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Volume 15, Issue 33 January 17, 2014 Keystone 44 Sergeants Major tour GTMO Waste management Keeping the GTMO environment safe and clean Where the rubber meets the road Around the Bay AND IN OUR PAGES 10 Life in Boots Joint medical group takes care of Troopers one day at a time 12 Learning for leadership 47 Senior Leaders take a lesson taught by JTF GTMO 13 Trooper Focus Soldier’s MMA training builds character Other Stories 4 Command Corner and Trooper to Trooper 5 Protect your Personal Information 6 Reviews of the latest movies on base 14 Meals with Monroe 15 Cartoons and Chaplain’s Word of the Week Cover photo by Staff Sgt. Lorne Neff GTMO participates in a 50-mile bike race PAGE 8 of the week Spc. Michelle H. Garcia Bay Wire Report J6 Command Element Senior Airman Austin Denigan Get your run on! Base Engineer Emergency Force What are you running for? Test your endurance Saturday, Jan. 25, during the Morale, Welfare and Recreation full and half marathons. The full marathon begins at 4:30 a.m., Time for a New Ride? the half marathon begins at 5:30 a.m. Both races start and end at Cooper Field. Go to theGSA Vehicle Sale Registration ends Jan. 24. Sign up at Denich Vehicles will be on display in the NEX Gym or call ext. 77262. There is a fee. parking lot Sell your stuff, buy some more! Come get your shop on at Guantanamo Bay’s community yard Jan. 23-27 sale, Sunday, Jan. 19, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Downtown Place bids at GSA website Lyceum. If you want to sell your stuff, call ext. 75351 to reserve www.gsaauctions.gov your space or stop by the ceramics shop. There is a $5-20 fee based and use sale number on space requested. 2FFBPI14001 For more information Canvas painting contact CW2 Jose Rosario at ext. 3343 Got an idea for a beautiful painted masterpiece? Well, practice makes perfect. Start your painting career or hobby with Canvas CORRECTIONS Please report all corrections to [email protected] Painting Night for $40- Monday, Jan. 27, from 6-9 p.m. 2 http://www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil/xwebsite/index.html JOINT TASK FORCE GUANTANAMO THE WIRE Catholic Mass Pentecostal Gospel Protestant Worship HQ Building, Camp America Mon.-Thur. 5:30 p.m. Sunday 8 a.m. & 5 p.m., Sunday 6:40 a.m. Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Saturday 5 p.m. Room D Sunday 9 a.m. Commercial: 011-5399-3651 Sunday 9 a.m. Sunday 7 p.m. DSN: 660-3651 E-mail: [email protected] LDS Service www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil/wire/wire.html Protestant Services Sunday 10 a.m., Room 19 General Protestant Command Staff Sunday 11 a.m. Islamic Service Gospel Worship Commander Friday, 1:15 p.m., Room 2 Navy Rear Adm. Richard W. Butler Sunday 1 p.m. Deputy Commander Seventh Day Adventist Army Brig. Gen. Marion Garcia Friday, 7 p.m., Room 1 Sergeant Major Sabbath School: Saturday 9:30 a.m., Marine Sgt. Maj. Juan M. Hidalgo, Jr. Room 1 Office of Public Affairs Director Sabbath Service: Saturday 11:00 a.m., Navy Cmdr. John Filostrat Room 1 Deputy Director Air Force Maj. Christian P. Hodge Command Information Officer Army Capt. Brian Pennington JTF PAO Senior Enlisted Leader Army 1st Sgt. Patricia Kishman Staff NEX Express Bus Editor 9:55 a.m. - 7:55 p.m. Army Sgt. 1st Class Gina Vaile-Nelson Camp America - :00, :20, :40 Every hour at the stated times Sat. and Sun. only - Location #1-4 Copy Editor Gazebo - :01, :21, :41 Windward Loop Army Sgt. David Bolton Camp America NEX - :02, :22, :42 Camp America – :55, :48 9 a.m., 12 p.m., 3 p.m., 6 p.m. Graphic Designer/Webmaster Camp Delta - :04; :24, :44 TK 1 – :05, :36 Army Sgt. 1st Class Aaron Hiler Camp 6 - :07, :27, :47 Denich Gym/Windjammer – :11, :31 East Caravella Photo Editor TK 4 - :13, :33, :53 Gold Hill Galley – :14, :29 SBOQ/Marina Army Staff Sgt. Darron Salzer JAS - :14, :34, : 54 NEX – :16, :27 9:05 a.m., 12:05 p.m., 3:05 p.m. Staff Writers TK 3 - :15, :35, :55 Downtown Lyceum – :17, :25 Army Staff Sgt. Lorne Neff TK 2 - :16, :36, :56 NEX Army Sgt. Cassandra Monroe TK 1 - :17, :37, :57 9:08 a.m., 12:08 p.m., Army Spc. Lerone Simmons CC - :19, :39, :59 3:08 p.m., 6:08 p.m. Windjammer/Gym - :22, :42, :02 The Wire is an authorized publication for members of the Department of Gold Hill Galley - :24, :44, :04 Phillips Park Defense. It is produced by the JTF Public