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Joining the Fun Team! SPECIAL POINTS of INTEREST Mar 3, 2017 Edition Joining the Fun Team! SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST: NMCRS FUND DRIVE KICKS OFF EIGHT BELLS LECTURE NWC STORIES RELOCATION INFO *Restrictions apply—please see page 13 for full details * Inside this issue: Around the Station 2-5 Bravo Zulu Shipmates 6-8 Meat & Potatoes of Life 9 At the Museum 10 Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) and Navy Gateway Inns & Suites Morale, Welfare & Rec. 11 (NGIS) held a major job fair on Wednesday at the Newport Marriott. MWR had 111 positions available for hire with 22 of them at Child and Youth Programs, Fleet & Family Support 12 one of the few departments currently exempt from the federal government hiring freeze. There were Navy personnel on site to expedite the hiring process by be- At the Clinics/Chapel 13 ginning the background checks, fingerprinting, checking qualifications, complet- ing human resource paperwork and even providing orientations. All actions nec- Now Hear This/Traffic 14-15 essary to work onboard the base. Susan Logan Neal, left, NAVSTA Newport security manager, processed background checks, including one for Jillian Suazo Around the Fleet 16-17 who is looking forward to starting her job at the Officer’s Club soon. Many of the applicants were dependents of military personnel assigned to the base and Veteran News 18 looking for seasonal employment and there are still positions available. At the end of the event, MWR and NGIS had 53 new employees looking forward to joining the NAVSTA team. Naval Station Newport departments and tenant commands have dozens and dozens of positions available for permanent, part time and seasonal employment. Stay tuned into www.usajobs.gov as positions are still being recruited for even with the current hiring freeze. 1 AROUND THE STATION Naval War College professor updates Congress on China’s military capabilities By Daniel L. Kuester stability and international laws and norms, and sup- U.S. Naval War College Public Affairs ported by precision-targeted systems designed to chal- NEWPORT, R.I. – An expert on the faculty of U.S. lenge American sea control and make American inter- Naval War College (NWC) in Newport, Rhode Island vention risky.” updated Congress on China’s current military capabili- The panel was titled “China’s Hypersonic and Ma- ties, possible intentions, and what he sees as the future neuverable Re-Entry Vehicle Programs” and also in- options in the region at a governmental committee cluded James Acton, co-director of Nuclear Policy Pro- meeting. gram and senior fellow, Carnegie Endowment for In- Andrew S. Erickson, professor of strategy at NWC in ternational Peace; and Mark Stokes, executive director, the China Maritime Studies Institute testified before Project 2049 Institute. the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Com- In closing, Erickson gave USCC mission (USCC) in the Dirksen Senate some direction on where U.S. policy Office Building in Washington. might go next. “My key points are, with its ambitious “U.S. policymakers should enhance ASBM (anti-ship ballistic missile) de- efforts at developing tailored counter- velopment, China is challenging U.S. measures, particularly concerning Asia-Pacific interests and military in- electronic warfare,” Erickson said. fluence in new ways,” said Erickson. “(U.S. should also) attempt to ensure “This is part of a much larger Chinese that China doesn’t develop Scar- counter-intervention effort that is ad- borough Shoal into a key targeting vancing significantly regardless of pre- node in the South China Sea, and in- cise ASBM capabilities or limitations. crease U.S. Navy ship numbers to While China’s missiles pose potential avoid presenting China with an over- challenges to U.S. forces, ensuring that concentrated target set.” they can be targeted effectively is expensive and cre- Video of the event is available at http:// ates growing space-based electromagnetic spectrum www.uscc.gov/Hearings/hearing-china%E2%80%99s- vulnerabilities that can be exploited.” advanced-weapons-video. The hearing was co-chaired by Carolyn Bartholomew The USCC was created by the United States Congress and Sen. James Talent of Missouri. in October 2000 with the legislative mandate to moni- Erickson went on to say that select regions are partic- tor, investigate, and submit to Congress an annual re- ularly active for the Chinese military right now. port on the national security implications of the bilat- “In what it (China) considers the near seas (the Yel- eral trade and economic relationship between the Unit- low Sea, East China Sea, and the South China Sea), ed States and the People’s Republic of China, and to Beijing enjoys powerful synergies and advantages vis- provide recommendations, where appropriate, to Con- à-vis the disputed sovereignty claims it pursues there,” gress for legislative and administrative action. Erickson testified, “increasingly in defiance of regional NAVSTA Newport Public Affairs Office We are always looking for con- Office# 841-3538 tent to share with our commu- E-Mail: [email protected] nity and welcome emailed .jpg Capt. D.R.D. Boyer, Commanding Officer images; png formats and word Lisa Rama, Public Affairs Officer documents—please do not send Emily Holmes, Staff PDF formatted content. Alexis Chaung, Staff Operational and Exercise Impacts are often communicat- Follow us on twitter @NAVSTANEWPORTRI ed to the public first using the installation Facebook Page— Base Condition Line: 841-2211 ’like’ us at: www.facebook.com/NAVSTANewport to stay informed! 