ARMED FORCES 1St Pitch, June 17 Dispatchsan Diego Navy/Marine Corps Dispatch 619.280.2985 FIFTY SEVENTH YEAR NO

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According to some accounts, the first In this April 26 file photo, service members and civil- Father’s Day was celebrated ians gathered to observe Denim Day at Naval Sup- in Washington state on June port Activity Bethesda. The event was a Army led 19, 1910. A woman by the program focused on sexual assault prevention. Navy name of Sonora Smart Dodd photo by MC3 William Phillips came up with the idea of honoring and celebrating her father while listening to DoD launches online program a Mother’s Day sermon at church in 1909. She felt as to help military survivors of though mothers were getting all the acclaim while fathers sexual abuse, assault were equally deserving of WASHINGTON - The Defense Department launched an online a day of praise (She would and mobile educational program June 13 to help individuals begin probably be displeased that to recover, heal and build resiliency after a sexual assault. Mother’s Day still gets the The self-guided program, called, “Building Hope and Resiliency: lion’s share of attention). Addressing the Effects of Sexual Assault,” can be completed at the Sonora’s dad, William Smart, user’s pace and features information about coping mechanisms, a veteran of the Civil War, practical relaxation exercises, definitions, links to resources and was left a widower when his referrals for ongoing support. wife died while giving birth Research shows that some service members, including cadets to their sixth child. He went and midshipmen, have experienced sexual abuse or sexual assault on to raise the six children by prior to joining the military. According to the DoD fiscal year 2016 himself on their small farm in Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military, approximately Washington. 10 percent, or 556 reports, of total service member victim reports The other story of the involved incidents that occurred prior to military service. first Father’s Day in America In order to support these individuals, the DoD Sexual Assault Pre- happened all the way on the vention and Response Office via a contract with the Rape, Abuse and other side of the country in Incest National Network, developed and deployed this anonymous, Fairmont, W.V., on July 5, self-guided educational program on the Safe Helpline. 1908. Grace Golden Clayton The program’s development was directed by the secretary of suggested to the minister of defense in 2015 in order to meet the needs of the DoD community, the local Methodist church including cadets and midshipman, who may have been victims of that they hold services to sexual abuse or assault prior to entering military service. celebrate fathers after a Recognizing the impact that trauma can have on an individual, deadly mine explosion killed this program is part of a comprehensive effort to enhance individual 361 men. and collective resilience and improve readiness across the depart- While Father’s Day was ment. Users can take a brief, optional self assessment to gauge the celebrated locally in several Bayside Summer Nights opens with the tra- effectiveness of their current coping strategies and whether they may communities across the coun- ditional tribute to the music of America, from benefit from additional support and resources. try, unofficial support to make For more information, visit the Navy’s SAPR page at www.navy. the celebration a national movies and Broadway to patriotic favorites, in- mil/sapr. holiday began almost immedi- cluding salute to the armed forces. ately. William Jennings Bryant Deployed Carl Vinson strike group was one of its staunchest pro- ______________________________ ponents.In 1966, Lyndon B. visits Pearl Harbor before homecoming Johnson designated the third Carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) is visiting Joint Base Pearl Sunday in June as the official America’s Birthday with Wynonna, a Bayside Harbor-Hickam after arriving there Wednesday, the last stop for the day to celebrate Father’s Summer Nights special concert. Come for the ship before its homecoming in San Diego. Day. In 1972, Father’s Day Commanded by Capt. Douglas Verissimo, the ship and crew of was officially recognized as a music, stay for the Big Bay Boom fireworks more than 5,000 Silors departed Naval Air Station North Island in national holiday. show. January 2017. NASA selects 3 Sailors for 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class NASA announced June 7 that Lt. Kayla Barron, Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Dominick and Dr. Jonny Kim were selected from a record breaking 18,300 applicants to join its 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class of just 12 people. Barron, Dominick and Kim warfare officer and completed Dominick was commissioned as well as their fellow astronaut three strategic deterrent patrols through ROTC following gradu- candidates will return to Johnson while serving as a division of- ation from the University of San Lt. Kayla Barron, Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Dominick and Dr. Jonny Kim. Navy photos Space Center in Houston, Texas, ficer aboard Maine. At the time Diego in 2005 and reported to courtesy of NASA in August to begin two years of of her selection, Barron was Pensacola, Florida, for flight Office while he awaits a flight vard Medical School. training. Then, they could be serving as the Naval Academy’s training. Following initial train- flight tests in the F/A-18ABCD, assignment. assigned to any of a variety of superintendent’s flag aide. ing, Dominick was assigned to F/A-18E/F, and EA-18G. Ad- Kim enlisted in the Navy as a missions, including: performing Strike Fighter Squadron 143. ditionally, he contributed to Kim, a California native, seaman recruit, and later served research on the International Upon completion of two years He made two deployments to the X-47B (Unmanned Car- trained and operated as a Navy as a special warfare operator to Space Station, launching from of training as an astronaut can- the North Arabian Sea, flying rier Launched Surveillance and SEAL, completing more than SEAL Team 3. He served as a American soil on spacecraft didate, Barron will be assigned close air support missions in Strike), V-22, T-45, E-2C, C-2A 100 combat operations. After- combat medic, sniper, naviga- built by commercial companies, technical duties in the Astronaut support of Operation Enduring and F-35C test programs. ward, he went on to complete tor and point man on more than and departing for deep space Office while she awaits a flight Freedom. a degree in mathematics at the 100 combat operations spanning missions on NASA’s new Orion assignment. At the time of his selection University of San Diego and a two deployments to the Middle spacecraft and Space Launch Designated a developmental as an astronaut candidate in Doctorate of Medicine at Har- East. System rocket. Dominick, a Colorado native, test pilot in 2013, Dominick was June 2017, Dominick was at earned a Bachelor of Science in assigned to the fixed wing carrier sea aboard USS Ronald Reagan The commander of Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris As a submarine warfare of- Electrical Engineering from the suitability flight test department (CVN 76) serving as the depart- Island has come under fire for his comments about female ficer, Barron was a member of University of San Diego and of Air Test Evaluation Squadron ment head for Strike Fighter recruits at boot camp. the first class of women to join a Master of Science degree in 23. There, he served as develop- Squadron 115. the submarine community. After Systems Engineering from the mental flight test project officer I think we’re“ trying to find, recruiting-wise, those the Washington native gradu- Naval Postgraduate School. He for a variety of carrier suitability Dominick was the 2015 Naval ated from the Naval Academy, graduated from Naval Test Pilot test programs, including MAG- Test Wing Atlantic Test Pilot of women who were handed lacrosse sticks and hockey she attended the Navy’s nuclear School. He has accumulated IC CARPET, Joint Precision the Year. sticks growing up and not Barbie dolls. We don’t always power and submarine officer more than 1,600 flight hours in Approach & Landing Systems, get that. training before being assigned 28 aircraft models, 400 carrier Infrared Search and Track Pod, Upon completion of two years to USS Maine (SSBN 741), arrestments, 61 combat missions and the precision approach and of training as an astronaut candi- ” homeported in Bangor, Wash. and nearly 200 flight test carrier landing certification of aircraft date, Dominick will be assigned Brig. Gen. Austin Renforth told Military.com Barron qualified as a submarine landings. carriers. 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