Children tend to be fearless, with little understanding of what risky be-havior is.

We’ve all watched as our own children, nieces, nephews or grand-children attempt new feats, such as diving from the couch to a pile of pil-lows next to the coffee table or using garden stakes as swords for fighting.

As adults, we warn them imme-diately of the danger and ask them to cease the activity because we don’t want to see them injured.

Often the response provided to the warning is, “I’m being careful.”

As a child, they fail to understand; sometimes you can be as “careful” as you like and the outcome can still be unfavorable.

One of the areas we should never take risks with is the control of haz-ardous energy, commonly referred to as Lockout/Tagout.

Employees servicing or main-taining machines and equipment may be exposed to serious physical harm if hazardous energy is not properly controlled.

Craft workers, machine operators and laborers are among the 3 million workers who service equipment and face the greatest risk.

Compliance with the lockout/ta-gout standards prevents an estimated 120 fatalities and 50,000 injuries each year.

Workers injured on the job from exposures to hazardous energy lose an average of 24 workdays for recu-peration.

Here are a few examples of in-juries when proper lockout/tagout is not applied:

• A steam valve is automatically turned on, burning workers who are repairing a downstream connection in the piping.

• A jammed conveyor system suddenly releases, crushing a worker who is trying to clear the jam.

• Internal wiring on a piece of factory equipment electrically shorts, shocking the worker who is repairing the equipment.

How often do we, as adults, use the same line as children when we decide to take a shortcut and work in a manner we know to be unsafe?

We know that it will only take a few additional minutes to perform the task safely and avoid the risk al-together. But, like children, we think, “If I’m careful, it won’t happen to me.”

We often fail to realize being careful is not staring at a risk and as-suming we’re going to be the lucky

one. It’s avoiding the risk and taking the time to do it the right way.

After all, you can carefully step on a snake but it’s still likely to bite you. On the other hand, you can re-ally be careful and avoid the snake.

Machines, or equipment, must be properly locked out any time a safety device or guard must be removed or bypassed.

If an employee is required to place any body part into an area on machine or a piece of equipment where work is performed upon the material, known as the point of oper-ation, or where an associated danger zone exists during a machine operat-ing cycle, the machine or equipment

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Kyle Cummings, left, and Jubal Feazell lockout an electrical panel in the Spinner Hang-er facility. Lockout/tagout procedures should be used only by authorized personnel.

Do you take unnecessary risks?by Rob Cunningham and Lynn Mitchell

ANAD Safety Office

• See SAFETY, page 4

Todd Dishman was selected as Anniston Army De-pot’s new director of Production Management Nov. 25.

Dishman takes over the organization from Jeff Sim-mons, who will retire Jan. 3, 2019.

Dishman, who grew up in Weaver, began his de-pot career in March 2002 as a heavy mobile equipment repairer.

In August 2006, he was selected as a production con-troller for the M88A1. He moved through the ranks in production management as he became a production manage-ment specialist then mainte-nance management specialist.

Dishman received his Lean Six Sigma Green Belt in December 2007 after serving as team lead for three Green Belt projects.

A few months before the Logistics Modernization Program came online at ANAD, Dishman graduated from Faulkner University in Montgomery with a bach-elor’s degree in business administration.

As part of the LMP team for ANAD, he was the end-to-end logistics manager for new and existing ANAD production programs with responsibility for program creation, cost estimates, acceptance, command sched-uling, and progress reporting and program closure.

He was chosen as the chief of the Material Control and Services Division in the Directorate of Material Management in May 2013, then was selected as chief of the Materiel Planning Division in October 2014.

In 2016, after DMM merged with the Directorate of Production Management, Dishman was named the su-pervisory production planning officer and the produc-tion planning division chief.

He was selected as the deputy production manager for DPM in August 2017.

Shortly thereafter, he received his Master of Busi-ness Administration from Jacksonville State University in December 2017.

Dishman anticipates the challenges he will face in his new role and the ways his organization can support the ANAD workforce and the war fighters.

“We are headed into a year with a large workload,” he said. “ANAD supports readiness by meeting per-formance to promise on time and to cost and I look forward to being part of that support.”

Dishman new DPMby Jennifer Bacchus

ANAD PAO

TODD DISHMAN

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TRACKS2 November 29, 2018

Receiving gifts in conjunction with, or be-cause of, one’s federal service is often incom-patible.

It is not because federal employees are not likeable or deserving of a gift – most federal employees are likeable, even lawyers.

