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By Whitney AndersonNSAW Public Affairs Office

Finding a spot to park on the Washington Navy Yard after 8 a.m. is almost unheard of, but what if you had a reserved parking space wait-ing for you every morning? With the New Year ushering in the start of the new Naval Support Activity Washington traffic code, NSAW offi-cials are urging personnel to make use of the carpooling option, thus ensuring a reserved space to park on base before 9:30 a.m.

The carpooling option gives personnel a chance to commute to work as a group, bas-ing itself on the fact the Navy yard has a three person to one parking space ratio. As an add-ed benefit, fewer drivers on the road mean a more eco-friendly commute to work each day for carpoolers.

Shawnise Young, supervisor of the WNY Vis-itor Control Center, said the option was pro-vided to individuals working on the yard for their convenience, and when used properly can produce positive results for both person-nel and command officials.

“The carpool passes are for any government seated person here on NSA Washington’s installation, and it’s slated out for three indi-viduals who currently possess white parking placards,” said Young. “Those three individuals will turn in their separate parking placards and they will be issued one carpool permit to use between the three of them to park in designat-ed spaces.”

Young said the three individuals would be required to come to the visitor’s center as a group with each individual providing their separate vehicle information in order for all three names to be registered to the one car-pool permit.

“The information they’d need is license, registration, proof of insurance, and a copy of their SF 50 form showing they are a seated employee here on the installation,” said Young. “The primary person will be the first person listed in the database and then the other two names will follow, this will show that all three individuals are registered to that one carpool pass.”

Young said installation officials have already started painting the designated carpool spac-

es yellow, with the designated time frame of space reservation allotted.

“The yellow carpool spaces are designated for the individuals from 5:30 a.m.until 9:30 a.m., after which time the spaces will open up for general individual parking,” said Young.

Young said although the new traffic policy won’t roll out until Jan. 1, she and her office have already taken the steps needed to have the permits available for personnel interested in obtaining a carpool pass now.

“No one has started to come in for it yet, they’ve just been asking information because it won’t be effective until January 1st, but I’ve let my staff know and we are ready to start handing them out to personnel interested,” said Young.

Young noted one thing personnel have to look forward to with registering for a carpool permit is the ability to arrive to work a bit later while still having a space to park.

“The advantage would be they’ll have an as-signed parking space; parking is limited here on the base and the more people that drive, the less spaces there are, so if people are car-pooling that eliminates so many people hav-ing to drive in individually,” said Young.

Another major advantage and incentive for people to use the carpooling option is a poten-tial monetary gain for those offering to make their vehicle available to pedestrian base workers and a safe ride to work for employees who normally commute by mass transit with no additional charge to them.

People who want to run a carpool stand to benefit by encouraging their passengers to turn in their white placards and sign up for the mass transit benefit program. Riders can then pay the carpooler for gas and vehicle mainte-nance by using the government funds already allotted to them through the MTB program to help the driver offset the cost of driving in while still benefiting through having a guaran-teed ride onto the installation.

Chief Michael McKinney, Naval District Washington’s chief of police, also noted that the advantage of carpooling far surpassed that of just convenience for base personnel, stating that safety during the winter months should also be a determining factor for individuals to carpool instead of driving onto the base sep-

arately.“I think a lot of people should take advantage

of the carpool situation; if you have a group of workers who can meet in a parking lot before coming to work and take turns driving in then a lot of the issue [of safety] would be solved, people would arrive and leave work together,” said McKinney.

Carpool passes are now available for regis-tration at the WNY Visitor Control Center lo-cated at the main gate of the installation. For further information regarding parking call (202) 433-3738/3506. For more updates on the traffic policy stay current on The Water-line published each Thursday or refer to www.Facebook.com/NavalSupportActivityWash-ington .

Yellow means go-NSAW urges personnel to carpool

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Carpool permits will be given to government personnel working on the Washington Navy Yard. Passes are now available for registration at the WNY Visitor Control Center located at the main gate of the installation.

