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November 14, 2013
Vol. XXX No. 46
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NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
Wounded Warrior Programs Highlighted during Warrior Care Month By Patrick Gordon NDW Waterline writer
Photo by Ryan Hunter
Dive instructor Mike Wright prepares student service members for their first dive in the WRNMMC swimming pool in Bethesda, Md. A scuba clinic for wounded, ill and injured service members will be available Nov. 21 at WRNMMC as part of the region’s Warrior Care Month celebration.
Commands throughout Naval District Washington (NDW) and the nation will recognize Warrior Care Month in November. The month serves as an opportunity to recognize wounded warriors of all services, as well as those who care for them, for their service, sacrifices and achievements. In 2008, then-Secretary of Defense Robert Gates designated November as Warrior Care Month in order to inform members of the military and their families and communities about the programs and initiatives currently being provided through the Warrior Care system and the forthcoming improvements. Throughout the month, The Office of Warrior Care and all of the services’ wounded warrior regiments will be highlighting various wounded warrior programs, activities, stories of recovery, and personal triumphs. Warrior Care Month is not only about what is being done for our Nation’s wounded, ill and injured service members, but also about what they do for us, how they continually give back to our communities, their families, and this great nation that they have sacrificed so much to protect. “First it is important to honor the service and sacrifices of seriously wounded, ill and
injured Sailors and Coast Guardsmen. They have fought tirelessly -- on the front lines and throughout recovery -- and they are an inspiration to all of us,” said Capt. Steve Hall, director, Navy Wounded Warrior - Safe Harbor (NWW), on the importance of Warrior Care Month. “Second, it is important to make the fleet aware of the resources available should they become seriously injured or ill. One critical resource is Navy Wounded Warrior - Safe Harbor, which provides enrollees a lifetime of non-medical assistance. The program ensures they can heal without distractions. The programs available to seriously wounded, ill and injured Sailor and Coast Guardsmen through NWW are diverse and help more than just the service members who participate in them. The NWW program - a department within Fleet and Family Readiness at Commander, Navy Installations Command - has assisted nearly 2,500 service members and their families since its inception. “NWW offers many essential services, including connecting families to respite care resources; addressing pay and personnel issues; assisting with housing and transportation adaptation; providing transition
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NDW Volunteers to Participate in National Family Volunteer Day By Patrick Gordon NDW Waterline writer Volunteers throughout the region and their families are encouraged to participate in the National Family Volunteer Day, officially recognized this year Nov. 23. In Naval District Washington (NDW), registered volunteers will be volunteering at the SHABACH! Emergency Empowerment Center Nov. 16. Family Volunteer Day is a day of service that demonstrates and celebrates the power of families who volunteer together, supporting their neighborhoods, communities and the world. The volunteer organization Points of Light created the day 22 years ago to showcase the benefits of family volunteering and provide opportunities for families to help communities create supportive environments for their children and each other. “This is probably one of the biggest days of volunteerism where we encourage fami-
lies to go out into the community and volunteer as a unit,” said Olivia Hunter, NDW regional community service program manager. “This is another one of our joint-service projects where all of the branches are pulling their volunteers together, so we’re going to come out in large numbers. And of course, everyone is welcome because, again, we are encouraging families to volunteer and come out as a unit.” Hunter said that as a joint service project, members of all the armed service branches will be participating. She explained that in years past, the region has coordinated with volunteers on National Family Volunteer Day to volunteer at the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Washington, D.C., but opted this year to create a sense of variety while still visiting a familiar place. “This is the very first time that we in NDW are volunteering at The SHABACH! Emergency Employment Center,” said Hunter.
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U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Kiona Miller
A Sailor shakes the hand of a World War II veteran as he enters the World War II Memorial in downtown Washington, D.C., during the 2012 Joint Services Make a Difference Day. Volunteers throughout the region and their families are encouraged to participate in the 2013 National Family Volunteer Day, officially recognized Nov. 23.
