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Vol. 6, No. 9 March 6, 2015

BY JEREMY K. JOHNSON

JOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-

BOLLING PUBLIC AFFAIRS

On Feb. 26, a new lawgoverning possession anduse of marijuana took effectin the District of Columbia.Despite the change in en-forcement for residents ofthe District, military leadersare reminding uniformedpersonnel and DOD civil-ians that federal law stillapplies to government em-ployees.

“D.C. legalizing mari-juana changes nothing ifyou’re active duty or a DODemployee,” said Navy Capt.Frank Mays, Joint Base An-acostia-Bolling (JBAB) com-manding officer. “You can’tuse it, can’t possess it, can’tsell it, and can’t bring it onto bases or other U.S. gov-

ernment property.”Even for D.C. residents,

the law - meant to curb thenumber of arrests and rateof incarceration - defines inspecific terms what is legaland what is not.

According to the Metro-politan Police Department(MPD) website, the new lawmakes marijuana posses-sion legal if:

The possessor is at least

21 years of age; the amountin possession is equal to twoounces or less; the posses-sion is on the individual’sprivate property or Districtof Columbia (non-federal)property.

Marijuana use, accordingto the website, is legal if:

The possessor is at least21 years of age; the amountin possession is equal to twoounces or less; the use is lim-

ited to private property; theuser is not operating a ve-hicle or boat.

Individuals under theage of 21 who are stoppedfor possession will not bearrested or ticketed if theamount is equal to twoounces or less, but the mari-juana will be confiscated.If the amount is more thantwo ounces, MPD may arrestthe possessor in addition to

confiscating the marijuana.Finally, each household

(with multiple adults over21) within the boundaries ofthe District’s new law mayhave up to six marijuanaplants with a maximum ofthree mature plants.

Under no circumstancesis it legal under the law toengage in the sale of mari-juana. Gifting is permitted,but limited to one ounce orless.

Further complicatingthese rules, D.C. encom-passes multiple sites thatare federal property. Under21 United States Code, sec-tion 844, it is unlawful forany person to knowingly orintentionally possess a con-trolled substance. The fed-eral government does notrecognize laws legalizingmarijuana in any state, terri-

tory or district of the UnitedStates.

Federal law supersedesany local legislation for theuse of legalized recreationalor medical use of marijuana.Because of this, federal lawenforcement officials andagents may arrest anyonefor possession in locationsthat fall under the authorityof National Park Service andfederally owned buildings.In Washington, that includesplaces like the National Malland the many Smithsoniansites in that area.

At JBAB, possession anduse of marijuana is ille-gal for all persons enteringthe base, including servicemembers, residents, con-tractors and civilians.

Despite D.C. law, marijuana prohibited at JBAB“Any person found in possession of marijuana on a military

installation could be barred from base for a significant pe-

riod of time and ejected from residing in base housing.”- Andrea Burkman

See MARIJUANA, Page 5

Spring Forward reminder: move clocks ahead one hour at 2 a.m., Sunday, March 8.

BY NICOLE M. WOODSJOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-

BOLLING PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Across the United States,texting while driving is a fa-miliar but deadly risk thatis taken every day. Manypeople feel a need to beconstantly connected tofamily and friends, but is itreally worth the damage itcan cause?

The National HighwayTraffic Safety Administra-tion reported that in 2012,driver distraction was thecause of 18 percent of allfatal crashes (killing 3,328people), and crashes result-ing in an injury (wounding421,000 people).

Reaching for a phone,dialing, texting and otheruses of portable devicesincrease the risk of gettinginto a crash by three times.

On Joint Base Anacos-tia-Bolling (JBAB), driversare encouraged to keep twohands on the wheel and tostay focused on the road atall times while operating a

vehicle. A failure to do thiscould result in not havingthat option at all.

“People must rememberthat driving on base isn’t aright, it’s a privilege, and itcan be revoked very quicklybased on the point systemand the commanding offi-cer’s guidance,” explainedJBAB Police Sgt. BiancaBurgos.

Although the base doesnot have payable citationsyet, JBAB police currentlyenforce armed forces traffictickets, which work off of apoint system, as opposed toa monetary ticket (of $100or more) that would be giv-en off-base.

According to Burgos,each offense has a certainamount of points that canaccumulate fast if you arenot adhering to the law. Ev-ery offense is different andcould result in your driv-ing privileges being takenaway, even after just one of-

Don’t TXT, drive; Save it 4 L8R

PHOTO COURTESY OF JBAB POLICE

An auto accident in January was the result of a driver reaching for a cellphone and losing sight of the road. The incidentresulted in additional damage to four parked vehicles near Defense Intelligence Agency at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling.See TEXT, Page 3

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BY MASS COMMUNICATION

SPECIALIST 2ND CLASS(SCW/SW/AW) JONATHAN PANKAU

DEFENSE MEDIA ACTIVITY

Service members and civilianspacked the Pentagon Library Con-ference Center for the Navy ReserveCentennial Kickoff CelebrationMarch 2.

