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May 30, 2013
Vol. XXX No.21
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Naval District Washington Shows Spirit at Special Olympics Armed Forces Day By Patrick Gordon NDW Waterline writer
U.S. Navy photo by Patrick Gordon
Naval District Washington Command Master Chief Christopher Adams runs the third leg of the Special Olympics Joint Service 4x100 meter relay at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., May 22. Representatives and volunteers from all five branches of the military and the VETSports organization participated in the event as part of the 2013 Special Olympics Armed Forces Day.
Volunteers from around Naval District Washington (NDW) joined in support of this year’s Special Olympics Armed Forces Day at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., May 22. The event was part of the 2013 Special Olympics Summer Games in Washington, D.C. The volunteers served in a variety of capacities, such as athlete escorts, field events umpires, award presenters, athlete staging personnel, and finish line personnel. In addition to volunteering in support of the event, representatives from all five branches of the military and the VETSports organization participated in the Special Olympics Armed Forces Day Joint Service 4x100 meter relay. Each team consisted of two active duty military personnel and two Special Olympics athletes. Making up the Navy team was Capt. Anthony Calandra, commanding officer of Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling,
NDW Command Master Chief Christopher Adams, and Special Olympians Perez Plater and Ryan Brown. Each runner would sprint 100 meters and pass a relay baton to their teammate. Calandra began the race with a strong start before passing to Brown. Brown dashed through the second leg, pulling ahead of the Marine Corps and Army team members, before a running handoff to Adams. After a mild collision with VETSports runner Connor Mallon, Adams and Mallon righted themselves with both pulling ahead of the Marines and into a brief lead over Army, staying neck and neck with the Coast Guard. In the fourth and final leg of the race, anchor runner Plater took the baton from Adams to catch up with the Coast Guard and Army’s final runners, bringing Navy to a bronze medal finish in the relay. “The Navy and the other military branches were well represented by their volunteers and athletic participants,” said Calandra. “I
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‘101 Critical Days of Summer’ Begins in NDW with Safety Stand Down By Patrick Gordon NDW Waterline writer When the temperature is rising, baseball season is in full swing, and barbecues are firing up it can only mean one thing: spring is here and summer isn’t far behind. But in Naval District Washington (NDW), personnel should take time to consider the safety aspects of this busy time of year. That’s where the “101 Critical Days of Summer” campaign comes in to play. Naval Safety Center’s Occupational Health Office defines the “101 Critical Days of Summer” as the period between Memorial Day and Labor Day each year. During this time, many more people, civilians and military alike, are participating in activities that could potentially be dangerous if precautions are not taken. The Department of Defense (DOD) looks to curb the risk of in-
jury by educating personnel on those risks and how to avoid them with the “101 Critical Days of Summer” program. “The summer months are often a high point of our year as we take a well-deserved vacation and spend time with family and friends,” said Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel in a DOD message May 22. “The summer allows for an opportunity to relax and refresh. However, many of the activities we pursue during our vacation time put us at risk for accidents that have potentially serious consequences. We all must do everything we can to be safer this summer. Each of us must do our part to keep everyone around us safe offduty, as we do on-duty. Fundamental military lessons of working together, exercising leadership, focusing on the mission, and having the courage to say no to a risky situa-
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U.S. Navy photo by Patrick Gordon
Walter Fulton, a contract safety instructor trainer with Cape Fox Professional Services, discusses summer driving safety at the Naval District Washington summer safety stand down at the Washington Navy Yard May 15. Memorial Day began the “101 Critical Days of Summer,” the period between Memorial Day and Labor Day. The Department of Defense aims to curb injuries during this time when more people are out enjoying the season.
