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February 14, 2013

Vol. XXX No.6

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NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION

Planning, Preparation Cited as Pillars of Performance

By Patrick Gordon NDW Waterline writer

U.S. Navy photo MC2 Kiona Miller

Security personnel aboard Naval Support Activity Washington train in an active shooter drill during the Citadel Shield 2012 exercise. Training for the annual exercise, planned for Feb. 19 to March 1, is ongoing throughout the year.

With Citadel Shield Exercise (CS13) 2013 planned for Feb.19 to March 1, personnel working at installations in Naval District Washington (NzzzzDW) may notice an increase in training and preparation for the antiterrorism exercise. What some may not realize is that preparations for the exercise began at the conclusion of Citadel Shield 2012.

“This is an ongoing, continuous evolution,” said NDW Regional Security Officer Rob Shaffer. “Our security forces are a 24/7 response asset, and we test and evaluate them monthly as part of an ongoing training process.”

Others explain that the all-inclusive and ongoing training schedule helps to ensure that little is left to speculation should an emergency occur.

“We prepare year-round for this,” said Naval Support Activity Washington Antiterrorism Officer William Holdren. “As we go through this, we make sure that every instal-

lation that we have has been fully briefed, they understand what is going on, and that we have their approval for the drills, so there is a lot of preparation that goes behind this.

From a police standpoint, we have ensured that all of our gear is up to date. It’s a yearly time to shine; we work extremely hard to be ready for this. Citadel Shield, we know what we’re doing.”

While the purpose of the Citadel Shield exercise is to test antiterrorism procedures at the installation level, support personnel are also included.

“These types of exercises are very effective because they allow us the focused time to concentrate our training efforts installation-wide towards these events,” said Shaffer. “This exercise allows us to train, and show the effectiveness of that training, with total installation participation.”

This installation wide-training is exemplified by the table top exercise (TTX) portion of Citadel Shield 2013, which began its

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NDWHonorsContributionsofAfricanAmericanServicemembers

By Patrick Gordon NDW Waterline writer

As the nation celebrates African-American History Month, installations in Naval District Washington (NDW) follow suit with celebrations of their own to honor the contributions of African-Americans in the sea services throughout the history of the United States.

“National African-American History Month is a time to tell those stories of freedom won and honor the individuals who wrote them,” said President Barack Obama in his 2013 National African American History Month presidential proclamation.

“We look back to the men and women who helped raise the pillars of democracy, even when the halls they built were not theirs to occupy. We trace generations of AfricanAmericans, free and slave, who risked everything to realize their God-given rights. We listen to the echoes of speeches and struggle that made our Nation stronger, and we hear again the thousands who sat in, stood up, and called out for equal treatment under the law.”

African-Americans have been contributing to the defense of the United States since its inception, often fighting despite a lack of personal and civil rights. But like most Americans, a call to service and the desire

for better prospects drove them to protect their nation before a change could come.

Today, we pay homage to those who fought to defend freedom before it was theirs, fought injustice while they faced it in their own ranks, and liberated while others like them were still bound.

“African-American History Month is very important because it allows us to give pause and remember the sacrifices and struggles of those in the African-American community, but also to ignite interest in the history of the African-American community,” said Dr. Regina Akers, historian with the Naval History and Heritage Command. “The important thing to do is to take that interest past February 28th, and continue it through the year.”

Installations throughout NDW are celebrating African-American History Month with special events. Naval Support Facility Dahlgren will host an African-American History Month observance with guest speaker Rev. Lawrence Davies, former mayor of Fredericksburg, Va.; Naval Support Activity Annapolis and the United States Naval Academy have various events planned through the month of February including mentoring sessions by the Midshipmen Black Studies Group and a discussion about slaves in the War of 1812 hosted by historian Gene Smith; and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center will be holding an event

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featuring poetry readings and a Jazz performance by members of the U.S. Army Band.

Naval Support Activity Washington has permanent displays of the contributions of some African-American servicemembers featured in the National Museum of the United States Navy at the Washington Navy Yard. Among them are the Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to Seaman Joachim Pease for his actions aboard USS Kearsarge during the American Civil War; a gold medal for heroism presented by the African-American community of New York to Robert Smalls, who commandeered a Confederate steamer in Charleston, S.C., and piloted it to the safety of the Union Fleet in 1862; and a portrait of Master Chief Boatswain’s Mate (MDV) Carl Brashear, the U.S. Navy’s first African American Master Diver and the first amputee to be recertified as a diver in the U.S. Navy.

“We’ve come a long way, and our services have come a long way, as well,” said Akers.

For more information about African American contributions to the U.S. Navy, visit www.history.navy.mil, go to “Resources and Research” and click “Diversity.”

This is part one of a two-part series on African-American History Month. Next week the Waterline will feature specific acts of heroic service by African-American servicemembers.

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U.S. Navy photo by Patrick Gordon

A portrait of Master Chief Boatswain’s Mate (MDV) Carl Brashear, the U.S. Navy’s first African American Master Diver and the first amputee to be recertified as a diver in the U.S. Navy, hangs in the National Museum of the U.S. Navy at the Washington Navy Yard. Installations throughout Naval District Washington are honoring the accomplishments of African Americans, in and out of uniform, during African American History Month.

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it’s that here in America, success does not depend on where you were born or what your last name is,” Obama said during the ceremony.

“Success depends on the ideas that you can dream up, the possibilities that you envision, and the hard work, the blood, sweat and tears you’re willing to put in to make them real,” the president added.

Carruthers began work at NRL in 1964, after receiving a fellowship in rocket astronomy from the National Science Foundation. Throughout his tenure, he has focused his attention on far ultraviolet observations of the Earth’s upper atmosphere and of astronomical phenomena.

In 1969, Carruthers received a patent for his pioneering instrumentation, Image Converter for Detecting Electromagnetic Radiation Especially in Short Wave Lengths, which detected electromagnetic radiation.

In 1972, his Far Ultraviolet Camera Spectrograph, the first moon-based space observatory, was sent to the moon with the Apollo 16 mission. This 50-pound, gold-plated camera system allowed researchers to take readings of and understand objects and elements in space that are unrecognizable to the naked eye. It also gave scientists views of stars and solar systems thousands of miles away.

