Beirut Tragedy Remembered HIGHLIGHTS

October 25, 2018 Edition Beirut Tragedy Remembered HIGHLIGHTS

NUWC’s 60 years of diving

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CO’s Corner

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NGIS Billeting Beautification

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MWR Job Fair

Lt. Col. Jonathan Kenney, USMC, escorts Jean Giblin, mother of Sgt. Timothy Giblin, to lay a wreath in front of the Portsmouth Historical Society on Tuesday as part of the annual Beirut Memorial ceremony. Nine Rhode Island Marines lost their lives in that explosion on October 23, 1983. They were: Sgt. Timothy Giblin, Providence; Cpl. Rick Crudale, West Warwick; Cpl. Edward Iacovino, Jr., Warwick; Cpl. David Massa, Warren; Cpl. Thomas Shipp, Woonsocket; Cpl. Edward Soares Jr., Tiverton; Cpl. James Silvia of Middletown and his brother-in-law, Cpl. Stephen Inside This Issue Spencer of Portsmouth and Lance Cpl. Thomas Julian of Portsmouth. It was thirty-five years ago Tuesday, on a sunny Sunday morning when a truck weighed down with explosives rammed through the perimeter and into the lobby of the US Marine Corps Barracks in Beirut Lebanon and detonated. The explosion, the worst non-nuclear detonation since World War II, Around the Station 2-6 killed 220 American Marines, 18 Sailors and 3 Soldiers. Nine of the Marines who lost their lives that day came from the Ocean State. The annual ceremony remembers their sacrifice and shares the CO’S Corner 7 communities support and condolence with their families who continue to mourn them, was held at the Portsmouth Historical Society—home of the monument to their service. The event, hosted by the Portsmouth Historical Society and organized by Marine Corps At the Clinic 8 Detachment Newport and the Marine Corps League, included the participation of Navy Band Northeast and benediction and invocation support by Chaplain Robert Lancia, Cmdr, US Navy, Morale Welfare & Rec 9-10 Retired. Senator Jack Reed, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman David Cicilline provided brief remarks to those assembled and Kasim Yarn, Director of RI Department of Veterans Affairs read a proclamation issued by RI Governor Gina Raimondo declaring October 23, 2018 as a Day of Meat & Potatoes 11 Remembrance for the Beirut Bombing in Rhode Island. Guest speaker at the event was Lt. Col. Jonathan Kenney, USMC who is currently enrolled at the Now Hear This 12-13 US Naval War College. Lt. Col. Kenney began his remarks by offering his comfort, support and prayers to the families in attendance. “Whether we remember the loss of Marines from recent conflicts or from thirty-five years ago—we remember,” he assured those assembled. Lt. Col. Kenney Traffic & Commuting 14 served as a company commander in the 1st Battalion, 8th Marines—known as the Beirut Battalion— in Afghanistan in 2010. “The Marine Corps is a brotherhood that does not suffer self pity,” said Kenney. “The Marines, Around the Fleet 15 the RI 9, are looking down upon us today, every moment, and they are probably smiling.” He then called the audiences attention to the last 3 lines of the Marine Corps Hymn: “If the Army and the Navy ever look on heaven’s scenes; They will find the streets are guarded by The United States Veteran’s News 16-17 Marines.” 1 AROUND THE STATION...

Typical Interior

SPRUCING UP THE BILLETS! Renovation of Navy Gateway Inns and Suites (NGIS) buildings 678 and 172 wrapped up earlier this year. The renovation contracts were awarded to NUTMEG Companies on Sept. 29, 2016 for $18,161,020. The work included the renovation of the exterior and interior of building 678 which is located off of Meyerkord Rd. in training country and the interior of building 172 located behind the Chalet on Coasters Harbor Island. Depicted above is the exterior of building 678 with an inset picture showing typical progress on the interior. Construction began Jan. 17, 2017 and the work on building 172 was completed at the end of April with building 678 wrapping up in late August. In addition to these two buildings—a major hallway renovation was completed in building 447 and exterior painting is wrapping up on building 443. In total, including the new building, a total of $83,318,636 has been spent since 2016 on improvements to billeting onboard NS Newport. Each year, over 17,000 students pass through one of the many schools on the installation —the Navy’s Center of Excellence for Officer and Senior Enlisted Education and Train- ing.