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NDW Personnel Support Operations in Afghanistan through AFPAK Hands From AFPAK Hands Public Affairs
The Afghanistan-Pakistan Hands (AFPAK) Hands Program was launched by DoD in 2009 to develop a cadre of experts specializing in the complexities of Afghanistan and Pakistan including the language, culture, processes and challenges. Since then, a number of service members have supported the efforts of the Afghan people, including Sailors from Naval District Washington (NDW). Currently, over 70 AFPAK Hands are assigned to the NDW AFPAK Hands Hub from where they rotate into one of three program phases: training, deployment, or out- oftheater assignment. Assigned to AFPAK Hands Cohort 1B, Cmdr. Joel VanEssen, Civil Engineer Corps, recently redeployed to Afghanistan for his second tour. He and Senior Chief Builder Ernest Davis, AFPAK Hands Cohort 3G - both NDW “Hands” - are working with the Provincial Augmentation Team (PAT) in Ghazni City under Combined Joint Special Operation Task Force-Afghanistan (CJSOTF-A). As Coalition Special Forces train Afghan local police (ALP) to defend their villages by fighting insurgents in the districts, VanEssen and Davis are mentoring and advising development and governance related issues with Afghan provincial officials and line ministries such as education, health, and women’s affairs.
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AFPAK Hands participate in community projects as part of working with the Provincial Augmentation Team. AFPAK Hands members provide persistent engagement on regional issues while advising leaders and commanders throughout the levels of governance and command. An AFPAK Hand is committed to more than 40 months with the program.
As the fighting season begins throughout Afghanistan, government officials and security forces are pressing back to support and safeguard the villages and cities. The ALP has made a significant impact in Ghazni province securing areas long known to be Taliban ruled. These secured areas will be the battlefield areas over the next six months with the provincial government providing much needed services to the districts. The government is also making advanced strides to operate on their own. The PAT helps legitimize the government in Ghazni city by doing small development projects that repair school and hospital buildings, wells, and roads, build women’s latrines, and force protection projects costing below $5,000 with Commander’s Emergency Response Program (CERP) funds. The PAT encourages “micro-grants” to Afghans to encourage new businesses to grow the economy, such as locally owned and operated agricultural projects. The PAT supplies humanitarian aid (HA) when government officials request assistance, but defer to the Afghan officials to serve as the representatives that hand out the HA to needy families. Additionally, if government officials need medical seminars, veterinarian help, agricultural help, or community reintegration assistance, the PAT coordinates to identify
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Around the Yard With the start of the “101 Days of Summer,” what is your favorite summer activity?
Trail running. I mostly go down to Fountainhead State Park. They have a lot of great running trails, mountain bike trails, and even horse trails.
Since I live in Annapolis, I enjoy boating. Anthony Rodriguez NAVSEA Washington Navy Yard
Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Alfredo Winter Branch Medical Clinic Washington Navy Yard
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I like playing soccer; it’s what I do year-round, though. Gordon Hawley NAVSEA Washington Navy Yard
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This Week in Navy History
May 30
ful attempt to trap Spanish fleet. The crew was captured and later received Medals of Honor for their actions. 1949 - Wesley A. Brown becomes the first African-American to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy. 1966 - Launch of Gemini 9, piloted by Lt. Cmdr. Eugene A. Cernan. The mission included 45 orbits over three days. Recovery was by USS Wasp (CVS-18).
1814 - Navy gunboats capture three British boats on Lake Ontario near Sandy Creek, N.Y.
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1900 - Sailors and Marines from USS Newark (C-1) and USS Oregon (BB-3) arrive at Peking, China with other Sailors and Marines from Britain, France, Russia, Italy and Japan to protect U.S. and foreign diplomatic legations from the Boxers. 1919 - NC-4’s transatlantic mission ends at Plymouth, England. 1944 - USS England (DE-635) sank a record 6th Japanese submarine in 13 days.
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1813 - HMS Shannon captures USS Chesapeake, commanded by Capt. James Lawrence. As the mortally wounded Lawrence was carried below, he ordered “Tell the men to fire faster! Don’t give up the ship!” These words would live on in naval history. Oliver Hazard Perry honored his dead friend Lawrence when he had the motto sewn onto the private battle flag flown during the Battle of Lake Erie, Sept. 10, 1813. 1871 - Rear Adm. John Rodgers lands in Korea with a party of Sailors and Marines and captures five forts to secure protection for U.S. citizens after Americans were fired upon and murdered. 1914 - General Order 99 prohibits alcohol on board naval vessels, or at navy yards or stations. 1915 - First contract awarded for a lighter-than-air craft for the U.S. Navy. 1939 - Director of the Naval Research
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Burning oil tanks on Sand Island, Midway, following the Japanese air attack delivered on the morning of 4 June 1942. These tanks were located near what was then the southern shore of Sand Island. This view looks inland from the vicinity of the beach. Three Laysan Albatross (“Gooney Bird”) chicks are visible in the foreground. Laboratory, Capt. Hollis M. Cooley, proposes research in atomic energy for future use in a nuclear powered submarine. 1944 - ZP-14 Airships complete first crossing of Atlantic by non-rigid lighterthan-air aircraft. 1954 - First test of steam catapult from USS Hancock (CV-19).
