APRIL 2009

SUBMARINE SUPPLIERS MEET WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

A New Virginia-Class Record Is Setat EB • 2Norwich Site Hosts Open House • 2Earned Hours • 3Welcome to Electric Boat • 3Three EB Engineers Are Named Technology Leaders • 4Harris Named Chair of American Shipbuilding Association • 5EBMA Honors 2009 Scholarship Winners • 5Marine Systems News • 6 / 7Electric Boat Employees Help Stu-dents Explore Science And Engineer-ing • 7Health Matters • 8 / 9General Dynamics Reports StrongRevenue in First Quarter 2009 • 10Classified • 10Ethics • 10Service Awards • 11Safety Performance • 12

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EB COMPLETES PRESSURE HULLOF SUBMARINE MISSOURI IN RECORD TIME

The pressure hull for the submarine Missouri (SSN-780) was completed in a record Virginia-class time of 64 weeks.See story on page 2

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Electric Boat has set a new Virginia-class record in com-pleting the pressure hull of the submarine Missouri(SSN-780).

Missouri reached “Pressure Hull Complete” in 64 weeks afterthe first module was received in Groton, down from 83 weeksfor USS New Hampshire (SSN-778), 126 weeks for USS Hawaii(SSN-776) and 145 weeks for the first ship of the class, USS Vir-ginia (SSN-774).

Mike Nowak, the ship’s manager, said completing the assem-bly process on the USS Virginia, USS Hawaii and USS NewHampshire made a huge difference when pieces of the Missouribegan arriving in Groton.

“The level of knowledge on the deckplates is what made thedifference,” Nowak said. “Our team has finished four pressurehulls now, and they really understand what has to be done to puta ship together. That’s been a big contributor to our success.”

Nowak said the shortened schedule is also attributable to thefact that the four major hull modules of Missouri were at a moreadvanced stage of completion than previous ships when theyarrived in Groton, and they arrived in time to support a shorterschedule.

Chuck Martin, manager of planning, said Quonset Pointemployees focused on ensuring that material was available tosustain the momentum of construction. That allowed QuonsetPoint to ship section 2B-5 of Missouri, which contains crewberthing, 48 months after construction began, compared withmore than 55 months on the New Hampshire.

“Quonset Point took seven months out of the constructionspan, and the section arrived in a more complete state,” Martinsaid. “It was a question of focusing on the unit at QuonsetPoint, and allocating the resources when and where they wereneeded. Without a doubt, the units are coming to Groton faster,and at a higher state of completion.”

The forward-most section of the ship, known as section 1-2A,came to Groton from shipbuilding teammate Northrop Grum-man Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va., at a higher state ofcompletion than any previous ship. Missouri’s bow sectionarrived with the prerequisites checklist already completed; onprevious ships, the checks were performed after the modulearrived at Electric Boat. This enabled Groton workers to loadthe weapons module three weeks after the section arrived, com-pared with six weeks for New Hampshire.

“All three sites – Quonset Point, Newport News and Groton– had to work very closely together to make sure that the mod-ules were here on time and that the planning and preparationwork had been done to support quick assembly,” said Nowak.“We really received a lot of support from Quonset Point andNewport News.”

One challenge was to assemble Missouri while Electric Boatwas in the midst of a $19 million renovation project in Building260. The Carpentry Department, which coordinated the moves,managed to keep the ship schedule on track.

“This submarine has been moved around the main assemblybuilding quite a lot in the last couple of months. We had somecomponents in Bay 3 and some in Bay 5. All those moves wereessential, and none of them could have happened without Den-nis Wilcheck and his crew across three shifts,” Nowak said.“They aligned three hull butts in three months. That was anincredible effort.”

In the future, Virginia-class submarines will be assembledwithin a single bay of Building 260, which could provide addi-tional opportunities to tighten up the schedule, Nowak said.

“Missouri really represented a tremendous team effort,”Nowak said. “To hit 64 weeks, we couldn’t have afforded to missa single mark. But with everyone pulling together, we managedto stay ahead of the schedule.”

Norwich SiteHosts OpenHouse

Engineering Program Direc-tor Glenn Walsh describesElectric Boat’s new Norwichengineering facility to agroup of local, state andfederal officials, who trav-eled to the site recently foran open house and tour.Some 400 employees areassigned to the site, locatedin the Norwich Office Park.

