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News and information for and about the premierJoint Base and its region

Vol. 4, No. 38 October 4, 2013

INSIDEPrevent kitchen firesand observe NationalFire Prevention Week

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Generals stresscollaboration, innovation

during forum

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Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling — “The Premier Joint Base” —Celebrates its 3rd Anniversary!

BY JOSEPH P CIRONEJOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-BOLLING

PUBLIC AFFAIRS

WASHINGTON - With the governmentshutdown, Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling(JBAB) remains open but some services areaffected due to the lack of funding.

JBAB Commander, Navy Capt. AnthonyT. Calandra said the installation remainsopen and continues to conduct its nationalsecurity and other critical missions.

While most civilian workers have beenfurloughed effective Oct. 1, essential ser-vices, including those pertaining to publicsafety, security and emergency response willremain staffed and conduct normal opera-tions with military and selected civilian per-sonnel who have been exempted from thefurlough, Calandra assured.

“The safety and security of the instal-lation, its conduct of essential services in

Joint Base remains open; Services affected by government shutdown

BY PAUL BELLOJOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-BOLLING

PUBLIC AFFAIRS

WASHINGTON - Various federal, stateand local agencies from Washington, D.C.,Virginia and Maryland teamed up this weekfor Exercise Capital Shield 2014, a jointtraining exercise that brings first responderstogether to realistically test interagency op-erability that might be needed in the eventof an emergency. Hosted by Joint ForceHeadquarters - National Capital Region(NCR), it also trains and prepares the De-partment of Defense (DOD) to support civilauthorities and employ appropriate forceprotection measures as requested.

Training sites for this year’s exerciseincluded Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall(JBMHH) and Davison Army Airfield at FortBelvoir. The JBMHH portion exercised lawenforcement personnel’s response in an ac-tive shooter scenario followed by hostagenegotiations and crime scene investigation.Participants at Davison Army Airfield ex-ercised medical personnel responding to amass casualty situation following a simulat-ed earthquake. First responders establisheda triage site and executed a medical evacua-tion of patients by helicopter.

ArmyMaj. Gen. Jeffrey S. Buchanan, whotook command of JFHQ-NCR in June, noted

Annual exercise a pathway to improved readiness for National Capital Region

In an unusual site for the middle of any dayat the Bolling Commissary, a shopping cartstands alone amidst a vacant parking lotfollowing the commissary’s closure at JointBase Anacostia-Bolling Tuesday, Oct. 1. Bol-ling Commissary management posted thefollowing notice on its door: “To our valuedpatrons: Due to the U.S. Federal GovernmentShutdown your Bolling Commissary is closed.This situation is expected to continue untilgovernment funding becomes available. Com-missary customers are asked to check theirlocal military installation news outlets andcommissaries.com to monitor the operationalstatus of their stores. Customers may alsomonitor the DOD website, http:www.defense.gov, for any breaking news that affects ser-vice members and government civilians.”

U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY LT. CMDR. JIM REMINGTON

Army first respondersexercise a mass casu-alty component of Exer-cise Capital Shield 2014at Davison Army AirfieldOct. 1 by providinginitial treatment to ansimulated patient beforemoving her to a waitingU.S. Army Air OperationsGroup 12th Aviation Bat-talion UH-60 helicopterfor medical evacuation.U.S. NAVY PHOTO BYLT. CMDR. JIM REMINGTON

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BY LT. CMDR. JIMREMINGTON

With National Fire PreventionWeek 2013 scheduled for Oct. 6through 12, Assistant Chief of FirePrevention for Naval District Wash-ington’s (NDW) Fire and Emergen-cy Services Jeff Williams is urgingresidents and employees onboardJoint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB)to learn about and take simple stepsto prevent kitchen fires.

The most dangerous appli-ance in your kitchen is the stove;however, the stove itself is not theproblem. The danger comes fromthe combination of an open cook-ing flame, or a red-hot electricburner, combined with careless-ness, bad habits or inadequate fireprevention knowledge. In partner-ing with this year’s National FireProtection Association’s (NFPA)annual fire safety campaign, theNDW Fire and Emergency Servicesoffers the following cooking fire in-formation and safety tips.

