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USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) departed herhomeport of Norfolk, Jan. 31, on her way to Rota,Spain, as the first of four Arleigh Burke-class guid-ed-missile destroyers to be stationed there.

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stroyer USS DonaldCook (DDG 75).

USS DONALD COOK DEPARTSNORFOLK FOR ROTA, SPAIN

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French navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Francois MarcelVice Adm. John Miller, Commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and U.S. 5th Fleet,Combined Maritime Forces, left, and Rear Adm. Eric Chaperon, Commander of French Task Force473, second from left, observe flight operations aboard aircraft carrier FS Charles de Gaulle (R 91).

Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike GroupPublic Affairs

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Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group(HST CSG) and French Navy Task Force473 concluded five weeks of combinedcarrier strike group operations in the U.S.5th Fleet area of responsibility, Feb. 2.

The two strike groups began conduct-ing integrated operations Dec. 26 in theGulf of Oman and have operated togetherin the northern Arabian Sea and the Ara-bian Gulf to enhance regional maritimesecurity and stability.

Ships participating in the combinedoperations included USS Harry S.

Truman (CVN 75), guided-missile cruis-ers USS Gettysburg (CG 64) and USSSan Jacinto (CG 56), and guided-missiledestroyers USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) andUSS Mason (DDG 87), all assigned toHST CSG. French ships included Frenchaircraft carrier and Task Force 473 flag-ship FS Charles de Gaulle (R 91), de-stroyers FS Forbin (D 620) and FS Jeande Vienne (D 643) and replenishmentoiler FS Meuse (A 607).

“We executed a wide array of operationstogether with the Charles de Gaulle strikegroup,” said Rear Adm. Kevin Sweeney,Commander, Carrier Strike Group 10.

US, French navies concludecombined operations

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By MCC Jayme PastoricCenter for Personal and ProfessionalDevelopment

VIRGINIA BEACH

Chief of Navy Reserve ViceAdm. Robin R. Braun visitedthe Center for Personal andProfessional Development(CPPD) Jan. 24, for an over-view of the command’s train-ing and education operations.

Braun was hosted by CPPD

Commanding Officer Capt.John Newcomer during thetour of CPPD headquarters.She fielded questions fromCPPD Navy Reserve unitSailors during an admiral’scall. She also received anoverview on the command’sorganization, a summary ofthe various products and ser-vices CPPD provides.

“This was truly an excit-ing visit for me. I enjoyed

facilitating officer leadershiptraining years ago, and to seeCPPD’s reserve Sailors con-tributing to the fleet and in-spiring Sailors to be leaders isvery impressive,” said Braun.

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■ about the CPPDThe Center for Personaland ProfessionalDevelopment (CPPD) isresponsible for providingall Command DeliveredEnlisted Leadership trainingmaterial to the Fleet.

By BU1 Lance FairchildUnderwater Construction Team One

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Construction Dive Detach-ment (CDD) Bravo of Un-derwater Construction TeamOne (UCT-1), home basedout of Joint Expedition-ary Little Creek-Fort Story,Virginia Beach, constructeda clear water box for an in-

spection of 109 underwaterpiles at Blount Island MarineCorps Base, Fla., during arecent Construction Readi-ness Training (CRT) exercise.

Piles are support structuresfor bridges and piers requir-ing periodic inspections forcracks or breaks, to maintainstability and proper safety forthe structure being supported.

Due to the murky waters,

divers performing the inspec-tions have to work in nearlyzero visibility making tradi-tional methods of underwaterphotography and videographyextremlely difficult by lackingdetail. With the missing de-tails in the photo and video, itposes a major problem withdelivering the final report.

UCT-ONE performs Underwater PierInspection utilizing a Clear Water Box

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GAMEDAYShips out to seagot to watch thebig game Sunday.See A4 for photosand stories fromUSS Roosevelt,USS Stout, andUSSTruman.

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Selection board season runs Januarythrough October and affects nearly everySailor in the Navy. Taking the time to pre-pare in advance can relieve a lot of stresswhen your record goes before a board,Navy officials said Jan. 30.

About 20,000 first classes took theexam this month and from them will bethose who are selection board eligiblefor chief.

Sailors can review their Official Mili-tary Personnel File (OMPF) online byselecting the “OMPF - My Record” linkunder the BUPERS Online (BOL) Ap-plication Menu Log available at www.bol.navy.mil.

“You should not wait until the lastmoment to prepare your record forreview by a selection board,” said Capt.Donald May, director, Officer and En-listed Career Progression Division.“Assume, if you are a first class, thatyou are going to be selection-board eli-gible and look at your record now. Thenwhen the list comes out, and you are onit, you’ll be ahead of the curve.”

It is still possible to update yourOMPF prior to the board commencingif you discover something is missing.

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routine, documents are normally in-gested into the OMPF in about 30 days.Award certificates can take between4-8 weeks depending on the avail-ability to validate the award with theNavy Department Awards Web Service(NDAWS). Awards must be enteredinto NDAWS prior to being submittedto NPC. If not, we cannot validate themor enter them in the OMPF.”

If you are unable to get your awardsupdated in NDAWS in time to updateyour OMPF then that is the time to pro-vide a letter to the board.

“Sailors who have any missing, new,or additional information, like recentlyobtained qualifications, degrees andawards to be considered that are not intheir OMPF may submit them to theboard via a letter to the board,” saidMay. “Letters to the board, commonlycalled selection board packages, mustbe received by the NPC Customer Ser-vice Center by April 28 for Full TimeSupport (FTS) and Canvasser Recruiter(CANREC) Selection Board Eligiblecandidates and by June 2 for activecomponent selection board eligible can-didates.”

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cause of the change. It’s newso we don’t all know this in-formation already.”

It was important for thewomen of Theodore Roos-evelt to come together as agroup and have an open dis-cussion about being a womanstationed on a Navy warship,said event organizers.

“We’re women and thingsare different for us on the ship.It’s hard being a woman on theship. This is the perfect oppor-tunity to meet other womenand know you’re not alone inthis,” said Sewell. “We reallyhave to break the stereotypes

of women in the military. Wewant to do the same thing menare doing and not be lookedat differently because we arewomen.”

In the future, Condon andthe hospital corpsmen plan tobring in women from all ratesand ranks to talk to femaleSailors onboard.

“There are a lot of amaz-ing women out there,” saidSewell. “There are masterchiefs, senior chiefs and offi-cers. We don’t want to worryabout rank, just what we canlearn from the experience ofothers. We can respectfully

talk to each other as women inthe military.”

Condon plans to hold ameeting every underway, de-termining the future topicsbased on survey responses.

Condon hopes to see thegroup grow into an open andwelcoming place for all TR’sfemale Sailors to come anddiscuss female-specific needsand issues on the ship.

Join the conversation withTR online at www.facebook.com/USSTheodoreRoosevelt,www.Twitter.com/TheReal-CVN71 and www.navy.mil/local/cvn71/.

By MCSN Jenna KaliszewskiUSS Theodore Roosevelt Public Affairs

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Approximately 80 Sailorsattended an all-women sym-posium to discuss USS Theo-dore Roosevelt’s (CVN 71)female wellness program inthe ship’s foc’sle, Jan. 24.

Lt. Rachel Condon, Hos-pital Corpsman 1st ClassChelsea Turner, HospitalCorpsman 2nd Class CamileGordon and Hospital Corps-man 3rd Class Amber Sewellorganized the meeting andled discussions specific towomen.

“We’re trying to set upsomething where women havea comfortable location wherethey can ask questions,” saidSewell. “It’s just our way ofgetting the information outthat needs to be put out toeverybody. We want themto know we genuinely careabout the women on the shipand that they have a supportsystem.”

Sewell explained the femalewellness program and pro-vided information about whenand how often women shouldhave exams. Turner talkedabout birth control optionsoffered by the ships’ Medicaldepartment.

Those in attendance partici-pated in a survey to suggestfuture topics for meetings.The group mingled over cook-ies in a relaxed open atmo-sphere following the meeting.

“I thought it was informa-tive,” said Chief ElectronicsTechnician Ann Holman. “Ilike the topic, especially be-

TR promotes careerdevelopment, mentoringfor women Sailors

symposium

By MCSN Taylor N. StinsonNavy Public Affairs Support Element East

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Helicopter Anti-Submarine SquadronFive (HS-5) transitioned to HelicopterSea Combat Squadron Five (HSC-5)during a ceremony, Jan. 24, at Naval Sta-tion Norfolk.

The new platform, which includesthe MH-60R “Seahawk” and MH-60S“Knighthawk,” will replace the SH-60Fand HH-60H.

The transition itself placed new chal-lenges and definite changes for thesquadron in training and in atmosphere.“The big glaring change is the airframe.It is just leaps and bounds ahead interms of technology and capability,” saidCmdr. Aaron R. Kelley, commanding of-ficer of HSC-5.

The HSC-5 “Nightdippers” returnedfrom deployment in July 2013 and beganthe transition to the new platform of

MH-60S by sending pilots and aircrewthrough schools in San Diego, as well astraining with another squadron, Helicop-ter Sea Combat Squadron Two (HSC-2),in Norfolk, said Lt. Chris Hoffmann,public affairs officer for HSC-5.

In preparation for the transition toHSC, HS-5 sent aviation ordnancemen,aviation electrician’s mates, and avia-tion electronics technicians to San Diegofor four months of training while somepilots and members of the aircrew, spe-cifically maintainers, remained in Nor-folk to train with HSC-2.

HSC-2 “Fleet Angels” assisted HS-5with training and requalifying all main-tainers with the new technology andformat of the MH-60S and MH-60R he-licopters. HSC-2 will also assist HS-5 bycontinuing to cover the anti-submarinewarfare mission that HSC-5 is losing.

“We’ve renewed our focus on ourCombat Search and Rescue, Naval Spe-cial Warfare Support, and Anti-Surface

Warfare missions, and that’s not to ex-clude logistics,” said Kelley.

However, with all the new challeng-es and changes that HSC-5 faces, thesquadron remains enthusiastic with thetransition and continues to push forward.

“Everybody is really excited to getback to flying and get up to operatingspeed again,” said Hoffmann. “Hope-fully, we will be able to go out to helpeverybody on the front lines again.”

HSC-5 will continue to remain theworld famous “Nightdippers” althoughthe anti-submarine warfare mission hasbeen dropped. The “Nightdippers” arenot just famous for the legacy that is con-tinually delivered but also the attitudethat remains within the squadron.

“We do our job professionally, reli-ably, and enthusiastically and I think itis that enthusiasm that filters from thedeck plates all the way up,” said Kelley.“It’s contagious and folks remember the‘Nightdippers’.”

HS-5 TRANSITIONS TO HSC-5

MCSN Bounome ChanphouangMedical personnel aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) transfer a patient froma treatment bed to a stretcher during a mass casualty drill. Theodore Roosevelt is at sea conductingtraining operations to prepare for future deployments.

We’ve renewedour focus onour CombatSearch andRescue, NavalSpecial WarfareSupport, andAnti-SurfaceWarfaremissions,and that’s notto excludelogistics.”

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By MC2 Amanda GrayUSS Stout Public Affairs

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Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-mis-sile destroyer USS Stout (DDG 55) celebrate Super BowlXLVIII while at sea, Feb. 2.

The event was hosted by the Junior Enlisted Associa-tion (JEA), who provided food and activities for Sailorsthroughout the day.

“The game is being shown late at night, so leading upto it we had a variety of events going on throughout theship,” said Logistics Specialist 3rd Class Eugene Hogan,JEA’s president. “This included a quarterback precisiontoss, a Madden NFL video game competition, and a fingerfootball challenge. We also prepared all of the food for thegame. It was a lot of work, but the crew really enjoyed it.”

Sailors gathered on the decorated mess decks to watchthe Denver Broncos play the Seattle Seahawks on projec-tors and televisions.

“The Super Bowl is like a sports holiday for Americansand being able to enjoy the festivities and watch the gameis an important morale booster,” said Cmdr. Robert Alpi-gini, Stout’s commanding officer. “It provides a great op-portunity for the crew to take a little down time, gathersocially and partake in the annual pageantry of the eventeven though we’re far from home.”

The game was not aired until after midnight so Alpiginigave the ship a holiday routine the following morning.

“We all work very hard throughout the week, so to beable to put this on for the crew, so that the Sailors on thisship can have an evening of fun is something very reward-ing,” said JEA’s vice president, Hospital Corpsman 3rdClass Shawn James. “We are one big family out here andfootball brings us even closer. We had a great turnout forall of the events and everyone had a great time.”

