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September 13, 2013

SOUTH POTOMAC PILOT NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY SOUTH POTOMAC DEFENSE COMMUNITY

Dahlgren 95th Anniversary Speaker Series kicks off

By Andrew Revelos Staff Writer

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The Dahlgren 95th Anniversary Speaker series got off to a rousing start Sept. 11 with a panel discussion at the Community House featuring Leon Lysher and Jack Meyers-retired Dahlgren employees with decades of work and life experience onboard the installation. The pair discussed a diverse topic list that offered insight about the installation’s culture and history. The panel was moderated by Ed Jones, the former editor of the Free Lance Star and a well-known advocate for all things Dahlgren. Minnesota native Leon Lysher came to Dahlgren after a stint in the Army and a gold mining job in Alaska. Recruited to work in Dahlgren in 1958 while he was a college student, Lysher’s

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Left to right, Ed Jones, Leon Lysher and Jack Meyers share a laugh during a discussion about their lives at Dahlgren on Sept. 11. The Dahlgren 95th Anniversary Speaker Series continues at the Community House on Sept. 18 from 11:30am to 12:30pm. initial position as a GS-5 physicist brought in an annual salary of $4,490. “I ﬁlled out the application and got a letter that said ‘you got a job here, come to

work,’” said Lysher. “[There was] no interview, no nothing, no further questions.” He recalled his ﬁrst-ever journey down Route 218. “It wasn’t the big superhigh-

way that it is now,” he joked. “It was narrow and there weren’t any houses on it. I drove and drove and said ‘my God, what have I gotten myself into.’”

Lysher’s ﬁrst assignment was to study the hazards of electromagnetic radiation. The HERO program, as it was later known, was a watershed moment in Dahlgren’s history. As the era of naval guns drew to a close, the work helped the installation stay relevant. “When I came [to Dahlgren], HERO was just beginning,” said Lysher. ‘We did our ﬁrst tests [with] missiles aboard a ship. We put igniters in them, turned on the radar and the transmitters and some of them went off, so the HERO program was born. After a couple of years, they found more problems. Explosives became more sensitive and transmitters became more powerful. more problems. We were basically deluged with money.

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CERT training prepares leaders for disasters By Andrew Revelos Staff Writer Fleet and Family Readiness sponsored Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training held Sept. 9 at the emergency operations center at Naval Support Facility Dahlgren. The CERT program was established by FEMA to provide disaster training to volunteer members of local communities. The training was provided by Cici Clay, CERT program officer for Washington D.C. “Local volunteers can play a role [in the response to a disaster] by being there before professional responders can arrive. We’re not training people to be firemen or surgeons; we’re training them to be able to help other people before the paramedics get there. You can make a difference in somebody’s life, even if it’s a small thing like first aid.” Clay provided training that highlighted how concerned citizens could make a difference in their communities during times of crisis. Of course, one can’t help neighbors if they are themselves unprepared for a disaster. Clay emphasized the need for basic disaster

Cici Clay, CERT program ofﬁcer for Washington D.C., teaches volunteers at Naval Support Facility Dahlgren about helping their community in the aftermath of a disaster.

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Carol Allison, right, work and family life consultant at Naval Support Facility Dahlgren, practices putting out a “ﬁre” with an extinguisher Sept. 9. Cici Clay, left, CERT program ofﬁcer for Washington D.C., helped participants practice with the training device. preparation, such as storing photocopies of all essential documents in a safe place. “Make photocopies of everything you need to restart your life,” she advised. “Think of the things you need-not just food and water, but communication.”

Establishing an out-ofstate check-in can help people stay in touch when local phone coverage is affected by a disaster, said Clay. For instance, if a disaster area is affected by local call failures, a friend or relative out of state can facilitate three-

way communication between parties in the affected area. Clay encouraged participants to think outside the box when it comes to serving others in the aftermath of a disaster. “Your dog needs water, too,” she said.

“I always tell people to store extra water for the elderly.” Understand local hazards and emergency procedures is a vital part of serving one’s community is times of disaster. While there is a national framework for disaster response encompassed by the CERT program, speciﬁc plans are changing all the time. “You need to stay up-to-date,” said Clay. “The ﬁrst thing people want to do [after a disaster] is to throw on the cape and go outside, but you need to stop and as-

