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October 9, 2014

Vol. XXXI No. 40

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NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION

Fall brings reminder for flu vaccinations

By Shawn Miller NDW Public Affairs

As temperatures cool across the region with the onset of autumn, the Navy is reminding personnel to prepare against seasonal risks such as the approaching flu season.

According to the 2014-2015 Navy Influenza Vaccination and Reporting Policy, more than 25 million cases of the flu are reported each year, including 150,000 hospitalizations and roughly 24,000 deaths each year across the country.

“Influenza or ‘flu’ has the potential to adversely impact Navy force readiness and mission execution,” the policy states. “Vaccination is the primary method to reduce risk of influenza by enhancing force immunity.”

George Revoir, installation safety program director for Naval Support Activity (NSA) Washington and Joint Base AnacostiaBolling (JBAB), said taking steps now such as getting vaccinated and maintaining good hygiene habits prevent catching the flu later.

“Keeping hands clean is one of the most important steps you can take to avoid getting sick and spreading germs to others,”

Revoir noted, adding that hands should be washed for at least 20 seconds, or using alcohol-based hand sanitizer if soap and water are unavailable.

Another important thing to remember, Revoir said, is knowing the difference between bacterial and viral infections, and how to treat each.

“Understand that antibiotics can cure bacterial infections, but not viral infections,” he said. “Be aware that the common cold and the flu are viral infections. Needlessly taking antibiotics when they are not really needed causes some bacteria to become resistant to the antibiotic, and therefore stronger and harder to kill.”

If already feeling sick, Revoir said it is wiser to stay home and avoid risking spreading the flu to shipmates and coworkers.

Getting the seasonal flu vaccination, whether by injection or nasal spray, is mandatory for all Department of Defense (DOD) uniformed personnel not medically or administratively exempt. The vaccination is also required for all civilian healthcare work-

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U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Darien G. Kenney

Autumn is here, and brings with it the impending flu season which has the potential to impact Navy readiness. All personnel are advised to get vaccinated and maintain good hygiene habits to avoid catching the flu.

Protect your sight during Eye Injury Prevention Month

By Shawn Miller NDW Public Affairs

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Carla Ocampo

During Eye Injury Prevention Month this October, the Vision Center of Excellence (VCE) at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center is reminding personnel to wear DoD-approved protective eyewear both on duty and at home with the “Shields Save Sight” campaign. The VCE advises that 90 percent of eye injuries are preventable with the right protection, and many injuries can be mitigated if properly treated by using rigid eye-shields.

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Throughout October, the Vision Center of Excellence (VCE) at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) is recognizing Eye Injury Prevention Month, with the theme of “Shields Save Sight.”

According to the VCE, more than 2,000 people across the country suffer eye injuries daily, almost all of which are preventable through proper care and protection.

The Shields Save Sight campaign aims to educate personnel about not only what eye protection to wear, but how to respond to eye injuries once they occur.

“The Vision Center of Excellence urges all service members to take the proper precautions at home to protect themselves and their families not only for this Eye Injury Prevention Month, but every day,” VCE Strategic Planning Officer Don Sparrow wrote in a release earlier this month. “The precious sense of sight is often overlooked when in the field, in training, fixing the house or playing a pick-up game. Eye injuries can

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happen in an instant and cause permanent damage, even with a fleck of debris.”

The VCE cites eye trauma as the second most common injury during combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. While wearing Department of Defense-approved Authorized Protective Eyewear List (APEL) glass or goggles on duty whether deployed or at home is required by regulations, the VCE recommends extending their use to off-duty hours for activities such as chores involving the potential for small debris, sports, riding motorcycles or bicycles, working with bungee cords, and using cleaning products or other chemicals.

Since non-medical personnel such as shipmates or coworkers are often the first on the scene of an injury, the Shields Save Sight campaign also extends to teaching people how to respond to eye injuries.

“Your first instinct may be to wrap it or put pressure on it like a body wound, but this is the absolute worst thing to do for an eye injury,” Sparrow wrote. “Instead you will

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Naval Warfare Center Division’s EOD site receives VPP Star Site status From NSA South Potomac Public Affairs

Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division’s (NSWC IHEODTD) EOD Site received Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star Site status from during a ceremony, Sept. 22.

The VPP Star certification is OSHA’s highest honor and is designed for exemplary worksites with comprehensive, successful safety and health management systems. The average VPP site has a work-related injury rate at 52 percent below the national average, for their respective industries.

“You are the world’s premiere EOD workforce recognized by warfighters everywhere, for developing EOD technology and information that is used daily on the battlefield,” said NSWC IHEODTD Commanding Officer Capt. Vincent Martinez. “It takes a tremendous amount of hard work and dedication into making an organization that conducts high-risk operations into a leader in workplace safety. Everything associated with what it is we do down here, to either learn how to diffuse, render safe and build information publications for the Joint Force. Being certified as an OSHA Voluntary Protection Program Star Site shows everyone in the Navy and in the Department of Defense that we are not only experts in our field, but we are committed to executing our mission safely.”

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Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Safety Paul Hanley congratulates Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division’s (NSWC IHEODTD) EOD Site team for earning Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star Site status from during a ceremony, Sept. 22.

The OSHA team performed a three-day worksite evaluation last December which included a comprehensive inspection of safety programs, work processes, site facilities and interviews with employees. During the evaluation, NSWC IHEODTD’s EOD Site was identified as having multiple best practices/areas of excellence in areas such as employee involvement and ownership in safety and health, communications processes, trend analyses, and qualification and certification processes.

“This recognition is terribly important to everyone who cares about safety in the Department of the Navy, so I am going to call you our superstars,” said guest speaker Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Safety Paul Hanley.

“Right now, the Department of the Navy is at a turning point that only happens every 50 years or more. A whole new energy has accumulated around the concept of Safety. What do we stand for? Warfighting excellence and we all know now that a unit that is more Safety-conscience, perfectly trained, with well-maintained equipment and good teamwork is a lethal unit.

