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Up Front Friday deadline for retiree council chair

The Belvoir Retiree Council is looking for a new chairman to serve for a year.

Requirements are: service in any branch; entitled to retired pay and not retired under selective early retirement. Responsibilities include: • Provide insight to the garrison commander into retired Soldiers’ issues and concerns; • Give input on decisions, policies and laws that affect the retired community; • Review ongoing Army programs, proposals and initiatives; and • Institute programs that link the active and retired communities.

Interested people are asked to send an e-mail by Friday to Gwendolyn.s.lott.civ@mail.mil.

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Belvoir community members eat under a tent decorated with gold balloons and paper lanterns for Army Community Service’s 50th birthday celebration, Friday.

Community celebrates ACS’ 50th birthday

By Amanda Stewart Staff writer Dozens of Fort Belvoir Soldiers, family members and other community members joined Fort Belvoir Army Community Service for the organization’s 50th birthday party, Friday.

The celebration, held outside the ACS building, included food, moon bounces, music and more fun for kids and the family.

Josh Horton and his two children, Talia, 2, and Charles, 6, were among the first families to check out the party.

“They’ve been looking forward to this for days,” said Horton, as he watched his children jump, tumble and slide in the moon bounces.

Brandy Sheldon brought her daughter, 3-year-old Kolbi, to the event and said they often take advantage of the free family-friendly events offered around the installation.

“I’m married to a Soldier who is rarely home,” Sheldon said. “We are always looking for fun, free events and this looked like it would be good, summer fun.”

The celebration marked ACS’ 50th birthday, which was founded July 25, 1965. Displays inside the ACS building Friday told the history of the Army-wide community service program, which was developed by Lt. Col. Emma M. Baird as a way to address the needs of military families.

Information was also available on many ACS programs, which aim to help Service members and their families with their daily lives and emergency needs.

At the start of the celebration, Brent Jurgersen, Fort Belvoir ACS director, thanked the crowd for attending the celebration.

“This is a big day for us,” Jurgersen said. “For 50 years, ACS has been serving the Army community.”

Belvoir’s DFMWR Director Berry Patrick said ACS plays an important role in helping people throughout the

Summer breaks

Belvoir’s DFMWR’s Play Mornings and EFMP Open Swim are on summer break. Play morning returns Sept. 22.

Spirit of America

The Army’s Spirit of America show returns to the area, with shows at the D.C. Armory Sept. 10-12; and in Fairfax Sept. 18 and 19. Free, individual and group tickets are available from www.spiritofamerica.mdw.army.mil.

Seafood, brunch

The Officers’ Club offers Seafood Night Fridays from 6 to 9 p.m. with live music. On Sundays, the O Club hosts brunch from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Both weekly events are open to club members and non-members.

The O Club’s number is 703-7800930.

Volunteers needed

Talia Horton, 2, blows bubbles at the Army Community Service’s 50th birthday party outside the ACS building, Friday.

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“ACS does a lot to contribute to the, physical, mental health and all the other things we need, to make life in the military community easier,” he said.

The biggest crowd of the day gathered when U.S. Army Garrison Fort Belvoir Command Sgt. Maj. Scott Guillory arrived to take his seat in the dunk tank. A large line of children, and some adults, quickly formed to get a chance to dunk Guillory.

“I thank you all for coming out to help ACS celebrate this golden birthday,” Guillory said. “And, I dare any of you to dunk me.”

Several children took him up on that offer, successfully sending him into the dunk tank.

Interpreters, medical personnel and community volunteers are needed Aug. 15 to help the Mount Vernon-Lee Chamber of Commerce provide free school physicals for children without health insurance. The event is Aug. 15 at Fairfax County’s South County Government Center, 8350 Richmond Highway, not far from Fort Belvoir.

Volunteers need to be there by 7 a.m. for orientation and refreshments. The physicals are scheduled from 8 a.m. to noon. Bilingual volunteers, in any language, are particularly needed.

Register by calling 703-805-5001.

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With new NCOER, senior raters may identify just 24 percent ‘most qualified’

By Todd C. Lopez Army News New policy for the noncommissioned officer evaluation report, or NCOER, due out in January, includes a limit on how many "most qualified" ratings a senior rater can give.

Under the new system, a senior rater may rate only as many as 24 percent as being most qualified. That limit applies when those being rated are in the ranks of staff sergeant through sergeant major. The expectation will be to make the rating of "highly qualified" as the "new norm," said Sgt. Maj. Stephen McDermid, the evaluations branch sergeant major for the Army’s Adjutant General Directorate, Human Resources Command.

"It's important to understand that the 'highly qualified' selection will be the norm and that noncommissioned officers will remain competitive for promotion with highly-qualified NCOERs, given they complete their required, professional military education," McDermid said.

The senior rater profile is new on the NCOER, and similar to what is already being done on officer evaluation reports. Army leaders hope implementing a senior rater profile will help reduce "rating inflation" within the enlisted evaluation system, which makes it difficult for promotion boards to select the most qualified for promotion.

"It's hard to use (the NCOER) as a determiner of success and for potential for promotion when everybody is a 1," said Sgt. Maj. of the Army Daniel A. Dailey. "That should be the number-one thing we are using to decide promotion potential. And unfortunately, because it is so equivalent for everybody, you can't. You have to go to other things like school reports, awards and decorations and all those other things."

McDermid said the limit of 24 percent is designed to reflect the promotion percentages common across various military occupational specialties within the enlisted ranks. The intent is to make it easier for promotion boards to identify those Soldiers who are most qualified to be promoted.

The Army’s sergeant major and his senior enlisted council decided to set the limit to 24 percent.

The recommendation was passed to the Army's chief of staff and Army secretary, who both agreed with the recommendation.

"It'll give promotion boards the ability to see who actually are the best, by using the NCOER as a true discriminator of talent - what it's supposed to do," Dailey said.

The NCOER includes a block labeled "Senior

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Wallace Theater – corner of 16th Street & Belvoir Road, near ACS parking lot Everyone evaluating Army NCOs has to attend a training session in person by Sept. 1.

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A new NCOER is expected to more accurately assess Soldiers’ performance.

Rater Overall Potential." That block includes check boxes where senior raters are asked to compare an NCO's "overall potential" to that of other NCOs of the same grade that the senior NCO has rated in his or her career. For the NCO being rated, senior raters may select from: "most qualified," "highly qualified," "qualified," or "not qualified." They may choose only one of those ratings, and may rate up to 24 percent of their Soldiers as "most qualified."

Another change to the NCOER includes the supplementary review.

Army leaders have asked for a supplementary review on NCOERs when the senior rater is a sergeant first class, first sergeant, master sergeant, warrant officer one, chief warrant officer two, second lieutenant or first lieutenant.

