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Walker Gate Bridge project awaiting final approvals By Rick Musselman Belvoir Eagle arrison Directorate of Public Works is awaiting final approval from federal and state agencies to begin constructing a new bridge that will replace the current structure just inside Walker Gate on Mount Vernon Road. Chris Landgraf, Fort Belvoir Directorate of Public Works acting director, provided details about the Walker Gate Bridge project, including several government requirements which must be met before proceeding. Landgraf said the project’s been delayed by requirements from the National Environmental Protection Act, which indicate the need for more coordination with an outside agency, impacting all documentation and the design. During the NEPA process, a state agency required an architectural evaluation of the bridge.
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t. Col. Ginger Whitehead has seen the gruesome consequences when Soldiers chose to don eyewear that didn’t appear on the Army’s authorized list. Deployed Soldiers have suffered severe damage to their eyes or lost their sight entirely. “We have seen some really horrific injuries with roadside bombs,” said Whitehead, the product manager for protective equipment at Program Executive Office Soldier, Fort Belvoir. Using eyewear approved from the list, which features 27 products that have undergone extensive testing, could mean the difference between saving a Soldier’s vision or them going blind, Whitehead said. “The Soldier’s face is all chewed up,” Whitehead said. A2
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“But, when they pull his glasses off, where the skin is intact around their eyes, where you know, without a doubt, that eyewear saved their eyes.” To help protect Soldiers from serious injuries during combat missions, PEO Soldier has tested several protective eyewear models in compiling the authorized protective eyewear list, or APEL. The Army introduced a lens model on the APEL that adds a new capability to the Army’s Soldier Protection System: an advanced transition protective lenses. The Transition Combat Eye Protection, or TCEP lens, features sensors with a greater sensibility than traditional transitional lenses, responding to visible light instead of UV rays. The transition happens in milliseconds, allowing Soldiers to go from sunlight to indoors quickly, without temporarily A4
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losing their situational awareness to see incoming projectiles or enemy attacks. Typically, commercial transition lenses can take up to 5-10 minutes to transition and adjust to changing light levels. Often, they don’t darken in bright sunlight if a Soldier sits inside of a Humvee. The TCEP lenses will. “It’s a one-second button,” said Capt. Michael McCown, assistant product manager of head protection at PEO Soldier. “It’s not like your transition lenses that you get from your doctor that change as you go in and outdoors … it’s electronic.” It can also be set to transition automatically. PEO Soldier also unveiled a cold-weather goggle that can resist fogging in colder conditions. Soldiers can access the Army’s APEL list at https:// www.peosoldier.army.mil/ equipment/eyewear/. A7
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Housing summit the way ahead By Kari Hawkins Army Materiel Command
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early a year after assuming responsibility for all Army housing, Army Materiel Command will host a comprehensive review of the reforms and improvements made across the enterprise to ensure Soldiers and Families have access to high quality on-post housing. During a Housing Summit set for the week at AMC Headquarters at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., representatives of the Army’s seven privatized housing companies and Army leaders from 60 installations will review strategies and programs. “We are absolutely committed to provide safe and secure housing on every installation, and making every installation an installation of choice for our Soldiers and Families,” said Gen. Gus Perna, AMC commander. “The summit is another step in our commitment to hold ourselves and privatized housing companies accountable to provide a highquality standard of living and to earn back the trust of our housing residents.” “The steps we took in the spring and summer improved our visibility of the housing landscape and allowed us to lay out a way ahead for course correction,” Perna said.
