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The Voice for Kitsap Countys Active-Duty Personnel, Veterans and their Families

May 2016

LAPORA LINDSEY Page 5What to expect when your spouse goes from enlisted to officer.

VOLUNTEERISM Page 15Navy divers help clean up Brownsville Marina on Earth Day.

HISTORY Page 16Five things you didnt know about the USS Turner Joy.

THOM STODDERT Page 5Widows, widowers may be eligible for more benefits.

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Saving Private Nathan Stoddard

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Mick Hersey is doing all he can to ensure names like Nathan Stoddard, Levi Cline, Otto Borst and William Bishop dont fade away.

These men all American soldiers from past battles are buried in a small, overgrown cemetery on hilly proper-ty owned by Grace Bible Church, three miles south of Port Orchard.

Bethel Cemetery, this overlooked bit of land-scape, is one of four tiny independent plots hidden on acreage around South Kitsap and contain the remains of fighting men.

Those sacred cemeter-ies, which include Colby,

5 May: USS Turner Joy turns 58

Relive opening guns of Vietnam

Curator John E. Gerten, TMC (ret.), has meticulously restored the Turner Joys sonar room, com-plete with sound and simulated screens. Here, deep in the bowels of the ship, its easy to imagine how sonar techs felt when they reported enemy torpedoes in the water. Terryl Asla / KMT

6 May: Military Spouse Day

Help with transfer blues

TACOMA Operation Ward 57 has partnered with Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma to offer 60 free shark-cage dives for veterans who qualify.

Diving experience is not required. Priority will be given

to wounded veterans; special needs can be accommodated. Participants will need notes from physicians and must weigh 275 pounds or less.

Email [email protected] or call 253-534-8779. Proof of veteran status is required.

Transfers can be traumatic for spouses and children. Familiar social support networks can be a big help.

Fortunately, there are a growing number of not-for-profit organizations that are augmenting the militarys sup-port efforts. A number of those groups were at Kitsap Military Appreciation Day, April 16.

The International Order of Rainbow for Girls, for example, provides leadership and community service opportunities for members, no matter

BY TERRYL [email protected]

May 5 is the 58th anni-versary of the launching of USS Turner Joy (DD-951 ) at the Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company in Seattle, the day her hull first kissed the salt waters of Puget Sound.

The Turner Joy went on to serve with distinction throughout the war. But it is most famous for the naval action that took place Aug. 4, 1964, and the still-unanswered question: did the North Vietnamese real-ly attack the USS Turner Joy and the USS Maddox that dark, stormy night?

Or was it all a mistake? Visitors aboard the

Turner Joy have the

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Above, Pvt. Nathan Stoddard of the Minnesota Volunteer Infantrys 11th Regiment. Contributed photo

From left, Nikki Rogers and Kyla Baesler of the International Order of Rainbow for Girls represented the organization at the annual Military Appreciation Day, April 16 at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds.

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Sedgwick and Olalla, are where you may find Hersey and a group of volunteers on a Saturday. They have been mowing grass, clearing overgrown turf and cleaning years of mildew that has blackened gravestones of military veterans who served in conflicts as far back as the Civil War.

The Bethel site was plat-ted on April 29, 1892, and accepted remains for burial until 2009. It is not main-tained by a cemetery asso-ciation but is administered

by the state.Armed with brushes

and cleaners, Hersey and his group of 20 volunteers from Bethel Bible Church recently restored some of the dignity to the Bethel site by scrubbing mildew from the gravestones.

We scrub them for about 30 minutes and then rinse the gravestones thor-oughly, Hersey said.

When the job is done, the transformation is stark. Their granite sur-faces sparkle, looking as if recently been placed on the grave site.

To wander among the a gravesites is to step back through more than a cen-

tury of military conflicts. The earliest graves contain the remains of Civil War soldiers, including a Union soldier from Virginia, which was a Confederate state during those war years.

Of the 211 buried at the Bethel site, 22 are military veterans. Eleven of those men fought in the War Between the States. The well-known local Mullenix family name is well-rep-resented at the cemetery, where many family mem-bers have just been laid to rest.