"This supplementary review will be performed by a uniformed Army Soldier, senior to the senior rater within the rated NCO's organization," McDermid said. "As designed, the supplementary reviewer will monitor evaluation practices and provide assistance and/or advice to rating officials, as needed."

Counseling required

With the implementation of the new NCOER, counseling remain critical in reviewing the Soldier's demonstrated performance and potential, while focusing on leader development throughout the rating period.

Raters must counsel the rated Soldier initially and quarterly, while the senior rater should counsel the rated NCO twice during the rating period.

"Ideally, this will occur within the first 30 days of the rating period and then at the mid-point," McDermid said. "To account for this, senior raters will have a section on the form to annotate comments from any counseling sessions conducted with the rated NCO." The requirement for counseling is also expected to help curb rating inflation, Dailey said, because senior raters, who, in the past, have neglected to engage in counseling with an NCO for an entire rating period, have been reluctant to rate that Soldier as anything less than the best.

"That's why they got 1 blocks in the past," Dailey said. "(Senior raters) didn't do their job counseling, so they just gave them a 1 block."

Dailey said that when senior raters hold counseling with the Soldiers they senior rate, they are more comfortable providing an honest rating at the end of the year.

"If I tell you all throughout the year in counseling that you are not doing a good job, I have no problem at the end of the year telling you that you are not doing a good job," Dailey said. "But, if I haven't done my job in telling you what you have done wrong ... then we tend to shy away from that when it is performance evaluation time."

The new NCOER was, at one point, expected to hit the streets at the beginning of the new fiscal year, which is Oct. 1. But, Dailey asked the Army's chief of staff and Army secretary to move the date to Jan. 1. The additional time allowa for a fine-tuning of the process and procedures for tracking senior rater profiles, to ensure Soldiers have a fair chance at promotions while also preventing rating inflation.

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By Adrienne Anderson Staff writer Lt. Col. Michael Thompson relinquished command of the U.S. Army Protective Services Battalion (Criminal Investigation Command) to Lt. Col. Derek Bellows, Friday in a change of command ceremony.

The battalion provides worldwide executive protection for designated senior Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Department of the Army officials and their foreign counterparts on sponsored, senior foreign official visits to the U.S. “You all look great,” said Col. Thomas Denzler, commander of the 701st Military Police Group (CID), about the Soldiers in the unit. “Not only do you represent the Protective Services Battalion (CID) with distinction, you represent our Army and the strength of our nation.”

The ceremony marks both the beginning and the end, Denzler said.

“It’s an opportunity to recognize the outstanding outgoing commander and to say thank you for your dedication and hard work put forth to make the unit what it is today. But, it’s also the opportunity to look toward the future and welcome the new commander.”

Denzler described Bellows as exceptionally qualified to take the position of commander.

“Lead from the front as I know you will, anticipate and adapt to the unexpected, maintain your sense of humor and humility as you will certainly need it. And most of all, enjoy the honor of command,” Denzler said to Bellows.

Bellows said he was proud to follow in Thompson’s footsteps.

“I’m excited and honored to be the newest member of (the battalion),” he said, adding he looks forward to leading and serving the unit.

Denzler said Thompson was a “guiding force in making the unit what it is today.”

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Col. Thomas Denzler, commander of the 701st Military Police Group (CID) passes the guidon to Lt. Col. Derek Bellows, Friday during a change of command ceremony. Bellows took over command from Lt. Col. Michael Thompson.

Under Thompson’s leadership, the unit has executed 1,200 protective missions in the National Capital Region, the company and worldwide, Denzler said. “(Thompson) excelled at coaching, teaching and mentoring his subordinate leaders on, not only in leadership skills, but in mission analysis and decision-making … crucial traits in ensuring the safety and security of DoD’s most senior leaders.”

He wished Thompson success in his future missions.

“I want to thank all of you from the bottom of my heart for the perseverance that you carried over … (for the past) 24 months with the high operational tempo,” Thompson said. “You do not complain, you do not lay down on the job, you execute the mission daily – and I’m proud of you. You are the best of the best and I have been blessed to be your commander.”

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Fort Belvoir is joining with communities across the nation to celebrate National Night Out, Tuesday.

The event, held annually on the first Tuesday of August, is a “community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie,” according to the National Association of Town Watch, which introduced the nationwide event in 1984.

Fort Belvoir’s Directorate of Emergency Services hosts the installation’s National Night Out event, scheduled for 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, in the Woodlawn Chapel parking lot and pool.

“The annual event brings together police and the community,” said Capt. Jennifer Young, deputy chief of the Fort Belvoir Police Department. “It’s a time for the community to come together and to get to know the law enforcement personnel who serve them on the base, in addition to the Military District of Washington Special Reaction Team.”

The event, open to everyone, will include demonstrations and displays by the Fort Belvoir Police Department, including motorcycle units and patrol cars. The Fort Belvoir Fire Department will also be there with equipment displays. There will

also be free food, provided by CYSS and AAFES, and plenty of fun for the kids, including a dunk tank, face painting and bounce houses.

The pool will also be open during Belvoir’s National Night Out. A big part of the event will be child identification services, provided by MDW and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

Parents at the event can complete child ID kits, which can help law enforcement officials if that child goes missing.

The goal of the event is to give the police and community members the chance to get to know each other, Young said.

“It allows our police officers the time and place to interact with the community in a non-law enforcement contact situation,” Young said.

“It lets people know who the police officers are, by name, so in the event that they need them in an emergency situation, they know them.”

Since the National Night Out program began, it has grown from a few communities encouraging people to lock their doors and spend the night out with their neighbors to 16,124 communities in all 50 states, U.S. territories, Canadian cities and military bases worldwide that have registered to conduct community events for National Night Out 2015, according to the organization’s website.

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The Soldier and Family Assistance Center hosted a job fair Tuesday for those looking to continue their education.

The event was open to active-duty Service members, family members and Defense Department civilians.

The fair included representatives from the University of Maryland, College Park; Northern Virginia Community College; Excelsior College; Stratford University; and Central Michigan University.

Sgt. 1st Class Jennifer Brown said she attended the fair to look at college options. She wants to pursue her master’s degree and is considering healthcare administration to work with veterans.

“We’ve been in our greens all this time and, to get back into the civilian world, (this is) a way of helping us transition,” she said about how the education fair helps Service members. She added that with so many resources and

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Maj. Gen. Bradley Becker, Joint Force Headquarters - National Capital Region/Military District of Washington commander, takes on the climbing wall during the grand opening celebration of the Fort Belvoir Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Resilience Obstacle Course, Friday on North Post. See full story, Page B1.

