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SEPTEMBER 2009

USS Springfield Arrives at Shipyard For Maintenance, Modernization Chief Docking Engineer Bob Judd directs the placement of USS Springfield (SSN-761) in Graving Dock 2 as the submarine arrives at the Groton shipyard earlier this month for maintenance and modernization work. (See related story, page 5.) INSIDE Earned Hours • 3 $125,000 To Be Raffled In COMMUNITY SERVICES FALL CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF It All Counts Program • 4 OCT.19 Marine News Roundup • 5 EDITOR’S NOTE: With the 2009 What are the goals of this year’s campaign? Employees Community Services Welcome To Electric Boat • 5 Nardone. We’re currently at 78 or 79 percent participation annual fall fund drive scheduled and our goal for this year is to push that rate to the mid 80s. School To Career: to run from Oct.19 through Nov. Full Circle For One Mentor • 6 6, Groton campaign chairmen We’ve done well with new hires over the last few years. Starting with the orientation process, the union leadership talks to them Navy Department Leadership Bob Nardone, VP of Human Tours Electric Boat • 7 Resources & Administration; about Community Services Association and United Way. So Bob Canova, president of the really from day one, we start to educate new employees about Health Matters • 8 / 9 MDA-UAW; and Ken DelaCruz, the services provided by both organizations. We also want to Retirees • 9 president of the MTC, partici- increase the contribution each employee makes. pated in an EB News interview Classified / Ethics • 10 to discuss details of the cam- Canova. There’s also leadership giving ($1,000 per year or more). Our goal this year is to increase the membership in this Service Awards • 11 paign and its importance to the community. group – the Spinnaker Club – by 30 individuals. In addition, Safety Performance • 12 continued on page 2 55796_EB_Sept.qxd 10/20/09 4:46 PM Page 2

Community Services Fall Campaign Kicks Off Oct. 19

continued from page 1 cut, but some of it is funneled to other we’re encouraging the 343 current mem- United Ways on the basis of employees’ bers to increase their weekly or bi-weekly zip codes. So actually, the money goes amount or their level of contribution. back to your community. DelaCruz. I think it’s important to The Community Services Association mention what Community Services is keeps some money that’s used for emer- about. It’s a combination of labor and gency loans to employees, fuel assistance, management working together. While and layoff assistance, for example. Com- there are some issues we have disagree- munity Services also makes direct dona- ments on, over the years labor and man- tions to charitable organizations in the agement have made great strides working area that aren’t United Way agencies. together to benefit our community. All segments of the organization are What percentage of each involved. employee’s contribution actually goes to these charitable We have volunteers in every organiza- Ken DelaCruz, president of the MTC tion – hourly, salaried, union, manage- organizations? ment – who conduct employee meetings Canova. 100 percent of the dona- and talk about the cause of Community tions collected at Electric Boat go to the Services and United Way. Community Services Association. There are no costs taken out of the contribu- Canova. There’s a core committee tions. Electric Boat provides whatever that’s been working in the background money is needed for administration and for the last several months to prepare for overhead. So every dollar of what you the campaign – to get the volunteers, the give goes to the charitable agencies. presenters, to set up the times and loca- tions for the solicitation meetings. How do you persuade employee Employees attending those meetings view to participate in the campaign, a joint Community Services/United Way given the challenging economic video, and hear the presentations from environment we’re in? their fellow employees. We’ll also bring in DelaCruz. The most effective people who’ve benefitted from United approach is when people from Electric Way to talk to the groups. Boat or outside the company get up in Bob Nardone, VP of Human DelaCruz. The success of the Com- front of the employee groups and talk Resources & Administration munity Services fund drive is really due about how the services have impacted to the volunteers who make the cam- their lives. I think in this economy, every- paigns work smoothly. These are the peo- body recognizes that there’s a lot of pain ple who talk to their co-workers about and suffering going on, that there are a how their donations will affect the lives lot of people who aren’t as lucky as we of people less fortunate than we are. I are who don’t have good, full-time pay- take my hat off to them as well as all the ing jobs. The compassion of the Electric people who contribute. It’s a wonderful Boat people is invigorating – every year, program and I really enjoy being a part they add just a little bit more to their of it. contribution. We’re helping better the lives of a lot of people in the commu- Where does the money go? nity who are suffering. Canova. All the money collected Electric Boat employees across the goes to the Electric Boat Employees organization understand that the contri- Community Services Association, which bution they make will help someone Bob Canova, president of the is a joint union/salaried organization. who’s a little less fortunate than they are. MDA-UAW The bulk of the money goes to the I’m overwhelmed by the level of contri- United Way of Southeastern Connecti- continued on page 3