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Navy Announces Plan to Demolish Historic Building The Navy is proposing to demolish Building D70 at Naval Support Facility (NSF) Indian Head, Md. Building D70 was constructed in 1919 to house civilian employees at the Naval Powder Factory and is a contributing resource to the Indian Head Residential Historic District. Demolition work on the vacant, gutted building is scheduled to begin late this year or early 2014. The ﬁnal cost of the demolition has not yet been negotiated. Cultural resources ofﬁcer Tommy Wright explains, “The building itself is not individually historic, but is a contributing element to NSF Indian Head’s Residential Historic District.” This district contains residences built between 1890 and 1945, from the earliest, modestly sized dwellings from the early 1890s, to the larger turn-ofthe century houses, to dwellings from the two years leading up to World War I, which compromises the largest group of buildings within the district. Wright adds that, with the exception of the Residential Historic District, the other historic districts established on NSF Indian Head --Proving Grounds, Powder Factory, Extrusion Plant, Polaris Plant (proposed), Moon Bounce, Goddard Power Plant and Steam Lines, and the White Plains-Indian Head Railroad -- were all established based upon unique processes or mission needs of the U.S. Navy. “The loss of an individual contributing element, as in the case of Building D70, would not prevent a historic district from retaining its unique historic status,” says Wright. “In order to ensure that the his-

toric record of these districts [on NSF Indian Head] is not lost, the Navy conducted several studies,” explains Wright. The ﬁrst was a base-wide evaluation of buildings, called Determination of Eligibility (DOE) that started in 1997 which evaluated structures that were 50 years of age or older. It was from this initial survey that NSF Indian Head identiﬁed the four original historic districts: Naval Proving Ground, Naval Powder Factory, Naval Extrusion Plant and the Naval Residential Historic Districts. Currently, the Navy has prepared additional historic documentation on the Naval Powder Factory and the Naval Extrusion Plant in the form of Historic American Engineering Record (HAER). This process involves the individual recordation of each structure in a historic district and describes the architecture and mission of each building. This exhaustive report also includes photographs, drawings and maps pertinent to the individual building as well as its role in the energetic process of the time period. The HAER report follows National Park Service guidelines and is coordinated and approved by the Park Service and will be archived at the U.S. National Archives. The demolition of Building D70 is necessary due to failing structural integrity and also to continue the 25-percent building footprint reduction set forth by the Department of Navy. All associated utilities and sidewalks would be removed as part of the proposed action. As required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the

New Jersey to Hold Special General Election for U.S. Senate The State of New Jersey will hold a special general election for U.S. Senate on Wednesday, October 16, 2013, to ﬁll the seat vacated by the death of Senator Frank Lautenberg. You can register to vote and/or request an absentee ballot by mail, email or fax using the Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) automated tool at http://www.fvap.gov/ request/request-nj.html. Do not forget to indicate on the FPCA how you would like to receive your absentee ballot (by mail, email or fax). Uniformed Services personnel, their eligible family members and overseas citizens who are qualiﬁed to vote in New Jersey and requested a mail-in ballot for all elections in the current year will automatically receive a ballot for this special general election. Your voted ballot must be received before 8 p.m., EDT, on October 16, 2013. If you are concerned about not receiving your ballot in time to vote, use the Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (FWAB, SF-186). The FWAB automated tool is available at http://www.fvap.gov/request/ request-nj.html .

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September 25 * FPCA request deadline - October 9 * Voted ballot received by election authority - Before 8 p.m., EDT, October 16 To determine the status of your absentee ballot request, contact your local election office. You can find contact information for your voting jurisdiction at https://voter. njsvrs.com/PublicAccess/servlet/ com.saber.publicaccess.control.Pu blicAccessNavigationServlet?USER PROCESS=PublicSearch. Go to FVAP.gov http://www. fvap.gov to fill out and print your forms today! Additional information on the completion and submission of these forms is available, along with New Jersey voter-specific information. Find a list of county contact information at https:// www.fvap.gov/r3/jurisdictions/NJ. Remember, you also can contact your unit or installation voting assistance officers for assistance during any step of the process. Call Frank Furtado or Tina Sims at 540653-1839/2205/4348 at Dahlgren and Roni Ackley at 301-744-4850 at Indian Head.

Building D70 is located on N. Jackson Rd. across the street from Navy Federal Credit Union at Naval Support Facility Indian Head. Built in 1919 to house civilian employees at the Naval Powder Factory, the vacant, gutted structure will be demolished. Navy is preparing an Environmental Assessment (EA) to consider the potential environmental effects for the proposed project. This project is subject to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (Section 106 process). Through consultation with the Maryland Historical Trust (MHT), it has been determined the project would have an adverse effect on the NSF Indian Head Residential Historic District. Through consultation with the MHT, the Navy has developed a memorandum of agreement which includes terms for addressing the adverse effect. The Navy has agreed to pro-

vide a written history of Building D70, provide a detailed description of the building, ﬁle existing architectural drawings with the MHT and ﬁle copies of historical photographs with the MHT. “The Navy notifies Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of the proposed action and requests if these agencies have any information on threatened and endangered species that may occur in the area,” says Wright. “We also send the EA to the Maryland Clearing House which distributes the EA to various state and local agencies requesting comments, and we no-

tiﬁed the Charles County Department of Planning to request their comments on the EA.” According to Wright, the agencies that responded indicated that they had no comments on Navy’s proposed action. “The ground disturbance will be below the 5,000 square feet threshold established by MDE which requires an approved erosion and sediment control plan. However, as with any ground disturbing actions, the Navy will follow best management practices for erosion and sediment control during the demolition,” emphasizes Wright.

