June 13, 2013

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By Patrick GordonNDW Waterline writer

Drivers coming on to Naval DistrictWashington (NDW) installations may no-tice a change at the gates this summer.Effective July 1, NDW installations will nolonger require vehicles to display Depart-ment of Defense (DOD) vehicle decals forbase access.

The elimination of the use of vehicledecals for vehicle registration, in order toaccess Navy installations, was directed bythe Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy,Installations & Environment) memorandumdated March 18, 2011.

Previously, the vehicle decal programregistration process provided a simple wayfor base security to verify the vehicle hadbeen properly registered with the state,confirm the driver had adequate liabilityinsurance, and confirm the driver was au-thorized to operate the vehicle. NDW in-stallations have been provided guidance todevelop implementation plans of the newpolicy and associated policies for vehiclebase access, parking, and other installation-wide driving concerns.

“Some have viewed the decal as a cre-dentialing for base access,” said Tony Reid,Commander Navy Installation Command(CNIC) N3AT program manager. “Creden-tialing for base access has always beenbased on individuals having proper identi-fication, such as a Department of Defense-issued identification card. Vehicle decalswere used to ensure vehicles on Navy instal-lations complied with state requirementsfor vehicle registration and insurance. Stateprograms have become more uniform andefficient, eliminating one of the main rea-sons for vehicle decals.”

Security is also a prime concern for allDON installations. Since Sept. 11, 2001, 100percent I.D. card checks have been imple-mented at all DOD installations. With thissecurity measure in place, the decals havebecome redundant, and in some cases, aconcern.

“In addition to the expense in adminis-tering the program, other issues prompt-ing the change in policy include decals be-ing moved from vehicle to vehicle or easilycounterfeited and cars sold to non-Depart-

NDW to Eliminate Vehicle Decals

U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Kiona Miller

Department of Defense Police Cpl. O.K. Harris checks personnel and visi-tor identification at the Washington Navy Yard. Effective July 1, NDW instal-lations will no longer require vehicles to display Department of Defense(DOD) vehicle decals for base access. See Decals, Page 8

By Patrick GordonNDW Waterline writer

Most people know the basics for a funday out during the spring and summer.They are sure to stay hydrated, wear sun-screen, and apply bug spray. But what hap-pens when a sudden front of severe weathercomes along? Are you prepared in the eventof an unforeseen weather emergency?

“Following your local weather updatesand ensuring compliance with prepared-ness guidance is an essential part of theprocess,” said Larry R. Nelson, director oftraining and readiness for Naval DistrictWashington (NDW). “Advanced prepared-ness is the key to having an advantage overan inclement weather situation.”

In the case of any emergency, authoritiesrecommend having a plan and being pre-pared for the unexpected. The Ready Navywebsite (http://www.ready.navy.mil) advis-es that an emergency kit be prepared for anyindividual and their dependants to includenecessities for an extended stay away fromhome. This should include - but is not lim-

ited to - emergency food and water to lastseveral days, any necessary medications, afirst aid kit, changes of clothes, and a toolkit. Having an evacuation plan, staying incontact with family and friends, and havinga predetermined evacuation destination areall advised, as well.

“A plan provides a road map during acrisis which saves time, and also providesmeasures for protecting property and otherresources to include our most precious re-source, our families,” said Sigmund E. Ev-ans, installation emergency manager forJoint Base Anacostia-Bolling. “Ready Navyprovides the information needed for properpreparation of emergencies.”

To stay informed of any emergencyweather situations, regularly check weatherreports on the radio, television or online.NDW personnel can receive weather andother emergency alerts by signing up forthe Wide Area Alert Notification (WAAN)system. AtHoc WAAN alerts can be received

Keep Safety in Mind, Rain or Shine

U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Kiona Miller

Culinary Specialist 2nd Class Luis MojicaRodriguez views the FederalEmergency Management Agency (FEMA) mobile application. The mobileapplication is one option to remain prepared during any disaster, alongwith registering with the Wide Area Alert Network to get up-to-date informa-tion during a crisis.See Safety, Page 10

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From Chief of Naval Personnel Public Affairs

All Navy commands will conduct a sexual assault pre-vention and response (SAPR) stand-down between June 10and July 1st, according to Navy Messages released this week.

Reserve component units and deployed personnel willalso commence their stand-down starting June 10, but willhave until July 22 to complete.

“Our end state for this stand-down will be that all of ourservice members and civilian personnel clearly understandSAPR principles and resources,” said Vice Adm. Scott VanBuskirk, Chief of Naval Personnel. “All personnel will un-derstand their accountability and role in reducing with agoal of eliminating sexual assault from the Navy, fosteringa command climate of dignity and respect, and upholdingour core values of honor, courage and commitment.”

The command triad (commanding officer, executive of-ficer, and command master chief) of each command willlead Sailors and Navy civilian personnel in a minimum twohours of focused facilitated instruction on SAPR principlesand the importance of fostering a climate of dignity and re-spect in the workplace. Additionally, targeted professionalethics/standards of conduct refresher training will be con-ducted for recruiters, sexual assault response coordinators

(SARCs) and victim advocates (VAs), which emphasizes howviolations impact mission readiness.

All training center and institutional instructors, as wellas personnel who are the first to interact with sexual assaultvictims, to include health care providers, Fleet and FamilySupport Center counselors, chaplains, judge advocate gen-eral personnel, and NCIS investigators, will receive special-ized refresher training, using the Navy’s successful SAPR-Leadership/SAPR-Fleet training programs and other NavySAPR resources.

As part of the stand-down, the Navy will conduct an ac-tive review of credentials and qualifications of recruiters,SARCs, VAs, training center and institutional instructors,recruit training center division commanders, NCIS investi-gators, sexual assault nurse examiners and those qualifiedto conduct sexual assault forensic examinations.

Following the stand-down, a completion report will besubmitted to the Secretary of Defense by July 17.

A facilitator’s guide and Navy leadership video messagescan be found at www.sapr.navy.mil.<BR< a>> For more in-formation on the upcoming sexual assault stand-down, seeNAVADMIN 156/13 and NAVADMIN 158/13.

For more information on the Navy’s Sexual Assault Pre-vention and Response Program, visit www.sapr.navy.mil.

Fleet-Wide Sexual Assault Awareness Stand-down Scheduled for June

U.S. Navy photo by MC3 Damian Berg

Yeoman 1st Class Maria Daviddelacruz, left, andAviation Electrician’s Mate 2nd Class Julema-rie Hayes, both from Helicopter Maritime StrikeSquadron (HSM) 46, go over the requirements tobecome Department of Defense Sexual AssaultVictim Intervention (SAVI) advocates. The goal ofthe SAVI program is to provide a comprehensive,standardized, gender-neutral, victim-sensitivesystem to prevent and respond to sexual assaultthroughout the Navy.

It’s Summer Safety Month in NDW. What’s the first thing you do when you hear thunder?

Around the Yard

June 131881 - USS Jeannette is crushed in Arctic

ice pack.1967 - Operation Great Bend begins in

Rung Sat Zone, Vietnam.

June 141777 - John Paul Jones takes command

of Ranger.1777 - Continental Congress adopts de-

sign of present U.S. Flag.1847 - Commodore Matthew Perry

launches amphibious river operations bySailors and Marines on Tabasco River,Mexico.

1940 - Franklin D. Roosevelt signs NavalExpansion Act to construct ships to increaseNavy’s tonnage by 11 percent.

1985 - Steelworker Second Class RobertD. Stethem of Underwater ConstructionTeam One is killed by terrorist hijackers ofTWA Flight 847. He later received a BronzeStar for his heroism.