Maj. Gen. Bradley Becker, Joint Force Headquarters - National Capital Region/Military District of Washington commander, completes the low-crawl obstacle during the grand opening celebration of the Fort Belvoir Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Resilience Obstacle Course, Friday on North Post.

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Soldiers apply teamwork to negotiating the bridge obstacle during the grand opening celebration of the Fort Belvoir Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Resilience Obstacle Course, Friday on North Post.

Command Sgt. Maj. Scott Guillory, U.S. Army Garrison Fort Belvoir, right, works out at the medicine ball station during the grand opening celebration of the Fort Belvoir Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Resilience Obstacle Course, Friday on North Post.

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Belvoir Briefs Military appreciation The Bowie Baysox, a Double-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, has a Military Appreciation Night and military heroes card set giveaway Friday. First pitch is at 7:05 p.m. and the team wants as many Service members there as possible.

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Hired! program accepting applications The Hired! Teen Apprenticeship Program is accepting applications for the fall term to be an apprentice at a placement site on Belvoir. The program is for military-affiliated teens ages 15-18. Youth must be registered with CYSS; complete an application and an initial screening with the program coordinator; have a successful interview at their potential placement site; and attend weekly workshops.

For the fall term, the program begins Sept. 21 and runs through Dec. 13. Apprentices are expected to work a total of 180 hours over the course of their term with the program.

The deadline to apply for the fall term is Aug. 19 at 4 p.m. Applications must be completed entirely for them to be considered. Applications are available from and should be returned to the Youth Center, 5850 Langfitt Loop, Bldg. 1003.

Contact Amber Dozer, program coordinator, with any questions, 703805-4608, amber.e.dozer.naf@mail. mil.

National Purple Heart Day Ceremony Chapter 353, Military Order of the Purple Heart, in conjunction with the national headquarters MOPH, host their annual National Purple Heart Day Ceremony, Aug. 7 in the Smith Auditorium at Mount Vernon.

The ceremony begins at 12:40 p.m., with pre-ceremony music provided by the Army Band Brass Quintet, “Pershing’s Own,” followed by the formal ceremony at 1 p.m.

Marine Sgt. Maj. Bryan Battaglia, senior enlisted adviser to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, is this year’s guest speaker. Gen. George Washington will also speak at the ceremony. Afterward, there’s a reception for all recipients of the Purple Heart Medal and their guests in the Mount Vernon Inn. For information contact Dr. Gordon Sumner, gordon.sumner53@ gmail.com.

Toastmasters at Mark Center Want to improve your speaking and leadership skills? Come to Great Communicators Toastmasters, which meets for an hour at noon on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month in the Mark Center Conference Center, B1 Level. Aug. 12 and 26 and Sept. 9 and 23 are the next meetings.

Toastmasters is an international educational organization that helps everyone speak, think, lead and listen better.

For info, contact Carl Sabath, 703695-2804, carl.e.sabath.civ@mail. mil; or Stephanie Dantzler, 571-3722212, or stephanie.a.dantzler.civ@ mail.mil.

Retiree Appreciation Day Fort Belvoir Garrison hosts its Annual Installation Retiree Appreciation Day activities, Sept. 18 from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. at Barden Education Center, Bldg. 1017.

The event provides updates to retired Soldiers and their family members on changes in regards to their retirement right; benefits and privileges; and to foster goodwill between the retired and active-duty communities.

Navy Capt. Jennifer VedralBaron, Fort Belvoir Community Hospital commander, is guest speaker.

The event also has speakers from the National Association for Uniformed Services, or NAUS; and the Army Retirement Services/Soldier for Life office.

Retiree Day also hosts subject matter experts from Veterans Affairs, TRICARE and Delta Dental, along with a Health & Wellness Fair with blood pressure checks and flu shots; ID card renewal with the proper paperwork; exhibits and lunch.

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Anger management series Mondays except for Labor Day from Aug. 10 to Oct. 5, 2- 4 p.m.

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Water aerobics Benyaurd Indoor Pool has afternoon water aerobics classes, Mondays from 5:30-6:25 p.m., and Thursdays from 5-5:55 p.m.

Low impact, high cardio workout Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9-9:55 a.m.

Shallow Water Class, 10-10:55 a.m. $5 per class. FMI, 703-805-2620.

Summer Sunrise 5K Belvoir’s DFMWR’s next 5K is the Summer Sunrise 5K, Aug. 29 at 6 a.m. at Meade and Constitution roads.

The early bird registration, until Aug. 2, is $20. Afterward, it’s $30.

Same-day registration is $40 and is from 7-8:30 a.m. T-shirt size request is not guaranteed on same-day registration.

Registration is available by calling 703-806-4659 or at Graves Fitness Center and The Body Shop.

Runners can also get an optional breakfast buffet, $10 for adults, $5 for those 12 and younger.

Packet pick-up is from 6 a.m.- 8 p.m. Aug. 27 to 29 at Kawamura Human Performance Center, 3rd Street and Gunston Road.

Male and female award categories are: Overall; 10 and younger; ages 11-15; 16-19; 20-29; 30-39; 40-49; 5059 and 60+. A new category is Male/ Female Adaptive/Hand Recumbent Cycle division.

Baby joggers are allowed on the course, at the back of the wave.

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Wild West Night Aug. 7, 4- 9 p.m., Fort Belvoir Golf Club, 8450 Beulah St., Bldg. 2920.

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"As the CSA, the biggest fear that I have is we ask one Soldier to deploy, who hasn't been properly trained or is not ready to do their mission," he said. "It is something we should never tolerate."

The Army continues to invest significantly in family programs and will continue to, Odierno said, and it is vital to have the full support of families as the Army faces changes to personnel and the challenge of trying to bring peace and security to the world in a time where insecurity is growing rapidly.

1st Sgt. Michael Dills, Medical Company, Medical Department Activity, said he was humbled by the chance to engage the Army's chief of staff.

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno met with leaders, officers and senior NCOs during a visit to the 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson to address challenges Soldiers face daily, July 23.

"As I make visits to different installations, I realize how busy our Army continues to be," Odierno said. "As I stand here today, there are over 140,000 Soldiers deployed and forward stationed around the world doing a variety of missions."

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As the former 53rd commander of the 4th Infantry Division, Odierno said he is proud of all the division is doing right now, with a brigade deployed to Kuwait and Jordan; regionally aligned forces in Europe; a brigade which is preparing for Afghanistan; and another getting ready to deploy to the National Training Center.

"There has never been a more important time in our Army for our Soldiers to continue to be focused, prepared and ready to do their mission," he said. "We are trying to add as much predictability as possible for them so they have the ability to plan. For me, it is about us sustaining a high-level readiness that enables us to respond to events."

Odierno said the front-range community will continue to play a critical part in the success of the Army's future missions.

