Flagship 09/14/17

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BATAAN MARKS 9/11 Ceremony remembers those who personified the Navy’s core values.

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NAS Oceana Air Show Sept. 16–17 Gates open 8 a.m.

Flying starts 10 a.m.

Blue Angels perform 3–4 p.m.

Early arrival is recommended to avoid traffic.

Ear protection is highly recommended. www.oceanaairshow.com

By MC2 Jacob S. Richardson U.S. Navy photo U.S. Navy Blue Angels fly during the 2016 NAS Oceana Air Show.

NAS OCEANA AIR SHOW THIS WEEKEND

By MC2 Jacob S. Richardson NAS Oceana Public Affairs

The 2017 Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana Air Show is finally here. Scheduled for Sept.

15, 16, and 17 the annual event is the largest of its kind in the country.

The performers scheduled for the 2017 NAS Oceana Air Show are as follows: The U.S. Navy Blue Angels Demonstration Team, Gene Soucy (Showcat bi-plane), Bill Stein (MX2 solo), Dan Buchanan (Hang Glider), Eugene Nock (Batcopter), Jerry Conley (de Havilland Vampire), Bill Leff (T-6 Texan), Warrior Flight Team (L-39), Flashfire Jet Dodge, Firewalkers Pyrotechnics, USASOC Black Daggers Jump Team, Skydive Suffolk, U.S. Navy Air Power Demonstration, F/A-18F Super Hornet Demo, F/A-18C Hornet Demo, F-16 Viper Demo, USAF Heritage Flight, Rob Reider (5 Time Emmy Award Winning Air

Show Announcer), and Steve Myott (Uncle Sam on Stilts).

“I would like to personally invite everyone from the Hampton roads area to join us for the 2017 NAS Oceana Air Show,” Commanding Officer of NAS Oceana Capt. Rich Meadows said. “The 2017 Air Show is expected to be an amazing event for all visitors, from displays of aerial acrobatics, skydiving expertise and military might, this is truly an event to behold.”

On Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 16–17, the gates open to the public at 8 a.m., flying starts around 10 a.m. and the Blue Angels perform 3–4 p.m. Early arrival is best to avoid traffic.

You may leave at any time and re-enter after you leave, but bear in mind traffic only gets heavier as the day goes along and you’ll need to exit the base and re-enter with incoming vehicles.

There will be a large number of food ven-

dors on the flight line during the show ranging from full meals to specialty foods as well as beverages. A good number of the vendors take credit cards or cash. If you need cash while at the show, we’re planning on having ATMs available on the flight line for your use.

Attending an air show can involve lots of walking and sometimes high temperatures.

So remember to stay hydrated throughout the day. Also, there is a significant amount of jet noise associated with tactical aircraft and Blue Angel performances. Ear protection is highly recommended for both adults and children. Consult with your pediatrician prior to bringing your small children to the air show.

We have a very robust medical presence on the flight line in the event of a medical emergency, but guests should use sound judgment based on pre-existing medical conditions or medications.

Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Michael Cundiff directs vehicles in the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima in preparation for potential humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations. Iwo Jima is preparing to conduct operations off the southern coast of the United States in support of U.S. Fleet Forces Command tasking. Iwo Jima brings diverse capabilities and is positioned in the region in order to respond.

Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, Adm. Phil Davidson, has ordered the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), and amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) to get underway Sept. 8, to be in position to provide humanitarian relief in of support federal, state and local

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CNIC: Sailors, families should prepare for emergencies From Navy Installations Command Public Affairs WASHINGTON, DC

USS Abraham Lincoln, USS Iwo Jima, USS New York, USS Farragut underway NORFOLK

The Air Show is closed to the public on Friday, Sept. 15. Friday’s practice performance is reserved for DOD ID holders, special groups, and the local fifth grader’s STEM field trip.

NAS Oceana and the Virginia Beach City Public School (VBCPS) system have once again partnered to provide every fifth-grader enrolled in Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) the opportunity to take a one-of-kind field trip to Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, Friday, Sept. 15; a special Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Lab Day, which will take place as part of the annual Air Show. This event is being provided free of cost for all students.

All are encouraged to be informed, make a plan, build a kit, stay informed.

MCSN Joe J. Cardona Gonzalez

From U.S. Fleet Forces Command Public Affairs Office

NAS Oceana Public Affairs

authorities if requested.

Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) is underway conducting local operations and has been ordered to join the group.

Iwo Jima and New York departed Mayport, Florida, Sept.

5 and conducted an onload in Norfolk, Virginia, of more than 300 Marines and Sailors with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, and II Marine Expeditionary Force.

The combined aircraft on all

four ships are three CH-53E Marine Heavy Lift Helicopters, 10 MH-60S and 14 MH-60R Navy Medium Lift Helicopters.

These ships are capable of providing medical support, maritime civil affairs, maritime security, expeditionary logistic support, medium and heavy lift air support, and bring a diverse capability including assessment and security.

The top priority of the federal government, as we work together to support civil authorities, is to

USS MCCAIN TO BE TRANSPORTED TO YOKOSUKA; REAGAN DEPARTS Navy to issue task order to heavy lift ship damaged by Aug. 21 collision.

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Carrier begins routine patrol in 7th Fleet area of operations, following in-port period at Yokosuka.

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September is National Emergency Preparedness Month. Commander, Navy Installations Command’s (CNIC) Ready Navy Program educates Sailors and their families on how to be prepared when an emergency occurs. This year’s overall theme is “Disasters Don’t Plan Ahead. You Can.” Each week in September will have a focused theme: Make a Plan for Yourself, Family and Friends; Plan to Help Your Neighbor and Community; Practice and Build Out Your Plans; and Get Involved! Be a Part of Something Larger.

“National Preparedness Month educates us all to be informed, make a plan, build a kit, and stay informed, not just for a month, but every day,” said Jeff Sanford, CNIC emergency management specialist. “Ready Navy provides a road map and creates a state of mind for Navy personnel and families to be and stay prepared for any potential hazard throughout the year, something leadership takes very seriously.”

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Navy announces plan to survey wreck of WWI cruiser San Diego From Naval History and Heritage Command, Communication and Outreach Division WASHINGTON

The Navy announced plans Sept. 6 to survey the wreck of the World War I U.S. Navy cruiser, on which six American Sailors lost their lives when she was sunk as a result of enemy action off the coast of New York on July 19, 1918.

The survey’s objective is to assess the condition of the wreck site and determine if the ship, the only major warship lost by the United States in, was sunk as a result of a German submarine-launched torpedo or mine. Ultimately, data gathered will help inform the management of the sunken military craft, which lies only a few miles south of Long Island.

The announcement comes just weeks after the 99th anniversary of the sinking of the ship, and the survey, which is planned for Sept. 11-15, is timed to allow researchers to conduct a thorough examination of the site and prepare, then release, their ďŹ ndings around the date of the 100th anniversary. The U.S. is currently commemorating the 100th anniversary of its entry into World War I. The survey, led by the Naval History and Heritage Command’s Underwater Archaeology Branch will be performed in partnership with the Coastal Sediments, Hydrodynamics, and Engineering Laboratory (CSHEL) of the University of Delaware’s (UD) College of Earth, Ocean, and Envi-

ronment. Additional research support will be provided by the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD), and the Fire Island U.S. Coast Guard Station (USCGSFI) will provide essential logistical support.

NHHC is responsible for the management, research, preservation, and interpretation of the U.S. Navy’s collection of sunken military craft which includes more than 2,500 shipwrecks and 14,000 aircraft wrecks dispersed globally. “Studying sunken military craft offers researchers a glimpse into the lives of the Sailors who served in them, as well as the Navy and the nation they served,� NHHC’s Underwater Archaeology Branch Head Robert Neyland, Ph.D said. “We believe the modern remote sensing and interpretive tools at our disposal now will help our understanding of the site and maybe teach us something new about what caused San Diego to sink.�

The University of Delaware will provide remote sensing and interpretive capability in support of the survey. UD’s previous study of coastal ecosystems has revealed much detail on the outcomes of interactions between tides, currents, beaches, natural seaoor features, marine life, and man-made objects.

Much of that work has been completed using underwater robotics and remotely deployed instruments including an autonomous underwater vehicle which is an untethered, wide-ranging robot that documents the seaoor.

The University of Delaware will also provide essential logistical support with its research vessel Joanne Daiber, which supports the university’s scientiďŹ c studies, using unmanned vehicles and other state-of-the-art sensor technology. The vessel also provides a work platform and experiential classroom for students engaged in coastal research.

Researchers from NSWCCD, using their professional expertise in the study of weapons effects on ships, will provide valuable assistance to the research effort. If the condition of the wreck of San Diego allows for a clear picture of the battle damage to emerge, it may be possible to determine what type of weapon was used against the ship through interpreting the data collected as part of this research project.

U.S. Coast Guard Station Fire Island will serve as the base of operations for the survey and will provide essential logistical support to the expedition during underway days. “The survey will also help us fulďŹ ll a critical preservation part of our mission by assessing the site and determining how much damage has been done to the wreck in the past century by both natural environmental processes and unauthorized disturbance,â€? Neyland said.

Six American Sailors lost their lives when San Diego sank, which is one of the reasons Neyland and his team believe safeguarding such wrecks is important: many of them serve as war graves.

Additionally they may hold

signiďŹ cant historical value, safeguard state secrets, or carry environmental or public safety hazards such as oil and ordnance.

The U.S. government takes any desecration of a war grave like San Diego, or unauthorized disturbance of any other sunken military craft very seriously. Whenever possible, the U.S. Navy works to enhance collaboration with partners including other U.S. government agencies, the recreational diving community and commercial ďŹ shing industry, as well as local authorities in areas where the wrecks are located to promote the preservation of these fragile historical and cultural resources. The wrecks are a testament to the sacriďŹ ce of the Sailors and Marines who served in them and their protection is part of NHHC’s obligation to American Sailors to never forget their service and sacriďŹ ce.

Originally named USS California, the ship was renamed San Diego on Sept.

1, 1914, to bring the Navy into compliance with a policy of the time to reserve state names for battleships. By then the ship had been in service a little more than seven years after its commissioning Aug. 1, 1907.

Once commissioned, the ship became part of the 2d Division of the PaciďŹ c Fleet and took part in the naval review for the Secretary of the Navy at San Francisco in May 1908. Aside from a cruise to Hawaii and Samoa in the fall of 1908, the ship operated along the west coast, sharpening her readiness through training exercises and drills,

until December 1911, when she sailed for Honolulu, and in March 1912 continued “westward� for duty on the Asiatic station.

After this service, she returned home in August and was ordered to Corinto, Nicaragua which was embroiled in internal political disturbances. While there, the ship and crew protected American lives and property. She then resumed operations along the west coast cruising off California and keeping a watchful eye on Mexico, which, at that time, also suffered from political disturbance.

After being renamed in September 1914, San Diego intermittently served as agship for the U.S. PaciďŹ c Fleet’s commander-in-chief until an explosion in the No. 1 ďŹ re room put her in Mare Island Navy Yard in reduced commission through the summer of 1915. Two Sailors, Ensign Robert Webster Cary, Jr and Fireman Second Class Telesforo Trinidad, received Medals of Honor for actions to save their fellow crewmen during the ďŹ re that day.

San Diego returned to duty as agship through Feb. 12, 1917 when she went into reserve status until the U.S. entry into World War I. Placed in full commission on April 7 that year, the cruiser operated as agship for the commander of the U.S. PaciďŹ c Fleet’s patrol force until July 18, when she was ordered to the Atlantic Fleet. Reaching Hampton Roads, Va. on Aug. 4, she joined Cruiser Division 2 serving as the agship of the commander of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet’s cruiser force until Sept. 19.

During her time in the

When should Navy personnel evacuate?

From Navy Region Southeast Public Affairs JACKSONVILLE, FLA.

Non-essential personnel were evacuated from Naval Air Station Key West Sept. 6 in advance of Hurricane Irma, when it remained a Category 5 storm.

As Irma progressed toward the Southeast United States, many Navy Sailors and civilians were wondering when they should evacuate. The simple answer is that the parent command must determine whether personnel and family members should evacuate. Commands should consider whether the location is covered under a disaster or emergency declaration issued by the federal or state government due to Hurricane Irma, and whether the location being evacuated is covered under a mandatory or voluntary evacuation order issued by competent civilian authorities.

When the parent command makes the determination, taking into consideration whether mandatory or voluntary evacuation orders are

issued by competent civilian authorities, then the evacuation of non-essential civilian employees, and authorized military and civilian employee dependents residing in those counties is authorized.

For active duty personnel, they can be issued temporary duty (TDY) or permanent change of station (PCS) orders, but are not considered in an evacuated status.

Remember, civilian authorities cannot authorize entitlements for travel. Military and civilian employees must contact their commands prior to departure.

Evacuees who are part of the Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) claimancy are authorized to proceed to within 300 miles of the designated remote safe haven area of Atlanta, Georgia. Non CNIC personnel covered under this evacuation directive should proceed to the remote safe haven area designated by their parent command.

Civilian employees, and military and civilian employee dependents evacuating under this authority must be

issued individual evacuation orders by their parent command. Reimbursement for lodging and per diem will be at the approved rate for the designated safe haven.

Costs incurred by an evacuee for travel conducted without authorization away from the designated safe haven are the responsibility of the evacuee.

Funding for military and civilian personnel is the responsibility of the parent command. Reimbursement eligible expenses must have occurred within the speciďŹ ed time period on the parent command evacuation order and may not exceed the authorization as directed by the parent command.

Impacted personnel are reminded that they do not need to wait for individual orders before evacuating. Individual orders can be issued once evacuees arrive at their respective safe havens, or even once they return. It is important to remember to keep receipts for everything.

Individual commands retain responsibility for mustering evacuated personnel and reporting their status as

directed by their parent chain of command. Personnel unable to contact their parent command may report their status via the Navy Family Accountability and Assistance System (NFAAS) at https://navyfamily.navy.mil or 877-414-5358. The phone number is only manned after an order to account has been activated.

To assist the Navy family during this disaster, an NFAAS needs assessment module will be activated at https://navyfamily.navy.mil to enable impacted personnel to document their status and request assistance, if needed.

All evacuated personnel should maintain situational awareness through regular communications with their chain of command and via local media outlets. Evacuated personnel shall remain clear of impacted areas until authorized to return by competent civilian authorities and their parent command.

Remember, you are responsible for your own safety and that of your family. Listen to your local authorities and follow their instructions.

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Atlantic Fleet, San Diego’s mission was the escort of convoys through the ďŹ rst dangerous leg of their passages to Europe. Based at Tompkinsville, N.Y., and Halifax, Nova Scotia, she operated in the weather-torn, submarine-infested North Atlantic, safely convoying all of her charges to the ocean escort.

On July 19, 1918, bound from Portsmouth, N.H. to New York, San Diego is believed to have been sunk by the German submarine, U-156, southeast of Fire Island, N.Y. The armored cruiser sank in 28 minutes with the loss of six lives, the only major warship lost by the United States in World War I. The Naval History and Heritage Command, located at the Washington Navy Yard, is responsible for the preservation, analysis, and dissemination of U.S. naval history and heritage. It provides the knowledge foundation for the Navy by maintaining historically relevant resources and products that reect the Navy’s unique and enduring contributions through our nation’s history, and supports the eet by assisting with and delivering professional research, analysis, and interpretive services. NHHC is composed of many activities including the Navy Department Library, the Navy Operational Archives, the Navy art and artifact collections, underwater archeology, Navy histories, ten museums, USS Constitution repair facility and the historic ship Nautilus.

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NEWS FROM NAS OCEANA

Dam Neck Annex hosts two sea turtle nests

By MC2 Jacob S. Richardson NAS Oceana Public Affairs

Two Loggerhead sea turtle nests, laid around May, have hatched at Dam Neck Annex, Aug. 27 and Sept. 9th.

Dam Neck Annex and Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana’s natural resource team which has hosted a number of sea turtle nests in its history is dedicated to the conservation and protection of its native species and visiting protected wildlife such as sea turtles.

“Currently all five species of sea turtles that occur in the waters off of Virginia’s coast are protected under the Endangered Species Act: Loggerhead (Caretta caretta), Kemps Ridley (Lepidochelys kempii), Green (Chelonia mydas), Hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata), and Leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea),” Michael Wright said, NAS Oceana’s natural resource manager. “Three of these species have been confirmed to nest or attempt to nest on NASO Dam Neck Annex: Loggerhead, Kemps Ridley, and Green.”

Virginia represents the northern extreme of the Northwest Atlantic loggerhead sea turtle nesting range.

Since 1970, 166 loggerhead nests have been documented on Virginia’s dynamic oceanfacing beaches.

Between May 15th and Aug. 31st which is the nesting season for sea turtles

in the Virginia Beach area, NAS Oceana Environmental staff undertakes daily morning beach patrols, actively monitoring and documenting evidence that a sea turtle has nested. If a nesting site is identified, it will be marked with posts and signage identifying the nest as a locally and federally protected area.

Trained staff and volunteers will monitor the nest till it hatches.

“We look for sea turtle crawls, the tracks made by a sea turtle coming up to lay a nest, on the beach each morning that were laid overnight,” Wright said. “Sometimes, though very rarely, a turtle may lay a nest during the day. Kemps Ridley sea turtles are the typical ones to do this. We also rely on concerned citizens to notify us if they have found a sea turtle or a sea turtle crawl on the beach.”

One such volunteer, Pam Coyle, is well known for supporting the conservation and protection of the NAS Oceana and Dam Neck Annex Sea turtle nests.

Coyle has shown herself to be a wonderful ambassador of our Navy Natural Resources Program. Ms. Coyle created special runways for hatchlings to safe complete their trip into the sea. In addition to her nightly volunteer watches, she checked on the nests multiple times a day, always going above and be-

How to help sea turtles and other marine mammals If you encounter a dead or live, but weakened sea turtle (or a marine mammal), please call the Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center’s Stranding Response Team at 757-385-7575 and be prepared to provide information on the location, species (if known), estimated size, condition, and a contact number of a person who will be near a phone. If possible, please take photographs with your cell phone that can be texted or emailed to the stranding team, upon request.

Courtesy U.S. National Park Service Baby loggerhead sea turtles emerge from their nest in a large group, a process known as a boil.