Chief of Navy Reserve ViceAdm. Robin R. Braun deliveredthe opening remarks, commend-ing Navy Reserve Sailors for beingready then, ready now and readyalways, and introduced Chief ofNaval Operations Adm. JonathanGreenert, the centennial’s keynotespeaker.

“Serving through the Cold War,I’ve seen the Navy Reserve go froma group of ‘One day we may needthem, let’s hold on to them. That’sour strategic reserve,’... to integra-tion, to addiction in Desert Shield/Desert Storm ... to really, frankly,total integration today,” Greenertsaid.

Greenert and Braun visited theU.S. Navy Reserve displays set upin the Pentagon’s Navy corridor af-ter the opening ceremony and per-formed the cake and ribbon cutting.

“All 59,000 Sailors are veryproud to celebrate the history andthe heritage of our service and es-pecially to highlight the millionswho have served over the pastcentury,” said Braun.

Congress authorized the es-tablishment of the Federal Na-val Reserve on March 3, 1915.Initially, the only Sailors eligibleto enroll were enlisted Navy vet-erans. On Aug. 29, 1916, with theprospect of America’s entry intoWorld War I looming, the NavyReserve reorganized to allow theenrollment of non-veterans anddesignated as the U.S. Naval Re-serve Force.

Since Sept. 11, 2001, therehave been more than 70,000 Se-lected Reserve mobilizations,along with an additional 4,500deployments by Full Time Sup-port Sailors, including more than8,000 who have done a secondcombat tour.

Since its establishment in1915, five U.S. presidents haveserved in the Navy Reserve.

For more information on theNavy Reserve, search Navy.milor visit https://www.navyreserve.navy.mil.

Navy Reserve celebrates centennial anniversary

U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 1ST CLASS NATHAN LAIRD

Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert, Chief of Navy Reserve Vice Adm. Robin Braun, Assistant Sec-retary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs Juan Garcia and Navy Reserve Force Master Chief C.J. Mitchellcut a ribbon in front of the new Centennial of the U.S. Navy Reserve display in the Pentagon March 2.

Spring Forward meanschecking smoke alarms

PHOTO COURTESY OF U.S. FIRE ADMINISTRATION

Daylight Savings Time begins at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 8. The U.S. FireAdministration (USFA) recommends checking smoke alarms and carbonmonoxide detectors at the same time you change your clocks during thesemi-annual Daylight Savings time changes in the spring and fall. Fortraditional smoke alarms, USFA recommends changing the batteries annu-ally. As an alternative, 10-year sealed lithium battery smoke alarms areavailable in many home improvement stores and only require semi-annualtesting. For more information about fire safety, visit the U.S. Fire Adminis-tration website: http://www.usfa.fema.gov

BY MICHELLE L. GORDONJOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-BOLLING

PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Every Wednesday morning,the Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling(JBAB) Library is filled with tinytots and yoga mats during the new-est addition to the weekly childrenprograms, Mommy + Me Yoga.

The class provides moms ofyoung children an opportunity toget out of the house, socialize withtheir peers, and get a workout.

Yoga instructor Erica Kraft saidshe started the class nearly threemonths ago as a way get her youngdaughters involved in her exerciseroutine.

“I really like running, but I can’tdo a lot of it right now because ofthe cold weather,” she said. “I feellike yoga is something I can dowith my kids - plus I get a work-out myself - it’s the best of bothworlds.”

During the weekly session,Kraft, who has been practicingyoga for nearly 13 years, incorpo-rates traditional yoga poses into astory book. The class is free to at-tend and children of all ages arewelcome.

“I don’t think you can ever betoo young for yoga,” said Kraft. “Ifyou have a newborn, you can bedoing the stretches while the babyis watching you, and you can liftthem up with you. It’s just a greatway to get kids moving and con-centrating.”

Kraft’s daughter Elsie, 3, wasborn with Down syndrome. One of

the common physical traits of thecondition is low muscle tone. Kraftsaid the class helps her daughterdevelop her core strength, as wellas focus.

Minna Ramos has attendedthe class with son Easton, 3, anddaughter Aurora, 9 months, sinceit began last fall. She said she pre-viously did yoga videos at home,but she really enjoys going to theMommy + Me class because it is agreat opportunity to get out of thehouse, talk to other moms, and itkeeps her kids active.

“I like the fact that we can bringour children with us and not be

stressed about them being quietand contained,” she said. “It’s forall of us and it’s great. It’s some-thing we needed here on base.”