June 151944 - Fifth Fleet lands Marines on

Saipan, under the cover of naval gunfire, inconquest of Marianas.

1963 - Launching of combat store ship,Mars (AFS-1), first of new class of underwayreplenishment ships.

1991 - Two battle groups and amphibi-ous ships evacuate dependents and AirForce personnel from Clark Air Force Base

after Mount Pinatubo erupts in Philippines.

June 161898 - U.S. squadron bombards Santia-

go, Cuba.1965 - Navy Department schedules re-

activation of hospital ship Repose (AH-16),first hospital ship activated for VietnamConflict.

June 171833 - USS Delaware enters drydock at

Gosport Navy Yard in Norfolk, Va., the firstwarship to enter a public drydock in theUnited States.

1870 - USS Mohican burns Mexican pi-rate ship, Forward.

1898 - Navy Hospital Corps established.1940 - Chief of Naval Operations asks

Congress for money to build two-oceanNavy.

June 181812 - U.S. declares war on Great Britain

for impressment of Sailors and interferencewith commerce.

1942 - First African-American officer,Bernard W. Robinson, commissioned inNaval Reserve.

1957 - CNO approves ship characteristicsof the Fleet Ballistic Missile submarine.

June 191864 - USS Kearsarge sinks Confederate

raider, Alabama, off France.1944 - Battle of the Philippine Sea be-

gins, it comes to be known as “TheMarianasTurkey Shoot.”

1948 - Chief of Naval Operations assignsthree destroyers to U.N. mediator for thePalestine truce.

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Photo courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center

“Hauling Down the Flag -- Surrender of the Alabama to the Kearsarge offCherbourg, France, 19 June 1864” Artwork by J.O. Davidson, depicting thesinking of CSS Alabama, as seen from USS Kearsarge. The crew of one ofKearsarge’s eleven-inch Dahlgren pivot guns is celebrating their victory.

From Chief of Naval PersonnelPublic Affairs

Effective June 1, Navy headquarters staffrealigned in support of the establishment of21st Century Sailor office (OPNAV N17).

Establishment of the 21st Century Sailoroffice will provide for more coordinatedand streamlined efforts in Sailor resiliencyand readiness programs. Full details of therealignment can be found in Naval Admin-istrative Message 153/13.

The office is responsible for the integra-tion of the Navy’s objectives for equal op-portunity, Sailor personal and family readi-ness; physical readiness; substance abuseprevention; suicide prevention; sexual ha-rassment and sexual assault prevention andresponse (SAPR), hazing prevention, andtransition assistance.

“The goal of 21st Century Sailor office isto provide our Sailors with the support net-work, programs, resources, training, andskills needed to overcome adversity andthrive,” said Rear Adm. Walter “Ted” Carter,Director of the 21st Century Sailor office.“Resilience is not one program or initiative,but a comprehensive effort to build life skillsthat not only ensure Navy readiness, but alsofully develop the personal and professionaltalent of our force. The 21st Century Sailoroffice will drive policy and strategies that areresponsive to our Sailors and their families.”

The 21st Century Sailor office was cre-ated through a realignment of existing Navyresources as part of the recommendationsfrom Task Force Resilient. Task Force Re-silient was chartered by Vice Chief of Naval

Operations (VCNO) Adm. Mark Fergusonon Jan. 22 to review Navy resiliency effortsas well as suicide related events in order toincrease resilience and reduce suicides.

Led by Rear Adm. Walter “Ted” Carter,Task Force Resilient determined Navy resil-ience resources could better serve Sailors ifaligned under one overarching and integrat-ed organization that provided unity of effortacross the Navy enterprise. Task Force Re-silient recommended establishing the 21stCentury office, led by a Line Flag officer, toserve as the overall lead for Navy resilienceefforts by focusing on outcomes and conti-nuity of care across Navy programs.

“Building resilience through a culture of

Focusing on Resilience: 21st CenturySailor Office Established

U.S. Navy photo by MC1 Cassandra Thompson

Cmdr. Timothy Wilke, commandingofficer of the littoral combat shipUSS Freedom (LCS 1), congratulatesthe first Sailors to be frocked topetty officer 3rd class in the ship’shistory during a frocking ceremony.Freedom is in Singapore as part of adeployment to Southeast Asia. Free-dom is homeported in San Diego.

See Resilience, Page 10 1038360

Centralized SchedulingMilitary and Family Support Center

(MFSC) located on Joint Base AnacostiaBolling introduces a comprehensive cen-tralized scheduling service for your indi-vidual appointment needs. One call to ourscreeners gets you an appointment forpre-separation briefs, employment servic-es, clinical counseling, personal financialmanagement, relocation, deployment and ahost of other programs and services. MFSCis here to support you and stands ready toassist with every career and life change.Contact our Centralized Scheduling Centerfor individual, marriage and family counsel-ing, individual resume assistance, financialcounseling, relocation assistance or deploy-ment/reintegration support. Please call202-685-6019 to schedule an appointment.

CAREER SUPPORTAND RETENTION

The Transition AssistanceManagement Program (TAMP)

Offers an array of services and benefitsto transitioning service members, includingcomputers setup for individuals to go onlineto different job banks, college and scholar-ship resources and career assessment tools.Resume Writing Workshops are offeredwhich includes Federal Resume WritingInterview Skills, information on veterans’benefits and a professional resource library;Two TAP Seminars and one Executive TAPSeminar - five-day programs - are offeredmonthly sponsored by the departments ofLabor and Veteran Affairs, and include in-formation that will benefit the transitioningmilitary member.

Family Employment ReadinessProgram (FERP)

Offers seven basic services, which in-clude job search strategies, job readiness,resource information, job referral service,individual counseling assistance, careerplanning and links to education and volun-teer opportunities.

Improve your speaking skills withHelmsmen Toastmasters

Join us Thursdays, 7:30-8:45 a.m., atthe Pentagon Library and ConferenceCenter. Toastmasters is an internationalorganization that helps everyone speak,think, lead and listen better. For more info,contact Carl Sabath at carl.sabath@osd.mil, 703-695-2804, or Elizabeth Femriteat elizabeth.m.femrite.civ@mail.mil, 571-256-8674. Remember, great Helmsmensay, “Yes!” To learn more about HelmsmenToastmasters, visit http://helmsmen.toast-mastersclubs.org

Pre-Separation BriefingsService members preparing to transition

from military to civilian life are requiredby law to attend a pre-separation counsel-ing briefing. The pre-separation brief is de-signed to make transitioning military mem-bers aware of all the services and benefitsavailable to them and their family membersunder Transition GPS. These briefings willprovide the information necessary to makemore informed decisions. For your conve-nience the pre-separation counseling brief-ing is available through one-on-one ap-pointments at Military and Family SupportCenter and can be made through Central-ized Scheduling at 202-685-6019.

DEPLOYMENT READINESS/FAMILY SERVICES

Personal Financial Management (PFM)Program offers individual and family fi-

nancial counseling, financial classes, andis responsible for the Command Financialspecialist training in the Region (NDW).

Life Skills EducationProvides presentations to help com-

mands meet requirements, as well as en-hance operational and personal readinessincluding parenting skills training, couplescommunication, anger and stress man-agement, conflict resolution, Child AbuseAwareness, Spouse Abuse Awareness andsuicide prevention. Trainings can be cus-tomized to fit needs of the command.

New Parent Support Program (NPS)Assists new parents in coping with the

demands of parenting and military lifethrough parenting education and train-ing and home visits to new parents priorto delivery and after delivery; informationand referral for military and community re-sources; child development screenings andmonitoring. All active duty members andtheir families who are pregnant and or havechildren in the home from infancy to threeyears old are eligible for these home visita-tion services.

