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Vol. XXXI No.48

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NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION

Safe shopping practices keeps money secure this season

By Patrick Gordon NDW Public Affairs Throughout the holiday season, people make the most shopping transactions and spend more money than any other time of the year. It is also the time where holiday shoppers are at risk from identity thieves. If they don’t keep a close eye on their personal information and finances, the season can go from being jolly to gloomy in an instant.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, about 8.6 million households nationwide, had at least one member age 12 or older who experienced one or more types of identity theft victimization in 2010. Of those, 3.8 percent experienced the misuse of an existing credit card. Victims of identity theft suffer drained bank accounts, destroyed credit, and even criminal charges for crimes committed in their name. And it can happen to anyone, military or civilian.

“I was on a ship in Yokosuka Japan, and the postal clerk aboard the ship was a friend of mine,” said Bert Nash, occupational safety and health specialist for the Naval Support Activity Washington Safety Office.

“When I transferred from the ship, I had to have a new credit card sent to me.”

Back in those days, the credit card company would send you the card and then send

you the PIN separately. Well, this postal clerk got my card, and instead of sending it to me, waited on the PIN and started charging things out in town on my card. NCIS had to get involved to straighten it out, and the guy ended up going to Leavenworth prison as a result, but not before he had spent a lot of my money.”

According to the U.S. Navy Safety Center, identity thieves use a number of ways to gain a victim’s information without them knowing. One tactic is “skimming,” where a criminal steals a victim’s credit or debit card numbers by using a special storage device when processing your card during a regular transaction. Another high-tech practice of identity thieves is “phishing,” where a criminal pretends to be a financial institution or company that sends spam or pop-up messages so you will reveal your personal information. But low-tech means such as changing a victim’s address through a change of address form or simply stealing a victim’s wallet can both have the same result. As concerning as identity theft can be, there are steps that shoppers can take to ensure that their personal information and finances are not stolen through identity theft.

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U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class LaTunya Howard

Monitoring personal finances, maintaining security software on your computer, and only using secure websites when shopping online are just a few ways that shoppers can prevent identity theft this holiday season.

Commandant’s Corner: CNIC Guiding Principles

Rear Adm. Mark Rich, NDW 88th Commandant

Team 88, Last month Vice Adm. Dixon Smith relieved Vice Adm. French as the fifth Commander, Navy Installations Command.

In this month’s Commandant’s Corner, I want to discuss Admiral Smith’s guiding principles. Guiding principles provide overarching objectives for the enterprise that enable us to develop strategies and set goals for our organizations. We will use this Commander’s intent to align our actions, aid our decision making and synchronize actions across the enterprise.

CNIC Guiding Principles: - Take customer service to the next level - “Can-do” attitudes that result in positive experiences - Be brilliant on the basics - Know and execute policy / doctrine; perfect our guidance - Make smart business decisions - Advance enterprise alignment; seek efficiency and ROI

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- Live a culture of continuous improvement - Base appearance, sharing of lessons, critical introspection - Represent Navy to the surrounding community - Installations are the face of the Navy; it’s about relationships Customer Service: First, we must recognize ourselves as not just a customer service organization but a customer-focused organization. As we provide support across our business lines we should never lose focus on the end user or of the foundational fact that our mission is to enable the mission success of our customers - whether they are mission partner tenants (Fleet), individual Sailors or government civilians (Fighter), or Navy families. I encourage you to know your customers and communicate with them often, take every opportunity to give your customers a positive experience.

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Brilliant on the Basics: Build a solid foundation based on an expert knowledge of and compliance with governing instructions. It sounds overly simple, and perhaps it is, but you need to be clear that you’re executing the mission you are supposed to be, in accordance with the appropriate guidance. To put it another way, do the right thing the right way. If you feel the guidance is not helpful, insufficient, confusing or just flat wrong, raise it to the right level of leadership and let’s get it fixed.

Smart Business Decisions: Improving organizational efficiency is always a worthy objective. In an austere environment - and we are in a long-term austere environment - it’s imperative to work hard at executing the mission at the lowest cost, thereby maximizing efficiency. That

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Navy Wounded Warriors Participate in Recovery Events at the Pentagon

By Patty Babb Navy Wounded Warrior - Safe Harbor Public Affairs WASHINGTON (NNS) Ten seriously wounded, ill and injured Sailors took part in Warrior Care Month events at the Pentagon Nov. 20, sharing their stories and demonstrating the healing power of art and sports therapies.

Two Navy wounded warriors - Chief Logistics Specialist Averill Malone and Damage Controlman 1st Class Anthony Timbers - displayed their artwork and poetry at the inaugural Rehabilitation Expo. The event was attended by senior military leaders - including the Honorable Jessica L. Garfola Wright, undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, and James Rodriguez, deputy assistant secretary of defense, Office of Warrior Care Policy - as well as Department of Defense employees.

