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Volume 1, No. 48 | 24 February 2012
Navy changes danger pay for deployed sailors .....pg. 2
Washington state Legislature honors Navy ...........pg. 3
Dempsey spells out path forward ..................pg. 4
Rum runners and U-Boats targets of Trippe .....pg. 8
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BREMERTON (NNS) – Naval Base Kitsap hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrat-ing the grand opening of the base’s new Child Development Center this month.
The infant and toddler child development center, which is scheduled to officially open March 12, will accommodate 64 children, rang-ing from six weeks to three years of age, and 25 new staff members. The facility includes infant, pre-toddler rooms and toddler rooms, a kitchen and training office space for staff and also three
New NBK child development center to open next month
SEE NBK | PAGE 8
Sailors man the rails aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis as the ship pulls into into Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Feb. 17, 2012. John C. Stennis is operating in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of responsibility while on a seven-month deployment. U.S. Navy photo by MaSS CoMMUNiCatioN SpeCialiSt 3rd ClaSS KeNNeth abbate
A sailor assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, helped potentially save the life of a Silverdale woman suffer-ing from a seizure in a local restaurant Feb. 4.
Master-at-Arms 1st Class Kevin Fahlund was waiting with his wife Susan and their daughter to order lunch at the restaurant when a young woman, sitting in a booth across from them, went into a violent sei-zure.
“As soon as I saw her I knew what was going on,” said Fahlund, who immediately went to the woman’s aid.
The woman, who was convulsing uncon-trollably, was situated in a booth in such a way that Fahlund had no way to safely move her to the floor, so he supported her head to keep her from hurting herself fur-ther.
“(Fahlund) immediately jumped up and
took control of the situation,” said Mark Schaffer, the restaurant’s manager on duty at the time. “What he did was absolutely above and beyond, and he did all the right things to help another human being.”
Fahlund’s actions and the way he handled the situation were nothing short of heroic, though he tells a humble story of the event and claims he did what anyone else would’ve done in the situation. He even credited his wife Susan for comforting the woman’s young daughter through the traumatic event.
“All I did was keep her from hurting herself during the seizures,” said Fahlund, who has been stationed on board Ronald Reagan since September 2009, and was recently named Ronald Reagan’s 2011 Sailor of the Year. “I just wanted to keep her stabilized until an ambulance arrived.”
Approximately two minutes passed dur-
ing the initial seizure before the convuls-ing began to cease, but then the woman exhaled and stopped breathing. She then became unresponsive, although she did have a pulse.
Fahlund, acting on instinct and using training he received throughout his Navy career, adjusted her head by lifting her jaw, subsequently opening her airway, and used a towel to clear her mouth of any foreign objects.
“There is no doubt the training I received from my Individual Augmentee assignments and all the medical training I’ve received as a first responder was essen-tial to how I reacted,” said Fahlund.
About 30 seconds passed after Fahlund adjusted the woman’s head before she began to breathe again, but she was still
Reagan sailor aids seizure stricken woman at dinner
SEE SAILOR | PAGE 2
StenniS iS homeward bound
WASHINGTON (NNS) – Sailors will now receive imminent dan-ger pay only for days they actually spend in IDP areas, according to NAVADMIN 062/12, released Feb. 17.
This change, announced by the Department of Defense Feb. 2 and enacted in the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, was implemented Feb. 1. According to the new policy, sailors will receive $7.50 for each day served in a qualify-ing IDP area. sailors who serve in qualify-ing areas for the entire month, regardless of the length of the month, are entitled to the full rate of $225. Prior to enactment of this change, service members who served any part of a month in a qualifying area were entitled to the full rate.
“It is crucial for com-
manders to ensure their sailors are aware of these changes to immi-nent danger pay,” said Vice Adm. Scott R. Van Buskirk, chief of naval personnel. “Additionally, commanders must track duties performed by their sailors that will qualify them for IDP and hostile fire pay, and provide this information to personnel support detachments to ensure sailors are receiving pay-ments for which they qualify.”
sailors will see this change in their Feb. 15 pay records. sailors do not need to take any action at this time regarding overpayments of IDP made from Dec. 31, 2011 to Jan. 31, 2012; the Navy is working with Defense Finance and Accounting Services (DFAS) to waive or remit these debts. Under DoD policy, such debts may be waived when there is no
indication of fraud, fault, misrepresenta-tion, or when mem-bers were unaware they were overpaid.
sailors who travel to designated IDP areas are reminded to keep track of the number of days they are in the area to verify that they are correctly paid.
DoD defines IDP areas as places where members are subject to the threat of physi-cal harm or imminent danger because of civil insurrection, civil war, terrorism or wartime conditions.
sailors exposed to hostile fire or a hos-tile mine explosion event, remain eli-gible to receive non-prorated hostile fire pay (HFP) for the full monthly amount of $225. sailors may not receive HFP and IDP in the same month.
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Command fleet engage-ment team is scheduled to meet with Sailors, families and leadership in the Pacific Northwest Feb. 21-23 to dis-cuss post-Enlisted Retention Board matters and transition benefits, officials said Feb. 14.