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1861 - USS Perry captures Confederate privateer Savannah.
1941 - First aircraft escort vessel, USS Long Island (ACG-1), commissioned, then reclassified as an auxiliary aircraft carrier (AVC-1) on Aug. 20, and finally reclassified as an escort carrier (CVE-1) in July 1943.
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1785 - Order to sell last ship remaining in the Continental Navy, frigate Alliance. No other Navy ships were authorized until 1794. 1898 - Collier Merrimac sunk in channel leading to Santiago, Cuba, in an unsuccess-
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1934 - USS Ranger (CV-4), the first ship designed from the keel up as a carrier, is commissioned at Norfolk, Va. 1942 - Battle of Midway (June 4 - 6) begins; during battle, the four Japanese carriers which attacked Pearl Harbor are sunk; this decisive U.S. victory is a turning point in the Pacific war 1944 - Hunter-killer group USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) captures German submarine, U-505.
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1794 - First officers of the U.S. Navy under the Constitution are appointed. The first six captains appointed to superintend the construction of new ships were John Barry, Samuel Nicholson, Silas Talbot, Joshua Barney, Richard Dale, and Thomas Truxtun. 1917 - First military unit sent to France, First Naval Aeronautical Detachment, reaches France aboard USS Jupiter (AC-3). 1945 - Typhoon off Okinawa damages many U.S. Navy ships.
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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.
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 enhance 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.
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.
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
Fitness Center Renovations - Phase 2 will begin June 10
The first floor locker rooms will be closed during this phase of the renovation project. The fitness equipment on the first floor, the second floor locker rooms, and third floor group exercise area will be available for use. All group exercise classes will resume in the 3rd floor group exercise area at the beginning of Phase 2. The front desk and first floor laundry area will also be closed during this phase. Staff will be located on the first and second floor of building W-22 for assistance. For more information please contact the Fitness Center at 202-433-2829/2882 or visit their website site at www.cnic.navy. mil/nsawfitness.
JBAB Daddy/Daughter Dance
June 15 | 1 to 3 p.m. | JBAB Bolling Club | $12 In celebration of Father’s Day join us for the 6th Annual Daddy-Daughter Dance. You see your little princess growing up so fast, join us for this event as the memories are sure to last. Activities include dancing, crafts, contests and fun! Attire is semi-formal. For reservations call 202-563-8400.
Summer Party at the Pub
June 20 | 4 to 8 p.m. | Mordecai Booth’s Public House Celebrate the first day of summer at the Pub! There will be a DJ, drink specials and giveaways. For more information contact the NSAW Marketing Department at 202433-5912 or nsaw.merketing1@gmail.com
Managing Your Finances During Furlough
June 20 | 11 a.m. to noon or 4 to 5 p.m. | WNY, Bldg. 101 Many families and individuals already feel financially stressed, worries about the impact of current budget constraints can add to the tension. Join the Military and Family Support Center staff in an educational briefing to discuss how to utilize a budget to track income, savings, expenses and indebtedness, family financial spending plan strategies to help bridge the possible 20 percent cash flow gap and stress management tools and techniques. To register, please call 202-433-6151.
Washington Nationals Tickets
Special order your Washington National Home Tickets now at the Information, Tickets and Travel (ITT) Offices! Three of the four discounted ticket sections include food and beverage credit with your ticket. For more information, contact the ITT Office at 202-433-2484 or 202-685-8298.