Cooking fires have been theleading cause of all reported homefires and home fire injuries in theUnited States since 1990. Believeit or not, unattended cooking isthe leading cause of these fireswith two-thirds of home cookingfires beginning with the ignition ofcooking materials, including food,cooking oil, fat, or grease.

Cooking was cause for two of

every five reported home fires,roughly one every seven minutesin 2010. That accounted for 15percent of home fire deaths, twoof every five home fire injuries, andeleven percent of direct propertydamage from home fires.

Ranges accounted for mosthome cooking fire incidents, aboutthree in five, while ovens account-ed for 16 percent.

Williams said that preventionis a matter of awareness and pre-ventative efforts to keep a situationfrom arising in the first place, andif one happens knowing the cor-rect action to take in an instantis key to preventing death, injury,and property damage.

There are several basic and easysteps one can take to prevent a firein the first place. Have at least athree-foot ‘kid free zone’ arounda stove. Keep both the stove andoven clean and free from greasybuildup, to include vents. Whencooking, never leave anything onthe stovetop unattended, espe-cially if you are frying, broiling,or grilling. And be sure to checkthe oven often when in use. Neverstore items in or on your stove.Never wear loose clothing, orclothing with long, loose sleeves,while you are cooking. Followingthese steps you can avoid mitigatemost risk of a kitchen fire.

Knowing what to do in the eventa fire does break out is the other

half of prevention, and statisticsshow few people know the correct,safe response so they increase thedanger by an instinctive but dan-gerous action. For example peopleoften think that throwing or spray-ing water onto a fire is the best solu-tion when in fact they risk spread-ing a grease fire to other areas of thekitchen or home.

“Be sure to have an over-sized lidhandy to smother a pan fire,” Wil-liams said. “By simply placing thelid over the top of the fire and turn-ing the burner off, it will go out.”

Similarly many people’s initial re-sponse to an oven fire is to open upthe oven to fight the fire. This is alsoa dangerous act that significantly in-

creases the danger of the fire.“If you experience and oven

fire, well that’s even easier tohandle than the stovetop fire. Justleave the door closed and turn offthe oven. By opening the door youcould introduce air to whatever isburning making the fire larger,”said Williams.

Grease fires are a commonsource of kitchen fires. A greasefire ignites and spreads very quick-ly. Never put water on grease orelectrical fires. Putting water on agrease fire can cause it to splashand spread. Instead use one of thefollowing methods to put out agrease fire: smother the fire with apan lid as mentioned (a metal lidis preferred since a glass lid maycrack or break from the high tem-perature of the fire), smother thefire with baking soda (many peo-ple keep a box of baking soda nextto their stove in case of a greasefire), and although the chemicalswill contaminate your food andthe kitchen area, a dry chemicalfire extinguisher will extinguish agrease fire.

The reality is that when firestrikes, your home could be en-gulfed in smoke and flames in amatter of minutes and your chanc-es of escape reduced dramatically.Should this happen, be sure that

Prevent kitchen fires and observe National Fire Prevention Week

GRAPHIC COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL FIRE PREVENTION ASSOCIATION

You can prevent kitchen fires and improve your family’s readiness to respond in the event one does break out.

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support of national security, homelanddefense, homeland security and other vi-tal missions, as well as the welfare of ourpersonnel and their families is always para-mount,” Calandra said.

During the furlough, JBAB’s Information,Tickets and Tours office; Navy PersonnelSupport Detachment - Washington; FinanceOffice; Drug Lab and the Housing Office areamong the services directly impacted by clo-sures, according to JBAB Vice Commander,Air Force Col. Michael E. Saunders.

In addition to police, fire, emergency med-ical, and religious personnel, several JBAB fa-cilities will remain open. They are the JointVisitors’ Center, Child Development Centers,all fitness centers, Public Works Department,

the Exchange, Bolling Club, Slip Inn, and allother Morale, Welfare and Recreation facili-ties not mentioned will remain open.

JBAB’s Transportation Management Of-fice will be open for emergencies only. TheAir Force Military Personnel Flight will pro-vide limited services for permanent changesof station, reenlistments and passport ser-vices. The chapel’s administrative supportwill be closed but most worship services andall counseling services remain operational.The JBAB Commissary will be closed untilfurther notice, Saunders announced.

These are initial actions and the basemay modify these lists dependent on howlong the shutdown lasts.