“There are a lot of benefits available to transitioning sailors, including some ERB specific topics. The more we increase understanding of the post-board processes and benefits available, the better prepared ERB affected sailors will be for a successful transi-tion,” said Fleet Engagement team member, Capt. Steven Holmes, director of Military Community Management.
The fleet engagement team recently completed engage-ments to Japan, Hawaii, California and Florida where
they discussed Involuntary Separation Pay, transition benefits, and Reserve affilia-tion options for transitioning sailors. More than 240 ERB affected sailors have received a Selected Reserve quota through Perform to Serve during the November and December cycles.
Holmes and his team will also discuss Temporary Early Retirement Authority, which was announced in NAVADMIN 025/12.
Sailors considered but not selected for retention by the ERB who will have complet-ed at least 15 years of active service as of Sept. 1, 2012, are eligible for early retirement benefits under TERA.
The fleet engagement team is composed of repre-sentatives from the enlisted distribution division, enlisted
community management division, career development program and the Navy’s ERB transition assistance coordinator. In addition, rep-resentatives from Challenger, Gray and Christmas Inc. will be available to discuss their outplacement services and enroll ERB affected sailors not already enrolled.
All ERB-affected sailors, families, career counselors and command leadership teams, including ombuds-men, are encouraged to attend.
Sailors should contact their command career counselor for local briefing times and locations.
The Navy will also conduct an additional fleet engage-ment visit to Norfolk March 5-9.
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unconscious. Then another round of convulsions started.
“[Fahlund] stayed in con-trol the entire time as the young woman continued to convulse, which kept our patrons calm through this chaotic scene,” said Schaffer.
Once the second round of convulsions ceased, Fahlund again lifted the woman’s jaw, cleared her mouth and began talking to her.
“I asked her mother, who was right there the entire time, what her daughter’s name was; she said ‘Angela,’” Fahlund said. “So I just kept
talking to Angela, trying to get a response and let-ting her know who I was. I rubbed a towel across her face for stimulation, any-thing to get a response from her.”
Finally Angela slowly began to regain conscious-ness and became responsive, though she would slip in and out of consciousness. Fahlund stayed with her, and talked to her until the Kitsap County Fire Department arrived on the scene approximately 10 min-utes after the seizures first began.
Fahlund briefed the para-medics on the situation, let them take over, and went back to his lunch with his family.
Ronald Reagan recently
changed homeports to Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, Wash., from San Diego, and Fahlund’s heroism and abil-ity to help everyday citizens is symbolic of the relation-ship between the ship and its new community.
“Everyone here really appreciates what [Fahlund] did for that young woman and we love having sailors here,” said Schaffer.
Fahlund’s heroics, how-ever, didn’t come as a shock to those who know him well.
“It really doesn’t surprise me that MA1 immedi-ately took control of the situation,” said Lt. j.g. Roel Rosalez, Ronald Regan’s security officer. “It’s the type of behavior we’ve come to expect from him; he’s just that type of Sailor.”
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (NNS) – The State of Washington honored the U.S. Navy at the capitol in Olympia as part of the Navy Appreciation Day, Feb. 22.
Government officials convened a special recog-nition proclamation for service members in the Senate Chamber and in the House Chamber to honor the U.S. Navy.
Musician 3rd Class Sarah Reasner, vocal-ist from Navy Band Northwest, kicked off the event singing the national anthem in the Senate Chamber.
After opening remarks, Rear Adm. Douglass T. Biesel, commander, Navy Region Northwest, addressed the senate, praising Washington State’s support of the Navy.
“Thank you Washington State for allowing us here today.” said Biesel. “We could not serve this great
country without all of your support. We rely on our integration with Washington’s transporta-tion systems, your school systems, and our partner-ship with the political leaders.”
Biesel then thanked the Senate for supporting bills that benefit the military, specifically the Military Spouse Legislation and the Disposition of Remains Bill.
“This is extremely important as we bring home our fallen heroes,” said Biesel. “We sincerely appreciate the support that you provide to all of us.”
Former Washington Secretary of State Ralph Munro, coordinator of Navy Day, said that this annual event was started in 2003 to connect the state and federal officials with the military leaders.
“We wanted to ensure the leaders know each
other on a first name basis so that, as mutual needs arise, issues can be dealt with easily,” said Munro.
Navy officials had an opportunity to tour the Legislative Building and visit the Senate Caucus and the House of Representatives Caucus.
Navy Band Northwest performed a concert in the Capitol’s Rotunda room where spectators enjoyed live music. Lt. j.g. Robert Coats, director of Navy Band Northwest, said that performing at the state capitol was a privilege.
“I’ve seen pictures of this event the last few years,” said Coats. “I have always hoped for the opportunity to perform at the state capitol.”
The Navy’s presence in the Puget Sound area began over 150 years ago and is now home to the Navy’s third-largest fleet concentration area.
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OAK HARBOR, Wash. (NNS) – Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI) held a ceremony in honor of Black History Month at the Skywarrior Theater on base, Feb. 17.
The celebration hon-ored 10 influential black American women and showcased their history through a timeline, from Sojourner Truth to Oprah Winfrey.