Virginia represents the northern extreme of the Northwest Atlantic loggerhead sea turtle nesting range. Since 1970, 166 loggerhead nests have been documented on Virginia’s dynamic oceanfacing beaches.

yond her volunteer duties.

“A number of the sea turtles we see here are endangered species, everyone here loves the sea turtles, to be able to see a nest hatching an amazing and unforgettable experience,” Pam Coyle said, NAS Oceana Sea turtle nest watch volunteer. “My favorite part of volunteering at Dam Neck is making sure all the baby sea turtles make it into the water, to see them complete one part of their life’s journey and begin another, I only hope to be here

next year and continue doing my part to help these amazing creatures.”

A study of the Hampton Roads area suggests that there are 70,000 sea turtles in ocean water up to 40 miles offshore and 9,000 sea turtles in the Chesapeake Bay each year. Animals satellitetagged in Virginia inhabit the Chesapeake Bay and mid-Atlantic waters in summer and move south to North Carolina and as far as Florida in winter.

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If you encounter a dead or live, but weakened sea turtle

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Powerful prediction: Finding a better way to forecast hurricane strength Improved lead time, accuracy of forecasts give leaders more time for planning, preparations, evacuation, shelter decisions

By Warren Duffie Jr. Office of Naval Research ARLINGTON, VA.

As Hurricane Irma approached U.S. shores, researchers sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) were using airdropped autonomous sensors to compile real-time ocean observations to help forecasters predict the strength of future tropical storms.

This marks the first time the sensors — called ALAMO (Air-Launched Autonomous Micro Observer) sensors — are being used in hurricaneprediction research. While standard computerized prediction models rely on atmospheric data like air temperature, humidity, altitude, and wind speed and direction, the ALAMO sensors (sponsored

by ONR) measure oceanographic phenomena beneath the sea surface.

“Hurricanes like this have a devastating impact on coastal regions, and our thoughts and prayers are with the affected communities,” Chief of Naval Research Rear Adm. David J. Hahn said. “Often, there is an intersection of military and civilian needs. If we can improve the lead time and accuracy of storm forecasts, it would give national and local leadership more time and detailed information for preparations, evacuation or shelterin-place decisions.”

Fully developed tropical

cyclones-called hurricanes or typhoons — depending on their region — can grow as wide as several hundred miles and sustain winds greater than 150 miles per hour. With historically high winds, Hurricane Irma is one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean.

Such storms are notoriously difficult to predict, presenting a volatile meteorological cocktail that can change direction, speed and strengthquickly and unexpectedly.

One reason is that current forecasting models focus on the atmosphere, instead of underwater properties that contribute to the creation of hurricanes, but are difficult to observe.

In addition to the potential catastrophic damage to coastal communities, hurricanes also pose a severe threat to Navy fleet operations. Accurate forecasting is critical for protecting ships at sea, evacuating vulnerable bases, and performing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.

Earlier this week, the ONR-sponsored research team-composed of U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen and scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution-dropped ten ALAMO sensors from an Air Force C-130 “Hurricane Hunter” aircraft into Caribbean waters off the coast of Florida, ahead of the storm. The sensors are

U.S. Navy photo A GOES satellite image taken Sept. 7, 2017 at 8:45 a.m. EST shows Hurricane Irma, center, and Hurricane Jose, right, in the Atlantic Ocean, and Hurricane Katia in the Gulf of Mexico. Hurricane Irma is a category 5 hurricane with sustained winds of more than 180 mph and is moving west-northwest at 17 mph. the storm is expected to impact the southeastern United States.

continuing to make observations and will also be used to track ocean dynamics in the approaching Hurricane Jose.

Short, metal tubes crammed with sensors and scientific instruments, each ALAMO sensor sank nearly 1,000 feet underwater and then rose again. They’ve been tracking ocean temperature, salinity and pressure, and transmitting this data via satellite, for use by the Naval Research Laboratory to update the Navy’s coupled ocean-atmosphere forecasting models.

“The ALAMO sensors will enable us to get an accurate picture of conditions in the water column-before, during and after a hurricane,” Capt.

Elizabeth Sanabia said, an oceanography professor at the Naval Academy, who is overseeing the research. “For the Navy, this improved forecasting will increase operational readiness and mitigate risk.

For the nation, it will result in better response planning and potentially save lives.”

The participating Naval Academy midshipmen were Casey Densmore, Kelli Wise and Rachel Boushon.

Once the immediate danger of Hurricane Irma has

passed, the information accumulated by Sanabia’s team will be used to improve the Navy’s Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System-Tropical Cyclone-COAMPS-TC, for short. COAMPS-TC, developed with ONR support, uses complex algorithms to predict hurricane intensity-by processing real-time and “Our goal is to improve ocean and atmosphere modeling and prediction for fleet operations,” Dr. Ronald Ferek said, a program manager in ONR’s Ocean Battlespace Sensing Department. “The real-time COAMPS-TC forecasts for Hurricane Irma help

the Navy issue operational guidance for fleet safety, and improve understanding of the complex air-sea interaction processes that drive the intensity of tropical hurricanes.”

ONR’s sponsored hurricane research is part of the Task Force Ocean initiative, which seeks to strengthen the Navy’s oceanographic capabilities in ocean sensing and modeling technology.

Warren Duffie Jr. is a contractor for ONR Corporate Strategic Communications.

For more news from Office of Naval Research, visit www.navy.mil/local/onr/.

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Naval District Washington hosts first DSCA Table Top Exercise

By MC2 Jason Amadi Naval District Washington Public Affairs WASHINGTON

Naval District Washington (NDW) hosted a Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) Table Top Exercise (TTX) at the Admiral Gooding Center on the Washing-

ton Navy Yard, Sept. 7.

Military and civilian leaders from commands throughout the National Capital Region gathered alongside local and state emergency service planners to walk through DSCA scenarios such as hazardous material spills or natural disasters.

Events that would require Navy Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officers (NEPLO) to coordinate the use of NDW resources to aid civilian authorities.

“I think it went very well,” NDW Director of Operations James Pelkofski said. “Of all the things we exercise and all of the things we plan for, those are the most likely scenarios. It’s happening right now in Texas, it’s happening in Puerto Rico and will likely to happen in Florida.

We at the Department of Defense will be called upon to

render assistance in terms of either manpower support or making our bases available to stage assets.”

“We had great participation and big interest from the installations that were represented,” Pelkofski continued. “They’re the ones who will have to do a lot of the heavy lifting, so their participation was crucial and they came out in force.”

The TTX was coordinated and lead by three NDW NEPLOs and two representing the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

“I wanted to create realistic scenarios,” Commanding Officer of NDW NEPLO Captain David Dietz said.

“The critical point is that in today’s environment is that there’s a higher expectation for DOD services in terms of response to DSCA scenarios, that’ really been the biggest change over the last 10 years. We had a great dialogue and now the important part is what we do with this information going forward.”

Pelkofski says the DSCA TTX will become an annual event in order to strengthen

the relationship between commands in attendance and agencies at the state and federal level.

“There’s always value in getting together with our partners and talking about operations. These opportunities, although probably too rare, are also too valuable to miss. Today was an excellent use of our time,” Pelkofski said.

For more news from Naval District Washington, visit www.navy.mil/local/ndw/.

MC2 Mutis A. Capizzi The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Pinckney maneuvers behind the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan. Bataan and its amphibious ready group are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations to reassure allies and partners, and preserve the freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce in the region.

USS Pinckney completes successful MDVR in Duqm, Oman

By MC2 Craig Z. Rodarte USS Pinckney Public Affairs DUQM, OMAN

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG 91) completed a successful middeployment voyage repair (MDVR) in Duqm, Oman, Sept. 6.

The eight-day port visit allowed the crew and contractors to conduct vital repairs and maintenance as well as give Sailors constructive time away from the ship.

“The purpose of Pinckney’s port visit to Al Duqm was two-fold,” Commanding Officer of Pinckney Cmdr.

Frank Walter said. “When a ship is underway for a long period of time there will inevitably be repairs that need to be accomplished that cannot be done underway. Our visit to Duqm was also an opportunity to experience the culture of Oman and to establish America’s relationship with one of the most important countries of the region.”

Duqm is strategically located near the Strait of Hormuz, a key naval chokepoint.

The Navy’s interest and investment in Duqm is helping to contribute to regional stability.

“Our visit to Al Duqm ensured that Pinckney will be able to carry out helicopter search and rescue missions safely, counter-piracy efforts and ensure the main engines are in top condition,” Walter said. “This MDVR ensured that Pinckney is ‘Ready to Go, Trained to Fight, Proud to Serve’ towards any mission that is asked of this ship. The

critical repairs accomplished in Duqm made sure that we are able to serve proudly and come home safely.”

Port facilities and services in Duqm have expanded in recent years offering U.S. naval warships deployed in the 5th Fleet area of operations, a wider range of maintenance and logistics capabilities.

“The city of Duqm is still growing,” Walter said. “But despite its small size, the local people showed Pinckney Sailors the true spirit of Oman.”

Pinckney’s morale, welfare and recreation (MWR) staff coordinated events and transportation to visit local resorts providing access to the beach and swimming pool, local cuisine and the Omani culture.

“The crew needed some rest and relaxation after being out to sea for more than 60 days,” Operations Specialist 2nd Class Laneka Scott said. “The crew took full advantage of being able to reset from the repetitiveness of days out to sea. We all feel refreshed and ready to continue our mission in 5th Fleet.”

Pinckney is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations designed to reassure allies and partners, and preserve the freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce in the region.

For more news from USS Nimitz, visit www.nimitz. navy.mil/.

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Navy intends to heavy lift USS John S. McCain to Yokosuka The move will allow the crew to be close to their families, damage from Aug. 21 collision to be completely assessed From Naval Sea Systems Command Office of Corporate cility-Japan Regional MainCommunications tenance Center in Yokosuka, WASHINGTON

The Navy intends to issue a task order on an existing contract, for the salvage patching and transport via heavy lift of USS John S McCain (DDG 56) from Changi Naval Base in Singapore to the U.S. Navy’s Ship Repair Fa-

Japan.

The lift is notionally planned for late September.

The Navy is moving John S. McCain to Yokosuka to allow the crew to be close to their families and to allow for a complete assessment of the damage. Completion of the damage assessment is

required to fully determine repair plans to include cost, schedule and location for the ship’s repairs.

The guided-missile destroyer USS John S McCain was involved in a collision with the merchant vessel Alnic MC while underway east of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore Aug 21.

The ship suffered significant damage to her port side aft resulting in flooding to nearby compartments, including berthing, machinery and communications rooms.

MC3 Madailein Abbott Tugboats from Singapore assist the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain as it steers towards Changi Naval Base, Republic of Singapore following a collision with the merchant vessel Alnic MC while underway east of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore on Aug. 21.

Water under the bridge

By MC3 Jacob Goff USS Kearsarge Public Affairs ATLANTIC OCEAN, AT SEA

For a seafaring force like the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), few things are more important to the crew and their mission than fresh water. When the ship’s ability to create fresh water is crippled, it takes the entire crew to bring that force back to mission readiness.

Before embarking on the current humanitarian assistance and disaster relief mission, one of the ship’s two evaporation distilling units malfunctioned, cutting freshwater production capabilities in half.

According to Lt. j.g. Jens Howlett, the Kearsarge’s repair officer, the effects were felt throughout the ship.

“We had to cut back on laundry, showers, drinking water, and a lot of other things,” Howlett said. “It hurts the ship too, because there is less water for the boilers.”

With the possibility of nearly 500 displaced persons boarding the ship after hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the crew jumped in to action to ensure water production was restored to 100 percent.

“The pump has a shaft that runs through it,” Machinery

Virtual reality, artificial limbs ‘CONVEY’ the power of STEM

By Warren Duffie Jr. Office of Naval Research Public Affairs ARLINGTON, VA.

MC3 Michael Eduardo Jorge The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge transits the Atlantic Ocean. Kearsarge and the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit are underway in preparation for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.

Repairman 2nd class Brandon Weddle said, one of the Sailors who helped repair the pump, “so we took a cylindrical piece of metal, put it in a lathe and turned out a brand new shaft.”

Weddle was not alone in getting water production back on track for Kearsarge.

“The whole shop assisted; the whole shop played a part in the repair,” Weddle said.

While they were crafting and installing the replacement part, ship’s company made cutbacks that kept fresh water

at a sustainable level.

“We asked the crew to take one shower a day three minutes or less and to turn off water while shaving or brushing their teeth,” Executive Officer of Kearsarge Capt. Jason Rimmer. “We watched the water levels very closely to determine if we needed to switch to paper plates in the galley to save water from the scullery, but even on one evaporator, we did quite well, better than I had hoped for, actually.”

Both evaporators are now working at full capacity, pro-

ducing nearly 200,000 gallons of fresh water every day.

“Now that we have excess water and portable containers to put it in, we could be tasked with bringing fresh water ashore,” Rimmer said.

With both evaporators now pulling their weight, Kearsarge is ready to meet that task and provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief wherever it is needed.

For more news from USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), visit www. navy.mil/local/lhd3/.

Bataan remembers 9/11’s lost heroes

By MC2 Mutis A. Capizzi USS Bataan (LHD 5) Public Affairs PALMA DE MALLORCA, SPAIN

Sept. 11, 2001. Many of us saw the smoke rise into the sky as flames poured out of the North Tower.

There are others who felt the rumble as the South Tower collapsed. Millions around the world watched in horror as the events of that terrorist attack unfolded, and saw what many thought of as impossible.

It is a day that will forever be burned into the hearts and minds of New Yorkers and those around the globe. Many loved ones were lost, as well as the heroes who put their own safety aside in an effort to save others. To honor one of the most significant events in the history of our nation, on Sept. 11, multipurpose amphibious assault ship, USS Bataan (LHD 5) hosted a ceremony on the mess decks in remembrance of those who personified the Navy’s core values of honor, courage and commitment in the face of great adversity.

During the memorial ceremony, Senior Chief Boatswain’s Mate Karl Kundrat spoke of his personal experience the day in New York during the attacks. He was a petty officer second class assigned to recruiting duty with Navy Recruiting District New York. He was listening to the radio while on his way downtown to pick up some police records for potential candidates when he heard the towers had been hit.

“I thought it was a bad joke, listening to Howard Stern on the radio,” Kundrat explained. “I went up to the roof of our building and saw the smoke and flames come out of the tower.”

Kundrat went on to explain that the feelings and emotions don’t get easier as time passes.

“Every year the emotion is the same —

MC3 Kenneth Rodgers Quartermaster 1st Class Imre Balazsi folds the national ensign during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan.

sadness and darkness,” Kundrat said.

Engineman 2nd Class Averry Woods was also in New York that fateful day.

Woods recounted his experience in his apartment in the borough of Queens watching the towers fall.

“I lived by the 59th Street bridge, so I woke up every morning with the towers in my view,” Woods said. “I should have been at school that morning, but I was sick so I stayed home watching cartoons. I remember the news interrupting and saying that a plane had crashed into one of the towers and it was on fire. I ran to the window to see, and then woke my parents up.

We watched together as the second plane hit, and throughout the day watching both towers fall. It was devastating.”

Woods went on the share that it was a defining moment for him and influenced not only his decision to join the Navy, but his brother as well.

“My brother worked in a building behind the towers,” Woods said. “He could have been at work when the towers got

hit. We enlisted because we wanted to go out and help prevent things like this from happening again.”

Two separate lives impacted by a pivotal moment in history are now tied together with the lives of a nation, and serving aboard Bataan highlights the phrase, “Always Remember, Never Forget.”

It is testament held true these past 16 years as our generation has been forever changed, and will continue to remember and be influenced by as we stretch forth into the future carrying with us the spirits of our lost brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, friends and fellow countrymen.

Bataan is currently on a scheduled port visit to Palma De Mallorca, Spain while deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations.

For more news from USS Bataan (LHD 5), visit www.navy.mil/local/lhd5/.

Addressing a crowd of middle and high school students, the former U.S. Army Soldier discussed how he lost his arm and leg to combat-related injuries-describing the challenges of using prosthetic limbs to brush his teeth or enjoy recreation like swimming.

The warfighter then turned the conversation over to his young daughter, who said, “One thing my dad never has trouble with is hugging me.” To prove her point, father and daughter gave each other a powerful squeeze.

This poignant moment underscored the human element of a series of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) workshops recently held by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)-America’s largest universityaffiliated research centerat Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.

The workshops targeted students whose parents are current or former military personnel, and highlighted the science behind prosthetic limbs.

Coordinated by the Johns Hopkins APL, with support from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the interactive workshops were part of a new initiative titled C O N V E Y- C o n n e c t i n g STEM Outreach Now Using VIE Education for Youth. (VIE stands for Virtual Integration Environment.)

Johns Hopkins APL created CONVEY through its STEM program to educate children about prosthetic limbsusing virtual and augmented reality technology and spark an interest in future STEM careers.

“An important priority of the Navy and Marine Corps is cultivating the next generation of scientists and engineers,” Dr. Peter Squire said, a program officer in ONR’s Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare and Combating Terrorism Department.

“CONVEY represents an excellent opportunity to demonstrate how science impacts and benefits amputees using prosthetics, and to create a personal connection between science and technology and people.”

CONVEY combines

specialized software developed by Johns Hopkins APL with commercially available technology-like the Oculus Rift virtualreality headset and Microsoft HoloLens augmented-reality headset-to teach children about biology, anatomy and engineering.

Virtual reality is a wholly computer-generated environment in which users immerse themselves.

Augmented reality, by contrast, superimposes virtual objects onto a real environment like the yellow first down lines added to television broadcasts of football games.

During the recent workshops, middle and high school participants used the Oculus Rift to manipulate virtual prosthetic limbs, play computer-generated games like darts and ping pong, and move objects around.

They wore the HoloLens headset to study 3-D representations of the human brain, nervous system and muscle groups. Students also learned how new, cutting-edge prosthetics incorporate advanced microcircuits to restore the use of limbs and allow amputees greater control and utility.

“Our objective is to use the virtual training platform to enhance each child’s understanding of how STEM concepts and products are being used to enable personal independence, mobility and human interaction for their loved ones,” Dwight Carr said, who manages the Johns Hopkins APL STEM program. “It’s an engaging and interactive way to expand the use of the technology, while helping both the service members and their families.”

