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August 29, 2013

The WaterlineThe WaterlineVol. XXX No. 34

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NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION

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INSIDEAround the Yardpage 2

ObservancesHighlightthe Importanceof Eye Carepage 7

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By Patrick GordonNDW Waterline writer

Chief Petty Officer (CPO) selects fromcommands throughout Naval DistrictWashington (NDW) have been workinghard through their CPO 365 training sinceNavy chief selection board results were an-nounced in early August. As part of theirtraining, the region’s selectees held a “burg-er burn” at the Washington Navy Yard Aug.21 to raise funds for the Chief’s Mess theywill soon join.

The event itself was more than just afund raiser, though. As with every part oftheir training as CPO selects, a lesson was atthe root of the evolution. The more than 20selectees participated under the supervisionof their chief, senior chief and master chiefmentors, as a means of learning to workwith and depend on one another.

“Events like the burger burn and every-thing else have really been an eye opener anda team effort,” said CPO selectee Chief Cryp-tologic Technician (Collection) (Select) Ja-mar Salters. “Not only have they been a wayto meet the community, but they’re a way toreally get involved with the other chiefs. It’s

taught us to rely on our fellow chiefs and letsus know that we’ve got the support of the[Chief’s] Mess, like they have the support ofus. I’ve definitely learned a lot.”

Support for the event was noticeable, witha line of customers stretching half of a blockfor the majority of the two-hour cookout.

“It feels great to see everyone out heresupporting our chief selects,” said ChiefInformation Systems Technician (Select)Dedric Richardson. “Civilians, military, andespecially the ‘geniuses’ - the chiefs, seniorchiefs, and master chiefs - have really comeout in good numbers to let us know that it’sone team, one fight.”

Even those in charge of training these new-est deck plate leaders of the Navy were im-pressed with the amount of effort and coop-eration the selectees showed during the event.

“The cookout was great,” said Chief Yeo-man Rick Riley, one of the mentors and CPO365 instructors for the region’s CPO select-ees. “It has been well organized, the foodwas good, the service was fast, and it’s reallygreat to see [the selectees] working together

NDW Chief Selects Hold Burger Burn as they Work toward Their Anchors

U.S. Navy photo by Patrick Gordon

Chief Petty Officer (CPO) selectees from various commands in Naval Dis-trict Washington participate in a “burger burn” to raise funds for the Chief’sMess during their CPO-365 training. The training prepares the CPO select-ees for their new positions as deckplate leaders of tomorrow’s U.S. Navy.See Burger Burn, Page 6

By Patrick GordonNDW Waterline writer

Naval District Washington (NDW) is be-ginning to implement new initiatives to helpcombat sexual assault in the Navy.

Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) RayMabus announced the change in July, ap-proving nearly $10 million for additionalresources for investigators and a new initia-tive designed to enhance accountability andtransparency across the Department of theNavy. The additional funds will be used tohire more than 50 additional Naval CriminalInvestigative Service (NCIS) Family and Sex-ual Violence Program personnel Navywideto shorten investigation times. Additionally,Mabus directed the Navy and Marine Corpsto regularly publish online the results ofeach service’s courts-martial.

NDW is preparing its personnel in lightof Mabus’ announcement.

“The goal of the program is to eliminatesexual assault in the Navy; all of the existingand new initiatives are geared toward that

end,” said Kim Reese, NDW Regional SexualAssault Response Coordinator (SARC). “TheNavy has had a sexual assault preventionand response program in place since 1994with Navy Sexual Assault Victim Interven-tion [SAVI] and now Sexual Assault Preven-tion and Response [SAPR]. There is a power-ful commitment to victim centered servicesand support and to the criminal justice pro-cess that holds offenders accountable forcrimes they are found guilty of. Additionally,Department of Defense civilian and activeduty military are being taught at an unprec-edented level how to intervene safely whenthey believe there may be someone at riskof being assaulted. In order to achieve ourgoal of elimination of sexual assault fromthe Navy we really do all need to engage in‘One Team, One Fight.’”

Reese said that while it is not certain yetwhat kind of increase the region can expect,SAPR training has continued to run priorto and since the SECNAV’s announcement

Naval District Washington ImplementingNew Initiatives to Navy SAPR Program

U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Kiona Miller

Jim Thrift, self-defense instructor for Calvert Mixed Martial Arts, performsa self-defense move for participants during a self-defense class as part ofseveral events that took place in Naval District Washington (NDW) duringlast year’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month in April 2012. NDW is begin-ning to implement new initiatives to help combat sexual assault in the Navyas announced by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus. See SAPR, Page 5

From Naval History andHeritage CommandPublic Affairs

The Navy museums, which ad-justed their hours as a result of thefederal furlough, have returned totheir normal operating hours. Ad-ditionally, the Navy’s archives andNavy Department Library, locatedon the Washington Navy Yard,will reopen starting Aug. 26, NavalHistory and Heritage Command(NHHC) officials announced.

The following Navy museumswere affected by closing Mondaysand have resumed normal hours:

- National Museum of the U.S.Navy (Washington, D.C.)

- National Naval Aviation Mu-seum (Pensacola, Fla.)

- Great Lakes Naval Museum(Great Lakes, Ill.)

- Hampton Roads Naval Mu-seum (Norfolk, Va.)

- U.S. Submarine Force Mu-seum and Historic Ship Nautilus(Groton, Conn.)

- U.S. Navy Seabee Museum(Port Hueneme, Calif.)

- Naval Museum Northwest(Naval Undersea Museum, Key-port, Wash.)

- U.S. Naval War College Mu-seum (Newport, R.I.)

- U.S. Naval Academy Museum(Annapolis, Md.)

The Naval Museum Northwest(Puget Sound Naval Museum,Bremerton, Wash.) was closed onFridays and is back to its normalhours.

