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December 3, 2015

Belvoir choirs to sing Handel’s Messiah in concert this Sunday

By Amanda Stewart Staff writer Belvoir Chapel invites the community to get into the Christmas spirit with the annual Handel’s Messiah concert, scheduled this year for Sunday at 7:30 p.m.

The concert has been is an annual Christmas tradition at Belvoir for 31 years, said Jan McKeever, who, with choir director Mary McAdory, has been involved in the concert from the beginning.

“To me, it wouldn’t be Christmas without singing Handel’s Messiah,” McKeever said.

Each year, a choir comprised of members of the Fort Belvoir church choirs and other community members comes together about a month before the concert to begin rehearsals. Typically, between 80 and 100 people volunteer to sing in the choir, accompanied by professional soloists and a professional orchestra, McKeever said.

The free concert is open to the entire Belvoir community and tickets aren’t needed.

“We kind of consider the performance as a gift for the community from the chapel,” McKeever said.

“And, it kind of kicks off the holiday season.”

Up Front Tree-lighting

Belvoir’s annual Christmas tree lighting starts at 4 p.m., Friday at Belvoir Chapel.

DMV mobile unit

Have DMV tasks? The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicle’s DMV2Go van visits Belvoir from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Friday and from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday in the Exchange parking lot. The Exchange is at 6050 Gorgas Road.

Handel’s Messiah

A Handel’s Messiah performance is at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, with Belvoir Community Choir and professional orchestra and soloists performing Part One, the Christmas Section, of Handel’s Messiah.

The performance is at Belvoir Chapel.

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Fort Belvoir’s Combined Choir performs the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah at Belvoir Chapel during the 2012 holiday season.

In the concert, the choir performs of the Messiah Jesus Christ,” McKPart I, the Christmas section of the eever said.

Messiah, composed by George FridShe said she encourages everyone eric Handel in 1741. The piece is in the community to attend this free based on scriptural text from the event.

King James Bible. Part I focuses on “It’s beautiful. It’s Christmas. It’s the prophecies and events leading what the whole season is all about,” to Jesus’ birth and his birth itself, she said. based on the text from the Gospel of The Handel’s Messiah concert is Luke.

7:30 p.m., Dec. 6, at Belvoir Chapel.

“The music is based on the scrip- For more information, call 703-806tures and really just tells the story 4317.

Battalion’s new CSM eager to help

By Amanda Stewart Staff writer The new command sergeant major for Fort Belvoir Garrison’s Headquarters Battalion is settling in to his new job and his new home on the installation.

Command Sgt. Maj. Richard Carullo officially took on his new role at change of responsibility ceremony, Nov. 19. Carullo replaced Command Sgt. Maj. Charles Williams, who recently deployed to Afghanistan.

Carullo and his family came to Belvoir about a month ago, Command Sgt. Maj. he said.

Richard Carullo “It’s going good so far,” Carullo said in an interview last week. “It’s a great job.”

Carullo said he, his wife and two sons, are settling in to life on Belvoir. His sons attend a local school and his wife plans to volunteer on the installation soon.

Carullo said he and his family are happy with life on Belvoir so far.

“I think it’s fantastic. I wish I had known about Belvoir when I first joined the Army,” he said. “It’s a great installation and everything is just pretty great so far.”

Carullo has served in the Army for more than 26 years, many of those years in leadership roles. Most recently, he was the G-3 sergeant major for the 13th Expeditionary Sustainment Command at Fort Hood, Texas.

As the new headquarters battalion CSM, Carullo said he is eager to work with both the Soldiers and the civilians at Belvoir.

“I can help wherever I can with any issues that come up,” he said.

Carullo said he feels his experience working with Army Materiel Command, where many of the employees were civilians, has prepared him for Belvoir, where many of the employees are also civilians. Carullo said he also looks forward to providing leadership and guidance to the Soldiers at Belvoir.

“I look forward to helping in any way I can,” Carullo said. “If they have issues they can’t figure out, I’m good at figuring things out. So, if they want to drop that nugget on me, I will see what I can do.”

A Hanukkah service starts at 7 p.m., Tuesday at Belvoir Chapel.

Army-Navy Blood challenge

The Armed Services Blood Program’s 5th annual Army-Navy Blood Donor Challenge visits Belvoir for a blood drive, Tuesday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Belvoir USO Family and Warrior Center. A limited number of walk-ins are accepted; appointments are encouraged and are available through www.militarydonor. com, using the sponsor code USO. People with blood-donor eligibility questions can e-mail donna-lee.onwona. civ@mail.mil.

Brunch with Santa

The Fort Belvoir Officers’ Club hosts Brunch with Santa Dec. 13, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Bring a camera — Santa will be taking pictures for an hour starting at 11:30 a.m. Advanced, pre-paid reservations are required and are available by calling the O Club at 703-7800930.

SJA closure

The OSJA, Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, is closed Wednesday for an inspection.

Holiday gate closures

Walker and Telegraph gates are closed Dec. 21 through Jan. 1. The visitors center is closed Dec. 24 and 25; Dec. 31 and Jan. 1.

December 3, 2015

Belvoir garrison reaches CFC goal early

By Adrienne Anderson Staff writer Two weeks shy of the Combined Federal Campaign deadline and Fort Belvoir has already exceeded its $21,000 goal by more than $1,000.

But, don’t stop giving.

“Even the smallest contribution can help someone in need,” said Christopher Landgraf, Fort Belvoir CFC manager and deputy director of the Directorate of Public Works. “If everyone just gave five dollars, not only would we exceed our goal significantly, but there are people who would benefit from that five dollars.”

Fort Belvoir had two other goals: increasing online donations and increasing the garrison participation rate, Landgraf said. While more people donated online this year, Belvoir only had a 15-percent participation rate. Its goal was 44 percent.

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Two of nine divisions within the garrison donated the most money. The Directorate of Resource Management and Plans, Analysis, and Integration Office exceeded their own goals by 455 percent. The garrison command group, public affairs, Headquarters Battalion and internal review exceeded their goal six times over. They also had the highest participation rate, with 71 percent of people contributing to CFC. It’s not too late to help.