ONR is committed to identifying and attracting young STEM talent-and provides programs for K-12 students designed to build excitement about careers in science and engineering. Carr hopes to host more militaryfocused workshops in the future, as well as incorporate CONVEY within Johns Hopkins APL’s own STEM outreach in and around Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Warren Duffie Jr. is a contractor for ONR Corporate Strategic Communications.

For more news from Office of Naval Research, visit www.navy.mil/local/onr/.

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USS Leyte Gulf conducts historic mission with close ally From USS Leyte Gulf Public Affairs NORWEGIAN SEA

Ticonderoga-class guidedmissile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) and U.K. fleet oiler RFA Wave Knight (A389) successfully executed the northernmost underway replenishment (UNREP) by a U.S. Navy warship since the 1980s, Aug. 25.

This success culminated a century’s worth of progress and ingenuity; in May 1917, U.S. fleet oiler USS Maumee (AO-2), positioned 300 miles south of Greenland, completed what is considered the first underway replenishment. Leyte Gulf’s crew found themselves nearly 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle, accomplishing the same logistics operations that allow the U.S. Navy to conduct sustained operations at sea, around the globe.

By receiving not only shipboard fuel but aviation fuel for the two embarked MH60R Sea Hawk helicopters assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 60, the crew proved, along with allies from the United Kingdom, the capability to continue operations unhindered in the North Atlantic.

Leyte Gulf departed its homeport of Norfolk, March 27, for a regularly-scheduled deployment that began with the mission to conduct maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations.

Since deployment began, the ship has amassed more than 30 days of operations above the Arctic Circle, including a previous UNREP above the Arctic Circle in May with German fleet oiler FGS Bonn during Eastern Atlantic (EASTLANT) 17, an anti-submarine warfare exercise conducted with Ger-

Photos by MC2 Sonja Wickard The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf receives a fuel probe from the British replenishment oiler RFA Wave Knight during a replenishment-atsea. Leyte Gulf is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe.

many and Norway.

While operating that far north has its challenges, it also presents unique opportunities most U.S. Navy surface warriors will never get, including the opportunity to enter into the “Order of the Blue Nose.”

The ship left Norfolk with only five Blue Nose Sailors, but Leyte Gulf is nearing the end of its deployment having inducted more than 400 Sailors into the “Realm of the Arctic Circle.” Only those who have crossed the Arctic Circle can say they are members of the Order of the Blue Nose. The Blue Nose ceremony is a longstanding tradition in the U.S. Navy, and similar celebrations have welcomed mariners across the world into this unique society for centuries.

Ship handling operations such as the UNREP are im-

portant as they strengthen the bonds between the U.S. and allies as both work toward mutual goals of peace and stability in the region. Being able to conduct those evolutions with allies and partners demonstrates the importance of the relationships in order for U.S. naval forces to be able to conduct sustained operations in an area as large as U.S. 6th Fleet.

“The importance of missions such as these demonstrates that our dedication to operating with our allies is more prevalent now than ever,” Commanding Officer of Leyte Gulf Capt. Daniel Sunvuld said. “Facing the dynamic world in which we operate, our Sailors find assurance in the fact that we can continue to push the bounds of our assumptions and demonstrate the ability to operate unimpeded, despite the natu-

Quartermaster 3rd Class Cody Bryant prepares signal flags on the bridge wing of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf during a replenishment-at-sea with the British replenishment oiler RFA Wave Knight.

ral challenges the climate and vast area of operations present.”

U.S. 6th Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations,

often in concert with allied, joint, and interagency partners in order to advance U.S. national interests, security, and stability in Europe and Africa.

USS Wasp, USS Kearsarge and USS Oak Hill support relief mission in Virgin Islands From U.S. Fleet Forces Command Public Affairs Office ATLANTIC OCEAN

The amphibious assault ships USS Wasp (LHD 1), USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) and dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) along with the Marines of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit are supporting the lead federal agency in providing humanitarian relief efforts for Hurricane Irma.

Wasp, the first Navy platform to arrive in the vicinity of the U.S. Virgin Islands, is providing medium and heavy lift helicopters to transport people and supplies. Wasp’s helicopters are conducting medical evacuations for intensive care patients from St. Thomas to St. Croix and conducting site assessments on the initial damage in St. Thomas.

MC3 Levingston Lewis Sailors, attached to the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp, load evacuees onto an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 22, as part of first response efforts to the U.S. Virgin Islands in the wake of Hurricane Irma.

The DoD is supporting FEMA, the lead federal agency, in helping those affected by Hurricane Irma to minimize suffering and is one component of the overall whole-of-government response effort.

Wasp departed for Sasebo, Japan, Aug. 30, to assume duties as the forward-deployed flagship of the amphibious force of the U.S. 7th Fleet.

The ship was conducting its

transit and was redirected to assist with relief efforts.

Kearsarge and Oak Hill departed Norfolk, Va. Aug. 31, to support relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Har-

vey. They were redirected to be in a position to support efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma.

The combined aircraft on all three ships include three UH-1Y Marine Utility Helicopters, three CH-53E Marine Heavy Lift Helicopters, five MV-22 Marine Tiltrotor aircraft and nine MH-60S Navy Medium Lift Helicopters.

These ships are capable of providing medical support, maritime civil affairs, maritime security, expeditionary logistic support, medium and heavy lift air support, and bring a diverse capability including assessment and security.

The top priority of the federal government, as we work together to support civil authorities, is to minimize suffering and protecting the lives and safety of those affected

by Hurricane Irma.

STEM | Students

to meet pilots, mechanics and tour aircraft

Continued from A1 “The Air Show is a wonderful opportunity to see STEM in action, and for the fifth graders it is a perfect way to tie the standards of learning in the Virginia Beach school system into something that is meaningful to them and in their own backyard,” Deborah Patch said. “NAS Oceana is very committed to engaging with the local students to showcase what we do on a regular basis. All of our daily operations, from putting planes in the air to monitoring and maintaining our air space in order safely guide them

back down to the flight line, wouldn’t be possible without STEM and the experts in those fields of study.”

During their day on the military installation, every child will take part in hands-on activities and learn about STEM careers in a real-world setting. This will include displays and exhibits from NASA Langley, the Office of Naval Research and Naval Research Laboratory, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, Wesleyen University, Engineering for Kids, Old Dominion University, Landstown

High School, Navy history and heritage command, U.S. Naval research laboratory and Virginia Department of Transportation.

“In Virginia Beach, we are fortunate to have a strong military presence in our city and, consequently, invaluable community partnerships through our bases and military personnel,” VBCPS Superintendent Dr. Aaron Spence said. “Our STEM Lab Day is the perfect example of what is possible when the worlds of education, business and military service come together to highlight for children

the limitless opportunities available to them.”

Students will also meet and hear from U.S. Navy pilots, mechanics and support personnel to understand how STEM is part of their work as well as get up close views and tours of NAS Oceana aircraft. Additionally, students will see a special performance by the Navy’s elite flight demonstration team, The Blue Angels.

For more information on the 2017 NAS Oceana Air show, please visit www.oceanaairshow.com

For more news from Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa /U.S. 6th Fleet, visit www.navy.mil/ local/naveur/.

PREPARE | Visit

www. ready.navy.mil to prepare for any disaster Continued from A1 challenges head on and plan and prepare for all types of hazards, ranging from hurricanes and earthquakes to terrorist attacks. By exploring the links on the Ready Navy site, you will: Be informed of potential hazards and what to do before, during, and after an emergency, Understand the steps to make an emergency plan that includes what to do, where to go, and what to take with you, Learn to build a kit to support basic needs for a minimum of three days, and Access tools and resources to help you and your family prepare for emergency situations that could arise at any time

with no warning.

Navy Personnel and families are strongly encouraged to strengthen emergency planning at home, as well as at work, by reading and following the tips and information found at www.Ready.

Navy.mil.

For more information on how to prepare for any disaster, visit www.ready. navy.mil. Ready Navy is a CNIC-sponsored emergency preparedness program.

Navy Installations Command is comprised of approximately 53,000 military and civilian personnel worldwide responsible for the operations, maintenance and quality of life programs to sustain the Navy’s fleet, enable the fighter, and support the family.

U.S. Navy photo Virginia Beach Public School System students experience the annual STEM event during the 2016 Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana Air Show. NAS Oceana and the Virginia Beach City Public School (VBCPS) system have once again partnered to provide every fifth-grader enrolled in Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) the opportunity to take a one-of-kind field trip to Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, Friday, Sept. 15.

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James Malloch secures and stows equipment for his RV at Naval Air Station (NAS) Key West’s Sigsbee Annex campground in preparation for evacuation from Hurricane Irma. Non-essential personnel and dependents at NAS Key West have received mandatory evacuation orders.

Essential personnel will shelter in place, manning essential functions at the air station.

Florida Navy bases prepare for Hurricane Irma From Navy Region Southeast Public Affairs JACKSONVILLE, FLA.

Navy installations throughout Florida are preparing for heavy weather as Hurricane Irma approaches South Florida.

Commander, Navy Region Southeast, Rear Adm. Bette Bolivar, directed the evacuation of non-essential personPhotos by MC2 Cody R. Babin nel and family members from Naval Air Station Key West, Michael Commander, a high voltage electrician with Naval Facilities Engineering Command Florida, Sept. 5. “Their safety Southeast, shutters the barracks on Naval Air Station Key West’s Boca Chica Field ahead of Major Hurricane Irma, NAS Key West is a state-of-the-art facility for air-to-air combat fighter aircraft of all and security is a top priority,” military services and provides world-class pierside support to U.S. and foreign naval vessels.

Bolivar said. Approximately

US, Singapore navies enhance maritime partnership with training in Guam

By Lt. Clyde Shavers CTF 73/DESRON 7 Public Affairs GUAM

The U.S. Navy and Republic of Singapore navies concluded Exercise Pacific Griffin 2017 at U.S. Naval Base Guam, Sept 2.

Pacific Griffin 17 served as this year’s U.S.-Singapore annual maritime exercise and ran from Aug 19 through Sept 2 in waters near Guam. The exercise was coordinated months in advance by planners from both navies.

Pacific Griffin highlights the longstanding maritime partnership between the U.S. and the Republic of Singapore navies through 23 years of annual-bilateral exercises.

“The U.S. Navy deeply values our close partnership with the Republic of Singapore Navy,” Capt.

Lex Walker said. “Pacific Griffin 2017 provided a unique opportunity for both navies to interact and engage in a broader and more complex range of maritime scenarios and operations.”

As the first bilateral exercise between the two navies taking place outside the vicinity of Singapore, the exercise featured a full-spectrum of naval operations ranging from antisubmarine and anti-surface warfare to air defense, live fire drills, and tactical ship maneuvers.

Republic of Singapore Navy Commander First Flotilla and Commanding Officer of 185 Squadron Colonel Saw Shi Tat highlighted the value of the exercise in enhancing professionalism and » See GUAM | B7

and family members and 97 pets are being airlifted from the facility off the Florida coast. They will be headed to their designated safe haven.

“Additionally,” Bolivar said, “I’ve directed that when mandatory orders are issued by competent civilian authorities in Florida counties that could be impacted by Hurricane Irma, non-essential active duty military, civilian employees, drilling reservists and authorized dependents residing in those counties are » See IRMA | B7

NMCB 1 Seabees paint Honduran schoolhouse

By MC3 Kristen Cheyenne Yarber Southern Partnership Station 17 Public Affairs

CE3 Santiago Guzman Jr Builder Constructionman Kiara Harris, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4, a local student and a member of the Indonesian Marines (TNI-AL) ZENI Battalion prepare to dip their hands in paint to leave their handprints on the schoolhouse that was built as part of the engineering civic

US, Indonesian Navies embrace partnership, advance training From Task Force 73 Public Affairs SURABAYA, INDONESIA

The U.S. and Indonesian navies will come together for the 23rd Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) bilateral exercise and skills exchange, Sept.

7-13.

The exercise will take place on the ground in Surabaya and in the waters and airspace of the Java and Bali

Seas. The training is aimed at deepening maritime security cooperation between the U.S. and Indonesia.

“As maritime nations with shared values and common strategic interests, the United States and Indonesia enjoy a comprehensive and growing naval partnership based on mutual respect,” Commander of Task Force 73 Rear Adm. Don Gabrielson said. “The » See CARAT | B7

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50-60 mission essential personnel are remaining behind to maintain essential functions on the installation.

Naval Air Station Key West personnel have a designated safe haven area of within 300 miles of Atlanta. Personnel and family members need to muster with the installation, their command or through the Navy Family Accountability and Assistance System (NFAAS) website upon arrival to the safe haven area.

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Nestled between a small community and towering green hills in Tocoa, Honduras, sits a school, surrounded by four concrete walls. The only entrance is a rusty gate on one of the wall’s corners. Inside, children in school uniforms run to and from classes, laughing and kicking soccer balls under palm trees.

The exterior of the school was chipped and scratched, before Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 (NMCB 1) arrived on site to paint it, Aug. 28.

“I really enjoy coming out and helping people,” Builder Constructionman Dever Kelly said. “I don’t want to sit on camp all day; I would rather go out and do something that matters.”

Kelly participated in eight of the nine South-

MC3 Kristen Cheyenne Yarber Builder Constructionman Dever Kelly, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, paints a wall at Paulo Freire School, during a Southern Partnership Station 17 community relations project.

ern Partnership Station 17 (SPS 17) community relation projects (COMRELs) in Honduras. However, the schoolhouse for this particular event was bigger than the ones before, requiring the skill and expertise of Seabees.

“The Seabees wanted to have a project that they could own,” Lt. Cmdr. Lee Rutledge said, a chaplain assigned to Commander, » See HONDURAS | B7

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HeroesatHome Eligibility for the TRICARE Retiree Dental Program includes ‘gray area’ retirees From Delta Dental

The TRICARE Retiree Dental Program (TRDP) is available to all military retirees (including “gray area” retirees under age 60) and their eligible family members, unremarried surviving spouses and their eligible children, as well as Medal of Honor recipients and their eligible immediate family members.

The program covers cleanings, exams, fillings, root canals, gum surgery, oral surgery and dental accidents on the first day that coverage becomes effective; after 12 months of being in the program, it then covers crowns, bridges, partials, braces and dental implants.

New retirees who enroll within four months after retirement from the Uniformed Services or transfer to Retired Reserve status are eligible to waive the 12-month waiting period for major services; supporting documentation is required.

The TRDP provides every enrollee an annual maximum of $1,300 per person, a $1,200 annual maximum for dental accidents and a $1,750 lifetime maximum for orthodontics.

It is important to note that the money that the TRDP pays out for preventive and diagnostic services doesn’t count against the annual maximum – those benefits are in addition to the $1,300. Retirees can find more information on the program, as well as enroll 24/7/365, online by visiting trdp.org.

TRDP enrollees realize the maximum program savings (an average of 22 percent) when seeing a network provider.

To find a network provider, as well as utilize the Consumer Toolkit to view processed claims, see annual maximum information, sign up to receive paperless Explanation of Benefits and more, please visit trdp.org. You can also obtain more information by contacting your regional TRDP representative.

Healthy aging: How to keep your smile for life From www.trdp.org

The majority of baby boomers will maintain their natural teeth over their lifetime, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). And, there has been a substantial decrease in the past decade in the number of people ages 65 and older who have lost all their teeth. The widespread use of fluoride in water, toothpaste, and other products has helped reduce tooth decay among all ages.

Having a mouthful of natural teeth in your older years requires that you make the right moves for decades beforehand. Besides brushing gently at least twice a day, paying special attention to the gum line, and flossing at least once a day, you must seek regular checkups and cleanings.

A dental visit involves a comprehensive checkup that extends beyond your teeth. Dentists screen for oral cancer — which is particularly vital for people who drink alcohol, smoke, or chew tobacco.

Dentists also look for side effects of medication. You should tell your dentist if you have diabetes or heart disease. These conditions can affect your oral health.

You should also update the dentist on changes in your health, including major illnesses as well as medications you take. Some drugs can affect your oral health or interact with drugs the dentist may give you.

Also, alert your dentist if you notice any of these changes: Sensitivity to hot or cold foods or drinks

Bowden Images To keep your natural teeth for life, make sure to brush gently twice a day, floss at least once a day and seek regular checkups and cleanings.

Pain when chewing Pain, pressure, or swelling of your gums Discoloration of your teeth Leaving dentures to your grandparents is a worthy goal — and one that has implications far beyond dental health. Research shows that poor oral health is linked to a variety of other ailments, including heart and lung disease, diabetes, and stroke.

After you blow out the candles on that 80th birthday cake, don’t stop taking care of your teeth. Brushing, flossing, and regular dental visits should remain part of your life.

Need help? Finding a dentist has never been easier. Look for a TRICARE Retiree Dental Program (TRDP) network dentist and save on your out-of-pocket costs.

The skin and bones of contention At some point in a marriage, a military spouse faces a delicate dilemma: How to incorporate her partner’s military awards, sword, deer head, bowling trophy, stereo speakers, bar lamp or autographed sporting equipment into the home décor.

In nearly 24 years of marriage to my husband, Francis, I’ve learned that solving this domestic quandary involves comproLisa Smith mise, diplomacy, and Molinari sometimes, trickery.

After each of our Military spouse eleven moves, I set contributor about making each new house our home.

The vast majority of the unpacking and home decorating was left to my discretion as the work-fromhome spouse, and I always made a sincere effort to find spots for the treasured belongings that would make each member of our family feel comfortable.

Sometimes, however, I had to prioritize. After our move from Germany to Florida a few years ago, I was unpacking a box labeled “master bedroom” and came upon an interesting item.

Despite the fact that Francis is squeamish about blood, has never hunted, and is afraid of my kitchen cutlery; he bought himself a fullsized reindeer pelt one night at a German Christmas festival. He was not quite sure why he made the purchase, and admitted that it may have been motivated by the half-dozen mugs of mulled wine

décor. Others had a short time on display, before being relegated to a cardboard box in the garage.

There was the airplane propeller, the English cricket bat, the Yemeni sword, the German beer stein, the Middle Eastern vase, the Korean chess set, dozens of Navy plaques and framed certificates, and scores of African items from his yearlong deployment to Djibouti – wildebeest horns, warthog tusks, woven baskets, tribal warrior figures, Masai clubs, fertility masks, bongos, and carved wooden animals.

