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Front, from left, CSSN Abdul Ney to USS Alaska Muhammad, CS3 Jeffrey The Capt. Edward F. Ney sonnel. White, Culinary award Memorial Award is an an- “The level of dedication our CSSA Victor added to list of nual awards, co-sponsored CSs have toward their craft Crawford; by the International Food is absolutely amazing,” said back, from SSBN’s honors Service C m d r . left, CSCM Execu- R o b e r t Cameron By MC1 James Kimber “... food is one of Submarine Group 10 Public Affairs t i v e s W i r t h , Kelsey, CS2 Asso- the biggest morale Alaska Zack Little, CS2 Jerome The Culinary Specialists ciation boosters ...” G o l d from the USS Alaska (SSBN (IF- com- Green, CS3 732) Gold crew were pre- S E A ) , Rear Adm. Mark Heinrich mand- Robert Gibson sented their trophy as the t h a t Navy Supply Systems Command ing offi- and Lt. j.g. top food service department encour- cer. “The Jared Givens in the submarine force Aug. a g e s N e y with the Ney 14 at an awards ceremony at excellence in Navy Food Award is one of the most Award. Trident Training Facility on Service programs with the competitive recognitions in board Naval Submarine Base objective of improving the Navy photo by Kings Bay. quality of life for Navy per- See Ney, Page 2 MC1 James Kimber Obama

Rear Adm. Barry L. condemns Bruner, then commander of Submarine Egyptian Group 10, tours Honeywell, violence a manufac- turer of civil and military Military exercise avionics and other aero- cancelled, jet fighter space prod- delivery postponed ucts. Navy photo by By Jim Garamone MCCS Gary American Forces Press Service Ward President Barack Obama con- demned the recent violence in Egypt that has taken the lives of more than 500 people and wounded thousands more and announced Aug. 15 the U.S. is cancelling participation in next month’s Bright Star Exercise with the Egyptian military in re- sponse. Speaking from Martha’s Vine- yard, Mass., Obama also said he has Q&A with Rear Adm. Bruner asked his na- tional secu- enemy is the ultimate measure of any war- provide national decision-makers with the rity team to Director of Undersea ship. Since then our understanding of pay- information or options necessary to pre- study other Warfare Division speaks loads has gotten more complex. They’re vent war, all the better. While submarines steps his ad- not just weapons still often operate ministration to number of topics anymore. While “alone and unafraid,” might take in Obama By Lt. Cmdr. John T. Gonser the Navy contin- “My first priority is we’re moving into response to For Undersea Warfare Magazine ues to value the a future where we the crisis. traditional sub- an integrated plan need to expand each The United States has already Question: When you heard you were marine combat for the future.” submarine’s range of postponed delivery to Egypt of coming to Washington to head OPNAV’s prowess, there’s influence. We’ll need F-16 fighter jets in response to Rear Adm. Barry Bruner Undersea Warfare Division, did you ex- been a growing to share data with Director of Undersea Warfare Division violence over the past month. pect to be focusing so much on the future recognition of off-hull sensors and The president said Egypt is on of payloads? the submarine’s platforms to build the a “dangerous” path, and called Answer: Frankly, it didn’t surprise me. I intelligence- “big picture” prior on supporters of ousted Presi- was weapons officer on Pollack, the first gathering capabilities and the role it can to combat and then provide effective com- dent Mohammed Morsi as well ship I served in, and later ops officer in play in shaping the landscape prior to war. mand and control for longer-range weapons. as the military-backed interim Mariano Vallejo’s Gold crew, so I saw first- The Submarine Force stands ready to fight government to negotiate an end hand that bringing weapons to bear on an and win our nation’s wars, but if we can See Bruner, Page 5 to the crisis. “We appreciate the complex- ity of the situation,” Obama said. “While Mohammed Morsi was elected president in a democrat- ic election, his government was DOD creates 7 sexual assault initiatives not inclusive, and did not re- safety. spect the views of all Egyptians.” Hagel announces new The secretary’s initiatives announced Obama noted that probably a sexual assault response, strengthen these areas further. They in- majority of Egyptians were dis- clude: satisfied with Morsi’s rule. prevention efforts ■ The secretary directed the services to “While we do not believe force improve victim legal support. He direct- is a way to resolve political dif- By Jim Garamone ferences, after the military’s in- American Forces Press Service ed the service secretaries to create a legal advocacy program to provide legal repre- tervention several weeks ago, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel an- sentation to sexual assault victims through- there remained a chance for nounced seven new initiatives to strength- out the judicial process. He set Nov. 1, 2013, political reconciliation and an en and standardize the department’s sexual as an initial operating capacity for this and opportunity to pursue a demo- assault prevention and response effort, Aug. for it to be fully functional by Jan. 1, 2014. cratic path,” he said. 15. ■ Hagel directed that pre-trial investi- The result, unfortunately, has In a memo to the field, Hagel called elimi- gative hearings of sexual assault-related been hundreds of deaths. nation of sexual assault in the military one Navy photo by MC1 Cassandra Thompson charges are conducted by Judge Advocate “Let me say, the Egyptian of the department’s top priorities. Electronics Technician 1st Class Rachel General officers. people deserve better than what “This effort requires our absolute and sus- Preston, left, assigned to USS Freedom ■ The secretary directed service secretar- we’ve seen over the last several tained commitment to providing a safe en- (LCS 1) talks with Secretary of Defense ies to enhance protections calling on them days,” the president said. “And vironment in which every service member Chuck Hagel. to develop and implement policies allowing to the Egyptian people, let me and DOD civilian is free from the threat of for the reassignment or transfer of mem- say, the cycle Check us out Online! sexual harassment and assault,” he wrote in grams.” bers accused of committing sexual assault of violence a statement. “Our success depends on a dy- On May 6, 2013, the secretary directed the or related offense. Hagel wants this done in and escala- namic and responsive approach. We, there- services and defense agencies to strengthen order to eliminate continued contact while fore, must continually assess and strive to the program in commander accountability, See Egypt, improve our prevention and response pro- command climate, victim advocacy and See DOD, Page 7 Page 2 kingsbayperiscope.com 2 THE PERISCOPE, NSB KINGS BAY, Thursday, August 22, 2013