Stout, homeported in Norfolk, is on a scheduled deploy-ment supporting maritime security operations and theatersecurity cooperation efforts in the U.S. 6th Fleet area ofoperations.Super Bowl

plays inthe ChiefsMessChief petty officers watchthe Super Bowl in the ChiefsMess aboard the aircraftcarrier USS Harry S. Truman(CVN 75).

Harry S. Truman, flagship ofthe Harry S. Truman CarrierStrike Group, is deployedto the 5th Fleet area ofresponsibility conductingmaritime security operations,supporting theater securitycooperation efforts and sup-porting Operation EnduringFreedom.

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By MCSN Bounome ChanphouangUSS Theodore Roosevelt Public Affairs

USSTHEODORE ROOSEVELT,AT SEA

Sailors celebrated Super Bowl XLVIIIwhile underway aboard the aircraft car-rier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN71), Feb. 2.

Sailors gathered for food and drinks,pregame competitions and the game,which was projected on a big screen inthe ship’s hangar bay.

“I’m happy to be out here watchingthe game with all of my fellow aviationordnancemen and playing spades,” saidAviation Ordnanceman Airman ShaniceHouser. “Seattle Seahawks all day.”

Morale, Welfare and Recreation

(MWR) along with the Coalition ofSailors Against Destructive Decisions(CSADD) coordinated the event, andSupply department’s S-2 division pro-vided a feast which included meat-balls, jalapeno poppers and wings.The Second Class Petty Officer As-sociation took over food service assis-tant (FSA) duties, so the FSA’s couldenjoy the game.

“I enjoyed everything provided by theSecond Class Petty Officer Association,CSADD and MWR,” said Hull Main-tenance Technician 2nd Class CarlosGreen. “The sumo wrestling was veryentertaining. Overall it was a great thingthat they provided. It was very entertain-ing and nice to come out and see the ca-

maraderie between us Sailors. We haveto have something enjoyable for theSailors after being out to sea for threeweeks straight.”

Sailors also took part in a bean bagtoss competition and dressed up forsome mock sumo wrestling.

“It’s been a long underway with a lotgoing on,” said Megan Villapudua, The-odore Roosevelt’s MWR Fun Boss. “Wewanted to make it different instead ofjust having the Sailors watch the gamein their rooms or offices. We wanted tobring them out to unwind after workingso hard with qualifications.”

Theodore Roosevelt is underway con-ducting training in preparation for futuredeployments.

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MCSN Edward Guttierrez IIIYeoman Seaman Apprentice Antoine Warner watches SuperBowl XLVIII on the mess decks of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75).

Sailorsaboardthe aircraftcarrier USSTheodoreRoosevelt(CVN 71)watch SuperBowl XLVIIIbetweenthe DenverBroncos andthe SeattleSeahawks.

TheodoreRooseveltis underwayconductingtraining forfuture de-ployments.

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By MCSN Bounome ChanphouangUSS Theodore Roosevelt Public Affairs


The aircraft carrier USS Theo-dore Roosevelt (CVN 71) held amass-casualty drill, Jan. 25, to pre-pare for real casualties that couldoccur in a moment’s notice.

During the drill, Sailors re-sponded to a simulated cable breakduring an underway replenishment.

“We train in case of a true emer-gency, so that there’s nothing sur-prising that we have to anticipate,”said Lt. Cmdr. Charlene Ohliger,the ship’s nurse. “We can never betoo prepared.”

A mass-casualty drill tests thecrew’s response to an emergencysituation that causes more casual-ties than the Medical departmentcan respond to alone.

Sailors participating in the drillworked as a unit to triage patients

by the severity of their injuries,provided them medical attentionand transferred them for additionalcare.

Medical, Dental and the Com-mand Religious Ministries depart-ments triaged the patients. Theship’s designated stretcher-bearershelped care for and transferred thevictims. Security personnel wereon scene to secure the area and easethe flow of patient movement, whileWeapons department controlled theelevators transferring patients toholding areas.

Stretcher-bearers and hospitalcorpsmen practiced treating dif-ferent wounds, including jaw frac-tures, sucking chest wounds, ampu-tations and road rash.

“I felt confident, because I knowwhat I’m doing,” said PersonnelSpecialist 3rd Class Kenneth Per-kins, a stretcher-bearer from repairlocker 1B. “The guys around me

knew what they were doing. Wewere confident going into the drillknowing that we can be the bestthat we can be.”

Theodore Roosevelt simulates amass casualty drill every 90 days totrain its rough riders to be ready ina moment’s notice.

“Practicing mass-casualty drillson a regular basis helps develop thekind of muscle memory needed torespond quickly in the event of areal emergency,” said Ohliger.

Theodore Roosevelt is underwayconducting training in preparationfor future deployments.

By MC3 John M. DrewUSS Theodore RooseveltPublic Affairs


The term “walking bloodbank” may sound ominous,but it could mean the differ-ence between life and deathto a shipmate.

USS Theodore Roosevelt’s(CVN 71) walking bloodbank is composed of Sail-ors who volunteer to donateblood to injured shipmates.

“It’s a program we havein place in case of a masscasualty. The surgeon willcall down and notify us thata transfusion is necessaryfor a patient,” said Lt. Cmdr.Medrina Gilliam, TheodoreRoosevelt’s walking bloodbank coordinator. “We don’tcarry any blood on this shipwhether underway or on de-ployment. It’s our only wayof having blood onboard andavailable in a time of need.”

TR does not carry bloodonboard due to storage andrefrigeration limitations. Theship’s medical staff could notperform transfusions with-out Sailors willing to donateblood to their shipmates.

“When [patients] aremarked ‘red,’ it means thatperson needs surgery imme-diately,” said Gilliam. “Wewould need two people todonate for that one person tohave a better chance of sur-viving.”

By signing up as a vol-unteer, Sailors could save ashipmate’s life.

“I want people to know thatit’s not a requirement, but itis important,” said HospitalCorpsman 3rd Class MoriahMarlowe. “Just come down tomedical and tell us you wantto sign up, and we’ll walkyou through everything that’sneeded.”

Join the conversation withTR online at www.facebook.com/USSTheodoreRooseveltand www.Twitter.com/The-RealCVN71. For more newsfrom USS Theodore Roos-evelt, visit www.navy.mil/local/cvn71/.

TR Sailors prepare for theworst, train to be the best

MC3 Heath ZeiglerLogistic Specialist 2nd Class Christopher Kontaxis, left, performs first aid during amass casualty drill aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).

The walkingblood bankprovideslife’s bloodon TheodoreRoosevelt

U.S. Navy file photoHospital Corpsman 3rd ClassMichael Ousley draws bloodfrom a patient to test for HumanImmuno-deficiency Virus (HIV)during a physical health assess-ment aboard the USS TheodoreRoosevelt (CVN 71).

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Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS The-odore Roosevelt (CVN 71) shoveled the big-gest driveway of them all after receiving aboutthree inches of snow Jan. 29, an uncommonoccurrence for an underway vessel.

The same winter storm that blanketed statesfrom as far south as Texas to the Northeast,tying up traffic and closing schools and busi-nesses, draped TR’s flight deck with a rarecoating of snow.

“I have been on active duty for over 31 yearsand have never seen snow underway before,”said Cmdr. Steven W. Leehe, TR’s mainte-nance officer. “Years ago, I saw some picturesof aircraft landing on a flight deck in a snowstorm, but I’ve never seen it myself.”

“I have been on active or Reserve duty for22 years, and this is my fourth carrier. I havenever seen snow on the flight deck underwaylike this. It’s crazy,” said Lt. Cmdr. Kevin D.Bittle, maintenance material control officer aboard TR.

Even with the foul weather, Sailors remained on watch as TR con-ducted training while underway about 115 miles northeast of Norfolk.

“It’s been cold up here, but it has been a lot of fun,” said SeamanGuerrero, a lookout on vulture’s row. “It was very cool to see snowon the deck. I was amazed at just how quickly it covered everything.”

From deck seamen to old salts, the snow captivated the crew.“We should consider ourselves blessed for every rare and privi-

leged experience our country allows us to enjoy every day. Beautifulsnow on an amazing warship, not quite snuggled up with our familiesat home, but still a great place to serve,” said TR’s command masterchief William Smalts.

TR may be out to sea and the traffic gnarled ashore, but the stormhelped bridge the distance between many families and their Sailorsthrough social media.

“I told my daughters their daddy would be able to make a snowangel,” said one Sailor’s spouse on TR’s Facebook page.

TR is underway conducting training in preparation for future de-ployments.

Local ships,commandssee majorsnowfall

Elsewherein HamptonRoads...Oscar, a red panda, enjoysa bamboo snack in the snowat the Virginia Zoo Wednes-day, Jan. 29.

Though many species nativeto warmer climates stayinside during cold weather,many other species, like redpandas, are happy being inthe snow. Red pandas aresmall tree-dwelling ani-mals native to the easternHimalayas and southwesternChina. Slightly larger than adomestic cat and with mark-ings similar to a raccoon,red pandas have soft, densereddish-brown and white furthat covers their entire body.

Virginia Zoo photo by Winfield Danielson

Virginiazoo

I have beenon activeduty for over31 years andhave neverseen snowunderwaybefore.”

- USS Rooseveltmaintenance officer

Cmdr. Steven W. Leehe

Naval StationNorfolk pier

USSTheodoreRoosevelt(CVN 71)

USS Fort McHenry(LSD 43)

JEBLCFS

U.S. Navy photosSailors shovel snow on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt receivedapproximately three inches of snow while underway conducting training in preparation for future deployments.

Above: USS FortMcHenry (LSD 43) isblanketed with snowas the ship conductsunderway damagecontrol training andamphibious exercisesin the Virginia Capesoperating area duringWinter Storm Leon.

Left: Joint Expedition-ary Base Little Creek-Fort Story clean upefforts after WinterStorm Leon Jan. 29.

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■ more snow photos onlineFor more photos, go to www.flagshipnews.com/multimedia

A layer of snow blanketsthe ground, coveringships that are moored atthe Naval Station Norfolkpier after Winter StormLeon hit Hampton Roads.


“The U.S. has a histori-cally strong partnership withSpain, and the strength of thatrelationship is exemplifiedtoday as the first of four U.S.Navy destroyers departs forRota, Spain,” said Secretaryof the Navy Ray Mabus. “Per-manently forward deployingfour ships in Rota will enableus to be in the right place, notjust at the right time, but allthe time.”

In 2012, Mabus announcedthe BMD-capable destroy-ers Donald Cook, USS Ross(DDG 71), and USS Porter(DDG 78) from Norfolk, andUSS Carney (DDG 64) fromMayport, Fla. will be sta-tioned in Rota. Donald Cook

will arrive in mid-February.“The Naval Station Rota

community is excited aboutthe arrival of the Sailorsand families of USS DonaldCook. Everyone is workingtogether to ensure they havea smooth transition as wellas make them feel at home inRota,” said Capt. Greg Pekari,NAVSTA Rota commandingofficer. “We’re looking for-ward to having them enjoythe wonderful Spanish cul-ture as well as the fantasticrelationships we’ve enjoyedwith our Spanish hosts formore than 60 years.”

These multi-mission shipswill perform a myriad oftasks, including NATO mis-sile defense, the full spec-trum of maritime security

operations, bi-lateral andmulti-lateral training exer-cises, and NATO operationsand deployments. Ross willjoin Donald Cook in Rotalater this year, and Carneyand Porter will arrive in 2015.

“The Donald Cook teamis excited and honored to bethe first destroyer stationedin Rota, Spain,” said Cmdr.Scott A. Jones, commandingofficer, Donald Cook. “Wegreatly appreciate all the hardwork from Naval Station Rota,Destroyer Squadron 60, Com-mander, Naval Surface ForceAtlantic, and Spain; they haveall worked tremendously hardto ensure the ship, Sailors, andour families are well support-ed as we transition into theRota community.”

“We conducted combined flight operationsfrom both the Truman and the Charles deGaulle as well as carrier landing qualifica-tions on both aircraft carriers.”

Lt. Cmdr. Rob Littman, an F/A-18 pilot as-signed to the “Ragin Bulls” of Strike FighterSquadron 37, is a U.S. Navy pilot who hadthe opportunity to land on Charles de Gaulle.

“Landing on the Charles DeGaulle was aterrific experience,” said Littman. “It was re-markable how similar it was to landing on theTruman. The French were extremely profes-sional and the transition was seamless.”