“This event gives us as veterans the opportunity to show our art in a way that we normally wouldn’t,” said Timbers, who was injured in separate shipboard and liberty accidents. “[An event like this is] intimidating in a lot of ways but, once the show started, it’s like jumping off a diving board - once you jump, it’s exciting and it’s the best feeling in the world.”

Timbers has long enjoyed writing and poetry, but he set his craft aside when he joined the Navy more than a decade ago. In 2008, while he was serving onboard the USS O’Kane (DDG 77) in the Arabian Gulf, a portable dewatering pump fell on his chest. In the aftermath of the accident, Timbers had difficulty coping with his pain, and his combination of medications resulted in seizures and dependency issues.

In 2012, he was injured again in a liberty boating accident and received treatment at the Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore. Shortly thereafter, Timbers became involved in the Combat Paper Project, a nonprofit organization that helped him make paper using the fibers of his Navy uniform and taught him graphic design skills. The very first piece he created through the Combat Paper Project was displayed prominently at the Rehabilitation Expo.

“Combat Paper opened up a whole new experience for me, graphic art, and I was finally good at something again.

And then, after a while, I became a good Sailor again. It was incredibly therapeutic,” said Timbers, who is planning to medically separate from the Navy this month.

Malone, who suffers from severe post-traumatic stress disorder after a 2008 combat deployment, served as a keynote speaker at the Rehabilitation Expo. He displayed several paintings at the event, along with several medals he earned at adaptive sports events.

“I can honestly say that if it weren’t for adaptive sports and art therapy, I probably wouldn’t be here today. I would be a statistic,” he said.

At the Pentagon Athletic Center, eight wounded warriors - including six members of the Navy’s gold medal-winning team - participated in a sitting volleyball exhibition among all branches of military service. The Navy team placed fourth after several closely contested matches.

“It’s such a great feeling when you have a championship team and you come back together, it’s almost like you can beat anything,” said retired Navy Airman Brett Parks, a lower-leg amputee who was injured in 2012 when he tried to stop a robbery in progress. “Today we were a little rusty,

and we were trying out some new guys. But we know when it’s time to turn it on, we turn it on.”

The event was hosted by the Army’s Warrior Transition Command and supported by the Office of Warrior Care Policy. It also featured a senior leader exhibition game, which included Navy Wounded Warrior (NWW) - Safe Harbor Director Capt. Brent Breining, and was attended by highprofile guests such as Wright and the Honorable Juan M. Garcia, assistant secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs).

All of the Navy wounded warriors who participated in the events at the Pentagon are enrolled in NWW, the Navy’s sole wounded warrior support program. NWW provides individually-tailored assistance to more than 3,000 seriously wounded, ill and injured Sailors and Coast Guardsmen around the country.

Warrior Care Month, held each November, is an effort to increase awareness of resources available to seriously wounded, ill and injured service members, their families and those who care for them. This year’s theme, “A Show of Strength,” recognizes the fortitude and resiliency that seriously wounded, ill and injured service members exhibit during their journey toward recovery.

For more information about NWW, call 1-855-NAVY WWP/1-855-628-9997, visit http://safeharbor.navylive. dodlive.mil or email navywoundedwarrior@navy.mil. For more information about Warrior Care Month activities, visit http://safeharbor.navylive.dodlive.mil or www.facebook. com/navysafeharbor.

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CNIC Celebrates National American Indian Heritage Month

By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Belanger WASHINGTON-Navy Installations Command (NIC) celebrated National American Indian Heritage month with an observance ceremony this week at its headquarters in Washington, D.C. Lt. Cmdr. Stephen Lampert, NIC’s, sustainment, restoration and modernization branch action officer, served as the Master of Ceremonies for the event. Following the national anthem and invocation, Vice Adm. Dixon Smith, Commander, Navy Installations Command, introduced the guest speaker.

“We have a distinguished speaker here today who has a couple of bachelor’s degrees, a couple of master’s degrees and a law degree,” said Smith. “What you won’t find in his biography is that he got married a month ago!”

After a round of applause following the admiral’s opening remarks, the guest speaker for the event, Joe Sarcinella, stepped up to the podium to share his background with the NIC staff gathered in the NIC headquarters atrium. Sarcinella is a senior advisor and liaison for Native American Affairs for the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

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Sarcinella opened his remarks by sharing a few facts and figures and then went on to talk about the importance of Native American service to the military.

“There are 565 federally recognized tribes in the United States,” said Sarcinella. “Native Americans have the highest, per capita, service rate of any other ethnic group in the United States.”

According to the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs, more than 12,000 Sailors and 1,500 civilians of Native American and Alaska Native heritage serve in the Navy.

“It is a huge honor in Indian Country to be in military service to the United States,” said Sarcinella.