Local news and views Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay, Ga. Now hear this! Practice food safety when pregnant uring pregnancy, there is a Meat Temperature (degrees F) great deal of concern about Memorial Run at Trident Lakes certain food-borne diseas- Pork roasts and chops 145 The 9-11 Memorial Run We Shall Never D es, and it is important to be well- Beef, veal, lamb 145 Forget, supporting local firefighters, will be informed about risks and potential Ground beef, veal, lamb & pork 160 at 6 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 11 at Trident Lakes consequences of these diseases. Golf Club. For more information, contact Capt. Ground poultry 165 W h e n James Todd at (912) 322-6722 or Firefighter Chicken breast 170 preg- Scott Brock at (305) 434-2871. nant, be- Whole poultry 180 coming Four-Legged World Lunch meat Cooked until steaming Habitat build poker run Nov. 16 infected The Habitat Ride to Build Poker Run, ben- with a refrigerator temperature, it is most Above is a table giving the ap- efitting Habitat for Humanity of Camden food- commonly found on deli meat, propriate cooking temperatures County, will be Nov. 16. The ride begins and borne soft cheeses — Brie, Camembert, for different types of meat. And, it ends at VFW of Kingsland. Cost is $20 for rider disease Roquefort, feta, Gorgonzola — and is important to check these tem- and one passenger, one poker hand, cook- can have cold smoked fish. peratures internally with a meat out, music. For more information, contact s e v e r e Other examples of common thermometer, placed in the thickest Haylinder at (912) 552-4563. conse- foodborne diseases include Cam- portion of the meat. quences. pylobacter and Salmonella. Both of In addition, it is best to keep Student rewards back at NEX M a n y By Capt. Lauren Seal these bacterial infections are com- your refrigerator below 40 degrees In the Navy Exchange’s A-OK Student Re- food- Kings Bay Veterinarian mon in undercooked meat. Fahrenheit during pregnancy to ward Program qualified students participate borne In addition, Salmonella can help decrease the likelihood of quarterly drawings for monetary awards of diseases can cause mom to be be- also be found on raw, unwashed foodborne illness. $2,500, $1,500, $1,000 or $500 for a total of come dehydrated and malnour- vegetables. Both of these can cause It is also best to completely $5,500 per quarter for college. The next draw- ished, harming the baby indirectly, gastrointestinal issues including avoid the following foods during ing will be at the end of August. Any eligible while others can cause direct harm vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pregnancy: soft cheeses, raw meat, full-time student that has a B-grade point av- to the fetus itself. cramping, but have the potential to sushi, raw shellfish, raw egg yolk, erage equivalent or better may enter. Eligible Some foodborne illnesses are cause still birth or premature labor. unpasteurized cider, raw sprouts students include dependent children of active of greater concern than others. Basic kitchen hygiene is crucial and unwashed raw fruits and veg- duty military members, reservists and military For example, Listeria is a rare, but to preventing many of the food- etables. retirees enrolled in first through 12th grade. serious bacterial infection that can borne diseases of concern. This If you have any questions, you Each student may enter only once each grad- cause severe consequences includ- includes cooking meat thoroughly, can consult your healthcare pro- ing period and must re-enter with each quali- ing stillbirth or abortion. It typical washing fresh fruits and vegetables, vider. Also, the Center for Disease fying report card. To enter, stop by any NEX starts with flu-like symptoms, cleaning surfaces between prep- control has an excellent Web site with a current report card and have a NEX which can include fever, headache, ping different foods, thoroughly that gives specific guidelines for associate verify the minimum grade average. vomiting and diarrhea. reheating left-over food, and storing pregnant women at www.cdc.gov/ Fill out an entry card and obtain an A-OK ID, Because Listeria is able to grow at food at appropriate temperatures. pregnancy/infections.html which entitles the student to discount cou- pons for NEX products and services. Since the program began, NEXCOM has awarded more than $611,000 in Series EE U.S. savings bonds and monetary awards with the help of its gen- erous vendor partners. ‘All or nothing’ decision not needed Base lost & found has found items while on definite recall orders There is lost and abandoned property, such By MC2 Andrea Perez Navy Personnel Command Public Affairs and then return to their previous as watches, rings and cell phones, at Naval Personnel Command status at the completion of orders. Submarine Base Kings Bay Navy Security. If A recently released Naval mes- The Indefinite Recall (officer)/ you have any information reference to any sage reminds service members civilian obligations during their Augmentation (enlisted) program items, contact Detective Michael Palmer, that in today’s Navy, no Sailor transition. In return for a future gives RC officers and enlisted Monday through Friday, at (912) 573-9343 or needs to make an “all or nothing” SELRES quota reservation, SEL- Sailors the opportunity to fill AC by e-mail, [email protected]. career decision, officials said Aug. RES DAP Sailors will be required community shortfalls. Officer 14. to meet a minimum participation designators are changed to AC NAVADMIN 198/13 outlines level in the Individual Ready Re- and enlisted Sailors sign a new AC serve. USS Maryland (SSBN 738) the various Continuum of Ser- enlistment contract. These pro- (Gold) won the award in vice programs that allow Sailors RC to AC/Full-Time Support grams leverage existing skill sets C-WAY-Transition automates Ney 2011. to transition between the active to improve AC community health, the current application process, The award continues component and Reserve compo- and provide Sailors an opportu- and SELRES Sailors can continue the streak of outstanding nent. nity to resume or begin a career in From Page 1 to work with their Command Ca- performance this year by AC to RC the AC. reer Counselor to view and apply the Alaska crew after win- Career Waypoint-Re-enlist- The last transition program for the Fleet with dozens of for RC2AC/FTS Augmentation ning consecutive Battle ment transition to the Selected Reservists is SELRES to FTS. outstanding food service opportunities for which they are “E” awards and the Oma- Reserve with Intermediate Stop SELRES officers apply for trans- programs striving for the qualified. ha Trophy. orders allows active-duty enlisted fer and redesignation to the FTS same achieve-ment. I’ve There are three RC2AC transi- The 2013 Ney winners Sailors to request and receive ap- communities via a semi-annual been privileged to be tion programs available to Sailors: include: proval for SELRES quotas through board. Selected applicants will re- served by our CSs, and I the C-WAY-Reenlistment process, Definite Recall, Indefinite Recall/ main in the RC, but will have their know our crew is extreme- Submarine Category First Place: USS Alaska either in their current rate or in Augmentation, and SELRES to designators changed. ly happy with their work.” (SSBN 732) another rate in which they are FTS. The Navy Reserve also offers a As many of the award- Runner Up: USS Maine qualified for direct conversion. The Definite Recall program two-year deployment deferment (SSBN 741) winning CS’s shipmates The SELRES Delayed Affilia- gives RC officer and enlisted Sail- for Sailors who join within six attending the ceremony Small Afloat Category First Place: USS Reuben tion Program enables separating ors the opportunity to perform months of leaving active duty. stated, food service is one James (FFG 57) AC Sailors to request a delay in active duty recall orders to fill spe- Detailers and CCCs with access of, if not the most, im- Runner Up: USS Robert G. SELRES affiliation if current year cific AC or FTS billets for a period to the C-WAY information tech- portant lynchpins in the Bradley (FFG 49) of 1 to 3 years. Personnel remain nology system can submit Sailor’s Medium Afloat Category SELRES quotas are unavailable or crew’s morale. if the Sailor is unable to affiliate in the RC and compete for pro- requests for transition to an ac- “High-quality food pre- First Place: USS Curtis Wil- bur (DDG 54) immediately due to transitional motion with other RC members tive-duty or Reserve billet. pared fresh daily by Culi- Runner Up: USS Stockdale nary Specialists is one of (DDG 106) the biggest morale boost- Large Afloat Category ers the Navy provides,” First Place: USS Wasp (LHD 1) Runner Up: USS Boxer (LHD 4) said Commander, Naval Aircraft Carrier Category Supply Systems Com- First Place: USS Harry S. Tru- Same-sex spouse benefits extended mand Rear Adm. Mark man (CVN 75) Heinrich in a press release Runner Up: USS John C. from NAVSUP Office of Stennis (CVN 74) From Department of Defense Public Affairs is why the department will imple- Continental U.S. General Corporate Communi- ment policies to allow military per- Mess category The Department of Defense an- Defense Department sonnel in such a relationship non- cations. “More scratch Large General Mess Cat- nounced its plan to extend benefits chargeable leave for the purpose cooking, updated menus egory to same-sex spouses of uniformed all men and women who serve in and increased on-the-job First Place: Naval Air Sta- of travelling to a jurisdiction where tion Oceana, Va. service members and Department the U.S. military, and their families, such a marriage may occur. training for Culinary Spe- Runner Up: Naval Air Sta- of Defense civilian employees Aug. are treated fairly and equally as the cialists are defining the fu- This will provide accelerated ac- tion Jacksonville, Fla. 14. law directs. cess to the full range of benefits of- ture of Navy food service.” Small General Mess Cat- After a review of the department’s Entitlements such as TRICARE fered to married military couples Alaska Gold’s 2013 Ney egory benefit policies following the Su- enrollment, basic allowance for throughout the department, and is the second time in three First Place: Naval Base Kit- sap, Wash. preme Court’s ruling that Section housing and family separation al- help level the playing field between years a boat from Kings Runner Up: Naval Fleet Ac- Three of the Defense of Marriage Act lowance are retroactive to the date opposite-sex and same-sex couples Bay has won the award; tivities Yokosuka, Japan is unconstitutional, and in consulta- of the Supreme Court’s decision. seeking to be married. tion with the Department of Justice Any claims to entitlements before For civilian benefits administered and other executive branch agen- that date will not be granted. government-wide to federal em- ties to respect the univer- cies, the Defense Department will For those members married after ployees, the Department of Defense sal rights of the people. make spousal and family benefits June 26, 2013, entitlements begin at will follow the Office of Personnel Egypt We call on those who are available no later than Sept. 3, 2013, the date of marriage. Management and the Department protesting to do so peace- regardless of sexual orientation, as We recognize that same-sex mili- of Labor’s guidance to ensure that From Page 1 fully, and condemn the long as service member-sponsors tary couples who are not stationed the same benefits currently avail- attacks that we’ve seen by provide a valid marriage certificate. in a jurisdiction that permits same- able to heterosexual spouses are tion needs to stop. We call protesters, including on The Department of Defense re- sex marriage would have to travel to also available to legally married on the Egyptian authori- churches.” mains committed to ensuring that another jurisdiction to marry. That same-sex spouses.

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Navy photo by John F. Williams Kelly Cooper, an officer at the Office of Naval Research, talks with Dr. Ugo Conti, a developer of the Wave Adaptor Modular Vessel variant that will be used during the challenge. Students do battle in robot challenge

By Katherine H. Craw- cus on this area and the ford Navy’s direction to expand Office of Naval Research its presence there in the coming years, as stated RoboNation is gear- in the [Chief of Naval Op- ing up for a larger, more erations’] Navigation Plan competitive, global event 2014-2018. that is entering the field of “ONR Global has an of- student robotics competi- fice in Singapore, and it’s a tions, Navy officials an- natural fit for the first chal- nounced Aug. 14. lenge to be hosted by such The Maritime RobotX a strong United States Challenge is co-sponsored partner in the Pacific,” said by the Office of Naval Re- Kelly Cooper, an ONR pro- search, Association for gram officer. Unmanned Vehicle Sys- For the Pacific-based tems International Foun- Maritime RobotX, each dation and Singapore’s team will receive an un- Ministry of Defence, powered version of the which is hosting the inau- 16-foot Wave Adaptive gural event. Modular Vessel as well as The new competition, a grant to build a battery- announced at AUVSI’s powered propulsion sys- Unmanned Systems 2013 tem and sensors. conference in Washing- In the future, the goal ton, D.C., will take place is to enable the launch Oct. 20 to 26, 2014, in Sin- of micro-air vehicles and gapore and is scheduled autonomous underwater to occur every two years. vehicles from the modular Three teams each from WAM-V platform to dem- five countries-the United onstrate multi-domain, States, Singapore, Austra- autonomous platform in- lia, Japan and South Ko- teroperability. rea-will battle for $100,000 Teams will have to suc- in prize money. cessfully complete a series The student teams will of tasks to demonstrate be chosen using a com- navigation and control; ob- petitive selection model; stacle detection and avoid- teams may be from mul- ance; docking and target tiple schools. identification; underwa- The participating coun- ter search for an acoustic tries are from the Pacific source; and observation, region, mirroring the U.S. identification and report- military’s increasing fo- ing of a specified target. 4 THE PERISCOPE, NSB KINGS BAY, Thursday, August 22, 2013

A U.S. flag hangs in front of a burn- ing structure in Black Forest, Colo., June 12. The structure was among 360 homes that were destroyed in the first two days of the fire, which had spread to 15,000 acres by June 13. The Black Forest Fire started June 11, northeast of Colorado Springs, Colo., burn- ing scores of homes and forcing large-scale evacuations.

Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Christopher DeWitt

Smoke can be seen as a result of the Black Forest Fire near Colorado Springs, Colo., June 12. The Black Forest Fire, started by lightning Colorado June 11, northeast of Colorado Springs, burned scores of homes and forcing large-scale evacu- ations. The Colorado National Guard and U.S. Air Force Reserve assisted in firefighting efforts. forest fire Air Force photo by Capt. Darin Overstreet

Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Christopher DeWitt Left, an Air Force Academy firefighter cuts down a tree in an attempt to control the fire’s spread.

Air Force photo by Tim Chacon Above, members of the Utah fire department battle the fire, Aug. 12 near Portage, Utah.

Air Force photo by Tim Chacon Members of the Utah Army National Guard 2-211 Aviation Battalion assist in fighting fires in northern Utah, Aug. 12. The National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk dropped more than 8,500 gallons of water in one day on two separate fires in northern Utah. THE PERISCOPE, NSB KINGS BAY, Thursday, August 22, 2013 5 lenges in defeating advanced air defense networks or engaging high-value mobile Bruner targets. Another potential weapon would be From Page 1 a next generation anti-ship missile. Ex- tending the reach of anti-ship weapons is Q: So what’s your first priority? a goal across the Navy. For submarines, A: My first priority is an integrated plan this could take the form of an anti-ship for the future. Because of the time in- missile or an extended-range torpedo. volved in building each submarine and Q: Are any defensive weapons being their 30- to 40-plus-year lifespan, we’re considered for the VPM? now feeling the effects of decisions made A: A submarine’s first line of defense is decades ago. The timing of these effects, its stealth. If you can’t be found, you don’t along with fiscal constraints, means that need to give up limited space for defen- we need to attack multiple problems at sive-only systems. Compare that to a sur- one time. So the Submarine Force has face combatant, where a large number developed an Integrated Undersea Fu- of the vertical launch cells are dedicated ture Strategy designed to shape the future to anti-air missiles, limiting the number of platforms, payloads, payload volume, of cells available for offensive payloads people, and force posture. It’s a compre- like TLAM. Since payload space is lim- hensive strategy to make us successful in ited, and the fleet demand for offensive tomorrow’s operations and — if neces- power is high, adding new weapons to sary — tomorrow’s warfighting. the submarine mix likely will not happen Q: What does that mean for payloads? if it comes at the expense of our current A: We could develop the fastest, most offensive capabilities. Beyond that, while Navy photo by MC1 James Kimber lethal, most accurate missile in the world, not done with VPM in mind, we’ve previ- Rear Adm. Barry Bruner, then commander of Submarine Group 10, addresses Kings but if we can’t deploy it in sufficient quan- ously demonstrated the ability to launch Bay’s submariners at a Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay all-hands call. tity to have the desired effect, it would be an AIM-9 anti-air missile from underwa- a poor investment indeed. So there must ter. Consider the mindset change for a gets that are best not attacked “head on.” not new. What is new are the advances in be a balance between the payload, its helicopter pilot if they knew that the first Submarines provide an asymmetric way technology that would make it possible integration with shipboard systems, and indication of a nearby submarine was an of attacking surface ships and are still the to do so. Today, the United States has the its cost. Our nearest need is for more inbound missile. Again, we have to bal- most potent anti-submarine weapon in ability to promptly strike anywhere in the heavyweight torpedoes. For years we’ve ance that against the striking power the the arsenal. The message from the fleets world, but only with nuclear weapons. bought upgrade kits, constantly mod- Navy needs from its submarines. is loud and clear: “We need more torpe- The challenge, then, is: Can you build a ernizing our torpedo inventory, but from Q: What about payloads that are not does!” We’ve had tremendous success system that is easily distinguished from the fleets, the request is clear: “We need “kinetic”? over the years upgrading the ADCAP our nuclear systems? We should try. A more torpedoes!” Beyond that, we’re be- A: Non-kinetic payloads are a major fu- performance. Current torpedo design, maritime system is still at the concept ginning to expand beyond the “tyranny ture growth area where the flexibility and though, does impose some limitations. stage, but it opens up many new options of the 21-inch tube.” Until recently, with accessibility of the large-diameter tubes As we move forward, we’re going to ex- for national decision-makers. The long the conversion of the four oldest Ohios can pay big dividends. As mobile sensors pand on some of the concepts in the UUV ranges possible would prevent an adver- into SSGNs, our payloads were limited to advance, we can relieve our submarines realm, primarily modularity. Modularity sary from retaining a safe haven deep in- the dimensions of our 21-inch torpedo from some high-risk or lower-payoff task- is already baked into how we build Vir- land. The short flight times would allow tubes and vertical launch cells. While ing. This will allow us to more efficiently ginia submarines and update our com- engaging mobile targets that may not be ADCAP and TLAM prove we can do a lot use our submarines for the missions bat and sonar systems. A more modular possible today. The far-forward nature of in a 21-inch form factor, the laws of phys- they’re best suited for. Conversely, a sub- design for the torpedo would create a submarine operations also means that a ics do limit what we marine acting as “bus” that would allow much more rapid submarine missile does not need nearly can do. The Seawolf the “mother ship” upgrade to propulsion, energy storage, the same maximum range as a missile class has 28-inch for a group of UUVs guidance and control, and/or payload. based in the continental United States. torpedo tubes, but would give that Yes, I know I’m now talking about inter- People typically underestimate the vast with only three submarine greatly changeable payloads on a payload. This size of the Pacific Ocean. Moving the submarines in the extended eyes and will allow us to leverage new technologies missile thousands of miles closer greatly class, this does not ears. To bring this to as they become available. For example, reduces the technological jump required provide an effective fruition will require we could enhance the weapon’s naviga- for success. What I want to make clear is path for larger pay- enhanced tactical tion abilities now, and learn the lessons that this is not envisioned to be used on loads. The large di- communications now, while waiting for long-endurance our SSBNs — that would lead to an unac- ameter of the SSGN and power sys- technologies to bear fruit. Or maybe the ceptable level of ambiguity to countries payload tubes fi- tems. For subma- endurance comes first — a modular de- like Russia or China. In the past, people nally opened the rine, surface-ship, sign allows us more decision space. have floated the idea of replacing the aperture on what and independent Q: What about defenses against torpe- nuclear weapons on a few Trident mis- submarines can use, the Navy is de- does? siles with conventional bodies. While host. Building on veloping a system A: Adversary torpedoes are getting this is technically feasible, the potential this payload flex- called the Large- more effective, and we’re taking that into for misinterpretation by other countries ibility, we made the Displacement Un- account. Again, for a submarine, our makes this untenable. The next question decision to replace Navy photo by MC2 Kat Smith manned Underwa- primary defense is how many missiles the twelve 21-inch Rear Adm. Barry Bruner talks to a Pearl ter Vehicle. The goal is our stealth. would you need to vertical launch cells Harbor survivor at the Veterans Affairs is for LDUUV to Beyond that, we field day-to-day for with two SSGN-like Hospital in Phoenix. serve as a common need to make conventional deter- large-diameter Vir- “bus” that can carry sure our active rence, and how many ginia Payload Tubes. The first SSN with various payload capabilities and operate countermeasures for surge at the start these tubes will deliver in 2014 and will independently for weeks on end. The Of- continue to pace of the fight. Those are provide an enduring platform for large- fice of Naval Research is working on the torpedo develop- questions that still diameter payloads beyond the SSGN re- navigation and autonomy needed for ment. Getting require study, and tirement in the late 2020s. Beyond the independent operations. ONR is already back to subma- the answers will de- SSGNs, we’re looking at the potential for developing the energy storage needed to rine stealth, the pend in large part on additional large-diameter tubes through sustain onboard systems and propel the future may con- exactly what perfor- a concept called the Virginia Payload vehicle for weeks on end. Unmanned air- tain decoys that mance is possible. Module. While there’s still much work craft, ground vehicles and surface vessels can spoof a vari- Q: Before you have to be done on the design, the concept can all take advantage of the efficiency ety of sensors. We to get on to other would add four additional tubes to future humans have wrung out of air-breath- normally think of business, is there any Virginia SSNs, making them capable of ing engines. Operating underwater, air- stealth as lower- Navy photo by MC1 Peter D. Lawlor last thought you’d carrying 40 Tomahawk missiles. These breathing engines don’t work so well. ing our signature, Rear Adm. Barry Bruner makes opening like to leave with our additional tubes would also provide ad- This limitation is why the U.S. Submarine and this could be remarks at the 2013 Washington, D.C. readers? ditional flexibility over the forward tubes, Force runs on nuclear power! acoustic, hydro- Area Submarine Birthday Ball. A: Over the last few since they’re inside the pressure hull and Q: Isn’t that endurance goal ambitious? dynamic, elec- years, senior leaders would allow manned access while un- A: Yes, but the endurance issue is one tromagnetic, etc. But that is only half both in the Navy and the Department of derway. more reason why submarine support the equation. With sonar, we talk about Defense have used some submarine ac- Q: We’ve heard that the Block V Vir- for LDUUV is important. Operating un- signal-to-noise ratio. For some scenarios quisition programs as examples of suc- ginia, with VPM, will start construction in derwater creates incredible engineering the payoff may be better if we raise ambi- cess — specifically, the Virginia-class 2019. With the SSGNs scheduled to begin challenges — challenges we have worked ent “noise.” For example, why not make program and the Acoustic Rapid COTS retiring in 2026, won’t that leave a gap in through for over a century in submarines. a hostile helicopter spend time and fuel Insertion Program. Much of the success payload capacity until a sufficient num- But the payoff from undersea systems is prosecuting a decoy periscope instead of is due to their modular concepts. We do ber of VPM Virginias can be built to fill it? the stealth. Satellites, radars, and a Sailor’s prosecuting one of our submarines? not have the luxury going forward of pur- A: We’re just beginning the true pencil- eye all have the same general limitation Q: At the Naval Submarine League suing exotic one-of-a-kind systems. Sys- to-paper engineering for VPM. While we when it comes to seeing underwater. So Symposium, you mentioned a new way tems made of common, interchangeable have Navy and DoD funding support to how do you maintain the LDUUV’s ability to conduct prompt long-range strike parts are the way of the future. This allows bring the design to maturity in time for to covertly patrol an area if it doesn’t have against time-critical, high-priority tar- for rapid, incremental changes that pace Block V, the decision to begin VPM pro- the legs for a long transit? You launch gets. Could you tell us more about that? the advances of commercial technology. duction will be made through a standard and recover by submarine. Now launch A: The idea of promptly striking high- Lt. Cmdr. John T. Gonser is the military DoD procurement process. We’ve looked and recovery from a submarine creates value targets anywhere in the world is editor of Undersea Warfare Magazine. at the options, and we believe VPM is additional challenges, but we’re invest- clearly the way ahead. With the SSGN ing in the technology to make it happen. retirement occurring at the same time as We’re building a prototype Universal the pending SSN shortfall, and then the Launch and Recovery Module that will need to build the next-generation SSBN, extend from an SSGN tube and provide a building new SSGNs is simply not in the horizontal platform. Further work will be cards. If approached with the rigor that necessary to shrink the design for tacti- is the hallmark of submariners, design- cal use in the shorter Virginia tubes. The ing and delivering VPM can be done so goal is to leave as much of the tube vol- as to maintain the necessary undersea ume available for the payload as possible. payload volume. This concept may also open up new pos- Q: You’ve mentioned the flexibility of sibilities for supporting special operating the VPM’s accessible, large-diameter forces in the future. Maybe we host the tubes. What sort of payloads do you have SEAL Delivery Vehicle in a vertical tube in mind for the VPM? and operate without a Dry Deck Shelter. A: I’m not limiting myself to payloads Q: How soon do you expect that to hap- for a specific platform or launching sys- pen? tem. The beauty of large-diameter tubes A: LDUUV is still in the prototyp- — whether we’re talking SSGN, Virginia ing stages, but operational units will be Payload Tube, or VPM — is that sheer available by the end of the decade. We volume and large ocean interface create don’t want to wait until LDUUV is ready additional possibilities. To store the ener- to smooth out all the expected kinks in gy needed for an AUV to conduct multi- manning, CONOPs, launch and recovery, day, independent operation requires that or command and control. We’re going to additional space. That kind of space is move forward on the submarine inter- only available today on an SSGN or may- faces and mission development now. The be a Dry Deck Shelter-equipped SSN. commercial industry already has UUVs Conversely, for smaller payloads, we can available. These systems generally don’t create multi-payload canisters like those have the desired level of endurance or used for TLAM. autonomy but will allow us to build on Q: Are you thinking primarily about the database of knowledge. By approach- land attack for VPM? ing the payload and payload interface in A: TLAM capacity is the primary driver a modular fashion, we follow the pace of right now for VPM, but we’re also looking innovation at a much lower overall cost. at other options for land attack as well as Q: You said before that your near-term other missions. priority is restarting torpedo construc- At some point the Navy will have to tion. Why is this necessary? move beyond TLAM. It’s a highly capable A: As you look around the world, the weapon, but it does have some limita- potential adversary navies are growing in tions. A subsonic missile only travels so size and sophistication. This presents the fast, and this presents long-term chal- fleet with more potential targets, and tar- 6 THE PERISCOPE, NSB KINGS BAY, Thursday, August 22, 2013 Sailor donates stem cells