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The yellow carpool spaces are designated for carpooling person-nel from 5:30 a.m. until 9:30 a.m., after which time the spaces will open up for general individual parking.

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By Rear Adm. Yancy LindseyCommandant, Naval District Washington

Season’s Greetings and Merry Christmas Naval District Washington! From my fami-ly to yours, I extend heartfelt greetings for a joyful holiday season and thank each of you for your role in accomplishing NDW’s mission. What you do each and every day makes a difference for our region and our Navy.

As I reflect on this past year, I’m remind-ed of how fortunate we are to live in a free country that allows us to believe, worship, and live our lives in the manner we choose. Regardless of your faith or beliefs, I think we can all agree that this season, more than any other time of the year, causes us to reflect on and appreciate those people who are most important in our lives. It’s also a time to high-light and focus on those things that bring us together, that we share in common, and that make us who we are. Differences are to be recognized and celebrated. they make us a better, more effective Navy. Thank you for who you are.

Let’s never forget those Navy personnel who are operating forward, many serving in harm’s way across the globe, away from fam-ily and friends. I ask that you keep them and their families in your thoughts and prayers.

Finally, please be safe this holiday season. If you plan to travel, don’t forget to consider any hazards and mitigate the risks to your safety. A few moments of forethought can ensure we all have a happy holiday break and return safely for the start of another great year.

Once again, wishing you and yours a safe and joyful holiday season and a prosperous New Year. God bless you and best wishes for 2016.

Commandant’s Corner — Season’s greetings from NDW

Photo CouRtesY of NDW

Rear Adm. And Mrs. Lindsey wish Naval District Washington

a happy holiday season.

from Naval support Activity Washington Public Affairs office

In last week’s Waterline, NSAW introduced the new traffic policy recently signed that is intended to alleviate traffic and parking con-gestion on the Washington Navy Yard. The an-nouncement of the new policy generated a lot of important questions from the employees on the yard. The following are questions we’ve received with the responses provided by the command.

Q: Are contractors allowed to park on base?

A: Beginning Jan. 1, 2016 contractors gener-ally will not be allowed to park on the base. Ex-ceptions include some food service, custodial and maintenance contractors.

Please refer to paragraph 1e(1)(g) of Chap-ter 3, which states: “Proof that the contrac-tor works onboard NSAW as a construction, maintenance, food service, custodial, or public works department contractor. No other con-tractors are permitted to receive parking plac-ards.”

The NSAW Traffic Code contains a provision that the only contractors permitted to obtain parking placards are those who support the installation and tenants in construction, main-tenance, food service, and custodial positions. It’s important to remember that, while we don’t often think of it this way, parking spac-es are real estate that costs the government money — that real estate is intended for use in providing a service to government employees (civilian and military). While NSAW values the support contractors provide to our tenants’ missions, general government policy is that contractors should not provide mission ES-SENTIAL capabilities and contracting compa-nies should also be covering the labor costs for their employees. Therefore, if there’s enough parking to go around, allowing contractors to use that real estate isn’t a big issue. But, if park-ing is in short supply, NSAW’s policy is that the parking resources should be provided to gov-ernment employees first.

Q: Can I request a waiver to allow a con-tractor to park on base?

A: NSAW understands that there are con-tractors outside of that narrowly defined group who provide important services to the installation and our tenants. In those cases, NSAW is willing to consider waiver requests from tenant commands. Assuming we expe-rience success in removing cars from the in-stallation who do not belong here (e.g. people who use “free” Navy Yard parking to leave their car enroute to other workplaces in southeast D.C.), we will seek to provide parking services to as many contractors as possible without ad-versely impacting government employees.

NOTE: Individual requests will not be hon-ored, but NSAW will accept memos for con-sideration signed “by direction” from a com-mander or director.

Q: How many people do I need in my car every day to get a yellow parking space?

