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CNP VISITS STENNIS Chief of naval personnel Vice Adm. William Moran embarks on board USS John C. Stennis to meet with sailors, answer questions during all hands call.

PAGE 2 TRICARE OUT? Panel recommending military’s TRICARE health care system largely be replaced, giving families the ability to choose from a wider menu of insurance plans.

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GREENERT TESTIFIES Chief of Naval Operations testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on how sequestration in 2013 forced reductions in afloat and ashore operations.

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Squadron (VAQ) 137, based out of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, lands on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt is underway participating in a composite training unit exercise, which tests the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group’s ability to effectively react to realworld scenarios and perform as an integrated unit.

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Behavioral health consultation service available at NBK Bangor clinic

By DOUGLAS H. STUTZ NHB PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Overall good health and wellness has been defined as combining equal measures of mind, body and spirit.

Naval Hospital Bremerton’s Branch Health Clinic Bangor is helping patients achieve that balance by implementing an Internal Behavioral Health Program in the Family Health Clinic and offering behavioral health consultation service to those enrolled with the clinic.

The new service offers assistance when habits, behaviors, stress, worry, or emotional concerns and issues about physical or other life problems interfere with someone’s daily life.

“As a consultant to the provider, I am part of our clinic team.

I am someone on the team a patient can talk to. We work as an integrated team thus being able to provide a more holistic approach to care. The benefit of me here is that … I’m here,” said Chalice Ledet, internal behavioral health consultant.

Having a consultant like Ledet

adds an extra component of addressing the emotional health, habits and behaviors of a patient. IBHC are licensed professionals trained at assessing functional impairment in work performance, work relationships, family relationships, social activities, recreational-fun activities and exercise due to mentalemotional issues. Behavioral interventions and psycho-education are provided at visits and statistics show that a patient’s overall functioning improves. In many cases, the work of the IBHC serves as good preventative medicine by addressing a problem before it gets out of hand and cost savings to the government are a plus.

A big plus is that a patient can walk in any time without a referral for a quick consult by the IBHC to address their problem. Patients also benefit with the more holistic approach by not having to wait on a specialty care appointment.

“The patient can see the IBHC approximately four to six times for one issue, then as needed for different problems, without a re-

ferral from the primary care manager (PCM). If a patient has deep seated or complicated issues and the patient needs more help, they will then be referred to specialty care,” Ledet said, noting that the PCM can give a warm handoff to the IBHC and they can be seen that same day or scheduled accordingly.

Many times the IBHC visits with the patient in the exam room with the PCM for a quick assessment and the process begins from that initial interaction. Because Ledet is embedded internally as part of the team, the PCM does not have to put in a consultation-referral note in the electronic medical records system. The IBHC keeps the PCM informed of the findings and the plan after a visit, generally same day.

“I’m working to help the doctors so they can better care for their patients. Say a patient comes in to see the doc and there’s something else – anxiety or depression – going on. I can come in and be that someone to talk with and I can give them tools to help cope,” said Ledet.

Ledet attests that there are

Panel recommending changes to health care

By LOLITA C. BALDOR ASSOCIATED PRESS

U.S. officials say an independent commission is recommending broad changes to the military’s retirement and health care systems that could save more than $20 billion over the next four years.

But the proposals, which would allow some of the programs to operate more like existing federal employee systems, are likely to face an uphill battle from members of Congress who vigorously protect military benefits and have so far resisted change.

According to officials familiar with the report, the panel is recommending that the military’s TRICARE health care system largely be replaced, giving families the ability to choose from a wider menu of insurance plans, similar to those used by federal employees.

The Military Compensation and Retirement Mod-

ernization Commission plans to unveil its report soon. Officials described the recommendations on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss them publicly before the report’s release. Recognizing how difficult it is to make changes to the entrenched systems, in many cases the panel grandfathers in current service members, allowing them to keep existing programs.

Under the proposed changes, service members would still get free health

care and would go through military treatment facilities. Military family members and retirees would be able to choose from a variety of insurance plans and would receive an allowance to offset any premiums or co-payments required.

Advocates for change have long argued that military families often have limited health care choices, particularly in more remote locations. And they say families could benefit from more choices as they seek out physicians and

overlapping benefits having an IBHC right there during any appointment. The PCMs benefit by having the expertise of the IBHC being able to evaluate any concerns they encounter during an examination. The IBHC assists with giving their patients additional education and skills to increase coping with daily stressors and adherence to the PCM’s treatment plans, among the many other benefits. “(An) IBHC is here to take the load off of a PCM by stepping in to address those who need that extra time in dealing with their physical and mental issues; who are needy and make repetitive PCM appointments; or are noncompliant and have behaviors that are blocking their progress. IBHCs are trained at probing deeper into underlying issues affecting overall health and can coach the patient toward wellness or at least let the PCM know where the lack of progress is coming from. This saves the PCM time and energy. Clinical pathways are being designed and will add the IBHC to the PCM’s electronic medical record tem-

services.

Recommended changes to the retirement benefits would also mirror what has gone on in the federal government and private industry. Military members could continue to get their defined pension benefit, but they would also be allowed to enroll in a thrift savings plan, like a 401(k), that would include some matching contributions from the government.

Officials said the change would allow troops to re-

plate for various maladies aside from such problems of anxiety and depression,” Ledet said.