“There are people out there who are less fortunate than we are,” Landgraf said. “Any amount that (you) give could help those folks have a Merry Christmas.”

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An Impossibly Perfect Holiday

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hile picking bits of pumpkin pie from our teeth on the last night of Thanksgiving break, my husband, Francis, and I sat alone in the family room, mulling over the holiday in silence.

It had been very different from other Thanksgivings. Our college son’s desire to sleep in his own bed convinced us to cancel a rental cabin in Maine and accept an invitation to spend the day at Francis’ college roommate’s house, west of Boston.

It felt odd going to someone else’s house for the holiday. We had gotten used to spending Thanksgivings alone with our kids for the last eight years or so, because it was usually impractical to travel great distances to be with extended family.

So, this year, when we decided to go to someone else’s house for the holiday, it felt a little funny. I had to admit, not having to cook an entire meal by myself sounded pretty sweet. Francis’ college roommate, Marty, was expecting 30 people, and I was more than happy to be a mere contributor to what would surely be an epic buffet.

We arrived mid-afternoon to Marty’s renovated clapboard farmhouse in Bedford, Mass., and it immediately felt like we’d stepped into an L.L.Bean catalog. Our Lab, Moby, leaped out of our minivan to sniff Marty’s Labradoodle, “Gretzky,” and the two frolicked on the outskirts of the yard.

Marty and his family spilled out onto the wrap-around porch to greet us, then escorted us to the barn where the rest of their relatives were cracking open cold beverages around a

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roaring woodstove. The barn had been converted into a party house with refrigerators and a television, nestled in the trees on a rise overlooking the property.

Marty’s three siblings, who all lived within driving distance, were in the barn with their families. Francis knew them all, but I had only met them once or twice before. It seemed like everyone was tall with full heads of hair; intelligent, but not nerdy; well-off without being haughty; effortlessly dapper and genuinely friendly. Their children – all older teens and young adults – were amazing conversationalists for their age, chatting with cousins and adults with ease about their life at Notre Dame or their work in analytics at Google.

When the dinner bell rang, we all circled around the platters laid out in the house’s candlelit dining room, piling our plates high with turkey, beef tenderloin, creamy cauliflower, candied sweet potatoes, and too many other side dishes to count.

With all hands chipping in, an obscene number of dishes were washed, dried and put away, leaving nothing but wine glasses and dessert plates for the next round. A fire pit was lit outside between the house and barn, and someone turned on music as the sun set behind the black silhouette of trees.

From my Adirondack chair near the fire, I watched uncles and aunts dancing and laughing freely with nieces and nephews, having done this at family gatherings many times before.

“They’re all so … so perfect,” I thought. I couldn’t help but compare the idyllic scene to our own military family’s hodge-podge of Thanksgiving experiences while stationed

in California, England, Virginia, Germany, Florida and Rhode Island.

Just then, a thought crept up on me that had to be suppressed. Before I would allow “Why can’t we be more like them?” to corrupt my consciousness, I mustered my best defense mechanism.

“They must be hiding something!” I convinced myself, and envisioned loudly accusing the crowd of impossibly perfect people: “Show of hands! How many of you have declared bankruptcy? How many kids here smoke pot?

Anyone a hoarder? Someone here must surely be addicted to porn!”

An hour later, we were back in the van driving home, and I was thankful I’d kept my mouth shut. I had come to the unavoidable conclusion that our friends’ Thanksgiving event really was perfect, after all.

After two days of feeling inadequate by comparison, it finally dawned on me that there is more than one measure of the strength of a family. Military life didn’t allow us to cultivate long-standing traditions with extended family because we had to move around so much. More often than not, it was just our little family of five together on the holidays, doing our best to have fun.

“You know Hon,” I finally broke the silence in our family room, “We may not be perfect, but the fact that we can spend the holidays alone with each other year after year is proof that, we are perfect for each other.”

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“So, when someone donates to the USO, it’s their way of saying ‘thank you.’”

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The USO-Metropolitan of Washington-Baltimore has a center, the Warrior and Family Center, on Fort Belvoir, which caters to active-duty military and their family members.

It’s the largest of 10 USO centers and in the Washington-Baltimore Region. Despite its ties to military installations, USO gets no funding from the government and money received is through donors, said Michelle Shortencarrier, communications manager, USO-Metro Washington-Baltimore.

“We literally deal with thousands and thousands of active-duty military members a day,” she said.

“We’re the largest USO charter in the world.”

The nonprofit provides service to 300,000 families and an additional 150,000 families who travel through airports. Money raised through the Combined Federal Campaign goes to facilities for services and programs, Shortencarrier said.

Both the Warrior and Family center at Belvoir and in Bethesda, Md., support wounded warriors.

Programs include therapeutic activities such as yoga, art and music programs.

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place where we are there to serve them and they know that,” she said. “When we say ‘a home away from home,’ we’ve had that for a tagline for a very long time, but it’s because it’s true.”

Volunteers with the USO understand military families and their needs, she said.

“When a military member sees a USO logo, they know what that is and they know we’re there for them,” Shortencarrier said. “There’s a connection between the people who volunteer and staff our USO centers and our military members who walk through those doors.”

The USO also brings numerous celebrities to hospitals and USO centers, such as Peyton Manning and Matthew McConaughey, Shortencarrier said.

Due to donors’ continued support, Shortencarrier said they’ve grown significantly.

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AFAP forum forwards top local, Army issues

By Adrienne Anderson Staff writer Late last month, Fort Belvoir delegates proposed their top four Army Family Action Plan issues to leadership. During the three-day AFAP forum, delegates and subject-matter experts discussed many issues. Delegates consisted of retired and active military; retired civilians; spouses and volunteers.

AFAP issues go to a commander’s steering committee Dec. 15. What can’t be addressed at the installation level is forwarded to higher leadership.

The top four Belvoir AFAP issues

and the resulting recommendations are: Space-available travel for unaccompanied, active-duty family members • Scope: Under current policy, family members can only travel Space-A without their sponsor under certain conditions. Serving in the military separates families and travel expenses are costly. Empty seats may be available on Air Mobility Command flights. Allowing family members to occupy empty seats on AMC flights would enhance the quality of life and morale for the military family at no cost to the government.