His camera still sits on the surface of the moon. A second

Naval Research Laboratory scientist George Carruthers received the 2011 National Medal of Technology and Innovation in a Feb. 1 ceremony at the White House.

The award is the nation’s highest honor for technology achievement, and is presented by the president to America’s leading innovators, officials said.

Carruthers’ geospace research is improving the ability to understand and forecast space weather, which can affect military and civilian space and communication systems.

“I am proud to honor these inspiring American innovators. They represent the ingenuity and imagination that has long made this nation great -- and they remind us of the enormous impact a few good ideas can have when these creative qualities are unleashed in an entrepreneurial environment,” President Barack Obama said in announcing the medal recipients.

Carruthers, who works in NRL’s space science division, grew up during the space race. His love for space science extended through his youth and eventually led him to pursue degrees in aeronautical, nuclear, and astronomical engineering from the University of Illinois.

“If there is one idea that sets this country apart, one idea that makes us different from every other nation on Earth,

See Scientist, Page 8

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory photo

George Carruthers, left, and William Conway, a project manager at the Naval Research Institute, examine the gold-plated Ultraviolet Camera/ Spectrograph, which housed the first observatory operated by man from a fixed platform outside the Earth. Apollo 16 astronauts placed the camera, invented by Carruthers, on the moon in April 1972.

Around the Yard President’s Day is just around the corner. Who is your favorite American president?

George Washington. He was the first, and he turned down being a monarch.

James Waldrep NAVSEA Washington Navy Yard

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Reagan. I enjoyed his presidency, and I was proud of the country and him.

Probably President Obama, though I did like Bush his first term.

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This Week in Navy History February 14

1942 - First Construction Battalion (Seabees) arrive Bora Bora, French Polynesia.

1944 - Allied Carrier aircraft strike Japanese fleet at Truk, sinking ships and destroying aircraft.

1778 - John Paul Jones in command of Ranger receives the first official salute to U.S. Stars and Stripes flag by a European country at Quiberon, France.

1813 - Essex becomes first U.S. warship to round Cape Horn and enter the Pacific Ocean.

1814 - USS Constitution captures British ships Lovely Ann and Pictou.

1840 - Officers from USS Vincennes make first landing in Antarctica on floating ice.

February 18

1846 - General order on Port and Starboard released by Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft, replacing the nautical term “larboard” with “port.”

1944 - Amphibious Force under Rear Adm. Harry W. Hill lands troops on Engebi Island, Eniwetok.

1955 - First of 14 detonations in the Operation Teapot nuclear test.

February 15

1856 - USS Supply, commanded by Lt. David Dixon Porter, sails from Smyrna, Syria, bound for Indianola, Texas, with a load of 21 camels intended for experimental use in the American desert west of the Rockies.

1898 - U.S. Battleship USS Maine (ACR1) blows up in Havana Harbor, Cuba.

February 19

1814 - USS Constitution captures British brig Catherine.

1945 - Marines with naval gunfire support land on Iwo Jima. The island secured March 16, 1945.

February 16

1804 - Lt. Stephen Decatur, with volunteers from frigate Constitution and schooner Enterprise, enters Tripoli harbor by night in the ketch Intrepid to burn the captured frigate Philadelphia. Decatur’s raid succeeds without American losses. England’s Lord Nelson calls this “the most daring act of the age.”

1815 - USS Constitution captures British Susannah.

1967 - Operation River Raider begins in Mekong Delta, Vietnam.

February 17

1864 - Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley sinks USS Housatonic.

February 20

Photo courtesy of the Naval History and Heritage Command.

USS Maine (ACR-1) is destroyed by explosion in Havana Harbor, Cuba, Feb. 15, 1898. Artwork, copied from the contemporary publication “Uncle Sam’s Navy.”

1815 - USS Constitution, under Captain Charles Stewart, captures HMS Cyane and sloop-of-war Levant.

1962 - Marine Lt. Col. John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit Earth. His flight in Friendship 7 (Mercury 6) consisted of three orbits in 88 minutes at a velocity of 17,544 mph with the highest altitude of 162.2 statute miles. Recovery was by USS Noa (DD-841).

1962 - USS Dixie (AD-14) rescues lone crewman aboard a sailing yawl adrift for four days.

1974 - S-3A Viking ASW aircraft (carrier jet) introduced officially, given to VS-41.

Carderock Division Navy and Marine Corps NSWC Engineer named 2013 Asian Relief Available American Engineer of the Year

By MC2 Nathan Parde NSAB Public Affairs staff writer

By Nicholas Malay NSWCCD Public Affairs

Effective Friday, the Navy and Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) has increased the amount that can be borrowed through their Quick Assist Loan program to $500.

“The Quick Assist Loan program is offered at Naval Support Activity Bethesda,” said NMCRS Bethesda Director Gillian Connon. “You can only get a Quick Assist Loan at a full-service office, and we are the fullservice office for the National Capital Area.”

The NMCRS branch at Bethesda offers many services for active duty and retired Sailors and Marines, retired reservists and eligible family members, but the Quick Assist Loan is only available for Sailors and Marines who have a need for immediate cash assistance.

“If you should have a car accident that requires unexpected repairs, for example, or something happens in your family where you need groceries or a plane ticket home - it’s a quick, no-questions asked solution that will get you the money that you need and get you on your way,” said Connon.

What makes this loan unique compared to the alternatives is the terms of repayment, she said.

“There is no interest on the Quick Assist Loan,” she continued. “I’ve seen the competition, a payday lender out in town, start at rates of 36 percent and go up to the moon.

I’ve also seen a 520 percent interest loan of-

Dr. Thomas C. Fu, of the Naval Surface Warfare, Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD) has been selected to receive the 2013 Asian American Engineer of the Year (AAEOY) award, March 2 in Dallas.