Hersey and his revolv-ing band of helpers having completed their work at this cemetery, are plan-ning to organize cleanup projects at other cemetery sites this summer.

Hersey said hes com-pelled to revive the names of those who honorably served in the military many killed in battle.

Retiring as a senior chief in 1997, the South Dakota native said Washington is

his adopted home. I was on a ship here in

Bremerton in 1992, and my last command was up at the naval station at Everett, Hersey said while tending to a gravestone at the Bethel site.

He shares his patriotism in other ways as well. As a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, Hersey dresses up on Memorial Day as naval hero John Paul Jones and helps place flags on the graves of veterans in area cemeteries.

Americas now-mobile population with families often living thousands of miles away is increas-ingly unable to care for their loved ones grave sites. That leaves the job to dedicated vets like Hersey.

I was in the Navy for 23 and a-half years. Its my way of paying back the community for support-ing the military. And, of course, the veterans who came before us.

opportunity to decide for themselves. They can visit the red-lit sonar room deep

in the bowels of the ship or have a volunteer explain what the gun control room crew saw on radar when they opened fire.

Based on the ships his-tory (www.ussturnerjoy.org), on Aug. 4, 1964, USS Turner Joy, along with sister ship USS Maddox, were on patrol off the coast of North Vietnam.

The weather was bad, seas were rough, night was falling and visibility limited.

Radar and sonar men on both ships reported what appeared to be PT boats attacking. Turner Joy reported a torpedo attack, began evasive maneuvers, and opened fire at the unidentified radar returns.

The battle lasted almost four hours. Afterward, USN forces claimed at least two enemy ships sunk and two more were badly damaged.

I was manning the surface search radar, SN Dennis Plzak reported. I picked up several small contacts (three to five) on

my scope approximately 12 miles ... It appeared to me that there was a definite plan used by the craft ... I saw one contact being hit by burst from our mounts approximately four times and then completely disap-pear from the scope.

Boatswains Mate 3rd Class Donald Sharkey reported, I saw a PT Boat while engaged in a night gunnery engage-ment against surface con-tacts..

But a search the next morning found no debris or oil slicks.

USS Maddox Captain Herrick, the officer in tactical command of USN forces, said, Review of action makes many report-

ed contacts and torpedoes fired appear doubtful. Freak weather effects on radar and overeager sonar men may have accounted for many reports. No actual visual sightings by Maddox. Suggest com-plete evaluation before any further action taken.

Despite his concerns, three days later Congress authorized President Johnson to throw the full force of the United States military against communist North Vietnam.

What really happened that night in 1964?

Today, thanks to careful restoration and research, the USS Turner Joy Museum Ship helps visi-tors decide for themselves.

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MemorialContinued from page 1

Mick Hersey meticulously cleans a veterans headstone with a solution that wont damage the stone. Contributed photo

Turner JoyContinued from page 1

Volunteer leader John Kieft demonstrates how Turner Joy gun crew fired the radar-controlled guns. Terryl Asla / KMT

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Board members will help provide services to low-income veterans and their families, and orga-nize activities such as the

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To qualify, individuals must reside in Kitsap County resident, have an honorable discharge and want to serve. Contact Rebecca Pirtle, 360-337-4650 or [email protected].

BREMERTON Gunshots rang out at Pier Bravo on Sinclair Inlet April 12 and 13 as a small boat attacked the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and an active shooter got aboard.

The munitions were blanks; it was all part of Citadel Protect, an Anti-Terrorism Force Protection exercise. Although Citadel Protect is part of Naval Base Kitsaps normal training rotation, this was the first time it had taken place on Pier Bravo.

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Im pleased that our security forces were able to partner with USS Nimitz and that so many security and law enforce-ment personnel ... were able to observe the sce-narios, said Capt. Tom Zwolfer, NBKs command-ing officer.

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Today, I received an email from state Rep. Sherry Appleton, D-Poulsbo, in which she high-lighted her recent accomplish-ments.

She was proud that she helped obtain $300,000 for the Bremerton Historic Ships Foundation and $30,000 for South Kitsap public schools. Really? $300,000 of tax dollars for an old ship and only $30,000 for public schools? What a joke!