2019 significant initiatives: • Hiring more than 100 additional staff at installation housing offices to provide quality assurance and control checks on work being done in homes, with the goal to have 100% of homes between occupancies, 100% of life, health and safety work orders and 5% of all work orders checked; • Revising the incentive fee structure with the housing companies to better account for resident and installation leadership feedback;
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• Establishing a Housing Environmental Health Response Registry through the Army Medical Command to address housing health or safety concerns; • Senior Army leaders meeting regularly with RCI company executives to review housing properties and provide oversight. The Army also joined the Air Force and Navy to develop a Resident Bill of Rights, expected to be signed later this month that will empower Service members and their Families to hold housing providers accountable. While the initiatives have yielded progress and improvements, Perna said it will take time to rebuild relationships with housing residents and develop a strategy to ensure quality reinvestment.
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Corps of Engineers looking for final SM-1 comments through January running and maintaining a nuclear reactor. More than 800 Service members were trained in the he Army Corps of Engineers building hugging Gunston Cove, is receiving final comments now within the confines of the 300 on the decommissioning of Area. Fort Belvoir’s nuclear power plant Belvoir’s acting DPW director before finalizing the environmental said a lot of environmental and impact report, according to the historic documentation work has Corps’ Baltimore District project already been done. Chris Landgraf manager. said that, once the Corps of Brenda Barber conducted Engineers meet requirements of a public meeting in Wood the National Environmental Policy Theater, Jan 9, to seek final input and National Historic Preservation from all stakeholders about acts, they will be able to award the possible impacts. contract. “The purpose of this public “The current expectation is to Photo by Paul Lara meeting is to host feedback have NEPA complete by February Dr. John Moeller, Deputy to the Garrison Commander, left, speaks with Chris on the draft environmental and award a contract in July,” he Landgraf at the SM-1 public meeting in Wood Theater, Jan 9. assessment in association with said. the decommissioning for the SM-1 deactivated award our contract in late summer. We’ll start “That would mean demolition and nuclear power plant, here on Fort Belvoir,” she our engineering work after the contract is decommissioning would begin Fiscal Year awarded and we’ll be able to mobilize to the said. “The conclusions from the draft report 2021.” site in early 2021,” she said. indicate there will be no significant impacts to Landgraf said the process then includes SM-1 was a stationary, medium-sized, the environment, and we are soliciting public carefully demolishing and removing the reactor input so we can finalize the document, sign the 2-megawatt nuclear reactor that powered up vessel and the rest of the building; removing in 1957, and was the first nuclear power plant Finding Of No Significant Impact and move an adjacent, water-intake pier; and backin the world to supply electricity to the grid. forward. filling the site with clean soil and landscaping According to Barber, the next phase presents It operated mostly as a classroom until it was to return the location for general use by the shut down in 1974, with fuel rods and waste documentation to the Army Reactor Office and installation. fuel removed. applies for a decommissioning permit. The Corps of Engineers accepts public Its principal use was training Soldiers, “We are hopeful we’ll get our comment on the SM-1 project through January Sailors and Airmen on best practices for decommissioning permit this spring, and at nab.usace.army.mil/SM-1/. By Paul Lara Belvoir Eagle
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TRICARE offers 3-D mammogram option for high-risk diagnosis, treatment By Military Health System
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Chief Hospital Corpsman Naomi Perez, a certified mammogram technician, conducts a mammogram for a patient at Naval Hospital Pensacola.