“Through my 25 years at Carderock I have had the good fortune to be involved in the full range of naval hydrodynamics research activities, from basic research experiments here in our facilities on the physics of turbulent separated flows, to leading full-scale trials to validate our simulation and design tools,” said Fu. “These opportunities, and breadth of work, allowed me to contribute to the field and grow as a researcher.”

The AAEOY award recognizes exceptional contributions of American scientists, engineers and corporate leaders with Asian ethnicity in their fields of expertise and to their communities.

Fu was named an AAEOY for his pioneering contributions in the field of submarine and surface ship dynamics which include non-acoustic hydrodynamic signatures and wakes, wave breaking, wave impact and slamming, and general hydrodynamics utilizing innovative experiments, both at model- and full-scale.

“There is some satisfaction in looking back and seeing how far we have come; in seeing the techniques and methods that you were developing early in your career

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fered locally.”

Jenna Grotler, a client services assistant at NMCRS Bethesda, said there’s no comparison between the Quick Assist Loan and the alternatives.

“It’s way better than going out in town because it is 0 percent interest and no questions asked, and there’s no command involvement,” said Grotler. “It’s really that simple.”

Maj. Gen. Carl Jensen, USMC (Ret), Executive Vice President, NMCRS, said the Quick Assist Loan program is designed to provide direct relief to service members who are struggling financially.

“This program is our best defense against questionable payday lenders who create a cycle of debt with triple-digit interest and short-term repayments that adversely im-

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become standard practice,” said Fu. “Seeing the impact one can have on the work we do here at Carderock, but also on the Navy as a whole, is tremendously motivating and rewarding. The fact that the work projects directly onto platform safety and survivability makes it that much more rewarding.”

Fu is the deputy department head and director of Science and Technology (S&T) of the Naval Architecture and Engineering Department of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division. As deputy department head, he supports the department in managing the day-to-day operations of the Naval Architecture and Engineering Department, and has oversight of the technical operations of the department.

As director of Science and Technology for the department, he shepherds all basic and applied research efforts within the department and in cross-department collaboration efforts. He also serves as the department’s representative and liaison to a number of international collaborative efforts and exchange agreements.

“Dr. Fu does much more than steward the Science and Technology efforts within the Naval Architecture and Engineering Department. His personal view, and the departmental view he brings forward as a member of the S&T council, is much larger than our single department’s area of expertise,” said Jon Etxegoien, NSWCCD Naval Architecture

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NSA Washington-JBAB Fleet Family and Fun CAREER SUPPORT AND RETENTION

including parenting skills training, couples

The Transition Assistance Management Program (TAMP)

Awareness, Spouse Abuse Awareness and

Offers an array of services and benefits to transitioning service members, including computers setup for individuals to go online to different job banks, college and scholarship resources and career assessment tools.

Resume Writing Workshops are offered which includes Federal Resume Writing Interview Skills, information on veterans’ benefits and a professional resource library; Two TAP Seminars and one Executive TAP Seminar - five-day programs - are offered monthly sponsored by the departments of Labor and Veteran Affairs, and include information that will benefit the transitioning military member.

Family Employment Readiness Program (FERP) Offers seven basic services, which include job search strategies, job readiness, resource information, job referral service, individual counseling assistance, career planning and links to education and volun-

communication, anger and stress management, conflict resolution, Child Abuse suicide prevention. Trainings can be customized to fit needs of the command.

New Parent Support Program (NPS) Assists new parents in coping with the demands of parenting and military life through parenting education and training and home visits to new parents prior to delivery and after delivery; information and referral for military and community resources; child development screenings and monitoring. All active duty members and their families who are pregnant and or have

tion services.

Deployment/mobilization/readiness

Travel Office, WNY Bldg. 184 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 685-8299

Food & Beverage Catering & Conference Center, WNY Bldg. 211 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-3041/4312 Mordecai Booth’s Public House, WNY Bldg. 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 678-0514

Military and Family Support Center

Other Important Numbers FFR Administrative Office, WNY Bldg. 101. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-3659

Assisting Sailors and family members

FFRP Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-4052

prepare for deployment, manage sepa-

MWR Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-4662

rations and reunite and reintegrate with

MWR Marketing Department, WNY Bldg. 101. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 685-8298

families and community through services

Regional Child Placement Office, JBAB Bldg. 414. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-3055

including the Family Accountability and

Family Housing Office, JBAB Bldg. 414 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-0346

Assessment System, Individual augmentee

Liberty Program/Center, JBAB Bldg. 72. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 685-1802

(IA) Indoc Course and Deployed Family Fun

Provides assistance to service members with special needs children and family members with medical needs including re-

specialist training in the Region (NDW).

source referral to medical, counseling and

Improve your speaking skills with Helmsmen Toastmasters

care providers. Assists in finding duty sta-

the Pentagon Library and Conference

Ticket Office, WNY Bldg. 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-2484

MFSC, JBAB Bldg. 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 767-0450

Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP)

Join us Thursdays, 7:30-8:45 a.m., at

Information, Tickets & Travel (ITT)

years old are eligible for these home visita-

Personal Financial Management (PFM)

is responsible for the Command Financial

Washington Navy Yard, bldg. 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-2282/2829

MFSC, JBAB Bldg. 72 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-6151

teer opportunities.

nancial counseling, financial classes, and

Fitness Centers

children in the home from infancy to three

Days.

Program offers individual and family fi-

FFR/MWR Phone numbers

educational services, support groups and tions where needs are met. Mandatory enrollment per OPNAVINST 1754.2D.

Outdoor Recreation/Equipment Rental, JBAB, Bldg. 928 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 767-9136 Navy Gateway Inns & Suites, JBAB, Bldg. 602 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 404-7050

and updates throughout all phases, please

Tuesday

do not hesitate to ask the staff members at

6:30-7:15 a.m. - Basic Training Challenge

the Fitness center. You can also sign-up for

8:30- 9:15 a.m. - Basic Training Challenge

email alerts by emailing your full name and

10:45-11:30 a.m. - Boot Camp

email to nsaw.marketing1@gmail.com.

