Volume 13, Issue 24 Friday, April 20, 2012 It’s a zoo in there! Community library reopens to public 525th Trooper finds solace in rock ‘n roll Chaps, JSMART, MWR, FFSC join forces to help joint forces ommand orner News from the Bay Cc DJ! Turn it up! Volunteer everywhere Radiothon fund drive Cmd. Master Chief Reynaldo Tiong Reggae/hip hop artist Rayvon will per- MWR Liberty is looking for fun facilita- Radio GTMO is holding a Radiothon Command Master Chief, JTF Guantanamo form Saturday at 10 p.m. at the Windjammer tors. Do you have your captain’s license? fund drive the week of April 23 from 8 a.m. Ballroom with Miami’s own DJ Epps. Volunteers are needed to take boats out on to 4 p.m. Proceeds go to the Navy-Marine s my tenure here at Joint Task Force only about standing at attention or parade For more information, call 2157 or 75237. day and night fishing trips. Are you good at Corps Relief Society. Guantanamo comes to an end, rest, especially when we talk about showing Texas Hold’em poker? Pool? What about For more information, visit www.face- I have been reflecting about the respect to our peers: A ping-pong? Call MWR Liberty at 2010 and book.com/RadioGTMO, or call 3333 or interactions I have had with people I have volunteer to teach others the your favorite 2100. met and worked with in the last 12 months. Respect is often shown most Fitness Aerobathon games. My experience here has been clearly in the little things. Don’t All hands are invited to participate in 30 overwhelmingly positive as I have been interrupt people when they are minute intervals of GTMO Moves, circuit blessed to work with two rear admirals, two talking. Include everyone in I love you, Mom! training kickboxing and yoga at Denich Gym brigadier generals, and three chiefs of staff. I your conversations. Look others Trail Blazers Wednesday from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Record a Guantanamo shout-out to all also have been able to meet in the eye when they For more information, call 2113. Help keep the trails of Gitmo beauti- the mothers in your life! Send your loved many professionals from all are speaking to you. ful and clean. The Trail Blazers are looking ones a personalized message this Mother’s branches of service who These and other Rise above, for volunteers to help cut grass, trim tree Day. Simply stop by the Camp America sign have had an impact on my seemingly minor Troopers: all limbs, remove trash and anything else it Monday between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. life. considerations for History hike sequel takes to keep your hikes, trail runs and bike For more information, call 8200 or email Even though my overall of you have others can have a MWR Liberty will take Troopers and rides fun and easy. For more information, [email protected]. experience has been great, major impact on the volunteered to Guantanamo Bay residents on another his- call Martin Sullivan at 8243/8242 or email mil. I have to admit there have level of respect in tory hike on May 5. This time it will be cen- [email protected]. been some very challenging put yourself in your relationships. tered around Hicacal. times here. So if I could – Ralph Marston, harm’s way and JTF Guantanamo Call 2010 to find out how you can help. leave you all with some The Daily Motivator Commander UFC 145 at O’Kelly’s advice based on my frequently be Rear Adm. David Woods Deputy Commander Red Cross challenge Watch Jon “Bones” Jones and “Suga” Ra- experience here this is what If you do get treated separated from Brig. Gen. James Lettko coin sale shad Evans engage in light-heavyweight fisti- I would say: “Make every rudely or inconsiderately by Command Master Chief No pressure, man! cuffs Saturday at 9 p.m. on the flat screens at effort to get along and find loved ones in another, reach deep in to Cmd. Master Chief Reynaldo Tiong Office of Public Affairs Director The recompression chamber will be The American Red Cross is selling chal- O’Kelly’s Irish Pub. the good in each other.” yourself and find that part Cmdr. Tamsen Reese: 9928 your call to duty. down for maintenance May 7-11. There will lenge coins at the NEX Saturday to support For more information, call 75503. Rise above, Troopers. of you that was willing to Deputy Director Air Force Maj. Michelle Coghill: 9927 be no civilian and recreational diving during wounded military personnel and volunteers. Rise above personality You deserve each sacrifice for your country. Operations Officer this period. Buy one coin for $10 or three for $25. differences. Rise above petty Take that same self-sacrifice Army Maj. Jon Powers: 3649 other’s respect. For more information, contact the