IBHCs can help reduce symptoms associated with various chronic medical conditions, or help patients cope better with such conditions as migraines and headaches, chronic pain, diabetes, asthma and COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), hypertension, and irritable bowel syndrome.

IBHCs can also assist with developing plans for behavioral change programs or lifestyle modifications such as smoking cessation, weight loss, alcohol use, and exercise and healthier eating. They are also capable of helping with emotional or behavioral programs that include family or relationship problems, stress, depression and bereavement, anxiety, and anger problems.

An appointment with Ledet will last approximately 30 minutes. Her goal is to provide brief, solution-focused interventions.

BHC Bangor hours are 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The appointment line is (360) 315-4384.

ceive a least some retirement pay even if they don’t stay on for 20 years, the minimum length of service required to receive a pension.

While the retirement and health care proposals are just two of 15 major recommendations by the panel, they are sure to receive the most debate.

Pentagon leaders have complained for years that the cost of military benefits has been growing exponentially and taking a

larger bite out of the budget. The growth, they have said repeatedly, is not sustainable and changes will have to be made.

Members of Congress, however, have been reluctant to do anything that appears to cut benefits or create new costs for troops, particularly as they have been fighting and dying in two long wars. Just last year, lawmakers opposed Pentagon proposals to trim military housing SEE PANEL | 6

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Commission: offer choices and see compensation costs fall MILITARY UPDATE Tom Philpott

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he Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission is urging President Obama to endorse and Congress to enact sweeping changes to military health insurance and retirement options to “empower” service members to make choices that would drive down compensation costs.

The panel’s final report makes 15 recommendations that, if fully implemented, would cut personnel spending for the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs by $12 billion a year. The most surprising idea is to replace the triple-option TRICARE program for military families and working-age retirees with a selection of commercial health insurance plans.

On retirement, current force members could stay under their High-3 plan. But the commission forecasts 40 percent of them, if given a chance, would replace that plan offering no benefits before 20 years’ service with a “blended” plan that lowers annuities for careerists but offers some retirement savings to the 83 percent of service members who leave short of 20 years.

That menu of health insurance offerings to the military would be similar to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Insurance Program (FEHBP) for civilians. Indeed the Office of Personnel Management, which administers FEHBP, would also run the military plans. But rather than saddle active duty families with the same costs paid by civilians – roughly 28 percent as premiums – they would receive a new two-part Basic Allowance for Health Care (BAHC) to cover at least most of their new health insurance costs.

One part would be paid to the selected insurance plan directly and cover member premiums for an average-priced plan. Part two of BAHC, to cover co-pays and deductibles, would go to members to use as they choose. The intent of those dollars is to incentivize military families to be careful consumers of health care. They are not today, the report says. TRICARE Prime users, for example, make 55 percent more outpatient visits than do civilians enrolled in HMOs who have to cover co-pays out of pocket.

Participating insurance plans would have to include military treatment facilities in their provider networks.

Patients and plans would be enticed to use on-base care with offers of reduced co-pays and fee reimbursements, particularly for complex medical cases that keep wartime skills sharp.

TRICARE administrative costs are excessive, the report says, and yet too many beneficiaries don’t get timely care or quality care. Also, TRICARE provider networks have coverage gaps because contractors set physician fees too low. Relying on commercial insurance would improve access, speed referrals for specialty care, save millions of dollars in administrative costs and leave beneficiaries more satisfied, the commission predicts.

The commission would leave unchanged TRICARE for Life, the golden supplement to Medicare that elderly retirees have prized for a dozen years.

Working-age military retirees and families, however, would fare less well. Initially they would have to pay 5 percent of health plan premiums. That cost share would grow by one percentage point a year over 15 years so that retirees under age 65 eventually pay 20 percent of health insurance costs. The costs would stop when eligible for Medicare and TRICARE for Life.

Commissioners say beneficiaries, from during their site visits and public hearings, expressed a desire for more health care choices than the ponderous TRICARE program can provide.

The retirement plan they propose for new entrants and for any current members drawn to its features would still provide an immediate although reduced annuity after 20 or more years’ service. But among its new features would be a Thrift Savings Plan with government matching of member contributions up to 5 percent of monthly basic pay. This would be portable like 401k plans in the private sector. TSP would vest after only two years and members could roll it into civilian employer 401ks on leaving service.

Also, 12 years into a military career, members would receive a lump-sum “continuation” payment, equal to at least two-and-a-half months of basic pay, more if they have a critical skill. To take the cash, members would have to agree to serve four more years. Presumably 16 years in, most careerists would decide to serve for at least 20 years to gain the immediate annuity. But with the new plan retiring members would have more choices.

They could draw an immediate annuity based on 2 percent (not the current 2.5 percent) of average basic pay for each year served; or accept a lump sum amount and a smaller annuity; or accept a full cash out and forego any military annuity until they age into social security.

At that point, military retired pay would start and equal the retired pay of their peers who elected to draw full annuities since time of retirement.

The nine-member commission, including two retired generals and four former members of Congress, endorses current basic pay tables and the tradition of paying taxfree allowances for housing and subsistence. They also unanimously recommend streamlining, not dismantling, commissary and exchange systems to preserve current on-base shopping discounts.

Other recommendations would strengthen support of families with more childcare and improved access to services for special needs children.