By MC1 Jonathan Car- camp when he became a examination and further michael volunteer marrow donor health testing, and a date Navy News Service in 2009 through the C. W. was scheduled to collect Bill Young Department of stem cells from King’s cir- A Navy Seabee under- Defense Marrow Donor culating blood. went a stem cell donation Program. According to the pro- procedure at Georgetown “A lot of people volun- gram’s Web site, www. University Hospital in teered,” King said. “They dodmarrow.org/, there Gulfport, Miss., during the took a few cheek swabs, are two types of donation week of July 28, that may and that was it. It was pret- procedures; bone marrow save the life of a patient di- ty easy.” and PBSC. agnosed with a life-threat- Four years later King The transplant center ening blood disease. received a call informing requested that blood stem Steelworker 2nd Class him that he was a pre- cells be collected from Andrew M. King, assigned liminary match, meaning King’s circulating blood to Naval Mobile Construc- he had about a one in 10 rather than from his bone tion Battalion 11, was chance of being an ac- marrow thus determining identified as a 100 percent ceptable match, but fur- the PBSC donation. match for a specific pa- ther testing was required King began receiv- Navy photo by Candice Villarreal tient in need of a marrow to which King consented. ing daily injections of a A registered nurse at Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla, Calif., uses an ultrasound transplant three weeks Six weeks later he got the synthetic hormone to device to locate a vein in the arm of Ship’s Serviceman Seaman Brittany Barr before ago. call. increase the number of a blood stem cell donation. King made a peripheral “I was very surprised,” blood stem cells in his blood stem cell donation, King said. “Not only was bloodstream four days back to his body. nor nor the patient was tity of the patient and if I a process that took nearly I an acceptable match, I prior to his scheduled do- Doctors told King that informed of one another’s want the patient to know four hours to complete. was a 100 percent perfect nation procedure. the injections as well as identity. King was told who I am,” said King, who The patient’s identity match.” A fifth injection took the PBSC collection might only that the patient has a is not ready to make that and the exact date of the King agreed to donate, place the day of the col- cause body aches or head- blood cancer and that his decision yet. PBSC collection are pro- and the process was set in lection. The collection aches, but a week removed donation can potentially An overnight hospital tected under federal con- motion. process routed King’s cir- from the collection, King save the patient’s life. stay is the norm follow- fidentiality laws. He was flown from his culating blood through a said he experienced no ill “They said I will receive ing a PBSC collection, but King, a 24-year old na- battalion’s homeport, machine that separates effects. a call a year after the dona- King chose to forgo that in tive of Lindstrom, Minn., Gulfport, Miss., to Wash- out the blood stem cells Due to confidential- tion, and I can decide then favor of getting back to his was completing Navy boot ington D.C. for a physical before returning the blood ity laws, neither the do- if I want to know the iden- family and his job. Fleet & Family Support Center workshops

Ombudsman Assembly to 11:30 a.m. on Monday, Aug. an appointment, call Katherine nel will tailor presentations to of Military Experience and Meeting Aug. 26 26. Enrollment in this six-week Fernandez at 573-4506. cover a unit’s General Military Training, at least three evalua- The Ombudsman Assembly class is ongoing. Attendees must Training requirements when tions and information on any Meeting will be held for all OMB, complete all six weeks in order Ombudsman Basic those requirements deal with hu- licenses or certifications held. COs, XOs, CMCs and COB’s at the to receive a certificate. A mini- man resources and social issues. Optional documents are award mum of six participants is needed Training coming Counselors also can create a pre- letters and transcripts. This Kings Bay Community Center at An Ombudsman Basic in order for a new class to start. sentation in response to a unit’s workshop is, 11 a.m. to noon, 6 p.m.,Aug. 26. For more infor- Training course for prospective Registration required at 573-4512. area of special concerns. Person- Aug. 22 and 29. Registration is mation, contact at 573-4513. Ombudsman, new Ombudsman nel are available to participate required. For more information, and Command Support Spouses within areas of expertise in the call 573-4513. will be at Fleet and Family Veterans Affairs rep indoctrination of newly assigned Parenting classes Support Center Bldg. 1051. This personnel and family members offered on Mondays visits Kings Bay class will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. Anger management of active duty personnel. Are you frustrated with your A Department of Veterans 26 to 30. For more information seminar Aug. 28 children? Would you like sug- Affairs representative for Kings and to register, call 573-4513. Anger is not an effective meth- gestions on how to stop temper Bay is in the office from 8:30 Military Resumes od for getting what you want and tantrums or how to get your teen a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Mondays, 3-part series will help is often a smoke screen for other to complete chores without ask- Wednesdays and Thursdays. Fleet and Family offers This three-part series of one- emotions. This workshop is slat- ing them 14 times? We believe Appointments are required. classes on site hour sessions walks participants ed for 8:30 a.m. to noon, Aug. 28. parents are the experts on their Service members wishing to par- FFSC will take most of its regu- through the practical and cre- It can help you focus on iden- children. But, children don’t ticipate in the Benefits Delivery lar workshops on the road if a ative aspects of applying military tifying the feelings anger hides come with a manual! So, some- at Discharge program should be unit can furnish a conference experience to build a successful and explore behaviors help- times you need help to figure within 60 to 180 days of discharge room or classroom and guaran- document for a post-military job ful in resolving primary issues. out what to do with them. Meet or retirement and be available tee a minimum of five partici- search. Participants should bring Pre-registration is required. Call with the parenting class from 9 for an exam by the VA. To set up pants. Additionally, person- a copy of his or her Verification 573-4512 for details. THE PERISCOPE, NSB KINGS BAY, Thursday, August 22, 2013 7