Deployment/mobilization/readinessAssisting Sailors and familymembers pre-

pare for deployment, manage separationsand reunite and reintegrate with families andcommunity through services including theFamily Accountability and Assessment Sys-tem, Individual augmentee (IA) Indoc Courseand Deployed Family Fun Days.

Exceptional Family MemberProgram (EFMP)

Provides assistance to service memberswith special needs children and familymembers with medical needs including re-source referral to medical, counseling andeducational services, support groups andcare providers. Assists in finding duty sta-tions where needs are met. Mandatory en-rollment per OPNAVINST 1754.2D.

MFSC HAPPENINGS

JBAB Daddy/Daughter DanceJune 15 | 1 to 3p.m. | JBABBollingClub | $12In celebration of Father’s Day join us

for the 6th Annual Daddy-Daughter Dance.You see your little princess growing up sofast, join us for this event as the memoriesare sure to last. Activities include dancing,crafts, contests and fun! Attire is semi-for-mal. For reservations call 202-563-8400.

Dads Basic Training - Dads andMoms Partners in Parenting

June 27 | 3 to 5 p.m. | JBAB, Bldg. 72 - Mil-itary & Family Support Center

For dads and moms with children age 0to 1 year. All ranks and branches are wel-come! Using a combination of group discus-sion and a dads breakout group and amomsbreakout group, we will explore the joy andwonderment as well as the trials of parent-hood. The dads breakout group is led by adad and will include the topics of soothinga crying infant, infant care, preparing for ababy and what to do now that they are here,and how to enjoy being an active Dad aswell as open group discussion. The momsgroup will include the topics of breast andformula feeding, preparing for your babyand what to do now that they are here, safesleep, andmaternal instincts as well as opengroup discussion.

Learn about the first few months of yourbaby’s life and how positive parenting is im-

portant for infant growth and development.Prepare your home and relationship forthe changes that are needed when a babyarrives so that you can enjoy being a par-ent and experience the fulfillment of beingpartners in parenting. To register please call202-433-6151or 202-767-0450.

Fitness Center Renovations - Phase2 will begin June 10

The first floor locker rooms will be closedduring this phase of the renovation project.The fitness equipment on the first floor, thesecond floor locker rooms, and third floorgroup exercise area will be available for use.All group exercise classes will resume in the3rd floor group exercise area at the begin-ning of Phase 2. The front desk and firstfloor laundry area will also be closed duringthis phase. Staff will be located on the firstand second floor of building W-22 for assis-tance. For more information please contactthe Fitness Center at 202-433-2829/2882 orvisit their website site at www.cnic.navy.mil/nsawfitness.

NSA Washington-JBAB Fleet Family and Fun

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FFR/MWR Phone numbersFitness CentersWashington Navy Yard, bldg. 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-2282/2829

Information, Tickets & Travel (ITT)Ticket Office, WNY Bldg. 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-2484

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

Food & BeverageCatering & Conference Center, WNY Bldg. 211 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-3041/4312

Mordecai Booth’s Public House, WNY Bldg. 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 678-0514

Military and Family Support CenterMFSC, JBAB Bldg. 72 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-6151

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

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

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

MWRDirector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-4662

MWRMarketing Department, WNY Bldg. 101. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-5912

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

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

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

Outdoor Recreation/Equipment Rental, JBAB, Bldg. 928 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 767-9136

Navy Gateway Inns & Suites, JBAB, Bldg. 602 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 404-7050

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From Enemies to Allies: An International Conference on the War of1812 and its Aftermath

Registration is open for the premier conference on the War of 1812 highlightingthe most current findings about Maryland’s unique contributions to the nation’sStar-Spangled heritage. The conference is scheduled for June 12-15 at the U.S. NavalAcademy in Annapolis, Md. From Enemies to Allies commemorates the bicenten-nialof the War of 1812 and the resulting two-century special relationship betweenthe United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. This three-day conference in-cludes field trips to Maryland 1812 sites, presentations by leading experts from threenations and networking receptions. Sessions include such subjects as “Privateers,”“The Enslaved Chesapeake,” “African-American Combatants,” and “Chesapeake Vic-tims.” Registration includes a special reception and tour of “Seas, Lakes & Bay: TheNaval War of 1812” exhibit, continental breakfast, Friday lunch, shuttle service anda flash drive of presented papers. To register, visit www.starspangled200.com/FETA

NDW News

AFPAK Hands

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In a small ceremony at the Defense Intelligence Agency, Major Eric Miller reenlistedChief Intelligence Specialist Gregg Davis for four additional years. An Afghanistan-Pakistan Hand (AFPAK Hand) from Naval District Washington, Davis is pursuing aMaster’s of Science in Strategic Intelligence at the National Intelligence Universityduring his “Out of Tour” assignment and will graduate July 26. Miller teaches severalcourses at the National Intelligence University, including two that Davis took, Intel-ligence & National Security Policy and Leadership & Management in the IntelligenceCommunity. Observing is Davis’ wife, Mary.

The AFPAK Hands program was stood up in 2009 by then Navy Adm. Mike Mullen,Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff, to establish a cohort of experts that specialize inthe complexities of Afghanistan and Pakistan language and culture. These membersprovide persistent engagement on regional issues while advising leaders and command-ers throughout the levels of governance and command. An AFPAK Hand is committed tomore than 40 months with the program. During those months, a service member engag-es in 10 months of training, nearly two years of deployment in-theater in Afghanistan orPakistan, and one year out of theater in the U.S. For more information on AFPAK Handsvisit http://www.public.navy.mil/BUPERS-NPC/CA REER/LANGUAGE_CULTURE/Pag-es/AFPAKHands.aspx.

By Cmdr. Kimberly HimmerJoint Base Anacostia-BollingPublic Affairs

Operation Fortitude was the code nameof a World War II military deception opera-tion, which was critical to Allied success inNormandy, as well as its push across the Eu-ropean continent through 1944. It success-fully created the appearance that the Allieswere going to start their advance towardsGermany, first through Norway, and then inPas de Calais in eastern France.

Deception operations were widely usedby the Allies throughout the war. They werecarried out by secret units in both the U.S.Army and the Navy, as well as by the Brit-ish, and created complex diversions to keepthe Axis powers guessing about the Allies’true operational intentions. The Americanschosen to be part of these special units werenot career military men; they were artists,actors, sound technicians, makeup artistsand successful public relations specialists.Many of their efforts remained classifieduntil 1996.

Fortitude-South, as the Pas de Calaisfeint was called, was critical to the successof the Normandy invasion. Hitler was con-vinced that the Allies would start their ad-vance on “Fortress Europe” at Calais, Francefrom Dover, England. Called the Strait ofDover, it is the narrowest part of the EnglishChannel. It made tactical sense for the Alliesto cross the channel in this area. So, in or-der to validate this German belief, the Alliesbuilt a fictional army in Dover to convinceHitler and his staff.

The Allies built an elaborate physicaland communication deception aroundthis fictional army, called the First UnitedStates Army Group (FUSAG). Major Gen-eral George S. Patton was selected to be thecommander of this group, and he was pho-tographed often in and aroundDover as partof the deception. The Germans knew that anoperation such as an invasion of the Europe-an mainland would need to be led by a well-known and respected officer. The Germanmilitary staff had biographies of every majormilitary officer in the Allied military, so if anew face had entered the scene in charge ofthis Army for such amajor invasion, it wouldhave aroused German suspicion.

General Patton and the FUSAG had to,with minimal manning, create the illusionthat there was a large troop concentrationin Dover training and preparing for the inva-sion. Tent cities were erected, and kitchentents kept fires burning, in order to appearfunctional. Fake aircraft were constructedfrompipe and canvas, and set along runways.

