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Vol. 5, No. 19 May 16, 2014

INSIDECommander’s

program permitsphysical fitnessduring work hours

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Air Force, Armyjournalists honoredat White House newsphotographers Gala

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Marine wifeselected as

Military Spouseof the YearPage 4

BY ROBERT W. MITCHELLJOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-BOLLING

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With hurricane season fast ap-proaching Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB) conducted an emer-gency readiness and response exer-cise during the last two weeks.

The Navy-wide exercise called“Hurricane Exercise 2014 (HUR-REX-14)” tested the preparation,response, flexibility, resiliency andrecovery of naval installations, in-cluding JBAB.

The Defense Department’snorthern command (NORTHCOM)provided an Emergency Prepared-ness Liasion Officer (ELPO) AirForce Col. Rolandrias Bradford tothe the national capital region.

During the second week of theexercise, Air Force Col. RolandriasBradford provided an overviewof NORTHCOM’s role, capabili-ties and expectations during a realemergency or disaster.

His presentation focused on theavailability of resources at JBAB andits ability to accommodate specialrequests made by high commandto provide or stage equipment or

Joint Base conducts emergency response, readiness exercise

U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY ROBERT W. MITCHELL

Emergency Preparedness Liasion Officer Air Force Col. Rolandrias Bradford briefs key military and civilian personnel during a training exercise at JointBase Anacostia-Bolling. See EXERCISE, Page 5

BY ROBERT W. MITCHELL

JOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-BOLLING

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Elmo, Cookie Monster and awhole host of other furry friendsof the famed Sesame Street castignited a sea of smiles spreadingpure happiness when the SesameStreet USO Experience for militaryfamilies tour came to Joint BaseAnacostia-Bolling (JBAB) May 12.

JBAB Commander Navy Capt.Frank Mays welcomed the eventand kicked off the live perfor-mance with remarks honoringthe families of the brave men andwomen serving in the U.S. military.

“I would like to thank the USOfor bringing this event to Joint

Base Anacostia-Bolling. This eventis good for military families,” Mayssaid to a bubbling gymnasiumteeming with excited preschoolers,elementary students and devotedparents.

“Now I am going to turn it overto the fun people,” he said sendingthe youthful crowd into an uproarof cheers.

Scores of military moms, dadsand kids flocked to the gymnasiumat the JBAB Youth Center to see themid-morning performance featur-ing the popular muppets singing,dancing, sliding and jumping tocatchy show tunes.

Sesame Street Super Star Elmoof “Elmo’s World” wowed thecrowd of mostly little ones with a

dazzling song-ending split to theamazement of all of the kids, par-ents and USO volunteers.

One military family from Vir-ginia applauded the USO forbringing the event to JBAB.

“I think it is great. It helps fami-lies that can’t make it to SesamePlace [a theme park in Pennsyl-vania] or to Sesame Street Live. Itbrings the show to them,” said aNavy petty officer.

The petty officer, his wife andtheir son came to see their favoriteSesame Street character.

“This guy loves Elmo,” the pettyofficer said holding his son.

Sesame Street puts a smile on military families at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling


World famous Muppet Elmo greets military children during the SesameStreet USO Experience for military families at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB). See SESAME, Page 2

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BY ROBERT W. MITCHELL

JOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-BOLLING

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Some Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB) employees willcontinue to have access to a com-mand-sanctioned physical fitnessprogram designed to promote ahealthy lifestyle through exercise.

The Physical Fitness Promo-tion Program runs from Jun 1 – 30providing a variety of exercises forsome JBAB Commander, Navy In-stallations Command (CNIC) civil-ian employees.

The commander’s intent is toencourage and motivate employ-ees to develop a healthy lifestylevia exercise, while enhancing theirquality of life and workplace activ-ity.

Physical activities include run-ning, jogging, walking, cycling,yoga as well as the use of theJBAB Fitness and Aerobic Cen-ters. While related to the overallobjective of physical conditioning,activities such as meditation andnapping are excluded from theprogram.

The program is voluntary andit offers employees a maximum ofthree hours of physical fitness perweek. Each physical fitness sessionis to be 59 minutes long or less ofofficial work time.

Certified Exercise Physiologist

and Health Promotion Coordina-tor at JBAB’s Health and WellnessCenter Janet Grund explained howthe program works.

“When they come in, as a ci-vilian entering into the exerciseprogram, they first get a consultfrom me and in that they will have

an assessment of their Body MassIndex (BMI), which will be indica-tive of their nutrition needs. It willinclude their body fat percentage,which will indicate their fitnesslevel,” Grund said.

This information is then usedto assign a customized “get well”

plan and a tracking service thatwill enable participants to engagein follow- up appointments to seeif the plan is working and to seethat the results are being recorded,she explained.

If the desired physical goals arenot being achieved by those par-

ticipating in the physical fitnessprogram, then specific action willbe taken to target those obstacles,according to Grund.

“If we find barriers to their suc-cess, we then strategize a plan toeliminate those barriers and per-haps get to the bottom of thingswith more specialized testing suchas our metabolic analyzer. Thiswill help us to know exactly howtheir body is metabolizing theircalories,” she explained.

This data, Grund said, assists inthe designing of a customized foodplan for a specific individual.

Grund provides outreach brief-ings on health promotion and pre-ventative medicine urging health-ier lifestyles.

JBAB civilian employees inter-ested in participating or continu-ing to participate in the physicalfitness program are required toobtain approval from their super-visor. For more information aboutthe program contact your super-visor or refer to JBAB NOTE 6110available from the JBAB adminis-trative officer or your supervisor.

For more information on theHealth and Wellness Center call202-404-1563 or email [email protected].

Joint Base commander extends physical fitness program


Running along the track at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB) is one of the exercises Commander, Navy Instal-lations Command employees at JBAB are allowed to engage in during working hours under the command-autho-rized Physical Fitness Promotion Program.

Those who came out to theshow were greeted by six U.S.Navy service members moonlight-ing as USO volunteers. The Sailorsgreeted the families and handedout freebies including a red light-up spinning toy decorated withmini-muppets that go around andaround.

The 30-minute performanceincluded Katie, a character repre-senting amilitary child specificallycreated for the tour, according toUSO tour manager Nicole Mc-Clendon.

“Sesame Street and the USOdecided to do a live show in 2008that focused on military deploy-ments and in 2011, Katie joinedSesame Street to focus on the mil-itary child. This really resonateswith military families,” she said.

Katie’s situation in the showspeaks directly to military familieswhen her Sesame Street friendshelp her open up about her fearsand excitement inmoving to a newplace and making new friends.

The Sesame Street/USO Expe-rience for Military Families tour,now in its sixth year, is the USO’slongest running, traveling tourbased on the Sesame Street’s Mili-tary Families Initiative.

It is expected to perform hun-dreds of shows at military bases inseveral states by the fall of this year.

For more information visithttp://www.uso.org/sesame/.

U.S. NAVY PHOTOS BY ROBERT W. MITCHELL

Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB) Commander Navy Capt. Frank Mayswelcomes parents and children to the Sesame Street USO Experience formilitary families at the JBAB Youth Center.

Sesame Street USO Experience for military families at the Youth Centerat Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB).

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BY SHARON RENEE TAYLORWRNMMC PUBLIC AFFAIRS

STAFF WRITER

Most of us have the secret tosuccess backwards, accordingto Shawn Achor, a psychologicalresearcher, business consultant,and expert on human potential.The bestselling author who at-tended Harvard on a militaryscholarship explained it’s notsuccess that leads to happiness,but happiness that precedes suc-cess.

