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Vol. 5, No. 48 December 12, 2014

BY LT. CMDR.JIM REMINGTON

JOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-BOLLING

PUBLIC AFFAIRS

The United States Air ForceBand surprised a Smithsonian Na-tional Air and Space Museum au-dience for the second year in rowTuesday Dec. 2 with its holidaymusic “flash mob” at the StevenF. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly,Virginia, the video of which hasalready reached more than 300thousand views on YouTube.

Technical Sgt. Emily Snyder,a native of Newark, Delaware,kicked off the surprise with anEnglish horn solo introduction to“Greensleeves” while emergingfrom the crowd alongside SpaceShuttle Discovery before morethan 100 of her fellow musiciansand vocalists from the band joinedher in front of the shuttle comingfrom hidden positions within thecrowd itself. The band then tran-sitioned seamlessly into a perfor-mance of “What Child Is This.”

Guests present at the Udvar-Hazy Center familiar with theAir Force Band’s prior year flashmob might have thought this wasit, but the band outdid itself withsurprises by introducing an unex-pected second flash mob within

the first. Upon an energetic finish,percussionists and a brass ensem-ble staged on catwalks betweenSpace Shuttle Discovery and themuseum’s SR-71 Blackbird, kickedinto an instrumental bridge whileband members hastily scatteredand then reassembled in the mainhangar to perform “Carol of theBells.”

Origin of the band’s flash mobThe kernel of an idea, which has

now become two very successfulAir Force Band flash mobs, origi-nated from the band’s productionchief, Chief Master Sgt. JebodiahJ. Eaton who is originally fromHutchinson, Kansas. The ideacame to him through a personalinterest in flash mobs, and a bit ofinnovative thinking and creativeproblem solving in response to fis-cal constraints of the 2013 seques-tration period.

“I enjoy watching flash mobson YouTube. So I was just check-ing them out and couldn’t help butnotice that no military band hadever done it. And I started thinkingabout that concept. And then se-questration hit and I had no mon-ey to do our holiday show which

Air Force Band scores another win with flash mob

See BAND, Page 4

BY ANDREW DAMSTEDT

JOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-BOLLING

PUBLIC AFFAIRS

The Joint Base Anacostia-Bol-ling (JBAB) Community ServiceProgram (CSP) is looking for newrecruits to join its volunteer forceto help needy people and perhapsreap some personal benefits as well.

The goal of the CSP is to pro-vide military, civilian and contrac-tor personnel and their families theopportunity to performmeaningfulvolunteer work in the neighboringcommunity.

The program, open to all per-sonnel at JBAB, including its mis-sion partners (tenant commands),residents, retirees and members ofthe off-base community, is support-ed and coordinated by JBAB’s Pub-lic Affairs Office. CSP, a Navy-wideprogram, was adapted for use andincorporates all five armed servicesat JBAB.

Anyone living or working on, orwith access to, the installation ismore than welcome to participatein the program. The JBAB HomeEducators’ students and teachers

are among those participating, forexample.

“The legitimate needs of theneighboring community are vast;we never have enough volunteers tocover all of the needs and requestswe get,” said JBAB Public AffairsOfficer Joseph P. Cirone. The vol-unteer opportunities all share thecommon focus of improving thequality of life for others in need.

“Our programhas a focus to helppeoplewith education, health, envi-ronmental stewardship, food, cloth-ing, and getting jobs,” Cirone said.“All of which are very much neededin our neighboring community.”

“JBAB, as a command, is respon-sible to provide common services,such as police, fire, EMS, publicworks and so on and to support allcommands on base; the CSP is justanother example of that support,”he said.

Cirone said the programbelongsto each and every person and com-mand at JBAB. “JBAB, as a base, isa collective - a grouping of differentmilitary commands, other entities,individuals and families, totalingthousands of people.”

The program offers an averageof two volunteer opportunities permonth, with some months, likeNovember and December, offeringmore than the average and othermonths, such as during the middleof winter or summer, offering lessthan the average.

The program is comprised offive focus areas, known as flagships.They include Project Good Neigh-bor, Environmental Stewardship,Personal Excellence, Health, Safetyand Fitness, and Drug Demand Re-duction efforts.

