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News and information for and aboutJoint Base Anacostia-Bolling

Vol. 6, No. 6 February 13, 2015

BY JEREMY K. JOHNSONJOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-BOLLING

PUBLIC AFFAIRS

As part of United States FleetForces Command’s annual SolidCurtain/Citadel Shield worldwideforce protection exercise, Joint BaseAnacostia-Bolling’s (JBAB) installa-tion training team (ITT) simulatedan “active shooter” scenario at theYouth Center, Feb. 6.

Several elements were includedto assess the base’s ability to re-spond effectively to an anti-terror-ism situation.

According to Tim Trammel, ITTcoordinator, each element - police,firefighters, emergency personneland Navy Criminal InvestigativeService (NCIS) - was measured ac-cording to requirements specific totheir roles and responsibilities in acrisis.

During this event, a scenario wasdeveloped and roleplayers playedout that scene on the fly with norehearsal. The situation beganwith married Air Force master ser-geants, husband and wife, arrivingseparately at the Youth Center andquickly becoming involved in a do-mestic dispute.

“The husband had returnedfrom Afghanistan and wasn’t happywith our [military’s] role over there.He wanted his wife to get out byrequesting help from her chain ofcommand,” explained Trammel,“but she didn’t want to leave andrefused.”

As the volunteer actress, an em-

ployee at the Youth Center, refused,her fictional husband became agi-tated and pulled out a handgun. Af-ter a brief argument, and a fumbledattempt to fire, he cleared the weap-on and managed to squeeze off around that [fictionally] ricochetedand injured the receptionist. Thereceptionist had already phoned ina call for help - something the hus-band acknowledged by resigninghimself to the inevitable arrival oflaw enforcement.

“Well, she’s called,” he said,pacing back and forth. “It’s too latenow. What are we going to do?”

From there, the situation esca-lated again, and he fired severalrounds that were followed by aquick entry of the base police. Theyrapidly took down the suspect anddisarmed him without incident be-fore systematically checking the re-mainder of the building for furtherdanger.

Along the way, they encoun-tered several fictionally woundedpeople. The potentially confusingpresence of these people who were

JBAB conducts active shooter exercise at Youth Center

U.S. NAVY PHOTOS BY JEREMY K. JOHNSON

An emergency responder from Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB) at-tends to a fictionally wounded man (played by Navy Airman Justin Mark)during an active shooter exercise at JBAB’s Youth Center, Feb. 6.

A local D.C. news cameraman captures the moment Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling police take down a fictional active shooter during an exercise atJBAB’s Youth Center, Feb. 6.

BY MICHELLE L. GORDONJOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-BOLLING

PUBLIC AFFAIRS

A house fire occurred on JointBase Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB),Feb. 3. Although the event is stillunder investigation, the suspectedcause is an improperly disposedcigarette.

According to the fire report,a fire occurred at approximately10:30 a.m. in a townhouse in theRickenbacker Neighborhood. Na-val District Washington Fire andEmergency Services respondedwithin three minutes of the call.

“It was a three story town-house,” said Battalion Fire ChiefChristopher Scully. “When we ar-rived, there was fire on the rear ofthe structure. The occupant hadknocked down the majority of itwith a fire extinguisher, so thecrew advanced a hand line to the

second floor deck area and fin-ished extinguishing the fire. Theythen took a thermal imager andchecked for hidden fires or smokethat could create a problem lateron.”

Although the occupant was ableto extinguish most of the fire, Scul-ly said the preferred response is toevacuate and call the JBAB emer-gency number, 202-433-3333.

“We want to make sure every-one understands. Contact theemergency line when they are on

base, not 9-1-1,” he said. “If theydial 9-1-1, that call actually goesout to D.C.’s emergency commu-nication center, and they dispatchtheir units from out in the cityto the base, which delays the re-sponse time.”

Scully said although the fire wasconcentrated to the rear deck andwas out within two minutes of thefire department arriving on the

Improperly disposed cigarette likely cause of house fire on JBAB

PHOTO COURTESY OF NAVAL DISTRICT WASHINGTON FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES

Although the fire was concentrated to the rear deck and was out withintwo minutes of the fire department arriving on the scene, early estimatesindicate the fire caused more than $75,000 in damages to the home.

“...Evacuate and call the JBAB emergency

number, 202-433-3333.”- Battalion Fire Chief Christopher Scully

See FIRE, Page 3

See SHOOTER, Page 3

2 Friday, February 13, 2015 Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling Joint Base Journal

BY REAR ADM.MARKHAM K. RICH

COMMANDANT, NAVAL

DISTRICT WASHINGTON

Greetings Team 88,In a previous Commandant’s

Corner I discussed my focus ar-eas, one of which is community.