"I am incredibly proud of the support that the 4th Infantry Division gets from the surrounding community," he said. "It is critical to our success, and it is critical to the future of our units as we continue to

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Capt. Todd Rossbach, com mander, 59th Military Police Company, 759th MP Battalion, said it was surreal to be able to discuss the challenges he faces as a company commander with the Army's highest ranking officer.

"After speaking with General Odierno, I am excited about the transition period we are going through," Rossbach said. "I joined the Army because I wanted to make a positive impact in the world."

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At the roundtable discussion, officials “You can now operate with full situational awareness,” said Sloane. displayed prototypes of both devices.

Both systems were developed with “What this allows you to do is to shape the fight … before the enemy can see you.”

The new technology will also allow Soldiers to aim and shoot without switching from their night vision goggles to their weapon sight and to aim and shoot from the hip or from around a corner, Sloane said. He also said that tactics, techniques and procedures will continuously be upgraded by the Maneuver Center of Excellence and TRADOC. Phil Cheatham from MCOE said this new system’s training is also being developed for future fielding and training events. Cheatham is deputy branch chief, Electronics and Special Developments, at MCOE. In December, the Army awarded contracts to two vendors to have both vendors develop both systems, which

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When they are fielded, the Army plans to issue 18 FWS-Is and 24 ENVG IIIs to each infantry platoon, said Cheatham.

Soldiers will receive world-class new equipment training from the PM SSL New Equipment Training team on how to properly use the new devices.

“There’s absolutely going to have to be additional training given, based on what the system does and how it operates,” Cheatham said.

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Program Executive Office Soldier is developing the next generation of capabilities designed to help Soldiers detect and recognize the enemy during day or night, in smoke or fog, and in other low-visibility conditions, as explained by the program management team last week.

Officials from PEO Soldier held a media roundtable on Belvoir July 22 to discuss the Family of Weapon Sights-Individual and the Enhanced Night Vision Goggles III, which represent the latest in technological advances aimed at providing Soldiers greater situational awareness of their surroundings and the ability to more quickly detect, recognize, identify and engage the enemy.

“I really think it’s leap-ahead technology,” said Col. Michael Sloane, Project Manager Soldier Sensors and Lasers.

The products are the result of ongoing efforts to “improve survivability, mobility and lethality” for Soldiers, said Lt. Col. Timothy Fuller, Product Manager Soldier Maneuver Sensors.

“Quite frankly, we want to make it so it’s not a fair fight for our Soldiers out there,” Fuller said. “We want to make sure our Soldiers are dominant.”

The latest generation of night vision goggles, the Enhanced Night Vision Goggle III, or ENVG III, does that by improving the amount and quality of the thermal information Soldiers can display on their goggles.

The new design, in production this summer and expected to be fielded in early fiscal 2017, is also sleeker, lighter, smaller, and less expensive, Fuller said.

The new goggles are designed to work with the Family of Weapon Sights-Individual, FWS-I, the latest in thermal weapon sights. These are sensors that Soldiers can attach to their weapons in-line with their current day optic or use in a stand-alone mode that detect thermal energy, like body heat. When used together,

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Sapper Leader Course increases class schedule

By Staff Sgt. Kelly S Malone Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. The 28-day Sapper Leader Course, which the Army boasts as one of its hardest courses, will increase the number of classes from nine to 15 per year beginning in October, at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Jacobs, a combat engineer, is the SLC senior operations sergeant in charge of all training resources.

According to him, after the years spent fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Army has made improvements by increasing the engineer slots in brigade combat teams from a company-sized element to a battalion of engineers, which overall increases the amount of needed Sappers.

"In combat, engineers have had to outsource for additional engineer assets for route clearing, dynamic breaches or any mobility function," Jacobs said. "I was with the 82nd (Airborne Division) for several deployments, and we only had one company of combat engineers. That left zero engineers for route clearance or fighting with the Infantry. The increased Sappers allow us to have all needed assets to function without requesting additional resources from other units."

Fort Leonard Wood's Sapper course, the only Sapper school in the Army according to its website, annually trains about 300 Soldiers.

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Sgt. Eric Hansen, combat engineer, 18th Engineer Company, 5th Infantry Battalion, based out of Joint Base Lewis-McCord, Washington, "gets off the rope" after rappelling from the 45-foot tower at the Sapper Leader Course, July 9. pected to increase to nearly 500, with getting enough backside support as building environment to develop in personnel and resources. We have leadership skills, learn specialized the added classes.

"The biggest challenge would be enough for one class at a time, but by engineer techniques and perform doubling up, it will require more per- battle drills needed to perform the sonnel, equipment and resources," said Staff Sgt. Joshua King, combat engineer missions of a Sapper company. engineer and SLC instructor.

In the French Army, sapeur (sapSgt. Eric Hansen, combat engineer, 18th Engineer Company, 5th per) refers to the first official corps Infantry Battalion, 3rd Stryker Bri- created by Napoleon I, a military engade Combat Team, based out of gineering corp.

Joint Base Lewis-McCord, Wash., Sapping is a term used in siege who is attending SLC, agreed with operations.

Jacobs on how adding Sappers to the In the U.S. Army, Sappers are ranks may save lives. combat engineers or other personnel "When it comes to one unit being able to do route and obstacle clear- who support the front-line infantry, ances, and not having to call in a spe- and they have fought in every war cial team and wait two to 20 hours in American history. For example, for them to get there, it will be very after the Battle of Yorktown, Gen. beneficial," Hansen said. "It saves a Washington cited the U.S. Army first lot of time, and people get out of the Chief of Engineers for conduct that danger zone a lot faster."

The Sapper Leader Course is de- afforded "brilliant proofs of his milisigned to train leaders in a team- tary genius."

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Timeout All that matters

By Rick Musselman Sports editor Fort Belvoir’s Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation officially opened the highly anticipated Resilience Obstacle Course with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Friday on North Post.

The event, hosted by U.S. Army Garrison Fort Belvoir Headquarters Battalion, drew hundreds of Service members and community members and included special guest Maj. Gen. Bradley A. Becker, Joint Force Headquarters-National Capital Region/Military District of Washington commander, who provided opening remarks before running through the course with members of USAG Fort Belvoir and HQ Bn. senior leaders.

The obstacle course, which includes tunnels, a ledge walk, balancing logs, a climbing wall and several other challenges, aims to enhance the resilience program on post by offering Service members a unique and challenging new way to stay Army Strong.

On April 24, more than 20 Soldiers from USAG Fort Belvoir’s 212th Military Police Detachment and HQ Bn. tried out the challenging obstacles during a pre-opening run-through.