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Surviving A Different Lifestyle, Offering Extraordinary Support
By Pamela Valliere Naval Air Station Patuxent River Work And Family Life Consultant
November is the Month of the Military Family and it gives us the chance to celebrate the military families for all they do for our country. Regardless of which branch of service or the family’s dynamics, military families live a lifestyle that is unique, challenging and full of opportunities. What makes up a military family? The obvious answer is a service member, spouse and children, but it’s far more than that. Military families are made up of male and female service members, married, traditional or same sex, and there are many single Sailors who have girlfriends and boyfriends, engaged couples, parents, grandparents and close friends as their support system. Although these people may not be listed as a “dependent” in the service member’s record, they are instrumental to the well-being of the military member, they are family. What makes a military family tick? Pride of their service member and love of country come to mind, but a closer look reveals that a military family’s success is due to the way they cope with the challenges they face. They pick up and move to new places. They support each other when their military spouse deploys and returns. At times military families find themselves dealing with their
Photo illustration by Connie Hempel
service member not being there for important events, having limited contact and making adjustments when they return; especially if they return with post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury. Couple these with the everyday stress of raising a family and working. What is unique to military families? They have unique opportunities. Moving to different parts of the country and the around world opens up opportunities for family members to learn about different cultures. They don’t just visit, they actually live in these
communities. Military families are able to meet and interact with different types of people and with the technology available to them, they are able to stay in touch with these friends once they move. With the challenges and opportunities military families face, they have resources available to assist them with their lives. Every branch has an organization dedicated to supporting military families. At Naval Air Station Patuxent River, the Fleet and Family Support Center stands by to assist families. FFSC is a one-stop shop for family assistance. Whether it’s help with finding employment, finding the best education for their children, classes on stress management, parenting or improving your finances, they can find it at FFSC. When they leave the area, either to transition into the civilian sector or a new duty station, the FFSC can help make the transition smoother too. In addition, there is the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response and Domestic Violence Victim Advocate, along with counselors who are proficient with couples, individuals, adolescents and children. Another resource is the Command Ombudsman. An Ombudsman provides support and information to assist families with military life. Each command has its Ombudsman’s
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Around the Yard How did you spend your Veteran’s Day?
By taking a few moments to think about my friends and those who have gone before me to defend democracy. Chief Master-at-Arms Trey Lispcomb Military Sealift Command Washington Navy Yard
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This Week in Navy History November 7
erans Day to honor veterans of all U.S. wars 1966 - Launch of Gemini 12, with Cmdr. James A. Lovell Jr., the command Pilot. Mission lasted 3 days, 22 hours and 34 minutes and included 59 orbits at an altitude of 162.7 nautical miles. Recovery by HS-11 helicopter from USS Wasp (CVS-18). 1981 - Commissioning of first Tridentclass Nuclear Powered Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine, USS Ohio (SSBN-726).
1861 - Naval forces under Rear Adm. Samuel F. DuPont capture Port Royal Sound, S.C. 1881 - Naval Advisory Board submits report recommending the new ships in U.S. Navy be constructed of steel instead of iron. 1973 - War Powers Resolution becomes law.
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1861 – Capt. Charles Wilkes seizes two Confederate diplomats from the British steamer Trent, causing an international controversy with Great Britain, known as the Trent Affair. 1942 - Operation Torch, the Allied landings in French Northwest Africa, begins. American forces land at Casablanca. French naval forces attack U.S. Navy ships and 13 French ships are sunk without a loss to the U.S. 1956 - Navy Stratolab balloon, with Lt. Cmdrs. Malcolm D. Ross and M. Lee Lewis, better world height record soaring to 76,000 feet over Black Hills, S.D., on flight to gather meteorological, cosmic ray, and other scientific data. 1975 - Over 100 Sailors and Marines from USS Inchon (LPH-12) and USS Bagley (DE1069) fight a fire aboard a Spanish merchant vessel at Palma.
Loss of USS Juneau (CL-52) during Battle of Guadalcanal results in loss of the five Sullivan brothers. George, Francis, Joseph, Madison, and Albert Sullivan were all serving aboard the ship at the time, and would later be honored by the U.S. Navy with naming of two destroyers USS The Sullivans (DD-537 and DDG-68).
1912 - Lt. Theodore Ellyson makes first successful launching of an airplane (A-3) by catapult at the Washington Navy Yard. 1940 - CNO Adm. Harold Stark submits memorandum to Secretary of the Navy on four plans if U.S. enters war. He favors the fourth one, Plan Dog, calling for strong offensive in the Atlantic and defense in the Pacific. 1942 - First day of the three days of fighting in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. 1943 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt embarks on USS Iowa (BB-61) to go to the Allied conferences at Teheran, Iran, and Cairo, Egypt.
Polaris missile program to the Secretary of Defense.
