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Medical residents aboard Comfort respond in Puerto Rico

By MC2 Stephane Belcher USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) CARIBBEAN SEA

Five emergency medicine (EM) physician residents from Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) embarked on the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) in support of relief efforts for those affected

by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, as part of their residency training.

Comfort was to receive four staff emergency physicians from Navy Medicine East when the ship was activated. Cmdr. John Devlin, the residency program director at NMCP, and the medical director of casualty receiving aboard Comfort, presented the idea to take two staff physicians and five residents, giving more physician manpower and allowing residents hands-on learning by executing the mission.

The five are senior residents, who’ve been through four years of medical school and an internship, are in their third residency year and are only nine months away from » See COMFORT | A7

MC2 Stephane Belcher Sailors embarked aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) perform surgery on a patient in an operating room aboard the ship.

Comfort is underway operating in the vicinity of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The DOD is supporting the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the lead federal agency, in helping those affected by Hurricane Maria to minimize suffering and is one component of the overall whole-of-government response effort.

Lives touched by SPS 17 Navy doctor reflect childhood influences

By U.S. Army Sgt. Crystal Madriz Southern Partnership Station 17 Public Affairs PUERTO BARRIOS, GUATEMALA

For one U.S. Navy emergency room doctor, his upbringing and youth experiences were huge factors in determining what course he would take in his future.

Even as a child, he was enamored with medicine and the way the doctors interacted with their patients.

“I was always fascinated with the way the physicians and nurses were able to kind of blend science and humanity,” Lt. Cmdr. Jonathan Auten said, the associate emergency residency director at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, in Virginia.

Auten said he remembers frequently going to the hospital with his father, to visit people with illnesses. “My father was a preacher, and when people in our church were sick, we would always go into the hospital and visit them,” Auten said.

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Annual retiree summit, MWR showcase, career fair at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story Event to be Nov. 3 at Rockwell Hall Gym News Release MC3 Lindsay A. Preston Interior Communications Electrician Seaman Michael Velasquez takes the Navywide E-4 advancement exam on the aft mess decks aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman.

March 2018 E4-E6 advancement cycle announced

By Ed Barker Naval Education and Training Professional Development Center Public Affairs PENSACOLA, FLA.

The March 2018 Navy-wide enlisted examinations (Cycle 239) testing dates for active duty, full time support and canvasser recruiter Sailors who are advancement eligible to the paygrades of E4-E6 have been announced in Naval Administrative

COMBATANT CRAFT DIVISION MARKS 50 YEARS Anniversary picnic held Oct. 14 at JEB Little Creek-Fort Story.

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Message (NAVADMIN) 252/17, released Oct. 18.

Each Navy examination consists of 25 professional military knowledge and 150 job-specific rating technical questions. The Navy-wide examination dates are March 1 (E6), March 8 (E5) and March 15 (E4). Examination results are anticipated to be released to command triads in late » See TESTING | A7

NAVY WEEK RETURNS TO FORT WORTH More than 70 outreach events culminate with the air show featuring the Navy’s Blue Angels.

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Navy Region Mid-Atlantic will hold the annual retiree summit & career fair at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story’s Rockwell Hall Gym from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3. The annual event brings together a full range of guest speakers, vendors, medical representatives and prospective employers to one location to give transitioning service members, military retirees, family members, and surviving spouses the most up to date information on pay, benefits and legislative initiatives.

The summit kicks off with remarks at 10 a.m. from keynote speaker Ms. Carrie Ann Alford, Director of Policy & Planning for Virginia Department of Veterans Services, Naval Medical Center

Portsmouth, Veteran’s Affairs (VA), DFAS and TRICARE. A town hall-style panel discussion will follow providing information on policies and issues affecting retirees.

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth will staff a health and information fair. Participants can also expect more than 40 employers, colleges and universities supporting the job and educational fair.

Representatives from military, federal and community organizations will be on site to provide information about topics of interest to the retiree community to include the Defense Finance and Accounting Services (DFAS).

Patrons will also be treated to an MWR showcase, to include informational tables, interactive displays and coupons from community recreation programs, marinas & sailing, Navy getaways, movie theaters, golf, bowling and more. Free food sampling on site as well.

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Virtual education center takes over CONUS Navy College service delivery; Norfolk-area on-base schools remain

By Ed Barker Naval Education and Training Professional Development Center Public Affairs NORFOLK

As of Oct. 1, the Navy College Virtual Education Center (NCVEC) will take over Voluntary Education (VOLED) service responsibility for the continental United States.

With the closure of the last CONUS Navy College OfďŹ ces (NCOs), all educational program servicing for Sailors will shift to the NCVEC and Navy College Program (NCP) website. For Sailors overseas, 11 Navy College OfďŹ ces still remain open. “Even though the local stateside NCOs have gone away, on-base education programs are still available to Sailors through our partner schools,â€? Naval Education and Training Professional Development Center VOLED Program Director Ernest D’Antonio said. “Navy College Program Region Advisors and base commanding ofďŹ cers work together to select academic institutions to

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provide on-base education programs.�

On Naval Station Norfolk, academic institutions with partnership agreements will continue to provide services as they have in the past. Currently, NAVSTA is served by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Saint Leo University, Old Dominion University, Norfolk State University, ECPI University, University of Maryland University College and Tidewater Community College. “Our VOLED support structure includes a comprehensive array of self-service, contact, and virtual services,�

D’Antonio said. “The restruc-

tured service delivery model provides Sailors the educational tools and information when and where they need it.�

The NCVEC call center hours are from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. EST Monday – Friday and may be reached by calling: 877-8381659 or DSN 492-4684.

Some of the most popular features of the NCVEC and NCP website include: Text and web-chat features available during call center hours.

A searchable knowledge database with Frequently Asked Questions.

A help request/ticket system where a Sailor can complete an online request to ask a question or have an issue resolved and tracked.

A self-scheduling tool for education counseling with the NCVEC staff – which saves Sailors time and allows them to obtain the best time for counseling that meets their schedule.

The “Wizard� tutorial which takes Sailors step-bystep through the Tuition Assistance (TA) process with

links to WebTA training tools and videos.

WebTA automation. The new process automatically checks/validates the Academic Institution’s (AI) course/ tuition information, validates a Sailor’s status, including degree plan, counseling, grades, EAOS status, and TA annual usage. If everything is in order, forwards the request to the command approver for action and authorization through the My Education Module system.

Links to the NCP mobile App. The app offers access to the NCP planning tools, including required training and the counseling scheduler.

Sailors can download the app from the Apple or Google Play store at no cost. Search ‘NCP App’ in the stores.

New products and features are being added to the NCVEC arsenal as they become available. Three new Interactive Multi-Media Instruction (IMI) courses will be available in the My Education Module of the NCP website:

— The Navy Tuition Assistance training IMI replaces the current WebTA Policies and Procedures course, and emphasizes the tenets of Navy TA Policy and the WebTA application, approval, and authorization process. — The Navy Virtual Counseling 101 training IMI will provide Sailors with information and guidance on establishing education and career goals, selecting and applying to an academic institution, and an understanding of the higher education life cycle.

Completion of these two IMI courses will be automatically recorded in the Navy College Management Information System (NCMIS), eliminating the need for Sailors to upload or email a completion certiďŹ cate to the NCVEC. — The Education Services OfďŹ cer-Command Career Counselor VOLED Essentials IMI will provide the ESO and CCC with an overview of Navy and DOD policies related to VOLED. The ESOCCC VOLED Essentials IMI will provide information and

guidance on Navy College/ VOLED programs and the many beneďŹ ts, products, and services available to Sailors to help them pursue and complete their educational goals. “We are committed to providing the best possible education support services to our Sailors by constantly upgrading and improving our real-time, virtual, and online products.â€? D’Antonio added. “We greatly appreciate our service members’ input, cooperation, and understanding as we work to perfect our new service delivery model.â€?

The URL for the Navy College Program website is: www.navycollege.navy.mil.

Sailors can also get the latest information by following Navy Voluntary Education on Facebook: www.facebook.com /NavyVoluntaryEducation/.

Additional information about the Naval Education and Training Professional Development Center can be found via: www.netc.navy.mil/ netc/netpdc/Default.htm.

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Rear Adm. Bruce Lindsey, Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic, embarked aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) underway, Oct. 15, to present the ship with the 2016 Battle “E� award. “You are the best aircraft carrier on the east coast — that’s what the Battle “E� says — and, in my mind, you’re the best aircraft carrier in the United States Navy,� Lindsey said.

Along with congratulating Truman’s 2016 performance, Lindsey said the crew has

continued their excellence. “Fantastic job and well done,� Lindsey said. “That goes back to your deployment, but this year you also put your nose to the grind stone and came out a day early from a very arduous planned incremental availability. That is hard work — I know how hard of work that is, CNO knows how hard of work that is and so does Admiral Davidson. You’ve strung together essentially two years of sustained superior performance, that’s fantastic record.�

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areas of operation in competition. Before qualifying for the evaluation, ships must earn a minimum of four of the six Command Excellence Awards: the Maritime Warfare Excellence Award, Engineering/Survivability Excellence Award, Command and Control Excellence Award, Logistics Management Excellence Award, Ship Safety Award, and EfďŹ ciency Excellence Award.

During his visit, Lindsey not only presented a plaque to Truman’s senior leadership, but toured the ship to express his appreciation to the individual crew members. “I cannot thank you enough

for what you have done, what you’re doing today and what you will do in the future,�

Lindsey said. “There are about 300,000,000 people in America and about 300,000 Sailors — you are in the 99.9 percentile of all Americans who can and did willingly raise your right hand to support our country. For that, there are not enough words that I can say to thank you.

Never forget how special each and every one of you are.�

Truman is currently underway conducting Tailored Shipboard Test Availability and Final Evaluation Problem (TSTA/FEP) in preparation for future operations.

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NEWS FROM NAS OCEANA

NAS Oceana to unveil 75th anniversary emblem

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We wanted to kick off the New Year, ensure the surrounding community knows about it, and get everyone excited for this historic anniversary.”

NAS Oceana Public Affairs VIRGINIA BEACH

Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana will unveil the emblem contest winner for its 75th anniversary at the All American Food and Wine Classic presented by the Navy League of the United States, on Nov. 2, at NAS Oceana Park.

“Even though our 75th year isn’t till 2018, we thought that the All American Food and Wine Classic would be a great way to kick off the 75th anniversary of NAS Oceana,” NAS Oceana Commanding Officer Capt. Richard Meadows said. “We wanted to kick off the New Year, ensure the surrounding community knows about it, and get everyone excited for this historic anniversary.”

As NAS Oceana prepares to celebrate its 75th year during 2018, the installation and its leadership wish to commemorate this milestone with the surrounding community, which includes the over 20,000 strong Navy service members, including families.

“This event, our anniversary, isn’t just a military celebration; our history is tied to the community we are a part of and we wish to experience it with everyone,” Meadows said. “We have an amazing relationship with the city, so much of what we do involves not only city officials, but their first responders and numerous

U.S. Navy photo Carrier Air Group Three (CAG-3) Commanding Officer Cmdr. Louis H. Bauer flies along the Virginia Beach shoreline in a Gruman F6F-5 Hellcat in the fall of 1945.

other community members; we want to make it known that this is a community celebration.”

In the 1880s, a whistle-stop named Tunis was the only oasis of civilization on the Norfolk Southern Railway spur between already-urban Norfolk and the popular Virginia Beach oceanfront. Everything in between was sprawling farmland. Homes and a couple of country stores eventually sprouted around this next to last stop in Princess Anne County and, to give it a name more appropriate to the train’s destination the hamlet of Tunis was changed to Oceana in

1891.

By 1938, with the threat of war on Norfolk’s doorstep, the Navy had only the air station at Norfolk and two grass auxiliary fields for aviation practice work. Then Rear Admiral Patrick Neison Lynch Bellinger, commander in chief, Naval Air Force Atlantic, received orders to locate four additional fields around Norfolk.

Between the village of Oceana and the Princess Anne Courthouse lay 5,000 acres of farmland from which the air station eventually sprang.

The Navy’s choice of this vast tract was purposeful. With low

population density and plenty of elbow room, the parcel was the perfect location for a military airfield. Oceana would literally become an air station that had a city grow around it, not the other way around.

Immediately after President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared war against Japan and Germany, naval personnel descended on the muddy field of auxiliary landing field Oceana, erecting a series of 19 Quonset huts to accommodate 32 officers and 172 enlisted personnel. Emerging from the mudflats on that isolated landscape, Oceana would become a master jet base as vital to

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the national defense today as it was at the outset of World War II. “The historical value of this anniversary is immense,” Meadows said. “75 years of naval aviation have gone through this installation; hundreds of different aircraft, numerous squadrons, and many generations of naval personnel and families have called Oceana home.”

Scanning the lists of aircraft flown by squadrons assigned to NAS Oceana tells nearly the complete history of Naval aviation since the early 1940s.

Oceana has provided service to Navy aircraft carriers since

NAS Oceana Commanding Officer Capt. Richard Meadows World War II. With the introduction of high-performance aircraft, Oceana became home to the worlds most advanced naval aircraft, aviation equipment and fighting tactics.

Today, as the installation approaches its 75th anniversary, it is host to 70 tenant commands and More than 300 jets, confirming NAS Oceana’s status as the Navy’s premiere east coast Master Jet Base.

“The future of naval aviation is right here on our flight line, the 15 squadrons that deploy to the various aircraft carriers supporting our mission throughout the world,” Meadows said.

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Combatant Craft Division celebrates 50 years

By Kelley Stirling NSWCCD Public Affairs

The Combatant Craft Division (CCD) of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division marked its 50 years with an anniversary celebration picnic Oct. 14 at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Virginia, a day after the U.S. Navy celebrated 242 years.

CCD develops, designs, tests and supports combatant craft and boats for the nation’s defense.

Boats have always been part of the U.S. Navy at some level, but their importance changed with the onset of the Vietnam War and the criticality of riverine operations. Driven by this need, in August 1967 the Navy established authority for combatant-craft design and testing in Norfolk, giving the boat technical community a dedicated organization with this new boat engineering center.

“The military was buying boats like crazy from commercial industry and adapting commercial products, with mixed results. There weren’t a lot of technical processes and methodologies to predicting boat performance,” Mack Whitford said, a retired naval architect from CCD who said he had to watch a video about Vietnam patrol boats and swift boats titled, “The Small Boat Navy,” narrated

by Raymond Burr, when he first started working at CCD in 1986.

Part of CCD’s full lifecycle portfolio is the 7-meter rigid-inflatable boat (RIB), a small, high-performance boat every Navy ship carries. The RIB replaced the long-used 26-foot motor whaleboats in the 1980s. For about 40 years starting in the early 1950s, more than 1,500 whaleboats were built and used aboard nearly every Navy ship as the ship’s lifeboat and, in some cases, as a liberty, cargo, mail and work boat. Jack Mathias, who started working at CCD in 1974 and is still there managing the inventory for more than 3,600 boats and craft for the entire Navy, said bringing the RIB in was a huge undertaking and initially there was resistance since it was inflatable.

Mathias said he used to walk by the office of the engineer who was really pushing for the RIB jokingly saying, “psssssssssssssssssss,” referring to air being let out of the boat. Whitford said that the justification for replacing the motor whaleboats with the RIB was the top-side weight on the new DDG class (Arleigh Burke) decreased because they could use a lighter davit to lower and raise the small boat into the water.

The RIB, which was initially developed by the Royal Naval Lifeboat Institute as combination lifeboat

MC2 Shamira Purifoy Sailors temporarily assigned to the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde conduct rigid hull inflatable boat (R.H.I.B) training off the coast of Haiti.

Kelley Stirling Site Director of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division’s Combatant Craft Division (CCD) Kip Davis, speaks to

U.S. Navy photo A motor whaleboat from USS William V. Pratt (DDG-44), in the Atlantic Ocean, May 1978.

and surf-and-rescue boat, has expanded its role in the Navy over the years, especially after the October 2000 bombing of USS Cole (DDG 67) by a small boat driving into the side of the ship with explosives. After the Cole, Combatant Craft Division supported increased acquisitions of the RIB, as well as providing a modification to the security package, which became even more important after 9/11.

Some of the updates to the RIB at that time included adding a machine gun foundation, security strobe lights, a siren, VHF radio and spotlights. The boat itself is not only the ship’s ready service lifeboat, but also is used for maritime interdiction operations, vessel boarding search and seizure, anti-terrorism and force protection, and law

enforcement operations.

Over its 50 years, CCD has had many homes and several name changes since the Navy’s decision that testing and evaluating small boats was work much better suited in the Norfolk area than in Washington, D.C. Originally under the Naval Ship Engineering Center, Norfolk Division on Little Creek Amphibious Base, the division moved to the Glopar Building in Norfolk in 1969 as a component of the Naval Sea Combat Systems Engineering Station. It became part of Carderock Division in 1992 and relocated to Suffolk, Virginia, and then moved back to Little Creek, Virginia, in 2002, where most of its 180 personnel work to this day.