The commission doesn’t endorse ending the offset of Survivor Benefit Plan payments for thousands of widows who also receive VA Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC). But it would give retirees the option of paying higher SBP premiums to ensure that their surviving spouses, if deemed eligible for DIC, would also receive full SPB. Commission ideas to “safeguard” the Post-9/11 GI Bill could spark some of the sharpest protests from military and veterans associations. One would impact many of the more than 423,000 members who have elected to transfer GI Bill benefits to family members in return for serving longer. The transferred benefit now includes a housing stipend equal to monthly housing allowance locally for a mid-grade enlisted member. The commission says that stipend shouldn’t be paid to family member students after June 2017 even if it was part of the original deal.

Next week: Commissioners present and defend these proposals and more before the Senate and House armed services committees.

Contact Tom Philpott at P.O. Box 231111, Centreville, VA, 20120, or milupdate@aol.com.

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February focuses on heart health NAV Y AND MARINE CORPS PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER

Heart disease is the number one killer of both men and women in the United States and worldwide.

Many young people think of heart disease, a form of cardiovascular disease, as something to worry about as you get older. They may assume they can stop the behavior and “right the wrong� before any damage is done.

The truth is, although heart disease is normally diagnosed later in life, it is a progressive condition. By the time symptoms are present, the damage has already occurred.

There are many forms of heart disease, the most common of which is coronary heart disease (sometimes called coronary artery disease). Coronary heart disease (CHD) occurs when the walls of the arteries supplying blood to the heart become nar-

row or hardened due to plaque build-up. The build-up is called atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis occurs over time; contributing factors can include modifiable risks including smoking, an unhealthy diet, lack of physical activity, being overweight or obese, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, type 2 diabetes, stress and heavy alcohol use.

As the plaque accumulates, most will not experience any symptoms or have any indication that there is a problem. By the time an individual experiences symptoms, the plaque has often been building up for decades.

For many people, the first sign of atherosclerosis is when the build-up has narrowed the arteries enough that the heart muscle does not receive sufficient amounts of blood and oxygen.

This causes chest pain and can lead to a heart attack. Heart attack symptoms vary, and wom-

en often experience more vague symptoms than men, such as nausea, back pain, extreme fatigue, or indigestion. Although lifestyle changes may be all some individuals need to treat atherosclerosis, others will need daily medications, medical procedures, or surgery.

A concern for the military population is emerging research linking post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and heart disease.

Although the reasons why remain unclear, studies indicate individuals with PTSD have a higher prevalence of heart disease, even when taking into account health behaviors that increase risk for heart disease such as smoking, depression, and obesity.

To delay or prevent heart disease, eat a diet high in fruits and vegetables and low in saturated fats and salt. Participate in 150 minutes of moderate or 75 minutes of vigorous activity each week. Maintain a healthy weight and practice positive stress management techniques.

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Slight increase to TRICARE pharmacy copay begins this month New copayments for prescription drugs covered by TRICARE will go into effect February 1, 2015. The Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) requires TRICARE to increase most pharmacy copays by $3. Drugs from military pharmacies and generic drugs from TRICARE Pharmacy Home Delivery still cost beneficiaries $0.

TRICARE pharmacy copays vary based on the class of drug and where beneficiaries choose to fill their prescriptions. Home Delivery copays for formulary brand name drugs are going from $13 to $16, and for non-formulary from $43 to $46. You can get up to a 90-day supply of drugs through Home Delivery. At the retail pharmacy network, copays for generic formulary drugs go from $5 to $8, brand name formulary go from $17 to $20 and non-formulary from $44 to $47. You can get up to a 30-day supply of drugs at retail pharmacies.

Some pharmacy copays are not changing in 2015. Military pharmacies remain the lowest cost option for beneficiaries, with no cost for drugs, and generic formulary medications at Home Delivery remain $0. Home Delivery is a low cost, safe and convenient way for TRICARE beneficiaries to get their maintenance medications. Copays at non-network retail pharmacies will also change, based on the changes to retail copays. For more details, visit the TRICARE pharmacy costs page.

These changes in the NDAA overrule previous rules passed by Congress in 2013 that connected TRICARE pharmacy copays to the retiree cost of living adjustment (COLA).

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SOWA tournament supported by volunteer sailors

By DOUGLAS H. STUTZ NHB PUBLIC AFFAIRS

The competition, camaraderie, and caliber of play at this year’s Special Olympics Washington (SOWA) 2015 region winter basketball tournament, Jan. 31, made a believer out of Seaman Mayele Mapanda.

Mapanda knows the game of basketball. The Oakland, Calif. native played for Fresno City College and Cal State East Bay before enlisting in the Navy and being assigned at Naval Hospital Bremerton.

Mapanda, along with 40 other NHB staff members volunteered in a variety of ways at the tournament.

He came away impressed, inspired and pleasantly surprised at the combined energy and enthusiasm of the numerous teams competing in the Kitsap SUN Pavilion.

“I wasn’t really sure what to expect. This tournament is great. It’s pure basketball. The teamwork PA N EL | F ROM 3

benefits and commissary subsidies and efforts to impose slight increases in out-of-pocket costs for TRICARE. But as budget woes grow, some lawmakers may be more open to limited changes.

Recently, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told military leaders during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee that “we need to look at re-

is incredible. The talent level is real and it’s easy to see that these players are having a lot of fun. No one on these teams has any individual goals. They’re all about the team and helping others, just like we are in the Navy,” said Mapanda.