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Spouse preference for retiring Soldiers • Scope: Spouses of retiring Soldiers are not eligible for spouse preference after a terminal Permanent Change of Station. About 53 percent of Post-9/11 veterans will face a period of unemployment (2015 Veteran Economic Opportunity Report). According to a 2014 Blue Star Family survey, 53 percent of veterans and 55 percent of spouses describe their transition from military service as “difficult,” and the highest percentages of respondents noted family, employment, health care, and education as their most salient transition concerns. Since January, Army Emergency Relief has given out $12.9 million to retirees. A retiring military spouse faces the same challenge of being hired as an active-duty spouse.

The Military Spouse Employment Partnership states the inability of spouses to get and retain fulfilling employment as they relocate with spouse’s employment contributes to a family’s financial stability during the transition period.

• Recommendation: Allow spouses of retiring Soldiers preference eligibility upon receipt of orders and up to a year after a terminal PCS.

Active-duty Service member Second Amendment rights • Scope: Active-duty Service members do not have the right to carry personal firearms, whether open carry or concealed, on Belvoir. Fort Belvoir Regulation 190-2, Section III, prohibits personnel on the installation from carrying their privately owned firearms. This is in violation of their Second Amendment rights.

• Recommendation: Authorize active-duty Service members the ability to exercise their Second Amendment rights on Belvoir.

Exemptions to pre-separation employment readiness standards for Soldiers in transition • Scope: Current policy mandates that, before separating, Service members complete employment readiness requirements, including the Veterans Opportunity to Work Act. Soldiers in transition who are unemployable or moving to longterm care have to complete preseparation employment standards.

These requirements are unnecessary for these Soldiers because they will not be seeking employment, due to the severity of their disabilities. This creates undue stress on the Soldier and their caregiver.

• Recommendation: Amend current policy to exempt Soldiers in transition who are transitioning to long-term care facilities or are deemed unemployable from employment readiness requirements.

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PEO Soldier members volunteer at USO food giveaway

By Amanda Stewart Staff writer Inside USO-Metro’s warehouse Wednesday, Maj. Jamiah Edwards grinned at a young boy as she handed him onions and carrots to put in a shopping bag he held.

“It’s kind of like Halloween all over again, isn’t it?” she said.

Edwards was one of a group of four Soldiers from PEO Soldier’s Product Manager Soldier Maneuver Sensors division, PM SMS, who volunteered to help hand out fresh produce and other groceries to Fort Belvoir community members Wednesday during USO-Metro’s Supermarket Sweeps event.

The event, on the first Wednesday of each month, provides community members with free groceries from the Capital Area Food Bank.

And each month, the event relies on dozens of volunteers to help hand out the food, check in participants, load food into cars and perform other tasks.

Maj. Alexander Gonzales, also with PM SMS, said his wife has volunteered at past Supermarket Sweeps and he knows others who have, as well. He thought this month’s event would be a good chance for a group of PEO Soldier military members to volunteer and help the community.

“We just thought this would be a great opportunity to give back to the installation,” said Gonzales, who arranged for himself, Edwards, Master Sgt. Lashon Wilson and Maj. Ramsey Oliver, all from PM SMS, to volunteer alongside the other USO volunteers Wednesday.

Gonzales said Lt. Col. Timothy Fuller, product manager for PM SMS, encourages Soldiers in the organization to volunteer.

“Lieutenant Colonel Fuller encourages us to do stuff like this to

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Maj. Jamiah Edwards, with PEO Soldier’s Product Manager Soldier Maneuver Sensors division, and other volunteers hand out fresh produce to Fort Belvoir community members at USO-Metro’s Supermarket Sweeps event at the USO warehouse on Belvoir, Wednesday. give back to the community,” he said. Soldier members said they enjoyed their participation.

Gonzales said he would encourage helping out.

“We really rely on active-duty other Service members to volunteer “It’s a great opportunity to help to be our rocks,” Arcaini said. “We with the USO and to help in ways people and it’s great seeing people … highly encourage active-duty to volother community members may not because we’re getting them the gro- unteer with us and we work around be able to. At Wednesday’s events, ceries they need to fill their need,” their schedules.” the volunteer Soldiers were able to Gonzales said. “I know the people I Anyone interested in volunteering easily lift 50-pound bags of produce brought here today are very happy at USO events should contact volunthat may be more difficult for other to help out.” teer specialist Sheila Hutchinson at volunteers to lift, Gonzales said.

Phillip Arcaini, center coordinator Sheila@usometro.org.

“We can do the heavy lifting and for USO-Metro’s Warrior and FamThe next Supermarket Sweeps help out and just give back to the ily Center at Belvoir, said groups of is at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 6 at the USO community,” he said.

Service members often volunteer at Warehouse at 9455 Jackson Loop on Gonzales and the other PEO USO events and the group welcomes Belvoir.

Local Civil Air Patrol participating in Wreaths Across America

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The Prince William Composite Squadron Civil Air Patrol plans to participate in Wreaths Across America, by laying wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery Dec. 12.

PWCS CAP is the second largest CAP squadron in the Virginia Wing, headquartered in Richmond.

PWCS CAP has 160 members: 84 cadet members ages 12-20; and 76 adults.

The PWCS CAP participates in the annual Wreaths Across America, WAA, wreath-laying ceremony at the CAP Memorial; the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier; and the Women in Military Service Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery Dec. 12, starting at noon, to honor the sacrifices of our nation’s veterans for the holiday season.

Squadron members help by selling wreath sponsorships and laying wreaths.

Squadron members provide logistical support through communications, safety and crowd and traffic control during the event.

In 2014, more than 30 squadron members participated. PWCS CAP was the largest, single contingent of Civil Air Patrol volunteers; a significant portion of the total CAP volunteer force, and significant part of Virginia Wing personnel. Ages ranged from 12-year-old youth, or cadets; up to

Vietnam War veterans.

Squadron members use skills developed during emergency services training; search-and-rescue missions; and disaster relief response efforts to support the Wreaths Across America event.