Morale, Welfare and Recreation happenings Child care signup going The NSB Kings Bay Youth Center is taking registration for Before and After School Just for kids Care. Cost is based on to- tal family income. You must Aug. 24, Dolphin Tale Aug. 25, supply most recent LES/pay Band Slam Aug. 31. Youths stub for sponsor and spouse under 18 years of age must be or student letter of enroll- accompanied by a parent or ment, birth certificate of chil- adult. Snacks and beverages dren must be available for are available for purchase. If confirmation of age. Single/ 15 minutes after the sched- Dual military must provide uled start time no one comes dependent care form at time in to watch the movie, the of registration, IAs must pro- area will be available for open vide orders. Transportation is viewing. For the latest infor- provided for Mary Lee Clark, mation, call (912) 573-4548. Sugar Mill, Crooked River ■ Officials are needed and Matilda Harris districts. — The upcoming Youth A parent may choose to pro- Sports Soccer season runs vide transportation if their September through October Photo courtesy of Rachelle Rose child does not attend these and if you are 14 years or Morale, Welfare and Recreation’s fall Men’s and CoEd softball season got underway last week. schools. Navy Child & Youth older and interested in earn- Programs welcomes children ing a little extra money, of all abilities. For more in- you are needed, certified formation, call Youth Center or uncertified. A training Football Combine upcoming at (912) 573-2380. date is to be announced. ■ Free movies for kids — Basic knowledge of sports is Intramural Sports is challeng- June’s free movies for kids required. For more informa- ing you. The Kings Bay Pre-Sea- are Saturdays and Sundays tion, contact Youth Sports at son Football Combine for ac- Liberty call Kings Bay to at 1 p.m. with Finding Nemo (912) 573-8202. tive duty only is 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Aug. 28 and Sept. 4. Bring your per person, week days, and $25 host All Navy “A” game and challenge the best per round, per person on week- acter building and life skills Cost is $30 per person and in a 40-yard dash, bench press ends and holidays. This offer is golf tourney lessons using golf as the plat- includes all-u-can bowl, shoes, and broad jump. Think you can valid for all customers. Trident form. Golfers will be exposed music/karaoke, extreme lights, run as fast a Maurice Jones- Lakes is open to the public. Call From Trident Lakes Golf Club to The First Tee’s nine core val- drink specials including pirates Drew or as slow as Tim Tebow? to get your favorite tee time at ues of honesty, perseverance, punch, a costume contest, priz- Can you bench 225 pounds as (912) 573-8475. For the second time, the judgment, integrity, courtesy, es and snacks. Designated driv- many times as this year’s Jag- ■ MWR is stretching your dol- All Navy Golf trials will be sportsmanship, respect and er sodas complimentary. Rack- uar top draft pick Luke Joeckel? lars — Every Friday continu- held at Trident Lakes Golf responsibility. Mini Golfers, N-Roll Lanes & KB Finnegan’s Maybe you can out-jump Calvin ing through Sept. 27, Outdoor Course at Naval Submarine ages 4 and 5, may register now would like you to have fun, but Johnson? Capture the glory for Adventures has free Kayak Base Kings Bay. through Aug. 28 at the Youth remember to drink responsibly. yourself. For more details, con- Rentals. Pick it up on Friday Golfers from Navy instal- Center for the program 5:30 to Must pre-register by Sept. 13. tact IM Sports at (912) 409-1611. and return it Monday by noon. lations across the country 6:30 p.m., every Wednesday in Call (912) 573-9492 for more ■ Swing into a great deal at Every day is a free day at the Big will showcase their skills on September at the Youth Baseball details. Trident Lakes Golf Club — EZ. They show free kids week- the links, as they compete Fields. Cost is $20 for 4 classes. ■ Magnolia’s of Kings Bay — From now through Sept. 30, end movies at 1 p.m. with all to make the All Navy Golf First Tee Starting New At Golf Beautiful and spacious rooms Trident Lakes is offering a great other movies available for 18 team. equipment is supplied. SNAG are available to make your next round of golf for $20 per round, years and up the rest of the time There are 28 golfers com- is modified, developmentally event perfect. It’s never too early peting in this year’s All Navy appropriate golf equipment to plan your event, wedding or Golf trials. consisting of oversized clubs, holiday party. Stop by and check The trials will be from tennis-style balls and a variety it out. Someone always is ready MWR Sports Sept. 5 to 11. of targets. This class is limited to assist you with your spe- This event is a great op- to 12. Junior Golfers, ages 6 to cial occasion. Book with them portunity to show support 9, limited to 10 golfers a week, before Sept. 30 and receive $50 Men’s Softball League Average Joe’s Wallyball League for these Navy athletes, as Team W L T Team W L T may register at Trident Lakes off your room rental by men- 1, USS Tennessee 3 0 0 1, OSIMA 10 0 0 they compete against golf- Golf Club. Clinics are 11 a.m. to tioning “Magnolia’s 50 off.” 2t, NJP’s 1 0 0 2, Crushers 10 2 0 ers from the other military noon every Saturday at Trident Contact Magnolia’s at (912) 573- 2t, JC’s Crew 1 0 0 3, Reapers 7 4 0 branches in order to ad- 2t, Shop 38 1 0 0 4, Ballz-2-The-Wall 6 4 0 Lakes Golf Club. Cost is $5 per 4559. 2t, MFPU 1 0 0 5, Medical 4 6 0 vance to Paris Island, S.C. clinic. Junior Golfers, ages 10 ■ Tae Kwon Do — It’s at the 2t, Craigslist 1 0 0 6, Spiked Punch 1 5 0 to 16, also may register, limited Fitness Complex Tuesdays and 7, Crush 1 0 1 7, Security 1 9 0 8t, Landsharks 1 1 0 8, Murica 0 10 0 to 10 golfers, at Trident Lakes. Thursdays, 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. for 7 8t, TTF 1 1 0 its open. Free billiard tables, Clinics are noon to 1 p.m. every year olds and under, 6:15 to 7:15 8t, MSST 1 1 0 CoEd Softball League shuffleboard, foosball, ping Saturday at Trident Lakes. Cost p.m. for 8 to 12 and 7:15 to 8:30 11t, SWFLANT Vikes 1 2 0 Team W L T 11t, Sea Bees 1 2 0 1t, TBA 1 0 0 pong and more every day for is $5 per clinic. For more details p.m. 13 to adult. For more infor- 13, USS Florida 2 0 1 0 1t, Shop 38 1 0 0 patrons, 18 years and up. For call TLGC at (912) 573-8475 or mation, call (912) 573-3990. 14, USS Alaska Gold 0 2 0 1t, Fury 1 0 0 more details, contact (912) 573- Youth Sports at (912) 573-8202. ■ Domino’s — Like Kings 15, TRF 0 3 0 4t, Smokin’ Bases 0 1 0 4564 for more details. ■ 16t, USS Florida 0 0 0 4t, Angry Birdz 0 1 0 Shiver Me Timbers Bowling Bay Domino’s on Facebook to ■ 16t, Deep Sixers 0 0 0 4t, Wildcats 0 1 0 First Tee of Kings Bay is Night at Rack-N-Roll Lanes — receive special “code phrases,” 16t, USS Georgia 0 0 0 swinging your way — First It’s 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., Saturday, daily specials, upcoming events Upcoming - Pre-season Football Tee of Kings Bay is for ages 4 Sept. 14. Extreme Bowling will and corporate promotions. 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council to develop and propose changes sonnel and readiness; and Army Lt. Gen. discipline program, we constantly work to the Manual for Courts-Martial that Curtis M. Scaparrotti, the director of the to identify new ways to prevent sexual as- DOD would allow victims to give input during Joint Staff, briefed reporters. sault, as well as respond effectively and the sentencing phase of courts-martial. Hagel’s initiatives build on the analysis appropriately should a crime occur.” From Page 1 The new measures should strengthen of DOD sexual assault prevention and re- Wright stressed that prevention and re- the department’s sexual assault preven- sponse programs. sponse efforts are not static. respecting the rights of both victims and tion and response programs, the secre- “These include measures to improve “We continually evaluate our programs the accused. tary said. “Remember, we are all account- victim support, strengthen pre-trial in- and seek ways for the department to im- ■ Hagel is requiring timely follow-up able and responsible for eliminating this vestigations, enhance oversight, and prove them,” she said. “The department reports on sexual assault incidents and crime from our ranks,” Hagel said in the make prevention and response efforts and military leaders at all levels continue responses to be given to the first general memo. more consistent across the military ser- to assess the current policies, identify or flag officer within the chain of com- The measures continue the pressure on vices,” Little said. the need for change, and seek methods mand. an issue that can erode the effectiveness These measures will incorporate the to improve prevention and response ef- ■ He also directed the DOD Inspector of the military, Pentagon Press Secretary best practices of the services and make forts.” General to regularly evaluate closed sex- George Little said. them common throughout the armed Scaparrotti said sexual assault is a seri- ual assault investigations. “Every service member and DOD civil- forces, Wright said. ous and persistent problem in the military. ■ Hagel ordered the service secretaries ian deserves a safe environment in which She also believes they will enhance the “It erodes the trust that is the bedrock to standardize prohibitions on inappro- they are free from the threat of sexual ha- quality of the investigative and legal pro- of our profession,” he said. “Sexual as- priate behavior between recruiters and rassment and assault,” Little said during a cess and improve victim support. sault is a crime, and it demands appro- trainers and their recruits and trainees Pentagon news conference. “We are committed to a dynamic and priate accountability. We are fully com- across the department. Little, along with Jessica L. Wright, the responsive sexual assault prevention mitted to combating sexual harassment ■ And, Hagel directed the DOD general acting undersecretary of defense for per- program,” she said. “Through the multi- and sexual assault in our ranks.” 8 THE PERISCOPE, NSB KINGS BAY, Thursday, August 22, 2013 THE PERISCOPE, NSB KINGS BAY, Thursday, August 22, 2013 9

Up eriscope with Bill Wesselhoff It’s Family Fun Month, so what do you do? s a kid, family fun always revolved around getting and brothers would go on vacation to Wisconsin. When I and summer reunions. My daughter’s family is 1,100 miles together with extended family at holidays, birthdays was married with child, it was pretty much the same thing away, so family fun now pretty much is floating in my Aor summer reunions. Once in a while, my mom, dad deal, a few vacations, but mostly extended-family holidays brother’s pool and waiting to see what he puts on the grill.