Rather, they tend to be incompatible be-cause our job performance should not be sub-ject to gift influence.

Public trust is critical to our mission. Gift-giving ethical standards and requirements help preserve that trust.

A gift essentially includes receiving any-thing having monetary value.

Thus, receipt of an item, entertainment, debt cancellation, discount, travel and meals all fit the gift definition in 5 C.F.R. §2635.203.

The general rule is that federal employees may not accept gifts offered because of their official positions.

A gift is given because of an employee’s position if it is from a person who would not give it absent the employee’s status, authority or duties associated with the employee’s fed-eral position.

Whether a gift is prohibited starts with the question of whether there is a “gift exclusion.”

Some of the most common excluded items include modest food and non-alcohol refresh-ments (i.e., the donut rule); greeting cards and items of little intrinsic value, such as plaques or trophies; loans on terms generally available to the public; and discount opportunities avail-able to a large class, such as all government employees.

Any questions on gift exclusions can be ad-dressed to an ethics counselor.

For items that are not excluded, the gift rules are basically subdivided into two catego-ries:

1. From prohibited sources (contractors or potential contractors)

2. Between employees (supervisors and subordinates).

Exceptions exist within the rules. Gifts from prohibited sources may not be

accepted unless an exception applies. Some ex-ceptions include the 20/50 rule (a gift valued

at $20 or less from a prohibited source with no more than $50 from that source in a year), personal and outside relationship gifts and free attendance at widely attended gatherings (re-quires legal review and approval).

Generally, there are no ethical legal re-strictions on gifts between non-supervisory employees or coworkers, but do not engage in poor-taste gift giving at work.

A supervisor may not normally receive a gift from a subordinate.

Some exceptions apply:1. Supervisors can accept a gift from a sub-

ordinate valued at up to $10 during holidays.2. For special occasions (marriage, child

birth, retirement) a supervisor may receive a group gift valued at up to $300 with solicita-tion (be careful with solicitation and do not so-licit contractors) of no more than $10 voluntary donation per employee.

3. Items given in connection with personal hospitality if of a type and value customarily given on such occasions (i.e., food platter).

If you need any clarification as to gifts, please call the Legal Office at 256-235-6518 and ask to speak to an ethics counselor.

Should you give gifts or not?by Kyle Barrentine

ANAD Legal Office

December is National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month.

Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month is a national campaign focused on keeping our highways and communities safe by encouraging our family members, Army civilians and Soldiers to re-main alcohol and drug-free when operating a motor ve-hicle.

According to the 2016 National Sur-vey on Drug Use and Health, 20.7 million people drove under the influence of alcohol and 11.8 million drove under the influence of illicit drugs.

The time between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day is described by the National Association of Drug Court Professionals as “One of the deadliest and most dangerous times on America’s roadways due to an in-crease in impaired driving.”

According to the National Safe-ty Council, more than 40,000 peo-ple died in motor vehicle crashes in 2017. The three biggest causes of fatalities on the road are alcohol, speeding and distracted driving.

Addressing what causes crashes, as well as the role vehicles, drivers, road systems and technology play in creating safer roads is how we will eliminate preventable deaths on the road.

This month we are all encour-aged to drive sober, and defensively.

The Anniston Army Depot Army Substance Abuse Program is joining with other national, state and local highway safety and law enforce-

ment officials to remind everyone this holiday season to always des-ignate a sober driver before each holiday party or event involving alcohol.

This holiday season’s slogan is: “Catch a buzz, catch a ride.”

If you plan to go to parties, have a few drinks or travel during the holidays, be aware of the dangers during this time of the year.

If you have been drinking or are under the influence of drugs, do not operate a vehicle.

Remember, you are committing the crime of impaired driving whenever your ability to operate a vehicle is impaired by effects of illegal drugs, prescrip-tion medication, over-

the-counter medication or a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.08 grams per deciliter or higher.

If you take part in activities in-volving alcohol during the holiday season or anytime throughout the year, do not make the mistake of getting behind the wheel. It could cost you or someone else their life.

Some things to think about do-ing this time:

1. Do not drive when you are under the influence of drugs or al-cohol. It puts you and everyone around you at risk.

2. Plan ahead. Utilize local transportation, such as cabs, buses, Uber, Lyft or a designated driver.

3. If you host a party, offer non-alcoholic drinks.

For more information on Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month visit http://oas.samhsa.gov/2k10/205/DruggedDriving.cfm or call 256-741-5814.