Squadron participation includes using CAP radios and incident command and response skills practiced during training scenarios.

PWCS CAP supported recent emergency services efforts in Virginia, including responding to flooding and the passage of Hurricane Joaquin in Virginia and South Carolina; search and rescue missions for a Massachusetts National Guard F15C jet crash near Deerfield, Va.; a hot air balloon crash near Doswell, Va.; and hurricane photographic reconnaissance flights.

The CAP squadron’s three primary missions include aerospace education, with focuses on science, technology, engineering, and math and cadet-orientation flights in CAP aircraft; cadet programs focusing on youth leadership development through academic instruction and practical experience; and emergency services focusing on search-and-rescue disaster relief response, and homeland defense.

CAP is a WAA national partner. CAP supports WAA’s mission to remember, honor and teach about the service of our nation’s veterans. CAP’s WAA program began in 2006 as an offshoot of the Arlington National Cemetery wreath project,

which started in 1992 with annual wreath placements donated by Worcester Wreath Co. CAP core values include integrity, volunteer service, excellence and respect. WAA is an ideal program to promote CAP’s patriotic values.

People can support PWCS CAP’s participation and partnership with the WAA Program by buying a wreath through http://PrinceWilliamCAP. org/wreaths.

PWCS CAP is a 2015 Combined Federal Campaign, CFC, 2015 Charity; #22276 (Civil Air Patrol, Bristow, Va.) Donations help PWCS CAP purchase emergency services equipment, uniforms, and aerospace education materials to support volunteer emergency services efforts focusing on search and rescue, disaster relief response and homeland defense, aerospace education, and cadet programs focusing on youth leadership development.

CAP’s 73rd anniversary was Tuesday.

For information, see: http://PrinceWilliamCAP. org.

Prince William Composite Squadron consists of 150+ officers, staff and cadets carrying out all three congressionally mandated missions of the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary — emergency services, aerospace education and the cadet program.

PWCS meets Tuesday evenings at 7 p.m. at the National Guard Armory on Dumfries Road in Manassas.

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Belvoir Briefs Golf Club holiday party today Fort Belvoir Golf Club hosts a Holiday Party and Golf Shop Sale, today 4-7 p.m.

Free hors’doeuvres will be available, with bar specials and a raffle.

Brunch with Santa The Fort Belvoir Officers’ Club hosts Brunch with Santa Dec. 13, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Bring a camera - Santa will be taking pictures for an hour starting at 11:30 a.m. Advanced, pre-paid reservations are required and are available by calling the O Club at 703-780-0930.

National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month

Bird Count volunteers needed The Fort Belvoir Christmas Bird Count, CBC, is conducted this season Jan. 3. This annual count is one of the oldest in the area, dating back to 1911, and is sponsored by National Audubon Society. Bird counts help people better understand wintering bird populations.

Interested people are asked to register through Kevin Walter, 703-805-3969. Novice and experts are welcome to participate, as novices will be teamed up with seasoned birders to learn.

Counters meet at Belvoir’s Accotink Bay Wildlife Refuge Environmental Education Center for all start times: 5 and 7 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Officers’ Wives’ December luncheon

Public Notice of Availability The U.S. Army has prepared a Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load, TDML, Study for Fort Belvoir, as required by the Small Municipal Separate Stormwater Sewer System Permit # VAR040093, 9VAC25-890-40, Section I, C.2.a.

The study identifies practices at Belvoir that have been or will be implemented to meet Chesapeake Bay TMDL pollutant load reductions through 2027 for total phosphorous, total nitrogen and total suspended solids, as required by the Virginia Phase II Watershed Implementation Plan.

The document is available at: http://www.belvoir. army.mil/environdocssection.asp, under “Stormwater Management.” Comments on the study should be submitted to Stormwater Program Manager,

Fort Belvoir DPW Environmental and Natural Resources Division, Building 1442, 9430 Jackson Loop, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060, or to usarmy.belvoir.imcomatlantic.mbx.DPW-ENRD-Stormwater@mail.mil.

To be considered, comments must be received

by Saturday. Subject to review and consideration of comments submitted by people, organizations, or agencies during the comment period, the Army intends to issue the final study after the comment period.

Feedback wanted The Community Health Promotion Team has a survey to determine everyone’s concerns about community health problems. The survey is designed to gauge people’s thoughts on quality of life, health, safety and satisfaction within the Army installation environment. To take the survey, go to https://usaphcapps.amedd.army.mil/survey/ se.ashx?s=251137451C6CC52D. Results will be used to identify ideas, issues or concerns that can be addressed through community action.

The survey takes about 15 minutes.

Cosmic Bowling Cosmic Bowling is Fridays and Saturdays from 9 p.m. to midnight at the Belvoir Bowling Center, 5975 Middleton Road, Bldg. 1199. Cosmic Bowling features music videos and effects lighting in an ultra-lounge atmosphere.

The cost is $5 per game or a unlimited bowling for three hours from 5 p.m. to midnight, for $16 per person.

Story time with Miss Lisa Van Noy Library hosts story time Wednesdays, 10:30-11:30 a.m., at the library, 5966 12th St., Bldg.

1024. The event is open to children ages 5 and younger and their parents. Story time with Miss Lisa is free and registration is not needed.

Play morning Dec. 15, 10 a.m.-noon, in ACS, Bldg. 200, 9800 Belvoir Road. For children 5 and younger and their parents. Register by calling 703-805-4547.

Bull Run Light Festival trip Dec. 12, depart from ODR, Bldg. 778, 10155 Johnston Road, $20 per person. RSVP by calling 703805-3081.

Employment orientation Dec. 15, 12:45-3 p.m., ACS Bldg. 200, 9800 Belvoir Road. Interested in seeking employment or searching for ways to market and promote yourself ahead of others? Contact Employment Readiness at 703-805-1836 for more information.

AFTB Level L training Dec. 15-17, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m., ACS Bldg. 200 - 9800 Belvoir Road Level L Training provides skills to enhance professional growth and leadership development opportunities of those who might assume advisory and leadership roles within the community and military unit. Classes taught within this training are: Examining your Leadership Style, Effective Communication for Leaders and Supporting Others through Coaching and Mentoring. Please call 703-805-4152 to register for this course.