Federal employees affected by the fur-lough and in need of emergency financialassistance should consider contacting theFederal Employee Education and Assistance(FEEA) fund for an emergency loan at www.

feea.org. FEEA is an authorized participantin the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC),which continues until December.

“Today is a bittersweet day for JBAB aswe mark the third anniversary of JBAB’s es-tablishment in 2010,” Calandra said on Oct.1. “Our establishment and joint basing ingeneral is part of an effort to realize efficien-cies and to be better stewards of taxpayer-funded facilities and property.”

“With our responsibility to be good stew-ards of not only the funding allotted to us byCongress, but also of our environment, I askthat all furloughed employees make a spe-cial effort to ensure that each of you powersdown all electrical and electronic devices andsecures all windows and doors before depart-ing your workplace, to protect governmentalproperty and allow us to take advantage ofenergy savings and its positive effect on ourenvironment,” Calandra concluded.

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you and your family know two ways outof your home. It is important to have andpractice a home fire escape plan that pre-pares your family to think fast and get outquickly when the smoke alarm sounds.What if your first escape route is blocked bysmoke or flames, would you know how toget out? That’s why having an escape planand knowing two ways out is a key part ofyour plan.

This year’s NFPA theme, “Have 2 WaysOut!” focuses on the importance of fire es-cape planning and practice. Unfortunatelyonly one-third of Americans have both de-veloped and practiced a home fire escapeplan according to an NFPA survey. Almostthree-quarters of Americans do have an es-cape plan; however, less than half have ac-tually practiced it. One-third of Americanshouseholds polled estimated they wouldhave at least six minutes before a fire intheir home would become life threatening.Often times the actual time is reduced tojust a couple minutes.

Fire prevention week is also a great timeto check on your smoke alarms for properfunction and fresh batteries as these devicescan play significantly into your chances ofsurvival in the event of a fire. Almost two-thirds of reported home fire deaths resultedfrom fires in homes with no smoke alarms

or no working smoke alarms.Install smoke alarm in every bedroom,

outside each separate sleeping area andon every level of the home, including thebasement. Interconnect all smoke alarmsthroughout the home so when one sounds,they all sound. Be sure to replace smokealarms every 10 years in accordance withthe manufacture’s recommendations. Allreplaced alarms must have a 10 year sealedbattery back system. Be sure to test yoursmoke alarms weekly in accordance with themanufacturer’s recommendations. Workingsmoke alarms improve your chances of sur-viving a fire in your home by 50% and are aninexpensive device to ensure your and yourfamily’s safety. Smoke alarms that includea recordable voice announcement in addi-tion to the usual alarm sound, may be help-ful in waking children through the use of afamiliar voice. Smoke alarms are availablefor people who are deaf or hard of hearing.These devices use strobe lights and vibra-tion devices can even be added to thesealarms. Just remember that smoke alarmsare an important part of a home fire escapeplan.

As a reminder, the NDW Fire and Emer-gency Services provides fire extinguishertraining, evacuation drills and fire and lifesafety presentations to all commands andtenant commands to include those who liveon our installations. If your department orcommand is interested in this vital training,please contact your installation fire preven-tion division.

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BY JIM GARAMONEAMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE

WASHINGTON - The Navy has recom-mended three changes to security proce-dures following the Washington Navy Yardshooting Sept. 16 in which a Navy contrac-tor killed 12 people at the facility.

Juan M. Garcia, the assistant secretary ofthe Navy for manpower and reserve affairs,studied the service record of the shooter -Aaron Alexis - to see how his conduct “did ordid not meet the threshold for the sustain-ment of his security clearance and fitnessfor Naval duty.”

One recommendation, which must goto Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel for ap-proval, is that all Office of Personnel Man-agement investigative reports include anyavailable police documents related to thesubject being backgrounded.

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has alreadyapproved two other recommendations. Thefirst will require command security manag-er responsibilities be assigned to executiveofficers or other senior members of com-mands. Currently, junior officers hold thoseresponsibilities.

The second is to “require senior-level ac-countability on all detachment of individualevaluations/fitness reports.”

A senior Navy official discussed the time-line of Alexis’ service and what the Navyknew about security problems during a Pen-tagon background briefing. Alexis’ servicewent from 2007 to 2011.