Tamara Turner, JBAB Librarychildren’s program coordinatorsaid in addition to Mommy + Me,the library also hosts story timeson Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10a.m., and they show a Navy Mo-tion Picture Service movie eachFriday at 5 p.m.

Mommy + Me Yoga is heldWednesdays at 10:30 a.m., at theJBAB Library. For more informa-tion, call 202-767-5578.

Library program incorporatesyoga into story time

U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY MICHELLE L. GORDON

Mommy + Me Yoga is held Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m., at the Joint BaseAnacostia-Bolling (JBAB) Library. The class provides moms of youngchildren with an opportunity to get out of the house, socialize withtheir peers, and get a workout.

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Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling’s(JBAB) Military Family SupportCenter (MFSC) hosted a communi-ty shred event for service membersand dependents in the Exchangeparking lot Feb. 26 to promoteMilitary Saves Week and to helpfight identity theft.

The event, scheduled 11 a.m. to3 p.m., was the first of its kind atJBAB. It managed to gather morethan 3,000 pounds of documentsby its midpoint, according to ElliotLofties of Shred Ace, in spite of theday’s wintery mix which resultedin a two-hour delay for federalgovernment workers.

“I got here at about 10:40 a.m.I had my first customer around10:50 a.m. So far I’ve had 25 cus-tomers, and filled 10 barrels whicheach hold just over 300 pounds ofpaper.”

While the event was intendedfor military personnel and depen-dents, the shred opportunity wasalso open to organizations on base

which accounted for approximate-ly 10 percent of the total shred.

Jeffrey Council and Joseph Ca-det of Anacostia Bachelor Hous-

ing brought 40 boxes from FurnariHall, each containing containingdocuments with data requiringdestruction.

“Normally we shred that our-selves. Having this today meant alot,” said Council. “Normally thiswould have taken us two to threedays.”

“Instead it took us just a fewminutes,” added Cadet.

“People may be wondering,‘What are these people doing outhere in the snow, cold and rain?’”said David Rowe, a personal finan-cial manager at MFSC. “Our origi-nal intent was to bring the shred-der truck in and get rid of all of ourdocuments that we don’t need tohave, to prevent them from fallinginto the wrong hands of identitythieves.”

Rowe said everyone shouldbe regularly shredding old bank,credit, and financial accountstatements that contain full ac-count numbers. He recommendedkeeping copies of documents thatsupport tax filing for a period ofsix years and those that relate toany credit disputes forever. Be-yond that, any documents that wehave electronically he said can beshredded almost immediately.

While this first communityshred event was a success, subse-

quent events will be based primar-ily upon availability of funding, ac-cording to Rowe.

“If there is a strong demandthere is a possibility of having an-other in the spring,” he said.

Military Saves Week 2015,which ran Feb. 23-28, aimed tostart service members thinkingabout saving for their future andto take an audit of their financialhealth.

“It’s a good time to ask, ‘DoI have my paperwork updated?Have I updatedmywill? Is the rightperson named as the beneficiaryof my Serviceman’s Group Life In-surance?’ This is also a good weekto sit down and take a look at ourmoney. Are we spending it in theright way? Are we putting enoughaway for retirement or our kid’scollege?’” said Rowe.

Service members and depen-dents interested in taking closeraccount of their budget, finances,savings, or who are interested in ashort seminar to assist them withbuying a car, or renting a home offbase, may contact the MFSC byemail at [email protected] orby phone at 202-767-0450.

Community shred event promotes Military Saves Week, identity theft prevention

Joseph Cadet (left) and Jeffrey Council (center), employees at AnacostiaBachelor Housing, deliver 40 boxes of documents from Furnari Hall toElliot Lofties of Shred Ace for destruction. Cadet and Council noted thatnormally this amount of shred would take both of them two to three daysto shred. Instead they were able to pack and deliver the documents forshredding inside of a half hour.

fense, depending on its severity.“We are currently in the pro-

cess of getting the monetarytickets implemented on base, sothere will eventually be a fine ifyou are caught using your cellphone without a hands-free de-vice on the installation,” she ex-plained.

Recently, a cell phone viola-tion occurred on a busy road nearthe Defense Intelligence Agencybuilding, resulting in a five carcollision. All cars involved wereparked, except for the at-faultdriver, who was operating theirvehicle while distracted. The im-pact of the offender’s vehicle hit-ting the first car created a rippleeffect, crashing into several othervehicles and causing damage.

“It was on a busy street wherea lot of employees park their carsand cross the street. If it would

have been an hour later duringrush hour and someone was get-ting into their vehicle, they couldhave easily been struck,” Burgossaid.

The offender said their phonehad gone off and they went tograb it. The next thing they knew,the accident happened.