The division also maintains a waterfront test and evaluation facility at Naval Station

Norfolk, which was moved there from nearby Fort Monroe in 2009.

“When I first got here, Jack had 12-foot drawing boards. We were still doing drafting, serious drafting,” Whitford said. “To me, it was like, ‘This is a real naval architecture place.’ In school, you had the big drawing room with a wooden drawing board and so it was like, ‘this is home.’”

The differences between boats and ships are a big distinction for Combatant Craft Division, as they provide the support only for boats and craft, with the exception of the patrol coastal ship, the single U.S. Navy commissioned ship under Combatant Craft Division’s purview. As characterized by the Combatant Craft Division Head Kip Davis, the differences are not necessarily about the size.

Boats are designed to operate in multiple environments and may have a requirement for multiple operational modes, meaning displacement, semidisplacement or planing.

Boats have to be able to come from an ocean environment into regions and shallow wa-

ters where only boats can get to. Boats are generally carried to operating theaters by other vehicles, such as ships or aircraft.

“Small boats, like the motor whaleboat and the RIB, because they are small, but they still have diesel engine and all the associated systems and you have to have room for certain number of personnel – they are really harder to design than a larger boat because everything has to fit and be efficient and have adequate accessibility for maintenance, etc.

– so they are more of a challenge,” CCD Engineer Lori Fanney said.

Over the last 50 years, CCD has had a hand in the testing or development of some interesting things, like the “flopper stopper,” a device that helps to keep boats from capsizing when they are top-heavy; the “lead sled,” which was like a disposable landing craft; or the “sea pringle,” a not-so-successful wave strider with a pringleshaped hull.

Some of the special projects that have been quite successful out of CCD were the

Integrated Bridge Systems, which is standard today, and the Stiletto Maritime Demonstration Program.

Most recently, the division provided full-spectrum support for the Coastal Riverine Force Mark VI Patrol Boat and the Naval Special Warfare Combatant Craft Medium. CCD is currently working the redesign of the landing craft utility (LCU) 1600 class, expected to hit the fleet in about five years.

The division is also at the forefront of development of unmanned surface vessels.

“There is no other organization in the U.S. that has the capabilities we have at Combatant Craft Division for the development, design, testing and support of the Navy’s combatant craft and boats,” Davis said. “These are world-class capabilities, and to my knowledge, are unmatched worldwide.”

At the ceremony, Davis reminded employees of his credo.

“The mothers and fathers of the sons and daughters who joined the Navy expect that their children will operate in the very best marine vehicles, systems and craft in the world. For boats and combatant craft, it is CCD’s mission to satisfy this expectation. This is our common goal. Give your very best every day so the Sailors who depend on our product and services can accomplish their mission any day,” Davis said. “Face each day thankful for the opportunity to serve.

Congratulations to all of you and your families, on the accomplishments of CCD, for making CCD the best job in the Navy.”

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Snapshot Youth try on aircrew equipment during Fleet Fest on board Naval Station Norfolk, Oct. 21. Throughout the day, approximately 10,500 guests participated in guided ship tours, a chili cookoff, a Centennial brew competition, car show, static displays and live entertainment by U.S. Fleet Forces Four Star Edition Band, the Deloreans, country singer Colton James and the Neon Trees.

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NAVAL STATION NORFOLK HOLDS CULMINATING CENTENNIAL EVENTS

By Kelly Wirfel Naval Station Norfolk Public Affairs NORFOLK

As a wrap up to its yearlong celebration, Naval Station (NAVSTA) Norfolk held its culminating Centennial events, Oct. 20–21.

On Friday, the installation partnered with Norfolk Public Schools (NPS) to host 2,500 fifth-graders and 300 teachers and administrators for a special Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Lab Day, which took place as part of Fleet Fest. The goal of the day was to educate, inspire and connect students to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

“We are absolutely thrilled about this event! We have been planning this for approximately a year now and to see it all come to fruition is so rewarding,” NPS Executive Director of Interagency Collaboration and Wraparound Services Dr. Sharon I. Byrdsong said. “The fact that our first major STEM partnership event coincides with NAVSTA Norfolk’s 100th anniversary makes it that much more special.”

While at the installation the students had the opportunity to tour Navy ships, tour a Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), see various static displays to include aircraft and fire and emergency service equipment and participate in more than 20 different hands-on STEM exhibits.

“The support we received from navy commands and also community organizations for the STEM event was phenomenal,” Naval Station Norfolk Commanding Officer Capt. Rich McDaniel said.

“The event could not have gone better and strengthened an already very strong partnership with Norfolk Public

Schools. We are already looking forward to next year!”

Then on Saturday, in an effort to foster the Navy’s relationship with the Hampton Roads community and educate the public on what Sailors do on a day-to-day basis the base opened its gates to the general public hosting approximately 10,500 guests.

The day-long event consisted of tours aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67), a chili cook-off, a Centennial brew competition, car show, static displays and live entertainment by U.S. Fleet Forces Four Star Edition Band, the Deloreans, country singer Colton James and the Neon Trees. The event wrapped up with a fireworks display over Willoughby Bay. “What an awesome event,” Community member Scott Waltmore said. “I came to tour the USS Ford, but ended up hanging out all day eating, checking out the displays and enjoying all the festivities. I wish that Fleet Fest was two days long so I could come back tomorrow!”

“I definitely think we accomplished our overall goal with Fleet Fest, to show the public what we do each and every day on board Naval Station Norfolk,” McDaniel said. “We had a great response and look forward to making this an annual event.”

Naval Station Norfolk is the largest and most operationally complex naval base in the world. On June 28, 2017, the installation officially turned 100 years old and in partnership with the City of Norfolk has spent the year highlighting the installations rich history and impact it has had on Hampton Roads, the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Nation.

Naval Facilities Engineering Command Mid-Atlantic (NAVFAC MIDLANT) Women’s Engineering Team, NAVFAC MIDLANT Environmental and Seabees from NAVFAC MIDLANT Public Works Department Norfolk, entertain and educate local school students during the Naval Station Norfolk Fleet Fest Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) event near Pier 11, Oct. 20.

Approximately 2,500 Norfolk public school 5th-grade students participated in the event, which is part of the installation’s centennial Fleet Fest celebration.

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Helicopter pilot Lt. j.g. Steven Schlender talks to guests about the mechanics of his aircraft during Fleet Fest on board Naval Station Norfolk, Oct. 21.

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Naval Station Norfolk’s Military Working Dog Team perform a demonstration during the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Lab Day, Oct. 20. The goal of the day was to educate, inspire and connect students to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

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MC1 Tyrell Morris Sailors attached to Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) interact with Norfolk Public School students at the dive tank during the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Lab Day, Oct. 20.

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Commercial applications of Navy inventions encouraged at innovation discovery event

By Joe Navratil Combat Direction Systems Activity Dam Neck Public Affairs VIRGINIA BEACH, VA.

The military has a rich history of inventing things to win our nation’s wars. Those inventions often have commercial applications, so to help the inventors evaluate private sector use, Naval Surface Warfare Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD)/Dam Neck Activity hosted “Innovation Discovery,” October 5.

Three Navy inventors emphasized the military need and possible commercial applications of their innovations before an expert panel similar to ABC’s “Shark Tank”. The panel was comprised of university professors, business owners and entrepreneurs who further brainstormed commercial applications after the inventors’ presentations and then asking the presenters questions.

The presenters were all from the NSWCDD C6ISR Systems Division: Bill Ward from the Cybersecurity Engineering and Readiness Branch; Alex Dixon and Aidan Cowhig from Systems Assessment Branch; and Tony Bausas and Leon Gregg from the Special Technologies Branch.

Dixon said, “Hearing the panel of experts take an interest in our invention and think of dozens of commercial applications was a great experience.

It inspires us to not only continue to seek outside opportunities for this invention but to think of other things that might

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have both DoD and commercial applications.”

Dixon and Cowhig presented a device known as an air amplifier, which reduces the amount of compressed air needed to inflate rigid inflatable boats by using a 3Dprinted amplifier that is customizable to fit any desired inflatable. Previously, air was sent directly from compressed air bottles into the boat, inflating at a 1:1 ratio. Using the air amplifier significantly reduces amount of compressed air tanks needed to inflate boats.

Dixon and Cowhig overcame technical challenges in the lab such as combating backpressure as the inflatable craft begins to pressurize by theorizing that a device could take advantage of the Venturi and Coanda effects to draw ambient air into the device, to supplement the compressed air and reduce the amount of stored air needed to inflate the boat.

Dixon thinks that any commercial entity that produces or sells any kind of inflatable device could benefit from the air amplifier. This could be especially useful in camping or expeditionary environments, where compressed air is likely to be conserved. This could also be employed in emergency inflatable applications.

Ward’s presentation was on serial interface monitor and Bausas and Gregg’s invention is on spectral thumbnail.

There are four goals of Innovation Discovery, which began at NSWC Crane in 2009 and has now been conducted

dozens of times: first, the process is designed to improve the transfer, transition, and commercialization of inventions being developed at the lab, leading to enhanced defense capabilities and positive economic impacts. Second, it engages lab scientists and engineers in technology transfer.

Additionally, it raises the visibility of inventions with senior management and lastly, builds outside awareness of the lab as a national center of innovation.

Technical transfer of patents into these industries — or anywhere in the public domain — can help the Navy save money by reducing cost and increasing product availability.

“The panelists added a new dimension and a fresh look at the commercial applicability of NSWCDD intellectual property,” Lorraine Harting said, NSWCDD Technical Partnering Office acting director, regarding the non-federal panel members’ view of federal technology and its applications.

The panelists were led by Mike Riley of TechLink, a DoD partnership intermediary, which brokers Cooperative Research and Development Agreements and patent license agreements between DoD labs and U.S. industry for the manufacture and use of DoD inventions. These inventions involve virtually all technology fields, including medicine, software, electronics, communications, advanced materials, and energy-related technologies.

Juxtaposed to the “Shark Tank” moguls, the Innovation Discovery panel nurtures pressure free, non-critical, imaginative brainstorming sessions for ideas that improve the transfer, transition, and commercialization of inventions under development, leading to enhanced defense capabilities and positive economic impact.

“The more relaxed you are, the more creative you are,” Riley said, who taught college students for more than 30 years at Montana State University. “It’s highly important that we have no criticism — it will block creative thinking.

When you think you will be judged, it will block you creatively. We are being creative as we see what everyone sees but thinking what no one else thinks.”

The brainstorming — and a technique inspiring creativity called brainwriting — began immediately after each inventor briefed his innovation to the panel.

In the end, the panel — and the witnessing audience of scientists and engineers — generated scores of commercial applications for the inventions.

The panelists were Marco Rubin, Senior Investment Director for the Center for Innovative Technology; David Ihrie, Chief Technology Officer for the Center for Innovative Technology; Dr. Charlie Daniels, an Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Professor at Old Dominion University; Dr. Nancy Grden, Executive Director of the

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Continued from A1 May, prior to posting on the Navy Enlisted Advancement System (NEAS) website.

During Advancement Examination Readiness Reviews held at Naval Education and Training Professional Development Center (NETPDC), visiting E7-E9 fleet subject matter experts (SMEs) in each enlisted rating ensure all examination questions can be linked to current references and publications. As rating SMEs select questions for the examination, an examination bibliography is developed for that specific cycle’s exam, based on the source references for the questions on the exam. The Navy Advancement Center updates bibliography information as fleet instructions and manuals change and it is recommended that candidates check their bibliography a few times prior to the exam administration date.

“The bibliographies should be a critical part of each Sailor’s exam preparation process,” Command Master Chief of

COMFORT | ‘It’s Continued from A1 graduating.

“I say it’s win-win,” Devlin said. “The people of Puerto Rico are getting more emergency medicine physician manpower than they would have had, had we gone with the original plan. And from the resident standpoint and the Navy’s standpoint, we are getting five junior physicians that, for their entire career, will have this experience base to carry forward to apply to missions in the future.”

Physicians in residency typically do not deploy.

“Here, we are coming out and doing medicine in a world that’s not at our own institution in response to a natural disaster and that opportunity just does not happen,” NMCP EM resident Lt. Cmdr. Christopher Perry said.

Residents from NMCP embarked on Comfort in the past for Continuing Promise 2015.

They came to provide primary care and humanitarian relief ashore.

“While [Continuing Prom-

NETPDC James Berhalter said. “Keeping in mind that each exam is unique, I would recommend Sailors use only the official Navy bibliography sources for exam preparation.”

To download the bibliographies and an exam-specific topic list for the upcoming cycle, go to the Navy Advancement Center’s My Navy Portal bibliography page, https://www.mnp.navy.mil/group/navyadvancement-center/bibliographies, or the Navy Credentialing Opportunities Online (COOL) website, www.cool.navy.mil/usn, under the credentials tab.

Specific information on exam eligibility and requirements is detailed in NAVADMIN 252/17 and BUPERSINST 1430.16F. To support exam administration, the NEAS website also enables education services officers to verify and correct the list of eligible candidates for their command, delete and forward examinations when necessary and confirm examination ordering information. The NEAS web address is https://prod.neas.netc.navy.mil/.

Strome Entrepreneurial Center at Old Dominion University; Dr. Martin Kaszubowski, Executive Director of the Center for Enterprise Innovation at Old Dominion University; Garret Westlake, Executive director of the DaVinci Center at Virginia Commonwealth University; and Todd Gillingham, Vice President Marketing and Operations for the Fredericksburg (Va.) Regional Alliance.

“They brainstormed many great commercialization ideas for our technologies and patent claims to strengthen our patent applications,” Harting said. “We will work hard to bring some of the great ideas generated to fruition.

Ideally, the panel members will become ambassadors for NSWCDD. As they become aware of our inventions and the potential of these inventions to help create new technology start-up companies and assist existing businesses in the region, they will help get the word out: NSWCDD is a valuable national asset that has the potential to be a powerful engine of innovation and economic development.”

The Innovation Discovery process has been identified as a best practice by the Navy Technology Transfer Program and is a prototype that federal research laboratories throughout the United States can implement to give their development personnel a step-by-step system to discover, document, and protect intellectual prop- For more news from NSWC erty and its commercialization Dahlgren, visit www.navy. potential. mil/local/NSWCDD/.

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the emergency room, he says Continued from A1 MC3 Jordan Twiss Sailors take the Navy-wide E-6 advancement exam on the aft mess decks aboard USS Harry S. Truman.

Prior to release of profile sheets, Triad notification of E4-E6 exam results will be provided via Bureau of Naval Personnel Online to authorized command representatives. Individual Sailors will be able to view/download their profile sheets at https://prod.neas.netc.navy.mil /NEASRpts/Individual.aspx.

For more information about the Navy Advancement Center and NEAS, visit www.facebook.com/Navy-AdvancementCenter-213190711299/.

More information on the Naval Education and Training Professional Development Center can be found via www.netc. navy.mil/netc/netpdc/Default.htm.

a win-win’ for people of PR, physicians ise] is a really great mission to be a part of,” NMCP EM resident Lt. Sean Murnan said. “as emergency medicine residents-in-training, the ideal setting is to work in a place that allows us to respond to situations that receive different emergency patients and to run an actual emergency room.”

Physicians in residency programs, in both the military and civilian sector, already have the infrastructure of an emergency room in place for them in the hospital. They rarely get a chance to oversee what goes into setting up an emergency room until they’re on the operational side, after graduating.

The five residents on Comfort configured the casualty receiving area (CASREC) by combining existing standard operating procedures-those for humanitarian assistance and combat-trauma mass casualty response. The mass casualty operating procedure is geared for support of combat operations during a time of war and the humanitarian procedure is geared to support missions similar to Continu-

Before the Innovation Discovery Process, there were limited resources in place to thoroughly identify and capture intellectual property aspects. Moreover, there was little thought among scientists and engineers about the technology transfer and commercialization potential of the innovations developed and implemented within their military projects.

The program enables NSWCDD to exploit the government’s intellectual property generated during the research and development process.

What’s more, the patents’ technical transfer can result in royalty income for the Navy. If commercial product sales are made that include these patents in the future, a percentage of those sales will also come back to the inventors and NSWCDD in the form of royalties.

NSWCDD, a Naval Sea Systems Command warfare center division, is a premier research and development center that serves as a specialty site for weapon system integration. The command’s unique ability to rapidly introduce new technology into complex warfighting systems is based on its longstanding competencies in science and technology, research and development, and test and evaluation.

Dahlgren’s Dam Neck Activity at Combat Direction System Activity performs research, development, test and evaluation, analysis, systems engineering and integration of complex naval systems associated with surface warfare and strategic combat and weapon systems.

ing Promise.

“All of us had an individual role,” Murnan said. “All we had to do was kind of mesh those two together and create a plan that could receive a blend of the sickest patients around the island, which is what we’re tending to receive.”

With the help of the “Sea Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22, another opportunity that’s offered aboard Comfort is the chance for EM residents to personally medevac intensive care patients, with two physicians per patient treating them in the air.