According to Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Tucker, Fort Belvoir master resilience training program lead, this preliminary exercise aimed to give Service members a hands-on feel of the facility and relay their reactions and suggestions to Lt. Col. Philip Lenz, USAG Fort Belvoir HQ Bn. commander, and Command Sgt. Maj.

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Members of the Joint Force Headquarters - National Capital Region/ Military District of Washington and U.S. Army Garrison Fort Belvoir senior leadership cut the ribbon to officially open DFMWR’s Resilience Obstacle Course, Friday on North Post. From left, USAG Fort Belvoir Command Sgt. Maj. Scott Guillory; DFMWR Director Berry Patrick; JFHQ – NCR/MDW Command Sgt. Maj. Timothy Guden; Maj. Gen. Bradley Becker, JFHQ – NCR/MDW commander; Lt. Col. Philip Lenz, USAG Fort Belvoir Headquarters Battalion commander.

Charles Williams, before the grand opening.

“This is more than just a training facility,” Tucker said. “The course was developed to bring awareness to the Resilience Program, which was designed to teach resilience or life skills to Soldiers, family members and civilians to enable them to grow and thrive in the face of challenges (for example, multiple deployments, budget constraints and downsizing, multiple moves and starting over in a new area) and bounce back from

adversity. The Resilience Obstacle Course is intended to mimic life experiences and everyone must figure out how to navigate highs and lows experienced throughout life.”

The grand opening ceremony began with a brief introductory address from Lenz who recognized the hard work that went into the facility and the importance it represents in supporting the post’s and the Army’s efforts to promote physical fitness and personal resiliency across the force.

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Combatives program represents pinnacle of readiness, resilience

By Rick Musselman Sports editor Maintaining peak levels of physical fitness, operational readiness and personal resilience is a primary component of the Warrior Ethos, and the U.S. Army’s commitment to ensuring every Soldier across the force stays Army Strong throughout his or her career is reflected in its wide variety of training and recreational programs designed to provide continual strength-building opportunities at every post.

Fully equipped, state-of-the-art fitness centers, numerous annual physical training events and runs, and intramural sports programs that include nearly 20 different sports which allow Service members a

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Tom Hong, U.S. Army Legal Services Agency, top, gains the upper hand over Scott Friedman, USALSA, during an intramural Combatives tournament middleweight bout, Nov. 14 at the Fort Belvoir Warrior Training Center.

chance to compete for the coveted Commander’s Cup trophy each year, are just a few of the ways the Army promotes health and fitness to everyone in uniform.

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Last week, the world of professional surfing got the scare of its life when number-two ranked Mick Fanning was attacked by a Great White shark on live television during an event at Jeffrey’s Bay, South Africa. Fanning — and his opponent in the final, Julian Wilson — somehow managed to escape without harm, but the more the footage of the attack was replayed, the more everyone realized just how close we came to losing one of our own in an unprecedented catastrophe.

Early in that final heat, Wilson has just completed an impressive ride and was starting to paddle back out into the lineup.

The camera then panned over Fanning sitting calmly on his board and the commentators were discussing what his answerback strategy might be. Suddenly, a large fin appeared right behind him and the water erupted as a shark violently thrust forward to make its attack. Evidently, the animal bit down on Mick’s board leash and began pulling the three-time world champ underwater. Amazingly, the shark bit the leash in two and Fanning was able to swim away, pulling himself onto a rescuepatrol Jet-Ski. The shark disappeared as suddenly as it had arrived and everyone present stood in complete shock at the close call they’d just witnessed.

Soon afterward, as analysts in the booth began breaking down the attack, everyone realized that Julian Wilson, once he grasped what was happening, didn’t paddle for the beach to save himself; he paddled toward Fanning to join the fight and save his fellow athlete’s life, showing no regard for his own safety. In the interviews that followed, a visibly shaken Wilson, who struggled to get his words out between moments of overwhelming emotion and what-if projections, said that all he cared about was getting to his friend in time. Once all was said and done, every surfer on the roster embraced Fanning and Wilson and made clear, without saying a word, that points and prize money meant absolute nothing now.

(The World Surf League ended up canceling the final and awarding Wilson and Fanning an equal split of the rewards, though neither athlete cared in the slightest.)

Thanks to a grossly misguided media, surfers have been perpetually portrayed as long-haired outlaw party animals with nary a functioning brain cell among them. I hope what we witnessed last week convinces at least someone that these men and women are true champions in and out of the water, and will readily risk their lives to come to the aid of another.

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However, one activity designed to develop and maintain readiness and resilience stands out as perhaps the most dynamic — a specialized form of strength conditioning and athletic competition that has grown steadily in popularity since the Army first adopted it some 20 years ago.

The Modern Army Combatives Program is a form of hand-to-hand combat originally designed in 1995 by Matt Larsen, a former Army Ranger, to provide military personnel with a tactical means of self defense on the battlefield in the absence of traditional weapons. After analyzing several martial arts methods from around the world, Larsen began forming the style which best suited the Army’s goals. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fit nearly every aspect of the military’s needs perfectly. It was easy to learn, had a competitive form, and was proven effective within the arena of hand-to-hand fighting.

Using actual combat experience as a guide, the Rangers designed a system with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu as the technical base. A systematic approach to training emerged, which detailed the techniques that would be taught, and in what order. Rangers would start with the basics of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ground fighting, and progress into the throws and takedowns of Judo and wrestling, as well as the strikes of boxing and Muay Thai. All of this could combine with marksmanship and weapons training into a totally integrated system of Close Quarters Combat, henceforth, yielding Rangers who could transition smoothly between ranges of combat, with or without weapons, individually or as a group.

As the Rangers who were trained in this new system expanded throughout the Army, the system spread with them. Lt. Gen. Michael Ferriter, then commanding general, U.S. Army Installation Management Command, had learned of the system while serving as a colonel commanding the 3rd Ranger Battalion and later the 11th Infantry Regiment, and successfully integrated Combatives into the POIs of Officer Candidate School, the Infantry Officer Basic Course, and the Infantry Captain’s Career Course. He, with the help of Larsen, who left the Army as a sergeant first class, laid the foundation for the Army’s trainer program.

The program continues to grow. In January 2002, it became official Army training doctrine.

Additionally, Fort Belvoir became a major hub of MACP instructor training, selected in 2012 by the U.S. Army Combatives School at Fort Benning, Ga. as one of only three installations nationwide to host a Level-4 Master Trainer certification course.

During a visit to Fort Belvoir in 2012, Larsen stressed the critical importance of Combatives training in today’s Army.

“As we draw down from (the war in Afghanistan), we have to think about the next one, and it’s inevitable that there will be a next one. We have to be an Army of warriors,” he said.

Successful completion of the course qualifies participants to train other Soldiers at the unitlevel in Combatives.