Before planning to visit, pleasevisit themuseums’ respective web-sites to check hours of operation.

NHHC, which operates theNavy’s museums, the Departmentof the Navy Library, and Navy Ar-chives, has also returned to normalpublic access hours, although ac-cess tomany of its holdings remain

limited due to ongoing remedia-tion efforts.

In 2012, NHHC and Washing-ton Navy Yard Public Works col-laborated on a major archivalstorage facility renovation projectfor buildings 108 and 44 which istargeted for completion as early as2014. The ongoing project will re-sult in accommodating 12,000 cu-bic feet paper, microform and digi-tal media storage space with newenvironmental controls. Addition-ally, refurbishment of the archivesspaces andmold decontaminationstarted earlier this year, and thework will continue into next year.

For more information and toaccess the Navy museum websites, please see http://www.his-tory.navy.mil/museums/index.html .

For the latest news on navalhistory, please see http://www.navy.mil/local/navhist/.

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The burger burns!

Legalman 2nd Class Victor RollingDefense Service Office North

Washington Navy Yard

Just all the fund raisers and stuff.

Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua OldsMilitary Sealift CommandWashington Navy Yard

I pretty much stay away; just try tostay out of their way while the selct-ees are doing their CPO 365 stuff.

Information Systems Technician 2nd ClassDon Honeywell

Display Ship BarryWashington Navy Yard

U.S. Navy photo by MC1 Patrick Gordon

Force Master Chief of the Navy Reserve Christopher Wheel-er stands with Reserve Sailor of the Year candidates at theNational Museum of the United States Navy. Naval Historyand Heritage Command Navy Museums across the UnitedStates have returned to their normal hours with the an-nouncement of the end of furloughs.

Naval Museums, History and Heritage Headquarters Return to Normal Hours

What do you notice most about Chief Petty Officer Selectee season?

Around the Yard

Thursday, August 29, 2013 3Waterline

August 291861 - U.S. squadron captures

forts at Hatteras Inlet, N.C.1862 - Union gunboat Pittsburgh

support Army troops in landing atEunice, Ark.

1915 - Navy salvage divers raiseF-4, first U.S. submarine sunk in ac-cident.

1916 - Congress passes act for ex-pansion of Navy but most ships notcompleted until after World War I.

1964 - USS Boxer (CV-21) andtwo LSDs arrive off coast of Hispan-iola to give medical aid to Haiti andthe Dominican Republic which werebadly damaged by Hurricane Cleo.

August 301913 - Navy tests Sperry gyro-

scopic stabilizer (automatic pilot).1929 - Near New London, Conn.,

26 officers and men test Momsenlung to exit submerged USS S-4.

1961 - Two Cuban frigates fire ona Naval Reserve aircraft on a train-ing mission over international wa-ters.

August 311842 - Congress replaces the

Board of Navy Commissioners, agroup of senior officer who oversawnaval technical affairs, with the fivetechnical Bureaus, ancestors of theSystems Commands. One of the1842 Bureau, the Bureau of Medi-cine and Surgery, continues to serveunder its original name.

1943 - Commissioning of USSHarmon (DE-678), first Navy shipnamed for an African AmericanSailor.

1944 - Carrier task group beginsthree-day attack on Iwo Jima andBonin Islands.

1962 - Last flight of Navy airshipmade at NAS Lakehurst, N.J.

September 11781 - French fleet traps British

fleet at Yorktown, Va.1814 - USS Wasp captures HMS

Avon.1925 - Cmdr. John Rodgers and

crew of four in PN-9 run out of fuelon first San Francisco to Hawaiiflight. Landing at sea, they rigged asail and set sail for Hawaii.

1941 - U.S. assumes responsibil-ity for trans-Atlantic convoys fromArgentia, Canada, to the meridianof Iceland.

1942 - Establishment of AirForce, Pacific Fleet, headed by ViceAdm. Aubrey W. Fitch.

1942 - First Seabee unit to servein a combat area, 6th Naval Con-struction Battalion, arrives on Gua-dalcanal.

1945 - USS Benevolence (AH-13)evacuates civilian internees fromtwo internment camps near Tokyo,Japan.

September 21918 - Navy ships and crews as-

sist earthquake victims of Yokoha-ma and Tokyo, Japan.

1940 - Destroyer-for-Basesagreement between U.S. and UnitedKingdom established.

1944 - USS Finback (SS-230) res-cues Lt. j.g. George H. W. Bush ofVT-51, shot down while attackingChichi Jima.

1945 - Japan signs surrenderdocuments on board USS Missouri(BB-63) at anchor in Tokyo Bay.Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz signsfor the U.S. In different ceremonies,Japanese forces on Palau Islands,Truk, and on Pagan Island and Rotain the Marianas surrender.

September 31782 - As a token of gratitude for

French aid during American Revo-lution, the U.S. gives America (firstship-of-the-line built by U.S.) toFrance to replace a French ship lostin Boston.

1783 - Signing of Treaty of Parisends American Revolution.

1885 - First classes at U.S. NavalWar College begin.

1925 - Crash of rigid airship USSShenandoah (ZR-1) near Byesville,Ohio.

1943 - American landings on Laeand Salamaua.

1944 - First combat employmentof a missile guided by radio and tele-vision takes place when Navy droneLiberator, controlled by EnsignJames M. Simpson in a PV, flew toattack German submarine pens onHelgoland Island, Germany.

1945 - Japanese surrender WakeIsland in ceremony on board USSLevy (DE-162).

September 41804 - USS Intrepid, under Lt.

Richard Somers, blew up in failedattack on Tripoli.

1941 - In what becomes knownas “The Greer Incident,” a Germansubmarine, U-652, attacks USSGreer (DD-145), which was trackingthe submarine southeast of Iceland.Greer is not damaged, but dropsdepth charges, damaging U-652.The incident occurred before theU.S. was formally at war with Ger-many.