Inflatable tanks, jeeps, and other vehicleswere constructed. All of these efforts weredesigned to create an illusion for German

reconnaissance planes. At night, men rancarts with lights across the runway, andsound technicians ran tracks of airplanestaking off and landing, in an effort to makethe runway appear operational from afar.

But this was only the tip of the OperationFortitude iceberg. The signals corps trans-mitted bogus messages. A large volume ofscripted radio transmissions were sent onchannels known to be exploited by the Ger-mans. Readiness reports, troopmovements,supply problems, even benign issues suchas emergency leave and pay problems forindividual soldiers, were scripted and en-crypted in a code known to be broken by theGermans, and transmitted.

In human intelligence and diplomaticchannels, similar scripted messages weretransmitted. Secret and double agents notjust in Europe, but around the globe, werefed scripted information to feed back totheir German controllers. Diplomats leakedscripted fake, allied intentions at cock-tail parties, and these were overheard andtransmitted back to Germany. The scriptingwas so complex that the Allies would makesure that stories were corroborated fromdifferent sources, adding to the overall va-lidity that Pas de Calais would be the Alliesforay into France, and it would occur in themiddle of July.

When the Allies eventually landed inNormandy on June 6, 1944, the Germanswere still bracing for the main attack at Cal-ais. Hitler believed the force landing in Nor-mandy was the deception force, so he didnot divert troops or assets from Calais toassist forces on the Cotentin Peninsula. Sixdays after the invasion at Normandy, Hitlerstill did not believe that it was the main Al-lied invasion. Because the invasion at Pas deCalais was supposed to take place at D-day+ 45, in the middle of July, the Germans re-fused to move forces in place in Calais, asthey waited for the “main assault” well intothe Allied advance.

Operation Fortitude was a huge success,and achieved its objective by allowing Al-lied forces to successfully establish a beachhead in Normandy, and then break out andmove across Western Europe. General Pat-ton arrived in France in July 1944, and ledthe Third Army through the Normandybreakout offensive and across Europe to theBattle of the Bulge and into Germany.

Operation Fortitude was only the begin-ning of U.S. deception operations in WW II.Troops from the U.S. Army 23rd Headquar-ters of Special Troops landed in Normandysoon after the main assault, and continueddeception operations throughout Europe.The unit’s existence was a well-guarded se-cret, even kept from U.S. troops. The unitwas instrumental in keeping the GermanArmy uncertain about Allied intentions andoperations throughout the campaign.

D-Day Deception: Operation Fortitude

Photo courtesy of the U.S. National Archives

Soldiers move an inflatable decoy around the camp of the fictional FirstUnited States Army Group. It was made of rubber, and looked like a Sher-man tank to German reconnaissance aircraft.

Reviewed by Cmdr.Youssef Aboul-Enein

The Fourteenth Day: JFKand the Aftermath of theCuban Missile Crisis by Da-vid G. Coleman. Publishedby W.W. Norton, New York,2012. 256 pages.

When discussing the1962 Cuban Missile Crisisthat brought the UnitedStates and the Soviet Unionclose to nuclear war, it iscommon to frame it withinthirteen days. This is be-cause the first account ofhow President John F. Ken-nedy handled the crisis waswritten and by his brother in1969, then Attorney GeneralRobert Kennedy and titled,“Thirteen Days,” later madein to a film by the samename. David Coleman, thechair of the Miller Center’sPresidential RecordingsProgram at the Universityof Virginia, has written anew angle on this much dis-cussed element of the ColdWar. Instead of focusing onOct. 16-28, 1962, he takesus to the next day, the four-teenth day of the crisis. Pop-ular history has Kennedyordering a naval quarantineof Cuba, and Soviet leaderNikita Khrushchev orderingSoviet cargo ships to reversecourse at the last moment,and that to avoid escalat-ing Nuclear confrontation,Khrushchev also orderedthat the nuclear missilesin Cuba be dismantled. Inthose thirteen days are thediscovery of the missiles byU-2 planes, verification thatthey were indeed offensivenuclear weapons capable ofstriking the United States,diplomacy with the Soviets,back-channeled negotia-tions with Moscow, Kenne-dy announcing the missilesin Cuba, military buildup,and confrontation in thehalls of the United Nationsbetween Adlai Stevensonand his Soviet counterpart

Valerian Zorin. There werealso the heated negotiationsto get consensus amongU.S. agencies and the mili-tary to invade, strike or con-duct both offensive optionsagainst Cuba.

But after the Sovietsblinked, to paraphrase for-mer Secretary of State DeanRusk, how do you verify theSoviets had removed alltheir missiles from Cuba?What about the IL-28 bomb-ers capable of reaching theUnited States with a nuclearpayload? How many Sovietcombat troops will remainin Cuba? What did it meanwhen Khrushchev said in scable on day thirteen, “re-moval of weapons you con-sider offensive.” You willquickly understand thatwhile the main crisis hadbeen defused, a series of cri-ses were brewing by nego-tiating what is an offensiveweapon in U.S. eyes versusSoviet eyes, particularly inthe context of the 1961 Bayof Pigs Invasion, and mul-tiple attempts by the UnitedStates to topple Cuban dic-tator Fidel Castro. Colemangives readers a ring-sideseat into the discussionswith Kennedy administra-tion leaders from the Sec-retary of State and Defense,the Intelligence Agencies, toinclude an infant Defense

Intelligence Agency, and theJoint Chiefs of Staff.

The author uses a declas-sified archive that capturesthe realities of the work thatneeded to be done to bringboth sides back from theabyss of nuclear war. For in-stance, one question is if theUnited States conducts overflights to verify the Sovietsare abiding by their agree-ment to dismantle the mis-siles, and an SA-2 surface toairmissile which already haddowned one U-2 plane, kill-ing its pilot, downs anotherone, would this restart theconflict? Of note, pages dis-cuss how SA-2s were mainlycrewed by Soviet militarypersonnel at that time, sinceCuba was still in the processof training enough anti-aircrews in the Soviet Union.This is the level of detailColeman captures and is adelight to read, particularlyfor anyone wanting to seehow America’s executivebranch operates under se-vere crisis. Simply put, “TheFourteenth Day” is a recom-mended read. It is a fittingread in light of the fact thatthe fiftieth anniversary ofthe CubanMissile Crisis wasjust last fall.

Editor’s Note: Cmdr.Aboul-Enein is author of twobooks on the Middle East.He teaches part-time at theNational Defense Univer-sity and maintains a regularbook column in the NDWnewspaper, Waterline. Hewishes to thank his TeachingAssistant Ms. Sara Bannacha student of InternationalRelations at George MasonUniversity for her edits andcomments that enhancedthis column. Also, the Na-tional Defense University Li-brary must also be thankedfor providing me this bookand a quiet place to writethis review.

The Fourteenth Day:JFK and Aftermath ofthe Cuban Missile Crisis

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Book review

By Nicholas MalayNSWC CarderockDivision Public Affairs

NSWCCarderockDivisionheld its first elementary andmiddle school LEGO Robot-ics competition this spring,May 17. The competitiontheme was Biomedical &Biomechanical Engineering- allowing four local schools:Wood M.S.; Burning TreeE.S.; Pyle M.S.; and BarnsleyE.S. student teams to com-pete in the LEGO RoboticsCompetition and accompa-nied research presentations.