DRUNK AND DRUGGED DRIVING PREVENTION

Don’t drive impairedfrom Staff Reports

ANAD ASAP

TRACKS 3November 29, 2018

WASHINGTON -- Service members are trusted to defend the nation, surely they can be trusted when boarding a plane.

This is the thinking of the Transportation Secu-rity Administration, which is pushing to ensure that service members and DOD civilians know they can use the TSA Precheck program.

“Service members are already enrolled in TSA Precheck, but many do not know they are,” TSA Administrator David Pekoske said in a recent inter-view.

Pekoske, a retired Coast Guard vice admiral, wants all those eligible to use this free program. Smart Security

All service members of all components of the armed forces and students at the armed forces’ ser-vice academies are automatically enrolled in TSA Precheck. Their DOD ID numbers -- a 10-digit num-ber that should be on the back of your Common Ac-cess Card -- serve as their Known Traveler Numbers.

Civilian employees must opt into the program using milConnect website. Their DOD ID number is also their KTN.

Again, there is no cost for military members or civilians. For the general public that enrolls in the program, the cost is $85.

“This is a real benefit for being a member of the

armed forces, and it is good for us from a security perspective,” Petoske said.

To obtain their positions, service members and DOD civilians undergo background checks, and most have security clearances. They are trusted to carry weapons in defense of the United States or to safeguard America’s secrets. So the TSA decided that there was no need for them to take off their shoes and belts at a checkpoint to get on an aircraft. Using TSA Precheck

All travelers must add their DOD ID number to their Defense Travel System profiles to access TSA Precheck while on official travel, but eligible ser-vice members and civilians can also use it on per-sonal travel, Pekoske said.

“If you go on any airline website, when you are making flight reservations, there is a box for the KTN and that is where they put their DOD number in,” he said. “Once you put the number in -- espe-cially if you are a regular flier on that airline -- ev-ery time you make a reservation, or a reservation is made by the DOD travel service for you, they will automatically pick up that number.”

“The effort makes sense from an agency perspec-tive and it is also a way to say thanks to members of the military and the civilian members of DOD and the Department of Homeland Security who sacrifice so much,” the administrator said. “It’s a really good program and it provides a direct benefit to those who keep us free.”

Don’t stand in line: TSA Precheck open to military, DOD civiliansby Jim Garamone

Defense.gov

Courtesy photo

The Transportation Security Administration Precheck program is available at no cost to all members of the U.S. military and Department of Defense civilians.

A new headphone policy was re-cently instituted at Anniston Army Depot, bringing the installation’s policies toward the use of hand held devices, portable headphones, ear-phones or other listening devices in line with the Department of the Ar-my’s policies.

The policy states:Using portable headphones, ear-

phones, earbuds, or other listening devices (except for hearing aids) while walking, jogging, running, skating, skateboarding, and bicy-cling on DOD installation roads and streets, or adjacent to roadways or roadway intersections, is prohibited.

Using hand held devices, porta-ble headphones, earphones, or other listening devices while operating a motor vehicle (POV or government-owned vehicle) is prohibited. This is

to include forklifts, mules, EZ Go, etc. Hands-free devices are permitted only for POVs.

Using portable headphones, ear-phones, or other listening devices to include hands-free cellular phones is prohibited in the following areas:

• Industrial/Shop Area: work ar-eas that host a variety of workplace risk factors and potential to cause injury or illness to employees. Indus-trial areas include but are not limited to: the Nichols Industrial Complex, Directorate of Public Works opera-tions, Defense Logistics Agency and Anniston Munitions Center areas, as well as any ammunition and explo-sives activities, such as small arms facilities.

• Any area where personal pro-tective equipment is required.

The areas where headphones are allowed include:

• Dining facilities• Recreational facilities, such

as the ANAD walking trails, White Oaks recreation area, Cone Reservoir recreation area, softball field and ten-nis courts, indoor gyms and fitness center and break rooms.

• Office areas: Using a single ear-piece/earbud is permitted in the office area (having listening devices in both ears is prohibited). An office area is a room or other area where administra-tive work occurs and has little poten-tial to cause injury or illness to em-ployees. Office areas are those areas which do not require the use of PPE.

Emergency responders, such as military police, ambulance, fire emergency, EOD, test track operators and HAZMAT responders, while in the performance of their official du-ties, are permitted to use/wear hand held or hands-free listening devices issued by ANAD.

Those with questions regarding the policy should contact the Safety Office at Ext. 7541.