A New Virginia-Class Record Is Set At EB

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Dan Barrett, Editor

Bob Gallo,Gary Slater, Gary Hall, Photography

Electric Boat News ispublished monthly by the Public Affairs Department, 75 Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT 06340

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Earned Hours: Where We Stand

221 Melissa McDonald

226 Charles CadyAaron EdieBenjamin IsbellCasey JacobsBrian KodzisReuben MillerMichael OloffSerrano OrtizPaul Reutenauer IIINorman SpencerTravis SumpfPaul Vincent

227 Michael BeatriceGerald GuessAndrew LabrecqueBeriah LewisJason MartelSteven St. Laurent

229 Thomas ArellanoEarl Babcock IVWayne BarrowsJustin BonnerJeffrey BowserMichael GeorgantasAlbert JohnsonJohn SandersDylan Wolk

230 Deon BowenJeffrey HewesDennis Kexel

241 Christopher AndersonGregorio BrucelisDaniel CaparoulaDavid CastanhoJoshua CoderreWilliam CoteAcey GodfreyRyan GooslinPhillip GreavesJack HageBenjamin HoldenKyle JamesCraig JonesSteven KlilmaszewskiThomas MaglioJames McCabeChristopher MiceliNicholas MynukEric SimoneKeith Thomassen

242 Justin BouchardJames CoonJeffrey DumaisJohn FarnellWayne HaapalaRichard Harrington

Miles LewisJon MorrisThomas Racicot Jr.Kenneth RapeSteven SmithKarl SommersWesley Wright

243 Tate BaileyBenjamin CassidyBrian ChiaradioCrystal CuccaBronson DeanJames DeveauGary HouleGeorge KelleyKristopher KellyJeffrey LittlefieldJohnny MissinoChristopher MorganMichael Morgera Jr.Gregory NoyesJames PendergastDennis SheltonPreston SuttonRobert SylviaMichael TonucciMark VanMamerenBrian WilliamsMark Wydler

244 Joseph CarnelliTimothy DonnellyPatrick DurettGary FessMatthew GamcheCory HanleyGregory HillTimothy HillDavid HollidayTreven LeonardDavid SantarsieroLarry TherrienJoshua Watson

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Jason McCallumTerry McKeen Jr.Keith MichaudJames MorrisonSean MulveyJohn SavageRickey Spann

256 Paul Chreiman

272 Nolan EppersonJay MorganBrad Schultz

341 Christopher Tolmie

355 Ernest Vacca Jr.

411 Daniel Merchant

412 Brandon CourcyMatthew Harwell

428 Lucian JosefiakEdwin Vasquez

446 James DeMay

449 Mark Baxley

452 Nicholas CardonaRichard GianfroccoSavas Kiriakou

453 Sean LezotteDavid SimmonsRobert Spreng

472 Robert McelfreshEarl MooreTracey Pugliese

492 Anton DePasquale

545 Richard AndradeDaryl Poole

660 Nicholas CerveroLori CormierJoel DepotRichard HaneyNicholas Naylor

662 Jason DickeyJohn HartkeAndrew Turenne

686 Gary Whaley

707 John BlountJay Mochocki

WELCOME TO ELECTRIC BOAT;Please help welcome the following employees, who have recently joined the company:

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BALTIMORE

Three Electric Boat engineerswere honored as Modern DayTechnology Leaders at the 2009

Black Engineer of the Year Awards Con-ference held here recently.

Recognized were Ralph Cherubin, anengineer in Weapons and MechanicalSystems (492); Gary St. Vil, an engineeron rotational assignment (210) as an areasuperintendent working on the USSProvidence (SSN-719) Selected RestrictedAvailability; and Shane Williams, anengineer in Ship Systems Software Devel-opment (454).

Conducted by the Career Communica-tions Group, the conference honorsAfrican Americans who have demon-strated excellence in science, engineeringand technology, leadership in their com-munities and a commitment to helprecruit and retain minority members incompanies across the nation.

A graduate of Rensselaer PolytechnicInstitute (RPI), Cherubin joined ElectricBoat in 2002 and has worked in hisdepartment’s mechanical systems group,focusing on the steering and diving andretractable bow plane equipment. Addi-tionally, he was assigned as his depart-ment’s SUBSAFE design review coordi-

nator, responsible for ensuring that allgroups conduct their individual designreviews and submit them for approval insupport of critical ship schedule require-ments. Cherubin is currently on loan tothe Common Missile Compartment pro-gram, involved in the missile tube hatchlocking system.

