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By AndrewDamstedt

NSAB Public Affairsstaff writer

Children receivedballoon animals fromclowns, while otherstook in a military work-ing dog demonstration,and still more touredthe inside of fire andpolice vehicles as partof Naval Support Activ-ity Bethesda’s (NSAB)first National Night Outevent, Aug. 4.

Master-at-Arms 2ndClass Colleen Dibble,NSAB crime preventionofficer, said the eventwas focused on commu-nity policing to make thepolice department moreapproachable, “insteadof always being the guyswriting your tickets.”

“We want to help youguys out, we want toshow everyone what wedo,” said Dibble, who or-ganized the event, whichtook place outside theUSO Warrior and Fam-ily Center at Bethesda.

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Photos by MC3 Hank Gettys

Naval Support Activity Bethesda (NSAB) police and base organizations, several local law enforcement agenciesas well as several local organizations, businesses and restaurants attended NSAB’s first National Night Out eventAugust 4, providing activities, information, promotional items and food. The National Night Out campaign,started 32 years ago, was created by the nonprofit National Association of Town Watch, which seeks to promotepolice-community partnerships to make neighborhoods safe.

‘National Night Out’ Event Builds Police, Community Relations

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Published by offset every Thurs-day by Comprint Military Publi-cations, 9030 Comprint Court,Gaithersburg, Md. 20877, aprivate firm in no way con-nected with the U.S. Navy,under exclusive written con-tract with Naval Support ActivityBethesda, Md. This commercialenterprise newspaper is an autho-rized publication for members of themilitary services. Contents of The Journalare not necessarily the official views of, norendorsed by, the U.S. Government, the De-partment of Defense, or the Department ofthe Navy. The appearance of advertising inthis publication, including inserts or supple-ments, does not constitute endorsement bythe Department of Defense or Comprint,Inc., of the products or services advertised.Everything advertised in this publicationshall be made available for purchase, useor patronage without regard to race, color,

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Staff Writers MC1 Christopher KruckeAndrew DamstedtSarah MarshallSharon Renee TaylorJoseph Nieves

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‘Cancer 101’The cancer support group’s quarterly

guest speaker program will be held todayfrom 7 to 8:30 p.m. Dr. Stephen Lewis, ra-diation oncologist at Walter Reed NationalMilitary Medical Center (WRNMMC), willdiscuss “Cancer 101: Understanding Emerg-ing Therapies in 2015.” The presentationwill be at WRNMMC in the America Build-ing, second floor, Room 2525. It will also beshown at Fort Belvoir Community Hospitalvia video teleconference (in the Oaks Pa-vilion, first floor, Room 332). Military ID isrequired for base access to WRNMMC. Formore information, contact retired Col. JaneHudak at 301-319-2918, or at [email protected].

Birth Month TrainingBirth Month Training for all staff at Wal-

ter Reed National Military Medical Centermust be completed before Oct. 1 (even ifyour month is October, November or Decem-ber). The dates for the training are Aug. 13,19, 20, 27 and Sept. 1 in Clark Auditorium;Sept. 9 in Memorial Auditorium; Sept. 10and 24 in Clark Auditorium; and Sept. 30in Memorial Auditorium. Times for all ses-sions are from 8 .m. to 12:15 p.m. For moreinformation contact Hospital Corpsman 1stClass William Davis at [email protected] or Rebecca Croyle [email protected].

Women’s Equality DayThe Multi-Cultural Committee at Wal-

ter Reed National Military Medical Centerwill host a Women’s Equality Day (Aug. 26)observance on Aug. 27 at 11:30 a.m. in theAmerica Building (Bldg. 19), in the lobby.Master Sgt. Staci Harrison will be the guestspeaker and the Tia Dae Band is scheduledto perform. For more information, contactChief Hospital Corpsman Reese at 301-319-2624 or Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Silveyat 301-295-4263.