The tournament has grown in popularity from 65 teams in 2009 to 91 this year, with approximately 1,000 athletes participating at four locations, with the Kitsap County Fairgrounds SUN Pavilion the main venue site. As they have done in the past, NHB’s Color Guard presented the colors to commence the official start of the tournament and several stuck around afterwards to also help out as volunteers “The military involvement from Naval Hospital is awesome. To have so many volunteers all here going out of their way to help others is just tremendous. They’re all doing it for these teams,” said Stephanie Blotzer, Kiwan-

is Club member and event volunteer coordinator.

The tournament featured basketball programs from BKAT (Bremerton Kitsap Athletic Team), Clallam County, Clark County, Eatonville, Gig Harbor, Grays Harbor, JBLM (Joint Base Lewis McCord), Jefferson County, Lewis County, Longview/ Kelso, Metro Parks (Tacoma), PCFA (Pierce County Friends and Athletes), Puyallup, Shelton, South Kitsap, Sound Athletics, Spanaway, Sumner/Bonney Lake, Thurston County, University Place and Vancouver (Wash.).

Six local Kiwanis chapters have for years taken on the volunteer duty of helping to coordinate and orchestrate the event and any assistance they can get is always appreciative. When they heard that NHB would also be volunteering again, they knew that such tasks as scorekeeping, time-keeping, lunch management for the teams, presentation of medals to players and oth-

forming pay and benefits, be generous but sustainable.”

The three service chiefs agreed.

“If we don’t, regardless of sequestration, we would have to take significant cuts in our capacity,” Gen. Raymond Odierno, chief of staff of the Army, told Graham.

Other panel recommendations touch on a number of benefits, ranging from child care and commissaries to education programs.

The panel recommends merging the office and some management activities for base commissaries and exchanges that could bring some property savings over time. And it also recommends giving military leaders the authority to use funding to add child care facilities and staff where needed.

The bulk of the cost savings over the next four years would come from the TRICARE changes, officials said.

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From scorekeeping to time clock management, to any other task needed, 40 Naval Hospital Bremerton staff members donate their time and enthusiasm at the Special Olympics tournament. er chores would be in reliable hands.

“Coming here and doing this tournament is my best day of the year. It’s better than Christmas,” said Bev Luckey-Short, of Kiwanis Club of Bremerton. “Compassion and service is what Kiwanis is all about and that also goes with what we see from the hos-

pital sailors who have for years helped us out here.

We couldn’t do it without such support.”

Besides the full-court games, there was also a skills competition as teams had the ability to showcase their passing and shooting ability. Regardless of the outcome either on the court or in the

skills competition, the final score was secondary to the lasting smiles.

The tournament is a qualifying round for the state winter games tournament, which will be held in Wenatchee, Feb. 27 to March 1. All those who won a gold medal are eligible to compete at the state level.

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Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert, center, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Greenert explains value of presence, danger of cuts

By AMAANI LYLE DEFENSE MEDIA ACTIVITY

Presence remains the mandate of the Navy and the service must operate forward “when and where it matters,” the chief of naval operations testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee last week.

However, sequestration in 2013 not only whittled the Navy’s contingency response force to one third, but forced reductions in afloat and ashore operations, generated ship and aircraft maintenance backlogs, and compelled the Navy to extend unit deployments, Adm. Jonathan Greenert said.

“Sequestration resulted in a $9 billion shortfall in 2013, below our budget submission ... degraded fleet readiness and created consequences from which we are still recovering,” the admiral said.

Greenert also described carrier strike groups, amphibious-ready groups and destroyers experiencing eight- to 10-month, or longer, deployments. “This comes at a cost of our sailors’ and our families’ resiliency; it reduces the performance of the equip-

ment and it will reduce the service lives of our ships,” he said.

The Navy’s fleet readiness likely will not recover

from the ship and aircraft maintenance backlogs until about 2018, five years after the first round of sequestration, according to

Greenert.

“We reduced procurement of advanced weapons and aircraft, [and] we delayed upgrades to all but the most critical shore infrastructure,” the admiral said. “The end result has been higher risk [to] those missions requiring us to deter and defeat aggression and ... project power despite an anti-access, area-denial challenge.”

Still, recent events speak to the value of forward presence, Greenert asserts.

“When tasked in August, the George H.W. Bush Strike Group relocated from the Arabian Sea to the North Arabian Gulf and was on station within 30 hours, ready for combat operations in Iraq and Syria,” Greenert said.

Additionally, Navy and Marine Corps strike fighters from the carrier generated 20-30 combat sorties per day and for 54 days represented the only coalition strike option to project power against the Is-

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lamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the admiral said.

Greenert highlighted the USS Truxtun, which arrived in the Black Sea to establish a U.S. presence and reassure allies within a week after Russia invaded Crimea. He recounted the USS George Washington Strike Group’s dozen ships that provided disaster relief to the Philippines in the wake of super typhoon Haiyan just over a year ago.

Overall, he said, a return to sequestration further delays critical warfighting capabilities, further reduces contingency response force readiness and jeopardizes ship and submarine procurement.

“Unless naval forces are properly sized, modernized at the right pace ... ready to deploy ... and capable to respond in the numbers and at the speed required by the combatant commanders, they won’t be able to answer the call,” Greenert said.

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Kitsap Fleet and Family Readiness FAFSA WORKSHOP

NBK Bremerton

Cinema Plus Movie Line: 360.535.5923

Aquatics Center: 360.476.9416

Fitness Center: 360.315.2134

Café.com (inside Sinclair’s): 360.476.2673

Fleet & Family Support Center: 360.396.4115

From 2 to 5 p.m., Feb, 17, Bldg. 2901, Bangor - Get personal assistance in filling out your Federal Student Aid (FAFSA); computers will be available for real-time applying.