The rich history of Native Americans has special meaning to Sarcinella as he spoke about the theme for this year’s National Native American Heritage month, “Native Pride and Spirit: Yesterday, Today and Forever.”

“There was a risk of my mother losing her tribal identity,” Sarcinella said, “but because her parents made certain to keep it going she continued to do the same with her children. The pride and spirit that my long past relatives had by being native became an integral part of us, that cultural fluency to be native people rather than just people that incidentally have Native American blood.”

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Job programs created for Native Americans were designed to get them off the reservation and get them working in mainstream America. Although Sarcinella didn’t grow up in Indian Country, it was important to his mother that her children have a high level of cultural awareness and fluency. Sarcinella added that this year’s theme “remains important to always remember who you are and where you came from.”

Native American Heritage Month first began with the establishment of American Indian Day by the governor of New York in May 1916, but the celebration did not gain official national recognition until President George H. W. Bush approved a joint resolution designating November 1990 as “National American Indian Heritage Month.” Similar proclamations under different names, including “Native American Heritage Month” and “National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month,” have been issued each year since 1994.

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This Week in Naval History December 4

1918 - President Woodrow Wilson sails in USS George Washington for Paris Peace Conference.

1943 - Aircraft from USS Lexington (CV16) and USS Independence (CVL-22) attack Kwajalein Atoll, sinking four Japanese ships and damaging five others, while only three U.S. ships suffered damage.

1944 - USS Flasher (SS-249) sinks Japanese destroyer Kishinami and damages a merchant ship in South China Sea. Flasher is only U.S. submarine to sink over 100,000 tons of enemy shipping in World War II. 1965 - Launch of Gemini 7 piloted by Cmdr. James A. Lovell, USN. This flight consisted of 206 orbits at an altitude of 327 km and lasted 13 days and 18 hours. Recovery

by HS-11 helicopters from USS Wasp (CVS18).

1983 - Aircraft from USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) and USS Independence (CV-62) U.S. Navy photo launch strike against anti-aircraft positions 1941 - Japanese carrier aircraft attack U.S. Pacific Fleet based in Pearl Harin Lebanon that fired on U.S. aircraft. Two bor, Hawaii.

U.S. Navy planes shot down.

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1843 - Launching of USS Michigan at Erie, Pennsylvania, America’s first ironhulled warship, as well as first prefabricated ship.

1941 - USS Lexington (CV-2) sails with Task Force 12 to ferry Marine aircraft to Midway, leaving no carriers at Pearl Harbor.

1901 - First report of Ship Model Basin at Washington Navy Yard issued by Naval Constructor David W. Taylor who designed the basin. First facility of this type in U.S. to test hull shapes.

1917 - German submarine torpedoes sink USS Jacob Jones (DD-61) off England.

1968 - Operation Giant Slingshot began in Mekong Delta.

(BB-30), New York (BB-34), and USS Wyoming (BB-32).

1941 - Japanese carrier aircraft attack U.S. Pacific Fleet based in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

1944 - Seventh Fleet forces land Army troops on shore of Ormoc Bay. Kamikazes attack Task Force, damaging several U.S. Navy ships.

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1830 - Naval Observatory, the first U.S. national observatory, established at Washington, DC, under commander of Lt. Louis Malesherbes.

1917 - Four U.S. battleships arrive at Scapa Flow taking on the role of the British Grand Fleet’s Sixth Battle Squadron.

Include USS Delaware (BB-28), USS Florida

1933 - Secretary of the Navy establishes Fleet Marine Force, integrating a ready-todeploy Marine force with own aircraft into Fleet organization.

1941 - U.S. declares war on Japan.

1941 - USS Wake (PR-3), a river gunboat moored at Shanghai, is only U.S. vessel to surrender during World War II. 1942 - Eight PT boats (PT 36, PT 37, PT 40, PT 43, PT 44, PT 48, PT 59, and PT 109) turn back eight Japanese destroyers attempting to reinforce Japanese forces on Guadalcanal.

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1938 - Prototype shipboard radar, designed and built by the Naval Research Laboratory, is installed on USS New York (BB-34).

1941 - USS Swordfish (SS-193) makes initial U.S. submarine attack on Japanese ship.

1952 - Strike by aircraft from Task Force 77 destroys munitions factory and rail facilities near Rashin, North Korea.

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1941 - Guam surrenders to Japanese.

1941 - Aircraft from USS Enterprise attack and sink Japanese Submarine I-70 north of Hawaiian Islands. A participant in the Pearl Harbor Attack, I-70 is the first Japanese combatant ship sunk during World War II. 1941 - PBY piloted by Lt. Utter of VP-101 shoots down Japanese ZERO in first Navy air-to-air kill during World War II. 1950 - Evacuation operations at Wonson, North Korea, completed.

1979 - First Poseidon submarine configured with Trident missiles, USS Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657) completes initial deterrent patrol.