No installation or region canreach its potential without be-ing engaged in and with its lo-cal community. You will recallthe guiding principles Vice Adm.Smith outlined upon assump-tion of command of Navy Instal-lations Command - in them youwill find a discussion of the valueand importance of represent-ing the Navy in the surroundingcommunities. In the Secretary ofNavy priorities you will find part-nerships and how our global part-nerships are critical to the futuresuccess of the Navy. You can seethe common theme here. Com-munity involvement, whateveryou happen to define as “com-munity,” matters.

In practical terms, this meansengaging externally; leadershipbuilding relationships with stake-holders and key influencers. Itmeans looking for opportunitiesto engage, and telling our storyaround the region. As the Region-al Commander, over the past yearI have met with state and localelected officials, state and federalagency officials, civic organiza-tions, community and neighbor-

hood groups, and many more.The venues change, but each

engagement presents the oppor-tunity to meet with some of ourbiggest supporters, or those whocan impact how we or our ten-ant commands operate. Theseare invaluable opportunities toestablish or grow meaningful re-lationships and a chance to com-municate regional and installa-tion objectives and perhaps buildthose relationships into partner-ships. For example:

On opening day for the 2014baseball season, the WashingtonNationals dedicated a memorialto the victims of the 2013 Wash-ington Navy Yard shooting. Theinitial discussion of the memorial

event took place during a meet-ing I had with executives from theWashington Nationals.

Meetings with the Washing-ton, D.C. Chief of Police and herstaff have led to an increased lev-el of information sharing and co-operation between the Metro Po-lice Department (MPD) and NavalSupport Activity (NSA) Washing-ton; enabling MPD to be betterprepared to respond to emergen-cies on installations within theregion, and NDW installationsbetter prepared to cooperativelyrespond with MPD.

For the past five years, JointBase Anacostia-Bolling has part-nered with Project Giveback, aWashington-based charity, to en-sure needy military families areable to enjoy the Thanksgivingholiday week. Volunteers fromthe military and the District ofColumbia’s Ward 8, team up eachyear to make this event a success.

Active engagement with thestaffs of Senators Cardin and Mi-kulski and Congressman Van Hol-len, and participation in Mont-gomery County Citizen ActionTransportation Committee meet-ings has resulted in an invitationfor NSA Bethesda to be part of anaction committee for the RapidTransit System.

In January, the Tri-CountyCouncil for Southern Maryland fi-nalized the 18-month long NavalAir Station Patuxent River JointLand Use Study, a collaborative

land use planning effort con-ducted as a joint venture betweenthe Navy (locally NAS PatuxentRiver), surrounding jurisdictions,state and federal agencies, andother affected stakeholders.

At Naval Support ActivitySouth Potomac, the Command-ing Officer chairs a 450-memberCommunity Relations (COMREL)Council that meets quarterly. TheCOMREL Council provides an op-portunity for critical informationsharing and allows her to workdirectly with her four local com-munities, elected officials andbusiness and community leaders.

The region is about to hostthe first regional education fo-rum with educators who workwith military families to discussunique educational requirementsof NCR military families. Thiscomes after meetings with severalstate and county school officials.

These are all good news storiesthat resulted from establishing orfostering strong relationships.Throughout the region you willfind many success stories like theones just mentioned that stemfrom active engagement with lo-cal leaders and communities. AtNDW, I continue to support andpromote an active and aggressivecommunity relations program;we reach out to local communi-ties and try to reinforce the Na-vy’s ethical and responsible stew-ardship of the financial, naturaland human resources that have

been placed in our trust. We col-laborate on issues that impact thelong-term sustainability of ourinstallations and seek to be in-volved in the discussions leadingup to decisions that impact ourmission and people.

For the annual Solid Curtain-Citadel Shield exercise, NSA An-napolis works closely with com-munity partners including thecity of Annapolis’ police and firedepartments and the Anne Arun-del Medical Center. The exerciseprovides exceptional trainingnot only for NSA Annapolis se-curity forces, but also providesthese local community organiza-tions needed skills and training.Additionally, their communityoutreach was critical during theconstruction of the new commis-sary/Navy Exchange complex andmitigated noise and disruptioncomplaints.

Community engagement cantake many forms and covers abroad range of activities, but how-ever you look at it, engagement isa key contributor to our missionsuccess. It’s not just somethingwe do, but rather, it is integral tohow we work. Moving forward, wewill continue to refine our modelfor community engagement thatwill strengthen region/installa-tion- community partnershipsand become an enterprise modelfor community engagement.

Thanks, Team 88!