“We have the most wonderful patriots in the world, and the very least we owe our workforce is the safest possible environment to do their job and thrive,” Hanley continued.

“Safety is also about cost-avoidance. If we break our things

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Around the Yard “What is your favorite part about autumn?”

“It’s not as hot as summer.”

Reggie Thomas Navy Enterprise Networks

“The leaves because in autumn they’re starting come back with color. That’s my favorite part.”

Ora Alger Naval District Washington Human Resources Office

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This Week in Naval History October 9

sistance to earthquake victims in Al Asnam, Algeria.

2000 – Terrorists in a boat make suicide attack on USS Cole (DDG-67) while the ship refuels in the port of Aden, Yemen. Seventeen Sailors are killed.

1873 – Lt. Charles Belknap calls a meeting at the Naval Academy to establish the U.S. Naval Institute for the purpose of disseminating scientific and professional knowledge throughout the Navy.

1942 – First three schools for enlisted WAVES open at Stillwater, OK (Yeoman), Bloomington, IN (Storekeepers), and Madison, WI (Radiomen).

1945 – Parade in New York City honors Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz and 13 other Navy and Marine Corps Medal of Honor awardees.

1945 – Typhoon hits Okinawa, damaging many Navy ships.

1961 – USS Princeton rescues 74 survivors of two shipwrecks (U.S. lines Pioneer Muse and SS Shiek) from the island of Kita Daito Shima.

October 13

1775 – Birthday of U.S. Navy. The Continental Congress establishes Continental Navy, later the U.S. Navy.

1954 – USS Saipan begins relief and humanitarian aid to Haitians who were victims of Hurricane Hazel. The operation ended 19 October.

October 14

1918 – Naval Aviators of Marine Day Squadron 9 make first raid-in-force for the Northern Bombing Group in World War I when they bombed German railroad at Thielt Rivy, Belgium.

October 10

1845 – Naval School, later the Naval Academy, opens in Annapolis, Maryland with 50 midshipmen and seven faculty.

1923 – First American-built rigid airship, Shenandoah, is christened. It used helium gas instead of hydrogen.

1944 – Opening of Leyte campaign begins with attack of four Carrier Task Groups of Task Force 38 on Okinawa and Ryukyus.

1960 – Navy assigned responsibility for program management and technical direction of Project SPASUR, the first U.S. universal satellite detection and tracking network.

1985 – Fighters from USS Saratoga (CV-60) force Egyptian airliner, with the hijackers of the cruise ship Achille Lauro aboard, to Italy, where the hijackers were taken into custody.

October 11

1776 – Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain, New York. Although defeated, the American flotilla delayed the British advance and caused it to fall back into winter quarters.

1824 – Marquis de Lafayette visits the Washington Navy Yard during his yearlong tour of America. He returned to the yard the next day, October 12, to continue his visit.

1942 – Battle of Cape Esperance begins: In two-day battle, American task force stops Japanese attack on Guadalcanal and sinks

October 15 U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Peter D. Lawlor

1775 – Birthday of U.S. Navy. The Continental Congress establishes Continental Navy, later the U.S. Navy. two Japanese ships while losing only USS Duncan (DD-485).

1950 – Task Force 77 Aircraft destroy North Korean vessels off Songjin and Wonsan and north of Hungham.

1963 – Navy medical team from Norfolk, VA begins massive inoculation program to safeguard against outbreak of typhoid in the wake of Hurricane Flora.

1967 – Operation Coronado VI began in Rung Sat Zone.

1968 – Launch of Apollo 7, the first U.S. three-man space mission, commanded by Cmdr. Walter Schirra, JR. USN. Maj. Ronnie Cunningham, USMCR, served as Lunar Module pilot. The mission lasted 10 days and 20 hours. Recovery was by HS-5 helicopters from USS Essex (CVS-9).

October 12

1914 – USS Jupiter (AC-3) is first Navy ship to complete transit of Panama Canal.

1944 – Aircraft from Carrier Task Force 38 attack Formosa.

1957 – Rear Adm. Dufek arrives at McMurdo Sound, Antarctica to command Operation Deep Freeze III during the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58.

1961 – Five-man cholera treatment demonstration team from Naval Medical Research Unit, Taipei leaves to assist setting up of facilities to treat an epidemic in Manila.

1965 – End of Project Sealab II where teams of naval divers and scientists spent 15 days in Sealab moored 205 feet below surface near La Jolla, California.

1965 – First group of men commissioned into Navy Nurse Corps report for onemonth indoctrination to Naval Service; Lt. j.g. Jerry McClelland, Ens. Charles Franklin, Ens. Israel Miller, Ens. Richard Gierman and Ens. George Silver.

1980 – USS Guadalcanal and other ships of Amphibious Forces, Sixth Fleet begin as-

1917 – USS Cassin (DD-43) torpedoed

by German submarine U-61 off coast of Ireland. In trying to save the ship, Gunner’s Mate Osmond Kelly Ingram becomes first American sailor killed in World War I and later is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism. He becomes the first enlisted man to have a ship named for him, in 1919.

1948 – First women officers on active duty sworn in as commissioned officers in regular Navy under Women’s Service Integration Act of June 1948 by Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan: Capt. Joy B. Hancock, Lt. Cmdr. Winifred R. Quick, Lt. Cmdr. Anne King, Lt. Cmdr. Frances L. Willoughby, MC; Lt. Ellen Ford, SC; Lt. Doris Cranmore, MSC; Lt. j.g. Doris A. Defenderfer, and Lt. j.g. Betty Rae Tennant.

1957 – USS Lake Champlain reaches Valencia, Spain to assist in flood rescue work.

1960 – USS Patrick Henry (SSBN-599) begins successful firing of four Polaris test vehicles under operational rather than test conditions. Tests are completed on 18 October.

1965 – U.S. Naval Support Activity Danang Vietnam, established.