fter nearly a year’s effort, a Jan. 1 policy change allows digital breast tomosynthesis, or 3-D mammography, to be used to screen for breast cancer. While the procedure may not be offered at all military treatment facilities, the expanded benefit will be available as a screening and diagnostic tool for
beneficiaries with TRICARE coverage. The procedure, known technically as digital breast tomosynthesis or DBT, will be offered primarily to women 40 and older, and women 30 and older who are considered high-risk for breast cancer. Practitioners can offer DBT to other patients, if a diagnosis determines the presence of a risk factor. The procedure’s three-dimensional images provide a more thorough means of detecting the disease – particularly in patients with dense breast tissue. The digital breast tomosynthesis technique is similar to that of a CT (computed tomography) scan. The source of the CT X-ray repeatedly sweeps over the breast at spaced intervals. The final imagery offers a cross section of “slices,” or adjacent segments, of tissue. “Mammography is the gold standard in detecting breast cancer,
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From Bridge, page A1 The bridge has a unique structure and is one of few like it that still exists. Originally built in 1958 by an engineering company, it’s a single-span, pony truss bridge that spans 160 Photo by Paul Lara feet. The bridge uses isosceles triangles in the truss design, versus the more common, equilateral triangle design. Plans are for the new bridge to use the equilateral triangle design. “With NEPA requirements, when you’re doing an environmental assessment like we’re doing on this bridge, we try to get to a Finding of No Significant Impact, and the issue is you can’t get to a FONSI unless you’ve cleared all the hurdles that have been identified,” Landgraf added. “Concurrently, the process is running through what’s called the Section 106 process, which is a cultural resources evaluation of the facility, which can also slow the process down,” he said. “NEPA has to go into a kind of holding pattern until a Historic American Engineering Record report is complete. Once that report is complete, the NEPA process can conclude, showing there is no significant impact. “At the end of the day, when the NEPA and Section 106 are done, we can move forward with the construction,” Landgraf said. “We’ve completed the design of a bridge that looks similar to the original but has more structural integrity and can, therefore, carry a heavier load.” “The old bridge’s weigh capacity was downgraded to 5 tons, which prohibits fire trucks from crossing it. So, we’re trying to get back to the original structural integrity of the bridge, which allowed it to have a 24or 25-ton capacity, if not higher, Landgraf added. Work on the project continues, while construction cannot begin until all reports are filed and requirements are met. According to Landgraf, Walker Gate will remain closed until the contract is complete and construction may begin in April.
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Belvoir Soldiers train for ACFT certification By Rick Musselman Belvoir Eagle
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ighty officers and NCOs assigned to a variety of Belvoir units learned from visiting senior subject-matter experts from the U.S. Physical Fitness School how to train for the new Army Combat Fitness Test and become certified to prepare Soldiers in their units to pass the evaluation. The four-day program ran this week on Fort Belvoir. A little more than a year ago, the Army approved a new fitness test to replace the long-standing Army Physical Fitness Test. The ACFT was unveiled by command leadership in October 2018. In contrast to the former test’s three events (which included two minutes of pushups, two minutes of sit ups and a timed, two-mile run), the gender-neutral ACFT includes six events: three-repetition maximum deadlift, standing power throw, hand-release pushups, sprint-drag-carry, leg tuck and a twomile run. According to a recent Army memo, the purpose of the training this week was “to
ensure personnel are trained on the ACFT administrative requirements, as well as how to perform, conduct and grade the new test.” The ACFT better prepares Soldiers for combat tasks, and transforms the Army’s fitness culture, reduces preventable injuries, enhances mental toughness and stamina and reduces overall costs. The more-strenuous ACFT is designed to provide a better measurement of readiness among military personnel. “Today, we’re training for the ACFT and giving them the ability to go forward and train their troops to validate and certify them as NCOICs, OICs or (performance) graders,” said Staff Sgt. Kyle Steph, an instructor from the U.S. Physical Fitness School. “This is like a force multiplier, getting as many people out into the force, so they can train and teach this test, as well.” The Soldiers gathered on Fremont Field Tuesday morning to get a hands-on feel for all six of the new fitness requirements as ACFT
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Master Sgt. Vanessa Carides, Intelligence and Security Command, tests her upper-body strength at the standing power throw station during an ACFT training and certification session, Tuesday on Fremont Field.
