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Trump signed the National ENSURE WE COM- Defense Authorization Act PETE, DETER AND Huge haul nets Coast Guard during a ceremony at Joint WIN FROM A POSI- Base Andrews, Md., Dec. TION OF STRENGTH, $312 million of seized cocaine 20. The $738 billion fiscal SECURING OUR WAY year 2020 authorization funds OF LIFE AND OUR NA- SAN DIEGO - The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf offloaded military and civilian pay raises, TIONAL SECURITY. about 18,000 pounds of cocaine on Dec. 18 seized from known drug- transit zones of the eastern Pacific Ocean worth approximately $312 new aircraft, ship construction, million. The interdictions were made between mid-October and early tanks and armored vehicles ~ AIR FORCE GEN. JOHN “JAY” December by the joint efforts of the following five separate Coast and more. Guard cutter crews: RAYMOND, • Northland was responsible for one case, or 3,328 pounds Since Trump took office, Ascent Abort-2 takes COMMANDER OF • James was responsible for one case, or 1,609 pounds there has been almost $2.5 tril- off for a test flight from U.S. SPACE • Harriet Lane was responsible for one case, or 5,037 pounds lion in defense spending. Cape Canaveral Air COMMAND • Thetis was responsible for one case, or 2,394 pounds Force Station, Fla. Photo • Bertholf was responsible for three cases, or 5,851 pounds A provision of the volumi- by James Rainier “This offload demonstrates another successful example of the nous law created the service ‘cycle of justice,’ said Vice Adm. Linda L. Fagan, Coast Guard Pa- that will be totally focused cific Area commander. “This cycle begins with intelligence-driven on organizing, training and The new service will im- named Raymond the chief “U.S. Space Command will detection and monitoring of illicit activities that then cue the interdic- equipping Space Force, said mediately amalgamate all of Space Operations, and the only be as strong as the capa- tion and apprehension of smugglers and contraband, and ultimately Air Force Secretary Barbara members of the Air Force general will be a member of bilities it is provided by the leads to criminal prosecution. This ‘cycle of justice’ disrupts a ‘cycle Barrett during an earlier Pen- Space Command into the new the Joint Chiefs of Staff. United States Space Force,” of crime,’ which left unchecked, fuels violence and instability that tagon briefing. service, Barrett said. “We are Raymond said. “Let there be corrodes our Hemisphere’s social and economic fabric, and directly moving forward with alacrity The new service empha- no mistake, the United States contributes to historically high drug-related deaths in neighborhoods “Space is the world’s newest and in accordance with presi- sizes the importance the na- is the best in the world in space across North America.” warfighting domain,” Trump dential direction, congressio- tion places on space to U.S. today. Consistent with our said at Andrews. “Amid grave nal legislation and DOD guid- and allied security, Raymond National Defense Strategy, the Construction starts in San threats to our national security, ance,” she said. “Personnel said. 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Baku, Azerbaijan, between then-Joint Chiefs Chairman Marine Corps Marine Chairman Chiefs then-Joint between Azerbaijan, Baku, Gen. Joe Dunford and illegally Gerasimov. Russia before - 2014 Beforeearly since met not had that,leaders military U.S. and Russian and improve understanding to reduce risk,’’ Joint Staff spokesperson Joint Staff and improve understanding to reduce risk,’’ Air Force Col. DeDe S. Halfhill said in a written statement after the meeting. issued of miscalculations. a variety of operational and strategic issues to enhance deconfliction the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and chief Gerasimov, of Russian the General Valery Army Staff, have met face Gen. to face. The two military leaders have spoken by phone since Milley office in took October to avoid conflicts in military operations and risks counterpart for talks aimed at increasing communication between their nations to reduce risks in conflict areas. to improve mutual communication to improve mutual in California. Bruner’sing leaves onlypass three surviving crewmembers who were aboard U.S., Russian military leaders meet Top memorial, Dec 7. controlman died Sept. 10, 2019, last Sailor to escape USS Arizona Arizona USS escape to Sailor last on Dec. 7, 1941, was interredamong the ship’s wreckage dur the on held ceremony sunset a ing Finally the crowd hears “L. F. 2019.” Bruner, the ring of a bell and the echo of Teslow, “S.M voice, solitary one 1982.” The bell rings read. being once list the for on name every of Pearl Harbor are interrupted by scattered snifflesstirring of guests andin their theseats. 