St. Vil graduated from RPI with a civilengineering degree and is pursuing hismaster’s degree at the school in mechani-cal engineering. He joined Electric Boatin 2003 as an engineer in the InternalStructures organization (494). Morerecently, he became a participant in thecompany’s Career Development RotationProgram, initially assigned to the Quon-set Point facility’s Process Engineering

Group. He also completed a rotationassignment as acting foreman in the Gro-ton Pipe Shop. In another rotationassignment, St. Vil currently is engaged inthe USS Providence SRA, helping keepthe job on schedule and delivering theship in the third quarter of this year.

Williams joined Electric Boat in 2002as a security officer after graduating fromCentral Connecticut State University.While earning a master’s degree in com-puter science from the University of NewHaven, he was assigned as a managementsystems coordinator on the SSN-23Multi-Mission Platform project, becom-ing an expert on several National Secu-rity Association secure software configu-rations. Williams now is a member of theVirginia payload tube development team,the Virginia information assurance grouplead, the lead integrator for the SSN-23processor working group and the com-pany’s subject matter expert on securecoding.

The honorees were selected by the edi-tors of U.S. Black Engineer and Informa-tion Technology Magazine, and were pro-filed in a recent issue of the publication.

Three EB Engineers Are Named Technology Lead-

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Ralph Cherubin Shane WilliamsGary St. Vil

Conducted by the Career Communi-

cations Group, the conference

honors African Americans who have

demonstrated excellence in science,

engineering and technology, leader-

ship in their communities and a

commitment to help recruit and

retain minority members in

companies across the nation.

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Fred Harris Assumes Chairmanship Of American Shipbuilding Association

EBMA Honors 2009 Scholarship Winners

The Electric Boat Management Association announced its 2009 scholarship recipients at the organization’s meeting earlier this month. The recipients are,seated from left, Kelsey Boch, daughter of Douglas Boch (449); Christine Nykyforchyn, daughter of John Nykyforchyn (409); Michaelina Deneka, daughter ofJohn Deneka (495); Ellen Kintz, daughter of Thomas Kintz (275); Jaya Batra, daughter of Gautam Batra (463); Alexis Peters, daughter of Kenneth Peters (604);and Emily Cusack, daughter of Timothy Cusack (448). Standing are, from left, Steven Waslo (Caiulo), son of Anthony Caiulo (463); Ghalib Shaikh, son of SaeedShaikh (433); and Stephen Britt, son of Dolores Britt (330).

WASHINGTON

Fred Harris, president of General Dynamics NASSCO,is the new chairman of the American ShipbuildingAssociation.

Harris became NASSCO president Jan. 1, 2006. Before that,he was senior vice president of programs at Electric Boat, wherehe was responsible for the execution of all submarine design,construction and repair programs.

Harris began his shipbuilding career at Electric Boat in 1973as a senior engineer in the Trident ballistic missile submarineprogram. For his later accomplishments as program manager ofthe Virginia-class submarine design phase, Harris received theMaine Maritime Academy Outstanding Alumni Award in 2000;

in 2002, he received the annual William M. Kennedy Awardfrom the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. In2003, he was included on Maine Maritime Academy’s Wall ofHonor for his accomplishments in the marine field.

He graduated from Maine Maritime Academy in 1967 with abachelor’s degree in marine engineering and holds a CoastGuard Chief Engineer’s License of Unlimited Horsepower. In1972, he received an MBA degree from Babson College.

The American Shipbuilding Association is the national tradeassociation of the shipbuilding industry. ASA members includethe nation’s six largest shipyards and more than 100 companiesengaged in the manufacture of ship systems and components,repair and technical services.

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M A R I N E S Y S T E M S N E W S

NASSCO DeliversUSNS Carl Brashear

SAN DIEGO

General Dynamics NASSCOhas delivered USNS CarlBrashear (T-AKE 7) to the

U.S. Navy. The ship is named in honorof the first African-American to qualifyand serve as a Master Diver. Brashear’slife story was portrayed in the 2000movie Men of Honor.

Construction of the USNS Carl Bras-hear began in May 2007. NASSCO hasincorporated international marine tech-nologies and commercial ship-design fea-tures into T-AKE-class ships, includingan integrated electric-drive propulsionsystem, to minimize operating costs dur-ing their projected 40-year service life.