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1921 - USS Olympia (C-6) arrives at the Washington Navy Yard from France carrying the body of the Unknown Soldier for internment at Arlington National Cemetery. 1950 - Task Force 77 makes first attack on the Yalu River bridges. In first engagement between MIG-15 and F9F jets (USS Philippine Sea), Lt Cmdr. William T. Amen (VF111) shoots down a MIG and becomes first Navy pilot to shoot down a jet aircraft. 1956 - Secretary of the Navy proposes the
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U.S. navy photo courtesy of the Naval History and Heritage Command
1775 - Congress votes to raise two battalions of Continental Marines, establishing the Marine Corps. 1941 - U.S. escorted convoy WS 12, carrying 20,000 British troops to Singapore, sails from Halifax.
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1870 - Navy expedition to explore the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, southern Mexico,
commanded by Capt. Robert W. Shufeldt, enters the Coatzacoalcos River to begin a survey for possible interoceanic canal. Support provided by USS Kansas and USS Mayflower. 1918 - Armistice ends World War I. 1920 - Lenah S. Higbee becomes the first woman to be awarded the Navy Cross. It was awarded for her World War I service. 1921 - Washington Naval Conference begins. 1943 - Two Carrier Task Forces strike Japanese shipping at Rabaul, sinking one carrier and damaging other ships. Raid was first use of SB2C Curtiss Helldivers in combat. 1954 - November 11 designated as Vet-
1776 – Capt. John Paul Jones in Alfred with brig Providence captures British transport Mellish, carrying winter uniforms later used by Washington’s troops. 1942 - Loss of USS Juneau (CL-52) during Battle of Guadalcanal results in loss of the five Sullivan brothers. 1943 - Fifth Fleet carriers begin long range night bombing attacks on Japanese positions in Gilberts and Marshalls in preparation for landings. 1957 - First firing of Regulus II bombardment missile.
Legacy of a U.S. Naval Academy Trident Scholar By Lt. Teng K. Ooi, Ph.D. U.S. Naval Academy/Missile Defense Agency and Capt. Linda J. Beltra, M.D. Naval Hospital Jacksonville The United States Naval Academy (USNA) Mathematics Department is honored to receive personal papers including books, photographs and other memorabilia of one of the USNA’s most successful Trident Scholars, Adm. Donald Lee Pilling. The items were donated by his widow, Dr. Barbara Orbon Pilling, in a dedication ceremony held recently in Chauvenet Hall, USNA in Annapolis, Md. The Academy established the Trident Scholar Program in 1963 to provide an exciting opportunity to a select number of exceptional midshipmen to pursue independent study and research during their senior year. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the program. The program pairs each Trident Scholar with an assigned faculty adviser and other area specialists to coordinate and supervise a research project. At the end of the academic year, the Trident Scholars present their findings at a research lecture hosted at the Naval Academy. The most outstanding research project is awarded the Office of Naval Intelligence Harry E. Ward Trident Scholar prize. Pilling graduated fourth in his 1965 Naval Academy Class with a bachelor of science degree in mathematics and was one of the
school’s first Trident Scholars. His Trident Scholar project, “Distributivity and Completeness in Implication Algebra,” involved the study of partially ordered systems. Under the direction of his adviser, the late Dr. James C. Abbott, USNA mathematics department, Pilling won the Harry E. Ward Trident Scholar prize. Pilling went on to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom in 1970 with a dissertation, “The Algebra of Operators for Regular Events,” under Dr. John H. Conway, University of Cambridge. His clarity of critical thinking and demonstration of excellence was clearly evident in his early years. He published articles in mathematical and professional journals and was the author of a 1989 Brookings Institution monograph, “Competition in Defense Procurement.” Pilling enjoyed a distinguished naval career culminating with a tour as the Navy’s 30th Vice Chief of Naval Operations in November 1997. He retired as an Admiral in October 2000. Admiral Pilling passed away on May 26, 2008 and rests on top of a hill at the Naval Academy Cemetery, overlooking the scenic Annapolis Harbor in Annapolis, Md. Admiral Pilling is survived by his wife of 42 years, Dr. Barbara Pilling whose generosity of providing his works is gratefully acknowledged. They have two daughters, Kathleen Pilling Posivak and Jennifer Pilling Stopkey.
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Dr. Barbara Pilling, right, at the dedication ceremony attended by members of the Naval Academy Class of 1965, the Mathematics Department faculty members and midshipmen. The USNA mathematics department is truly excited to add this collection of Pilling’s personal papers to the library’s holdings of materials that continue to motivate, inspire and guide midshipmen. The papers will be immensely valuable to contemporary scholars including faculty, staff and midshipmen, who will have the opportunity
to study these documents and use them to supplement their studies of defense acquisition, national security issues, and foreign policy implications for future naval forces. Readers will gain an insight into Pilling’s decision making, logical reasoning, and methodical thinking process as well as his legendary intelligence and enduring wit.