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Dan Barrett, Editor Bob Gallo, Gary Slater, Gary Hall, Photography Electric Boat News is published monthly by the Public Affairs Department, 75 Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT 06340 Phone (860) 433-8202 Fax (860) 433-8054 Email [email protected] Earned Hours: Where We Stand

continued from page 2 bution that’s made every year – this is Electric Boat Receives something that we at Electric Boat have worked on constantly and Commendable Rating improved. Canova. The unique part of the In Industrial Security Inspection Community Services campaign is that there’s no line beween hourly, salaried, lectric Boat received a “Commendable” rating following the union or management. EB employees Industrial Security Compliance Inspection performed earlier this – no matter what the challenge is – get Emonth by the Defense Security Service. The focus of the inspec- the job done. The Community Serv- tion was the company’s compliance with DoD requirements for the han- ices campaign is no different. We as a dling, marking and safeguarding of classified information. group always choose to rise up and “This result is a clear indication of the meet the challenge. Our employees This result is a clear effort and awareness exhibited by Electric understand that the dollars they con- indication of the effort and Boat employees in the execution of their secu- tribute add up and go to the commu- rity responsibilities,” said Director of Security nities where the money is needed. awareness exhibited by Kevin Cassidy. “The nature of our business Nardone. We had a record year Electric Boat employees in requires that we maintain a security program ‘‘ that safeguards the sensitive information last year and it’s not because of the three of us. We have an internal cam- the execution of their received and generated as a result of our con- paign committee that organizes the security responsibilities tract performance.” group meetings and ensures that During the audit, particular emphasis was thousands of employees hear the mes- placed on classified processing on Automated Information Systems and sage. That’s no small feat. They and how Electric Boat deters counter intelligence threats. our employees deserve a lot of credit. “As Electric Boat continues to perform on classified contracts, it is criti- They make it happen. cally important that’’ employees are aware and comply with their responsi- Canova. It’s going to be a chal- bilities to properly process and safeguard classified information,” Cassidy lenge this year because of the econ- said. Any questions regarding your security responsibilities should be omy. Can we do this? I think the sim- addressed to the Industrial Security Compliance Office, ext. 38449. ple answer is, yes we can.

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$125,000 To Be Raffled In It All Counts Program

between Dec. 1, 2008, and Nov. 30, 2009: Please note: one entry per reminder to all employees: Smoking Cessation Program employee/spouse. The company health Electric Boat’s It All (Smoking cessation programs must be plan, UnitedHealthcare, will record when Counts program is under A approved by the facility’s medical director.) you or your spouse has an annual physical way. This health and wellness initiative and/or completes the health risk question- An on-line Health Risk Ques- provides opportunities for employees to naire. tionnaire (Log on to myuhc.com.) maintain good health and win one of House Calls and Know Your Num- nearly 150 prizes totaling $125,000. A complete annual physical bers entries will be tracked by the Yard The program is open to all employees. from your primary care physician Hospital at Groton and the Medical Dis- Spouses covered under one of EB’s House Calls / Know Your Num- pensary at Quonset Point. House Calls health plans are also eligible. bers and Know Your Numbers events are It All Counts provides many opportu- These wellness actions can maintain and held at various locations at Groton and nities to enter the raffle. You will be eligi- improve your health, and provide early Quonset Point during the year. ble if you and/or your spouse complete identification of any medical issues so that For more information about It All or participate in one of the following treatments and outcomes are optimized. Counts, please contact Doria Sklar, ext. 36391, or Donna Patterson, ext. 22207.