Staff members at Walter ReedBethesda viewed Achor’s pre-sentation, “The happy secret tobetter work,” in Memorial Au-ditorium April 2. The viewing ofthe short, pre-recorded, globalconference devoted to spread-ing ideas concluded a host ofactivities held in observance ofSocial Work Month. A live, pan-el-discussion with social workersended the workshop.

Achor’s shared his discoveriesfrom corporate and Ivy-leaguestudies that found happy em-ployees are more productive,more creative and better at prob-lem solving than their unhappypeers. According to Achor, if anindividual’s level of positivity israised in the present, then thebrain experiences what he calleda “happiness advantage.”

The brain at “positive” per-forms significantly better thanit does at negative, neutral orstressed, explained the research-er. Intelligence, creativity andenergy levels rise. Achor said hefound that every single business

outcome improves and the hu-man brain is 31 percent moreproductive at positive than nega-tive, neutral or stressed.

“You’re 37 percent better atsales. Doctors are 19 percent fast-er, more accurate at coming upwith the correct diagnosis whenpositive instead of negative, neu-tral or stressed - which means wecan reverse the formula. If we canfind a way of becoming positivein the present, then our brainswork even more successfully aswe’re able to work harder, fasterand more intelligently.”

He cited a 2005 University ofCalifornia study to describe the“happiness advantage” for in-dividuals who operated with a“positive” brain. They were bet-ter at securing and keeping jobs,more resilient, experienced su-perior productivity, less burnoutor turnover, and achieved greatersales.

“It’s not necessarily the real-ity that shapes us, but the lensthrough which your brain viewsthe world that shapes your real-ity,” Achor said. “And if we canchange the lens, not only can wechange your happiness, we canchange every single educationaland business outcome at thesame time.”

He explained there are waysto train your brain to becomemore positive in just a 2-minutespan of time done for 21 days in arow, like writing down three newthings you’re grateful for each

The Secret to Happiness at Work

See HAPPINESS, Page 8

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JBAB Commander and theJBAB School Liaison Officerinvite you to participate in around table discussion aboutenhancing educational oppor-tunities for children at JBAB

The agenda will include ask-ing for feedback on the currenteducational landscape, whatyou believe are cornerstones ofan exemplary school and an up-date on the status of JBAB host-ing a DC Public Charter School.

Sessions will last 60 minutesand be moderated by the JBAB

School Liaison OfficerFriday, May 16, 9:30 a.m. or

6:30 p.m. - Bolling Family Hous-ing Community Room

Monday, May 19, 9:30 a.m.or 6:30 p.m. - Bellevue HousingCommunity Center

RSVP required due to limitedseating - visit the following linkto register:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RSVPCharterSchool-Roundtable

Questions.call JBAB SchoolLiaison Officer - 202-433-2566

Military Community RoundTable on Education

BY JOSEPH P. CIRONEJOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-BOLLING

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WASHINGTON --The WhiteHouse News Photographers As-sociation (WHNPA) honored theMilitary Photographer and theMilitary Video Photographer of theYear at its annual Gala, hosted byReuters White House correspon-dent Jeff Mason.

White House Chief of Staff andformer National Security Advisor,Denis McDonough, presentedawards to the winners at theWHN-PA’s 2014 Eyes of History black-tieGala, held in the nation’s capital.

Also honored was a local TVnews photographer, who oftencovers news events at Joint BaseAnacostia-Bolling (JBAB).

“The President’s Own” UnitedStates Marine Band opened theGala with patriotic music, settingthe stage for the celebration of thenews photographers and their ac-complishments during the year.The band’s primary mission is toperform for the President of theUnited States and the Comman-dant of the Marine Corps.

A Joint Service Honor Guard,comprised of Airmen and Sailorsfrom JBAB, Soldiers from JointBase Myer-Henderson Hall, Ma-rines from Marine Barracks Wash-ington and Coast Guardsmen fromthe Coast Guard Ceremonial Hon-or Guard, presented the nation’scolors as the Marine Band played

the National Anthem.Following the invocation given

by Associated Press Photo Edi-tor Jon Elswick, the Marine Bandfinished its work by playing theArmed Forces medley salutingWHNPAmembers and guests, rep-resenting each of the five militarybranches.

WHNPA President Ron Sachswelcomed the attendees to theGala and reflected upon highlights

of the association’s 93 years cov-ering the occupants of the WhiteHouse, before calling attention toa photo of President Obama con-gratulating the first place winnersof WHNPA’s 2014 photo contest inthe Oval Office.

Addressing the hundreds ofWHNPA photographers, past andpresent and their guests, Mc-Donough called it an honor torecognize the important work that

the photographers played in thedemocracy, capturing history andkeeping the American people in-formed.

Turning his attention to themany uniformed military journal-ists, military guests and the mili-tary members serving as volun-teers during the Gala, McDonoughexpressed how proud he is of whathe called, the extraordinary menand women in uniform.

“I am personally inspired bythem every day I walk into work.They defend us around the globeand protect what we hold mostdear – our freedom, our securityand our democratic values,” Mc-Donough said. “Their sacrificeinspires us to live up to their ex-ample.”

McDonough told the audiencethat military journalists play a spe-cial role in connectingmilitarymenand women to their families, theircommunities and the country.

McDonough said, “These pho-tojournalists have signed up toserve the country by telling storiesof those who serve right alongsideof them. In some cases, they risktheir lives; in others, they capturethe small moments that can meanthe most.”

Air Force Tech. Sgt. Russ Scalfwas recognized as the MilitaryPhotographer of the Year.

“Russ is a versatile photojour-nalist telling the story of the world-wide combat airlift command andthe strong bond between the mili-tary and the people they serve,”McDonough said.

Army Staff Sgt. Robert Hamwas recognized as the MilitaryVideo Photographer of the Year.Ham also won the award in 2009and 2012 and received two EmmyAward nominations for a docu-

Air Force, Army journalists honored at White House news photographers Gala

Military Video Photographer of the Year Army Staff Sgt. Robert Ham; White House Chief of Staff and former Na-tional Security Advisor, Denis McDonough; an Air Force Major, accepting the award for Military Photographer ofthe Year Air Force Tech. Sgt. Russ Scalf, who was deployed, and White House News Photographers Association(WHNPA) President Ron Sachs (left to right) pose at the WHNPA Gala on May 10, after McDonough presentedthe two military men with their awards. Courtesy photo submitted by the WHNPA.

See GALA, Page 5

212th DC Army National Guard Birthday

U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY ARMY STAFF SGT. KHALIA JACKSON

The DC NationalGuard celebratesthe 212th DC ArmyNational Guard Birth-day May 4. Duringthe celebration, Brig.Gen. Arthur Hina-man and CommandSgt. Major TerranceSmith recognizedtwo Joint Force Head-quarters Soldiersas NCO and Soldierof the Quarter, Sgt.William Jackson andSpc. Tatiana Reyes.


BY ARMY SGT. 1ST CLASS

TYRONE C. MARSHALL JR.AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE

JOINT BASE MYER-HENDERSON HALL,Va. - LakeshaCole, thewife of Okinawa-basedMarine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Deonte Cole, wasselected as the Military Spouse of the Year.

The award honors spouses “who supportand maintain the home front”.

Cole thanked her mother, daughter andthe Okinawa community, as well as her hus-bandwho is based at Okinawa’s CampButler.“He’s always beenmy biggest cheerleader forany crazy idea that I come up with.”