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 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
DLA Document Services Provides Print Services for Department of Defense From DLA Document Services DLA Document Services, a component of the Defense Logistics Agency, is mandated by DODI 5330.03 to be the provider of print services for the Department of Defense. With 10 facilities in the NCR, including Building 21 at the Washington Navy Yard, the Pentagon, and the White House, DLA Document Services is conveniently located to meet all your printing needs, including wide-format, classified documents, carbon-less forms, posters, invitations, letterhead, and much more. In addition, DLA Document Services provides document scanning/conversion services and electronic document management, the searchable on-line repository for your scanned documents. Finally, DLA Document Services was also recently made the mandatory source for all multi-function devices (copy-scan-fax) in the Navy by
Terry Halverson, Department of the Navy chief information officer. While DLA Document Services operates as a working-capital fund, and is required to recover costs associated with printing, scanning and multi-function devices, there is no separate charge for utilizing our services. Applicable charges can be paid for with a government purchase card, MIPR, or line of accounting. DLA Document Services has made it easy to submit your print requests online. Please visit http://www.documentservices. dla.mil/dso.html for a series of videos and instruction guides to get you started. For more information, please call Nick Janik, the Deputy Director for DLA Document Services Washington at 703-3259927, visit us online at www.documentservices.dla.mil or stop by our shop in building 21 at 645 Rickover St. on the Washington Navy Yard.
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From Enemies to Allies: An International Conference on the War of 1812 and its Aftermath Registration is open for the premier conference on the War of 1812 highlighting the most current findings about Maryland’s unique contributions to the nation’s Star-Spangled heritage. The conference is scheduled for June 12-15 at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. From Enemies to Allies commemorates the bicentennialof the War of 1812 and the resulting two-century special relationship between the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. This three-day conference includes field trips to Maryland 1812 sites, presentations by leading experts from three nations and networking receptions. Sessions include such subjects as “Privateers,” “The Enslaved Chesapeake,” “African-American Combatants,” and “Chesapeake Victims.” Registration includes a special reception and tour of “Seas, Lakes & Bay: The Naval War of 1812” exhibit, continental breakfast, Friday lunch, shuttle service and a flash drive of presented papers. To register, visit www. starspangled200.com/FETA
Retirement Planning for Federal Employees The Human Resources Office-Washington is sponsoring “Retirement Planning for Federal Employees” seminars. This seminar will give attendants the most comprehensive and up-to-date information, tools, and techniques for a successful transition to retirement. Learn what your benefits are and how you can use them to your advantage. This training is for Federal employees with 5-10 years or less until retirement eligibility. Training will be held at the Washington Navy Yard, Bldg. 22, Admiral Gooding Center, June 1213, and Aug. 28-29 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuition cost is $150 per person. Spouses can attend at no cost. To register, submit an approved SF-182 (Authorization, Agreement and Certification of Training) to Janie Harens, janie.harens@navy.mil, or call (202) 685-0078.
RECP is Coming to Your Base I’m PCSing in two months. Will I have to pay for electricity at my next base? Yes, if you are going to a CONUS Navy base. The rollout schedule for live billing at other Navy Regions is New Orleans began January of 2013, the Northwest, Midwest, Southeast began in April of 2013, the Southwest will rollout July of 2013, and Mid-Atlantic and Northeast will begin October of 2013. NDW’s weekly RECP column 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 them to waterline.ndw.fcm@navy.mil and your question might just be featured on our column.