Newport Engineering Office Recognized for Community Service

lectric Boat’s Newport (R.I.) The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Com- Over the last 12 years, nearly 800 bags of Engineering Office (NEO) has munity Center was incorporated in 1922 clothes have been donated to Newpor’s Ebeen awarded the Keeper of the as the Newport Community Center to McKinney Shelter, the R.I. Veterans Dream 2009 certificate of appreciation provide recreational activities for com- Action Center and the Salvation Army. by the Dr. Martin Luther King Commu- munity residents. Since its incorporation, NEO employees have also been regu- nity Center in Newport, R.I. the center has grown in response to com- lar contributors to the American Soci- This is the third year in a row that munity need and has become a multi- ety’s Daffodil Days fundraiser each NEO has received this honor, which rec- service agency providing a wide variety spring. Other local charities that have ognizes the office’s continued support of of human services and enrichment activi- benefitted from the generosity of NEO the Dr. Martin Luther King Community ties to meet the diverse needs of the resi- employees are: Lucy’s Hearth Women’s Center and its work in the Newport area. dents of Newport County. Among other Shelter (Middletown), the Grand NEO's Newport Management Associa- things, this includes a federally recog- Islander Center Nursing Home (Middle- tion (NMA) conducts an annual food nized preschool Center of Excellence, a town), St. Barnabas Church drive during the holiday season with the highly touted teen center, a food pantry (Portsmouth), St. Elizabeth’s Church donations provided to the Dr. Martin and a Christmas basket program. In (Bristol), the American Red Cross, a Luther King Center for use in their food 2008, the center’s food programs pro- fund to support breast cancer research, pantry and Christmas gift basket pro- vided more than 76,000 meals to individ- and a fund for survivors of the 9/11 grams for families in need. The office has uals and families in Newport County. tragedy. been holding food drives for this charity NEO and the NMA have a long his- Lastly, the NMA provides annual since 1997 and also has donated a por- tory of supporting local charities. In scholarships to students who are depend- tion of the employee holiday turkeys addition to the food drive for the Martin ents of members. The scholarship is received during the last several years to Luther King Center, two clothes drives named in honor of another long-time the center. Last year, 245 nonperishable are conducted each year — one at Newport EB employee and NMA schol- food items worth about $350 were Thanksgiving and one in the spring. The arship supporter, Robert G. Moretti, donated to the Christmas Gift Basket Thanksgiving drive has been named in who died in 1995. The scholarship is reg- Program; additionally several employee honor of William “Mac” McElroy, a ularly supplemented by Moretti's family holiday turkeys were given to the food long-time NEO employee and supporter in his memory. Some 25 students have pantry. of the NMA, who passed away in 1999. benefitted from the scholarship.