11:40 a.m.-12:25 p.m. - Yoga 12:35-1:20 p.m. - Cardio Conditioning

Group Exercise Promo Jan. 2-Feb. 28 | Washington Navy Yard Fitness Center Extended through February! DoD Civil-

MWR Happenings

ians and Contractors can enjoy free group

think, lead and listen better. For more info,

Fitness Center Renovations - Phase 1

of January. Come out and try new ways

contact Carl Sabath at carl.sabath@osd.

Begins Feb. 27 | WNY Fitness Center

mil, 703-695-2804, or Elizabeth Femrite

Phase 1 will include renovations to the

at elizabeth.m.femrite.civ@mail.mil, 571-

2nd and 3rd floors. The 2nd floor gym area

256-8674. Remember, great Helmsmen

and locker rooms will be closed but the

Center. Toastmasters is an international organization that helps everyone speak,

say, “Yes!” To learn more about Helmsmen Toastmasters, visit http://helmsmen.toastmastersclubs.org

DEPLOYMENT READINESS/ FAMILY SERVICES Life Skills Education

equipment and locker rooms on the 1st floor will be available for use. Racquetball court #2 will also be closed so please coordinate reservations for use of racquetball

exercise classes throughout the month to workout with the WNY Fitness Center Group Exercise Program. Sign up for free group exercise emails at the Fitness Center in Building 22. For more information, please contact the WNY Fitness Center at 202-4332282/2829.

February Group Exercise Schedule

court #1 at the front desk. The 3rd floor

WNY Fitness Center

group exercise room will also be closed and

Monday

classes will be relocated to Building 73 on

10:45-11:30 a.m. - Pilates

the indoor tennis courts. Two changing

11:40 a.m.-12:25 p.m. - Cardio Conditioning

Wednesday 6:30-7:15 a.m. - Pilates 11-11:45 a.m. - Zumba Noon-12:45 a.m. - Pliates 4:15-5:00 p.m. - Yoga Thursday 6:30-7:15 a.m. - Basic Training Challenge 8:30-9:15 a.m. - Basic Training Challenge 10:45-11:30 a.m. - Cardio Conditioning 11:40 a.m.-12:25 p.m. - Boot Camp 12:35-1:05 p.m. - Core Conditioning Friday 11-11:45 a.m. - Lean & Mean Noon-12:45 p.m. - Cardio Conditioning 12:55-1:40 p.m. - Zumba

Pre-St. Patrick’s Day Party at the Pub March 14 | 4-8 p.m. | Mordecai Booths Public House Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day a few days early

Provides presentations to help com-

rooms will be provided in Building 73. Tow-

mands meet requirements, as well as en-

el service will be suspended throughout the

12:35-1:20 p.m. - Lean & Mean

live music entertainment and Karaoke by DJ

hance operational and personal readiness

entire renovations. For further information

4:15-5 p.m. - Peaks & Valleys

Scott, party specials, giveaways and more.

at the Pub. Join us after work for some great

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Joint Women’s Leadership Symposium

The Sea Service Leadership Association has opened registration for its 26th annual Joint Women’s Leadership Symposium, the largest gathering of military women in the nation. Women from each of the five service branches are invited to register. The twoday symposium will be held March 10-12, at the Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. Attendees may register at www.sealeader.org.

2013 Special Olympic Bowling Championships

The District of Columbia Special Olympics program has requested Navy assistance in support of this year’s bowling championships. Locations and dates are: - Feb. 12 and 19 at AMF Marlow Heights Lanes, 4717 St. Barnabas Road, SE, Temple Hills, Md. - Feb. 14 and 21 at the AMF Capital Plaza Bowling Center, 4601 Cooper Lane, Hyattsville, Md. Volunteers are needed between 8:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. on all days. Volunteers will escort athletes, assist with score keeping, and facilitate the orderly participation of athletes.

To volunteer for the 2013 Special Olympics Bowling Championships event, or for more information, call 202-433-6854.

CEC Officers, NAVFAC Civilians Recognized During National Engineer Week From NAVFAC Washington Public Affairs The engineers at Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Washington, the systems command that delivers and maintains buildings for its military supported commands, are scheduled to be recognized during National Engineer Week, Feb. 17-23.

Engineers at NAVFAC Washington are involved in all aspects of building facilities, infrastructure and utilities systems including project management, design and construction management on projects that range from smaller public works tasks to multimillion dollar Military Construction.

“Facility engineers and architects are who we are,” said Tom Cox, NAVFAC Washington chief engineer. “We provide all physical infra-structure that exists on these installations. From buildings to roads to utilities, at some time we’ve been tasked to get them in place.”

At Naval Support Activity Washington, this includes a project to repair and modernize the Visiting Flag Quarters at the Washington Navy Yard. Constructed in 1805, the building is one of the original buildings on the Washington Navy Yard and one of the few not burned in the historic fire of 1814, making it a landmark and the cornerstone of the National Historic Landmark District.

While undergoing modernization, many historical aspects of the facility will be preserved, such as the new wood flooring that is

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Photo courtesy of James Johnson

From left, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Washington engineers Allison Justiniano, Lt. j. g. Darren Moore and Bethel Oguike review plans for a current project on board the Washington Navy Yard Feb. 11. actually reclaimed flooring from wood piers original installed on the Washington Navy Yard in the early 20th century. The facility is currently used as a guest house for flag officers, foreign dignitaries, and guests of the Chief of Naval Operations. The facility will receive upgrades in energy efficient lighting and HVAC systems, fire alarm systems, and ADA compliances.

“The dedicated engineers, architects and planners from our Public Works Department are working hard every day to find economical ways to provide the infrastructure and facility support to enable tenants to meet their mission requirements,” said Cmdr. Tom McLemore, public works officer.

“Solutions to these problems are not easy, especially as we also work to reduce energy

See Engineer Week, Page 7

Every year, our politicians talk about the need to simplify the tax code and every year, they make it more complex.

The average taxpayer will spend an estimated 23 hours completing their return this year.

Eighty percent of taxpayers will hire someone to do the work, or buy tax software, even though 64 percent of taxpayers don’t owe anything.

There are six definitions of a child; more than a dozen educational credits, and 16 different types of tax-favored savings plans. That may seem daunting, but with some basic knowledge and planning, you can avoid costly mistakes.