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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, 571256-8674. 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 one-on-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)
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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.
off Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. You may also drop off Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Gooding Center lobby, in front of Temptations. Please place in the Toys for Tots box. For further information please call Naval Services FamilyLine 202-433-2333 during office hours.
Deployment/mobilization/readiness
Boys and Girls Club volunteers
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.
The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington needs volunteer coaches for their youth baseball league for 10-year-olds 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 301452-6931.
Washington Navy Yard Fitness Center Military and Family Support Offers Now Open Resume Review The Washington Navy Yard Fitness Center, located in W-22, has completed its renovations and is now open. A ribbon cutting ceremony Nov. 15 at 9 a.m. will officially mark the end of renovations. For further information please do not hesitate to ask the staff members at the Washington Navy Yard Fitness Center.
Toys For Tots
Naval Services FamilyLine is a toy drop off location for the Marines’ Toys for Tots. Please bring a new unwrapped toy to our office located on The Navy Yard by Dec. 5. The address is 1043 Harwood Street SE, Bldg 154 Suite 100; Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. 20374. We are available for drop
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.
(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
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 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
Mordecai Booth’s, located on the ground floor of Building 101 on the Washington Navy Yard, 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. Show your support, “Like Us,” and become a fan to see exciting news relating to the Naval District Washington. www.facebook.com/NavDistWash Follow us on Twitter @navaldistwash - http://twitter.com/NavalDistWash NSAW 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.
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.
NSAW Pre-Holiday Safety Presentation Join us Nov. 14, from 9-10:30 a.m. or 1-2:30 p.m. On the Washington Navy Yard at the Navy Audit Service, Building 220, in the 3rd floor auditorium for the NSAW Pre-Holiday Safety Presentation. Topics covered include Suicide Prevention with Amanda Woodyard, of Fleet and Family Support Center, as well as Decorating Safety, Holiday Entertaining, Winter Driving, Winter Vehicle Preparartion, Holiday Leave and Travel, Alcohol Consumption Awareness, Fireplace Heating Safety, and Shopping Safety with George Revoir Jr., of the NSAW Safety Office. For more information, contact Bert Nash, Washington Navy Yard, NSAW Safety Office, Building 166, 2nd floor, room 216, at 202-433-3928 or bertram.nash@navy.mil
MWR Thanksgiving Buffet Meal Come and enjoy a Thanksgiving meal at the Washington Navy Yard Catering and Conference Center Nov. 14 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost is $10 per person, and tickets are available at the ITT office, Washington Navy Yard Town Center, Building 22. Call 202-433-2484 for more information.
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.
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Circle of Treason: A CIA Account of Traitor Aldrich Ames and the Men He Betrayed Book review
Reviewed by Cmdr. Youssef Aboul-Enein
Circle of Treason: A CIA Account of Traitor Aldrich Ames and the Men He Betrayed by Sandra Grimes and Jeanne Vertefeuille. Published by Naval Institute Press, 2012. 256 pages. Retired CIA officers Sandra Grimes and Jeanne Vertefeuille have written a much needed account of the capture of the long serving CIA mole Aldrich Ames. Typically, the Ames case has been popularized by the FBI, but in reality it would be a joint CIA-FBI investigation that led to his apprehension in February 1994. Readers will learn how simple clues, such as Ames second-wife Rosario would send expensive gifts from their station in Rome, such as a $400 silk scarf to CIA colleagues who sent her basic and everyday household items unavailable in Italy. There would also be a tedious tracing of Ames finances, and the au-
thor’s patient numbering of CIA operatives who had contact with the doomed Soviet spies, out of 400 people, Ames popped up as having the most contacts, so the ladies started from there and worked their way downward. This is not for those wanting a spy thriller, but for those with an appreciation for the difficulty and dead-ends of counter-intelligence work. Ames provided information to the Soviet Union that sealed the fate of eight Sovi-
et intelligence officers who were providing information to the United States. May to December 1985, would see a near-catastrophic loss of stable Soviet assets. The authors are among a team that helped identify Ames, a process that took three years. The book contains biographies of the Soviet spies betrayed by Ames, such GRU (Soviet Military Intelligence) General Dimitry Polyakov, the highest ranking spy for the United States. What always intrigues us about spy stories is the psychology, motives, and deception, the human characteristics of the spy and his betrayers. Ames not only condemned them to death, but also caused the ostracism of their families in the Soviet Union. The CIA mole was motivated mainly by money, betraying his country from 1985 to 1991 for about $1,326,310. The book discusses the bureaucratic roadblocks that