Dahlgren 95th Anniversary Events

Speaker Series/ Brown Bag Lunch

Sept. 18 11:30 a.m. - Bldg. 1470 Conf. Room - A Conversation with Elizabeth Lyddane Agnew and Chris Agnew, moderated by Ed Jones. Oct. 9 11:30 a.m. - Gray’s Landing A Conversation with Helen Gray and Margie Stevens, moderated by Ed Jones.

Anniversary Celebrations Oct. 16 10 a.m. - Parade Field - Dahlgren 95th Anniversary/Diversity Day Celebration - USNA Electric Brigade band, NDW Ceremonial Guard performance, historic displays, Diversity Day displays, historic base tours (reserve by emailing jeron.hayes@navy.mil)

5:30 p.m. -Univ. of Mary Washington-Dahlgren Campus - Dahlgren Heritage Museum Anniversary Reception - Reading of proclamation from Gov. McDonnell, guest speakers. Oct. 19 1 - 3:30 p.m. - Historic tours of NSF Dahlgren (register online at www.dahlgrenmuseum.org starting Sept. 16). 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Dahlgren School Reunion - Open to all

Dahlgren School Alumni. Contact Margie Stevens, Margie.stevens. ctr@navy.mil, for more info.

NSASP Navy Ball Oct. 4 Fredericksburg Hospitality House, tickets available at www. navyball.org. Guest speaker - Ed Jones, who grew up on “the Station” at Dahlgren and is retired editor of the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star newspaper.

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CARPOOL/VANPOOL WANTED Rider wanted for 7-passenger vanpool. Departs F’burg/Gordon Rd Commuter lot @ 7AM. Departs NSWCDD/Dahlgren @ 4:30PM. Transportation Incentive Program System (TIPS) qualified van. Contact Antonio at (540) 653-1512 Rider seeks rideshare from La Plata to Indian Head. Call Louie, 276-971-9837 Employee moving to either Fredericksburg, Va. or Maryland is in need of commute to NSF Dahlgren. Ideal commuting arrangement would be transportation that could pick-up and drop-off at or close to place of residence. Please call for more information, Sheila 214-529-3690. Starting a Van Pool, A+ quality 7-passenger van, departs NLT 0635 from Fieldhouse/Courthouse Rd. commuter lot to Dahlgren, Mon-Thurs work hours (0715-1545) except Fri (0715-1515). Call Cheng at 540-653-5909. A-Gate commuter wanted only. Van or carpool desired from any rideshare parking area or Reston Town Center. Depart between 0600-0700, return from Indian Head between 160-1700. Call Moses, (301) 743-4180. Van or Car pool desired from Fredericksburg or King George to Indian Head, Monday thru Friday with one RDO, prefer 7-430, but hours can be negotiated. 703909-3380. Riders wanted to start a carpool from the Northern Neck (Lively/Lancaster), passing through Warsaw at 0605 and Montross at 0615, arriving at Dahlgren by 0700; leaving Dahlgren at 1600. Call Lea at 540-6536776 or 571-232-5412 (cell).

Want to start a carpool? Need riders? “Commuter Clearinghouse” is a source for information on carpools or vanpools that already exist and need passengers, as well as a place for employees to advertise to start a carpool or vanpool. Whether you already operate a carpool or vanpool and are open to accepting new riders or need drivers, or if you are looking for a carpool or vanpool, provide us with information that might help you find or start a commuter opportunity, such as, where you will need to commute from and to, preferred schedule and contact information. You can send your information via e-mail to nsasp_pao_dlgr@ navy.mil or contact our office toll free at 866-359-5540, or DSN 249-8153, or 540653-8153.

FREDERICKSBURG RIDESHARING GWRideConnect is a free ridesharing service that assists persons who are seeking daily transportation from Fredericksburg, Stafford, Spotsylvania, Caroline and King George counties to employment locations in Dahlgren among other employment sites. www.gwregion.org/gwride connect.html.