“Looking individually at the events, as weknew them at the time, it’s very difficult tosee a glaring indicator that there is any kindof potential for the events that took placelast week,” the senior Navy official said.

Many questions were raised about how

Alexis, a former sailor and Navy contractorat the time of the shootings, received a se-cret security clearance. Three years prior tohis enlistment, Alexis shot out the tires of aconstruction worker’s vehicle in Seattle. Nocharges were filed.

Upon entering the Navy Reserve in 2007,OPM initiated an investigation. The checkturned up Alexis’ fingerprints in the FBIsystem and investigators became aware ofthe incident in Seattle. OPM sent investiga-tors to speak to Alexis at Great Lakes NavalTraining Center, Ill. There was no mentionof the incident involving firearms in theOPM report to the Navy.

The OPM report to the Department ofthe Navy Central Adjudication Facility de-termined Alexis was eligible for a secretclearance with one caveat - he had negativecredit information.

During his Navy service, Alexis receiveda non-judicial punishment for an unau-thorized absence during service with VF-46in Atlanta, Ga. His unauthorized absencecoincided with a brief stay in jail after be-ing arrested for disorderly conduct outsidea nightclub.

There were other incidents, but therewere no further Article 15s. In one, Alexisdischarged a firearm in his quarters. Hestated he accidently discharged the weaponwhile cleaning it.

His commander initiated actions to ad-ministratively separate Alexis from the ser-vice, but once the charges were dropped,that process stopped.

On December 2, 2010, Alexis requestedseparation from the service in accordancewith a reduction-in-force program. OnJan. 31, 2011, he received an honorabledischarge with a reentry code of RE-1 - themost favorable code.

Navy recommendssecurity changes in wakeof Navy Yard tragedy

the importance of the four-day exercise,particularly following the recent tragedy atthe Washington Navy Yard where 12 civil-ians were killed by a lone gunman. He saidmaintaining vigilance and having close co-ordination with other organizations werevital to the region’s overall safety.

“We have many emergency partners.That list continues to grow and things canbe complex and difficult,” Buchanan said.“That’s why it’s so important to be pre-pared. That only happens if we continueto improve our readiness.”

Army Col. Burton Shields, operationsofficer for JFHQ-NCR, added the exerciseis not only about how to work and receiveforces into the region, but how to evaluatecertain techniques and procedures whileenhancing relationships between DODand other agencies.

“It’s important that government agen-cies at every level are prepared to take co-ordinated action in the event of an actualemergency. That can be either natural orman-made disasters,” Shields said. “Work-ing together and having a common goal arecritical to our success.”

John Lease, who oversaw the active shoot-er portion of the exercise at JBMHH, is specialprogram team manager for Military DistrictWashington (MDW). A veteran of specialtactics training, he believes the exercise is in-valuable to law enforcement personnel.

At one point during the drill, Lease saidthat when the participating officers werenavigating down a dark hallway with firealarms sounding and the smell of smokeall around it was an all-too real situation.Injecting that kind of realism, he said, iscritical to proper training.

“This particular scenario, which werefer to as a sensory deprivation drill, at-tacks one’s senses. The goal is to teach anindividual how to adjust to their surround-ings,” Lease said. “It’s all about propercondition response. It’s one of the mosteffective ways a law enforcement officercan gain confidence. That goes a long wayin performing life-saving missions in theevent of a mass casualty.”

Nearly 40 agencies participated in theexercise, including Washington Fire andEmergency Medical Support, ArlingtonCounty Fire Department, Prince GeorgeFire Department, Fairfax County Commu-nity Emergency Response Team (CERT)and various police departments through-out NCR.

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The Area Coalition for Education - Ex-cellence (ACE-E) is a program focused onproviding mentors to public school stu-dents who have an interest in expandingtheir knowledge and skills in science, tech-nology, engineering and math.

The Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB)chapter is looking for motivated volun-teers who can dedicate 1 hour per week fora minimum of 12 weeks to be mentors at

Leckie Elementary School and Hart MiddleSchool.

All mentors must fill out an applica-tion and attend initial training. Two train-ing sessions are being offered at the JBABCommand Conference Room on the thirdfloor of Building 20 on Oct. 8 and 9 from12 to 1 p.m.