She said she was honored to representmilitary spouses all over theworld and to helpthem bring their ideas and dreams to reality.

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. JamesF. Amos presented Cole with a certificate ofcommendation and expressed his gratitudeto her on behalf of all Marines.

“We couldn’t be more proud of you.You’re representing all of us in here — all ofthe spouses and the services.”

“Your husband may wear this cloth,”Amos said of the Marine Corps uniform, “...but for today, we’re all part of the joint com-munity.”

On hand for the event were members andspouses of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as well aseachmilitary service’s nominee for the award.

“It’s a great day to be a military spouse,”Deanie Dempsey, wife of Army Gen. MartinE. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of

Staff said. “And thank God, we now have aday designed to honor all military spouses.”

“The six spouses here today that wewill behonoring— representing each of the services— has gone above and beyond what everygreat military spouse does,” Dempsey said.“They’re even greater if you can believe it.”

They represent all military spouses, shesaid, andwhile we’re only awarding six today,truthfully, there aremanymore out there thatdeserve this award.

“So those six of you have to feel prettydarn good,” Dempsey said. “You representthe best of the best. Congratulations to all.”

MaryWinnefeld, wife of Navy Adm. JamesA. Winnefeld Jr., vice chairman of the JointChiefs of Staff, explained the criteria for thefinalists.

“Our military community is perhaps oneof the closest knit families stretched out allover the world,” she said. Each of our branchfinalists separated themselves through effortsto better the community and give others thetools to do the same.

“These spouses truly distinguished them-selves as great leaders in the military,” Win-nefeld said, “and will continue to accomplish

great feats.”The 2014 BranchWinners are:2014 Army Spouse of the Year – RedaHicks2014 Marine Corps Spouse of the Year –

Lakesha Cole2014 Navy Spouse of the Year – Tammy

Meyer2014 Air Force Spouse of the Year – Chris

Pape2014 Coast Guard Spouse of the Year –

Danielle Medolla2014 National Guard Spouse of the Year

– Ingrid Herrera-Yee

Marine wife selected as Military Spouse of the Year

DOD PHOTOS BY U.S. ARMY SGT. 1ST CLASS TYRONE C. MARSHALL JR.

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James F. Amos, far right, congratulates Lakesha Cole,second from the right, as the 2014 Military Spouse of the Year recipient during an awardsluncheon at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., May 9.

BY JIM GARAMONE

AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE

The Defense Department is calling onCongress to authorize another round ofbase realignments and closures because ofexcess capacity that is cutting into fundingfor troop readiness and other higher priorityneeds, a senior DOD official said.

“We cannot afford to waste money on in-frastructure that essentially taxes the warf-ighters for the readiness funds they need,”John Conger, the acting deputy undersecre-tary of defense for installations and environ-ment, told American Forces Press Service inan interview.

The department is asking for anotherBRAC round in 2017. “The department isfacing resource problems and we are beingforced to consider significant force structurereductions,” Conger said. “That exacerbatesthe situation we already have with excess in-frastructure.”

For the last three years, he said, DOD hasrequested BRAC authority and Congress hasrejected it every time. “As time goes on, ourbudget problems get worse, our force struc-ture reductions get more significant andmore near term,” Conger said.

The reception for BRAC on the Hill waschilly. “I understand why Congress isn’texcited about this,” Conger said. “Settingaside parochial concerns .... they have talk-ed about the cost of the last BRAC round.”

Announced in 2005, the last BRAC roundcost $35 billion to accomplish -- a hugesum compared to previous rounds, Congersaid. It will save on a recurring basis $4 bil-lion a year. Congress asserts it doesn’t saveenough.

Conger maintains it is unfair to focus onthat round since roughly half of its recom-mendations dealt with changes for transfor-mational purposes. This included consoli-

dating similar functions andmoving people,he said, where it made sense for them to be.

“Those recommendations cost $29 bil-lion to execute and only resulted in $1 bil-lion in savings,” Conger said.

The rest of the recommendations in the2005 round were intended to save money.They cost $6 billion and resulted in $3 bil-lion per year in recurring savings.

“The conclusion we have reached iswhen we are trying to save money, we can,”Conger said. “What we’re seeing this yearis Congress is at least willing to engage in adiscussion about it.”

While the initial mark-up for the Nation-al Defense Authorization Bill has not autho-rized a new BRAC round, it does include arequirement to do a force structure study,an infrastructure analysis, and for secretaryof defense certification for a need for a BRACround. All these are required to do a BRAC.

“They have given us the preamble piec-es,” Conger said. “All of which take time andif we execute them, all will allow a BRAC au-thorization on a shorter timetable.”

Conger says studies show a BRAC roundin 2017 would cost $6 billion to implement.Then, recurring savings would be on the or-der of $2 billion per year..

If the department does not get a BRACround, Conger said some bases will nothave the units or number of people theyonce had. “You will inevitably have emptierbases,” he said.

These communities conceivably couldend up with “a plot of land in proximity toyour base that does not generate the eco-nomic benefit that it used to, and it’s nottaxable, and you can’t do economic devel-opment on that base,” Conger said. “Youhave an economic black hole in the middleof your community that was once a sourceof pride.”

DOD needs new base closureround, senior official says

Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Deonte Cole, sta-tioned at Camp Butler, Okinawa, Japan, lookson as his wife Lakesha is selected as theMilitary Spouse of the Year

The State of Virginia will hold its prima-ry election on June 10. If you are a Virginiaresident and want to vote in the primary,you must be registered by May 19. If youlive outside your election jurisdiction andneed to register to vote absentee, you cando so using the Federal Post Card Applica-tion (FPCA) available at www.FVAP.gov.If you complete and return this form, Vir-ginia will register you as an absentee voterand send you your ballot for all electionsthis year.

If you are already registered in Virginia,you must request your ballot by June 3 ifyou want to vote in the primary.

Detailed information is available atthe following website: http://www.fvap..gov/virginia, along with the FPCA. If youare registered and have not received yourabsentee ballot by May 11, use the FederalWrite-In Absentee Ballot to vote. The formis also available at: http://www.fvap.gov/virginia.

Virginia primary election on June 10

Maryland will hold its primary electionon June 24. If you are a Maryland residentand want to vote in the primary, you mustbe registered by June 3. If you live outsideMaryland and need to register to vote ab-sentee, you can do so using the FederalPost Card Application (FPCA) available atwww.FVAP.gov. If you complete and returnthis form, Maryland will register you as anabsentee voter and send you your ballot forall elections this year.

If you are already registered in Mary-

land, you must request your ballot by mailor fax no later than 8 p.m. on June 17 or byemail or online by 11:59 p.m. on June 20 ifyou want to vote in the primary.

Detailed information is available at thefollowing website: www.fvap.gov/mary-land, along with the FPCA. If you are regis-tered and have not received your absenteeballot by May 25, use the Federal Write-InAbsentee Ballot (FWAB) to vote. The formis also available at www.fvap.gov/mary-land.

Maryland primary election on June 24



Air Force Col. Rolandrias Bradford, emergency preparednessliasion officer provides a readiness and preparedness brief-ing.

supplies on the installation.Leaders should adequate-

ly communicate their capa-bilities upward to ensure theinstallation’s optimal readi-ness during an emergencysituation such as hurricaneor other natural disaster,Bradford stressed.

Senior officials atNORTHCOM wanting to as-semble their emergency re-sponse strategies throughoutthe region will look to mili-tary installations like JBABfor solutions.