Concourse West Fitness: 360.476.2231

Housing Services Center: 360.396.4399

TRANSITION GPS: CAPSTONE EVENT

Evergreen Inn Galley: 360.476.9084

Inside Out Café: 360.535.5965

Jackson Park Child Development Center: 360.476.8666 Jackson Park Youth & Teen Center: 360.627.2041 Liberty NW: 360.476.2673 Naval Hospital Fitness Center: 360.475.4546 Navy Gateway Inns & Suites: 360.475.3030 Recreation Center/ITT: 360.476.3178 Samuel Adams Brewhouse & Restaurant: 360.476.6719

Inside Out Lounge: 360.535.5969 Liberty NW-Bangor: 360.535.5977 Mechanics Corner: 360.535.5921

From 9 to 11 a.m. or 1 to 3 p.m., Feb. 19, Bldg. 2901, Bangor - Register through Command Career Counselor

ITT office is located inside the Bremerton Recreation Center, Bldg. 502, call 476-3178 for more info.

Visit navylifepnw.com and click on Military Merits, Navy Region Northwest’s one-stop online shop for military community discounts - cinemas, attractions, theater and performing arts, fairs and festivals, retail and services, seasonal events, and more!

WEBINAR: MILITARY SAVESTHRIFT SAVINGS PLAN (TSP)

HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS

From 10 to 11 a.m., Feb. 19 – Learn how TSP it works (contributions/funds/ tax information), how it differs from other retirement investments, and the future income benefits.

Navy Gateway Inns & Suites: 360.396.4035 Olympic Lanes: 360.535.5917 Pacific Edge Outfitters: 360.535.5919

WEBINAR: SMOOTH MOVE WORKSHOP

Litehouse School-Age Care: 360.535.5953

From 2 to 3:30 p.m., Feb. 19 - Overview of proven tips and techniques for addressing the most prevalent military relocation issues

Trident Inn Galley: 360.396.4296 Vet Clinic: 360.396.7900

PRE-DEPLOYMENT BRIEF

NBK Catering: 360.535.5928

NBK Bangor

Regional

For IA’s (IAMM/GSA/OSA/RC) and PreDeployment for Friends and Family, call 315-3053 to schedule your brief

Admiral Boorda Youth Center: 360.535.5915

Jim Creek Wilderness Recreation Area: 425.304.5315/63

POST-DEPLOYMENT BRIEF

Aquatics Center: 360.315.2131

Pacific Beach Resort & Conference Center: 888.463.6697

Child Development Center: 360.396.5920

INFORMATION NOTE: Area code for NBK is (360) unless otherwise noted.

Fleet & Family Readiness events, offers, and programs are open to authorized patrons only.

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RECREATION WINTER EXPO II From 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., Feb, 11 at Bremerton Gym, FREE - winter recreation information, vendors, free appetizers and beverages, prize drawings, virtual graffiti wall, inflatable snow globe and more! Call 535-5919 for more info.

VALENTINE’S DAY WINTER FESTIVAL From noon to 6 p.m., Feb. 14 at the Bremerton Recreation Center - Come enjoy the Big Game Rig, carnival

For IA’s (IAMM/GSA/OSA/RC) and for Family and Friends, call 1-866-8540638 to schedule an appointment

CHILD & YOUTH games, game tournaments, kids’ craft center, photo booth and hot chocolate. This is a free event open to all authorized base patrons and their sponsored guests. Call 476-3178 for more info.

RED WINE AND CHOCOLATE TRIP On Feb. 14, join Trips & Tours as we travel to Yakima Valley for the annual Red Wine & Chocolate event. During stops at several wineries, you’ll taste Washington’s elegant red wines paired with dark, bittersweet or milk chocolate delicacies. This trip requires a minimum age of 21. Cost: $59, register by Feb. 11. Call 476-3178 for more info.

WINTER SLEIGH RIDE AND DINNER On Feb. 21, journey across the Cascade Mountains for a horse-drawn sleigh ride that goes through open meadows and along the Icicle River with the majestic Stuart Mountain Range as a backdrop.

We’ll stop in Leavenworth for a stroll through the town. Top off your day with a wonderful gourmet dinner at Kingfisher Restaurant at Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort, a lodge-style setting with views of Icicle Canyon. Cost is $86, register by Feb. 19 on line via myFFR or call 476-3178 for more info.

OBSTRUCTION PEAK TRAIL SNOWSHOE TREK On Feb. 21, snowshoe to Steeple Rock at Hurricane Ridge, along towering,

CUPCAKE DECORATING wind-sculpted snow drifts and snow scrubbed alpine firs. Cost is $65, register by Feb. 19; call 535-5919 for more info.

FITNESS SWEETHEART SWIM CHALLENGE Partner up to see how far your team can swim in a week! Sign up at either Bangor or Bremerton Aquatic Center during the week of the challenge, Feb. 9-13. Call 315-2131 or 476-9416 for more info.

SWEETHEART RUN

Softball Complex. Awards for top three teams! Fun family activities! The cost is $100 per team, includes T-shirt for all participants. Register by Feb. 9 at any Naval Base Kitsap MWR facility or online via myFFR. For more info, call 315-2132 or email nbk.sports@ navylifepnw.com. Call 315-2131 for more info.