1954 - Icebreakers, USS Bur-ton Island (AGB-1) and USCGNorthwind (WAGB-282), completefirst transit of Northwest passagethrough McClure Strait.

1954 - P2V Neptune aircraft fromVP-19 shot down by Soviet aircraftnear Swatow, China.

1960 - USS Bushnell (AS-15) andUSS Penguin (ASR-12) begin reliefoperations in Marathon, Fla., afterHurricane Donna.

This Week in Navy History

Photo courtesy of the Naval History and Heritage Command

Surrender of Japan, Tokyo Bay, Sept. 2, 1945. Fleet Adm.Chester W. Nimitz signs the Instrument of Surrender asUnited States Representative, aboard USS Missouri (BB-63),Sept. 2, 1945. Standing directly behind him are, from left-to-right, General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Adm. WilliamF. Halsey, and Rear Adm. Forrest Sherman.

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Centralized SchedulingMilitary and Family Support Center

(MFSC) located on Joint Base AnacostiaBolling introduces a comprehensive cen-tralized scheduling service for your indi-vidual appointment needs. One call to ourscreeners gets you an appointment forpre-separation briefs, employment servic-es, clinical counseling, personal financialmanagement, relocation, deployment and ahost of other programs and services. MFSCis here to support you and stands ready toassist with every career and life change.Contact our Centralized Scheduling Centerfor individual, marriage and family counsel-ing, individual resume assistance, financialcounseling, relocation assistance or deploy-ment/reintegration support. Please call202-685-6019 to schedule an appointment.

CAREER SUPPORTAND RETENTION

The Transition AssistanceManagement Program (TAMP)

Offers an array of services and benefitsto transitioning service members, includingcomputers setup for individuals to go onlineto different job banks, college and scholar-ship resources and career assessment tools.Resume Writing Workshops are offeredwhich includes Federal Resume WritingInterview Skills, information on veterans’benefits and a professional resource library;Two TAP Seminars and one Executive TAPSeminar - five-day programs - are offeredmonthly sponsored by the departments ofLabor and Veteran Affairs, and include in-formation that will benefit the transitioningmilitary member.

Family Employment ReadinessProgram (FERP)

Offers seven basic services, which in-clude job search strategies, job readiness,resource information, job referral service,individual counseling assistance, careerplanning and links to education and volun-teer opportunities.

Improve your speaking skills withHelmsmen Toastmasters

Join us Thursdays, 7:30-8:45 a.m., atthe Pentagon Library and ConferenceCenter. Toastmasters is an internationalorganization that helps everyone speak,think, lead and listen better. For more info,contact Carl Sabath at [email protected], 703-695-2804, or Elizabeth Femriteat [email protected], 571-256-8674. Remember, great Helmsmensay, “Yes!” To learn more about HelmsmenToastmasters, visit http://helmsmen.toast-mastersclubs.org

Pre-Separation BriefingsService members preparing to transition

from military to civilian life are requiredby law to attend a pre-separation counsel-ing briefing. The pre-separation brief is de-signed to make transitioning military mem-bers aware of all the services and benefitsavailable to them and their family membersunder Transition GPS. These briefings willprovide the information necessary to makemore informed decisions. For your conve-nience the pre-separation counseling brief-ing is available through one-on-one ap-pointments at Military and Family SupportCenter and can be made through Central-ized Scheduling at 202-685-6019.

DEPLOYMENT READINESS/FAMILY SERVICES

Personal Financial Management (PFM)Program offers individual and family fi-

nancial counseling, financial classes, andis responsible for the Command Financialspecialist training in the Region (NDW).

Life Skills EducationProvides presentations to help com-

mands meet requirements, as well as en-hance operational and personal readinessincluding parenting skills training, couplescommunication, anger and stress man-agement, conflict resolution, Child AbuseAwareness, Spouse Abuse Awareness andsuicide prevention. Trainings can be cus-tomized to fit needs of the command.

New Parent Support Program (NPS)Assists new parents in coping with the

demands of parenting and military lifethrough parenting education and train-ing and home visits to new parents priorto delivery and after delivery; informationand referral for military and community re-sources; child development screenings andmonitoring. All active duty members andtheir families who are pregnant and or havechildren in the home from infancy to threeyears old are eligible for these home visita-tion services.

Deployment/mobilization/readinessAssisting Sailors and familymembers pre-

pare for deployment, manage separationsand reunite and reintegrate with families andcommunity through services including theFamily Accountability and Assessment Sys-tem, Individual augmentee (IA) Indoc Courseand Deployed Family Fun Days.

Exceptional Family MemberProgram (EFMP)

Provides assistance to service memberswith special needs children and familymembers with medical needs including re-source referral to medical, counseling andeducational services, support groups andcare providers. Assists in finding duty sta-tions where needs are met. Mandatory en-rollment per OPNAVINST 1754.2D.

Fitness Center - Phase 3The Washington Navy Yard Fitness Cen-

ter, located in W-22, is undergoing a majorrenovation project that began February 27,2013 and is expected to continue throughmid-October, 2013. Each phase will havecustomer impacts; possible closures, al-ternative workout sites and relocation offitness equipment. Phase Two is nearingcompletion and below you will find detailsregarding the transition from Phase Two toPhase Three.

Phase 3 renovations of the 1st Floor GymArea began Aug. 19. The 1st Floor Gym Areaand 2nd Floor Cardio Area will be closedduring this phase of the renovation project.The fitness equipment will be relocated tothe Tennis Court Area in Building 73.

Racquetball Court #2 will also be closedduring this phase. Please coordinate yourcourt reservations at the front desk for useof racquetball court #1.