CNIC signs Domestic Violence Awareness Month proclamation

By Ed Wright Navy Installations Command Public Affairs

Navy Installations Command (CNIC) took action Oct. 1, by hosting a short ceremony for its headquarters staff to recognize Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

During the small event to raise awareness, Commander, Navy Installations Command, Vice Adm. William French signed a Domestic Violence Awareness Month proclamation.

“We need to be sensitive of the folks we work with and look for the indicators of violence,” said French. “This is an integral part of what we do to take care of each other, “.

According to the proclamation, Domestic Violence Awareness Month is intended to inform and engage the community about preventing domestic violence throughout the Navy. Domestic violence occurs when people find themselves in stressful situa-

tions without community resources and unaware of how to cope.

“The right voice at the right time to the right person can open somebody up and you can find out things that you didn’t know,” said French. “But in many cases you find out things and can help them from there.”

Navy Installations Command has a wide variety of resources to support Sailors and their families and wants everyone to know about those services that may be of help.

Support services are for family members and not exclusively for someone who is in trouble. Many times an individual may know of someone who needs help and can provide a tremendous amount of support by knowing where and how to get them in touch with the right person or program.

“Navy Family Advocacy supports the prevention of domestic violence through clinical counseling, new parent support programs and workshops that support family resiliency in dealing with the stress of

naval service,” said Matt Straughan, CNIC family support program director.

According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence: * Nearly 20 people per minute are victims of domestic violence by a domestic partner in the U.S.,10 million women and men per year. * One in three women and one in four men have experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner within his or her lifetime. * One in five women and one in seven men have experienced severe physical violence by an intimate partner in his or her lifetime. Intimate partner violence accounts for 15 percent of all violent crime. In domestic violence homicides, women are six times more likely to be killed when there is a gun in the house. * Three to 10 million children are witness to domestic violence in their homes, and research has shown children who witness domestic violence and do not get help are

more likely to become victims or perpetrators of future abuse. * Nearly three out of four Americans personally know someone who is or has been a victim of domestic violence.

Installation Fleet and Family Support Centers (FFSC’s) located across the Navy both within the United States and overseas, have licensed clinical counselors who can provide services and support to help couples build their relationship skills and work through common relationship problems, for example, parenting challenges through every stage of a child’s life.

When domestic violence occurs the Family Advocacy Program supports victims and also provides treatment for offenders.

For more information about where to go for assistance, individuals may call the National Domestic Violence hotline at 1-800-799SAFE or visit www.thehotline.org For more news from Commander, Navy Installations Command, visit www.navy.mil/local/cni/.

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NSA Washington-JBAB Fleet Family and Fun Centralized Scheduling

Military and Family Support Center (MFSC) located on Joint Base Anacostia Bolling introduces a comprehensive centralized scheduling service for your individual appointment needs. One call to our screeners gets you an appointment for pre-separation briefs, employment services, clinical counseling, personal financial management, relocation, deployment and a host of other programs and services.

MFSC is here to support you and stands ready to assist with every career and life change. Contact our Centralized Scheduling Center for individual, marriage and family counseling, individual resume assistance, financial counseling, relocation assistance or deployment/reintegration support. Please call 202-685-6019 to schedule an appointment.

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.

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, 571-256-8674. Remember, great Helmsmen say, “Yes!” To learn more about Helmsmen Toastmasters, visit http:// helmsmen.toastmastersclubs.org

Pre-Separation Briefings

Service members preparing to transition from military to civilian life are required by law to attend a pre-separation counseling briefing.

The pre-separation brief is designed to make transitioning military members aware of all the services and benefits available to them and their family members under Transition GPS. These briefings will provide the information necessary to make more informed decisions.

For your convenience the pre-separation counseling briefing is available through oneon-one appointments at Military and Family Support Center and can be made through Centralized Scheduling at 202-685-6019.

DEPLOYMENT READINESS/ FAMILY SERVICES 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).

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.

New PHA Process

The purpose of this policy is to inform all tenants of the new PHA process at the Branch Health Clinic Washington Navy Yard.

In attempts to alleviate the daily PHA congestion, patients will now have an appointed date and time to complete their PHA. PHAs will be scheduled through the appointments line, 202-433-3132, and the service member will be complete their PHA on the provided date and time. PHAs will not be completed without a hard copy of the services member’s medical record. The patients’ medical record must either be maintained at the Branch Health Clinic Washington Navy Yard or the patient must physically bring in their medical record.

If you have specific questions, please direct your questions to me or the Medical Readiness Department Leading Petty Officer, HM2 Matteson, Althea, althea.matteson@ med.navy.mil , office 202-433-6713.

Boys and Girls Club volunteers

The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington needs volunteer coaches for their youth baseball league for 10-year-olds

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

FFRP Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

MWR Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

MWR Marketing Department, WNY Bldg. 101. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Regional Child Placement Office, JBAB Bldg. 414. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Family Housing Office, JBAB Bldg. 414 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Liberty Program/Center, JBAB Bldg. 72. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Outdoor Recreation/Equipment Rental, JBAB, Bldg. 928 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Navy Gateway Inns & Suites, JBAB, Bldg. 602 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and 12-year-olds. For more information or to sign up, call 512-560-5548 from 7 a.m.5 p.m. or email Michael.martinez@afncr. af.mil.

Toastmasters Club seeks members

The Bolling Toastmasters Club is available for everyone on JBAB as a place to practice your leadership skills. Toastmasters clubs are where leaders are made, and leadership starts with good communication. The program is self-paced, and it works. The Bolling Toastmasters Club meets Wednesdays from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. at the JBAB Chapel Center. Visitors are welcome. For more information, call Jim Queen at 301-452-6931.

Military and Family Support Offers Resume Review Call for appointment | 202-685-6019 Military and Family Support Center offers a one-on-one resume review session for those that are job seeking. Knowledgeable staff will sit down with you and review your resume and assist you in developing a results-oriented resume. Having a solid and effective resume can greatly improve your chances of landing an interview. According to a recent study from TheLadders, recruiters spend just six seconds scanning your resume for certain information.