“We offer a level of critical care in the air that the military system doesn’t normally provide,” Perry said. “Typically, for military air ambulances, it’s 20-year-old marines or soldiers who have traumatic injuries.

Flying chronically ill, very sick patients in their 80’s and 90’s is not something you ever do in a Navy helicopter. So it’s a little unique here.”

Perry is one of only two aeromedical dual-designated physician aviators in the Navy,

having designations both as a doctor and a pilot. Aboard Comfort, he’s in the tower helping coordinate the en route care medevac system.

“It’s like the perfect scenario for us,” Murnan said. “We’re actually able to take on these tasks individually, and come together and build this department, and then see how well it does. And so far, everything’s been pretty smooth.”

Comfort is currently underway operating in the vicinity of Arecibo, Puerto Rico, to provide medical services with additional visits being planned around the island.

The U.S. Health and Human Services and Puerto Rico Department of Health representatives are prioritizing patients at each stop prior to Comfort’s arrival. The Department of Defense is supporting the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the lead federal agency, in helping those affected by Hurricane Maria to minimize suffering and is one component of the overall whole-of-government response effort.

can’t be a scientist,” Auten said. “You kind of have to blend those two things together.”

Auten is a member of the medical team deployed to Guatemala, to participate in engagements and knowledge exchanges with local medical professionals, as part of Southern Partnership Station 17 (SPS 17).

Through his 14 years of naval service, with board certifications in pediatric and emergency medicine, the thing Auten remains adamant about, is the emergency room. For him, there is no other place like it.

“I like the ability to be a part of people’s lives,” Auten said. “In those moments, they’re open; they’re coming to you in a moment of need.”

When Auten is not directly practicing medicine and treating patients during SPS 17, he comes to life as a teacher.

“It’s been a unique opportunity to grow as a teacher,” Auten said. “I think it’s been very humbling to watch these people, in both Honduras and Guatemala, really open up their lives and invite us in.”

“They let us give some of our life experience and professional expertise and kind of blend that into their reality,” Auten said.

One of the most influential things about the mission for Auten, was to see the environments in which the doctors and nurses have to work.

“I’ve learned things about how to practice in an austere environment,” Auten said. “[Local doctors] were kind of talking about how they used what they had, or different ways to stop a hemorrhage with tourniquets, from the material they had.”

For Auten, the patients that drive him to be better

as a doctor and a father, are children. The moments, when he can heal children and make a difference in their lives, are the most cherished for him.

“Taking care of children, I feel like that difference that is made is spread out over their entire life,” Auten said. “When you make a difference in a child’s life, you really kind of help them reach that potential they’re kind of meant to go to in their life.”

Auten and his team have been in Guatemala for more than five weeks, traveling to hospitals in Puerto Barrios and building relationships with local doctors and nurses.

He compares practicing medicine to gardening, to show how one can make a profound impact in another’s life.

“It’s like planting a seed in the ground,” Auten said.

“You don’t exactly know what’s going to grow, but, if you nurture it, you can have some pretty amazing fruit.”

Guatemala is the last country stop for SPS 17 medical engagements.

Auten and rest of the team are scheduled to return home after their mission here is complete.

U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet supports U.S. Southern Command’s joint and combined military operations by employing maritime forces in cooperative maritime security operations to maintain access, enhance interoperability, and build enduring partnerships in order to enhance regional security and promote peace, stability, and prosperity in the Caribbean, Central, and South American regions.

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

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CARL VINSON HOSTS F-35C FLIGHTS The Navy’s ďŹ rst stealth ďŹ ghter conducts operations as the aircraft carrier trained off the coast of Southern California.

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Howard Sailors rescue sea turtle in Arabian Gulf SAR swimmers freed creature from halfsunken ďŹ shing boat

By MC2 Tyler Preston USS Howard Public Affairs ARABIAN GULF

Sailors aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83) rescued a sea turtle that was entangled on a half-sunken ďŹ shing vessel in the Arabian Gulf, Oct. 16.

A naval air crewman spotted the small skiff and the entangled sea turtle while conducting operations on an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter from the “Wolf Pack� of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 75.

Upon notiďŹ cation, Howard deployed search and rescue swimmers on a rigid-hull inatable boat to investigate. “Constant vigilance of our surroundings and the ability to adapt and react to any situation is a goal to which we constantly train,â€? Commanding OfďŹ cer of USS Howard Cmdr. Ryan Billington said. “We were able to simultaneously carry out multiple missions. We launched one of our RHIBs (rigid-hulled inatable boats) to cut free and rescue a sea turtle and used our crewserved weapons to sink the vessel completely to make it safe for not only wildlife but the safe navigation of other ships as well.â€?

The crew acted quickly due to the fading light at sunset. It

was a unique opportunity for the crew to serve as protectors of the environment for sea life. “This was a very unusual rescue,� Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Scott Stearns said, one of the ship’s search and rescue (SAR) swimmers. “We train for rescuing people in SAR school so a turtle is a very different situation but it was good practice getting into the water for a real-world situation and we were able to cut the turtle free.�

Howard is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations conducting maritime security operations to reassure allies and partners, preserving freedom of navigation and maintaining the free ow of commerce.

Search and rescue swimmers Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Scott Stearns and Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Mechanical) 3rd Class Harrison Kruger both assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83), rescue a sea turtle entangled on a semi-sunken ďŹ shing vessel.

For more information about Howard, visit www.public. navy.mil/surfor/ddg83 For more news from Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, visit www.navy.mil/local/csg11/.

Photos by MC2 Tyler Preston

DEADLINE FOR RETIREMENT SYSTEM TRAINING NEARING From Chief of Naval Personnel Public Affairs WASHINGTON

Sailors eligible to opt-in to the new Blended Retirement System (BRS) will receive a letter from the Navy to complete their mandatory training

by Dec. 31 if they have not yet done so.

MC3 MacAdam Kane Weissman Sailors aboard the forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) man the rails on the ight deck as the ship arrives for a scheduled port visit in Busan, Republic of Korea. The port visit comes after routine operations in waters off the coast of the Korean Peninsula. Ronald Reagan, the agship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combatready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-PaciďŹ c region.

Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group visits South Korea Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 staff and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, and the BUSAN, REPUBLIC OF KOREA guided-missile destroyers USS Stethem The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike (DDG 63) and USS Chafee (DDG 90) Group arrived in Busan for a port visit, pulled into Busan after participating in Oct. 21.

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BRS training is mandatory and provides Sailors with information that compares the beneďŹ ts of the current retirement system and of BRS. Once the decision to enroll in BRS made, it is irrevocable.

Commands must ensure all of their Sailors have completed the required training and documented the training

through Fleet Management and Planning System (FLTMPS). Training is available on Navy eLearning at https:// www.nel.navy.mil and Joint Knowledge Online at https:// jkodirect.jten.mil/ or may be conducted face-to-face using the OSD syllabus. Âť See TRAINING | B7

Navy’s newest HMs begin training under new SG initiative

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Students from the Navy’s ďŹ rst graduating class students under the new Hospital Corps “Aâ€? School curriculum began follow-on training Oct. 16 under a new Navy Surgeon General (SG) initiative, the Hospital Corpsman (HM) Clinical

Trauma Experience Proof of Concept course.

The HM “A� School class began under the new curriculum in July at the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston (JBSA-FSH), Texas, graduating Oct. 13.

The Navy’s newest HMs will now study and practice in-patient/out-patient clinic

and trauma care, honing skills learned in “Aâ€? school, Chief Hospital Corpsman Yesenia Minaya said, who led the Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command (NMETLC) working group that wrote the curriculum and designed the course. “It’s a combination of inpatient/outpatient and trauma Âť See HOSPITAL | B7

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HeroesatHome Navy to christen expeditionary sea base Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams (ESB 4) From Department of Defense WASHINGTON

The Navy will christen the expeditionary sea base future USNS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) during a 10 a.m. PDT ceremony Saturday, Oct. 21, at General Dynamics NASSCO, San Diego.

The future Hershel “Woody” Williams is the first ship to bear the name of Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer Hershel Woodrow Williams, the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient recognized for heroism at the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. Commanding General of 1st Marine Division Maj. Gen. Eric M. Smith will deliver the ceremony’s principal address. Williams’s daughters, Tracie Jean Ross

courtesy of General Dynamics An undated artist rendering of the future expeditionary sea base USNS Hershel “Woody” Williams (T-ESB 4).

and Travie Jane Ross, who serve as the ship’s sponsors, will break a bottle of sparkling wine across the bow to formally christen the ship, a time-honored Navy tradition.

“This ship honors a man who dedicated his life to

service-heroic service as a Marine and continued service to his fellow veterans,” Secretary of the Navy Honorable Richard V. Spencer said. “This dedication will live on in USNS Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams as the ship is deployed around the

world bringing additional capability to our growing fleet. The ceremony on Saturday will also represent the dedication to service demonstrated by the men and women who worked tirelessly to build this ship and their commitment to quality and innovation.”

The future Hershel “Woody” Williams is optimized to support a variety of maritime-based missions and designed around four core capabilities: aviation facilities, berthing, equipment staging support and command and control assets. ESBs can be enhanced to meet special operations force missions through increased communications, aviation and unmanned aircraft system support.

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Oh my gosh Becky … did you see that officer’s wife?

The title of this article dates me only if you remember the introduction to the ‘90s rap song. Just as intriguing as the lyrics, I want to tackle the traditional stereotype of … gasp … ”the officer’s wife.” We’ve all seen these women at functions ... walking around with confidence … probably wearing makeup and spanx … talking to everyone and smiling. Who does she think she is?

I will never forget my first induction to the stereotypical officer wife. My husband was graduating from Army basic training at Fort Jack-

son, South Carolina. Another spouse and I were small talking to the lady waiting in line with us at the commissary.

During the first few minutes of our conversation, she let us in on a secret … officer’s wives had to apply makeup in the hospital, immediately after they delivered their babies! We were mortified.

The horror and outrage that these poor women had to fix themselves up because they were officer’s wives blew our very naive and impressionable minds.

My husband and I entered the military when we were both 28 years old (please

note here that he is officially older because he was born six months before me). I attribute the lack of getting all wrapped up in the whole officer’s wife and enlisted wife stereotype misconceptions to two of my favorite life philosophies: “Never judge a book by its cover” and “Save the drama for your mama.” I feel that we military spouses have evolved spiritually, emotionally, and have matured out of the “old Army” during the past 15 years, thus squashing some of the ridiculousness that accompanies throwing any group of women into

the same bucket. Ladies, we are the backbones of the military. We are charged with taking on the daunting tasks of nurturing our children, communities, and our spouse sisterhood while our husbands are away. It is through the diversity of our military that unites us and makes us stronger.

I have personally been disrespected by officer’s wives and by enlisted wives. I also maintain strong friendships with both officer and enlisted spouses. The key here is that everyone has their own stories; we are all unique and bring our individuality. I am

Point-class is comprised of five ships across two variants: expeditionary transfer docks and expeditionary sea bases. USNS Montford Point (ESD 1), USNS John Glenn (ESD 2) and USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3) have been delivered to the fleet. ESB 4 is planned to join the fleet in 2018, with ESB 5 to follow in 2019.

The platform has an aviation hangar and flight deck that includes two operating spots capable of landing MH-53E equivalent helicopters, accommodations, workspaces and ordnance storage for an embarked force. The platform will also provide enhanced command and control, communications, computers and intelligence capabilities to support embarked force mission planning and execution. The reconfigurable mission deck area can store embarked force equipment including mine sleds and rigid hull inflatable boats.

Sara Jane Arnett Military spouse contributor

a relationship-type of girl.

If I feel a connection, a likemindedness, positive energy toting, fun and pure-spirited person … I befriend them.

No matter their background, age, culture, politics, or education — friendship prevails!

Instead of perpetuating this whole divide among spouses, I charge you to look beyond your own misgivings and eradicate these negative, false, and unfair pre-judgments. Open your mind and I guarantee you will be surprised how much more we have in common as military spouses than what we do not.

Hey Mom, tricks (and treats) are for kids It was October 1997, and our first child was 2 years old. When he was an infant, I didn’t want to be like those parents who dress their babies up as pea pods or puppy dogs and parade them house to house. Everyone would know I was just showing off … and collecting candy for myself.

But now that Hayden was walking and talking, there was a plausible excuse to go trick-or-treating.

Admittedly, Hayden would have been perfectly happy spending the night at home watching “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” on our VHS tape player in his footed pjs.

Furthermore, we lived in a village near my husband’s duty station at JAC Molesworth, England, where no one trick-or-treated on Halloween anyway.

But I wasn’t about to let English custom ruin my fun.

I took advantage of Hayden’s happy oblivion

his toddler belly, but this added authenticity. He was portraying 1970s Elvis after all, when pills, booze and too many fried peanut butter and formulated a costume and banana sandwiches had idea without his input. In widened the icon’s girth. a pathetic ploy for laughs, After I slicked Hayden’s I decided to transform fine hair back with gel and my chunky little boy into drew pork-chop sideburns a perfect replica of Elvis on his cheeks with an eyePresley. A battery-operated brow pencil, he was ready. microphone and toy electric We headed to the Ameriguitar would ensure that can military housing on Hayden would play along.

RAF Alconbury, where Before Halloween, I trick-or-treating had been measured, cut, and pieced planned. Once there, our together lilac polyester friends could not stop gabardine into wide belllaughing at Hayden’s bottomed pants, an open retro get-up. They snapped shirt with huge tab collars photos, while Hayden gazed and flared sleeves, and a obliviously at their jack-opurple metallic lamé cape. lanterns, and I grinned with My grandmother’s old self-satisfaction. costume jewelry produced a Hayden’s interest in the tacky medallion necklace to whole charade piqued early, complete the ensemble. when our friends gave him On Halloween night, I a King-sized Milky Way wrestled Hayden into the to kick off his first trickoutfit while he whined for or-treating experience. the comfort of his Osh Kosh Although Hayden had eaten B’Gosh overalls. The shirt plenty of birthday cake, he I’d sewn didn’t quite cover had never tried candy. We Lisa Smith Molinari Military spouse contributor

peeled the wrapper down and handed the bar to him.

Like the toy microphone, Hayden did what toddlers do — he put it in his mouth.

His eyes widened and his chubby fist gripped tighter around the bar, where it would remain the rest of the night.

By the time we left our friends’ house, it was 7 p.m. Normally at this time, Hayden would be in my lap, sleepily twirling his fingers through my hair. No sooner did we approach the next porch, than Hayden whined to be carried. Not wanting melted chocolate in my hair, I buckled Hayden into his stroller and we carried on.

Try as we might, Hayden would not say, “Trick-ortreat!” So, we did it for him, while he sat, semi-reclined with chocolate around his mouth, one hand twirling his own sticky hair, and the other one still gripped around the half-melted Milky Way. Elvis would be so proud.

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At the fourth or fifth house, I realized that it would be cruel to go on.

Hayden had mouthed the Milky Way down to a gooey nub, and was whining for his binky and teddy bears.

Hayden fell asleep on the ride home, where I carefully peeled the costume off his pudgy frame, and used diaper wipes to swab away melted chocolate, sideburns and hair gel. Finally in his beloved footed pjs, I lowered him gently into bed.

In the glimmer of his Winnie the Pooh night light, I paused a moment to wonder if I’d been a bad mother.

As if on cue, Hayden’s heavy eyelids opened, and he smiled up at me before nuzzling back into his teddy bears.

“Love you, too, punkin’,” I whispered, silently promising him many Happy Halloweens to come.

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NAVY WEEK RETURNS TO FORT WORTH

By M. Dawn Scott Navy Office of Community Outreach Public Affairs MILLINGTON, TENN.

Texas’ Cowtown will host sailors from USS Fort Worth (LCS 3), USS Constitution, Navy Band Southwest and the U.S. Navy Leap Frogs Parachute Team to celebrate Fort Worth Navy Week, Oct. 23–29.

The Navy Week, which features approximately 70 outreach events with the community, is scheduled to culminate with the Bell Helicopter Fort Worth Alliance Air Show Oct. 28 and 29, featuring the U.S. Navy Blue Angels.

In addition, Rear Adm. Rebecca McCormick-Boyle, a 36-year veteran serving as Commander of Navy Medicine Education and Training Command in San Antonio, will act as the Navy Week’s flag host and accept a Navy Week proclamation from Fort Worth’s mayor, Betsy Price.

Throughout the week, McCormick-Boyle will meet with corporate, civic, education and government leaders in order to increase Navy awareness, its mission and the importance of the Navy.

Naval Air Station Fort Worth, Joint Reserve Base Commanding Officer Capt. Jonathan R. Townsend will also engage with the community as part of this outreach effort.

Navy representatives plan to spend the week interacting with school children, local businesses, business leaders and the community

at several events and performances throughout the city.

The Navy Week program is designed to raise awareness about the Navy in areas that traditionally do not have a naval presence.

“Because the Navy is concentrated primarily on both coasts, we’re challenged to communicate our mission away from fleet concentration areas,” said John Wallach, Deputy Director, Navy Office of Community Outreach. “That’s where the Navy Week program comes in.”