Capt. Kasev Sundar, 416th Contingency Response Unit, is evaluated at the dead-lift station during an ACFT training and certification session, Tuesday on Fremont Field.
master trainers oversaw each of the “stations” and evaluated each participant’s performance. In comparison to the old test, the ACFT is shaping up to be a far more focused and comprehensive measurement of a Soldier’s physical abilities, said Master Sgt. Vanessa Carides, Intelligence and Security Command, who has been in the Army for 19 years. “I think this new test is better than the old PT test,” she said after completing the evaluation, Tuesday. “It is harder, and, at first, I could barely complete the events. But I think, if we practice it enough, we’ll get it . . . and I think the Army is on the right track with this. I think it will better prepare Soldiers for the possible requirements of combat, because it targets all the different areas of the body. It’s multiple-target exercise that’s geared towards the field environment.”
For more information about the ACFT, visit www.army.mil/acft.
Fort Belvoir officers and NCOs test their strength and endurance at the sprint-drag-carry station during an ACFT training and certification session, Tuesday on Fremont Field.
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DLA’s nerve center helps warfighters logisticians from across the DLA enterprise are briefed on defense missions around the world. “Being in the ASOC allows me to see how the things we do in Energy affects the DLA enterprise,” said Air Force Maj. Lewis Benton III, DLA Energy’s liaison officer to the ASOC. “I sync with Energy senior leadership and gain perspective to better communicate our strategic efforts during daily briefings and meetings.” More than 80 representatives, like Benton, Photo by Connie Braesch from DLA subordinate commands and headquarters Air Force Maj. Lewis Benton III, DLA Energy’s Agency staffs; along with military, Synchronization Operations Center liaison officer, works with his peers from across DLA to synchronize efforts and fuse mission government and agencyreadiness with business operations. partner liaisons synchronize and integrate the Agency’s operational mission and business support By Connie Braesch functions to provide agile, global support to the DLA Energy Public Affairs Warfighter and select federal agencies. nder the lights of a massive video wall, The cross-functional team collaborates all eyes focus on the monitors as the to manage routine requirements; exercise battle captain’s voice echoes through support; future planning; business challenges the microphone in the Defense Logistics and contingency responses, like hurricane Agency Synchronization Operations Center, relief operations. Dec. 20. “Having people from across DLA in one room It’s standing-room-only in the 24/7 center to work issues helps better connect the dots with in the McNamara Headquarters Complex what we do in Energy,” Benton said. “And, it on Fort Belvoir, as uniformed and civilian gives me the ability to tell the DLA Energy story.”
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The ASOC team illustrated their capabilities during a Dec. 6 visit from U.S. Transportation Command Commander Army General Stephen Lyons. “We got a chance to show him what the ASOC does, in real time, in regards to the active-shooter incident at Pensacola, Florida,” Benton said. “During that event, the ASOC quickly gathered information needed to ensure safety of DLA employees.” During the facility’s ribbon-cutting, Nov. 6, Army Lt. Gen. Darrell Williams, DLA director, called the ASOC the “nerve center” of the agency. “This is about that young Soldier, Sailor, Airman, Marine, Coast Guardsman and civilian who’s somewhere out there in harm’s way at the tip of the spear and those right here in our industrial locations,” Williams said. Benton said his experiences in the center will serve him well in the future. “The ASOC gives me face time with senior leaders and a good baseline of what they are thinking,” he said. ASOC representatives normally spend about 120 days in the center, but Benton said those days might be flexible to ensure good turnover. “Currently, the ASOC Energy LNO is being supported from personnel in DLA Energy Plans and Operations,” said Stephen Grace, Director of DLA Energy Plans and Operations. “In these early stages of establishing the ASOC, the overall roles and responsibilities are in a state of flux. Every day, adjustments are being made to better synchronize the ASOC and the entire DLA Enterprise.