Here is a list of the seven common mistakes and missed deductions to help you prepare your 2012 tax return.

1. Charitable deductions - cash. Did you make a contribution to charity last year? The IRS is cracking down on bogus deductions, so be sure to follow the donation tax rules http:// rodgers-associates.com/charitable-contributions-know-the-rules/. One of the most important rules is that you give to a charity with an IRS tax-exempt status. Don’t forget to take the mileage deduction when it applies. The IRS allows 14 cents per mile driven in service of charitable organizations.

2. Charitable deductions - in kind. Your used clothing donated to charity may not be seem worth much, but consider using valuation software to determine how much to claim. You may be pleasantly surprised. The same applies for furniture and other household items donated.

Clothing must be in good condition or better to take the deduction.

3. Social Security number. Privacy concerns caused the IRS to stop putting taxpayer Social Security numbers on tax package labels. Most of your tax information is keyed to your tax ID number. Tax ID number errors raise red flags with the IRS, which attempts to match reported income to tax returns. This number is also important when claiming the Child Tax and Additional Child Tax credits and credits for educational expenses. Take time to verify that your tax ID number is correct on 1099s, W-2 forms and all tax documents to avoid delays processing your return.

4. Dividend reinvestments. Each time a stock or mutual fund reinvests dividends, it’s the same as making a new purchase of shares. The amount of the reinvested dividend adds to your tax basis

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“You have force protection, administration, emergency management, all of those components coming together in to one integrated exercise where all are working as one to complete the mission,” said Installation Training Officer for Naval Support Activity Washington Audrey Champagne. “What the TTX does is allow tenant commands to review their mission essential personnel plan and ensure its validity and that it will prepare the right individuals to respond to a specific emergency.”

Champagne said that the TTX serves to create a working environment at installations and tenant commands to identify their minimum number of mission essential personnel (MEP) required to be onboard the installation during an identified emergency event. MEP plans help identify alternate means to accomplish missions where an

when you calculate your taxable gain from a sale.

Make sure you don’t overpay the IRS. Mutual funds generally track the average basis of shares and automatically include reinvested dividends in the calculation. Ultimately it’s up to you to make sure you calculate properly.

5. Unused deductions from 2011. The tax code allows capital losses to offset capital gains.

When losses exceed gains, the taxpayer can use only $3,000 of losses against other income. Any excess loss can be carried forward into future tax years. Don’t forget to carry the unused losses over to your 2012 tax return. Charitable deductions are capped based on the type of property donated and your adjusted gross income. Excess deductions can also be carried into future years. Don’t let carryovers get lost in the shuffle.

6. Excess Roth contributions. Single taxpayers whose modified adjusted gross income is between $110,000 - $125,000 ($173,000 - $183,000 for joint filers) cannot make a full Roth IRA contribution. Check this number when you complete your tax return. Excess contributions are subject to a 6 percent penalty on the amount you contributed.

7. Overlooked medical deductions. Health insurance premiums are an often overlooked deduction. The portion paid by the employee is a deductible expense when you itemize. This includes the portion you pay to Medicare which is usually deducted from Social Security. Transportation expenses for trips to medical facilities or doctors’ offices are also deductible. The IRS allows 23 cents per mile driven for medical purposes in 2012.

If you have made a mistake or missed a deduction you can file an amended tax return to correct the problem. Some taxpayers worry filing an amended return will increase their chances of being audited. Amending the return doesn’t focus the IRS’s attention on your return but it will extend your exposure to their challenges. The IRS looks back three years from the date you file a return. When you amend your tax return you reopen the three-year window.

No one likes to deal with the IRS and taxes, but you could be leaving money on the table by not filing an amendment. If the total amount of tax you owe is smaller than your original return, the IRS will refund the difference.

Also file an amended return if the correction results in additional tax owed. The IRS will add interest to the amount if you amend after your filing deadline, but it rarely adds penalties. Correcting the mistake early saves interest and can avoid penalties.

individual presence may not be required on the installation but the task they do perform is required. In such cases support of the mission can be remotely accomplished through telecommuting in the event of an emergency situation. She explained that this provides a more streamlined working environment in such a situation, while ensuring mission accomplishment.

“We also have to look at the long-term effects of Mission Essential Personnel Plans.

A phased approached of restoral of normal operations must be a part of the MEP,” said Champagne. “After a while, if an installation only has mission essential personnel on station, it will stymie the completion of mission. And that is part of the exercise the phased approach of bringing people back on to an installation after things start calming down. Restoring an installation’s full operations is a major part of the MEP” In the coming weeks, NDW will provide information and updates regarding exercise Citadel Shield in the Waterline and NDW Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ NavDistWash.

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Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power Reviewed by Cmdr.

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Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Michael D. Stevens tours the U.S. Naval Academy during a visit to Annapolis. Stevens came for his first visit to the Academy since assuming the position in September. While on the Yard yesterday, MCPON received a historical tour, met with enlisted Sailors and attended the Aviation Community dinner reception.

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Declaration of Independence, owned over 600 human beings in his lifetime.

Jefferson forged his reputation among the titans of the Continental Congress such as John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and George Washington through the written word. His famous pamphlet “A Summary View of the Rights of British America,” was published in 1774 advocated concepts such as a “March of Liberty” over monarchies. The Continental Congress had three Committees: Declaration, Articles of Confederation, and Preparing Treaty to France.

Jefferson was given the leadership of the Declaration Committee. Another seminal document dissected in the book is Jefferson’s “Virginia Act for the Establishment of Religious Freedom,” in which he wrote there was now “...freedom for the Jew and the Gentile, the Christian and the Mohammedan [Muslims], the Hindu and infidel of every denomination.” Jefferson owned perhaps the earliest translation of the Quran, and he took pains to understand the essence of the Bible, creating his famous “Jefferson Bible.”

Jefferson’s Paris years are discussed in order to include his relationship with Maria Cosway. Meacham even describes down to the detail of a painting by Adrian van der Werff (1659-1722) of “Sarah Presenting Hagar to Abraham,” that he bought when he started his relation-

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Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Jon Meacham.