Once you start texting anddriving, or put the phone to yourear, you’ve already lost controland immediately become dis-tracted, Burgos conveyed.

“The text can wait; some-thing as simple as respondingto a text message can definitelywait because you can really hurtsomeone. We have a lot of kidsthat come on base and a lot ofresidents living on base walkingaround not paying attention, youcan both get hurt,” she said.

Tips from www.stoptextsstop-wrecks.org to stop texting anddriving include:

Out of sight, out of mind -When you’re in the car, put yourphone where you can’t get it. A

place where you won’t even betempted to look for it. No phone.No texting.

Silence is golden - Turn thosenotifications off. The less youhear your phone, the less temptedyou’ll be to respond while you’redriving.

Find your app - An app canhelp you stop texting and driving.Download your fave and forgetabout it in the car.

Designate a texter - Borrowthumbs from a friend. Or lendyours to a friend. Passengers getthe privilege of texting while inmotion.

“If you’re not using a hands-free device, then don’t use thephone at all, if it’s that importantand pressing that you need to getthe text message out or you needto answer the phone, then justpull over, put the car in park anddo what you have to do. Otherthan that, it can wait,” Burgosconcluded.

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BY JOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-BOLLING

PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB) Po-lice Sgt. Bianca Burgos and McGruff theCrime Dog (played by Cpl. Chad Booker)visited Leckie Elementary Feb. 26. Theschool, located less than a mile from JBAB,is a community partner with the base.

Burgos and McGruff talked to studentsthere about safety precautions at home andschool, including bullying, gun safety and“stranger” danger. Each month Leckie El-ementary focuses on a core value. For Feb-ruary, the focus was “citizenship.”

Burgos emphasized the importance andbehaviors of good citizenship. For example,she said, she taught them “if you see some-thing, say something,” as well as “if youHEAR something, say something.”

She said she also taught an interactivelesson on gun safety.

“I always remind children of the dangersof guns and what they need to do if they seeone,” explained Burgos. “I taught the stu-dents a short dance to help them rememberwhat to do when they come across a weap-on. ‘Stop! Don’t Touch! Leave the area! AndTell an Adult!’ The children practiced withme twice and then showed me that theymemorized it by doing it on their own.”

JBAB police officer and McGruff the Crime Dog visit Leckie Elementary School

PHOTO COURTESY OF JBAB POLICE

Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB) Police Sgt. Bianca Burgos and Cpl. Chad Booker (as McGruff the Crime Dog) visited Leckie ElementarySchool Feb. 26 to teach students the importance of good citizenship and being safe through situational awareness.

BY CHERYL PELLERIN

DOD NEWS, DEFENSE MEDIA ACTIVITY

Today’s national security landscapechallenges the Defense Department withthreats ranging from low-tech, lone-wolfterrorists and high-tech peer adversaries toextremist groups that use both approaches,like the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant(ISIL); the Defense Advanced Research Proj-ects Agency prepares for them all.

DARPA Director Dr. Arati Prabhakarspoke here recently with CNN defense cor-respondent Barbara Starr at the Future ofWar Conference.

“My first tour at DARPA was in the ColdWar, and at that time [we] worked againstthe one monolithic existential threat andeverything else was just sort of backseat,”Prabhakar said.

“We don’t really have the luxury ofdealing with [just] one kind of national se-curity threat today,” she added.

The National Security LandscapeThe spread and violence of ISIL is what

she called a “today issue,” as is the historicWest African outbreak of Ebola virus dis-ease.

Such crises will flare up and be part ofthe national security environment, “andhow we deal with them as technologychanges and what those kinds of actors areable to do -- that’s part of the national secu-rity landscape but it’s not the whole story,”the director said.

“We know as well that nation statesaround the world are changing their militarypositions, their military capabilities, andwith those shifts come the concern aboutan acute national security threat in the fu-ture that we want to deter and defeat if thatbecomes necessary,” she added.

The challenge for the department is awide spectrum of threats, Prabhakar said,from low-tech terrorist groups to peer ad-versaries.

A Wide Spectrum of ThreatsDeterring conflicts with peer adversaries

will require sophisticated high-end technol-ogy, the director said.

“At DARPA what we think about is howdo we prepare for that environment, howdo we get ourselves to a place where we areable to deter and defeat if necessary a verytechnologically enabled peer adversary, buthow do we do it in a way that isn’t just moreof the same from the past? You’ll see thosekinds of ideas about rethinking complexmilitary assistance throughout our portfo-lio,” she explained.

Adversaries like ISIL use low-tech ap-proaches combined with 21st-century com-ponents in their use of social media for ter-rorism and recruitment, she said.

