can receive up to $130 a month in subsidies for using mass transit like the metro, passenger busses, and other forms of mass transportation.

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Barry serves as training platform for emergency responders

By Patrick Gordon NSAW public affairs In a pitch-black, smoke filled corridor two soldiers slowly make their way through the void. Careful, deliberate footsteps are the only noises made other than their voices, muffled by their self-contained breathing apparatus masks. They are trying to find any alternate escape routes, should the one they took into darkness suddenly become too dangerous to retread.

“This ladder doesn’t go anywhere,” says one. “It’s just a dead end.”

“Alright, let’s try around the corner,” says the other.

As they find another way out of the claustrophobic surroundings, they maintain constant radio contact with an officer outside who maps their progress and any discrepancies they notice.

Lucky for all involved there is no real threat.

The soldiers are from the 911th Technical Rescue Engineer Company, and the smoke filled spaces are aboard the Display Ship Barry at the Washington Navy Yard.

Soldiers from the company performed extensive confined space training aboard the ship April 30.

“Our unit is a first responder type of unit,” said Army Capt. Mike Riccitiello, commander of 911th TREC. “The last time we were used was September 11, 2001, as the then called MDW Engineer Company. We were deployed to the Pentagon for 10 days.

Because of our actions that day we were renamed the 911th and we’re on standby for defense support to civil authorities as the DoD asset in case there is another largescale event in the National Capital Region, whether it’s a natural disaster, man-made event, terrorist attack, whatever it may be.

We train with a lot of the first responders on collapsed structures in different types of rescue scenarios that would be required in a post-disaster event.”

Riccitiello explained that the company’s unique skills require equally unique training environments to remain prepared for emergency situations in an urban environment. He said the narrow passageways, small spaces, and other features inside the ship are used to replicate a collapsed structure or underground facility. Adding to the realism is a fog machine to replicate smoke.

And once the lights aboard are turned off, the Barry’s interior can seem like a lightless post-disaster zone.

“The ship is fantastic for what we need,” said Riccitiello. “So for fire departments, first responder type units, this is what they look for - an odd spot that they’ve never been in before that replicates the same spaces they would find in an emergency situation. And we have the whole ship to ourselves during this training, so it really fits our needs, and is an event that we really look forward to.”

The soldiers trained aboard the Barry in a number of skills they would use in an actual disaster. While inspecting spaces, they relay detailed messages topside to an officer who maps their progress. According to Riccitiello, this allows them to map as they go, allowing follow up teams to know what route they should take. It further aids in rescue training, as they also radio back the locations of any victims, structural anomalies, and anything that could aid in rescue operations.

The 911th has performed the training aboard the Barry on and off for the past decade, but had not used the site for the past couple of years. After reaching out to Lt. Scott Neidhold, port operations officer for NSAW, construction on the pier was suspended for the 911th to be able to train while the Barry was still stationed at the Navy Yard.

A member of the 911th Technical Rescue Engineer Company makes his way below decks aboard the Display Ship Barry at the Washington Navy Yard during confined space training April 30. The soldiers used fog machines to replicate smoke in the lightless spaces to train in mapping and rescue operations during a disaster.

“They’ve been great,” said Riccitiello of the Barry and its crew. “They’ve been willing to open up all the doors on the ship and let us roam as needed.”

The crew of the Barry sees it as mutually beneficial.

“The 911th is an incredible crew; they’re very professional, but very passionate about what they do,” said Machinist’s Mate 1st Class (SW) Tristan Stull, leading petty officer aboard the Barry. “It’s a very stressful job for them, and trying to simulate some of the things they might have to do is a very intense experience. But what they do is very necessary.”

Stull said the Barry has always been an outreach vessel, to the public when it functioned as a museum, and to the military as a training platform.

“Our job is basically to help where we can, and this was just one way that we could.”

And thanks to the Barry, the 911th are even more ready to answer the call to service.

