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Fairfax County board proclaims Army Week Supervisors applaud deep ties with Fort Belvoir By Paul Lara Staff Writer
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he Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, at its meeting on June 25, proclaimed the week of June 23 to 29 as Army Week in the county, and urged residents to congratulate the Army on its 244th anniversary. Sharon Bulova, Board Chair, noted the broad impact the Army and Fort Belvoir continues to play in the county. “Pretty much everyone in Fairfax County has a connection or some kind of relationship to Fort Belvoir,
the Army, or our military,” Bulova said. Dan Storck, Mount Vernon District Supervisor, said his district has always seen close alignment with Fort Belvoir’s future goals due to its encompassing proximity with the post. “We like to say we surround the Army,” Storck said. “We have a great partner in (Garrison Commander, Col. Michael) Greenberg. We have worked together on a number of issues in the last year. … The colonel and I are working on something to utilize each other’s contracts with the county and federal government, so we all can save some money.” Jeff McKay, Lee District Supervisor, thanked Greenberg for really
embracing things ‘outside the gates’ and that his community appreciates the continued support from such a powerful economic driver in the region. “What people don’t’ realize – and I ask folks this question all the time – is if they can name the largest employer in Fairfax County, and almost nobody says Fort Belvoir,” McKay said. “Thank you for the transit service that you’ve added that has benefitted everyone in our end of the county.” Storck and McKay both expressed regret that they had just a two-year window to work with Greenberg, as so much has been accomplished in the first year of his command.
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Col. Michael Greenberg, Fort Belvoir Garrison Commander, addresses the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, June 25.
12th Aviation Bn. welcomes new commander Unique outfit succeeds, despite obstacles By Paul Lara Staff Writer
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ol. Mark Kappelmann, the commander of the Army Aviation Brigade and host for the ceremony, said Lt. Col. Brendan Cullinan, the outgoing commander of 12th Aviation Battalion, provided leadership that “was an absolute success.” Cullinan, who relinquished his command to Lt. Col. Ryan Forshee at Davison Army Airfield, June 26, was described by Kappelmann as a coach who led the team past numerous obstacles. Addressing the Soldiers, Kappelmann praised the unit for continued success and for repeatedly doing more with less. “The 12th succeeds, despite their personnel being under-resourced; the 12th succeeds despite the fact they order replacement parts for their UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters at a lower priority than the rest of Army Aviation, including Fort Rucker (Ala.); the 12th succeeds due to interA4
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Col. Mark Kappelmann, TAAB Commander, U.S. Army Military District of Washington, left, passes the colors to Lt. Col. Ryan Forshee, as he assumes command of the 12th Aviation Battalion from Lt. Col. Brendan Cullinan during ceremonies at Davison Army Airfield, June 26. nal motivation, pride and duty and performance; and because of great teamwork. For that, I thank you and commend the entire unit,” Kappelmann said. Kappelmann said a good coach A5
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understand their mission, and strive toward mission accomplishment, knowing that failure is not an option. That sort of command climate and culture of a unit is driven from the top – from the coach, from the commander,” Kappelmann said. In his remarks to the battalion, Cullinan said commanding 12th Aviation has been a high point in his career. “The over-tasked and undermanned civilians, contractors, Soldiers, NCOs and officers surprise me every single day with their ingenuity and problem-solving, attacking unusual problems while somehow keeping the trains running,” Cullinan said. Forshee thanked Cullinan for his superb hand-off of the unit. “Your transparency and selflessness gives me confidence that I know what I need to know in order to take the role that you’ve done such a great job in establishing,” Forshee said. The mission of the 12th Aviation Battalion is to conduct contingency operations for the National Capital Region and provide aviation support for the nation’s leaders. B1
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HOUSING INFORMATION Compiled by USAG Fort Belvoir Public Affairs
Housing Health Registry added to all installation community resource guides By Douglas Holl USAPHC Residents with housing-related health and safety concerns can now find information about the Housing Environmental Health Response Registry in every Army installation Community Resource Guide. The HEHRR was launched in April by the U.S. Army Medical Command to address housing health or safety concerns of current or former Army housing residents. “Housing is one of those topics that is often searched for in the CRG,” said Anna Courie, Army Public Health Center Health Promotion Policy and Evaluation project officer. “If Army Families have health issues surrounding their military housing, they can search for the HEHRR in the CRG to register their concerns and problems. We really want to get the information out to our users to take action on their concerns.”