A: Membership needs to be 3 or more. The intent of the instruction is to have three people use one vehicle to access the base. It is NOT our intent to force the vehicle to always have three occupants.

Q: How will you ensure those who receive

a yellow placard for carpool spaces are not dishonest?

A: Some unscrupulous person who wants to use a yellow space will not be able to recruit two transit riders to join them on their pass. If they did, we would identify the transit riders and those folks would either have to get off the carpool pass or surrender their Metro Benefit.

Q: Why add new ideas and rules if the real problem has been enforcement for the cur-rent policy? Couldn’t we immediately start enforcing to see how effective the current policy would be before moving on to more drastic action?

A: NSAWINST 5560.1B addresses a variety of issues that rendered the previously existing policy ineffective. First, and most basically, the old policy was reliant on enforcement via DoD decals that are no longer funded or authorized for use. Overall, our intent was to create condi-tions that support additional use of mass tran-sit AND provide meaningful, responsible en-forcement mechanisms that enhance service for those who are unable to take advantage of public transport. For example, we are now allowing personnel who turn in their placards for Transit Benefits to receive 5x passes per month from the VCC. This is authorized under the MTBP, but was never authorized by this command. Penalties under the old policy were not providing enough of a deterrent to change behavior in a way that enhanced compliance with the policy. The new Traffic Code also in-corporates assistance provided by the DC U.S. Attorney’s Office, which is common on bases throughout CONUS, but until now has never existed at WNY.

Q: Will I be required to display my park-ing pass to enter the installation?

A: Yes, police officers at the gate will not al-low your vehicle access to the yard without properly displaying your parking placard.

Answering the questions on traffic policy-Q & A with command

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Torronna Johnson, NDW police officer, checks the credentials of an oncoming base delivery truck. Be-ginning Jan. 1, 2016 contractors generally will not be allowed to park on the base. Exceptions include some food service, custodial and maintenance contractors.


By Petty Officer 1st Class Pedro A. RodriguezNDW Public Affairs Office

Naval District Washington hosted a wreath laying ceremony at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C., Dec. 7, to commemorate the 74th Anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

The ceremony honored the victims and sur-vivors of the December 1941 attack by the Jap-anese during World War II.

Among the guests, was Pearl Harbor Survi-vor Mr. Frank Yanick, the sole survivor of the crew of the USS Phoenix (CL-46).Yanick was 19 years old when the attack happened, he described running through the ship, and the smoke, getting through the hatches and rip-ping off his graduation ring – directing fire through the smoke that billowed from the sinking ships in the harbor.

“The commemoration is important for America to be alert,” said Yanick. “We got caught unguarded and unprepared at Pearl Harbor and the big thing is to be alert to fight any foe coming in.”

Guest speaker Rear Adm. Alma M. Grocki,

director, Fleet Maintenance, U.S. Pacific Fleet talked about her days in Hawaii as a child with her father, a yard worker, who was home Dec.

7, 1941 watching the Japanese fly by on their way to executing the attack on Pearl Harbor initiating the United States participation in

World War II.“Remembering Pearl Harbor is more than

remembering the fates of the Sailors and Ma-rines on that day, it’s also about the soldiers, sailors, Marines, and airmen stationed on every ship and every shore command in Ha-waii; it’s about honoring the Pearl Harbor sur-vivors like Mr. Yanick here today who was on the USS Phoenix, who continued to serving and fighting.” said Grocki. “It is also about the civilians who lived under martial law and the ordinary citizens who supported the armed forces on the home front, with everything from victory gardens to buying bonds. Re-membering Pearl Harbor is about American resilience and being prepared.”

Commandant, Naval District Washington Rear Adm. Yancy Lindsey along with Grocki proceeded placed a wreath at the stature of the Lone Sailor to commemorate the event. A bugler played taps culminating the ceremony.