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Thecomposed teamof isrepresentatives from DSCA, the military department, DCSA,Department, DHSandtheU.S. the State SaudiRiyadh, in teamEmbassy Arabia, he said. with others and counsel general in the department, he added. relevant policy and screen procedure to pertaining information ing and vetting Saudi Arabian military students and will use this as a baseline reference for comparison to analogous pro personnel, U.S. for used cedures Reid said. to determine where the current tionally uncomfortable, we have have we uncomfortable, tionally the opportunity to see what we need to heal within us. everyone. with argues constantly last the get to way best a there Is in with this guy? word pleted screening of all current students, military Arabian Saudi he said. underway, but an we indicating caninformation no reportthat immediate threat scenario was discovered,” he stated. for the remainder of all current international military students and apply the same procedures to any inbound internationalworking while students military with the State Department and Se Homeland of Department the curity on any permanent policy ourselves dead on. Then again if if again Then on. dead ourselves we can see what we fear about to power the have we ourselves, heal that part of us. person has is to force us out of our comfort zone and make us emotionally uncomfortable. comfort our of out forced When zone, we expand our interper sonal tools. When we are emo ------by David Vergun by David As of today, DCSA has As com DCSA of today, The intent of this process is to is process this of intent The “We elected to screen all The term “expedited” refers Reid is the director of defense of director the is Reid more to seek will efforts These None of us enjoy situations New foreign military student Garry Reid said Dec. 19 the If everything you’ve tried previously identified as part of and screening applicant IMS the approval process, Reid said. to the application of automated checks to multiple dataincluding sets, governmentcommercial datadata, and publicly available data, to include social media, Reid noted. The results of these automated data checks are reviewed and validated by trained security analysts,explained. he determine if there is any infor mation that could be an indica tor of elevated risk that was not tary student vetting procedures with those applied to U.S. per updated then He said. he sonnel, the review process. [international military students] using a set of expedited screen ing protocols that were already developed within the DefenseSecurity and Counterintelligence vet personnel of part as Agency ting transformation initiative,” he said. tional military students and to complete a review within days of policies and procedures 10 for screening foreign students and granting them installations. access to counterintelligence, intelligence, in security, and enforcement law Undersecretary the of Office the of Defense for Intelligence. closely align international mili that hit our internal fears about militaryEnhanced vetting of international students vetting procedures have been put into place, a senior defense official announced at the Pen tagon. imme took Department Defense strengthen to 10, Dec. steps diate personnel vetting of interna bad because it is the only way they know to act. despair. don’t effect, no had has You have the power to with work yourself on holding onto your sanity. 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Realize that effective interper effective that Realize There are two reasons leak Give yourself plenty of room When we take time away Sometimes you may need to Difficult Difficult people are the ulti All scientific discovery is the If someone at your office A: There are two actions to Q: I read all your columns out of a nasty person’s tactic. Realize also that most difficult people are not consciously ma sonal strategies take the oxygen the take strategies sonal have to drive you nuts, they like they nuts, you drive to have it! 2) You will be more upset when you get done than when you started. doesn’t doesn’t help you 1) Many dif ficult people feel they have no power, so when you let them know how much power they deed directly to the co-worker. co-worker your at fury your ing Your negative Your judgments about fine. are co-worker difficult your The problem occurs when we leak these feelings in word and to rant to people outside your workplace or inside your head. we haven’t tried. Don’t expect yourself to never need a break brat. from your office from an upsetting situation, we can think objectively about our reactions and any approaches while you consider what you are are you what consider you while respond are you how and doing ing internally. not respond because you are too are you because respond not upset. You have every right to avoid a person that triggers you do, you learn flexibility. Think of difficult people as being in terpersonal yoga class. mate psychological and interper and psychological mate forced are you because lab sonal When zone. comfort your of out you cannot do what you always the other person responds. hundred tactics before hitting upon the one that works. Don’t learning are you because up give and growing regardless of how product of trial and error. With difficult people you may try a seems bent on miserable, don’t give making up. Keep you inventing new approaches. trying new approaches 2) If all else fails, change how you are responding. to influence 1) Don’t give up handle people that seem immune immune seem that people handle with your columns that having but important, is skills influence that people with do you can what seem immune to influence? and have read your book, but even with these tools I still find some people act nasty. I agree Change your response to the office jerk office to the response your Change 8 www.armedforcesdispatch.com THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2019 development.” warfighter and warfighting of context real very the in all ship and most