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Dr. Walter Sessions, a Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division lead scientist and engineer and an engineering professor at Germanna Community College lectures students on ethical considerations in engineering. Germanna Community College added an electrical engineering program to its curriculum this year, and the courses are available at the University of Mary Washington Dahlgren Campus in addition to Germanna Community College’s Fredericksburg Campus. Sessions will teach Electrical Circuits II and Signals and Systems in the Spring 2014 semester. Students who complete the two-year program with a grade point average of 3.2 or higher gain automatic admission to their choice of the University of Virginia or Virginia Tech.

NSWCDD senior engineer passionate about teaching By Elliott Fabrizio Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Public Affairs “You ever notice how old men sit around and talk about how the sky is falling and two or three decades later, there’s a new set of old men sitting around talking about how the sky is falling?” Dr. Walter Sessions, a lead scientist and engineer at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), moonlights as a professor for Germanna Community College where he educates the next generation of engineers and scientists to ensure his hypothetical question remains true. “It’s nationally known that we have a huge abyss coming when there will hardly be any scientists and engineers,” said Sessions. The desire to ﬁll that abyss with passionate and talented science, technology engineering and mathematics (STEM) professionals led Sessions to the new electrical engineering program at Germanna. In August 2013, he began teaching two fall semester classes - Electrical Circuits I and Introduction to Engineering. As a lead scientist for NSWCDD’s Electromagnetics and Sensors Department with an engineering doctorate, he may seem overqualiﬁed for entry level instruction, but Sessions says those with the most experience are precisely who should be teaching. “I see a real issue coming down the road if we don’t get people with a lot of experience to educate the younger generation on how to be a good engineers and scientists,” said Sessions. “I teach because I want to give back as much as I can and get students excited about engineering.” Sessions also points out that experience is nothing without a passion for teaching. “You can take someone that knows the subject, but if they have an ‘I’m here to collect a paycheck’ mentality, they will turn those students off, and those students

may have had an affinity for that subject,” said Sessions. He adds, “I’ve seen it happen too often.” Germanna student Briana Sterns certainly has that affinity for engineering, dating back to a childhood propensity for taking apart her mother’s appliances. “The spark really hit me when I was in 9th grade, and I was part of a program called First Robotics,” said Sterns. “It centers on building a robot to do a specific task within six weeks and that sparked my creativity and imagination. At that point, I decided that engineering was where my heart was.” To reach students like Sterns, Sessions uses his experiences in engineering to connect the theoretical with the practical. “When teachers go up there and just read out of the book, I hate that,” said Sessions. “To me, that’s not teaching.” During one class, he relates the engineering failure that led to the Challenger explosion in 1986 to political and ethical challenges engineers like him still encounter today. “I don’t candy-coat engineering for them because no matter where you go, you’re going to have to deal with politics,” said Sessions. “I have to teach them to push that aside and first do the engineering right and then deal with the other stuff.” To drive the point home for his students, he emphasizes the responsibility of military engineers to develop safe, functional equipment or risk being responsible for the death of a young Soldier or Sailor. It’s a concept that’s well understood by Vincent Adkins, a Navy veteran who served as an electronics technician and is now using the Post 9-11 GI Bill to pursue a double major in engineering and mathematics. “A lot of what he (Sessions) says I can relate to personally because I was in the Navy for six years,” said Adkins. “He uses his government experience and his private experience to explain to us that there’s not just one side to anything in engineering.” Sessions himself has completed

three tours in Iraq during his time with NSWCDD. “He likes to go on-what we call tangents -about his experience in the military, but it’s given him speciﬁc knowledge and insight into what he teaches us in the classroom,” said Sterns. “It makes it really fun to learn from him, especially if you’re a person that wants to go into military engineering one day.” During one class, Sessions pokes data points into the air and sweeps his arm open to explain the critical difference between interpolating data and extrapolating data. “I have found the book to be very boring, to tell you the truth, but he makes the material come to life,” said Sterns. “He makes engineering fun and I want to do more of it.” “Growing up I had good teachers, and I had bad teachers,” said Sessions. “I try to take the attributes of the good teachers that were in my life and I amplify those in myself. Then I take the traits of the bad teachers in my life and I try not to repeat those.” Sessions’ grandmother was a teacher and his father was an engineer with General Electric, who volunteered teaching high-school calculus. “I love to teach,” said Sessions. “I think it runs in the family.” In the 2014 Spring Semester, Sessions will teach Electrical Circuits II and Signals and Systems, as the college’s electrical engineering program grows. The courses can be taken at the Germanna’s Fredericksburg campus or at the University of Mary Washington Dahlgren campus. Students graduating from Germanna’s two-year program with a minimum grade point average of 3.2 in their science, math and engineering classes gain automatic admission to their choice of Virginia Tech or the University of Virginia. “There are a lot of people at Dahlgren that only have some college or a two-year degree, and this would be a great opportunity for them to improve themselves,” said Sessions.