GATEWAY INNS & SUITES GRAND OPENING The ribbon cutting commemorating the completion and official grand opening of the newest Navy Gateway Inns & Suites Build- ing, (building 1688), will be held at 1 p.m. next Thursday, No- vember 1. The new 200 room facility will house the main central check-in for NGIS, making the process much more convenient for those individuals arriving via Gate 1. There are 194 single rooms and 6 suites in the building, a small conference room, in- dustrial laundry, office spaces, various staff areas, Navy Ex- change Micro-Mart and outdoor areas for the guests. The ceremony begins at 1 p. m., followed by tours of the facility for interested guests. Anyone with installation access is welcomed.

NAVSTA Newport Public Affairs Office PAO Office Line: (401) 841-3538 Base Condition Line: (401) 841-2211 Operational and Exercise Impacts are often E-Mail: [email protected] communicated to the public first using the installation Capt. Ian L. Johnson, Commanding Officer Facebook Page—’like’ us at: Facebook.com/ Lisa Rama, Public Affairs Officer NAVSTANewport to stay informed! Kalen Arreola, Public Affairs Specialist Also follow us on Twitter: @NAVSTANEWPORTRI

2 AROUND THE STATION... NUWC’s Engineering and Diving Support Unit’s 60-year legacy began during Cold War

By NUWC Public Affairs This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport Engineering and Diving Support Unit (EDSU). Much like when the team formed in 1958, the EDSU of 2018 employs diving and engineering expertise to provide waterborne engineering solutions for the fleet. Typical duties may include troubleshooting for towed array handling systems, cleaning and inspection of submarine wide aperture arrays, inspection of waterfront infrastructure, search and recovery of unmanned underwater vehicles, and development and testing of various port security technologies. The EDSU also has experience executing waterside security scenarios utilizing divers, swimmers and In 1976, Naval Underwater Systems Center (NUSC) surface craft. They have a great understanding of diver Ken Beatrice aligns a transducer during tests off systems and the ability to provide effective feedback Puerto Rico. (Photo courtesy Roy Manstan) coupled with the thorough data analysis of test results phone call from the Naval needed to support test teams in making informed Sea Systems Command recommendations. (NAVSEA) would send 1950s–1960s divers within hours to During the early years of the Cold War, many meet the ship in locations members of the U.S. Navy and Underwater Sound such as the coast of Laboratory staff participated in oceanic expeditions Africa, in the studying deep-water environments where submarines Mediterranean, Persian were now capable of operating. It became apparent that Gulf, Indian Ocean, in the to fully understand underwater acoustics, some of those Philippines, Singapore, civilian scientists, engineers and technicians — typically the Panama Canal, and confined to shipboard lab spaces — would have to be nearly every naval base in trained to work within the environment. the United States. Over the next decade, several more Sound Lab By the mid-1980s, the engineers trained as Navy divers. Originally a loosely Naval Underwater organized team, diving was and continues to be a Systems Center (NUSC) collateral duty in conjunction with each diver’s primary divers had transitioned engineering tasking. In the 1960s, ocean acoustics drew the sonar dome tiger team In the 1960s, Sumner "Joe" the divers into many off-shore research operations, some activities to fleet divers, Gordon, an Underwater of which saw the use of deep submergence vehicles. and shifted their emphasis Sound Laboratory (USL) div- 1970s–1980s er, tests a diver communica- The successful acoustics research during the Cold to submarine sonar. The EDSU had already begun tion system designed and War led to the development of high-powered patented by USN/USL engi- work on the hull-mounted antisubmarine sonar for surface ships in the 1970s, neers. (Photo courtesy Roy Wide Aperture Array, and including what became the hull-mounted sonar array Manstan) with an active and passive capability. Carrying this new the Seawolf-class sonar, ships accompanied carrier groups into all of the submarine (SSN 21) bow sphere would soon follow. oceans, anticipating that Soviet submarines would lurk Meanwhile, the new thin-line towed arrays were being unseen and always be a potential threat. When a designed for installation on all Los Angeles (SSN 688)- problem occurred with the sonar, there was an opening class attack boats. Several of the divers were fully in the protective bubble surrounding the sonar system, involved as research, development, test and evaluation and a tiger team would immediately deploy to assess engineers for these systems.