Commandant’s Corner: Engagement and Community

Rear Adm. Markham K. Rich,Commandant,

Naval District Washington

BY NICOLE M. WOODS

JOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-

BOLLING PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Service members and theirfamilies are subjected to uniquestressors by the very nature ofmilitary life including deploy-ments, remote tours of duty,frequent moves, extended work-ing hours, etc. These families aresometimes separated from boththeir loved one and extendedfamily members who might offersupport.

In an effort to help familiescope, Joint Base Anacostia-Bol-ling’s (JBAB) Child DevelopmentCenters (CDCs) provide parentstwo opportunities each month totake a break from watching theirkids.

Give Parents a Break is a re-spite care program designed to dojust what it says - give parents abreak, two days a month, throughseveral hours of free child care.

The first date is always a Fri-day evening from 6-11 p.m., andthe second is always on a Satur-day from 9 a.m.-6 p.m., accord-ing to Child and Youth ProgramDirector, Darrilyn Young.

The next break takes placeFeb. 21 at CDC II.

“By having the first Friday and

third Saturday of the month asoptions, it gives parents more op-portunities to plan something,”said Young.

It was originally only meantto be offered around the holidayseason to give parents a chance togo shopping or go out without thekids, but now it’s available everymonth throughout the year, sheexplained.

Families may be referred tothis program by commanders,first sergeants, chaplains, medi-cal professionals, or by a Warf-ighter and Family Readiness staffmember.

As an example of respite careneeds, Young said a spouse, onewho already has a toddler, toldher she was pregnant with trip-lets. The expecting mother will beon bed rest any day now, but inthe interim, Young says she canuse a hand and some extra respitetime.

“The referral lets you know thatthis parent has respite needs,”said Rhonda Tillery, training andcurriculum specialist. “They real-ly need this to unwind and to getaway from the hustle and bustleof a work week and life. It’s alsoa good opportunity for a husbandand wife to go out and enjoy sometime to themselves.”

Although the program isgeared toward respite care refer-rals, it’s also available for familymembers who are registered withthe CDC. Approved respite carereferrals are free, whereas otherregistered patrons will pay a feeof $4 an hour.

Parents interested in the pro-gram must first register onlineat www.MyWFR.com, and thenbring a copy of shot records andregistration cards to the CDC.This information is imperative,because the CDC must have allproper paperwork before a childcan be cared for in that facility,explained Young.

“We encourage families whohave a child with any identifiedneeds requiring medication orspecial attention, to make reser-vations at least a week and a halfin advance. Other than that, weprefer to have the reservationsin by the Wednesday before theevent, so that we can finalize howmuch staff we will need,” saidYoung. “We want to be able togive our staff 48 hours notice.”

For more information aboutthe program, or for a scheduleof times, please contact 202-404-8071/72.

CDCs give parents a break; opportunities available every month

PHOTO COURTESY OF CHILD AND YOUTH PROGRAM

Child and Youth Program Assistant LaToya Tonkins watches over a few ofthe kids who attended a CDC Give Parents a Break event at Child Devel-opment Center II.

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PHOTO COURTESY OF NAVAL DISTRICT WASHINGTONFIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES

A house fire occurred on Joint BaseAnacostia-Bolling (JBAB) Feb. 3.Although the event is still under in-vestigation, the suspected cause isan improperly-disposed cigarette.

scene, early estimates indicate thefire caused more than $75,000 indamages to the home.

“Properly disposing of smok-ing materials would have prevent-ed this whole incident,” he said.“[The residents] had a flower potthat they were putting their ciga-rette butts in, and the last cigarettewasn’t fully extinguished. That’swhat likely caused the fire.”

In addition to ensuring ciga-rette butts are fully extinguished,Scully cautions residents aboutother home fire hazards, such asgrilling too closely to the house orstoring flammable materials nearthe stove.

However, he wants all JBABpersonnel to remember that call-ing the emergency line is the mostimportant step.

“Know the emergency number[202-433-3333] and evacuate im-mediately if you discover a fire,”said Scully. “Do not try to extin-guish the fire - that’s what the firedepartment is there for. If you tryto self-extinguish a fire, and youcan’t, the fire has more time toprogress. You could get overcomeby smoke. We can always replaceproperty, but there’s no replace-ment for a human life.”

FIREn continued from 1

BY NICOLE M. WOODSJOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-BOLLING

PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling(JBAB) senior enlisted leader AirForce Chief Master Sgt. KevinKloeppel and other enlisted lead-ers visited Enterprise Hall Feb. 5as part of an immersion tour.

