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USS Mustin homeport change The Meat & Potatoes of Life SAN DIEGO: USS Mustin homeport swap The secret behind “The Meat & Potatoes Your FREE with USS Ralph Johnson. of Life”: It’s okay to laugh. weekly paper See page 6 See page 10 Take one! Navy Marine Corps Coast Guard Army Air Force Have a safe and happy Fourth of July ARMED FORCES DISPATCHSan Diego Navy/Marine Corps Dispatch www.armedforcesdispatch.com 619.280.2985 SIXTY-FIRST YEAR NO. 10 Serving active duty and retired military personnel, veterans and civil service employees THURSDAY, JULY 1, 2021 MARINES NO LONGER HAVE TO SEND 360-DEGREE TATTOO PHOTOS TO THE CORPS by Chad Garland, longer have to submit photos or Still, many Marines have Stars and Stripes sketches of their hidden tattoos. bridled at the restrictions. The Marine Corps has done Marine officials over the Last year, an infantry corporal away with a tattoo policy years have justified the ser- started a Change.org petition rule requiring its members to vice’s stringent body art rules seeking a modification to allow submit 360-degree photos of as just one of many ways the sleeve tattoos. It received over themselves when seeking en- Corps sets itself apart. 76,000 signatures. listed retention, or special as- signments like embassy guard or drill instructor. Fourth of July fireworks In an administrative memo last week, the service ended the shows and celebrations nearly 7-year-old requirement for the photos, which were used Camp Pendleton Fireworks at 9 p.m. at Del Mar Beach. Military ID to validate compliance with the required. mccscp.com service’s tattoo regulations, Carlsbad Fireworks Red, White & Boom at Legoland Fireworks at the strictest in the Defense 8:30 p.m. legoland.com/california Department. Carlsbad at Park Hyatt Aviara, 9 p.m. See from surrounding area. parkhyattaviara.com Tattoos on a Marine in 2008. While sleeve tattoos remain prohibited under current Marines have complained Coronado Fireworks at 9 p.m. over Coronado Bay and Art in the Park regulations, the Corps has ended a rule requiring its members to submit 360- for years that the tattoo policy 9-4, Navy Leap Frogs demo 2-3 p.m., on July 4. Independence Day degree photos of themselves when seeking enlisted retention, or special assign - hurts careers and retention and parade 10 a.m. on July 3 down Orange Ave. coronadofourthofjuly. ments such as embassy guard or drill instructor duty. Photo by Jimmy Serena Jr. may prevent otherwise quali- com fied recruits from joining the standards. said they weren’t allowed to The new photo policy does Del Mar Fairgrounds Fireworks at 9 p.m., which can be viewed service. Other Marines have reenlist, Marine Corps Times not change those standards. throughout the fairgrounds. Parking $12; admission $10 ages 6+. lamented all the body art they The service’s tattoo rules reported in 2017. And it requires Marines with Must purchase tickets/parking online in advance. sdfair.com won’t get - such as “sleeves” were relaxed somewhat in 2016 visible tattoos to provide a El Cajon Fireworks at 9 p.m. at Kennedy Park. ci.el-cajon.ca.us - so long as the rules remain to “balance the personal desires Marines can have “an un- close-up photo of each, aligned Escondido Fireworks at Grape Day Park. visitescondido.com in effect. of Marines with high standards limited number of tattoos” with a measuring device to La Jolla Fireworks at 9 p.m. of professional military appear- that can’t be seen when they’re show that each one isn’t too Mira Mesa Fireworks Show at 9 p.m. at Mira Mesa High Schoo. mi- As the Corps drew down ance and heritage,” the Corps wearing a physical training close to a knee or elbow, as ramesafireworks.org from 202,000 to 182,000 ac- said at the time. uniform. But they are prohib- required by the tattoo regula- Oceanside July 3 fireworks at 9 p.m. at El Corazon, celebration of tive-duty personnel and re- ited from designs on the head, tion. Oceanside’s 133rd anniversary of the City’s incorporation. Recom- duced its involvement in Af- But after years at war, the neck, mouth, wrist, knee, elbow mended viewing area is on Rancho Del Oro Dr., which will be closed ghanistan, officials in 2014 still-rigid tattoo order was still or hand, and there are limits on But Marines whose tattoos at 5 p.m. from O’side Blvd north to Mesa Dr. https://visitoceanside. began to focus more on issues seen as a “career killer” for the size and number of tattoos aren’t visible in the T-shirt and org/events/fireworks-show/ of appearance and grooming some combat veterans who visible when in PT gear. shorts of the PT uniform no See FIREWORKS page 9 NEW PILOT PROGRAM EXPLORES HELPING MILITARY PARENTS WITH FEE ASSISTANCE FOR IN-HOME CHILD CARE Furthering its