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3 AROUND THE STATION... NUWC’s Engineering and Diving Support Legacy, cont’d 1990s waterfront The threats from Soviet submarines remained a focus NUWC asset of sonar development, and the EDSU was fully engaged. working on Towed arrays and their handling equipment continued to underwater anti- be improved, and as 688-class boats were commissioned terrorism and sent out to sea, they carried one of these systems. technologies. Already well versed in the system design and the The DHS work implementation of pier side upgrades, EDSU divers soon merged worked directly with fleet divers, conducting formal with the Navy’s training and participating in fast-response tiger teams force protection around the world. Having received training with diving mission. Tests A U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety and systems for ballast tank entry, the team became familiar were held to Security Team confronts divers with naval bases in Scotland, Norway, Japan, Guam, evaluate surfacing from their simulated Hawaii and any continental U.S. base and shipyard multiple underwater terrorist attack as part of where a submarine needed assistance. systems an exercise on underwater anti- terrorism technologies. (Photos The 1990s were also a decade of transition for designed to courtesy Roy Manstan) NUSC, which became NUWC in 1992. In October, detect and deter 1996, the New London, Connecticut-based laboratory divers conducting simulated terrorist attacks on the was decommissioned and the staff and facilities moved mothballed aircraft carriers berthed along the Naval to Newport. Station Newport pier. 2001-2010 2010–Present Soon after the move to Newport, the EDSU became In addition to supporting integrated swimmer established at NUWC’s Stillwater Basin waterfront defense, the EDSU continued to support towed array facility – what is now known as the Narragansett Bay handling systems including the Virginia (SSN 774)-class Test Facility. Towed array support continued boats, and other special projects such as HALO uninterrupted throughout the move, but the EDSU divers Maritime Defense Systems’ security barrier, recovery of were soon faced with a new mission. Immediately after artifacts from the USS Revenge which sank off the coast Sept. 11, 2001, the EDSU was called to participate in of Rhode Island in 1811, repair of waterborne equipment NUWC’s overall response. A Memorandum of at NUWC’s test facility on Fishers Island, New York, Understanding was established with the U.S. Coast and the four years of NUWC’s Advanced Naval Guard, which had been assigned to the Department of Technology Exercises, to name a few. Homeland Security (DHS), and the EDSU became the “The job on Fishers Island was challenging, and we overcame obstacles in a fairly remote location to efficiently and effectively get that system operational,” Jack Hughes, NUWC Newport’s command diving officer said. “We saved NUWC a lot of money, and it was rewarding to work together to develop solutions and solve problems in real time.” In its 60th year, the EDSU has 15 members who provide a high level of support for NUWC Newport and the fleet. “I am very proud to be part of a team that has had a real impact on the fleet since its inception 60 years ago,” Hughes said. “As those who came before us, we are a team of technical specialists who are extremely dedicated and committed to solving problems. We combine positive attitude with technical ability, mechanical skills, teamwork, and Navy diving to get the job done.” Click here to view a slideshow of the Dive Team throughout the years – link to Facebook video - https:// Diver Colin Murphy makes fleet repairs inside of a bal- www.facebook.com/NUWCNewport/ last tank. (Photo courtesy of NUWC public affairs of- videos/281298085820215/ fice)

4 AROUND THE STATION... Naval Health Clinic New England’s (NHCNE) Closed Point of Dispensing (CPOD) exercise administers flu vaccine

Flu vaccine was administered by NHCNE medical staff to Naval Station Newport tenant command active duty members from 5:30 -9:00 a.m. on October 18. Over 1,000 flu shots were given during the exercise held at Kay Hall Gym. HN Eilish Melick, above, gives a flu vaccine to an active duty member who attended the CPOD exercise. NHCNE Immunizations Clinic and Public Affairs A team of 38 hospital corpsmen and nurses from cines to military personnel from tenant commands NHCNE, with support from Naval Station Newport across the installation in a compressed period, making Emergency Management, conducted a mass vaccination rapid progress toward annual medical readiness require- evolution at Kay Hall on October 18, 2018. This event ments. exercised NS Newport's emergency response process in The seasonal influenza vaccine is now available to the preparation for potential public health emergencies. It NHCNE eligible beneficiary population at the NHCNE simultaneously exercised NHCNE's capabilities to func- Immunizations Clinic from Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. tion as a Closed Point of Distribution (CPOD) deliver- 3:30 p.m. and on Fridays 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. No ing medical countermeasures to the base population. appointments are needed, just walk in. Everyone 6 Led by NHCNE Immunizations Clinic Leading Petty months and older can get vaccinated, including those Officer, HM2(SW/AW) Mauricio Foronda, the team who are pregnant. Flu HD for 65 years and older is also efficiently administered 1,179 seasonal influenza vac- available.