With a cargo capacity of more than10,000 tons, the primary mission of T-AKE ships is to deliver food, ammuni-tion, fuel and other provisions fromshore stations to combat ships at sea.

Including the Carl Brashear, NASSCOhas delivered the first seven ships of the T-AKE class and has construction contractsfor five additional ships. The Navy hasalso awarded contracts to NASSCO forthe long-lead material for two more shipsfor a total class of 14 T-AKE vessels.

“As we pass the halfway mark for thishighly successful U.S. Navy auxiliaryprogram, the performance of theNASSCO team and the ships have beenoutstanding,” said NASSCO PresidentFrederick J. Harris. “As a result ofnumerous production and processimprovements, we are delivering eachhull more efficiently and with fewer man-hours than the previous one. And fromall reports, the deployed ships haveproven their ability to ably serve the fleetin their primary mission and in a varietyof other roles.”

NASSCO Launches USNS Wally SchirraSAN DIEGO

General Dynamics NASSCO recently launched the U.S. Navy’s newest supplyship, USNS Wally Schirra (T-AKE 8), during a christening ceremony at theshipyard. The ship is named in honor of the fifth American launched into

space, Navy Capt. Walter M. “Wally” Schirra Jr.The senior Navy astronaut on active duty, Capt. Lee Morin, M.D., Ph.D., was the

ceremony’s principal speaker. Mrs. Josephine Schirra, the widow of Wally Schirra andthe ship’s sponsor, christened the ship by breaking the traditional bottle of champagneagainst the bow before the 689-foot-long ship slid into San Diego Bay. General Dynam-ics Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Nicholas D. Chabraja also spoke at the cere-mony. About 1,500 people attended the ceremony, including former astronauts BillAnders, Scott Carpenter, Jim Lovell and Tom Stafford.

Schirra (1923-2007) graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in June 1945. AfterWorld War II ended, he trained as a Navy pilot and later became the second naval avia-tor to log 1,000 hours in jet aircraft. Chosen as one of the original seven Americanastronauts, he was the only person to fly in America’s first three space programs: Mer-cury, Gemini and Apollo. He retired from the Navy and resigned from NASA in July1969, and he later lived in retirement in San Diego.

USNS Wally Schirra is the eighth ship of the T-AKE class of dry cargo-ammunitionships for the Navy. NASSCO began constructing the ship in October 2007 and is sched-uled to deliver it to the Navy’s Military Sealift Command in the third quarter of 2009.When the Wally Schirra joins the fleet, its primary mission will be to deliver more than10,000 tons of food, ammunition, fuel and other provisions to combat ships at sea.

USNS WallySchirra islaunched atNASSCO’s ship-yard in SanDiego.

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Bath Iron WorksAwarded $20 MillionContract for DestroyerMaintenance, Repairand Upgrades

BATH, Maine –

The U.S. Navy has awarded Bath IronWorks a $19.8 million modificationto a previously awarded contract to

perform Post Shakedown Availability (PSA)maintenance, repair and upgrade work for anArleigh Burke-class Aegis destroyer home-ported in Norfolk, Va. The existing contractwas originally awarded in March 2005.

Work will be performed on USS Truxtun(DDG-103) by a Bath Iron Works-BAE Sys-tems PSA team at the facilities of BAE Sys-tems Norfolk Ship Repair in Virginia. Effortswill commence in September and areexpected to be completed March 2010. Workwill include engineering and managementservices; labor and procurement of materialfor system upgrades and correction of gov-ernment-responsible deficiencies; perform-ance of specified PSA work items, includingtests and post-repair sea trials; and additionaltasking to complete emergent repairs.

The BIW-BAE Systems team has previ-ously performed four PSAs for ArleighBurke-class destroyers homeported in Nor-folk and two PSAs for destroyers homeportedin Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. BIW has also per-formed PSAs in Jacksonville, Fla., and Seat-tle, Wash.

Jeff Geiger, president of Bath Iron Works,said, “This is a great opportunity for BIWand BAE Systems to extend the team’sproven track record of on-schedule and on-budget homeport PSA performance. In thecourse of six previous efforts we’ve shownthat we can come together and efficiently exe-cute this type of work to the Navy’s completesatisfaction. We’re excited about going towork on USS Truxton and we view thisaward as another expression of confidence onthe part of the Navy in our team’s ability toget the job done.”