"The main focus, besides celebrating influential American women, is to motivate and inspire," said Aviation Maintenance Administration 1st Class (AW) Christopher Elder, attached to Fleet Readiness Center Northwest, and coordinator of the celebra-tion.
The Navy and NASWI join in African-American/Black History Month observation held in February. Black History Month stemmed from Negro History Week, established in 1926, by Harvard historian Dr. Carter G. Woodson and the Association for Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH).
"This month typically highlights some of our nations' darkest hours and some of our greatest tri-umphs in civil rights and equality," Elder said. "It is important to know where we have been as a nation to clearly lay out our path as we proceed into the future."
Yvonne Y. Howard, the pastor at The City of Refuge Christian Church in Oak Harbor and retired Navy member, believes it is key to celebrate black women.
"I think celebrating women is important and celebrating the black woman who has, through-out the years, had to endure so many deliberate hardships and come out as conquerors is especially noteworthy," Howard said.
America uses February as a time to study and reflect on the history of generations of African-American and their struggle against adversity to achieve equality. The Navy has achieved its
own milestones as well with Lt. j.g. Harriet Ida Pickens and Ens. Frances Wills becoming the first African-American officers in the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES).
"We are no longer lim-ited to service ratings or just to the enlisted ranks," Howard said. "We can be who we are, who God cre-ated us to be; smart, beau-tiful, courageous people who have just as much to offer as the next guy."
Today more than 123,000 active duty, reserve and civilian members of the Navy Total Force iden-tify themselves as African-American.
"Hopefully the race and gender card will lose its complete effec-tiveness," Howard said, "and we can continue on with business of mis-sion essentials, saving lives, fighting for free-dom's sake and protect-ing our country."
Yeoman 3rd Class Jelinda Hill, of Patrol Squadron (VP) 40, feels inspired by the path that previous black American women have given her.
"It gives me encour-agement to dream big and go for what I'm called to do," Hill said.
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The Profession of Arms has been an important subject to me since I led the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command a few years ago. As Chairman, it remains one of my focus areas. Understanding who we are and what we do as volunteers and experts who defend our nation is some-thing we must do as a joint force.
We have an opportunity to assess how 10 years of conflict have affected us as we conduct transitions in our current wars, face resource constraints and get leaner as a force. Based firmly on our history and values, we must be stewards of our profession. We must institutionalize what we’ve learned.
We must continue to think, adapt, and promote those attributes and behaviors necessary our military profession to defend the nation and provide options to our leaders in a competitive security environment.
So today, I released “America’s Military – A Profession of Arms”. It addresses: values, the military profession, trust—both internal to the military and between the military and the American people. It includes thoughts on leadership, Mission Command, strength from diversity, and the way ahead—advancing the Profession of Arms.
With that said, I want to stress that leadership is the foun-dation of the Profession of Arms. Our profession depends on our ability to develop future leaders. They will build and maintain trust, inspire others, teach and mentor, and uphold and enforce our ethical and moral standards. These leaders will see us through this time of notable transitions.
It is entirely appropriate to release this white paper on the 67th anniversary of the American flag raising on Mount Suribachi during the Battle for Iwo Jima. The iconic moment in our history speaks to our profession. It’s a reminder of the military’s role in defending our nation and its ideals, and a reminder of what we can accomplish together. I hope you read the paper and continue this conversation online and within your units.
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I’ve never had anyone (except maybe my mom) clean my house. Ironically, I never thought my house was clean enough to invite (and by “invite,” of course, I mean “pay”) someone to clean it. But my hesita-tion also stemmed from a long heri-tage of women who clean their own homes.
I have vivid memories of my mom scrubbing the toilets and kitchen sink while my Navy dad was deployed. As I remember it, she did these things at odd times: late at night or early in the morning. Or maybe I just slept too much. Either way, I can still hear the way the sponge squeaked across the porcelain toilet bowl and the fumes (sorry, this was pre-green revolution) billowed out of the bathroom.
For as long as Dustin and I have been married (12 years), I’ve set aside one day every other week to clean our house, or, back in the day, apartment. Sometimes I do a big, deep clean. Sometimes I busy myself in the basement and act like I’m scrubbing the floors when actually I’m enjoying some peace and quiet and sipping a Diet Dr. Pepper.
What all this means: Dustin has not cleaned a toilet or bathtub in 12 years.
Our 800-square-foot apartment in San Diego, Ca.—the rent for which was more than our first mortgage—was easy to clean. There were only two rooms. We didn’t have any children. With each military move and new child, however, my cleaning routine became more com-plicated, my hide-in-the-basement charade more neces-sary. But I always had Dustin to take away the kids while I was busy cleaning... or not cleaning. And when he wasn’t there during his first deployments, our kids were small and not very messy.
This time, Dustin has left me with three boys who seem to go out of their way to step in mud. They wipe their hands on the front of their shirts. They are fasci-
nated by the faces they can make while pressing their nose against the clean glass of our front win-dows.
Also, I’m in graduate school, we have a new puppy and I work.
The cleaning-every-other-week thing is not going so well.
One night, I noticed the bot-tom of the kids’ white socks were almost black. They hadn’t been
outside. It was from our floor. The next day, a piece of paper was stuck to the kitchen table by a puddle of dried pancake syrup.