importantly here, the owner teamwork and pride the sense can “I said. Burke here,” done being depends work critical the on fight future the and warfare, naval of portion cant be replicated elsewhere. cannot that opportunities training and facilities, ranges, weapons space, Corps air invaluable Marine and Navy the tion ChinaLake. Naval Weaponsvisited Air Sta and NAS Lemoore. VCNO also Nev.,Fallon, Station Air Naval on readiness, and updates toured facilities at received Sailors, enlisted and officers with sions John Adm. Nowell held Vice small-group discus CNP and commands Dec.16-18. West to Coast-based naval trip aviation a completed personnel naval of chief the and erations visit West Coast naval air stations VCNO, chief of naval personnel For example, the Naval Avia signifi a is aviation “Naval provides base aviation Each Burke Robert Adm. VCNO op naval of chief vice The Local Military ------Ground event, where they were they where event, Ground Naval a Aviation Enterprise for Boots on the Miller DeWolfe Adm. 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These These everywhere. but just here, not learn to continue we levels, readiness record sustain to works aviation naval “While Burke. said partners.” industry and contracting our as well as by work both Navy Sailors and civilians, immense to thanks readiness, and improvements maintenance aviation for cess readiness. Hornet Super and System ment Sustain Naval the on updated 21 ws ya o suc of year a was “2019 - - - - - Weapons Station China Lake, Lake, China Station Weapons board.” the across readiness improve to Navy the in communities other best practices are being shared in detail,” said Best. “I want to use Air-Ground Task Force) in more (Marine the you teach to posed horizons, and this course is sup Program, Dec. 13. Seminar Blended the Expeditionary from Warfare School’s graduate to student Marine when a he became as the first enlisted himself proving im in beyond and above went Colombia, Bogota, in Embassy U.S. the for commander ment detach Guard Security Marine themselves. improve simply to Marines for available others many also are there retention, and promotion for required many are courses the of While programs. educa tion and training of types Marine Corps is full of different School’s BlendedSeminarProgram Warfare First SNCOgraduatesExpeditionary During the visit to Naval Air to visit the During my expand to is goal “My Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Best, the The - PENDLETON CAMP Andrew Cortez by LanceCpl. - - - - today and ready for the threats the for ready and today July 5. that hit nearby Ridgecrest, Calif., earthquake the by affected sites VCNO Burke also toured several experience totheroom.” enlisted senior mature a brings mension to the class, because he gram. 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Blended the in enrolled be to became the first enlisted Marine and class the into accepted got Best list, waiting a on months eight spending personnel. After ficers have priority over enlisted of but time, some for Marines course has been open to enlisted Best to get into the program. The Best did not know he was was he know not did Best for road long a of bit a was It see EWS, page10 - - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2019 www.armedforcesdispatch.com 9 - - Hayek, page 10 see When he arrived at the blast site, “My main focus was ensuring from home returned soon Hayek Hayek and his team realizedvehicle the was engulfed every ensure to hastily worked They in flames. Marine in the vehicle made it out alive amidst the burning ordnance. Immediately upon recovery of the Marines, he coordinated altya casuevacuation, saving theof many. lives by hurt get to going was else nobody established was security sure making and providing aid to the Marinesand making sure they ended up in a military treatment facility fast,” said Hayek. deployment with mental scars from that day. He continued his Marine Corps career and was accepted to a commissioning program and at there, instead of setting up a security security a up setting of instead there, posture away from the threat.” - - - - At this point, Hayek decided to “The standard operating proce “Approximately 18 vehicles in is in vehicles 18 “Approximately it felt like my responsibility to be and I was a couple hundred meters down the road.” turn his vehicle around to provide support and establish communica tion at the blast site. dure at the time was that if vehi there’s the all attack, IED of sort some will zone’ ‘kill the of rear the to cles come up and offer fire support and Everybody wounded. for evacuation up push will blast the of front the to “I Hayek. stated security,” up set and was a squad leader at the time and Marine Corps Capt. Richard A. Christian Oliver Cachola award. Photo by Sgt. Hayek, getting his off drift to began sedan The convoy. in a direction seemingly in compli approximately orders, their with ance then But roadway. the off meters 200 something changed. when he made the decision to ram detonate and 7-ton a of side the into his vehicle,” said Hayek. “It loud was enough to hear in my vehicle, - - - - - by Sgt.