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Electric Boat Employees Help StudentsExplore Science And Engineering

With several Electric Boatemployees volunteeringtheir time to help stu-

dents in the FIRST program, whichpromotes interest in science andengineering, the company hasagreed to provide more significantfinancial backing to the program.

Peter Halvordson, vice presidentof Engineering, presented SueGlasspiegel, regional director, Con-necticut FIRST (For Inspirationand Recognition of Science andTechnology) with a $5,000 check tosupport the recent regional roboticscompetition at the ConnecticutConvention Center.

“This isn't about Electric Boat,”Halvordson told the FIRST volun-teers who gathered in the modelroom of Building 88 to witness the check-passing. “The reason we’re here isbecause of you. If FIRST means this much to you, then it means something tothe company as well.”

The volunteers are the backbone of local initiatives such as the Ledyard HighSchool Cyber Colonels, the Lyme-Old Lyme High School Techno Ticks, Colchester’s Bacon Academy Robo Cats and Groton’s Fitch High School CyberFalcons, Glasspiegel said.

“I want to thank all of you,” Glasspiegel told the volunteers. “We thinkFIRST is a great feeder organization for workforce development.”

FIRST, founded in 1989 by inventor and entrepreneur Dean Kamen toinspire young people to participate in science and technology, has designed avariety of accessible, innovative programs for middle and high-school age stu-dents that build not only on science and technology skills, but also self-confi-dence, innovation and leadership skills.. Today FIRST engages approximately37,000 high school students, 100,000 middle-school-age students, 64,000 volun-teers and more than 2,000 corporate sponsors.

As Glasspiegel went around the model room looking for the person involvedwith FIRST the longest, most people pointed to Ray Slezycki (443), an electricalengineer, but he said it was actually his daughter, Stephanie Slezycki (435).

“She’s the most senior, because she started first, and then brought me in,” thesenior Slezycki said. In addition, his daughter Caitlin is an electrical and com-puter engineer at Florida Atlantic University, and his son Michael is a chemicalengineer. Both of them went through the FIRST program as well, he said.

But there were plenty of volunteers who have been active and could testify tothe effectiveness of the program. They include Greg Morea, an engineeringsupervisor in Dept. 604, whose daughter Rebecca was captain of the Ledyardteam this year, and has been accepted at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Heracceptance letter noted her involvement in FIRST.

Peter Halvordson, vice president of Engineering,presents Sue Glasspiegel, regional director, Con-necticut FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition ofScience and Technology), with a $5,000 check to sup-port the recent regional robotics competition at theConnecticut Convention Center.

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HEALTH MATTERS

Bob Hurley, MD Medical Director

which can cause strokes. Men whosmoke are more likely to develop erectiledysfunction (impotence) because ofblood vessel disease. Recent researchsuggests that ED may well be the firstsign of peripheral vascular disease.

Think-QuitTobacco addiction is both a mental

and a physical condition. For most peo-ple, the best way to quit will be somecombination of behavior change, emo-tional support and Nicotine Replace-ment Therapy (NRT) / medications.

The American Lung Association saysonly 3 to 7 percent of smokers will beable to quit on their own. That’s becausethey lack a structured program, the sup-port of others and medicines. Manysmokers will find it difficult to break thesocial and emotional ties to smokingwhile physically withdrawing from nico-tine. The good news is that for thosewho choose to quit there are manysources of support available, both for-mal and informal.

Pick Up the PhoneThe American Cancer Society’s Quit-

line tobacco cessation program linkscallers with trained counselors. Thesespecialists help plan a quit method thatfits each person’s unique smoking pat-tern. People who use telephone counsel-ing are twice as likely to stop smoking asthose who don’t get this type of help.

Telephone counseling is also easier touse than some other support programs.It doesn’t require driving, transporta-tion, or child care, and it’s availablenights and weekends. Counselors maysuggest a combination of methodsincluding medicines, local classes, self-help brochures, and/or a network offamily and friends.

Quitline is:Connecticut: 1-866-363-4224Rhode Island: 1-800-879-8678

Social Support

ChoicesI remember reading about a

woman describing her recentlydeparted father. Throughout herentire life when any bad outcomewas reviewed by his eminence, hewould shake his head, pity the poorunfortunate and convey as absolutewisdom that their fate was sealed bya singular lack of understanding.“Choices, it’s all about choices” hewould pontificate. His reliance onthis was applied to all kinds of mis-fortunate circumstances, some ofwhich were clearly not a matter ofchoice.