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By SharonRenee Taylor

WRNMMC PublicAffairs Staff Writer

Keeping a healthy, ac-tive military force wasthe topic presented byNavy Rear Adm. (Dr.)Raquel C. Bono, directorof the Defense HealthAgency’s (DHA) NationalCapital Region MedicalDirectorate (NCR-MD),at the Healthy AgingSummit in Washington,D.C. on July 27.Bono presented the

Military Health Sys-tem’s Healthy Agingprogram in four partswith a review of physicalrequirements, condition-ing of the active force, a2011 Department of De-fense (DOD) survey, andDHA’s Healthy Base Ini-tiative (HBI), OperationLive Well (OLW).“We certainly want to

be able to promote therole of prevention andpreventative servicebecause we recognizethe impact that havinghealthy habits now, and

being able to addresshealth care in the now,has tremendous conse-quences, repercussionsand benefits down theroad,” Bono said.One of the goals for

the summit was to ex-plore the science ofhealthy aging, whichhas a big impact on themilitary, according to therear admiral. She alsoindicated that it wasimportant to identifyknowledge gaps.Service members are

subject to rigorous phys-ical requirements andreceive a Periodic HealthAssessment (PHA) onceor twice a year, depend-ing on branch. Compar-ing the military popu-lation with the generalpopulation, 25 fewerservice members wereassessed as overweightthan the general popula-tion. The rate of obesity,high blood pressure andhigh cholesterol in thegeneral population wassignificantly higher thanthe military, measuring50 percent or more, ac-

cording to the 2011 sur-vey, the DOD conductedwith the National In-stitutes of Health. Bonosaid military membersare conditioned to be thebest, with demandingfitness assessment testsacross the board, differ-ing slightly according toservice.Bono said condition-

ing people has an im-pact on how they age. “Agreater percent of whatwe do or don’t do has animpact on how we agerather than our genet-ics,” she said.Heredity determined

25 percent of aging inservice members, accord-ing to Bono. Deployment,job-related conditionsor injuries, depression,stress and tobacco-relat-ed illness all impact theaging process.Tobacco use within the

military was 5 percenthigher than the generalpopulation; 25 percent ofservice members smokecigarettes, compared to20 percent of civilians.More service members

used smokeless tobacco,about 12.8 percent, com-pared to 10.5 percent inthe general U.S. popula-tion.The DHA launched

OLW to ensure the healthof U.S. troops is the coun-try’s best defense. Theprogram offers tools andapps, resources and ini-tiatives and environmen-tal changes, as well as

events and activities tomake healthy choices eas-ier for service members.Eight individual ef-

forts and more than 30initiatives and programssupport OLW to promoteactive living, healthyeating, tobacco-free liv-ing, and healthy com-munities. With an endgoal to improve readi-ness and achieve Total

Force Fitness, HBI waslaunched at 14 test siteswithin the DOD.Bono ended the pre-

sentation with severalsuccess stories thatshow initiatives thatwork, she explained...Recess Before Lunchimplemented at an el-ementary school in Ja-pan increased students’healthy eating.

Admiral Talks Healthy Aging

Photo by Sharon Renee Taylor

Navy Rear Adm. (Dr.) Raquel C. Bono, director of the DefenseHealth Agency’s (DHA) National Capital Region Medical Director-ate (NCR-MD), discusses keeping a healthy, active military forceduring the Healthy Aging Summit in Washington, D.C. July 27.

By Joseph NievesWRNMMC Public

Affairs staff writer

Purple Heart Day iscelebrated Aug. 7, hon-oring those who havereceived the decoration,as well as observing theday 233 years ago whenthe decoration was es-tablished by GeneralGeorge Washington, thencommander-in-chief ofthe Continental Army.The Purple Heart, a

symbol of the sacrificeof American servicemembers in combat,is awarded to servicemembers who have beenkilled or wounded in ac-tion against an enemy.It is the oldest Ameri-can military decorationfor military merit. Thebadge is also awardedto prisoners of war whosuffered maltreatmentwhile imprisoned.

“It’s kind of a broth-erhood all its own be-cause you’re not justconnecting with guyswho are injured in thesame fight as you…you’re connected withVietnam and World WarII veterans, too,” saidretired Marine Cpl.Clark Cavalier. The Ma-rine received the PurpleHeart after being badlywounded by a roadsidebomb in Afghanistan in2011.The history of the