Will your resume make it in those six seconds?

Your resume should portray your skills, talents, career highlights and make you stand out from the crowd. Focusing on your accomplishments vs. simple job experience and using key words can open the door for an interview.

Download the Free “ABSalute” App

The JBAB Warfighter & Family Readiness Marketing Department developed a free smartphone application, bringing its resources to customers and employees on

(202) 433-3659 (202) 433-4052 (202) 433-4662 (202) 433-5912 (202) 433-3055 (202) 433-0346 (202) 685-1802 (202) 767-9136 (202) 404-7050

a mobile platform. Perfect for iPhone and Andriod devices.

“ABSalute” is a fast and easy-to-use application designed to allow quick access to events and programs. Download the app and receive the latest information about MWR, as well as Warfighter and Family Readiness programs.

The app features: - Facility finder including hours of operation, phone listings, and GPS capabilities - Upcoming special events and programs that can be added directly to your calendar - Outdoor Recreation and Capital Cove Marina equipment and boat rentals - Full dining facility menus - Quick links to the Navy-Air Force Half Marathon and Navy 5 Miler website, CNIC JBAB website, Naval District Washington (NDW) Facebook page and the current edition of the 411 magazine - Facility and Event Photos - Push notifications to alert users with the most current information.

Mordecai Booth’s Hours Change

MordecaiBooth’s,locatedonthegroundfloor ofBuilding101ontheWashingtonNavyYard,has changed its hours. The new hours of operation are Tuesday-Friday, 2:30-8:30 p.m. Come on in and enjoy the same great service at a new time!

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NDW News Follow NDW on Facebook and Twitter

NDW has a Facebook fan page in order to provide updated information to all NDW residents, tenants, employees (military, civilian and contractors), and the American public. www.facebook.com/NavDistWash Also, follow us on Twitter @navaldistwash - http://twitter.com/NavalDistWash.

NSAW also has a Twitter page for the Washington Navy Yard to provide the public with up-to-date operating hours of the Navy Yard portion of DC’s Riverwalk.

Follow us on Twitter @WNYRiverwalk - http://twitter.com/WNYRiverwalk Show your support and see exciting news relating to Naval District Washington by visiting http://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/ndw and subscribing to our news!

DSO Changes Walk-in Hours

Defense Service Office North has changed walk-in hours to Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. DSO North is the local office for legal defense services. Attorneys are available to provide advice to service members regarding nonjudicial punishments, summary courts-martial, Article 138 and 1150 complaints, administrative separation processing, hardship discharges and suspect’s rights. Consultations are confidential. DSO is located onboard WNY in Building 200, Suite 1200. Service members should present in uniform.

Wearing of Portable headphones, earphones, and Bluetooth devices:

The wearing of portable headphones, earphones, cellular hands-free devices, radios, recording devices or other portable listening devices while running, jogging, walking, bicycling, skating, or skate boarding in roadways and streets interferes with and impairs recognition of emergency signals, alarms, announcements, and the approach of EVs. NSAW personnel are advised use of these devices while performing the noted activities aboard NSAW fence line installations is prohibited. (TRAFFIC OPNAVINST 5100.12J)

Helmsmen Toastmasters

Want to improve your speaking and leadership skills? Come to Helmsmen Toastmasters! Join us Thursdays,7:30-8:45 a.m., at the Pentagon Library and Conference Center (PLCC). Toastmasters is an international organization that helps everyone speak, think, lead and listen better. For more info, contact Annika L’Ecuyer (annika.lecuyer@pentagon.af.mil or 703-614-7160) or Elizabeth Femrite (elizabeth.m.femrite.civ@mail.mil or 571-256-8674). More information can be found at the Helmsmen Toastmasters website, http://helmsmen.toastmastersclubs.org.

NAVY 311

“NAVY 311” is the place to go for all types of information to help support Navy military, civilian, and retiree personnel and their families. Access NAVY 311 at 1-855NAVY-311 or (DSN) 510-NAVY-311. You can also email NAVY311@navy.mil or visit www.NAVY311.navy.mil.

Navy Wives Clubs of America

The D.C. Metro chapter of Navy Wives Clubs of America, Eleanor Roosevelt #37, hosts meetings every second Thursday of the month to discuss and plan volunteer activities in the local military and civilian communities. Military spouses of all branches are welcome to attend. For more information, email angeladowns@ me.com or visit www.facebook.com/NWCA37.

PAX Clinical Counseling Services

Clinical Counseling services can directly improve the quality of life of service members and their family by addressing the stressors facing today’s military: family hardships, marital conflicts, parent/child issues, money concerns, frequent moves, health and environmental factors, and many other difficulties. Make an appointment with a counselor by calling 301-342-4911 or 202-685-6019.

New PHA Process at WNY Clinic

In attempts to alleviate the daily PHA congestion, patients will now have an appointed date and time to complete their PHA. PHAs will be scheduled through the appointments line, 202-433-3132, and the service member will be complete their PHA on the provided date and time. PHAs will not be completed without a hard copy of the services member’s medical record. The patients’ medical record must either be maintained at the Branch Health Clinic Washington Navy Yard or the patient must physically bring in their medical record.

If you have specific questions, please direct your questions to me or the Medical Readiness Department Leading Petty Officer, HM2 Matteson, Althea, althea.matteson@med.navy.mil , office 202-433-6713

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NSAB Exchange pharmacy converting to full service

By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chris Krucke WRNMMC Public Affairs staff writer The Navy Exchange (NEX) Pharmacy aboard Naval Support Activity Bethesda (NSAB) will be full service starting Oct. 15.

For beneficiaries, officials said this could mean shorter wait times and easier parking.

Navy Cmdr. William E. Kelly, deputy director for the Department of Pharmacy, explains the importance of the upgrade of the pharmacy from a pick-up site to a full satellite pharmacy.