“I’m glad they get to see howtheir troops live and their qual-ity of life in the dorm, and it’s achance for us to tell them aboutour unfunded projects,” said En-terprise Hall Building Manager,John Inaldo. “It’s all about im-provements so that they will staywith the military family.”

The goal of the immersiontour is to give leadership an op-portunity to observe and gaininsight into the quality of life ofservice members residing andworking on base.

After a leadership change,it’s important for the new leaderto get a good idea of the baseservices provided to aid in pri-oritizing scarce resources comedecision-making time, explainedJBAB Commander, Navy Capt.Frank Mays.

Kloeppel added, “It’s achance for us to get to see whatour young men and women aredoing on a day-to-day basis, howthe facilities are run and also to

see how we can help out when itcomes time to making those keydecisions.”

The tour continued on withstops at Furnari Hall, Blanchard

Barracks, the Youth Center, CDCI, fitness centers I and II, AutoHobby, the bowling center. Itended with a lunch at the Bol-ling Club.

Immersion tour introducesJBAB to enlisted leaders

U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY NICOLE M. WOODS

Brian Jackson (Left), unaccompanied housing manager, speaks to AirForce Chief Master Sgt. Kevin Kloeppel (Center), JBAB senior enlistedleader, and Chief Master Sgt. Farrell Thomas (Right), Air Force Districtof Washington (AFDW) command chief, about living conditions at Enter-prise Hall’s bachelor housing during an immersion tour Feb. 5.

never harmed prior to the arrivalof the police is one reason Tram-mel says exercises are important.In the original scenario, he said,the suspect was to take his wifehostage and walk her to a cornerinside the building, injuring sev-eral people in the process.

Due to a miscommunica-tion and real-world events thatreduced the available numberof first responders, the scenario

played out much differently.Despite this, he pointed out,

the injuries were treated as realand related, and firefighters re-sponded by quickly enacting tri-age rules.

“That was a success,” he adds.“We were able to give them thattraining and assess their re-sponse.”

Other challenges included afailure to contact the “big voice”(base-wide notification system) toenact a lockdown after the initialcall and keep people away fromthe area while the exercise played

out.Trammel emphasized how

important each of the successesand failures are during this typeof exercise.

“The first responders can gothrough their process, that’s thewhole idea behind training. Wecan always hope that everythinggoes perfect - that’s not alwaysgoing to occur. That’s why we dotrain, so we can find those gaps,”he said. “We train, train, train andtrain to find those gaps, so we canhave more effective responses.”

SHOOTERn continued from 1

BY MICHELLE GORDON



If a fire is caused by some-thing within the home itselfand not by the resident, theprocess moves very quickly andthe resident is paid immedi-ately for any damages incurredto their personal property, saidIris Jones, director for JBABhousing. If the fire is caused bythe resident, however, it takeslonger.

“Because JBAB homes areprivatized, the private partnersends in their maintenanceproject manager and they’ll do

an assessment along with thepolice report to determine whoor what is at fault for the dam-ages,” said Jones.

Regardless of the cause ofthe fire, Jones said the displacedfamily is always the immediateconcern.

“We ensure the family isplaced somewhere comfort-able, and we put out donationboxes within the housing ar-eas to collect items they mightneed. It’s very important to usto ensure that they are not dis-placed for any amount of time,”she added.

Responsibility for damagesdepends on the cause


TECH SGT. KARA SHORES

REGISTERED DENTAL

HYGIENIST 579TH DENTAL

SQUADRON

The arrival of Children’sDental Health Month(CDHM) means it is onceagain time to promotedental awareness for chil-dren. CDHM is observedannually in February andis sponsored by the Ameri-can Dental Association.The campaign encouragesparents, teachers and care-givers to make healthy teethand gums in children a life-time commitment.

The 579th Dental Squad-ron will deliver several pre-sentations at Joint Base An-acostia-Bolling throughoutFebruary. Members of thedental clinic will be visitingCDC 2 Feb. 17 and CDC 1on Feb. 24. We will also visitJBAB Youth Center Feb. 13.

A few commonly askedquestions regarding chil-dren’s dental health are:

When should my childstart regular dental visits?

The American Academyof Pediatric Dentistry rec-ommends making a child’sfirst dental visit within six

months of the first tootherupting, but no later thanthe child’s first birthday.

What is baby bottle de-cay?

Now called early child-hood caries, ECC refers tobabies and toddlers whodevelop a pattern of cavitiesdue to inappropriate feed-ing habits. In most cases,treatment at such a youngage requires sedation orgeneral anesthesia in theoperating room. To avoidECC, parents should neverallow children to nurse orbreast feed for long periodsof time. Don’t give a childa bottle with milk, for-mula, sugar water or fruitjuice during naps or atbed time. Encourage chil-dren to drink from a cupby their first birthday anddiscourage frequent use oftraining (sippy) cups. Helpchildren develop healthyeating habits early bychoosing sensible and nu-tritious snacks.