Capt. Bob Roth, Truman’s commandingofficer, said it was a unique experience beingable to execute flight operations with jets andpilots from the French carrier.

“Planning and conducting actual missionstogether in this region brought our two fight-ing units closer together,” said Roth. “Ourcarrier aviation cultures are very similar, sothe mutual real-world missions were execut-ed using familiar tactics, but with a uniquemix of platforms. Carrier Air Wing 3 Hornetsand Rhinos flew seamlessly from Charles deGaulle, just as the Rafales and Super Etend-

ards landed and launched effortlessly fromTruman. We are a good team and I look for-ward to the next opportunity to operate withour trusted French allies.”

Sweeney said operations weren’t limited tojust the aircraft carriers.

“We conducted helicopter deck landingqualifications on our smaller ships. We ex-ecuted boarding exercises, live-fire gunneryexercises, air defense exercises and combatsearch and rescue training - all types of mis-sions we could be called upon to do at anymoment. We even executed what we call a“shotgun swap,” which had the Forbin pro-viding actual air defense control for Trumanand the Gettysburg providing the same de-fense for Charles de Gaulle.”

Sweeney highlighted that the combinedoperations not only improved interoperabilitybetween the French and U.S. navies, but theyalso provided reassurance to regional partners.

“These operations were designed to en-hance our levels of cooperation and in-teroperability,” he said. “Just as importantlythough, it helps promote long-term regionalstability and through our continuous pres-ence, we build trust and confidence through-out the region.”

Capt. Bill Combes, HST CSG chief of staff,echoed the significance of conducting thecombined operations in the region.

“Regional stability and these cooperativerelationships both contribute to safeguardingthe region’s vital links to the global economy,”said Combes.

Personnel from most of the U.S. and Frenchships also had the opportunity to visit otherships to meet with counterparts and learn howthey do their jobs on their respective ships.

Information Systems Technician 2nd ClassKathryn Bustos, spent three days aboard theFrench carrier.

“The [French] sailor I was partnered withwas the equivalent to a U.S. Navy electronicstechnician,” said Bustos. “We repaired hydraradios and headphones worn by French sailorson the flight deck and performed maintenanceon other electronic equipment together.”

Bustos said it was an experience she wouldremember forever.

“It was an experience I’ll remember for therest of my life,” she said. “I met people aboardCharles de Gaulle that I will keep in touchwith even after our deployment and joint op-erations are finished. The French sailors werevery welcoming and friendly.”

Braun’s tour included briefs from multipledepartments on CPPD’s mission and how itis accomplished. During her tour she wasalso briefed on the impact of CPPD’s reserveforces on the command’s training mission.

“In 2013 the CPPD Reserve componentaccounted for 30 percent of the command’soverall training,” said Newcomer. “CPPDwould not be able to effectively complete ourmission without our reserve Sailors deliver-ing world-class training to the fleet.”

Braun then spoke with reserve Sailorsduring the admiral’s call about the impor-tance of their supporting CPPD’s mission.

“The biggest strength we have is our Sail-ors. CPPD instructors have the unique op-portunity to positively contribute to a Sailor’scareer,” said Braun. “It’s always rewarding tosee how much our reserve Sailors contributeto fleet readiness and success.”

The possibility of produc-ing detailed photos in zerovisibility had the dive teamsearching for solutions.After several failed attemptsto produce desirable results,the CDD decided to buildwhat is known as a clearwater box.

“A clear water box is usedto enable photography inmurky water. By providinga path of clear water for thecamera to shoot, it allows adiver to take excellent under-water photos,” said Builder1st Class Lance Fairchild.“Although sometimes usedin the commercial underwa-ter inspection industry, thiswould be the first time usingit for a UCT job.”

The clear water box se-curely seals clean waterinto a confined space and

allows the camera to workas normal.

“We based our dimen-sions for the box on theknown size of the projectpiles that we were inspect-ing,” said Chief BuilderBrian Strantz, CDD, Bravoofficer in charge. “Our finaldimensions were 18" x 18"x 18.” Although rather large,this would provide plentyof offset for the camera tofocus on the entire width ofthe pile and see any defectsin that area.”

The construction wascompleted using a simpleprocess involving acrylicsheets, bar clamps and acryl-ic cement. A 2” PVC Bulk-head fitting with a filler capwas added to provide a portthrough which clean watercould be added. Simplecabinet handles were addedto provide the diver with a

manner to control the boxin the water column. Thehandles and the bulkheadfitting were secured withadded neoprene washers andsilicone caulking to ensurea water tight seal. The ma-terials were purchased forunder $250 and construc-tion took approximately 12hours.

According to Fairchild,the box performed flawless-ly and was easily maneu-vered by the divers in thewater. During the inspec-tion, divers moved the boxagainst the pile and placedthe camera against the op-posite side. No additionallighting was needed as thecameras flash providedenough light for clear, de-tailed results.

UCT-ONE provides re-sponsive inshore and oceanunderwater construction,inspection, repair and main-tenance to ocean facilitiesfor Navy, Marine Corps andjoint forces engaged in mili-tary operations.

UCT-ONE | Team isbased out of JEBLCFS

CPPD | 30 % ofcommand’s overallmission was CPPDReserve

NAVIES | Executed flight ops with French jets, pilots

ROTA | USS Ross, USS Porter and USS Carney will be station in Rota

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By MC1 Tim ComerfordNaval History and Heritage CommandCommunication and Outreach Division

WASHINGTON

Naval History and HeritageCommand’s (NHHC) Un-derwater Archeology Branch(UAB) and conservationistsfrom Terra Mare Conserva-tion opened the mid-sectionof the more than a century-old Number 24 Howell Tor-pedo undergoing conserva-tion at the Washington NavyYard, Jan. 30.

The torpedo was opened toaccess its flywheel, a devicethat is used to store energyand used to propel the torpe-do. The conservators openedthe torpedo and found thesection full of sediment –141pounds of it – but they believe

there may be some man-madepieces mixed in.

“It’s mostly sediment, butwe have some bits and piecesthat could be some parts likescrews,” said Paul Mardikian,an experienced conserva-tor with Terra Mare, who isin charge of coming up withthe torpedo’s conservationplan. “When we opened thebulkhead of the torpedo wehad an almost perfect line ofsediment showing that thispart of the torpedo landed inits original position. It did nottumble or change position.The position of the sedimenttells you the exact final rest-ing position of the torpedo.That’s very interesting. Youcan also interpret the mate-rial, whether it is sandy ormore like silt. You cannot

process the final image untilyou have all the informationtogether. We may use this in-formation later on.”

As Mardikian and hisfellow conservator ClaudiaChemello, worked with thetorpedo, Heather Brown, anarcheologist with UAB, useda fine mesh strainer to lookthrough the sediment.

“We give the sediment tothe archeologists who col-lect it, weigh it and look at it.Then it will either be kept aspart of the records or discard-ed if there is no informationthat can be extracted from it,”Mardikian said. “For the longrun, we keep samples.”

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Navy joins NASA inDay of Remembrance

By MC2 Armando GonzalesCHINFO Public Affairs

ARLINGTON,VA.

Former, current, and future Navyastronauts joined NASA employeesand family members during a Dayof Remembrance, Jan. 31, at Ar-lington National Cemetery to honorfallen astronauts.

“Today, the NASA family joinsthe nation in pausing to rememberthe contributions of those who losttheir lives trying to take our nationfarther into space,” said retiredMarine Maj. Gen. Charles Bolden,the NASA administrator. “Theywere our friends, family and col-leagues, and they were American

heroes who exemplified our nation’spioneering spirit and dared to risktheir lives revealing the unknown.Our lives are better and our nation isstronger for their sacrifice.”

The ceremony took place duringthe week of the anniversaries ofthree fatal accidents: The Apollo1 fire, space shuttle Challenger(STS-51L) explosion and spaceshuttle Columbia (STS-107) acci-dent. Five Sailors died in the lineof duty during these accidents:Lt. Cmdr. Roger Chaffee, Capt.Michael Smith, Cmdr. WilliamMcCool, Capt. David Brown andCapt. Laurel Clark.

MC2 Armando GonzalesA member of the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Honor Guard hands retired Marine Maj. Gen. CharlesBolden,12th Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and hiswife Jackie, a wreath to lay on the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery.

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■ aboutthe dayThe Day ofRemembranceoccursduring theanniversaryweek of threefatal accidentsat NASA andhonors thosewho gavetheir lives forthe cause ofexplorationand discoveryin space.

MC3 Diana Quinlan

■ reenactmentA World War II era aircraft, aPacific Warbirds T-6, flies overPacific Aviation Museum PearlHarbor during a Living HistoryDay event.

MC2 David CothranThe letters “USN” appear near the edge of a section of a late 19th-century Howell Torpedo. The torpedo was discovered by a team ofNavy dolphins off the coast of San Diego.

UAB sifts through the sandsof time with Howell Torpedo

U.S., ITALYSIGN TRAININGAGREEMENTBy Terri Moon CronkAmerican Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON

The Defense Department and Italy’s defense ministryhave signed a memorandum of understanding to pro-mote joint training and education for peacekeeping op-erations, Jan. 3. The agreement, signed at the Pentagon,takes effect immediately and identifies and develops jointtraining and education as well as policies and procedures.

“I believe this is the first, formal agreement on edu-cation and training that the undersecretary of defenseof personnel and readiness has ever signed with [Ita-ly’s] Carabinieri,” said Frank C. DiGiovanni, directorof DOD’s force readiness and strategy.

“This new MOU, [while] old in association, has avery productive objective to promote peace and stabil-ity to areas of the world that are under stress,” addedFrederick E. Vollrath, assistant secretary of defense forreadiness and force management.

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Military spouses face manychallenges so it’s nice to have ben-efits to balance the scales. Spousescan find many advantages ranging

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serve members holding the ranks of E-1to E-5, W-1 to W-2, and O-1 to O-2 areeligible, and must be able to begin andcomplete their program while the militarymember is on Title 10 military orders.

2. Family Service Members’ GroupLife Insurance (FSGLI):

Military spouses are eligible to re-ceive up to $100,000 in life insurancecoverage. Military members can electto enroll their family members in thisprogram for coverage of $10,000 to$100,000. Spouse and dependent cov-erage may not exceed the coverage heldby the service member, and children arerestricted to $10,000. Contact your Mil-itary Personnel Office for enrollment in-formation.

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has reached the required time in service,he or she may elect to assign a portionor all of their GI Bill benefits to a familymember. Benefits may be used while themilitary member is still serving in theArmed Forces.

Spouses are able to use the benefits forup to 15 years after the military memberseparates from the Armed Forces, andchildren may use the benefits until theyreach 26-years of age. Children may alsobe eligible for additional benefits, suchas monthly housing allowances. Yourinstallation’s Education Office and theVeteran’s Affairs (VA) office can provideadditional details.

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With unemployment remaining high,any advantage that can help to securea desired position is helpful. Under theMSP, military spouses are given prefer-ential employment placement in vacantDepartment of Defense (DOD) civilianpositions.

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By Jacey EckhartMilitary spouse contributor

All parents are “must have” par-ents. I think we would all agree thatkids need their moms and dads to lovethem and protect them and help themmake their way in the world.

But lately I’ve been wondering ifmilitary families (and many civilianfamilies) are constructed a little dif-ferently because one of the partnershas a profession that requires a lotof travel and/or long, non-negotiablework hours.

In my research on long militaryfamilies, I found that work demandslike these meant that the partner mostconsistently in the home bore more ofthe weight of the day-today family.

My 11-year old told me that personwas the “Must Have Parent.”

It’s a helluva concept. I hope youwill bear with me on this becauseI want your ideas about the wholething, not just the title of the blog.

This is how he came up with thatterm. From the time my kids werebabies, I played stupid little gameswith them to keep their dad presentwhen he was deployed.

This time I got in the habit this timeof teasing my 11-year old when hewas being especially adorable. “Who

loves you, Peter?” I would ask him.“You do,” he would laugh.“And who else?“Daddy.”Exactly. I wanted him thinking:

Mom loves me. Dad loves me. Lifeis good.

Even after my husband camehome from his last deployment, thiswas still a habit with us. So one dayI asked him again, “Who loves youPeter?”

“You do.”“And who else?”“Daddy,” Pete said, as always.Then he stopped me and looked

into my face. “But you are my MustHave Parent, Mommy.”

My husband was standing rightthere. He gave a little shrug, in thatway of fathers. Because in thatmoment, we both knew what Petermeant.