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MARINE NEWS ROUNDUP

Electric Boat Is Awarded $42 Million “The Schirra and the other T-AKEs fulfill a vital naval logistics for Submarine Maintenance and role. NASSCO will continue to support that critical Navy mis- sion through the timely delivery of these high-quality, versatile Modernization Work ships in the future.” The U.S Navy has awarded Electric Boat a $42.1 million con- Including the Wally Schirra, NASSCO has delivered eight tract to plan and perform routine maintenance and moderniza- T-AKEs, which are also known as Lewis and Clark-class ships. tion work on USS Springfield (SSN-761), a Los Angeles-class NASSCO has construction contracts for four additional ships attack submarine. and long-lead material contracts for two more ships for a total Under the contract, Electric Boat will plan for and perform a class of 14 T-AKE vessels. Dry-docking Selected Restricted Availability, which consists of engineering, procurement, repairs, maintenance, modernization NASSCO Launches USNS Matthew Perry and testing. The work will take place at the Groton shipyard; it General Dynamics NASSCO has launched the U.S. Navy’s is expected to be completed by February 2010. newest supply ship, USNS Matthew Perry (T-AKE 9), during a christening ceremony at the shipyard. The ship is named in Trident Submarine Support Services honor of Commodore Matthew C. Perry, the U.S. Navy officer Work Is Worth $31 Million who established American trade with Japan in the mid-19th Electric Boat has received a $31 million contract from the U.S. Century. Navy to plan and perform maintenance and modernization Vice Adm. Richard Hunt, the commander of the U.S. Navy’s work on U.S. Trident-class and U.K. Vanguard-class sub- 3rd Fleet, was the ceremony’s principal speaker. Hester Evans, marines. the great-great-great granddaughter of Commodore Perry and Under the contract from the Navy’s Strategic Systems Pro- the ship’s sponsor, christened the ship by breaking the traditional gram, Electric Boat will perform shipboard integration of the bottle of champagne against the bow before the 689-foot-long fire control system; provide support to the Trident I and Trident ship slid into San Diego Bay. More than 2,000 people attended II submarine-launched ballistic missile programs; and provide the ceremony. strategic weapon systems technical engineering support. Commodore Perry (1794-1858), the younger brother of Battle This is follow-on work from a 2008 contract that has now of Lake Erie hero Oliver Hazard Perry, received a midshipman been extended to May 2012. commission in January 1809. Over the next 43 years, he com- manded three ships and two squadrons of ships. In March 1852, NASSCO Delivers USNS Wally Schirra he was selected to lead a U.S. mission to Japan, a country that had been essentially closed to outsiders for 200 years. Through General Dynamics NASSCO has delivered USNS Wally Perry’s negotiations, the Convention of Kanagawa treaty was Schirra (T-AKE 8) to the U.S. Navy. The ship is named in honor signed on March 31, 1854. This treaty provided that humane of the fifth American launched into space, Navy Capt. Walter treatment be extended to U.S. sailors shipwrecked in Japanese M. “Wally” Schirra, Jr. territory, that U.S. ships be permitted to buy coal in Japan, and Construction of the USNS Wally Schirra began in October that the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate be opened to U.S. 2007. The 689-foot-long ship will serve under the Navy’s Mili- commerce. tary Sealift Command and will soon begin delivering as much as USNS Matthew Perry is the ninth ship of the Lewis and 10,000 tons of dry cargo and petroleum products at one time to Clark (T-AKE) class of dry cargo-ammunition ships for the U.S. and allied ships at sea. Navy, and the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after Com- “As demonstrated on the very successful sea trials four weeks modore Perry. NASSCO began constructing the ship in April ago, the Wally Schirra is superb in fit and finish, and ready for 2008 and is scheduled to deliver it to the Navy’s Military Sealift immediate service,” said Frederick J. Harris, NASSCO president. Command in the first quarter of 2010.

Please help welcome the following WELCOME TO employees, who have recently joined ELECTRIC BOAT the company:

229 Karl Schroeder 355 Kurt Laaser 507 Michael Stoner 660 Christopher Antoch 795 Ande Burns 272 Jesse Doak 446 Michael Bastick 613 Tricia Stewart Adams Collins Ragnar Miller 274 Eric Andersen Nicholas Palumbo 628 Melinda Richards 705 Robert Fusco 355 Matthew Kennedy 505 Harry Colon 641 Sarah Mello Janelle Hageman