MA1 Jabril Muhammad MA2 Alicia Mayhew Sonya Anderson Armando Angel MTC (Select) Jonathan Samantha White NSB Security Marine Corps Family member Navy Exchange employee Milan Family member Toledo, Ohio Security Force Battalion Brunswick Cavita City, Phillipines Trident Training Facility Pensacola, Fla. “We get together with Little Rock, Ark. “We celebrate “I just take them to the York, Pa. “We like to go to the my brother and his wife “When I go home on my birthday.” beach once in a while.” “I like to take my family library and bring home and barbecue or go to the leave, we have dance to waterparks. We at least five books beach or watch movies parties in the kitchen recently went to the one every week.” with the kids.” with the kids.” in Jekyll Island.” Don’t try this one at home From USS Abraham Lincoln Public Affairs

Guinness World Records has authenticated a Sailor assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft car- rier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) has indeed smashed a world record, Aug. 13. Information Systems Techni- cian 1st Class Ernie Torres broke the Guinness Book of World Trident Refit Facility photo Records 2013 for “Most Pine Boards Broken in Free-fall,” by Four-plus centuries of service hand-smashing 12 boards while Trident Refit Facility Commanding Officer Capt. Larry Hill recognized 22 civilians from Code 300 in celebrating a collective 410 falling, the time of exiting the years of government service on Aug. 8. The numbers after names are their respective length of service. Front, from left, Dennis aircraft and pulling the para- Capulong 20, Charles Giroux 15, Terrance Townsend 10, Alvaro Socarras 10, Mark Grooms 30; center, from left, Dennis Schawl chute, out of an airplane from 30, Ryan Mantz 10, Shelton Pinckney 25, Capt. Hill, Douglas Styles 30, Gregory Foreman 10, William Morris 30, Lisa King 20; 16,000 feet at around 120 mph. back, from left, John Diestel 10, Jack Coon 20, Patrick Hill 20, Christopher Williams 30, Roger Hennigan 10, Benjamin Drayton For Torres breaking a world re- Jr. 10, David Dixon Jr. 10, Joseph Mulcahy 30, Curtis Tanner 30 and Michael McIrvin 25. cord is definitely a conversation piece. “Some of my friends and family are really excited about it,” said Torres. “I know it makes a great conversation piece when Battle of Guadalcanal commemorated you know someone who has done something well known.” By MCC Chris Fowler Keithie Saunders, and on behalf of the U.S. lives. Jamie Panas, public relations Navy Public Affairs Support Element West Guadalcanal Memorial Committee, the Perhaps none felt the history of those who manager, Guinness World Re- ceremony honored those who fought and died during the battle more than the Pacific cords North America, Inc., con- Pacific Partnership 2013 leadership, crew those who lost their lives in the effort to lib- Partnership’s Marine Corps members. gratulated Torres on making members and partner-nation service mem- erate the island and secure an important For Sgt. Jonathan Braun, a member of the “one’s mark in history”. bers joined with international dignitaries logistics way point that prevented further civil military coordination center, standing “On behalf of Guinness World near the historic battle site, “Bloody Ridge,” Japanese expansion into the Pacific. on the very spot where such brutal fight- Records, we are pleased to to commemorate the 71st anniversary of Guadalcanal is remembered for the sacri- ing had happened 71-years ago to the hour, congratulate Ernie Torres on the Battle of Guadalcanal, Aug. 7. fice of the approximately 38,000 combined his ‘officially amazing’ record At the invitation of the U.S. Consular, U.S., Allied and Japanese men who lost their See Battle, Page 10 achievement,” Panas said. 10 THE PERISCOPE, NSB KINGS BAY, Thursday, August 22, 2013 Sailors Navy, NASA join forces By Cmdr. Darren Nelson and FBI Commanding Officer, USS Arlington (LPD 24)

The first installment of partner a new and historic part- nership between the De- From the Federal Bureau of partment of Defense and Investigation the National Aeronautics and Space Administra- Special Agent James tion will be launched at Verdi has traveled to Af- Virginia’s Naval Station ghanistan, Iraq, and the Norfolk on Aug. 15 when Horn of Africa to study the amphibious transport battlefield explosives. dock USS Arlington (LPD The FBI bomb techni- 24) will conduct a station- cian embedded with the ary recovery test of the military and applied his Orion crew module while specialized skills there to berthed at Pier 12. Navy photo by MCSN Andrew Schneider find signatures and foren- During this test, a water- Sailors assigned to the amphibious transport dock ship sic material on bomb frag- borne Orion crew module USS Arlington (LPD 24) recover an Orion capsule into ments and unexploded — a 16-foot, four-person- the well deck. devices that helped the nel upgrade of the Apollo military piece together a capsule, which was half fleet to bear the name. ery procedures, support clearer picture of its ad- the size and carried a crew On Dec. 27, 1968, the equipment design, dock- versaries. of three —, assisted by div- major communications side handling procedures As a certified bomb ers and small boats, will relay ship USS Arlington and equipment and per- technician in the Bureau’s Navy photo by MCSA Edward Guttierrez III be winched into a cradle (AGMR 2) assisted in the sonnel task loading. San Diego Field Office, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 2nd Class in Arlington’s well deck. recovery of Apollo 8 af- Orion is America’s next- Verdi is a long way from Robert Zipperer, assigned to EOD Mobile Unit 5, The recovery test with Ar- ter its splashdown in the generation spacecraft that the battlefield today. But inspects a simulated improvised explosive device dur- lington will allow NASA and Northern Pacific. will take astronauts to new he still rolls out regularly ing a training exercise. the Navy to demonstrate The following year, - Ar destinations never ex- with a Navy explosive ord- and evaluate the recov- lington aided in the recov- plored by humans. nance disposal unit — this sources, the relationship reau’s special agent bomb ery processes, procedures, ery of Apollo 10 on May 26. It will carry crews to one based on Coronado is key because the military technicians — is a key fac- hardware and personnel in Most famously, the ship distant planetary bodies, Island just outside San Di- most frequently encoun- et of the job. a controlled environment took part in the recovery provide emergency abort ego. ters IEDs. “You never know when before committing to test- of Apollo 11, the first to capability, sustain the During training mis- For EOD technicians, the public safety bomb ing in open waters. land on the moon, on July crew during space travel sions, Navy ships and training with the FBI has techs and the EOD techni- These experimental re- 24, 1969. and provide safe re-entry planes drop live ammo on opened a window on how cians are going to have to covery tests are part of a Lessons learned from from deep space. San Clemente Island 70 explosives can be exploit- work together in the inter- government interagency these tests will be used miles off the coast. ed for evidence like at a est of public safety,” Diac- effort to determine the in Navy dive team train- Clearing the remnants crime scene. zyszyn said. best practices for safely ing, crew module recov- is the job of the EOD tech- “Our jobs are very simi- He said every field office retrieving space craft ca- nicians. Verdi often joins lar, although we have bomb technician knows pable of carrying humans them so he can see first- more experience with mil- their EOD counterpart into deep space. hand how current military itary ordnance and they because the military takes The DoD provides technicians operate in the have much more expertise the lead when a case in- unique, validated capa- field and what they are in the counterterrorism volves ordnance without a bilities to support NASA’s likely to encounter on the portions of the job like ex- terrorism nexus. requests for operational ground. plosives chemical analy- Verdi and his team re- support without adversely “They invite us along on sis, explosives precursor spond to more than 200 impacting the depart- a lot of their training ex- knowledge, and so forth,” calls a year for incidents or ment’s primary mission. ercises to do range clear- said Lt. Abe Kim, of the suspicious packages. LPD 17-class ships, such ance operations,” said Navy’s EOD detachment Every experience is as Arlington, boast the Verdi. “That teaches us the on Coronado Island. “We unique, he said. So it’s im- ability to embark helicop- military ordnance side of each bring different things portant to share what you ters, launch and recover the house: what bombs, to the table.” learn. Your life, and the small boats, three-dimen- artillery rounds, and mu- Training together is a lives of your partners, de- sional air search radar and nitions look like, so we can rule in the tight commu- pends on it. advanced medical facili- deal with them better if we nity of 468 bomb squads “That’s one of the most ties, making them unique- see them.” and more than 3,200 non- important things we get ly suited to contribute to The working relation- military bomb technicians out of working and train- this project. ship in San Diego started across the country. ing together with the The Navy has been part about a decade ago when To ensure consistency, Navy,” Verdi said. “You of America’s space program the wars in Iraq and Af- every bomb technician is have to earn their trust. almost since the beginning. ghanistan were ramping certified — and recerti- And they have to know From 1961 to 1975, Navy up and the military and fied every three years — exactly how you’re going ships recovered Mercury, FBI saw mutual benefits to through the Hazardous to perform downrange in Gemini and Apollo space- sharing their unique skills Devices School at Red- stressful environments, craft after splashing down and knowledge. stone Arsenal in Alabama, especially when you’re in in the oceans, transporting For the FBI, which has run by the FBI and the the combat theater. We capsules and crews safely played a growing inves- Army. train regularly so they to land. tigative role in the war Training with EOD know exactly how we are Several of these recov- theaters by analyzing im- techs, said Special Agent going to react. And they eries were assisted by USS provised explosive devic- Steve Diaczyszyn—who can depend on us when Arlington’s predecessor, es to help pinpoint their supervises all of the Bu- they need to.” the second ship in the U.S.