Published by Random House, New York, 2012. 800 pages.

Pulitzer Prize winning author Jon Meacham’s command of the written English language is why I always enjoy his books, and his biography of one of our most complex founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson, is no exception. Meacham investigates Jefferson’s accumulation and wielding of political power, but above all the book is a single volume biography. The author brings the political education of a young Jefferson in Williamsburg, Va., to life by analyzing his mentors, including Virginia’s Royal Governor Francis Fauquier.

William Small, another of Jefferson’s mentors, introduced Jefferson to Enlightenment thinkers. George Wythe took a personal interest in advancing the future president’s understanding of law and politics, as well as a taste for luxury. Fauquier invited a young Jefferson to conversation at the Governor’s Palace, and interestingly enough, Jefferson’s ability with the violin would prove to be an asset amongst this distinguished company. Jefferson listened to Patrick Henry’s call at the House of Burgesses protesting the 1765 Stamp Act when he compared King George III to previous tyrants.

Meacham also explores the personal Jefferson.

Readers will learn that his promise to his dying wife, Martha Wayles Skelton, to never remarry was due to her being subjected to two uncaring stepmothers. Furthermore, the book investigates Jefferson’s long liaison with his wife’s half-sister, the enslaved Sally Hemings.

According to the book, Jefferson, the author of the

ship with Hemings in Paris.

The book continues with his contentious term as George Washington’s Secretary of State and his political rivalry with Alexander Hamilton.

His two-term presidency encompassed a constitutional over-reach of the executive’s powers by concluding The Louisiana Purchase, to his second term that included the poorly concocted policy of the Embargo Act. In all, this is the political power of words, mentoring, and coalition building. Meacham argues the Jefferson, through his mentors, created a political legacy that included Presidents James Madison, James Monroe and Andrew Jackson.

This is an excellent single volume biography that I recommend should one wish to explore the complexity of Jefferson. In addition, being stationed in the Washington, D.C., area likely means you are within driving distance of Jefferson’s home Monticello as well as Colonial Williamsburg. At Williamsburg you can see the college and palace as well as George Wythe’s home, and re-trace the footsteps of Jefferson as a student and later as governor of Virginia.

It would be Jefferson who would move Virginia’s capitol to Richmond.

Editor’s Note: Cmdr.

Aboul-Enein is the author of two books on the Middle East and teaches part-time at the National Defense University. He wishes to thank the National Defense University Library for providing him the book and a quiet place to write this review. AboulEnein also thanks Ms. Sara Bannach, an undergraduate student at George Mason University, for her edits that enhanced the column.

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So just how “quick” is the Quick Assist Loan? Most loans can be processed on a walk-in basis in less than 15 minutes, and they can be borrowed up to twice a year, said Connon. However, the NMCRS is about more than just providing short-term solutions. The organization’s goal is to financially educate Sailors and Marines, she added.

Financial budgeting is offered to individuals for free, and is required if a person should request a third Quick Assist Loan.

“When you sit down with us as a coun-

selor, we’re not judging anyone based on their budget. Everyone has to live within their budget. My place is to educate you: to show you what it is today, where you can be tomorrow and where you can be beyond that.”

A Sailor or Marine who is interested in a Quick Assist Loan can find the form online at www.nmcrs.org, or just stop by the local office.

“And hopefully, you will discover that we are helpful, friendly, non-judgmental, and we really want to help teach you about your finances,” said Connon.

NMCRS Bethesda is located in Building 11, Room 118 at Naval Support Activity Bethesda. A NMCRS representative can also be reached by phone at 301-295-1207.

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Bradley Cooper Delivers Message of Hope to Wounded Warriors

By MC2 John K. Hamilton NSAB Public Affairs staff writer Academy Award nominated actor, Bradley Cooper, visited Naval Support Activity Bethesda recently to provide a private showing of his new movie “Silver Linings Playbook” for service members and their families to enjoy.

In the movie Cooper plays as Pat Solitano, a former teacher who spends time in a mental institution to treat his bipolar disorder and ends up losing his wife, job and house. Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his wife, but things get challenging when he meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own.

Several people in attendance could relate to how Pat was treated because of his mental illness.

“Being an Army chaplain, a wounded warrior here and also being recently diagnosed with PTSD and a spinal cord injury I just want to thank you [Cooper] from the bottom of my heart,” said Capt. Christina Cogan, U.S. Army chaplain. “This makes my job so much easier to get the awareness out. There is a huge stigma, not only in the civilian world but also in the military, and I always try to reach out to my Soldiers and let them know they should

be heard and they should get the help that they need and not feel as though their career is going to be jeopardized. I appreciate that it is more than just a movie and it had the most untraditional ending and I loved it, so thank you so much.”

After a screening of the movie, Cooper along with former Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy and Barbara Van Dahlen, founder and president of the Give an Hour foundation, a non-profit organization that provides free mental health services to U.S. military personnel and their families affected by the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, held a Q-andA session to talk about the finer points of the movie.

“What I loved about this movie is that it begins a dialog that doesn’t exist in Washington right now,” said Kennedy. “We’re really missing the more fundamental issue, and that is how we’re going to treat each other with the same dignity and respect we expect to be treated with if we suffered from cancer or if we had diabetes or if we had some other illness. But because mental illness is seen as a character issue, not a chemistry issue, we still marginalize people who suffer from any kind of brainbased illness because the symptoms of it are behavior.

“We saw in Bradley’s character in this movie an accurate portrayal of what

behavior looks like when your brain isn’t firing the way it ought to be firing,” he added. “I’m hoping that movies like this will begin to open peoples’ eyes to the idea that people like who Bradley portrayed and his father, is all of us. The sooner that our country can come to that realization hopefully one of the great byproducts is we will be better and more responsive to those of you who have a very real physical wound but not one that reveals itself on the outside.”

Cooper said he remembers a time when he was talking to his actor friends who were discussing whether or not they learned something from their role. He said he never understood that until this movie.

