“The official electronic newsgram of Norfolk Naval Shipyard” August 5, 2011

Get ready, get ready, get ready for our 2011 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) Grand Kickoff Rally! This year’s Norfolk Naval Shipyard CFC kickoff will be held on Sept. 16 at 11:20 a.m. on the Building 1500 lawn. There will be live bands, singers, free popcorn, giveaways, and a cake parade. Have lunch with us at a great price as you enjoy the exciting live music and singers! Even better, you can prepay for your lunch to avoid lines, and it will be ready when you arrive. Tickets go on sale Aug. 22. See your department chairperson to place your order! Remember, this is one way you can support our local charities. A hot dog, chips, cookie and a drink is $4; a hamburger, chips, cookie and a drink is $5; and a barbecue sand-wich w/slaw, chips and drink is $6. All proceeds go to support the Combined Federal Campaign!

Get Ready for NNSY’s 2011 Combined Federal Campaign

By Dorassa Fields, NNSY Combined Federal Campaign Coordinator

Acting Shipyard Commander, Rear Admiral Joseph F. Campbell, makes the symbolic first pledge to NNSY’s Combined Federal Campaign on Aug. 4. Standing from left to right: LT Cynthia Wood, CFC Military Liaison; Dorassa Fields, CFC Coordinator; and Bobby Watkins, CFC Chairperson. (Photo by Shane Hensley, a Code 1170 Photographer.)

Help the NNSY Travel Office Help You Submitted by Commander Michael Masla, NNSY Comptroller Code 600 requests your support in minimizing the overtime burden on NNSY’s Travel Section by submitting ALL NON-EMERGENCY travel requests 10 working days prior to needed travel departure date. Too often, the travel section will request overtime in order to support what is presented as an urgent travel request on a Thursday--or worse, on a Friday--prior to a weekend or Monday departure request. Upon closer examination though, what was presented as urgent travel is really routine travel submitted very late. Your support to submitting requests 10 working days in advance will eliminate many collateral problems caused by last minute travel requests such as limited flight availability, untimely processing of cash advances and Scheduled Partial Payments (SPPs), and an inability to respond to Defense Travel System (DTS) errors prior to departure. We understand you may not always be able to comply with this request and we are proud of our ability to sup-port NNSY anywhere, any time and so will always try to support as best we can. That said, we CAN manage routine travel better than we have in the past. Therefore, I will direct my travel section to return without action ROUTINE travel requests arriving with less than three working days advance notification unless accompanied by a Department Head's special request/justification.

Congratulations to Chrystal Brady!

Congratulations to Norfolk Naval Shipyard’s USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) Project Superintendent, Chrystal Brady, who was presented the Meritorious Civilian Service Award at Trophy Park on July 29 in honor of her work overseeing the largest Planned Incremental Availability and largest propulsion work package ever executed on a carrier across all four public shipyards. Presenting Brady her award is NNSY Deputy Shipyard Commander, Capt. Robert Finley. (Photo by Tony Anderson, a Code 1170 Photographer.)

A new Onboard video has been posted to the WebCentral homepage. Acting Shipyard Com-mander, Rear Admiral Joseph F. Campbell, dis-cusses the completion of USS Tennessee (SSBN 734) and the implementation of digital signage at the shipyard with the new NNSY Access Channel.

Need to make a reservation for the NNSY Command Briefing Room?

Contact the NNSY Public Af-fairs Office by calling 396-9550 or e-mail NNSY_COMMAND BRIEFING ROOM on the Global Address Listing. If e-mailing a reservation re-quest, please include the type of briefing being held, and a point-of-contact with name and phone number.

There will be a scheduled outage due to equipment upgrade of the Sprint cell site that is located outside Norfolk Naval Shipyard from 12 a.m. midnight until 6 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6. During the upgrade, the cell site will be down and there may be minor disruptions during this upgrade period; however, other Sprint cell sites in the imme-diate area will provide overlapping coverage. In case of inclement weather, the upgrade will be resched-uled. It is recommended that NNSY personnel work-ing midnight until 6 a.m. on Saturday and require constant communication to have a secondary means of communication available, such as land-line tele-phone or radio.

myPay CAC Login is Here!Military members and DoD civilian employees can now access their personal myPay account using a Com-mon Access Card (CAC). Simply click on the “DoD CAC Login to myPay” link located on the myPay web site at https://mypay.dfas.mil/mypay.aspx to get started. All myPay customers will still be able to access myPay using a login ID and password, regardless of whether you have a CAC or have access to a CAC-enabled com-puter. Use this link below to watch a You Tube video about the new CAC login: http://www.youtube.com/user/wepaydod

