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I Vol. 60 No. 16 Friday, April 18, 2003 What's Inside OTMO SOY! (AND GIRLS) OF SUMMER With the softball season, also comes the beginning of a season of possible sports related injuries that can often be avoided. The GTMO Safety Office has contributed an article pinpointed the most often reported injuries and some steps that can be taken to avoid the "agony of defeat." See page 4 Alcohol Awareness Month Getting set for the "bigs" by learning the skills needed to play America's game, the boys and girls of GTMOs T-Ball league April is Alcohol Awareness Month got their first taste of the and with that comes the plea to take a 2003 season Friday. hard look at what, when and why you Many of the players are may take a drink. Alcohol can and does getting their first taste of destroy lives and here you will find team sports. some of the questions that will help you More on page 6 avoid those pitfalls. See Page 4 j GUANTANAMO BAY Force Make/Model Color Plate 1971 Ford Ranchero Blue C-2244 Protection Ve lie Volvo Black C-9835 Nissan Stanza Gold Unknown Local 1988 Chevy Celebrity White C-4511 instructions CIAmiAls Chrysler Pick-up Yellow C-1478 Ford Escort Gray A-6213 prohibit leaving Dodge Polaris Green C-1901 young children Ford Escort Red C-0425 The NA VSTA Security Dodge Colt Red A-5131 alone or Department, Logistics Dodge Plymouth Yellow C-1478 unattended. Be Division has the Dodge Omni White C-6926 Chevy Citation II White C-8159 certain they are following vehicles in its Chevy Cavalier Blue C-1135 in the care of a impound lot. If no one Ford Escort Blue A-9111 1977 Mazda GLC Brown B-3118 trustworthy claims the vehicles, they Chevy Malibu Blue/Red C-0308 person will be disposedof. For Pontiac Grand Am White B-4310 more information, Ford Tempo Brown Unkown Chevy Pick-up White C-6935 contact HT1 Mays or Ford Mustang Red C-4125 Water STG2 Waters at 4331. Ford Mustang Brown C-6959 Nissan Datsun Blue C-6914 Conservation Vehicle Identification Nissan Datsun Brown B-3277 Numbers available for Ford F-350 White Unknown Apr 7-13 Ford F-150 White/Green B-3746 some vehicles. Ford F-150 White C-4980 Used 7,087,759.0 Daily avg. 1,012,537.0 Daily goal 1,000,000 gal ADULT AND TEEN VOLUNTEERS NEEDED We spent $1,667.42 over our budget for the week. FOR SUMMER VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL IN JULY U.S. Naval Base - S.C.U.B.A. - Guantanamo Bay Gazette SUPER COOL UNDERSEA BIBLE ADVENTURE PLANNING MEETING WILL BE HELD Commander, Naval Base CAPT Leslie J.McCoy TUESDAY APRIL 29TH @ 1900 Chief Staff Officer CAPT Michael Fair CHAPEL HILL FELLOWSHIP HALL Command Master Chief CMDCM(SS) Al Steiner Public Affairs Officer CALL BARBARA OLSEN @ 7685 TO VOLUNTEER OR FOR JOC Richard Evans Gazette Editor MORE INFORMATION JO1 Amy Kirk This newspaper is an authorized publication for members of the Command Financial Specialist (CFS) Training military services stationed at Naval Base Guantanamo Bay. Its contents do not necessarily reflect April 21-25, 7:30am - 4pm at the Fleet & Family Support Center the official views of the U.S. Government, the Department of Defense or the U.S. Navy and do Attendees should be E-6 or above, have command approval, and have at not imply endorsement thereof. least one year left at their command. We need highly motivated, financially Phone: 4502, 4520 stable individuals who will actively assist others and attend bi-monthly CFS E-mail: forums to exchange information and keep up with the many changes affecting [email protected] the personal finances of service members. gazette On-line: To register, call Paul Walker at the FFSC, 4141. www.nsgtmo.navy.mil Page 2 - Friday, April 18, 2003 I GAZETTE I Guantanamo Bay Golf: NEWS BRIEFS Jewish News Note Chaplain (Rabbi) Brad Hoffman is "Spring Thaw Tournament here at GTMO from thru April 30. POC: Chaplain Office, Tel. 2323. Easter Catholic Service ~1 Schedule Good Friday 1500, The LORD's Passion Holy Saturday 2030, Easter Vigil Mass Easter Sunday 0900, Easter Mass 1100, Misa White Elephant Exchange The Enlisted Civilian Spouses Association is holding a meeting and White Elephant Exchange in the Community Center at 7pm Wednesday. Appetizers and beverages will be served. For information contact Kim at 7389 from 9am-5:30pm or Grace at 7600 from 5:30-9:30pm. (Left to right) Firefighters Steve Perrin-2nd place, Joe Hettler-Ist place and Leroy Graham-2nd place, show off their Tax Center Update awards as the Fire Department made a great showing at the Yatera Seca Golf Course "Spring Thaw" Tournament. The Naval Base Tax Center hours of Other winners