Volume 14, Issue 20 Friday, February 1, 2013 Ommand Orner News from the Bay New Zip Code Black & Gold Gala Holy Mackerel! Cc Effective Feb
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Volume 14, Issue 20 Friday, February 1, 2013 ommand orner News from the Bay New zip code Black & Gold Gala Holy mackerel! Cc Effective Feb. 7, Joint Task Force The Black Heritage Organization of Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Morale, Capt. Daniel Gard Guantanamo’s new postal zip code will be Naval Station Guantanamo Bay will be sell- Welfare and Recreation will host the Big Ole Command Chaplain, Joint Task Force Guantanamo APO AE 09522-9998. The current zip code, ing tickets to its Black & Gold Gala at the Mackerel Fishing Tournament at the marina APO AE 09360, will remain open until Feb. NEX atrium on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 on Saturday from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. Prizes will have been on the island for seven months start spontaneously playing an unplanned and 15. For more information, contact Air Force p.m. To buy tickets on the Joint Task Force be awarded for the top male and female for now, and I think I am finally beginning unrehearsed symphony of jazz. Each musician Maj. Jeff Elliott at 9717 or jeffrey.e.elliott@ Guantanamo side, contact milta.b.dumas. the longest fork length mackerel. The event toI understand and appreciate more deeply knows his or her instrument and how to con- jtfgtmo.southcom.mil [email protected]. To buy tickets is open to all hands and is an in bound only the motto of Joint Task Force Guantanamo, tribute his or her own unique sound, and it on the NAVSTA side, contact Katalina fishing tournament. All GTMO fishing regu- “Honor Bound to Defend Freedom.” somehow comes together in unexpected ways. Laborn at 78096 or any BHO member. lations must be upheld. It has been my privilege to know Troopers It is not the individual musician who produces It’s Pig Bowl time! from around the country and from every the music – it is all the musicians playing dif- Come out and watch the law enforcement branch of our military, as well as civilians, who ferent instruments in concert with each other. professionals from all around Naval Station ‘Doughnut’ miss this! come to this place at the call of the United Can you imagine a “jam session” with just one Guantanamo Bay battle it out on the gridiron Colonel’s food special States. Some of those Troopers who I have musician playing a trumpet or even a hundred for bragging rights. The Pig Bowl will take Do you really like popcorn chicken? Well, It’s Krispy Kreme time! The 525th known have completed their service here and musicians all playing trumpets? It just would place starting at 8 a.m. on Feb. 9 at Cooper you’re in luck! All throughout the month Military Police Battalion Family Readiness returned home. Others not be the same. Field. The team match-ups will be a single of February, you can buy a large order of Group will be seeling Krispy Kreme dough- are in the middle of their So it is with our elimination tournament to decide this quar- popcorn chicken and get a small order for nuts on Friday and Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m. deployment. Still others There is a mission to task here at the JTF. ter’s champion, hosted by the 525th Military free when dining out at KFC, located at at the NEX. Doughnuts can purchased at are newly arrived and are complete, and it can never There is a mission to Police Battalion. Marblehead Lanes Bowling Center. that time for $10 a dozen. busy trying to learn new be done by any one par- complete, and it can jobs and battle rhythms. never be done by any We come from differ- ticular person or even a one particular person large group of people who INDEX ent services and are active or even a large group JTF Guantanamo The Wire duty, Reserve or National are identical to each other. of people who are FEBRUary 1, 2013 Guard. We represent dif- identical to each other. Commander Each of us is important to Rear Adm. John W. Smith Jr. ferent ethnic heritages and Each of us is impor- Deputy Commander Movie review: This is 40 4 even different countries of that mission whether we tant to that mission Army Brig. Gen. James Lettko Bataan Memorial Death March 6 origin and first languages. think of our own role as whether we think of Sergeant Major Marine Sgt. Maj. Scott Smith Trooper Focus 8 We are men and women. great or small. our own role as great Office of Public Affairs Director Some are at the beginning or small. Navy Capt. Robert