Connecting resources The CRG digitally connects Service members and Families to available resources based on their identified need. Courie says the CRG is better than a Google search, because it has been configured so the Service member, Family member, or civilian can search based on need category, provider, A-Z index, or by key word search term.
“The military has its own lingo and language,” said Courie. “We’ve tried to think like a Soldier or spouse coming to a new duty station and using terms of reference that are familiar to them to quickly get them the information they need on their problem or risk factor.” By linking the HEHRR to the CRG, APHC is hoping to leverage this resource to make sure all housing residents are getting the word about the Registry. Since its launch, residents from 38 installations have called the registry hotline at 1-800984-8523 to voice their concerns.
Receive health updates Residents who enroll in the registry will receive information about any environmental health hazards they may be concerned with, including water quality, lead, mold or mildew, dampness or asbestos. They can also use the registry to report a health concern or request contact from one of APHC’s public health experts to assist them with their issue. “The HEHRR is an opportunity for Families to engage in a dialogue with Army professionals related to housing and health concerns,” said John Resta, director of the U.S. Army Public Health Center and acting deputy chief of staff of Public Health for the U.S. Army
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LEVEL 2 – MAKE CONTACT • Assistant Community Director, The Villages Management Office: 703.619.3861 • Contact Your Chain of Command • Fort Belvoir Housing Office: 703.805.3018/3019
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Firefighters complete Va. Fire Academy Submitted by Fort Belvoir Fire and Emergency Services
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he Fort Belvoir Directorate of Emergency Services, Fire and Emergency Services Division and the Virginia Fire Chiefs Association announce that Lt. David Wolff and Firefighter/Medic Andrew Funk graduated from the 2019 Virginia Fire Officers Academy. They were selected from hundreds of applicants through a highly competitive selection process. The Virginia Fire Chiefs Association sponsors the academy and delivered the inaugural residency course in 2007. To date, more than 700 students have graduated from the VFOA. The VFOA residency academy is an interactive, challenging, educational initiative of a week-long curriculum, delivered on campus at the University of Richmond. The program provided modules that leaders had to overcome that displayed the impact of the leader’s attitude on safety; how they lead under stress; employee-coaching techniques; effective communication; correcting unsafe behaviors; managing conflict and managing mental and personal health concerns.
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Recently graduated from the Virginia Fire Officers Academy and the Virginia Chief Officer’s Academy, Fort Belvoir Firefighters, from left, Firefighter/Medic Andrew Funk, Lt. David Wolff, Battalion Chief Christopher Craft, and Battalion Chief Kevin Roberson. Additionally, the FES Division and the Virginia Fire Chiefs announce that Battalion Chief Christopher Craft and Battalion Chief Kevin Roberson successfully graduated and completed the 2019 Virginia Chief Officer’s Academy.
The Chief Officer’s Academy program builds professional relationships and provides highperformance leadership and coaching resources to current and future chief officers of Virginia’s Fire Service.
The VFOA curriculum, whose mantra is Safety through Leadership, is designed to improve firefighter safety by recognizing that safety is, at its core, a leadership and cultural issue. Fort Belvoir Fire Chief Shane Crutcher said, “This training not only advances the fire officer’s leadership techniques, personal accountability, and fosters the cultural changes required to improve firefighter safety and health, but ensures our leaders are fully prepared to take care of people, regardless of the circumstances.” Selected students of these leadership academies represent a diverse mix of Virginia’s fire service, including personnel from career, combination, volunteer, rural, metropolitan, and suburban departments. Significant planning, organizational and operational support is provided by fire personnel from the various counties and cities within Virginia. These development programs offer the leaders a chance to learn from nationally recognized experts, while gaining insight into federal, state and regionally specific needs and opportunities. The students are continually engaged by staff and challenged by experienced lecturers that are federal, state, and regional experts.