U.S. Navy photos by Patrick Gordon

Spc. Kevin Wright, left, and Spc. Samuel Knoph, of the 911th Technical Rescue Engineer Company, perform a sweep of the mess deck aboard the Display Ship Barry at the Washington Navy Yard during confined space training April 30. Soldiers of the 911th TREC used the ship’s spaces to replicate a collapsed structure and underground facility.

Spc. Kevin Wright, of the 911th Technical Rescue Engineer Company, maps escape routes in the engineering spaces of the Display Ship Barry at the Washington Navy Yard during confined space training April 30. The unit specializes in emergency first response in urban areas and used the ship to simulate an emergency in a collapsed subterranean structure.

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Commandant’s Corner: CNO’s Sailing Directions From Rear Adm. Markham Rich Commandant, Naval District Washington Greetings Team 88, Like the Sailing Directions publication that assists mariners in planning long voyages by aiding navigation along the way, the chief of naval operations’ “Sailing Directions” lays out a course for the Navy. The CNO Sailing Directions can be interpreted as a user’s guide that outlines the Navy’s mission and the CNO’s vision, tenets, and principles. In this column I will discuss how Naval District Washington aligns with the key tenets of CNO’s Sailing Directions: Warfighting First, Operate Forward, and Be Ready in supporting the fleet, fighter, and family.

It is our job to ensure that we support the CNO and Navy’s primary mission of warfighting by providing sustainable facilities and responsible quality of life programs so that our more than 200 mission-oriented tenet commands can focus on their operational missions.

Warfighting First

Two great examples of Warfighting First are the mission activities at Naval Air Station Patuxent River and NSA South Potomac. NAS Patuxent River is the Navy’s premier-flighttest and evaluation center and remains one of the most vital Navy shore installations today.

Every aircraft flown by the Navy is developed and tested at NAS Patuxent River first.

Key technological capabilities that will define the future fleet are being designed and developed today at NSA South Potomac.

Scientists and engineers are lending their knowledge, expertise, and innovation so that

our nation is never outflanked by adversaries. NSA South Potomac supports Warfighting First through research and development that anticipates the needs of the next generation’s warfighter.

NSA South Potomac is the Navy’s principal proving ground for proofing and testing every major naval gun and all ammunitions supplied to the fleet. Dahlgren’s Potomac River Test Range is the only over-water test range in the Navy and provides the perfect environment to test every gun that goes on a Navy ship.

Naval Support Activity Washington is home to some of the Navy’s largest headquarters commands, including the Naval Sea Systems Command and the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock where testing is done for all new ships and submarines. In many ways Navy warfighting begins at NDW.

Operate Forward

When the CNO says operate forward, he means that we have a global maritime mandate. We are at our best when we are out and about and able to provide off-shore options to the president. That’s what we have been doing for more than 230 years and that’s what we will continue to do in the future.

Did you know that there are operations abroad that are directly supported here in this region? The unmanned air system known as Broad Area Maritime SurveillanceDemonstrator, or BAMS-D, resides at NAS Patuxent River and supports in the U.S. Fifth Fleet while concurrently completing maintenance and test operations at NAS Patuxent River. Since arrival in theater in January 2009, BAMS-D has flown more than 15,000 hours in support of global operations.

The region’s Afghanistan/Pakistan Hands program provides training and administrative support to over 100 “hands.”

Program personnel typically complete six to eight months of language, cultural, and combat training before a 10- to 12-month deployment - boots on ground in Afghanistan or Pakistan.

Be Ready

Readiness is the critical link that achieves the Navy’s purpose and ensures that Navy meets its mandate. The Be Ready tenet is about building competency, proficiency and resiliency in our units, the weapons systems they use to carry out the mission, as well as the individual sailors, Navy civilians and families that make up the finest Navy on earth.

Great examples of this tenet can also be found at every NDW installation. NSA Bethesda facilitates excellence in patient care, training and education for current and future leaders in military medicine for all military services and critical research that charts the course of military medicine.

Being ready also means preparing the leaders of tomorrow, which is being done every day at NSA Annapolis. By providing world-class services, a safe working environment, quality of life, emergency management, fire protection, air and port operations, human resources and advanced training facilities the U.S. Naval Academy leadership can focus on its mission of developing midshipmen morally, mentally and physically, and equipping them to become the Navy’s future leaders.

At Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling all five military service branches are represented, as well as a civilian workforce of nearly

1,400. The diversity of joint and interagency missions supported at JBAB and working together to achieve a common goal exemplifies “Be Ready.”

Whether you are an air traffic controller at NAS Patuxent River, a management analyst at NDW headquarters, or a childcare worker at NSA Annapolis, the CNOs Sailing Directions are relevant for you and should be a guide in every decision you make and every action you take. As you do your job try to think about how what you do fits into the bigger picture of the CNO tenets: Warfighting First, Operate Forward, and Be Ready. Our contributions to the fleet, family, fighter are how we achieve the CNO’s vision.

Thank you for what you do and your professionalism. You are doing a great job Team 88!

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Navy Yard Mooberry CyberPatriot team wins state first place award By instructor Keith Malos Special to the Waterline A team of high school students from Navy Yard Mooberry Sea Cadets in Washington, D.C., recently concluded around of competition in the seventh season of CyberPatriot - the National Youth Cyber Defense Competition.

Established by the Air Force Association, the CyberPatriot National Youth Cyber Education Program was created to excite, educate, and motivate students toward careers in cyber security and other science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines critical to our nation’s future.

CyberPatriot’s core program - the Na-

tional Youth Cyber Defense Competition - challenges teams of two to six students across the United States, Canada, and from the Department of Defense dependent schools abroad, to find and resolve cybersecurity vulnerabilities in simulated environments. Top teams from the preliminary online rounds win an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C., for the national finals competition, where students compete for national recognition and scholarships.

The CyberPatriot field is divided into three divisions - the Open Division for public, private, and home school teams, the All-Service Division for JROTC, Civil Air Patrol, and Naval Sea Cadet Corps teams, and the Middle School Division. Based on the results of two preliminary rounds, Cy-

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berPatriot VII high school teams were categorized within their divisions as Platinum, Gold, or Silver Tier teams, with Platinum Tier teams representing the highest scoring teams.

In all, 2,175 teams registered to compete in CyberPatriot VII, including 6 teams from Washington, D.C. Led by Coach Philip Ho and Mentor by Mark Aure, the team of students from Navy Yard Mooberry Sea Cadets excelled in the CyberPatriot VII State Round held December 5-7, demonstrating teamwork, critical thinking skills, and technical knowledge key to a successful career in cybersecurity.

The team’s performance earned it State’s 1st Place Award and a spot in the Gold Tier Category Round to be held Jan. 16-18.

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NSAW News Briefs District of Columbia Special Olympics Military Day Wednesday, May 20 3600 John McCormick Street, NE Washington, DC 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Individuals interested in volunteering should use the on-line registration form or contact their individual Command Volunteer Coordinator at the listed numbers below.

Army - 202-685-0493 Air Force - 240-857-6344 Coast Guard - 202-372-2272 Navy - 202-433-6854 Marines - 202 -433-0016/703-693-4840 Volunteers are needed to help set up tables, serve as athlete escorts, field umpires, award presenters, lane monitors, athlete staging personnel, paramedics, and distribute water and finish line personnel.

MD, DE, & DC Elks State Association Camp Barrett Junior Warriors program In 1946, the Elks declared, “So long as there are veterans, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks will never forget them.” and the Elks have served the veterans since that date. The Maryland, Delaware, and D.C. Elks State Association has determined that the children of those veterans will be provided for as well. By establishing the Junior Warrior program the Elks will provide a week of camp to children of our active duty servicemen, National Guard and wounded warriors. These children will be recommended to the Elks by the military for the appropriate weeks. These special Junior Warrior campers will have their $125 fee paid for by the caring donations of the Elk members and those willing to support this program.