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Base Happenings

Friday, September 13, 2013

MILCON P-222 Construction Update

Dahlgren NSASP Navy Ball Tickets on sale

Plan to attend this year’s NSASP Navy Ball on Friday, Oct. 4 at the Fredericksburg Hospitality House. Tickets are available now at www.navyball.org/tickets.

VA Rep at FFSC

A Veterans Affairs Claims Agent will be available for onehour appointments on Sept. 19 at the NSF Dahlgren Fleet and Family Support Center. To make an appointment, call 800-500-4947 or 540-653-1839.

ASBP Blood Drive

The Armed Services Blood Program will hold a blood drive on Thurs., Sept. 26 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the Bldg. 1470 Conference Room. All blood collected beneﬁts military members and their families at home, overseas, in harm’s way and recovering from injuries. Give our troops the best gift of all, the gift of life - give blood! Make your appointment online at militarydonor.com using sponsor code NSF. We love walk-ins as well!

Legal Services at FFSC

The Fleet and Family Support Center has legal appointments available October 1. Appointments are for active duty military, reservists, retirees and their family members. Do you have your power of attorney and will squared away? Call 540-653-1839 to make an appointment today!

Second Tour Thrift Store Closed in August

The Second Tour thrift store is open! Second Tour is open every Thursday from 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. and is currently accepting donations. Please bring your gently used items to our location on Sampson Road. Proceeds from sales are donated to charities in the Dahlgren/King George and surrounding communities, and provide scholarship funds to dependents of military personnel that are or were stationed on Dahlgren. Uniforms on the porch are free and available 24/7!

Indian Head T&J BBQ Selling Lunch

Starting next week, T and J BBQ will be mainside at NSF Indian Head on Wednesday and Thursday from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. in the parking lot behind the library. They will be at Stump Neck Annex on Tuesday from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

“Treasures” Thrift Store Needs Donations!

The Indian Head Thrift Store “Treasures” is now open on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Open to everyone - military and civilian! The store is located at 12 Strauss Ave. next door to the USO. Donations of gently used items are currently being accepted. Want to earn up to $5 in items from the thrift store every month? Volunteer! Stop by during operating hours or email ihspouseclub@live.com for information. To publish information on your event or program under “Base Happenings,” contact NSASP Public Affairs at 540-6538153 or email jeron.hayes@navy.mil.

Construction fence and silt fence has been installed at all locations. Site demolition at the Utilities and Energy Management (UEM) facility at the end of Pickens Lane, the Primary Nodal Plant on Strauss Ave., and Secondary Nodal Plant (SNP) #6 continues so that the remainder of the erosion and sediment control - the storm water control ponds - can be installed. The remainder of the erosion and sediment controls will then be installed at the remainder of the sites.

Emergency preparedness - Estate planning notebook

In the event of an emergency, which might include ﬂooding or damage to your home, you may need documents to help you get through a disaster. Important documents should be stored in a waterproof, ﬁreproof box. Ideally the box should be portable, so you can take it with you if you must evacuate.

The box should contain:

Birth/Death certificates Marriage/Divorce certificates Military discharge papers Immunization records Passports (since they cost so much to replace) Financial inventory Home inventory Updated address and phone directory of all of your friends, neighbors, members of your emergency survival community, and family Titles to property Stock certificates Bonds Certificates of deposit Pension plan records Trust documents Copy of your will (You can put your original will in your fireproof box if the key is available for your survivors to get into the box. However, never put your original will in a safe deposit box. Upon your death, your safety deposit box may

be sealed, making it impossible for the original, legal will to be read an executed without a struggle. Instead, have your lawyer keep the original, put it in a fireproof box, or find some other protective means to store your will that will not make the execution of the will difficult.) Letter of last instruction Legal documents/contracts/etc.

Estate Planning Notebook In this day of electronic everything, your survivors might have difficulty accessing your computer or email to find your assets. Never lock a copy of your will in a safe deposit box - the box could be sealed upon your death, preventing your family from executing your final wishes. A 3-ring binder works well for an Estate Plan Notebook. The notebook should include: - Copy of your will and where the original can be found - Copy of your Advance Medical Directive and Powers of Attorney - List of where your assets are (banks, insurance companies - list name only, no account numbers) - Beneficiary designation - Copy of any letters of instruction, funeral contracts - List of “to be contacted” in case of your death (friends, alumni associations, executors, trustees, etc.)