I would think that Kitsap County tax dollars would be bet-ter spent on education or maybe highways and bridges. If folks want to repair old ships, then they need to obtain private money.

LEE METCALFPoulsbo

Protect the virtues listed in our documents

We must all understand laws, rules and regulations control our lives. Laws, rules and regulations affect the cars we drive, our jobs, our retirements, the taxes we pay, etc. Every minute of our lives has some kind of rule, regulation or law that influences what we have or dont have. Judges and attorneys are the creators and interpreters of rules, regulations and laws.

We, in the past, have been able to enjoy a high standard of living because this nation has had a low amount of corruption and a high amount of honor, integrity and justice in the legal system. Most people can look at their commu-nity or their lifestyle and see that

we are losing our quality way of life.

The people choose to gov-ern themselves through the founding documents, like the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. The key to having justice, domestic tranquility, provision for the general welfare, the bless-ing of liberty and our posterity is because the peoples awareness that corruption in the system would take these virtues from them. If the people in charge of rules, regulations, and the makers and interpreters of laws, moved away from honor, integrity and justice and start to promote cor-ruption in the system, the people would lose all of the virtues of life they have enjoyed for so many years.

The people of a nation can tell when corruption is growing by some of these factors; when your cell phones, your electric-ity, your water and other things like food and the basic things you need to live, raise in prices and the income you receive does not raise at the same rate. These things happen because of corrupt

interpretation of laws, rules and regulations. Laws, rules and regu-lations are connected to judges and attorneys and some of these things may include lawmakers. The failure of income to keep up with prices is because of the growing amount of corruption in the system.

Some of this corruption is revealed in the following legal cases: U.S. Bankruptcy Court

District of Arizona case number 0:13-bk-11909-EPB. U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate

Panel of the Ninth Circuit cases no. AZ-14-1511, AZ-14-1514, AZ-14-1520. U.S. Court of Appeals For

The Ninth Circuit Case no. 15-60054, 15-60055. U.S. Bankruptcy Court

District of Arizona case number 0:13-bk-11909-EPB, Adversary 0:13-ap-01267-EPB.

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In this edition, we celebrate the anniversary of the USS Turn-er Joy, which was launched on May 5, 1958, participated extensively in the Vietnam War, and red the nal round of naval gun re of the war on Jan. 28, 1973, just seconds before the cease re went into e ect. It was decommissioned in 1982.Peace often comes with a price, and thousands of visitors a year tour USS Turner Joy and learn about the sacri ces our mili-tary personnel and families make to help achieve and maintain peace, and protect our interests at home and abroad. The ship provides an accessibility to the Navy mission and his-tory that the general public cant get elsewhere: A two-person stateroom aboard the ship is a Vietnam War exhibit, a replica of a windowless cell at the infamous Hanoi Hilton, with the names of all of the armed services personnel released in 1973 as part of the Paris peace negotiations. Aboard the ship, there is a plaque with the names of the sailors killed in a shipboard explosion in 1965.But the USS Turner Joy needs and deserves our help. Cmdr. Jack James, a retired Navy SEAL and director of the USS Turner Joy Museum, is trying to raise $1.25 million to take the ship to dry dock for needed maintenance. Hes raised roughly half of the money $250,000 through fundraising, $300,000 from an allocation by the state Legislature. Currently, the Turner Joys main sources of funding are the Historic Navy Ships Association and the Tin Can Sailors Associa-tion. Other help could be readily available.The Turner Joy is inspected by Navy Sea Systems Command, but because the ship is decommissioned it cannot use a Navy dry dock. The ship should not have to go to a private dry dock.The Navy uses the Turner Joy for free for the Chief Selects Legacy Academy. The academy entails living aboard the destroyer while participating in community relations projects, ship preservation, and leadership training, and concludes with a ceremony on the pier in front of the ship. The Navy should contribute funding to at least cover its costs.The public can help keep the Turner Joy shipshape. To make a tax-deductible contribution, go to www.USSTurnerJoy.org.

USS Turner Joy deserves our support

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L ets be honest: every day is Military Spouse Day. Spouses have one of the toughest jobs in the military. We are expected to keep the home res running smoothly, take care of the children and household duties, and make sure dinner is on the table. Many of us work outside the home too.