1982 - USS Ohio (SSBN-726), first Trident-Class submarine, returns from first deterrent patrol.

First Sailors trained on Navy’s newest launch system

By Carrie Griffin Munn Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment (PMA-251) Communications Support In late October, 16 Sailors from USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) became the first in the fleet officially trained to operate the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS).

The initial 10-day training was created for senior leadership either directly involved with launching operations or who perform supervisory duties from CVN 78’s V-2 who maintain the ship’s aircraft launch and recovery equipment.

These members of the ship’s pre-commissioning crew learned the ins and outs of EMALS during classroom instruction and the realistic experience of launching aircraft, under normal and abnormal scenarios, via simulation at contractor General Atomics’ (GA) Ship Set Control Lab in San Diego.

“Being a part of EMALS is a dream come true . this is the ultimate to me,” said Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) 1st Class Earl Fowlkes. “Nine years in [service] and I never dreamed I’d be working on something like this.”

EMALS Training Lead Terry Hotz suggested candid feedback from senior leadership attending the initial training session would be instrumental for improving the curriculum for future sessions, adding many of those receiving the training will be right there to support the initial check-out process and shipboard testing.

“It is incredibly important that we provide the absolute best training possible to those who will be responsible for this criti-

cal equipment, ensuring they can safely do their job,” Hotz said.

The entire effort to provide the critical training for EMALS has been one of collaboration, Hotz explained. Personnel from PMA-251, GA, the Future Aircraft Carrier Program Office (PMS-378) and the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training (CNATT) combined efforts to ensure the training curriculum is comprehensive and robust.

“There will be much less wear-and-tear and there is going to be huge cost-savings in the long-term with EMALS,” said Master Chief Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) Eric Young, who will support the system’s flight deck certification aboard the Ford. “This system doesn’t require the lube and hydraulic fluids that are necessary to run the legacy system. EMALS is much cleaner and easier as a whole. EMALS is less labor-intensive and more user-friendly. The whole system is plug-and-play. If there’s an error of any kind, we know where it is right away with the maintenance workstation.”

Five more training sessions will convene at Lakehurst between early 2015 and mid2016, using the EMALS test site, where operators and maintainers from CVN 78 as well as CNATT instructors and Carrier and Field Service representatives will get up close and personal with the technology. Some of those courses are specifically slated for Electrician’s Mates and Interior Communications Electricians; rates that Hotz said will see an increase in the number of billets due to the electromagnetic technology employed by EMALS. “Going from legacy to EMALS has been a seamless transition,” said Chief Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) Christopher

Instructor and training developer Rich Villarreal gives 16 Sailors on USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) pre-commissioning crew an in-depth lesson on the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) last month at General Atomics’ Ship Set Control Lab in San Diego. The crew will work with the new system during shipboard testing in coming months.

Boone. “They kept the systems very similar and familiar, but made things much easier as well.”

EMALS is currently being installed and undergoing numerous subsystem assessments on the path toward shipboard certification. The system is slated to make its debut in the fleet aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), scheduled to deliver in 2016.

“There is a great deal of excitement sur-

rounding EMALS and its imminent debut aboard the Ford,” said Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment Program Office (PMA 251) Program Manager Capt. Stephen Tedford. “This technology stands to impact the future of naval aviation for the next half century and well-trained personnel are critical to its integration in the fleet and continued success.”

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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)

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

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 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?

(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

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 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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Navy redesigns Amphibious Assault Ship spaces via human systems integration

By Zack Shelby NSASP Public Affairs What do you imagine when you hear the words - “designing spaces”?

Fans of a popular television reality program featuring home redecoration might think of transformed home interior spaces.

Navy human systems integration (HSI) engineers at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Human Performance Lab imagine transformed warship spaces that enable Sailors to achieve optimal performance.

However, the design process does not begin aboard a ship.

It begins at the Human Performance Lab where the Navy ship spaces are designed, redesigned, and transformed.

The WASP Class Amphibious Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) mock-up Combat Information Center (CIC) is a case in point.

“We have a full-scale space analysis effort going on,” said Alex Salunga, NSWCDD Surface Combat Systems Group Lead.

The LHD carries 1,200 crew and 1,800 Marines in various detachments.

“After our carriers, the amphibious assault ships are the biggest combatant ships in the Navy,” said Jon Dachos, NSWCDD Command Center Design Lead.

Some of its other diverse functions include embassy rescues, humanitarian efforts and amphibious assaults.

“It has the largest hospital afloat in the Navy after the two MERCY Class Hospital ships,” said Dachos. “It has a full intensive care unit with 64 patient beds and six operating rooms. An additional 536 beds can be set up in an ‘Overflow Casualty Ward’ as needed. It’s a great ship - very capable. It carries about 40 aircraft.”

