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Weekly Contest Movies on the bases AutoMatters & More Win a four pack of passes to the Healthy The Great Wall, The Shack, Logan, John Auto Club Speedway celebrates 20 years with Living Festival, April 8-9, in Del Mar. Wick: Chapter 2, The LEGO Batman Movie. 2017 Auto Club 400. See page 3 See pages 8 See page 17 Navy Marine Corps Coast Guard Army Air Force AT AT EASE ARMED FORCES San Diego Navy/Marine Corps Dispatch www.armedforcesdispatch.com 619.280.2985 FIFTY SIXTH YEAR NO. 42 Serving active duty and retired military personnel, veterans and civil service employees THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2017 APRIL Marines, Sailors work with Sri MONTHLY Lanka Navy, Marine Corps for OBSERVANCES Adopt A Greyhound second time on deployment Atlanta Food & Wine COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit arrived Arab American Heritage here for a Theater Security Cooperation engagement. ASPCA This is the second military-to-military exchange with Sri Lanka for Alcohol Awareness the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 11th MEU Amateur Radio during their multimonth deployment to both the Indo-Asia-Pacific Autism Acceptance Autism Awareness and Middle East regions. USS Somerset (LPD 25) and embarked Ma- Black Women’s History rines of the 11th MEU participated in a TSC with Sri Lanka Marines Cancer Control and sailors at Trincomalee Naval Base in November 2016. Car Care This iteration of ongoing U.S.-Sri Lanka military exchanges Celebrate Diversity focuses on the infantry and logistical skills necessary to implement Child Abuse Prevention humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations. The training Cesarean Awareness will culminate with a full scale, bilateral humanitarian assistance Community Spirit Days mission exercise. Confederate History “This is a great opportunity to continue our partnership with Couple Appreciation Defeat Diabetes the Sri Lankan Marine Corps,” said Lt. Col. Patrick Reynolds, Distracted Driving Awareness commanding officer, Combat Logistics Battalion 11, 11th MEU, Emotional Overeating Awareness and commander of troops embarked aboard USS Comstock. “This Fair Housing exchange is a unique experience for our young non-commissioned Financial Literacy officers to impart our history, traditions, and training to the world’s Fresh Florida Tomatoes newest Marine Corps. The training will focus on the fundamentals Frog of security operations and considerations for planning and executing Genocide and Human Rights humanitarian assistance/disaster relief operations.” Awareness U.S. Marines will also work to provide increased familiarization Global Astronomy Global Child Nutrition of Marine Corps tactics and equipment to advance Sri Lanka Marine Grange Corps’ knowledge and expertise. Topics of exchange include basic Holy Humor offensive and defensive tactics; combat lifesaving skills; tactical Home Improvement Time convoy operations; humanitarian assistance and disaster relief train- Honor Society Awareness ing; and amphibious assault vehicle familiarization. Informed Women International Customer Loyalty International Guitar Coast Guard offloads approximately International Twit Award 16 tons of cocaine in Port Everglades IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) Jazz Appreciation MIAMI - The crew of Coast Guard Cutter James offloaded ap- Keep America Beautiful proximately 16 tons of cocaine March 28 in Port Everglades worth Library Snapshot an estimated $420 million wholesale seized in international waters Move More In April off the Eastern Pacific Ocean. African American Women’s Fitness The drugs were interdicted along Central and South America by Cancer Control Coast Guard and Canadian ships sailing with an embarked Coast Card and Letter Writing Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) team during a 26- Decorating day period. National DNA & Genomics The offload represents 17 separate suspected drug smuggling Stem Cell Education vessel interdictions by U.S. Coast Guard crews, Canadian crews Donate Life and interagency partners: Facial Protection • James and Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron were re- Grilled Cheese Sandwich sponsible for five cases, seizing an estimated 5.19 tons of cocaine. Garden • Cutter Mohawk was responsible for seven cases, seizing an Heartworm Awareness estimated 5.79 tons of cocaine. Knuckles Down • Cutter Sherman was responsible for one case, seizing an esti- Landscape Architecture mated 1 ton of cocaine. Lawncare Licorice • Cutter Tampa was responsible for three cases, seizing an esti- Minority Health mated 3 tons of cocaine. Multiple Birth Awareness A Tradition of Equestrian Excellence • HMCS Saskatoon and Coast Guard LEDET 405 were responsible Occupational Therapy for one case, seizing an estimated 1 ton of cocaine. Parkinson’s Awareness Bringing equestrian excellence to San Diego County since 1946, the Del Mar Na- Numerous U.S. agencies from the Departments of Defense, Pecan tional Horse Show stands among the handful of horse shows in this country to reach Justice and Homeland Security are involved in the effort to combat Pest Management