“This year marked thefirst time NSWCCD hostedan event of this kind, thoughit has offered support to LegoRobotics Programs through-out Montgomery County forseveral years by providingmentors to local elementaryand middle schools,” saidNathan Hagan, NSWCCDnaval architect, mentor, andNSWCCD LEGO Roboticsevent co-coordinator. Theevent was also organized byNSWCCD personnel WoodyPfitch and JonathanHopkins.

NSWCCD mentors sup-ported the event by judgingpresentations, refereeingthe LEGO challenges, andproviding maritime techni-cal expertise to the aspir-ing scientists and engineersin attendance. The event

was kicked off with open-ing remarks delivered byNSWCCD’s Chief Technol-ogy Officer, Jack Templeton,followed by various LEGOrobot matches accompaniedwith judging sessions, Capt.

Stefanyshyn-Piper’s com-mand overview presenta-tion, and an array of naval-based facility tours.

NSWC Carderock Division’sLEGO Robotics Competition

See LEGO, Page 10

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

visit www.dcmilitary.com.

Photo by Nicholas Malay

Students participate in the NSWC Carderock Divi-sion LEGO Robotics competition. The competition’stheme was Biomedical & Biomechanical Engineer-ing, allowing local elementary and middle schoolstudent teams to compete in the competition andaccompanied research presentations.

The DEFY (Drug Education for Youth) Phase I Summer camp is open to children ofmilitary, civilian DOD employees, and contractors. Camp dates are July 8-12 and 15-17from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Parents can contact Machinist Mate 2nd Class (SW/AW)MaryMoro,mary.moro@navy.mil (202-433-0347) or Machinist Mate 1st Class (SW) Jason Simmons,jason.p.simmons@navy.mil (202-433-0347) to obtain more information or an applica-tion for their children. Parents can also visit the third deck of Building 101 on theWash-ington Navy Yard and speak with Yeoman 1st Class Hartman to pick up an application.

DEFY Summer Camp Enrollment Open

U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Kiona Miller

Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Dominic Outlaw conducts warm-up exerciseswith campers from Naval Support Activity Washington’s Drug Educationfor Youth (DEFY) summer camp prior to a game of kickball at Joint BaseAnacostia-Bolling Aug. 8, 2011. The DEFY summer camp is a weeklongprogram that promotes self-esteem, leadership skills and resistance todrugs and alcohol.

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By Jamie Cosgrove andEmily BurdeshawProgram Executive OfficeUnmanned Aviation and StrikeWeapons Public Affairs

An engineer at Naval Air Station Patux-ent River is leading an initiative that willsave the Navy’s MQ-4C Triton UnmannedAircraft System program several hundredthousand dollars.

Paul Weinstein, an electronics engi-neer supporting the Common Standardsand Interoperability (CSI) program office,launched an image quality lab in 2012 thatwill help determine how to effectively em-ploy Triton’s sensors and radars and poten-tially othermanned and unmanned systems.

In preparation for the first Triton imageevaluation, Weinstein, a former NationalGeospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) em-ployee, worked with the agency to providethe necessary training, software and imagescientists for the first official evaluation ofthe P-8A aircraft’s Electro-Optical (EO) sen-sor. Since the P-8A and MQ-4C are part ofthe Maritime Patrol and ReconnaissanceForce family of systems, Weinstein’s teammade a decision to evaluate the P-8 first andinclude test engineers from both programs.

“Paul did an outstanding job getting thisimage quality assessment capability set upand running,” said Pat Ellis, MQ-4C Triton’sMission Systems lead. “This will save theTriton program several hundred thousand

dollars, since we will not have to submitpackages for image ratings to NGA and theOffice of Naval Intelligence (ONI) for ourimaging systems.”

Without this capability at Pax River, theNavy would have to rely on NGA to per-form sensor testing, at a cost of more than$150,000 per evaluation. It would also takemore than a month to return the analysisto the team. By having the lab at Pax, eachtest is virtually free and it takes less thanone week to turn around the data to the testteam, Weinstein said.

“This level of testing will enable programoffices to make smart budget decisions withrespect to changes to the current networkand current integration measures as well asfuture integration efforts,” Ellis said.

Typically, image analysts perform thisfunction, but the evaluation proved that testengineers can analyze images and make ef-fective mission-planning decisions.

“We are following the fly-fix-fly philoso-phy as we figure out solutions that will allowlower bandwidth platforms to send betterquality video,”Weinstein added. “We need tounderstand if a platform canmeet itsmissionand avoid it just flying out and burning fuel.”

The first imagery evaluation for MQ-4C Triton will be conducted after the teamhas data available from Triton’s first flight,which was conducted May 22 at NorthropGrumman’s facility in Palmdale, Calif. Theimage-quality lab team will evaluate theMQ-4C’s EO/Infrared (IR) and Synthetic

Aperture Radar sensors.“The ability to collect and share real-time

Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnais-sance (ISR) quickly and accurately is crucialto ensuring battle commanders have the en-hanced situational awareness required for a

successful mission,” said Capt. Jim Hoke,MQ-4C Triton program manager.

As an adjunct to the manned P-8 aircraft,Triton is intended to provide persistentmaritime and littoral ISR data collection anddissemination capability to the fleet.

Lab Effort to Cut Costs for Navy’s Triton UAS Program

By Margie StevensNSWCDD CorporateCommunications

Embracing the full spectrum of diversityin the workforce was the prevailing theme atthe Asian Pacific American Heritage obser-vance held at the Aegis Training ReadinessCenter auditorium on May 30.

Naval Surface Warfare Center DahlgrenDivision (NSWCDD) sponsored the event thatfeatured keynote speaker, Asif A. Khan, direc-tor at the Government Accountability Office.

Khan shared his experiences and work-place observations to illustrate the advan-tages of working in a diverse environment.

In addition to cultural and ethnic differ-ences, Khan stressed that other differenceshave been big factors in adapting to work-place changes over the last decade.

“Managing the workforce is much differ-ent today. It is not unusual to have four dif-ferent generations working together,” Khanexplained.

The challenge in managing a workforceto get maximum productivity, is to makesure all of the different work styles and ex-perience levels mesh so that employees canwork as a team to find solutions, he said.

Khan, who grew up in the United King-dom, also provided his perspective on cul-tural differences between the UK and theUnited States. For Khan, educational op-portunities differed as well as the ability toblend into the society. “Because my familywas from India, we were considered less asimmigrants as extended members of theBritish Commonwealth.”

Khan also talked about the value of hisexperience as an apprentice, which helped

him hone his accounting skills, and hisadmiration for Prime Minister MargaretThatcher, who was instrumental in promot-ing economic reform in Britain.

Speaking about his observations in thefederal workforce, “Self-fulfillment is a com-mon dream,” Khan noted. He illustrated thisby sharing his story of moving up the ranksfrom a support accountant to his currentposition where he now oversees financialaudits across the government and testifiesat budget hearings on Capitol Hill.

The theme for this year’s Asian PacificAmerican Heritage Month is “BuildingLeadership: Embracing Cultural Values andInclusion.” In 1978, a joint congressionalresolution established Asian/Pacific Ameri-

can Heritage Week. The first 10 days of Maywere chosen to coincide with two importantmilestones in Asian/Pacific American histo-ry: the arrival in the United States of the firstJapanese immigrants on May 7,

1843 and contributions of Chineseworkers to the building of the transconti-nental railroad, completed May 10, 1869. In1992, Congress expanded the observanceto a month-long celebration. The May 30observance at Naval Support Facility Dahl-gren recognizing Asians, Native Hawaiiansand other Pacific Islanders was part of aninitiative across the Department of De-fense to honor the countless contributionsand traditions of Asian American and Pa-cific Islanders.

NSWCDD commander Capt. MichaelSmith illustrated the importance of AsianPacific Americans in his welcoming remarks.