The HSI tasking for the LHD mock-up required arranging the Combat Information Center space as optimally as possible to maximize operational effectiveness, said Salunga, adding that it could be done a couple of different ways, including taking a look at how to optimize the work performance for some of the individual watch stations.

“That’s sort of the approach we took,” Salunga said. “The process started out with identifying the watch stations we could focus on and identifying some experienced fleet personnel who could provide feedback.”

Salunga cited surveys, interviews and a tool known as a “doll house” which is a portable layout display, explaining why certain personnel belong in specific areas. Information analyzed in the doll house includes dimensions of the space, amount of consoles within the space, and other important equipment.

“You can start placing things and coming up with various layouts,” Salunga said.

However, he also cautioned that with nine layout options, everything can’t be depicted on such a small platform.

“You can’t just bring fleet folks into a full-scale mock-up like this,” Salunga said.

“It becomes too difficult. With this (the doll house) platform, you can’t necessarily achieve a variation in floor height from one set of consoles to another. Sometimes, even if it’s a good idea, it gets eliminated because it’s not executable.”

Another tool the HSI branch uses is the Spatial Analysis Link Tool (SALT).

“SALT takes into consideration the relationships your subject matter experts identified as critical,” Salunga said. “You take those relationships and input the fleet feedback, then the tool is able to rank layouts

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Alex Salunga, Surface Combat Systems Group Lead for the NSWCDD Human Systems Integration Branch, uses a small scale model to explain why certain personnel belong in specific areas. against each other.”

A consensus from the fleet may rank one proposed layout over another or eliminate one altogether.

“Once we narrow it down to two or three layouts, then we can do a full-scale mockup,” Salunga said. He added that from there, engineers can develop a scenario, bring the fleet in and show them different options.

At that point, Sailors engage in a scenario that places them in an environment physically representative of what the CIC looks like. The scenario also sets up representative situations that prompt Sailors to think about what else they may need and if the layout being considered would support those needs.

“After that, they typically tweak the final layouts, and from that we rescore the layouts,” Salunga said. “Sometimes there’s a clear winner. Sometimes it’s really close.

Throughout the process we keep our stakeholders involved.”

Once the layouts are analyzed, the HSI branch generates a report laying out the process. Salunga said 262 Sailors and Stakeholders participated in the LHD mock-up.

“We protect their identities as part of our process,” he said. “We record data as far as demographics such as rank and experience to give credence to the process. Once we do that, we formally submit the report along with our recommendation for the layout.

Then the sponsor goes to the requirements office - in this case OPNAV (Office of the Chief of Naval Operations) and they’ll officially sign off on the actual layout.

Salunga said the lab can be divided and reconfigured in many different ways. “Right now we have two full-scale mock-ups - a DDG Flight III and an LHD 2 in our lab,” Salunga said. “We also have a robust science and technology research and development team that looks into different ways they can aid the operator. This could link mental models to process or display information in the most efficient way for operators to make their decisions. Eliminating human error can be as simple as putting signs up in a particular area to assist the operator in doing or not doing something.”

In addition to the implementation of simple signs, a doll house and SALT, the HSI branch also uses eye-tracking technology and lighting measurement, among other techniques.

“We have diverse tools available to support

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JBM-HH command talks Ebola, employee concerns during town hall

By Guv Callahan Pentagram Staff Writer Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Commander Col. Mike Henderson addressed the concerns of employees and the installation’s preparedness for the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) during a town hall Nov. 12 in Spates Community Club on the Fort Myer portion of the joint base.

Much media attention has been given to the massive outbreak of Ebola in western Africa and the few cases that have popped up in the United States.

U.S. military personnel are being deployed to Africa to provide assistance to medical personnel and to build 17 disease treatment centers by the end of the year, according to several Pentagon news reports.

During the town hall, Henderson and Lt. Col. Ed Weinberg, commander of JBM-HH’s Andrew Rader U.S. Army Health Clinic, briefed employees and community members on the basics of the virus, the goal of the mission and the operating procedures for disease prevention on base.

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direct contact with infected patients.

“The bottom line is, right now the United States Army folks who are deploying are not the ones who are directly treating the patients,” Henderson said. “We should rest assured with that.”

All troops deployed to these countries will undergo a 21-day quarantine, or “monitoring period,” upon completion of the mission to confirm that they did not contract the virus. According to various Pentagon news reports, these service members will be sequestered at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.; Fort Bragg, N.C.; Fort Hood or Fort Bliss, in Texas; or Joint Base Lewis McChord in Washington.

One service member on JBMHH will be deploying to western Africa in support of the 86th Combat Support Hospital out of Fort Campbell, Weinberg said. That person will likely undergo a monitoring period on a different installation, Weinberg said.

Weinberg assured community members that Rader Clinic was prepared for the disease.