Peter was telling us that it was OKfor Dad to deploy as long as the MustHave parent was in place.

As long as the Must Have Parentwoke him up every day and fed hima butter roll, he was OK. As long asthe Must Have Parent reminded himto practice his trombone and pickedhim up from school if he was sick andtucked him in at night, he was OK.

As long as our son had his Must

Have Parent relentlessly, constantly,physically present, it was OK for Dadto deploy.

Peter would miss his Dad all thetime (of course), yet it was basicallyOK for dad to be gone and to comehome and to be ready to go again witha Must Have Parent in place.

This assessment was a little hard onboth Brad and me. It was like Peterwas announcing he could cope withonly one kidney.

But it was the way he understoodhis own life.

It made us curious. So we talkedabout his version of the Must HaveParent over dinner. “If one personis the Must Have Parent,” I asked.“What does the other parent do?”

“Well, he is the worker parent,”Pete said.

Brad kind of liked that assessment.“I work too, Honey.” I reminded

Peter gently. (I work full time. It iskind of hard to miss.)

Peter considered that for a minutewhile Brad and I suggested otherterms for the partner who had to begone so much of the time.

“I think the other parent is the MustDo Parent,” announced Peter. ”He hasa lot of things he must do before hecan come home.”

The Must Have Parent and the

Must Do Parent raise the I’m OKMilitary Child?

I don’t know. I’m pretty sure thatthis is the way our family has func-tioned since my husband’s first de-ployment when our daughter was fivemonths old.

This is the way my own familyfunctioned when I was a kid. It wasOK if my Must Do Parent was serv-ing in Vietnam because my MustHave Parent was doing the laundryand driving us to swim lessons andsaying our prayers with us at night.

This is not the way my brother thearchitect and his wife the dieticianraise their girls. Both of them comehome every night. They come homeevery night. Neither of them travelmuch. They share childcare andchores. They are both present.

Our military family cannot workthat way. So got me to wonderingabout other military families and ci-vilian families in which one of thepartners has a profession that requiresa lot of travel and/or long, non-ne-gotiable work hours. Is this the wayother kids assess their families too?

I asked Peter if it was all right if Ishared his idea with you. He said Icould. So we are hoping you will tellus about how your family works. Visitspousebuzz.com and weigh in !

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By Sara Jane ArnettMilitary Spouse Contributor

I am good friends with Super-woman. We occasionally talk on thephone when she has time, but being abusy mom of seven tends to limit ourhour-long “catch up” conversations.She keeps her children involved insports, academic programs, church,family activities while homeschool-ing her five school-age children! Andto think, she does all of this while herhusband is deployed! WHAT?

How do these women and menhold down the homefronts all bythemselves while their spouses areaway? Just knowing the responsibil-ity and total care of the entire familywould send most into constant panicmode, but not Superwoman. Alwayssmiling, never complaining with anuber-strong military spouse attitude

are a few of her attributes that contin-ue to mold this family’s unwaveringresiliency throughout their numerousdeployments.

How and what can you do to sup-port these everyday heroes whiletheir spouse is serving overseas? Doyou have friends, family or neighborscurrently enduring a deployment? Inall deployment scenarios, OPSEC(Operation Security) is of the utmostessence for both service membersand their families to always keep atop priority (visit www.militaryone-source.mil for more Deployment-related topics such as below).

Whenever communicating withyour loved one, never disclose thefollowing:

■ The mission of your servicemember's unit or the number of ser-vice members assigned to it

■ Deployment times and locations

■ Port call dates■ Special shore deployments■ Unit morale or personnel issues■ Troop movement■ Military intentions, capabilities

or operations■ Your family's location during the

deployment■ Your service member's sched-

uled return dateWhen using social media (i.e. Face-

book and Twitter), always rememberthat anything you post or commenton is out there for the world to read.It's important for your safety and thatof your deployed loved one that youavoid posting anything that adver-tises that your loved one is deployedor that you're alone. If you mentionthe deployment, refrain from usingspecific dates and identifying infor-mation no matter how insignificant itmay seem.

It is imperative that we collectivelyrally behind our military familieswho continue to sacrifice their veryprecious time away from their lovedones especially throughout deploy-ments. I am certain that we all knowthese types of Superwomen whoseem to be unfazed with new chal-lenges. Please let these Superwomenin your lives know how well they bal-ance under pressure while maintain-ing OPSEC at all levels. Take it a stepfurther and communicate they cancount on your love and support whenthey need positive people surround-ing them the most through toughtimes.

Rock on Superwomen, rock on!Sara Jane Arnett is an active Army

spouse, mother of three boys andmilitary children’s author of “MyDaddy’s a Soldier.” In 2011, she wasselected as the “Heroes At Home”Military Spouse of the Year and alsoreceived the Military Police Corps“Order of the Vivandiere” award.

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By Bianca MartinezMilitary Spouse Contributor

No one said this would beeasy. We all get there. We getto a point as military spouseswhere you sit down and cryout of pure exhaustion. Youremotional roller coaster iscoming to the part where itclimbs a steep hill, you real-ize you are at the end of thetrack and this is one of thoserides where all of the suddenyou are going backwards.You have no idea where youare going or how long theroller coaster is gonna last.Do you shut your eyes andsay I can’t do this anymore?Or do you throw your handsup and do your best to enjoythe ups and downs and thehighs and the lows?

Now take a look aroundyou ... What do you see whenyou are on a roller coaster?There is that person nextto you nervously laughing.Behind you are two peopleterrified. Behind them issomeone screaming for dearlife and it’s kind of fun forthem but kind of terrifying atthe same time. And let’s notforget about the person whois a little nauseous from itall. My point is, you are notalone.

All of us military spousesare in a different state ofmind, on a different hill orupside down loop of thisroller coaster but we are allon the same roller coaster.Instead of putting your handsup (whether it’s for the fun ofit or because you want to giveup) reach those hands out tothose in the same cart. If any-thing, you can find ways tolaugh about it all, cry aboutsome of it and feel better forjust getting it all out.

Take advantage of the re-sources out there for us. Ican’t stress enough the im-portance of utilizing Fleetand Family Services. How-ever it’s the friendships andcommunication that willmake you feel normal andhelp reel you in when youfind yourself at the pointwhere it’s all about to gobackwards.

Hang in there. Hopefully,you can find your way to the“Wooooooooooooooo” stageof it all and just enjoy theride.

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By David SmalleyOffice of Naval Research

ARLINGTON,VA.

The Office of Naval Re-search Global (ONR Global)announced, Jan. 30, a grant tothe University of Melbournethat will provide new insightsinto ocean conditions-crucialinformation for Navy plannersinvolved in tactical and strategicdecision-making.

The project is intended toimprove understanding of con-ditions in the Indian Ocean, in-cluding validating satellite dataon salinity, or salt, levels. Con-firming satellite findings withactual field-level research is anarea scientists have deemed es-sential to improving the Navy’soceanographic models.

The research is in collabora-tion with Kenyan and Indian sci-entific organizations.

“The major goal of this kind ofresearch is to be able to providethe best information possibleon the environmental, or battle-field, conditions, so that tacticaland strategic decisions can beproperly made,” said Dr. Augus-tus Vogel, the ONR Global pro-gram manager coordinating theresearch. “It is because of thiskind of information that U.S.Navy ships can now more easilyavoid hurricanes, typhoons andcyclones, for example.”

Vogel noted that improvedunderstanding of data from sat-ellites will give Navy plannersmore confidence in the informa-tion received.

“This research will help uscalibrate satellite data so that weare confident in what the data tellus,” he said. “Field data are thebest, but we can use satellites

to study large areas that are noteasily covered with a ship.”

The need for improved environ-mental ocean research has longbeen recognized by the militaryand civilian seafaring commu-nity. Naval researchers point outthat insufficient data on water andweather conditions can impacteven the largest vessels, and recallthe tragic losses of ships underAdm. William Halsey in WorldWar II in storms that today wouldbe easier to predict.

As with many ONR Global ef-forts, there will be a double ben-efit to the research, officials say,as the University of Melbournegrant represents increased tiesbetween U.S. and allied scien-tists. The grant is an exampleof the kind of support PresidentBarack Obama called for in hisrecent State of the Union speech,when he said: “Let’s rememberthat our leadership is definednot just by our defense againstthreats, but by the enormous op-portunities to do good and pro-mote understanding around theglobe.”

ONR Global scientists workaround the world, and its person-nel are often referred to as “sci-entific ambassadors” becauseof the goodwill created duringshared research.

“We are proud to work withresearchers at the University ofMelbourne on this importanteffort to advance understandingof environmental conditions,”said Capt. Mike Smith, com-manding officer of ONR Global.“It is these kinds of collabora-tions that help advance the fron-tiers of knowledge, and strength-en ties between the U.S. andpartner nations through sharedresearch.”

By MC3 Jon EricksonUSS Frank Cable Public Affairs

POLARIS POINT, GUAM

A Ship’s Chapel Dedica-tion and Naming Ceremonytook place aboard the sub-marine tender USS FrankCable (AS 40) in the ship’schapel, Jan. 30.

The ship’s chapel wasnamed in honor of Lt. j.g.Anthony James Conway,a U.S. Navy reserve chap-lain who was attached tothe Third Marine Divisionduring World War II andwas the only Navy chaplainkilled in the liberation ofGuam.

“The importance of dedi-cating our ship’s chapel isto remember Chaplain An-thony James Conway wholoved God and his countryand gave his life in theirservice,” said Lt. MatthewPrince, a chaplain assignedto Frank Cable. “Since theFrank Cable is homeportedin Guam, we wanted our

ship’s chapel to be namedafter a chaplain who hadserved in Guam.”

“Naming the chapel alsogives our chapel a senseof identity,” said Lt. Cmdr.John Miyahara, Frank Ca-ble’s command chaplain.“There has been confusionabout the location of chapelevents between the ship’schapel and Naval BaseGuam’s chapel.”

Miyahara also saidnaming the chapel afterConway helps connect theship to the history of Guamand the sacrifices servicemembers made during theliberation of Guam.

“By remembering andmodeling such love andservice, Frank Cable Sail-ors continue Conway’slegacy here on Guam andthe Navy’s traditions,”added Prince.

Frank Cable, forward-deployed to the island ofGuam, conducts mainte-nance and support of sub-marines and surface ves-sels deployed in the U.S.7th Fleet area of responsi-bility.

For more news on FrankCable (AS 40), visit www.cable.navy.mil or www.facebook.com/FrankCa-bleAS40.

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MC2 Christopher SalisburyLt. Matthew Prince, a chaplain assigned to the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40), speaksabout the dedication and naming of the ship’s chapel in honor of Lt. j.g. Anthony James Conway.

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Despite a year of furloughs anda government shutdown, DefenseDepartment civilians and militarymembers raised $21 million for4,400 charities during the Com-bined Federal Campaign last year,Acting Deputy Defense SecretaryChristine H. Fox said at the CFCawards ceremony at the PentagonJan. 30.

Fox is DOD’s CFC vice chair.At the ceremony, DOD and themilitary services celebrated their

contributions to the campaign,which was conducted DOD-widefrom Sept. 1, 2013 to Jan. 15,2014. CFC is the only authorizedsolicitation of federal employeesin their workplaces on behalf ofapproved charitable organiza-tions.

“CFC is all about giving topeople who need help, whether it’sthrough research organizations totry to cure diseases or prevent themor it’s giving to help individualsstruggling in any number of ways,”Fox told the audience.

Six people were individuallyawarded for their support of the

campaign, in addition to 16 De-fense Department organizations,including the Office of the Sec-retary of Defense and the JointChiefs of Staff. The Army, AirForce, Navy and Marines receivednumerous awards, and for the firsttime, the five overseas combatantcommands were honored for rais-ing $11 million for the campaign.Vince Micone, chairman of theWashington, D.C., coordinatingcommittee for CFC in the Nation-al Capital Area, received a large,cardboard check for the $10 mil-lion that was raised in the NationalCapital Region.

“When I think about the numberof people who contributed to CFCin the National Capital Region andoverseas, I have to reflect a minuteon what your lives have been likethis last year,” Fox told the mili-tary members and civilians in theaudience.

“Our military members … wereonce again asked to do more, frank-ly … than would be reasonable toexpect with the sequestration lastyear,” she continued. “It was a verydifficult time and the demands onthe military just never seem to godown. Once again, our militaryrose to the occasion admirably and

performed beautifully.”Fox noted the civilian workforce

had its hardships, too.“You went three years without

a raise, you were furloughed andall of you – military and civilian– lived through a government shut-down,” she said.