Headphones prohibited in industrial shop environmentsfrom Staff Reports

ANAD Public Affairs

Photo by Mark Cleghorn

Headphones are prohibited in any area at Anniston Army De-pot where personal protective equipment is required.

TRACKS4 November 29, 2018

must be locked. There are three categories of employees

associated with the Lockout/Tagout program.The authorized employee is the employee

who performs the Lockout/Tagout process. Authorized employees are trained and audited annually in the recognition of applicable haz-ardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control.

The affected employee is usually the em-ployee whose job requires him or her to work in an area in which such service or maintenance is being performed or whose job requires him/her to operate or use a machine or equipment on which service or maintenance is being per-formed under lockout/tagout conditions.

Each affected employee shall be instructed in the purpose, use and importance of energy control procedures.

Affected employees must never make any attempts to bypass or use any machine or equipment under a lockout/tagout condition.

All other employees are those whose work operations are, or may be, in an area where en-ergy control procedures or lockout/tagout may be utilized.

These employees shall be instructed about the importance of the energy control proce-dures and about the prohibition relating to attempts to restart or reenergize machines or equipment which are locked out/tagged out.

We’ve been instructed how to recognize basic risk and avoid it.

We know we are supposed to follow the proper procedures, especially involving lock-out/tagout before working on equipment.

The question is, are you working safely only when “the adults” are watching, taking unnecessary risks, thinking you’re “being careful,” or are you really working with safety in mind all the time?

Make sure you take the time to perform adequate lockout/tagout, even if it’s only a 30-second task and everyone else has already gone home for the day.

Don’t risk your well-being, don’t risk your life, just because “you’re being careful and it won’t happen to you.”

Make sure you take the time and perform all required steps. Don’t risk it; the conse-quences are too severe if you’ve bet wrong.

If we’re really being careful, we’ll follow the proper procedures for doing work, even if it means a little extra effort.

Make sure you go home safely to your family and take the extra effort to perform lockout/tagout. Don’t take unnecessary risks. Alert today, alive tomorrow.

From SAFETY, page 1 SEEN IN THE SHOPS

Working to ensure readinessThe men and women of An-

niston Army Depot’s workforce strive every day to ensure the parts and equipment they repair or overhaul meet the military’s strict specifications, knowing that part or weapon could be vi-tal to the survival of a Soldier.

As of the end of October, the installation’s Performance to Promise metric was 91 per-cent .

The depot has a P2P goal of 98-100 percent. To meet that goal, more than 300 new employees have been hired in recent months.

From small arms, such as the M2 and M4 up to the M88 recovery vehicle and the M1 Main Battle Tank, ANAD pro-vides products America’s war fighters need every day.

from Staff ReportsANAD Public Affairs

Photos by Mark Cleghorn

Rodney Gillespie, left, and Chris Cotton assemble M2 50-caliber machine guns in the depot’s Small Arms Repair Facility.

Kawanna Cole works on an Upgraded Tank Commanders Panel in the depot’s Laser/Thermal Electronics Branch.

Kali Atkisson disassembles HMU housing for an AGT 1500 turbine engine.

The depot’s annual Wounded Warrior Hunt is scheduled for Jan. 18-20. The hunt, which is held in the restricted area, is open to Purple Heart recipients.

That weekend, there will also be an archery-only hunt in the controlled area which is open to members of the military, depot employees and retirees.

There is a mandatory orientation for the controlled area hunt. All hunters must attend one of the orientation sessions, which will be held Dec. 13 and Jan. 10 at 5 p.m. at Bldg. 1540.

If you are interested in participating in the hunt or volunteering during the hunt, contact Andrew Burns at Ext. 7549.

Additionally, the Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation is taking pre-orders for Wounded Warrior Hunt apparel. Or-der forms are available at DFMWR facilities.

TRACKS 5November 29, 2018

Each year, Anniston Army De-pot provides gifts for children in protective custody with the Calhoun County De-partment of Human Resources.

These gifts are dis-tributed to the families by DHR case workers in time to be opened on Christ-mas.

For each child, em-ployees are able to give gifts valued between $175 and $200.

Key people assist in coordinat-ing assistance for these children and families.

Christmas Cheer also allows depot employees to sponsor instal-lation families.

These are coworkers who ex-perienced hardships and have fi-

nancial needs.Installation families

are anonymous to contrib-utors – only identified by

a number and the fam-ily’s situation. They

have been approved for the program through depot leadership.

For additional informa-tion, see your key person or call Boyd Scoggins at Ext. 3182.