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any New Year’s resolutions involve spending less, eating better, or expanding personal networks. For active-duty Service members and their Families, USO is ready to help. One of its many programs is Supermarket Sweep, at the Belvoir USO warehouse on Jackson Loop. Sara Martin, USO program specialist, said the monthly event falls in line with the USO mission. “We connect military Families and Service members to needed resources,” Martin said. “It’s also a friendly environment, and I see a lot of people networking in line.” Held the first Wednesday of the month at 10 a.m., USO center coordinator Heidi Miller said it’s a hectic couple of hours for her team of 10 volunteers to prepare for about 250 Service members and Families. “We get our food between 8:30 and 9 a.m., and the volunteers set up all the food within an hour,” she said. “We open it to active duty in uniform first, and then we open it up to the rest of the crowd.” A typical offering of produce might include peppers, cucumbers, potatoes, bananas, avocadoes,
onions and bread. The offerings vary, based on what’s available at the Capital Area Food Bank, which sends a truckload of food to Belvoir each month for the program. One of the ever-present volunteers organizing the tables at Supermarket Sweep is Ed Beaver, 92, who has been volunteering with the USO, in his words, “forever.” Beaver has seen the event get refined and grow over the years. “I started with a program called SHARE, the original food grant program. It was much smaller in scope, because people had to pay for the food, and we’d usually have 20 people each month. Then, this (no-cost) program cranked up and it’s much larger in scope.” After getting feedback that recipients were hesitant to accept some less-common produce, like cabbage, the USO added recipe and cooking ideas, according to a volunteer with the Master Food Volunteer Program, which is part of the Virginia Cooperative Extension. “We noticed that many of the Soldiers and Families didn’t know what to do with certain vegetables, like cabbage and eggplant, or what to do with a huge sweet potato,” said Fred Abbey. “We recruited master food volunteers here to come talk about nutrition and
bring recipes as a way to engage in “When I was a young man in a nutritional conversation,” he said. the Air Force in San Francisco, Monica Wiley, a retiree, said I was grateful to have the USO she will capitalize on at least provide hot meals, great warmth, one menu offered that morning, and the ability to socialize. I “because I’m not so sure what to was profoundly grateful for their do with the cabbage.” generosity and determined to Cathy Valdiviez said she repay them.” has been coming for a couple The next USO Supermarket of years, and called this USO Sweep is Feb. 4, from 10 a.m., program a blessing. “Sometimes it’s until the donated food runs out, a little tough to make ends meet, for Service members, active-duty so it’s helpful. What I usually do is Families and retirees. come here first, and I then go to the commissary afterwards, and it helps me get through the month.” Miller is just delighted to see so many smiling faces in the line. “It’s just a wonderful experience. It’s a fun event – we love it.” Beaver said he’s here Photo by Paul Lara because the USO’s Supermarket Sweep provides fresh produce to USO had a Service members and families at the USO warehouse on profound impact Jackson Loop. The Capital Area Food Bank donates the on his life. food once a month.
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Soldiers, civilians donate life-saving blood By Rick Musselman and Paul Lara
one of our best installations for blood collections. We welcome all blood types, but the ongoing ore than 60 military and increasing need is for type and civilian members of O donors for our warfighters on the Belvoir community the frontline.” helped save lives around the The Armed Services Blood globe by donating blood to the Program, also known as the Armed Services Blood Program, Military Blood Program, is the Tuesday, at the USO Warrior official military provider of and Family Center. blood products to U.S. armed According to Donna Onwona, forces. As a joint operation with Donor Recruitment, among the military services, the Armed Services Blood ProgramASBP provides blood products National Capital Region, for Service members, veterans the Belvoir USO’s efforts to and their Families during peace maintain a surplus of blood and war. Photo by Paul Lara continue throughout the year “Military members and their Brig. Gen. Michael Place, commanding with help from multiple mission families depend on blood donors general, Regional Health Command partners. every day and your donation Atlantic, right, donates to the Armed Brig. Gen. Michael Place, can save a Service member Service Blood Drive at the USO Warrior commanding general of injured in action, a child with