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Col. Michael Greenberg, Garrison Commander, right, briefs garrison staff at last week’s All Hands meeting.
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Army Family Readiness Groups get new name, new focus Changes include using social media communication to Soldiers and families, better connection with the chain of command and more information about available resources By Joe Lacdan Army News Service
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he Army recently made some of the most significant changes to Family Readiness Groups since their creation after the first Gulf War. The groups have been re-named “Soldier and Family Readiness Groups” or SFRGs. This designation links Soldier readiness to the family, and clarifies the role of the SFRG to be more inclusive to Soldiers who are single, are single parents or have non-traditional families, said Steve Yearwood, program analyst for the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management. The groups help ease the burden of home life, allowing Soldiers to focus on mission objectives, Yearwood said. He added the recent publication of Army Directive 2019-17 shifted the focus of SFRGs away from social activities and fundraising to a core and essential task of creating a network of communication and support for all Soldiers and family members, to enable readiness. The goals and objectives for commanders in executing the SFRG in-
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Spc. Zachary Cross, 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, reunites with his family June 7, on Fort Bliss, Texas, after a nine-month tour in the Republic of Korea. clude: serve as an extension of the “I think that now, as we look at unit command in providing official our current environment, we have a and accurate command informa- different population,” he said. “You’ve tion to Soldiers and their families; got younger spouses -- over 50 perconnect Soldiers and families to the cent of the military are married. You chain of command; connect SFRG have a younger generation that’s remembers to available, on-and off- ceiving information differently.” post community resources; and offer No longer are newsletters and a network of mutual support. mailed correspondence the preSFRGs are important for morale, ferred methods of SFRG communiYearwood said. “It goes back to the cation, he pointed out. “You’ve got a Soldier knowing that his or her fam- lot more people on social media and ily is taken care of, and the spouse communicating differently,” he said. is not feeling alone because there is Recognizing commanders may a support network the spouse can still have a need to fundraise to go to.” support events and activities that Families today are interconnected enhance readiness, the directive 24-hours a day and the SFRG needs provides greater flexibility for fundto be able to leverage social media raising, by reducing restrictions on to sustain the command connection informal funds. and network with Soldiers and famArmy Secretary Mark T. Esper ilies, he said. has pushed for changes to improve
Soldiers’ quality of life, including upgrades to childcare; spouse employment; credentialing; and Soldier and Family Readiness Groups. Army senior leaders at a working group at the Pentagon in May focused on SFRGs and the new Army directive. Spouses of senior leaders met with other Army spouses and representatives from different major commands to review the changes of the Army directive and discuss improvements. Senior leaders also hosted town hall meetings in recent months to get feedback from Soldiers and families. Since the Army formed the first FRGs in the 1980s, the program has had significant impacts on Soldiers’ lives. During the Gulf War, U.S. forces deployed 540,000 troops for extended periods, affecting thousands of families and single Soldiers. Today, the groups continue to help Soldiers and families cope with extended periods of separation during deployments. As the Army becomes more mobile in preparation for future conflicts, SFRGs provide needed referrals to support groups and organizations. The groups also act as a direct conduit between commanders and Soldiers going on deployment or missions. Deployments are “tough for the Soldier,” said Yearwood, who served 22 years in the Army. “If the Soldier has a mission to accomplish, regardless of what that mission is, if that family’s not taken care of, then that Soldier can’t focus on the mission, so it impacts readiness.”
Stay connected with your children while deployed New app allows deployed military parents to read to their children while away from home
child relationship by allowing the deployed parent to remain involved with their child, even if they are thousands of miles apart.