Following the ceremony, guests proceeded to the Navy Memorial Historical Society with Yanick to speak about his experiences and share his memories of that day.

For more news from Naval District Washing-ton, visit www.navy.mil/local/ndw/.

NDW Commemorates Pearl Harbor during a Wreath Laying Ceremony

U.S. NAvy PhOtO By Petty OffiCeR 1St ClASS PeDRO A. RODRigUez

Commandant, Naval District Washington Rear Adm. Yancy Lindsey, left, and Director for Fleet Maintenance, Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Rear Adm. Alma M. Grocki render honors during a wreath laying ceremony at the U.S. Navy Memorial commemorating the 74th anniversary of the Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The wreath laying ceremony is held annually at the Navy Memorial and is hosted by Naval District Washington.

By Brian leshakOffice of the Oceanographer of the Navy

Oceanographer of the Navy Rear Adm. Tim Gallaudet released Naval Oceanography’s new operating concept during the Navy’s Flag Officer &Senior Executive Symposium held Nov. 4-5, at the Washington Navy Yard.

Naval Oceanography provides environmen-tal information that naval and joint forces use to operate more safely and effectively, and make better decisions faster than an adver-sary.

The new operating concept uses the Task-ing, Collection, Processing, Exploitation and Analysis and Dissemination cycle, employed by Navy and information dominance forces to generate improved battlespace awareness.

“The TCPED cycle describes our process – from prediction to implementation – as we continue to ensure the Navy navigates the high seas safely and effectively, and out-maneuvers our adversaries,” said Gallaudet. “With respect to Naval Oceanography, we use the TCPED cycle to provide the warfighter with a deep understanding of the physical environment necessary to make decisions.”

In the TCPED cycle, tasking originates with Gallaudet, who as commander of the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command/Task Group 80.7, is responsible for direct-ing subordinate units to perform the collec-tion phase of the cycle. During the collection phase, unmanned systems, buoys, survey

ships, satellites, and observations from surface ships and aircraft are used to collect data that helps paint an oceanographic, atmospheric and celestial picture. Once the data is collect-ed it is then ingested in Naval Oceanography’s production centers where high performance supercomputers process the data turning it into models that yield actionable information.

During the fourth phase, exploitation and analysis, Naval Oceanography experts deter-mine how the modeled environment will im-pact the Fleet’s sensors, weapons, platforms and its people. That information is then dis-seminated to the staffs of forward deployed commander’s staffs to better enable their de-cisions on setting execution timelines, allocat-ing assets and platforms, and selecting course and speed.

“Naval Oceanography has always supported our forward-deployed personnel with meteo-rological and oceanographic information like this, but organizing and processing the data in the TCPED cycle ensures our information is streamlined and able to be consumed more efficiently.”

TCPED is an information dominance pro-cess primarily used for intelligence, surveil-lance, and reconnaissance. As a member of the ID force, Naval Oceanography tailors the process to its physical battlespace awareness mission and focuses on dissemination and de-cision making.

Gallaudet also leads the Office of the Ocean-ographer of the Navy. His dual responsibilities enable him to provide Naval expertise on is-

sues related to oceanography, meteorology, hydrography, precise time, climate change, the Arctic, maritime domain awareness and geospatial and celestial referencing. He also

serves as the senior policy advisor for issues related to national ocean policy and gover-nance.

Navy Oceanography releases new operating concept

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Lt. jg. Michelle Watts, left, and Lt. Nick Patria, both from the Naval Oceanography Special Warfare Center, launch an Iver autonomous underwater vehicle during the Office of Naval Research-sponsored demonstration of AUVs held at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. Naval Oceanography released a new operating concept that uses unmanned systems to generate improved battlespace awareness.


By Cheryl PellerinDOD News, Defense Media Activity

Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced that beginning in January 2016, all military oc-cupations and positions will be open to wom-en, without exception.