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By Lisa Smith Molinari items were more than just clunky, The master bedroom full-sized reindeer pelt bought one night at a German dust-gathering souvenirs. The Christmas festival, placed in the middle of the floor next to the prissy floral items represented experience, bed linen. virility, and adventure. Despite he consumed that winter evening.

A few days later, I found the the fact that Francis had no sober But, he insisted, he must’ve hide spread out in the middle of memory of its purchase, I knew had a perfectly good reason at the our bedroom floor like a fresh the reindeer pelt was his manhood time. kill. The dog took a few sniffs and splayed out on our bedroom floor After finding the pelt in the stayed away from the strange flat for the whole world to see. moving box along with our prissy beast in case it might suddenly The hide stayed put for a few floral bed linens, I wondered how attack. months before Francis conceded it would fit into our new bedSeveral times, I hid the pelt that it clashed with our décor and room’s décor. from Francis in hopes that he agreed to store it for a future man On one hand, I thought display- wouldn’t notice, but he always did, cave. Three moves later, the pelt is ing the enormous hide might add and put the wild animal skin right still in a box. the Nordic charm of an igloo – all back in the middle of our bedroom In the meantime, I won’t sneak we would need was an ice mafloor. If I tried to reason with him, the hide into the trash or slip it chine and a dog sled to give our he de-clared quite simply, “I like into a Goodwill donation. I’d nevbedroom a real Tundra vibe. On it,” and wouldn’t discuss the mat- er throw away Francis’ manhood the other hand, I knew Francis ter further. just be-cause it doesn’t match the might take the Eskimo theme a bit While there have been many bedspread. too far – turning the thermostat battles worth fighting in our marBesides, the reindeer pelt is a below 50, sleeping in a parka, and riage, I knew that this was not one little reminder of my husband – it offering to massage me with whale of them. In his 28 years with the doesn’t say much, it lays around a blubber oil.

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I shuddered at the thought, and less souvenirs and memorabilia. stuffed the reindeer pelt under our Some items were special enough www.themeatandpotatoesoflife. bed. to become a permanent part of our com

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Capt. Buzz Donnelly, commanding officer of the Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan, explains flight deck operations to William F. Hagerty, U.S. ambassador to Japan, on the ship’s flight deck. Hagerty met with senior leadership and toured the ship during his first visit to Ronald Reagan since taking the office of U.S. ambassador to Japan in July.

Photos by MC3 Macadam Weissman

US Ambassador to Japan visits USS Ronald Reagan William Hagerty’s first visit since taking office in July

By MC3 Macadam Weissman USS Ronald Reagan Public Affairs YOKOSUKA, JAPAN

The U.S. Ambassador to Japan visited the Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), Sept. 6.

Ambassador William F. Hagerty met with senior leaders from Ronald Reagan and Commander, Task Force (CTF) 70. The visit was Ambassador Hagerty’s first to Ronald Reagan since taking the office of U.S. Ambassador to Japan in July.

“It was an honor to visit America’s Flagship,” Hagerty said. “I’m inspired by the professionalism of our Sailors and impressed with the work they do to protect and defend the collective maritime interests of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

Moreover I was struck by the daily sacrifices our men and women in uniform make to ensure peace and prosperity remain the status quo in the region.”

During the visit, Ambassador Hagerty toured the navigation bridge, flight deck control, flight deck, hangar bay, aircraft elevators and Ronald Reagan museum.

Capt. Buzz Donnelly, Ronald

Reagan’s commanding officer said it was an honor to host the ambassador.

“It was extremely important and valuable in terms of the support he provides to the ship, recognizing the importance of USS Ronald Reagan to the security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region,” Donnelly said.

Ronald Reagan provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

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Blazing path to success

By MC3 Evan Thompson USS Bataan Public Affairs U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS

MCSN WIlliam Carlisle Adm. Scott Swift, commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, delivered the keynote address at the Republic of Korea (ROK) navy’s 13th annual International Seapower Symposium.

US Pacific Fleet Commander joins International Seapower Symposium From U.S. Naval Forces Korea Public Affairs SEOUL, REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Adm. Scott Swift, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet joined other naval leaders and subject matter experts from around the Asia-Pacific region to discuss the maritime security environment throughout East Asia during the 13th International Seapower Symposium (ISS) in Seoul, Sept. 5.

This year’s theme, “Rapid Changes in East Asia Maritime Security: Outlook and Challenges,” seeks to advance maritime cooperation at regional levels by bringing together the area’s foremost naval and maritime services to openly exchange ideas that will strengthen the safety, security, and prosperity of East Asia.

The symposium, hosted by Adm. Um, Hyun-Sung, the Republic of Korea (ROK) chief of naval operations, featured a key-note address from Swift highlighting the importance of not just the peninsula but he entire Indo-pacific region.

“It is a region dominated and defined by the maritime environment, and in an increasingly interconnected global

economy, many nations across the globe with vested interests in resources and trade that transits these waters,” Swift said, “It is not surprising that the region attracts geo-strategic interest from states both within and without its regional boundaries, resulting in considerable potential for both competition and cooperation between nations.

In addition to his attendance at the symposium, Swift met with senior ROK military and defense officials including Song, Young-Moo, Minister of Defense, and Gen. Jeong, Kyeong-Doo, chief, Joint Chiefs of Staff, to reaffirm the capability of the U.S. Pacific Fleet to support the U.S.-ROK alliance and effectively prepare for future response options to North Korean aggression.

“Though the Republic of Korea is the closest to the threat, they do not face this aggressor alone. The U.S.-Republic of Korea alliance is ironclad,” Swift said, “The United States remains steadfastly committed to the defense of our allies here on the peninsula.”

The U.S. Pacific Fleet is comprised of nearly 60 percent of all U.S. Navy assets which

translates to 200 ships and submarines, 1,180 aircraft; and more than 140,000 Sailors and Civilian Sailors that stand ready to deploy, if called upon.

Rear Adm. Brad Cooper, the commander of U.S. naval Forces, Korea, echoes Swift on the commitment and integration of the U.S.-ROK naval component.

“Our naval partnership grows stronger each day, our collective defense of this nation grows equally stronger,” Cooper said. “Each and every U.S. Navy Sailor, civilian, and family member living and serving in Korea are proud to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our ROK Navy partners.”

Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea is the regional commander for the U.S. Navy in the Republic of Korea and provides expertise on naval matters to area military commanders, including the Commander for the United Nations Command, the Combined Forces Command, and Commander, U.S. Forces Korea.

For more news from U.S. Pacific Fleet, visit www.cpf. navy.mil.

Everyone knows the structure of a good story; the hero must overcome adversity and come out on top if they ever hope to lead a good life.

Life in the real world, not without its fair share of adversity, can sometimes start to align with this basic story organization and become a little hard to believe. This is exactly the case for one Sailor aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5).

Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Raymond Minami was born in Massapequa, New York but has his roots firmly planted in Palm Coast, Florida, where he spent a majority of his life prior to joining the Navy in June of 2013.

During his senior year at Matanzas High School, Minami had his mind set on a life of politics.

To facilitate his then life goal, Minami took some time off from school to assist in running the campaign of a prospective Florida Governor.

Following the campaign, Minami hadn’t had his fill yet and set his sights on running for mayor of Palm Coast, Florida at just 18 years old, when he didn’t win the election he moved on to attend college.

While attending Daytona State College, his desire to lead a life of politics began to take a backseat, and Minami set his sights on serving his country in a different way and enlisted in the United States Navy.

“When I think of the ideal leader, they have a military background,” Minami said. “So when running for mayor didn’t pan out as I planned, I still wanted to do some type of civil service and joining the military felt like a way to accomplish two goals at one time; I could serve my country and build a political resume simultaneously.”

Minami joined with the intention of being a Submarine navigation electronics technician, but that didn’t work out as planned and he was re-rated to an undesignated seaman serving aboard Bataan’s deck department.

“It really felt like I had hit rock bottom,” Minami said. “I had been training for submarines for so long and suddenly I was needle-gunning and chipping paint.

It made me realize my path to success

wasn’t going to be an easy one to walk.”

Nearly eight months after arriving aboard Bataan, an opportunity arose for Minami to improve his situation. Representatives from Navy Personnel Command’s fleet engagement team held a job seminar, providing a chance for Norfolkarea undesignated Sailors to acquire a rate, and as soon as Minami heard about it, he knew he had to be there. That was the day Minami became a Mass Communication Specialist (MC).

“It was the greatest moment of my life up to that point,” Minami said. “In my eyes, it was like I had risen from the dead.

When I got sent undesignated, I didn’t know what my future entailed. The day I picked up MC was the day my life got back on track.”

Minami shared that there is a kind of stigma about people who strike into a rate without receiving formal training, that they are second rate compared to people who complete “A” school.

“Even though I was no longer undesignated, I still felt like I was constantly having to prove myself,” Minami said.

“Through hard work and dedication, I developed the skills and know-how necessary to be competitive in my field.”

Two and a half years later, Minami is a dual warfare qualified third class petty officer working as the material maintenance work center supervisor for the ship’s executive department, performing well above his paygrade and proving that no obstacle is too great for someone with a good attitude.

“I see the Navy as an organization that any one person can change for the better,” Minami said. “All it takes is knowing when to push for what you think is right and not letting people discourage you.”

Like the hero of any good fable, Minami rolled with the punches and never let a bad day get the better of him. With his time aboard Bataan coming to a close, Minami intends to give this story a happy ending and make a name for himself elsewhere in the fleet.

Bataan and its amphibious ready group are deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations to reassure allies and partners, and preserve the freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce in the region.

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Navy sonobuoys facilitate endangered whale sighting From Chief of Naval Operations Energy and Environmental Readiness Division ANCHORAGE, ALASKA

Thanks to sonobuoys provided by the U.S. Navy, the National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS) recently spotted two endangered North PaciďŹ c right whales in the Bering Sea near Bristol Bay, Alaska, Aug. 6.

Sightings of right whales in the eastern North PaciďŹ c are extremely rare and any encounter represents an important opportunity to gather information about this critically endangered population.

The sonobuoys were dropped into the water at regular intervals by a PaciďŹ c Ocean Whale and Ecosystem Research (POWER) program ship. This particular survey is a collaborative project by the International Whaling Commission, the Government of Japan and NMFS. Jessica Crance, a NMFS research biologist aboard, heard whale vocalizations via the sonobuoys and helped the ship chart a course to locate the animals. Navy sonobuoys use passive acoustic technology to listen for underwater sounds, in contrast to active acoustic devices which generate a “pingâ€? and locate objects based on the echo.

Researchers captured photographs of the whales, along with a biopsy sample. According to researchers, the biopsy sample collected from the whale can help establish the identity of the whale, its sex, whether it’s pregnant and can also provide data about diet and reproduction. Right whales can be identiďŹ ed by the unique pattern of growths on their heads, termed callosities; both of the animals in this sighting were known from previous years’ work in the Bering Sea. “Today, the eastern North PaciďŹ c population is estimated at around 30 animals, and we know too little about their status, biology and behavior,â€? Dr. Phillip Clapham of the Marine Mammal Laboratory Alaska Fisheries Science Center said. “The POWER

cruise offers a unique opportunity to conduct a systematic sighting survey which has been designed and approved by the IWC’s ScientiďŹ c Committee for this critically endangered whale, and the Navy’s sonobuoys have been instrumental in locating them through detection of the whales’ vocalizations — often beyond visual sighting distance.â€?

The population of North PaciďŹ c right whales initially plummeted due to whaling from 1835 through 1930s, at which point ofďŹ cial protections were put in place. Despite these protections, illegal whaling removed the bulk of what was thought to be a small but slowly recovering population. Today, the primary threats for North PaciďŹ c right whales include hazards caused by ďŹ shing gear entanglements and ship strikes.

Programs receive sonobuoys when the Navy’s Living Marine Resources (LMR) program assesses the requirements worldwide to perform mission tasks and issues surplus, unexpired buoys to outside organizations sharing the Navy’s research interests, which include marine mammal protection projects and studies. The sonobuoy’s shelf life is typically several years and the Navy’s distribution varies annually. In 2017, 480 sonobuoys were allocated to, most notably, multiple National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) programs and the Marine Mammal Laboratory at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center. “We are extremely grateful to the Navy for providing these sonobuoys,� Research Biologist with NOAA Dr. Catherine Berchok said. “We couldn’t do our work without them!�

Crance and her colleagues will continue to search for more North PaciďŹ c right whales in the area through mid-September.

For more information on sonobuoys and the LMR program, visit http://greeneet. d o d live . m il / e nviro n m e n t / lmr/.

MC2 Kenneth Abbate The Nay’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan, is underway in the Coral Sea during Talisman Saber 2017.

USS RONALD REAGAN DEPARTS YOKOSUKA

By MCSA Randy Lee Adams II USS Ronald Reagan Public Affairs TOKYO BAY

The Navy’s forwarddeployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), commenced a routine patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations after departing Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY), Japan, Sept. 8.

Ronald Reagan’s departure marks the beginning of a scheduled patrol following an inport period giving the crew and ship a chance to conduct maintenance. “About three and half weeks ago, USS Ronald Reagan returned to port after our patrol and we entered into a transition from operations to maintenance,â€? Commanding OfďŹ cer of USS Ronald Reagan Capt.

Buzz Donnelly said. “Although this is a very brief period for us with our ship maintenance team from Puget Sound, as well as Ship Repair Facility here in Yokosuka, our crew was able to accomplish a lot of the necessary maintenance

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As USS Ronald Reagan enters into our next patrol segment, we are looking forward to operating alongside and closely with our allies and friends in the region.�

Commanding OfďŹ cer of USS Ronald Reagan Capt. Buzz Donnelly that ensures that we will be ready to operate forward as required for our next patrol, as well as be ready when required, at any time, for operations here in 7th eet.â€?

During the patrol, Ronald Reagan, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 and the crew have the opportunity to carry out a variety of missions and operate with the numerous allies within the region. “As USS Ronald Reagan enters into our next patrol segment, we are looking forward to operating along-

side and closely with our allies and friends in the region,â€? Donnelly said. “This is a great opportunity for us as a ship and crew, within the strike group, with our carrier air wing team to get out and operate to show our proďŹ ciency, tactics and procedures that we can use throughout our mission areas.â€?

The maintenance conducted during the in-port period could prove vital during the patrol, enabling the ship, air wing and crew to be more

proďŹ cient while operating at sea. “I’m very proud of the readiness and professionalism of USS Ronald Reagan’s crew,â€? Donnelly said. “Our capability to execute all of our mission areas from humanitarian assistance, disaster relief and presence operations, to the potentials and ability to conduct combat operations, relies on the professionalism and capability of our crew. We are more than ready to handle any of those missions.â€?

Ronald Reagan, the agship of CVW-5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-PaciďŹ c region.

For more news from USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), visit www.navy.mil/local/ cvn76/.

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NAVSTA Rota, USS Carney practice emergency response Integrated fire drill tests forces on ship and installation fire department

By MC1 Brian Dietrick NAVSTA Rota Public Affairs NAVAL STATION ROTA, SPAIN

each exercise. Without this ORM process there would undoubtedly be an increased amount of mishaps during these exercises.”

Each participating organization has their own criteria checklist that is evaluated and assessed after the drill and they discuss what areas went smoothly and what may need improvement.

“The drill was outstanding,” Suchan said. “The participants performed well and there is a high amount of confidence that should a real world fire occur on a ship in port, that both ship’s force and the installation fire department are prepared to respond effectively.”

According to Cunningham and Suchan, if they did not conduct these exercises, then it would significantly reduce the response effectiveness to an in-port shipboard fire. Furthermore, as an overseas base, it is imperative that they assume a “one team-one fight” mentality.

Naval Station Rota enables and supports operations of U.S. and allied forces and provides quality services in support of the fleet, fighter and family for Commander, Navy Installations Command in Navy Region Europe, Africa, Southwest Asia (EURAFSWA).

Just as a ship performs lines of operation that provide a capability, Navy Region EURAFSWA bases perform the same eight lines of operation to provide capability to the fleet, joint and allied forces. These eight lines of operation are: air operations, port operations, safety, security, housing, MWR, Fleet and Fleet and Family Services and what is called the core: the fuels, water and power that keep the bases running. Through our lines of operation, our installations are force multipliers that maximize combat capability of operational units.

Naval Station Rota Fire and Emergency Services, along with guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64), conducted a major integrated fire drill, August 29.

This was the second integrated fire drill evaluated by the Installation Training Team (ITT) since the arrival of the four forwarddeployed naval force (FDNF) destroyers. The purpose of the drill was to ensure the ability of shipboard and installation firefighters to provide an integrated response to a ship undergoing maintenance while demonstrating, with appropriate communication, safety and equipment handling.

“We started out with a single compartment fire, the fire spread beyond the initial watch standers capabilities,” Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center Training Team Leader Lt. Cmdr. Dustin Cunningham said. “That evolved the fire into multiple compartments and that point it was the cue for the ship to request support and mutual aid from Naval Station Rota Fire and Emergency Services.”

Lt. Joseph Suchan, Naval Station Rota ITT safety officer, said the overall objective of the exercise was safety.

“The exercises we execute typically involve some combination of military and first responder personnel, each of whom regularly operate in hazardous conditions,” Suchan said. “Consequently, the required training to enhance and maintain readiness carries risk with it as well. In order to reduce risk to an acceptable For more news from Naval level we conduct Operation Risk Station Rota, Spain, visit www.

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MC3 Weston Jones The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney departs Rota, Spain. Carney is forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, conducting its third patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe.

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First exercise outside Singapore area

Continued from B1

Photos by MC1 Benjamin A. Lewis The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold, left, and the Military Sealift Command Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS Pecos, participate in a PHOTOEX during Exercise Pacific Griffin 2017, off the coast of Guam.

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interoperability among the two navies.

“The operating environment in Guam gave us the opportunity to hone our edge and push our operational envelopes,” Colonel Saw said. “It also allowed us to operate with our friends and partners from around the world, including the U.S. Navy.”

Participating naval assets included the littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4), the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65), replenishment oiler USNS Matthew Pecos (T-AO-197), and the Republic of Singapore multi-role stealth frigates RSS Supreme (FFS 73) and RSS Stalwart (FFS 72) and landing platform dock ship RSS Endurance (LST 207).

“The complexity and sophistication of Pacific Griffin is a direct result of the many accomplishments and lessons we’ve learned from working together with the Republic of Singapore Navy for many years,” Walker said.