“The 21st-century tools are the scalablepart,” Prabhakar added, “and I think that’sthe piece that needs addressing in order todeal with the whole situation. In fact, we’rebeginning now to have tools and techniquesto start dealing with that.”

Using Internet Tools Against ISILFor their own nefarious purposes, she

said, ISIL uses the same infrastructure thateveryone uses for connectivity, commerceand interacting with family and community.

“Today at DARPA we are developingsome of the tools and technologies to startseeing patterns of interconnection in the

vastness of the Internet,” she said.A DARPA program called Memex started

by developing a way to understand linkagesamong websites, initially to help fight sextrafficking, the director explained.

The program got its name and inspira-tion from a hypothetical device describedin “As We May Think,” a 1945 article forthe Atlantic Monthly magazine written byVannevar Bush, director of the U.S. Officeof Scientific Research and Developmentduring World War II, according to DARPA’swebsite.

A Tool for Law EnforcementThe early Memex work rapidly led to the

ability to see, for example, the same phonenumbers that would pop up over and overagain in a website, Prabhakar said.

“And we started quickly being able togive law enforcement, in that case, a toolthat allowed them,” she said, to do do-main-specific deep web searches ratherthan a single-threaded search throughthe small portion of the web indexed byGoogle or Bing.

In the human trafficking world, Memexis leading to indictments and convictions,the director said, “but those tools can beused for many other purposes, and todaywe’re starting to help in the fight against[ISIL] using those same kinds of tools.”

The director declined to discuss thatongoing work, but she said the tool’s use-

fulness has played out well in the case oflaw enforcement and human trafficking.

Looking for Patterns and Networks“There, we started working with law

enforcement in the Dallas, Texas, region,where they were looking for sex-traffickingpatterns and networks,” the director said.

Memex experts looked at back-pageads in the region and from there were ableto build a quick assessment of where thesame phone numbers kept showing up onmultiple websites.

“If you’re looking across thousands andthousands [of ads] manually, you wouldn’thave seen it,” Prabhakar said, “but we wereable to scoop up these high-value phonenumbers and hand them to law enforce-ment.”

The law enforcement colleagues were“sort of taken aback initially by how richthat dataset was,” she added, and many ofthe numbers tied to criminal violations theofficers were familiar with through con-ventional law enforcement means.

Fighting ISIL OnlineMore interesting from a national se-

curity point of view, the director said, wasthe discovery that some of the phone num-bers linked to fund transfers in the regionaround North Korea, and that started themon the trail of looking for a trafficking net-work.

“That’s the kind of work that is nowbeing picked up by law enforcement andis starting to help put people behind barsfor human trafficking and sex trafficking,”Prabhakar said.

“But you can imagine how that mightgive you a way to see how the [ISIL] globalcommunity, that’s spreading like cancer,”she added, “is using that infrastructuresimilarly.”

21st-century DARPA tool could work against ISILFor their own nefarious purposes, said Prabhakar, ISIL uses

the same infrastructure that everyone uses for connectivity,

commerce and interacting with family and community.


JADOC Soldiers lauded for outstanding work

PHOTOS COURTESY OF JOINT AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY OPERATIONS CENTER

On Feb. 13, Army Col. Larry M. Pinkerton, Jr., commander of the Joint Air Defense Artillery Operations Center (JADOC), Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, awarded the Army Commendation Medalto Army Lt. Col. Shane Hartley, Army Maj. Dewey Miller, Army Capt. Gregory Jacomet, and Army Capt. Joel Sprout. The Soldiers were presented the awards for their efforts in preparing TaskForce Luzon for mobilization to the National Capital Region - Integrated Air Defense System mission.

BY AIR FORCE TECH.SGT. ROBERT BARNETTJOINT BASE ELMENDORF-

RICHARDSON

Alec Fonoti, a civilianmechanic for an on-baselaundry service at Joint BaseElemendorf-Richardson,had prepared a big dinner totake to a friend’s house. Heloaded the food and his fam-ily of nine into his vehicleand left.

That day, Jan. 3, was thelast day Fonoti and his fam-ily would spend in theirhouse.

“The fire report said the[stove] burner on the leftwas still slightly on,” Fonotisaid. “A fire caught and itdestroyed the whole house.”

When they returned, theFonotis checked on theirneighbors first, making surethey were safe. Fortunately,the fire had been limited totheir house -- but everythingwas destroyed.

“I couldn’t think right,”Fonoti said. “For a big fam-ily likemine, I got so stressedthat first day. At that point, Ithought I might end my life.It was so hard for me, it waspainful.”

A Fellow Vet in NeedFonoti served in the

Army as an infantrymanfrom 1987 to 1994. In mid-February of 1991, the 1stBattalion, 42nd InfantryRegiment (Mechanized),3rd Brigade, 2nd ArmoredDivision, was the first tobreach the Saudi Arabiaborder in Operation DesertStorm. Fonoti was amongthe Soldiers in that unit.