Affairs Office to inform and educate the Troopers of JTF-GTMO. The contents of The Wire are not necessarily NEX - :26, :46, :06 9:14 a.m., 12:14 p.m. the official views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government, the Department of NEX Laundry - :27, :47, :07 3:14 p.m. Defense or the Departments of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines or Coast Guard. C Pool - :30, :50, :10 The editorial content of this publication is the responsibility of the Joint Task Force Guantanamo Bay Public Affairs Office. Downtown Lyceum - :31, :51, :11 Cable Beach The Wire is printed weekly by the Defense Logistics Agency Document NEX - :33, :53, :13 Services with a circulation of 1,250. It is distributed free to all personnel 9:17 a.m., 12:17 p.m., assigned to the Joint Task Force and is published online. Gold Hill Galley - :35, :55, :15 3:17 p.m. Windjammer/Gym - :37, :57, :17 CC - :40, :00, :20 Windward Loop TK 1 - :41, :01, :21 9:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., Look for us on your favorite Social Media: TK 2 - :42, :02, :22 3:30 p.m. TK 3- :43, :03, :23 TK 4 - :44, :04, :24 NEX /jointtaskforceguantanamo Camp 6- :50, :10, :30 9:25 a.m., 12:25 p.m., Camp Delta - :53, :13, :33 3:25 p.m., 6:25 p.m. @jtfgtmo HQ Building - :55, :15, :35 Camp America NEX - :57, :17, :37 SBOQ/MARINA Gazebo - :58, :18, :38 9:35 a.m., 12:35 p.m., 3:35 p.m. /photos/jtfgtmo Camp America - :00, :20, :40 Return to Office /jtfgtmo 9:40 a.m., 12:40 p.m., 3:40 p.m. Joint Task Force Guantanamo Safe Humane Legal Transparent The Wire · January 17 3 Command Corner Staying the course for the new year By Rear Adm. Richard W. Butler Joint Task Force Guantanamo Commander As we enter 2014, I remain steadfast in my senior enlisted leaders are looking for ways to support of you, my top priority. Our mission improve the quality of life at JTF GTMO. Specific is of great importance to the nation and I am initiatives include re-opening Pirates Cove, as well as proud to be serving with each of you. The gym enhancements in Camp America. Other possible safe care and custody of the detainees will improvements include opening a Subway at the mini continue at Joint Task Force Guantanamo, as mart by the galley. Let us know what is on your mind. will the intelligence mission and the military I will be answering your questions each week, so commissions we support. I continue to be email them to: [email protected]. amazed by the dedicated work all of you do Finally, make sure to check out the JTF podcast on a daily basis. Thank You. on the SharePoint in the coming weeks as I will Looking ahead to the next several weeks, address topics of importance in an effort to keep our schedule will remain busy with media you informed. It is my sincere desire to clearly visits, commissions support, and our every- Rear Adm. Richard W. Butler communicate with the JTF on issues that matter. day routine, but this work is vital. Stay Thanks for all of the hard work you put in day after focused and vigilant! We all have important day. Let’s continue to work together to get the mission work to do and need to concentrate on the job at hand. done successfully. Honor Bound! Quality of life remains a top priority for me, and our Trooper to trooper Be “SMART” about keeping your resolutions this year By 1st Sgt. Patrick Fowler First Sergeant, 357th MP Co. If you are setting realistic or achievable goals. In way of achieving your goals without like most of fact, personal goal setting is no different giving much effort, but the odds are us, the start from mission or objective planning in heavily against you. Check your goal to of a new the military. All you need is a set of see if you are including a list of actions year has you goals that are well defined, measurable, you plan to take to accomplish your thinking about achievable, realistic and time driven. goal. new year The hardest part is getting started. • Realistic: Check to see if your goals resolutions. You can use a journal for writing are manageable, achievable, realistic For many down your goals. This will give you and your own. Look to your fellow people this a record to refer to and refresh your Soldier, Sailor, Marine, Airmen, Coast means another memory when needed. A simple way to Guardsman, Co-worker or friend to resolution to organize and focus these goals is by the assist in attaining your goals.