October is National Physical Therapy Month - #ChoosePT! The goal of National Physical Therapy Month (NPTM) is to raise awareness of the key role that physical therapists and physical therapy assistants play in helping people find relief from pain, improve mobility and overall functional ability, and live healthier, more physically-able lives. Each year a theme or main focus is chosen and in 2018 The Ameri- can Physical Therapy Association (APTA) campaign theme is “Pain is Personal, Treating Pain Takes Teamwork.” Raising awareness of physical therapy as a safe and effective alternative to opioids for the treatment of chronic pain conditions is the goal of the APTA, and physical therapists play a huge part in combating the opioid crisis by helping people manage pain and disability with hands-on therapy and physical exercise. At NHCNE the physical therapy team sees mostly post-surgical patients as well as patients with chronic conditions. The services are available to Active Duty members and their dependents as well as retirees. Pictured: Front, HM2 (FMF) John Santos, Tara Yeske, Karyn Lidstone, HM3 Adam Soldo, HM1 (SW/AW) Eduardo Bello, and Mariann Jaroszynski.

5 AROUND THE STATION... TRAINING FOR THE WORST: BE PREPARED & STAY INFORMED

Naval Station Newport’s Police Department held an Are you in the know? anti-terrorism exercise on Wednesday morning inside the Are you registered in AtHOC or your command’s in- Navy Exchange Main Store. The scenario called for an ternal notification system? If you are active duty as- armed disgruntled employee to come to work and open signed to any command on this installation then you fire with an automatic weapon. Naval Justice School stu- should register. It is strongly encouraged for civilian em- dents participated as role players for the training which ployees as well. You can even include your dependents included mutual aid assistance being provided by the City so that they get messages sent to them on their cell of Newport’s police department (shown arriving in the phones/emails should there be an incident impacting op- upper right photo). Middletown Police Department also erations onboard the installation. If you do not know sent along training team observers. Photo above shows what AtHOC is or if your command has it’s own system Patrol Officer Barry Spaulding, NSF Training Officer, then PLEASE talk to your chain of command and seek Patrol Officer Jessica Conte, center and Patrol Officer out your training officer. You can also reach out to the Kurt Sprengel, Police Field Training Officer responding Naval Station Newport Emergency Management Officer, to the scene. BMC Americo Medina, at [email protected] The exercise was announced over AtHoc and posted on for more information. facebook so that installation personnel were aware of the Social media users are encouraged to follow Naval Sta- training. These tools, in addition to the other Wide Area tion Newport on facebook at: www.facebook.com/ Alert Notification System assets, provide real-time alerts navstanewport to the installation community throughout the lifecycle of the incident/crisis or closure through: Whenever you see this Giant Voice (GV)—A voice announcing system using drill cartoon image you exterior speakers, commonly termed “Giant Voice” can immediately as- Interior Voice (IV)—Interior speakers or sirens sume that the installa- Computer Desktop Notification System (CDNS)—An tion is conducting a administrative broadcast across Navy computer net- training exercise of works that overrides current applications, thereby reach- some sort. In the event ing all Navy users almost instantly. It works whenever of any sort of real world you are logged in to your NMCI or One Net computer. emergency or change to Automated Telephone Notification System (ATNS)— operations a stop sign Interactive, community notification system capable of or other emergency providing voice and/or data messages to multiple receiv- graphic will be used. ers—telephones, cellular phones, pagers, e-mail, SMS Stay safe—stay in- (Text), etc. ATNS requires registration. formed.

