Tracks, the newspaper for Anniston Army Depot

Volume 32, Number 20228 January 10, 2019

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During September 2018, Anniston Army Depot’s Turbine Engine Shop significantly reduced its impact on the environment.

The “hot-section” of turbine engines, like the AGT 1500, build up a tough metal and soot layer, which must be removed be-fore repair or rebuild processes can begin.

The intense heat generated in the engine of a combat vehicle can cause the buildup of metal scale, also known as carbon smut, on the parts exposed to combustion.

ANAD has been conditioning steel for carbon removal with potassium permanga-nate in the Turbine Shop since the incep-tion of the M1 Abrams program, in the early 1980s.

Effective cleaning of the metal surfaces is essential prior to the finished coating or plating processes.

Poor surface cleaning results in poor ad-hesion of the finish and excessive wear and tear.

Normal methods, such as acids and scrubbing, aren’t tough enough to beat the buildup. In the past, the depot used a com-bination of potassium permanganate and sodium hydroxide, better known as lye, to remove the grime.

According to safety data sheets potas-sium permanganate cause inflammation, or worse, to skin and other systems exposed to fumes or liquid. Depot employees are required to wear personal protective equip-ment including gloves, glasses and protec-tive clothing during handling of the chemi-cal.

The two chemicals required more moni-toring and refreshing, meaning vats were down for maintenance often. This costs the depot money and production time.

The effectiveness of the potassium per-manganate and lye was also lacking. It wasn’t uncommon for parts to be cleaned two or more times to fully remove the scale.

To address these deficiencies, ANAD brought in Calvary Industries, Inc., to look

for ways to replace potassium permanganate and lye with something safer and more ef-fective.

Calvary customized one of their flagship products, CalClean, with the depot’s specific processes in mind.

The new product, CalClean 10510, was initially tested on a small scale in the Small Arms Repair Facility in 2018 before being integrated in the Turbine Engine Shop’s cleaning procedures.

CalClean 10510 is a single chemical that doesn’t require any special batching or mix-ing, beyond water.

This new chemical requires less mainte-nance and refreshment, with tanks lasting up to two months, and may result in a cost sav-ings for purchase and disposal.

The depot will transition to 100 percent CalClean usage after the next maintenance cycle in January 2019, when the last of the old chemical stockpile is fully depleted.

Turbine Shop processes going greenby Lindsay Dunahee

ANAD DRK

Photo by Jennifer Bacchus

Dar Harper cleans AGT 1500 engine components in the Turbine Engine Shop. Recently, the shop began a change from a potassium permanganate cleaning mixture to CalClean 10510.

Anniston Army Depot of-fers two-day Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training.

If you have ever wanted to identify and help someone who may be at risk of suicide, this is the course for you.

Participants learn to use a suicide intervention model to identify individuals with thoughts of suicide, seek a shared understanding of rea-sons for dying and living, de-velop a safe plan based upon a review of risk, be prepared to do follow-up and become involved in suicide-safer com-munity networks.

All training will be held in Bldg. 94 from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

E m p l o y e e s f r o m a l l ANAD directorates, staff orga-nizations and tenant organiza-tions are encouraged to attend.

The training is listed under ANAD DCFA 2019 APPLIED SUICIDE INTERVENTION SKILLS TRAINING-ASIST (ANAD19-012) in the TED system. Ask your supervisor for permission to attend, then contact your training coordi-nator to sign up for the course in TED.Upcoming ASIST classes:

Feb. 6-7March 6-7May 29-30June 26-27Aug. 21-22Sept. 18-19

ASIST classes

scheduledfrom Staff Reports

ANAD Employee Assistance

The Mentoring Effect in real life

One in three young people are growing up without a mentor.

This is the mentoring gap in America.

1 in 3

This means that one-third of our nation's young people are growing up without a mentor to offer real life guidance. For young people who face a variety of risk factors that could lead them to become disconnected from school and work, the mentoring effect is linked to significant positive outcomes.

With a mentor, at-risk youth are:52% less likely than their peers to skip a day of school55% more likely be enrolled in college46% less likely than their peers to start using drugs81% more likely to report participating regularly in sports or extracurricular activities78% more likely to volunteer regularly in their commu-nities130% more than twice as likely to say that they held a leadership position in a club or sports team

90% Of respondents who had a mentor said they are now interested in becoming mentors

From: www.mentoring.org

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Commanding Officer....................Col. Joel WarhurstPublic Affairs Officer...........................Clester BurdellEditor..............................................Jennifer BacchusPhotographers...................................Mark Cleghorn

Ben Williams

TRACKS2 January 10, 2019

The month of January has been designated as National Mentoring Month.

Currently, Anniston Army De-pot’s Mentoring Program partners with Anniston City Schools, Oxford City Schools and Calhoun County Schools.

ANAD’s mentoring is a one-on-one relationship through which an adult fosters the development of character and competence in a young person.

For Rob Cofield in ANAD’s Di-rectorate of Emergency Services, becoming a mentor two years ago was akin to a ministry.

With 16 years as a law enforce-ment officer, Cofield has seen nu-merous people whose lives may have taken a different path if some-one had intervened early on.