“We keep our pulse on the needsof the nearby community, on theEast side of the District of Colum-bia, which is broken down into twopolitical subdivisions, known asWard 7 and Ward 8. These Wardsare among the neediest in the en-tire National Capital Region. Ourvolunteers have a great opportunityto help improve the lives of peoplewho truly need the help and wecan make a real positive impact,”Cirone stated.

While JBAB’s primary focus is on

Volunteers needed: Help the community, help thyself

U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY JOSEPH P. CIRONE

Army and Air Force enlisted members from the Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB) serve food to youth at the D.C. Ward 8/Metropolitan PoliceDepartment (MPD) Seventh District holiday party for underprivilegedchildren. Each year, JBAB-based military members, civilian and contractedworkers, their families and residents of JBAB volunteer to support numer-ous volunteer opportunities designed to help the neighboring communityand its people. See VOLUNTEER, Page 6

U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY LT. CMDR. JIM REMINGTON

Technical Sgt. Emily Snyder, a native of Newark, Delaware, kicked off the surprise U.S. Air Force Band’s 2014holiday flash mob with an English horn solo introduction to “Greensleeves.” She emerged from the crowd along-side Space Shuttle Discovery before more than 100 of her fellow musicians and vocalists from the band joinedher. Snyder studied at the prestigious Rice University in Houston, Texas, from which she graduated in 2013before joining the band later that year.

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As the holiday season continuesover the next few weeks, so do theparties and festive celebrations atthe office, at home, at a friend’shouse and anywhere else you canimagine a good time to be had.

For many people, this involvesdrinking alcoholic beverages, andthat’s okay as long as you drinkresponsibly and don’t drink anddrive. One way to make that pro-cess easier is to take advantage ofthe Washington Regional AlcoholProgram’s (WRAP) 2014 HolidaySoberRide program.

For a free ride (Up to a $30 fare)

home from Dec. 12 to New Year’sDay, between the hours of 10p.m. to 6 a.m. nightly, call 1-800-200-TAXI (8294). AT&T custom-ers may dial #WRAP (9727) fromtheir wireless phones. If the fare ismore than $30, you are expectedto pay the difference. You must be21-years-old or older to use the So-berRide service.

According to www.wrap.org,the SoberRide program, which hasbeen called one of the nation’smost successful free cab programsfor potentially impaired drivers,has helped ensure greater Wash-ington, D.C. residents have a safeway home on high-risk holidays.Since 1993, WRAP has provided

over 61,000 safe rides home. Cur-rently, SoberRide operates duringthe December/January holidayseason, St. Patrick’s Day, Indepen-dence Day and Halloween.

All calls must originate inMontgomery and Prince George’sCounties in Maryland; the Citiesof Rockville, Bowie, College Park,Gaithersburg, Greenbelt and Tako-ma Park in Maryland; the Districtof Columbia; Arlington, Fairfax,Prince William and Eastern Loud-oun Counties in Virginia; and theCities of Alexandria, Falls Church,Fairfax, Manassas and ManassasPark in Virginia.

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For more information on theSoberRide service, please visit thewww.wrap.org site.

Free taxis home from December 12 through New Year’s Eve

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Naval District Washington’s chiefof staff visits Joint Base

U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY ERIC D. RITTER

Chief of Staff, Naval District Washington, Navy Capt. Scott Adams (right) listens to the Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB)command staff, Chief Master Richard Simonsen, Jr. (top left), JBAB Commander Navy Capt. Frank Mays (center) and ViceCommander Air Force Col. Kendall Peters (bottom right) to learn more about the history and mission of JBAB and its role inthe nation. Adams was recently assigned as the chief of staff.

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is normally a large dollar produc-tion. So this was my suggestion tothe commander for an alternative.And that’s really all it was. It wasnever supposed to be all of this,”said Eaton. “I was happy the daythat I finished editing the videoand sent the link to my parents.I had no aspirations what so everthat it was going to go that big. SoI was pleasantly surprised.”

“Master Sgt. Jebodiah J. Eatonis our production chief and it washis concept to do a flash mob,”said Col. Larry H. Lang, com-mander and conductor of TheUnited States Air Force Band andnative of El Paso, Texas. “But itwas a team of people who figuredout the best way to do it, the bestplace to do it, and the right musicand all that goes into it.”

Eaton’s original idea, broughtto life through the massive teameffort within the band, resulted inthe greatest number of hits on amilitary YouTube video ever.