During all phases of this renovation thattowel service will be suspended due to lim-ited access to laundry facilities. Building73 will serve as an alternative fitness facil-ity throughout the renovations. Please beaware that Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling Fit-ness Centers are also available for use dur-ing renovations.

For further information and updatesthroughout this major renovation project,please do not hesitate to ask the staff mem-

bers at the Washington Navy Yard FitnessCenter. You can also sign-up at the frontdesk for renovation email alerts or by email-ing the NSAWMWRMarketing Departmentat [email protected]. Pleaseprovide your full name and email address.

CMWR Ice Cream SocialsWNY, Bldg. 22 -Town Center/Fitness Center- Sept. 5 & 19

NEX Barbershop Rate IncreaseNEXCOM is dedicated to provide our

service members with the best services pos-sible. In this continuous effort to enhancethese services the NEX Barbershop locatedat WNY Bldg 22 will need to increase thecost of haircut services from $9 to $9.25.Thank you for your service and patronagein support of NEXCOM’s

Mordecai Booth’s Hours ChangeMordecai Booth’s, located on the ground

floor of Building 101 on the WashingtonNavy Yard, has changed its hours. The newhours of operation are Tuesday-Friday,2:30-8:30 p.m. Come on in and enjoy thesame great service at a new time!

2013 Ombudsman & Key Spouse Ap-preciation Luncheon

Sept. 18 | 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.| Bolling Club-Tuskegee Room, Joint Base Anacostia Bolling

This appreciation luncheon is to honor theOmbudsman and Key Spouses who devotetheir volunteer hours to serve the families intheir command/squadron. For reservationsplease call 202-404-1640. Tickets are $20 forclub members, and $22 for non-members.Please purchase tickets by Sept. 16.


FFR/MWR Phone numbersFitness CentersWashington Navy Yard, bldg. 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-2282/2829

Information, Tickets & Travel (ITT)Ticket Office, WNY Bldg. 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-2484

Travel Office, WNY Bldg. 184 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 685-8299

Food & BeverageCatering & Conference Center, WNY Bldg. 211 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-3041/4312

Mordecai Booth’s Public House, WNY Bldg. 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 678-0514

Military and Family Support CenterMFSC, JBAB Bldg. 72 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-6151

MFSC, JBAB Bldg. 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 767-0450

Other Important NumbersFFR Administrative Office, WNY Bldg. 101. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-3659

FFRP Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-4052

MWRDirector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-4662

MWRMarketing Department, WNY Bldg. 101. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-5912

Regional Child Placement Office, JBAB Bldg. 414. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-3055

Family Housing Office, JBAB Bldg. 414 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 433-0346

Liberty Program/Center, JBAB Bldg. 72. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 685-1802

Outdoor Recreation/Equipment Rental, JBAB, Bldg. 928 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 767-9136

Navy Gateway Inns & Suites, JBAB, Bldg. 602 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 404-7050

NSA Washington-JBAB Fleet Family and Fun

Correction:In an advertisement for services at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

(Comprint Military Newspapers, August 22, 2013), the wrong advertisement was post-ed. The new Chief of Staff at Walter Reed Bethesda is Capt. Sarah Martin, not Col. Ra-mona Fiorey as reported. Martin joinedWalter Reed Bethesda as second in Commandin July of this year. We regret the error and any confusion it may have caused. For moreabout Walter Reed National Military Medical Center go to:

www.wrnmmc.capmed.mil


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with up-to-date operating hours of the Navy Yard portion of DC’s Riverwalk.Follow us on Twitter @WNYRiverwalk - http://twitter.com/WNYRiverwalk.

DSO Changes Walk-in HoursDefense Service Office North has changed walk-in hours to Monday, Tuesday and

Wednesday from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. DSO North is the local office for legal defenseservices. Attorneys are available to provide advice to servicemembers regarding nonju-dicial punishments, summary courts-martial, Article 138 and 1150 complaints, admin-istrative separation processing, hardship discharges and suspect’s rights. Consultationsare confidential. DSO is located onboard WNY in Building 200, Suite 1200. Servicemembers should present in uniform.

Wearing of Portable headphones, earphones, and Bluetooth devices:Thewearing of portable headphones, earphones, cellular hands-free devices, radios,

recording devices or other portable listening devices while running, jogging, walking,bicycling, skating, or skate boarding in roadways and streets interfereswith and impairsrecognition of emergency signals, alarms, announcements, and the approach of EVs.

NSAWpersonnel are advised use of these deviceswhile performing the noted activi-ties aboardNSAW fence line installations is prohibited. (TRAFFICOPNAVINST5100.12J)

Helmsmen ToastmastersWant to improve your speaking and leadership skills? Come to Helmsmen Toast-

masters! Join us Thursdays,7:30-8:45 a.m., at the Pentagon Library and ConferenceCenter (PLCC). Toastmasters is an international organization that helps everyonespeak, think, lead and listen better. For more info, contact Annika L’Ecuyer ([email protected] or 703-614-7160) or Elizabeth Femrite ([email protected] or 571-256-8674). More information can be found at the HelmsmenToastmasters website, http://helmsmen.toastmastersclubs.org.

Influenza Shot Exercise (Shot-Ex)BranchHealth ClinicWashington Navy Yard is offering Shot Exercises to individu-

al commands for active duty personnel on the Navy Yard. The Influenza vaccinationis an annual requirement for all Active Duty members and will be conducted fromSept. 2 to Nov. 1. The benefit of using Shot Exercises is to allow medical personnelto administer a mass number of influenza vaccines at designated location providedby commands, reducing wait times for patients and loss of work hours. Shot Exerciserequirements are only available to Active Duty members. A command must havea minimum of 25 personnel and a completed command executive approval form.