“So when we talk aboutmission assignments andwhere to put stuff here atJBAB, it is going to come fromNORTHCOM saying ‘yes, wecan do that’,” he said.

“But it has to start withyou guys telling them, ‘yes,we can accommodate or notwe cannot’,” he added.

A special request fromhigher command, for ex-

ample, could call for moreactive duty and reserve mili-tary personnel or federalemergency personnel to beplaced in specific area.

JBAB, because of its“heart of the district” loca-tion, could be used to houseemergency response assetsandmaterials needed by fed-eral authorities to distributethroughout the greater re-gion in the event of a naturaldisaster.

“We at the local level arehere trying to make contactwith the bases andmake sureyou understand that you arealso recovering, but we alsomight use you to be a stag-ing ground for DoD access orFEMA access,” he said.

HURREX-14 is set tomea-sure the response time, coor-dination and activity of its in-stallations facedwith amajorstorm traveling along up theeast coast. The intent is totest installations operationalforces and readiness withinits area of responsibility.

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mentary series producedfor The Pentagon Channel.

McDonough said, “Rob-ert is a veteran combat cor-respondent who has dedi-cated the last 14 years totelling the critical and com-pelling story of the Ameri-can Soldier. Robert has de-ployed to Afghanistan andtraveled throughout theworld to find the action.”

During the Gala, a num-ber of other photojournal-ists from newspapers, TVstations, online news out-lets and university studentswere also recognized fortheir award-winning still

imagery, video and multi-media work.

Washington’s WTTG-TV (Fox 5) Doug Wilkesreceived the 2014 WH-NPA Lifetime Achieve-ment Award, recognizinghis outstanding contribu-tions during his over threedecade-long journalismcareer.

Wilkes often coversnews events at JBAB, along-side JBAB Public Affairspersonnel and other mili-tary journalists and in thenearby community outsideof JBAB’s gates.

A brief slideshow fea-tured Wilkes with variousPresidents, including onein the Oval Office withPresident Clinton, in whichbothmen are posed like the

“Blues Brothers,” wearingsunglasses.

The entire audience sur-prised Wilkes when theycovered their eyes withWHNPA-provided sun-glasses to honor Wilkes’ ev-er-present sense of humor.

Soon after, Wilkes waspresented with and donneda “Blues Brothers” -like hatand sunglasses, which wasfollowed by his dancingon stage to the song, “SoulMan”, along with otherWHNPA members.

Via video from NewYork, NBC Nightly Newsanchor Brian Williams,who served as a WhiteHouse correspondent inthe 1990s, congratulatedWilkes and told the audi-ence about his fondness

for Wilkes and his behindthe camera expertise.

Their deep relationshipbegan and soon flourishedupon Williams’ arrival inWashington and Wilkes wasassigned as his cameraman.

To the delight of theaudience, Williams in ahumoristic manner, men-tioned Wilkes’ unconven-tional manner of gettingthe job done and the daypassed, while the two werecruising the streets in theTV news van, looking fornews or going between as-signments.

In his concluding re-marks, McDonough said,“For their service, I thankthe Defense Departmentphotographers.”

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BY INGRID HERRERA-YEE,LMHC, PHD

2014 NATIONAL GUARD

SPOUSE OF THE YEAR

SPECIAL TO JOINT BASE JOURNAL

Red roses and romantic din-ners: While those are certainlyimportant components of ro-mance, lasting love involves twopeople taking care of each other.In some marriages, that may in-clude being alert for signs ofPTSD in your spouse.

With the hustle and bustleof everyday life, it can be hardto know when your partner isstruggling. In our daily interac-tions as couples, we sometimesmisunderstand each other, ten-sions arise and we fight. Then, wewithdraw from each other. Thisis a normal interaction betweenspouses, right? Not always. Per-haps the tension you feel is be-cause your partner is feeling theeffects of PTSD.

It is not always easy to figureout if someone has PTSD, butthere are some signs that can clueyou in. In some cases it can bevery obvious. For instance, if your

service member returns from adeployment and is still havingdifficulty falling asleep, wakes upin a cold sweat and punches at animaginary foe, months after heor she returns, PTSD may be theculprit.

In other cases, the signs mightnot be as obvious. Your partnercould gradually withdraw fromactivities and people he other-wise enjoyed. You might noticehim having nightmares and dif-ficulty falling asleep. He mightfeel emotionally numb and couldappear anxious, worried, angry ormoody. When the symptoms aremilder it can be difficult to tellthe difference between everydaystress and PTSD.

Here’s the main difference:everyday stress doesn’t last long.Your partner may feel out of sorts,anxious and have trouble sleepingbecause of stress in his or her life,problems at work, or in a relation-ship. The stress is temporary. Thestress resolves and doesn’t affecteveryday life in a significant way.It also may not follow a particu-larly traumatic event. This is notthe case with PTSD. PTSD symp-

toms continue for longer than theaverage stress episode.

Signs to WatchIn most cases, PTSD sets in

after a traumatic event has takenplace, such as the violent death ofa friend or family member, combatexperience, or a natural disaster. Italso lasts. It doesn’t just go away,and it affects their everyday life.You may notice your partner hasrecurring nightmares or thoughtsabout a traumatic event. You maysee trouble sleeping and eating, orhave a marked increase in anxietyand fear.

Your partner may be on edge,easily startled and overly alert. Atother times he could appear de-pressed, with a low energy level,memory loss and a lack of focus.He may have difficulty making de-cisions, and avoid people, placesor activities that would normallymake your spouse happy. You maysuddenly feel like you are walkingon egg shells, afraid you might “sethim off.” You begin to worry thatyour partner is no longer himself.He may be suffering from PTSD,and it is not his fault, nor is it your

fault, but he does need help.Here is a list of symptoms to

look for in your spouse or part-ner which may indicate they havePTSD:

Intrusive memoriesFlashbacksRe-occurring nightmaresIntense distress or irritabilityPhysical reactions such as rap-

id breathing, sweating, or nausea,when remembering or being re-minded of the trauma

AvoidanceFeeling emotionally detached

from othersEmotional numbnessExperiencing hopelessness

about the futureInability to remember impor-

tant aspects of the traumatic eventArousal or anxiety symptomsBouts of moodiness or angerInsomnia or difficulty staying

asleepA sense of being “on alert” or

“on guard” - HypervigilanceDeveloping a destructive addic-

tionSuicidal thoughtsIf you suspect that a loved one

has PTSD, it’s important to seek

help right away. The sooner PTSDis treated, the easier it is to over-come. PTSD can interfere withyour partner’s entire life, health,relationships and work. You cantake a screening on behalf of yourpartner at www.MilitaryMental-Health.org. If your partner is re-luctant to seek treatment, you canfind support for yourself in how tohelp your partner at Coaching IntoCare.

In this month where relation-ships are the focus, take an in-ventory of your relationship. Isyour spouse experiencing any ofthe above symptoms? If so, con-tact a mental health provider inyour area for an assessment, di-agnosis and plan. If your spouseis actively suicidal, get help rightaway. And remember, you are notalone. Help is out there for youand your spouse so that you canhave a happier and healthier re-lationship.

If you feel you or your partnerare currently suffering from PTSD,contact a mental health profes-sional or, if you need someone totalk to, call the Military Crisis Lineat 1-800-273-8255, and press 1.

National Guard Spouse of the Year shares how to recognize PTSD in your spouse

BY SENIOR AIRMANJETTE CARR

AIR FORCE NEWS SERVICE

Faith and trust in what we can-not see.