“We are converting it to a full satellite to move our refill operations to that site,” to help reduce congestion at the Arrowhead and America building pharmacies Kelly said. “We want our beneficiaries to know they can have their prescriptions filled [at the NEX], as well as from 19 other clinics in the National Capital Region.”

According to Navy Lt. Angela Jiatu, officer in charge of the NEX pharmacy, Jiatu said “the full service aspect is going to change where [patients] can bring in their hard copies and have them filled.”

The NEX becoming full service will also help alleviate wait time from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center’s (WRNMMC) other two pharmacies, Kelly said, adding that WRNMMC continues to address wait times in all pharmacy locations. “We are their final stop, [before going home]. Hopefully, utilization of the NEX pharmacy for refills will allow us to get those patients who have been here for an appointment, or are about to be discharged, on their way sooner.”

Retired U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Mike Carney, who has long standing medical issues that he says can be somewhat complicated, has been a patient at Walter Reed for 25 years. Carney stated when the NEX Pharmacy goes full service, he would like to get up and move around and get a coffee at the food court and do some shopping while he waits for his prescription to be filled.

To alleviate the boredom of waiting rooms, the NEX Pharmacy is implementing a new system to allow customers the freedom of mobility. Jiatu explained how the

Photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Chris Krucke

Pharmacy technician Floyd Newsome displays one of the new pagers that will alert customers when their prescriptions are ready at the NEX pharmacy. pharmacy is going to electronic pagers instead of paper numbers to help.

“We will be giving customers these small restaurant style pagers and when their prescription is filled they will get a page to come and pick it up,” Jiatu said.

With the new pagers, customers can shop at the NEX or eat at the food court and not have to wait for their number to be called.

The NEX Pharmacy currently has 30 pagers and plans to acquire more in the future.

Kelly said another part of becoming full service is a registered pharmacist will be available on site at the NEX satellite pharmacy to answer questions about medications.

Jiatu said that by having a registered pharmacist on site that “any of the benefits that they can get at the other pharmacies, like consultation or counseling, is available here.”

Due to his condition Carney has to take what he called “nonstandard medications” and said with a full time registered pharmacist on site “having help would be very useful.” Patients who come to the NEX to get their refills as either a pickup or to be processed on the day they appear can also park directly in the NEX parking lot without a parking pass.

The pharmacy will be open to all active duty, dependents and retirees 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m.to 5:30 p.m. on Sunday.

Energy Action Month Top 10 Tips “Workplace Energy Saving” 1. Turn computers and computer monitors off at night and during the day when they aren’t being used for extended periods of time. Make it easy to shut monitors and computer peripheral equipment off by plugging everything into a power strip with an on/off switch.

2. Get into the habit of turning off lights when you leave a room.

3. Use natural daylighting and reduce or eliminate artificial lighting when possible.

4. When weather permits, open windows to take the place of air conditioning.

Turn off window air conditioners when you leave a room for several hours.

5. Use task lighting when you need lighting in one small area and then reduce background or ambient light levels.

6. If you specify or order energy-using equipment, follow the law. Federal purchasers are required to order equipment that meets ENERGY STAR or Federal Energy Management Program guidelines for energy efficiency.

7. Keep air compressors and other shop equipment off when not in use.

8. Report lights left on when they are not needed to your base energy team. Automatic controls or a different type of lighting system may fix the problem. If you can’t find a light switch, report it.

9. Always keep doors and windows closed when heat or air conditioning is on.

10. Make sure sleep mode features are enabled on all office equipment.

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Team Navy brings home Pax River coaches teach 28 medals from Warrior football, life lessons Games 2014

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Pictured are six of the NAS Patuxent River employees holding 7 of the 10 football coaching positions at Leonardtown High School. The coaches implemented programs that help develop their student athletes both on and off the field.

By Donna Cipolloni Tester staff writer U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Martin L. Carey

U.S. Navy and the Special Operations Command sitting volleyball teams compete during the Warrior Games. Team Navy went on to win the gold medal for sitting volleyball against the Marine Corps team.

By Robin Hillyer-Miles Fleet and Family Readiness Public Affairs The 39 seriously wounded, ill and injured Sailors who competed on Team Navy won 28 medals - including 12 gold medals - at the fifth annual Warrior Games, Sept. 28-Oct. 4 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

“The premise of the Warrior Games is that, for these athletes, their best days are

still ahead of them,” said the Honorable Juan M. Garcia, III, assistant secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs), who attended part of the Warrior Games. “Once you are part of the Navy and Marine Corps family, it doesn’t expire - that’s for the rest of your life.”

Among the highlights of this year’s Warrior Games was Team Navy’s gold-medal

See Medals, Page 10

Many high school football teams have committed athletic leadership, but when it comes to teaching lessons beyond the gridiron, the coaches of the Leonardtown High Raiders score the extra point.

“When we talk about pushing our players to the next level, we aren’t just talking football,” said head coach Ron Weinberger, with NAVAIR’s International Programs Department (AIR 1.4/AIR 6.6). “We’re talking about the next level in their life.”

Weinberger is one of 10 coaches responsible for Leonardtown’s junior varsity and varsity football teams, all either volunteering their time or working for a small stipend; and seven of the 10 are employees of NAS Patuxent River.

One thing the coaches noticed is for the past two years, 50 percent of the team’s freshmen became academically ineligible to play football after the first marking period.

“Something happens in that transition from middle school to high school and if they drop below the required 2.0 GPA, they’ve already dug themselves into a hole,” said wide receiver coach Lee Manis, with Precision Strike Weapons Program Office (PMA 201).

With a large freshmen squad this year, the coaches decided to change that statistic by monitoring the homework log books of their entire team, including upperclassmen.

“That’s 50 percent of their grade right there,” Weinberger said. “We’re going to check it every Wednesday. If they don’t do it, they don’t play. That threat can be a powerful incentive.”