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MWR Highlights

Fitness Center

Liberty Center Liberty Sunday Night Tailgate Party

Every Sunday during the NFL season from 1 p.m. - close Free to Liberty Center patrons only: E1- E6 single/unaccompanied active duty Military. This is a free event for Liberty patrons. Come over to the Liberty Center and watch your favorite team battle it out on the gridiron. Food and beverages will be provided. For more information, please contact the Liberty Center at 540-653-7277.

Library Patron Appreciation Day at the Library

Ballet / Jazz & Tap Classes Classes begin September 23 / Registration begins September 9 Eligible patrons include all with base access. Cost: $50 for Military, $60 for civilians. Children ages 5-9 will learn a combination of ballet and tap technique. Children and teens, ages 10-18, will focus on building technique, using the foundation of jazz and tap. All classes will meet on Mondays and Thursdays. Class times are: ages 5-6, 1800 to 1850; ages 7-9, 1900 to 1950; ages 10-18, 2000 to 2050. For more information, please contact the Fitness Center at 540-653-8580.

September 13, Noon - 1 p.m. Free to all eligible patrons. Join us for a lunch time snack and grab a good book to read while you are at it! Enjoy a variety of bagels with all of the trimmings and drinks to show our appreciation for our Patrons. For more information, please contact the General Library at 540-653-7474.

Craftech Beginner’s Stained Glass Class

September 19 - October 10, 4:30 p.m. Cost: $75, which includes all materials. In this four-week, Thursday evening class, you will learn the copper foil technique. Crate a stained glass panel for your home. Maximum class size is eight. For more information, please contact Craftech at 540-653-1730.

Youth Center Back to School Youth Dance

September 20, 6 p.m. Location: Dahlgren Community House Eligible patrons include all children ages 9 through 14, with base access. Cost: $4 per child. The Youth Activity Center will be hosting a back to school dance at the Dahlgren Community House. Door prizes will be given to some lucky winners! Snacks and refreshments will be provided. Please be sure to wear tennis shoes. For more information, please contact the Youth Activity Center at 540-653-8009.

Movie Theater 540-653-7336 Friday and Saturday: 7 p.m. Showings Price of Shows Civilians - $5; AD, Retired, Reserve, Family Members (E7 - above) $4; AD, Reserve, Family Members (E6 below) - $2.50; Child (6-11) - $2; Child (5 and under) - Free; Tickets for a movie shown in 3-D are an additional $1 Friday, September 13 7 p.m. - The Wolverine, PG-13 Saturday, September 14 2 p.m. - The Smurfs 2 (2-D), PG Saturday, September 14 7 p.m. - Planes (3D)*, PG Friday, September 20th 7 p.m. - We’re the Millers, R Saturday, September 21st 2 p.m. - Plane, PG Saturday, September 21st 7 p.m. - Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (3D)*, PG

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sess the situation.” That tip is especially important for service members, whose frequent moves bring them into unfamiliar areas. “[Service members] are always learning a new area,” said Clay. “The best thing they can do is to connect with the community. That’s why [the city of Washington D.C.] is partnering with Naval District Washington, because it helps build resilience all the way around.” Service members have much to contribute to communities in the aftermath of natural disasters. “They have so much knowledge,” said Clay. “Our citizens really enjoy being exposed to that knowledge.” Above all, Clay encouraged the participants to not only practice their emergency plan and familiarize themselves with local ﬁrst responders, but consider the needs of children, the elderly and people with disabilities. “Have a plan and practice your plan,” she said.

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Community Notes Dahlgren Fall Programs at UMW-Dahlgren

The UMW Dahlgren Campus is pleased to announce an array of fall programs and events including PMP courses that start in Stafford and Quantico this week, CSEP and Certiﬁed Ethical Hacker courses starting later this fall, our fourth National Security Lecture Series starting on September 26, lectures sponsored by the MOAA and the Rappahannock Institute of Lifelong Learning, the Women’s Leadership Colloquium at the Stafford Campus on November 7 and several events highlighting Dahlgren’s 95th anniversary during the week of 14 October. To register or for more information, please go to http://dahlgren.umw.edu.