Those words are etched into hisskin, right above a scar that, by it-self, embodies the journey he hasundertaken. The spider web of pinklines starts midway up the inside ofhis right arm and continues nearlyto his wrist, following the path doc-tors took as they rushed to save hislife and limb.

Retired Staff Sgt. Daniel Crane,a former security forces Airmanstationed at Andersen Air ForceBase, Guam, said he saw thephrase after his injury and it juststuck with him. In July 2013, oneyear after he had been shot in arandom act of violence, he madethose words a permanent expres-sion on his body.

I got this quote because of mywhole incident and what I’m goingthrough now,” Crane said. “Thepath I was given might not be thepath I wanted or saw myself doing,but I try not to question it. I’ve gotto believe that it’s for the greatergood and just have faith that intime I’ll understand what the pur-pose is.”

Currently participating in the AirForce Wounded Warrior program asan athlete and mentor, Crane hopesthat telling his story will help otherswho are struggling through similartrials.

I just want them to keep pushingforward; don’t let whatever hap-pened to them stop them from be-ing who they are,” he said. “It hasn’tstopped me.”

The night of July 28, 2012, Cranewas accosted by someone he’d nev-er met, a stranger who happened tobe the neighbor of a friend he wasvisiting off base in Guam. Though

he was later told the man had a his-tory of run-ins with military mem-bers, at the time of his attack, Cranesaid he was unaware of the grudgethat had been steadily building inthe house next door.

Ready to head home after hisvisit, Crane said goodbye to hisbuddy around midnight and walkedto his car. After his two dogs gotsettled in the back seat, the securityforces Airman started the engineand rolled down his windows. Heglanced to the right and watched asa car passed by. That’s when Cranesaw the blast and heard the crack ofa gun being fired.

At the time when he shot me, Ididn’t realize he’d done it,” Cranesaid.

“So, when I realized that it wasactually real, I tried to get out of mycar and to my buddy’s house,” hesaid. “But I got to the gate and fromthe amount of blood I’d lost, I justcouldn’t move anymore. So I triedto yell for help, and that’s prob-ably the most helpless and the mostscared I’ve ever been.”

The anti-military local used ei-ther a shotgun or high caliber riflein his drive-by shooting. The blastimpacted Crane’s right arm, struckthe brachial artery, severed the

nerves, shredded the muscle andstruck bone.

As he stood by the gate unable tomove and shouting for help, Cranesaid he thought that was it, that noone was going to come and he wasgoing to die.. Luckily, his friendheard the commotion and ran outto help.

Awake and aware throughoutthe entire ordeal, from the shot tothe hospital, Crane remembers tell-ing his buddy to tie a tourniquetaround his arm. He said he couldn’tsee much because of the darkness,but recalls the smell of gun powderand blood, and feeling the sensa-

tion that the world was slowingdown.

The injured staff sergeant un-derwent initial surgery at the navalhospital in Guam and, once stabi-lized, was medically evacuated toHawaii.

Though he went through a totalof eight surgeries, including nervegrafting to restore some function inhis damaged limb, his current prog-nosis is complete nerve damage,paralyzing his hand and forearm.

Nerves regenerate very slowly,so it’s still just a waiting game at thispoint,” Crane said.

Crane retired from the militaryin February, due to his injury. Henow sports a beard and his hair isno longer within regulations, butsaid he still feels a connection withthe Air Force.

My dad was enlisted in the AirForce for 30 years,” Crane said.“That’s definitely what I knew, andhe raised me right. I just knew thatwas my calling, and once I joined,I realized I wanted to do so muchmore. I loved the brotherhood. Ilove the camaraderie, and whatI was a part of. It was the biggestthing to me. It still is.”

When telling the story of hisshooting, Crane is able to speak ina calm and matter-of-fact manner,but when he delves into having tohang up his combat boots, his voicebegins to waver.

For Crane, a career in the AirForce was his dream, and it’s onehe hopes to continue in the future,he said.

Until then, he plans to go toschool for animal psychology, withthe goal of rehabilitating and train-ing dogs — perhaps even trainingdogs for wounded warriors. He willalso be furthering his participation

Wounded warrior finds new place in the Air Force family

U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO BY SENIOR AIRMAN JETTE CARR

Retired Staff Sgt. Daniel Crane draws an arrow back using a mouthpiece during the Air Force Trials April 10 atNellis Air Force Base, Nev. After a gunshot wound left his right forearm and hand immobile, Crane immersedhimself in adaptive sports, where he has learned new ways to overcome his limitations.

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BY SHAWN MILLERNDW PUBLIC AFFAIRS

The night before theBattle of Midway in June1942, a small group of tor-pedo plane pilots gatheredin then-Ensign Jack Craw-ford’s room aboard the USSYorktown, and along withCrawford’s pilot roommate,toasted one another withdrinks of torpedo alcoholand grapefruit.

“Only after the battledid it strike me,” Crawfordsaid, remembering thatnight nearly 72 years ago.“No torpedo plane thatflew from the Yorktownever came back. They hadto have died knowing theywere going to, becausethey weren’t well enoughequipped.”

Even at 95, age has donelittle to slow down Craw-ford, who went on to a longcareer as a pioneer in theNavy’s burgeoning nuclearprogram before retiring asa captain. A self-professed“amateur student of his-tory,” Crawford remains atireless advocate for rec-ognizing the historic sig-nificance of the Battle ofMidway.

Headed for troubleGraduating from an ac-

celerated class at the U.S.Naval Academy in Decem-ber 1941, Crawford origi-nally received orders to theUSS Oklahoma stationed atPearl Harbor, Hawaii. Onlydays before his graduation,the Oklahoma was sunkduring the Japanese attack.Instead, he attended radarschool before receiving or-ders to the aircraft carrierYorktown.

Crawford said he arrivedat Pearl Harbor in May 1942only to discover that theYorktown was in the Battleof the Coral Sea, so he wasassigned as an assistant toa lieutenant on base. Whenthe heavily-damaged Yor-ktown returned to PearlHarbor for repairs, Craw-ford was unhappy with hissituation and eager to getto sea. Acting on a tip thatthe Yorktown would soonbe repaired and underwaythe following day, Crawfordfollowed a frustrated cap-tain until he got his detach-ment orders signed.

“He said, ‘Son, if I wereyou, I’d recognize you’reheading for trouble if youkeep doing business thisway in the Navy,’” Craw-ford said. “I just listened tothe lecture and grabbed mypen and took off and I gotaboard at 10 o’clock thatnight, and the next morn-ing we’re back out of thedrydock.”

New to the ship, Craw-ford was assigned to bejunior officer of the deck.Standing watch at 4 a.m. onthe morning of June 4, 1942,he was one of the first tohear the incoming message,“Many planes headed Mid-way.” He didn’t know thatshortly before, U.S. forceshad broken the Japanesecode and discovered theplans to attack Midway. Heentered a meeting with theofficers as the crew plannedthe course of action for theimpending fight.

“It was really hearten-ing to know that we know,and were in a position to hitthem before they hit us,” hesaid.

A few short hours later,Crawford stood on the han-gar deck watching wavesof torpedo planes and divebombers attack the ship.Three bombs rocked theship, causing heavy dam-

age, but Crawford saidexcellent damage controlfrom the crew kept herafloat. That luck wouldsoon run out.

“I remember the tremorthat went through the shipwhen one torpedo hit backon the port side,” Crawfordrecalled. “It was a trem-or that went through thewhole ship almost like youwere bending a ruler, andthen bam, another one! Theship took a quick list to portabout five degrees and thengradually crept up.”