For scheduling, please contact HM2Hansen via email at [email protected] or by telephone at: 202-433-3730/0880 no later than Oct. 16.

2013 National Day of RemembranceAmericans across the country will honor the victims and heroes of the 9/11 trag-

edy by serving their neighbors and communities as part of the second federally rec-ognized “National Day of Remembrance.” This year’s Joint Services “National Day ofRemembrance” project will take place Sept. 14 from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the HistoricCongressional Cemetery, 1801 E Street South East, Washington, D.C. Military per-sonnel and their family members as well as DoD civilians will restore grave markers,remove weeds, do some tree planting and engage in minor landscaping around thecemetery roadways and path to the 9/11 Memorial. Volunteers will receive T-shirts,water and lunch. In the event there are questions regarding the weather, call 202-543-0539. This is a great venue for students of American history and an opportunityto earn community service hours. For on-line registration go to www.cnic.navy.mil/ndw, click on the category “About”, scroll to community service.

Air Force - 202-404-3196Army - 202-685-0493Coast Guard - 202-372-4087Navy - 202-433-6854Marines - 202-433-0016

NDW NewsReviewed by Cmdr.Youssef Aboul-Enein

All Laws But One: CivilLiberties in Wartime by thelate Chief Justice of the Su-preme Court of the UnitedStates William J. Rehnquist.First published by Knopfand reissued in 2000 in pa-perback by Vantage.

Our business within theintelligence community is aprivilege and a sacred trust,as such the education of ourfuture leaders include semi-nars on civil liberties. Amongthe books assigned at theNational Intelligence Uni-versity to students is a slimbut potent volume by thelate Chief Justice of the Unit-ed States Supreme CourtWilliam Rehnquist in whichhe eloquently discusses thecomplexities of balancingcivil liberties and nationalsecurity. Rehnquist cites cas-es from the American CivilWar to World War II, as theyform a foundation to the se-rious discourse on balanc-ing civil liberty and nationalsecurity demands. Even inthe 21st century, cases fromthe American Civil War likeMerryman, Milligan, andVallandingham, and the Ko-rematsu case in the SecondWorld War are still debatedin light of the transnationalwar on terrorism.

Chief Justice Rehnquisttakes his title from Presi-dent Abraham Lincoln’s July4, 1861 message to a specialsession of Congress. Lin-coln discussed the danger inupholding an unjust law atthe expense of the collapseof the Union. MaintainingAmerica’s cherished idealsare vital and such debatesshould not be caught upin hysteria or overinflatedsound bites. The AmericanCivil War takes center stagein the book and opens with

Lincoln’s decision to sus-pend Habeas Corpus. Aconstitutional right derivedfrom English common law,it directs officials to showcause for the detention ofa prisoner. Rehnquist laysout the events, persons,and tortuous route Lincolntook to make this decision.Language is important, andSecretary of State WilliamH.Seward, Gen. Winfield Scott,and Lincoln characterizedsecession as an insurrec-tion tied to a breakdown ofpublic order. Lincoln issuedhis order April 27, 1861, des-ignating the armed forcesto suspend Habeas Corpusbetween the cities of Phila-delphia and Washington,D.C., for the reason of pub-lic safety. These were menwell versed in the 1786 ShaysRebellion, the 1791 WhiskeyRebellion, and PresidentAndrew Jackson’s threat tosend forces to South Caro-lina which threatened tosecede over federal tariffs.An entire chapter is dedi-cated to infamous SupremeCourt Justice Roger Taney’srebuke of Lincoln’s decisionto suspend Habeas Corpus.Taney issued the infamousDred Scott decision denyingcitizenship rights to Ameri-cans of African descent.

Other cases include Oli-ver Wendell Holmes’ unani-mous decision to punishthose who counseled otherpersons to evade the draftduring World War I, and Jus-tice Learned Hand’s rulingthat those inciting by wordto evade the draft is not a vi-olation of the Espionage Act.Then there are the cases ofchallenging the detention of100,000 Japanese-Americansduring World War II. Theseinstances beg the questionof how the Supreme Courtcan uphold such injustices,though America has theinstitutions and courts toremedy injustice and offera mechanism to challengeviolations of civil liberties.Rehnquist reminds us of theimportance of assessing thegovernment’s claims of ne-cessity as a basis for curtail-ing civil liberties. He endsthe book with, “The laws willthus not be silent in timeof war, but they will speakwith a somewhat differentvoice.” These cases andthis book remain relevant asthe United States maintainsits values while counteringterrorism on such topics assurveillance, detentions,and profiling. Pick up ChiefJustice Rehnquist’s bookat your local community orbase library.

Editor’s Note: Cmdr.Aboul-Enein’s latest book,“The Secret War for theMid-dle East,” which discussesWorld War II intelligenceoperations in the MiddleEast, will be published thisOctober by Naval InstitutePress. His first book “Mili-tant Islamist Ideology,” alsopublished by Naval Insti-tute, went paperback thisSeptember. He maintains aregular book review columnin the Naval District Wash-ington, Waterline.

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with positive results.“I am encouraged by the honest and

sometimes difficult conversations peopleare having as a result of SAPR training,”said Reese. “And I am hopeful that it hasbrought a new level of awareness to all ofus, and that it is helpful in the fight to pre-vent this crime. Currently SARCs are provid-ing sexual assault awareness and bystandertype of training to the resident advisors inbarracks, and commands are working rightnow on completing the training of all of ourcivilian staff. We expect this will all be doneby the end of September.”

The mission of the Navy’s SAPR programis to prevent and respond to sexual assault,eliminating it from the ranks through a bal-ance of focused education, comprehensiveresponse, compassionate advocacy, andjust adjudication in order to promote pro-fessionalism, respect, and trust, while pre-serving Navy mission readiness. It aims topromote and foster a culturally aware and

informed Navy respectful of all, intolerantof sexual assault, and supported by a syn-ergistic program of prevention, advocacy,and accountability. The SAPR programmaintains that sexual assault affects Navyreadiness, and that the Navy is committedto preventing sexual assault.