and Family Center, Jan. 14, assisted by Regional Health Command cancer, or a family member in Seaman Haley Tarr. The blood donated Atlantic, rolled up his sleeve need of heart surgery,” Onwona to ASBP directly serves warfighters downrange. to donate another pint to the said. “By committing to give program. Having run an Army blood at least once a season, you (CENTCOM) for combat support, field hospital in Afghanistan’s help ensure that blood is available every week,” Onwona added. “We Helmand Province, he said when it is needed most. also provide blood products to For more information about donating is an obvious choice. military treatment facilities in Belvoir’s blood programs, call “This blood supports Soldiers, the NCR and supply Air Force Onwona at 202-294-6674 or email Sailors, Airmen and Marines in Donna-lee.onwona.civ@mail.mil. combat. This blood goes to support One, which always has blood on board when they are wheels up. them – it’s what we’re here for. For more photos, visit Fort Belvoir is tremendously This saves lives,” he said. supportive and we typically collect “We are one of the regions https://www.flickr.com/ that is responsible for shipping between 700-800 units of blood photos/fort_belvoir on Belvoir every year, making it blood to U.S. Central Command
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Interested in making a difference in your village? Join the Fort Belvoir Housing Focus Group, comprised of volunteers who represent the Villages at Belvoir. The group meets monthly. Interested people may call 703-805-2052 or email Christy.d.rabre.civ@ Pmail.mil.
Benyaurd Indoor Pool is closed until further notice, due to unplanned, extensive maintenance and repair. MWR Aquatics appreciates everyone’s patience and apologizes for the inconvenience. The number one priority is to ensure Benyaurd is safe for all patrons. When the pool reopens, it’ll be announced in the Eagle and through Belvoir MWR.
Garden Club Seeks Members The Belvoir Garden Club has been a part of our community since 1937, with a mission to encourage members in their love of gardening and floral design, and to help support Fort Belvoir. The club meets on the third Tuesday of the month, September through May, at 10 a.m., Vernondale Community Center. For more information, call Alice Ess, 703-360-8853.
Cheers Throughout the Years A Veterans comedy show about resolutions, Workhouse Arts Center, 9518 Workhouse Road, Lorton, Saturday, 7-9 p.m. The show, in conjunction with the Armed Services Arts Partnership, is a night of comedic storytelling and joke-telling from militaryaffiliated alumni from a Comedy Bootcamp and Storytelling 101 classes.
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Functional Academic Skills Training Barden Education Center’s education services offer Functional Academic Skills Training once a month. It is designed for Service members who want to build basic math, reading comprehension, and vocabulary skills to prepare for the Armed Forces Classification Test. The next class dates are Feb. 3-21. Call 703-805-9264 for details.
Grant Hall Open House The next public open house of the historic, third-floor courtroom at Fort McNair’s Grant Hall, Bldg. 20, is Feb. 1, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event is free. The courtroom is the site of the military tribunal of those thought to be responsible for Abraham Lincoln’s assassination in 1865.
Parents’ Night Out Offered by CYS for $25 per child. Happens on the second Saturday of every month, from 5-10 p.m. Pre-registration is required at 703-805-5555.
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Belvoir Barracudas forward Xavier Missick works the ball back down the court after forcing a turnover during his team’s FCYBL matchup against Burke, Saturday at Wells Field House. By Rick Musselman Belvoir Eagle
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he Belvoir Barracudas, despite unleashing a secondperiod offensive rally that nearly tipped the scales in the home-team’s favor, fell to the Burke Warriors, 64-43, in an intense Fairfax County Youth Basketball League 8th Grade Boy’s Division-1 showdown, Saturday at Wells Field House. The home squad tipped off the first half staring down a defense that used a full-court press right
out of the starting gate; a nearly unshakable double-team; and the use of the fast break with virtually every board. Despite Barracuda guards, Danny Kennelo, Jamal Miles and Austin Harris, employing a rapid-fire passing game around the perimeter, Burke forced a series of steals all over the hardwood that set the pattern for the opening period. As a result, Belvoir went to the bench trailing 42-15 at halftime. But, from the opening throw-in of the second period, spectators met a newly energized Barracudas
Belvoir Barracudas shooting guard Isa Smith goes up for 2 along the baseline during his team’s FCYBL showdown with Burke, Saturday at Wells Field House.