For the first time in U.S. military history, as long as they qualify and meet specific stan-dards, the secretary said women will be able to contribute to the Defense Department mis-sion with no barriers at all in their way.

“They’ll be allowed to drive tanks, fire mor-tars and lead infantry soldiers into combat,” Carter added. “They’ll be able to serve as Army Rangers and Green Berets, Navy SEALs, Ma-rine Corps infantry, Air Force parajumpers, and everything else that was previously open only to men.”

Harnessing women’s skills, perspectivesEven more importantly, he said, the military

services will be better able to harness the skills and perspectives that talented women have to offer.

Despite real progress in recent decades and lately, opening more than 111,000 positions to women across the services, Carter said that about 10 percent of military positions – nearly 220,000 total – have remained closed to wom-en.

These included infantry, armor, reconnais-

sance, and some special operations units, the secretary said.

Over the past three years, he added, senior civilian and military leaders across the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Special Op-erations Command have studied the integra-tion of women into these positions.

“Last month I received their recommenda-tions [and] the data, studies and surveys on which they were based regarding whether any of those remaining positions warrant a contin-ued exemption from being opened to women,” Carter said, noting that the Army, Navy, Air Force and U.S. Special Operations Command said none of the positions warranted exemp-tions.

The Marine Corps asked for a partial exemp-tion in areas that included infantry, machine gunner, fire support reconnaissance and oth-ers, he added, “[but] we are a joint force and I have decided to make a decision which ap-plies to the entire force.”

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. was the Ma-rine Corps commandant at the time, and Car-ter said that he and Dunford have discussed the issue many times.

“I just met with him and the other chiefs and service secretaries today, and he will be a full part of implementation,” Carter added, noting that he believes the issues raised by the Ma-rine Corps can and will be addressed in imple-mentation.

Departmental memorandumIn a memorandum to the secretaries of all

military departments and others, Carter di-rected the military services to open all military occupational specialties to women 30 days from today – a waiting period required by law – and by that date to provide updated imple-mentation plans for integrating women into the positions now open to them.

Carter said Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Paul Selva will oversee the decision’s short-term implementation, ensure there are no unintended consequences to the joint force, and periodically update Carter and Dunford.

Women will be fully integrated into combat roles deliberately and methodically, the secre-tary said, using seven guidelines.

Seven Guidelines1. Implementation will be pursued with the

objective of improved force effectiveness.2. Leaders must assign tasks and jobs

throughout the force based on ability, not gen-der.

3. Equal opportunity likely will not mean equal participation by men and women in all specialties, and there will be no quotas.

4. Studies conducted by the services and SOCOM indicate that on average there are physical and other differences between men and women, and implementation will take

this into account.5. The department will address the fact

that some surveys suggest that some service members, men and women, will perceive that integration could damage combat effec-tiveness.

6. Particularly in the specialties that are new-ly open to women, survey data and the judg-ment of service leaders indicate that the per-formance of small teams is important.

7. The United States and some of its closest friends and allies are committed to having mil-itaries that include men and women, but not all nations share this perspective.

Integrating women in all military jobsImplementation won’t happen overnight,

Carter said.“Fully integrating women into all military

positions will make the U.S. armed forces bet-ter and stronger but there will be problems to fix and challenges to overcome,” he said. “We shouldn’t diminish that.”

The military has long prided itself on being a meritocracy, where those who serve are judged only on what they have to offer to help defend the country, Carter said.

“That’s why we have the finest fighting force the world has ever known,” he added, “and it’s one other way we will strive to ensure that the force of the future remains so, long into the fu-ture.”

Carter opens all military occupations, positions to women

DOD PhOtO By Air FOrCe SeNiOr MASter Sgt. ADriAN CADiz

Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced his Women in Service Review during a press brief at the Pentagon, Dec. 3. Beginning in Janu-ary 2016, all military occupations and positions will be open to women without exception.