“It was all out of sequestration.We were out of money and didn’thave any way to advertise our con-certs. So we said, ‘We’ll do this as away of generating enthusiasm forour concerts.’ And that’s why wedid it,” said Lang, “We had no ideait was going to take off the way itdid. Thirty million people haveseen that video.”

What it tookWith such a success last year,

work for this year’s flash mob be-gan in earnest this past July. Theband selected music and securedperformance and sync rights for themusic through the publishers. Re-tired band member Senior MasterSgt. Robert Thurston arranged themusic. Individual musicians andsub-elements of the band began topractice and memorize their indi-vidual parts, but interestingly therewere only four full rehearsals: onein October, two in November, andjust one on-site at the Udvar-HazyCenter for two hours on the nightprior to the performance.

“We’re not often all together,”said Lang. “We all have separatemissions. There are six differentflights and they each go their sepa-rate ways everyday so it’s not oftenthat we get to come together as anentire squadron.”

The on-site rehearsal the eve-ning prior took longer than ex-pected because of issues posed bythe Udvar-Hazy Center’s enormoussize and challenging acoustics.

“The largest part was the space.We did a flash mob within a flashmob. That was simply because Iwanted to do something once againno one had ever done before,” saidEaton. “The first time it was a mili-tary band doing a flash mob. But bythis year we’d done that. And nowwe’ve come to this large space; it’smassive here. We asked, ‘So how dowe cover that much real estate?’ Sowe just started conceiving it, and Isettled on, ‘We’re gonna do a flashmob and then we’re going to com-pletely move.’ I’ve never seen thatbefore.”

The video production team’schallenge, aside from trying tomeet expectations from last year’svideo success, was to successfully

capture for the Internet audience,this giant flash mob within a flashmob that moved from one vasthangar to another.

“I’m hoping to successfullytranslate that. I provided ourcamera folks shot lists specifi-cally to help us explain to the au-dience spatially how we startedhere and transitioned over there,”said Eaton immediately followingthe event while he was still bus-ily checking each camera’s video.“So that’s what I’m working on therest of the day, how to communi-cate that. We’ll see if it happens.”

The soloist who started it offSnyder, the musician who

kicked off this year’s flash mobsaid, “Col. Lang asked me, ‘Howdo you feel about starting it off thisyear?’ And I said, ‘Okay, here wego.’ I feel very honored to start it offthis year.”

Snyder, originally from Newark,Delaware, was further esteemed tohave in attendance her mother andfather, Charlotte and Rocky Snyder,along with her grandmother Lois,all of whom left home bound forVirginia at 7 a.m. that morning tomake the noon performance.

“It was so special to see her play-ing there and leading the crowd,everyone joining in for the teameffort. It was definitely worth thetraffic involved from Newark, Dela-ware to Chantilly, Virginia,” saidSnyder’s father Rocky. “This was sonice because there was somethingfor everyone. The music selections,the brass, the woodwinds, the sing-ing, the Celtic business at the endwere all very nice. This was an ex-cellent production. It really getsyou in the mood.”

Snyder’s grandmother Lois saidshe was incredibly proud of hergranddaughter. “She’s preparedfor this for a long time, and by thatI mean her musical background.And to see her do what she’s doingis wonderful.”

Snyder attended college farfrom her home in Delaware, study-ing at the prestigious Rice Univer-sity in Houston, Texas, from whichshe graduated in 2013. An accom-plished musician, she previouslyserved as principal oboe with thePhiladelphia Youth Orchestra andhas performed as a soloist withboth the Newark Symphony andKennett Symphony Orchestras.She spent many summers attend-ing some of the world’s most re-nowned music festivals, including

the Tanglewood Institute and theNational Repertory Orchestra.

The English horn which Sny-der played for this performance isa larger version of the oboe, “It’spitched a fifth lower in the key of‘F,’ so it’s a little bit lower range,”said Snyder.

Here to represent the entireU.S. Air Force well

Lang, who appeared ener-gized after the performance, saidhe thought it went very well andthat concerns he and the bandhad ahead of time, were thankfullyproven to be unnecessary worries.