MACP was developed to change the existing methodology of physical training so that real combative ability can be expected of every Soldier. The primary goal is to teach practical, realistic training methods and grow self-sustaining Combatives programs within units and organizations. Hence, the Tactical Combatives Instructor Course allows the Army to distribute increasing numbers of trainers throughout the service and make Combatives ability an integral part of basic and advanced physical training.

“When these Soldiers leave here, they can run their own programs and certify both Basic Combatives and Tactical Combatives, which are Level 1 and Level 2,” said Staff Sgt. James Han-

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Trisha Sexton, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, left, squares off against Yolanda McCray-Jones, U.S. Army Legal Services Agency, in an intramural Combatives tournament flyweight match up, Nov. 14 at the Fort Belvoir Warrior Training Center. son, Master Combative instructor, Fort Benning U.S. Army Combatives School, Mobile Training Team, during a 2012 Level-4 instructor certification course at Belvoir’s Warrior Training Center. “The Tactical Instructor Course gives Soldiers an in-depth understanding of how to run certain tactical scenarios and base certain programs on units’ (specific) training plans — some units have to train in different ways and the (instructors) get an understanding of how to do that.”

Hanson also noted that an important element of the course is to teach Combatives instructors how to remain flexible in terms of working within the constraints of Soldiers’ and units’ duty schedules.

“Not everybody is combat armed, but Combatives is for everybody so the instructors can provide any scenario for anybody,” he said. “If you have a unit that only has two hours to give, they can do scenarios for those guys for the two hours that fit their job description.”

Since the program’s inception, MACP training is a central part of Soldiers’ physical and tactical development.

“Combatives training has been integrated into Basic Training — each Soldier has to get trained and it’s also part of their unit-specific Soldier’s Manual of Common Tasks,” Hanson said. “Everyone is supposed to do the Modern Army Combatives Program — it’s written in there.”

Tactical Instructor (Level-4) Course participants experience the highest levels of training, learning to teach Soldiers the full-spectrum of hand-to-hand combat techniques.

“Back in the day, we’d had just a bunch of

guys grappling,” Hanson said. “But now the majority of Level-3 and Level-4 training is in full body armor. Soldiers still grapple, but now they train in boots and full uniforms. They learn handcuffing, vehicle extraction (taking people out of vehicles), and we do a lot of weapons retention training. The program is a lot more combat-specific now. We reinvigorated the program about two years ago to be more tactic-oriented.

It’s always been tactical-combat specific but now that we’re doing it in uniforms, the guys are seeing that it works in armor, too and can then apply it.”

Soldiers spend nearly three months training to become certified Combatives instructors.

“To go from Level-1 through Level-4, they have about three months of doing nothing but fighting on the mat, eight hours a day,” Hanson said. “So when they leave they are pretty much subject-matter experts. The next step above this is working at the unit-level Combatives Academy; from there it becomes the Army-level Combatives Academy, which is where we’re at.”

Fort Belvoir hosts MACP certification training throughout the year and the installation’s intramural sports program has integrated Combatives into its annual Commander’s Cup title race to allow Service members and civilians alike to compete recreationally.

For more information regarding Fort Belvoir’s Combatives program, contact Capt. James S. Stewart, U.S. Army Garrison Fort Belvoir Headquarters Battalion operations officer, at 703-806-5659 or email james.s.stewart1.mil@ mail.mil.

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Members of the Joint Force Headquarters - National Capital Region/Military District of Washington and U.S. Army Garrison Fort Belvoir senior leadership warm up before taking on the Fort Belvoir DFMWR Resilience Obstacle Course during the new facility’s grand opening celebration, Friday on North Post. From left, JFHQ – NCR/MDW Command Sgt. Maj. Timothy Guden; Maj. Gen. Bradley Becker, JFHQ – NCR/MDW commander; Lt. Col. Philip Lenz, USAG Fort Belvoir Headquarters Battalion commander; USAG Fort Belvoir Command Sgt. Maj. Scott Guillory.

Northern Regional Medical Command headquarters, agreed with Becker afFrom Page B1 ter his first run through.

“This course is challenging and the “This new obstacle course looks team building was awesome,” he said. great; that would not have happened “The obstacles are tough and I couldn’t without our great DPW (Directorate of do it alone. I think this is going to be Public Works) — Chris Landgraf, Bill a good team builder for any company, Sanders and all the folks who helped and it was fun.” bring this to fruition,” Lenz said. “Also, “That was tough,” added Master our MWR team, who partnered with Sgt. Lousie Drumm, B-Company, Fort us from the very beginning and who’s Belvoir Community Hospital. “I think going to run this, has given us another the bridging obstacles were the hardgreat fitness facility. Hopefully, the est; the first one is a little easier besize of the crowd here is a good indicacause the planks are heavier and more tion that everyone is as excited to open secure, but the second one (with its this course as we are. lighter, narrower boards) was hard.”

“Another group we could not have The course is open to Soldiers, Soldiers representing several units assigned to U.S. Army Garrison Fort done this without is our master resilBelvoir prepare to begin the grand opening celebration of the DFMWR family members, civilians and other ience trainers. We named this place Resilience Obstacle Course, Friday on North Post. military-affiliated personnel who have the Fort Belvoir Resilience Obstacle proper identification and access to a very specific mission in a specific – NCR/MDW Command Sgt. Maj. Course because we’ve put a lot of Timothy Guden; USAG Fort Belvoir DFMWR facilities. Children must be thought and effort into not just the location.

“The future is not that certain. But, Command Sgt. Maj. Scott Guillory; supervised by an adult. physical fitness aspect of this course “Individuals or teams can navibut having something that’s great for here is what is very certain — wher- and DFMWR Director Berry Patrick gate the obstacle course to reinforce team building — there are a couple ever we go, whoever our adversary is, to cut the ribbon and declare the Resil- the 14 skills taught in the resilience of obstacles here that really require it’s going to be physically and mentally ience Obstacle Course officially open program,” Tucker said. “Depending on you to get through them as a team,” demanding. So, we have to prepare ev- for business. Becker then led the first your goals, there are multiple ways to Lenz said. “That’s the same as in life; ery day for that environment, and that team of Soldiers through the course complete the course events: individusome things you can do on your own, starts with PT every morning,” Becker and, by event’s end, every Service als or teams can race for time or teams some things are much better done as said. “It builds mental strength and it member present had a chance to run can complete it to strengthen cohesion. a team. This course reinforces the 14 builds physical strength. Opportuni- it.

“The course is only limited by your Becker found the Resilience Ob- imagination, as long as you follow resilience skills that we teach every ties like this also help to build teamwork in your organizations — trust stacle Course at Fort Belvoir ideal for all of the requirements in the safety year.”