Less than one week af-ter boarding for his firstsea tour after the academy,Crawford was sliding downa rope off the side of theYorktown into the Pacific.

He said his first reactionwas anger. “I didn’t knowwhether or not there weresharks in the water there,”he said. “Turns out therewasn’t, but I didn’t know

it, and nobody else did, ei-ther. And meanwhile, we’reall lined up with oil and youdon’t know whether a sub-marine’s going to light thatoff and we’re all going to betoast in a few minutes, so itwas a pretty uncomfortablefeeling.”

The USS Russell pickedup Crawford and othersurvivors while a repairparty attempted to keepthe severely-listing York-town from sinking. A Japa-nese submarine later inter-rupted those plans, sinkingboth the Yorktown and theUSS Hammann, which wasproviding nearby support.

Crawford returned toPearl Harbor with an ideathat the battle had been agreat success, but not fullyrealizing the impact un-til later. Sailing back in toPearl Harbor, he decidedto pay a visit to the captainthat had signed his detach-ment orders only days ear-lier.

“He said, ‘You again!’”Crawford laughed. “I said,‘Captain, you were abso-lutely right, I was headedfor trouble, but I think itcame a little faster than youor I thought!’”

Finding opportunitiesCrawford shipped east,

where he soon found him-self on another carrier, theUSS Santee, this time head-ed for the invasion of NorthAfrica. It was there Craw-ford said he realized thathad the U.S. lost at Mid-way, he and everyone elseaboard would have beenheaded west to the Pacificfor a more intense battle

with Japan rather than be-ing able to send personneleast to the European andAfrican fronts.

A converted commer-cial oiler, the Santee wasn’texactly Crawford’s idealduty station, but he said ithelped him edge closer tohis ultimate goal of gettinga naval appointment to theengineering school at theMassachusetts Institute ofTechnology.

“I recognized the impor-tance of being at sea, and Iwanted to be at sea,” Craw-ford said. “My long rangeobjective in the Navy wasto go to MIT and become aNavy constructor, as theywere called at the time. Itnever occurred to me thatI wanted to do anythingelse. I wanted to be a navalofficer to design and buildships.”

After campaigns in theMediterranean Sea, Craw-ford’s determination andsea time paid off. He left forMIT and went on to ship-building. He was later inter-viewed by Admiral HymanRickover and spent mostof the remainder of his ca-reer in the Navy’s nuclearpropulsion program, wherehe helped build the world’sfirst nuclear-powered sub-marine and aircraft carrier.

Crawford pointed outa framed photograph ofthat carrier, the USS En-terprise (CVN-65), hang-ing just inside the doorwayof Crawford’s small homeon a tree-lined street nearBethesda, Maryland, recall-ing his years of service.

It was tough work, Craw-ford said of his job underRickover. “One of the re-wards of being in this orga-nization is people are care-fully selected and they real-ize how fortunate they wereto be on the cutting edge oftechnology,” he added.

After spending five com-bined years at MIT andearning two master’s de-grees, all while serving inthe Navy, Crawford offeredadvice for the younger gen-erations following. “Youcan’t guarantee you’re go-ing to be successful, but ifyou want to do it, be pre-pared to accept opportuni-ty when it comes your way,”he said, echoing advice thepresident of MIT offeredhim years ago.

With more than 50 yearsof his life in service to theU.S. government, both inthe Navy and as a civilian,Crawford said he would doit all over again—not thathe’s finished yet. He stillperforms work as a consul-tant to different agencies.

“If you learn how todesign and build ships or

build houses or build cit-ies, keep doing it forever,”he said. “At age 95, I’m stilldoing it.”

“What I like to look backon is I did my duty,” Craw-ford said proudly. “Therearen’t many things you cantake out of this planet. Youcan’t take money out of thisplanet, but you can takewith you, wherever yougo, consciousness of dutyfaithfully performed.”

‘Go forth and proselytize’One of Crawford’s main

missions now is spreadingknowledge about the Battleof Midway—a battle he ar-gues is still much under-appreciated for its historicimpact.

Overshadowed by thecalendar week proximity toD-Day, Crawford said notenough people know howimportant Midway was instopping the steady marchof Japanese forces acrossthe Pacific and changing theface of World War II. Eventsgrowing in popularity, suchas the anniversary celebra-tion each June at the U.S.Navy Memorial in Washing-ton, D.C., help educate newgenerations, he added.

Still, he wanted more. “Iwanted to see a good bookon Midway, and there wasn’tone,” Crawford said. So hecalled a friend, historianand retired Naval AcademyProfessor Craig Symonds,whom he helped inspire towrite a definitive book onthe battle.

“Midway, at a minimum,was the most decisive navalbattle since Trafalgar, andperhaps the most strategi-cally decisive victory sinceSalamis,” Crawford said,offering a brief historicallesson on British AdmiralHoratio Lord Nelson’s vic-tory over the French andSpanish fleets at Trafalgar,and the Greeks over PersianEmperor Xerxes at Salamis.

Borrowing a line from re-marks by former Secretaryof Defense James Schlesing-er at a Midway 61st anni-versary commemoration,Crawford said he tries to “goforth and proselytize” therole of Midway in Americanhistory.

“The impression thatbattle had on me was thosetorpedo plane pilots,” Craw-ford said of his roommateand fellow aviators. “Thatwill never go away. Thatbattle was won for a numberof reasons, but one of themwas courage.”

Editor’s note: Naval Dis-trict Washington will cel-ebrate the 72nd anniversaryof the Battle of Midway witha ceremony at the U.S. NavyMemorial, June 4 at 9 a.m.

‘Consciousness of duty, faithfully performed’

Capt. (Ret.) Jack Crawford recalls the Battle of Midway afternearly 72 years as he looks at a painting of the battle in hishome near Bethesda, Maryland. Crawford watched the battleunfold from the USS Yorktown before a series of bombingand torpedo attacks crippled the U.S. carrier and forcedCrawford to abandon ship.

PHOTOS BY SHAWN MILLER

Capt. (Ret.) Jack Crawford, a self-professed “amateur student of history,” serves as an ad-vocate for recognizing the historic impact of the Battle of Midway in 1942. Witnessing thebattle firsthand aboard the deck of the USS Yorktown, Crawford said that had the U.S. notstopped the Japanese Navy, the later 20th century may have been radically different.


BY DAWN POWELLJOINT BASE ANICOSTIA-BOLLING

WARFIGHTER AND FAMILY READINESS

MARKETING DIRECTOR

Morale, Welfare & Recreation (MWR) ispleased to announce that the base pool willbe opening full time on Saturday, May 24.The 2014 swimming season kicks off from11am-2pm with a Grand Opening party fea-turing DJ entertainment and free food andbeverages. The event is completely free andis open to all DoD ID Cardholders.

Hours of Operation:Lap SwimTuesday - Friday: 6-8 a.m. and 11 a.m.-

NoonSaturday - Sunday: 10-11 a.m.Open SwimTuesday - Friday: 12-7:30 p.m.Saturday - Sunday: 11am-7:30 p.m.Individual and family pool passes for the

2014 season are currently available for pur-chase at Fitness Center I. Once the poolopens, passes can also be purchased onsite.The daily pool pass rate is $2 per day. Sea-son passes are offered at $25 per individual

and $15 for each additional family member.Families of four or more cost $65.