“We were actually a little con-cerned about getting an audiencehere because it’s a little more re-mote than the main Air and SpaceMuseum on the National Mall,”said Lang. “But wow, what a greatcrowd. We had a beautiful turnout.And this environment was verychallenging because the acousticshere are much more reverberantthan the other museum. So it tookus quite a while, two hours lastnight, to really lock things in. Butwe’re happy. I think it turned outreally well. And we’ll have a greatproduct up by tomorrow morning.”

Before the flash mob concludedwith “We Wish You a Merry Christ-mas,” Lang told the audience thathe is proud of the role that his bandmembers play in the larger AirForce.

“Our musicians were here torepresent all of the United StatesAir Force today and that’s true eachand every time we perform,” Langtold the guests of the museum. “Sowe do hope that you’ll go onlineand learn a little bit more aboutus, and try to come out to someof our other performances very,

very soon. We do want to thankthe Smithsonian. They are our col-laborators today and we couldn’thave done this without them. Whata beautiful museum and we hopeyou’ll stay and enjoy this. I alsothank the United States Air ForceHonor Guard. They came out withthe color guard at the end there andwe could not have done this with-out them either.”

Senior Master Sgt. Robert Kam-holz, superintendent of the band’smarketing and outreach office,originally from Lorain, Ohio, anda 1998 graduate of Kent State Uni-versity in Kent, Ohio, said that theband’s innovative use of the flashmob to continue its mission ofpositive global outreach on behalfof the Air Force during financiallyaustere times is an excellent ex-ample of the kind of innovationthat is a hallmark of U.S. Air Forcehistory.

“The big thing on our end, fromthe marketing and public affairsshop, is we were excited about theprospect because we got a chance totell the Air Force story and representthe Air Force globally for zero cost.The number of people we will reachwith this video would take us yearsof being on the road, going fromhotel to hotel, city to city with tradi-tional concerts,” said Kamholz. “So-cial media has been a big force mul-tiplier forus and theAir Force alwaystouts innovation and technology,just like the flying communities ofthe Air Force and Navy. So with thiswe’re able to say that like them weare innovators too, using social me-dia to push that message of the AirForce, at no cost, and much more ef-fectively than we’ve ever done in thehistory of our organization. So we’rereally proud of that fact.”

You Tube successLast year’s flash mob video gar-

nered millions of views, and thisyear’s video is on pace to match it.There is a variety of reasons to ex-plain its success, but much creditis owed to the extremely high pro-duction quality which is in keepingwith the caliber of talent typical ofthe highly selective military servicebands. The production quality is sogood that a review of comments onlast year’s YouTube video revealssome doubters in the Internet au-dience remarking that recordingsuch a quality video live is impos-sible. But The U.S. Air Force Bandhas proven their doubters wrong,but only with the kind of attentionto detail, processes in place, andspecialized personnel and equip-ment that you would find in a pro-fessional production company.

The team of videographersthat shot this year’s video was as-sembled to combine talents ofmusicians and videographers. Itwas purposefully drawn from bandmembers who are musicians firstand then pairing them with video-trained public affairs specialistsof Air Force Television and 11thWing Public Affairs. Together theymanned eight cameras for the film-ing of the final video. Their workwas guided by storyboards andshot lists that Eaton drew up basedon the musical score.

“We’ve got camera operatorswho are musicians but they knowthe music inside and out and theyknow the instruments inside andout. So I can tell them ‘I need tohear the flutes at this bar,’ andthey’re there when they need tobe,” said Eaton. “And then I’ve gotthe pros over at Air Force Televisionwho sent two camera operators asdid the pros over at 11th Wing Pub-lic Affairs. So I can turn them loose;I can give them vague ideas of theshots and then their skill comesinto play because they’re used tocapturing large things, that don’tnecessarily need to be musical,but they know a sexy shot whenthey see it. So it’s a synergistic ap-proach. You’re getting the best ofall the worlds.”

Eaton added that the band triesto make all of its products genuine.When watching one of their musicvideos, musicians in the audiencewill note that if there is a trom-bone player on screen it matchesperfectly to the audio. The banddid not use any studio tracks un-derneath this production. Not onlydid the production crew keep therecording real, it recorded the au-dio with more than 44 wireless mi-crophones, to say nothing of thosethat were wired, and recorded ev-erything onto 64 separate audiotracks allowing an audio engineerto mix the sound to best enhancethe audiences’ experience.