Purple Heart has beenlong and storied. Cre-ated in 1782 by GeneralGeorge Washington, thedecoration was origi-nally named the “Badgefor Military Merit.” Thebadge was awarded toonly three soldiers dur-ing the RevolutionaryWar: William Brown,Daniel Bissell, Jr., andElijah Churchill; theirnames and regiments

inscribed into the “Bookof Merit.”The Book of Merit was

lost and its history fadedinto memory until Feb.22, 1932, George Wash-ington’s 200th birthday,when the U.S. War De-partment announced thecreation of the “Order ofthe Purple Heart.”“It means a lot, al-

ways,” said retired U.S.Army Sgt. BrendanMarrocco. “You get hurtdefending your country,there’s honor in that.”He received the PurpleHeart after being se-verely injured by an ex-plosive formed projectilewhile deployed in Iraqin 2009.The Purple Heart

now displays a bust ofGeneral George Wash-ington and his coat ofarms (a white shieldwith two red bars andthree red stars) be-tween sprays of green

leaves. The reverseconsists of a raisedbronze heart with thewords FOR MILITARYMERIT below the coatof arms and leaves. Themedal is attached to apurple ribbon borderedin white stripes.Notable recipients

of the Purple Heart in-clude President JohnF. Kennedy, footballplayers Rocky Bleierand Pat Tillman, actorsAudie Murphy, CharlesBronson, Lee Marvinand James Garner, Sec-retary of State JohnKerry, combat nurseCordelia Cook (firstwoman recipient ofthe Bronze Star Medaland the Purple Heart),Sen. John McCain, Gen.Norman SchwarzkopfJr., and former Secre-tary of State, Gen. Co-lin Powell.

Purple Heart Day‘Symbol of Sacrifice’ Established 233 Years Ago

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Purple Heart Day is celebrated Aug. 7 tohonor those who have received the oldestAmerican military decoration for militarymerit.


By MC1(AW)Chris Krucke

WRNMMC PublicAffairs staff writer

Junior and senior of-ficers, along with officercandidates, received ca-reer advice from retiredNavy Rear Adm. Eliza-beth Niemeyer and re-tired Master Chief Clin-ton Garrett during theJoint Officer Profession-al Development Sympo-sium (JOIPDS) recentlyheld at the UniformedService University.

The symposium wasopen to all military of-ficers and civilians. TheNational Naval OfficerAssociation (NNOA) andthe Junior Officer Council(JOC) hosted the event.

Garrett, Navy Medi-cine Joint Medical Exec-utive Skill programman-ager, spoke at the event.He said the NNOA andJOC “are about mentor-ship and professionaldevelopment of officersof all services.”

Niemeyer said thesymposium was an op-portunity for the at-tendees to look at their

careers, from what’simmediately in front ofthem, and the longevityof what’s ahead of them.

The JOIPDS alsoemphasized the impor-tance of the Joint Medi-cal Executive SkillsProgram (JMESP) com-petencies, which arecritical as they progressthrough the ranks intosenior roles as futureexecutive leaders inmilitary medicine, Gar-rett explained.

“I feel that thepresentation on theJMESP was extremelyinformative and vitalto the junior officers,many of whom havenever even heard ofthe program prior tothe symposium,” saidattendee Navy Lt. j.g.Neville S. Willoughby,of NAVMED AccessionsDepartment, Bureau ofMedicine and Surgery(BUMED) Bethesda De-tachment. “I stronglyrecommend that thisprogram be marketedand presented in sev-eral other leadershipforums in order to raiseawareness.”

The symposium alsodemonstrated the colle-

gial relationships that canlast for years during mili-

tary service and beyond,according to Garrett.

Joint Officer Professional Development SymposiumCreating Lasting Relationships, Key to Success

Photo by MC1 Christopher Krucke

Retired Navy Rear Adm. Elizabeth Niemeyer speaks about mentorship, persistence, team-work and hard work during the Joint Officer Professional Development Symposium (JOIP-DS) recently held at the Uniformed Service University for the Health Sciences (USU).

By Sarah MarshallWRNMMC Public

Affairs staff writer

School season is justaround the corner, andparents are stocking upon supplies and back-packs. At Walter ReedNational Military Medi-cal Center (WRNMMC),the Allergy/Immuniza-tions clinic is remindingparents to bring theirkids in – and to bringthem in early – for theirschool shots.

Parents should bringtheir children in a fewweeks before school startsto ensure there are no is-sues returning to school,explained Hospital Corps-man 3rd Class MichaelHunt, leading petty offi-cer in Allergy/Immuniza-tions. Also, it’s importantthey have enough time

to correct and clear anymedical conditions beforethe school year starts.

Hunt suggests contact-ing your child’s school tofind out what immuniza-tions they need for theirgrade, then come into theclinic to get what theyneed.

“It’s better to knowwhat your child needs… and you can enjoy therest of your summer,”Hunt said. “Then, youdon’t have to worry aboutthat on top of the stressof back-to-school shop-ping.”