Lt. j.g. Davis Anderson, lead planner for Fort Worth Navy Week, agreed, adding that “the central part of the country doesn’t have regular access to the Navy. This Navy Week will allow us to canvas the city and help people understand their Navy’s mission and capabilities.”

The Leap Frogs will kick the outreach effort off Saturday, Oct. 21, with a jump at the Texas Christian University game against University of Kansas Jayhawks, and Sunday at the FC Dallas Soccer game at Toyota Stadium.

The Leap Frogs will continue their week with four additional jumps at local schools, parks and Boys & Girls clubs.

Navy Band Southwest will play free performances across the city, at schools, city libraries and community events, including performances Oct. 21, at the ArtsGoggle Music Festival at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.

Sailors dressed in uniforms from 1812, assigned to USS Constitution, otherwise known as “Old Ironsides,”

MC1 Joshua Hammond USS Constitution Executive Officer Lt. Cmdr. Timothy Anderson shows off a constitution cutlass at the local Ronald McDonald House during Navy Week Salt Lake City 2017. Navy Week programs serve as the principal outreach effort into areas of the country without a significant Navy presence, helping Americans understand that their Navy is deployed around the world, around the clock, ready to defend America at all times.

Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Destany Becker, right, assigned to USS Constitution, speaks to students at Capitol Hill High School during a community relations event as part of Navy Week Oklahoma City. An Oklahoma City native, Becker is a graduate of Capitol Hill High School. Navy Week programs serve as the principal outreach effort into areas of the country without a significant Navy presence, helping Americans understand that their Navy is deployed around the world, around the clock, ready to defend America at all times.

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and Sailors from USS Fort Worth will entertain and inform students and answer questions about life aboard both ships.

Additionally, Sailors from Navy Recruiting District Dallas, the Ceremonial Guard Drill Team, and the Navy Explosive Ordinance Disposal

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Fort Worth Navy Week is

one of only 15 Navy Weeks in 2017 which focus a variety of assets, equipment, and personnel on a single city for a weeklong series of engagements designed to bring America’s Navy closer to the people it protects.

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Future USS Little Rock to be commissioned in Buffalo, NY From Naval Surface Forces Public Affairs SAN DIEGO

Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer announced October 18 the newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship, PCU Little Rock (LCS 9), will be commissioned during a ceremony Saturday, December 16 at Canalside Buffalo.

The future LCS 9, commanded by Cmdr. Todd Peters, is the tenth littoral combat ship to enter the fleet and the fifth of the Freedom variant design. It is the second warship named for the Arkansas state capital and will be commissioned alongside its namesake ship, which serves as a museum at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park.

In the summer of 2013, the keel of Little Rock was laid down. The ship was christened and launched on July 18, 2015 during a ceremony at Marinette Marine Corporation’s shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin.

The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is a class of Small Surface Combatants with specific capabilities focused to defeat global challenges in the near-show (littoral) environ-

ment. LCS is optimized for flexibility in the littorals with mission reconfigurable capability. Employing a System-of-Systems approach through a series of modular mission packages, unmanned vehicles and an innovative hull design, the LCS is designed to incrementally add combat capabilities through its reconfigurable mission packages. LCS is a cost effective solution to provide joint force access in the littorals, in an environment of evolving accessdenial threats and proliferation of asymmetric weapons and strategies, particularly mines; small, fast, highly armed boats operating in groups; and diesel submarines operating in shallow water. LCS is designed to operate independently in low-tomedium threat environments, and to fight and operate in high-threat environments as part of a networked battle force which includes larger, multi-mission surface combatants.

The LCS class consists of two variants, the Freedom variant and the Independence variant, designed and built by two industry teams.

The Freedom variant team is led

by Lockheed Martin (for the oddnumbered hulls, e.g. LCS 1). The

U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin/Released The future littoral combat ship USS Little Rock (LCS 9) is underway during a high-speed run in Lake Michigan during acceptance trials.

Independence variant team is led by Austal USA (for LCS 6 and the subsequent even-numbered hulls).

After commissioning in Buffalo, she will make her way to homeport

in Mayport, Florida.

For more information about the Littoral Combat Ship class visit http://www.navy.

mil/navydata /fact_ display. asp?cid= 4200&tid=1650&ct= 4 For more news from Naval Surface Forces, visit www.navy.mil/local/cnsp/.

NAVSUP is a great place to work, says new video Personnel at the Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) San Diego assist in the coordination and delivery of more than 50,000 pounds of humanitarian aid and supplies as part of earthquake relief efforts for Mexico.

By Debbie Dortch NAVSUP Office of Corporate Communications MECHANICSBURG, PA.

A newly released video highlights the benefits of working for Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP).

Civilian employees from across the NAVSUP enterprise were interviewed about their experiences working at NAVSUP and what makes NAVSUP a great workplace.

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NHCCC Sailor first in Army Medic 68W Program

By Bill W. Love Naval Health Clinic Corpus Christi Public Affairs CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS

Hospitalman Daniel R. Frink, the first Sailor in the Army’s 68W Utilization Program, was awarded the silver badge by Brooke Army Medical Center Deputy Commanding Officer Col. Traci Crawford on Oct. 18, 2017.

The ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, recognized the first Navy hospital corpsman to undergo the Army’s new program launched Jan. 17.

That program concentrates on readiness, allowing medics to practice the necessary skills required to maintain their core competencies in preparation for being forward-deployed.

Readiness is a top Navy Medicine priority.

The opportunity for NHCCC corpsmen to train with Army

medics in this program was as welcomed as it was unexpected.

On Aug. 16, 2017, Brooke Army Medical Center Commanding General Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Johnson visited Corpus Christi Army Depot that included a tour at Naval Health Clinic Corpus Christi later in the day.

During Johnson’s visit, NHCCC Commanding Officer Capt. Miguel A. Cubano, who up to that time had been unaware of the Army’s 68W program, discussed his idea for getting corpsmen practical experience at a Level I trauma center.

Cubano is a surgeon and had already exchanged thoughts with one of his close friends, a director at Ben Taub, in Houston, one of three Level I trauma centers in Southeast Texas.

Johnson was receptive to Cubano’s ideas and suggested that NHCCC hospital corps-

men obtain their hands-on training in San Antonio.

Cubano replied without hesitation.

“Sir, if you open those doors, I’ll tell you right now we’ll definitely take you up on that,” said Cubano, adding that it was as simple as a handshake and a willingness to participate.

“I was very pleasantly surprised at how open the general and his command sergeant major were about us participating,” Cubano said.

Naval Health Clinic Corpus Christi’s priorities are readiness, health and partnerships, so collaborating with the Army about improving readiness in a joint environment is the perfect opportunity for outstanding Navy corpsmen like Frink.

Frink, from Simsbury, Connecticut, reported to Naval Health Clinic Corpus Christi San Antonio Detachment in February 2017.

He participates in sick call

for active duty Army, Navy and Air Force students stationed at Fort Sam Houston. He also helps manage readiness for the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard population in the San Antonio area.

“I had no idea what a Hospital Corpsman was before walking into a recruitment office for the Navy. My recruiter was an AO2 [Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class] that had nothing but good things to say about the Docs he’s worked with and around,” Frink said. “He sold me on the history and the opportunity that corpsmen have in today’s Navy.

“When I was able to work at Naval Hospital Guam in the inpatient setting I had a chance to see my work actively affect someone’s life and health. I always enjoyed being able to help someone and Navy Medicine is allowing me to do that.”

During his short time in San Antonio, Frink has already

achieved recognition as the Blue Jacket of the 4th Quarter, fiscal 2017. His new silver badge is just another indication of his dedication to Navy Medicine.

The Army medics that Frink trained with wear color-coded badges to serve as a visual cue for the healthcare team so they know the 68W’s level of proficiency.

Level one is a black badge, which signifies the new 68W possesses basic skills. Level two’s silver badge shows the medic has demonstrated all direct patient care skills, but not yet completed their table eight high stakes simulation competencies. If the medic achieves all of their competencies, they become “Master Medics” and obtain a gold badge.

Frink is now eligible to complete his requirements for the coveted Gold.

“We’re very proud of him and proud of the jointness and

U.S. Navy photo Hospitalman Daniel R. Frink the first Sailor in the Army’s 68W Utilization Program, was awarded the silver badge.

the offer that the general and Command Sergeant Major [Diamond] Hough provided us to allow our corpsmen to go to the only [military] premier Level I trauma center in the [area], said Cubano who plans to send additional deserving Sailors who are very eager to learn.

For more news from Naval Health Clinic Corpus Christi, visit www.navy.mil/local/ nhcc/.

Constitution to participate in Fort Worth Navy Week From USS Constitution Public Affairs BOSTON

Sailors assigned to USS Constitution will participate in Fort Worth Navy Week in Fort Worth, Texas, Oct. 23–29.

Constitution Sailors will kick off their participation by giving presentations on the history of USS Constitution and the U.S. Navy to students at Rosemont Middle MC1 Joshua Hammond School.

Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Joao Moreira, assigned to USS Constitution, They will participate in leads a Salt Lake City Navy Week Presentation at St. Eugene’s Catholic presentations at Brewer MidSchool on Constitution’s rigging and sails. Navy Weeks focus a variety dle School, McLean Middle of assets, equipment and personnel on a single city for a weeklong School, Tannahill Intermeseries of engagements designed to bring America’s Navy closer to the diate School, Forest Oak people it protects, in cities that don’t have a large naval presence.

Middle School, the Martin

Branch of Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Fort Worth, and Summerglen Library.

Additionally, Constitution Sailors will perform color guard details at a Brewer Middle School football game and a Texas Christian University Volleyball Game.

They are also scheduled to build a home with Habitat for Humanity.

“Navy Weeks are some of the best opportunities that our Sailors get to experience while stationed aboard USS Constitution,” Constitution’s Executive Officer Lt. Cmdr.

Timothy Anderson said. “It gives them an opportunity to take what they’ve learned at Constitution and share that

history and enthusiasm with the rest of the country.”

Lastly, Sailors will perform a color guard detail at a Texas Christian University Soccer Game.

This is the ninth Navy Week that Constitution Sailors have participated in this year. They participated in similar activities in Mobile, Austin, Memphis, Spokane and Indianapolis, Portland, Maine, Oklahoma City and Salt Lake City.

The primary purpose of the Navy Week program is to increase Navy awareness by presenting the Navy to Americans who live in cities that normally do not have a significant naval presence.

Fort Worth Navy Week will showcase the mission, capabilities and achievements of the U.S. Navy and provide residents the opportunity to meet Sailors firsthand.

Constitution is located in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston and is the world’s oldest commissioned warship afloat. The ship welcomes more than 500,000 visitors a year.

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An F-35C Lightning II from the “Rough Raiders”of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 125 prepares to make an arrested cable landing on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is conducting fleet replacement squadron carrier qualifications off the coast of Southern California.

Photos by MC2 Sean M. Castellano

USS Carl Vinson conducts F-35C flight operations

By MC2 Rebecca Sunderland USS Carl Vinson Public Affairs PACIFIC OCEAN

The Navy’s first stealth fighter conducted flight operations Oct. 18, aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) as the aircraft carrier trained off the coast of Southern California.

An F-35C Lightning II, the Navy variant of the Joint Strike Fighter, landed on and launched from Carl Vinson during day and nighttime operations, completing another step toward becoming an operationally capable aircraft.

“The training helped us to confidently land and launch an aircraft we’ve never dealt with before,” Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Alexsis Labrake said.

“Being the first to ever do it on the Vinson was a pretty cool experience.”

The aircraft from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 125, based in Lemoore, California, flew aboard as Carl Vinson conducted carrier qualifications.

“We’re supporting efforts to flight test the current helmet-mounted display system,” VFA-125’s operations officer Lt. Cmdr. Josh Reynolds said.

The F-35C is the world’s only fifth generation, longrange stealth strike fighter designed and built for aircraft carrier operations. It is scheduled to achieve the initial operating capability for the Navy late next year.

Carl Vinson will likely be

CSCSU’s new radar simulator enhances training

By Brian Walsh Training Support Center Public Affairs GREAT LAKES

Students graduating from Electronics Technician (ET) and Fire Controlman (FC) “A” schools trained on the radar simulator partial task trainer (PTT) at Center for Surface Combat Systems Unit (CSCSU) Great Lakes.

Over the past year, students have been utilizing the new system after a complete overhaul of the equipment.

The modernization of the PTTs provided systems that more closely resemble those found aboard current ships in the fleet greatly enhancing the course for Electronics Technician (ET) and Fire Controlman (FC) “A” school students.

“Bridging from the old AN/ SPS 64 system to the AN/SPST1 lab allows us to mimic the current technology available in all ships,” CSCSU instructor Electronics technician 2nd Class Ric Chartier said. “It also allows Sailors to interact with the system as if it were a fully functioning onboard radar. The most direct change has been overall efficiency. For each bay in the old lab, we would have to replace good components with bad components for trouble-

the first West Coast-based carrier to deploy with an F35C squadron after undergoing a scheduled maintenance period in 2019.

“It really is a first,” Reynolds said. “For the first time, we will have the ability to launch a stealthy, deep-strike outfit from a carrier that can take part in penetration of enemy air defenses on day one.”

Commissioned in 1982, Carl Vinson is America’s third Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. The ship’s primary mission is to conduct sus- An F-35C Lightning II from the “Rough Raiders” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 125 prepares tained combat air operations to make an arrested cable landing on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl with an air wing complement Vinson (CVN 70). of more than 60 aircraft.

Vinson operates with a deterrent against aggression of the F-35C, coupled with group’s battlespace awarestrike group that serves as and protecting U.S. interests proven aircraft in the current ness, lethality and survivabilthe Navy’s premier forward- around the world.

U.S. inventory, significantly ity. deployed force, providing a The unique capabilities enhance the carrier strike

US Navy releases draft request for proposal for Coast Guard icebreaker design, construction From Team Ships Public Affairs Brian Walsh Student from Electronics Technician and Fire Controlman “A” School prepares to troubleshoot the radar simulator partial task trainer (PTT) at Center for Surface Combat Systems Unit Great Lakes. Over the past year students have been utilizing the PTT system after a a complete overhaul of the equipment.

shooting. Now we just input an issue through our instructor’s computer for the students to troubleshoot.”

With the ability to change faults over a network verse physically switching components allows the student to have more time to work with the equipment and troubleshoot the equipment so they get a better understanding of what they need to know in the fleet.

The PTT is also able to be updated. Personnel have the ability to make changes and upgrade systems allowing the Navy to keep pace with emerging technologies in the industry and allow Sailors to be better prepared when they arrive at their next assignment.

“Training at CSCSU teaches Sailors basic operation principles needed to troubleshoot the equipment and make necessary repairs,” Chartier said.

“The new PTT is a replica of the general components you would find across almost all Radar systems. This provides transparency when accession level students are selected for a Navy Enlisted Classification Code or “C” school for specific radar systems.”

For any radar system, high voltages are required to generate

the power necessary to transmit and receive signals that can be converted into good video of contacts. In a computer-generated system, the potential voltages are there but the current they are being sent at is greatly reduced to create less potential for shock.

“With simulated signals, the potential for injury and damage to the equipment is lessened,” Chartier said. “Current of the signals in the system is lowered so the students can see the correct voltages and waveforms safely. Lastly, the PTT is modeled after the systems that are currently used in the Fleet.

The older AN/SPS-64 has been fading out of use over time and is now obsolete. Just like any high-end education you want to train on the newest, most up and coming equipment to be ready for what’s ahead.”

Another benefit is by having the ability to generate faulty signals for troubleshooting by the click of a button there is no need to have an extensive inventory of faulty circuit cards and components that overtime must be kept and maintained.

“The benefits of the PTT are unlimited,” Chartier said. “We have a safe system that costs less and, by having simulated

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voltages and faults; we have a wider range of faults we are able to present to the students, giving them a better grasp of what they might encounter in the fleet. Ultimately the PTT gives the real feel of a full system, giving the trainee the ability to show competency in the system.”

According to CSCSU Great Lakes Commanding Officer Cmdr. Scott Dancer, who sees no downside to the system.

“Since T-1 implementation the feedback from student critiques has been overwhelmingly positive,” Dancer said. “They want more lab time and more faults to troubleshoot. The T-1s provide us the means to get the students the reps and sets they need to build confidence and reinforce radar theory, the sixstep troubleshooting process, test equipment use, safety fundamentals, 3M, and Combat systems operational sequencing system. The ability to inject faults via a network connection reduces parts support requirements and lab set up time. This equates to increased lab and instructor availability to train students.”

The U.S. Navy, in collaboration with the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) under an Integrated Program Office (IPO), released a draft Request for Proposal (RFP) Oct. 19 for the detail design and construction of a Heavy Polar Icebreaker (HPIB).

The draft RFP is for one HPIB, with options for two additional HPIBs. The USCG requires new heavy icebreakers to ensure continued access to both Polar Regions and support the country’s economic, commercial, maritime and national security needs.