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School to Career: Full circle for one mentor

our years ago Jake A. Roy was a student at Peter J. Halvordson, vice president – Engineering, Griswold High School when some Electric said when he started at EB 30 years ago nobody had a FBoat recruiters came to the school to promote cell phone and everyone worked on drafting tables the School to Career program. instead of computers. “It was a great experience – I got to work with some “Electric Boat, to succeed, has had to adapt con- powerful design tools like CATIA, and I got to see sub- stantly to changes,” Halvordson said. “But while the marines,” Roy recalls. Two years later he graduated and jobs have changed dramatically in terms of the tools was hired full time into Dept. 452, and this summer he that we use, there is one thing that hasn’t changed – our signed up as a mentor in the program and was paired commitment to building the safest ships possible.” with John Burke, East Lyme High School class of 2010. That all starts with the design, Halvordson said, “I figured since I went through it as a student, it because these ships have to bring sailors safely to sea, would be interesting to see it from the and back again. That means painstaking attention to . . . each new ship pushes other side,” Roy said. “And I thought I detail, and he saw that commitment in all of the stu- could use my own experience to help a technology a little further. dents who participated in the program. student.” “You folks worked hard. I hope you got a lot out of But the experienced ship- Burke said he heard about School to it, and I know we got a lot from you,” Halvordson said. Career from an engineering teacher at Douglas R. Bourque, general foreman, Dept. 100, builders who teach the the school, where he has worked with agreed. “Technology has given us a tremendous advan- students what it means to Autocad to do piping arrangements. tage over our competitors, and allows us to make the “It’s very much like the program I was best possible product, but it is still the people who build a ship still play an using in school. It probably took five or employ that technology who make the difference.” important role. 10 minutes and I got right into it,” Kenneth J. DelaCruz, president of the Metal Trades Burke said. “A lot of my friends were Council, who has worked at EB 36 years, graduated working in restaurants over the summer, but I didn’t from the apprentice program. He said 99 percent of the really want to do that. This was a great opportunity.” welding was stick welding when he came, but computer- In addition to working in design he got a tour of the driven systems have reduced that to perhaps now 20 or yard, including a visit to the Missouri (SSN-780), and 30 percent. CDs have replaced the old paper manuals, the USS Hartford (SSN-768), which was in the yard to and each new ship pushes technology a little further. have its sail repaired. But the experienced shipbuilders who teach the students “Submarines are a lot bigger than I expected,” Burke what it means to build a ship still play an important role. said. “You see them going down the river and they “Without the mentors this program would not really don’t look that big, but you get up close to them, work,” DelaCruz said. “We’re grateful that all these or see them out of the water, and they’re huge.” mentors volunteered.” The summer has definitely had an impact on his Among the other students in the School to Career career planning, Burke said. Program, and the jobs they held: “I want to go to school and get my degree in engi- Anne Messerschmidt, Windham Regional Technical neering and come back to Electric Boat,” he said. High School, inside machinist; Burke and Roy were among more than 40 students and mentors recognized during a lunch that concluded Patrick Houlihan, Grasso Regional Technical High the summer program for 2009. School, shipfitter; Robert P. Canova, president of the Marine Drafts- Isaac Davis, Grasso, painter; men Association, said he still talks regularly to the stu- Scot Haeseler, Grasso, carpenter; dent he mentored in 2004, and he predicted that the Brian Rabell, Grasso, warehouseman; students who come back to EB after graduation will have similar ties to their mentors. Kevin McGill, Bacon Academy, maintenance “You’ve created a strong bond between you, I am mechanic; sure,” Canova said. continued on page 7

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Navy Department Leadership Tours Electric Boat

Metal Trades Council President Ken DelaCruz, right, speaks with Under Secretary of the Navy Robert Work, left, and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Sean Stackley, center, during a tour of the Groton facility last month. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Allison Stiller was also participated in the visit, but is not in the photo. Following the tour and a series of briefings, Work described both the shipyard and Quonset Point as impressive facilities and said the Navy has high confidence in Electric Boat’s design and construction capabilities.