Becker then took the speaker’s and teamwork and other components what he is always looking for, in terms policy. I hope everyone will enjoy parpodium and stressed the critical im- that are going to be critical to our suc- of keeping Soldiers fit, ready and re- ticipating in this obstacle course and portance of fitness and resilience to cess in future operating environments. silient. remember a resilient individual is one “So, I would say to all of our lead“This is a good course,” he said, after who is willing to take calculated, necthe Army’s mission, now and in the ers, get your Soldiers out there every crossing the finish line. ”Like I said be- essary risks and capitalize on opportufuture.

“The single, most important thing morning for some good, hard physical fore, combat operations are physically nity,” Tucker added. we do every single day is our physi- training. That’s going to be key wher- and mentally challenging and we have For more information about the cal training,” he said. “Our future ever we go. No matter what your MOS to be ready for future environments. Fort Belvoir Resilience Obstacle environment is very uncertain — the is, no matter what your mission is, it’s This course is definitely challenging Course, call Sheila Edwards, Fort Beladversary, the enemy we’ll face is un- always mentally and physically chal- and it’s going to help build physical voir sports director, 703-805-4382 or and mental strength and teamwork.” visit http://belvoir.armymwr.com/us/ certain, unlike the last 13 to 15 years lenging,” Becker said. when we had a very specific enemy, Becker and Lenz joined JFHQ Master Sgt. Johnnathan Quaye, belvoir/categories/sports-and-fitness.

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Fort Belvoir children engage in a ball handling exercise during a Child, Youth and School Services Start Smart soccer clinic, Oct. 8 at Specker Field House.

Start Smart soccer, football registration under way

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Registration has officially begun for Fort Belvoir Child, Youth and School Services’ popular Start Smart sports skills training program for children ages 3-5.

Start Smart is part of the installation’s annual effort to help military children learn the basics of sports and develop the skills necessary to compete as part of organized teams once they reach qualifying age, according to Jerry Arrington, CYSS sports and fitness director.

“The Start Smart program started after the National Alliance for Youth Sports (a non-profit 501(c) (3) organization that aims to make the sports experience safe, fun and healthy for all children) conducted a survey in 1989 and determined that children in the 3-5 year-old age group didn’t have the motor skills they would need to play sports later,” Arrington said. “So, we developed the Start Smart program to teach and develop those skills to get the children better prepared to start out in the (organized) leagues when they’re old enough.”

Arrington, with Julie Libert and Rashward Pope, CYSS sports assistant directors, conduct several Start Smart classes during the year.

“In the spring, we do Start Smart baseball, soccer and golf, and we added tennis to the program in 2013,” Arrington said.

“We do this three times a year,” Libert added. “In January, we start basketball and sports development.”

Currently, soccer and football are the highlighted sports, and these mid-summer clinics consistently draw large turnouts.

“Soccer is always the biggest class for us, because so many of the children’s brothers and sisters play in the youth program here and they’re interested in playing, too,” Arrington said. “We work on four main skills — dribbling, kicking, stopping the ball and throwing the ball in.”

The children spend the hour-long sessions learning how to develop and execute those skills under the watchful eyes of Arrington, Libert and a team of CYSS sports and fitness specialists.

The Start Smart football camp is designed to teach up-and-coming athletes the fundamentals of catching and running with the ball, passing, kicking, punting and the basics of executing plays. It also aims to instill a lasting commitment to sportsmanship, integrity, maintaining an active lifestyle and a nutritious diet—the keystone of all CYSS sports programs.

At the end of each five-week training session, CYSS officials host a graduation ceremony and participants get certificates for their hard work in completing the course.

Registration for Start Smart soccer and football runs through Sept. 18.

For more information about Start Smart, as well as Fort Belvoir’s sports and fitness program as a whole, call Jerry Arrington, 703-8059139; or Julie Libert, 703-805-9138. For a full schedule of sports, seasons and registration

Addison Jenkins, 3, develops her dribbling skills during Fort Belvoir's Child, Youth and School Services Start Smart soccer clinic, Oct. 8 at Specker Field House. dates, visit http://belvoir.armymwr.com/us/belvoir/programs/youth.

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Capt. Jon Anderson of the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program throws Alan Vera of Cuba en route to an 8-0 victory in the Greco-Roman 86-kilogram/187-pound semifinals of the 2015 Pan American Games wrestling tournament at the Mississauga Sports Centre near Toronto.

Anderson, a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., and from Virginia Beach, Va., went on to win the gold medal.

I made some mistakes in my next match."

Mango defeated 2014 world fifthplace finisher Ismael Borrero of Cuba 3-3 on criteria in the quarterfinals before falling to eventual champion Andres Montano of Ecuador in the semifinals, leaving him with the

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"I was leading 1-0, and I went out for a front headlock and tried to force something I didn't need at all," said Mango of the semifinal bout. "I gave up four points. I had to go for broke after that. I tried and it didn't work out. I need to learn from that."

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For the first time in four decades, Team USA has taken home the team title in Greco-Roman wrestling at the Pan American Games in Toronto.

Capt. Jon Anderson and Sgt. Whitney Conder struck gold and Sgt. Spenser Mango won bronze helping Team USA clinch the title.

All three Soldiers are members of the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program, or WCAP. "We came here to win medals and we were able to do that, so I'm just excited for the entire team," said Shon Lewis, head coach of the Army WCAP team, who also served on the U.S. Pan American Games staff.

"As we head to Las Vegas for the World Championships," Lewis said, "this is an upbeat. We still have a lot of work to do, but I'm encouraged with how we performed."

Anderson defeated Venezuela's Querys Perez by a 9-0 technical fall in the men's 85-kilogram/187-pound Greco-Roman finals at the 2015 Pan Am Games in Mississauga Sports Centre's Hershey Centre, July 15.

"We're on the warpath," said Anderson, who is working toward the 2015 World Championships and the 2016 Olympic Games. "We're on a mission, and we're not going to stop, not until we get to the top."

Anderson, who finished second in the 2015 U.S. World Team Trials, used a relentless, hard-charging attack to defeat Perez.

"It was a lot of hard work, but it felt amazing to hear our national anthem being played after I won," said Anderson, 30, a Virginia Beach, Va., native, who graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. "I'm proud to take home this gold medal for our country. It means a lot."

Anderson and Conder each took a

victory lap around the mat clutching a U.S. flag after their wins.

"That was cool," Anderson said.

"Ever since I was a little kid starting to wrestle, I saw videos and pictures of guys doing that. I waited for my day, and today was the first of many."

Conder won her gold medal in the women's freestyle 53-kilogram/116pound division with a 3-2 victory over Alma Valencia of Mexico, July 16.

Conder said keeping a good stance and good position were the keys to her championship performance.