The draft RFP is for comments, questions, and planning purposes and is provided as an advance notice to ease proposal lead time and assist teaming arrangements, if applicable. Responses to the draft RFP are due Dec. 11 and will support release of the RFP early next year. Contract award is planned for fiscal year 2019, subject to appropriations.

Release of the draft RFP represents the IPO’s latest effort to refine requirements and reduce acquisition costs for the HPIB procurement. Earlier this year the USCG awarded five firm-fixed price contracts for early design studies and analysis and conducted model testing with the National Research Council of Canada and the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division.

The contracting agency is the Naval Sea Systems Command. Additional information on the Heavy Polar Icebreaker program can be found at: www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9/Programs/Surface-Programs/ Polar-Icebreaker/.

For more news from Training Support Center, Great Lakes, visit www.navy.mil/local/tscgl/.

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Formidable Shield 2017 concludes with ship engaging supersonic target From U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet Public Affairs NAPLES, ITALY

Ships from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States participated in a successful live-fire integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) scenario, defending against a supersonic target Oct. 17.

This concludes exercise Formidable Shield 2017 (FS17), which began Sept.

24. Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO) conducted Formidable Shield on behalf of the U.S. 6th Fleet.

During the collective selfdefense scenario, the Netherlands frigate HNLMS Tromp (F803) fired a Standard Missile (SM) 2 and an Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) against the supersonic target.

U.S. Air Force F-16 Fight-

ing Falcons from 31st Fighter Wing, Aviano Air Base, Italy, were designated as “opposition forces” and fired the supersonic target during this exercise scenario.

“Events like this require a joint effort, from all different type of assets, and represent a great opportunity to demonstrate the cooperation among Allies on the development of integrated air missile defense capabilities,” STRIKFORNATO deputy chief of staff of operations Italian navy Rear Adm. Francesco Covella said.

“Formidable Shield is the right opportunity for forces to practice together and to allow them to adapt tactics and procedures to strengthen and improve NATO collective ability to defend against increasingly complex ballistic missile and air threats,” Covella said.

The two missiles fired against the supersonic target Oct. 17 occurred during the third live-fire event of

FS17. During FS17, four nations conducted a total of 11 successful missile launches.

During the first live-fire event Oct. 7, the Canadian frigate HMCS Montreal (FFH 336) fired three Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles (ESSM) and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) fired two SM-2s at four incoming antiship cruise missiles. During the second live-fire event on Oct. 15, the Arleigh Burkeclass guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) fired one SM-3 Block IB guided missile against a medium-range ballistic missile target.

Also on Oct. 15, the Spanish frigate SPS Alvaro de Bazan (F101) fired one ESSM against an incoming anti-ship cruise missile while Tromp fired two ESSMs against a pair of incoming anti-ship cruise missiles.

Notable ‘firsts’ that oc-

curred during FS17 include: the first time NATO’s smart defense concept was demonstrated with ships serving as air defense units protecting naval ballistic missile defense units; the first no-notice launch of anti-ship cruise missiles as part of an IAMD scenario; and the first time a NATO IAMD task group was exercised at sea.

“The IAMD Task Group demonstrated our ability, as an alliance, to operate at the highest end of warfare,” Commander of STRIKEFORNATO Vice Adm. Christopher W. Grady said. “Our NATO allies and partners are committed to working together in any environment, even in hurricane conditions. I applaud the 3,300 professionals from 10 nations who showed their flexibility, adaptability, and teamwork during the highly successful, challenging, nonotice scenarios.”

More than 14 ships, 10

aircraft and approximately 3,300 personnel from Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, the U.K. and the U.S., participated in FS17 on the U.K. Ministry of Defense’s Hebrides Range located on the Western Isles of Scotland.

“We are stronger together,” Grady said. “By using the Smart Defense concept and pooling our resources, we can maintain our competitive edge in the maritime environment. The commitment to BMD, IAMD, and the collective defense of NATO European territory, populations, and forces was obvious during Formidable Shield 17, and I look forward to what we can accomplish in 2019.”

FS is designed to improve allied interoperability in an IAMD environment, using NATO command-and-control reporting structures and datalink architecture. FS17

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training with the ultimate goal being trauma care,” Minaya said, one of 10 officer and enlisted instructors representing multiple specialties from commands across Navy Medicine. “The course is 12 weeks and includes classroom, medical simulation and hands-on clinical training.”

The training is a combined effort that aligns with Navy Surgeon General Vice Adm. Forrest Faison’s priority of partnerships. The training partnership is between Navy Medicine, the Department of Veteran’s Affairs (VA), and James H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, a level-one trauma center in Chicago, Illinois, referred to as “Cook County.”

Six weeks of classes and in-patient/out-patient clinical training are being conducted at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (FHCC) located near Naval Training Center (NTC) Great Lakes, Illinois.

Six weeks of trauma training will happen at Cook County.

The program is one Navy Medicine is considering in an effort to prepare and sustain corpsmen medically ready during a period of decreased conflict, said Lt. Elisha Gowen, an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) charge nurse at Naval Hospital Guam and a course instructor.

“It also provides an opportunity for brand new corpsmen to become more familiar with basic inpatient procedures and trauma situations

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to better prepare them before arriving at their first duty station,” Gowen said.

The course is one of several hospital corps training programs developed by NMETLC in response to Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral John Richardson’s competence and character priorities that include achieving the best possible performance through learning. The program also responds to Faison’s second readiness goal to achieve maximum future life-saving capabilities and survivability along the continuum of care through training and educational programs.

Cmdr. Shawn Passons, an ICU, Emergency and Flight Nurse, and an Adult Education and Training Specialist at the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) in Falls Church, Virginia, said the SG’s overarching vision is to provide ready medical personnel. She said that vision will be made stronger with this concept.

“The Surgeon General’s HM Clinical Trauma Experience Proof of Concept is an excellent opportunity to ensure our corpsmen are provided with experiences they can use to build a strong medical foundation, resilience, and enhanced knowledge and expectations in trauma situations,” Passons said.

A course instructor, Passons called the instructor training team “unique” with each having “personal knowledge and experience of trauma situations that they can capitalize on to help shape

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Ultimate goal is trauma care Continued from B1

was the inaugural iteration of what is planned to be a recurring, biennial event designed to assure allies, deter adversaries, and demonstrate our commitment to the collective defense of the NATO alliance.

U.S. ships that participated in Formidable Shield include Donald Cook, Mitscher, the Arleigh Burke-class guidedmissile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81), and the Louis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13).

STRIKFORNATO is a rapidly deployable headquarters that provides scalable command and control across the full spectrum of the alliance’s fundamental security tasks. As part of that mission, STRIKFORNATO is responsible for integrating U.S. naval and amphibious forces into NATO operations.

U.S. 6th Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations, often in concert with allied and interagency partners, to advance U.S. national interests and security and stability in Europe and Africa.

Continued from B1

MC1 Jacquelyn D. Childs Hospital corpsman (HM) “A” School students assess a simulated patient during a mock shipboard mass casualty drill at the Medical Education and Training Campus on board Joint Base San Antonio — Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

and mold the students to a level that has not previously been seen from ‘A’ school graduates.”

The program has significant potential to provide critical skills training in both a controlled simulation environment and in a trauma environment while still in a training status, said Lt. Cmdr.

Autumn Riddell, an ER (Emergency Room)/Trauma Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP), Virginia, and a course instructor.

“Part of my role as a CNS is to manage the Hospital Corpsman Orientation Program for the Emergency Department at NMCP,” Riddell said. “The corpsmen graduating from this Clinical Trauma Experience Proof of Concept course will be afforded some amazing opportunities to get these hands-on experiences that will help ensure they are ready to provide efficient

care when they report to their first duty station. They will already have been exposed to patient care and will have had the opportunity to work on their critical skills such as patient assessments, IV starts, blood draws, EKG’s, etcetera.”

While FHCC training will focus on hospital in-patient/ out-patient clinical skills, the experience at Cook County will emphasize the importance of teamwork in medicine and give students their first experience treating injuries similar to what they will see in combat, Lt. Cmdr.

Corey Fancher said, a Navy nurse with a subspecialty in ER medicine, who is the patient safety manager at Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point, North Carolina.

“They will learn early whether they are equipped to handle that level of trauma and learn to over-come fear and hesitation not uncommon

to individuals the first time they care for a trauma patient,” Fancher said, a course instructor who deployed to Kuwait and Iraq in support of Operation Inherit Resolve.

All 10 instructors share a passion for quality patient care, they are enthused and motivated by the opportunity to help prepare the next generation of hospital corpsmen, and each is visibly excited to be a part of the SG’s initiative.

“We’re helping pave the way for the future of the hospital corps,” Minaya said. “It is extremely humbling. We have a dynamic group of instructors. Together we will ensure the students capitalize on their training and clinical experience to help set them up for success in clinical and trauma settings.”

For more news from Navy Medicine Education and Training Command, visit www.navy.mil/local/nmsc/.

Navy is also sending letters to all active and Reserve Sailors eligible to opt-in notifying them that they may enroll in BRS starting Jan. 1, 2018 through their Defense Finance and Accounting Service myPay account.

Sailors are opt-in eligible if they are an active component member and will have fewer than 12 years of service as of Dec. 31, or are a Reserve component member, to include Full Time Support personnel, and will have fewer than 4,320 points as of Dec. 31.

There is no automatic enrollment into BRS for opt-in eligible sailors. Sailors will remain under the current retirement plan unless they choose to enroll in BRS. New Sailors who first join the Navy on or after Jan. 1, 2018 will be automatically enrolled in BRS. Sailors who have questions about eligibility for BRS should talk with their Command Career Counselor or Command Financial Specialist.

More information on BRS can be found on the Navy BRS webpage at: www. public.navy.mil/bupersnpc/support/21st_Century_ Sailor/readiness/ Pages /Personal-Financial-Management.aspx.

Visit increases goodwill, partnership between US, South Korea

Continued from B1 The focus of the bilateral training exercise was to increase the readiness of U.S. and Republic of Korea (ROK) forces and maintain stability on the Korean Peninsula.

A ROK Navy band played and children, dressed in traditional Korean clothing, presented flower leis to the leadership upon arrival.

“This port visit is the perfect ending to this regularly scheduled exercise with our Republic of Korea Navy counterparts,” Commander of Task Force 70 Rear Adm. Marc Dalton said.

“After building interoperability at sea, exchanging cultures on liberty is a great way to deepen the relationship between our sailors and our nations.”

The U.S. Navy routinely conducts carrier strike group operations in the waters around the Korean Peninsula to maintain interoperability, exercise maritime maneuvers, strengthen the U.S.-ROK alliance and improve regional security. Exercises are conducted throughout the year, including subject matter expert exchanges, anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare drills, communication drills, air defense exercises, counter-mine planning and distinguished visitor embarkations.

The visits after the exercise serve to increase goodwill and partnership between the two nations through multiple service and sporting events, ship tours, and a shipboard reception for ROK civic, business and military leaders.

While in port, Sailors will have the opportunity to build relationships and give back a little by participating in various community service events where they can help out at local schools and assisted living homes in the area.

The Sailors can go shopping, tour the city, sample the cuisine or just relax after the challenging schedule of being at sea.

For others, there will be opportunities to take morale, welfare and recreation trips to different cultural, religious, adventure or sport centers in the area.

The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to support security and stability in the Indo-AsiaPacific.

MC3 MacAdam Kane Weissman The forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) maneuvers along the coast prior to a scheduled port visit in Busan, Republic of Korea. The port visit comes after routine operations in waters off the coast of the Korean Peninsula. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

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Ship designer John Ericsson had a lot on his mind in fall 1861. He was watching his blueprint become the ironclad vessel the Navy had commissioned to take on the Confederatesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; iron beast in one of the Civil Warâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most famous showdowns.

Today, Ericsson still has a lot on his mind . The cardboard sculpture of him at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art in Virginia Beach wears a wooden 10-foot replica of the USS Monitor like a hat, the real and metaphorical brainchild of the Swedish inventor who died in 1889.

It is one piece of the imaginative world â&#x20AC;&#x153;Monitoriumâ&#x20AC;? created by Wayne White, the Emmy award-winning art director, illustrator and artist behind MOCAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest exhibition.

White is considered a phenom in the art world for his spectrum of work, from literal larger-than-life puppets to extravagant set designs, to ďŹ ne art and simple word paintings. Fans of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pee -weeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Playhouse,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shining Time Station,â&#x20AC;? and the science show â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beakmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Worldâ&#x20AC;? have seen his work; White has also won Billboard and MTV Music Video awards for his art direction for Peter Gabriel and the Smashing Pumpkins. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He cannot be categorized; heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a one-ofa-kind artist,â&#x20AC;? said Alison Byrne, director of exhibitions and education at MOCA. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s had success in so many areas, and he can put his hand to any one of them and do them exceedingly well.â&#x20AC;?

Wayne White: Monitorium

Through Feb. 11, 2018, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), 2200 Parks Ave., Virginia Beach. www.virginiamoca.org, 757-4250000 The Museum is open Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m. Cost $7.70 for adults, $5.50 for seniors/65+, students, including children 5 and older, and active military. MOCA members and children 4 and younger are free.

About eight years ago, White started creating site installations that combine his loves of art, history and folklore.

The Chattanooga, Tenn., native picked up the storytelling tradition of the South, he said, and these exhibitions allow him to tell a narrative of a place in his unique, often comical, style.

White has said of his work: â&#x20AC;&#x153;If itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not risky, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not doing it right.â&#x20AC;?

He created a rodeo for Oklahoma City and a puppet parade in Shreveport, La. His largest creation was last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wayne-o-Ramaâ&#x20AC;? in his hometown that included a replica of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s landmark, Lookout Mountain. It also included masks, characters and puppets based on blues singer Bessie Smith, actor Samuel L. Jackson and Sequoyah, who created the Cherokee alphabet.

One of Whiteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s word paintings was in MOCAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Turn the Page: The First Ten Years of Hi-Fructoseâ&#x20AC;? exhibition last year, and he was asked to consider a month-long

Stephen Michael Haas, center, gets instructions from artist Wayne White in preparing for his show.

Wayne Whiteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work in Monitorium came from his fascination with the battle of the Merrimack and the Monitor, and his desire to bring comedy to the tragedy of war.

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LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS COMPETE TO INCREASE SEAT BELT USE From Drive Safe Hampton Roads

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Virginia’s seat belt use reaches record high; partners seeking 100 percent From Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles

Virginia’s seat belt use rate has reached a record high of 85.3 percent, the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has announced. However, as 236 unbelted motorists have died in crashes this year in the Commonwealth, DMV, Virginia law enforcement and nonprofit partners continue their efforts toward 100 percent compliance.

“Virginia’s seat belt use rate has averaged around 79 percent, so anytime we see that number go up, it’s a great thing,” said DMV Commissioner Richard D. Holcomb, the Governor’s Highway Safety Representative. “But, as long as Virginians continue to lose their lives be-

cause they aren’t wearing their seat belt, our work is not yet complete.”

In recent years, more than half of the people who died in Virginia crashes in vehicles equipped with safety restraints weren’t using them. In 2016, 304 unrestrained drivers or passengers were killed in Virginia crashes. There were 310 unrestrained fatalities in 2015; in 2014, there were 256.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), seat belt users are 45 percent less likely to be fatally injured in a crash. In addition, statistics show that 80 percent of people ejected in a crash die; 30 percent of unbelted motorists are ejected during a crash.

NHTSA studies show that drivers and

front-seat passengers are five times more likely to die in a crash if the rear passengers are not wearing seat belts, and this is particularly the case in head-on collisions.

According to NHTSA, child safety seats reduce the risk of fatal injury for infants by 71 percent in passenger cars.

For toddlers, the risk is reduced by 54 percent.

“There are two simple things you can do to help Virginia reach a new record high seat belt use rate next year: Always buckle up and make sure everyone in your vehicle is properly secured,” Commissioner Holcomb said. “It only takes a second, and it very well may save your life or the life of someone you love.”

Thirty-two local high schools will compete in the 2017-2018 Get It Together High School Seat Belt Challenge. Led by Drive Safe Hampton Roads and supported by local traffic safety groups, the Get It Together Challenge aims to increase seat belt use and improve driving behaviors for teens in Hampton Roads, in an effort to save young lives.

Get It Together uses a student driven education program and observational seat belt checks in school parking lots to change behavior. The event is held during National Teen Driver Safety Week, Oct. 15-21.

The Get It Together Challenge is in its 20th consecutive year and has successfully increased seat belt use in the Hampton Roads area each year. Last year’s contest, completed in spring 2017, included 31 schools and more than 49,000 students, with better than 50 percent of the schools ending the challenge at more than 90 percent seat belt use and an average increase in seat belt use of 6.8 percent.

This year’s contest includes 32 schools representing the cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Isle of Wight, James City County, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach and York County.

Drive Safe Hampton Roads joins community partners AAA Tidewater Virginiaä, State Farmä, and DMV: The Virginia Highway Safety Office as sponsors of the Get It Together High School Safety Belt Challenge for the 2017– 2018 school year.