“I was in the middle ofcombat,” Fonoti said. “We

came out and fought. I sawa lot of what was going on.”

He was later diagnosedwith post-traumatic stressdisorder.

After the house fire,Fonoti told his supervisorhe couldn’t focus on work.Word of the situation soonspread to first sergeantsacross the base, and that’swhen Air Force Master Sgt.Robert Chastain, then-

first sergeant for the 673rdForce Support Squadron,stepped in.

“I knew the house hadburned down,” Chastainsaid. “I could see how badit was really affecting him-- he was on the verge ofa nervous breakdown. Hecouldn’t even navigatethrough the electronic pro-cess to order a refill for hisPTSD medicine.”

The first sergeant helpedFonoti get the medicine re-filled. He also reached outto other first sergeants andexplained what had hap-pened. He explained thatthere are many Air Forceprograms available to helpout when there’s a need.

“Most of the programsare for military,” he said.“So I told [the other first ser-geants], ‘Whatever you canget me, I need. If you’ve gotsomething that you don’tneed, I’ll take it.’ We wereable to replace [a lot].”

Collective Efforts Pay OffThe first sergeants were

able to find the Fonotisa house downtown theycould afford, he said.

“Before we did that, theywere going to the homelessshelter. That’s how seri-ous it was,” Chastain said.

“Think about that, a fam-ily like that in December[with] sub-zero tempera-tures on the streets. Help-ing them really and trulybecame my whole focusand purpose.”

Helping the Fonotis wasamong the many actionsthat earned Chastain the673rd Air Base Wing FirstSergeant of the Year award.

“[First sergeants] don’tdo it for recognition or athank you, but we came inthe next day [to see] twohuge posters made by allthose children that said,‘Thank you, Master Ser-geant Chastain, for this,’and there’s a laundry list ofthings they received,” thefirst sergeant said.

“It gives you a warmfeeling,” he added. “Wedisplayed [those posters]inside Building 600 for acouple weeks so everybodycould see how their effortshelped.”

Fonoti said Chastain’sactions helped save his life.

“I [felt] like I’d been incombat again -- when youfight, they fight with youlike a band of brothers,”Fonoti said.

Face of Defense: Air Force NCO helps veteran in need

U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO BY TECH. SGT. ROBERT BARNETT

Air Force Master Sgt. Robert Chastain, a first sergeant as-signed to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, helpeda family of nine relocate after their home burned down.

In an email released thesame day the new law wentinto effect, Naval DistrictWashington Total ForceManpower and Person-nel Director, Andrea Burk-man, emphasized the ex-isting prohibition has notchanged.

“It is a federal crime foran individual to bring mari-juana onto a military instal-lation. Any person found inpossession of marijuana ona military installation couldbe barred from base for asignificant period of timeand ejected from residing inbase housing.”

All service members, in-cluding reserve members,who possess, sell or dis-tribute marijuana may beprosecuted and subject toadministrative action un-der Article 112a of the Uni-formed Code of MilitaryJustice (UCMJ). Accord-ing to the UCMJ sentenc-ing guidelines found in theManual for Courts-MartialUnited States, a finding ofguilt for possession or usecould result in dishonorabledischarge and maximum of5-15 years confinement.

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Wednesday, 18 March 20159 am to 2 pm at Club Meade

Fort Meade, Maryland

OPEN TO ALL JOB SEEKERS(candidates with and without a security clearance).

Great opportunity for individuals withactive security clearance!

No admission fee! Please arrive early!Meet employers! Bring copies of your resume!

For additional information please visit:www.ftmeademwr.com

Fort Meade

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Stay Connected!Stay up-to-date with all events, programs

and specials! Visit www.MyWFR.com ordownload theFreeSmartphoneApp,ABSalute.

Special EventsWomen’s History Month Luncheon

March 11; Purchase tickets by March 6 |11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. | Bolling Club

Celebrate Women’s History Month atthis special awareness luncheon featuringa guest speaker and lunch buffet. Purchasetickets in advance at Warfighter & FamilyReadiness located on Brookley Ave, Bldg.P-12 or from your unit representative. Walk-ins not accepted. Club Members: $11.95;Non-Members: $14.95

Save the Date! Easter Egg HuntMarch 28 | 11 a.m. | Base TrackBring your Easter basket for a morning

of hunting Easter eggs on the JBAB soccerfields near the base track. Children will beplaced into appropriate age groups. TheEaster eggs will offer a sweet reward forthose collected by the children and a selectfew eggs will hold a special prize. Parents,don’t forget to bring your camera to capturethose special moments with the Easter Bun-ny! Rain date is March 29.