“Our Navy and Marine Corps is thegreatest maritime force the world has everknown. To uphold our core values of honor,courage, and commitment, we must do allwe can to protect our people from thosewho would wish to do them harm, especial-ly if they reside within our own ranks,” saidMabus. “This department is fully committedto using all available resources to preventthis crime, aggressively investigate allega-tions and prosecute as appropriate. We willnot hide from this challenge - we will be ac-tive, open and transparent.”

For more information on availableSAPR training contact your installationSAPR representative.

For more information on the Depart-ment of the Navy’s SAPR program, visitwww.sapr.navy.mil.

For more information on NDW, visitwww.facebook.com/NavDistWash.

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to accomplish their goals.Riley added that community

involvement is as much a part ofthe CPO selectee training processas other traditions such as the“charge book,” a book of recom-mendations, encouragement, andwords of wisdom from the select-ees’ prospective CPO colleagues.Other events planned for the

region’s CPO selectees include carwashes, community service proj-ects, and a 5k run at HendersonHall in Arlington, Va.CPO 365, a year-long devel-

opment and training process forfirst class petty officers, was firstintroduced in 2010 under formerMaster Chief Petty Officer of theNavy Rick West. It includes twophases, the first of which beginsin September each year. Phasetwo of training begins when CPOselectees are announced and con-cludes with the anchor-pinningceremony making the selecteesfull-fledged Navy chiefs.For more information and pho-

tos about CPO selectee events inNDW, visit www.facebook.com/NavDistWash.

U.S. Navy photos by Patrick Gordon

CPO selectee wears his Na-tional Capital Region CPOselectee PT shirt while grill-ing burgers. CPO selecteesfrom various commands inNaval District Washingtonparticipate in a “burger burn”to raise funds for the Chief’sMess during their CPO-365training. The training pre-pares the CPO selectees fortheir new positions as deckplate leaders of tomorrow’sU.S. Navy.

CPO selectees from various commands in Naval District Washington prepare burgers andhot dogs at a “burger burn” to raise funds for the Chief’s Mess during their CPO-365 train-ing.

One of the flags of the Naval District Washington FY-14CPO selectee cycle displays the rating patches of all theselectees from the region.

Chief Petty Officer (CPO) selectees from various commands in Naval District Washington pose for a group shot duringtheir CPO-365 training.

Master Chief Yeoman (SW/AW) Shawn Newcoste gives in-struction to CPO selectees from various commands in Na-val District Washington during their CPO-365 training.

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By Cat DeBinderWRNMMC JournalStaff Writer

Protecting the eyes isimportant, and the Depart-ments of Defense and Vet-erans Affairs are playing aleading role in promotingresearch and efforts to pre-vent, diagnose and treat eyeinjuries and diseases.

The Department of De-fense (DOD)/Department ofVeterans Affairs (VA) VisionCenter of Excellence (VCE)opened at Walter Reed Na-tional Military Medical Cen-ter (WRNMMC) last year witha mission of leading and ad-vocating programs and initia-tives to improve visionhealth,optimize readiness and en-hance quality of life for ser-vice members and veterans,according to VCE officials.

In 2012, improvised ex-plosive device (IED) blastsin Afghanistan caused 78percent of all battlefieldinjuries. In Iraq, the sameblasts caused 84 percent ofall eye injuries, the VCE re-ports. They add, “Serious eyetrauma from Operation IraqiFreedom and Operation En-during Freedom is the sec-ond most common combatinjury and follows only hear-ing loss, with 16 percent of allcasualties suffering eye dam-age ranging fromdistorted vi-sion to blindness,” accordingto the DOD’s Armed ForcesHealth Surveillance Center.

July was Eye Injury Pre-vention Month, and service

members aren’t the only in-dividuals who need to pro-tect their eyes, which is whyAugust is observed as Chil-dren’s Eye Health and SafetyMonth and Cataract Aware-nessMonth and September isSports and Home Eye SafetyMonth.

The U.S. Department ofHealth and Human Servicesreports that in the UnitedStates, more than 2,000 eyeinjuries occur every day.One hundred of these resultin one or more days of lostwork, according to the Cen-ters for Disease Control andPrevention (CDC). The U.S.Department of Labor, Bureauof Labor Statistics, adds thatmore than 90 percent of eyeinjuries are preventable with

proper precautions and ef-fective eye protection.

Army Maj. (Dr.) Mar-cus Colyer, a staff ophthal-mologist at WRNMMC, saidprotection is the best wayto prevent eye injuries, inaddition to avoiding riskyactivities.“Wear eye protec-tion and avoid high risk ac-tivities that predispose you toeye injury, [such as] playingwith fireworks, hammeringmetal onmetal, etc.,” he said.

He also said exposure tothe sun’s UV (ultraviolet)rays can cause damage to theeyes.

“The cornea and lensof the eye have natural UV


By ShannonSlaughterNaval Air WarfareCenter AircraftDivision PublicAffairs Intern

1-800-ASK-A-LAWYER?Not at the Naval Air War-fare Center Aircraft Division(NAWCAD).

For the past 10 years un-til he retired in July, JamesCarr was the NAWCAD leadcounsel solving legal issuesat Naval Air Station Patux-ent River. Carr didn’t haverequirements to take a case,and, unlike some billboardlawyers, he didn’t ask any-one to open their wallets.

“I like working for thegovernment because youaren’t motivated by fees ormoney,” he said just beforehis retirement. “You aresimply there as a resource,and the challenge is to makeyourself accessible.”