Marine Corps photo A patrol composed of fighting Leathernecks start their trek on a mission at sunset on Guadalcanal, Solomon Island.

For many in the audience, of nowhere, he started to not forgetting was seen in talk about at Guadalcanal.” Battle a historical context, but Sanders said his grand- for one person, Lt. Cmdr. father was a member of an From Page 9 Karrey Sanders, USS Pearl aircraft squadron. One day Harbor’s (LSD 52) execu- his father was assigned to meant a lot. tive officer, not forget- go on a mission, but he Braun spent the first ting meant remembering was sick. A friend volun- three years of his career someone whom he would teered to go in his place. with 1st Marine Division, never meet. “His friend never came known as the Guadalca- “My grandfather fought back,” said Sanders. “As my nal division, a name they here,” Sanders said. “I grandfather was telling me earned for their role in the don’t know much about the story, some of my other battle. his experiences during family members started to “I’ll talk about this cer- World War II because he gather around to listen.” emony for the rest of my never spoke about them, When his grandfather career,” said Braun. “Being until one Thanksgiving noticed the crowd, he able to represent 1st Ma- when I was a BM2 [Boat- stopped talking and never rine Division at its fierc- swain’s Mate 2nd Class]. again spoke of the person est battle is something I It was after dinner and we who took his place on that will always remember.” were watching football; out ill-fated mission. THE PERISCOPE, NSB KINGS BAY, Thursday, August 22, 2013 11 Obama to Marines: War now in final chapter By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service

The commander in chief Afghans lead fight told Marines at Camp By Claudette Roulo Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 7 American Forces Press Service that the war in Afghani- stan has entered its final Afghan security forces are in the lead and con- chapter. tinue to grow in capacity and capability in the President Barack fight against insurgents, the commander of the Obama thanked the Ma- International Security Assistance Force’s Region- rines and their families al Command-East said Aug. 14. for the burdens they have Army Maj. Gen. James C. McConville also told carried since the attacks of Pentagon reporters via satellite that even with the Sept. 11, 2001. progress made by Afghanistan’s security forces “I’m here because we they are likely to need U.S. support beyond 2014. recently marked another Afghan forces are winning, he said, but aren’t milestone in this war,” he yet dominating the enemy in a way that takes said during a speech in away their will to fight. It will also take time be- a hangar. “As of this past fore the Afghan air force is at full capacity, the June, for the first time, general said. Afghan forces have taken However, when the Afghan air force reaches the lead for security across Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Geoffrey K. Scarborough full capacity, he said, the enemies of Afghanistan their entire country. In- Marine Corps Cpl. Adam Cook, a dog handler with 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, “are not going to be willing to continue the con- stead of leading the fight, rests with his working dog, Falco, during a patrol in Mohammad Abad, Helmand flict.” Meanwhile, ISAF’s draw down is progress- our troops now have a dif- province, Afghanistan, July 23. ing, McConville said. Since March, he noted, the ferent mission, which is to number of coalition bases has declined from 58 train and advise and assist said. “Every single one.” stan and Pakistan, is on all we can to confront to 17. Afghan forces.” Still, the war is continu- the way to defeat.” them,” Obama said. “We “We have moved into an advise-and-assist This shift in mission sig- ing, and the president did Because these Marines have been reminded of role,” said McConville, who’s also the command- nals the beginning of the not sugarcoat the way for- and thousands of oth- this again in recent days.” er of the 101st Airborne Division. “Afghan securi- final chapter in the fight in ward. “I know some of you ers went to Afghanistan, The president vowed ty forces are in the lead [and] they are doing most Afghanistan, Obama said. are getting ready to deploy millions of Afghans have that the United States will of the fighting.” More troops will be coming in the months to come. a chance at a normal, never retreat from the Two Afghan army corps, the 201st and the home, 60,000 Americans It is a hard fight,” he said. peaceful life, the presi- world. “We do not get ter- 202nd, operate in Regional Command-East. are in Afghanistan now, “Our Afghan partners dent said. And this will be rorized,” he said. “We’re Those units, McConville said, are currently con- and that number will drop have stepped up. They are a lasting accomplishment, going to keep standing up ducting integrated operations involving ground to 34,000 by the winter. bearing a bigger brunt of he added. to our enemies.” troops with indirect-fire and air support. “By the end of next year, the firepower. They are “We are going to make Obama said that with al- “In fact, the 201st just did the largest air assault in just 17 months, the taking on a lot more casu- sure that Afghanistan is lies, the United States will in recent Afghan history with six Mi-17s and two transition will be com- alties. They are in the lead. never again a source of at- remain the greatest force Mi-35 [helicopters],” he said. plete — Afghans will take But it is still tough, and we tacks against our country,” for freedom the world As Afghan forces have taken a higher-profile full responsibility for their are still needed.” he said. “That happened has ever known, and this role in securing Afghanistan, the enemy is facing security, and our war in This generation of ser- because of you.” means a strong military. a propaganda problem, the general said. Afghanistan will be over,” vice members has made But the end of the war With the end of the war, “They used to be able to say that they were the president said. progress, the president in Afghanistan does not the military will shrink, fighting foreign occupiers,” he said, “and they can The president, who met said, and he listed some of mean the end of threats to the president said, but no longer really say that anymore because they’re with wounded warriors it. “Because of you, Osama America. Al-Qaida affili- America cannot allow a fighting Afghan security forces and they’re fight- and Gold Star families be- bin Laden is no more,” ates still threaten Ameri- hollow force to develop. ing against the Afghan people.” fore the speech, remem- he said. “Because of you, can embassies, consulates “We have got – right There are only about two months left in the bered the 326 fallen heroes al-Qaida’s top ranks have and interests overseas. now – the best-led, best- fighting season in Afghanistan, McConville from Camp Pendleton. been hammered. The core “We have got to take these trained, best-equipped said. And, with winter approaching and the holy “We honor all of them,” he of al-Qaida, in Afghani- threats seriously, and do military in human histo- month of Ramadan over, the general said he ex- ry,” he said. “And as long as pects the enemy to come out fighting. I am commander in chief, “We’re expecting a spike in violence,” he said. I will keep it that way.” “We expect the enemies of the Afghan people to The president called come out and try to achieve those objectives that on Congress to work with they’ve not been able to achieve.” him to undo the seques- Now is a critical time, McConville said. ter spending cuts and find “This is the first time that the Afghan secu- a way to reduce military rity forces have been in the lead during the en- spending that doesn’t tire fighting season,” he said. “And they believe cripple the services at a they’re winning and I tend to agree with them.” very dangerous time.

Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. David Rakes Cpl. Leopoldo Gonzalez, left, and 1st Lt. Colin Edwards prepare to cold breach a door during a course with the Israel Defense Force’s Counter-Terrorism Unit. Force training with Israelis

By Lance Cpl. Michael Dye movements to accurately engage the en- Marine Corps Forces Europe emy.” After the Marines completed their des- Marines and Sailors with Black Sea ert warfare training, they changed the Rotational Force 13 have travelled south pace and moved into an urban environ- into the Israeli desert to conduct internal ment. training operations focusing on desert The urban environment the Marines warfare and urban terrain. went to was roughly the size of a city The Marines conducted company size capable of housing about 10,000 peo- exercises in which every squad played ple. This environment gave the Marines different roles while simulated enemy a great opportunity to perform raids on a fire forced squad leaders to make quick city-size location. decisions. “This MOUT environment is one of the “The purpose of these drills is to en- largest training environments I have ever sure that everyone has a different role, seen, “Buckley said. “While we were ma- that way in real combat we are better pre- neuvering through this large training en- pared for anything that may occur,” said vironment we could not see our objective Lance Cpl. Daniel Buckley, a rifleman point. We had to rely on maps and the with Easy Company, BSRF-13 and a Mill- commands from our section leaders to erstown, Pa. native. arrive at our destination and not get lost.” The Marines ran the scenarios several After the Marines reached the objec- times; each time changing the scenar- tive, they faced one last task before they io dynamics and the squad leadership could return to their rally point. roles. This allowed not only training in “We have the saying, ‘never leave a Ma- the overall aspect of desert warfare, but rine behind’, ” Buckley said. “We simulat- also forced young Marines to step up and ed a casualty and had to carry him out of take charge of a squad and practice effec- the danger zone and get him back to the tively maneuvering a squad in combat. rally point in order to medically evacuate “It’s great training,” Buckley said. “In him to a hospital. Doing this in an envi- order to make these decisions you have ronment so large proved to be difficult to make sure that you’re knowledgeable but we were successful in completing the on infantry tactics and you have to be mission with all the Marines we started able to anticipate and visualize different with.” 12 THE PERISCOPE, NSB KINGS BAY, Thursday, August 22, 2013

DoD photo The 3-year-old Korean War comes to an official halt as Gen O.P. Weyland, left, Far Navy photo East Air Forces commander, Gen Mark W. Clark, center, UN commander-in-chief, USS Buck (DD-761), USS Wisconsin (BB-64) and USS Saint Paul (CA-73) steaming and Vice Adm Robert P. Brisco, right, Far East Naval commander, take part in truce in close formation during operations off the Korean coast in 1952. signing ceremonies at the UN base camp at Munsan. Korean War ends, but Asia still hot spot

