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® Serving the Hampton Roads Navy Family Vol. 17, No. 42, Norfolk, VA FLAGSHIPNEWS.COM October 22, 2009 Pentagon offi cials stress cybersecurity on all computers BY JIM GARAMONE curity Month. The Defense Department is Everyone needs to take precautions, the keyboard, and it doesn’t matter if the key- American Forces Press Service one of the largest computer users in the captain said during a recent interview. “If board is at the home or at work, Jamshidi world, and security has to be in the fore- you’re locking your car doors, then you said. Computer users often inadvertent- WASHINGTON — Pentagon offi cials front of all users, offi cials say. help make the parking lot safer,” she said. ly carry viruses back and forth between stress that no matter what computer you Navy Capt. Sandra Jamshidi, director of “If everyone is locking their car doors, home and work computers. use, you need to take cybersecurity into the department’s Information Assurance then you make the parking lot a less attrac- Users have a better chance of detecting account. Program, said that if everyone did their tive target. It’s the same for cybersecurity. something unusual on their computers, With growing dependence on informa- part for cybersecurity, it would “fi lter out If we all pay attention to security, then it she said. People need to understand what tion technology and increasing threats the low-level hacker type of attacks, so raises the threshold across the entire In- is normal for the computer and the soft- against it, President Barack Obama we’re better able to go after the profession- ternet.” declared October to be National Cyberse- al hackers who do the most harm to us.” The frontline of this cyberwar is the See CYBERSECURITY, A9 U.S. Congress fi nishes work on Authorization Bill BY JIM GARAMONE American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON — Congress has reached agreement on a $680.2 billion National Defense Authorization Bill for fi scal 2010. The bill authorizes a 3.4 per- cent military pay increase and full funding for the Defense Health Program, and it caps F-22 Raptor production at 187 aircraft. For civilian workers, it ends the National Security Personnel Sys- tem. It includes a base budget of $550.2 billion and $130 billion for overseas contingency opera- tions. Congress released the con- ference report Oct. 7. The full Senate and House must pass the conference report before the bill goes to President Barack Obama for his signature. The bill includes $560 million to continue development and initial procurement of the alter- nate F136 engine for the F-35 Photo by MC2 Nathan Laird Lightning II joint strike fi ghter. Defense Secretary Robert M. USS Freedom (LCS 1) to deploy early Gates recommended that the funding be struck, arguing de- PRESS RELEASE The Freedom will have an immediate impact effectively in the LCS fl eet integration pro- velopment of the F135 engine U.S. Department of Defense on fl eet readiness and global reach as an asset cess.” – the main engine for the F-35 – with unique combat capabilities and the ability In evaluating options for deploying the is proceeding well and that any WASHINGTON — The Navy announced to meet littoral tasking not previously seen in Freedom earlier than originally scheduled, money spent of the F136 would Oct. 13 the decision to deploy the USS Free- the modern cruiser or destroyer fl eet. the Navy took into consideration several key be wasteful. House and Senate dom (LCS 1) in early 2010 to the Southern “The Navy plans to build a considerable factors including combat systems testing, conferees still included the en- Command and Pacifi c Command areas ahead number of littoral combat ships which will shakedown of the ship systems and overseas gine in the fi scal 2010 budget of her originally scheduled 2012 maiden de- form the backbone of our future fl eet,” said sustainment with a new concept of operations authorization. White House offi - ployment. Adm J. C. Harvey, Jr., commander, U.S. Fleet and crew training. To facilitate the early de- cials said it is up to the president According to Navy leaders, littoral combat Forces, charged with executing the early de- ployment, the Navy adjusted the Freedom whether to veto the legislation ships (LCS) are needed now to close urgent ployment. “The sooner we integrate them testing schedule, prioritized testing events over the inclusion. warfi ghting gaps. into our fl eet, the sooner we can incorporate needed for deployment and deferred oth- The bill authorizes payment of “Deploying LCS now is a big step forward them in the order of battle. This deployment ers not required for the missions envisioned hostile fi re pay, imminent danger in getting this ship where it needs to be – op- offers a golden opportunity to learn by doing. during this deployment. The Freedom re- pay, hazardous duty pay, assign- erating in the increasingly important littoral Employing the USS Freedom in theater two cently completed Industrial Post Delivery ment pay and skill incentive pay regions,” said Adm. Gary Roughead, chief of years ahead of a normal timeline allows us to Availability 2, which also supported an early to be prorated to refl ect actu- naval operations. “We must deliver this criti- incorporate lessons that can only be learned deployment. al qualifying service performed cal capability to the warfi ghter now.” in a deployment setting more quickly and For more news, visit www.navy.mil. during the month. The authorization bill is one of two bills needed for the De- fense Department to spend money – the other being the ap- Naval Research Lab looks to sea, sun for energy solutions propriations bill, which is still in BY BOB FREEMAN a Senate-House committee to re- American Forces Press Service and effi ciency alone will fall short solve differences between the of meeting future needs,” he ex- two chambers’ versions. WASHINGTON — The servic- plained. The authorization bill includes es could more effectively power The quest for alternative fuel end strengths of 562,000 for the unmanned vehicles, underwater technologies is a top priority Army,; 202,100 for the Marine monitoring sensors, ships and for the Navy, Spargo said, add- Corps, 331,700 for the Air Force, aircraft if Naval Research Labora- ing that energy research at and 328,000 for the Navy. The leg- tory scientists achieve their goals NRL is diverse, allowing them islation authorizes an increase in of harnessing solar and sea pow- to bring together a wide array active-duty Army end-strength of er to fuel the military for years to of disciplines to address unique 30,000 in fi scal 2011 and 2012. come, a top NRL scientist said. problems confronting alternate The bill authorizes $6.7 bil- “A worldwide peak of fuel pro- energy research. lion for all-terrain mine-resistant, duction is expected in fi ve to 15 “We’re conducting research ambushed protected vehicles, years, and increased demand will in a number of areas that look known as M-ATVs. The fi rst of likely create large swings in price really promising; however it’s un- these vehicles have arrived in Af- and availability,” Barry Spargo, likely that a single research area ghanistan, with thousands more head of NRL’s chemical dynam- will solve the energy problems to be delivered under the new ics and diagnostics branch, said that we are facing,” Spargo said. budget. in an Oct. 14 interview on Penta- “NRL is currently investing in The authorization bill confer- gon Web Radio’s audio webcast synthetic fuel production at sea, ence report has full funding for “Armed with Science: Research enhancing fuel energy density, Photo by John F. Williams the Navy’s Carrier Replacement and Applications for the Modern exploration of methane hydrates John Bigus, left, a fuels engineer assigned to Naval Air Warfare Center- Program, a Virginia-class sub- Aircraft Division in Patuxent River, Md., explains the greening of Navy Military.” in the ocean, energy harvesting Fuels at the fi rst Naval Energy Forum hosted by the Offi ce of Naval marine, a littoral combat ship, “The bottom line is that we from the sea, fuel cells and bat- Research and Task Force Energy. Bigus stands in front of a display of a DDG-1000 destroyer and the need to develop alternative power camelina and algae fuels and processes for the production of renewable and energy because conservation See ENERGY, A9 fuels to be tested in Navy ship and aircraft. See BILL, A9 INSIDE: NAVY’S 234TH BIRTHDAY A7 FRONT & CENTER B1 OFF DUTY C1 The birth of the Finding the graves Halloween Time! 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A list of these tracted New York City with her Oct. readers a look at offi cial Navy so- 13 premier as a guest blogger on the what life in the cial media sites New York Post Web site leading up Navy is like,” can be found to the ship’s commissioning in New Fosu said.