If our spouses are deployed, we are responsible for all of the aforementioned, plus everything else. The car needs an oil change. The yard needs mowing. Bills have to be paid. It is not always possi-ble to talk to or contact our spouses; we must make the decisions and be responsible for

the outcomes all by ourselves.

Not everyone is cut out to be a military spouse, but for those who are we salute you and thank you for the jobs you do. A happy spouse makes for happy military personnel. Be proud of what you do you are a very important part of the military. Joey Price, a military spouse (re-tired), is national president of Navy Wives Club of America and president of NWCA Kitsap No. 46. She lives in Poulsbo. Contact her at [email protected].

FOR SPOUSES ONLY | JOEY PRICE

May 6 is Military Spouse Day: Toast yourself

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the idea that they will not allow corruption in the sys-tem. The people will have to insist that honor, integ-rity and justice are present in the actions of judges and attorneys.

The way Americans would do this is to email every judge and attorney and ask them to make the commitment to legal reform. The next step is for the people to ask every city, county and state elected official to have the attorneys on their payrolls make the commitment to legal reform. These elected officials must ask the judg-es to also make the com-mitment to legal reform.

The people of the nation have two choices, (1) do nothing and lose every-thing or (2) choose to do

something to address the growing problem of cor-ruption.

My prayers are that you and the business that you work for will use your skills to cause people in the nation to protect the vir-tues listed in the Preamble of the Constitution of The United States of America.

ROGER CHANTELVeteran and concerned

citizenKingman, Arizona

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FOR THE RECORD: Cmdr. Mike Smiths rst name was incorrect in the story, Behind the scenes at NCIS: Q&A with Cmdr. Smith, page 15, April Kitsap Military Times.

LettersContinued from page 4

Public Meetings

May 6 is Military Spouse Day, and Mothers Day is May 8. So its good time to review the ben-e t programs available to assist the surviving spouse and/or other family members of a deceased veteran (some sites still call these widows bene ts). Most come through the Depart-ment of Veteran A airs, others from the state and counties. Some bene ts may even be available while the veteran is still living. On the federal level through the VA, there is the Dependents Indemnity

Compensation (DIC). There is also a pension. Both programs provide a monthly payment,

but for di erent reasons. With DIC, the VA will provide nancial, educational, and medi-cal assistance to the veterans survivors. The survivors can also be dependent children or parents. The eligible veteran must have either died on active military service or from a service-connected medical condition. DIC can also be awarded to

the survivor when the veteran died from a

non-service related injury or disease after the veteran was rated as totally disabling, for greater than 10 years, or the veteran was totally disabled for greater than ve years from the time he or she was discharged from military service.A pension program is also available for veterans surviving dependents. Since the pension program is a needs-based bene t, the claimants income must be under a cer-tain nancial limit set by Congress, typically under the federal poverty level. Prior to the veterans death, basic eligibility requirements for the status of veteran must be shown. The veteran must have had at least one day in the military during a period of recognized war and a total of 90 days of active duty service along with a discharge other than dishonorable. There are the added levels of payments avail-able for each of the federal programs. The Housebound level is paid when the medical evidence shows that the recipient is essentially con ned to a residence and needs assistance to travel about.

A still higher monthly payment can be made to the survivor if there is medical evidence showing a requirement for skilled medical supervision. Then, the Aid and Attendance level can be awarded. This will assist in get-ting the care a surviving spouse may need, sometimes in the home, but most often in an elder care facility.On the state level, the Washington Depart-ment of Veteran A airs at 1-800-562-2308, can assist surviving family members. Likewise, counties have Veterans Funds which are administered by their health departments. They are required to provide assistance for eligible veterans or survivors. Each county has its own eligibility require-ments, so you will need to check and see what they are before you apply. NEXT MONTH: Bad advice could cost you your bene ts and lead you to nancial ruin. Thom Stoddert is a U.S. Army combat veteran (Vietnam War, Operation Desert Storm) and a former VA rating specialist. Contact him at [email protected].