The coaches also urge the players to make their high school experience — and thus their resume — diverse, by not just focusing on sports.

“In freshman year we want them to concentrate on grades; sophomore and junior

year it’s important to participate in either a school club, student council or some sort of civic program where they give back to the community,” Weinberger explained. “At the end of junior year and into senior year, we focus on the recruiting process and getting ready for college; how they can network and market themselves as a better candidate for potential schools.”

This year, the team has partnered with Underwearness, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing new underwear to children in need.

“It’s the team ‘business,’” Weinberger said. “The players will organize the promotion, run it, market it and conduct donation drives throughout the football season. It gives them the chance to lead and be creative.”

Weinberger describes his staff as role models for his young players, some of whom come from single-parent homes, have no parent at all in the picture, or who have never been outside of southern Maryland. “[The coaches] will talk to them about the importance of school, what it takes to get into college and move on to a professional life,” he said. “They bring different experiences that let our players know there are broader opportunities out there.”

Special teams coordinator Jerry Humphrey, with Design Interface/Maintenance Planning Division (AIR 6.7.1), said the coaches all “share the common belief that teaching character and the correct attitude to the players will help guide their future.”

And they also believe football parallels life.

“You face a lot of adversity in football,” explained junior varsity defensive coordinator Gino Molinaro, with H-60 Program Office (PMA 299). “You have to run sprints when you’re tired, wear 10 pounds of gear when you don’t feel well, get knocked on your butt and get back up even when you’re losing. How you deal with adversity becomes part of your character, and you’ll carry that with you into life.”

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CREDO announces upcoming retreats

The Naval District Washington (NDW) Chaplain Religious Enrichment Development Program (CREDO) offers a variety of programs aimed at improving the quality of communication, adding resiliency, and training service members in valuable life skills. Open to all active-duty service members and their immediate family members, the following workshops and retreats are available in October: MER - Marriage Enrichment Retreat - Couples enjoy a free weekend at the Hilton Hotel in Crystal City where they learn and apply marriage skills such as communication and problem solving in a fun, small group atmosphere. Using personality inventories, participants learn that the differences in our marriages can be ways to enhance and complete one another in the marriage journey. Marriage Enrichment Retreat on Oct. 10-12.

Personal Resiliency Retreat: Oct. 24-26 The Personal Resiliency Retreat (PRR) is designed to assist participants in fostering positive personal growth and self-awareness.

For more information or to register, please contact the CREDO offices at 202-767-5901 or 5900, e-mail at CREDO.NDW.fcm@navy.mil, or drop by the Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling Chapel and inquire within.

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National Make a Difference Day is a day when families are encouraged to volunteer as a unit to perform community service and to instill the value of volunteering in children. Make A Difference Day is the largest national day of community service. During the month of October, millions of volunteers around the world will unite in a common mission to improve the lives of others. Make a Difference Day is a day to celebrate the power of people to make a difference.

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Diabetes Institute educates patients, healthcare professionals

By Sarah Marshall WRNMMC Public Affairs staff writer About 29 million Americans currently have diabetes, and an estimated 81 million have pre-diabetes – that’s more than one out of every three adults at an increased risk for developing diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Without weight loss and moderate physical activity, 15 to 30 percent of those with pre-diabetes, within five years, will likely develop type 2 diabetes, the CDC reports. Type 2 diabetes develops when the body cannot properly use insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas. As an individual gains weight, the body becomes more insulin resistant; when the body is resistant to insulin, sugar (glucose) doesn’t get into the cells, remaining instead in the blood cell and causing damage to a number of organs, explained Army Col. (Dr.) Robert Vigersky, director of the Diabetes Institute at Walter Reed Bethesda. Type 2 diabetes can develop at any age but is usually seen in middle-aged and older adults. In most cases, it can be prevented.

Type 1 diabetes occurs when no insulin is made due to autoimmune destruction of the cells in the pancreas that makes it. There is no known way to prevent it. It can also develop at any age but is predominantly seen in children and adolescents. It represents five to 10 percent of those with diabetes, Vigersky said.

At Walter Reed Bethesda, the Diabetes Institute remains involved in research to enhance treatment, and continuously educates patients and health care professionals on the importance of prevention as well as

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Army Col. (Dr.) Robert Vigersky, director of the Diabetes Institute at Walter Reed Bethesda, explains the Diabetes Institute remains involved in research to enhance diabetes treatment and continuously educates patients and health care professionals on the importance of diabetes prevention as well as management. management, Vigersky explained.

“The Diabetes Institute has been in existence for 14 years now, and one of its missions is education,” he said.

The institute offers a variety of educational programs and support groups, including a course for those with pre-diabetes which focuses on how to prevent diabetes. There’s also a Survival Skills course for newly-diagnosed diabetics, offering the basics of diabetes management, as well as an American Diabetes Association-certified, in-depth twoday course that goes into greater detail about how to better manage the disease, he said.

Patients with diabetes are encouraged to participate in these educational programs reg-

ularly so they can stay up-to-date on the latest findings and treatment options, he added.

“Over the years, we’ve done research in a number of areas that have all been aimed at helping people with diabetes and prediabetes,” Vigersky said.

Some of the research they’re most excited about, he said, involves continuous glucose monitoring, a technology that’s developed over the last decade. Glucose monitoring is recommended for most patients with diabetes and, though not generally convenient, is typically done by pricking your finger and putting a drop of blood on a strip to measure glucose, he explained. Depending on the severity of one’s diabetes, monitoring may be required several times daily. With continuous glucose monitoring, a small, unobtrusive monitor is placed under the skin which remains there for a week at a time. It transmits the sugar on a continuous basis, about every five minutes, and the patient can use a small, hand-held device to track their blood sugar trends.

“People can see in real-time what the effects of their meal size, meal composition and exercise are,” he explained.