ANAD helps children through Christmas Cheer

It’s the time of year to donate to one of more than 200 charities through the Combined Federal Cam-paign.

Your donation benefits the charity of your choice.You can make a one time payment or start allot-

ment from your paycheck.Go to cfcgiving.opm.gov or speak with your direc-

torate or division secretary to learn how to donate.Employee who need assistance with setting up

an e-mail address and making donations to a CFC charity, the CFC committee will be at the Hard Drive Café during the following dates and times providing one-on-one support:

Dec. 3 and 4 from 10-11 a.m.Dec. 10 and 11 from 10-11 a.m.Dec. 17 and 18 from 10-11 a.m.

Employees are reminded to up-date any changes to home address-es prior to Dec. 8 to ensure all tax information, such as W-2s, W2-Cs and tax certificates, are received and processed timely.

You can update your home address by going to https://mypay.dfas.mil/ and clicking on “Correspondence Ad-dress.”

The system will tell you when

your changes will take effect. If you do not want to make changes

through Mypay, you can call Mark Tuten at Ext. 4814 or Angela Thrasher at Ext. 6032 to complete a change of address form, which they will process

for you.Updated addresses will

alleviate the need of requesting tax documentation reissues after the original mailing.

Updating your home address

In 2017, 77 volunteers at Anniston Army Depot gave 1,720 hours in support of depot programs, such as Christmas Cheer, the Wounded Warrior Hunt and the Making Tracks 5K. Their efforts saved the in-stallation $41,520.80.

In the last four years, $154,905.43 has been saved through the work of volun-teers who assist with programs which enhance the lives of our depot employees; Morale, Wel-fare and Recreation patrons; and the surrounding communi-ties.

Volunteers are essential to the Army’s mission. They self-lessly give their time to the Army community by serving Soldiers, families, retirees and civilians.

Without volunteers, the Ar-my’s mission would not be ful-filled. Volunteers accomplish work which would have not been done otherwise, due to time and financial constraints.

Volunteers embody the Army Community Service’s founding motto: “Self-help, Service and Stability” across

the Army.Volunteers are the trailblaz-

ers in Army Community Ser-vice.

Early workers in ACS were loyal volunteers who dedicated hundreds of hours to support Soldiers and families.

No matter where individu-

als volunteer in our commu-nity, they have the same goal in mind, to give back to our com-munity.

If you would like to volun-teer and assist in various MWR programs on the installation, contact Amanda Mullinax at 256-741-5247.

ACS seeks volunteers for MWR programs

Wounded Warrior Hunt set for Jan. 18-20

Photo by Mark Cleghorn

Assistance with registration during the annual Making Tracks 5K is one of many ways to volunteer at Anniston Army Depot.

Combined Federal Campaign

from Staff ReportsANAD ACS

TRACKS6 November 29, 2018

Anniston Army Depot’s quarterly blood drive will be held at the Physical Fitness Center and DeSoto Entertain-ment Center Dec. 6 from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Depot employees, tenants and contract employees are encouraged to donate. Remem-ber, for every unit of blood col-lected up to three lives may be saved.

Note: Donors will be re-quired to show personal iden-tification before donating. A driver’s license or Department of Defense identification card is acceptable.

Physical Fitness CenterTIME ORGANIZATION10:30 a.m. Combat Vehicle Value Stream DRK11:30 a.m. DRM Powertrain Systems Value Stream DES*12:30 p.m. Component Repair & Weapons Value Stream Museum Supp. Center1:30 p.m. DOIM Manufacturing, Clean & Finish Value Stream DPE DeSoto Entertainment CenterTIME ORGANIZATION10:30 a.m. Combat Vehicle Value Stream DPW Anniston Contracting Office QAO11:30 a.m. Powertrain Systems Value Stream DES* DPM DCMA DFMWR Dear Clinic/IH 12:30 p.m. Component Repair & Weapons Value Stream Command/Staff Offices Contractors CPAC ANMC1:30 p.m. Manufacturing, Clean & Finish Value Stream DLA TMDE

**DES personnel can give at the time most convenient for them.For additional information, contact Kelvin Burruss at Ext. 5814 or via e-mail.

Blood drive Dec. 6Ceremony held at POW Cemetery

Courtesy photo from Michael Abrams

German Air Force officers and American Soldiers place wreaths at the German/Italian POW Cemetery on McClellan during a Nov. 18 ceremony honoring those interred there. The ceremony is held each year in November on Volk-strauertag, the People’s Day of Mourning in Germany. During WWII, prisoners of war were held at McClellan and numerous other sites throughout the state. Those who died in captivity during the war are buried in this cemetery on McClellan, which Anniston Army Depot maintains.