continued from page 6 Chance Holland, Grasso, mechanical Elizabeth Kranicti, East Lyme, structural design; Michael Beebe, Grasso, fire inspector; design; Mathew Restivo, NFA, structural design; James Barrows, East Lyme High School, Joshua Tassone, Montville High School, piping design; mechanical design; Nick Genung, Waterford High School, structural design. Steven Calitri, Norwich Free Academy, Ryan Ludlam, Fitch High School, electri- piping design; cal design; Andrew Lemieux, Norwich Regional Jerell Mays, Grasso, electrical design; Technical High School, piping design; Matt Allard, Griswold, electrical design; Joseph LeCorte, Bacon Academy, Phil Huang, Ledyard High School, elec- mechanical design; trical design;

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different stages on their way to suc- sider the possibility of changing, may cessful behavior change. make a few half hearted attempts yet The Stages of Change Model was on the whole are ambivalent about it. originally developed in the late 1970s In this stage, people weigh the pros and early 1980s by James Prochaska and cons of quitting or modifying and Carlo DiClemente at the Univer- their behavior. Although they think sity of Rhode Island. They promul- about the positive and negative aspects gated the idea that changes in behavior of their poor habits they may doubt don’t occur simply by education or that the long-term benefits outweigh understanding of the risks. Rather, the effort required to change. change occurs in a series of steps or stages. An individual in the “precon- Stage Three: Preparation / templation” stage is not capable of Determination processing this information. This lack In the preparation / determination of awareness, or denial, signals that stage, people have made a commitment HEALTH they are not ready for change. Further, to make a change. Their motivation for each person must decide for himself or changing is reflected by statements such MATTERS herself when a stage is completed and as: “I’ve got to do something about this when it is time to move on to the next – this is serious. Something has to Bob Hurley, MD stage. The graduation from one stage change. What can I do?” Medical Director to the next occurs only when the per- In this stage, small steps toward son is ready. Moreover, this decision – behavior change take place. The ver- and control of the process – must balization (inward or outward) of their EB BUILDING BETTER HEALTH come from within. It can’t be exter- awareness signals their need for infor- Building Better Health pro- nally imposed. mation that they’ll need to change EB vides programs that are acces- their behavior. sible, educational, and engaging to our THE STAGES OF CHANGE employee population. Our intent is to Stage Four: Action / Willpower Stage One: Precontemplation make individuals aware of potential This is the stage where people health risks and spur them into correc- In the precontemplation stage, peo- believe they have the ability to change tive action. Our programs recognize ple are not thinking seriously about their behavior and are actively and are sensitive to individual prefer- changing and are not interested in any involved in taking steps to change their ences and known barriers. For kind of help. People in this stage tend poor health habits by using a variety instance, accessibility is addressed by to defend their poor health practices of techniques. bringing the message of health to and believe they do not have a prob- workstations and departments through lem. They may be defensive in the face Stage Five: Maintenance the Know Your Numbers program. In of other people’s efforts to pressure Maintenance involves being able to the end we hope employees will them to change. successfully avoid any temptations to embrace change and make attempts They do not focus on health return to the poor health habits. The toward a culture of health. Unfortu- improvement and tend not to discuss goal of the maintenance stage is to nately, our best efforts fall flat with their poor health habits with others. In maintain the new status quo. People in certain individuals who are not recep- short, in this stage people just do not this stage tend to remind themselves of tive to the health message. yet see themselves as having a problem. how much progress they have made.

Making Changes Stage Two: Contemplation Relapse Before you can make changes in In the contemplation stage, people Along the way to permanent cessa- your life, you’ll need to understand are more aware of the personal conse- tion or stable reduction of a bad habit, that change does not happen by mak- quences of their poor health habits most people experience relapse. In fact, ing a decision and completing it in one and they spend time thinking about it is much more common to have at step. Rather, individuals go through their problem. They are able to con- least one relapse than not. Relapse is