This technology is generally used in patients with Type 1 diabetes, but Dr. Vigersky and his group first studied this in patients with Type 2 diabetes who are either just on oral medication or a combination of oral medication and long-acting insulin to see if, through real-time feedback, they will modify their behavior and try to prevent their sugar from going too high or low, he said.

“They really loved being able to see what was happening in real-time,” Vigersky said.

The institute was the first to do a study, publishing their results in 2012 in a medical journal, Diabetes Care, showing the effectiveness in helping people get their blood sugar under control and losing some weight, he continued.

“We’ve now embarked on some additional studies to see if this will work in people with pre-diabetes. What we’re trying

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to do is give them a chance to use this technology to see if it can improve their blood sugars, and maybe eventually prevent them from developing diabetes.”

Additionally, the institute is studying the effects of smart pill bottles. Vigersky said this is new and sophisticated technology designed to help remind people to take their medication.

“We’re looking to see if this improves adherence to taking medication, leading to better outcomes,” he said.

The smart pill bottle is programmed to know when you should be taking your medication, and how many times a day. If the pill isn’t removed from the bottle within a certain timeframe, it sends the patient either an email or text message or gives them a phone call, he explained.

“We think it has a lot of promise for keeping people on schedule,” he said. It’s currently being used for patients with diabetes in Vigersky’s research studies, but could be used for other health conditions.

Vigersky went on to note the importance of prevention, and recognizing the military is not immune to diabetes – the military is no different than the general population in terms of frequency of diabetes.

“Diabetes prevention is important because the consequences of having diabetes are potentially devastating,” he added.

People who have diabetes are at higher risk of serious health complications such as blindness, kidney failure, heart disease, stroke, and loss of toes, feet or legs, according to the CDC. Additionally, risk of death for adults with diabetes is 50 percent higher than for adults without diabetes. Medical costs for people with diabetes are also twice as high as those without diabetes.

Prevention can be challenging, though, Vigersky said, because pre-diabetes and diabetes are asymptomatic in many respects. It doesn’t “hurt” when your blood sugar goes up.

“If you had pain every time your blood sugar went up, you’d try to avoid it happening, but unfortunately it doesn’t provide that kind of signal,” he said.

Exercise, proper nutrition, weight loss, and stress reduction are key to reducing one’s chances of developing diabetes, noted Lucia Novak, a nurse practitioner in the Diabetes Institute.

“Any kind of exercise is important to prevent type 2 diabetes, but aerobic exercise is one of the most important ways to reduce weight,” Novak said. “Also, resistance training is important because it builds lean muscle mass and helps metabolize sugars.”

It’s about enjoying yourself, she said.

“You must find something you like to do and devote at least 30 to 60 minutes to activity per day, even if it is completed in increments throughout the day,” she said.

The best way to prevent diabetes, ultimately, is by leading a healthy lifestyle, she said.

For more information about courses offered by the Diabetes Institute at Walter Reed Bethesda, contact Virginia Schmidt at 301-319-2872.

ceive flu vaccinations with no co-pay at retail network pharmacies offering the vaccines, according to the Navy policy statement.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advises that a flu vaccination takes up to two weeks to fully work, and people should get vaccinated each year due to constantly-evolving flu strains.

To learn more about this year’s flu season and vaccinations, visit www.cdc.gov.

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Sailor Navigates from Germantown to USS Germantown

By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Amanda R. Gray Lt. Krista Eschelman, from Germantown, Md., serves as the Navigator aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42), forward-deployed to Sasebo, Japan.

Eschelman lived in Germantown most of her life. Her mother is a band and orchestra teacher in Montgomery County. She attended Seneca Valley High School, where she played alto saxophone for the jazz band and varsity volleyball. She graduated high school in 2005 and was accepted to play volleyball at the Naval Academy.

“I had no idea what I wanted to do as a senior,” said Eschelman. “I was at a national volleyball tournament and I was approached by the coach from the Naval Academy. From there, we started the whole recruiting process. I went to the Naval Academy Preparation School for a year and then I began school at the Naval Academy in the fall of 2006.”

Eschelman continued to play on the women’s volleyball team for four years, while pursuing her degree in oceanography.

“Playing volleyball prepared me for the Navy by teaching me patience from having to live and travel with 20 women,” said Eschelman. “It definitely taught me teamwork and it really made me humble.”

After graduating college she reported to her first duty station in Norfolk, Va. She was stationed on the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19). The ship deployed for 11 months in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn which transitioned to Operation Unified Protector and enforced

U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Amanda R. Gray

Lt. Krista Eschelman, left, from Germantown, Md., and Quartermaster 3rd Class Joshua Boettcher, from West St. Paul, Minn., review the ship’s course on the bridge of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42), as the ship departs Subic Bay, Philippines for Amphibious Landing Exercise (PHIBLEX) 2015. PHIBLEX15 is an annual bilateral training exercise conducted with the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Germantown is part of the Peleliu Expeditionary Strike Group, commanded by Rear Adm. Hugh Wetherald, and is conducting joint forces exercises in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. the United Nations Security Council resolutions in Libya. She served as the Combat Electronics Division Officer and the Legal Officer on board.

“My favorite moment in the Navy so far was the moment when the USS Mesa Verde

completed an 11 month deployment. I requested to be Officer of the Deck, bringing the ship home to Norfolk. The second they blew the whistle and announced ‘moored, shift colors’ everyone just started cheering and crying. The pier was packed with people. My family was there to meet me and I

hadn’t seen them in so long.”

In 2013, she received orders to be the Navigator aboard Germantown. After graduating from navigation school in New Port, R.I., she met her new command while it was deployed off the coast of Okinawa, Japan.

“When my detailer told me that they had a billet on the USS Germantown in Japan, I made a phone call to my mom and she told me to do it and to not look back. We took it as a sign that the name of the ship was the same as my hometown. My mom and I both knew I needed to be here.”

She participated in the Germantown’s patrol with the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) which conducted routine joint-force operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet Area of Responsibility in 2013.