In a moment of desperation, I called around for refer-rals and hired someone to clean my house. I didn’t tell Dustin. Or my mom.
The children didn’t know what to make of this whole someone-else-cleaning-the-house-while-we’re-not-home business.
“What if the person plays with our Star Wars action figures?” one of them asked.
“I promise you she won’t.”“What if she puts all my books in the wrong place?”“She won’t because you’re going to pick them up the
night before she gets here.”“Huh?”Now the boys were really confused: We have to clean
before someone comes into our house to ... clean?Ford, who is a miniature walking, talking Dustin,
rejected the idea of a housecleaner on the grounds that it is unnecessary and expensive. But I don’t get manicures, I seldom go out to dinner, and I buy my clothes on clearance. So Ford would have to make like his dad and pretend not to notice or care. He could roll his eyes and noisily exhale later from the comfort of a couch he didn’t
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WASHINGTON – The Defense Department is work-ing to break down creden-tialing barriers for service members and veterans pre-paring to enter the civilian workforce, a DOD official said Wednesday.
“The goal … is to help our veterans, and especially our transitioning veterans, … get employed,” Ed Kringer,
director of state liaison and educational opportunity for the Pentagon’s office of mili-tary community and policy, told an audience gathered for the National Credentialing Summit at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce here.
Speaking on a panel, Kringer described the inter-agency effort under way to ensure credentialing agencies recognize service members’ extensive training, education and experience.
Many occupations require
state licensure, he noted, which affects both service members and their spouses. However, many troops run up against challenges with this, he added, as licensing and credentialing require-ments vary from state to state and many credential-ing boards are unaware of how military training and education equate to civilian training.
“What we want is for states
By Elaine SanchezAmerican Forces Press
Service
WASHINGTON – Citing the potentially devastating impact of financial issues on career and home life, officials are encouraging troops and their families to build finan-cial fitness by kick-starting a savings plan and reducing their debt.
“When families are finan-cially fit, they are more successful in their life,” said Barbara Thompson, director of the Pentagon’s office of family policy, children and
youth. “Money isn’t every-thing, but it does impact relationships and job perfor-mance.”
Defense Department offi-cials are putting the spotlight on financial readiness – par-ticularly the importance of saving – this week as part of a larger, national emphasis on financial well-being. Military Saves Week, part of America Saves Week, is an annual event intended to help people become better financial plan-ners. This year’s campaign slogan, “Set a goal, make a plan, save automatically,” pro-
motes the long-term benefits of saving even a little each month.
Throughout the week, mil-itary installations around the world will sponsor financial fairs, luncheons, speakers and seminars, and will work with on-base financial institutions, military exchanges, commis-saries and nonprofit organi-zations to build awareness of the importance of financial readiness.
“It offers us an opportunity to educate service mem-bers and families, including spouses and youth, about
good financial management,” Thompson said.
As a start, Thompson sug-gested people have at least $500 set aside for unexpected emergencies, whether it’s a military-related moving expense or a tire change. If people have something saved, they can avoid the tempta-tion of borrowing from a predatory lender or other financial resource that may have a high interest rate and other unattractive terms, she explained.
“Unexpected expenses
really tap into your short-term investments and your short-term savings plan,” she added.
The America Saves website offers some other savings strategies:
-- Pay off consumer debt with double-digit interest rates. It can take years to pay off a loan if people stick to the minimum balance due. For example, it would take someone with a $3,000 credit card balance at 19.8 percent interest nearly 40 years to pay off the balance if they stick
to the minimum balance due. The interest charges alone would total more than $10,000.
-- Participate in a work-related retirement program, such as a 401K or the mili-tary’s Thrift Savings Plan.
-- Save monthly through an automatic transfer from checking to savings. What people don’t see, they don’t miss.
-- Buy a home and pay off the mortgage before retire-
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MILLINGTON, Tenn. (NNS) – The Navy continued to emphasize the policy of zero tolerance for substance abuse by separating 1,515 Sailors in fiscal year 2011 for synthetic chemical com-pounds, commonly called Spice, and other drug usage according to an official Feb. 21.
“Currently, we are dis-
charging a number of Sailors for use of synthetic chemical compounds also known as Spice, sighting failure to obey a direct order,” said Lanorfeia Holder, deputy direc-tor of Navy Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention. “Those that are tested by our Armed Forces Medical Examiner System are dis-
charged under an Article 92 misconduct or an Article 112A which is drug abuse.”
A ban was placed on five synthetic cannabis compounds commonly found in the designer drug Spice, but also sold under different names, just one year ago March 1. AFMES has the ability to test for those five compounds via Navy Criminal Investigative Services at the request of unit commanders if prob-able cause is determined.
Spice is a synthetic chemical compound that is sold as herbal incense and mimics the effects of the drug marijuana. Some of the compounds were ini-tially developed as research to help individuals with certain brain conditions, but the research did not reach its fruition, according to Holder.
Some of the short-term effects include auditory and visual hallucinations, pain-less head pressure, panic attacks, time distortion and delirium. Long-term effects from the designer drug can include permanent physical impairment, mental illness or death.