Stolen Art at UMW-Dahlgren

The Potomac Chapter of the Military Ofﬁcers Association of America is sponsoring “ Art Looted in the Nazi Era: An Ongoing Journey to Resolution” on Wednesday, September 18 at 5 p.m. at the University of Mary Washington Dahlgren Campus, University Hall, 4224 University Drive, King George, Va. The presentation, by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, is free and open to the public. Guest speaker will be Karen Daly, Registrar for Exhibitions and Coordinator of Provenance Research, VMFA. The presentation covers issues of looted art and restitution, particularly of art misappropriated during the World War II era. Daly will provide an historical overview of art looting in the Nazi era and the subsequent response of the museum community.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Certiﬁcation Examination Preparation Course

The University of Mary Washington, a PMI Registered Education Provider since 2003, is offering the PMP Certiﬁcation Examination Preparation Course this fall at three convenient locations: . UMW Dahlgren Campus, Tuesday afternoons, Sept. 10 - Nov. 12, 1 - 4:30 p.m. UMW Stafford Campus, Saturday mornings, Sept. 7 - Nov. 9, 8:30 a.m. - Noon. UMW Stafford Technology and Research Center, Thursday evenings, Sept. 5 - Nov. 7, 6 - 9:00 p.m. This 35-hour, 10-session course is designed for current/practicing project management professionals who are preparing for the PMPR certiﬁcation exam, as well as those individuals wanting to increase their knowledge of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOKR), project management concepts, principles, practices, and terminology. Topics include: Overview of the PMPR and CAPMR Examinations, Project Management Framework, Integration Management, Scope Management, Time Management, Cost Management, Quality Management, Human

Resources Management, Risk Management, Procurement Management, Communications Management and Professional Responsibility. The course cost is $1,350 or $1,250 for two or more individuals from the same organization; this includes the two required textbooks: the PMBOK Guide 5th Edition by PMI and PMP Exam Prep 7th Edition by Rita Mulcahy, PMP. Instructor Raymond W. Gill, Jr., PMP is a professionally credentialed, experienced, and highly respected trainer and consultant. His Fredericksburg-based practice, Performance Consultants, Ltd., was established in 1993 and has served numerous local, regional, and national companies, including several Fortune 10 firms. His background includes electronics, computer science, technical supervision, human resource planning, organizational development, and most recently, project management. He holds several professional certifications in addition to the PMP including the Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) from the Society for Human Resource Management, and has earned the Certified Manager (CM) designation from the International Certified Manager Program. Contact Kristine Stoneley with questions and for registration information at 540-658-5301 or email kstonele@umw.edu.

KGAC Rabies Clinic Needs Volunteers

The next King George Animal Control Rabies Clinic has been set for the October 5. Volunteers are needed to assist the staff at KG Animal Control with the clinic. If you can help, please call 540-775-2120 to sign up. The clinic is from 10 a.m. - Noon, volunteers should plan to arrive 30 minutes early.

Mars Hill Event

The next Mars Hill event will be held Sat., Sept. 21 from 5-9 p.m. at the King George YMCA. This event is free and open to all middle school and high school aged teens. Enjoy live music, wacky games, food, youth skits and a positive message. For more info, visit www.facebook.com/MarsHill. KGVA.

Service Academy Day at KGHS

King George High School will hold Service Academy Day on Sat., Sept. 21. Congressman Rob Wittman invites guidance counselors, students in middle and high school and their parents to attend. Attendees will receive a comprehensive overview of the United States Service Academies, their admissions process and an opportunity to meet with ofﬁcials from the Academies. King George High School is located at 10100 Foxes Way, King George, VA 22485.

Brian Strobel Shoe Fund Golf Tournament

beneﬁt The Brian Strobel Shoe Fund. The event is sponsored by the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Spotsylvania with 100% of the proceeds going to the shoe fund. Sponsors are also needed to sponsor a hole for $100. For more info, call golf event organizer Dennis Dodson at 540-373-2301.

Indian Head Dana Harty Memorial Safe Night Sing

The Dana Harty Memorial Safe Night Sign will be held Sat., Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. at First Baptist Church of La Plata, 9070 Hawthorne Rd. in La Plata. Performers include Michael Hoover (Elvis impersonator), Bay City, Sonrise, Jeff Hunt, and Butch Hunt. Guest emcee will be Rick Hunt. Come enjoy a night of gospel music with a purpose! All proceeds beneﬁt the homeless of Charles County.

Town of La Plata Summer Concert series

Town of La Plata Summer Concert Series continues this Friday at the La Plata Town Hall with Eric Scott Band on Sept. 13 at 7 p.m. Concert goers are encouraged to bring blankets and lawn chairs for sitting. Coolers are allowed, but no alcohol, please. Concessions are available from the Town’s food trailer located near the back of the parking lot, an ice cream truck is also stationed there for your enjoyment. A play area for children, the Kids’ Zone, allows parents to enjoy the concert while keeping an eye on the little ones. Upcoming summer concerts include, Lionel Ward and the New World Band on Sept. 20 and US Navy Cruisers on Sept. 27.

210 Sportsman’s Bonanza

The Bryans Road Volunteer Fire Department will hold 210 Sportsman’s Bonanza on Sept. 28 at the Bryans Road VFD, 3099 Livingston Road, Bryans Road, Md. Over $26,000 in prizes for the event. Tickets are $45 and include food and drinks. Must be 18 to purchase a ticket. All proceeds beneﬁt the Bryans Road VFD. For more info, visit www.brvfd.com or call (240) 427-6267.