“My heart is in seeing people be positively influenced and making a difference in the lives of others,” said Cofield.

In only two years, he’s seen those differences in his mentee, who went from reading below his grade level to reading at grade level in that time.

In addition to reading, Cofield plays chess and just spends time with his mentee, realizing the value a little positive attention can give a child.

According to the National Men-toring Partnership, children with mentors are 55 percent more likely to enroll in college and 46 percent less likely to start using drugs.

“I wanted to be that role model for a child who showed them they are important and special,” said Linda Cox from the Directorate of Resource Management.

Cox and her mentee spend their time together each week drawing, coloring and playing games. She

said it warms her heart as each new piece of her mentee’s personality in unveiled – from her victory dance after a game to her thoughts about family members and friends.

The depot’s Mentoring Program was initiated in Calhoun County in 1996. Volunteers from throughout the workforce spend one hour per week with a student identified as at risk.

Krista Staehly from the Direc-torate of Information Management has served as a mentor for 12 years.

“I decided to be a mentor be-cause I love helping others, espe-cially children,” she said. “Just knowing I have a chance to help one child and make a difference in their life is why I continue to mentor.”

The Mentoring Program at the depot currently has 16 volunteers who help make a difference in a child’s life.

If you would like to learn more about the depot’s Mentoring Pro-gram, contact Marilyn Futrell at 256-741-5266.

ANAD mentors are:Willie Buford, Robert Chandler,

Esther Clay, Linda Cox, Robert Cofield, Kimberly Gibson, Justin Green, Amanda Hulsey, Jason Join-er, Amanda Jones, Addie Kirksey, Hilda McClellan, John McMichael, Kennie Miller, Steven Morris and Krista Staehly.

ANAD Mentoring Program assists at-risk childrenfrom Staff Reports

ANAD Public Affairs

The Labor Relation Statute at 5 USC section 7114(a)(3) requires an annual reminder to bargaining unit employees of their Weingarten rights un-der Title 5 United States Code (USC) section 7114(a)(2)(B), Representation Rights and Du-ties.

The law provides that the union shall be given the op-portunity to be present at any examination of an employee in the bargaining unit.

The Weingarten rights provides that these conditions must be met:

1. When an agency rep-resentative questions an em-ployee in connection with an investigation.

2. The employee reason-ably believes the questioning may result in disciplinary ac-tion against them.

3. The employee requests union representation.

This annual reminder of Weingarten rights for bargain-ing unit employees will be widely disseminated.

For additional informa-tion, contact Arlynda Almond, HR Specialist (LMER), at Ext. 6919, or via e-mail at arlynda.y.almond.civ@mail.mil.

Annual notice of Weingarten

Rightfrom Staff Reports

Anniston CPAC Office

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TRACKS 3January 10, 2019

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. reminded the world that, “Hu-man progress is neither auto-matic nor inevitable. Every step toward the goal of justice re-quires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedi-cated individuals.”

He challenged Americans to live up to the ideals in our founding documents, that we are all created equal, endowed with unalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of hap-piness.

Signed into law in January 1983, the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday is a day when the na-tion pauses to remember King’s life and work.

In 1994, Congress desig-nated Martin Luther King Jr. Day as the first and only federal holiday observed as a national day of service and charged the Corporation for National and Community Service with lead-ing this national effort.

Federal, state and local leaders join citizens in honor-ing King through service proj-ects addressing pressing com-munity needs “A Day On, Not A Day Off.”

American people are called to engage in public service and promote peaceful social change.

King’s unfinished move-ment toward equality can be achieved by our united, endur-ing efforts.

King used the power of words and acts of nonviolent resistance, such as protests, grassroots organizing and civil disobedience to achieve seem-ingly-impossible goals.

This year, the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service will be recognized on Jan. 21. ANAD’s celebration breakfast will be held Jan. 22.

He is honored and remem-bered in hundreds of statues, parks, streets, squares, church-es and other public facilities around the world as a leader whose teachings are increas-ingly relevant to the progress of humankind and is the only non-president memorialized on the National Mall.

In 1964, at 35 years old, Martin Luther King Jr. became the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize. He was as-sassinated April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tenn., and posthu-mously awarded the Presiden-tial Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal.

This year’s poster show-cases the sentiment of what Dr.

Martin Luther Jr. said during his acceptance speech of the Noble Prize in 1964, “I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can nev-er become a reality.” Dr. King is silhouetted in black in the forefront of the poster with his teachings shown in bright col-ors representing daybreak.

Sources:Martin Luther King Jr. ac-

ceptance speech: NobelPrize.org

Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute: www.deomi.org

King holiday urges service to othersby Elaine Mosley

ANAD EEO

Dr. Billy Hawkins, the 20th president of Talladega College, will speak at the Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Jan. 22 at the Berman Varner House.

In 2008, Hawkins’ first year at the college, he implemented rig-orous plans for reno-vation and growth.

As a result, en-rollment increased, athletic programs were reinstated for the first time in ten years and the cam-pus saw major cam-pus beautification projects.