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assistance; offering adaptive athletics opportunities; and more,” said Cmdr. Dante Terronez, Naval District Washington regional director of the Navy Wounded Warrior (NWW) Safe Harbor Program. In addition to raising awareness of NWW, several events are scheduled in the region to “commemorate Warrior Care Month and highlight the extraordinary resilience of our recovering service members,” said Terronez. The Office of Warrior Care Policy, The Office of the Secretary of Defense, the military services, and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will host a Warrior Care Month joint services sitting volleyball tournament at the Pentagon Athletic Club in Arlington, Va., Nov. 21. The event will include the Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, U.S. Special Operations Command, VA, and a team of senior leaders from among each service/agency, as selected. Additionally, there are several resources the adaptive athletics program at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) that Navy Wounded Warrior - Safe Harbor Naval District Washington (NDW) will be actively promoting for Warrior Care month, said Terronez. Included are an archery clinic at Fort Belvoir, Va., Nov. 20 and a scuba clinic at WRNMMC Nov. 21.
Waterline “[The archery clinic] may appeal to many sailors with the change of scenery at a different medical treatment facility and the ability to focus on accomplishing a tangible goal,” said Terronez. “The Scuba Clinic at WRNMMC’s pool is an opportunity for many of the Navy Wounded Warrior - Safe Harbor NDW Sailors to take the first step in receiving their scuba certification. This is an introduction that could follow to classes that will build proficiency and confidence in the water.” At the core of all of these events is raising awareness of NWW and all the benefit it can provide to those who participate in it. “The most important thing people can do during Warrior Care Month is spread the word about wounded warrior support programs,” said Hall. “They can share information online, in community meetings and in discussions with members of their command. Navy leadership is encouraged to make bedside visits, and to highlight wounded warrior support program at the chiefs’ mess or wardroom.” For more information about Warrior Care Month activities or wounded warrior resources visit http://safeharbor. navylive.dodlive.mil or www.facebook. com/navysafeharbor. For assistance in the NDW region for NWW contact Terronez at dante.r.terronez.mil@health.mil. For more information on events happening in NDW, visit www.facebook.com/ NavDistWash.
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“This year, we decided to switch and have Make a Difference Day at the Armed Forces Retirement Home, which was our project October 26. But since we always go to the Armed Forces Retirement Home for National Volunteer Day, we decided to do that first and go to SHABACH! for volunteer day. We like to mix it up for our volunteers because we don’t want them to think that that one thing is all that we do.” The SHABACH! Community Services Emergency Empowerment Center includes an emergency food pantry and clothing closet that regularly provides food and clothing to thousands of adults in the area throughout the year. Hunter said that the National Family Volunteer Day volunteers will be filling bags of groceries to be distributed to low-
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family member, it doesn’t matter if they are Navy, Marine Corps, Army, Air Force or Coast Guard. They have much in common. By banding together they are able to share experiences, resources and friendships that make surviving military life not only bearable but extraordinary. Take this month and stop to acknowledge the uniqueness of the military family and the extraordinary support they give.
future of those working hard in defending the United States through the patient efforts of counter-intelligence, writing, “We could concentrate our efforts on one country and one government (the Soviet Union). Alas, the colleagues who have come after us do not have that luxury.” Read “Circle of Treason” and get a real glimpse of counterespionage. Editor’s Note: Cmdr. Aboul-Enein is the author of three books on the Middle East, and including his latest, “Secret War for the Middle East.” Aboul-Enein is a frequent contributor to Waterline.
income families for the holiday season. While registration for the SHABACH! Emergency Empowerment Center National Family Volunteer Day event is full, Hunter said that other events are available around the region that all should get involved in. “Points of Light is one of the organizations whose events we usually mirror. The Points of Light website [www.pointsoflight. org] is a wonderful website to visit for anyone looking to volunteer.” Hunter encourages all in the region to volunteer in their communities for National Family Volunteer Day, not only for the good of the community, but themselves. “We want everyone to volunteer,” said Hunter. “It just feels so good when you know that you’re doing a good deed for someone else.” For more information on events happening in NDW, visit www.facebook.com/ NavDistWash.
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