Volunteers needed for NNSY’s Tutorial and Literacy Partnership Programs

Attached in this edition of Yardlines are two applica-tions: one for The NNSY Tutorial Partnership Program which employees donate one hour per week (times are adjustable based on individual schedules), and one for the NNSY Literacy Partnership Program for which em-ployees will donate two Saturday mornings per month. Both programs have made a tremendously positive impact on the Portsmouth Public School System, and its teachers and students and the surrounding communi-ties. NNSY’s Tutorial engagement was instrumental in supporting the schools achieving state accreditation and additionally bringing numerous success stories. A day tutoring in the classroom makes a difference in the life of a child. This program continues to encourage its participants to commit to personal excellence and compel others to do likewise. For more information, contact Valerie Fulwood at 396-3814 or on e-mail at valerie.fulwood@navy.mil

NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD Tutorial Partnership Program Volunteer Application

2011-2012 School Year

Please Print All Information Requested

Name: Code/Shop: Work Phone: Email: Alternate Phone: Supervisor’s Name: Phone: Supervisor’s Email: ALL TUTORS will work with the students for one hour each week and/or will assist with others as

needed. Orientation will be held before tutoring session ( Will notify you of date and time)

Targeted grade group for elementary will be 3rd graders; for middle school 7th graders; for high

school 9th graders for reading, all grades for Robotics, and 12th graders for SAT preparation.

Dates and Time: Brighton Elementary Tuesday at 9:00am one hour a week, Cradock Middle Wednesday at 8:00am one hour a week, Cradock Chrome Club Thursday 3:00-4:00pm and I.C. Norcom High Thursday at 2:30pm one hour a week. ( All times are adjustable to person schedule) Please answer the following questions: 1. What is your current education level?

GED High School Diploma Some College College Degree 2. Are you a graduate of the NNSY Apprentice Program Yes No 3. If yes to question 2, did you graduate: < 5 years ago > 5 years ago 4. Have you ever participated in a tutor/mentor program before? Yes No Please indicate your grade-level/academic subject preference by checking the box to the left of the school and grade level/academic subject. For more information, contact Program Coordinator Valerie Fulwood (6-3814,Fax 6-3130 valerie.fulwood@navy.mil) or the School Champion listed below for more information

NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD Tutorial Partnership Program Volunteer Application

2011-2012 School Year

Please Print All Information Requested

Name: Code/Shop: Work Phone: Email: Alternate Phone: Supervisor’s Name: Phone: Supervisor’s Email: ALL TUTORS will work with the students for one hour each week and/or will assist with others as

needed. Orientation will be held before tutoring session ( Will notify you of date and time)

Targeted grade group for elementary will be 3rd graders; for middle school 7th graders; for high

school 9th graders for reading, all grades for Robotics, and 12th graders for SAT preparation.

Dates and Time: Brighton Elementary Tuesday at 9:00am one hour a week, Cradock Middle Wednesday at 8:00am one hour a week, Cradock Chrome Club Thursday 3:00-4:00pm and I.C. Norcom High Thursday at 2:30pm one hour a week. ( All times are adjustable to person schedule) Please answer the following questions: 1. What is your current education level?

GED High School Diploma Some College College Degree 2. Are you a graduate of the NNSY Apprentice Program Yes No 3. If yes to question 2, did you graduate: < 5 years ago > 5 years ago 4. Have you ever participated in a tutor/mentor program before? Yes No Please indicate your grade-level/academic subject preference by checking the box to the left of the school and grade level/academic subject. For more information, contact Program Coordinator Valerie Fulwood (6-3814,Fax 6-3130 valerie.fulwood@navy.mil) or the School Champion listed below for more information

NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD Literacy Partnership Program Volunteer Application

2011-2012 School Year

Please Print All Information Requested Name: Code/Shop: Work Phone: Email: Alternate Phone:

ALL TUTORS will work with the students for 3 hour on Saturday twice a month and/or will assist

with others as needed. Orientation will be held before tutoring session ( Will notify you of date and time) Targeted grade level for elementary will be 5th graders and for middle school 7th graders. All sessions will be held at Cradock Middle School from 9:00am until 12:00noon. Start Date TBD

Please answer the following questions: 1. What is your current education level?

GED High School Diploma Some College College Degree 2. Have you ever participated in a tutorial program before? Yes No Please indicate your grade-level preference by checking the box to the left of the school and grade level. For more information, contact Program Coordinator/Champion Valerie Fulwood (6-3814 and fax 6-3130, valerie.fulwood@navy.mil).

Signature: Date:

School Grade Subject Champion Brighton Elementary 5th Grade Reading/Math Sonya Brown

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Cradock Middle 7th Grade Reading/Math Sonya Brown w 6-5946 c 572-7378