For more information, email [email protected].

Seeking ACE-E Mentors

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Domestic Violence Awareness Month:Silence Hides Violence - Give victims thestrength they need to break thesilence that chains them to abuse.

For more information contact the Do-mestic Abuse Victim Advocate at 202-433-9743.

October is Gourmet Hot Dog Month!Each week we will be adding a new gour-

met hot dog for you to try. During the fourthweek, you can vote on your favorite hot dogto enter for your chance to win a FREE meal!Please call 202-563-1701 formore information.

Monday Night Football Specialat Potomac Lanes

Enjoy Monday Night Football with alarge one topping Pizza and 10 whole wingsfor only $16.95. Eat in or take out. Please call202-563-1701 for more information.

Movie MadnessEvery Friday | 2 p.m. | LibraryEnjoy new family friendly releases every

week with free theater style popcorn anddrinks.

Visit the Circulation Desk or the Library’smobile marquee for movie listings. Childrenunder the age of 10 must be accompaniedby a parent or guardian who is 16 years orolder. Please call 202-767-5578 for more in-formation.

Game NightEvery Friday | 5-7 p.m. | LibraryPlay games for NintendoWii, PlayStation

3 or X-BOX 360! Game availability is firstcome, first served. Please call 202-767-5578for more information.

Military Family Fun NightEvery Sunday | 5-9 p.m. | Potomac LanesEnjoy 2 games of bowling, shoe rental,

pizza and drinks for only $20. Available toactive military personnel and their families.Each additional person is $5.

JBAB KeystoneOct. 4 | 6:30-7:30 p.m. | Youth CenterLooking for Keystone Clubmembers ages

14-18 years old. The Keystone club is an or-ganization that helps develop future mem-bers with leadership and character devel-opment. Please call 202-767-4003 for moreinformation.

Field of ScreamsOct. 5 | Field of Screams Olney, MDFace your fears and walk into one of the

scariest haunted attractions in the DC area!Join Liberty at Field of Screams, a placefilled with everything you fear from ghosts,monsters and of course Zombies! Please call202-685-1802 for more information.

Line Dance ClassOct. 5 | 7-9 p.m. | Youth CenterDo you know the latest line dance? If so,

come and join us for an evening of learningand enjoying the latest line dances. Pleasecall 202-767-4003 for more information.

Liberty Cooking ClassOct. 7 | 6 p.m. | Liberty CenterWhat’s cooking at Liberty? Pizza? Pasta?

Cake? Do not miss your chance to cook acool dish andmake great friends. Please call202-685-1802 for more information.

Story TimeTuesday and Thursday | 10 a.m. | Library

Oct. 8: Fuegos! Fire SafetyOct. 10: Feliz Cumplianos with NavyOct. 15: Adios Dora! (Hispanic Heritage)Oct. 17: Apples!Oct. 22: Popcorn Popping!Oct. 24: Get Spookie!Oct. 29: Scaredy Cat!Oct. 31: Spooktacular!

That Guy Happy HourOct. 9 | 5-7 p.m. | Liberty CenterHow much is TOO much? Don’t be that

guy or girl. Get the facts on binge drinkingand effects it can have on you and your life.Please call 202-685-1802 for more informa-tion.

Navy Birthday Run 5K Run / WalkOct. 10 | 11 a.m. | Slip Inn Bar & Grill Cel-

ebrate the Navy’s 238th Birthday! Featuringan awards ceremony for the top finishers(male and female), a burger burn ($7- choiceof two burgers or hot dogs, chips & drink),birthday cake and live music! FREE T-shirtswill be provided to the first 400 participants.Hosted byMCPON. Contact Fitness Center Iat 202-767-5895 for more details.

DC Geocaching to Celebratethe Navy’s 238th Birthday

Oct. 11-14Geochaching is a free sport open to ev-

eryone with a GPS and a sense of adventure.MWR will hide caches (hidden treasures)and post the coordinates on the MWRSmartphone App, ABSalute. You must putthose coordinates in your GPS, which willtake you to the area of the cache. Onceyou’re there, you will have to search for thecache on your own.