Earth Day Fun Day –Register to Volunteer!

April 25 | 9 a.m. | Slip InnVolunteers are needed to help clean up the

Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling waterfront! Reg-ister to volunteer online at www.MyWFR.comor call 202-767-7707. Ages 12 and undermusthave adult supervision. The cleanup will befollowed by an Earth Day Celebration at the

Slip Inn, featuring Chili Cook-off, blessing ofthe Marina Fleet and prizes!

Navy-Air Force Half Marathon& Navy 5 Miler

Sept. 20 | National Mall, Washington, DCRegister today online at NavyHalf.com.

Prices increase April 1!

DiningSlip Inn Now Open!

Hours of Operation: Tuesday – Saturday:2-8 p.m.

Spinz at Potomac Lanes Bowling CenterEnjoy lunch or dinner at Spinz, featuring

signature pizzas, 8” subs, salads, kid’s mealsand more! View the full menu online at My-WFR.com or on the MWR App, ABSalute.

Champagne Sunday BrunchEvery Sunday | 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. | Bolling

Club, Washington Dining RoomEnjoy the BESTChampagne Brunch in the

Capital Region, featuring mimosas, bloodymarys and screwdrivers. Choose from a vari-ety of food to include a carving station, om-elet station, bacon, sausage and grits as wellas seafood newberg, eggs benedict andmadeto order waffles with assorted desserts. ClubMembers: $17.95; Non-Members: $22.95

2-for-1 Steak NightEvery Thursday | 5-8:30 p.m. | Bolling

Club, Wings Bar & GrillChoose from a juicy 12oz rib eye or New

York strip steak. Catch of the day or grilledboneless chicken breast is also available.Club Members: $24.95 for two people; Non-

Members: $24.95 per person.

All-You-Can-Eat BuffetTuesday-Friday: 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. | Bol-

ling Club, Washington Dining Room

Easter Brunch BuffetApril 5 | 11 a.m. & 1 p.m. | Bolling ClubMake your reservations today by calling

the Bolling Club at 202-767-6794/6792. ClubMembers: $28.95; Non-Members: $33.95; Inhonor of Gold Start Wives Day, any GoldStar Member will receive a free EasterBrunch. Simply wear your Gold Star pin orshow your Gold Star Survivor ID. View thefull menu online at MyWFR.com.

EntertainmentVIP Bingo’s Player Card Promotion

March 1 – 31 | Potomac Lanes BowlingCenter

If you live on Joint Base Anacostia-Bol-ling, then you’re eligible for a free VIP BingoPayer’s Card with $2 credit! Must be 18 yearsor older; only one $2 credit per household.Ask Potomac Lanes today!

First FridayMarch 6 | 5 p.m.-midnight | Bolling Club,

Washington Dining RoomFeaturing DJ Bob Ski and free hors

d’oeuvres from 5-7 p.m. for club members!$10 for non-members.

Bingo is Going LiveMarch 17 | Bolling Club, WASP LoungeAfter much anticipation, traditional and

electronic bingo will begin on March 17 atthe Bolling Club. Join in on the fun at anytime every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday!

Every Sunday and Thursday and Sundaythere are three $5,000 Progressive jackpots!

Social HourWednesdays & Fridays | 5 p.m. | Bolling

Club

Play Bingo at Potomac LanesWin up to $8,000 per game and daily

prizes! Sign up for you VIP Bingo Payer’sCard today at Potomac Lanes!

Cosmic SaturdayEvery Saturday | 8 p.m.-midnight | Po-

tomac Lanes Bowling CenterUnlimited bowling and shoe rental for

only $15; $12 for active duty personnel andtheir families.

RecreationChili Cook-Off

April 25; Register by April 22 | Noon | SlipInn

The Chili Cook-Off is right around the cor-ner and we want YOU to show off your chilicooking skills! Compete with Clay, the 2014Chili King, as he defends his title! The com-munity will vote for their favorites! Awardswill be given to 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Place. Regis-ter online at www.MyWFR.com or in personat Capital Cove Marina. All authorized IDCard Holders are eligible to participate. Freeaprons to the first 20 registered participants!

Harlem GlobetrottersMarch 14 | 1 p.m. | Verizon CenterThe iconic Harlem Globetrotters are

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coming to Washington, DC with their un-rivaled family show, featuring some of thegreatest athletes on the planet! Purchasediscounted tickets today at the ITT Office!Cost: $18.50 for section 113, Rows P, Q & R.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum& Bailey Circus

March 20-22 | Verizon Center; Purchasetickets at the ITT Office

“Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey-Presents Built To Amaze!” is an extraordi-narily engineered circus experience whereChildren Of All Ages find out what it takesto build The Greatest Show On Earth! TicketPrice: $19.75. Purchase your tickets today,while supplies last!