When should I startcleaning my baby’s teeth?

The sooner the bet-ter! Starting at birth, cleanyour child’s gums with asoft infant toothbrush ora cloth and water. Parentsshould use a tiny smear

of fluoride toothpaste tobrush baby teeth twice dailyas soon as they erupt and asoft, age-appropriate sizedtoothbrush. Once chil-dren are 3 to 6 years old,the amount should be in-creased to a pea-size dollopand perform or assist yourchild’s tooth brushing. Re-member, young children donot have the ability to brushtheir teeth effectively. Chil-dren should spit out excesstoothpaste after brushing;do not allow them to swal-low it.

When should childrenbrush their own teeth?

Young children don’thave the manual dexterityto reach all the areas whereplaque may accumulate(especially along the gums).Parents should help theirchildren brush twice a dayuntil the age of 7 or older.Flossing once a day is alsoimportant to reach tightspots between teeth.

Regular dental visits anda healthy diet with limitson sugar round out the “nocavity” plan for children.More helpful informationabout children’s dentalhealth is available at theAmerican Academy of Pe-diatric Dentistry website:www.aapd.org.

February is National Children’s Dental Health Month

BY PATRICIA A. BOTKINSWARFIGHTER AND FAMILY

SERVICES, JOINT BASE

ANACOSTIA-BOLLING

The Family Employ-ment Readiness Programwas established in part bythe “Military Family Act of1985” as all of the branchesof services, recognized thatfrequent relocations dueto military members per-manent change of station(PCS) lifestyle created chal-lenges for spouses employ-ment/career options. Inaddition, when a militarymember transitions out ofthe military their spousemay face a career transitiontoo if they are relocatingto their last duty station-home of record.

The Military Family Sup-port Center (MFSC) Transi-tion Assistance Programand the Family Employ-ment Readiness Programspecifically addresses thesechallenges by offering anarray of employment work-

shops each week. Work-shops are available fromJob Search Strategy Work-shops, Interview Tech-niques, Social Networking,Employer Panels, and a Re-sume Workshop to a week-long Transition AssistanceSeminar.

Two years ago, month-ly FERP workshops wereestablished at Joint BaseAnacostia-Bolling (JBAB)MFSC. Each month theFERP workshop focuses ona job strategy along withan array of recruiters mak-ing presentations on theircompany and the type ofpositions they are seekingto hire. This month, AlishaJohnson and Alicia HindsWard, Veterans Adminis-tration (VA) Benefit Advi-sors and a former MilitarySpouse of the Year, pro-vided an informative pre-sentation on some spouse

Family EmploymentReadiness Programhosts workshop

Stay Connected!Stay up-to-date with all

events, programs and spe-cials! Visit www.MyWFR.com or download the FreeSmartphone App, ABSalute.

Special Events

February is Teen DatingViolence Awareness and Pre-vention Month Unhealthyrelationships can start earlyand last a lifetime. YouthCenter members ages 13-18are invited to the follow-ing awareness events at theYouth Center, Bldg. 4485.

•Teen Girls Pamper Par-ty: Feb. 13, 8 p.m.

•Teen Dance: Feb. 21,7:30-10:30 p.m.

•Teen Boys BasketballGame: Feb. 28, 8 p.m.

Navy-Air Force HalfMarathon & Navy 5 Miler

MWR is excited to an-nounce that the 4th AnnualNavy-Air Force Half Mara-thon and 12th Annual Navy5-Miler has opened registra-tion! The half marathon and5-miler will take place at 7a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 20 onthe grounds of the Washing-ton Monument in Washing-ton, D.C. Register today forthe best price! The Runner’sExpo and Packet Pick-Up arescheduled for Sept. 18-19,

2015. Visit navyhalf.com formore details.

DiningValentine’s Day Dinner –Make your reservationstoday!

Feb. 14 | 5-8 p.m. | BollingClub | 202-767-6794 / 6792

Meals include a compli-mentary glass of wine. Mealselection must be madeupon reservation.

Club Members: $85;Non-Members: $95, pricesare per couple.