Schools participating in the

2017-18 Get It Together Seat Belt Challenge are: Chesapeake: Deep Creek High School, Grassfield High School, Indian River High School, Hickory High School Hampton: Hampton High School, Kecoughtan High School, Phoebus High School Isle of Wight: Smithfield High School, Windsor High School James City County: Jamestown High School, Lafayette High School, Warhill High School Newport News: Heritage High School, Warwick High School, Woodside High School Norfolk: Granby High School, Lake Taylor High School, Norview High School Poquoson: Poquoson High School Portsmouth: Churchland High School, Woodrow Wilson High School Suffolk: Kings Fork High School Virginia Beach: Bayside High School, First Colonial High School, Kellam High School, Landstown High School, Ocean Lakes High School, Tallwood High School York County: Bruton High School, Grafton High School, Tabb High School, York High School Drive Safe Hampton Roads (DSHR) is a non-profit regional coalition with the goal is to increase the community’s involvement and awareness of traffic safety issues.

For almost 30 years, Drive Safe Hampton Roads has been dedicated to preventing crashes, injuries, and fatalities on the region’s roadways.

For more information: www. drivesafehr.org or call 757498-2562.

calendar Bluebird Gap Farm Festival Oct. 28, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Bluebird Gap Farm, 60 Pine Chapel Road, Hampton www.hampton.gov/bbgf The event, held rain or shine, will include punkin’ chunkin’, live entertainment, happy hay rides, craft beer and food available for purchase. Free and open to the public.

Dismal Day at Dismal Swamp State Park Oct. 28, 10 a.m.–2 p.m., Dismal Swamp State Park, 2294 US 17 North, South

Mills, N.C. 252-771-8333 A family festival including food vendors, children’s crafts, raptors, nature-based vendors, free wagon and boat rides. A 5K Fun Run/ Walk will start at 9 a.m. on the Dismal Swamp Canal Trail.

Day of the Dead Celebration Oct. 28, 11 a.m.–2 p.m., Peninsula Fine Arts Center, 101 Museum Drive within Mariners’ Museum Park, Newport News 757-596-8175, www. pfac-va.org.

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Day of the Dead, is a traditional Mexican celebration of family and friends who have passed away. Loved ones are remembered with ofrendas, or altars, constructed in their honor and decorated with photos, favorite foods and special mementos. Join talks on the artistic traditions associated with the Day of the Dead, help PFAC construct an ofrenda in memory of two important Mexican artists, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, dress like Frida or Diego or another favorite artist. In addition, guests will enjoy hands-on art making, and create tributes to their loved ones with sidewalk chalk. Artists from A Mile of Smiles will provide face painting to help visitors get the look of the calavera, an iconic image of a skeleton popularized in cartoons by José Guadalupe Posada.

Face painting will be $3 for kids and $5 for adults.

Halloween Town & Treat Oct. 28, Noon–4 p.m., Town Center of Virginia Beach BeachStreetUSA.com, 757-385-7873.

streets for a fun-filled street fair including live “James Baldwin: music by Buck Shot, cold refreshments and plenty of The Price of the activities for the young and Ticket” old. Dog Costume Contest Oct. 28, 2 p.m., Fort at 6:30 p.m. Best Costume Monroe Theatre, 42 Tidball Contest at 8:30 p.m. Free Road, Fort Monroe Admission. whro.org/TalkAboutRace Zombie Rush First public showing in Hunt Hampton Roads of the Oct. 28, 5–8 p.m., Mill world-renowned film and Point Park, 100 Eaton conversation with filmStreet, downtown Hampton makers Karen Thorson and www.allholidayruns.

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Oct. 28, 6–10:30 p.m., Dress up for the SuperheQueens Way, Downtown ros-themed, family-friendly Hampton games, crafts, pumpkin dec757-727-1271, www. orating, candy stations, cirhamptonblockparty.com cus acts and more all around Hampton takes to the

Yorktown Arts Foundation Silent Auction Fundraiser Oct. 28, 5:55–8 p.m., Oct. 28, On The Hill Gallery, 402 Main Street,

historic Yorktown www.onthehillgallery. com, 757-369-1108 Earlier this year, YAF members were challenged to create and donate works of art in their chosen medium on 5-by-5-inch canvases or other small works. The works will be on display for previews at On The Hill Gallery through the event.

During the event, visitors may bid on works through a silent auction and enjoy hors d’oeuvres, desserts and beverages. Admission is free.

Peanut Butter & Jam Family Concert, Halloween Spooktacular Oct. 29, 3 p.m., Sandler Center for the Performing Arts, Virginia Beach 757-892-6366, www. virginiasymphony.org Dress up in your favorite Halloween costume and join Robert Shoup and the Virginia Symphony Orchestra for spooky music, perfect for ages 3-12.

Pre-concert activities begin at 2 p.m. for the young and young at heart and are free to all ticket holders. Tickets are $16 for adults and $11 for children.

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Lots of fall festivals this weekend in Chesapeake

By Eric Feber Virginian-Pilot Correspondent

Seems like festivals are as plentiful as leaves falling from the trees. On Saturday, if it’s a festival you want, Chesapeake’s got ’em.

Dismal Swamp Art Festival The Third Annual Dismal Swamp Art Festival is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, and Sunday, Oct. 29, along the Dismal Swamp Canal Trail.

Last year’s second annual fest drew more than 5,000 people to enjoy fall, art, music, food and the Great Dismal Swamp’s natural beauty.

This year the event will include scores of artists from the region and beyond offering all manner and style of artistic creations.

There will also be live music, vendors and treats such as Brunswick stew, fall savories, wines, craft beers and hot apple cider.

The festival will kick off Saturday at 8:30 a.m. with the 5K Fun Run & Walk.

This isn’t really a race but a healthy trek for the entire family along the Dismal Swamp Canal Trail, a straight flat-bed course that runs along the historic Dismal Swamp Canal. At 9 a.m., dog lovers can jog with Fido at the inaugural 1K Mutt Run with part of the proceeds benefitting the Chesapeake SPCA. The fees are $30 for the 5K and $40 for the Mutt Run (make sure the family pooch is on a leash).

For more details about the festival or to enter the runs, visit www.dismalswampart. com.

Southside Artists Association’s Fall Judged Art Show and Reception For more art, attend the Southside Artists Association’s Fall Judged Art Show & Reception from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 28, at the Great Bridge TowneBank location, 137 Mount Pleasant Road.

Admission is free to all.

Attendees will be able to view the creations of more

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Bill Tiernan | The Virginian-Pilot From left, Brenda Bailey of Virginia Beach, Mike and Kelley Long of Chesapeake and Sherry Smith of Virginia Beach applaud at last year’s Dismal Swamp Art Festival. This year’s festival is Oct. 28–29 along the Dismal Swamp Canal Trail.

than 20 local artists from Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Virginia Beach and northeastern North Carolina.

All works on display will be for show and sale.

For more details about the show or the association, call 757-646-0985, visit www. southsideartistsassociation. com or email southsideart-

istsassociation@gmail.com.

Pumpkin Patch and Craft Show If it’s pumpkins, gourds and other fall trappings you want, look no further than the St. Paul United Methodist Church’s Pumpkin Patch & Craft Show from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28.

In the mood for some fall barbecue? The South Norfolk Ruritans will be cooking up a mess of pork barbecue along with coleslaw, hushpuppies and beverages at its BBQ Fest.

The tangy eating event is from 2 until 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, at Elizabeth River Park, 1400 Elizabeth River Way in the shadow of the Jordan Bridge in South Norfolk.

Along with all that allyou-can-eat food, there will be adult beverages, music by Ivey Stowe, a BBQ Cook-Off and cornhole tournament.

To enter the barbecue bash, the fee is $150 for every two-person team. To get in on the cornhole, it’s $30 for all two-person teams.

For more fest, tournament or cook-off details, call 757543-5778 or 757-513-1097 or visit www.southnorfolkruritans.com.

The fall fun takes place at the church at 437 Providence Road. All ages will find pumpkins, gourds, baked goods, foods, crafts, jewelry, hot chocolate, cornhole, face painting and bounce houses.

Admission is free to all ages.

Call 757-716-7554 for more Eric Feber, ewjfeber@gmail. information. com

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Sallie Wiggins helps artist Wayne White prepare for his show, Monitorium, on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Virginia Beach until Feb. 11.

PHotos by L. Todd Spencer | The Virginian-Pilot Wayne White is considered a phenom in the art world for his spectrum of work, from literal largerthan-life puppets to extravagant set designs, to fine art and simple word paintings.

enough so that some visitors will have to duck their heads to get in, an intentional detail to mimic the feel of entering a ship. The walls of the area are painted gray, with rivets, like the skin of the Monitor.

Lights and sounds will produce an underwater mood, and visitors can participate in the story by, for instance, pulling a rope to shovel coal, like sailors on the Monitor.

A puppet theater, which will offer occasional performances, dominates one corner. White’s love of Picasso shows, too : His Civil War sailors are cubist in style, angular and three-dimensional, allowing eyes, binoculars, cheeks to pop out yet meld at the same time.

A popping, exaggerated eye and jutting set of a chin show the intensity of Siah

Dental offices collecting candy to send to overseas service members From Kool Smiles

Kool Smiles, a leading provider of quality dental care for children and families in Hampton Roads, is coordinating “Operation Troop Treats” to encourage children to bring their Halloween candy to any of the area Kool Smiles dental offices in exchange for a toy. All donated candy will be sent in care packages to U.S. service members stationed overseas via Operation Gratitude.

For the sixth year, Operation Troop Treats allows children and families an opportunity to send deployed U.S. troops a “sweet” reminder of

home during the holiday season.

In 2016, children donated more than four tons of candy through the Operation Troop Treats program. Kool Smiles is encouraging area families to exceed last year’s candy contribution.

Each child who donates 25 pieces of unopened candy in its original packaging at a Kool Smiles office will receive one toy. There is a limit of three toys per child, and toys will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.

Candy will be collected Oct. 28 through Nov. 4 during business hours.

In addition to the candy collected, Kool Smiles is donating 200 dental kits for deployed U.S. troops, as well as the funds to cover the assembly and shipment of 200 Operation Gratitude care packages.

Kool Smiles offices are located in Hampton, Norfolk, Newport News, Portsmouth and Virginia Beach.

For more information on Operation Troop Treats, including the nearest participating Kool Smiles office, please visit www.mykoolsmiles.com/ trooptreats.

Hulett Carter, a local slave who escaped to the Monitor one night in a row boat.

Carter joined the crew.

Abraham Lincoln called then-Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles his “Father Neptune,” so look for a cartoonish Welles. (White also included Neptune as a wink to Virginia Beach’s tie to the mythical king.)

Several local and out-oftown artists worked alongside White in building the funhouse, most of them fans Denise M. Watson, 757who took time off work to 446-2504, denise.watson@ volunteer. pilotonline.com Stephen Michael Haas, a

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“Because ‘art installation’ sounds so boring,” he said.

“Monitorium” is anything but boring. White focuses on the individuals rather than the details of the battle.

“I want people to ruminate on the idea that it’s a bunch of human beings thrust together through fate,” White said, “and the comedy and the tragedy of it all.”

The tragedy of war goes without saying. The comedy surfaces in how White presents the story.

“Maybe my sense of play will reveal something about the story,” Wayne said, walking through the funhouse.

Monitorium’s entrance is a 20-foot-high, Coney Islandesque wooden sailor with a doorway cut out of his broad chest.

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budding artist from Pennsylvania, has followed White to work with him for the past three years. Haas discovered White’s documentary “Beauty Is Embarrassing” on Netflix a few years ago and instantly became an admirer.

The 25-year-old has been able to stay with friends or family when he works with White; he happened to have an aunt in Virginia Beach.

Haas said that he’s hungry to learn and that White’s funhouses challenge him; he’d never worked with sculpture until he worked with White.

Haas said, “Being around someone who is doing it so much is definitely inspiring.”

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residency to do an installation here; “Monitorium” will be on display until Feb. 11.

He was fascinated by the Civil War Battle of the Monitor and the Merrimack and sketched the Monitor when he was a kid. The story of the battle was compelling.

The steam frigate USS Merrimack was burned by Union forces when Virginia seceded from the union in April 1861. Southern troops salvaged the hull, rebuilt it with an armored body and commissioned it as the CSS Virginia in February 1862.

It soon started terrorizing ships along the James River.

The North’s answer was the Monitor, with its revolutionary revolving gun turret.

The two ships battled in the Hampton Roads harbor on March 9, 1862. The contest was considered a draw – both sides claimed victory.

That December, the Monitor sank off the coast of Cape Hatteras in a storm. The turret was recovered and is now on display at the Mariners’ Museum and Park in Newport News. MOCA and the Mariners’ Museum will have educational programs surrounding the exhibition.

White recently visited the Mariners’ Museum and bought a postcard of the officers of the Monitor lounging on its deck. He keeps it propped on the work desk at MOCA where he was sketching last week, a USS Mount Whitney Navy cap pulled low on his head.

He calls these immersive works historical “funhous-

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A sober study of the shoot-down of Extortion 17

$3 Movies

By Raymond Leach Virginian-Pilot Correspondent

Courtesy of Paramount

“Mother!”A couple’s relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.

JEB Little Creek, Gator Theater – 757-462-7534 Friday, Oct. 27

NAS Oceana, Aerotheater – 757-433-2495

6 p.m. Flatliners 2017 (PG-13) 9 p.m. American Made (R)

Friday, Oct. 27

Saturday, Oct. 28

Saturday, Oct. 28

1 p.m. The Lego Ninjago Movie 3-D (PG) 4 p.m. Kingsman: The Golden Circle (R) 7 p.m. American Made (R) Sunday, Oct. 29

1 p.m. FREE Monster House (PG) 4 p.m. Flatliners 2017 (PG-13) 7 p.m. It (R)

7:30 p.m. FREE The Book of Life (PG) Noon The Lego Ninjago Movie 3-D (PG) 3 p.m. American Made (R) 7 p.m. Flatliners 2017 (PG-13) Sunday, Oct. 29

Noon The Lego Ninjago Movie (PG) 3 p.m. Mother! (R) 7 p.m. It (R)

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

Chesapeake actress to portray Tina Turner in musical Chesapeake-born actress Adrienne Warren, who garnered a Tony nomination last year for her work in “Shuffle Along,” has landed the lead role in “Tina,” an upcoming musical based on the life of soul-rock legend Tina Turner.

According to Playbill, the monthly magazine for the-

atergoers, “Tina” will begin previews at Aldwych Theatre in London on March 21, 2018, with an official opening on April 17.

The musical, which was written by Katori Hall, will be directed by Phyllida Lloyd.

From the Virginian-Pilot

A 2015 book by Don Brown, a former Navy JAG, “Call Sign Extortion 17: The Shoot-Down of SEAL Team Six” was incendiary in the world of conspiracy theorists: Among other allegations, the author claimed that two investigations were compromised for political reasons, that Extortion 17 and its passengers were targeted specifically as revenge for the death of Osama bin Laden, and that the rocketpropelled grenade that brought it down was anything but a spontaneous shot (as in, some sort of setup). Brown’s perspective is that nearly every unanswered question in the aftermath of that traumatic event had a sinister or deliberately misleading explanation.

In contrast, “The Final Mission of Extortion 17,” written with the perspective of time, exhaustive research and a detailed, respectful homage to the dedicated aircrew who flew that mission, reaches an entirely different conclusion.

“Extortion 17” – pronounced “one seven” – was the call sign of a regular Army aircraft, in constant use throughout its operations area in Afghanistan, that responded to taskings from a variety of military units, including Special Forces. On the night of Aug. 6, 2011, the crew was called to transport a quick reaction force, or QRF, to a mountaintop landing zone about 35 nautical miles southwest of Kabul and insert them to reinforce an Army Ranger unit engaged in an intense firefight nearby.

The quick reaction force consisted of a Virginia Beach-based SEAL element, along with some Afghan troops. Its mission was requested in order to block a potential escape of an important enemy leader, or “high-value target,” who the Rangers believed had escaped their initial assault. The landing zone was believed large enough for only one aircraft, so the typical pairing of aircraft was modified so that the second one (Extortion 14) followed behind empty instead of carrying half of the 33-man force.

In the final approach, within seconds of landing, two rocket-propelled gre-

Courtesy photo “Extortion 17” by Ed Darack

tions force is revealed as nothing unusual in the context of the incident in question, and illustrates the professionalism and interoperability necessary for a challenging battlefield at high altitudes. It also speaks to the teamwork he highlights throughout his narrative.

It’s the teamwork, and mutual respect, that is most evident in his profiles of Extortion 17’s crew.