The corpsman alsoadvises that if you waittoo late in the summerto bring your kids in tothe clinic, you’ll run upagainst flu season. Par-ents who wait until then

Are Your Kids Back-To-School Immunized?

Photo by Sarah Marshall

Ryan Michalowicz, 11, barely flinched as he recently received his back-to-school shots, ad-ministered by HN Michael Kruszewski, a technician in Allergy/Immunizations at WalterReed National Military Medical Center.See IMMUNIZED page 5

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will experience longer wait times, asthey’ll have those in addition to theirschool immunizations.

When bringing your children in fortheir shots, Hunt said parents can bringin their yellow shot cards – a record oftheir child’s immunizations. If need be,they can get a new one when they comein for their shots, Hunt said. If a childhas had immunizations at another site,such as a private pharmacy or drugstore, they will just need to bring in

that documentation, to keep record of itin the medical center’s electronic medi-cal record system.

It’s important to keep your childrenimmunized, Hunt said. As a parent, youwant to protect your child, and you alsowant to protect other children. Even ifyour child isn’t susceptible to a disease,they may still be a carrier, and couldaffect the many others they associatewith at school.

The Allergy/Immunizations clinictakes patients on a walk-in basis, Mon-day through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to4 p.m. For more information, call 301-295-4511.

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The retired master chief first metNiemeyer at Naval Hospital CampPendleton, his second duty station.He said over the course of their ca-reers they crossed paths while sup-porting Navy Medicine’s ever-chang-ing mission. “It was nice to see ourcareers parallel in their different,but similar ways,” he said.

“I liked the fact that the two pre-senters actually had history servingtogether, which fit nicely into thepresentation and reinforced many ofthe key points that were discussed,”Willouhby said.

Niemeyer discussed several keylessons learned from her 32 years ofexperience on active duty as a nursecorps officer: persistence and hard

work pays off; take the tough assign-ments; find a mentor and be a men-tor; collaboration and teamwork arekey; and stay positive in everythingyou do.

Her final lesson, what she said sheconsidered to be the most importantlesson she has learned, was “Bloomwhere you are planted.”

Niemeyer explained this meansto take advantage of whatever jobyou are assigned, and do it to yourabsolute best. You may not at firstrecognize how important that role isor what you may learn from it, butit may pay dividends down the road,she said.

Garrett added fostering relation-ships as either an officer or an enlist-ed service member traverses throughcareer pathways and learning con-tinuums. They may end up execut-ing military medicine missions asa service surgeon general or seniorenlisted.

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Attendees of the National Night Out on Naval Support ActivityBethesda Aug. 4 visited information booths and interacted with or-ganizations from the Bethesda community.

police and base organizations, sev-eral local law enforcement agenciesas well several local organizations,businesses and restaurants attendedthe event, providing activities, infor-mation, promotional items and food.

The National Night Out campaign,started 32 years ago, was created bythe nonprofit National Association ofTown Watch, which seeks to promotepolice-community partnerships tomake neighborhoods safe.

Toshiko Lewis, who’s staying at theNavy Gateway Inn & Suites on base,stopped by with her children and saidshe had a good time and enjoyed thefood. Her son, Justyn Lewis, said he“liked the food. It was all really good,”and that he particularly enjoyed thesandwiches.

The food was donated by severaldowntown Bethesda restaurants,which included pasta, sandwiches,salad, and ice cream, among otheritems.

Just past the food station, threemilitary working dogs with theirhandlers showed how they work to-gether and the equipment they use in

different situations. The demonstra-tion showed how the dogs are taughtto approach suspects in various sce-narios as well as how they can locateexplosives in a suitcase.

“We do a lot of stuff on base – a lotof base security, vehicle patrols, walk-ing patrols, anti-terrorism sweeps butwe also support a lot of local agen-cies out in town for explosive sweeps,bomb threats,” said Sgt. Brandon De-leon with U.S. Marine Corps QuanticoMilitary Working Dogs.

“We also support Secret Service forpresidential missions. We’ll go withthem and go all over the world andall over the country.”

NSAB Executive Director BillMeekins signed a National Night Outproclamation and reminded thoseassembled of the “If You See Some-thing, Say Something,” campaign,and to dial 777 from any base phonefor emergencies or 301-295-1246 fornon-emergencies.

Meekins thanked all the organiza-tions for coming to NSAB’s NationalNight Out event, but more important-ly, for their work in providing a safeand secure community.

“The turnout was exceptional,”Dibble said. “Everyone came togetherand it’s been a really awesome event.”

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