“The 2013 theme of ‘Building Leadership:Embracing Cultural Values and Inclusion’ isembodied in the U.S. Navy’s first bilateralcounter-piracy exercise with China’s Peo-ple’s Liberation Army naval forces,” Smithpointed out.

In September 2012, USS Winston S.Churchill (DDG 81) and the Chinese frig-ate Yi Yang (FF 548) conducted visit-board-search-and-seizure drills near the Horn ofAfrica to enhance anti-piracy cooperativeefforts. During the exercise, three ChurchillSailors served as translators - all Chineseimmigrants. Their unique capabilitiesplayed an integral role in the success of theexercise by bridging both the language andthe cultural gaps between the two crews.

“These Sailors exemplify the vital rolethat inclusion plays in our Navy’s success,and demonstrates how utilizing the talentsof everyone to their fullest potential securesour position as the world’s premier fightingforce,” Smith emphasized.

“To benefit the most from that diversity,every individual, military or civilian, mustbe encouraged and enabled to reach his orher full potential. We are indeed grateful toall of members of our workforce, and espe-cially today, those who are of Asian or Pacif-ic Islander descent, for their contributionsto our mission success,” Smith concluded.

The observance was moderated byNSWCDD engineer Gaurang Dave and fa-cilitated by Asian Pacific American IslandProgram Champion, James Yee, who is alsodeputy department head of the EngagementSystems Department.

NSWCDD Observance Focuses on Broad View of Diversity

U.S. Navy photo by Emily Burdeshaw

Paul Weinstein, an electronics engineer supporting the Common Standardsand Interoperability (CSI) program office at Naval Air Station PatuxentRiver, Md., views imagery transmitted from sensors aboard an aircraft. Histeam launched a government-led image quality lab in 2012 that will help de-termine how to effectively employ sensors and radars for the MQ-4C Tritonand potentially other manned and unmanned aircraft in the future.

Courtesy photo

NSWCDD commander Capt. Michael Smith presents a plaque recognizingkeynote speaker Asif Khan’s contributions to the 2013 Asian Pacific Ameri-can Heritage observance at Dahlgren.

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By Donna CipolloniTester staff writer

The Naval Air Station Patux-ent River Port Operations recentlyaccepted delivery of its new all-aluminum, 30-foot rapid responseoil skimmer, replacing its former20-year-old model.

“Technology changes a lot in20 years and you get a better prod-uct,” explained Chief Aviation Ma-chinist Mate Thomas Glasl. “That’swhat we have now.”

Unlike the old one-engine boat,the new skimmer, which arrivedMay 22, has three engines - two90hp outboard motors for propul-sion and steering, and a separatediesel engine under the deck forrunning all the hydraulics.

“We used to fight with the oldboat in between trying to drive itand run the equipment,” Glasl

said. “With the new one, we don’thave to make that decision. Wecan do the whole job without hav-ing to stop, start and reset.”

In addition to its ease of use, thenew boat is wider and thereforemore stable on the water. There’sa larger deck space to accommo-date crew more comfortably and abigger pilot house for the operator.

Glasl explained that the skim-mer is used for petroleum spillsand has a conveyor-like structurethat dips below the bow and skimsoff byproduct from the water’s sur-face. It has two separate tanks andcan hold a total 1,100 gallons ofbyproduct until it can be properlydisposed of.

A benefit of the aluminum con-struction is its non-corrosive na-ture and lighter weight.

“We cover a 26-mile area - 18miles of shoreline plus Solomonsand Webster [Outlying Field in St.

Inigoes],” Glasl said. “The boat cantravel at 17 knots and when we’refaced with how to transport it,it’s sometimes faster to take it viatrailer making the lightweight boatadvantageous to us.”

Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class An-drea Bloomfield and Engineman1st Class Walter Williams havebeen training with the skimmersince it arrived, and both agree ithandles more easily.

“It’s smoother with more ma-neuvering capability,” Williamssaid. “Propulsion is different, hy-draulics are better and it’s easierto drive.”

According to a May press re-lease from Kvichak Marine Indus-tries, the company that built theskimmer, they recently delivered15 of these boats to the U.S. Navy,which now operates more than 85of the skimmers worldwide.

Naval Air Station Patuxent River Port Ops Gets Response Skimmer

By Kristin EllisFort Belvoir CommunityHospital Public Affairswith Sharon Renee TaylorWRNMMC Journalstaff writer

Hundreds of service membersat Walter Reed National MilitaryMedical Center and Fort BelvoirCommunity Hospital celebratedtheir unique service cultures andbond as joint military medicaltreatment facilities during a sum-mer formation and uniform transi-tion ceremony May 9.

A naval tradition since 1817,the formation ceremony signifiesthe change from fall/winter tospring/summer attire. In a showof solidarity and camaraderie, theU.S. Navy, Army and Air Force par-

ticipated in the event.The formation reinforces the

strength of the joint organizations,according to Belvoir hospital lead-ership. Fort Belvoir CommunityHospital and Walter Reed NationalMilitary Medical Center have a sin-gle, shared common purpose: “Procuramilitis,” the care of thewarrior.

The two medical treatment fa-cilities have become the symbolsof health and healing in the Na-tional Capital Region. As part ofthe 2005 Base Realignment andClosure legislation which mandat-ed the joint facilities, Walter ReedBethesda and Belvoir hospitalopened a new chapter in militarymedicine and the future of jointmilitary health care.

Summer Colors: Army,Navy, Air Force SymbolizeMedical Solidarity

See Solidarity, Page 10

From NAVFACWashingtonPublic Affairs

Naval Facilities EngineeringCommand Washington educat-ed residents near the U.S. NavalObservatory about light pollu-tion June 1 at the annual GloverPark Day.

Light pollution affects the Na-val Observatory’s ability to viewthe night sky when light shinesupwards or is reflected off cloudsand low atmosphere.

“Folks in Glover Park were veryhappy to see the Navy show upas part of the community,” saidRichard Owen, NAVFAC Washing-ton. “We’ve reached out to the cityabout light pollution, but it’s alsoimportant to talk to our neighborsin the city.”

Owen and other civilian andmilitary representatives advisedbooth visitors on how they couldhelp. Low pressure sodium lampsare the only types with an elec-

tromagnetic spectrum that can befiltered by telescopes at the NavalObservatory. Neighborhood resi-dents were encouraged to use “fullcut-off” light fixtures, which do notallow light to be directed above its

horizontal plane, and to limit theamount of exterior light in urbanareas. Doing so will reduce energyuse and expense, creating a moreenvironmentally sustainable city,they said.

NAVFAC Washington Educates on Light Pollution

Courtesy photo

Public Works Officer Lt. Cmdr. Richard Ficarelli and JanellHerring, NAVFAC Washington, answer questions about lightpollution and its affect on the U.S. Naval Observatory’s mis-sion at Glover Park Day in Washington, D.C., June 1.

ment of the Navy personnel withcurrent decal still attached posedadditional security risks to Navyinstallations,” said Timothy White,CNIC N3AT law enforcement assis-tant programmanager. “In additionto our policy of conducting randomAnti-terrorism checks, we will con-duct command authorized admin-istrative checks, similar to the waysecurity departments conduct Driv-ing-Under-the-Influence checks.

White said these administra-tive checks will check identifica-tion and vehicle licensing, andthat security personnel will con-tinue to rely on the assistance ofthe military community to reportsuspicious or abandoned cars,

and any other security concerns.He added that frequent visitorsto installations requiring decalsmay leave them on the vehicleuntil the expiration date. Other-wise, it is recommended that thedecal be removed.