Welcome to Korea Dec. 16, 9:30-10:30 a.m., ACS Bldg. 200, 9800 Belvoir Road. Planning to PCS to Korea? Learn a little about the culture and what’s needed before you move. Call 703-805-3436 for more info and to RSVP.

Basic Resume Prep Dec. 17, 10 a.m.-noon, ACS Bldg. 200, 9800 Belvoir Road. Want help in preparing your resume, capturing relevant information and presenting it in its very best format? Call 703-805-4590 to register.

ADD/ADHD Parent Coffee Dec. 18, 10-11a.m., ACS Bldg. 200, 9800 Belvoir Road. Networking chance for all parents of EMFs to learn coping strategies and healthy ways to understand the complexities of working with family members’ needs. FMI and registration, call 703-8054418 or 703-805-4435.

Wine Tasting Trip Dec. 19, depart from ODR, Bldg. 778, 10155 Johnston Road. Wanting to travel to some of Northern Virginia's top wineries? The Northern Virginia Wine Tasting Trip with ODR is your chance, while leaving the driving up to MWR! $10 per person for transportation and additional fees at the destination. Please sign up early. All trips must have at least 8 people registered one week in advance. To reserve your seat call 703-805-3081.

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The Army Officers' Wives' Club of the Greater Washington Area, AOWCGWA, has its next monthly luncheon Dec. 17 from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Fort Myer O Club on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall.

Club members will honor the USO on its 75th anniversary. Ranna Armstrong, center manager of the USO Warrior and Family Center on Belvoir, will discuss the USO’s evolving history, which began during World War II. Online lunch reservations are available at www.

AOWCGWA.org. Or, $25 checks can be mailed to AOWCGWA Reservations, Elsa Francis, 7503 Ballyshannon Court, Springfield, Va 22153-2035, by Tuesday.

The club is open to military spouses of any military branch.

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Fire crews spent time Sunday morning evaluating an engine driver candidate. The evaluation has a practical part, paired with a review panel of people who ask the candidates a series of questions about the job. The panel then determines if the candidate has successfully learned all aspects of the duties and responsibilities of an engine driver.

Once the candidates get their Defense Department Driver Operator-Pumper certification, they spend weeks or months, depending on their work experience and ability to complete tasks outlined in an engine driver task book, learning about the position.

Congratulations to Fire Fighter Johnny Flores for passing the evaluation and adding his name to Belvoir Fire and Emergency Services’ list of engine drivers.

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During the holiday season, Fort Belvoir Army Substance Abuse Program kicks off a campaign initiative called National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month, or 3D, during December to reduce the number of alcohol-related traffic violations in and around our community.

Also, the ASAP Program has again partnered with Washington Regional Alcohol Program, WRAP, to distribute SoberRide initiative flyers and cards to the community. WRAP provides free rides home, up to a $30 fare, from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. nightly from Dec. 11 through Jan. 1. Information is available from the prevention coordinator, 703-805-1010.

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Special holiday worship programs Collective Protestant services • Sunday, 7:30 p.m., Handel’s Messiah performance, Belvoir Chapel • Dec. 24, 8 a.m., Breakfast with Angels, Religious Education Center • Dec. 24, 7 p.m., Christmas Eve Service, Belvoir Chapel • Dec. 31, 10 p.m., Watch Night Service, Woodlawn Chapel

Jewish Service • Tuesday, 7 p.m., Hanukkah Menorah Lighting, Belvoir Chapel

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Catholic service Mass schedule • Dec. 24, 4 p.m., Children’s Mass, Belvoir Chapel • Dec. 24, 5 p.m., Christmas Vigil Mass, Woodlawn Chapel • Dec. 24, 10 p.m. Second Christmas Vigil Mass, Woodlawn Chapel • Dec. 25, 10 a.m., Christmas Mass, Woodlawn Chapel • Dec. 31, 4 p.m., Holy Day Vigil Mass, Woodlawn Chapel • Jan. 1, noon, Holy Day Mass, Woodlawn Chapel

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The Army and Air Force Exchange Service is bringing back fee-free layaway, in time for holiday shopping and planning. The layaway program ensures military shoppers have time to pay for gifts while keeping them hidden.

The Exchange waives the $3 service fee for items that are put on layaway and paid for by Dec. 24, including toys and bikes. Purchases of $25 or more are eligible for layaway.

“The Exchange’s layaway program is a convenient way for shoppers to stock up on gifts for the holidays, while staying mindful of their budgets,” said Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Sean Applegate, the Exchange’s senior enlisted adviser.

A deposit of 15 percent is required to hold items on layaway at the Exchange. Shoppers can visit customer service for complete program details and eligibility information.

Resilience Corner: Resilience during the holidays Resilience information points of contact

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many opportunities to practice this technique and ultimately experience greater control.

This holiday season, instead of being grumpy, sleepy and going AWOL, incorporate these simple strategies.

They will allow you to experience more positive emotions during the holidays and start the new year filled with optimism, healthy relationships and an increased sense of control over your life. To learn more about skills that build resilience and enhance performance, reach out to your local Comprehensive Soldier & Family Fitness, CSF2, Training Center.

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The holiday season has its fair share of holiday cheer and holiday challenges. These days, retailers begin advertising for the latest and greatest gadgets before Halloween.

Inevitably, some may begin to feel overwhelmed. The last two months of the year, or, depending on the individual, the last two weeks are spent standing in long lines; shopping online and shelling out big bucks for shipping; dealing with obnoxious shoppers; attending too many holiday parties and over-eating; traveling to visit relatives or preparing for relatives to visit. It feels as though there are too many things to do and not enough time to do them. By the time the holiday you celebrate comes, you’re grumpy, sleepy, and want to run away.

Do things differently this year.

Combat the chaos this season by incorporating these three resilience strategies into your life.

Hunt the Good Stuff – This skill helps counteract a negativity bias, which is our natural tendency to spend more time dwelling on the negative aspects of life which create anxiety and pessimism. During this holiday season, best to start right after Thanksgiving, write three good things down or three things you are grateful for, every day.