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ccording to an article published by Military.com, non-profit United Through Reading has developed an app that military parents can use to stay in contact with their children when deployed. The app is available for download now. Service member’s deployments require sacrifice from the family, as well as the Service member themselves. The new app should help lessen the impact on the parent/
The mission of United Through Reading is to bring together military families facing separation due to deployment and facilitating the bonding experience of the deployed parent by allowing them to read to their child out loud via recordings. The article related that “these re-
cordings are said to ease the stress of separation, maintain positive emotional connections and cultivate a love of reading and early childhood literacy.” The app is free and allows Service members to record themselves on video and email the link to their child’s caregiver back home. The parent can also request a copy of the book they read be sent to their family. The book is free, thanks to a donation from The American Legion Child Welfare Foundation. The app is available on iOS and Android devices, and the recordings are secure with a login from Id.me’s TroopID. To read the full article, go to www.military.com/spouse/militarylife/free-app-lets-troops-read-theirkids-home.html.
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Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Eichman, from Bakersfield, Calif., records himself reading a book to his daughter through the United Through Reading program aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guidedmissile destroyer USS Spruance.
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Students save money, time with CLEP Earn college credits before you arrive on campus By Paul Lara Staff Writer
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ort Belvoir’s Barden Education Center is known for numerous resources for transitioning Soldiers and Service members, and, perhaps one of the most lucrative opportunities for those heading to college would be to get full credit for several freshman classes, before even arriving at a campus. According to College Board’s report, “Trends in College Pricing 2017,” tuition for public four-year institutions over the past 20 years has risen 213 percent. With the average 2017-2018 tuition nearly $35,000, a college degree can pile on tremendous debt, but there is a way to reduce that substantially. The College Level Examination Program, CLEP, enables students to earn college credit for introductorylevel courses by passing subjectspecific tests in literature, languages, history, science, mathematics and business. Kay Martinez, Northern Virginia Community College faculty member and test administrator at Barden, said CLEP exams reduce the time to graduation. “It saves times, it saves money, and you can study for this on your own,” said Martinez. “Instead of going to school for 15 weeks and paying for books, this gives you the most efficient method to get college credits
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Students attend a FAST Class (Functional Academic Skills Testing) at Barden Education Center on Fort Belvoir, June 10. a Marine who got 21 credits from degree. “If you’re strong in an area, in the shortest amount of time.” November to April – in less than six do not take the class, when you can Martinez noted the first time any months,” said Martinez. “He was very take the test and receive a passing military member takes a CLEP exam, determined to get his degree finished score that will go on your transcript the $89 fee is waived. “Everyone with in the shortest amount of time, and to be submitted to your college to a valid military ID card is free. If you he chose a college that accepts a lot substitute for taking the course.” don’t pass, however, you must wait 90 of CLEP exams. That’s one of our Even military family members days and pay the fee for retesting.” greatest successes we’ve seen here.” have the chance to test for free. Check with the admissions office CLEP is run by College Board, CLEP-A-Thon July 11 at your college before deciding which another organization that provides courses to CLEP out on; while more free, online courses to prep students Barden Education Center provides than 2,900 colleges and universities for almost all of the CLEP exams. CLEP exams throughout the summer, offer credit hours for CLEP testing, Modern States (modernstates.org) and hosts a CLEP-A-THON, July 11. acceptance of every test is not offers courses taught by college Martinez said CLEP exams may be universal. professors. When you complete the taken, by appointment, Tuesdays and Ta m e k i i C l a r k - Wa r r i n g t o n , online course and practice questions, Thursdays. Martinez remembered Education Service Officer at Barden, you are presented with a voucher, one industrious student who saved reminds students that they can CLEP which you bring to the testing center several thousand dollars. “I had out of 50 percent of an associate’s to test for free.
PCSing with pets? Vet Clinic personnel offer advice Your pet may need additional shots or original paperwork before being allowed at your new duty station By Margaret Steele Copy Editor With the heat of summer comes more PCS moves, the time every two or three years in a Service member’s family’s life when they relocate to another duty station. However, for those families who plan to relocate with pets, planning is key. Regulations differ between countries and the Fort Belvoir Vet Clinic has processed required health certificates for travel to Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Europe, to name a few. Justina Spinella, a Vet Clinic clerk who handles many of the animals’ health certificates for PCS, said, “The minute you even get tentative PCS orders, it’s best to start the process of moving with pets.”