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Bradley, A Biography
Reviewed by Cmdr. Youssef Aboul-Enein
Bradley, A Biography. Part of the Palgrave Great Generals Series. Foreword by the series editor General Wesley Clark. Palgrave, New York. 190 pages, 2008. Palgrave Press is producing a series on great generals who have impacted the United States like Patton, Grant, and Eisenhower. They bring together premier military writers to provide short volumes on these influential American military leaders. These smaller biographies offer an excellent way of introducing readers to these unique leaders and combines American military history, leadership, and national security affairs in a condensed form. The subject of this biography is Omar Nelson Bradley, whom Ernie Pyle, the famous World War II combat correspondent called, “The GIs General.” Bradley would attain four stars and become our nation’s first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. This slim volume was written by Alan Axelrod, the author of the bestselling book, “Patton on Leadership.” What makes Bradley’s story intriguing is his humble origins from Higbee, Missouri. His father was a schoolteacher who died when Omar was a twelve, necessitating that he take jobs to help his industrious mother make ends meet. Bradley would make an attempt to attend West Point as a means of escaping his poverty, get a free education, and find a career in life. Bradley had worked in the hot boilers of the locomotive shop of the Wabash Railroad Company, and his employer gave him the time off and a free pass to Saint Louis in order to take the exam that would change his life. Unlike George Patton who was at West Point to fulfill a family tradition he believed to be his destiny, Bradley was more practical and pragmatic. However, he was part of the West Point class of 1915, known as “the class the stars fell on;” of 265 cadets, 59 would rise to general rank, and two would earn five-star general rank, Bradley and Eisenhower. Before reaching such heights Bradley would see service in Butte, Mont.,
a frontier town that saw temperatures of 40 degrees below zero, as well as campaigns in Mexico against the notorious bandit and revolutionary Pancho Villa in 1916. America would experiment with the motorized hike, and Bradley would pursue one of Villa’s forces on a 200-mile trek with a convoy of trucks. Patton used three army armed automobiles to chase down one of Villa’s generals, in what would be a spark of innovation that would create Patton’s employment of tanks in his drive towards Germany in World War II. Before World War II, Bradley, then a major, returned to West Point and learned from his own uneven training to advocate the need for students to be brought closer to the realities of warfare, movement, combat, logistics, leadership and technology. He would be an early advocate of combined arms training and many of his students would rise to prominence during Korea, Vietnam, and the Cold War. These included Creighton Abrams, William Westmoreland, and Andrew Goodpaster. One documented exchange between Bradley and Westmoreland was over the latter’s use of maneuver and placing yourself in an enemy’s position; Westmoreland would go on to command U.S. Forces in Vietnam. Watching all these Majors, Lieutenant Colonels and Colonels was George C. Marshall, who would promote many of them to general rank, and place upon the challenge of fighting World War II. Bradley would skip the rank of Colonel entirely and be promoted to Brigadier General, commanding the Infantry School at Fort Benning, Ga., and be charged with creating the program that would train a force that went from 500,000 to a requirement of 1.4 million by the end of June 1941, though the attack on Pearl Harbor had not yet occurred.
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Bradley incorporated a train as you fight program to acclimatize the mind and body for the stresses of war. Work-up hikes, and attaining physical fitness gradually would mark his training. As a two star general he would participate in training with recruits, even falling into a sewer ditch during one exercise run. In 1942, he was given vague instructions and a ten minute briefing from Marshall that he would participate in the Tunisian front at Eisenhower’s discretion. Upon arrival he would serve as Eisenhower’s eyes and ears on the Tunisian front, and make suggestive changes to American combat commanders in the field. Operation TORCH, the landings of American forces in North Africa, commenced and America would receive its baptism fighting Axis forces in the sands of Tunisia and Algeria. Bradley would become a Corps Commander of II Corps, taking 250,000 troops to push towards Sicily. He would come under fire and come to respect the German appreciation for terrain, the book details how Bradley used the phone to communicate with field commanders by morning and then face to face and under fire during the day. On one occasion, his jeep barely missed an artillery round that landed near him. The book continues with excellent short chapters on Bradley’s roll in D-Day, and his costly mistake of not reinforcing the Ardennes Forest, which led to the Battle of the Bulge. Bradley’s complex relationship with Patton, British Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery. And others are also discussed. Finally, Bradley’s efforts to advocate the creation of NATO to address the emerging Cold War conclude this short volume. Axelrod’s short biography is a great way to enhance your understanding of America’s military history. Editor’s Note: Cmdr. Aboul-Enein writes a regular book column in several Washington, D.C., area base papers. He advises, lectures, and writes on Middle East Counter-Terrorism issues. Aboul-Enein wishes to thank the Quince Orchard Library for providing the book for review.