Resale LotThe Resale Lot is located on Duncan Av-

enue. If you are selling a car, truck, motor-cycle, trailer, RV or boat, stop by OutdoorRecreation to register your vehicle. Thecost is $12 for the first month, $22 for thesecond month and $32 for the third andfinal month. A copy of the current regis-tration and insurance is needed at time ofpayment. All items will be featured on theWFR Facebook page, www.Facebook.com/MyWFR.

D.C. Fishing LicenseResidents $10; Non-Residents $13; Tem-

porary $6.50

Auto Hobby Shop Specials1. Coolant Flush: $75. Includes one gal-

lon of coolant 2. Oil Changes start at $13.50with free washer fluid top off. Oil and filtersold separately.

3. Air Conditioning Service: $75. Freonnot included.

Framing Classes1st & 3rd Saturday every month | 9:30

a.m.-4 p.m.Learn the tricks of the trade so you can

preserve your special memories. Cost $50,plus supplies. Stop by the Arts & Crafts Cen-ter to check out the St. Patrick’s Day Specials!

Child & Youth ProgramsBarracuda Swim TeamRegistration: March 2-May 1 | Register

online at www.MyWFR.comSeason: May 26-July 25Cost: $50, includes a swim team t-shirt.

Swimmers are required to purchase theirown swim suits suitable for competition.

Give Parents a BreakFridays | 6-11 p.m. | Child Development

Center IISaturdays | 9 a.m.-6 p.m.| Child Develop-

ment Center IIMilitary families are subject to unique

stressors associated with military life, in-cluding deployments, remote tours of duty,and extended working hours. This programis designed to give family members a shortbreak from parenting in order to help themdeal with these types of stressful situations.Respite Care is available with an approvedreferral. FREE for Respite Care referrals. $4per hour for all other patrons. To learnmoreor to register visit www.MyWFR.com.

Karaoke NightMarch 7 | 5:30 p.m. | Youth Center

Checker/Chess ChallengeMarch 13 | 7 p.m. | Youth CenterTest your mind skills as the Youth Cen-

ter challenges you with a game of checkersand/or chess

Trampoline Park TripPre-Teens (Ages 9-12): March 21 | 3-7

p.m.; Register by March 13Teens (Ages 10-17): March 28 | 3-7 p.m.;

Register by March 20Jump, leap and bounce all afternoon!

$25 for a 2-hour session. Participants are re-sponsible for all costs incurred on this trip.Current membership, signed permissionslip and waiver are needed for this activity.Space is limit, so register today at the YouthCenter.

Mommy & Me YogaEvery Wednesday | 10:30 a.m. | Library

Video Game NightEvery Friday | 4:30-6:30 p.m.| Library

Play games for NintendoWii, PlayStation3 or Xbox 360 totally free!

Movie MadnessEvery Friday | 5 p.m. | Library, Children’s

RoomFeaturing a popular, Navy Motion Pic-

ture Service (NMPS) G, PG and occasionallyPG-13 rated movie. Complimentary theaterstyle popcorn will be served.

Fitness & Sports

2015 JBAB Recreational VolleyballLeague

April 6; Register by March 31 | 6 & 7 p.m.| Fitness Center I

Register to play on JBAB’s VolleyballLeague.Open to allmilitary, dependents, civil-ians and contractors attached to JBAB. Cost is$25. Register byMarch 31 at Fitness Center I.

Liberty CenterEligibility: E1-E6 Single, Unaccompa-

nied Active Duty Military

Cooking with LibertyMarch 10 | 5:30 p.m. | Enterprise Kitchen,

Bldg. 72, 2nd floorLearn how to dish up your favorite foods

at this free cooking class.

Paintball TripMarch 14 | 9 a.m. | at PEV’S Paintball

CenterPull out a camouflage suit, grab a gun

and get ready for some paintball action atPEV’S Paintball Center. Cost: $45 (Includesgun, mask, air and extra paint); $25 (In-cludes mask, air and extra paint.)

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CATHOLIC SERVICES

ReconciliationSunday 9 a.m.Chapel Center

RosarySunday 9:10 a.m.Chapel Center

Mass (Chapel Center)Tuesday 11:30 a.m.Wednesday 11:30 a.m.Thursday 11:30 a.m.Friday 7 a.m.Saturday 5 p.m.Sunday 9:30 a.m.

PROTESTANT SERVICES

Sunday WorshipGospel 11:30 a.m.Chapel Center

General Protestant 11 a.m.Chapel 2

Sunday SchoolSeptember - May9:30-10:30 a.m.

Questions about these services orother religious needs can be directed to202-767- 5900.

Chapel Schedule

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