Durand: 9928 If you can dodge a banana rat, you can dodge a ball! Deputy Director of their careers, and others I said earlier that I Army Maj. Alvin Phillips: 9927 are at the end. Our indi- think that I have finally Senior Enlisted Leader MWR presents the nine-on-nine Presidents Day Dodgeball vidual skills are also quite different here than come to understand better the idea of “Honor Sgt. 1st Class Steven Petibone: 8141 Tournament, from 6 to 9 p.m. on Feb. 18 at the Cooper Field Command Information NCOIC The WIRE is the official news magazine of Joint Task Force those of the Troopers who join us in line at Bound to Defend Freedom.” The idea of Army Staff Sgt. Michael Davis Jr.: 3499 hockey rink. The free event is open to all ages, registration is Guantanamo. It is produced by the JTF Public Affairs Office to inform and educate the Troopers of JTF Guantanamo through the galley. In fact, our skill sets are so diverse as being “Honor Bound” seemed at first to refer due Feb. 13 at Denich Gym, and a coaches meeting is set for 5:30 news, features, command guidance, sports and entertainment. This DoD news magazine is an authorized publication for the to make the JTF almost a small, self-sustaining to the personal honor of each Trooper and The Wire p.m. on Feb. 15 at Denich Gym. For more information, call 2113. members of the Department of Defense. Contents of The city. Yet, we have one purpose and mission: the binding effect on the individual by his or Senior Editor WIRE are not necessarily the official views of, or endorsed Army Sgt. Jonathan Monfiletto by, the U.S. Government, the Department of Defense, or Joint “Honor Bound to Defend Freedom.” her personal honor to the defense of freedom. Dodge, dip, dive, duck, and dodge! Task Force Guantanamo. It is printed by Defense Logistics Assistant Editor Agency Document Services with a circulation of 1,250. Because of the diversity of who we are and I have come to believe that it is bigger than Spc. Raechel Haynes what we do, we each must function as a vital that – it is also being bound by honor to each Layout Editor Spc. Cody Campana piece of a larger whole. Think of it as a musi- other in the defense of freedom. Copy Editor cians’ “jam session.” Now, I have no musical In other words, honor binds us not only Army Pfc. Chalon Huston Only at GTMO by Spc. Brian Godette Webmaster talent whatsoever, but I do love music (espe- to do the right thing as an individual – it also Army Sgt. Trisha Pinczes cially jazz) and have spent many happy days in binds us to our shipmates and battle buddies Photojournalists Army Sgt. Ferdinand Thomas New Orleans listening to those who do have as we together defend freedom as one team in Spc. Jessica Randon talent. Once in a while, you hear musicians one fight. I am proud to be honor bound with with various instruments get together and just all of you to defend freedom. Contact us Editor’s Desk: 3651 Cover: Army Pfc. Austin Hunsaker is almost running as he marches down Recreation Road after descending Commercial: 011-5399-3651 John Paul Jones Hill on Jan. 24, posting the day’s fastest time during tryouts for the Bataan Memorial Death DSN: 660-3651 March. The 525th Military Police Battalion conducted tryouts Jan. 23-25 to select a team for the march on E-mail: [email protected] Online: www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil/wire/wire.html March 17 at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Photo by Army Sgt. Jonathan Monfiletto Joint Task Force Safe l Humane l Legal l Transparent Guantanamo THE WIRE | PAGE 2 COMMAND CORNER NEWS FROM THE BAY THE WIRE | PAGE 3 Movie Review R 134 min. This is 40 By Army Staff Sgt. Michael E. Davis Jr. and thinks he has to take a Viagra in order to film is said to symbolize the typical American have sex. However, she is more upset because family. Sure, the movie displays some issues udd Apatow – a man who was ranked she is now 40 and continues to deny that fact. most families face, but I don’t think most no. 1 in Entertainment Weekly’s ‘The 50 They both turn 40 around the same time and 40 year olds with kids solve their problems SmartestJ People in Hollywood,’ out-shin- usually have a party together, but since she is by escaping any chance they get and getting ing top industry professionals like Steven in so much denial, she doesn’t even want to high on drugs and partying. I guess Apatow is Spielberg, James Cameron and many other include herself in the birthday party they are OK with the message he brought across the well known directors, producers and actors planning.