“We have Sailors who are having mental condi-tions that they will never recover from,” said Holder. “Using synthetic chemical compounds is like playing Russian roulette; you never know what is in the pack-age. As detection catches
up with manufacturers, makers alter the ingredi-ents in an attempt to avoid detection.”
OPNAVINST 5350.4D defines the scope of drug abuse as the wrongful use of controlled substances to include designer drugs, illicit-use anabolic steroids, prescription or over-the-counter medication.
The unlawful posses-sion or use by Department of the Navy personnel of controlled substance ana-logues, natural substances, chemicals wrongfully used as inhalants, propellants, prescribed or over-the-counter medication or pharmaceutical compound with the intent to induce intoxication, excitement or stupefaction of the central nervous system is pro-hibited via SECNAVINST 5300.28D. Violators are subject to punitive action under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Article 92.
“If a Sailor is having issues with drug abuse or synthetic chemical com-pound use specifically, we recommend that they reach out to Military-One Source for confidential assessment and counseling at no cost to the Sailor,” said Holder. “We also recommend members seeking substance use counseling talk with their doctor, chain-of-command or self-refer to a substance abuse rehabilita-tion program.”
By Melissa K. BuckleyFORT LEONARD WOOD,
Mo., Feb. 21, 2012 – Army Sgt. Sandra Coast graduated from Basic Combat Training here Feb. 17, officially begin-ning her Army career at 51 years old.
The average age for an Army Reserve recruit is about 23, making Coast one of the oldest people to go through basic combat train-ing, U.S. Army Recruiting Command officials said.
“Everybody in the world thinks I am a total nutcase,” Coast said. “I just want to support our troops. I love all of them.”
From 1982 to 1993, Coast devoted her life to the Navy.
She gave up her lifestyle as a sailor to raise her son, Jeff, who ironically led her back to the military she left behind years ago.
“When Jeff graduated high school, he joined the Marine Corps. When I was at the recruiter’s office with my son, I walked into the Army recruiting office and said ‘I want to join,’” Coast said. Her previous years of military service allowed her to join the Army Reserve well past the age someone without prior service could join, she explained.
For as long as she can remember, Coast said, she has had a special place in her heart for troops and a hunger to serve.
“I have a friend in the Navy that was emailing me from Afghanistan,” she said. “It’s his third combat tour in seven years. I don’t know, I can’t explain it. I just had this overwhelming desire to give back to the military some-how. I was doing the same job day after day after day. I can’t live my life that way. There is more to life than this, so I ended up in basic training.”
She was stunned to learn that as a paralegal specialist she would have to go back to basic training -- this time, Army style.
“I wasn’t quite expecting to be running around with an M16 and all of this gear,” Coast said as her training
neared its end. “This is noth-ing even remotely similar to being a sailor. I was blown away by the total difference of it. We carried M16s dur-ing Navy boot camp, but we never shot them. Here we are shooting several times a week. Shooting this weapon with all of the gear on takes a
toll on me.”Coast started preparing
for basic combat training months prior to stepping foot on Fort Leonard Wood.
“Before the recruiters would even talk to me, I had to lose 30 pounds,” she said. “I went from sitting at home every night eating
ice cream to exercising and watching what I ate. I also started getting up at 4 o’clock in the morning to exercise and tried to go to bed early at night. I knew I needed every advantage I could have to get through this.”
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Thompson noted a dis-turbing trend of young troops entering the service with already accumulated debt. “We want to make sure … it’s not overshadowing their entire career,” she said.
A bad credit report can lead to a lost security clear-ance, which may bar troops from doing their jobs, and financial issues can take their toll on a service member already dealing with the stressors of deployments. Thompson cited financial issues as a major factor in suicide.
Thompson pointed to the Thrift Savings Plan as one of the “most powerful savings tools” at service members’ disposal. She encouraged troops who aren’t already contributing to their Thrift Savings Plan to start.
Even if service members plan to separate after four years, they should contribute, she advised, since the funds easily can be rolled over to a 401K plan at their new job. People also can explore savings bonds and saver accounts sponsored by credit unions and on-base banks, she added.
It’s never too early to start, Thompson noted. Even pre-schoolers can learn the ben-efits of saving. Parents can teach children how to man-age money by having them put a part of their allowance away for savings, part for charity and keeping some money to spend.
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have to vacuum.I was nervous the day the
housecleaner came. Would she think we live like slobs? Would she be repulsed by the boys’ bathroom? Would the bottom of her socks turn black?
It felt strange to have someone in our house while we weren’t there. But my worst fear was this: What if she forgot to come?
I walked up the sidewalk that afternoon like a kid com-ing downstairs on Christmas morning. Did Santa come? What did he bring me?
I opened the door and the smell of wood and floor cleaner filled my nose. It was so much more pleasant than the smell of dog and boys’ feet. I set down my books
and got on my knees to hug the floor. It was so clean and shiny. I thought I would weep. The fin-gerprints on the windows were gone. The kitchen table was clean. She had even changed the bed sheets.
For the first time this deployment, I felt relaxed. When the boys came home I was free to visit with them. I went to bed on clean sheets.