team that quickly reduced Burke’s scoring fortunes. Kennelo; Miles; and Harris; along with centerforward, Cooper Robinson; and forward, Xavier Missick; dialed in the passing game and began exploiting all opportunities to drive the lane for scores and freebies from the foul line. At the opposite end of the court, Belvoir’s intensified man defense caused multiple turnovers, resulting in a string of scores and narrowing the deficit to 15 heading into the final two minutes of regulation play. Unfortunately for Belvoir,
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Burke managed to drain the remaining time from the game clock with long, cross-court passes, while sinking a trio of three-pointers to extend its lead, denying the Barracudas a chance to continue its promising comeback effort. Final score: Burke 64, Belvoir 43. For information about the league, including weekly game schedules, scores and standings, visit www.fcybl.org or call Jerry Arrington at Belvoir CYS, 703805-9139.
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JBAB narrowly triumphs in WAMAC hoops By Rick Musselman Sports Editor
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he Fort Belvoir Eagles men’s squad and Joint Base AnacostiaBolling treated spectators to a high-intensity showcase of defensive determination, when the teams squared off in a midseason Washington Area Military Athletic Conference basketball matchup, Sunday at Graves Fitness Center. So tight was the lowscoring affair during the first period that neither team hit a bucket for the first two and a half minutes of the game. At halftime, JBAB held a scant, 33-31 advantage. Despite a promising second-period effort that enabled the Eagles to stay in contention and tie the game at 60 with four minutes remaining on the game clock, JBAB subsequently hit a string of clean jumpers from the perimeter while fortifying the sudden rally with surgical man-defense at the opposite end of the hardwood to retake the lead and ultimately secure a 78-69 win. The 2020 Belvoir roster is comprised of some of the most talented athletes in the WAMAC, included ded veteran point guards, Anthony
Johnson and Deonte Bleach, and relative newcomers, center and rebound master, Robert Stephens; lane driving specialists, Branford Rogers and Jacob Culver; and perimeter experts, Ahmad Williams, Jeff Legree and Jarvis Bradley, just to name a few. According to Head Coach Herb Marshall, with the raw materials in place, the team’s priority now is developing as a unit to maintain intensity throughout the second period to put the wins in the books. “I think we’re a little more mature this year,” Marshall said. “We just need to get a good jump ahead in the second half and close these games out.” For more information about the Fort Belvoir Eagles WAMAC sports organizations, call Head Coach Marshall (men’s team) at 703-7980842; Coach Sherman Sherin at 703-806-0801; or Justin Fitzgerald, intramural sports coordinator, at 703-806-5093. For weekly game schedules, scores and standings, visit https://www. quickscores.com/wamac.
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Belvoir Eagles point guard, Anthony Johnson, takes to the air for the lay-in during his team’s WAMAC showdown with JBAB, Sunday at Graves Fitness Center.
Belvoir Eagles shooting guard, Jarvis Bradley, takes to the air for 2 during his team’s WAMAC matchup against JBAB, Sunday at Graves Fitness Center. Photos by Rick Musselman
Belvoir Eagles shooting guard, Jacob Culver, charges inside for a short-range shot during his team’s WAMAC matchup against JBAB, Sunday at Graves Fitness Center.
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Sports and Recreation Briefs Health and Fitness Expo
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Sports and Fitness hosts their annual Health and Fitness Expo, TODAY, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The expo will be at Specker Field House with a variety of vendors and interactive displays to provide an overall health and wellness experience. Eligible participants include all active duty, retirees, DoD civilians and affiliated ID cardholders. For more information, call 703-805-4655 or go online at Belvoir.armymwr.com.