“My favorite role has been as the ship’s navigator. I love being part of the planning process, and when the Captain tells me he wants to get to a location, I get to choose the route and plan the voyage.”

She is currently underway with the Peleliu Expeditionary Strike Group conducting Amphibious Landing Exercise (PHIBLEX) 15.

PHIBLEX is an annual, bilateral training exercise conducted between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. Navy and Marines to strengthen interoperability and enhance security and stability across the region. This year’s PHIBLEX marks the 31st iteration.

Her next orders will take her back to the Naval Academy, where she will be working in the Admissions Office and pursuing her Master’s degree.

Germantown is part of the Peleliu Expeditionary Strike Group, commanded by Rear Adm. Hugh Wetherald, and is conducting joint forces exercises in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.

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Continued from 6 win against the Marines in sitting volleyball Oct. 2. After two tight sets, Team Navy stormed ahead in the third set to sink the Marines 2-1 (26-24, 20-25, 15-6). It was the team’s first medal in sitting volleyball since the inception of the Warrior Games.

“I’m still on cloud nine,” said Team Navy sitting volleyball coach Rik Mullane at the conclusion of the match. “I am just so happy for these guys and girls. They worked so hard.”

Team Navy also excelled in the track and field competition Oct. 2 at Fountain Fort Carson High School’s Garry Berry field, winning seven gold, six silver and two bronze medals. During the final event of the day, four members of Team Navy clinched gold after a stunning performance in the men’s 4 x 100-meter relay. The wounded warrior athletes came from behind to complete the race in just 48.15 seconds.

“One thing I absolutely love about the Warrior Games is it’s not a pity party,” said retired Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Redmond Ramos, who won several medals in track. “I like to say: It’s not a bunch of disabled people who are competing, it’s a bunch of people competing who are disabled. And I think that makes a huge difference. This is a tough competition and we’re all here to win.”

“It’s just a great experience to be here with people who have been hurt, but they’re not letting it stop them,” he added.

In shooting competitions Oct. 3 at the Olympic Training Center, Team Navy

scored three gold medals and one silver medal. Navy Airman Sadie Strong became only the second female ever to win gold in a Warrior Games shooting event, finishing at the top in the air rifle prone (open) finals.

Retired Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 1st Class John Kremer repeated last year’s gold medal win in the air rifle prone (SH1) competition, and retired Navy Lt. j.g. Laura Root also won gold for a second consecutive year, besting her competition in the air rifle standing (open) category.

“I’m just so glad I got to come to the Warrior Games again, and to be able to compete in a sport I love,” said Root.

The Navy wheelchair basketball team also received a bronze medal on Oct. 3 after fiercely battling and ultimately falling to the Army the previous day.

Thirty-nine wounded warrior athletes competed on behalf of Team Navy this year. The Warrior Games brought together approximately 200 service members with upper-body, lower-body, spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, visual impairments, serious illnesses and post-traumatic stress who participated in seven sports.

Team Navy is sponsored by Navy Wounded Warrior (NWW) - Safe Harbor, the Navy and Coast Guard’s wounded warrior support program.

To learn more about NWW, the Warrior Games and adaptive athletics, visit http://safeharbor.navylive.dodlive.mil; call 855-NAVY WWP (628-9997) or email navywoundedwarrior@navy.mil. Follow NWW on Facebook (www.facebook.com/navysafeharbor) and Twitter (@navysafeharbor) for the latest news about Team Navy.

STAR

Continued from 2 and hurt our people, we do the enemy’s job for them. That’s the basis of thinking in the Department of the Navy about Safety these days. You are the epitome of what we need in this new era of Safety. You are today’s leaders and are providing future leaders.

This award is exactly the kind of inspiration that spreads like wildfire. Only 18 units out of 7,000 commands in the Department of the Navy hold VPP Star Site status-so this is a really big deal, and is an inspiration to everyone who comes in contact with you.”

Following Hanley’s remarks, Department of Defense Director of Personnel Readiness, Leonard Litton presented command leadership with a congratulatory letter from the Under Secretary of Defense Personnel and Readiness; and OSHA Repre-

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want to use a rigid eye shield at the point of injury to prevent pressure from getting to the eye and to prevent further trauma.”

Rigid eye-shields are curved aluminum disks with padded edges that go over the eye socket of an injured individual to protect the eye from further harm until they can be seen by emergency medical professionals. While some issued first aid kits come with the shields, Sparrow said anything rigid and domed that cups the eye can be improvised, such as safety glasses that can be secured in place.

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sentative Brett Beall presented the VPP Star Site Certification flag and plaque.

“This is by no means the end of our VPP program, nor our focus on Safety. We will continue to make Safety a priority. We will focus on Safety to improve our processes and succeed as a team,” concluded NSWC IHEODTD Technical Director Ashley Johnson.

VPP Star participants are reevaluated every three to four years with site injury and illness incident rates reviewed annually.

NSWC IHEODTD’s Indian Head Site previously earned VPP Star Status in June 2012.

NSWC IHEODTD - a field activity of the Naval Sea Systems Command and part of the Navy’s Science and Engineering Enterprise - is the leader in ordnance, energetics and EOD solutions. The Division focuses on energetics research, development, testing, evaluation, in-service support and disposal; and provides warfighters solutions to detect, locate, access, identify, render safe, recover, exploit and dispose of explosive ordnance threats.

The VCE warns not to put anything between the shield and the eye, and to always have a shield in place before treating head and face injuries with dressings that may cover the eye.

“Shields save sight: It’s that simple,” Sparrow said. “Be proactive in protecting your sight from most hazards on the job or while having fun by wearing APEL protective eyewear. Be smart in properly responding to an eye injury if you are the first on-site of an accident. Using a shield and keeping pressure off the eye could save someone’s vision.”

For more information about Eye Injury Prevention Month, how to prevent and treat eye injuries, or download the APEL, visit www.vce.health.mil or follow VCE at www. facebook.com/VisionCOE.

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