Reid said that persons usingprivately-owned vehicles on Navyinstallations will still be requiredto meet state and local require-ments including valid insurance,vehicle safety inspections, regis-tration, and proof of motorcyclesafety training where applicable.Additionally, the policy change willnot affect visiting procedures toNavy installations, as visitors willcontinue to use the normal visitorprocedures established by the in-stallation commanding officer.

Reid added that contractor ac-cess will be managed separately.Contractors either receive a tem-

porary pass for a one trip visit orthey register under the Navy com-mercial access control system thatprovides background checks andperiodic reviews to allow them tobe issued an annual valid creden-tial for access to Navy installationsfor official business.

Parking will be managed at theinstallation level using a CNIC-generated template based on cur-rent color coding system (blue forofficers, red for enlisted, and greenfor Department of the Navy civil-ians). The template provides forsome standardization at all CNICinstallations, but allows for minorchanges to accommodate uniquelocal circumstances.

Answers to frequently askedquestions about the vehicle decalscan be found at http://www.cnic.navy.mil/om/operating_forces_support/force_protection/Vehicle_Decals_FAQ.html.

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Photo by Sharon Renee Taylor

Army Col. John M. Gaal, deputy commander for administra-tion, and Rear Adm. Alton L. Stocks, Walter Reed NationalMilitary Medical Center commander, inspect Army, Navyand Air Force officers during a tri-service uniform inspec-tion held simultaneously at Fort Belvoir Community Hospi-tal, Va., and Walter Reed Bethesda, May 9. More than 400service members participated in the formation at WalterReed Bethesda.

U.S. Navy photo by Donna Cipolloni

Engineman 1st Class Walter Williams, left, and Boatswain’sMate 2nd Class Andrea Bloomfield have been training onthe new 30-foot rapid response oil skimmer, getting used toits handling and hydraulics.

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By Andrea HeinNaval Air Warfare CenterAircraft DivisionCommunications Support

It can strike without warning, robbing apilot of the ability to think clearly or reactas he or she flies through the air at super-sonic speeds.

“I was gasping for air and got a littlelight headed,” said Lt. Pat Bookey, a pilotassigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squad-ron (VX) 23. “It was pretty eye-opening be-cause my symptoms don’t really presentthemselves gradually and my blood oxygenlevel gets pretty low before I actually knowit is happening. The symptoms hit me pret-ty hard.”

The culprit was hypoxia, more com-monly known as oxygen deprivation, andsymptom recognition is key to combating itsdisastrous effects, which can include a de-crease in mental performance, delayed re-sponse time, diminished basic motor skillsand loss of consciousness.

Bookey was one of several F/A-18 pilotswho participated in a training event April16 that combined Naval Air Systems Com-mand’sManned Flight Simulator (MFS) witha Reduced Oxygen Breathing Device (ROBD)simulator. The purpose was to show pilotswhat hypoxia really feels like in the cockpitduring task-heavy exercises and to empha-size what life-saving steps they should takeif it strikes - accessing the emergency oxy-gen supply and landing the aircraft.

“When a pilot’s workload is very high,the ability to identify hypoxia symptoms isreduced,” said Marine Corps Maj. Tobiasvan Esselstyn, VX-23 director of safety andstandardization. “We combined the ROBDwith a high fidelity [realistic] simulator, putF/A-18 pilots in their own environment,gave them a task that is very hard to do andgot them hypoxic at the same time.”

With traditional hypoxia training, a pilotuses an ROBD while flying a simulator at acomputer. While informative, this approachdoes not require the same workload experi-enced during flight and results in a higherawareness of symptoms such as light-head-edness or reduced motor control. The newcombined training demands much more ofthe pilot’s attention and delays the aware-ness of hypoxia symptoms, creating a morerealistic environment.

Lt. Cmdr. Corey Little, an aeromedicalsafety officer for Naval Test Wing Atlantic,oversaw the training and recorded each pi-lot’s specific symptoms.

“It is good to see based on body type,physical makeup and physical fitness levelshow each individual responds to a decre-ment in oxygen,” Little said. “By doing thehypoxia training in conjunction with a verylabor-intensive or task-intensive flight sim-ulation, it allows them to get further into thehypoxia training and really feel the full ef-fects of that lack of oxygen.”

Steve Naylor, the MFS F/A-18 simulationlead, said he was encouraged by the experi-ment’s results.

“The problem with hypoxia recognitionis each person reacts differently to it,” Nay-lor said. “During the training, several pilotswere surprised at what they felt in the simu-lator. At least one pilot assumed he wouldfeel the way he did when he was hypoxic 10years ago in a jet, and the way he felt thenwas not the way he felt now.”

Simulator training helps pilots learn whattheir personal hypoxia symptomsare andwhat

actions to take to avoid dangerousmishaps.“When you fly a single piloted aircraft,

you are the only one who can help yourselfout,” van Esselstyn said. “That’s why mostof the time pilots work diligently to knowall their procedures cold. It is easy to knowwhat to do, but sometimes recognizingwhen to do it is the hardest part for us upthere flying.”

NAVAIR Pilots Learn to Take a Breath

By David A. DickinsonWRNMMC Journal staff writer

Nurses Week 2013 concluded at WalterReed Bethesda with the 105th birthday cel-ebration of the Navy Nurse Corps May 13 .During the festivities, Rear Adm. ElizabethNiemyer, deputy chief, Wounded, Ill, andInjured, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery,and the 23rd director of the Navy NurseCorps, discussed the legacy of Navy nursing.

“I want to take this opportunity to per-sonally say thank you to all the nurses whomake up the Navy’s nursing team - activeand reserve component nurses, as wellas our federal civilian and contract nursepeers,” said Niemyer. “You are the reasonthe Navy Nurse Corps has enjoyed 105 yearsof exceptional clinical leadership in supportof Navy medicine. Without the entire teamworking together, we could not havemet theoperational and health benefit mission re-quirements asked of our corps.”

In 1908, Congress authorized the estab-lishment of a female Nurse Corps within theUnited States Navy after several years of ad-vocacy by the Chief of the Bureau of Medi-cine and Surgery. Prior to the establishmentof the nurse corps, women had been work-ing unofficially as nurses aboard Navy shipsand inside Navy hospitals for nearly 100years. The charter group of women to for-mally serve as members of the Navy nursingteam, came to be called “The Sacred Twen-ty.” They were assigned to the Naval Medi-

cal School Hospital in Washington, D.C.“Since the days of The Sacred Twenty, the

Navy nursing team has served with honor,courage and commitment,” Niemyer said.“Navy nurses are key members of the globalhealth care network of 63,000 Navy medi-cal personnel around the world involved inthe provision of the highest quality safe pa-tient- and family-centered comprehensiveand compassionate care to over 9.7 millioneligible beneficiaries.”

In 1968, the first male Navy nurse, Lt.Clarence Cole, was commissioned in theNavy Nurse Corps.

Today, Navy nurses not only servewounded warriors, their families and oth-ers at the Nation’s Medical Center, WalterReed Bethesda, but are deployed globally,participating in humanitarian and combatsupport missions with fleet surgical teams,as flight nurses, aboard hospital shipsand aircraft carriers, and with their battlebuddies in Marine Corps and Army units,Niemyer explained.

“An integrated, highly-regarded teamof professionals, Navy nurses are uniquelytrained and qualified to lead the provision ofexceptional health care in extremely diverseenvironments,” the director of the NavyNurse Corps concluded.

Also during the celebration, Niemyerpresented Walter Reed Bethesda Com-mander, Rear Adm. (Dr.) Alton Stocks, acitation, and pinned him as an honoraryNavy nurse.