“If the harp is shown for exam-ple at one particular portion of thevideo, the audio engineer will turnthe harp up in the mix just a little,”said Eaton.

The U.S. Air Force Band’s Holi-day Flash Mob video may be viewedat http://www.usafband.af.mil. Attime of publication, it has 383,200views. It may also be downloadedfrom Defense Video Imagery Dis-tribution System (DVIDS) at http://dvidshub.net/r/wuiz25.

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U.S. NAVY PHOTOS BY LT. CMDR. JIM REMINGTON

The U.S. Air Force Band accomplished another first of having a flash mob within a flash mob. After completingthe initial flash mob by Space Shuttle Discovery, the band further surprised the crowd with a follow-on flashmob adjacent to the SR-71 Blackbird.

Patrons of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-HazyCenter, who became unsuspecting audience members to The U.S. AirForce Band’s 2014 holiday flash mob, show their excitement and grati-tude at the completion of the band’s surprise performance.

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BY DEFENSE MEDIA

ACTIVITY

Most adults today harkenback to their youth to pull outtheir favorite images of theholiday season. We remem-ber the tree with its sparklinglights, laden with ornamentsfrom Christmas past and pres-ent, with brightly coloredpackages crammed around itsbase, with smells of hot choc-olate, cinnamon and vanillawafting through the air.

But as we morph intoadulthood, our images of theholiday season tend to changeas well. Replacing thoughts ofthe tree, fuzzy slippers, pres-ents and a roaring fireplace,are thoughts of crowdedmalls, insane traffic, frazzled,angry shoppers and a holidaybudget that seems to shrinkwhile prices tend to skyrock-et. It makes us want to scream“enough already.”

Oftentimes the reality ofgetting through the holidayscan be a mix of holding on toholiday traditions, while look-ing for new traditions thatwork in today’s environment.Get family, extended familyand friends involved in plan-ning holiday events. Get eachperson to go back to theirchildhood and pull out oneor two traditions that can befreshened and updated to holdthe interest of family memberstoday and passed along to fu-

ture generations.There’s no need to spend a

ton of money on these tradi-tions; look for low- or no-costactivities such as ice skating,visiting a downtown holidaydisplay or attend an interfaithor cultural celebration. Evenstart a tradition of volunteer-ing in the community. If thefamily is split up across thecountry or on the other side ofthe world, look to take advan-tage of today’s technology andopportunities to video chatto bring the family closer to-gether.

If holiday budgets seemto be getting less and costingmore, consider alternatives tobuying expensive gifts. Deter-mine how much to spend oneach person on your list andlook for ways to stay within oreven trim that budget. Look atsuch things as homemade giftsthrough handmade crafts, orbaked goods to supplementstore bought items. Try to buygifts before the holiday seasongets here to avoid last minute“spending sprees.” And, whenpossible, try shopping alonerather than with friends andother family members. It’s lessdistracting, and will help stayon budget.

When you’re in control ofthe holidays (instead of theother way around), you cangreet the new year with anoptimistic outlook instead ofmounting debt.

Take Control of the HolidaysBY TECH. SGT.

DAVID EICHAKERNATIONAL GUARD BUREAU

With online holiday shopping onthe horizon, protecting home com-puters, tablets and smartphonesfrom cyber attacks and threats takeson additional importance, said Na-tional Guard cyber protection of-ficials, but steps can be taken tominimize those risks.

Using a password on the Wi-Firouter is one of the easiest and mostimportant things that can be done toprevent or deter hackings, said ArmyChief Warrant Officer 2 James Jones,the information awareness comput-er network defense chief at the ArmyNational Guard Readiness Center.

Although most routers come witha default password, changing therouter password to a more complexone can make it more difficult to behacked, said Army Capt. Daniel Han,a cyber action officer at the ArmyGuard Readiness Center.

Even though lengthy passwordsare suggested, sharing that pass-word with others can make it inef-fective when it comes to protectingyour computer, said Han.

There are still other things thatcan be used to protect your com-puter when using the Internet.

“Many of these are basic, but aswe utilize our systems we (often)become less and less security con-scious,” said Air Force Maj. DanielGuy, commander of the MichiganAir National Guard’s 110th Com-munications Flight in Battle Creek,Michigan.

Those basic measures that Guy

said go a long way in deterring cyberattacks include:

* Use virus protection softwareand keep it current.