Chris Kienke’s Latest Work on Display at CSM

The latest works of painter Chris Kienke will be on display in the College of Southern Maryland’s Tony Hungerford Memorial Art Gallery located in the Fine Arts Center on the La Plata Campus between Sept. 6 and Oct. 4. A visit and gallery talk from the artist will take place at noon on Sept. 24. The gallery talk is open to the public. His current explorations in the studio revolve around a hybrid practice of painting and digital imagery. He is interested in creating images that make it difficult for the viewer to decipher the archeology between the painted layers and the printed image. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday. For information, visit www.csmd.edu/Arts.

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not only did the HERO program grow, but a lot of programs grew out of that.” Lysher would go on to become a division head, the deputy head of the Electronic Systems Department and the head of the Command Support Department. He later joined the senior executive service and led the Underwater Systems Department at White Oak. Though Dahlgren and White Oak were both dedicated to research and development, Lysher said the cultures were quite different. He offered an analogy to illustrate the difference. In Dahlgren, he said, people worked to live. At White Oak, an environment much closer to academia, people lived to work. Lysher, whose son and grandson currently work for NSWC DD, preferred the family-friendly environment in Dahlgren. “White Oak people said if you wanted to work at Dahlgren, you had to have a pickup truck with a gun rack in the back,” he joked. Before Meyers worked at Dahlgren he grew up at Dahlgren. His father, Wes Meyers, worked on the Manhattan and Elsie projects. He described the Dahlgren of his youth as a “gated and guarded small town and a country club all in one. It was a wonderful place to grow up.” Jones, who also spent his childhood at Dahlgren, posited that the relative geographic isolation of Dahlgren helped it become self-sufﬁcient not just in terms of life’s necessities, but in recreational activities. “I remember everything from ham radio clubs to foreign ﬁlms being shown in the movie theater,” he said.

Meyers recalled fond memories of his time at Dahlgren School. In the days when the base was populated by civilians, students often spent their entire elementary and junior high school days at Dahlgren School, he said. “I remember my teachers quite well. They were great teachers and it was a great place to get an education.” Meyers went on to earn an engineering degree from North Carolina State University before returning to the installation to work as a technician in T Department. He worked on cartridge actuated devices before becoming an original employee of the Naval Warfare Analysis Center, the predecessor of the Joint Warfare Analysis Center. When NWAC separated from the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, Meyers joined and later retired from J Department, now Z Department. Jones asked both men about the Dahlgren Way, a managerial and organizational way of business in Dahlgren that fostered creativity and innovation. “If you had some idea, you’d ﬁnd money somewhere to explore it and try it out,” said Lysher. “I think there’s always been this feeling of getting the job done, in terms of what needs to be done to accomplish the end goal,” added Meyers. “There was a lot work we did that was very fun to do. When I was working I got to do a lot of test work; I got to see all the best deserts in this country. You go to where the people are for a lot of those tests and that’s what we did.” Much has changed at Dahlgren over the years. For part of Meyers’ childhood he lived at Boomtown, a section of base housing built during World War II on the same ground

that currently hosts the Aegis Training and Readiness Center. Boomtown is gone but Jones, Lysher and Myers agreed that a few areas of the base, such as the housing area around Dahlgren School, look exactly the same as it did during the 1950s. Some of the biggest changes on base, however, were more than aesthetic. The security fence that divided the installation’s working and residential area created a sense of mystery among Meyers and other children at Dahlgren. His father worked on the top secret ELSIE project, an effort to create lightweight, ground-penetrating nuclear munitions that naval aircraft could deploy against the Soviets’ concrete-protected submarine pens. The work was conducted in Building 492, which currently houses the Dahlgren History Project. At the time, the facility was guarded by Marines who had just returned from a combat deployment in Korea. “It didn’t do them any justice to sit them here at Dahlgren,” said Meyers, recounting his father’s stories. “They’d get out and wander around at night with a loaded handgun. You had to be really careful coming in to work at night, because some of them wouldn’t be at their assigned places. My father would come to work late at night and get out [of his car], blow the horn and stand in the headlights by his car until [the Marines] showed up. It was an interesting time.” The next forum will feature Chris Agnew, whose family was stationed at Dahlgren in the late 1950s, and Elizabeth Lyddane Agnew, NSWC DD employee and daughter of legendary Dahlgren physicist Russell Lyddane. The Sept. 18 discussion begins at 11:30am and will conclude at 12:30pm.

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