6 CO’S CORNER... Fall feeling like winter already? Technically speaking, fall began receive more than a 100 heads-of- September 22 and lasts until Decem- navies from around the world. The ber 21, but we’re already feeling Salute to Summer Concert and Fire- some below freezing temperatures works, held in August, was another so brace for icy roads. The leaves great event with over 8,000 military are turning colors and it was a great and civilian guests onboard the base summer, but winter in Rhode Island to celebrate our nation, listen to the can be brutal, so please be prepared. great music of Navy Band Northeast We’re polishing the Snow Removal and view the spectacular fireworks Instruction (NAVSTA Newport In- with the Pell Bridge in the back- struction 3143.1K), we’ve put the ground. It was fantastic. If you did heaters at the gates, we’re loading not attend this year, be on the look- up on sand and salt—we’ll be ready out for next summer--we normally for an early winter, when it comes. hold it the weekend prior to Labor Those of you who have experience Day, and any long-time Rhode Is- with the cold weather here in the lander will tell you it’s the best free Next Wednesday is Halloween and Northeast, please share your tips music and fireworks show in the MWR is still looking for participants with colleagues who may not be so state. to dress up and support the Trick-or- familiar with dealing with icy roads, This month the Department of Treat Harvest House from 3 to 5:30 power outages, Newport wind chills, Defense observes Domestic Vio- p.m. in the parking lot adjacent to etc. lence Awareness Month. The ob- the Chapel of Hope. There will be Ready Navy www.readynavy.mil servance not only gives us the op- bouncies, face painting and refresh- has checklists that are great tools, portunity to raise domestic violence ments, so please come out and enjoy and www.riema.ri.gov is another site awareness, but to inform service the festivities. If you’d like to dress to bookmark that provides detailed members and their families about up and be part of the event, contact information about area conditions, domestic violence prevention efforts MWR at 841-4992 – they will pro- emergency shelters, etc. Be pre- as well as reporting options for vic- vide all the candy. The event, like pared. tims. Domestic violence prevention most MWR family-friendly activi- I had not intended for this to be a is a shared community responsibil- ties, is open to anyone with routine launching pad for blizzard preps, but ity. base access and their guests, so I the 32-degree temperature this Our Fleet and Family Support hope to see many of our DOD civil- morning (Monday) reminds us that Center has programs in place to as- ians and families out there too. winter is coming. My intent for this sist and to educate – please use Have a great week everyone. column was to recap some of the them. If you or someone you know MWR is holding a job fair this Sat- highlights of the summer and to has questions or concerns, please urday at the Howard Johnson in thank you all for making them so call (401) 841-2283 and speak to Middletown from 8 a.m. to noon, so successful. September’s Interna- one of our counselors or log onto the if you know anyone looking for a tional Seapower Symposium was a National Domestic Violence Hotline job please pass the word. NS New- resounding success. The base at www.thehotline.org or call 1-800- port is a great place to work! looked great, and we were ready to 799-7223 – help is out there.

2018 Domestic Violence Prevention Month Resources The “Know the Signs” campaign is designed to help service members, military spouses and intimate partners build, maintain or strengthen their relationship and prevent domestic abuse. The Family Advocacy Program and Military OneSource are working together to help our audiences understand the signs of healthy, unhealthy and controlling be- haviors and learn ways to improve relationships — through information, skill-building resources, counseling support and more. The campaign focus is to reach people as early in the relationship lifecycle as possible, and invite them to think about their relationship, and consider whether it could be classified as healthy, unhealthy or abusive. http://download.militaryonesource.mil/12038/MOS/MOS_PDFs/DVPM-Resources.pdf

7 AT THE CLINIC... Introducing Qualifying Life Events: Changes in Your Life May Mean Changes to Your TRICARE Options Information from TRICARE Health Plan When life changes for you and your family, your TRICARE options may also change. With TRICARE, certain life events (like moving due to a permanent change of station, getting married or divorced, adopting or having a baby, becoming Medicare eligible or losing health coverage) are called Qualifying Life Events (QLEs). QLEs include military and family-related changes. Depending on your eligibility, a QLE may allow you to enroll in a new TRICARE plan or change your coverage options. If you want to enroll in or change your plan, you must make the enrollment changes within 90 days following the QLE. No matter when you initiate this change, coverage starts the date of the QLE. You must pay any enrollment fees or premiums due during that period. “This is similar to civilian plans, where changes outside the annual enrollment window are only allowed after certain life events,” said Ken Canestrini, acting director, TRICARE Health Plan. “This allows families to reevalu- ate health plan options and make any changes to have the health plan option that best meets their situation.” If one member in a sponsor’s family experiences a QLE, all eligible family members may change their enrollment status during the QLE period. This is one of several enrollment changes you’ll hear more about throughout the year. Learn more about upcoming TRICARE changes at https://tricare.mil/changes and take command of your health care.

8 MORALE, WELFARE & RECREATION... Over 300 MWR patrons enjoyed the cool crisp weather at the MWR Escape the Haunted Warehouse & Fall Festival. Quite a few brave patrons walked through the Haunted Warehouse, at the fall festival MWR had decorate a cookie, face painting, decorate a trick or treat bag,decorate a pumpkin and the MWR Food Truck the Stoveaway was there sell- ing hot cocoa, coffee, pumpkin soup and sandwiches.