His biographies of experienced pilots Bryan Nichols and David R. Carter, and crewmen Patrick “Hamby” Hamburger and Alexander “Mayhem” Bennett (both flight engineers) and Spencer “Dunk” Duncan (crew chief), reveal that not only did they love to fly, they also were exceedingly proud of their contribution to a difficult and otherwise thankless mission. He interviewed their family members and fellow flyers, painting a humanizing portrait of each one. The SEALs and other casualties (covered in one short chapter) aren’t highlighted or really a focus of this particular book, and logic dictates that they shouldn’t be, in the interest of security – and Darack’s own ability to continue his access to military sources as a journalist.

Using eyewitness accounts and unclassified information from the Defense Department, Darack dissects the fateful incident, with a wider view of what other elements were on scene, what they saw, and how they reacted.

He details the persistent surveillance of the suspected attackers, and follows them to their demise – after they violated their own security procedures by bragging of their success and being careless in their movements and associations.

The maps and photos that Darack includes are especially useful in helping readers understand a tragic but entirely plausible scenario. His book is vital for fully appreciating the contribution of our expert high-altitude aviators, the risks they take, and the terrible consequences that can result from a confluence of factors.

nades were fired at the hovering Extortion 17 from a vantage point next to the landing zone. One RPG sailed wide; the other struck the rear rotor, causing a catastrophic crash and burn, killing all 38 crewmen and passengers.

Author Ed Darack has four previous books to his credit, most notably “Victory Point” (a U.S. Naval Institute notable book of 2009), and is primarily a journalist, contributing writing and photography to Marine Corps professional journals, Air & Space magazine, Proceedings and other military-related periodicals. His numerous trips to Iraq and Afghanistan provide a thorough understanding of the U.S. military, its members and how it operates today in a “joint” (multiservice) and “combined” (with allies) environment. This understanding not only permeates the book but also makes it credible for an expert and understandable for a layman.

Darack covers the routine operating procedures of a highly sophisticated aircraft and the demanding specialized training the aircrews receive before and during their deployments, and offers a sketch of their tactics and procedures designed to maximize safety and efficiency. The fact that a regular Army Raymond Leach is a retired Marine in aircraft crewed by reservists was trans- Virginia Beach. porting a highly trained special opera-

Cut from ‘The Voice,’ Virginia Beach teacher won’t give up on star dreams

By Rashod Ollison The Virginian-Pilot

Brandon Showell sees the elimination as an open door.

The Virginia Beach native was a standout on “The Voice,” NBC’s amateur singing competition with rotating celebrity judges. During Showell’s second appearance on the show earlier in October, he “battled” in a duet with Hannah Mrozak, a singer from Milwaukee and a fellow member of Adam Levine’s team.

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chose Mrozak as the stronger singer. When no other judges recruited Showell after the performance, he was cut from the competition.

“My students are taking it so hard,” says Showell, a middle school teacher in Arlington.

“My approach moving forward now is to revamp my YouTube page and give folks what they would have gotten on the show on my YouTube page. So I’ll be doing different covers and singing in different settings. I’ll be releasing origi-

nal music.”

With a musical background steeped in gospel, R&B and some classical training in college, Showell adjusted his vocal style, singing in brighter tones, for the show. He performed recent pop tunes by Shawn Mendes and Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MØ.

“I’m happy with the performances I put forward,” says Showell, who’s 26. “With the first performance, it was a little upbeat. I was more entertain-

ing. And in the battle, I was able to show my laid-back ballad approach. I wanted to show that I could do a pop and smooth R&B approach to things. I would have shown a lot more.”

In July, shortly after Showell had auditioned for “The Voice,” he became a newlywed. He and his wife, Perla, also 26 and a teacher, plan to build on Showell’s momentum from the show. In a few months, they plan to relocate to Los Angeles so that he can

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“That’s just how it worked out. The thing about it is that everybody is good,” Showell says. “Good people are going to win and good people are going to be sent home, because there has to be one winner. And that’s just how the cards were dealt for me. Hopefully, I made Virginia proud.”

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Multi-talented Tony Danza to perform at American Theatre

By Yiorgio Flagship Correspondent

If you are a fan of stage and screen star Tony Danza, who starred on two of television’s most cherished series, “Taxi” and “Who’s the Boss?,” or love the Great American Songbook, then you must be at the American Theatre on Oct. 27. Danza is bringing an amazing show, filled with songs, storytelling a little soft shoe and even ukulele playing.

Along with wit, charm, and a nearly-40-year career, DanCourtesy American Theatre za will bring his four-piece Tony Danza will sing, tell stories, dance and more on Oct. 27 at band to perform some of his the American Theatre in Hampton. favorite songs while sharing stories about his life and his Tony Danza: Standards and Stories passion for music.

Oct 27, 8 p.m., American Theatre, 125 East Mellen His leading stage roles Street, Hampton include Max Bialystock in Tickets: www.hamptonarts.net/events/detail/tonythe hit Mel Brooks musical, danza-standards-and-stories, $65, $55 “The Producers,” playing opposite Kevin Spacey in

Arthur Miller’s Tony Awardwinning play, “A View From the Bridge” and the recent Broadway hit, “Honeymoon in Vegas,” which earned Danza rave reviews.

“Tony Danza still has that million-dollar smile,” wrote The New York Times. “When a boyish grin lights up the actor and singer’s face, the years fall away and he’s an adorable kid from Brooklyn who’s got the world on a string, while ‘sittin’ on a rainbow’.”

Danza was discovered while training in a boxing gym in New York City, and soon after, the ABC series “Taxi” launched his television acting career.

Hampton Arts Artistic Director Richard M. Parison Jr said he is delighted that Tony Danza will be performing at the American Theatre.

“While many fans may recognize Tony Danza from his hit television shows, we’re excited to share his breadth of talent with theatergoers,” Parison said. “There’s an undeniable sparkle in Tony’s eye that can captivate an audience, and I think those unfamiliar with his versatile talents will be charmed.”

Hampton Arts’ continuing mission and vision has been to advance the performing and visual arts and enhance the quality of life for all Hampton Roads residents and visitors by educating and inspiring teachers, students, and life-long learners to embrace the arts; provide opportunities for Hampton Roads artists to showcase and develop their arts; and present unique, world-class caliber performing artists that appeal to a diverse citizenry and pro-

mote a deeper cultural awareness.

Since its creation 30 years ago, The Hampton Arts Commission (now popularly known as Hampton Arts) has been a much respected and praised institution responsible for a remarkable renaissance of the arts, not only within the City of Hampton but also within the entire Hampton Roads region, Parison said.

Hampton Arts oversees both the venues and the programming at The American Theatre and The Charles H. Taylor Arts Center.

Yiorgio 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.

Musician with Virginia roots ‘Rumbles’ for an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

By Rashod Ollison The Virginian-Pilot

A gang fight at a dance one night in Fredericksburg inspired what became the template for hard rock, punk and metal.

The swaggering instrumental, “Rumble” by Link Wray & His Ray Men, is anchored by a blues-suffused backbeat, overlaid with loud, rough distorted guitar – or power chords. At the time of its release, in the spring of 1958, rock ’n’ roll was still a relatively new phenomenon in the mainstream. Its foundation had long been incubated in blues clubs down South and in Northern spots like Chicago. But nothing sounded quite like “Rumble,” a record several stations banned in fear of inciting impressionable teenagers to act out the kind of violence that had inspired it.

Nearly 60 years later, the song remains Link Wray’s signature. Its birth and Wray, who lived in Portsmouth between 1942 and 1955, are forever tied to Virginia.

This year, Wray is among the 19 acts nominated for an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a list that also includes Rage Against the Machine, LL Cool J and Nina Simone. This is the sec-

ond nomination for Wray, a North Carolina native born Fred Lincoln Wray Jr., who died in 2005.

Of the 19 nominees, only nine will be inducted. The foundation’s nominating committee selects a group of artists each year before sending ballots out to more than 900 industry insiders – historians, artists and every living Rock Hall inductee. Since 2012, fans have been able to vote online for the nominees.

The top five in the public poll form one ballot, which is weighted the same as the other submitted ballots.

Fans can visit the official website (www.rockhall.com) between now and 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 5 to cast their votes.

The 2018 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony will be presented by HBO at the Public Auditorium in Cleveland on April 14.

For Beth Wray Webb, a possible induction into the Rock and Rock Hall of Fame means her father may finally receive recognition as a rock pioneer. A retired postal worker who lives in Portsmouth, Webb is also administrator of Wray’s estate.

She says her father’s time in Hampton Roads had a deep impact on his development as a musician soon after he

George W. Burrows Musician Link Wray, pictured here in 1958, lived in Portsmouth from 1942 to 1955.

moved to the area with his family in 1942, when Wray was 13.

“What brought Daddy to Portsmouth from Dunn, North Carolina, was that my grandfather got a job in the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard as a carpenter,” says Webb, 63. “Daddy said that the home in Portsmouth had ‘electric lights.’ In Dunn, where Daddy was born, they didn’t have any.”

As a teenager, to help earn money for himself and the household, Wray delivered groceries. Later, he and his brothers Ray and Doug

drove cabs during the day while working at night in clubs around the Navy Yard.

The nucleus of Wray’s first band formed in Portsmouth and included all three Wray brothers and two other musicians, Dixie Neal and Shorty Horton.

By 1955, Wray was married and had moved to Washington D.C., where Webb was born. But the marriage soon ended in divorce, and Webb and her mother returned to Portsmouth.

In the interim, Wray served in the Korean War, which interrupted his musical pursuits

and changed his life forever.

A bout with tuberculosis during his stint resulted in the removal of a lung.

By 1958, Wray returned to making music, but pop tastes had shifted to rock and nascent R&B. “Rumble” was created on the spot after the fight at that Frederickburg dance, where Wray and his band, which included his brother Ray, were the live act.

Feeling as though he had a hit on his hands, Wray rushed into the studio to recreate the instrumental.

“During the dance, Uncle Ray mic’d Dad’s amp with the vocal mic,” Webb says.

“That combined with the acoustics and crowd gave a different sound. The kids went crazy over it. When they got to the studio, they couldn’t duplicate that sound, so Daddy punched holes in the speakers of the amp to try to re-create the sound at the dance.”

A producer with Cadence Records in New York City heard “Rumble” and hated it, but his daughter persuaded him to release it anyway in April 1958. It became a hit on the Billboard pop chart, peaking at No. 16 despite several stations banning it, including the New York City market. But Wray never matched

the success and influence of “Rumble.” By the dawn of the ’60s, he’d switched from dark, brooding rock instrumentals to orchestrated standards. He eventually returned to experimental rock guitar, but his records became obscure as he recorded for many labels, including his own, often with poor distribution.

In 1980, Wray moved to Denmark, where he continued to perform and record.

With the surge of grunge in the ’90s, young musicians studied Wray’s old recordings, and he became something of a hero to the genre.

On Nov. 5, 2005, Wray died of heart failure in Copenhagen. He was 76.

“Daddy said the Lord Jesus zapped ‘Rumble’ into him,” says his eldest daughter Webb. “His legacy, that’s already happening every time a guitarist plays his guitar and uses his pedal.”

The nomination by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and possibly an induction, gives mainstream recognition to the man whose inspired first hit 60 years ago blazed the path for everyone from Iggy Pop to Nirvana.

Rashod Ollison, 757-4462732, rashod.ollison@ pilotonline.com

Sports Norfolk Scope set to host Halloween edition of SmackDown Live

By Jonathan McLarty Flagship Correspondent

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) will present the weekly television broadcast of SmackDown Live on Oct. 31 from the Norfolk Scope Arena in Norfolk. Superstars scheduled to appear at the event are AJ Styles, Shinsuke Nakamura, WWE Champion Jinder Mahal, WWE SmackDown Live Women’s Champion Natalya and more. Additionally, the weekly WWE Network program 205 Live will be broadcast from Norfolk following the conclusion of SmackDown Live. Top stars from WWE’s Cruiserweight division will be on hand for that program.

The Monday Night Raw and SmackDown Live brands are gearing up for WWE Survivor Series on Nov. 19. Survivor Series will be broadcast on the WWE Network from Houston, Texas, and is one of the few annual events where Raw and SmackDown Superstars are on the same card and potentially

can face off with one other.

WWE Champion Jinder Mahal has challenged WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar to a match at Survivor Series, citing he had no worthy opponent on his own brand.

On the SmackDown Live brand, Baron Corbin is the current WWE United States Champion after defeating AJ Styles at Hell in a Cell. Also at Hell in a Cell, The Usos defeated The New Day inside the steel structure to win their fifth WWE Tag Team Championship. Both Corbin and The Usos are scheduled to appear in Norfolk.

Two recent additions to the Cruiserweights on 205 Live: Enzo Amore, after Big Cass’ betrayal and subsequent injury, made the jump to the division since he felt it needed some relevancy. Joining Enzo is newcomer Kalisto, making the jump from SmackDown Live, who has traded the Cruiserweight Championship with Enzo since.

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Jonathan McLarty WWE SmackDown Live, featuring “Phenomenal” AJ Styles, will broadcast from Norfolk Scope Arena on Oct. 31.

Arena can be purchased at all Ticketmaster locations, Ticketmaster.com, and the Norfolk Scope Arena box office. Tickets are available as low as $15, and free tickets are available to U.S. Military personnel. To claim

your free ticket while supplies last, just bring your Military ID to the Norfolk Scope Arena box office one hour prior to the 7:45 p.m. bell time on the day of the event.

Jonathan McLarty is local sports and event photographer.

Connect with him on Twitter (@JonathanMcLarty) and view his photography at McLartyPhoto.Zenfolio.com

Oct. 31, 7:45 p.m., Norfolk Scope Arena Free tickets are available to U.S. Military personnel.

To claim your free ticket while supplies last, just bring your Military ID to the Norfolk Scope Arena box office one hour prior to the 7:45 p.m. bell time on the day of the event.Other tickets are as low as $15 at all Ticketmaster locations, Ticketmaster.com, and the Norfolk Scope Arena box office.

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Call Linda @ 966-1423 or email linda.rice@deepcreekumc.org

Engineering/ Architecture

1month old AKC CHOC LAB puppies utd worming and shots can go home 11-3-17 ($650m) ($750f) 757-969-8525 AKC Chespeake Bay Retriever pups- both parents onsite- exc. dispositions- family/hunt/show potential. $875-$1200. Call 252-312-3642 Chesapeake Bay Retriever puppies. Ready to go Oct 17th. AKC registered dew claws removed shots current. Are of hunting and field trial pedigree. 2 males 4 females. $1000 Reid at 7576415482 call or text

German Shepherd Pups-AKC, large boned,

black & black & reds, temperament & quality, fam. raised, vet checked. 757-543-6288, 757-777-4902

German Shepherds. Black and tan/Sable. 15Wks old up to date shots. Asking $650. Motivated to sell.

Only 4 left. Text 7578316141 for more information.

Golden Doodle Pups-8 wks., dew claws

removed, 1st shots/wormed, $850. 757-421-7708 GOLDENDOODLES, parents on site, vet ck guarantee, shots & wormed, $950. & up 757-620-6026

Golden Lab Mix Pups-1st shots, de-wormed, $375. 252-357-4829, 252-548-8327

GOLDEN RETRIEVER PUPS-AKC/OFA Vet checked, 1st shots, wormed, parents on site.

Health guarantee. $800 each. See us on Facebook, Golden Glory of Windsor. 757-650-1949, 757-617-7508.

Havanese - small, nonshedding pups. Reg & vet checked. 804-725-6987 Jack Russell puppies 2F utd shots and dewormed parents on site $250 each. 252-287-9025

Japanese Chin Cross Pups-The best kept

secret of the dog world, quiet, long hair beauties.

Shots & training. $750. 757-274-2381.

LAB PUPPIES-2M4F Home-raised Available 10/14 First shots $600 757-236-8037 Malt-poo/Malt-shi puppies, Ch. Lines, Vet Ckd, Health Guarantee, www.puppykisses.org, Starting @ $700 & up, Cash/CC Only, 757-650-5155

shots, dew claws. $850-$1100. 757-613-6651.

Toy Poodle puppies F,M. UKC registered.

Very cute! $600 cell 7575356609 Yorkie AKC Pups Tcup 4.5-5.5lbs as adult, 2M/$700 1F/$850cash ea. 757-810-3945

Automobiles for Sale Toyota 2011 Prius Two Hatchback 5D I4 Hybrid One owner, garage kept, white ext./grey int., clean in & out, reliable, 40-50 MPG, 15,900 miles, dealer service records, very good condition. $11,500.00 firm. Photo’s available upon request.

Chevy 1996 Camaro Z28, Colorado Car,

kept in storage Kitty Hawk NC. Exceptional cond, 70K mis., t-top, leather, stainess tuned exhaust, 6 spd, manual, $8000 obo. 252-202-2667.

Chevy 2002 Camaro 1 owner, V-6, T-top, low mis., nice, $3900. 757-647-3954.

Ship Building Ship Repair

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Atlantic Fabrication & Boiler Services,

Inc. has immediate full time openings for all Ship Repair Trades. Supervisors, Welders, Sheetmetal & Mechanics. Must have a valid driver’s license. Drug & security screening required. Email resume to bill@afbsinc.com or apply online at www.afbsinc.com. EOE.