As I falling asleep that night, cradled by the housework that someone else had done for me, I knew I had made a good decision. I felt liberated. Relaxed. Cared for. Come to think of it, I felt alot like Dustin has probably felt every night for the last 12 years.
Coast’s 10-week journey from civilian to soldier was spent in Company B, 2nd Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Chemical Brigade. Army 1st Sgt. John Byars, her first sergeant, said his first reaction when he heard he had a 51-year-old headed his way was “Wow, that’s strange.” Now, Byars has a new perception.
“I was impressed, because she can do everything the younger soldiers do,” he said. “She never expected us to feel sorry for her. She even got one of the highest Army physical fitness test scores in the company. She is a prime example that age is just a number. She ran faster than soldiers young enough to be her kids.”
Coast even amazed herself when she came in second place during the test.
“I am still kind of blown away by that,” she said. “I even ran faster than all but one female.”
The fitness test may have been a breeze for Coast, but she said one of the hardest things for her to adjust to was the divide in life stages between her and her room-mates.
“Everything about basic training is pretty tough, but living with more than 30 teenage females is one of the hardest things,” she said. But despite the age gap, she added, she was treated like every other soldier in train-ing.
“We don’t treat her any dif-ferent, and we don’t see the privates treat her any differ-
ent,” Byars said.Coast agreed.“They treat me as an
equal,” she said. “The males, especially, have the utmost respect. They will do little things that they probably aren’t supposed to do, like give me their seat on the bus and hold the doors for me. It’s the little things that mean so much.”
Coast recalled an incident during hand-to-hand combat training that was particularly tough for one of her battle buddies.
“We had to slap each other in the face. The poor guy that was up against me said, ‘I cannot do this. I cannot slap her,’” she said. “I told him I would pay for his counseling when we were done. I was slapping him -- he finally slapped me.”
As her graduation approached, she said the thing she was looking for-ward to the most was wrap-ping her arms around her son.
“I am thrilled to wear the title of sergeant in the U.S. Army, but the title that is also very near and dear to my heart is Marine mom. You can’t beat that. I feel totally blessed,” Coast said.
Marine Corps Pfc. Jeff
Coast didn’t think his mother was serious when she expressed interest in joining the Army, but recently he started seeing a side of her that was new to him.
“She is doing what most people her age would consid-er crazy,” he said. “I think she is hardcore. I hope when I get older I am still active and do all kinds of cool stuff.”
The Marine’s mother said she made it through basic training because of the sup-port she received from family, friends and even outsiders.
“It blows my mind that I am able to accomplish this,” she said. “I couldn’t have done it without the support of my Marine mom friends. I get more mail from them than anybody. That support keeps me going. They are constantly cheering me on. Even random people around here will tell me they are cheering for me.
“At the dining facility the workers walk up and tell me they are cheering for me,” she continued. “I cry pretty much every day. Not a lot, because it’s not an Army thing to do I know, but it’s mind-boggling to me how supportive strang-ers can be.”
Coast said she is delighted to have reached the end of
her basic training adventure, and that she’s thankful for all of the new experiences it provided.
“This has been very chal-lenging,” she said before her graduation. “It makes me realize that I can do all of this. I got to do some really fun things. After the rappel-ling tower, I decided to start rock climbing when I get out of basic training.”
Coast added that she also is looking forward to her life in the Army Reserve. She said she enlisted hoping to work directly with active-duty troops, but instead was attached to a reserve unit. But on the plus side, she said, she will be able to work near her son’s reserve unit.
“I wanted to go active duty, but they are not taking people as old as me for active duty,” Coast said. “So I got attached to a virtual unit. Everything I do will be by the Internet and phone.”
Basic combat training left her with a new respect for combat soldiers and a new respect for herself, Coast said.
“Their gear is heavy, and they are doing this constant-ly,” she noted. “We have some really awesome troops out there. I am 51 years old, and I can do this.”
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The torpedo boat destroyer USS Trippe (No. 33) sought out German U-boats while escorting convoys during World War I in the Atlantic.
Built by Bath (Maine) Iron Works, Trippe was commis-sioned at Boston Navy Yard March 23, 1911. The ship displaced 742 tons and was 294 feet long. With a draft of only 9.5 feet and a top speed of 30.5 knots, it was very flexible in restricted areas. A crew of 83 men was assigned to man five, three-inch guns and two .30-cal machine guns. The Roe-class ship carried six, 18-inch torpedo tubes.
Trippe was assigned to the East Coast in the Atlantic Torpedo Fleet. In 1912 the
ship made its first cruise to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Jan. 14, 1912, for training and then to the Gulf of Mexico.
Trippe was ordered to Mexico during the Tampico incident when American sail-ors and Marines went ashore at Vera Cruz and seized the customs house April 21, 1914. The ship patrolled for a week to prevent arms from being landed and then sailed to Vera Cruz to support U.S. battleships and cruis-ers. Trippe then returned to Boston arriving May 31 for a major overhaul.
In 1915, the ship became a unit of the 2nd Reserve Flotilla and was designated a destroyer with a reduced
crew at the Boston Navy Yard.