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10 THE MEAT & POTATOES OF LIFE Trick or Treatment: Costumes reveal mental issues? I’m not sure what it says about me, the Boomtown Rats album I received as People who pick scary but I’ve always gone for a Halloween a prize, winning first place in the costumes are conquering MOLINARI costume that was funny. While I’d like to competition confirmed that my sense of fears from childhood. believe that it means that I’m mentally humor was my best asset. And I’ve been People who dress like politicians enjoy secure and don’t mind being the butt of a wearing funny costumes ever since. provoking conflict. joke, I’m sure a clinical psychologist Many studies have been done on the Those who portray nuns, priests, would diagnose me with some kind of psychology of Halloween costume school teachers and librarians are shy personality disorder and recommend selection. What does it say about a and unapproachable. Cops, firefighters, long-term therapy. person who picks a sexy, scary, political, doctors, cowboys and heroes desire to be It all started in the fall of 1978 when whimsical, heroic or funny costume? taken more seriously. People who choose I was in the seventh grade. My junior Some say that people who dress up storybook or cartoon characters like high school was having a costume dance, like hot French maids, saucy pirates and Snow White and Sponge Bob want to and I was determined to make my mark sexy cats, want to express their sexuality recapture the innocence of youth. on the social scene. without the consequences of violating Apparently, any costume we pick Like other girls my age, I laid in bed social norms. That might be true, but it’s will reveal deep-seated narcissism, at night dreaming of cute boys asking me annoying when these people sexualize paranoia, attention-seeking, psychosis, to dance, and how one dance would turn things that were never sexy to begin rage disorder, gender issues or savior into a whirlwind middle school romance with. complex. There’s no escaping it. replete with love notes, locker visits, and The few maids I’ve encountered in So, unless you plan to sit at home hand holding. life were sturdy women with thick backs compulsively gorging on your kids’ *Heavy sigh* and calloused hands. None of them wore rejected Almond Joys on Halloween But unlike other girls, I hadn’t quite flouncy miniskirts, and I’m pretty sure night — not that I’ve ever done that — figured out what I needed to do to attract one or two had facial hair. Although I’ve just put on a costume and let your freak a young suitor. The only thing I knew never met a pirate, I would imagine the flag fly. was, when I did something funny, I got real life female version would be missing attention. teeth, eyes and limbs, and probably have Lisa’s syndicated column appears in So, I painted my face, hair and hands horrible breath. And whoever thinks cats military and civilian newspapers Pumas green. I cut two holes for my legs are sexy has never scooped out a litter including Stars and Stripes, into a white sheet and tied the ends box or watched a cat hack up a hairball. and on her blog at around my neck. I stuffed the torso to Let’s face it. People who put on sexy themeatandpotatoesoflife.com create a tear-drop shape and wore a costumes are simply using Halloween as and can be contacted at crown of long green pipe cleaners. a pretext to strap on a push up bra, fish [email protected] or on Twitter: @MolinariWrites Voila! My Human Onion costume net stockings, and pumps. or ‘like’ her on Facebook at: was complete! And that goes for you women, too. https://facebook.com/ Upon entering the gym on the night Experts also claim that other TheMeatandPotatoesofLife of the dance, I could see that no one had costumes indicate psychological issues. a sense of humor as sophisticated as mine. I noticed lots of tiaras and bunny ears, but no other vegetables or even fruits for that matter. The boys would be amazed at my comedic genius; it was only a matter of time before I was asked to dance. As my tiara’d and bunny- eared friends were called onto the dance floor one by one, I waited. And waited. And waited. Strangely, not one boy asked me to dance that night. Just as I began to question my strategy, the costume contest results were announced. Although I would have preferred a cute boyfriend to

11 NOW HEAR THIS... CHRISTMAS SHOEBOX PROGRAM FOR OVERSEAS CHILDREN The Women of the Chapel are sponsoring a shoebox packing party at the Chapel of Hope at 3 p.m. on Sun., Oct. 28. Shoe-box sized boxes in holiday colors will be sent as Christmas presents to children overseas who have been the victims of natural disasters, war and famine. Boxes will be packed with hygiene products, school supplies, toys and other appropriate items for the children who receive them. Everyone with base access and their families are welcome to participate.