2 AROUND THE STATION Naval War College students compete for strategy award Rear Adm. Jeffrey A. Harley (right), president, U.S. Naval War College (NWC), presents the James V. Forrestal Award for Excellence in Force Planning to top graduates of the 2017 National Security Decision Making (NSDM) course. The 11-week NSDM course is part of NWC's yearlong resident pro- gram and is designed to prepare senior level joint and international officers and civilians for executive positions in large national security organizations. (U.S. Navy photo by Edwin L. Wriston/Released) By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd choices in a resource-constrained Members of the winning team in- Class Jess Lewis, environment and to effectively com- cluded: Marine Corps Lt. Col. Aa- U.S. Naval War College Public Affairs municate their rationale to senior ron Angell, Army Lt. Col. Burke NEWPORT, R.I. – Participants in leadership.” Bristow, Cmdr. Diane Cua, Air the annual competition for the James During the event, two finalist semi- Force Col. James Hackbarth, Cmdr. V. Forrestal Award for Excellence nars, Seminar 15 and Seminar 12, Mitchel Kloewer, Marine Corps Col. in Strategy Development and Force competed for NWC’s James V. For- Toby Moore, Army Lt. Col. Patrick Planning at U.S. Naval War College restal Award for Excellence in Strat- Pflaum, Lt. Cmdr. Jared Simsic, Mi- (NWC) presented creative, flexible egy Development and Force Plan- chael Stutzman, Coast Guard Capt. and realistic approaches to dealing ning. Each of the seminars gave a 45 Mark Vislay, Korean navy Cmdr. with a scenario presented by faculty, -minute executive-level presentation Byungo Kang, Tunisia navy Cmdr. according to one of the judges of the to a senior judging panel and then Ahmed Lajmi and Cmdr. Ronald Feb. 24 event. answered questions. Piret. The National Security Affairs The presentations included an as- The judging panel included: Rear (NSA) department at NWC hosted sessment of trends in the global se- Adm. (sel) Paul A. Strader, director, this year’s National Security Deci- curity environment looking out over Navy Policy Division; David S. C. sion Making (NSDM) final exercise. the next 20 years, the key themes for Chu, president, Institute for Defense The NSDM exercise serves as the a national security strategy, a nested Analyses; and Ambassador Paula J. capstone for the senior-level core national military strategy, and asso- Dobriansky, foreign policy expert trimester of study in future-oriented ciated operational concepts or ways and former diplomat specializing in national security affairs at the strate- to address the challenges and oppor- national security affairs. gic level. tunities of this future security envi- The NSDM trimester is part of For the exercise, the NSDM stu- ronment. NWC’s yearlong resident program dents are divided into 16 different They also discussed a force plan and is designed to prepare senior groups called seminars. for “Joint Force 2027” within rigid level joint and international officers “The purpose of the final exercise budget constraints, and an imple- and civilians for executive positions is to provide our students the oppor- mentation case of some features of in large national security organiza- tunity to demonstrate their mastery these strategies, operational con- tions. Major attention is given to of NSDM course concepts that they cepts or force plan that demonstrates joint and allied perspectives at the have learned during the 11-week the leadership challenges in bringing theater level or above and studies trimester,” said Jim Cook, associate an innovative idea to practical stress the growing complexity of professor of NSA and one of the achievement. decision making at higher levels of course leaders. “Additionally, we The winning team was Seminar 12. responsibility and authority. want to expose the seminars to the challenge of making tough strategic 3 AROUND THE STATION NMCRS Fund Drive gets underway! The Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) Newport kicked off their annual Active Duty Fund Drive on Wednesday, March 1. The Fund Drive runs March 1-31 for direct fundraising with supporting events such as “burger burns” and bake sales continu- ing through early to mid-May. Every dollar raised will support Active Duty and Re- tirees who come to any of the 60, worldwide NMCRS offices in need of financial assistance. In the first two months of 2017, NMCRS Newport has provided $19,291 in loans and grant assistance for emergencies, family support, car repairs, and emergency travel to our colleagues in need here in the Ocean State.
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