With the threat of war, Trippe was placed in full commission and spent eight months training for overseas duty prior to the U.S. entry into World War I. Trippe sailed May 21, 1917, for Queenstown, Great Britain, arriving June 5.
The destroyer escorted Allied convoys on the last leg of their voyages from America to France and England. The ship’s area of operations near the British Isles was the prime hunt-ing ground of German fleet U-boats with the destroyer Jacob Jones (DD-61), on Sept. 18, 1917, Trippe had its only verified scrape with a U-boat while steaming off Brest, France. A lookout detected a periscope wake at 2 a.m. Trippe intercepted the sub-marine and began dropping depth charges with no visible results.
Through the final year of the war, Trippe and sister
ships slowly but surely out-witted the enemy allowing more convoys to reach the shore. The destroyer was in port Queenstown Nov. 11 when the Armistice was signed.
A month later the ship cleared the Irish port and refueled in the Azores and Bermuda before arriving at Boston Jan. 3, 1919.
After inactivation, the destroyer was decommis-sioned and placed in reserve at Philadelphia. Five years later with Prohibition in full swing with smuggling of alcoholic beverages, the Coast Guard’s fleet was bolstered by a presidential order sending 20 inactive Navy destroyers to fight smuggling.
Manned by Coast Guard crewmen, and stripped of torpedoes and depth charges, the ship was transferred to the Treasury Department and commissioned as Trippe (CG-20) June 7, 1924.
Trippe operated along the northeastern coast out of
New London, Conn., as part of the Coast Guard’s “rum patrol.”
Trippe was placed in reduced commission at New London Jan. 5, 1929, and operated along the northeast-ern coast before returning to
Philadelphia for return to the Navy on May 2, 1931. It was struck from the Navy list July 5, 1934.
It was sold for scrap in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Aug. 22, 1934.
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Tiny, maneuverable boat was once manned by U.S. Coast Guard during Prohibition booze patrols.
USS Trippe Deparing Queenstown, Ireland, for the United States in December 1918. Note her long “homeward bound” pennant, and man waving his cap from atop Trippe’s stern depth charge rack. U.S. Naval HiStorical ceNter PHotograPH.
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Must Sell! New NASA Memory foam matt. set. Full $375, Qn $400, King $500. New. 20 yr warr. Del. avail. 253-539-1600---------------------------------Brand New Orthopedic matt. & box spring. Still in plastic. With warranty! Twin $ 175, Full $200, Queen $230, King $350. Call 253-537-3056---------------------------------Factory Closeout BR se t . Inc l : bed, n ight - stand, dresser, mirror. Full/ Queen, $395. King, $495. 253-539-1600---------------------------------Overstuffed Microfiber sofa & loveseat, new, factory sealed, w/ Life- t ime war r. on f rame. Scotch guarded. Only $695. 253-537-3056---------------------------------New Adjustable Bed w/ memory foam mattress. List: $2800. Sacr if ice, $950. 253-537-3056
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I BUY GOLD, S i lver, D iamonds, Wr is t and Pocket Watches, Gold and Silver Coins, Silver- ware, Gold and Platinum Antique Jewelry. Call Mi- c h a e l A n t h o n y ’s a t (206)254-2575
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1963 BALDWIN PIANO; Acrosonic Spinet with bench. Smaller size, fits wel l in smal l spaces. Perfect for beginner or advaced player. Medium color, solid wood. Great cond i t ion ! $700 obo. Can email more informa- tion. Please contact Mar- tha at 360-341-5158 or 425-418-0091. Clinton, Whidbey Island.
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5 PUREBRED Miniature American Eskimo pup- pies for sale. $650 each. Great with kids, family ra ised . Mom on-s i te. Ready for their forever h o m e. I f i n t e r e s t e d , please email: american- [email protected] call 360-675-6117
A K C A U S T R A L I A N Shepherd puppies, pure bred. Bor n 12/28/11. Parents on site. Shots, worming & vet checked. Happy go lucky temper- ments! Black Tri Colors: one girl and two boys. $400 ea. San Juan Is- land. Cal l Bruce 360- 3 7 8 - 9 4 5 1 o r p l e a s e leave message.
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AKC MINI Schnauzer puppies. Variety of col- ors. Ready for homes late February. $350 males, $450 females. Now taking deposits.Call 253-223-3506 or 253-223-8382.
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TOY POODLE, 8 weeks o ld . Male, black wi th whi te paws, chin and neckl ine. CKC Regis- tered. Tail bobbed, dew c laws c l ipped, puppy shots and partially potty trained. $450. (307)259- 2 3 0 7 Po r t O r c h a r d . E m a i l f o r p i c t u r e s : [email protected]
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1981 24 .5 ’ TANZER. Shoal keel, main, j ib, spinner. Two burner al- cohol Stove, Sink, Ice box. Drop down table. forward “V” berth, Porta- potty, 8 HP 4 cycle Hon- da outboard. PFDs, ex- tra fuel tank. New seat covers. Inflatable raft. Very stable boat under sa i l . Easy to handle! $4 ,000 . Oak Harbor. J o h n 3 6 0 - 2 4 0 - 8 3 3 2 ; [email protected]
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to make it simpler, and they can do that through regulations and through pass-ing legislation … to make it simpler for service members to take education, training and experience and make it applicable for a license,” Kringer said.