In terms of timing, Dr. Nancy Vincent-Johnson, the veterinary medical officer at the Belvoir Vet Clinic, said, “The process can easily take six months … or more, depending on where you’re moving to. Some verifications will need a blood test and then a waiting period for the results. “A l s o , t h e p e t s h o u l d b e microchipped before a rabies test is administered, which should happen before a FAVN test,” Vincent-Johnson said. The FAVN test, which represents Fluorescent Antibody Virus Neutralization, is required by many rabies-free countries or regions, for dogs and cats to qualify for a reduced quarantine period before entry. Additionally, Vincent-Johnson said some countries require treatment for parasites, before a pet’s approval is granted to travel. “That can even add extra time into the process,” she said. “Quite often, the country where they’re moving to will require original, signed copies of rabies certificates, which can take a lot of
time to get,” Spinella said. “It’s extra hard if that outside veterinarian is out of state.” Spinella also suggested that pet owners and veterinarian staff triple check microchip numbers and make sure outside veterinarians physically sign all required forms, especially those that are electronically signed and printed. Once all the required signatures, forms and approval exists, and it’s time to travel with your pet, Sgt. 1st Class Heather Robinson, clinic staff, suggests: • Give pets plenty of time to get acclimated to their travel kennel and don’t have their flight the first time they’re in it. • Put something familiar to the pet in the kennel with them, like a shirt that smells like their owner, to lessen anxiety. • Vet Clinic personnel don’t suggest sedating an animal before travel, because they are unsupervised while they’re in the cargo hold. T h e U. S . D e p a r t m e n t o f
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Dr. Nancy Vincent-Johnson, a veterinary medical officer at Belvoir Veterinary Clinic, greets Andy, a 3-year-old Maltese/Yorkie, and Christopher Brett, dog dad. Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has a Pet Travel section on its website, which military veterinarian staff use to determine what tests are needed for pets set to travel abroad. The site is aphis.usda.gov/aphis/home.
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Belvoir Briefs Free Screening - The Last Full Measure The Fort Belvoir Exchange is offering a free screening of “The Last Full Measure,” 2-4 p.m. Sunday, at Wood Theater, courtesy of HQ Food & Theater Division and Rosa Entertainment, LLC. The movie stars Sebastian Stan and Samuel L. Jackson and recounts the true story of William Pitsenbarger, a U.S. Air Force Pararescueman, who continually faced danger throughout more than 250 combat missions in Vietnam.
New York City Day Trips Leisure Travel Services has day trips to New York City, July 20, Sept. 21, Nov. 16, and Dec. 14. You’re guaranteed six hours of free time upon arrival. The cost is $60 per person. Make reservations at the LTS office. Each eligible ID card holder can sponsor one non-ID card holder. For more, call 703-805-3714.
Float-in Movies This summer’s featured movies include Lego 2, July 18 and Spiderman – Into the Spider Verse, Aug. 18. Entry begins at 7:30 p.m. and the movie begins at dusk. Tickets are $5 per person and go on sale at Benyaurd Indoor Pool Monday at 6 a.m. The Float-in Movies are open to authorized ID card holders only. For more info, call 703-805-2620.
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Track athletes challenge parents By Rick Musselman Sports Editor
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Fort Belvoir Sonic Boom Track Club athletes and parents leave the starting line of the 200-meter run during the mid-season Family Challenge meet, Saturday at Pullen Field.