* Keep all applications, includingyour operating systems up to date.

* Don’t open unknown e-mail at-tachments.

* Turn off your computer or dis-connect from the network when notin use.

* Make regular backups of criticaldata.

Guard members must also usecaution when working from remotelocations.

“As the public and private sectorcontinue to increase the utilizationof teleworking ... the vulnerabilitieswill continue to increase,” said Guy.“If it looks or feels weird, it probablyis.”

Teleworking can have its benefitsbut also needs to be done smartly.Guard members should take pre-cautionary measures to prevent sen-sitive materials from getting in thewrong hands, said Han.

“The biggest concern when theytelework is personally identifiableinformation,” he said, adding that itis best practices to digitally sign orencrypt e-mails or messages.

Use of social media sites canbring additional personal threats toGuard members and their familiesand there are extra steps that can betaken to limit threats.

“Limiting private security settingsalong with not posting birthdays orphone numbers on social mediacan help mitigate potential attacks,”said Han, noting that deactivating

the GPS feature within social mediasites and personal mobile devicesand deferring from putting out real-time updates are a few more ways toprotect against attacks.

“Do not sync with other socialmedia applications installed on yourphone,” he said, adding that is oneof the best ways to mitigate any risks.

Perhaps the best defense againstcyber attacks is simply education.

“The best way to defend homeenvironments from attacks is to stayeducated on what is out there,” saidJones. “Most malicious activity startswith unaware user interaction.”

If a targeted cyber attack is sus-pected, there are options and helpavailable.

“If you happen to be at work, con-tact your information technologysupport staff,” said Guy. “If this hap-pens to be at home, many local andstate law enforcement agencies offera cyber security division that may beable to assist.”

Contacting the Internet serviceprovider is another option.

“Chances are if you are getting at-tacked, they can see it,” said Jones.

Even with all the protective mea-sures in place to diminish cyberthreats, it is necessary to recognizethat not all threats can be stopped,said Guy.

“It is important to realize thatwe can’t protect ourselves from ev-ery vulnerability,” he said. “Muchlike the human body, if you practicegood preventative maintenance, youare more likely to have fewer healthproblems.”

Protecting yourself from cyber attacks

BY ERIC D. RITTERJOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-BOLLING

PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Joint Base Anacostia-Bollingwelcomed the holiday spirit atthis year’s tree lighting ceremo-ny with the help of Mr. and Mrs.Santa Clause. Festive treats andwarm drinks kept the revelerscozy on chilly night while excitedchildren told Santa their wishesfor this year’s presents. Onlookersgazed at the brightly lit tree as oth-ers stood around an open fire thathelped usher in that holiday feelas the Air Force band filled the airwith popular holiday music.

Joint Base ushers in holiday season with annual tree lighting

An open fire scene hosted by theJBAB fire department kept revelerswarm through the evening.

U.S. NAVY PHOTOS BY ERIC D. RITTER

Families gather around pose around the brightly litholiday tree.

Above: Santa and Mrs.Clause listen to goodboys and girls tell thecouple of their favoriteholiday wishes.

Left: Members of the AirForce band play popularChristmas music duringthe event.

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helping people in Wards 7 and 8, it also part-ners with Naval District Washington and theirother military service branch counterparts tosupport Joint Services-sponsored commu-nity service opportunities in the MetropolitanWashington area.

“We are proud to support the Joint Servicesefforts, providing volunteers for Special Olym-pics’ BowlingChampionships, their Track andField games, the District’s Police DepartmentSafe Summer program, the Wreaths acrossAmerica project and other projects, for ex-ample. Still, our primary focus is on the areaof greatest need and for which we never getenough volunteers - right here inWards 7 and8,” Cirone said.

In fact, JBABoftenpartnerswith theMetro-politan Police Department, many communityorganizations, other federal and military or-ganizations, such as the National Park Serviceand theDepartment of Labor.

Another important part of the CSP is cap-turing the volunteer’s efforts andensuring thatthey get reported to higher levels within theDepartment of Defense (DOD). The reportsare available for mission partners’ use andfor individuals’ use for annual performanceappraisals, school or other organizationally-required community service hour obligations,promotion and award packages.