Beyond the exercise, Sailors from both navies developed professional and personal relation-

U.S. and Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) ships participate in a PHOTOEX during Exercise Pacific Griffin 2017, off the coast of Guam. Pacific Griffin 2017 is an exercise between the U.S. and RSN, representing the enhanced capabilities of both navies to operate and work together to ensure maritime security and stability.

The Arleigh Burke-class guidedmissile destroyer USS Benfold and Republic of Singapore Navy’s (RSN) RSS Endurance, participate in a PHOTOEX during Exercise Pacific Griffin 2017, off the coast of Guam.

time Staff Element staff conduct advanced planning, organize resources and directly support the execution of maritime exercises such Pacific Partnership, the bilateral Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) series, Naval Engagement Activity (NEA) with Vietnam, and the multilateral Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training (SEACAT) with Bangladesh, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.

ships that build lasting bonds between the two navies.

“It was an honor for the Sailors of USS Coronado to participate in Pacific Griffin with a respected and capable maritime partner like the Republic of Singapore Navy.

This was a tremendous opportunity to build upon previous engagements,” Commanding Officer of USS Coronado Cmdr. Douglas Meagher said. “We look forward to continue strengthening our cooperation with Singapore through For more news from Commander, our quality interaction and work Task Force 73, visit www.navy. together at sea.” mil/local/ctf73/.

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than 300 U.S. Sailors and Marines participate with Indonesian counterparts

Continued from B1 United States respects Indonesia’s role as a regional leader in maritime security and we want to help Indonesia enhance its ability to preserve stability and protect its resources. CARAT deepens our maritime partnership and has served as a critical building block of trust, familiarity and friendship with our Indonesian partners for more than 23 years. We see mutual benefits whenever our navies work together.”

More than 300 U.S. Sailors and Marines will participate in CARAT Indonesia alongside their counterparts from the Indonesian Navy, known as Tentera Nasional Indonesia — Angkatan Laut (TNI-AL). The exercise will feature complex at-sea training in surface warfare, visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) anti-piracy drills, a gunnery exercise, and maritime patrol operations.

Additionally, personnel from both nations will ex-

MC1 Micah P. Blechner Navy Mucian 2nd Class Victor Martinez (right) and Navy Musician 2nd Class Holden Moyer (center) of the U.S. 7th Fleet Band, Orient Express, perform with 2nd Cpl. Rojack (right) from the Indonesian Navy’s (TNI-AL) 1st Batallion Marine Band in front of an audience of students from SMA Barunawati Senior High School in Surabaya, Indonesia, during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Indonesia 2016. CARAT is a series of annual maritime exercises between the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and the armed forces of nine partner nations to include Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Timor-Leste.

change best practices on naval tactics during a series of military seminars ashore.

Numerous skills exchanges

in maritime domain awareness, aviation seminars, military law, and surface warfare symposium are planned dur-

ing the shore phase of the exercise. The U.S. 7th Fleet and III Marine Expeditionary Force bands will also con-

duct numerous cultural outreach engagements with the TNI-AL Eastern Fleet band for local citizens of Surabaya.

“The Indonesian Navy is a valuable partner working cooperatively to ensure a secure maritime domain,” Commodore of Destroyer Squadron 7 Capt. Lex Walker said.

“CARAT Indonesia provides a unique opportunity for both navies to work together even closer and enhance our mutual capabilities.”

U.S. units participating in the exercise include the Expeditionary Fast Transport Ship USNS Fall River (TEPF-4), a P-3C Orion maritime patrol craft, and U.S. Marines assigned to the III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Indonesia has been part of the CARAT exercise series since it began in 1995. After more than two decades of annual training events between the armed forces, CARAT Indonesia remains a model for cooperation that has evolved in complexity and enables

IRMA | Sailors, family

authorized to evacuate.”

Personnel and family members who evacuate must be placed on evacuation orders issued by their parent command. For Navy Installations Command personnel and families, the safe haven is within 300 miles of Atlanta. For personnel and family members assigned to other commands, they should proceed to their command’s designated safe haven. Personnel and families will be reimbursed for lodging and per diem at the approved rate for their designated safe haven.

U.S. Fleet Forces, Navy Installations Command and Navy Region Southeast are providing support to the installations. Personnel and family members should check installation and Navy Region Southeast social media and websites and stay tuned to local radio and television stations for updates and additional information.

“Please keep safety in mind when traveling to your safe haven,” Bolivar said. “The interstate highway and other

roads will be congested with other Florida residents moving away from the storm. Be patient, follow the directions of local law enforcement officials and remember to muster when you reach safe haven.”

All Navy personnel are encouraged to update emergency contact information through the NFAAS, which can be accessed at www.navyfamily.navy.mil, or through the NFAAS smartphone app available for both iOS or Android. If personnel need support, they can complete a needs assessment through the site or the app on their smartphone and a Navy counselor will make contact to provide assistance.

Emergency Family Assistance Centers will open after storm passage. Personnel and family members are encouraged to check Facebook pages for their installation or Navy Region Southeast for the latest information and updates.

For more news from Commander, Navy Installations Command, visit www.navy. mil/local/cni/.

For more news from Commander, Task Force 73, visit www.navy.mil/local/ctf73/.

Lt. Cmdr. Josh Perry, ashore officer-in-charge of Southern Partnership Station 17, left, and Lt. Cmdr. Lee Rutledge, a chaplain assigned to Commander, Naval Surface Squadron Fourteen, right, cut a ribbon with Carlos Aguilar, governor of Coln Department, during a commemorative ceremony at Paulo Freire School, after completion of a Southern Partnership Station 17 community relations project.

members on orders to proceed to commands’ designated safe haven areas Continued from B1

both navies to refine operations and tactics in response to both traditional and nontraditional maritime security challenges.

CARAT Indonesia is part of a broader bilateral exercise series the U.S. Navy conducts with partner navies in South and Southeast Asia to address shared maritime security priorities, strengthen maritime partnerships and enhance interoperability among participating forces.

Commander, Task Force 73 and Destroyer Squadron 7 conduct advanced planning, organize resources and directly support the execution of maritime exercises such as the bilateral CARAT series, the Naval Engagement Activity (NEA) with Vietnam, Pacific Partnership, and the multi-lateral Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training (SEACAT).

MC3 Kristen Cheyenne Yarber

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| Plumbing, construction, other work performed

Continued from B1 Naval Surface Squadron Fourteen. “This was actually the biggest painting project.”

Paulo Freire School consists of two buildings, each measuring approximately 150 feet long. These buildings would take two workdays to complete.

On the first day, the team painted the initial blue coat on the front of the school and primed the trim. The second day, they completed the back of the schoolhouse and painted the trim white.

Students from the school

often came to check on the Sailors’ progress, curiously surveying and conversing in Spanish.

“Working with the people is fun,” Kelly said. “You get to learn stuff about different people and different cultures.”

While this event required only painting, it is not the only service the Seabees contributed during COMRELs. They also performed plumbing, construction, and electrical work for local schools.

“Just something as simple as running water can make a

world of difference to these people,” Kelly said.

After painting the schoolhouse, Carlos Aguilar, governor of Coln Department, and school district officials hosted a ceremony commemorating the Sailors for their efforts. Students danced, sang, and performed a puppet show as a way of giving thanks to the Sailors.

“It brings me a lot of personal fulfillment to be able to give back and help out,” said Rutledge.

So far, nine COMRELs, with 45 volunteers, resulted in over 1000 hours of service

to Honduran communities.

Members of NMCB 1 and their fellow troops are already looking ahead to more opportunities to help citizens during the next mission stop of SPS 17.

For more information, visit www.navy.mil/local/SPS/ or Facebook at www.facebook.com /southernpartnershipstation.

For more news from U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command and U.S. 4th Fleet, visit www.navy.mil/ local/cusns /.

‘ASSASSINS’ ON STAGE Norfolk theater presents a musical this weekend about the people who have killed or attempted to kill U.S. presidents.

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A veteran with PTSD and his service dogs

Filmmakers are creating a short documentary based on a Chesapeake veteran’s book

By Victoria Bourne The Virginian-Pilot CHESAPEAKE

A dog saved Toby Yarbrough’s life.

“Without Duke, I know I probably would have committed suicide,” the Army veteran said of his longtime service dog.

Now, he’s teaming up with three local filmmakers on a short documentary aimed at spreading the message of the importance of these animals.

“It’s (Toby’s) story,” Andrew Lauto said. “We’re just honored to be a part of it.”

“The Quiet Healing” will feature Chesapeake resident Yarbrough, and his dogs, Duke and Sasha. The title comes from Yarbrough’s selfpublished book and is a nod to the bond between owner and service dog.

“We just know what’s going on,” Yarbrough said. “We don’t have to talk.”

Lauto, 24, of Chesapeake, is working on the project with city native Jacob Woodward, 27, and Dave Alegre, 47, of Virginia Beach.

Lauto and Woodward met while studying film and television at Regent University in 2011. They’ll write and direct the project – their largest to date, said Lauto, whose full-time job is in retail. Freelance projects have included a commercial about financial security and filming a theater production of “The Wizard of Oz” for a local school, Lauto said.

He met Alegre this year at Grace Bible Church in Virginia Beach. Alegre is a longtime videographer and owner of GreenThumb Studios, a multimedia business. He’s the project’s cinematographer and producer.

The Pilot profiled Yarbrough and Duke, a 13-yearold German shepherd, in May when the dog competed against more than 30 other service canines from across

Ashlei Payne | For The Virginian-Pilot Retired Army Sgt. Toby Yarbrough sits at the foot of the stairs in his Chesapeake home with his service dog, Duke, for a quiet moment on April 26, 2017. Yarbrough nominated Duke for American Humane’s annual Hero Dog Awards for his 13 years of love and service.

Photo courtesy of Karson Lande Filmmakers Dave Alegre, left, Andrew Lauto and Jacob Woodward hope to start shooting a short documentary, “The Quiet Healing,” in early October.

the country in the American Humane Hero Dog Awards.

Duke didn’t make it past the first round.

Yarbrough has from post-

traumatic stress disorder, as well as seizures, as a result of traumatic brain injury sustained while on active duty overseas. Duke, now retired,

had been his service dog since 2004. Sasha, a 3-year-old former rescue dog, took over for the aging shepherd.

Lauto and Woodward, a studio technician at Christian Broadcasting Network, caught a glimpse of the dogs in action when they sat down with Yarbrough a few months ago.

Duke, who had been lying down during the interview, sat up with a start and whimpered, Lauto recalled. Sasha started whimpering, too, and jumped into Yarbrough’s lap.

“Daddy’s OK,” Lauto recalled Yarbrough telling the dogs, who eventually settled down.

“It was beyond my understanding, but something must have happened that triggered the dogs,” Lauto said. “It was

really cool.”

In addition to Yarbrough, other local veterans with service dogs and representatives from organizations that help train the canines will lend their voices to the film. They also hope to explore other services and treatments available for veterans, and mix in a message about faith. They’re aiming to cover everything in around 20 minutes of screentime.

“It’s all about storytelling,” Alegre said.

Since Duke will be 14 in March and suffers from arthritis and spinal degeneration, the filmmakers hope to begin shooting early next month.

“He’s healthy, he’s just old,” Yarbrough said.

Both dogs go to work with him every day at a payroll company in Newport News.

The filmmakers are funding the documentary themselves.

Alegre is providing much of the equipment.

Once completed – they hope around Christmas – the filmmakers are eyeing YouTube and Vimeo for distribution. They also are considering entering it in film festivals and hosting local screenings.

Yarbrough said he’d like to hold a premiere, with a charity benefiting from ticket sales.

“Everybody has their own story,” he said. “This one is just mine.”

Victoria Bourne, 757-2225563, victoria.bourne@ pilotonline.com

Replica of Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Newport News, Sept. 14–18

By Rebecca “Becky” Cutchins Newport News Tourism Development Office NEWPORT NEWS

A replica of Washington’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, called “The Moving Wall,” will be on display Sept. 14–18 in Huntington Park, near the Virginia War Museum, 9285 Warwick Blvd. in Newport News.

Though it is half the size of the Memorial Wall in D.C., the replica contains the 58,000+ names of those who died or went missing in Vietnam between 1959 and 1975.

The portable wall was built by a Vietnam veteran who attended the 1982 dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., and was so moved by the experience that he wanted to share the wall with those who may not have the opportunity to see it in the na-

tion’s capital.

Within two years, the replica was built and went on display for the first time in October 1984 in Tyler, Texas. Today, two structures of The Moving Wall travel the country between April and November, spending a little less than a week at each destination. The schedule of events planned for The Moving Wall’s visit to Newport News is as follows: Sept. 14: The Moving Wall will be escorted to Huntington Park at 9 a.m. by the American Legion Riders of American Legion Post #25 and other motorcycle clubs.

Assembly will begin shortly thereafter.

Sept. 15: An opening ceremony will be held at noon. Citizens are invited to join dignitaries for the ceremony, which will include a flyover by the U.S. Air Force. At 6:30 p.m., a candlelight vigil will

Courtesy Vietnam Combat Veterans Visitors tour The Moving Wall in Camden, Tennessee.

begin at the Virginia War Museum’s Vietnam War Monument and end at The Moving Wall in commemoration of National POW/MIA Recognition Day and the 25th Anniversary of the Vietnam War Monument’s dedication, which was held in 1992.

Sept. 16: Honor and wreathlaying ceremonies are planned for the day. Visitors may schedule a ceremony by visiting www.VietnamRevisited2017.com. The start time will be determined after the number of reservations has been confirmed. Additionally, on Sept.

16, there will be three screenings of the PBS documentary called “They Were Our Fathers,” held in the Virginia War Museum, at 10 a.m., 1 p.m., and 3 p.m. Free tickets will

be available at the on-site welcome tent, but seating is limited. Later in the evening, an anniversary dinner in commemoration of the 25 years since the Vietnam War Monument was dedicated in Huntington Park will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the American Legion Post #25 at 7609 Marshall Ave. in Newport News.

Sept. 17: A closing ceremony will be held at 5 p.m. at The Moving Wall Sept. 18: Dismantling of The Moving Wall will begin at 9 a.m.

Its next destination will be Bolton Landing, New York.

“To have been given the singular honor of having our application accepted to host the Vietnam Veterans ‘Moving Wall’ here in Newport

News is definitely a mark of distinction to be proud of,” said Claire Murphy, historic sites project supervisor with the city’s Historic Services Division.

The Moving Wall has been displayed in every state of the union, as well as Canada, Puerto Rico, Guam and Saipan. Requests for visits have come from as far away as Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and Germany. To learn more about The Moving Wall, visit www.themovingwall.org.

For information about The Moving Wall’s local visit, call 757-8176108, send an e-mail to info@ vietnamrevisited2017.com, or visit www.VietnamRevisited2017.com.

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TCC’s Early Childhood Education & Recreation Career Fair and Hiring Event Sept. 14, 11 a.m.– 2 p.m., Tidewater Community College Virginia Beach Campus, Student Center Gymnasium, K204 757-822-7228, tcc.edu/ careerfairs Applicants should come dressed in interview attire and bring multiple copies of their resumé. Open to the public. RSVP is required by registering with TCC’s Career Services Network. Non-TCC students and alumni can register as guests.

Nauticus Homeschool Day Sept. 14, 10 a.m.– 5 p.m., Nauticus, One Waterside Drive, Norfolk reservations@nauticus. org, 757-664-1034 Homeschool Day will feature hands-on science programs, demonstrations, the Battleship Wisconsin and more! Visitors can take part in a variety of lively education programs illustrating different principles of science. Activities will include constructing ROVs (remotely operated

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Homeschoolers can also enjoy Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Secret Ocean in 3D and Aircraft Carrier in 3D, in the Nauticus Theater.

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum will also offer homeschooler activities, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. Admission, which includes self-guided tours of the Battleship Wisconsin, is $10 per child ages 4 -17 and $12 per adult. Children 3 and younger are free.

Isle of Wight County Fair Sept. 14–17, Joel C. Bradshaw Fairgrounds, Windsor www.thefairiscoming. com/ Catch a show, watch a tractor pull, enter the talent show, or enjoy the sights from the top of the giant ferris wheel. The 2016 Academy of Country Music nominee, Parmalee will perform Sept. 16. Military appreciation day is Sept.

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Fort Monroe Reunion Sept. 15, 6 a.m.–9 p.m., Casemate Museum, 20 Bernard Road, Fort Monroe fortmonroe093@gmail. com, 757-285-6836 Attendees can enjoy brief presentations by key members of the Fort Monroe community, past and present, followed by a catered reception at the Casemate Museum. Included are new exhibits, a silent auction with multiple special items, and staff recording “Fort Monroe Memories.” Space is limited and reservations are required.

Free admission for current Casemate Museum Foundation members. Others will pay $10, which may be applied toward the $25 annual membership.

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Guests participating in the tagging receive a certificate. Butterflies available on a first-come basis. This event is free with Garden admission.

Oktoberfest Eastern Virginia Sept. 16, noon- 6 p.m., Hunt Club Farms, 2388 London Bridge Road, Virginia Beach kitcheninkfood@gmail. com, 978-337-5470 Oktoberfest will feature 22 breweries, traditional German food and fair, festival games and more. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Foodbank of Southeast Virginia. Donations will be accepted.

Cost: $25-60

YOUmedia Launch Sept. 16, 2 p.m., Slover Library 5th floor, 235 E. Plume Street, Norfolk 757-664-7323 YOUmedia is a creative, transformative, and dynamic space for the geekly minded. Come see what YOUmedia is all about and help us celebrate. For all ages.

Veteran’s HomeFront Fundraising Event at Chicho’s Sept. 16, 5 p.m.–2 a.m., Chicho’s Pizza, 2135 General Booth Blvd., Virginia Beach VeteransHomeFront@ gmail.com, www.facebook.com/veteranshomefront/ Performances by Greg Gutty and Cultivated Mind, Autographed Memorabilia Silent Auction Hosted by 757 Sports Collectibles, Gift Card Raffles and more.

RIVERFest 2017 Sept. 17, 11 a.m.– 4 p.m., Carolanne Farms Neighborhood Park, 373 Gainsborough Road, Virginia Beach Casey Shaw, cshaw@ elizabethriver.org, 757399-7487, www.elizabethriverfest.org The nonprofit Elizabeth River Project hosts free guided kayak paddles, the science dome, kids’ activities and river-related crafts. Attendees can earn a River Star Homes garden flag, enter to win a paddleboard, adopt a river otter, purchase native plants, listen to live music by Lewis McGehee, Mountaintide, and The Storyweavers.