ARCTIC SPLASH POOL PARTY From noon to 4 p.m., Feb. 14, at the Bremerton Aquatics Center, come enjoy this free event with an inflatable obstacle course, water games, music and more! Call 476-9416 for more info.

Fun run is on Feb. 12, toddler trot starts at 11 a.m., and 5K starts at 11:30 a.m. at the Bangor Fitness Center. This is a free event and is open to all authorized base patrons and sponsored guests.

Strollers and dogs are welcome. Awards will be given to the top three men’s and women’s finishers. Register by Jan. 29 to guarantee your $15 T-shirt.

Pre-registration closes at noon, Feb. 11.

Day-of registration opens at 10 a.m.

Register online or at any MWR facility.

Call 315-2134 for more info.

TRIDENT TRIATHLON

ARCTIC FREEZE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT

We are celebrating February babies on Friday, Feb. 13 at Bangor Inside Out Lounge. Party starts at 9:30 p.m., with DJ music, drink specials, free bar

Winter Softball Invitational will take place Feb. 13-16 at Bremerton

Challenge yourself to a free selfdirected, month-long triathlon series.

Swim, bike or run at your own pace.

Event is on the honor system. Sign up at Bangor or Bremerton Fitness Centers.

For more information, call 315-2134.

DINING & ENTERTAINMENT BIRTHDAY BASH

snacks, no cover. Call 535-5928 for more info.

VALENTINE NIGHT OUT On Feb. 14, take your Valentine date to a night out from 6 to 11 p.m. at Bangor Plaza Ballroom. Only $19.95 per person includes Surf & Turf buffet, live music

by Rhythm Nation, dancing, games and prizes! Menu includes: (served from 6 to 8 p.m.) Carved Baron of Beef, Teriyaki Salmon, Herb-roasted Chicken, Pasta Primavera Alfredo, Valentine cake, and more. Reservations recommended, call 535-5928.

VALENTINE BITTER BASH From 6 to 10 p.m., on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, come to Sam Adams and enjoy Top 40 DJ, free appetizers, and great company! Call 476-6719 for more info.

NBA LEAGUE PASS AND DIRECTV NHL CENTER ICE GAMES Every night at Samuel Adams, call 4766719 for more info.

TOP 40 DJ From 6 to 10 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, Sam Adams, 476-6719 From 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Fridays and Saturdays, Bangor Inside Out Lounge, 535-5928

FLEET AND FAMILY

SUPPORT To register for any of the following classes, go to navylifepnw.com and click on myFFR or call 396-4115 or 800-562-3301 for more info.

WEBINAR: EXTREME COUPONING From 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Feb. 11 Maximize your budget using coupons without filling your pantry with 100 bottles of pancake syrup!

INTERVIEWING SKILLS From 1 to 3 p.m., Feb. 11, Bldg. 2901, Bangor - Learn effective interviewing techniques, becoming prepared for this final step in the employment process

STRESS MANAGEMENT SESSION 3: STRESS BUSTERS From 10 a.m. to noon, Feb. 12, Bldg.

2901, Bangor - Learn how to apply universal and unconventional stress management strategies to enhance their overall quality of life.

WEBINAR: CAPSTONE OVERVIEW From 2 to 3 p.m., Feb. 17 - Learn about the prerequisites for and purpose of the Capstone Event, which is the final step in the Transition GPS process.

ARMED FORCES VACATION CLUB (AFVC)

TICKETS ON SALE AT ITT/MILITARY MERITS

From 4 to 6 p.m., Feb. 13, Admiral Boorda Teen Center - Teens and their family decorate cupcakes. MUST be a registered member to attend membership is free! Call 535-5915 for more information.

BECOME A CHILD DEVELOPMENT HOMES PROVIDER Have a rewarding career while staying home with your own children; free training, monthly support, and a huge lending library. The next provider training is from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., March 9-13, register by March 2. Call 476-7483 or 476-7484 for more info.

FAMILY READING PROGRAM LIBRARY From 10 a.m. to noon, Tuesdays at Admiral Boorda Center, check out fiction and non-fiction books for the whole family. Free! Call 535-5915 for more info.

FREE CHILDREN’S STORY HOUR Starts at 11 a.m., Tuesdays at Bangor Admiral Boorda Center (ABC), and Thursdays at Bremerton Recreation Center - Interactive storytelling with puppets, story books, and songs for children ages 6 and younger; parents are required to be with their children at all times. Call 535-5915 (ABC) or 4763178 (Rec Center) for more information.

LIBERTY

The AFVC is a “space available” program offering Department of Defense affiliated personnel affordable condominium vacations at over 3,500 resorts around the world. In order to complete your travel plans, you will be asked to enter your installation number. Please note the one that most closely pertains to you.

Print & go! www.afvclub.com Naval Base Kitsap – 214 Naval Station Everett – 217 Naval Air Station Whidbey – 219

Feb. 16 – Xfinity Arena, Everett For discounted tickets, go to XfinityArenaEverett.com/ promo and enter “GSGROUPC” as password. Deadline to order is Feb. 9 The Liberty program is designed to serve single Sailors and Marines E-6 and below. However, other single service members, activated reservists, and geographic personnel are always welcome regardless of rank. Liberty Center-Bremerton: 476-2673; Liberty Center-Bangor: 535-5977

MILITARY SAVES WEEK WITH LIBERTY From Feb. 23-27, free 30-minute financial guidance sessions and financial trivia competitions at both LIBERTY Centers.