VETERAN TICKETS FOUNDATION (VetTix) – is a national nonprofit Lisa Ballejo (left), general manager, Naval Station Newport (NAVSTA) Navy Exchange; Cmdr. Al Lima, that supports currently serving NAVSTA’s executive officer; Preston Stohs, director military, veterans, and the military of retail operations, Green Beans Coffee; and Rear community with free community- Adm. Jeffrey A. Harley, president, U.S. Naval War based event tickets ranging from College (NWC) participate in a ribbon cutting ceremo- concerts to professional sports ny, officially opening Green Beans Coffee at NWC. games. To sign up, go to www.vettix.org. The Green Beans Coffee at NWC is the eighth estab- lishment opened on military bases worldwide. (U.S.

Navy photo Jaima Fogg/released) BLOOD DRIVE THIS MONTH OCT 30: Naval Academy Prep School (NAPS) 2:30— THE WATERFIRE SALUTE TO VETERANS TORCH 8 p.m. Perry Hall Rm 100—remember, you do not REGISTRATION is now open! Interested participants have to be assigned to NAPS to donate—just show up may visit the https://waterfiresalutetoveterans.org/ healthy and drop off a point. get-involved/ website and click on the proper Torchbearer FIRE SAFETY TIP OF THE WEEK Registration Forms. There are both "Walking" and Did You Know? There are two kinds of smoke alarms "Stationary" torchbearer positions available. - ionization and photoelectric. Ionization alarms are The WaterFire is being held on Saturday, November quicker to warn about flaming fires. Whereas, 10, 2018. Torchbearer requests will be processed on photoelectric alarms are quicker to warn about a first come, first served basis. The deadline for smoldering fires. For early warning, smoke alarms application for both Stationary and Walking should be installed on either the ceiling or high on a torchbearers is November 1st, 2018 at 5:00 pm. wall. When installing smoke alarms on a wall, do not install closer than 4 inches or more than 12 inches RITBA WANTS TO HEAR FROM US! from the ceiling. The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority is conducting a customer satisfaction survey related to their CREDIT/DEBIT CARDS ONLY AT NEY HALL operations and services, specifically focusing on the areas The Galley transitioned to "cashless" as of today. of E-ZPass, Travel/ Tolling, Signage, and Customer Service. Credit and debit cards, as well as checks are accepted. It’s important to the Authority to understand their I ask you to all get the word out so there are no surprises customer and stakeholder concerns and use their at the cashier. Worth noting; for individuals that do not feedback in order to continue improving. have credit/debit cards, prepaid cards, that can be The survey should take approximately 15 to 20 minutes purchased at numerous locations- including the Navy and is live until Friday, December 14th. Exchange (customer service), are accepted. To take the survey, visit https://form.jotform.com/ IncentricD/ritba?utm_source=navy Thank you in advance for your participation, they look forward to hearing from

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13 TRAFFIC & COMMUTING GATE HOURS:  Gate 1: Open 7 days-a-week/24-hours-a-day for routine traffic.  Gate 2: Open for a.m. commute Monday through Friday from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. to alleviate Gate 1 backups.  Gate 10: Closed until further notice.  Gate 17: Open Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. (CLOSED ON HOLIDAYS)  Gate 7: NHCNE Gate, open Mon-Fri 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.  Gate 23: NUWC Gate open 24/7 for commuters.  Gate 32: Open Mon - Fri 6:30 to 9 a.m. and 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. for commuters.011878 LANE CLOSURE: Cushing Rd on October 29 and 30th—expect lane closure

Defense Highway: This project was awarded to East Coast Con- struction on June 29 for $410,650. The scope of this contract consist- ed of milling, resurfacing and restriping various locations along De- fense Highway, primarily in the northbound lane where the worst conditions existed. The project wrapped up October 16 and the roadway is opened for normal traffic. Please remember, this road is also a pop- ular running/cycling route so be on the lookout for pedestrians and follow all posted speed limits.