“It was a tough year, yet ourcivilian workforce performed su-perbly, just as our military did andalways does,” Fox said. “And ascivilians, you always [work] withconfidence, dedication and skill.Through all of that … you found itin your hearts to give to others. Andgive, you did,”

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USS Constitution Public Affairs

CHARLESTOWN, MASS.

USS Constitution official-ly opened the lottery for its2014 Independence Day turn-around cruise, Feb. 3.

The lottery will select150 winners from the gen-eral public to ride aboardConstitution for its annualFourth of July cruise inBoston Harbor. This year’scruise is scheduled to be theship’s final IndependenceDay voyage until 2018, as‘Old Ironsides’ is scheduledto enter a Charlestown NavyYard dry dock availability inearly 2015 for restorationsand repairs.

The July 4 turnaroundcruise celebrates the nation’sbirthday by firing from Con-stitution’s saluting batteries a21-gun salute exchange withFort Independence located on

Castle Island. The voyage isabout 4.5 miles total and lastsapproximately three hours.

Each winner will be al-lowed to bring one guest. Allguests must be between theages of eight and 70 yearsold and be physically ableto travel up and down steepladder wells and stand forprolonged periods of timein weather that may consistof high temperatures or rain.Entries must be made bycompleting the entry form onConstitution’s official web-site and returning it by e-mailor standard mail.

All lottery entries must bereceived by noon on April15, with the drawing sched-uled for April 30. Lotteryentries are limited to one perhousehold, and winners willbe notified by e-mail andstandard mail.

To download the official

2014 lottery entry form, visitwww.history.navy.mil/uss-constitution.

USS Constitution, theworld’s oldest commissionedwarship afloat, actively de-

fended sea lanes againstglobal threats from 1797 to1855. Now a featured desti-nation on Boston’s FreedomTrail, Constitution and hercrew of U.S. Navy Sailors

offer community outreachand education about the ship’shistory and the importance ofnaval seapower to more than500,000 visitors each year.

For more news and infor-

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Chief of Naval PersonnelPublic Affairs

MILLINGTON,TENN.

The Keep What You’veEarned campaign released itslatest testimonial video, Jan.29, as part of a series featur-ing Sailor’s personal storiesabout how alcohol incidentsimpacted their careers, andthe importance of drinkingresponsibly.

The latest video featuresPersonnel Specialist 2ndClass Kathryn Cummingsfrom Naval Operational Sup-port Center (NOSC) Norfolk.She shares how a personalhardship led to destructivedrinking habits and exces-sive alcohol use. Strugglingwith personal issues, Cum-mings thought that a night ofheavy drinking would be justwhat she needed, but a nightof binge drinking led to evenmore trouble – this time withher career.

In the new video, Cum-mings says she thought shedid everything right. She

called a taxi and got homesafe. However, her decisionto binge drink still affectedher career when she was lateto work and received a “fit forduty” screening.

After failing her screen-ing, Cummings was referredto her command SubstanceAbuse Rehabilitation Pro-gram (SARP) and got thehelp she needed. She nowhas regular meetings with hercommand Drug and AlcoholProgram Advisor (DAPA),Chief Personnel SpecialistHoward Dickerson, who saidthat Cummings is a “stellarSailor” who strives to be anexample to others.

“Responsible drinking isso important – especiallythese days where everyoneis competing to stay in (theNavy),” said Cummings. Shenow spends her time workingout, volunteering and hang-ing out with more responsiblefriends.

According to the Center forDisease Control, binge drink-ing has become so common

that more than half of alcoholconsumption in the U.S. is inthe form of binge drinking.

“We want Sailors to under-stand that we aren’t tryingto stop them from drinkingall together, but that if theychoose to drink, we wantthem to do so responsibly,”said Dorice Favorite, di-rector of the Navy Alcoholand Drug Abuse PreventionOffice. “If a night of drinkingaffects your ability to showup for work and do your job,that’s when we know there isa problem.”

Cumming’s testimonial ispart of the Keep What You’veEarned video series. Eachtestimonial reminds Sailorsof the importance of drinkingresponsibly and keeping whatyou’ve earned.

You can watch all the KeepWhat You’ve Earned videosat www.youtube.com/user/NavyNADAP. For more infor-mation, and to help promoteresponsible drinking at yourcommand, visit www.nadap.navy.mil.

Sailor’s cautionary tale about copingwith hardships through alcohol use

Sailorsmake snowsculptureat festivalThe 2014 NavyMisawa Snow Teampose with the “FightingBee” snow sculpturethey completed for the65th annual SapporoSnow Festival, Feb. 3.

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MOBILE, ALA.

The Navy’s newest littoral combat ship, the futureUSS Coronado (LCS 4), departed from the Austal USAshipyard in Mobile, Ala., Jan. 27, en route to her com-missioning site in Coronado, Calif.

Coronado is the fourth littoral combat ship delivered tothe Navy, and the second LCS of the aluminum, trimaranIndependence variant. It is scheduled to be commissionedApril 5, and will be homeported in San Diego, Calif.

“It is exciting to see Coronado, operated by her Navycrew, exiting the new construction yard en route to herhomeport,” said Capt. Tom Anderson, LCS ProgramManager. “There is a great sense of pride among themany who were involved in her construction in seeingher headed to sea to do what she was built to do.”

During her transit to the West Coast and prior to hercommissioning, Coronado will conduct hull, mechani-cal, and electrical system shakedown events as well asnavigation checks and combat systems test events. Ad-ditionally, the crew will participate in training events tocontinue honing their familiarity with the Independencevariant.

Prior to sail away, the Navy’s Board of Inspection andSurvey (INSURV) conducted acceptance trials aboardCoronado. INSURV found the ship’s performance to be“strong” following what was hailed as “the most com-plete and rigorous trial on the Independence variant todate,” and recommended the vessel be accepted.

LCS 4 incorporated a number of design changes basedon lessons learned from the first ship of class, USS In-dependence (LCS 2). These changes are now part of thebaseline design and are being incorporated in the con-struction of follow-on ships of the Independence variant.

The Austal USA team has Jackson (LCS 6), Montgom-ery (LCS 8), Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) and Omaha(LCS 12) under construction in Mobile, Ala. In March2013, construction contracts were awarded for Manches-ter (LCS 14) and Tulsa (LCS 16).

The littoral combat ship class is designed to defeatthreats in coastal waters where increasingly capablesubmarines, mines, and swarming small craft operate.To deliver capabilities against these threats, the Navyintroduced LCS with innovative concepts, such as mod-ular mission packages, to quickly respond to an evolv-ing threat.

Program Executive Office Littoral Combat Ships isresponsible for delivering and sustaining the fleet’s lit-toral mission capabilities. Consistent delivery of high-quality warfighting assets, while balancing affordabil-ity and capability, is key to supporting the nation’smaritime strategy.

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U.S. 7th Fleet Public Affairs

OKINAWA, JAPAN

Adm. Harry Harris, PacificFleet commander, saw first-hand the advanced capabili-ties of the P-8A Poseidon ona flight with the War Eagles ofPatrol Squadron 16, Jan. 24.

The P-8A flew an eight-hour maritime surveillancemission over the East ChinaSea, highlighting the fullrange of the Poseidon’s game-changing intelligence, sur-veillance and reconnaissance(ISR) capabilities.

“This is a super aircraft.Within just three months ofarriving for its first-ever de-ployment, it’s already a hugeleap forward in capability forthe Pacific Fleet,” said Harris.“The software upgrades thatwere put in place last fall havepaid off in providing an im-mediate and effective advan-tage in ASW, ISR and sensorintegration. In my opinion,the P-8A is exceeding its keyperformance parameters by awide margin. This is exactlywhat we need to fight tonight.

Send more my way!”Led by VP-16 Command-

ing Officer, Cmdr. WilliamC. Pennington Jr., the aircrewdemonstrated why the P-8Ais critical to the Navy’s rebal-ance to the Pacific.

“Admiral Harris’ visithighlights the significance ofthe P-8A’s role in the rebal-ance to the Pacific. The WarEagles were proud to show-case not only the capabilityof this leading-edge aircraft,but more so the enthusiasmof our aircrew and mainte-nance professionals in helpingto set the foundation for howthe maritime patrol and recon-naissance force will operategoing forward in this strategicregion,” said Pennington.

The P-8A brings the latestavionics and onboard systemsto the maritime patrol and ISRmission making it the mostadvanced anti-submarine andanti-surface warfare aircraftin the world. The P-8A fea-tures a technologically agile

open architecture that enablesthe integration of modernand capable sensors, a robustcommunications suite, anti-submarine and anti-surfacewarfare weapons and acous-tic/non-acoustic sensors.

“It was a great honor havingAdm. Harris visit our squad-ron. Our Sailors have beenworking extremely hard thelast two months, answeringthe demands of a high opera-tional tempo,” said Lt. Cmdr.Matthew Griffin, P-8A tacti-cal coordinator. “They havetruly embodied the VP-16motto, ‘Anytime, Anywhere,Anytask ... Nothing But Ex-cellence!’”

In terms of mission effec-tiveness and reliability, theP-8A represents a leap for-ward for the United States’maritime patrol and recon-naissance community.

The P-8A is a long-rangeaircraft capable of broad-area,maritime and littoral anti-submarine and anti-surface

warfare, and ISR operations.The aircraft is a militarizedBoeing Next-Generation 737derivative. The aircraft has amaximum speed of 490 knots,a ceiling of 41,000 feet, andprovides a range of more than1,200 nautical miles with fourhours on station. The P-8A iscapable of delivering a numberof weapons, including MK-54torpedoes and Harpoon mis-siles. The multipurpose P-8Aoffers the joint, combined ornaval operational commandera potent weapons platformwith a rapid response time forworldwide employment.

The P-8A is part of theNavy’s long-range plan torotate newer, more capable air-craft to 7th Fleet to ensure theNavy is best postured to honorits security commitments tothe Indo-Asia-Pacific and con-tribute to regional security andstability. Overall as part of therebalance, military forces willreach a 60/40 split to the Indo-Asia-Pacific by 2020.

Pacific fleet commander gets closelook at P-8 advanced capabilities

The futureUSS Coro-nado (LCS4) conductsat-sea ac-ceptancetrials inthe Gulf ofMexico.

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ART COLLECTION ILLUSTRATES NEEDFOR CREATIVE SAILOR SUBMISSIONS

Left:YeomanSeamanMichaelAdams addsthe finishingtouches tohis muraladorning theUSS Deca-tur’s (DDG736) store in2002.

Right: FireControlman3rd ClassBrandhoLinao paintsartwork ona bulkheadaboard theguided-missilecruiser USSMonterey(CG 61), in2013.

By MC1 Tim ComerfordNaval History and Heritage CommandCommunication and Outreach Division

WASHINGTON

With artworks rang-ing from paint on canvasto charcoal illustrations tocomical snippets, the NavyArt Collection has it all.Or so you would think. Butwhat they’re missing fromtheir collection is your work.

Naval History and Heri-tage Command (NHHC) artcurators said, Jan. 29, theyare eager to add talentedSailors’ illustrations, paint-ings and, yes, comics to theNavy’s collection.

Why the need? Becausethere is a lack of art from therecent past.

“There are some wars thatwe are better represented inart, than others,” said GaleMunro, Naval History andHeritage Command NavyArt Collection head cura-tor. “The wars that we arereally strong in: World WarII, which is when the combatartist program started. Fromthe Korean War, we arebetter off than the other ser-vices because we had threecombat artists.”

Munro said the collectionincludes an adequate amountof art from Vietnam andDesert Shield and Storm, buthas only a few pieces fromOperations Enduring Free-dom and Iraqi Freedom.

This is where you, or ashipmate, come in. You haveseen them in the passage-way painting a division’slogo, designing the shipsdeployment t-shirt or maybesketching while in berthingor the mess decks. Let themknow that NHHC’s NavyArt Branch would like to seesome art donated from Sail-ors for their collection.

“We will take submis-sions,” Munro said. “Wehave gotten a few drawingsfrom guys on ships that cre-ated a really nice artworkand thought they would bekind to us. They sent them,and they are a part of thecollection now.”

She advises the creatorjust to let them have a lookat the artwork.

“No need to send theartwork itself, they could

take a digital snapshot ofit and email it to us here atthe Navy Art Collection,”Munro said. “We will take alook at it.”

If it meets their criteria,they will add it to the collec-tion.

“The criteria are that wecan foresee a use for it inan exhibit and that it is intolerably good condition,”Munro said.