Fort Belvoir Sonic Boom Track Club athletes took advantage of the rarest of opportunities, Saturday, when they got a chance to challenge their own parents to a variety of distance runs at Pullen Field. According to Alton Green, Sonic Boom head coach, the event aimed to provide the boys and girls with a mid-season event where fun was the priority, before the team gets back down to business in major, competitive meets. “This is a special event we’re doing this year,” Green said. “These kids have been working so hard all season (indeed, 41 athletes out of the 102 Sonic Boom members qualified for Nationals) and after our mid-season break (during which we don’t have any major tournaments), we wanted to give
our kids a chance to have a little fun. So with this ‘Parent Day’ meet, the Sonic Boom members get to challenge their moms and dads to a race.” Green added the athletes showed as much enthusiasm for the showdown as they did their meets against some of the largest and most competitive track and field clubs in the region. “You wouldn’t believe how excited they are to challenge the grownups,” he said. “Of course, it’s all for fun before we get into the second half of the season with the major national events.” Despite high temperatures and stifling humidity, the youth runners and an equal number of parents gave it their absolute all in 100-meter and 200-meter runs,
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Runners race to represent post at Ten-Miler By Rick Musselman Sports Editor Despite high temperatures and stifling humidity, nearly 30 Fort Belvoir Soldiers and civilians pushed their endurance to the limit, June 27 to earn slots on the teams that will represent the installation at the 2019 Army TenMiler, Oct. 13 in Washington, D.C. The 2019 qualifier run began at 5:30 a.m. at Mile Marker “0” at the south end of the George Washington Estate parking lot at Mount Vernon. The Army Ten-Miler is an annual event sponsored by the U.S. Army Joint Force Headquarters, Military District of Washington - National Capital Region. Celebrating its 35th installment this year, the ATM promotes the Army, builds esprit de corps, supports Army fitness Photo by Rick Musselman
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Belvoir Soldiers and civilians leave the starting line of the 2019 Army Ten-Miler Qualifying Run, June 27 at Mount Vernon. Nearly 30 athletes competed for a bib to run at the event in October.
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From Ten-Miler, page B1 goals and enhances community relations. The race has 35,000 runners competing each year and is the second largest 10-mile race in the U.S., after the Philadelphia Broad Street Run. The qualifier, coordinated by Charice Smith, Kawamura Human Performance Center fitness program specialist, establishes the final Active-Duty and Open Mixed team rosters of eight athletes each, with two alternates, according to the best finish times. “We’ll have 24 race bibs, total, for the Army Ten-Miler,” Smith said. “Eight of those will be worn by Soldiers from the Warrior Transition Battalion here, and the remaining 16 will be divided between the Active-Duty and Open Mixed teams.” The 10K (6.2 mile) course followed an “out and back” format by which athletes ran 5K (3.1 miles) out (to the turnaround point at Waynewood Blvd.) on the paved path running along the banks of the Potomac River parallel t o t h e G e o r g e Wa s h i n g t o n
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Memorial Parkway, and then returned to the starting point at the “0” marker. Once the final roster is established, the Belvoir teams will train two or three mornings each week, right up to the Army Ten-Miler. One hopeful was particularly excited about competing in the annual qualifier, demonstrated by his willingness to fly nearly 5,000 miles the night before. “This is a great race—great for team building,” said Maj. Richard Connaroe, who has run 10 Army Ten-Milers and arrived to the D.C. area the previous day. “I just PCS’d from Germany—I was there for two years—and now I work for the U. S. Army Legal Services Agency in the litigation division. The Ten-Miler is a great way to meet people. You see people around post and you don’t always know everybody, so this is a great way to meet a lot of like-minded people. Runners are pretty upbeat, happy people.” For more information, call Smith, 703-806-4655; email charice.m.smith.naf@mail.mil; or visit armytenmiler.com.
Richard Connaroe is the first to cross the finish line of the 2019 Army Ten-Miler Qualifying Run, turning in a time of 40:47, June 27 at Mount Vernon. Connaroe flew in from Germany the night before to compete.
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Jessica Wong approaches the finish line of the 2019 Army TenMiler Qualifying Run in a time of 51:33, June 27 at Mount Vernon.
LGAFB hosts team tournament By Rick Musselman Sports Editor
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Lexi Harmon, 10, and dad, Bryan Harmon, near the finish line of the 200-meter run during the Sonic Boom Track Club’s mid-season Family Challenge meet, Saturday at Pullen Field.
See Track, page B2 and an 800-meter walk. For the parents, the challenges proved physically taxing, as well as illuminating. “I’m not a sports person,” said Bonnie Harmon, somewhat breathlessly after completing the 100-meter dash with her husband, Bryan, and their three children, Lexi, 12; Andrew, 10; and Keith, 10. “And, this team is very good this year.”