Infrastructure is in place to transport patients to Walter Reed and to trace an infected patient’s points of contact - where they went, who they talked to, what

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Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Commander Col. Mike Henderson gives remarks at a town hall meeting in Spates Community Club Nov. 12. Henderson addressed current events and concerns voiced by those in the JBM-HH community. they touched - on base before their case was discovered, he said.

He also stressed that it can only be transmitted through contact with bodily fluids, and that there have only been a handful of cases in the nation.

“It’s not spreading like the flu,” Weinberg said. “You should be more concerned about the flu.”

Employee questions, concerns After the Ebola briefing, Henderson also addressed employee concerns raised during his intro-

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ductory town hall meeting in early September.

JBM-HH employees raised questions about teleworking, a year-round wellness program and civilian use of the dining facility.

Regarding teleworking, Henderson acknowledged that there were many considerations before employees are approved to telework regularly.

Only two of more than 200 eligible employees have actually been approved to telework, he said.

Measuring productivity can be difficult, and approvals take time.

Regardless, he said he would be willing to look at telework options.

Other employees wondered whether the Installation Management Command’s wellness program could be a year-round feature. Henderson said that extending the policy would not be possible, but encouraged employees to exercise during their lunch breaks or before and after work hours.

Under current IMCOM policy, the one-time-only program allows federal civilian employees up to six months to participate in exercise during work hours.

Finally, Henderson and Command Sgt. Maj. Randall Woods explained why civilians were unable to use the dining facility on base.

Woods said the dining facility has to maintain a 65 percent utilization rate from meal-card holding service members. If card-holder use dips below that number, the dining facility could be closed down, he said.

“It’s not about money, it’s about intent and purpose of chow halls,” Woods said.

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Joint Base hosts Hiring Our Heroes; helps transitioning service members

By Michelle L. Gordon Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling Public Affairs

Veterans, transitioning service members and military spouses all looking for their next employment opportunity, filled Bolling Club on Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB) during the Hiring Our Heroes job fair, held Nov.12.

The event also included workshops to assist attendees with dressing professionally, preparing a resume and perfecting their elevator pitch.

“An elevator pitch is what you say in the 20 seconds you have to sell yourself when you walk up to an employer,” said Kathryn Poynton, director of events for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Hiring Our Heroes program. “The workshops prepare our job seekers to be professional and look professional. We tell them, ‘when you approach a table and you start talking, that might be your very first interview with your next boss. So treat it as such.’”

The JBAB Hiring Our Heroes event included 85 employers with jobs ranging from hourly-wage work to career management. Poynton said one of the criteria for employer participation was availability. All of the employers must be hiring to attend a Hiring Our Heroes event.

As of the morning of the event, nearly 500 job seekers had pre-registered to attend, but with walk-ins, Poynton said she hoped to see around 600 job seek-

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Barbara Owsley, a senior technical recruiter for an aerospace defense company, talks with potential new employees during the Hiring Our Heroes job fair held Nov.12 on Joint Base AnacostiaBolling (JBAB). Owsley, whose company provides contractors on JBAB, as well as other military installations nationwide, said she attends Hiring Our Heroes events because the military community is well-trained and they also have the work ethic, loyalty, and dedication, that her company looks for in their employees. ers throughout the day.

“Job seekers can walk-in to our events, but one of the benefits of preregistering is that they can upload their resume into our system,” she said. “When they upload their resume as part of the pre-registration process, all of the employers get their resume ahead of time. This enables them to contact the applicants that they’re interested in speaking with, before the

job fair even takes place.”

In addition to employers, the event also included service providers such as Veterans Affairs, the JBAB Military Family Support Center, and human resources assistants. Poynton said including the service organizations is an important part of the process.

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Continued from 1 “People can do a lot to protect themselves from identity in a few simple ways,” said Ray Murphy, assistant vice president of the Navy Federal Credit Union information security program. “Keep your computer systems and mobile devices updated with operating system patches and fixes, make sure your anti-virus and anti-malware is up to date, and make sure your fire wall is active and updated. These can act as a first line of defense on your devices.”

Murphy also advised to be cautious when online, and

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only shop at trusted websites. Using strong passwords, and different passwords for different accounts, will also protect your information online. He also warned that mobile devices are being targeted with malicious code, so smart phone users should be aware of what they download.

“Of course, one of the best ways to stay on top of your finances is to check your credit report annually, and check your financial statements frequently to see if there has been any suspicious activity,” said Murphy “If there has been, contact your bank immediately.”

By staying vigilant, shoppers make sure their identity stays safe, and their holidays stay pleasant.

For more information on identifying and preventing identity theft, visit http://safetycenter.navy.mil/.

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Continued from 7 “These organizations provide veterans with services like helping them with housing, helping them with their benefits, reviewing their resumes - things like that,” she said.

“Job seekers need to have their benefits and resumes correct before they can actually engage the employers.”