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the necessary experts to assist those who need help. “Our job as AFGHAN Hands is important because we understand the complexities of the culture through training and previous deployments in order to work closely with Afghans to mentor and advise,” said VanEssen. “Whether it is introducing ourselves in their language or having lunch with them, it shows respect to their culture and traditions that open opportunities to interact with them more. Our job is to advise as needed and step back when appropriate.” This help is especially useful when it comes to community reintegration. Master Chief Intelligence Specialist Blaine Elmer, AFPAK Hand, Cohort 3G,from the Tampa Hub, works in Ghazni on reintegration of Taliban back into society. He meets with district leaders and gets out to the public explaining the reintegration process and encouraging people to discuss reintegration.
Waterline “The most important factor is it takes them off the battlefield in which they no longer are a threat to coalition forces, Afghan national security forces, and the government of Afghanistan and gives them the option of taking care of their families,” said Elmer. “Most fighters are fighting to earn a living or doing it out of fear and intimidation. Reintegration has been very successful in Columbia, but took several years to take hold. It will take time, and the people of Afghanistan have to want peace.” AFPAK Hands members provide persistent engagement on regional issues while advising leaders and commanders throughout the levels of governance and command. An AFPAK Hand is committed to more than 40 months with the program. During those months, a service member engages in 10 months of training, nearly two years of deployment in-theater in Afghanistan or Pakistan, and one year out of theater in the U.S. For more information on AFPAK Hands visit http://www.public.navy.mil/BUPERSNPC/CAREER/LANGUAGE_CULTURE/ Pages/AFPAKHands.aspx.
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Team Navy for the Special Olympics Joint Service 4x100 meter relay at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., May 22. From left, Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling Commanding Officer Capt. Anthony Calandra, Special Olympian Ryan Brown, Naval District Washington Command Master Chief Christopher Adams, and Special Olympian Perez Plater. Representatives and volunteers from all five branches of the military and the VETSports organization participated in the event as part of the 2013 Special Olympics Armed Forces Day.
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hope the enthusiasm they displayed made the games better for all the participants.” The final standings were VETSports in sixth place, Air Force in fifth, Marine Corps in fourth, Navy in third, Army in second, and Coast Guard in first place. “Command Master Chief Adams and I gave it our best to defend last year’s gold medal win by the Navy, but our sister service did just a bit better and beat us,” said Calandra. “It’s all in good fun, though, with good sportsmanship and camaraderie. I’m happy that my fellow service members and I were able to participate and do our part to help ensure that the Special Olympics participants enjoyed the event.” After the race, all participants were recognized for their effort in the event. For Brown and Plater, Adams had an additional award to show his appreciation: NDW command master chief challenge coins. Palming each coin, Adams shook both in to the
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hands of the Special Olympics athletes and thanked them for a job well done. “I felt honored and proud to be here today,” said Adams. “I would do it again in a heartbeat! Olivia Hunter, the NDW volunteer coordinator, asked me [to participate] and I accepted. And I will do my best to encourage involvement next year.” Special Olympics is an international organization that encourages and empowers people with intellectual disabilities, promoting acceptance for all, and fostering communities of understanding and respect worldwide. Founded in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the Special Olympics movement has grown from a few hundred athletes to more than 4 million athletes in over 170 countries in all regions of the world, providing year-round sports training, athletic competition and other related programs. For more news on events in NDW, visit www.facebook.com/NavDistWash. For more photos of the event, visit https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4959083771491 27.1073741849.146991682040800&type=1.
before getting on the road , especially before a long car ride, is having a plan including an alternate route, provide plenty of time to get there, and always get plenty of sleep,” said Fulton. “If you’re in the Navy, I recommend utilizing the Travel Risk Planning System or TRiPS - before getting on the road. It’s available through Navy Knowledge Online and the Naval Safety Center, and it provides information and tips on safe travel.” The information is not without warrant, as 80 service members died in motor vehicle collisions last summer according to the DOD. Of those, 27 were in 4-wheel vehicles, 47 were while riding motorcycles, four were pedestrians, and two were bicyclists. The Waterline will be reporting on various summer safety issues in greater detail in the coming weeks as part of its “101 Critical Days of Summer” safety series. For more information on Navy safety, visit the Naval Safety Center at www.safetycenter.navy. mil. For more news on events in NDW, visit www.facebook.com/NavDistWash.
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