The adventure is to:1. Physically find the cache(s)2. Take something from the cache(s)3. Leave something in the cache(s)4. Write an entry in the log book5. Replace the cache(s) as you found it6. Leave a comment on the App to share

your experienceEvery entry in the log book will be en-

tered into the Navy Birthday drawing for achance to win a pair of Medieval Times tick-ets! There are three caches so the more youfind the better your chances are at winning.Work as a group or individually at your ownpace. Winners will be announced on Oc-tober 15. For questions or help, please call202-767-1371.

Triple Play FootballOct. 11 | 7-9 p.m. | Youth CenterTest your football skills aswe challenge you

with the Triple Play Football Challenge (pass,kick & run). Sign up at the front desk. Pleasecall 202-767-4003 for more information.

Youth Sponsorship and MonthlyBirthday Celebration

Oct. 12 | 7-8 p.m. | Youth CenterIf your birthday is in October this one’s

for you. Current Youth Center Membershipis needed for this event. We invite youth newto the JBAB community to come and findout what the JBAB Youth Center has to of-fer to you. Come and meet fellow membersand hear what they have to say about ourprogramming, trips and activities. Please call202-767-4003 for more information.

Navy BirthdayOct. 13 | 1 p.m. | Liberty CenterHappy Birthday! Join Liberty as we cel-

ebrate 238 years with food, cake, prizes andof course FOOTBALL! Please call 202-685-1802 for more information.

MWR Calendar


Immunization Clinichas new hours

The 579th Medical Group Immuniza-tion Clinic will be open Monday, Tuesday,Wednesday and Friday from 7:30 a.m. to12:30 p.m. and from 1:30 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.On Thursdays, the clinic will be open from 8a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 1:30 p.m. to 4:15p.m. The clinic closes at 12 p.m. for train-ing the first Wednesday of each month. Formore information, call 202-404-6724.

JBAB Cub ScoutsAttention all boys grades 1st through

5th interested in scouting. Please contactthe JBAB Cub Scouts, Pack 343, at [email protected] for more information.Each den holds their own meetings eachmonth along with one pack event. Boys willearn badges together and can work on indi-vidual achievements as well. Come join us forpopcorn, camping and so muchmore.

Toastmasters Club seeks membersThe Bolling Toastmasters Club is available

for everyone on JBAB as a place to practiceyour leadership skills. Toastmasters clubsare where leaders are made, and leadershipstarts with good communication. The pro-gram is self-paced, and it works. The BollingToastmasters Club meets Wednesdays from12:15 to 1:15 p.m. at the JBAB Chapel Center.Visitors are welcome. For more information,call Jim Queen at 301-452-6931.

JBAB Cyclists on FacebookBasically a forum for all JBAB riders to

get together. We organize group rides overlunch and during commuting hours. Visitus online at www.facebook.com/groups/jbabcyclists. For more information, [email protected].

Navy Marine-CorpsThrift Shop hours

The Navy-Marine Corps Relief SocietyThrift Shop has relocated to Enterprise Hall(building 72). The store hours are TuesdaysandWednesdays 3:30 - 6:30 p.m. and the firstSaturday of everymonth from10 a.m. - 2 p.m.For more information call 202-433-3364.

AFOWC Thrift ShopThe Air Force Officers’ Wives’ Club

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

Boys and Girls Club volunteersThe Boys and Girls Club of Greater Wash-

ington needs volunteer coaches for theiryouth baseball league for 10-year-olds and12-year-olds. Formore information or to signup, call 512-560-5548 from 7 a.m.-5 p.m. oremail [email protected].

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

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

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

Clubs of America, Eleanor Roosevelt #37,hosts meetings every second Thursday ofthe month to discuss and plan volunteeractivities in the local military and civil-

ian communities. Military spouses of allbranches are welcome to attend. For moreinformation, email [email protected] visit www.facebook.com/NWCA37.

JBAB Girl ScoutsCalling all Girls! Girls registered in

Kindergarten - 12th grade this fall and in-terested in joining should contact [email protected]. The troop meetsthe second and fourth Wednesday of eachmonth at the community center on ChappieJames Blvd at 6 p.m. Girl Scouts; buildinggirls with confidence, character and cour-age for 100 years.