All active duty service members, reserv-ist, club members and their families are free.Family members must be with card holderand they will have free pool access for the en-tire swimming season! Pool passes are non-refundable and non-transferable.

Patrons are welcome to bring their ownfood and beverages to the pool area. Pleaserefrain from any glass containers.

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MWR pool opens Memorial Day weekend

in the Air ForceWoundedWarrior programand he was recently selected as one of theathletes to compete in the Warrior and In-victus Games this fall.

Recently, Crane joined the newlyformed Air ForceWoundedWarrior Recov-ering Airmen Mentorship Program, whichencourages the idea of Airmen helping Air-men.

“As a veteran to the program, you arethere basically as a link between athletesand coaches,” he said. “You relate throughyour own experiences and help others torealize their potential, along with the ben-efits of being active.”

Through the adaptive sports campshosted by the program, Crane’s eyes have

been opened to methods of adapting toovercome his limitations, something hesaid he hopes others are able to experience.

Being surrounded by other woundedwarriors has helped him in this process.

“They have inspired me not to giveup,” he said. “There was definitely a timewhere I didn’t want to do anything, butafter meeting these guys who are pushingthrough and they have worse injuries thanme— it has motivated me to get out of mycomfort zone and back to my love of com-petition and being athletic.”

With momentum on his side, Cranecontinues to break his boundaries as hetrains to represent his Air Force teams inthe two upcoming competitions. He saidhe looks forward to competing against andsupporting his fellow wounded warriors asthey all push each other toward the nextlevel of recovery.

U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO BY SENIOR AIRMAN JETTE CARR

Retired Staff Sgt. Daniel Crane takes a break during an archery competition.

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BY JIM GARAMONE

AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE

Defense Secretary ChuckHagel informedmembers of the Congressional Black Cau-cus that he is ordering the military servicesto review grooming standards, particularlythose for African-American women.

Pentagon Press Secretary Navy RearAdm. John Kirby said Hagel directed thedeputy secretary of defense to work with theservice secretaries and the military chiefs toreview their respective policies. The admiralmade the announcement during a Pentagonnews conference April 29.

Members of the caucus sent Hagel a let-ter in response to changes to Army Regula-tion 670-1, Wear and Appearance of Army

Uniforms and Insignia. Members of thecaucus are concerned the regulation is of-fensive and biased against women of color.

In a response April 30, Hagel told mem-bers of the caucus that he has given the ser-vices 30 days to “review the definitions ofauthorized and prohibited hairstyles con-tained in each of their respective policiesand revise any offensive language.”

The services have 90 days to review theirhairstyle policies as they pertain to African-American women “to ensure standardsare fair and respectful of our diverse force,while also meeting our military services’ re-quirements,” Kirby said. “After a thoroughreview of the service recommendations,he will make whatever appropriate adjust-ments to DOD policy are necessary.”

Hagel orders review of grooming standards

day. Achor said the brain starts to retain apattern of scanning the world, not for thenegative, but the positive - first.

“Journaling about one positive experi-ence you’ve had over the past 24 hours al-lows your brain to relive it. Exercise teachesyour brain that your behavior matters. Wefind that meditation allows your brain to getover the cultural ADHD that we’ve been cre-ating by trying to do multiple tasks at onceand allows our brains to focus on the task athand,” Achor said.

Random acts of kindness round-out thelist of five small changes that create lastingpositive change. He explained these as con-scious acts of kindness, as simple as writinga positive email praising or thanking some-body in their social support network.

“By doing these activities and by train-ing your brain just like we train our bod-ies, what we’ve found is we can reverse theformula for happiness and success, and indoing so, not only create ripple of positiv-ity, but create a real revolution,” Achor con-cluded.

The panel of social work experts at theworkshop agreed with the small changesAchor suggested and added what they do tobring happiness and balance to their livesas therapists.

Carroll C. Phelps serves as an instructorand coordinator of the Washington, D.C.program for social work students from Bir-

mingham Southern College and the Uni-versity of Alabama. The social worker saidgratitude “enriches our lives and deepensour contentment.” She also uses humor.

“It’s important to look at something verydifficult aswonderful and a challenge cominginto your life at the right time to teach yousomething,” Phelps said. “You have to putthings in your life that will allow you to dothat and for me the way I do it is with humor.while it’s [sometimes] sarcastic, it makes melaugh and ask what am I going to learn fromthis - what is this going to teach me?”

Army Lt. Col. Susanna Steggles has spentnearly 20 years in the Army as a clinical so-cial worker. The Social Work fellow whoworks at Walter Reed Bethesda said she felthappier when she shed her sense of entitle-ment.

“The first time I felt real relief was whenI let go of the word ‘deserve’ - that I de-serve this, or I deserve that - and becamelike ‘well, what is the world I want to create?If I want something, I need to be proactiveabout it and not asking ‘why isn’t the worldgiving that to me?’ “

Retired Army Command Sgt. Maj. An-thanassios Kosmopoulos is a clinical socialworker at Walter Reed Bethesda who pro-vides mental health services to mostly retir-ees and their spouses, and conducts couplestherapy. He said he has found mindfulnesshelpful, as well as finding various outletsand different areas of life to enjoy.

“You always learn from your patient,”Kosmopoulos said. “Take the time to diver-sify your emotional portfolio . Don’t put allyour eggs in one basket.”

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BY SHAWNMILLER

NDW PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Top-level music andcomedy acts will soonbe heading to installa-tions across Naval DistrictWashington (NDW) thanksto a new program beinglaunched byMorale, Welfareand Recreation (MWR).

After bringing classicrock band Lynyrd Skynyrdto Maryland in 2012 as partof the Defenders of FreedomDay at Six Flags America,NDWMWR has transitionedsuch events into a new con-cert brand called FreedomLive.

“Freedom Live is allabout value, quality and en-tertainment,” said Lee Bell,regional program managerfor NDW MWR. “FreedomLive is being established asa new entertainment brandhere at NDW. The brandwill provide customers withpredominately concertsand comedy shows that arebased on the desires of ourloyal MWR fan base.”

The opening act for Free-dom Live’s inaugural year isslated for August 16 at Naval

Air Station (NAS) PatuxentRiver, featuring rock bands3 Doors Down and BluesTraveler.

Although the concerts areon Navy installations andsponsored by NDW MWR,the shows will be open toservice members from allbranches, as well as DoDcontractors and employees.

Bell said VIP ticketsbought by followers of theNAS Patuxent River MWRFacebook page sold outwithin three days, and gen-eral admission tickets goon sale May 1. Bell advisedcustomers, both militaryand civilian contractors, tobuy early, as ticket pricesrise as the concert date ap-proaches.

“Anyone who has beento a concert at some of themore recognized venueswithin DC have grown ac-customed to seeing high-level entertainers such asDave Matthews, Madonna,Toby Keith, Coldplay andJourney just to name a few,”Bell said. “The entire DODcommunity within the Na-tional Capital Region, in-cluding our own here at

NDW, now has the oppor-tunity to experience thesame level of talent locallyby attending a Freedom Liveevent.”

Freedom Live custom-ers will have the option topurchase VIP tickets, whichwill include perks suchas meet and greets withbands, special food andbeverage choices, betterparking spots, and privaterestrooms. Regular ticketholders can still expect goodseats at a discounted price,Bell said, along with freeparking, affordable conces-sions, and a convenient andsecure venue on their localinstallation.

For future shows, Free-dom Live organizers planto use customer preferencesurveys and social mediaoutlets to determine whatshows customers want tosee, and then work to bringthose acts to stages acrossNDW.