This week at camp will be able to provide a time of relief and enjoyment for these children. Most of these children have to face unique situations in an unfamiliar environment. They have the constant fear of loss or injury to their parent during deploy-

ment along with the constant reminder that they are not there to tuck them in at night or kiss the scrapped knees and watch their school activities. The Elks hope this week at camp will help ease some of the stress from their young lives. For children living in Fisher houses and having parents in Wounded Warrior units, these fears have come to pass. They have now had to learn to adapt to a life now focused at the hospital and/or area in which their parent is recovering in. Many of our young Junior Warriors have had to leave their local schools, friends and neighborhoods so they can be closer to their parent.

None are a happy environment for a child during a summer. As Elks, we are trying to give the gift of “being a kid” for at least a week to our Junior Warriors, as well as letting them know that we respect and acknowledge the sacrifices their family has made to protect our country.

Camp dates are Boys: June 21, June 28, and July 5; Girls: July 12, July 19, July 26 For more information or to register, please contact Junior Warrior chairman Danniele McKnight at dannielemcknight@yahoo.com. For more information about Camp Barrett, visit our Web Site http://www.elks-camp-barrett.com/ or follow us on Facebook.

Yards Park Friday Night Concert Series and Canal Park Outdoor Film Series Let the excitement begin! Lineups have been finalized for the Yards Park Friday Night Concert Series and Canal Park Outdoor Film Series this summer in the Capitol Riverfront.

The Friday Night Concert Series will kick off on May 15 on the boardwalk and terrace steps of Yards Park. A total of 18 concerts will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and will feature a wide range of live musical performances from bands selected by top entertainment source OnTap Magazine.

May 15 - Jimi Smooth (R&B) May 22 - Still Surfin’ (Beach Boys Tribute) May 29 - Sponsored by Tour de Fat: Lineup TBA June 5 - Scott’s New Band (Pop Hits) June 12 - C Jazz Fest at The Yards, Soul Rebels & Sharón Clark (Jazz) June 19 - Texas Chainsaw Horns (Horn Driven Rock) June 26 - Jah Works (Reggae) July 3 - Almost Journey (Journey Tribute) July 10 - Hand Painted Swinger (Pop Hits) July 17 - Wesley Spangler (Crossover Country) July 24 - Justin Trawick (Indie Folk Rock) July 31 - White Ford Bronco (90’s Covers) Aug. 7 - Morrison Brothers (Alt Country) Aug. 14 - Jeff From Accounting (Pop Hits) Aug. 21 - Lloyd Dobler Effect (Party Covers) Aug. 28 - Special Guest TBA in August!

Sept. 4 - Crowded Streets (Dave Matthews Tribute) Sept. 11 - Sara Gray (Modern Country) The “People’s Choice” themed Outdoor Film Series will begin Thursday, June 4, in the northern block of Canal Park at sundown around 8:45 p.m. Bring your blanket and your picnic and enjoy your favorite stars underneath our stars in Canal Park: June 4 - Back to the Future June 11 - Selma June 18 - The Princess Bride June 25 - Rush Hour July 2 - Independence Day July 9 - Bring It On July 16 - LEGO Movie July 23 - Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory July 30 - Big Hero 6 Aug. 6 - Pitch Perfect Aug. 13 - The Goonies Aug. 20 - Guardians of the Galaxy Aug. 27 - To Kill A Mockingbird Sept. 3 - The Sound of Music

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The Capitol Riverfront BID and partners VIDA Fitness and DC BFIT will host a series of summer workouts and exercise classes in Yards Park and Canal Park from May 19 through Sept. 12.

The fitness classes are free and open to the public and will be offered Monday through Saturday, with a special family fitness class one Sunday per month. The following classes can be enjoyed throughout the summer: Monday: 6:30 p.m. High Energy class in Canal Park from DC BFIT Tuesday: 7 p.m. Vinyasa Yoga in Yards Park from VIDA Fitness Wednesday: 6:30 a.m. Yoga class in Canal Park; 6:30 p.m. High Energy class in Yards Park from DC BFIT Thursday: 7 p.m. Zumba in Yards Park from VIDA Fitness Friday: 6:30 a.m. High Energy class in Yards Park from DC BFIT Saturday: 8:30 a.m. Boot Camp in Yards Park from DC BFIT Third Sunday of each month: 1:30 p.m. Family Fitness in Canal Park from DC BFIT

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