“There is something about this guy Pat Solitano who I play that I fell in love with,” said Cooper. “It felt like I went away and this guy Pat was there, and when I walked into a room all these other wonderful actors would look at me like I’m this guy Pat and I could feel them change. That was very unnerving for me as they were very careful around me and very cautious until I met this woman Tiffany Maxwell. That’s the whole thing about this movie, this woman understands him from the minute she comes in and you can see that in the dining room scene. She sees him and they start talk-

ing about meds at the table and they start to get into it and she is not scared to insult him and treat him like a man.

“Going through that and experiencing that in an imaginary circumstance, I started to empathize with his condition in a way that I never have before. I realize that I’m a victim of that too. I have walked down the street or been in places and seen somebody that I think has a mental challenge and I’m careful or overly nice instead of just treating them like a human being the way I want to be treated. That’s a huge thing I learned and I also learned that you need a strategy in life and that I can relate to Pat in a lot of ways.”

In order to get into the role, Cooper spent a lot of time with the director’s son who has a mental illness and also did a lot of research reading books and watching documentaries.

“I was made aware early on how personal this was for the director and that he was doing it in many ways for his son. There was a real obligation to make it very authentic and I felt the burden of responsibility of that,” said Cooper. “I spent a lot of time with his son and his son’s friends and there are a couple of friends of mine who are diagnosed bipolar.

That was a way to figure out the heart of the character by hanging out with his son, Matt. Then, it was the logic

DoD, Veterans Affairs to Speed Integration of Health Records

By Jim Garamone American Forces Press

The secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs announced their departments will speed implementation of the Integrated Electronic Health Record program, allowing service members and veterans better access and more importantly, better medical care.

“This approach is affordable, achievable, and if we refocus our efforts we believe we can achieve the key goal of a seamless system for health records between VA and DOD on a greatly accelerated schedule,” said Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta following a meeting with Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki at VA

headquarters here.

The departments are able to step up the records program because of advances in information technology while working with existing platforms. The original goal was to have the system deployed by 2018. Now the expectation is by the end of next year.

The goal is to provide one set of electronic records from entry into the military through veteran status. The program is designed to allow service members or veterans to download information and present it to doctors or other health care providers without delays.

Previously, service members had to hand carry paper files from DOD facilities to Veterans Affairs.

Once complete, the record program will provide DOD and VA clinicians with the complete medical records of more than 18 million service members, veterans and their beneficiaries.

“We’ve agreed to improve interoperability before the end of this year by standardizing health care data,” Shinseki said. The two departments will also accelerate the exchange of realtime data by September.

The departments are upgrading the graphical user interface to display the new standardized VA and DOD healthcare date by the end of this year, Shinseki said.

“By this summer, DOD and VA will field and begin conducting a pilot program on the common interface for

doctors at seven joint rehab centers across the country and we’ll also expand its use at two other sites,” Panetta said. “All of these facilities will be interoperable by the end of July 2013, so fast time track, but we think we can get it done.”

These centers will be in San Antonio, Minneapolis, Palo Alto, Calif., Tampa, Fla., Richmond, Va., Anchorage, Alaska, and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.

“Rather than building a single, integrated system from scratch, we will focus our immediate efforts on integrating VA and DOD health data as quickly as possible by upgrading our existing systems,” Panetta said.

Photo by MC2 John K. Hamilton

Cpl. William K. Carpenter poses for a photo with Bradley Cooper, during Cooper’s visit to Naval Support Activity Bethesda recently. The Academy Award nominated actor visited Naval Support Activity Bethesda recently to provide a private showing of his new movie “Silver Linings Playbook” for service members and their families to enjoy. of figuring out the neurological pathway with which he processes information and that was through reading a lot of material and watching some wonderful documentaries on manic depression.”

Cooper was surprised by how much attention his new movie was getting.

“We didn’t realize how much it would resonate on the larger scale,” said Cooper. “I always knew the power of cinema personally

growing up. It’s a hugely influential media. It’s the reason I do so much. I think this is the first movie that I’ve been a part of where I felt like I actually understood in terms of other people experiencing something I’ve been involved with.”

There were hundreds in attendance to see Cooper, who signed autographs on personal items and took pictures with the audience.

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consumption and maintain the historic aura of the base.

But the mentality of engineers is to want to resolve these challenges, and it is very rewarding to know the solutions we develop support the fleet or the commands supporting the fleet.”

Engineers at NAVFAC Washington bring competencies in several focus areas. These include project management, civil, mechanical, electrical, structural, fire protection, engineering and architecture, and construction management.

The Civil Engineer Corps, which employs approximately 2.5 percent of all Navy officers, is a unique organization with no exact counterpart in any other service or any other Navy in the world. The majority of these officers work in contract management, public works, or with the Seabees.

“The Civil Engineer Corps presents a unique opportunity for engineering professionals,” said Cmdr. Kevin Bartoe, assistant regional engineer. “We are credentialed engineers, contracting acquisition specialists and Navy leaders. The CEC supports construction and maintenance of over $200 billion in plant property across the world, while also being ready to respond to natural disasters and contingency conflicts throughout the world.”

Currently two NAVFAC Washington CEC officers are on Individual Augmentee assignments supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

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Navy Medicine debuts new “Dirty Jobs” - Style Show From Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Public Affairs The U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) created and released a new “Dirty Jobs”-style informational show, Jan. 31.

The episode released this week is part of a larger series, titled “Scrubbing In,” and is hosted by BUMED public affairs specialists who visit various commands across the Navy Medicine enterprise to showcase its vast capabilities.

“The goal of ‘Scrubbing In’ is to connect to viewers in a unique way by allowing them to step inside Navy Medicine and get a glimpse of what our folks really do to support our warfighters and their families,” said Vice Adm. Matthew L. Nathan, surgeon general of the Navy and chief, BUMED. “The series is designed to show how Navy Medicine commands enable our Sailors and Marines to always be ready to respond when necessary, particularly when they are operating forward.”

The show will serve as a valuable recruiting tool showing potential Sailors and Navy Medicine civilians the unique and rewarding jobs that are available to them, according to Nathan.