Meal Choice #1: TomatoBisque, Caprese Salad, FriedLobster Ravioli, Beef Wel-lington and Strawberriesand Cream

Meal Choice #2: Cream ofAsparagus Soup, Baby MixedGreen Salad in a CucumberBowl, Brie En’Croute, PanSeared Salmon and Tart forAll Seasons

Meal Choice #3: Cream ofAsparagus Soup, Caesar Sal-ad, Phylo Wrapped Shrimp,Stuffed Breast of Chicken andChocolate Baby Bundt Cake

Spinz at Potomac LanesBowling Center

Enjoy a new spin on foodwith hand-crafted burgersand sandwiches, signaturepizzas and wings. Spinz alsooffers a variety of healthyand vegetarian menu items

such as the Greek salad,fresh veggies with hummusand the Veggie Patch sub!

2-for-1 Steak NightEvery Thursday | 5-8:30

p.m. | Bolling Club, WingsBar & Grill

Choose from a juicy 12ozribeye or New York stripsteak, tossed or Icebergwedge salad and baked rus-set potato, sweet potato,French fries or rice pilaf andchef’s choice vegetables.Catch of the day or grilledboneless chicken breast isalso available.

Club Members: $24.95for two people; Non-Mem-bers: $24.95 per person.

Entertainment

Rock & BowlFeb. 14 | 8 p.m.-midnight

| Potomac Lanes BowlingCenter

DJ Chris lights up thenight with great music andunlimited bowling for only$15; $12 for active militarypersonnel and their families.Shoe rental included.

Third FridayFeb. 20 | 7 p.m.-1 a.m. |

Bolling Club, Wings Bar andGrill

Be the star of Karaokewith DJ Chris!

Play Bingo at PotomacLanes

Win up to $8,000 per gameand daily prizes! Sign up foryou VIP Bingo Payer’s Cardtoday at Potomac Lanes!

Recreation

Woodshop Now Open!Arts & Crafts Center | 202-

767-6997 | Arnold Ave, Bldg.4472

The woodshop is nowopen to all DOD ID card-holders every Tuesday andThursday from 2-8 p.m. andon Saturdays from 9 a.m.-5p.m. $5 per hour.

Niagara Falls WeekendJune 11-15; Register by

March 6 | ITT Office; 202-404-6576

Spend the weekend inNiagara Fall, Ontario Can-ada. Stay at the RadissonHotel & Suites, overlookingHorseshoe Falls. Price in-cludes motor coach trans-portation and a three nighthotel stay.

•Jacuzzi Suites (Couplesonly): $554

•Falls view Room: $515•City view Room: $438

Free Winter InspectionReceive a free winter in-

spection with the purchase

of an oil change at AutoHobby Shop, bldg. P9. Theinspection includes tires,belts, all fluids, top off wash-er fluid, under carriage andsuspension and lights!

Personalized GiftsGive that special some-

one a unique gift with apersonalized message fromthe Engraving Shop, locatedat Arts & Crafts, Bldg. 4472.Call 202-767-6997 for pric-ing and details.

Hit the SlopesRent or tune up your ski/

snowboard gear at OutdoorRecreation - 202-767-9136 /202-369-7476.

Giovannoli Way, Bldg.928

Ski/Snowboard Equip-ment

Snowboard Package (1stDay): $25

Ski Package (1st Day): $25Additional days for each

Package: $10Boots: $8Poles: $5Skis/Snowboard: $15Skki: $15Snow Shoes: $12Helmet: $2ServicesTuning: $10Edging: $8Waxing: $7Calibrating: $10Complete Tuning: $25

Child & Youth Programs

Wii Sports TournamentFeb. 14 | 8-10 p.m. | Youth

CenterGet your teams of two

together for a night of WiiDance. Hip Hop Dance:Open to teens ages 13-18;sign-up in the teen room.Just Dance: Open to pre-teens ages 9-12; sign-up inpreteen room

Mommy & Me YogaEvery Wednesday | 10:30

a.m. | LibraryPlease bring your yoga

mats and enjoy this free pro-gram offered through MWR!

Video Game NightEvery Friday | 4:30-6:30

p.m.| LibraryPlay games for Nintendo

Wii, PlayStation 3 or X-BOX360 totally free!

Movie MadnessEvery Friday | 5 p.m. | Li-

brary, Children’s RoomFeaturing a popular,

Navy Motion Picture Service(NMPS) G, PG and occasion-ally PG-13 rated movie. Com-plimentary theater style pop-corn will be served. Any child

Warfighter & Family Readiness Programs & Events

See WFR, Page 7

See FERP, Page 71042253

STAFF POSITION AVAILABLE - PILOT

DEPARTMENT OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK

The Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park (http://www.aero.umd.edu) is seeking highly qualified candidates for a position supporting the UMD Unmanned

Aircraft Systems (UAS) Test Site in Southern Maryland. Candidates with the requisite skills,demonstrated technical expertise, creativity and leadership are sought to serve as a Pilot for the UAS

Test Site. Candidates must have demonstrated a proven record for excellence in the unmanned aviationindustry and must be certified by the FAA as a Private Pilot (at a minimum) with a second class medical.