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A. YES B. NO for 6 months or more often accompanied by feelings of dis- couragement and seeing oneself as a 2. I intend to increase my participation If line I is checked “Yes,” you may be in failure. in moderate physical activity in the Relapse next six months. While relapse can be discouraging, C. YES D. NO Survey Program the majority of people who success- fully change a poor health behavior do 3. I currently engage in regular As Tip O'Neil, former Congressman moderate physical activity. not move from one stage to the next and Speaker of the House used to say, E. YES F. NO without falling backwards. Most often “people like to be asked.” It's an important rule that has not been lost individuals cycle through the five 4. I have been participating in moderate stages several times before achieving a physical activity regularly for the on the EB Building Better Health stable lifestyle change. Thus, the Stages past 6 months. Team. We have questions such as, of Change Model considers relapse to G. YES H. NO “How are we doing?” Or, “what health be normal. improvements have you made based 5. In the past, I have been regularly on EB Building Better Health and physically active in moderate activi- Where am I? ties for a period of at least 3 months. what issues or programs would you Of the poor health behaviors or risk I. YES J. NO like to see addressed?” The answer to these questions can only come from factors you are aware of, what stage of Scoring instructions to determine change do you think you presently your stage of change: you. reside in? A short survey may help In the coming weeks you’ll receive If line B and D are checked “No”: you better understand which stage you an email with directions to complete STAGE 1 – Precontemplation: currently an on-line survey. All responses are may be in. We’ll utilize exercise as an has no intention of being active example but you can substitute any anonymous and the results will be health behavior you are thinking of If line B “No” and C “Yes” are checked: delivered to the EB Building Better STAGE 2 – Contemplation: not active, but Health team in aggregate numbers. changing. intends to be soon To find what stage of change you’re Your responses will yield important in regarding moderate physical exer- If line A “Yes” and F “No” are checked: information that will shape our health STAGE 3 – Preparation: trying, but not programs. cise, ask yourself the questions below. yet regularly active Please indicate Yes by checking the let- If you have questions about behav- ter to the left, or No by checking the If lines A “Yes”, E “Yes”, and H “No” are ior change, please call Doria Sklar at checked: letter to the right. 433-6391 or Mercedes Beres the STAGE 4 – Action: regularly active, but United Healthcare Advocate (Groton: for less than 6 months 1. I currently participate in moderate 433-8272/Quonset Point: 401-268- physical activity. If lines A “Yes”, E “Yes”, and G “Yes” 2240) for further information. are checked: STAGE 5 – Maintenance: regularly active

Retirees

100 Samuel F. Christie 251 Kenneth R. White 459 Jesse J. Capello Jr. 904 Michael Raspberry 36 years 28 years 22 years 32 years Ism-Millers Sm 1/C Painter 1/C Struct Sr Designer Struct Fab Mech II 227 Roger P. Brouillard 252 Thomas A. Atkins 492 Paul J. Kokolsky 957 Helen J. McPeak 35 years 32 years 20 years 23 years Chip/Tnk Tst/Grd 1/C Carpenter 1/C Engineering Specialist Admin Assistant 241 Michael J. Mares 274 Stephen E. Straub 602 Irma J. Streeter 36 years 37 years 25 years Temp Serv. Tech W/L Sto-Sv En-Meh 1/C Paralegal 242 Richard J. Algiere 411 Norman J. Gauthier 904 Douglas M. Peckham 40 years 33 years 26 years O S Machinist W/L Engineering Specialist Install Mech II

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Conducted personal business on Failed to follow through on some- Hopefully you were to able to answer company time? thing I said I would do? NO to all questions. If you weren’t, Taken company resources for per- Withheld information needed by please keep this self-assessment for sonal use? others? future reference. Remember – when in doubt, Called in sick when I really wasn’t? “Fudged” on a time sheet, billing always ask. Used a derogatory term when refer- sheet, estimate or report? ring to another person? Knowingly delivered a poor quality EB Ethics Director Frank Capiz- zano (860-433-1278) is available to or defective product or service? Told or passed along an ethnically assist anyone regarding questions or or sexually oriented joke? Accepted an inappropriate gift or issues that may relate to ethical deci- “Bad mouthed” the company or gratuity? sion making. The GD Ethics Hotline management to co-workers? Taken or accepted credit for some- is available 24/7 and may be reached at “Snooped” into another person’s thing that someone else did? 800-433-8442 or 770-613-6315 for conversations or private affairs? Failed to admit or correct a mistake international callers who wish to report an ethical concern. Knowingly ignored or violated a that I made? company rule or procedure? Knowingly let someone mess up and get into trouble?