The writer humorously recountednumerous incidents – the car crash,the medical illness, the randominjury or the toaster purchase thatturned out poorly. To each, the Ora-cle explained that the miserable soulsdeserved their fate because after all,“choices, it’s all about choices.”

So it was more than a little discon-certing for her when she learned thather father, this paragon of virtue,had been jailed for embezzlement.His epiphany occurred while being

led away in shackles when he was heardto admit, “I guess I made a bad choice.”

Tobacco-Free EBBy now you’ve heard that Electric

Boat has set Aug. 2 as the day the cam-pus becomes entirely tobacco free. Somemight be wondering what to do next.Well, there are many things you need toconsider as you make plans to work in atobacco-free environment. I would antic-ipate for some the first question to con-sider is whether quitting all tobaccoproducts is worth the effort?

The U.S. Surgeon General answeredthat question many years ago by stating,“Smoking cessation represents the singlemost important step that smokers cantake to enhance the length and qualityof their lives.” Nearly everyone knowsthat smoking can cause lung cancer, butfew people realize that it causes cancersof the mouth, voice box (larynx), throat(pharynx), esophagus, bladder, kidney,pancreas, cervix, stomach, as well asleukemia.

But cancer is not the only significantdisease associated with smoking.Recently pneumonia – an infection ofthe lung tissue – was placed in the samecategory as emphysema and chronicbronchitis as a chronic smoking disease.These chronic obstructive pulmonarydiseases or COPD impair the ability tobreathe normally and often lead todeath.

Young people often think these arediseases affecting only the elderly.They’re wrong. Emphysema and chronicbronchitis have been found in people asyoung as 40. The most important fact isthis – more than one half of all smokerswho keep smoking will die from a smok-ing-related illness.

Smokers are twice as likely to die fromheart attacks as are non-smokers. Andsmoking is a major risk factor for nar-rowing of all arteries in the body includ-ing the arms and legs. Smoking alsoaffects the walls of the carotid arteries

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Former smokers report that supportnetworks of family and friends werevery important during their quitattempt. Co-workers, your family doctorand spending time with non-smokersand ex-smokers can also help yourefforts to quit.

Members of support groups for quit-ters can be helpful to you as well. Nico-tine Anonymous, for instance, is an opensupport group that offers a way to findothers who are quitting tobacco. It alsooffers a long-term approach to quitting.Call the ACS at 1-800-ACS-2345 (1-800-227-2345) to find a support group inyour area. Or call Nicotine Anonymousdirectly at 1-877-879-6422. Another localsupport group is Ledge Light HealthDistrict (860-448-4882, ext. 308).

Kick the Tires

How do you know what constitutes agood program? The best programs helpyou recognize triggers to smoking andyour behavioral patterns. This approach– coupled with support systems andnicotine replacement/ medicines – repre-sents the basics.

The best programs also include eitherone-on-one or group counseling. Inten-sity of the program is also a factor insuccessful quitting. Intensity can takethe form of more frequent or longer ses-sions or a longer time period over whichthe sessions are given. So, if you choosea program outside of those offered byUnitedHealth or Electric Boat, pleaseconsider those that meet these guide-lines:� Sessions should last at least 20 to 30minutes.

� The program should consist of atleast four to seven sessions.

� Two weeks is the minimum time;longer is better.

� The leader of the program must betrained in smoking cessation.

� Look for national agency sponsorship:

- American Cancer Society

- American Lung Association- American Heart Association- Nicotine Anonymous- National Cancer Institute- Centers for Disease Control

Stop Smoking While You Sleep!Guaranteed!

Sadly, there are programs that are notbased on science or are ethically chal-lenged. Think twice about programs that:� Promise instant, easy success with noeffort on your part.

� Use injections or pills, especially thosewith proprietary “secret” ingredients.

� Charge very high fees – check withthe Better Business Bureau if you havedoubts.

� Are not willing to give you referencesfrom people who have used the program

� Do not address the physical part ofaddiction: Nicotine replacement therapyand other medicines.

Try and FailThe facts are that with intensive, sup-

portive and NRT/medication programs,the success rates for quitters may be ashigh as 20 to 25 percent. Despite thesebest practices, many smokers don’t suc-ceed on their first try. In fact, smokersusually need multiple attempts, some-times as many as eight to 10, before theyquit for good. So go easy on yourself ifyou backslide. You may need a differentprogram, approach or medication.