NAVY GETAWAYS Stay, play, relax at any one of our recreational getaway locations in the Northwest! Recharge at Pacific Beach Resort & Recreation Center, located on the Washington’s coast; start a new adventure at Jim Creek Recreation Area, located in Arlington, WA; or unwind at Cliffside RV Park, located on NAS Whidbey Island. Visit www. dodlodging.net or call 877-NAVY-BED for more information!

SWEETHEART WEEKEND On Feb 13-15, stay, play and enjoy a romantic couples’ weekend, at Pacific Beach Resort. Rooms start at $119 for two nights, $99 for one night (prices are per couple), includes Valentine goodies and dinner for two on Saturday, Feb. 14.

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KITSAP MOVIES NOTE: All movies are subject to change depending on availability NAVYLIFE PNW APP Download our new Navylife PNW App and have access to movie show times.

Available on the App Store and on Google Play!

Naval Base Kitsap Cinema Plus Theater at Bangor Movies are open to active duty, retirees, reservists, DoD civilians, base contractors, families, and guests. Call the 24-hour recorded movie line (360) 535-5923.

Admission: 2D Movie: $4/$3(c); 2D Double Feature: $6/$5(c); 3D Movie: $7/$5(c); 3D Double Feature: $11/$8(c); 3D-2D Double Feature: $9/$6(c).

Child:(c) Admission is for ages 6-11; Ages five and younger are free!

FRIDAY, FEB. 6

SUNDAY, FEB. 8

6 p.m. “American Sniper” (R) 8:40 p.m. “The Imitation Game” (PG-13)

FREE SNEAK PREVIEW 5 p.m. “McFarland, USA” (PG)

SATURDAY, FEB. 7

6 p.m. “Birdman” (NDVD-Free Admission) (R)

1 p.m. “Big Hero 6” (NDVD-Free Admission) (PG) 6 p.m. “Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb” (PG) 8 p.m. “American Sniper” (R)

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 11

THURSDAY, FEB. 12 6 p.m. “Big Eyes” (PG-13)

JIM CREEK OFF-PEAK SEASON SPECIAL Buy one night, get the second night FREE! Valid for cabin, RV and tent sites only. Limit one use per household, per stay. Not valid on Presidents Day weekend; valid until April 20, 2015.

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PACIFIC BEACH RESORT & RECREATION CENTER WINTER SPECIAL Buy one night, get the second night FREE! Valid for cottages, hotel suites, RV and tent sites only. Limit one use per household, per stay. Not valid on Presidents Day weekend; valid until April 24, 2015. 360-276-4414

Naval Base Kitsap Bremerton Recreation Center Movie Lounge Located in the Bremerton Recreation Center, Building 502, FREE family-friendly movies on Friday and Saturday nights; Hollywood Bowling on Thursday nights, $2 per person includes bowling at 4 p.m. and movie at 5:30 p.m. (must be 18 or older to watch movie). Check in at the front desk or call 476-3178 for more info.

FRIDAY, FEB. 6

THURSDAY, FEB. 12

5:30 p.m. “Big Hero 6” (PG)

5:30 p.m. “Horrible Bosses 2” (R)

SATURDAY, FEB. 7 5:30 p.m. “Alvin and the Chipmunks Chipwrecked” (G)

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Navy abandons ‘Global Force For Good’ to broaden appeal

By BROCK VERGAKIS ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Navy is taking a new approach to its recruiting commercials: appealing to people who are already in uniform, have long since left the military and those who never will join.

A slate of new Navy commercials have been developed to not only appeal to traditional recruits, but those already enlisted and Americans at large as the service seeks to improve retention and better position itself in the public eye in an era of shrinking defense budgets.

The Navy routinely places behind the Army, Air Force and Marines in Gallup surveys when questioned about which branch of the military is most important and the most prestigious, outranking only the Coast Guard in both categories.

Since 2009, the Navy had used the tagline ‘America’s Navy. A global force for good’ as part of an effort to appeal to service-minded young people and their parents.

While highly successful attracting recruits, the Navy began phasing it out last year after receiving feedback that it wasn’t popular with active-duty sailors or veterans, who said it didn’t capture all they did. The

tagline also appeared not to resonate with the American public.

A 2013 survey by Rasmussen Reports found that only 20 percent of respondents felt that the Navy’s primary mission should be as a “global force for good,” while 70 percent said it should primarily be to “protect and defend the United States.”

So Navy brass told Chief of Naval Personnel Vice Adm. Bill Moran they wanted a new campaign that spoke to the traditional recruiting audience while also better capturing how sailors, veterans and Americans think about their Navy. The result is that the brand will simply be ‘America’s Navy,’ with different taglines appearing on different commercials and other marketing materials.

This year’s television commercial buy is expected to reach $30.8 million, up from $21.5 million the previous year, to better position the Navy in case retention and recruitment take a hit amid an improving economy.

The first commercial in its new campaign aired in December during the Army-Navy football game and features a wide variety of sailors with different jobs circling around a civilian family to protect them. It ends with the

tagline, “To get to you, they’d have to get past us.

America’s Navy.”

Last week, the second commercial of the new campaign debuted during the X-Games, featuring giant pins placed on a map where sailors in special warfare, fighter planes and submarines, among

others, operate around the world. It ends with a narrator saying “Around the world, around the clock, in defense of all we hold dear back home. America’s Navy.”