VETERANS ADVOCATE | THOM STODDERT

Widows, widowers: You may be eligible for more bene ts

People expect something di erent from active duty persons when they are enlisted versus commis-sioned. Even though they already possess the needed skills and attributes, what changes after the commissioning ceremony is the level of expectation. This also applies to spouses.A little over a year ago, my hus-band became a commissioned of- cer and I was excited and proud. However, that career change meant modi cations to our family life when it came to dealing with politics, friends and

workdays. Being placed in a position where you are

expected to present yourself in a way that appeases others can create an internal con ict. Its a balancing act between what is expected of you and what you would rather do. There are times when you may feel restricted in what you can say for fear of caus-ing a commotion in your spouses military work life. This doesnt mean being a brown noser. But,

I would be lying if I said that what I say is never a ected by my husbands position. A

part of you wants to rebel, the other part of you wants to keep the peace and appease people.Making new friends is also a greater chal-lenge. Theres a saying, its lonely at the top, and while being the spouse of a newly minted junior o cer does not put you at the top, it does mean a smaller number of peers. After a transfer, most spouses make new friends and nd resources based on their spouses coworkers until they are able to branch out on their own. However, when your spouse has fewer coworkers, you have a smaller social pool and nding friends and resources that last can become more di cult.Politics and lack of friends arent the only challenges you should be prepared to face. The new working hours can make the days seem long and cause changes in family dynamics. You might think that as an o cer your spouse will home more often. In fact. the opposite is probably going to be true.You can Google a pay chart and discover

how much your spouse will make based on whether he or she is enlisted or an o cer. What Google doesnt tell you are the num-ber of hours o cers are expected to work even when they are supposedly o -duty. Im talking nights and weekends and phone calls at all hours.There is a common theme with all of these new challenges: sacri ce. And that is some-thing that crosses all ranks. LaPora Lindsey is the owner of High Caliber Resumes. A Navy spouse of eight years, she and her husband have two children. She has a masters degree in administration and a bachelors in organizational communications from the University of West Florida. She enjoys volunteering in her free time.

Are you a military spouse or dependent? Do you have a question or problem? Email it to [email protected]. Please put SPOUSE TO SPOUSE in the subject line.

SPOUSE TO SPOUSE | LAPORA LINDSEY

What to expect when going from enlisted to commissioned

The following is a brief list of public meetings that may be of interest to military families. For the date of local city gov-ernment meetings, go to www.ci.bainbridge-isl.wa.us, www.ci.bremerton.wa.us, www.cityof portorchard.us, and www.cityof poulsbo.com.

MAY 4 South Kitsap School Board: 6 p.m. the rst and third Wednesday of each month, 2689 Hoover Ave. SE, Port Orchard. www.skitsap.wednet.edu.

MAY 5 Bremerton School Board: 5 p.m. the rst and third Thursday of each month, 134 Marion Ave. N., Bremer-ton. www.bremertonschools.org.

MAY 11 Kitsap County Veterans Adviso-ry Board, 5:30 p.m., Harrison Medi-

cal Center, Iris Room, Silverdale. Central Kitsap School Board: 6:30 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesday of each month, 9210 Silverdale Way NW, Silveerdale. www.ckschools.org.

MAY 12 Bainbridge Island School Board: 5:30 p.m. the second and last Thursday of each month, 9530 High School Road NE, Bainbridge Island. www.bisd303.org. North Kitsap School Board: 6 p.m. the second and fourth Thurs-day of most months, 18360 Caldart Ave. NE, Poulsbo. www.nkschools.org.

MAY 18 South Kitsap School Board: 6 p.m. the rst and third Wednesday of each month, 2689 Hoover Ave. SE, Port Orchard. www.skitsap.wednet.edu.

MAY 19 Bremerton School Board: 5 p.m. the rst and third Thursday of each month, 134 Marion Ave. N., Bremer-ton. www.bremerton schools.org.

MAY 25 Central Kitsap School Board: 6:30 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesday of each month, 9210 Silverdale Way NW, Silveerdale. www.ckschools.org.