Food trucks, dog-friendly and more.

Women of the Chapel Fall Kickoff Sept. 20, 9:45 a.m.– noon, Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story Chapel, 2600 Tarawa Court, Virginia Beach WOCLCFS@Gmail. com, www.facebook.com/ PWOC-Little-CreekFtStory-698472853567415/ We invite you to join the Women of the Chapel each Wednesday this fall for non-denominational fellowship and faith-based Bible study. A Children’s Ministry will be available.

Veteran transition program to be Sept. 21 in Norfolk From PR Newswire

For the first time in its five-year history, the Military Veterans Transition Playbook (MVTP) program is coming to the Hampton Roads area.

This free event is designed to help military personnel and veterans transition back to civilian life.

It’s estimated there are nearly 70,000 veterans in the Hampton Roads area, making it an ideal location for the first stop on MVTP’s U.S. tour. The Military Veterans Transition Playbook Event will be 8 a.m.–6 p.m., Sept.

21, at the Hilton NorfolkThe Main, 100 East Main Street, Norfolk.

A collaboration between the LEAD Program, X-Corp Solutions and Hire Our Heroes, the Military Veterans

Transition Playbook was created to engage, train and mentor service men and women through their journey back to civilian life, beginning two years prior to leaving the military.

Using the principles outlined in the MVTP program, Cesar Nader, a 20-year US Marine Corps veteran, has helped hundreds of military personnel as they take the steps necessary to transition back into civilian life.

The event will feature mentoring sessions, entrepreneurship training, employment guidance and assistance, educational resources and a one of a kind transition plan that will help them succeed as they transition back into civilian life.

Many of the MVTP train-

ers are veterans themselves, providing a certain level of built-in comraderie and allowing them to share personal successes and challenges related to transition.

What sets this event apart from other transition programs is that it provides an all-inclusive platform for businesses, educational institutions, government agencies, and other non-profits to share their initiatives with these veterans and help decrease the number of homeless and unemployed veterans in our communities and across the U.S. To register for the MVTP Program or learn more, please visit www.transitionplaybook.org.

Students can get monetary rewards through A-OK program From NEXCOM

The Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) has been offering students a chance to help pay for college through its A-OK Student Reward Program since 1997. The A-OK Student Reward Program offers all qualified students to participate in a quarterly drawing for monetary awards of $2,500, $1,500, $1,000 or $500 for a total of $5,500 per quarter.

The next drawing will be at the end of September 2017.

Any eligible full-time student who has a B-grade point average equivalent or better, as determined by their school system, may enter the drawing. Homeschooled stu-

dents also can qualify with acknowledgement that the student has a “B” average or equivalent record of accomplishment.

Eligible students include dependent children of active duty members, reservists and military retirees as well as U.S. civilian Department of Defense employees stationed outside the continental United States and U.S. civilian employees of firms under contract to the Department of Defense outside the continental United States. Students must be enrolled in first through 12th grade.

Dependent children without an individual Dependent Identification Card must be

accompanied by their sponsor to submit their entry. Each student may enter only once each grading period and must re-enter with each qualifying report card.

To enter the drawing, stop by any NEX with a current report card or progress report and have a NEX associate verify the eligibility. Then fill out an entry card and obtain an A-OK ID, which entitles the student to discount coupons for NEX products and services.

Since the program’s inception, NEXCOM has awarded $716,500 in savings bonds and monetary awards to students with the help of its generous vendor partners.

Vietnam veterans sought for history exhibit contributions From Hampton Roads Naval Museum

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum is seeking local Navy veterans who served in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War to participate in an oral history program.

The years 2014 to 2025 mark the 50th anniversary of the conflict. The museum is interpreting the Navy’s role in the Vietnam War (1964-1975)

with a new exhibit tentatively scheduled for 2019. If you are a Hampton Roads area Navy veteran who served in Southeast Asia and want to contribute your story, please call 757322-3108.

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum introduces visitors to over 241 years of U.S. Naval history in Hampton Roads, Virginia. One of 10 officially operated U.S. Navy museums,

reporting to the Naval History and Heritage Command (www.history.navy.mil), the museum houses a rich collection of authentic uniforms, weaponry, underwater artifacts, detailed ship models and artwork.

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum is located on the second level of Nauticus. Admission is free. Visit www.hrnm. navy.mil.

Senior Services calls for caregiver nominations From Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia

Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia, along with Optima Health and Sentara Healthcare, invite area residents to celebrate November as National Family Caregivers Month by sharing a touching story about a family or professional caregiver for “A Salute to Caregivers” at The Art of Healthy Aging Forum and ExpoSM on Nov. 1.

Stories must be submitted to Senior Services by Sept. 15 for consideration. The most poignant caregiver stories – one in each of three categories – will be presented during the lunchtime session of “The Art of Healthy Aging Forum & Expo” on Nov. 1 at the Virginia Beach Convention Center,

1000 19th St., Virginia Beach.

The three categories are a family caregiver for an individual at least 60 years old, a caregiver for a military veteran at least 60, and a professional caregiver. A panel of caregiving experts will review all nominations and award prizes. All caregivers attending the lunch will be recognized as unsung heroes.

Caregiver stories may be submitted by mail or online.

Stories that are mailed should go to Caregiver Stories, c/o Jody Mazur, Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia, 6350 Center Drive, Bldg. 5, #101, Norfolk, VA 23502.

For story guidelines and a link to the online submissions form, please visit the website, www.ssseva.org/page/art-of-

healthy-aging-forum-andexpo/.

The Art of Healthy Aging Forum and Expo is planned to equip the boomer generation and beyond with many of the tools and resources they will need to achieve their best for the rest of their lives. WTKR News Channel 3’s Barbara Ciara is scheduled to act as mistress of ceremonies, and luncheon entertainment will be provided by Masters of Soul.

The forum and expo also will include workshops, health screenings and an exhibition hall.

There is a $15 registration fee through Sept. 30 ($20 through October). Online registration ends Oct. 23. Tickets at the door cost $25.

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Newport News gallery reveals beauty in science, now through Oct. 29

NOTED WILDLIFE SCULPTORS TO EXHIBIT AT SUFFOLK CENTER

From Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center

The sculpture â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heron Taking Flightâ&#x20AC;? by the Turners.

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From Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts

Sculptors William and David Turner have been capturing the rich wildlife diversity of the Eastern Shore of Virginia in their bronzes for more than 30 years.

An exhibit at the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts Sept.

14â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Oct. 21, â&#x20AC;&#x153;From Concept to Creation: Nature in Bronzeâ&#x20AC;?, will feature their bronzes as well as William Turnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s paintings and books.

The opening reception for the exhibit will be 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m., Sept. 14. At 6:30 p.m., David Turner will make a short presentation on the lost wax bronze casting, the process through which their bronzes are created. Signed copies of William Turnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s books will be available. The reception is free and open to the public.

William and David, father and son, established Turner Sculpture in 1983 near Onley, Virginia. It is the largest private bronze foundry and gallery in the United States.

Their works appear in hundreds of museums, universities, art galleries, businesses and homes throughout the nation and in several foreign countries.

In 1992, the Turners presented their BoneďŹ sh sculpture to President George H. W. Bush in the Oval OfďŹ ce.

A year earlier they created a fox weathervane for Barbara Bush, which is on display at the Congressional Club in Washington, D.C. Their Marine Corps Eagle,

Courtesy photos The Turnersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Dolphin Fountain at Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, Connecticut.

Globe and Anchor is on display at The Museum of the Marine in Jacksonville, NC. Other bronze pieces have been commissioned by the Chicago Zoological Society, Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut, The Philadelphia Zoo, University of Virginia, Benson Park Sculpture Garden, Virginia Aquarium, the Lindbergh Memorial and The College of William and Mary.

They have created more

than 700 different limited edition bronzes and more than 100 large commissioned public pieces.

Both William and David are natives of the Eastern Shore of Virginia which is rich in wildlife and water fowl and provides continuous sources of inspiration for their work.

Four books that William Turner has written about life on the Eastern Shore will be available at Jesterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gallery Shop: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Memoirs of a Farm

Boy,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;East of the Chesapeake,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Of An Evening,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last of the Ebb.â&#x20AC;?

William Turner, a graduate of the Medical College of Virginia Dental School, had a private dental practice, but his long-held interest in painting and sculpture led him to become a full-time sculptor. His son, Bill, took over the dental practice, while his son David became his partner in Turner Sculpture, and son Bob is an attorney on the Eastern Shore.

Coinciding with the start of the school year, the Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center in Newport News will present one of its most educational and interactive gallery exhibits to date.

My Love of Beetles and Bugs by Marjorie Anne Guisao-Wallace will be open Sept. through Oct. 29 in the Newport News Community Gallery, located on the second ďŹ&#x201A;oor of the center. The exhibit will examine the importance of insects to our ecosystem through games, interactive puzzles, coloring activities, microscopic investigation, and more.

Sequencing, metamorphosis, abiotic and biotic factors, and many other SOLbased scientiďŹ c topics will be covered for children of all grade levels â&#x20AC;&#x201C; from kindergarten to high school.

The idea behind the exhibit started with a trip to the Lawrence Hall of Science at the University of California, Berkeley.

While there, Guisao-Wallace said she picked up a book titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Ladybug and Other Insects.â&#x20AC;? This book sparked the love of beetles and bugs that inspires her artwork, giving her the nickname â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Ladybug Teacher.â&#x20AC;?

Guisao-Wallace has been an educator for more than 18 years and is currently teaching seventhgrade biology at Hunting-

ton Middle School. She is a role model and advocate for the initiative for women and minorities to explore careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

Recently, there has been a motion to include the arts in the career set, turning â&#x20AC;&#x153;STEMâ&#x20AC;? into â&#x20AC;&#x153;STEAMâ&#x20AC;?.

Guisao-Wallace is deďŹ nitely in full support of this inclusion. She has managed to merge her passion for education and science with her love for art by integrating creative, hands-on learning opportunities into her curriculum. To quote her, â&#x20AC;&#x153;They just go together.â&#x20AC;?

An artist reception will be held in the gallery 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5 p.m., Sept. 16. Guisao-Wallace will be present to discuss all of the components of the exhibit, and to answer any questions.

For gallery hours and more information, call the Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center at 757-2478950 or visit the website, www.downinggross.org.

The Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center is a multi-purpose cultural space at 2410 Wickham Avenue in the Southeast community of Newport News. Originally built as the Walter Reed School, the historic building has been restored and open to the public since October 2008. The building is owned and operated by the City of Newport News, Parks, Recreation and Tourism department.

Virginia Beach woman recognized for work with disabled veterans

By Cindy Butler Focke Virginian-Pilot Correspondent

After Dorothy Propst found out she won an award from Disabled American Veterans, she called a local commander of the group.

The commanderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s response: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dottie, do you know this is the highest award you can get?â&#x20AC;?

The award is the 2017 DAV George H. Seal Memorial Trophy. The 85-year-old is a member of the nonproďŹ t organization dedicated to helping veterans with beneďŹ ts, employment, or more.

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The Diamond Springs area resident was honored in July at the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 96th annual national convention in New Orleans. The volunteer award recognizes men and women who serve in the Department of Veteran Affairs voluntary service program.

She was introduced on stage and presented an engraved pewter bowl for her 15 years of dedicated service, which includes more than 10,500 volunteer hours since 2002.

She credited her husband, Garth, who served in the Navy

for 15 years before retiring in 1977, for his assistance. They were drivers for the DAV transportation network, which sometimes meant traveling 70 to 165 miles a day to ensure veterans got to their medical appointments.

The couple has driven countless veterans to medical appointments at both the Hampton VA Medical Center and the Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d sit and wait for them,â&#x20AC;? she said. They also traveled to Louisiana, Michi-

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gan and Kentucky to drive back vans for the transportation network. Propst has also participated in veterans outreach efforts, including the preparation and delivery of Easter and Christmas baskets for veterans conďŹ ned to nursing homes.

The long-time member of DAV Chapter 20 raised three sons, and has six grandchildren. Being involved in the organization has been fulďŹ lling, Propst said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kept me going,â&#x20AC;? she said.

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Courtesy of Emily Kask, Disabled American Veterans Dorothy Propst, center, was awarded the 2017 DAV George H. Seal Memorial Trophy during the DAV national convention in New Orleans this summer. With her are former DAV national commander Dave Riley, left, and DAV auxiliary national commander Fran Costa, right.

mander David Riley presented Propst her award at the convention. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dorothy goes above and beyond to honor the promises made to the men and women

who have served and sacriďŹ ced for our freedom,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dark Tower:â&#x20AC;? The Gunslinger, Roland Deschain, roams an Old West-like landscape where â&#x20AC;&#x153;the world has moved onâ&#x20AC;? in pursuit of the man in black. Also searching for the fabled Dark Tower, in the hopes that reaching it will preserve his dying world.

6 p.m. Dunkirk (PG-13)

Nutty by Nature 3-D (PG) 4 p.m. Logan Lucky (PG13) 7 p.m. The Hitmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bodyguard (R)

Friday, Sept. 15

Sunday, Sept. 17

JEB Little Creek, Gator Theater â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 757-462-7534 Thursday, Sept. 14

6 p.m. Logan Lucky (PG13) 9 p.m. The Hitmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bodyguard (R) Saturday, Sept. 16

1 p.m. The Dark Tower (PG-13) 4 p.m. The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature (PG) 7 p.m. Atomic Blonde (R)

1 p.m. The Nut Job 2: The NAS Oceana Aerotheater is closed during the Air Show weekend. Please call 757-4332495 for more information.

Schedule is subject to change. For your weekly movie showtimes and more, check out the Navy MWR website at www.navymwr.org/movies/theater/.

BEACHâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ANNUAL BOARDWALK ART SHOW RANKED THIRD NATIONALLY The Virginia Beach resort areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Boardwalk Art Show was recently named third out of 200 such events nationwide.

The annual ranking appears in the September issue of Sunshine Artist Magazine.

The show has been ranked in the top 40 for the past 10 years. It jumped from 29th to third place for 2016 in the Fine Art and Design Show category.

Subscribers of the maga-

zine, mostly artists, were asked to list their top 10 shows from the past year.

Revenue is the largest criteria. Artist amenities, helpful staff and volunteers, clear communication and good weather also play a role in the voting, according to a news release from the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, which now produces the show.

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Generic Theater rises to challenge with darkly entertaining â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Assassinsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

By Mal Vincent Virginian-Pilot Correspondent

Generic Theater is staging a musical about nine of the people who have tried to assassinate U.S. presidents, including John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, Lynette â&#x20AC;&#x153;Squeakyâ&#x20AC;? Fromme and John Hinckley Jr. It is good to see the Generic get immediately back into ďŹ ghting stance as the dog days of summer come to an end.

And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too easy to tag this production as dangerous and tasteless at this time in our national history.

I ďŹ rst saw â&#x20AC;&#x153;Assassinsâ&#x20AC;? offBroadway in 1990. It was largely dismissed as being too frivolous and uncentered, with The New York Times declaring that it ďŹ red too many blanks.

Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics and music, and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s much more likely to be dangerous than superďŹ cial. Times and tastes change. In 2004, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Assassinsâ&#x20AC;? won ďŹ ve Tony Awards, including best revival of a musical.

Today, politics are so polarized that good taste and common sense seem to be largely nonexistent as people get so passionate that they spoil for a ďŹ ght , if not a kill. Last weekend, a woman in Norfolk commented to me as I entered the theater: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Where are these assassins when we need them?â&#x20AC;? I gave her a look I hope she recognized as ďŹ ery disdain.

This is the year in which Johnny Depp, an actor I know to have better sense in his quieter moments, said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;When was the last time an actor assassinated a president? ...

Maybe it is time.â&#x20AC;? And Madonna, never accused of being a deep thinker, told us sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d been thinking of blowing up the White House. And a production of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Julius Caesarâ&#x20AC;? in New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Central Park had the murdered Roman emperor portrayed by an actor made up to look like the current president of the United States. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Assassins,â&#x20AC;? however, is more subtle in its darkness as it uses its historic ďŹ gures to suggest the failure of an ill-deďŹ ned â&#x20AC;&#x153;American Dream.â&#x20AC;? This appears to be the underlying motivation for all our singing misďŹ ts. In his earlier lyrics for â&#x20AC;&#x153;West Side Story,â&#x20AC;? Sondheim has a street gang member sing,

Thinking about your future?

Rudacille Photography The Generic Theater is staging â&#x20AC;&#x153;Assassinsâ&#x20AC;? through Sept. 17.

Assassins Sept. 14â&#x20AC;&#x201C;16, 8 p.m.; Sept. 17, 2:30 p.m.; Generic Theater, 215 St. Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Blvd., Norfolk 757-441-2160, contact@generictheater.org This musical follows nine famous Presidential assassins and wannabe assassins as they share a stage and â&#x20AC;&#x153;spill their gutsâ&#x20AC;? about what drove them to such dreadful extremes. Music by Stephen Sondheim, and book by John Weidman. Directed by Shon M. Stacy. Tickets: $13â&#x20AC;&#x201C;$18 in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gee, OfďŹ cer Krupkeâ&#x20AC;?: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hey! Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m depraved on account Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m deprived.â&#x20AC;? Indeed?

Did the assassins simply need a good job or a good shrink?

The Generic production is worthy, showing that the excellent work director Shon Stacy did on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kiss of the Spider Womanâ&#x20AC;? and the box ofďŹ ce smash â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heathersâ&#x20AC;? was no accident. The show has a dozen showcases for its eager actors, and every one rises to the challenges.

The set, also designed by Stacy, is a carnival shooting gallery in which everyone is encouraged to take a shot at a president, represented by snapup targets.

Two â&#x20AC;&#x153;guidesâ&#x20AC;? emcee a show of misďŹ ts and killers. Alyssa Sortino is close to a Fellini-like ďŹ gure in her bizarre, thighbaring portrayal of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Proprietor,â&#x20AC;? who gives the killers their guns and tells everyone : â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your apple, so take a bite.â&#x20AC;?

Had she been more sinister and less burlesque â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in the vein of the emcee in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cabaretâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; an evil undercurrent could have been generated. Instead, the choice is to go for humor when possible.