transnational organized crime. The Coast Guard, Navy, Customs and Safe Digging its golden years. However, retirement isn’t even under consideration for this golden oldie. Over the years, Del Mar has earned its reputation for being among the tough- Border Protection, FBI, Drug Enforcement Agency, and Immigra- Sarcoidosis Awareness tion and Customs Enforcement along with allied and international Sexually Transmitted Diseases est, most exciting, finest, and richest horse shows in Southern California. With its partner agencies play a role in counter-drug operations. The fight Social Security world-class, multidisciplinary equestrian competition and signature Saturday evening Toddler Immunization against transnational organized crime networks in the Eastern Pacific Youth Sports Safety performances, Del Mar ranks high among the most prestigious horse shows in the requires unity of effort in all phases from detection, monitoring and Pharmacists War on Diabetes western region. A Del Mar win merits bragging rights as well as literal and figurative interdictions, to prosecutions by U.S. attorneys in California, on the Pet First Aid Awareness currency. Read more on page 15 East Coast and in the Caribbean. Navy launches Task Force Ocean, plans to advance ocean science U.S. Navy WASHINGTON - The Office of the Ocean- our priority is to reinvigorate and reconstitute our visits Republic of Korea ographer of the Navy, under direction from the technical workforce,” said Gallaudet. “We’ll be CNO, announced the establishment of Task Force looking at everything from oceanographic survey island for first time Ocean March 24. ships, unmanned vehicles, ocean and acoustic by MC2 Ryan Harper modelling, and how we apply our products to JEJU-DO, Republic of Ko- This new task force is part of an effort to fur- recruiting, educating, developing and retaining rea - USS Stethem (DDG 63) ther assess the state of ocean science in the Navy, our workforce.” arrived in Jeju-do, Republic of which encompasses its oceanographic infrastruc- Korea (ROK) March 25. This ture, technologies, technical workforce and how Hahn said the importance of interagency, aca- will mark the first visit by any they are applied to naval operations. demic and private sector partnership. “Since the U.S. Navy ship since the ROK 1840s, the U.S. Navy has consistently been a major Joint Civil-Military Complex The photo above was taken during the Jeju-do na- “Cutting edge ocean science underpins the force in the advancement of ocean science,” he said. opened Feb. 26. val base dedication ceremony Feb. 26. South Ko- safety and effectiveness of the Navy’s operating “Task Force Ocean will ensure we maintain our rean destroyer Chungmugong Yi Sun-shin-class forces,” said Oceanographer of the Navy Rear historic edge in understanding and predicting the Rear Adm. Brad Cooper, (KDX-II) is at the floating finger pier. Also shown Adm. Tim Gallaudet. “One of the main drivers marine environment in support of naval operations commander of Naval Forces are DDG 993 Seoae Ryu Seong-ryong (a Sejong the that launched Task Force Ocean is the need to in all the world’s oceans.” Korea, greeted the ship along Great-class destroyer KDX-III), another KDX-II and advance ocean science that directly helps the with Rear Adm. Kim, Jeongsu, an Incheon-class (FFG) frigate anchored. Courtesy Navy maintain its competitive advantage in the Gallaudet elaborated on the significance of ocean commander of Maritime Task photo undersea domain. Our overall capabilities are science to the Navy’s mission. Force Flotilla 7, as more than second to none, but the gap is closing and we can’t 100 ROK sailors welcome exercise between the Republic of activities and sporting events, be complacent. It’s time to up-our-game to stay “It’s hard to believe that in this globally inter- dStethem to the southern Korea Navy and U.S. Navy. and participate in community ahead of our competitors.” connected information age, only five percent of island. relations projects to give back volume of the world’s oceans have been explored “We enjoy any time we get to the local Jeju community. Gallaudet and Chief of Naval Research, Rear and only 20 percent of the world’s sea floor has “This may the first time we to train with our ROK partners Adm. David Hahn, will co-chair an executive been mapped to modern standards. So there’s a lot [U.S. Navy] will visit Jeju, but because with each engagement “We are honored to be steering committee for Task Force Ocean com- that we don’t know. We need to better understand he have a long history of visit- we improve our cooperation, here and develop new friend- prised of senior leadership representatives from the oceans because that’s where the Navy operates,” ing the Republic of Korea at and through that we enhance ships and strengthen existing U.S. Fleet Forces, Pacific Fleet, the Naval Acad- said Gallaudet. ports in Pyeongtaek, Donghae, our combined defensive capa- relationships through team emy, and Naval Post Graduate School. The execu- Mokpo, and Busan,” said Coo- bilities,” said Cmdr. Douglas building exercise, combined tive steering committee will develop a five-year The Office of the Oceanographer of the Navy per.