MAY 26 Bainbridge Island School Board: 5:30 p.m. the second and last Thursday of each month, 9530 High School Road NE, Bainbridge Island. www.bisd303.org. North Kitsap School Board: 6 p.m. the second and fourth Thurs-day of most months, 18360 Caldart Ave. NE, Poulsbo. www.nkschools.org.


Coast Guard conducts analysis of Admiralty Inlet

SEATTLE Coast Guard officials are seek-ing public comment while conducting a waterways analysis and management system review of Admiralty Inlet.

Officials are seeking information from local mar-iners regarding the general use of the waterways and any issues with the visibil-ity, placement or location of aids to navigation in that area before the comment deadline of July 31.

The WAMS includes Admiralty Bay, Port Townsend, Kilisut Harbor, Oak Harbor, Mutiny Bay, Useless Bay, Port Ludlow and Skunk Bay.

The study focuses on the areas aids to navigation system, waterborne com-merce, marine casualty information, port/harbor resources, emergency response plans, routine and emergency com-munication capabilities

and future development projects.

For a map of the WAMS review and the question-naire form, visit the Coast Guard 13th Districts WAMS website at www.uscg.mil/d13/dpw/wams.asp.

Coast Guard seeks $100,000 fine for WSF laser strike

SEATTLE The Captain of the Port, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound, issued a $100,000 civil penalty to a Freeland man who intentionally struck the Washington state ferry Tokitae with a high-powered blue laser Oct. 22, 2015.

Coast Guard investigat-ing officers determined that Mark Raden was aboard the state ferry Kitsap transiting between Mukilteo and Clinton when he pointed the laser at the pilot house of the Tokitae, resulting in injuries to the ferry master and chief mate.

The port captain issued the penalty on April 26. The final penalty amount will be determined by a Coast Guard hearing offi-cer in Arlington, Virginia.

Firing a laser at a vessel is extremely dangerous and directly interferes with the safe movement of commercial vessels and the Coast Guards ability to conduct search and rescue operations, said Capt. Joe Raymond, Captain of the Port, Sector Puget Sound.

I encourage individuals who witness laser attacks on commercial vessels and Coast Guard small boats and aircraft to call 911.

In addition to laser strikes on Washington State Ferries, laser strikes involving Coast Guard helicopters and rescue boats in Puget Sound have increased during the last few years. Such strikes have adverse impacts on the conduct of Coast Guard law enforcement and search and rescue activities. In addition, they can cause physical injury to any individuals struck.

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Capt. Howard Markle, commander of PSNS & IMF, presented awards to winners in categories rang-ing from highly technical engineering functions to administrative profession-als to traditional shipyard trades.

The Command also recognized employee achievements in safety, vision and innovation, vol-unteer service and Spirit of Compassion.

In addition, the com-mand honored a Sailor and Junior Sailor of the Year from both the Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bangor and the Commands Everett Detachment.

This truly is a great honor and a privilege for me, Markle said during the ceremony. Over the

course of any given day, most of my time is spent on executing our very difficult mission. And all too often, we forget the most important part of our mission, and thats to rec-ognize the efforts of all the people who do many amaz-ing things each and every day. Ultimately, these efforts lead to successfully executing our mission and

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IMF Junior Sailor of the Year: ND2 David A. Hilborn II.

Intermediate Maintenance Facility Sailor of the Year: EM1 Dammeone E. Gray. Everett Detachment

Junior Sailor of the Year: GSM2 (SW) Brandon D. Theesfeld. Commanders

Excellence in Safety Award (employee): Benjamin A. Collier. Commanders

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Administrative, Clerical and Support Services (GS-10 or equivalent and below): Elizabeth A. Soliday. Administrative

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Shane Olinger, the 2015 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Employee of the Year in the Trades and Craft (mechanical, non-supervisory) category, is flanked by Capt. Howard Markle, PSNS & IMF commander and Capt. James Jones, IMF commander, during the Sailor and Employee of the Year ceremony April 6 at the Admiral Theater. PSNS & IMF recognized outstanding sailors and employees in 27 categories during the annual event. Jason Kaye / U.S. Navy

PSNS & IMF honors 27 top employees, sailors

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One, a hall of famer and a former command-ing officer of a Navy ship. Another, a member of the Port of Port Angeles Board of Commissioners. Another, an Olympic College trustee and found-er of a non-profit organi-zation that mentors and empowers young women.