The premiere episode takes place at the Navy Medicine Aviation Survival Training Center in Patuxent River, Md., where hosts Paul Ross and Josh Wick go through the same water survival training all naval aviators are required to complete.

“We hope the show does a good job of highlighting the people who keep our Sailors and Marines ready and fit to fight,” Wick said. “The purpose is to give viewers a small taste of the types of work being done across Navy Medicine that the average person might not know about.”

In the first episode the two hosts go through the training course in the water and are taught proper emergency egress procedures for the aviation community keeping in mind both the physiological and mental challenges of the scenario. At one point they are fully submerged in water via a mechanical dunker that simulates a crashing helicopter, have to find their way out and then participate in a simu-

lated open-water rescue.

“By doing a show like this we are able to illustrate the value and importance of Navy Medicine.” Ross said. “’Scrubbing In’ is an avenue to demonstrate to viewers the realistic nature of the training and the expertise of Sailors at commands like the Aviation Survival Training Center.”

“Scrubbing In” is being produced in-house through the BUMED Visual Information Directorate. The Navy Medicine public affairs office aims to create five-six shows a year with each episode focusing on a different aspect of the enterprise.

The first episode is available on the Navy Medicine YouTube page: http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=lQdrykfZRMs. “’Scrubbing In’ is just another way to show the great and imperative work being accomplished by the men and women of Navy Medicine,” Nathan said. “Whether it’s on land, in the air, or above and below the sea, Navy Medicine’s people continue to provide world-class care...anytime, anywhere.”

Navy Medicine is a global health care network of more than 63,000 Navy medical personnel around the world who provide high quality health care to more than one million eligible beneficiaries. Navy Medicine personnel deploy with Sailors and Marines worldwide, providing critical mission support aboard ship, in the air, under the sea and on the battlefield

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version was sent on the 1974 Skylab space flight and was used to observe Halley’s Comet, among others.

Carruthers has been the principal investigator for numerous Defense Department and NASA-sponsored space instruments, including a 1986 rocket instrument that obtained ultraviolet images of Haley’s Comet. His experiment on the Defense Department’s Space Test Program Advanced Research and Global Observation Satellite captured an image of a Leonid shower meteor entering the Earth’s atmosphere, the first time an image of a meteor has been captured in the far ultraviolet from a space-borne camera.

The National Medal of Technology and Innovation was created by statute in 1980 and is administered for the White House by the Commerce Department’s Patent and Trademark Office. The award recognizes those who have made lasting contributions to America’s competitiveness and quality of life and helped strengthen the nation’s technological workforce. Nominees are selected by an independent committee representing the private and public sectors.

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and Engineering Department head.

With his breadth of knowledge and diverse background, Fu also serves on and leads a variety of cross-departmental and cross-organizational committees and teams which have accomplished tasks from infrastructure improvements to accident investigations.

“Dr. Fu is always looking for areas of collaboration between the departments, other warfare centers, industry and academia, seeking to stretch our meager resources to try to take advantage of all the S&T work that we may have an interest in,” said Etxegoien. “In this way, he has helped form an S&T program that was a disparate series of individual efforts, into a program that is a more structured, effective, and larger than sum of its parts.”

“For me, the most rewarding aspect of being selected 2013 AAEOY is the recognition of my hard work. We all know what we put into our work, but the award is acknowledgement and validation by others of that effort,” said Fu. Fu’s research is tied to NSWCCD’s technical capabilities (TC) in the fields of hull forms and fluid dynamics, and propulsors. Under these TCs, NSWCCD provides the Navy’s hydromechanics capability for surface and undersea vehicle platforms to ensure the platforms meet mission requirements; and provides assessment and design capability for Navy propulsors.

NSWCCD’s responsibilities span a broad range including science and technology, research and development, test and evaluation, product delivery and fleet support. NSWCCD leads the Navy in hull, mechanical and electrical engineering expertise and delivers technical solutions in order to build and sustain a dominant, ready and affordable fleet.

Headquartered in West Bethesda, Md., approximately 3,600 scientists, engineers, technicians and support personnel are located across the United States, which includes the Ship Systems Engineering Station in Philadelphia.

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Joe Ehrmann, a former NFL defensive lineman, spoke to Midshipmen of the U.S. Naval Academy Feb. 6 on the role of gender, relationships, ethics and maturity in leadership.

Former NFL Star Addresses Roles of Gender and Relationships at Naval Academy From Naval Academy Public Affairs

Nearly 1,000 Naval Academy midshipmen attended a lecture by a former NFL defensive lineman Feb. 6 on the role of gender, relationships, ethics and maturity in leadership.

Joe Ehrmann is a former NFL player, named to the All-Century and All-American football teams at Syracuse University who is now a motivational speaker.

He is a former Baltimore Colts “Man of the Year” award winner, also named “Man of the Year” by the Frederick Douglass Society and the National Fatherhood Initiative.

Ehrmann explained that most of the gender definitions in society are based on misconceptions. For example, we are falsely led to believe that manhood is defined by athletic ability, sexual conquest and economic success. Misconceptions of femininity include the notions that “worthy” women are rescued by “Prince Charming,” that beauty and body define a woman’s worth, and that women can either be honest and real or loved and accepted, but not both.

These misconceptions are damaging because “you move toward and become that

which you believe about yourself,” he said.

Ehrmann told the midshipmen they have to redefine who they are outside of these misconceptions.

“You have to define what you will stand for, who you will stand with, and what you will stand against,” he said.

To Ehrmann, true masculinity and femininity are defined by the same two things.

The first is our relationships with others, our capacity to love others and allow others to love us.

“The people we touch, mark, love, imprint - they’re going to be here long after we leave this earth,” he said. “My success is defined every day by the impact, influence and integrity of my relationships.”

The second thing that defines us is our commitment to a cause, he said. “All of us have a responsibility to give back, to make the world more fair, more just, more hospitable for every human being.”

He encouraged the midshipmen to continue developing their own leadership style and their own definitions of what is important in life and leadership.

“You are signs of hope for your family, your community and your country,” he said.

For more news from other bases around the Washington, D.C. area,

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