Under the direction of the Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, the UMD UAS Test Site leverages thecapabilities of the people and infrastructure in Southern Maryland and the University of System of

Maryland for technical and policy issues associated with UAS. The UAS Test Site offers a collaborativeapproach to applying advanced capabilities to meet the challenges facing the UAS industry.

For best consideration, applications should be submitted online by February 23, 2015:http://ejobs.umd.edu/postings/31900

Information on the Department is available at the following website: www.aero.umd.edu

The University of Maryland, College Park, actively subscribes to a policy of equal employmentopportunity, and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, age, sex, color,

sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry or national origin, marital status.


BY JEREMY K. JOHNSON



According to Leon Ander-son, commissary officer atJoint BaseAnacostia-Bolling’sCommissary, there’s a hugeadvantage to shopping thereversus off base - price.

Anderson said the averageshopper can save 30%on theirgrocery bill when comparedto costs at local economystores.

“At least 30 percent,” heemphasized. “There’s nomarkup on our product. Youpay a 5 percent surcharge atthe checkout, but that’s forthe overhead expenses of run-ning the commissary. We sellat cost.”

By markup, he’s referringto the additional charge storesadd to turn a profit. With thecommissary, there’s no profiton the items they sell; and notax either.

In addition to this basicapproach, one meant to ben-efit active service members,reservists, dependents andmilitary retirees, the depart-ment of defense’s grocery op-tion offers the same cost-sav-ing options that can be foundat commercial supermarkets.

They accept SNAP (foodstamps), WIC (Women, In-fants and Children) coupons

and traditional manufacturercoupons.

“We do quite a bit of ‘cou-poning’ in the commissary,”said Anderson. “We havevendors who often providecoupons with items they maybring in the store at a lowerthan regular cost. For in-stance, just one item, brandname vienna finger cookies- we had a deal of two for $4,then [with a provided cou-pon] you get [an additional]dollar off if you buy two. Soyou get two packages of thosecookies for $3.”

Anderson pointed out thatthe commissary is also bring-ing back “Best Value Items,”denoted by special orangetags. According to him, thisrevival is beneficial for those

on a budget.“Best value items are the

lowest priced item in thatcommodity group,” he said.

The orange tag will helpshoppers easily identify lowcost items.

Another way to save is bychecking out the “Club Pack”area.

“The ‘Club Pack’ section isfor bulk items and everythingis sold at wholesale prices,”said Anderson.

Finally, henoted that thereare other events throughoutthe year, including sidewalkand case lot sales, where fur-ther savings can be found.

“Everyonewho can shouldbe shopping here,” he said.“It’s a great benefit. Youshould definitely use it.”

Commissary shoppers cansave cash multiple ways

U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY JEREMY K. JOHNSON

Employee Troy Fields stocks potatoes at JBAB’s Commissary,Feb. 3.

BY ERIC D. RITTER



It’s a dream of mostprofessional football fansto be able to attend theNFL’s coveted Super Bowlgame. But, for some mem-bers of the United StatesAir Force Band from JointBase Anacostia-Bolling,going to the game is justanother day on the job.

The band’s rock group,Max Impact, pumped upthe crowds outside thePhoenix, Arizona-hostedevent while members ofthe Rope Drummers pul-sated to the crowd inside,during the opening cer-emonies and the NationalAnthem.

Even though playing bigevents like the Super Bowlmay seem like anotherday at the office for somemembers of the band, thatdoesn’t make it feel less ofan honor to be involved. Ac-cording to United States AirForce Band Rope Drummer,Senior Master Sgt. ChrisMartin, it doesn’t matter the

venue. He still feels the samehonor.

“We [the Rope Drum-mers] perform at a lot offuneral ceremonies,” hesaid. “Even though thatmay seem like a polar op-posite from being on thefield during the SuperBowl, the two still are sim-ilar by the fact audiencessilence themselves to rec-ognize the American flagwhen it is presented.”

This was Martin’s thirdSuper Bowl performance.The West Palm Beach,Florida native said it stillamazes him every timehe’s been in attendance.

“There are so manypeople, celebrities and somuch fan energy at theevent,” he said. “It’s amaz-ing to see how we fit intoall that.”

The band membersdidn’t just play the SuperBowl. They spent severaldays there to cover theNFL’s Pro Bowl, and theRope Drummers Air ForceBand took some time toreach out to a few localPhoenix high schools by

visiting the school’s musicprograms to teach studentsin the classes about musicin the military through themilitary’s AIM (AdvancingInnovation through Music)program.