But all three, as women, have also shattered glass ceilings and opened doors for equality in their fields.

And they had power-ful messages for leaders from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, other local Navy commands and local communities March 24 at the Womens History Month breakfast.

The shipyards Professional Womens Employee Networking Group hosted the event at the Kitsap Conference Center.

Harriette Bryant is a member of the Olympic College Board of Trustees and is founder of the nonprofit organization OurGems.

Cmdr. Darlene Iskra, USN (ret.), served 21 years as a diving officer and was the first female commanding officer of a U.S. Navy ship.

Colleen McAleer is pres-ident of the Washington Business Alliance and is the first woman to serve on the Port Angeles port com-mission.

Capt. Howard Markle, commander of PSNS & IMF, said the purpose of the event was not just to recognize the accomplish-ments of these women and others, but to learn from the stories shared and better understand how everyone can work together to improve their own organizations, in and out of the Navy.

Iskra and McAleer spoke about their time in the military and provided a unique perspective on women in leadership roles in the military.

Iskra decided to join the Navy in the late 1970s as

an officer, during a time when most jobs were unavailable to women. Around that time, the Navy had opened up non-com-batant ships and the diving community to women officers.

So, my strategy was basically seeing an oppor-tunity and pushing for it, said Iskra, who is an

inductee of the Women Divers Hall of Fame.

I knew that if I was going to be successful, that I needed to follow as closely as possible this career path that the men were doing. And I never thought of it in terms of being the first or deciding, OK, my goal is to be the first (woman) commanding

officer in the Navy. When she commanded

USS Opportune (ARS-41), she wasnt just the first woman to command a ship, she was also the only woman on that ship. To be successful, she said she had to ensure the senior people on the ship did not let her gender get in the way of their mission.

My leadership focus was always on leading from the front and leading by example showing folks that, number one, women can do it, and number two, lets all work together to make things happen, she said.

McAleer also shared her experiences in the military as a young leader. She is a

decorated combat veteran who served 10 years in the Army as a helicopter and fixed-wing pilot and as a military intelligence officer.

I learned more from the soldiers that I worked with about leadership and people in the first six months that I was in a unit as a platoon leader as a 22 year old, McAleer said.

I was one of three women in the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, which was supposed to be an all-male unit. So it was a really great experience as a woman in the forefront of doing something new in the military.

After the Army, McAleer was a stay-at-home mom before going into business and eventually being elect-ed to the port commission. She stressed the impor-tance of inspiration in mis-sion accomplishment.

You can have a great team environment while youre focused on the mis-sion and the purpose of the organization, she said.

The speakers said they wanted to get involved in government and commu-nity programs to make a difference, give back to the community and improve peoples lives. For example, when Bryants husband retired from the military, he said it was her turn for her own career. She had young children and was allowed to bring them to work, which helped her to develop a passion for serv-ing the community.

I really want to give back and serve my com-munity because they have served me and my family well, Bryant said.

Bryant said she focuses on mentoring youth to become future leaders.

I love what I do. I have a passion for what I do. And if we can actually men-tor and educate our future ... we cant sit in these seats forever, right? Weve got to actually have some-body come in behind us and do the work that were doing. So, mentorship and education are very, very important.

Know that lessons we teach by example are far more powerful than les-sons we teach with words.

Left, Colleen McAleer, Army veteran and member of the Port of Port Angeles Board of Commiss-ioners. Right, Harriette Bryant, Olympic College trustee and founder of Girls Empowered through Mentoring and Service.

Jeremy Moore / U.S. Navy

Retired Navy Cmdr. Darlene Iskra speaks to attendees of the PSNS & IMF annual Womens History Month breakfast. Iskra spoke about her Navy experiences and on the topic of civil servant leadership. Jeremy Moore / U.S. Navy

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BROWNSVILLE For Earth Day, volunteer divers from Navy Base Kitsap Bangor cleaned up under the boat houses on C Dock at the Port of Brownsville Marina.