The Ladies Golf Association of Fort Belvoir hosted a two-person team tournament, June 18 on the Golf Club’s Woodlawn Course. Play followed a scramble format on the front nine and a modified alternate shot on the back nine. In the first flight, Yong Merritt (red tee) and Diane Davis (white tee) took first place with a score of 57.5. Marlea Moriarty (red tee) and Susan Smith (white tee) came in second, scoring 58 strokes on the day. Suk Edwards (red tee) and Sue Greenhaw (white tee) triumphed in the second flight, scoring 57.5. Oksan Hite (red tee) and Young Grzella (white tee) placed second with a score of 58. In the third flight (all red tees), Helen Shinn and Anne Sayer prevailed with a score of 62.5, and Pat Walker and Kathy Mitchell came in second, shooting 63. For more information on LGAFB, email Ginger Poole or Susan Smith, publicity chairs, at ginger.poole121@verizen.net or susan_david86@hotmail. com. Richard Ray and daughter, Alisyn, 9, enter the last stretch of the 200-meter run during the Sonic Boom Track Club’s mid-season Family Challenge meet, Saturday at Pullen Field. “This is definitely eye opening,” added Tomish Jones, who ran and walked every event with his daughter, Giuliana, 12. “It reminds me that I’m no longer a youth.” Fo r i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t Belvoir’s Sonic Boom Track Club, including the schedule of upcoming events, visit http://www. sonicboomtrackclub.com. For information about the many sports, fitness and recreational opportunities for youth on post, visit https://belvoir.armymwr.com/ categories/cys-services.
LGAFB hosts Ace Day Tournament By Rick Musselman Sports Editor The Ladies Golf Association of Fort Belvoir hosted its monthly Ace Day tournament, June 24 on the Golf Club’s Gunston Course. Young Grzella claimed the Ace of the Month title, scoring a net 67. In the first white-tee flight, Yong Merritt took first, with a score of 72 and Kim Kohler came in second, shooting 74. Sue Nelson came in third with 76 strokes on the day. Carol Mills triumphed in the second white-tee flight with 76 strokes. Marlea Moriarty placed second with 80 and Bea Burdick took third place, shooting an 81. In the third red-tee flight, Helen Shinn prevailed with a score of 67 (71 after adjustment to compare to white-tee score). Pat Walker came in second, shooting 70/74, and Kathy Mitchell took third place with 73/77. Gyun Estep triumphed in the fourth red-tee flight, shooting 67 (71 after adjustment to compare to white-tee score), with Misuk Gentry claiming second place, shooting 69/73. For information on LGAFB, email Ginger Poole or Susan Smith, publicity chairs, at ginger.poole121@verizen.net or susan_david86@hotmail.com.
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Sports and Recreation Briefs Boating Safety Class U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 25-08 offers a Boating Safety class that meet DMV watercraft operating requirements, July 20, 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Washington Farm United Methodist Church. Register with Jeff Burt at jdburt@ verizon.net or call 703-307-6482.
Bicep Body Fit Challenge Graves Fitness Center is offering the Bicep Challenge, a fun competition to increase stamina and strength. The challenge is Aug. 5-16. Participants can record their scores between 5 – 7 p.m. each day. It’s open for active-duty military, dependents and DoD civilians. For more, call 703-806-5368.
2019 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.
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Water Aerobics – New Schedule Fort Belvoir Aquatics has temporarily moved its Friday class (5 – 5:55 p.m.) to Thursdays. The location is Connolly Outdoor Pool Complex at the O’ Club. Classes are $5 per session and no registration needed. Active duty, retirees, DoD civilians and dependents are eligible. For more info and schedules, call 703805-2620.
Outdoor Pools open Connolly Outdoor Pool Complex at the Officers’ Club and North Post Outdoor Pool will be open through Sept. 2. For summer hours, visit the Fort Belvoir MWR Aquatics page: https:// belvoir. armymwr. com/programs/aquatics or call 703805-2620.
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Joe Castro, Kawamura Human Performance Center supervisory sports specialist, receives the Commander's Award for Civilian Service from Col. Michael Greenberg, Fort Belvoir Garrison commander, June 25. After working at Belvoir for six years, Castro has accepted a new position at U.S. Army Medical Command, California Medical Detachment in Monterey, Calif.
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