Today, Talladega College has 1,217 students and is listed among the Princeton Re-view’s best colleges in the South-east.

The college now has its first-ever graduate program, an online Master of Science in Computer Information Systems.

Hawkins spearheaded a simi-lar transformation at Texas Col-lege, where he also served as the 20th president.

The Kent, Ohio, native holds a Bachelor of Science in teach-er education from Ferris State University, a Master of Arts in education administration from Central Michigan University and a doctorate in education from Michigan State University. He has completed post doctorate study at Harvard University.

Hawkins began his career as an edu-cator in the Lansing Michigan Public Schools System. His passion for teaching led him to the field of higher education where he has served at Saint Paul’s Col-lege in Lawrencev-ille, Va.; Ferris State

University; State University of New York at Morrisville College and Mississippi Valley State Uni-versity.

Hawkins serves as vice-chair of member institutions for the UNCF board of directors. He is the first African American to chair the Alabama Association of Independent Colleges and Uni-versities and the author of two books.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. HOLIDAY OBSERVED JAN. 21, 2019

This is the bus schedule for the MLK Day Breakfast, which is scheduled for Jan. 22 at 8 a.m. in the Berman Varner House.

The bus will return employees at the conclusion of the event.

ANAD MLK breakfast scheduled for Jan. 22

from Staff ReportsANAD Public Affairs

EAST SIDETime Location7:10 Bldg. 4747:15 Bldg. 130 East7:20 Bldg. 409 West7:25 Bldg. 128 Middle7:30 Bldg. 143 and 411 West7:35 Bldg. 106 West7:40 Bldg. 111

WEST SIDETime Location7:25 Bldg. 57:30 Bldg. 362-Door 37:35 Bldg. 77:40 Bldg. 31

MLK breakfast bus schedule

DR. BILLY HAWKINS

Breakfast Menu:Biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, breakfast

potatoes, French toast sticks, fruit, coffee, milk and juice

TRACKS4 January 10, 2019

Jan. 14Hamburger steakMashed potatoes and gravyField peasFried okraCornbread

Jan. 15General Tso’s chickenSweet and sour porkFried riceStir fried vegetablesEgg roll

Jan. 16Bowl of chili or potato bacon soupGrill cheese sandwichFries or onion rings

Jan. 17Fried catfishBaked fishBaked beansColeslawFrench friesHush puppies

Jan. 18West Station Café open

Jan. 22Boneless chicken wingsFrench fries or onion ringsPotato saladTexas toast

Jan. 23Chicken or beef soft tacoSpanish riceMexican cornRefried beansTaco salad bowl

Jan. 24Brats and burgers

Jan. 25Snack line only

Jan. 28Fried pork chopScalloped potatoesButter beansSteamed cabbageCornbread

notes from around the Track

Cafeteria menus

The DeSoto Pastime Center announces a new format for elec-tronic bingo – wireless tablets.

The handheld devices allow patrons to play bingo anywhere in the facility.

Electronic bingo is available Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thurs-days and work Fridays from 3:30-8:30 p.m.

Games cost between 25 cents and $1.

Wireless electronic bingo

See something, say something

If you see something suspicious, report it to security at Ext. 6222.

This week is the last opportunity to donate to one of more than 200 charities through the Combined Federal Campaign.

Your donation benefits the charity of your choice.

You can make a one time payment or start allotment from your paycheck.

Go to cfcgiving.opm.gov or speak with your directorate or division secretary to learn how to donate.

The final day for donations is Jan. 11.

Giving to the CFC

Effective Jan. 31, 2019, Anniston Army Depot’s Skills Development Center will close indefinitely.

All projects left in the SDC at that time will be relo-cated to the Recycling Center.

Customers are encour-aged to pick up and relo-cate any long-term projects housed at the SDC.

Contact the SDC at 256-235-6768 for additional in-formation.

SDC closure scheduled

Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Preven-tion training for leaders throughout Anniston Army Depot will be held the following dates and times at the Training Building – Bldg. 123.

Jan. 178-10 a.m. – DP-3810 a.m.-noon – DP-30, SCO-212:30-2:30 p.m. – DES-22, DPE-6, QAO-5

Jan. 2210 a.m.-noon – DPM-27, DRK-412:30-2:30 p.m. – DFMWR-6, DOIM-4, Legal-1, Safe-ty-1, IRAC-1, ISMO-1

Jan. 238-10 a.m. – DPW-18, EEO-1, DRM-3, LBDO-310 a.m.-noon – ANMC-1612:30-2:30 p.m. – Make-up training

SHARP training

Simmons retires with 37 yearsJeff Simmons retired Jan.

3 with more than 37 years of federal service.

Simmons began his career in 1981 as an electronic techni-cian.

In his time on the installa-tion, Simmons has been wit-ness to, and part of, many of its changes.

He has worked in or with nearly every directorate on the installation, though much of his time was spent in produc-tion, where he began his career.

Simmons was chosen as the Director of Production in August 2009 and the Director of Production Management in 2017.

Photo by Jennifer Bacchus

ANAD Commander Col. Joel Warhurst, left, greets Jeff Simmons prior to his shrub ceremony Dec. 12, 2018.