Skilled Trades (Manufacturing) Sheet Metal Mechanics & Helpers

Must have exp installing commercial duct work, must have own tools & transportation. Good benefits. Southern Sheet Metal 757-934-2709

Burial/Cemetery Plot Rosewood-2 spaces w/vaults, current value is

$4395 each, asking $3200 each. 757-373-7510.

Woodlawn-Ten Commandments Section, 2

TUG CAPTAIN / TUG CREW / DECKHANDS Experienced crew & licensed captains may apply online @ W3marine.com or call 757-627-3440

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

CALL 757-717-1715 VA DLR

CALL 757-717-1715 VA DLR Toyota 2015 Camry LE, senior driven, 39K, very good cond, $14,900. 757-752-5424.

Chrysler 2005 SEBRING LTD only 32,600 miles, service records, garage kept, new radio CD/BT. Car Fax available upon request. $6795 OBO. email: golfnva@aol.com cell: 757-635-1038

Dodge 2005 Grand Caravan V-6, Automatic, Dual AC, AM-FM radio, cruise control, power locks and windows. Light blue, excellent condition, will sell for $2800 cash. (757) 545-1405

Volkswagen 2007 Beetle Ideal car for High School and College Student. In good condition. Asking price 10k. Call 757-672-5854 (Kevin).

Buses CHURCH BUS-Looks good inside & out, needs a new engine, best offer. Call 757-424-7240.

For Rent-Furnished Apts

Campers/RVs 5TH WHEEL SALE

5819 Northampton Blvd, Va. Bch. Rms start at $45.99 + tax daily & $225+ tax wkly. 460-1000.

Low Weekly Rates avail starting $215 week.

Oceanfront Hotel. 1719 Atlantic Ave. 757-425-5511

For Lease-Industrial Office Warehouse

Chesapeake 1200 & 1500 sq. ft. Call 485-1323.

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

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

GHENT-8 Great Locations

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

Meredith Mgmt. 622-8233 www.RENTMEREDITH.com

$300 Moves You In. $720 Mo.

Ingleside Square Apts. 3515 Gatling Ave. 466-8111

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 Some/Most Utils. 625-7110. 623-8383 Wards Corner - 1BR, $650 & 2BR, $750 Call 460-1992 or 625-8193.

For Rent-Portsmouth Apts CALL ABOUT FREE HALF MO. RENT SPECIAL!! $250 Sec Deposit. Starting at $675. 393-2111

For Rent-Portsmouth House Churchland, W. Branch, Suffolk Homes, apts, twnhmes. $725-$1800. Kline Realty 484-0123

For Rent-Rooms

MAYBACH 2007 57 - ULTIMATE LUXURY, NEW CONDITION, GRAY EXT., W/BLACK LEATHER INT. LOW 38K MILES, 2 TV’S & DVD PLAYER, REAR ENTERTAINMENT PKG, REFRIGERATOR, 20’ UPGRADED MAYBACH CHROME WHEELS, 2 REMOTE KEYS, ONE OWNER CLEAN CARFAX. NEW $341,000. CURRENT BOOK $149,000. ON SALE @ $96,000. CALL 1(757)373-3257.

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2014 Avenger 528SGS, $18,500 2014 Cougar 28SGS, $18,750 2013 Vengence 306V, $26,500 2010 Sabre, 1.5 Bath, $16,900 2006 Puma, 282RK, $9500 2004 Montana, 3255RL, $9500 SNYDER’S RV 499-8000 Processing Fee $225 www.snydersrv.com CONSIGNMENTS WANTED! Let us clean, sell, & finance your RV. Snyders RV 499-8000.

business services 757.622.1455

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

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Landscape/Gardening COMPLETE YARD WORK-Weeding, mulching, trimming, planting & transplanting of grass, trees & shrubbery. Clean Ups, 25 Yrs Exp. 757-918-4152.

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Aeration, Seeding - Renovations, Shrub Trimming, Monthly Maintenance & Cleanups. Buddy 535-0928

Lawn Maintenance $99 AERATION

CHEAP LEAF CLEAN UP. FREE ESTIMATES. Call 757-774 TRIM

Room For Rent: Near Princess Anne Plaza Near Base, off Rosemont & Va. Beach Blvd.

Furnished $500/mth Call 757-340-4835

100% YARD CLEAN UP, Mulching, Shrub

Kings Grant-Furnished rm, TV. $110 wk.

D & J Lawn Care-We do flowerbeds, mulching,

Removal & Trimming, Flower Bed Clean-Out, Tractor Work & Grading. 757-282-3823.

debris removal, tree service, pressure washing, lawn seeding, holiday decor. 757-839-7771.

plus dep. Call Eddie 340-4990.

VB-Near Oceanfront - 1 Furn’d BR, Quiet, No

GRASS CUTTING

Smoking/Pets. $500 incl Utils + Dep. 718-1813

Weed Eating, Blowing, Bushes, Mulch.

Reasonable Prices! Call 757-477-2158.

WEEKLY HOTEL RENTAL - HOJO 5TH ST VB $250 + TAX | CALL FOR INFO 757-309-4201

For Rent-Va. Beach Apts OCEANA/HILLTOP AREA Newly renovated throughout, Spacious 2 BR, 1 BA. $795/mo. 631-1306.

For Rent-Va.Beach House Blackwater- Approx. 5 acres, house, gar. & big barn. $1300 mo. 499-8000. 435-3996.

Moving-Hauling CPR & First Aid Certified, hot meals, school activities, newborn up to 10 yrs old, $100 week.

Ref’s. Kempsville Lakes area. 904-210-1210

Brick Block Work

Western Branch-3 BR, 2 BA brick ranch,

Brick waterproofing, brick repairs & Point Up, Walls, Steps, Etc. Semi-Retired Stone Mason, Earl Smith, AKA Stone Smith. Free Est & Great Prices. You Won’t Find A Better Man. 270-0578

For Sale-Land/Farm/Timber

Concrete/Asphalt

Elizabeth River Shores-$1250 inclu all utils & cable, 2 BR, no credit check. 757-717-0129.

For Sale-Chesapeake Home $212,000. Kline Realty 484-0123.

S & H Enterprise 20 Yrs. Concrete Exp. All types of concrete work driveways, stamped & exposed. We Accept Card Cards 652-4050. www.shabazznva.com

Suffolk VA: 5 FARMS at ABSOLUTE AUCTION Fri, Nov.10, 12:30PM at YMCA, Kenyon Rd, Suffolk TRFAuctions.com | 434-847-7741 | VAAF501

For Sale-Mobile Home 1968 Mobile Home, 12X60. 2 BR, stays in nice park. Background check. 757-588-6252,

Town Center / Pembroke Beautiful mobile-

10X40 Driveway $1950 or 15’X15’ patio w/stone fire pit. 35 yrs. exp.

Call Mark 757-633-4765 for all your concrete & hardscape needs.

Discounts - Driveways, Masonry, Top Soil

Installed, Tree Removal, Yard Clean Up. Backhoe & Dump Truck Rentals. Lic’d/Insured. 757-714-4848

WHY PAY MORE?

Only $5-$6 Per Square Foot Complete.

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

Electrical Work

home 3 bedrooms 2 full bathrooms . A must see!

New carpet and roof . Concrete driveway and a large screened in porch and a wooden shed. $28,000.

Please call or text with any questions or to set up a viewing. 757-748-4981

Free Estimates $100 OFF ANY BREAKER BOX COLE ELECTRIC - 498-2653

Antiques & Classics

Affordable Electrical, Heat, A/C & Plumbing Company. No Mess, No Spills, No Outrageous Bills!

Licensed w/VA DPOR & Insured. 757-541-7877.

10% OFF ABSOLUTELY ANY JOB

Decks & Fencing Fence Installation, Preservation, Repair & Removal.

Landscaping. GUARANTEED LOWEST PRICES & WARRANTY. 757-282-3823.

(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

ATTICS & GARAGES CLEANED

Contents hauled away, also tree limbs & shrubs.

Call 934-2258

B & J MOVING

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

Painting/Decorating 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 FORMERLY HIS & HERS

NOW TOM’S PAINTING SERVICE Call 757-672-6957

Pest Control 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 NORFOLK PLUMBING, INC. “THE ORIGINAL” 757-466-0644 “YOUR PLUMBERS IN THE BRIGHT YELLOW TRUCKS”

Professional Services

ACTION ONE FENCE & DECK

Custom wood, alum., chain link, vinyl. Quality work, great prices. Free Est. 35 Yrs. Exp. 757-438-7057. chevrolet 1955 210 Selling my 55 chevy. It has a 350 v8, 3 speed manual, aluminum radiator, drop spindles w/ pwr disc brakes, new clutch, new fuel tank. Runs great, solid floors & trunk. minor rust along parts of rockers otherwise solid. Interior good also. $6500.00 (757) 773-1558

Floors 10% Active Military Discount On All Services Visit us: www.EasternVirginiaOrthodontics.com

NEW FLOORING FAST!!

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 Chevrolet 1970 Corvette LT-1 Coupe, Laguna Gray.

Black interior, T-tops. 350 ci engine, 4-speed manual transmission, $26,900. 757-672-4868.

Chevy 1939 Street Rod 88 Z28 engine. R/P Steering, P/windows, A/C . 2 dr. Runs great. Call Richard for more details 757-585-6884 Jeep 1968 Commando $9500 4WD. Rebuilt.

Customized. Call Bill 757-761-8799 for details.

Can email pics & specs!

types-shingles/gutters. Free est. 10% Ad Discount.

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

J.K. ROOFING

$17,995; 24x30’ $20,995; w/Slab & Vinyl Siding.

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

General Repairs

Call (757) 880-5215

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

Home Improvements *D & J Home Improvements. Complete

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

AIR-DUCT CLEANING

UNIVERSAL DUCT CLEANING FREE INSPECTIONS Member BBB 757-502-0200

House Cleaning *All Seasons Cleaning* professional, reli-

able, affordable, provides weekly, bi-wkly, monthly, move in/out services. Call Heather 757-696-2255.

Mercedes Benz 1996 320 SL Sport Red Ext./ Tan Int. new convertible top & hard top, Bose system. Beautiful Showroom cond. only 58K miles. “must see”. $9,500 Ken 757-407-4707

Roofing-Guttering CALVIN’S ROOFING REPAIR - Roofing of all

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

D&W Garages - 20x24' $15,995; 24x24'

Medical Receptionist Full & Part Time

Looking for experienced Medical office individual for Front Desk position. Compassionate, well organized person needed for fast paced office. Knowledge of insurance coding helpful. Only Medical Office Experienced Individuals need apply. Email resume to millerp@atlanticortho.com

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spaces w/vaults & headstones. 870-930-9996.

Facility Design Engineers

General/Other

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NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic Engineering Command has immediate openings for Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, and Structural Facility Design Engineers in Norfolk, VA. Salary up to $111,560 depending on qualifications. Responsibilities include developing Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, or Structural designs for a wide variety of facilities; reviewing work performed by private architect/engineering firms; and providing construction support. At a minimum, must have a Bachelor’s Degree in the appropriate engineering discipline from an accredited university. FE or PE preferred. Those interested may forward their resumes to NAVFAC_Midlant_Jobs@navy.mil for immediate consideration or call 757-341-2046(Mechanical), 2044(Electrical), 0153(Civil), or 0902(Structural) for further information.

If interested call John at (757) 588-6008, please leave a message and your call will be returned ASAP I work 9-6 daily M-F. Please no calls after 8 p.m.

Coastal Mechanical Systems, LLC Hiring: Superintendent, Pipe Shop Foreman, Pipefitters, Outside Machinists/Foreman.

Contact: irivera@coastalmechanicalsystems.net

Smith & Keene, Hampton Roads Largest Electrical Contractor is hiring electricians and helpers at top pay. Paid vacation, paid holidays, paid sick leave, and health insurance available. Come see all we have to offer. Apply in person at 833 Live Oak Drive, Chesapeake, 7:30-9:30 am and 2:30-4:00 pm.

HVAC Mechanics - J&J Worldwide Services Hiring HVAC Mechanics,Journeymen, and Masters.

Apply online at www.jjwws.com/careers.

Automobiles for Sale Cadillac 2006 DTS Luxury II Sedan $6500. Excellent/clean condition.Call Pat Maloney 642-2920

Full time experienced medical secretary/surgery scheduler needed for orthopaedic practice in Virginia beach.

Must be compassionate and organized with excellent communication skills, medical terminology and computerized surgery scheduling experience.

Email resume to hogged@atlanticortho.com

Pets-Dogs,Cats,Other

Sheltie Pups-AKC. Sable w/full white collar,

Love Mommy & Daddy. Demeatrice Taylor & Linwood Taylor

Auctions

Smith & Keene, Hampton Roads Largest Electrical Contractor is hiring electricians and helpers at top pay. Paid vacation, paid holidays, paid sick leave, and health insurance available. Come see all we have to offer. Apply in person at 833 Live Oak Drive, Chesapeake, 7:30-9:30 am and 2:30-4:00 pm.

WANTED: High-End Film Camera Collections.

Mini. Schnauzers-All Colors. Super Coats.

Year Health Guarantee. www.smithschnauzers.com For More Info 434-349-3854 or 434-770-1464

Pepper Dee Taylor-2/09/2001-10/09/2017,

Colonel William Lamb Presentation Cane Featured on “Antiques Roadshow” in 2017. Please call Steve at 757-291-1361 as I would like to make you an offer to bring it back to his house.

Healthcare/ Medical

Landscape/Gardening 100% Drainage & Yard Cleanup, Shrub & Tree Removal, Pruning, Tractor Work & Grading, French Drains, Mulching, 757-282-3823

PLUS HANDYMAN. LICENSED & INSURED

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

Frank’s Siding & Repairs 227-8964 Repairing Siding & Trim. Also Small & Large Jobs.

Lic/Ins. LOW PRICES. BBB A+ RATING.

Tree Service 100% ALL TREE & SHRUB REMOVAL

Pruning, Broken Limbs, Bucket Truck, Overgrowth Removal & Cleanup. Lic & Ins. 757-282-3823.

100% CUSTOMER SATISFACTION ABSOLUTE TREE SURGEONS - Will Beat Any Reasonable Estimate By 10% COMPLETE TREE & STUMP REMOVAL, TRIMMING. Lic’d & Ins’d.

FREE ESTIMATES. (757) 735-1128

FLOYD'S TREE SERVICE

Pruning. Trimming, Removal. Firewood.

Free Estimates. Licensed & Insured. 420-6396

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

FLAGSHIPNEWS.COM | OCT 26, 2017 | THE FL AGSHIP | C7 Sport Utility Vehicles Campers/RVs Jeep 2002 Liberty, loaded, leather, new tires, very clean, low mis., $4000. 757-816-8369.

Saturn 2004 Vue, 2WD, Honda V-6, auto, new timing belt, brakes, 206K, $2750. 757-421-3002.

Saturn 2009 VUE XE, 51K, new tires, leather,

sunroof, 1 owner, excel cond $7900. 757-567-2838

Trucks Keystone 2014 Bullet Premier 26RBPR Like new, ready to go! Sleeps 6, 2 pullouts, camping pkg, many extras! Va. Beach, can deliver!

757-286-6463

LET DIXIE RV SELL YOUR RV!

THE #1 RV WHEELATOR IN VIRGINIA!

LET US CLEAN/SELL/FINANCE YOUR RV! Call Dennis @ 757-249-1257 Winnebago 1997 Rialta 60k miles, $4512. Contact me at : (757) 656-2298

GMC 2001 Box Truck, 16’, 5.7 motor, new

motor 3K mis., good cond, $3000. 757-647-4673.

Wanted Automobiles $ABSOLUTELY ABLY ACQUIRING AUTOS All Makes & Models, Best Price Paid!!

FREE TOWING. 749-8035 AUTOS ACCEPTED - Any Year, Make Or Model TOP DOLLAR, FAST, FREE TOWING. 757-737-2465 Or 757-754-9675

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!

Motor Homes Coachmen 1995 31’ clean, new insp $12,995 Processing Fee $225. Snyder’s RV 499-8000.

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Motorcycles Harley 2005 Dyna Super Glide, barn find,

700 mi, new insp, upgrades $5500. 757-482-4354

Honda 2014 CBR500R Sport gar kept, 140

mis, red/black, brand new cond, $4850. 228-6656

Suzuki 2009 M109R Power cruiser with under 13K miles. $6000 to ride away. Contact me at 757-377-0740.

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Sport Utility Vehicles

Cadillac 2007 Escalade Garage Kept.

Excellent Condition, All Leather Interior All amenities, 96,700 miles Asking $24,000 call 757-436-2491

Chevy 2012 Equinox LTZ, loaded, moon-

roof, Blue Tooth, must see, $13,450. 716-3706.

Dodge 2013 Journey, excel cond, new engine

less than 5K mis, Jan insp, $13,000. 757-604-5097

Jeep 2001 Grand Cherokee 4X4, new

tires/insp, 164K, excel cond, $3100. 354-5372

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