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274 Paul N. Aas years 50 years 321 Morgan J. Hodgdon 30 years 25 330 Ronald J. Maggi 355 Blaine M. Fernald 330 Barbara E. Sylvia 100 Anthony G. Chmura 229 Carl R. Spakowski 341 William Weinschenker 100 Gary F. Kolashuk 355 Ronald H. Znoj years 416 Arthur D. Rich 241 Michael F. Chiappone 411 William R. Witcraft 45 438 Michael R. McClure 242 Robert D. Pirie Jr. 428 Austin H. Wolfe 248 Kenneth P. Scarpa 452 James A. Harris 243 Steven E. Regnere 433 Robert R. DeWald 452 John D. Lynick Jr. 459 Paul F. Cournoyer 246 Karen L. Clark 447 Barry R. Robert 462 Kamal W. Matta 251 Gumersindo M. Gonzales 492 John C. Mador years 495 Richard H. Ledzian 251 Daniel H. Leblanc 626 Peter J. Romeo 40 501 Fred Smolen 251 Robert H. Saran 633 Donna M. Lamphere 230 Donald W. Allen 621 Joan E. Deshefy 272 Hayward G. Landry 915 Robert H. Danis 321 Theodore J. Richards 902 Dennis E. Hayes 274 Michael T. Norton 962 Joseph L. Correia III 355 Roy S. Ditmore 902 David Taylor 300 David J. Keith 423 Richard F. Bradford 903 Mathias Camara III 321 Gail A. Ascare years 903 Leo E. Saucier 321 Gayle C. Smith Jr. 20 years 904 Steven C. Aten 330 T. Blair Decker 252 William B. Newsom 35 904 Stephen P. Clayton 355 David W. Murley 323 John H. Conroy 100 George F. Serra 904 James E. Golden 414 David H. Leach 425 Kenneth L. Nielsen 226 Patrick J. Hammel 904 David T. Pierson 431 Peter J. Halloran 436 Roy P. Daniels 226 Robert A. Mycroft 915 Eugene J. Huether Jr. 431 Kevin G. Reynolds 448 Terry L. Brake 227 Richard C. Hewitt 915 Michael R. Meehan 441 Teresa L. Massad 452 Tracy A. Nickerson 229 Peter J. Chapman 921 Roger G. Hinrichs 443 Karl J. Paecht 452 Jeffrey J. Peckham 229 Paul Chobot Jr. 921 Michael Kennedy 452 Richard C. Langlois 452 Adrienne G. Willetts 229 Robert F. Dowden 921 Stephen M. Lapointe 458 Robert J. Gallo 452 Christopher G. Williams 229 Charles D. Dubicki 921 Robert E. White 459 Michael T. Hanley 453 Richard H. Kicinski 229 Michael D. McGuire 935 David J. Courtney 495 Susan C. Sears 453 John L. Sullivan 229 Walter O. Robinson 962 Peter F. Scucces 496 Gary F. Chappell 456 Beau B. St. Hilaire 243 Wayne M. Britcliffe 962 Ernest W. Yarborough 501 Scott G. Rollinson 744 Lisa M. Devine 243 Kathryn Marcinkiewicz 967 Roland W. Morin 642 Jon J. Papski 795 David J. Aiello 243 Mark K. Sanders 650 David H. Schmidt 915 John M. Kudrich 248 Dwight D. Bachelder 670 Scott L. Blevons 935 Bruce L. Cowie 251 James J. Macaione 902 Eric W. Martin 251 David L. Porter 902 William J. Moran 252 Stephen D. St. Onge 924 James R. Creamer

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