In addition, reflect on why these three things made your list. Remember good things happen all around us, but we don’t notice them as much.

Reflecting on the good stuff allows you to think more deeply about the experience.

Another part of HTGS involves noticing something good in a negative situation. For example, something like this might make your good-stuff list: The watch I wanted for my spouse was sold out, but I was able to order one online and it will arrive on Dec 27.

Assertive Communication – This is an ideal skill to use when you want to have a clear, confident and controlled conversation with another person. During the holidays, there are so many major decisions that need to be made that require conversation, collaboration and compromise, for example, how much to spend or where to spend the holidays (his family, her family, etc.)

Assertive communication involves identifying and understanding a problem or issue. The person initiating the communication does this before the conversation begins approaches another person and de-

scribes the problem objectively and accurately, expresses his/her concerns, asks for the other person’s perspective and asks for reasonable change. Hopefully, together, they list the positive and negative (if applicable) outcomes that can occur.

Having an assertive communication doesn’t guarantee you will get everything you want, but it will guarantee you will have a clear, confident and controlled conversation without eroding the relationship.

Energy Management – This is a skill that involves using the technique deliberate breathing to help regulate your physical state, thoughts and emotions, to perform more optimally, make better decisions and feel better before, during and after stressful events. When practicing this technique, it is important to inhale and exhale in a deep and controlled way, at a 5-second cadence, allowing a rhythm to occur.

Make sure you are belly breathing and not chest breathing.

Deliberate breathing requires controlling your thoughts by focusing on your breath, or on a thought that creates the emotion of gratitude, for example, ‘I am grateful my family is all together this holiday season.’

To become proficient at regulating your physical state, thoughts and emotions, practice deliberate breathing every day for 2 to 10 minutes. During the holidays, there are so many demands that require your energy, which means you will have

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Special holiday season chapel events • Christmas tree lighting, 4 p.m., Dec. 4 • Handel’s Messiah, 7:30 p.m., Dec. 6 Each year, the choirs of Fort Belvoir combine with community members to make up a Belvoir Community Choir. This group performs Part One, the Christmas Section, of Handel’s Messiah with a professional orchestra and soloists. This year’s performance is Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in Belvoir Chapel.

For more information, contact Mary McAdory, 703-878-0551, mzzmac@aol.com; or Jan McKeever,

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• Hanukkah service, 7 p.m., Dec. 8.

All events are at Belvoir Chapel.

Chapel Services Woodlawn Chapel: 1801 Wright Road, Bldg. 1801, 703-806-5911 • Saturday: 5 p.m. Catholic Mass • Sunday: 7:30 a.m. Catholic Mass; 9:15 a.m. Catholic Mass; 11 a.m.

Gospel Service • Monday-Friday: 12:05 p.m. Catholic Daily Mass (Only M/W/F from Memorial Day through Labor Day

Belvoir Chapel: 5950 12th St. Ste. 101, 703-806-3006 • Friday: 7:30 p.m. Jewish Service • 3rd Saturday: 9:30 a.m. Jewish Service • Sunday: 8 a.m. Protestant Service; 9:30 a.m. Catholic Mass; 11 a.m. Protestant Service; 2 p.m.

Contemporary Protestant Service (ChapelNext) Fairfax Chapel: 5675 21st Street • Sunday: 11:15 a.m. Catholic Mass Fort Belvoir Community Hospital: 9300 DeWitt Loop, 571-2314178/79, Oaks Pavilion, 1st Floor • Friday: 12:15 p.m. Jewish Community Gathering; 1:30 p.m. Islamic Jumu’ah Prayer

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• Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Protestant Service; 11 a.m. Catholic Mass • Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: noon Catholic Mass • Wednesday: 11 a.m. Catholic Mass Throughout the year, there are special services and masses. Call the following coordinators for those service dates and times: • Catholic: 703-806-5745 • Jewish: 703-806-3393 • Protestant: 703-806-4316 • Wedding Coordinator: 703-4732193 • For services at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, call 571-2314178/79.

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DFMWR helps community stay fit during holidays

By Rick Musselman Sports editor With Thanksgiving behind us and the Christmas holidays fast approaching, most of us are turning our thoughts to a few days off from work, spending time with family and friends, and partaking in a lot of good food. Unfortunately, the holiday season is perhaps the most calorie-rich of the year, and with dark skies, cold temperatures and wet weather frequently in the forecast, finding the will to exercise can be a real challenge.

Losing extra pounds and getting physically fit are always two of the most popular personal resolutions each year, but they remain among the most difficult to stay committed to for busy commuters juggling family, job and day-to-day routines during the winter. And with so many rich foods appearing on the holiday menu, maintaining fitness is particularly difficult this time of year.

The good news is Fort Belvoir’s Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation offers a variety of modern fitness facilities and specialized exercise programs that

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Fitness enthusiasts work out on stationary bikes during a functional fitness session at Specker Field House. Fort Belvoir's modern gyms are equipped with state-of-the-art equipment, with certified fitness instructors always available to help community members start and maintain any exercise program. can help Service members, DoDaffiliated civilians and family members stay active and healthy amid the holiday festivities and throughout the year. In fact, increased

awareness of personal health and the benefits of leading active lifestyles are leading community members to Belvoir’s fitness facilities in See HOLIDAYS, Page B2

Belvoir stays fit with functional fitness

By Rick Musselman Sports editor

For anyone in the Fort Belvoir community looking to get into better shape, especially before or after a calorie-rich holiday season, the Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation has a vast selection of programs and fitness facilities to choose from. One of the most popular is the functional fitness series — a specialized exercise program, offered in six-week cycles throughout the year, that focuses on total-body conditioning through cardio, aerobics and core strength conditioning. There’s even a lunchtime session offered to Service members and civilians looking to take a midday break from duties and office tasks to stay Army Strong.

The Army-wide program engages military personnel and civilians in physical training exercises during 60-minute sessions. For Soldiers, functional fitness focuses on developing skills they can use to increase operational readiness and performance by emphasizing mobility, strength, restoration, and energy-system development.

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Dana Collins builds upper arm strength during a functional fitness training session at Specker Field House.