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

BY TECH. SGT. TAMMIE

MOORE

AIR FORCE DISTRICT OF

WASHINGTON PUBLIC AFFAIRS

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.- General officers candidly dis-cussed innovation, concerns andthe service’s future during theprofessional development portionof the Air Force Association’s Air &Space Conference & TechnologyExposition Sept. 18.

The panel featured nine majorcommand generals, the Air ForceReserve commander, the Air Na-tional Guard director and ChiefMaster Sgt. of the Air Force JamesA. Cody.

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen.Mark A. Welsh III led the panel andstressed the importance of engag-ing a cross-section of leadership tolearn from, tackle challenges andremain a healthy force.

“Everything we do, every deci-sion we make, has to cross orga-nization and functional boundar-ies,” he said. “There are no morefiefdoms.”

Leaders stressed the impor-tance of innovation to active-duty,Reserve and Guard components,highlighting recent examples likethe certification of the first AirForce tactical critical care evacu-ation team of medical profession-als, maintainers and aerial portersthat occurred earlier this week.

“We now have a team of sur-geons who can provide life-savingsurgical intervention en route be-tween a trauma hospital and thepoint of final medical care,” saidCommander of Air Mobility Com-mand Gen. Paul J. Selva.

“We had been working on the

problem end to end for decades,”he said. “We have finally linked thelast piece of the chain.”

Selva noted the feat could nothave been accomplished with-out the contributions of the AirNational Guard and Air Force Re-serve, who represent more thanhalf of all the mobility capabilitythe nation offers the warfighter.

For warfighters returning homefrom “outside the wire,” Air ForceSpecial Operations Command

Commander Lt. Gen. Eric E. Fielsaid he’s moved resources intosquadrons to provide commandosdirect access to mental health spe-cialists.

“We started realizing a lot ofphysical issues coming back fromcombat, but more important westarted seeing a lot ofmental issues,”he said. “We’ve put resources in thesquadron not just to work with thephysical ailments but also the men-tal. It is really having an impact.”

Commander of Air Force GlobalStrike Command Lt. Gen. JamesKowalski described “incrediblestrides” in the Air Force’s nuclearenterprise and its associated readi-ness, training and inspections.

“Since summer of 2009, thereadiness of those (combat-readyforces) has increased about 37percent (and) this is a credit to theentire Air Force,” Kowalski said.“When the Air Force said, ‘We’regoing to reinvigorate the nuclear

enterprise,’ we did that.”Gen. Edward Rice, the com-

mander of Air Education andTraining Command, said the AirForce is “doubling down” on thebusiness of force development.

“We understand that the valueof the individual increases in atime of resource constraints andso we’re going to need every Air-man to be able to do more andto do it better,” Rice said. “We’recontinuing to turn out world-classAirmen.”

Commander of Air ForceMaterial Command Gen. Ja-net C. Wolfenbarger said her80,000-member organization ismaking “substantial progress”in its reorganization, enablingmission-effective and affordableglobal vigilance, reach and power.

“When the warfighter calls fora new capability, we think it, webuild it ... we make it better, we de-liver it to the fight and we keep itin the fight for as long as its need-ed,” Wolfenbarger said. “All of theindicators are going in the rightdirection in terms of our abilityto truly bring integrated life-cyclemanagement to our United StatesAir Force.”

The generals also reflected onchallenges and issues that keepthem up at night, while caveat-ing that having great Airmen easemany if not all concerns.

But the Air Force’s highest-ranking Airman acknowledged oneworry: letting Airmen down.

“I can live with all of the chang-es that come about in a (con-strained) resource environment,”Welsh said. “I can live with all ofthat, but if I let (Airmen) down, itwould kill me.”

Generals stress collaboration, innovation during forum

U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO BY AIRMAN 1ST CLASS AARON STOUT

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III moderated a forum of senior Air Force general officers on dis-cussing topical issues at the Air Force Association’s 2013 Air & Space Conference and Technology Expositionlast month in National Harbor, Md.

Comemeet tennis pros Dick Stock-ton, Stan Smith, JoAnne Russell andGigi Fernandez on Saturday, Oct. 5,as Joint Base Andrews hosts free ten-nis clinics at its tennis courts andWestFitness Center. Guests can register atthe JBA West Fitness Center, its YouthCenter or by emailing [email protected]. For more information, call Mr.Suba at 301-981-7101 or BrandonCompton at 301-981-5794.

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