A second event is alreadybooked for September 20at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB). Althoughthe headliners have not yetbeen publicly named, Bell

said the performers, as wellas the emerging talent in theopening act, should createexcitement for country mu-sic fans in the area.

“Freedom Live will pro-vide A-List entertainersthat our very best custom-

ers want and deserve to seeclose to where they workand live,” said Bell. “Theseindividual components willremain as an integral part ofthe Freedom Live brand go-ing forward and should helpexpand its lifespan for the

benefit of MWR customers.”For tickets and event

information, visit www.freedomlivendw.com.

To stay up to date withnews and events acrossNDW, visit www.facebook.com/NavDistWash.

Freedom Live to Bring Top Concert Acts to NDW

U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 2ND CLASS KIONA MILLER

Classic rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd performs at Six Flags America as part of Defenders ofFreedom Day sponsored by Naval District Washington (NDW) Morale, Welfare and Recreation(MWR) in 2012. NDW MWR this year launched a new concert brand, Freedom Live, to bringtop-level performances to the area for military and contractor personnel in the area.

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MWR Fishing Tournament & ExpoFish & Boat Expo: May 16 | 12-7:30 p.m.

| Capital Cove MarinaTournament: May 17 | 8 a.m.-5 p.m. |

Capital Cove MarinaCompete for total weight in the MWR

Fishing Tournament. The tournamentformat is a catch, total weight and release.

Fish and Boat Expo: Friday, May 16, 12-7:30 p.m.

Check out the latest fishing equipmentand fishing boats.

Featuring:-Demo on casting, bait types and styles

used on the Potomac River by NationalBass Guide Service

- The latest kayaks from Backyard Boats- Giveaways by West Marine (TBD)Free Entry!Fishing Tournament: Saturday, May

17, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Weigh In: 5-5:45 p.m.;Awards: 6 p.m.

Fishing Categories:- Open Division- Family Division (min. one parent and

one child) boat or shore- Shore CastersEntry Fee: $10 per person (includes t-

shirt) and coupon for the Slip Inn Fish FrySpecial.

Awards will be given 1st, 2nd and 3rdplace in each category.

Cycle ManiaMay 17 | 9 a.m.-Noon | Aerobic Center

Come burn calories by cycling! Space islimited.

Recreational SoftballSign Up by: May 25Starts: June 1Entry Fee: $25 for DoD Civilians, Con-

tractors and Family MembersFree for Active Duty and Reservists

2014 Summer Reading RegistrationMay 19 – June 20 | Ages 5-13Join the Library this summer for an ex-

citing and fun-filled DoD-sponored Sum-mer Reading Program, “Paws to Read!”During this seven-week program, the li-brary will host range activities to fosterand support a love of reading. Partici-pants will also be given special incentiveseach week to encourage reaching goals.

Registration runs from May 19 to June20.

“Paws to Read” will launch on the fol-lowing dates:

June 23 for ages 5-7, 10-11:30am; fol-lowed by weekly sessions every Monday

June 25 for ages 8-10, 10-11:30am; fol-lowed by weekly sessions every Wednesday

June 25 for ages 11-13, 1-2:30pm; fol-lowed by weekly sessions every Wednesday

This is yet another totally free program.To learn more about the Summer ReadingProgram please call (202) 767-5578

Warfighter and Family Readiness Events

Joint Base Gate HoursArnold (Main) Gate: 24/7South (Joint Visitor’s Center) Gate: 24/7Firth Sterling (North) Gate: Mon-Fri - 5

a.m.-7 p.m.Bellevue (Housing Area) Gate: Mon-Fri -

5 a.m.-9 a.m. and 3 p.m.-7 p.m.

Immunization ClinicThe 579th Medical Group Immuniza-

tion Clinic will be open Monday, Tuesday,Wednesday and Friday from 7:30 a.m. to12:30 p.m. and from 1:30 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.On Thursdays, the clinic will be open from 8a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 1:30 p.m. to 4:15p.m. The clinic closes at 12 p.m. for train-ing the first Wednesday of each month. Formore information, call 202-404-6724.

JBAB Cub ScoutsAttention all boys grades 1st through

5th interested in scouting. Please contactthe JBAB Cub Scouts, Pack 343, at [email protected] for more information.Each den holds their own meetings eachmonth along with one pack event. Boyswill earn badges together and can workon individual achievements as well. Comejoin us for popcorn, camping and so muchmore.

JBAB Cyclists on FacebookBasically a forum for all JBAB riders to

get together. We organize group rides overlunch and during commuting hours. Visit usonline at www.facebook.com/groups/jbab-cyclists. For more information, email [email protected].

Toastmasters Club seeks membersThe Bolling Toastmasters Club is avail-

able for everyone on JBAB as a place topractice your leadership skills. Toastmas-ters clubs are where leaders are made, andleadership starts with good communication.The program is self-paced, and it works. TheBolling Toastmasters Club meets Wednes-days from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. at the JBABChapel Center. Visitors are welcome. Formore information, call Jim Queen at 301-452-6931.

Post Office weekday closure 2-3 p.m.Due to fiscal challenges, the Joint

Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB) Post Of-fice is operating with one postal agentand will be closed for lunch from 2-3 p.m.,Monday-Friday. Saturday hours remainunchanged. If you have questions, com-ments or complaints please contact theU.S. Postal Service.

Air Force Wives’ Club Thrift ShopThe Air Force Officers’ Wives’ Club

Thrift Shop is located at 13 Brookley Aveand is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays andThursdays 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Donations areaccepted during business hours only. Prof-its from the AFOWC Thrift shop go towardcollege scholarships and other militarycharitable organizations. For more infor-mation about the AFOWC or its Thrift Shopcall 202-563-6666 or email [email protected].

NAVY 311“NAVY 311” is the place to go for all

types of information to help support Navymilitary, civilian and retiree personnel andtheir families. Access NAVY 311 at 1-855-NAVY-311 or (DSN) 510- NAVY-311. You canalso email [email protected] or visit www.NAVY311.navy.mil.

Boys and Girls Club volunteersThe Boys and Girls Club of Greater

Washington needs volunteer coaches fortheir youth baseball league for 10-year-olds and 12-year-olds. For more informa-tion or to sign up, call 512-560-5548 from7 a.m.-5 p.m. or email [email protected].

Navy Wives Clubs of AmericaThe D.C. Metro chapter of Navy Wives

Clubs of America, Eleanor Roosevelt #37,hosts meetings every second Thursday ofthe month to discuss and plan volunteeractivities in the local military and civil-ian communities. Military spouses of allbranches are welcome to attend. For moreinformation, email [email protected] visit www.facebook.com/NWCA37.

JNOTESMiscellaneous items related to your health,your career, your life and your community

CATHOLIC SERVICES

ReconciliationSunday 9 a.m. Chapel Center

RosarySunday 9:10 a.m. Chapel Center

MassTuesday 11:30 a.m. Chapel CenterWednesday 11:30 a.m. Chapel CenterThursday 11:30 a.m. Chapel CenterFriday 7 a.m. Chapel Center

Saturday 5 p.m. Chapel CenterSunday 9:30 a.m. Chapel Center

PROTESTANT SERVICES

Sunday WorshipGospel 11:30 a.m. Chapel CenterGeneral Protestant 11 a.m. Chapel 2

Sunday SchoolSept - May 9:30-10:30 a.m.

Any questions about these services orother religious needs call 202-767-5900.

Chapel Schedule

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