EB Building Better Health is here tohelp you. Call Doria Sklar at 433-6391for smoking cessation information.Alternatively, call UnitedHealth CareAdvocate Mercedes Beres at 433-8272 or401-268-2240, or email her atgdeb.wellness.advocate@optimumhealth.com. You also can go to myuhc.com forsmoking cessation information. Spousesare invited to participate in EB cessationclasses as well.

Remember, “Choices, it’s all aboutchoices.”

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Kenneth Borden, a principalengineer in Dept. 449, said thatalthough all three of his childrenwent to Fitch before the FIRSTprogram was established there, henow has two grandchildren whocould go there soon. He volunteersin the program in the hope thatthey will become interested.

Dawn Barrasso, a principal engi-neer in Dept. 210, was the newestFIRST volunteer, as a judge at theConnecticut competition.

Research has shown that FIRSTparticipants are 50 percent morelikely to attend college, twice aslikely to go on to major in scienceand engineering, three times aslikely to major specifically in engi-neering, and four times more likelyto expect to pursue a career in engi-neering than a comparison groupof high school students with similarbackgrounds.

The Connecticut Regional Com-petition hosted 60 teams of stu-dents, teachers and mentors, thelargest competition that the statehas seen in its 11 years of hostingthe event. This year’s competition,“LUNACY,” presented a series ofchallenges in which the students’robots competed on a 54-by-27 footlow-friction field that simulates themoon’s surface.

Electric Boat’s FIRST volunteersare:

Stephanie Slezycki (435)Raymond Slezycki (443)Jimmy Cook (435)Christian Drew (435)Huy Huynh (449)James Corcoran (449)Kevin Harrilal (449)Ken Borden (449)Greg Morea (604)Jay Pealer (452)Michael Schoenborn (414)Angela Mock (604)Dawn Barrasso (210)

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Strong Revenue, Earnings PerShare Growth in First Quarter Revenues increase 18 percent EPS from continuing operations increases 8.5 percent

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General Dynamics has reported first-quarter 2009 earn-ings from continuing operations of $593 million, or$1.54 per share on a fully diluted basis, compared with

2008 first-quarter earnings from continuing operations of $573million, or $1.42 per share fully diluted. Revenues grew to $8.3 bil-lion in the quarter, an 18 percent increase over first-quarter 2008revenues of $7 billion. Net earnings for the first quarter of 2009were $590 million, compared to $572 million in the first quarter of2008.

“General Dynamics’ performance in the first quarter of 2009was very strong,” said Nicholas D. Chabraja, chairman and chiefexecutive officer. “Revenues grew at double-digit rates in all foursegments of the company, with double-digit organic growth in ourdefense businesses, demonstrating the continued strength ofdemand among government customers for the products and serv-ices we deliver. The growth in Aerospace revenues is attributable tothe acquisition late last year of Jet Aviation.”Margins

Company-wide operating margins for the first quarter of 2009were 11 percent, compared to 12.3 percent in the year-ago period.

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Marine Systems, however, increased operating margins by 90basis points over the year-ago period to 9.8 percent, based onexcellent performance on the Virginia-class, T-AKE, commercialproduct carrier, DDG-51 and DDG-1000 programs.Backlog

Funded backlog at the end of first-quarter 2009 increased 23percent from one year ago, to $49.2 billion. The company’s totalbacklog at the end of the quarter was $71.1 billion, 43 percenthigher than the $49.8 billion total backlog reported at the end ofthe year-ago period. In addition to the backlog, the estimatedpotential contract value, which represents management’s esti-mate of value under unfunded indefinite delivery, indefinitequantity (IDIQ) contracts and unexercised options, was $17.9billion at the end of first-quarter 2009.

CashNet cash provided by operating activities from continuing

operations in the quarter totaled $154 million. Free cash flowfrom operations, defined as net cash provided by operating activ-ities from continuing operations less capital expenditures, was$73 million for the period.

“Cash provided by our defense businesses remained strong inthe quarter, while the Aerospace group was a user of cash. Weexpect this to correct itself through the remainder of the year,such that free cash flow should approximate net income by year’send,” Chabraja said.

“Looking ahead, we remain confident that General Dynamicsis well-positioned to maximize the value of our $71 billion back-log as we continue to focus on excellent program execution andvalue creation for our shareholders,” Chabraja said.

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