Hiring Fair for MWR, CYP & NGIS—Saturday, October 27, 2018 Howard Johnson Hotel, 351 West Main Road, Middletown, RI 02842 8 a.m.-12 p.m.—Got questions, call (401) 841-4992 Come be part of the Naval Station Newport team! We have full time and flexible hours (perfect for students)! OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC! Interviews onsite! AVAILABLE POSITIONS: Child & Youth Assistants (infant, toddler, & youth classroom teachers); Lifeguard; Fitness Instructor; Fitness Staff; Coffee Barista; Waitress; Runner/Buser; Food Service Worker; Dishwasher; Laundry Worker; Housekeeper; Front Desk; Mainte- nance; Applicants must bring: All Jobs: Resume; Copy of DD214 (if applicable); Driver's License or State Issued ID; Social Security Card; Copy of High School Diploma; Three Reference Letters; Spouse Preference: Copy of Military Members Orders Child & Youth: Copy of College Transcripts Fitness Instructors: Copy of Certifications Lifeguard: Copy of CPR/First Aid Certification All jobs are for 18 years old and older, lifeguards can be 16 years old and older.

14 AROUND THE FLEET ... Building Morale: Navy Trademark Office Delivers Proceeds to the

By Sierra Jones, Office of Naval Research PAO bor program also benefits in another form. According to ARLINGTON, Va. (NNS) -- Last week, the Navy Santiago, product samples that are not requested to be Trademark Licensing Office, headquartered at the Office sent back to the licensees are inventoried and transferred of Naval Research (ONR), transferred more than $1 mil- to the Wounded Warrior-Safe Harbor program. That pro- lion—for the first time—to the Navy’s Morale, Welfare gram then distributes the items to warfighters enrolled in and Recreation (MWR) program, a quality-of-life pro- the program at Warrior Games or at medical treatment gram for Sailors and their families. facilities. This money, which totaled more than $1.3 million, comes “When we let licensees know what will be done with from royalties collected from the sale of licensed products their samples, they typically don’t request the items using Navy trademarked logos, and goes toward commu- back,” said Santiago. nity recreational programs supported by MWR. The NTLO has more than 250 licensees. Navy licensed “The trademark royalty funds have helped Navy Mo- products are available globally including in major retail- rale, Welfare and Recreation program staff members offer ers and a variety of e-commerce websites. All officially many fun and engaging activities, along with recreational licensed products will have a hologram or hangtag that leisure skills programs for Sailors and their families at identifies the authenticity as officially licensed merchan- installations worldwide,” said Jeffrey Potter, head of fi- dise. nancial analysis at Commander, Navy Installations Com- And for Santiago, it’s these licensees—the ones that go mand (CNIC) in Millington, Tennessee. “This initiative through the proper channels—that help her office succeed has been extremely important to CNIC fleet readiness, in protecting the rich history and heritage of the Navy. and we truly appreciate how this relationship has benefit- While the Navy has transferred more than $3.2 million ed quality of life programs at installations across the Na- to the MWR over the years, it should also be noted that vy.” each military service has a trademark licensing program Determining what types of items can carry the Navy’s office that manages its trademarks. As a whole, the De- trademark is the job of Nadine Villanueva Santiago, man- partment of Defense trademark program offices have ager of the Navy’s Trademark Licensing Office (NTLO). transferred more than $24 million to MWR programs for “Our job is to ensure that Navy-branded consumer support of our nation’s warfighters and families. goods available in the marketplace are ones that instill pride in the service and admiration for the men and women who serve,” said Santiago. Currently, the Navy trademark appears on thousands of officially licensed products—including clothing, house- hold goods, ornaments, watches and handmade goods. However, not every product Santiago receives makes the grade. Navy trademarks won’t be approved for alcohol, tobacco- or smoking-related items, drug paraphernalia, gambling- or lottery-related products, firearms, undergar- ments or products containing profanity or hateful lan- guage. Since 2013, the NTLO has reviewed and tested the products that come through their office—from validating the appropriateness of an item, to reviewing factory au- dits for safe working conditions, to ensuring the quality of an item meets or exceeds expectations. “If you buy an officially licensed product, you can guarantee that it’s been vetted and gone through the ap- Team USA's retired Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Jaime Garze propriate channels to ensure the item is of good quality celebrates after successfully completing a weight lift during power- and is not made in a sweatshop or factory with safety vio- lifting, Oct. 24, 2018, at the 2018 Invictus Games, an internation- lations,” said Santiago. “Plus, you can feel good that a al adaptive multi-sport event held in Sydney, Australia. Navy and portion of the proceeds go back to the Navy through the Coast Guard athletes with Team USA are enrolled in the Navy's MWR program.” Wounded Warrior Program, which provides non-medical support MWR is not the only Navy program to profit from the for more than 3,100 wounded warriors and their families. (U.S. trademark office. The Navy Wounded Warrior-Safe Har- Navy photo by Kyle Malloy/Released)

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