According to RopeDrummer Master Sgt. TomRarick, it was a great expe-rience to interact with theschools.

“It was pretty cool togive these kids the AirForce perspective aboutmusic,” Rarick said. “Wetalked about what it waslike to be musicians in themilitary. They were pret-ty interested in learningthere are other fields, likemusicians, that you don’ttypically see on TV. I thinkit gave some of them a goalto focus on their music, sothey may [join the mili-tary] and try out for themusic program.”

From the Super Bowl toa high school music pro-gram, members of the AirForce band will continueto be positive ambassadorsto local and televised com-munities wherever they go.

Air Force Band has superpresence for Super Bowl

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under the age of 10 must be accompaniedby a parent or guardian at least 16 years ofage. Weekly movies will be posted at the Cir-culation Desk and outside mobile marquee.

Youth Sports Registration

Challenger British Soccer CampSeason: March 13-July 17 | Field #3Registration: Jan. 1-Feb. 28 | Register

online at www.challengersports.comCost: $175 half day; $250 full day

Little League BaseballSeason: March 16-June 20 | Field #3Registration: Now thru Feb. 28 via

www.mywfr.comCost: $50, includes jersey, pants and

baseball cap

Start Smart Baseball (Ages 3-5)Season: March 20-April 24 | JBAB Tee

Ball Field, Giesboro ParkRegistration: Now thru Feb. 28 via

www.mywfr.comCost: Free

MYAC BaseballSeason: April 6-June 26 | Field #3

Registration: Now thru Feb. 28 viawww.mywfr.com

Cost: $50, includes jersey, pants andbaseball cap

Liberty CenterEnterprise Hall, Bldg. 72 | 202-685-1802Eligibility: E1-E6 Single, unaccompa-

nied active-duty Military

Ice Skating in the City!Feb. 15 | noon | $6Spend Valentine’s Day on ice with the

one who melts your heart. Join Liberty fora day of ice skating and shopping at Penta-gon Row. A great way to spend Valentine’sweekend with the one you love.

Taco Tuesday on ThursdayFeb. 19 | 6 p.m. | Liberty CenterReady to get your poker face on? Bring

it to the Texas Hold Em’ Tournament. Joinin the competition partake on food, andfun!

Housing Services CenterHOMES.mil is a new official Depart-

ment of Defense (DOD) website, dedicatedto helping Service members, Families, andDOD civilians find housing. www.cnic.navy.mil/HOMES.

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benefits and demonstrated maneuveringthrough VA e-Benefits and finding jobs onthe Veteran’s Administration Website.

Representatives from Military SpouseEmployment Program (MSEP) have at-tended these workshops to inform spous-es about the Spouse Education and CareerOpportunities (SECO), a great new onlineresource. This is the best time to be a mili-tary spouse as there are so many resourcesand funding for their education and as-sistance with their career goals. After oneof these workshops, two of our militaryspouses were immediately hired by therecruiter who attended the workshop. Ithas been rewarding to know how manyspouses think that this program is ben-eficial, as we receive several new spousesfrom word-of-mouth referrals.

In addition, the FERP workshop pro-vides a supportive and encouraging envi-ronment during the time spouses are in the

process of obtaining employment in theNational Capital Region or on the installa-tion. While family members are waiting forthe right job offer that may take months;spouses are encouraged to attend monthlyworkshops to meet other spouses seekingemployment, network with recruiters andthey are provided an opportunity to vol-unteer in a career area they are interestedin obtaining experience. In the past coupleof years, spouses have been connected tovolunteer positions in marketing, publicaffairs, legal, annual marathons, Red Crossat Walter Reed or to help out at the MFSC.Volunteering is a win-win option to gainemployment experience and to supportour military families with volunteer ser-vice in some way.

At JBAB, the FERP workshops are heldthe last Thursday of each month at theMFSC, Bldg. 13, 118 Brookley Ave. at 10a.m-noon. If you are interested in attend-ing and joining other spouses, call 202-767-0450 to register.

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

visit www.dcmilitary.com.

Lenten Season begins Feb. 18. Join us at theJBAB Chapel for these events!

Shrove Tuesday Pancake SupperFeb. 17, 6-8 p.m., Chapel Center

Ash Wednesday ServicesCatholic ServicesAshes Only, Feb. 18, 7 a.m.

Mass and Ashes, Feb. 18, 11:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Protestant ServiceFeb. 18, noon and 6 p.m., Chapel 2

Soup and Stations of the CrossFeb. 20, 6 p.m., Chapel CenterSoup and Stations will be held every Fridaythroughout the Lenten Season, throughMarch 13.

JBAB Chapel Lenten Schedule

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