Sports and Fitness offers a free cardio program where participants record their miles each day. Those who achieve 250 miles or more at the end of the program will receive a T-shirt. The program runs now-Mar. 29. Visit Belvoir.armymwr.com for a list of suggested goals based on skill level. Call 703-806-3100 for more.
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Enjoy winter fun by joining Outdoor Recreation for a Ski Trip to Liberty Mountain. Trip dates include Feb. 8 and 22. Round trip transportation fee is $25 per person. For more information, call 703-805-3081.
Registration tration for Girls Softball, Spring Soccer, Little League Baseball, Track and Field and START Smart Sports (Baseball, Golf, Tennis and Soccer) is open. Visit belvoir.armymwr.com for ages, season dates and costs. For more information, call Julie at 703-805-9138.
Pool closed Benyaurd Indoor Pool is closed until further notice, due to unplanned, extensive maintenance and repair. MWR Aquatics appreciates everyone’s patience and apologizes for the inconvenience. The number one priority is to ensure Benyaurd is safe for all patrons. When the pool reopens, it’ll be announced in the Eagle and through Belvoir MWR.
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American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor Course 2020 Benyaurd Indoor Swimming Pool hosts an American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor Course, Feb. 28, 29, and May 1, 6, 7 and 8. Students must attend all classes to receive credit for the course. The fee is $370 and registration is open. For more, call 703-8052620 or go to belvoir.armymwr.com.
Adult Recreational Volleyball Eligible people, 18 and older, are invited to play adult recreational volleyball Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and Sunday, 2-5 p.m., at Wells Field House. For more, email Sam Noory at Sam.noory.civ@mail.mil.
Equipment Orientation at Graves Fitness Center Graves Fitness Center staff holds an Equipment Orientation at 1 p.m. the last Monday of every month. Participants learn to properly use each machine and get the most out of their workout. The program is open to all patrons eligible to use Graves Fitness Center and who are at least 16 years of age. Registration opens at the start of each month. Call 703-806-5368 for more.
Professional Golf Lessons From beginner to avid golfer, the Fort Belvoir Golf Club staff will customize your individual program to maximize your golf experience. The Golf Club offers experienced PGA Class “A” golf Instruction to help you in all parts of the game, including club fitting, full swing, chipping, pitching, sand, and strategy. Contact the Golf Club at 703-806-5878 for more information.
Archery Class Mondays, Outdoor Recreation offers an Introduction to Archery Class, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Minimum age is 6 years old. Students must be in the classroom by 5:20 p.m. for a safety briefing. Registration opens at 4:45 p.m. Cost is $3-$7, depending on your status. For more, call 703-805-3081.
Water Aerobics – winter schedule The schedule of water aerobics classes until May 22, 2020 will be as follows: Deep Water
Classes are 6-6:55 a.m. every Monday and Friday, Shallow Water Classes are 9-9:55 a.m. every Tuesday and Thursday. Classes are $5 per session and no registration is required. For more, call Benyaurd Indoor Pool at 703-805-2620.
Youth Sports – Enrollment Open Youth Sports and Fitness offers year-round sports for children, ages 3-17. Registration can be completed online on WebTrac or at Parent Central Services. To use WebTrac, the child must be registered with Parent Central Services. For more, call Youth Sports and Fitness at 703-805-9138.
Stroller Walking Group Join ACS and other Belvoir community parents for their Stroller Walking Group at Pullen Field. The group will meet Friday, 10 a.m. The Stroller Walking Group is an incredible way to socialize while providing a good source of exercise. This group is open to active-duty military, retirees, their Families, DoD civilian employees, and contractors. For more info, call 571-231-7028.
Personal Training Sports and Fitness offers weight management, high-intensity strength conditioning, and functional training programs at Kawamura Human Performance Center. The staff is certified to help and educate patrons on reaching fitness goals. Prices are online at belvoir.armymwr.com or call KHPC at 703-806-4430.
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