Despite having to work largely by touch visibili-ty was only about 12 inches they brought up lots of items that had blown or fallen in during the years.

The divers were Sonar Technician Senior Chief, Submarines, Troy Barnhart, ET1(SS) Daniel Losure, and STS1(SS) Aaron Nicol. The trio are members of a dive club at the base; diving is their hobby, not their Navy voca-tion. They were assisted by STS2(SS) Robert Hares, ITS2(SS) Avistedes Candelaria and ETV2(SS) Ken Zbrowski.

Among their finds: lengths of old fire hose and tires that in years past had been nailed to the docks and finger piers to act as boat fenders; a barnacle-

encrusted, 21-foot length of water pipe; coils of water hoses and electrical wire; old siding and tarps from long-ago boat house reno-vations.

And a welcome mat.As divers brought up

their finds, port staff and volunteers from Brownsville Yacht Club and Kitsap Maritime Heritage Foundation care-fully removed critters sea urchins, sea cucum-bers, star fish, anemones,

and mussels from the jetsam and put them back in the water. Then they loaded trash into dock carts and hauled it to the Dumpster.

Port Commissioner Bob Kalmbach expressed the ports thanks to the divers and their assistants. For these Navy folks to volun-teer to give up their day off to come here and clean up the bottom of Brownsville marina is just phenom-enal, he said.

Barnhart, Hares and Nicol first came to Brownsville in January when the port and yacht club hosted an educational Pier Peer program in cooperation with Kitsap County Extension. The div-ers brought up samples of sea life for the children and parents to see and touch.

While we were down there, we found an old deck chair and an outboard motor. Thats what gave us the idea of coming back and helping clean up the bottom on Earth Day, Barnhart said.

Divers bring up old water pipe from bottom of the Brownsville Marina. Terryl Asla/KMT


Earth Day: Divers clean Port of Brownsville sea floor

Volunteers remove a sea cumbers from a recovered tarp. Terryl Asla/KMT

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fair price here. Best of all, active military and veter-ans get a 50 percent dis-count on Military Monday. Hoo rah! Come in the rest of the week and youll still get a 10 percent discount.

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Eat out on Bella Lunas sun deck and enjoy a stunning view of the Sound with your meal. Terryl Asla/KMT

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where the family may be transferred anywhere in

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event included Seaport Church and Christa Camps.


Above, Alexis Cybak-Vertin, Megan Wertz, Daytona Smith, Sara Humphries, Jasmine Gordon and Michelle Marquez of Seaport Community Church. Below, Nicolas Acceffuro and Dennis Chud of Crista Camps, which offers programs for military families. Photos: Terryl Asla / KMT

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Big Shot: One of the last gun ship destroy-ers (the main armament of modern destroyers is missles), 70-pound shells from the Turner Joys 5-inch guns provided fire support for troops on shore throughout the Vietnam War.

First and last: Not only did the ship fire some of the opening shots of the war during the Gulf of Tonkin incident, the ship fired the last naval round into Vietnam as well.

Last and first: The ship is the last of its kind; all of the other Forrest Sherman Class have been scrapped. It is also the first permanent, publicly acces-sible naval heritage and education ship attraction in the Pacific Northwest.

Zombie invasions: In 2015, an episode of Z-Nation was filmed aboard the Turner Joy.

Then there are the annual Haunted Ship Halloween tours. Some people feel these kind of activities were demeaning

for a historic fighting ves-sel on whose decks real men have lived and died.

We are striving to keep the Turner Joy afloat and that takes money, said Cmdr. Jack James, execu-

tive director of the Turner Joy. The producers of that zombie TV show paid us more for that one day of filming than we make in an entire off-season month.

A POW memorial: The onboard memorial honors POWS released at the end of the Vietnam War.

Five things you didnt know about the USS Turner Joy (DD 951) museum ship

The USS Turner Joy is now a museum ship in the Port of Bremerton. The historic Vietnam-era destroyer is named after Adm. Charles Turner Joy (1895-1956). Adm. Joy was a distin-guished naval leader during World War II and the Korean Conflict.

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Military families can get the best of both worlds. TRICARE benefits. And civilian doctors.

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