Photo by Ben Williams

The Nov. 16 DLAMP graduates are: Kawanna Cole, Directorate of Production; Johnny Cooley, Directorate of Pro-duction Management; David Dillard, Anniston Munitions Center; Vincent Dupree, DP; Joshua Embry, DP; Heather Glover, Anniston Contracting Office; Dexter Kirby, DP; Raymond Martin Jr., DP; Jason Noell, DP; Jerad Pike, Quality Assurance Office; Nathaniel Prater, DP; Brandon Shaddix, ANMC; Timothy Staples, DP; Brant Tankersley, DPM; Chris-topher Wilemon, DP; and Joshua Williamson, DP.

Leaders graduate DLAMP

TRACKS 7November 29, 2018

Dec. 3Fried pork chopScalloped potatoesButter beansSteamed cabbageCornbread

Dec. 4Boneless chicken wingsFrench fries or onion ringsPotato saladTexas toast

Dec. 5Spaghetti with meat sauceSteamed broccoliSide saladGarlic bread

Dec. 6Fried catfishBaked fishBaked beansColeslawFrench friesHush puppies

Dec. 10Beef tips and noodlesGreen beansVegetable sticksYeast roll

Dec. 11General Tso’s chickenSweet and sour porkFried riceStir fried vegetablesEgg roll

Dec. 12Chicken or beef soft tacoSpanish riceMexican cornRefried beansTaco salad bowl

Dec. 13Fried chickenBaked chickenMac and cheesePinto beansTurnip greensCornbread

Dec. 14Snack line only

Have info or a question for TRACKSor The Morning Show?

Call Public Affairs at Ext. 6281!

notes from around the Track

Cafeteria menus

ANAD’s next Recycling Sale

will be held Dec. 15 from

8-11 a.m.

Contact Cynthia Boyette

at Ext. 6838 for additional information.

Recycling Sale

Anniston Army Depot has scheduled a mandatory shutdown for the last full week of Decem-ber.

Maintenance is scheduled to be performed between Dec. 24, 2018, and Jan. 1, 2019.

The work schedule for two Fridays - December 28 and Jan 4 - will be switched, making Dec. 28 an off-Friday.

Depot employees who are not part of the maintenance work being performed throughout the installation or who are not emergency personnel will be in a leave status Dec. 24, 26, 27 and 31.

This will equal 36 hours of leave.

Shutdown dates

Open season for Appropriated Fund employees began Nov. 12 and will end Monday, Dec. 10, with benefits election effective the first pay period in January 2019.

During open season employ-ees will be able to enroll, change or cancel their Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, Federal

Employees Dental and Vision In-surance Program or Federal Flex-ible Spending Account Program coverage without evidence of in-surability or a qualifying event.

If you have questions regard-ing the Appropriated Fund Open Season, contact Kelly M. Smith-O’Hara at Ext. 5459 or 7860.

Open season ends Dec. 10

Nov. 30: Christmas Tree Lighting at Bldg. 7 - 2:30 p.m.

Dec. 5: The Morning Show airs live at 7:05 a.m. The Holiday Blues and Drunk and Drugged Driving Aware-ness Month will be discussed.

Dec. 6: Blood drive - See page 6.

Dec. 13: Christmas Cheer delivery to the Calhoun County Department of Human Resources.

Dec. 14: TRACKS publication - This will be the last TRACKS for 2018. The newspaper will return Jan. 10.

Dec. 24-Jan 1: Shutdown - see note to the right.

Dec. 25: Christmas holiday

Jan. 11: Last day to give to the 2018 Combined Federal Campaign. Visit cfcgiving.opm.gov.

DATES TO REMEMBER

StamperWith sadness, we report

ANAD has lost a member of the team.

Thomas A. Stamper died Nov. 16, 2018.

An artillery repair leader with the Directorate Produc-tion, he had more than 21 years of civilian service at Anniston Army Depot.

In Loving Memory

See something, say somethingIf you see something

suspicious, report it to security at Ext. 6222.

The DeSoto Pastime Center an-nounces a new format for electronic bingo – wireless tablets.

The handheld devices allow pa-trons to play bingo anywhere in the facility.

Electronic bingo is available Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and work Fridays from 3:30-8:30 p.m.

Games cost between 25 cents and $1.

Electronic bingo goes wireless

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