commitment to said Stacey Young, director of connects families with flexible, ules of military families. and hourly care. We understand member’s total family income. provide additional child care op- the office of military family hourly care. “The Department of Defense the need is great, and the time The administrator will also tions to meet the needs of service readiness policy in the office of The new pilot program will is taking another important is now.” ensure providers successfully members and military families, the deputy assistant secretary of explore fee assistance for mili- step to support families with This pilot will be operated complete and maintain current the Department of Defense will defense for military community tary families who have deter- child care solutions by pilot- similarly to the child care fee background check requirements, initiate a new pilot program to and family policy. mined that full-time, in-home ing a program that explores the assistance program currently in as well as provide information grant fee assistance to military DOD currently provides sup- child care, such as nannies, is the viability of providing fee as- place for service members using on tax requirements to the par- families for full-time, in-home port to families through a range best solution to fit their needs. sistance for full-time, in-home community-based care facili- ent who will be the employer child care providers. of child care solutions. On- The program will cover full-time child care services,” said Patricia ties. A third party administrator of the in-home care provider or The department recognizes installation care is available at care for a minimum of 30 hours “Patty” Montes Barron, deputy will be selected to oversee the employee. Military parents who that child care is a critical sup- child development centers, cer- to a maximum of 60 hours of assistant secretary of defense program, verify service mem- employ care providers in their port for military families with tified family child care homes, child care weekly. Care is not for military community and ber and provider eligibility, and home can reach out to Military children. and before- and after-school care limited to Monday through Fri- family policy. “This is just one distribute fee assistance pay- OneSource tax consultants any “Our military parents can’t programs. Other options include day or time of day. This allows of many initiatives to increase ments to approved providers time they have questions about be focused and available for fee assistance for community- in-home providers to be used for access to affordable child care, of in-home care. The amount these tax implications. their mission without safe and based child care and free access rotating shifts and weekend care including support provided for of fee assistance provided is In its first year, the pilot will reliable care for their children,” to a subscription service that to meet the nontraditional sched- community-based fee assistance determined based on the service see Child care, page 4 2 www.armedforcesdispatch.com THURSDAY, JULY 1, 2021 National Mililtary Nuclear posture review, National Defense Strategy will be thoroughly integrated by C. Todd Lopez, ensuring the strategic deterrent against an uncertain techno- our adversaries, but to our allies, its own nuclear arsenal both commitment to partnership and DOD News remains safe, secure and effec- logical future, but one where over which we have extended in numbers and technological mutual security. tive and that the extended deter- we expect our adversaries to our deterrence commitments,” capacity, he said. A new National Defense rence commitments to its allies be quite competitive and build- he said. “You saw a lot of great state- Strategy is in the works and is remain strong and credible. ing up their own capabilities,” “I think within the next de- ments coming out of the G7 and expected to be completed early Kahl said, adding that, in ad- The U.S. nuclear deterrent is cade we might see the number NATO and U.S.-E.U. meetings next year. When delivered, it It will be informed by the dition to triad modernization, expected to protect the U.S. and of nuclear weapons in China this past week to include issues will provide a new set of goals current and projected global its allies in a rapidly-changing double,” he said. “But they’re like China, where the countries and priorities for America’s security environment; threats nuclear environment, Kahl said. also developing new kinds of have not always been closely defense. posed by potential adversaries, nuclear weapons ... I think that aligned,” Kahl said. “But I think and the capabilities of the United “As we look at the strategic what that suggests is that they ..