Com- For more information, call 2511. differences. Rise above those and apply it to the individual Senior Enlisted Leader Sgt. 1st Class Jerome Grant: 3649 mand Diving Officer at 4444. Day at the Bay who are inconsiderate or who slighted you and think All hands are invited to Ferry Landing rude. Rise above reacting out of frustration of them first. If you do not respond in kind, Beach for a free community event April or anger. Rise above the critics and naysayers. but rather be kind, you could be the one who The Wire Command Information Officer LDOs who lunch 28, 2-6 p.m. featuring a performance by the Remember what Thumper said in the helps them turn their attitude around and Army 1st. Lt. Amelia Thatcher Your vote counts Attention! Navy personnel, E-5 and Dirty Sock Funtime Band. movie Bambi? “If you can’t say something maybe even make their day better. Editorial Staff Military personnel stationed at Guanta- above, who are interested in the Limited For more information, call 84616. nice, don’t say nothin’ at all.” Troopers, you are among a special class Army Sgt. Saul Rosa Spc. Ryan Hallock namo Bay are encouraged to exercise their Duty Officer and Chief Warrant Officer Start with that simple rule. Make a of citizens who have chosen to serve your Spc. Vanessa Davila right to vote using absentee ballots. programs are invited to a luncheon at Gold decision to start being kind to those around country as part of an all-volunteer force. All Pvt. Loren Cook For more information, call Lt. Cdr. Smith Hill Galley April 27 at 10:30 a.m. you so you can begin to create a positive of you have volunteered to put yourself in Photojournalists Sgt. 1st Class Kryn Westhoven at 6157, Lt. Jg. Ricker at 72871, or Petty Of- For more information, call Lt. Baldwin at INDEX environment. Sometimes, that kindness harm’s way and frequently be separated from Mass Communication Spc. 1st Class Ty Bjornson The Wire ficer 1st Class Robles at 4721. 4650 or Lt. Pecci at 4606. starts as simply keeping your mouth shut loved ones in your call to duty. You deserve Army Staff Sgt. Lewis Hilburn April 20, 2012 Mass Communication Spc. 1st Class Keith Simmons when you have the opportunity to really stick each others’ respect. Mass Communication Spc. 2nd Class Kilho Park it to someone you don’t really care for. Look out for each other with kindness. TSP, part II 5 Show respect to one another. Respect isn’t Rise above, Troopers, rise above. Contact us 193rd Troopers say uncle 8 Nom nom burgers 9 Editor’s Desk: 3499 Cover: A watchful giraffe can be seen in the children’s section of the U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Commercial: 011-5399-3499 525th Trooper rocks out 10 Community Library, which reopened to the public April 12 after an extensive renovation project. The library DSN: 660-3499 Library reopens, with giraffes 12 E-mail: [email protected] 17 serves thousands of Naval Station community members and Joint Task Force Troopers every year. Online: www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil/wire/wire.html Cartoon: Batman & Robin –photo by Spc. Ryan Hallock Movie Review: Wanderlust 18 The WIRE is the official news magazine of Joint Task Force Guantanamo. It is produced by the JTF Public Affairs Office to inform and educate the Troopers of JTF Guantanamo through news, features, command guidance, sports and entertainment. This DoD news magazine is an authorized publication for the Joint Task Force members of the Department of Defense. Contents of The Safe l Humane l Legal l Transparent WIRE are not necessarily the official views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government, the Department of Defense, or Joint Task Force Guantanamo. It is printed by Defense Logistics Guantanamo Agency Document Services with a circulation of 1,300. THE WIRE | PAGE 2 COMMAND CORNER NEWS FROM THE BAY THE WIRE | PAGE 3 MONEY MATTERS Trooper to Trooper The alphabet soup of TSP funds the power of effective communication Make the G fund a viable option Master Sgt. James Johnson By Sgt. First Class Kryn Westhoven that are lower than riskier investments. Last year the G Fund averaged 2.45 percent. Money really does matter, J1 NCOIC hile some financial gurus have said that That PIN and your social security number especially when it comes to building ommunication is a tool we use to get Wthe Thrift Savings Program (TSP) is allow access to your account whether on the a nest egg: this is part two of a too conservative in the limited offerings of others to understand what we expect of website or through the Thriftline at 1-TSP- three-part series on managing C investment funds, those experts must never YOU-FRST (1-877-968-3778).