For more than 30 years,Carr represented the De-partment of Defense, a ca-reer that began in the Armyas a member of the JudgeAdvocate General Corpswith duty stations spanningtwo continents.

The NAWCAD lawyerslike to say if someone re-ally likes their support orthey win a case, their “fee”is a tour of what that persondoes, which helps them toconnect to the work they aredoing, Carr said.

May the Record ReflectCarr’s legal career start-

ed at Fort Belvoir in 1983,where his duty assignmentstook him to Germany andback to the U.S. after fouryears of active duty in theArmy. He returned to theU.S. for good in January2004 when his experienceand qualificationsmade hima perfect fit to take over ashead counsel here at Patux-ent River.

So, how did an “Armylawyer” find himself at aNavy base? Carr said it wasthe quality of the people.

“Over the years, I had thepleasure of working with alot of Navy attorneys,” Carrsaid. “Everyone I’d workedwith I was really impressedby and I thought ‘You know,that’s a first class organiza-tion, somewhere I’d want towork.’”

Carr led a team of 23 at-torneys and paralegals hereand at Naval Air EngineeringStation, Lakehurst, N.J. “Ev-ery single one of them wastop notch,” he said.

NAWCAD Executive Di-rector Gary Kessler said Carr

“was one of those lawyersthat anyone would want tohave on their team. He al-ways provided wise counseland was truly interested inthe things we are doing. Heunderstood what our needsare and he developed solu-tions, which is something Ivalued from day one.”

NAWCAD is primarilyfocused on research and en-gineering and Carr said hesaw the legal department asmore on the business andcorporate operations side.“Most people here are engi-neers, scientists, test pilots.People on the operatingend are the smartest groupof people I’ve ever workedwith,” Carr said. “Our jobwas to assist and facilitatethem getting what they wantand what they need.”

No ObjectionsOne of the biggest chal-

lenges Carr said he facedwas getting that messageacross. He said he impressedupon people that legalcounsel wasn’t like gettingyour teeth pulled. Lawyersare not the enemy, he said.They are a resource, and willfind a legal way for clientsto do what they want, if it ispossible.

“Getting to the pointwhere clients trust you andinclude you as part of theteam was important for us,”he said. “I tried to conveythat feeling as the boss, sopeople aren’t adverse tocoming and talking to us.”

The only thing typicalabout his workday, Carrsaid, was that it was alwaysatypical. Cases ranged fromthe normal to the quirky, in-cluding his last case dealingwith protecting radar pro-grams from a new wind en-ergy project on the EasternShore, to a crazy one where

a man claimed to be thelong-lost illegitimate son ofHoward Hughes harboringsecrets about the GlomarExplorer, to a favorite onewhere he ensured the PointNo Point Lighthouse locatedin the Atlantic Test Rangesterritory wasn’t sold to abuyer intending to set up abed and breakfast.

“Things stayed interest-ing,” Carr said.

UPDATE: Carr has spenthis first days of retirementenjoying every sunrise withhis wife, Judy, and Austra-lian shepherd, Scout, as heexplores opportunities forthe next adventure.

Case Closed:Lead Attorney Retires AfterThree Decades Of Service

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With a career that began 30 years ago on activeduty as a member of the Army’s Judge AdvocateGeneral Corps, James Carr represented the De-partment of Defense, with duty stations spanningtwo continents. He retired in July after serving asthe Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’slead counsel at Naval Air Station Patuxent River.

U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Natalie Loucks

Army Pfc. Douglas K. Phillips a member of the 3rdInfantry Division’s Company A, 1st Battalion, 15thInfantry Regiment, deployed to Durai-ya, Iraq, inMay 2007, shows the damage to his face and hiseye protection from a small-arms attack. Phillipscredits eye protection with saving his eye.

Observances Highlightthe Importance Of Eye Care

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Special to the South PotomacPilot

The Navy base that began in 1918 as theLower Station, Dahlgren NavalProving Ground is turning 95years old this year. On Oct.16, the 95th anniversary ofthe first gunfiring at whatis now Naval Support Facil-ity Dahlgren will occur and anumber of events are planned.

Base employees will be able to celebratewith a Parade Field event Oct. 16 from 10 a.m.- 1 p.m. The event will combine the yearly Di-versity Day Celebration with historical exhib-its, a live performance from the Electric Bri-gade Band from the U.S. Naval Academy, anda performance from the Ceremony Guardfrom the Washington Navy Yard. Historictours of the base will also be available for em-ployees, who must reserve a seat in advanceto participate.

The celebration will begin with threeBrown Bag Lunch/Speaker Series events. Allwill feature former Dahlgren residents andemployees reflecting on their lives at Dahl-gren - growing up here, working here, andtheir memories of Dahlgren.

On Sept. 11 at the Community House, for-mer employees and current area residentsJack Meyers and Leon Lysher will join EdJones, retired editor of the Free Lance-Starnewspaper on stage.

On Sept. 18 at the Bldg. 1470 Confer-ence Room, Elizabeth Lyddane Agnew andher husband, Chris Agnew, who both grewup at Dahlgren, will be joined by Jones for around table discussion on growing up herewith Elizabeth’s father Russell Lyddane, aphysicist and former technical director inthe 1950’s who helped shape the base into aresearch and development facility. Lyddane-

Agnew is a current employee of Naval SurfaceWarfare Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD).

The final event will occur Oct. 9 as Mrs.Helen Gray, the mother of Douglas Gray, after

whom Gray’s Landing on the Potomacis named, will join Margie Stevens,

former Dahlgren residentand current contractor forNSWCDD, at Gray’s Landing.Ed Jones will serve as moder-

ator of this event as well. Grayand Stevens, who grew up with Douglas Gray,will remember Dahlgren as it was when theGray family found out they’d lost their son inthe Vietnam War.