She said NHHC will nottake the work unless it wasto be exhibited. “It’s not fairto them if we take it and thennot use it,” she said.

Just because it isn’t apainting or an ink piece ofart doesn’t mean that it isn’tworthy. They will considertaking an illustration on apiece of notebook paper.

“If it’s something reallyremarkable that we do nothave any other images of,yes, we will take notebookpaper,” Munro said. “FromWorld War II we have lots ofcartoons. Guys, off on a de-ployment, did silly cartoonsof the idiosyncrasies of ship-board life – we love stufflike that, and those tended tobe drawn on notebook paper.Some modern cartoonswould be great to go alongwith our WWII cartoons.”

A portion of the Navy’sart collection travels to mu-seums around the country.

“Our best customers arestate and county type muse-ums,” Munro said. “We sendout exhibits showing peoplethe great things the Navydoes, and has done for themin the past.”

If someone you know isregularly doodling, sketch-ing or painting, let themknow they could be a part ofhistory. Tell them to submittheir artwork to the Navy’sart collection by sendingan email with their contactinformation and a photo oftheir work to [email protected], and who knows?Maybe you will see theirwork in a gallery near you.

For more informationabout the Navy Art Collec-tion, visit www.history.navy.mil/branches/nhcorg6.htm.

For more news from NavalHistory and Heritage Com-mand, visit www.navy.mil/local/navhist

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“The best way to honortheir memories is to keeppushing the boundaries ofspace exploration so that wecan bring new knowledge andnew benefits to our nationand our world,” said Bolden.“That is what our astronautson the International Space

Station are doing at this verymoment.”

“The Navy has been deeplyinvolved in the U.S. spaceprogram since the beginning,”said Capt. Kathryn Hire, anactive duty Navy officer andformer NASA astronaut.“From the first U.S. astronautto fly in space, Alan Shepardin 1961, to Chris Ferguson,

the commander of the 135thSpace Shuttle mission in 2011,Navy astronauts contributedto many great achievements inspace exploration.”

The Navy continues to addto NASA’s space programs byemploying seven active dutyastronauts and enrolling twoofficers in the 2013 Astronautclass.

NASA | Navy has been part of spaceprogram ‘since the beginning’

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By MCSA Rose ForestNavy Public Affairs Support Element West, Det. Hawaii

PEARL HARBOR

Visitors of the Battleship Missouri Memorial and thePacific Aviation Museum got an opportunity to see historyreenacted during Living History Day on Ford Island, JointBase Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Feb. 2.

The day was in part a celebration of the 70th anniversa-ry of the Battleship Missouri’s launch along with aviationhistory at the Pacific Aviation Museum.

The Battleship Missouri (BB 63) was launched Jan. 29,1944 and was the site of the signing of the Terms of Sur-render by Japan to end World War II.

“Living history day is a celebration of all things historical,”said Josh Stutz, coordinator, Education Department, Battle-ship Missouri Memorial. “It doesn’t all have to do with theBattleship Missouri. A lot of it does, but we also have differ-ent pieces from the civil war, World War II, up through theGulf War that we have acted out by our re-enactors, and evenup through today with our active duty military.”

Visitors to the Pacific Aviation Museum interacted withcostumed interpreters who told the story of the Civil War,World War II, the Gulf War and the Vietnam era plus PanAm (Pan American World Airways) flight and commandveterans ‘Amelia Earhart,’ ‘Rosie the Riveter’ and otherfigures from history.

Historical characters, musical performances, swingdance demonstrations, hands-on activities, and filmscreenings were among the events.

“This is the second living history day that we have doneand we are glad that the Missouri wanted to partner withus and so we have taken it in two different directions,”said April Emerson, volunteer who also dressed as ‘Rosie.’“They have been concentrating on their anniversary andthe history going along with that, and then here at themuseum we focused in on Pacific aviation history.”

Thousands attended the event, including many children,who were able to learn about history and meet people whohave helped shape it.

“There is nothing like seeing a child and how wide theireyes get when they can jump in a helicopter or they candon a flight suit or they can talk to a Pan Am stewardess orthey can talk to one of our vets,” said Emerson. “And whatreally gets me is when I see kids, that excitement on theirface, and their parent coming up behind them and sharingthat story of their own.”

MC3 Diana QuinlanJerry Stanfield, retired U. S. Army and volunteer, speaks to thevisitors about Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter during a Living His-tory Day event at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor.

Maj. Gen. Ilio Ciceri, Italy’schief of staff of the CarbinieriGeneral Headquarters, said thesupport and position of the UnitedStates has been a source of “im-mense pride” for his country.

Reflecting on critical momentsof the Carabinieri deploymentsin peace support operations,Ciceri said the first Carabinieriintervention model was tried inthe Balkans in the 1990s, mark-ing the first shared experiencewith the United States.

It was also deployed in Al-bania and Kosovo, where it isstill active, and in Iraq, he said,adding that it has become a spe-cialized instrument supportingthe coalition armed forces withpolice information gathering andpublic security.

Such experiences continued inAfghanistan, with the Interna-tional Security Assistance Forcemission, he said, by training andmentoring local police forces.

“We are sifting the material comingout of the torpedo to make sure that partsthat have fallen into the sediment don’tget discarded,” Brown explained, whoseemed happy to get her hands dirty.“This is often the thing you end up doingout in the field, but since the whole torpe-do was brought to us, we can do it in ourlab. It makes it a lot easier and a lot morecomfortable. UAB does not typically doa lot of work like this ourselves. We issuethe permits and do more managerial work– we don’t do as much on-site, hands-on,archeology. So, this is great! We are ex-cited about this opportunity.”

As she sifted through the silt and sandShawna Daniels, maritime conservator,and Catherine Dick, UAB intern, baggedup, labeled and weighed any metal piecesor larger sediment pieces that may havesomething within them.

Mardikian says opening up the torpe-do isn’t just to find out what is inside,it’s a necessary part of the conservationprocess.

“We are learning a lot,” Mardikian said.“When you are conserving a complex ar-tifact, there are certain things that reallyare important. First, you really mustunderstand the material you are dealingwith, and second, every part of the arti-fact needs to be inspected for possiblesediment or seawater. You cannot pre-

serve an artifact unless you gain access toall parts of it. If it is locked with seawaterand sediment inside it is going to rot. Soit is mandatory for us to gain access forlong term stability.”

Still, Mardikian believes his originalestimate of the time for conserving thetorpedo still holds.

“The conservation plan for the torpedois coming together and we are gettingready to finalize the document,” he said.“Once we have that, we are good to go toexecute the plan. Within less than a yearwe should be done.”

The Howell torpedo, named for NavyLt. Cmdr. John A. Howell, the primarycontributor to the design, was developedbetween 1870 and 1889. The Howell, thefirst propelled torpedo, was 11-feet long,made of brass, had a range of 400 yards,a speed of 25 knots, and a warhead filledwith 100 pounds of explosives.

The mid and tail sections of this raretorpedo, found by U.S. Navy dolphinsoff the coast of San Diego last March,make it one of three known to exist inthe world. The torpedo was transferred toUAB for desalinization and conservationon the Washington Navy Yard, May 31.That was when they discovered a mark-ing on the torpedo, “U.S.N. No. 24”.

Further research led to deck logs thatindicated the torpedo was launched fromUSS Iowa (BB-4) during a training op-eration in December 1899.

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Navy Vice Adm. MichaelS. Rogers is President BarackObama’s nominee to becomethe next commander of U.S.Cyber Command, DefenseSecretary Chuck Hagel saidin a DOD news release issuedJan. 30.

Hagel also announced thathe has designated Rogers toserve as director of the Nation-al Security Agency, and chiefof the Central Security Service,according to the release.

“I am pleased that Presi-dent Obama has accepted myrecommendation to nominate

Vice Adm. Michael Rogersas Commander of U.S. CyberCommand. And I am de-lighted to designate him alsoas Director of the NationalSecurity Agency,” Hagel saidin a statement issued today.“This is a critical time for theNSA, and Vice Adm. Rogerswould bring extraordinary andunique qualifications to thisposition as the agency contin-ues its vital mission and im-plements President Obama’sreforms.”

In his statement, Hagel notedthat Rogers is “a trained cryp-tologist” with a Navy careerspanning 30 years.

Rogers currently serves as

the U.S. Fleet Cyber Com-mand commander and com-mander of the U.S. 10th Fleet.If confirmed by the U.S.Senate, he will replace Army

Gen. Keith B. Alexander, whohas served as the NSA direc-tor since 2005, and the CyberCommand commander since2010, the DOD release said.

“As commander of theNavy’s 10th Fleet and U.S.Fleet Cyber Command, hehas already demonstrated hisleadership and deep expertisein this critical domain,” Hagelsaid of Rogers. “I am also con-fident that Adm. Rogers hasthe wisdom to help balance thedemands of security, privacy,and liberty in our digital age.”

Additionally, the releasesaid, Richard Ledgett hasbeen selected to serve as theNSA deputy director. In hisnew role as the senior civil-ian at NSA, Ledgett acts atthe agency’s chief operatingofficer. He replaces J. ChrisInglis, who retired from theposition in January.

Rogers tabbed as nextCyber Command Chief

MC2 David R. Finley JrVice Adm. Michael S. Rogers,commander of U.S. Fleet CyberCommand and U.S.10th Fleet,speaks with members of GannettGovernment Media Corp.

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Pablo Francisco will rock the house with screamsof laughter at the Funny Bone in Virginia Beach (217Central Park Ave.), Feb. 6 - 9. Fans worldwide flock toFrancisco’s shows to experience some of the funniestoff the wall comedy ever unleashed. He has had twohour-long specials on Comedy Central.

Showtimes are 8 p.m. on Thursday; 8 and 10:30 p.m.on Friday; 7 and 9:30 p.m. on Saturday; and 7 p.m. onSunday. Tickets cost $20.

For more information, call 213-5555 or visit www.vabeachfunnybone.com.

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Beat the winter blahs, and start plan-ning your garden with a visit to the 2014Hampton Roads Home & Garden Show.Presented by the Peninsula Housing &Builders Association, this popular eventruns from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Feb. 7 and8, and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Feb. 9at the Hampton Roads Convention Center.

Tickets are $10 for the general public;budding gardeners (12 and younger) get infree. Active duty and retired military andsenior citizens (62 and older) receive a $2discount. Parking is free.

This year’s show features an excitinglineup of celebrities and home and gardenexperts, plus some fun things to see. Hearwhat Better Homes & Garden’s RenegadeGardener Don Engebretson has to sayabout creating a garden that is unique.Learn how to make educated home im-provement decisions from Chip Wade,host, designer and contractor on HGTV’s

“Elbow Room.” Wade has also appearedon numerous HGTV programs such as“Curb Appeal: The Block,” “Showdown,”and “Design Star.” Check out K-9’s inFlight, an aerobic team of rescue dogs thathas dazzled audiences worldwide for 15years.

Back this year is Habitat for Humanity’sReStoration Challenge, where three localinterior designers are given a budget of$1,000 to create rooms using items onlyfound at Habitat for Humanity stores.

Register for the $10,000 Ultimate

Garden Giveaway, where a lucky home-owner from the Peninsula will win a com-plete yard makeover valued at $10,000.The Giveaway includes a custom designlandscape and lush plant material, pavers,mulch and trees service, outdoor lighting,and a patio set. The Giveaway is spon-sored by Landscapes by Eric Bailey.

For more information, call 305-9029 orvisit, www.hamptonroadshomeshow.com.Be sure to like us on Facebook for oppor-tunities to win free tickets and other greatprizes.

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It’s getting hot in here, so come chill out at the 22ndannual Polar Plunge Winter Festival benefiting Spe-cial Olympics Virginia. More than 3,300 thrill-seek-ers are expected to brave the chilly Atlantic Oceanwearing nothing but swimsuits and zany costumesat the Polar Plunge, Feb. 7 - 8 between 6th and 9thstreets on the Virginia Beach Oceanfront.

Participants need to raise at least $100 to plunge,which helps provide year-round training and athleticcompetition to more than 13,000 Special OlympicsVirginia athletes of all ages.

Not ready to brave the cool waters, but still want tocome chill with us? Join us for our inaugural beachvolleyball tournament Saturday morning – 2-man(men’s and women’s) and 4-man (co-ed) teams arewelcome at this tournament on the sand. Or, flex yourathletic prowess Saturday at the Plunge 5K.