The commercials help supplement numerous public outreach efforts conducted by the Navy,

such as air shows and fleet weeks.

“In a democracy, it’s important that the public writ large understands their Navy and has ways to learn about what we do to keep our country safe,” Cmdr. Chris Servello, a spokesman for Moran, said in an email.

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DoD official describes transition progress

By TERRI MOON CRONK DEFENSE MEDIA ACTIVITY

The redesigned Transition Assistance Program gives separating service members a “unique set of capabilities” as they enter the civilian workforce, Susan Kelly, defense transition to veterans program office director, told a House Veterans Affairs Committee panel last week.

In a review of the program before members of the economic opportunity subcommittee, Kelly outlined strides the Defense Department has made with the new TAP, in collaboration with several interagency partners, such as the veterans affairs and labor departments.

Kelly emphasized that the new program will help more than 1 million service members transition from active duty in the next four years.

“The foundation of the redesigned TAP is a set of career-readiness standards that are verified for all transitioning service members no later than 90 days prior to their separation from the military,” she explained.

If civilian career readiness standards are not met, service members receive further training or a “warm hand-over” to interagency partners who ensure they receive post-separation assistance, Kelly added.

“Part of the redesign includes the robust ‘Transition GPS curriculum Goals, Plans, Success.’ It builds the skills that transitioning service members need to meet in careerreadiness standards and it is now fully implemented at 206 military sites in the United States and overseas,” she said, adding that three supplemental training tracks exist for those who want to pursue higher education, technical training or entrepreneurship.

The five-day program also is offered for service members around the world through DoD’s Joint Knowledge Online platform, Kelly said.

A strategy for evaluat-

ing and assessing TAP has shown substantial progress, Kelly told the House panel. Its three goals are accountability, customer satisfaction and program effectiveness, she said. Longterm measures also are being developed by VA, DoL and the Small Business Administration, she said.

“Outcome measures are a priority for the TAP evaluation strategy, beginning with [The Vow to Hire Heroes Act of 2011] and career-readiness compliance,” Kelly said.

DoD-verified data to date shows active-duty service members’ compliance across the services ranges from 91 percent to 97 percent, she said.

“These results account for three-quarters of the members who have separated from active duty,” Kelly added.

“We realize that we must work hard to close the remaining reporting gap,” she said.

A comprehensive communications campaign to inform service members

about the redesigned TAP was put in place during fiscal year 2014, Kelly said.

This year, she added, the goal is to implement the Military Life Cycle transition level of the program.

According to DoD’s TAP website, the MLC transition level is critical because it gives service members the chance to plan for their post-separation career and see how their military skills can be used in the civilian world; it enables DoD to show how the services prepare their members for transition, and it optimizes how these highly trained and adaptable people can rapidly contribute to civilian society.

“This marks a major cultural shift for the department,” Kelly said. “In December, the military services reported to the White House that Military Life Cycle transition preparation was fully implemented at their installations, which the new TAP interagency governance structure will continue to monitor and improve.”

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DoD launches website to ease moving transitions “As families relocate to other areas, it’s really challenging to make sure your child care needs are being met, and this tool gives parents an opportunity in advance to find those child care spots that will work for the family.”

BARBARA THOMPSON, DIRECTOR, MCP OFFICE

By TERRI MOON CRONK DEFENSE MEDIA ACTIVITY

As military families move frequently and face a host of concerns, finding child care can be one of the greatest challenges, Barbara Thompson, director of military community and policy’s office of family policy/children and youth/special needs, said.

To streamline and standardize what can be a daunting search, the Defense Department unveiled MilitaryChildCare. com, an online resource to help military, DoD civilian and contractor families find an array of militaryoperated and militarysubsidized child care options for children between the ages of 4 weeks and 12 years, Thompson said.

“Child care is a workforce issue that impacts the readiness and retention of the force,” Thompson said. “As families relocate to other areas, it’s really challenging to make sure your child care needs are being met, and this tool gives parents an opportunity in advance to find those child care spots that will work for the family.”

MilitaryChildCare.com is a “single gateway” for families to enter as they request child care, she noted.

Of the 200,000 children DoD serves in child care, more than 50 percent are younger than age 3, Thompson said.

“It’s very difficult to find infant and toddler care in the civilian community,” she said. “[DoD has] young families with young children and we really

feel that we’re providing a high-quality environment for those babies and toddlers [with the website].”

Families can customize their search, put their children on waiting lists and monitor requests for placement, Thompson said.

“The idea is that you have choices, and you see the array pictorially of what’s available at those locations,” she noted.

A help desk online and at 1-855-696-2934, toll-free, is also available to help personalize families’ searches, she added.

The website initiative used focus groups comprising child care staff and parents, with a goal of making the website functional and intuitive to make sure families can easily navigate the system, Thompson said.

A pilot program was also conducted in the study at numerous installations over the past 18 months at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, for the Air Force, Hawaii for the Army, Hawaii and San Diego for the Marine Corps, and Hawaii, San Diego, Key West, Bahrain, Meridian and Singapore for the Navy, she said.

Recently, 13 more installations were added to the website in addition to the pilots. The additions include Naval Station Everett, Naval Base Kitsap and Naval Air Station Whidbey Island.

The child care website is expected to be fully functional worldwide in September 2016, Thompson said, adding that it will remain a work in progress as it takes in feedback from parents for improvements.

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