"I knew she was definitely a tough opponent," Conder said, "so I just had to keep on her, know what I needed to do and just go after her.

"It's amazing to be able to show the country what I can do, and be able to show the Army what I can do, as well," said Conder, 27, of Puyallup, Wash. "This is definitely a good springboard to know that I can beat some of the top. I'm just setting myself up to win."

In her semifinal match, Conder pinned Yamilka Del Valle of Cuba while leading 6-2.

"She came out and wrestled tough against the Cuban and got a pin," Lewis said. "Going into the finals, she said she had never wrestled against her before, but they had scrapped in practice during international training. She came out here and pulled the trigger — wrestled a really smart match and was very technical.

"She did what she had to do. She's a professional."

Mango, a two-time Olympian, prevailed 6-3 in the men's 59-kilogram/130-pound bronzemedal match against Jansel Ramirez of the Dominican Republic.

"It's always nice leaving a tournament with a win in your last match," Mango said. "I really wanted to win a gold medal here. I got the Cuban out of the way in my first match, but

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Sports & Recreation Briefs This week Golf Club membership sale The Fort Belvoir Golf Club has begun a membership sale for all military personnel, Department of Defense affiliated employees, government employees, and the general public, including family and guests.

Join now and get up to 25 percent off.

New Green Fee Rates • E1-E5: $ 450 • E6-E9: $ 750 • O1-O3: $ 900 • W1-W3: $ 900 • W4-W5: $1,005 • O4-O10: $1,005 • DoD Gov/Civilian: $1,005 • General Public/Guest: $1,245 • Juniors (18 and younger): $ 300 For more information call the Golf Club at 703806-5878.

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Free golf lessons Friday Every Friday our Fort Belvoir Golf Club professionals walk the range tee giving all those hitting range balls golf tips. You don’t even need golf clubs; the Pro Shop is happy to provide them! Patrons will purchase only the Range Balls: • Small (25) balls: $4 • Medium (50 balls): $6 • Large (75 balls): $9 Call 703-806-5878 for more information.

Bulldogs youth football registration under way Registration is open for the 2015 Belvoir Bulldogs youth football season. Sign-up runs until teams are filled or enroll date ends, Aug. 14. Registration runs Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 6 a.m. -4 p.m., and Tuesday and Thursday 8 a.m.-6 p.m. for appointments and walk-ins, at Markham School Age Service, Parents Central Service, Bldg. 950. You can also make an appointment by calling 703-805-1908. A current sports physical is required for your child to play. Football practice is scheduled to start Aug. 3 at Pullen Field. We are looking to have teams from each weight class. The league that we play with is Fairfax County Youth Football League, which covers the Northern Virginia area. For more information, call Jerry Arrington at 703-805-9139.

New water aerobics classes Benyaurd Indoor Pool is offering water aerobics classes Mondays, 5:30-6:25 a.m. and Thursdays, 5-5:55 p.m. The cost is $5 per class. For more information, call at 703-805-2620.

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Aug. 7, 9 p.m.-midnight. at the Fort Belvoir Bowling Center, 5975 Middleton Road, Bldg. 1199.

Cosmic Bowling is out of this world, featuring music videos and awesome effects lighting in an ultra-lounge atmosphere. The cost is $5 per game or $16 per person, 3 hour unlimited special from 5 p.m.-midnight

Calvert Cliffs Hike Aug. 8, departure from ODR, Bldg. 778. Cost is $10 per person for transportation. Please sign up early at 703-805-3081. All trips must have at least 8 people registered one week in advance.

In Progress Water Aerobics afternoon classes Benyaurd Indoor Pool has added afternoon water

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aerobics classes — Mondays from 5:30 to 6:25 p.m. and Thursdays, from 5 to 5:55 p.m. Low impact, high cardio workouts take place every Tuesday and Thursday (except holidays) . The Shallow Water Class is 9 to 9:55 a.m. and the Deep Water Class is 10 to 10:55 a.m. at the Benyaurd Indoor Pool. Cost is $5 per class.

For more information, call at 703-805-2620.

Personal training Several new personal training and fitness packages for customers have bSeveral new personal training and fitness packages for customers have been added to the Kawamura Human Performance Center’s schedule. The packages range from $70 to $600.

Individual training packages: • 1 Hour Session with trainer, program with instruction: $70 • Micro-fit assessment (included but not required), health screening (PAR-Q), measurements, exercise prescription, 6 one-on-one training sessions: $320 • Micro-fit assessment (included but not required), health screening (PAR-Q), measurements, exercise prescription, 8 one-on-one training sessions: $400 • Micro-fit assessment (included but not required),

health screening (PAR-Q), measurements, exercise prescription, 12 one-on-one training sessions plus 2 complimentary sessions: $600 Buddy/couples training packages: • 1 Hour Session for 2 people with trainer, program with instruction: $100 • Micro-fit assessment (included but not required), health screening (PAR-Q), measurements, exercise prescription, 6 1-hour sessions with a trainer for 2 people: $580 Sign up for a personal trainer at Graves Fitness Center or the Body Shop.

If interested in becoming a personal trainer, call 703-806-4430.

For program information call 703-806-4647.

Adult recreational volleyball Eligible individuals ages 18 and older are welcome to play adult recreational volleyball Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and Sundays, 2-5 p.m., at Wells Field House.

For more information, visit http://belvoir.armymwr.com/us/belvoir/programs/wells-field-house or contact Ron Valentine at Ron.Valentine@dau.mil, or 703-805-2912; T.J. Dierks at Timothy.Dierks@DTRA. mil; or Cliff Fouts at CrFouts26k@aol.com.

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Ladies’ Golf Association of Fort Belvoir weekly winners Ace Day Tournament – Woodlawn, July 23 • Ace of July: Ellen Sibre, Net 60 Flight 1 — 9 players • 1st place: Carol Mills, Net 67 • 2nd place: Marie Anderson, Net 68 • 3rd place: Diane Davis, Net 72 • 4th place (Tie): Sarah Major, Net 76* and Rhu Black, Net 76**

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Flight 2 — 10 players • 1st place (Tie): Vickie Hauser, Net 69* and Ginger Poole, Net 69 • 2nd place: Mary Blair, Net 74 • 3rd place: Bea Burdick, Net 75 • 4th place: June Page, Net 79 Flight 3 — 8 players and Ace • 1st place: Margie Hundelt, Net 63 • 2nd place (Tie): Joyce Palaschak Net 68* and Carol Lucke, Net 68 • 3rd place: Marcia Boynton, Net 70 * Scorecard playoff winner ** 2nd place scorecard playoff winner in a 3-way tie For information about the LGAFB and upcoming tournaments call Carol Lucke, LGAFB publicity chair, 703-791-2466.

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