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By Petty Officer 2nd Class David R. Finley Jr.U.S. 10th Fleet Public Affairs Office

The Navy released its new mobile Operations Security app designed to make annual training requirements more accessi-ble to sailors Dec. 3.

The Naval OPSEC Support Team from Navy Information Op-erations Command Norfolk, worked closely with Navy Educa-tion and Training Center, Sea Warrior Program and TRACEN Technologies to develop the app.

Sailors can not only complete required training on the OPSEC app, but also access related resources and policies.

“Practicing OPSEC and understanding the OPSEC process will facilitate protecting critical information,” said Jim Magda-lenski, director of the Naval OPSEC Support Team. “If shared or not protected, we leave this information vulnerable to adver-sary collection and aggregation, which could result in actions taken against us and ultimately result in mission failure, or even worse, loss of life.”

Military family members play an active role in OPSEC and are responsible for protecting unclassified critical information.

“One of the biggest benefits for this particular app is that fam-ily members can also access the information and complete the training, if they desire,” said Magdalenski. “Family members

play a vital role in protecting critical information, and also are the groups most frequently requesting OPSEC training briefs.”

The app gives sailors an alternative to completing their re-quired GMT.

Upon completing the training, sailors and Department of the Navy civilians will be given instruction on how to automatically update their electronic training jackets. Updates occur within two days.

“OPSEC Officers will have all the appropriate reference mate-rial at their fingertips to enhance their ship or shore command programs,” said Magdalenski. “The ultimate goal is persistent training and educating for sailors, civilians, and family on OPSEC, ultimately enhancing the readiness of the Navy.”

The OPSEC app features:* Policy/Guidance: Includes joint, DOD, Navy, and Marine

Corps policies; Navy tactics, techniques, and procedures; Ma-rine Corps “Warfighting” publication; and handbooks.

* Training: Features links to three computer-based training modules, as well as information on courses offered by the Naval OPSEC Support Team Norfolk and other OPSEC agencies. This includes “Uncle Sam’s OPSEC”, a 14-section GMT video-based course designed to educate service members and their families on vulnerabilities and risks associated with sharing too much infor-mation, particularly on social media sites and via mobile devices.

* Products: Includes training videos/links on a multitude of OPSEC topics, training briefs, smart cards that provide synthe-sized information and best practices at a quick glance, and bro-chures and posters to assist OPSEC program managers.

* Assessments: Features information and resources to assist OPSEC program managers on how to conduct OPSEC assess-ments at their command. A step-by-step guide, briefing tools,

assessment checklists, sample questionnaires, and instruc-tions are included.

* Favorites/FAQs: Highlight parts of the app the user finds most valuable. The Frequently Asked Questions module ad-dresses some of the most common and prevalent OPSEC is-sues affecting DON personnel today, like spear phishing, social engineering, and computer hacking.

The Naval OPSEC Support Team, located at Navy Infor-mation Operations Command Norfolk, provides command OPSEC program development, awareness resources, assess-ment assistance, guidance and support training that promotes an understanding of OPSEC among both active duty and de-pendent personnel. The NOST supports these programs world-wide through a one-stop website for reach-back support to im-prove capabilities that strengthen war fighting effectiveness.

To find the free Navy OPSEC app, search “Naval OPSEC” in the app stores or your web browser.

Navy Information Operations Command Norfolk serves as the Navy’s Center of Excellence for Information Operations. NIOC Norfolk advances Information Operations war fighting capabilities for Naval and Joint Forces by providing opera-tionally focused training and planning support; developing doctrine, tactics, techniques, and procedures; advocating re-quirements in support of future effects-based warfare; and managing functional data for Information Operations.

U.S. Fleet Cyber Command serves as the Navy component command to U.S. Strategic Command and U.S. Cyber Com-mand, and the Navy’s Service Cryptologic Component com-mander under the National Security Agency/Central Security Service. Fleet Cyber Command also reports directly to the Chief of Naval Operations as an echelon II command.

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