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Timeout More mischief from the sports realm gremlins

By Rick Musselman Sports editor Last week, I spent an emotional hour reflecting on how a solitary boomerang had once emerged from the storied shadow world of malignant spirits and tried to destroy forever all the happiness I’d ever known. And, as discomforting as those reminiscences were, they put me in a frame of mind that had me contemplating all the unexpectedly bad stuff that befell me and mine in our childhood pursuits of recreation.

Unbelievably, there was another sports device that emerged in the 1970s that turned out to be just as unpredictable and dangerous — with the same kind of almost-human cunning and malevolence — as that cursed boomerang. The name of this “action-packed” toy escapes me now (probably due to some Freudian selfpreservation mechanism) but it consisted of a lightweight plastic ball and a pair of curved racquet-like devices that closely resembled the things used in the sport of jai alai. The theoretically entertaining aspect of this game was that the hooked racquet (that somehow invoked the image of a fiddler crab’s claw) put a wicked spin on the ball that made it curve and snake through the air like a drunken meadowlark on a dangerously serpentine trajectory. Actually catching the ball turned out to be the least of your worries.

As usual, once I’d seen the television commercial, I just had to scrape together enough funds from my paper route to get my hands on it.

Like so many things that appeared on the mail-order fun scene back then, no mention was made on the packaging of possible dangers and how “users assume all risks when using this product.” So, on the day it came (hardly before the mailman had left), a friend and I went out into the yard, stationed ourselves about 30 feet apart, and kicked off a round of this thrilling new innovation. And this time, it was my turn to suffer the first of several rude awakenings at the hands of that wild, rocketing plastic ball. Indeed, the moment it left my friend’s racquet, it seemed to stop suddenly in midflight, dramatically alter its course, ignite some kind of afterburner-like propulsion motor, and then introduce itself to my left eye, leaving me with, like, “octuple” vision for about an hour.

“Oh, man, you OK?” my friend asked.

“No, I always make the sound of an air mattress getting run over by a steamroller,” I replied — to all eight of him.

I should have taken up something safer when I was a kid — like boxing or sword fighting or maybe wing walking.

December 3, 2015

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Lt. Col. Philip Lenz, U.S. Army Garrison Fort Belvoir Headquarters Battalion commander, right; and George Dickson, Fort Belvoir DFMWR business operations officer, lead a group of installation employees on the first leg of the monthly Commander's Walk, Nov. 3 at the garrison headquarters building. Walking is one of the most effective low-impact ways to stay fit during the holiday season. so try to unload as many of those calories as possible during your workouts.”

From Page B1 Common sense and a little discipline go a long way in avoiding falling into unhealthy eating habgrowing numbers and recent improvements to the its during the holidays, and keeping calorie-rich gyms are making it even easier to reach personal seasonal specialties to a minimum will only add to health targets. the effectiveness of any exercise regimen.

According to Joe Castro, Kawamura Human “We know what foods to avoid during the holiPerformance Center supervisory sports specialdays. I think the biggest problem is not making ist, keeping fit and maintaining a healthy weight time to eat and when people do eat they tend to during the holiday season involves knowing the overeat during meals,” Castro said. “So here are pitfalls ahead of time, devising a plan to avoid three tips to avoid skipping meals and overeating: them and looking for ways to keep exercise fresh keep dried fruit and nuts (salt free) on hand for and exciting. snacking as well as protein powder or bars (GNC “Some tips to help you avoid gaining too much on post sells a great selection of protein powder extra weight over the holidays include scheduling and bars). Fruits and vegetables are also good to a morning workout so you can jumpstart your mekeep around as a snack between meals. Slice up tabolism, and eating small snacks throughout the the leftover turkey for lunch, and cook hard-boiled day so you avoid overeating during your meals,” eggs and keep them peeled and ready to eat in he said. “You also want to move away from the your work or home fridge.” food table during holiday parties because you’re Perhaps the most challenging exercise of all is more likely to reach for food. Your choice of drink sticking to any fitness program over the long run. should be water and you should engage in more But Castro also offers hints to help avoid that all outdoor holiday activities; Fort Belvoir has some too pervasive issue that so often defeats a combeautiful walking trails for walking or running. mitment to health and fitness not long after it’s “The best tip for working out throughout the begun. holidays is to try something new,” Castro added.

“To avoid burnout and to stick to an exercise “And don’t wait for the New Year. Get started so program, you should always choose activities you when the New Year comes around you’re already enjoy,” Castro said. “If you’re doing something you in a nice routine.” dread your chances for success decrease drastiFort Belvoir offers a wide variety of exercise cally. Change up your workout routine, try someprograms in facilities loaded with state-of-the- Elizabeth Maccarelli builds cardiovascular thing new. This will also help you avoid hitting art equipment. And Belvoir’s experienced fitness stamina with some high step exercises during trainers are always available to help community a lunchtime Functional Fitness training session any plateaus in your workout.”

Belvoir’s fitness facilities include the Body members establish goals, maintain focus over the at Specker Field House. The Functional Fitness Shop, Specker Field House, Graves Fitness long run, and choose the proper exercise regimen program runs year round and focuses on total Center, Wells Field House, the KHPC, and the geared specifically to the individual, from sea- body fitness.

Castro added that the frequency with which DFMWR Resilience Obstacle Course. soned fitness enthusiasts to beginners.

More information about the sports and fit“Come into the Kawamura Human Perfor- one works out also plays a vital role in keeping ness programs on Fort Belvoir is available from mance Center or drop into one of our Functional exercise effective.

“I recommend you perform at least one intense Graves Fitness Center, 703-806-5368; the Body Fitness training classes which run Monday – Friday each week. We can help motivate you for in- strength training session per week and push your Shop, 703-806-3100; the KHPC, 703-806-4647, or tense morning, lunch-time, or evening workouts,” cardio sessions to your max,” he said. “Most of us online at http://belvoir.armymwr.com/us/belvoir/ Castro said. will consume a lot of calories during the holidays, categories/sports-and-fitness.

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This week Water aerobics class Fort Belvoir Aquatics offers a Saturday water aerobics class, 11-11:55 a.m. For more information on classes offered, call Benyaurd Indoor Pool at 703-805-2620.