Poynton said she’s been working with Hiring Our Heroes for more than three years now and she’s seen the successful transition of service members into civilian careers.

“Immediately after each event, we survey the employers to get their feedback,” she said. “We follow up with the companies, and we also follow up with the job seekers. This allows us to find out the number of hires per each event.”

Poynton said the feedback she receives from the employers is consistent. They tell her the caliber of job seekers who attend Hiring Our Heroes events far exceeds the caliber of people who attend general-public job fairs.

“These individuals have military bearing, and that’s very impressive to employers,” said Poynton. “The employers also know that everyone coming here has something to offer them. They’re transitioning out of the military and they need that next career, so they’re here seriously looking. It’s just about making that match and finding the right company for the right person.”

The Hiring Our Heroes program launched in 2011 as a nationwide initiative to help veterans, transitioning service members, and military spouses find meaningful employment opportunities.

This was the third time JBAB hosted an event. Poynton said they hold approximately five to six events throughout the Northern Virginia, Washington, D.C. area each year. The next one is scheduled for the end of March and the details can be found at their website, www.uschamberfoundation. org/hiring-our-heroes.

The Hiring Our Heroes events are free and open to all transitioning service members, veterans and military spouses. Poynton said she encourages anyone affiliated with the military and looking for a job to attend and most importantly, to attend with an open mind.

“Come and be yourself,” she said. “Be professional, concentrate on your skill sets, and take a look at each of the employers. Look beyond the companies and find out exactly what it is they have to offer. You’ll be surprised. A company you may never have considered might be your perfect home.”

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This Holiday Rutting season creates deer strike dangers Season Stay at a Navy Lodge

By NSAW Safety Office

The holiday season is rapidly approaching. For a season of family and fun, be sure to make the Navy Lodge the destination of choice for holiday guests. Guests of the Navy Lodge save over 40 percent compared to other hotels and there are never any additional fees or taxes.

“Navy Lodges are the perfect place for guests of military members to stay during the holidays,” said Navy Lodge Annapolis general manager, Malerie Shipe-Meyers. “Navy Lodges offer a great value with our spacious rooms, kitchenettes, free Wi-Fi and many other amenities we offer. We also provide a complimentary breakfast in the morning, a manager’s reception, in-room coffee and premier guest service.”

Navy Lodge guests will experience a variety of room types to include family suites, with cable TV and DVD player, as well as kitchenettes with a microwave and full size refrigerator. Navy Lodges are equipped with guest laundry facilities, vending areas and playgrounds for the little ones. As an added convenience, pets can stay at many Navy Lodges. Please contact the Navy Lodge regarding pet policies.

To make a reservation for any of the 39 Navy Lodges worldwide, call toll free at 1-800-628-9466 (NAVY-INN) or log onto www.navy-lodge.com. For other military lodging options, go to www.dodlodging.com.

As the mating and hunting season for deer moves into high gear, Naval District Washington workforce is reminded to be aware of deer that may dart into their path when travelling.

According to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) more than half of all deer-motor vehicle collisions occur from October to December.

Furthermore, WDFW adds that deer are most active at dusk and dawn, but can venture onto roadways at any time of the day. WDFW offer these tips to prevent deer crashes: -If you see one deer crossing a road, watch out for more.

Deer often travel in groups and move fast to stay caught up with each other.

-If you see brake lights ahead of you, it could be because the driver has spotted a deer. Stay watchful as you drive through the area, as more deer could try to cross.

-Take note of deer-crossing signs slow down and anticipate a deer darting out and drive accordingly.

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-Drive more slowly at night, giving yourself time to see a deer with your headlights. Lowering the brightness of your lights will make it easier to see deer.

-Be especially watchful when traveling near steep roadside banks. Deer can appear on the roadway with little or no warning.

-Be aware that headlights confuse deer and may cause them to move erratically or stop.

-If you accidentally hit and kill a deer, report the location of the deer’s carcass to the city, county or state highway department and police (you will need the police report for filing an insurance claim to repair your vehicle) that has jurisdiction over that stretch of road.

You also have a right to claim the carcass once it’s reported to authorities. You are then free to take the deer to a butcher or other place of business to process the deer. It’s often times possible for a processed deer to “dress out” to well over 100 pounds of good nutritious meat to stock your freezer or possibly be donated to a homeless shelter that will greatly appreciate the generous donation.

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is achieved through a combination of three basic methodologies: disciplined execution, process improvement, and innovation, or more likely, some combination of the three.

At the same time, we should be looking at getting the most return on our dollars spent, i.e., maximizing effectiveness.

Know and understand the difference between efficiency and effectiveness - they aren’t the same thing, and they aren’t mutually exclusive - we should carefully evaluate which approach is appropriate for the particular situation.