All Speaker Series events are free and opento all with base access. Each will be held from11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Former students of Dahlgren School areinvited to participate in a reunion on Satur-day, Oct. 19. The reunion, coordinated by Ste-vens and a team of former students, will in-clude a program by current Dahlgren Schoolstudents. Times are to be determined.

The public may also participate in histor-ic base tours on Sat., Oct. 19. The tours willoriginate at the future home of the DahlgrenHistory Museum at 3540 James MadisonHighway in King George, the site of the oldPotomac Gateway Welcome Center near theNice Bridge. Tours will be available between1 - 4 p.m. and will require a $10 donationto the Dahlgren Museum. Participants maybegin registering for the tours the first weekof September by visiting www.dahlgrenmu-seum.org.

For more information on Dahlgren 95thAnniversary events, contact the Naval Sup-port Activity South Potomac Public AffairsOffice at (540) 653-8153.

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Special to the SouthPotomac Pilot

For only the third time inthe past five years, civiliansare eligible to lease two-bed-room townhomes on NavalSupport Facility Dahlgren.Lincoln Military Hous-

ing (LMH), the manage-ment company for familyhousing units on the base,announced last month thatit is now offering a 6 monthlease on the Townhomesto (in priority order) singleSailors and Sailors in geo-bachelor status and a 12month lease to military re-tirees, Federal Civil Serviceemployees and Federal CivilService retirees.LMH was selected by the

Navy to assume manage-ment of all military familyhousing on Navy installa-tions throughout the mid-Atlantic region in a public-private partnership in 2005.Whereas LMH-managedhousing is normally reservedfor military members andtheir families, the companyhas the option to open on-base housing to non-active-duty military renters whenhousing units are vacant.

Living on base offersa number of benefits. Allutilities are included inmonthly rent. Lawn careand landscaping are pro-vided by LMH.Quality of life facilities,

such as the base aquaticscenter, fitness center, Craft-ech and base theater are justa short walk from the hous-ing area.LMH also sponsors a

number of free programseach month for housingresidents and their familiesto include trips, tickets, con-tests and other events.As an added bonus, chil-

dren in pre-kindergartenthrough eighth grade may

attend the DoD-run Dahl-gren School on base. Thisbenefit would not be ex-tended to military retireesliving in base housing unlessthey are DoD employees.Several units are avail-

able for occupancy imme-diately.Interested parties are re-

quired to undergo a creditcheck and pay a security de-posit. Once a resident’s ini-tial six-month or 12-monthlease expires, the lease auto-matically becomes month-to-month.Interested parties should

contact the Lincoln MilitaryHousing office at (540) 663-2190 for more information.


U.S. Navy photo by Gary Wagner

Townhomes on Naval Support Facility Dahlgrenare now open to civilians for occupancy.

Dahlgren Base HousingOpen to Civilians

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protection, but chronic UV exposure canincrease the risk of cancers of the ocularsurface, such as squamous cell carcinoma,as well as skin growths, called pterygium,”Colyer explained.

“Macular degeneration, the most com-mon cause of blindness in Americans over theage of 65, is probably due in part to UV higherwavelength as well as genetics,” he added.

For the outdoors, doctors recommendusing eyewear that provides as close to 100percent eye protection from UV exposure aspossible. The tint of the lens has nothing to dowith theUVprotection of the lenses, they add.A clear lenswith 100 percent protection is bet-ter for your eyes than a dark, tinted pair with-out UV protection. In fact, dark lenses with-out UV protection can be even worse for youreyes because they allow more UV light to getinto your eyes due to your pupils being larger.There are many safety glasses on the marketthat protect eyes from UV exposure, and allMilitaryCombat Eye Protection, evenwith theclear lenses in place, block 99.9 percent of allUVA and UVB light, according to Michael D.Pattison, Occupational Vision Optometrist atthe U.S. Army Public Health Command.

Cataract formation is another conditiondue in part to UV exposure.

According to Colyer, cataracts are a nor-mal aging process in the eye. The average agea patient might require cataract surgery, themost commonly performed surgery in theUnited States, is 75. There are approximate-ly 50 cases performed at WRNMMC eachmonth, added Coyler.

“Factors that increase the rate of cataractformation include genetics, environmentalconditions and trauma,” he said.

In addition to proper safety eyewear, earlydetection and treatment of eye disease and

other eye conditions is essential to main-taining good vision throughout life, Coylerexplained.

He said some of the signs and symptomsof eye damage and disease include dimin-ished vision, blurriness or distorted vision.

“Blurriness of vision is usually a sign ofchanging eyeglasses prescription, but lostvision (areas of splotchy or missing vision),distorted vision (a doorway looks crookedin a spot), or darkened vision are all signs ofpotentially serious eye disease and requireevaluation,” the doctor explained.

According to the American Academy ofOphthalmology‘s website, staring at yourcomputer screen, smart phone, video gameor other digital devices for long periods won’tcause permanent eye damage, but can causeeyestrain.

“Normally, humans blink about 18 timesa minute, but studies show we blink half thatoften while using computers and other digi-tal screen devices, whether for work or play,”according to American Academy of Ophthal-mology officials.

They recommend sitting about 25 inch-es from the screen, reducing the monitor’sglare, and periodically shifting your eyes tolook at an object 20 feet away, for 20 secondsevery 20 minutes. They call it the “20-20-20Rule.”

In regards to children’s eye health, theAmerican Optometric Association recom-mends eye examinations for infants andchildren at six months and 3 years of age.For school age children, eye examination isrecommended before first grade and everytwo years thereafter. Infants at higher risks,for example from family history, should havean examination as soon as medically practi-cable. Similarly, children with symptoms orhigher risks should also be examined morefrequently.

For more information about the DOD/VAVision Center of Excellence, visit http://vce.health.mil/.

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