The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Balladeerâ&#x20AC;? is nicely

sung by Zack Kattwinkel, who is effective in representing the â&#x20AC;&#x153;goodâ&#x20AC;? side of America â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with gusto.

Anthony Falcon brings a handsome and forceful leading-man quality to John Wilkes Booth, complete with an aristocratic Southern accent and a challenging scene in which he persuades Lee Harvey Oswald (nicely underplayed by Ed Palmer) to kill JFK. Alexandra Shephard does provide comic relief as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cluelessâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Legally Blondeâ&#x20AC;? kind of Squeaky Fromme, who wants to kill Gerald Ford.

Fromme, it seems, argued with her father about both her â&#x20AC;&#x153;eye makeup and the bombing of Cambodiaâ&#x20AC;? and ran away to serve Charles Manson, whom she believes is the â&#x20AC;&#x153;son of God.â&#x20AC;? She and another wouldbe assassin of Ford, Sara Jane Moore (Toni Zito), do a kind of Ethel-and- Lucy routine.

Sara Jane is such a bad shot that she ďŹ nally takes her bullets and throws them at Ford, shouting â&#x20AC;&#x153;bang.â&#x20AC;?

On the dramatic side of things, Garney Johnson rises to the awesome assignment of delivering two intense mono-

logues as Samuel Byck, who planned to crash a plane into the White House and kill President Richard Nixon.

President William McKinleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s killer, Leon Czolgosz, is given a desperate intensity by Charles Adam Robinson. Giuseppe Zangara, who went to the electric chair for trying to kill FDR, is actually given a hint of pathos by Rafael Henriquez.

Among the many creepy feelings to surface during the evening was the ironic thought that John Hinckley Jr. (who shot President Ronald Reagan) could have driven over from Williamsburg â&#x20AC;&#x201C; where he, on full-time convalescent leave from St. Elizabeths psychiatric hospital, now lives with his mother â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to see the show. Nathan Jacques brings a disturbingly nerdish quality to Hinckleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fan worship of Jodie Foster.

This large cast successfully traverses the tricky Sondheim lyrics that often defy even professional troupes.

Some folks are going to steer away from this with a â&#x20AC;&#x153;who needs it?â&#x20AC;? shrug. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s understandable , although if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not your cup of tea, it might be something better â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a good, bracing drink.

This musical is not as alarming as todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hate-infested political world. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Assassinsâ&#x20AC;? is provocative and entertaining.

Give it a shot.

Mal Vincent has been a longtime culture writer for The Virginian-Pilot. He can be reached at mal.vincent12@ gmail.com.

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Artist’s magical garden offers a canvas of flowers, birds, wildlife

By Mary Reid Barrow Virginian-Pilot Correspondent

In just three years, Liz Maurer has transformed a traditional suburban yard of lawn and foundation plants into a magical garden of flowers, bees, birds, butterflies and other wildlife.

More than 100 species and cultivars of flowers, shrubs and trees, most of them natives, bloom in profusion in the back and front yard.

Humans gasp with joy, insects buzz with pleasure and Mother Nature smiles.

Maurer, a Virginia Beach Master Gardener and Tidewater Master Naturalist, and husband Keith Maurer moved to Baycliff in Virginia Beach in 2014. Immediately they began replacing the grass with colorful gardens to create a more earth-friendly place.

Maurer also is an artist, and she’s always loved the structure and beauty of a garden.

But, she said, gardening became a whole new ballgame when she took it to another level to help the environment and to plant with wildlife in mind.

“I came to love creating not only a garden that attracted human eyes,” she said, “but began to be drawn into the world of fascinating company that arrived to visit the native plants.”

The yard was a blank canvas. Pine trees and cedars grew around the back property line, and shrubs had been planted around the house, along with a few flowers, like daylilies. That was it, except for a sweep of beautiful green sodded lawn.

“But lawn and I don’t get along,” Maurer said.

When she began gardening as a young woman, she quickly learned how much is involved in growing a lawn

Mary Reid Barrow | For the Virginian-Pilot Liz Maurer checks her milkweed for caterpillars in the raised bed in her front yard.

– from aerating, to applying pre- and post-emergents, reseeding, fertilizing, edging and maintaining equipment.

“I quickly gave up on the never-ending battle with trying to grow a sea of grass,” Maurer said. “I found perennials and shrubs offer a better return.”

Grass also is very shallowrooted, Maurer noted. Perennials and shrubs have deep roots that can better absorb stormwater runoff, important in a flood-prone area like Hampton Roads. Less lawn takes the chemicals that are needed for lawn maintenance out of the environment, too, she added.

Each year Maurer removed more lawn, adding beds for mostly native plants that ap-

peal to pollinators. The beds are all dressed with natural pine-needle mulch dropped by the trees on the back of the property.

To get rid of a wet area caused by runoff from their roof, she built a rain garden and extended drain pipes from the house underground to the rain garden.

Plants that don’t mind wet feet, like buttonbush, seashore mallow, swamp milkweed, Clethra, joe-pye weed and mountain mint, flourish there.

And so does a plethora of pollinators. The insects nectar on the blooms and their larvae dine on the leaves. Maurer planted several red twig dogwoods to provide color during the colder months when the flowers die back.

find monarda, black-eyed Susans and more cheerful yellows that come from several varieties of sunflowers. Goldenrod blooms are on the way.

Maurer mixes natives with a few non-natives that pollinators nectar on. They include Miss Huff Lantana, Black and Blue Salvia, pineapple sage and butterfly bush.

And occasionally you will see something that she just plain likes, like elephant ear.

“I like to group the plants together,” Maurer said, “because it’s easier for pollinators to find them.”

On the sides of the yard are edibles like figs, blueberries and blackberries, and a couple of raised vegetable beds.

One features huge tomato cages, built by Keith Maurer from cattle guard railing.

Passionflower vine, coral honeysuckle and other vines grow along one side of the house to attract pollinators.

A butterfly puddling stone is nearby.

Maurer added a huge raised football-shaped bed, edged by a short stackedstone wall, to the front yard.

Blue Fortune, a hyssop that blooms for a long time, grows alongside plants like Coreopsis and Lantana to attract birds and butterflies.

“Goldfinches are everywhere,” Maurer said.

And so are insects , including monarch butterfly caterpillars dining on milkweed leaves. Maurer also raises butterfly caterpillars, and that day she found monarch caterpillars in three stages of development on one plant. And you didn’t have to look far to see more.

“Just come out here,” Maurer said. “It’s better than television!”

“They look so pretty in winter,” she said.

Combine the big rain garden with a huge bed that stretches most of the width of the backyard, and Maurer has just about eliminated the back lawn. In the big space, you will find Maurer’s “starting garden” where small native shrubs and trees like weeping yaupon holly, viburnum and pawpaw grow. She also looks for plants that are past their prime in stores and nurseries.

“I lurk at Lowe’s in the back where they put the markdowns,” she said.

The area also includes flowers like milkweed for monarch butterfly caterpillars and fennel for black swallow- Mary Reid Barrow, bartail caterpillars. You’ll also row1@cox.net

Courtesy photo Fall crops take longer to mature and last longer.

How to fall garden

By Ken Spencer Virginian-Pilot Correspondent

Before you know it, summer will officially be a thing of the past. Fall starts Sept. 22, so it’s certainly not too early to start planning for your fall garden. Cooler fall temperatures are more forgiving and offer a second chance to succeed with crops you may have whiffed on in the summer. And they also provide an opportunity to try some new fall crops. If last year’s mild winter is repeated, you will have an even better chance of success.

Rodale’s Organic Life suggests four tips for fall garden success: Get started early.

Know how long it takes fall crops to mature.

Harvest summer crops ASAP. Know that crops last longer in the fall.

See these helpful bulletins from North Carolina Cooperative Extension (http://bit.ly/ ncvegfall) and Virginia Cooperative Extension (http://bit.ly/ vacoop) on starting your fall gardening.

Sports JJ Dillon, leader of the ‘Four Horsemen,’ comes to Suffolk

By Yiorgio

Fans fortunate enough to be present Sept. 9 in Suffolk saw a stellar card filled with action as well the arrival of two WWE legendary Hall of Famers; members of the iconic, legendary, Four Horsemen, Arn Anderson and James J Dillon.

I talked with JJ Dillon over the phone recently.

Yiorgo (Y): You are coming back to the Norfolk area after a lengthy absence.

JJ Dillon (JJ): I really look forward to seeing the fans and reminiscing together, taking pictures and signing whatever they bring.

It is a time capsule for me, reminding me where I cut my teeth. I started as talent in the small arenas and gyms. Originally we were in the basement of the Norfolk Scope and eventually moved into the main part selling out on a regular basis. In Richmond we were out at the fairgrounds before we finally moved into the Richmond Coliseum.

Y: You started as a referee in the WWWF and then you came down here as a wrestler.

JJ: It certainly was very different from up north, or what I called the land of the Giants. I was used to big wrestlers and the big shows once a month. I came to the Mid-Atlantic area and now Charlotte Park Center is every week, Raleigh is every week, Norfolk every week, Richmond every week. It was a different product with wrestlers such as Johnny Weaver, George Becker, Rip Hawk, Swede Hanson, Paul Jones, Art Nelson, Gene An-

derson, Ole Anderson, Brute Bernard, Missouri Mauler, Les Thatcher, etc. They were not giants in stature, but boy could they all wrestle.

Y: You were here from 1971-’73. Tell us about those days.

JJ: It was a whole reeducation for me. I was a little bit older when I started.

My very first match was at the Charlotte Park Center against Gene Anderson. We were the opening matches and we were supposed to go eight minutes with Gene going over. We wound up doing 18 minutes, and when it was over, the referee came over to the heel (bad guy) dressing room and said, “Gene told me to tell you, ‘Good job kid!’” So I passed the test and stayed the first time for a little over two years. I was almost 29 years old when I had that first match. Gene and I always showed respect.

When I was in the dressing room and there was a discussion about the match, all I said was, ‘Tell me what you want me to do.’ I got off to a great start, and it was the beginning of a wonderful journey for me, andyears later I am proud to have two Hall of Fame rings!!

Y: You mentioned Johnny Weaver. He was one of my favorites growing up. Tell us a story about him.

JJ: Johnny was the top baby face in the territory. He took a liking to me, and because of that, one of my best memories happened right there in Norfolk. He put me in a short program with the then NWA World Heavyweight Champion Dory Funk Jr. I wrestled a non-title

Courtesy JJ Dillon JJ Dillon, on the far right, poses with other attendees at the 2012 WWE Hall of Fame.

Jonathan McLarty Pictured at the recent Suffolk City Showdown II, from left, WWE/ NWA Hall of Famer Arn Anderson, Vanguard Championship Wrestling owner Travis Bradshaw, Yiorgo and WWE/NWA Hall of Famer JJ Dillon.

match with Dory on TV, he beat me but I asked for one more chance, claiming that I was nervous and intimidated.

I got over it and next time the Champ was in town, I would love one more chance in a two-out-of-three fall match

because, while he is worried about the other contenders, I will be preparing only for him. When Dory Funk came back, Johnny told me since Richmond and Norfolk are only 90 miles apart, Johnny would wrestle Dory in Rich-

mond on Friday and I will wrestle Dory the night before, for the world title at the Norfolk Scope. As we speak, I am looking at the ad, the poster and results that I have on my wall that I had framed.

Underneath the main event was a taped fist match with Johnny Weaver vs. Playboy Gary Hart and Art Nelson against Rip Hawk. What they did is stack the card. It was really a triple main event. But I wrestled the world champion in a main event a year and a half into the territory. I’m incredibly proud of that, given the fact that three nights before in a tag match against the Andersons I sprained one of my ankles trying to protect Ole’s face when he went to drop me from high in the air.

I had to wrestle the next night. Les Thatcher was my partner and took me under

his wing. He protected me the next night in Raleigh by taping me up to make sure I can walk to the ring, then Les wrestled the whole match.

But Thursday I had Dory in Norfolk in a two-out-of-three falls, and Dory carried me in that much since I was 60-70 percent injured. It was a tremendous experience for me being in my first territory.

Next week, read part two of this interview with JJ Dillon, including Ric Flair and the nude beach, Dusty, Vince Sr. Vincent Kennedy McMahon, podcast and more.

Yiorgo is a Hampton Roads arts, entertainment and sports writer. A stage, TV and movie actor, he is also an educator, motivational speaker, writer, storyteller and columnist.

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Barrett Street Auction, next Auction Sept.

30. Now Accepting Consignments. 463-1911

Collector’s Gun Auction-50+ yrs of collecting rifles, shotguns, etc. Sept. 16. Preview at 10 AM, Tipwood Ent, 1625 Donna Dr, Va Bch. Auction at 12 PM. 233-9494. Michael Henson VAAR #1298 Phoebus Auction Gallery. Next Auction Sun., Oct. 22, 10 AM. VAAR #1597. 722-9210

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Salary commensurate with education and experience. Close Date is September 15, 2017. To review position requirements in full, and submit an application, please visit http://jobs.odu.edu/postings/6140

SEADOO 19’ CHALLENGER JET BOAT

2006 19’ SEADOO CHALLENGER 180 JET BOAT! Excellent Condition, Brand NEW Motor, Electronics and Upholstery. Great Family Boat, Safe, Fun & Fast! $12,000 757-343-8874

Tahoe Q5i 2011 19.5 195 HP Inboard/Out-

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Call 460-1992 or 625-8193.

For Lease-Office Space OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE 264@London Bridge Rd 1250 SF@$1150/Mo 2428 Bowland Parkway Virginia Beach, VA 23454 Call (757) 769-9696 angela@mmgunter.com

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College of The Albemarle seeks applications for a Public Information Officer. Req.: Bachelor's degree in communications, public relations, journalism or English w/ writing & editing emphasis, public administration or related field; 1+ yrs. exper. in public relations, communications, journalism or related field. To apply for the position, visit the college's web site at

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Healthcare/ Medical Lake Taylor Hospital is hiring for all Healthcare Related Positions. Visit our website at www.laketaylor.org for more information.

Restaurant/ Food Service Cook and Waitress

Apply in person at Mom’s Kitchen 3501 Holland Rd., Va.Beach 23462

Burial/Cemetery Plot Burial Plot P.A. Memorial Park, Virginia Beach. One plot. Will hold one casket and one urn or two urns.

Asking $2,700. which is $1,500. below Park price.

Owner will pay transfer fee. Call 757-340-3997 M-S, 10 am to 7 pm.

Ches. Mem. Gardens-2 plots in Gazebo Gar-

Rosewood Mem. Park-Tidewater Veterans

MAYBACH 2007 57 - ULTIMATE LUXURY, NEW CONDITION, GRAY EXT., W/BLACK LEATHER INT. low 37K MILES, 2 TV’S & DVD PLAYER, REAR ENTERTAIMENT PKG, REAR REFRIGERATOR, ELECTRIC CURTAINS ALL AROUND 2 REMOTE KEYS, ONE OWNER CLEAN CARFAX. NEW $341,000. CURRENT BOOK $161,000. ON SALE @ $89,000. CALL 1(757)373-3257.

VaDlr

CALL 757-717-1715 VA DLR

twnhmes. $725-$1800. Kline Realty 484-0123

For Rent-Rooms 3 Room Suite in beautiful condo at Harbor View, Suffolk, VA. All inclusive, Direct TV, furn’d, TV in den, kit. & W/D priv’s, lots of closet space & storage, off-street parking, priv. entrance, near pool. $800/mo. 757-390-7629

Campostella Furnished,cable,w/d,utili.incl. near busline&basesBAE,$135per wk757-718-2317

ily home, $600 mo $300 sec. dep.

W/D, AC, direct TV, closet, dishwasher, call 757-3242029

Five Points-Norfolk, upstairs rm, private bath, $550 mo. inclu all. No drugs or smoking. No pets.

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Kempsville-Va Bch. Nice furn bedrm., amenities,

Wi-Fi/Fios TV, pet friendly, $650. 757-404-8108.

Norfolk, Wards Corner-On busline, $600 mo.

Priv. entrance & deck. 757-338-7188, 469-4355.

Norfolk-Ingleside. $125 wk. Use of bath, kit,

liv rm, no pets. Nice, quiet neighborhood. 226-0617

South Norfolk Area Furn’d, cable, kit. privi-

leges. Drug free! No deposit. $170/wk. 494-7848.

Va. Bch-$500 mo. Private BR & bath, access to everything. Good ref’s. Must have job. 470-9869.

Va Bch-Furn or unfurnished rm, off of Baxter Rd. Utils included. No drugs, smokers or heavy drinkers. Background check. $650. 904-210-1210.

VB-Furn BR, liv rm, TV, cable + priv. half bath in

mobile home, lg priv. lot. $400 mo+ dep. 390-5898

For Rent-To Share Share Townhome,seek working professional to share unfurnished Va. Beach twnhme. Clean, safe, $895 mo+ 1/2 utils. G. Selby 757-486-4432.

For Rent-Va. Beach Apts Friendship Village Apartments is now accepting applications for our 2, 3, & 4 bedroom units. Applications will be accepted on Thursday, September 14, 2017 from 9 am to 4:30pm ONLY at 1235 Friendship Sq. Va. Beach, VA 23451.

757.428.3748. After this date, the waitlist will be closed until further notice.

MERCEDES 2011 SL550 AMG - HARDTOP CONVERTIBLE, LOW 56K MILES, BLACK EXT., WITH TAN INT., AMG SPORT PACKAGE WITH AMG WHEELS & TRIM, NAVIGATION, PARK ASSIST., BLUETOOTH, KEYLESS START-STOP, GREAT CONDITION, MUST SEE TO BELIEVE. CLEAR CARFAX, NO ACCIDENTS. RUNS AND DRIVES LIKE NEW. PRICE @ $31,890. CALL OR TEXT1(757)373-3257 VaDlr

VW 2013 CC Sedan Sport Plus Immaculate low mileage 29.2k. NAV AND MANY EXTRAS. 2 owner.

No dealers. callye.callahan@gmail.com. $16,200

Campers/RVs CONSIGNMENTS WANTED! Let us clean, sell, & finance your RV. Snyders RV 499-8000.

Winnebago 1997 Rialta 60k miles, $4512. Contact me at : (757) 656-2298

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COMPLETE YARD WORK-Weeding, mulching,

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Attorneys

DIVORCE/WILLS

Uncontested. $395 + $86 filing fee.