The 2014 Polar Plunge Winter Festival kicks offFriday at 10:30 a.m. with the Cool School Challenge,an exclusive opportunity for school groups to take thePlunge – actual Plunge is at noon. More than 220 stu-dents from 12 local schools have already signed up

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on Saturday with the actual Plunge taking place at2:30 p.m. Additional Plunge highlights:

■ Pee-Wee Plunge – Kids 10 and under can, for aminimum of $50 raised, jump into a cool kiddie pool,as well as win prizes.

■ Friday Night Beach Party – Join us for the FridayNight Pre-Plunge Party from 6 to 10 p.m., featuringlocal favorite band, Slapnation.

To register for the plunge, 5K or volleyball tour-nament, or to find out more details about the event,visit www.polarplunge.com or call the Virginia Beachoffice at 962-1575.

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Calling all ship builders. On Feb. 8, from 10a.m. to 5 p.m., the Hampton Roads Naval Museum(HRNM) will bring back its “blockbuster” LEGOShipbuilding event for a third year. This free pro-gram invites LEGO shipbuilders of all ages toshare their creations with fellow enthusiasts onone exciting day and compete for fabulous prizes.

Children and adults alike can bring their pre-constructed LEGO ships – either from a kit orfrom scratch – to display at the museum prior to2 p.m. on Saturday. HRNM will award prizes forfive winning age categories, along with a new cat-egory this year, “fan favorite” voted on by you.

Don’t have a ship made already but want to bepart of the contest? Throughout the day, visitorscan stop by a ship-building station and create theirown ships. Educators will also be on hand to sharethe science behind building ships with LEGOs. Inaddition, visitors can create historic naval shipsfrom HRNM’s own diagrams. Each year, staffmembers add new ships to their on-site brick fleet.New ships this year include the USS Onondaga,USS Maine, and CSS Nansemond.

Several other LEGO-related activities will ac-company the event.

For all questions and inquiries, contact LauraOrr at [email protected] or 322-3108, or visitHRNM’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/HRNavalMuseum.

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Courtesy photoVisitors to the LEGO Shipbuilding event on Feb. 8will be able to create historic naval ships from theHampton Roads Naval Museum’s own diagrams.Each year, staff members add new ships to their on-site brick fleet. New ships this year include the USSOnondaga, USS Maine, and CSS Nansemond.

■ historySince 1993,more than 36,000plungers haveraised more than$8.5 million forSpecial OlympicsVirginia.

The inauguralPolar Plunge tookplace in 1993 atthe Clarion Hotel;34 plungers raisednearly $8,000 forSpecial OlympicsVirginia, a year-round internationalprogram ofsports trainingand athleticcompetition forchildren and adultswith intellectualdisabilities.

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The PathTo Freedom

■ When: Feb. 7, 7 p.m.; Feb. 8, 3 and 7 p.m.; Feb. 9, 3and 7 p.m.■ Where: The Perry Family Theatre of The HurrahPlayers, 485 St. Paul’s Blvd., Norfolk■ Cost: $20 for adults, $15 for children■ For more information, contact: (757) 627-5437 orvisit www.hurrahplayers.com

In honor of African American History Month, let TheHurrah Players and Atumpan-The Talking Drums takeyou on a journey down “The Path To Freedom.” Coreythe Talented Blind Guy’s original stage-play “The Pathto Freedom” traces African-American culture fromits roots in West Africa all the way to 21st CenturyAmerica. From Mother Africa to President Obama, thishistorical musical illustrates how African-Americansused stories, music and dance as a means to uplift,educate and entertain all while preserving the culture ofAfrica’s people. Under the direction of Hurrah veteranSharon D. Cook and choreography by LaQuita MarieStaten, “The Path to Freedom” is a smart and relevantproduction for the entire family.

Service Academy, ROTC Information Day

■ When: Feb. 8, 10 a.m. to noon■ Where: Frank W. Cox High School, 2425 ShorehavenDrive, Virginia Beach■ Cost: Free■ For more information, contact: Dave [email protected] or Bill Daniels at [email protected]

The U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association -Hampton Roads Chapter will be hosting the sixth annualSouth Hampton Roads (Virginia) Service Academy andROTC Information Day. This special event is intendedprimarily for interested students in grades 8 through11. However, all interested students, their parents, andhigh school guidance counselors, as well as eligibleactive duty and reserve military personnel interestedin applying for entrance to the service academies andROTC programs, are invited to attend. CongressionalOffice representatives will provide information aboutthe service academy nomination process. Shortpresentations will be made by the service academy andROTC representatives in the Cox Auditorium from 10 to11 a.m., followed by individual questions and answers.

Rain Barrel Workshop

■ When: Feb. 8, 10 a.m.■ Where: Virginia Cooperative Extension Office, 739Thimble Shoals Blvd., Suite 1009, Newport News■ Cost: $50 per person/barrel■ For more information, contact: Mary Wrightat 591-4838 or [email protected], or visit www.nnmastergardeners.org

Join the VCE Newport News Master Gardeners andWater Steward Volunteers in learning about the benefitsof utilizing a rain barrel in your yard and garden withthis hands-on workshop. At the end of the session youwill have built your own rain barrel to take home withyou, so be prepared to get dirty. Pre-registration isrequired; space are limited.

Kid’sYoga Walk

■ When: Feb. 8, 1 p.m.■ Where: Hoffler Creek Wildlife Foundation &Preserve, 4510 Twin Pines Road, Portsmouth■ Cost: $5 per child (must be accompanied by an adult)■ For more information, contact: 686-8684, [email protected] or visit online at www.hofflercreek.org

Explore your family’s connection to nature on a Kid’sYoga Walk at Hoffler Creek Wildlife Preserve. ProgramsDirector and Yoga Instructor Kirsten Halverson willlead you to stretch, breathe, romp and play around thewildlife preserve.

Tony Bennett in concert

■ When: March 16, 7 p.m.■ Where: Chrysler Hall, Norfolk■ Cost: Tickets range $65 to $100 plus fees; available atthe Scope Arena box office, all Ticketmaster outlets, onlineat Ticketmaster.com or via phone at (800) 745-3000■ For more information, visit: www.sevenvenues.com

SevenVenues welcomes Tony Bennett with special guestAntonia Bennett. No one in popular American musichas recorded for so long and at such a high level ofexcellence than Bennett.

For a complete list of events in HamptonRoads or to submit your own, visitwww.flagshipnews.com/calendar

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On Feb. 9, 1964, The Beatles madetheir American Television debut on “TheEd Sullivan Show.” Half a century later,people still remember where they werewhen they watched the Fab Four declare“I Want to Hold Your Hand!”

On the 50th anniversary weekend ofthis defining moment in American musi-cal history, the original cast of the Broad-way sensation “Beatlemania” returns toHampton Roads to perform more than20 classic Beatles hits, backed by theVSO POPS. Audiences will experiencelive performances of many Beatles tunesthat were never performed live by TheBeatles themselves, and great care hasbeen taken to ensure that every note willbe performed exactly as it was on theoriginal recordings.

“I grew up listening to Beatles songs,and they are one of the main reasons Ifell in love with music,” VSO ResidentConductor Benjamin Rous said. “I’mso excited to have the chance to per-form this music live.”

Classical Mystery Tour features Jim

Owen (John Lennon) on rhythm guitar,piano and vocals; Tony Kishman (PaulMcCartney) on bass guitar, piano andvocals; David John (George Harrison) onlead guitar and vocals; and Chris Camil-leri (Ringo Star) on drums and vocals.

“We really make an effort to soundexactly like the originals,” said Owen.

If you’ve never experienced a liveBeatles show, Classical Mystery Tourwith the Virginia Symphony lets yougo back in time 50 years and sing along

to “Hey Jude,” “Eleanor Rigby,” “Sgt.Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”and more.

Performances are Feb. 6 at 8 p.m. atFerguson Center for the Arts in NewportNews, and Feb. 8 at 8 p.m. at ChryslerHall in Norfolk. Ticket prices rangefrom $22 to $90. Discounts are availablefor groups of 10 or more.

For tickets, call Symphony Patron Ser-vices at 892-6366 or visit www.virgin-iasymphony.org.

Courtesy photoBeatles cover band Classical Mystery Tour features (from left) David John (George Harrison),Tony Kishman (Paul McCartney), Chris Camilleri (Ringo Star) and Jim Owen (John Lennon).

VirginiaSymphonyto celebrateThe Beatles

health&fitness

By Lacey LeeContributing Writer

If you are among the millions, chancesare you vowed to a NewYear’s resolution.Whether it’s to lose weight, stop smok-ing, volunteer more, or live a healthierlifestyle, many people start off great thenas the days turn into weeks, the momen-tum starts to fade. Luckily it is still thebeginning of the year, which means “if”you have fallen off “the wagon,” it hasnot been too long and I am here to helpget you back on track.

What people tend to forget is everysingle day is a new day to start over,change your direction and modify your“resolution.” That is the beauty of it all,you don’t have to wait until Jan. 1 tomake a change, you can do it at any time.The key is having tools in your “toolbox” to grab when you find times get-ting tough, your motivation is lacking, or“life” gets in the way.

Here are some of my solutions for suc-cessfully maintaining your resolution(s),whenever you make them. The ultimategoal each year should be to not focusyour New Year’s resolution aroundlosing weight, beginning to exercise and/or eating healthier because you have al-ready adapted a healthier lifestyle.

Choose an obtainable goalYou must be realistic when setting your

personal fitness goals. If you set out torun a 5K by February and you have neverrun before, that would be a bit unrealistic.Your “goal” does not have to be one big/long-term goal. Set several small goalsthat are not only realistic, but attainable.For example, it is easy to say “I’m goingto start working out every single day.”You have to think about what you havebeen doing up to this point. If you aregoing from a sedentary lifestyle and havenot worked out in months/years, you areonly setting yourself up to going back tosquare one – a sedentary lifestyle. It maywork the first couple weeks, but you willfind yourself slipping.

You want to always try to send posi-tive feedback back to yourself. Start withworking out twice a week. This may bejust 20 minutes, it may be longer. Thepoint is getting into the “habit” of exer-cise. Stick with this for a couple weeks– or more if you still find it challenging– then bump it up to a third day or addmore time to your biweekly habit. Youare now sending positive reinforcementback to yourself saying “I can do more.”

Also, think back to past years. Are youmaking the same resolution each yearand each year not sticking with it? If so,it may be time to re-evaluate your resolu-tion. Think about the realistic nature ofit. Ask yourself “Is it achievable? Am Ibeing realistic based on what I have beendoing/not doing up to this point?”

Remember your goals will not happenovernight. Take as many baby steps asyou need. As long as you are moving inthe right direction, your personal fitness/health goals will be achieved.

Don’t change everything all at onceAdapting a healthier lifestyle is all

about changing habits. If you want tobecome more active and eat healthier,pick one. Which one ignites your desirethe most? Which one would have themost positive impact on your life when/if achieved?

Changing your lifestyle all at once isa recipe for disaster. You must realignyour priorities. Until you change yourhabit(s) and make the time for your newcommitment(s), initial attempts to suc-ceed are limited. In order to see a change,you need to make a change. Once youhave reached that goal – no matter howlong it takes – then start working on yournext goal.

P.E.P.S (Plan, Educate, Positivity andSupport)

■ Plan – You would not go on a roadtrip without directions, right? Nor wouldyou start a new meal from scratch with-out a recipe, correct? Your goal(s) needsto be treated the same way. What planof action are you going to take to ensureyou achieve it? Create an action-orientedplan that states what you are going todo and what you need to execute thosegoals. Be as specific as you can. Whatobstacles might you encounter along theway? What is your strategy to overcomethem before/when they arise?

■ Educate – It is important to knowwhat you are doing before you start anykind of workout regiment or modifyingyour diet. Unfortunately, media has satu-rated people’s minds on what to eat, whatnot to eat, lose weight this way, do thisworkout, do that workout.

Your healthy lifestyle is all aboutyou. Everyone’s lifestyle is different.Everyone’s body is different. One wayof eating may work for your friend, butnot necessarily for you. Your co-workersworkout regimen may work for his/hergoals, but not yours.

In order to successfully adapt a healthylifestyle you must do what is enjoyable toyou. You must eat foods that you enjoy.Find exercises that you enjoy. There issomething out there for everyone, youjust have to look for it. If you do any-thing that is not enjoyable, inconvenient

or dreadful, you will not continue to doit. Ask questions that specifically pertainto your goals. To ensure you have thecorrect answers to your questions, turn tofitness professional.