Volunteers qualify for a special incentivewith as little as just four hours of volunteer timecontributed to one of the CSP’s opportunitiesin a single month. They can qualify for awardswithas little as 25hoursof service. JBAB’sCSP isan official certifying agency for the PresidentialVolunteer Service Award for military and non-military personnel and assists military person-nel ingettingapproval for theMilitaryOutstand-ingVolunteer ServiceMedal.

Leadership skill developmentopportunities abound; Personalrewards possible

JBAB’s CSP highly encourages personnellooking to develop or practice their leadershipskills, to consider volunteering to leadaprojector serve as theon-scene coordinator for volun-teer opportunities that are offered.

Anyone who has a desire to create a com-munity service opportunity is highly encour-aged to pitch the idea or proposal to the CSP.“That includes our on-base youth groups,homeschoolers, service organizations, an ad-hoc group of people, pretty much anyone,looking to make a positive impact in the livesof someone in need,” explained Cirone.

Once a proposal is received, JBAB’s CSPensures the idea meets the legal, ethical andstrategic requirements, and then matches theopportunity with the needs and desires of thecommunity and its leaders, Cirone said.

“Plus, we will promote the cause to at-tract additional volunteers, if needed; send areporter to cover the effort, publish an articlethat goes worldwide; capture the volunteerservice hours, report them up the chain ofcommand and at an appropriate milestone,ensure the volunteers receive proper recogni-tion or awards.”

As an example, in October and November,Air Force Staff Sgt. Lawrence Rajab, the super-visor of the Air Force Honor Guard pallbearerflight, led a group of 95 Airmen and Sailors

fromtheAir ForceHonorGuardandNavyCer-emonial Guardwhowanted to conduct a fooddrive to help needy people.

The volunteers donated a total of 553hours of their time and raisedmore than 1,200pounds of food.

Two days before Thanksgiving, workingwith JBAB’s CSP, representatives from the twoceremonial units delivered some of the foodto needy residents in Ward 7, including a 90year-old woman, the survivor of elder abuseand a 9 year-old boywhowas shot in the headby crossfire during a gang-related shooting in-cident.

“I was glad that we were able to have thevolunteers present the result of their effortsdirectly into the hands of people in need,”Cirone reflected.

“Seeing the smiles on the faces of the recip-ients and thevolunteers andhearing theverbalexchanges between them, really helped makemy Thanksgiving. I thanked God for being inthe right job at the right time and in the rightplace to helpmake that happen,” Cirone said.

“It is right in linewithwhat I havededicatedthe last four decades of life to - helping otherpeople. It is also directly linked to the militarycore value of service to others and the country,before oneself,” he continued.

Additional foodwasdelivered to aBoys andGirls Club location, where it became part of alarger effort to feedmore than3,700 families inWards 7 and 8 and other parts of the District.

Rajab, like many volunteers understandsthemutually beneficial aspects of helping oth-ers. Not only do volunteers get the opportu-

nity to help, but they also enjoy the feeling ofknowing they helped someone in need. Rajabhas spent years volunteering to help others. “Ihavevolunteered formore thanfiveyears,withfood drives, mentoring school-aged childrenandmore.”

Soon after Thanksgiving, Rajab receivedword that his hard work, professionalism,schooling and in part, his volunteer service,paid off. He was selected for the Air Force’sOfficer Training School (OTS), a program thatenables high performing enlisted members tobecome commissioned as officers.

Rajab said, “I included my volunteer workin my application package. I know it helped.”Upon completion of OTS, he will be commis-sioned as an Air Force second lieutenant.

Volunteer efforts outside of theprogram are not discouraged

Cirone said the CSP does not discouragea person or group of people from volunteer-ing outside of the offerings provided or ap-proved by JBAB’s program, or through it, byits higher level Joint Services partners.

However, he cautions that military andDOD civilian personnel acting as private citi-zens, are not covered to the same extent, le-gally, as they would be if they participated ina volunteer effort officially approved by theJBAB (or a similar) CSP. “That’s an impor-tant point that I cannot emphasize enough,”Cirone exclaimed.

“Volunteer efforts undertaken by militaryand DOD civilian personnel affiliated withJBAB should be command sponsored (ap-proved), aligned with the joint base’s strate-gic goals and with the specifically expressedneeds and desires of the community weserve,” Cirone said.

For more information, contact: joseph.cirone@navy.mil.

Joseph P. Cirone contributed to this story.

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