No court appearance req’d. Wills $275 Member BBB. Se Habla Espanol Hilton Oliver, atty. 757-490-0126

Childcare

trimming, planting & transplanting of grass, trees & shrubbery. Clean Ups, 25 Yrs Exp. 757-918-4152.

D & J Lawn Care-We do flowerbeds, mulching, debris removal, tree service, pressure washing, lawn seeding, holiday decor. 757-839-7771.

Lawn Maintenance

MOBILE MECHANIX

We Service All Lawn Mowers & Tractors Including John Deere

757-478-3474

Moving-Hauling (A) FAMILY TRASH MAN

Household, demo inside & out, construction sites, dumpster drop off, backhoe work. We haul it all!

20 yrs exp, lic & ins. 485-1414

B & J MOVING

Reasonable Rates, Licensed & Insured. bandjmoving.com 757-576-1290

OCEANA/HILLTOP AREA Newly renovated

throughout, Spacious 2 BR, 1 BA. $795/mo. 631-1306.

Painting/Decorating

For Sale-Chesapeake Home

APainter Painting & Pressure Washing, exteri-

Western Branch-3 BR, 2 BA brick ranch, $212,000. Kline Realty 484-0123.

ACCEPTING CHILDREN OF ALL AGES

Antiques & Classics

We have experience & educational training for child care providers in your city. Go to: www.pfceea.com

Buick 1956 Century Completely Restored.

Also a 1963 Ford Anglia. Call Tom for details.

757-650-4884

Brick Block Work

Plymouth 1972 Duster Street/Strip, B-engine stroke to 500 cu. in. with a 4.15 stroke crank kit; transmission has a Turbo Action 8 in. converter, Indy Alum. head kit. Garage housed, retains original Rallye Red paint with white 340 stripes. All steel with a pin-on six pac fiberglass hood (not installed). Cost to build in excess of $20,000. Asking $12,750.

Call 757-404-2751 for more details.

Pontiac 1969 Model “J” 400 cubic inch, AC, Power Windows, New Tires, Top, Paint. Starter, Alternator.

80 K original miles. A one family car. Garage kept most of its life. $21,500. 757 340 2213

Automobiles for Sale

Professional Brick Repairs.

30 Years Exp. Cosmetic & Structural, Steps, Walls, Etc. Call Earl Smith 757-270-0578

*S & H Enterprise 20 Yrs. Concrete Exp. All types of concrete work driveways, stamped & exposed. We Accept Card Cards 652-4050. www.shabazznva.com Only $5-$6 Per Square Foot Complete.

Since 1960. Call Joe Beale 757-297-6698.

Electrical Work 10% OFF ABSOLUTELY ANY JOB

Free Estimates $100 OFF ANY BREAKER BOX COLE ELECTRIC - 498-2653 Acura 2008 TLs Great condition, $5k in upgrades including performance, $3k recent maintainence. 300+ Hp. Looks, goes, and sounds fast. Call for full details. Can be seen at 905 E Ocean View Ave Norfolk . $6500.00 757-759-1597

or/interior, walls, fences, staining, drywall repairs, wallpaper, free estimate. Call Lacy 757-218-7038.

E & P Painting & Drywall, Popcorn ceiling

removal, wallpaper hanging & removal, deck staining, power washing, painting interior & ext. Lic’d/ Insured. Credit Cards accepted. 757-512-4433 Interior/Exterior Paint, Power Washing, Carpentry, Remodeling, Renovations, Roofs & Floors. Free Est

714-4573. PAINT & WALLPAPER BY BOB

Pest Control

Concrete/Asphalt

WHY PAY MORE?

Decks & Fencing ACTION ONE FENCE & DECK

Custom wood, alum., chain link, vinyl. Quality work, great prices. Free Est. 35 Yrs. Exp. 757-438-7057.

Floors

UNIVERSAL PEST & TERMITE. FREE INSPECTIONS. 757-502-0200 (Mention This Ad and Get $25 Off)

Plastering/Drywall A1 PLASTER & REPAIR 32 Yrs Exp.

Small Repair Specialist. Affordable Pricing.

Licensed & Insured.We Get The Job Done! 237-5999

DRYWALL REPAIRS 757-497-DONE (3663) Plumbing/Heating/Air HONEST PLUMBING HONEST PRICES All Your Plumbing Needs FREE ESTIMATES 24 HR. Service Major Credit Cards 757-408-7555

NORFOLK PLUMBING, INC. NEW FLOORING FAST!!

BENTLEY 1997 BROOKLANDS BUILT BY ROLLSROYCE, LOW 38K MILES, WHITE EXTERIOR, W/TAN LEATHER INT, BENTLEY CHROME WHEELS, TURBO V8 ROLLS-ROYCE ENGINE, BROWN PIPPING ON LEATHER SEATS, ICE COLD AC, EXTREME COMFORT, ELEGANCE AND LUXURY ALL IN ONE! A TRUE COLLECTOR’S CAR! CURRENT BOOK OVER $40k, OFFERED AT $26,890. CALL OR TEXT @ 757-373-3257

BMW 2000 323i, black, 5 spd manual, runs good, 126K mis., $3500. 757-479-4541.

CADILLAC 2014 ATS AUTO FULLY LOADED EXCELLENT COND. MUST SEE! SAVE THOUSANDS! 15,950.00 963-2299 TRINITY PRE-OWNED vadlr CHEVROLET 2007 COBALT AC RECENT INSPECTION MUST SEE! GOOD MILES 3750.00 963-2299 TRINITY PRE-OWNED vadlr

Chevy 2002 Camaro T-top, new insp, excel cond, $4900. 757-647-3954.

Chevy 2009 Impala LT, loaded, black, zero

blemish, 76K mis., $7950 obo. 757-403-4980.

NEED A CAR? ZERO DOWN? BAD CREDIT?

CALL 757-717-1715 VA DLR Honda 2007 Civic 5 speed. 4 other vehicles available. text or leave voice mail 4 Marshall at 510-6602835 4 appointment 2 see. deep creek area

Honda 2011 Accord, great running cond, new tires, silver, sell ASAP! $8500 obo. 757-285-4130

Rosewood Memorial Park-2 plots, Singing Tower A, Lot 238, Space 1 & 2. $4100 each or 2 for $8000. 772-538-3232.

MAZDA 2014 6 TOURING AUTO AC LEATHER ALLOYS MUST SEE 30K MILES 14950.00 963-2299 TRINITY PRE-OWNED vadlr

mis., runs good, $3300. 757-479-4541.

Mercedes 2006 C350 One Owner. new state insp. clean .4700.oo 757 717- 0104

We'll bring samples to your home, measure, and can even install the next day. We are Hampton Roads largest flooring dealer, so you get your floors installed right and at the lowest price guaranteed.

CALL 453-8000 for your free quote.

Garages D&W Garages - 20x24' $15,995; 24x24' $17,995; 24x30’ $20,995; w/Slab & Vinyl Siding.

Call 465-0115 or 362-1833. dandwgarages.com

General Repairs H AFFORDABLE SAME DAY REPAIR H All Handyman, Int & Ext: Bathrooms, Small Jobs, Remodel. 30 Yrs. Exp. BBB A+ Rating. 430-2612.

Chris deBeaufort Handyman carpentry, electrical, plumbing, painting, power wash, gutter cleaning, small jobs. Lic’d & Ins’d. 757-619-1386.

Home Improvements AIR-DUCT CLEANING

UNIVERSAL DUCT CLEANING FREE INSPECTIONS Member BBB 757-502-0200 B & B Handyman Services-No job too

small or large, by the job or by the hour. See us on Facebook. Free Estimates. 757-472-3518.

D & J Home Improvements. Complete

renovations, bathrooms, kitchens, fences & decks, tile, painting, gutter maintenance, 757-839-7771.

House Cleaning *All Seasons Cleaning* Professional, Reliable, Affordable. Provides weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, move in/out services. Call Heather today 757-696-2255

FREE CLEANING-(10) free 1 hour cleaning for trying us out. 1 Per Person. Regular 2 hr cleaning $75. Ms. Perfection Cleaning 757-353-3872.

Landscape/Gardening 100% Drainage & Yard Cleanup, Shrub &

950sf/$1000 OR Chambord Commons-GrNck Rd/ VBBlvd-1000sf+ Call Kerry, Select Realty 486-6000

Nissan 2016 Versa S, 4 door sedan, white,

Tree Removal, Pruning, Tractor Work & Grading, French Drains, Mulching, 757-282-3823

For Rent-Duplex

SCION 2012 xB AUTO AC ALLOYS NAV NEW INSP. MUST SEE! SUPER NICE CAR 9,950.00 963-2299 TRINITY PRE-OWNED vadlr

Affordable Cuts - Landscaping, Lawn & Tree

Lake Lawson-2 BR, 1.5 BA, on lake, deck, available now. $1275 mo. Owner/Agent, 687-5300. Apollo Realty 1 Inc.

ZERO DOWN? BAD CREDIT?

For Rent-Portsmouth House

Lexus 1995 LS400, blue, new insp, 131K

VB Office Park by Lynnhaven Pkwy/I264-

NEED A CAR?

Churchland, W. Branch, Suffolk Homes, apts,

Mem Garden, Lots 568, Sites 1 & 2. Vaults included. Sale price $7000 both/neg. 757-588-5728.

For Lease-Commercial

TOYOTA 2014 CAMRY SE AUTO AC ALLOYS LEATHER 17K MILES MUST SEE! 15,950.00 963-2299 TRINITY PRE-OWNED AUTO vadlr Toyota 2014 Corolla S plus 77,000 miles.

Nothing wrong with car. New tires, new windshield, good inspection. Sunroof, Bluetooth, great car. I have all maintenance records. 757646-9531 text. Email is Zanderhman@aol.com.

Price is $13,000 or best offer

Some/Most Utils. 625-7110. 623-8383 Wards Corner - 1BR, $650 & 2BR, $750

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Princess Anne Memorial Park-1 plot, Sells for $2600, asking $1200. 757-453-6205.

tri-axle trailer.Hull is in good shape but deck needs some work.Twin Johnson 200 h.p. motors run but need lower unit rebuild. $5,000 obo 757-553-2244

Little Creek Rd-2 BR Twnhse. Central heat/air, carpet. $700-$730. Credit 4 req’d. (888)368-5920 Ask About Our Specials Meredith Mgmt. www.RENTMEREDITH.com OCEAN VIEW’S BEST-5 Locations, 1-2 BR, extras Near beach, air, laundry. www.capitalrentalsva.com

Planning & Compliance Programs Coord. (00051A)

Carver 1983 26 Cruiser/Fish. Excellent con-

pursuit 1988 27 ft Boat comes with a 30 ft

$300 Moves You In. $720 Mo.

Ingleside Square Apts. 3515 Gatling Ave. 466-8111

Education/Training

dens, Lot 79, Sites 3 & 4, $3000 each or $4500 for both. Owner will pay transfer fee. 757-373-4362

dition w/trailer. Full canvas with plastic and zip in screens. New Cushions/curtains. $12000. eheath@ embarqmail.com

GHENT-8 Great Locations

1 & 2 BR, free heat & hot H20, $650-$995.

Meredith Mgmt. 622-8233 www.RENTMEREDITH.com

Fairfield, Virginia Beach 1 room for rent, fam-

Appointment Scheduler (Virginia Beach)

MINI 2013 COUPE S Garage kept, salt and pepper ext, leather seats, manual, 22,400 miles. Must see. $13,700. 460-1231.

E. Ocean View. $650. Water included. 646-2398.

Budget Analyst

Administration/ General Office

MASERATI 2008 QUATTROPORTE - LOW 34K MILES, 4-DOOR LUXURY SEDAN, SILVER EXT. W/ BLACK LEATHER & WOOD INTERIOR, AUTO, NAVIGATION, 400HP FERRARI ENGINE! AM/FM/CD IN DASH CD CHANGER, NEW TIRES & BRAKES, RECLINING REAR SEATS, JET-LIKE PERFORMANCE, MUST SEE TO BELIEVE. CURRENT BOOK VALUE $46,600. ON SALE $32,890. (757)373-3257 VaDlr

For Rent-Norfolk Apts A Newer Remodeled 1 BR apt., walk-in closet,

Chesapeake-Near Norfolk & Campostella Rd. Share kit. & 2 full baths. 757-373-1983.

needed for SPSA. Performs advanced budget preparation & financial cost analysis to support annual operating and capital budgets.Apply at: www.spsa.com

Automobiles for Sale

$225 wk, kitchenette avail. Pet ok. 757-480-9611

Accounting/ Finance

2010 Boston Whaler Dauntless 230,

250 hp Mercury Verado, $49,500. 757-681-9453.

DECOYS WANTED Collector will pay CA$H for Old wooden ducks or canvas geese, Old shorebirds, swans, & duck calls.

Buying old fishing tackle & lures, Old nautical & lifesaving items.

Call Mark at 757-721-2746

indoor, with launch dolly, $2100. 757-442-3784.

Automobiles for Sale

auto, 31K mis., $8500. 757-285-7202.

Toyota 2007 Corolla LE, loaded, 4 dr, miles average. Nice. $4300. 757-487-7101. Va. Dlr.

Service, Edging & Mulching. Grass Cut - Minimum Charge $60. Lic & Ins. Credit Cards Accepted, We Do Anything In The Yard. Free Est. 472-8370

“THE ORIGINAL” 757-466-0644 “YOUR PLUMBERS IN THE BRIGHT YELLOW TRUCKS”

Power Washing ALL-BRITE PRESSURE WASHING, LLC.

2 story siding & trim, cleaning from top to bottom, $115 to $135. Our promise to remove all mold, mildew & surface dirt. Call Gil to schedule, 272-5395. www.all-britepressurewashingllc.com

Roofing-Guttering *A FLAT RUBBER, HOT TAR,

Shingles, Slate, Tile, Chimney Flashing, Siding.

Licensed & Insured Call Today! 757-718-1072

CALVIN’S ROOFING REPAIR - Roofing of all types-shingles/gutters. Free est. 10% Ad Discount.

30+ yrs exp. BBB. Lic/Insured. 757-382-0031.

J.K. ROOFING

LEAKING ROOF, REPAIR SPECIAL 30 YEAR ARCHITECT SHINGLE. $1.99 PER SQ. FT. GUTTER & SIDING. PLUS HANDYMAN. LICENSED & INSURED

Call (757) 880-5215

Siding

BEST PRICE EXTERIORS: 757-639-4692 Siding, Windows, Trim, Roofing & Gutters.

FREE ESTIMATES! Lic. & Insured. Lowest Prices & Top Quality Work. BBB A Plus Rating

Tree Service 100% ALL TREE & SHRUB REMOVAL Pruning, Broken Limbs, Bucket Truck, Overgrowth Removal & Cleanup. Lic & Ins. 757-282-3823.

FLOYD'S TREE SERVICE

Pruning. Trimming, Removal. Firewood.

Free Estimates. Licensed & Insured. 420-6396

Godwin Tree Service-Pro-trimming & total removal of trees & stumps. No job too large or too small, Free Est. Lic/Ins. BBB. 237-1285. 816-3759 H AMERICANTREESERVICE.CO H

Free Stump Grinding With Tree Removal H 100% Price Match Guarantee. 757-587-9568 H

Tutoring solver@Homework-Help.US Math, Algebra, Statistics, Geometry, Calculus, MORE! (757) 729-3969

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Handicapped

Wheelchair vans from $9995 Mobility Works is the largest mobility dealer in Virginia and the nation with over 800 vehicles to choose from. VA approved. We have low rate financing available with approved credit. Located in the Military Circle area of Norfolk so we’re close to all points in Tidewater. We have experience and compassion to find the best solution for your needs. Mobility Works @ 6059 E. Virginia Beach Blvd.,Norfolk.Give us a call today @757-455-9889.

DROP BY AND VISIT OUR SHOWROOM AT 6059 E. VIRGINIA BEACH BLVD. NORFOLK.

MISSING!-MY 1ST CAR-ORANGE 1973 VW SUPER BEETLE! PLEASE HELP find Gertie.

Bought her 1973,VW dealer Laskin Rd.,sold 1993-94,someone Va. Bch. Gertie had CB antenna on top,vin 1332325451. PLEASE CALL 757-412-0506 if you see Gertie,or own this car.

I would like to make offer to buy her back. I MISS HER!

4-Wheel Drives JEEP 2000 Grand Cherokee Ltd State Inspected.

Very Clean 156K miles. $2795 757-464-2100

Motor Homes Winnebago 2011, 31J bunkhouse, loaded,

excel cond, 32K mis., NADA book $59,395. Now $49,995. Snyder’s RV 499-8000.

Winnebago 2015 Tribute 27B Excellent condition, low mileage, $69,500. Call 805-444-4567

Motorcycles Harley Davidson 2013 FHLTK EC. low mls. 16,432. htd grips,cruise cntrl.GPS/many extas.Tires GC. 103 engn. $18,799 negotiable. Call 757-647-4745 or evng. 757-436-6123.

NEWS,

Harley Davidson 2015 FLHTK Limited Like new. Removable Tour Pack, 17000 mi, Dark Green/black, pinstriped, GPS, weather band, CB, etc. $19K OBO. 757-871-0331

BLOGS,

Sport Utility Vehicles Ford 2007 Edge SEL PLUS, AWD, Black, Gas, Auto, 3.200$, 3.5L V6, 70k miles, call 757-743-2539 FORD 2011 EXPEDITION XLT 4x4 LEATHER ROOF REAR ENT. FULLY LOADED MUST SEE! 17775.00 963-2299 TRINITY PRE-OWNED vadlr

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JEEP 2014 GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO 4X4 AUTO AC ALLOYS FULLY LOADED BLUETOOTH MUST SEE! 18,975.00 963-2299 TRINITY PRE-OWNED vadlr

& MORE Subaru 2014 Forester 2.5i Touring 38K miles, all options, ex cond., new tires, 1owner, garage kept, 2yr warranty, 1.5K under blue book,$20,900, 513-3333

Trucks Toyota 2002 Tundra SR5, Ext Cab, V-8,

clean, 1 owner, 134K, $7500. 757-275-4356.

Toyota 2003 Tacoma V6 Prerunner, new plugs, wires, fresh tuneup, new tires, brakes, and rotors, fresh oil change, recent inspection, runs like new, spray in bed liner. Must see to appreciate. (757)2320109 $9500.00

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