Officials are asking state licensure boards to accept military training and experi-ence if they meet the state’s requirements, he said. He lauded Washington state for what he called its simple, but effective legislation. The state has directed boards to waive training if a military member already has training that’s comparable to the state’s requirement.
“That’s what we want -- that transferability of train-ing and experience toward requirements for a state license,” Kringer said.
In some cases, the military helps its troops obtain cre-dentials while still serving, he noted. Some military health care professionals, for exam-ple, obtain licenses while in service so they can work part time.
But that license may not apply once the military mem-ber separates from service and moves to another state. “We want that state to have an expedited enforcement policy so that member’s cur-rent, valid license is more eas-ily transferred,” Kringer said.
Others come into the military with a license, then separate from service and stay in the same state where they obtained their license, but may no longer meet require-ments. A solution would be for states to give these service members an opportunity to continue working with a temporary license while they complete the additional requirements, he said.
Kringer acknowledged states’ concerns about the impact of swifter and easier credentialing. “They ask, ‘Are you telling us to lower our standards [or] take unqualified people into our profession?’ The answer is a profound no. We don’t want unqualified people out there, but we don’t want service members to have to repeat what they have,” he said.
Kringer said he’s aware that service members’ train-ing and experience may not always equate to civilian requirements, but even some percentage is better than none. Troops may meet only 50 percent of the require-ments, he noted, but then “we’ll show them and help them get the other 50 per-cent. We don’t want any mili-tary member to have to start
at ground zero.”Officials started working
with the states on these issues and possible solutions last year, Kringer said.
“Last year, we had six states that either adopted all or significant parts of the leg-islation,” he said. “This year, we have sponsors identified and in some cases legislation already dropped in 23 states. This is something that is actively moving.”
Along with their state efforts, officials also are work-ing with national credential-ing agencies, noted fellow panelist Marion Cain, DOD’s associate director for training readiness and strategy. “About 60 percent of employers don’t understand what military training and education expe-rience [means], how that really relates to their job,” he said. The same is true with national credentialing agen-cies, he added.
Officials need to ascertain what these agencies are look-ing for, what information they need and how military training can be matched up with civilian training to facilitate credentialing, Cain explained.
As they ask states and agencies to do their part to help, military officials must step up as well, Kringer said. DOD needs to do a better job at making military training understandable to civilian credentialing agencies, he acknowledged. Most agencies are accustomed to assessing training, he explained, but aren’t well equipped to assess military training.
“The language isn’t the same,” he noted. “We’ve been tasked to do that better. If we’re going to ask them to do something, we need to step up to the plate.”
Military transcripts, for example, need to contain standardized information to ensure they’re meaningful to credentialing agencies, Kringer explained. Toward this end, officials are gather-ing transcripts to compare what’s in them already and what needs to change.
Three states – Maryland, Washington and Illinois – have agreed to evaluate these transcripts and see how DOD can make them more meaningful to a credentialing agency, he said. They’re also asking credentialing agencies and academic institutions to review these transcripts.
Once that assessment is complete, DOD will report its findings to the services to initiate changes, Kringer said, noting this should be com-pleted within the next month or so.
Kringer also cited the need for more Veterans Affairs Department-approved licens-
ing and certification agencies. Veterans can be reimbursed through VA for the cost of taking approved licens-ing and credentialing tests. However, veterans often aren’t aware of which agencies are VA-approved, and they don’t have a central repository of agencies they can access. Compounding the issue, many agencies will wait until a military member asks to take the test before asking VA for approval.
“We want to provide vet-erans more options of agen-cies approved by the VA so veterans can use their VA benefits,” Kringer said.
VA and the Labor Department are work-ing to build a repository of VA-approved agencies, he said, that will list which agencies are approved for testing. VA officials also will work through states to contact other agencies and request that they ask to be VA-approved in advance of a testing request to expand troops’ options.
Officials also are looking to expand the services’ appren-ticeship programs, Cain noted. In these programs, service members in technical trades, such as machinists or lathe operators, are assigned a program of instruction involving class and task completion. Once require-ments are fulfilled, the Labor Department issues the service member a certificate.
“This is a huge advantage when getting out and look-ing to get hired by one of the trade unions,” he said.
The Army and Air Force, however, don’t have appren-ticeship programs, Cain noted. Officials are exploring the idea of expanding other services’ programs -- which encompass 123 trades and about 58,000 service mem-bers -- to the Army and Air Force.
“We’re working very closely with our partners at the Department of Labor to make this happen,” he said. “I think we’re going to make a lot of progress here.”
Officials also are in the process of assessing the ser-vices’ credentialing programs. Some programs have mapped military occupation codes and credentials to civilian jobs and credentials, Kringer said. But others aren’t as cur-rent, he acknowledged. The goal is to develop a common standard for al service mem-bers, and then determine what it will take to bring all of the services up to that stan-dard, he explained, so service members “have access to the same kind and level and qual-ity … of information.”
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