include Bill Willey-PWC 1st place, and Rick Daniel & Charles Crouse-PWC 3rd place. operation are Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9am to 5pm and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9am to 7pm. Call 4314 for an appointment. The center has completed more than 370 TV-Turnoff Week 2003, tax returns - a service valued at $49,751. The total amount of refunds is over April 2 1-27 $542,337. SPOA to Host Talent Show Millions Expected to Participate in Annual The Senior Petty Officers' Association (SPOA) is sponsoring a Talent Show on May 2. Tube Turnoff Tryouts are scheduled on April 22 and 24. Times will be announced at a later WT Sampson Elementary School will join date in the Gazette and on the Roller. Proceeds from the show go toward thousands of schools, libraries and scholarships for W.T. Sampson High community groups nationwide in a School seniors. coordinated effort to encourage millions of Americans to turn off their TV sets for seven _ 00 MWR Spring Festival days and turn on life. TV-Turnoff Week is a Celebrate the Month of the Military Child and Child Abuse Prevention Month chance to read, converse, think, create and with an Easter Egg Hunt and carnival, do. Saturday, Apr. 19 from lOam to 2pm at Cooper Field. The hunting begins at 10am Children in the US watch almost three with instructions and follows with ages hours of television each day. In the course of 0-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, 13-18 and adults at a year, they spend more time in front of the VV 10min. intervals. Free hot dogs, chips and drinks. The tube (1,023 hours) than in school (900 event is co-sponsored by FFSC, DODEA Continued on pag and Security. Friday, April 18, 2003 - Page 3 BAY*UANTANAMO f 111 ioftba I I Safety Well the softball season is here.We can tell by the sharp increase in accident reports. Some of the injuries are pretty severe causing a lot of unnecessary pain and many lost days away from work. These lost days away from work also cause additional pain for the shipmates who pickup the work load wt you are out. Lost work days also degrade our quality mission capabilities to our customers. Below is a brief, softball brief for you players. Play hard, play strong, be competitive and enjoy yourself, but don't hurt yourself or anyone else.remember in the end, softball is a game and not combat. Take care out there, Dave Nelson Naval Station Safety Director Recommendations: Recommendations include the following: Background: a. Inspect the playing field before the game for potholes, A review of softball mishaps show most injuries are caused by slippery areas and obstructions. lack of conditioning, improper sliding techniques, and collisions. Examples: b. Wear rubber cleats or good quality athletic shoes. Do not The following are typical of mishap reports submitted to the wear metal cleats. Naval Safety Center: c. Don't drink alcoholic beverages before or during play. a. An SN made a diving leap at a ball hit to shallow right field. His head impacted the right fielder's leg at full speed causing d. Do stretching exercises and warm-ups for 10 to 15 minutes compression and crushing of three vertebrae. Permanent paralysis of preceding play, as well as between innings. both legs and his right arm has cost the Navy a young sailor whose only mistake was to be a little too aggressive chasing down a fly ball. e. Enforce a no-sliding rule during command-sponsored picnics and all pickup games when stationary bases are used. b. A LCDR slid late into a stationary base, broke his ankle and lost 30 days from work. f. Use break-away or safety bases, which allow the base to absorb the shock from an improper slide, vice the leg, ankle or foot. c. BU3 was running after a fly ball and misjudged how far Always use proper sliding techniques. Coaches should provide guidance away he was from the cement wall. He stuck his hand out to cushion the on sliding safely. impact. He shattered his wrist. Pins were placed in his wrist. He lost 12 days from work. g. Designate the center fielder to call players off outfield fly balls. In the infield, the shortstop should be assigned this job. These d. While running to the outfield to catch a fly ball, SN and his precautions will help reduce collisions. teammate collided. He fell to the ground ant the other player stepped on his leg. He sustained a compound fracture to his leg. He lost 48 days h. Spectators should stay away from sidelines unless fencing from work. material is at least eight feet high. Some people have been seriously injured when struck by overthrown balls while seated in this area.