There will be no aerobics classes between Dec. 22 and Jan. 3.

Stroller walking is back. Come out and join other parents in this brisk networking opportunity through the trails of Fort Belvoir. Sessions are Fridays, 9-10 a.m. starting at Pullen Track.

For more information, call 703-805-4547.

In Progress Free golf lessons Friday

Fort Belvoir Golf Club hosts a Holiday Party and Golf Shop Sale, Dec. 3, 4-7 p.m.

Free hors d'oeuvre will be available, with bar specials and a raffle.

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

Red Cross Swim Lessons

Archery Class

Golf Club holiday party

Fort Belvoir Aquatics is offering American Red Cross Swim Lessons through April. For more information, please call Benyaurd Indoor Pool at 703-805-2620.

The Fort Belvoir MWR is reaching out to the community in search of a drum instructor for the Community Center. Lessons will be held Monday-Friday with times and dates scheduled by the instructor and the student. Space and equipment will be provided by MWR. If interested, call 703-805-9239 to find out the pre-requisites that need to be met before starting.

Upcoming

Cosmic Bowling Fridays and Saturdays, 9 p.m.-midnight at the Bowling Center, 5975 Middleton Road, Bldg.

1199. Cosmic Bowling is out of this world — featuring music videos, and awesome effects lighting in an ultra-lounge atmosphere.

Cost is $5 per game or a 3 hour unlimited special for $16 per person from 5 p.m.-midnight. (Cosmic Bowling begins at 9 p.m.)

Rafting, kayak and canoe trips

Water Safety Instructor course

Outdoor Recreation offers white water rafting, kayak and canoe guided trips. Prices vary according to the activity and request for rentals. Call 703-805-3081 to register or for

Fort Belvoir Aquatics will be offering a Water Safety Instructor course Dec. 26- 29. For more information, call Benyaurd Indoor Pool at 703805-2620.

Benyaurd Indoor Pool has added afternoon water aerobics classes — Mondays, 5:30-6:25 p.m. and Thursdays, 5- 5:55 p.m. Low impact, high cardio workouts take place every Tuesday and Thursday (except holidays) . The Shallow Water Class is 9 to 9:55 a.m. and the Deep Water Class is 10-10:55 a.m. at the Benyaurd Indoor Pool. Cost is $5 per class. For more information, call 703-805-2620.

Scuba Open Water Certification Open-water scuba certification classes are offered at Benyaurd Indoor Pool Saturdays, 8-11 a.m.

For more information, call Patriot Scuba at 703-781-4649. For more information on registrations, call Benyaurd Indoor Pool at 703-805-2620.

BodySpirit trainers needed BodySpirit, LLC, is seeking enthusiastic, dedicated, nationally certified, personal trainers to join the personal training staff at Fort Belvoir.

Call Jennifer Beattie at 504-256-0896.

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

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

Dierks@DTRA.mil; or Cliff Fouts at CrFouts26k@ aol.com.

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Richelle Sitton, left; Debbie Ubamadu, center; and Kim Tauch work out at the sling station during a functional fitness training session at Specker Field House.

Simpson also noted that coordi- them to push their limits. nators are constantly expanding For many, the training sessions the program because of increasingly provide a practical break in the large turnouts and an apparently workday and can aid in combating renewed dedication to fitness across obesity, building general strength the installation. Sessions including levels and accelerating the healing 40-50 people are not unusual at Bel- process with respect to previous invoir. juries.

DFMWR sports and fitness trainFor community members looking ers keep the pace brisk for the du- for a bit more intensity in their workration of the session, keeping par- outs, the Kawamura Human Perforticipants motivated and encouraging mance Center on Gunston Road of-

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From Page B1 The sessions are free and open to anyone interested in improving cardiovascular fitness and training the body as an integrated unit.

According to Calvin Simpson, lead functional fitness trainer, participants visit numerous “stations” offering an array of specific workouts designed to target isolated areas of the body. Individuals engage in a basic warm-up and stretching routine at the start of the class and then progress through waist flexes, kettle bell lifts, squats, sprints, pushups, weight-bar lifting and many other exercises.

The participants are put into groups of four and each group works out at each separate station.

Simpson added that the functional fitness training program provides all the necessary tools and guidance to build total-body fitness, but the results entirely depend on how dedicated and driven each individual remains throughout the six-weeks.

Participants get out of the functional fitness program exactly what they put into it, Simpson stressed.

How successful each individual is at the end of the cycle is entirely dependent on the amount of focused effort and dedication put into the training.

fers technically advanced workout programs that take physical fitness to the next level with state-of-theart machines and expert trainers.

Equipment includes power racks, Olympic weight lifting platforms with bumper plates, TRX suspension and rip trainers, kettle bells, dumb bells, battle ropes, prowler sleds, Concept2 rowers and medicine balls.

Fort Belvoir DFMWR offers a wide selection of cardio and aerobic exercise programs, including yoga, zumba, rep fusion, cardio kickboxing, pilates, and step and sculpt, with classes taking place at Wells Field House at various times during the week. For the full schedule of activities, visit http://belvoir.armymwr.com/us/belvoir/categories/ sports-and-fitness.

The next functional fitness cycle runs Jan. 4-Feb. 12, , with sessions conducted weekdays, 6-7 a.m.; and lunchtime workouts Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

For more information about the functional fitness training program, contact Justin Fitzgerald at justin.c.fitzgerald.naf@mail.mil or visit http://belvoir.armymwr.com/us/ belvoir/ft-belvoir-events/functionaltraining/?eID=320491.

Contact the KHPC at 703-8064647.

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Drum instructor needed

Mondays, ODR, 10155 Johnston Road, Fort Belvoir 22060, Building 778, 5:15-6:15 p.m. Minimum age requirement is 6 years old. Students must be in the classroom by 5:20 p.m. for safety briefing.

Cost is $5 active duty, $3 active-duty dependents, $7 non-active duty (retirees or DoD Civilians), $5 non-active duty dependents.

Call 703-805-3081 for additional information.

Water Aerobics afternoon classes added

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