Christian Oliver Cachola Oliver Christian Hayek and his Marines commu “We were headed south from FOB FOB from south headed were “We The USO recognized Hayek for In recognition of his reputa SAN DIEGO - Marines are no nicated to the driver using hand and hand using driver the to nicated arm signals to move away from the Al Qa’im headed towards Al Asad,” Al towards headed Qa’im Al saw an orange recalled Hayek. “We approach sedan four-door white and ing the front of our convoy.” ing a convoy. This was Hayek’s first Hayek’s was This convoy. a ing deployment to Iraq. his career which affected the lives of of lives the affected which career his One of many. the events took place Hayek Sgt. then when 2004, 22, Dec. dur commander security a as served award from his merits alone. also but leadership, and initiative his in moments distinct two highlighted ship Award on Dec. 4 during the 58th 58th the during 4 Dec. on Award ship USO Armed Forces Gala and Gold But City. York New in Dinner Medal Hayek believes he didn’t earn that tion and notable accomplishments, the USO awarded Hayek with Leader Military the Cleave Van George Throughout his Marine Corps career career Corps Marine his Throughout to learned he lessons the used has he an and Marine exemplary an become inspirational leader. strangers to setting the example on and the off battlefield. One of these individuals is Capt.Hayek, an Arlington, Texas native. Richard A. CORPS VALUABLE 10 www.armedforcesdispatch.com THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2019 muiin ir n wl in will and pier ammunition replacement 1,100-foot-long Seal BeachDec.13. held onboard Naval Weapons was Station Southwest, Region as well as to Commander, Navy ammunition Fleet support capabilities, Pacific to enhancement major a for ceremony breaking Seal Beachmarksammopierprojectwithgroundbreaking allows meto.” job my because Corps Marine to do a lot of other things in the explained Best. “I’ve been able management,” financial than military occupational specialty Marine Combat during Training. supply into move to opportunity an of advantage took but specialist, agement man financial a as enlisted He school. high graduated he after month a 2004, in August powerful.” bit more experience with it. 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Jason Capt. Officer the making,” said Commanding Morrissey. Nigel Cmdr. Lt. OfficerWorks Public base said complete,” to are anticipated to that take five years activities construction of beginning the and analysis, tal detailed design and environmen culmination of over four years of eling through Anaheim Bay. vessels from civilian boats trav Navy separate will that channel navigation public new a and clude a larger ship turning basin “Trying to increase my knowl Now that he’s graduated from “Someone told me knowledge the in time his Throughout in time long a was day “This “Today’scelebrates the event ------Andrew Cortez Cpl. Lance by Photo ed. the graduat attend and program to officer noncommissioned first staff the was Best ton. Pendle Camp at gram Pro Seminar Blended EWS the during map a on points plots lombia, Co Bogota, in Embassy U.S.the for commander detachment Guard rity Daniel Secu Marine the Best, Sgt. Gunnery become reality.” plans our seeing to forward ing said Sherman. “I’m really look and munitionsoperations,” port our running crews the to staff environmental and planning com mands, multiple involving everyone from across effort boating activities. and fewer operations, disruptions to civilian base for security one or and safety enhanced ship, large ships sized medium two dock simultaneously to abil ity the standards, latest the to built pier ammunition larger munity,” saidSherman. the Navy and the surrounding com both for benefits nificant “This has really been a team a been really has “This new, a include will Benefits sig have will project “The ------you’re single.” you’re if or the barracks married, if you’re you have some sort of base housing military the in go you everywhere housing; base to this relating “I’m Hayek. said could house,” student they a use dad, your honor and veterans for something in invest to away. passed recently who veteran, a father, to his out reached to Hayek see if he honor help could Miller OSU. at Business of College Fisher the for Dean the to associate Miller, Jim of attention the caught and campus throughout well-known became Hayek. way,”explained a in gram Pro Marine Single the like of kind was it Valentines’ event; a Day did we out in town, facilities to veteran laws, we had we pizza parties, went today. is it that organization dent their flourished experiences, into the share stu to class veteran-only a having about professors college his of one to discussing Hayek as began What OSU. at Vets 4 Vets found helped Hayek requirements, veterans onthehomefront. save now he’d officer, to transition tended Ohio State University. In his continued frompage9 Hayek their missions. conduct to need they weapons the with vessels Guard Coast larger and ships Navy unload and load Marine and munitions and Corps Navy and store maintain to is role primary Its ships. surface Fleet Pacific muni Navy’sthe for installation tions primary the is Beach around him. those by shaped ultimately is cess suc his how and effort greater the charge. his under to look and Marines after continues Diego, San of out based Corps District, Marine 12th for Adjutant “The “The idea was that if you wanted of Vets establishment 4 The Vets by had we meetings, had “We commissioning his doing While Seal Station Weapons Naval He reminds himself regularly of regularly himself reminds He the as serves currently Hayek - - - - - cles. 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