In a message to Navy Nurse Corps per-sonnel celebrating their 105th birthday,Vice Adm. (Dr.) Matthew Nathan, U.S.Navy surgeon general and chief, U.S. NavyBureau of Medicine and Surgery, stated,“Today, we honor the brilliant accomplish-ments, courage, and commitment of Navy

Nurses who helped to set the bar high formilitary medicine around the world. Ournurses are published and renowned scien-tists, researchers, teachers, providers andclinicians. Their continued work and dedi-cation have earned them a prominent placein the United States Navy.”

Navy Nurse Corps Celebrates 105th Birthday

U.S. Navy photo

Marine Corps Maj. Kevin Ryan undergoes oxygen deprivation training whileoperating Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s Manned Flight Simu-lator at Naval Air Station Patuxent River.

Photo by Sarah Marshall

Intensive Care Unit nurses Ms. Edith Ameagwali and Navy Lt. Brian Wilsonensure optimum care for patient Jackie Thompson.

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total fitness (physical, mental, social, andspiritual) will empower a force that is alwaysready to operate forward and execute ourwarfighting mission,” said Carter. “There ismuch work to be done, but the 21st CenturySailor office establishment is an importantstep toward supporting life skills programsthat our Sailors will want to better them-

selves and improve our readiness.”21st Century Sailor office will include six

individual policy branches residing underthe N17 organization: Total Sailor Fitness(N170), Suicide Prevention (N171), SexualAssault Prevention and Response (N172),Sexual Harassment Prevention and EqualOpportunity (N173), and the Office of Haz-ing Prevention (N174).

The realignment of the Navy 21st Cen-tury Sailor Office began June 1 and will becompleted prior to January 2014.

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“It was a pleasure seeing the teams in ac-tion today. These kids are bright and inspir-ing. Their mentors, as well as the event orga-nizers, should be proud to have provided thisopportunity formixing science and creativityin a team environment,” said Katie Kiernan-Williams, NSWCCD Ship Signatures, seniortechnical writer. “Each team clearly articu-lated learning communication skills, plan-ning and commitment, and gaining knowl-edge from fellow teammates throughout thisexperience.”

“The best way to summarize FIRST LEGOLeague is to say that it is a robotics programfor 9 to 16 year olds, which is designed to getchildren excited about science and technol-ogy -- and teach them valuable employmentand life skills,” according to the First LegoLeague (FLL). “FLL can be used in a class-room setting but is not solely designed forthis purpose. Teams, composed of up to tenchildren with at least one adult coach, [inthis case, NSWC Carderock Division men-tor], can also be associated with a pre-ex-isting club or organization, homeschooled,or just be a group of friends who wish to dosomething awesome.”

“It became instantly apparent the impactthat it would have on the community andthe students involved. Our goal is to showyoung people the exciting opportunitiesthat await in a career of engineering, sci-ence and technology, and even more how acareer in the Navy canmake that excitementreach fruition. As someone who visited Car-derock when I was in high school, the visitchanged my world, and confirmed my in-terest in becoming a Naval Architect,” saidHagan. “I hope to see these kids here at Car-derock after they graduate college, because I

was once in their shoes, and now could notbe prouder to call Carderock my home.

“It’s very fun and a great learning experi-ence to work with Carderock mentors,” saidValent Martinez-Cruz, Barnsley E.S. RedTeam student. “We look forward to com-ing back for the next competition.”

All of the young aspiring scientist andengineers from the local schools were in-cluded in a closing ceremony after the judg-es determined the competitions victor.

“This competition was slightly nerve-racking, but fun at the same time and isquite a large achievement to work with Car-derock mentors for the LEGO competition,”said Salvri Manalansam, Barnsley E.S. RedTeam student

“If this sense of familiarity, loyalty, andsupport can be instilled in more studentsthrough the LEGO Robotics competitionand various other NSWCCD STEM initia-tives as they move forward in their life, Ifeel confident that the future of the Navycan rest assured that it will be in the best ofhands to handle any challenge that the fu-ture may bring,” said Hagan. “We are build-ing the Navy of tomorrow through STEMoutreach initiatives.”

NSWC Carderock employs a large num-ber of scientists and engineers and has a ro-bust outreach program goal to collaboratewith local schools to expand students andteacher’s awareness and understanding ofcareers in science, technology, engineering,andmathematics (STEM) - to further garnerstudent interest in future careers in scienceand engineering.

Carderock is the full-spectrum researchand development, test and evaluation, en-gineering, and Fleet support organizationfor the Navy’s ships, submarines, militarywatercraft, and unmanned vehicles for theNavy Fleet of the 21st Century.

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“This purpose, coupled with the rangeof different strengths from each militarybranch culture, results in an unparalleledcombination that will benefit our patientsin ways we cannot yet imagine,” said ArmyCol. Charles Callahan, commander of theBelvoir hospital. “We learn as we work to-gether that the things our military branchesshare are far greater than those not shared.What is different about us, in fact, makes usstronger.”

Rear Adm. Alton L. Stocks, commanderat Walter Reed Bethesda, also highlightedthe benefits of leading joint military medi-cal treatment facilities in the nation.

“Teamwork is what it’s all about to getthe mission done,” Stocks said. “All servicesserve proudly at Walter Reed Bethesda.”

In addition to the hundreds of servicemembers who participated, the hospitals’Department of Defense (DOD) civilian em-ployees collaborated and supported in the

consolidated, integrated and joint forma-tion through logistics, information technol-ogy, safety, and other support elements.

DOD civilians working side-by-side withservice members represent the future ofmilitary medicine and continue to epito-mize dedication, commitment and profes-sionalism, said Navy Capt. Sterling Sher-man, Belvoir hospital chief of staff.

“The pride we take in strengthening ourculture is reflective in everything we do:from the crease in our shirts and the shineon our shoes, to the way we care for our pa-tients and all of those entrusted to our care,”Sherman said. “Although the colors of ouruniforms may be different, we are one teamdedicated to providing world-class care toour nation’s service members, families, andretirees.”

Belvoir hospital andWalter ReedBethesdaserve more than 120,000 beneficiaries in theNational Capital Region in addition to globalmedical support of each military branch.These joint medical hospitals are part of theJoint Task Force National Capital RegionMedical’s Integrated Delivery System.

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by workstation alerts, email, phone calls ortexts. To register with the Wide Area AlertNetwork, visit http://www.cnic.navy.mil/NDW/About/WAAN/index.htm.

“The threats that installations facerange from natural disasters in the formsof earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados,floods and fires,” said Robert Avery, instal-lation emergency manager for Naval Sup-port Activity Washington. “The numberone way personnel can protect themselvesfrom these threats is by notification. OurAtHoc system provides real time alertswith detailed information on the incidentor event.”

A common threat during the summermonths is sudden storms. While moderaterain is of little concern tomost, sudden andpowerful storms can cause threats fromflash flooding and lightning. In addition to

having an emergency kit and plan in place,the National Weather Service (NWS) advis-es being mindful of conditions and threatscommon with severe thunderstorms.Watch for signs of a storm, like darkeningskies, lightning flashes or increasing wind;tune in to local weather forecasts for up tominute warnings; and postpone outdooractivities if thunderstorms are likely to oc-cur. They advise seeking shelter indoorswhenever thunder is heard; many peo-ple struck by lightning are not in an areawhere it is raining. If thunder can be heard,a person is close enough to be in dangerof lightning. The NWS recommends stay-ing inside for at least 30 minutes after thelast thunder clap. If warnings by authori-ties are given to evacuate an area, do so byprescribed routes in an orderly fashion,avoiding roads with high water.

By staying informed, being pre-pared and having a plan, personnel canhave a fun - and safe - summer in andaround NDW.

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