Continuous Improvement: Do not use COL 4 as a crutch. Leverage your resources to execute functions in a manner that is representative of this professional organization. Your team deserves to be proud of the services they provide. Find innovative ways to achieve customer sat-

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our analysis,” Salunga said. “This lab is an analysis tool. We look at how we can use all of our different assets to provide our warfighters with the best answers. We like to be integrated into the process as early as possible.”

Once the HSI branch is involved, it leaves virtually no stone unturned. “We’ll look at

isfaction even when you don’t have all the resources we would like. Focus on getting better every day.

Represent the Navy: This is an “All hands” assignment and our responsibility toward professional conduct does not end at the fence line.

We are part of the communities surrounding our installations. The communities in which we live depend on us just like we depend on them. That relationship must be nurtured; never forget that each and every one of us represents the Navy in some way to someone.

I am proud of how far we’ve come in the past year and you should be as well. These guiding principles provide clear direction on how we should focus our efforts going forward. Please know I am committed toward supporting your efforts in achieving mission objectives.

Thanks Team 88, Keep Charging

colors, text sizes, lighting and touch capability,” said Dachos. “We’ll perform task analysis on what the Fleet Sailor needs to do.”

Navy engineers also look at whether information is displayed in the ideal manner for warfighters to accomplish their missions.

“That’s what this amazing lab can do - the whole spectrum of providing for the user’s needs to ensure Fleet operators can effectively use the hardware and software,” Dachos said. “We’re kind of the glue that integrates the end users with the systems.”

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CNO to Present 2014 Admiral Stockdale Award From Defense Media Activity

The Chief of Naval Operations will present the Vice Adm. James B. Stockdale Leadership Award during a ceremony at the Pentagon Hall of Heroes Dec. 4 at 10 a.m.

The ceremony will be streamed live on www.navy.mil.

The award is presented annually to two commissioned officers on active duty in the grade of commander or below who are serving in command of a single unit and who serve as examples of excellence in leadership and conspicuous contribution to the improvement of leadership in the Navy.

A Naval Academy graduate and pilot, Stockdale ejected from his A-4E Skyhawk over North Vietnam in September 1965 and was held prisoner and frequently tortured until February 1973. He received the Medal of Honor in 1976 and served as president of the Naval War College from October 1977 until August 1979.

For more information, please visit www. navy.mil , www.facebook.com/usnavy, or www.twitter/usnavy.

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class M.J. Gonzalvo

Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert delivers remarks to Sailors and guests during the 2013 Vice Adm. James Bond Stockdale Leadership Award ceremony at the Pentagon. Cmdr. Richard N. Massie and Cmdr. Leif E. Mollo are the 2013 recipients of the award, which is presented annually to two commissioned officers in the grade of commander or below who serve as examples of excellence in leadership.

NEXCOM Launches My Navy Blue Rewards Program

By Kristine M. Sturkie Navy Exchange Service Command Public Affairs The Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) announced Dec. 2 its customer reward program for its web store, myNavyExchange.com.

The new My Navy Blue Rewards program rewards customers for shopping online.

“NEX customers are very loyal and special to us,” said Christine Estes, NEXCOM vice president, Omni-channel. “We know customers have a number of retailers they can shop, particularly online. The My Navy Blue Rewards program is our way of thanking customers for choosing to shop the NEX web store.”

To participate in the My Navy Blue Rewards program, customers must be signed

up for the myNavyExchange.com e-mail list.

Once enrolled in the program, customer online purchases will be tracked over a specific time period and for every $500 spent, the customer will receive a $10 electronic reward that can be redeemed in a NEX or online. Customers can opt out of the rewards program by unchecking the My Navy Blue Rewards option in their e-mail preference profile.

The first rewards period where purchases will be tracked is Nov. 1, 2014 - Jan. 31, 2015, with the electronic reward being distributed via e-mail in February 2015.

More information on the My Navy Blue Rewards program can be found under the Customer Service section on myNavyExchange.com.

For more news from Navy Exchange Service Command, visit www.navy.mil/local/ nexcom/.

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Naval Support Activity Washington (NSAW) is proud to announce their involvement with Toys for Tots this Holiday Season. If you would like to donate a toy, please visit our drop locations listed below. The last day for donations will be 14 December 2014. For more information about toys that are acceptable, please visit the FAQ section on the Toys for Tots website listed below.

NSAW Admin Building - Bldg. 101 Fitness Center - Bldg. 22 MWR ITT Office - Bldg. 22 Admiral Gooding Center - Bldg. 22 Navy Exchange - Bldg. 184 Navy Federal Credit Union - Bldg. 418 Catering and Conference Center - Bldg. 211 CNIC Building - Bldg. 111 Washington Planning Center - Bldg. 220, 4th Floor Security - Bldg. 166, ground level If you would like to make a monetary donation, you can do so on the Toys for Tots Website at: http://toysfortots.org/donate

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