The Waterline
September 20, 2012
Vol. XXIX No.38
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NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
Ready Navy: Your role in emergency preparedness By MC2 Kiona Miller, NDW Public Affairs
U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Kiona Miller
Military personnel and family members buy groceries at the NAS Patuxent River Commissary. According to Ready Navy an emergency kit should include at least one gallon of water per person per day and non-perishable food items to support everyone in the household for at least three days.
Although the Atlantic hurricane season has just passed its halfway point, it is never too late to prepare for the effects of a hurricane or any other disaster that could happen. As the Ready Navy campaign continues to engage Sailors and Department of the Navy civilian employees throughout the month of September, it is important to know that everyone has a role in emergency preparedness. "Ready Navy carries down into the FEMA 'Are you prepared?' and all of the guidance that they have put out to help people make kits and to help them have everything all set," said Deputy Region Emergency Manager Jeff Wilson. "This is the Navy's version for the Sailors to show them what they need to do." According to the official Ready Navy website, the campaign was created for the Navy community to increase the ability of every person and family on or near Navy installations to meet today's challenges head on and plan and prepare for all types of hazards,
ranging from hurricanes and earthquakes to terrorist attacks. "What we want to do as far as the community is focus on the Navy family, not only the active duty and reserve Navy personnel, but all the contractors and everybody who works on the base being able to know," said Wilson. "In the end, if they are not prepared it hurts just as much, especially with the NDW region being so contractor and government civilian heavy. This has just as much implacability to them as it does to anybody else." In order to ensure all Navy families are completely prepared for any disaster, Ready Navy uses the slogan "Be Ready Navy! I am. Are you?" to drive home the message that each person is responsible for their own emergency preparedness. Although there are many emergency centers and first responders on and off all installations, the first line of defense happens with the individual. "Folks need to be able to fend for themselves at least for the short term," said Robert Klebahn, regional program manager for Fleet
See Ready, Page 5
The Pride of Baltimore II Visits the Washington Navy Yard By MC2 Kiona Miller, NDW Public Affairs The reproduction of the 1812-era topsail schooner, the Pride of Baltimore II, will visit the Washington Navy Yard (WNY) today as part of the bicentennial commemoration of the War of 1812. "The War of 1812 is something that we want to study and make people aware of, educate young people about, and educate our own Sailors and civilians on why theWar of 1812 is important," said John Imparato, director of corporate information management for Naval District Washington. "I'm hoping to have school visits, visits from the local community organizations and some of the office people up and down M street [come out] and give them a chance to see something that is part of our Navy heritage. Even though they weren't a part of the Navy they are definitely a part of our maritime heritage." The ship will be moored at Pier 1 next to the Display Ship Barry through Sept. 21 and will offer tours for both military and DoD employees as well as the general public via the Riverwalk. Imparato hopes the event will draw visitors to theWNY attractions, such as the Barry and the Navy Museum. "I think it's an opportunity to attract people to the ship and the waterfront. They will see the Barry, they will see the Pride of Baltimore, and I think it adds to our openness and
the fact that we are a part of this community," he said. Throughout the two-day event, the ship will be open to tours for Navy personnel from 10 a.m. to noon and to the public from 1-4 p.m. There will also be a special presentation by Dr. Michael Crawford of the United States Navy Museum titled "Pirates and Privateers" and theYankee Frolics will be performing American music during the War of 1812 at the Museum Education Center.Visitors wishing to attend will have to enter at the WNY's visitor's gate located between 11th and O Sts. SW. "The Sailors living on the ship in those days was very rough. It was like camping a year at time, and very often they were out in the weather all day," said Imparato. "I think it's tough living and I think it gives people the appreciation of what merchant ships, the privateers, the U.S. Navy, the British navy and navies of all nations had to go through in those days." Within the last 10 years only two ships visited theWNY. Prior to 9/11, theWNY celebrated its 200th anniversary with a tall ship festival which brought 1,600 visitors to visit six tall ships on display in 1999. "Now that we have the Riverwalk and fence we are able to be a little more open than we have been since 9/11, because people will be outside our security fence," said Imparato. "We can allow the public better access so we can do this kind of thing and still maintain our security posture in accordance with our
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The Pride of Baltimore II was commissioned in 1988 and is homeported at the Inner Harbor in See Navy Yard, Page 6 Baltimore, Md.
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