■ Positivity – Everyone falls off thewagon at some point. You will have abad day of eating and/or miss a work-out, and when that happens you shouldnot be discouraged. Remind yourselfthat you are human and “mistakes” willhappen.

The trick is not having that bad “meal”turn into a bad week/month of eatingpoorly or missing a workout to beingmissing weeks/months of workouts. Getback on track as soon as possible. Rec-ognize why the “mistake” happened andlearn from it so you can avoid the mis-take again. Treat yourself like you woulda cherished friend or adored child. Don’tbe mean to yourself, slip-ups are inevi-table. Rather than, “I knew I would fail,”tell yourself, “Of course you’ll succeed.You just had a bad day yesterday.”

■ Support – There is no shame inasking for help. Anyone who has hadgreat success in any area of their life hada mentor, teacher or significant relation-ship with someone who supported andguided them along the way.Your supportcan come from work, home, friends and/or at a fitness club.

Without the proper support thesechanges will become more challengingas time goes on. Find a friend or co-worker that wants the same “changes”or has the same goals as you. If yourbudget allows, consider hiring a per-sonal trainer that will customize a planspecifically to you and your personal fit-ness/health goals. Working with otherswho truly care about your successmakes the process more engaging andfun. Letting your friends/family knowabout the goals you have set for yourselfwill not only keep you accountable, butan outside set of eyes will help you seecreative solutions to areas where yousometimes feel stuck.

Visit www.laceyleefitness.com, or call288-5444 for a free consultation. Alsofind “Lacey-Lee-Fitness” on Facebook.Lacey Lee Fitness is located at 1313Redgate Ave. in Norfolk.

TIPS FOR MAINTAINING YOURNEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS

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It’s true, tax scams proliferate during theincome tax filing season. This year’s seasonopened on Jan. 31. The IRS provides the fol-lowing scam warnings so you can protectyourself and avoid becoming a victim of thesecrimes:

■ Be vigilant of any unexpected communica-tion purportedly from the IRS at the start of taxseason.

■ Don’t fall for phone and phishing emailscams that use the IRS as a lure. Thieves oftenpose as the IRS using a bogus refund scheme orwarnings to pay past-due taxes.

■ The IRS doesn’t initiate contact with tax-payers by email to request personal or financialinformation. This includes any type of e-com-munication, such as text messages and socialmedia channels.

■ The IRS doesn’t ask for PINs, passwordsor similar confidential information for creditcard, bank or other accounts.

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Former Sprint Cup champion Darrell Waltrip,now an analyst for FOX broadcasts of NASCARraces, recently sat down with NASCAR Insiderto talk about a variety of topics. Here are ex-cerpts from that interview:

On the difficulty of moving from the driv-er’s seat to the announcer’s booth, while stillspending race weekends much the same way:

“It’s frightening. The hardest thing you endup fighting is trying to be objective and callout somebody that’s one of your best buddiesbecause they didn’t do something right or didsomething wrong ... it’s hard. We live in thecommunity. We’re not outsiders.

“You have to call the race as you see it andnot worry about who you’re going to offend,even NASCAR. We’ve had [NASCAR presi-dent] Mike Helton come into the booth andsay: ‘What are ya’ll doing? You guys do TVand let us run the race.’

“But I’m opinionated. [Future NBC analystJeff] Burton is opinionated. And that’s goingto get you in trouble, but it’s the most funthing I’ve ever done.”

On what kind of crew chief Dale Earn-hardt Jr. needs to replace Steve Letarte,who is leaving Earnhardt at season’s end towork in the broadcast booth for NBC:

“If you look at the guy he’s been successfulwith, Tony Eury Jr., it was somebody he couldargue with. They get mad at each other, disagreeon the radio. That seems to motivate some guys.

“[Former car owner] Junior [Johnson]would call me Cale [a reference to Waltrip’srival Cale Yarborough, whom he replaced inJohnson’s car], and that would make me wantto bite the steering wheel in two. I’d be driv-

ing as hard as I could and Junior would comeon the radio and say: ‘Boy, you’re not layingdown on me are you?’And I’d pick up.

“At this point in [Dale] Junior’s career andin his life, he needs somebody that’s a mo-tivator and will keep him pumped up. Whenthings don’t go well, I think he had a tendencyto let down a little bit.”

On his appreciation, as a one-time promot-er of short-track races, of the challenges facedby NASCAR chairman Brian France:

“Just like a driver, as a promoter you’realways looking for the perfect setup. Butthere’s no such thing. You just deal with whatyou’ve got. It never will be perfect, but maybeit’ll be better than everybody else.

“One of the things that’s kind of gottenNASCAR caught in a trap is they’re trying to

fix everything.“Take points. You can change the points

until you’re blue in the face. Now, if you givebonus points for something, that’s different.Drivers think, ‘I gotta do something to getsome extra points.’ But if you’re just going tochange the structure – more here, less there –the outcome is going to be the same.

“They’re constantly looking at all the wrongthings. When the Chase was announced it wasdramatic. People said: ‘What are they think-ing? They can’t do that.’ But it’s accomplishedwhat they wanted it to.

“The schedule. People say it can’t bechanged, but that’s what needs to be done.The Chase is 10 races. That’s too long. Theysay you can’t take a Chase race away from thetracks that have them now because they’ll goballistic. But that’s what needs to be done.

“The cars. They want them to be able torace close to each other and pass. They keepworking on the aerodynamics. Change thegear rule instead. In the beginning, I under-stood the gear rule [which limits the gear-ratio selections by race teams to save costs].They didn’t want to blow up engines. But theengines now are so bullet-proof.

“A lot of the races I won with Junior [John-son] were because I could pull a much lowergear and not blow the engine up. I managedit. I had an advantage. I had what I called apassing gear.

“I won all those races at Bristol [12] be-cause I had a much lower gear in my car thaneverybody else. When the race got going andthe pace slowed down, I was in perfect shape.When I’d get under a guy, I’d mash the gasand shoot right by him.

“The more things NASCAR tries to controlthe worse the racing is.”

DARRELL DISHES: NASCAR MUST MAKESOME CHANGES IN ORDER TO SUCCEED

Courtesy of Fox BroadcastingDarrell Waltrip spent nearly 30 years behind thewheel on the NASCAR circuit. He’s spent the past13 years in the broadcast booth for Fox.

By Jonathan McLartyContributing Writer

Fresh off the heels of its Tidings of Destruc-tion event, Vanguard Championship Wrestlingpresented its first event of 2014 on Feb. 1 atNorfolk Masonic Temple. Every title in VCWwas on the line on this action-packed night.

The night kicked-off with Hax Banditochallenging RH3 for the VCW Common-wealth Heritage Championship. RH3’s gameplan was to gain the upper hand by pullingand twisting at the mask of Bandito. A tightlyexecuted roll-up, after grabbing a handful ofBandito’s mask, secured the victory for RH3.The questionable tactics were, unfortunatelyfor Bandito, out of the referee’s vantage point.

VCW’s resident mime, Jean-Jean LeBon,took on Country Kidd. After a dizzying air-plane spin by Kidd, LeBon rolled up the ref-eree. Kidd provided the three count, givingLeBon false hope that he had won the match.Mid-celebration, Kidd rolled up LeBon for thevictory. Pat Himes informed Country Kiddthat the victory had earned him a future matchwith RH3 for the Commonwealth HeritageChampionship.

Tongan wrestler Asaafi was in singles com-petition against James Dallas Hall. DespiteAsaafi’s larger build, Hall was able to flip his

opponent over with a fireman’s carry maneu-ver. Asaafi was forced to submit to Hall’s sin-gle-leg crab submission hold.

Himes then interviewed the United StatesLiberty Champion U.S. Jay Steel. JohnKermon was unable to attend the event dueto travel issues but Steel was adamant aboutdefending his championship that night. Musicstarted playing and out walked “Mr. Mid-Atlantic” Damien Wayne, who stated that healways brings his wrestling gear to any showthat he attends and was ready for a fight.

The Firm (Shorty Smalls and Mr. Class)defended their Tag Team Championships ina triple threat match against The PlatinumEnforcers (C.W. Anderson and Phil Brown)and The Geordie Bulldogs (Sean and MarkDenny). The match started breaking downwhen Mr. Class was given a back-body dropfrom inside the ring to the outside onto a pileof other competitors. Shorty Smalls was de-stroyed by a pair of kicks from both Andersonand Brown, allowing Brown to get the three-count and the titles. Mr. Class was just out ofreach from breaking up the count.

During intermission, Dirty Money was in-terviewed. “True Talent” Bobby Shields inter-rupted and delivered a stiff slap to the side ofDirty Money’s face, and security had to sepa-rate both men.

The United Liberty Championship was onthe line next with Steel versus Wayne. Fanswitnessed a physical and technically soundmatch between the two men. Steel deliveredhis powerslam finisher to Wayne, but thethree count was interrupted due to Waynebeing able to rest his foot on the bottom rope.A second powerslam attempt was reversedby Wayne who delivered a brutal piledriver.The referee counted to three this time, onlyto notice that Steel’s foot had passed underthe bottom rope. As Wayne had words withthe referee, Steel rolled up Wayne for thedefinitive three count. Though he was nothappy with the outcome, Wayne remainedprofessional and raised Steel’s hand.

Idol X then addressed the crowd, discuss-ing his recent interview in The Flagship andhow everybody was talking about him. Idolhas threatened to take his talents, and hisLutz Memorial Cup, to other towns and pro-

motions if he doesn’t get what he wants. Idolis demanding a VCW Heavyweight Cham-pionship match.

In the main event, Heavyweight Cham-pion Dirty Money continued The Firm’slosing streak by making Bobby Shieldssubmit to the Dirt Nap submission hold.This physical contest spilled out to the ring-side floor and saw Shields place an openchair across the windpipe of Dirty Money.Shields proceeded to stand on the chair andpose for the crowd.

VCW returns to the Norfolk MasonicTemple on March 1. To see a list of all up-coming events, and to purchase discountedtickets, visit VCW-Wrestling.com.

Jonathan McLarty is a contributing writerfor The Flagship, as well as a local sportsand event photographer. Connect with himon Twitter (@JonathanMcLarty) and view hisphotography at McLartyPhoto.Zenfolio.com.

The PlatinumEnforcers – C.W.Anderson (left)and Phil Brown –celebrate winningthe VanguardChampionshipWrestling tagteam titles follow-ing a triple-threatmatch againstprevious cham-pions The Firmand The GeordieBulldogs duringVCW’s show onFeb. 1.

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Get online!Get online!Submit your classifi ed ad and advertise for FREERestrictions do apply see below for details

WE DO NOT ACCEPT CALLS FOR FREE CLASSIFIED ADS

Deadline Thursday, 5 p.m. for the following week’s publications

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SALE DATE: Items & prices good throughMidnight Saturday, February 8, 2014

NONE SOLD TO DEALERS. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES AND CORRECT PRINTEDERRORS. COPYRIGHT 2014. KROGER MID-ATLANTIC. KROGER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP I.

Connect and Save atkroger.com

Every senior born in 1954 orbefore will SAVE 5% on their

total grocery bill* every Tuesday.Certain restrictions apply.See store for details.

*Excluding alcohol, tobacco& Pharmacy prescriptions.

Senior Rewards

TuesdaySAVE 5%

Great food.Low prices.

“Meals at home stretch yourdollar further.

So do these low prices!”

Center CutPork ChopsBone-In, Moist &Tender, Value Pack 249

lbWith Card

Asparagus 199lb

With Card

USDA ChoiceBoneless Roast Sale

Beef Round or Shoulder,Select Varieties

33%off

Prices Marked ReflectsSavings With Card

Tyson BonelessChicken Breasts

Fresh, USDA Grade A

199lb

With Card

Questions?Please seeCustomerService fordetails.Signup to receiveyourweeklyadandbuild your shopping list online!

Visit kroger.com/register today.

Soon it willbe even easier toenjoy the same greatsales and specialson your favoriteitems!

Your Weekly AdWill Soon Begin

on Wednesdays!StartingMarch 5, yourweekly adwill begin onWednesdays instead ofSundays. This includes both the printad and the online ad at kroger.com

What does this mean to you?• You’ll know about specials sooner, so you’ll havemore time to plan for your weekend shopping.

• Special offers will be good fromWednesdaythrough the following Tuesday.

• You’ll be able to purchase sale items beforethe busy weekend.

• You’ll still enjoy 7 days of the same great prices and specials!

Prices and items are effective at yourHampton Roads Kroger stores.

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Flagship February 6, 2014