By Edward J. Marolda More than 1,177,000 Navy Senior Historian, Naval personnel served in Ko- Historical Center rea. In all, 458 Sailors were Korean War MIA IDed killed in action, 1,576 suf- American Forces Press Service During these air opera- fered wounds, and 4,043 tions to support the belea- succumbed to injury or The Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel guered men on the ground disease. Without the dedi- Office announced that the remains of a U.S. service at Chosin Reservoir dur- cated service and sacrific- member missing from the Korean War have been ing the Korean War, Lt. es made by Navy men and identified and will be returned to his family for buri- (jg) Thomas Hudner, En- women, ashore and afloat, al with full military honors in a Department of De- sign Jesse Brown, and two the UN would not have fense news release issued Aug. 9. other F4U Corsair pilots been able to preserve the Marine Corps Pfc. Jonathan R. Posey Jr., 20, of Dal- from Leyte’s air group independence of the Re- las, was to be buried Aug. 12 in Arlington National flew north of the reservoir public of Korea or achieve Cemetery. on the look-out for Chi- the armistice agreement In December, 1950, Posey, assigned to L Battery, nese troops. Once there, Naval History and Heritage Command photo with the Communist bel- 4th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Di- Brown reported that his In an F4U-4 Corsair fighter, Ensign Jesse Brown was ligerents that ended the vision, was serving provisionally as an infantryman plane was losing oil pres- the first African-American Naval Aviator to see com- conflict on 27 July 1953. with the 7th Marine Regiment at Yudam-ni in the vi- sure, perhaps after being bat. Brown flew with Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) Global Confrontation cinity of the Chosin Reservoir. hit by enemy ground fire, from USS Leyte (CV-32) during the Korean War. He Even before the Korean On Dec. 2, 1950, Posey was killed in action while and that he had to crash was killed in action. War and throughout the the 5th and 7th Marine Regiments were withdraw- land in the frigid, snow- 1950s, Sailors died during ing to Hagaru-ri. covered mountains. 1,300 tons of cargo, and used their ship’s whale- missions to gather mili- In 1954, United Nations and Communist forces The force of the crash 196 vehicles. boat to carry the action to tary intelligence on the exchanged the remains of war dead in what came to was so severe that it sepa- That day, Dec. 24, 1950, the enemy. enigmatic and belligerent be called “Operation Glory.” All remains recovered rated the engine from the Navy explosive demolition Cmdr. James A. Dare, the Union of Soviet Socialist in Operation Glory were turned over to the Army fuselage and badly twisted teams leveled the port enterprising command- Republics and People’s Central Identification Unit for analysis. the latter. Brown survived facilities at Hungnam to ing officer of destroyer Republic of China. Those that were unable to be identified were in- the crash, but was injured deny them to the enemy, Douglas H. Fox (DD-779), In August 1949, for in- terred as unknowns at the National Memorial Cem- and trapped in the cock- and the fleet steamed manned his whaleboat stance, submarines Co- etery of the Pacific in Hawaii. pit. Fearing that fire would south. Within a few weeks, with his most resource- chino (SS-345) and Tusk In 2012, analysts from the Joint POW/MIA Ac- soon engulf the plane, the units withdrawn from ful officers and daring (SS426) were deployed to counting Command reevaluated Posey’s records Hudner called for a res- North Korea were back in bluejackets and equipped the frigid waters off Nor- and determined that portions of the remains recov- cue helicopter (which he the fight to preserve the them with a 75-millimeter way and a little more than ered from Operation Glory should be exhumed for knew would take thirty independence of the Re- recoilless rifle, small arms, 100 miles from the Soviet identification. minutes to arrive at the public of Korea. demolition charges, gre- Northern Fleet’s bases at To identify the remains, scientists from JPAC used site) and decided to crash Throughout the Korean nades, a radio and tools Murmansk and Polyarnyy circumstantial evidence and forensic identification land his own Corsair next War, U.S. and allied naval for destroying fishing nets. to learn what they could tools, such as dental and radiograph comparison, to Brown’s to help rescue forces maintained a tight Every night, the boat about Soviet missile test- which matched Posey’s records. his squadron mate and blockade of North Korean would sortie five to seven ing and other military ac- Using modern technology, identifications con- friend. waters so the enemy could miles from the ship, with- tivities. Without warning, tinue to be made from remains that were previously Hudner safely put his not use the sea to trans- in range of the destroyer’s batteries in Cochino ex- recovered from North and South Korea. plane down in the snow port troops and supplies. radios and surface search ploded and badly burned More than 7,900 Americans remain unaccounted not far Control radar, to seize fishing one officer. for from the Korean War. from The Navy of the boats and their crews and Fire and noxious gases B row n ’s sea also return both to the ship. released by this and sub- a n d allowed By destroying North sequent blasts spread cans did not want a repeat Republic of Vietnam. r u s h e d the UN Korean nets, impounding throughout the subma- of the surprise Pearl Har- Meanwhile, Mao Tse- over to com- their boats, and other- rine, endangering the en- bor attack on the United tung’s Chinese Com- help him. mand to wise disrupting the local tire crew. Two brave Co- States and its allies, es- munists intensified their Since In the Cold War threaten fishing activity, the U.S. chino men, trying to bring pecially in the dangerous efforts to eliminate the B r o w n other naval force denied enemy help from nearby Tusk, nuclear age. opposition to their gov- was al- Second in a series am- troops ashore the bounty were pitched into the bit- Tensions remained ernment posed by Chiang ready phibi- of the sea. In addition, terly cold water when their high in the Far East after Kai-shek and his Nation- suffering o u s quite often the prisoners rubber boat overturned. the Korean War, as Ho alist supporters, who still from the extreme cold, landings in the rear of the would provide informa- Without hesitation, Chi Minh’s army defeated held many islands, in- Hudner covered the man’s Chinese and North Ko- tion on where the Com- bluejackets from Tusk French forces at the cli- cluding the large island head with his spare wool rean armies arrayed along munists had positioned jumped in to help rescue mactic battle at Dien Bien of Taiwan, off the coast of cap and his hands with a the 38th parallel. their coastal artillery and their fellow Sailors. Sev- Phu and established the China. scarf. The enemy took the the daily routines of the eral men drowned in the Democratic Republic of In September 1954 the Try as he might, howev- threat seriously and posi- guns’ crews. valiant attempt and their Vietnam in the region of Communists began shell- er, Hudner could not free tioned sizeable troop units The Sailors also prac- bodies drifted silently Indochina around Hanoi. ing Quemoy Island and the pilot from the man- along both coasts and far ticed a little psychological off into the unforgiving Tens of thousands of announced their intention gled cockpit. When Brown from the front lines where warfare on the enemy. northern waters. northern Vietnamese de- to seize Taiwan. lapsed into unconscious- they were badly needed. The night before May Finally, after herculean cided they would rather Truman had ordered ness from his injuries and To keep the enemy’s at- Day 1952 was an especial- efforts by everyone, the live under a separate non- Seventh Fleet aircraft, de- the cold, and the pilot of tention focused on the ly important date in the surviving crewmen of both Communist Vietnamese stroyers, and submarines the rescue helicopter told sea, the fleet executed a Communist world-Doug- submarines gathered safe- government in southern to patrol coastal waters Hudner that they had to number of naval feints las H. Fox’s whaleboat ly on board Tusk. The men Indochina than under the to prevent a Communist fly out of the mountains and demonstrations. Sailors planted an Ameri- watched helplessly as Co- harsh, anti-religious re- invasion of Taiwan at the before nightfall or risk an- In Operation Decoy can flag on an island at the chino, gutted by fire and gime of Ho Chi Minh and start of the Korean War other crash, the lieutenant during October 1952, mouth of Hungnam Har- explosion, finally slipped his Communist support- and his successor, Dwight realized that they had to Navy aircraft carriers, bor. Hence, as the sun rose beneath the waves. ers. To facilitate this major D. Eisenhower, was even leave his friend behind. battleships, cruisers, and at dawn in the east on the Thousands of miles population transfer, the more determined to sup- They had done all they destroyers attacked Com- big day, the enemy’s first away off Siberia in Sep- U.S. Navy mounted Oper- port Chiang Kai-skek’s could for Jesse Brown, the munist defenses around sight was Old Glory gaily tember 1954, Soviet MiG ation Passage to Freedom. anti-Communist Republic first African-American na- Kojo and Task Force 90 flapping in the sea breeze. fighters shot down a P-2V The Pacific Fleet con- of China government. val aviator to die in com- maneuvered as if to land In a general sense, the Neptune patrol plane, kill- centrated 113 tank land- As a result, the President bat. elements of the Army’s battleships, cruisers, and ing one of its crewmen. ing ships, transports, and proposed and the Con- Meanwhile, most of the 1st Cavalry Division near destroyers of the Blockade Two years later the Chi- other vessels in the South gress approved a resolu- UN ground troops had Wonsan. The enemy and Escort Force (Task nese Communists shot China Sea. tion in January 1955 pledg- fought their way to the rushed forces to the coast Force 95), and the naval down a Navy P-4M Merca- Between August 1954 ing U.S. military assistance coast, where battleship to defeat amphibious as- air units operating from tor reconnaissance plane and May 1955, these ships for the defense of Quemoy Missouri (BB-63) cruis- saults that never came. carriers and from shore flying over the sea along carried over 310,000 Viet- and nearby Matsu Island, ers Rochester (CA-124) The Navy also put spe- airfields provided essen- their coast. namese civilians, many if to do so helped protect and St Paul (CA-73), and cial operations forces tial support to the U.S. and Many more Sailors suf- of them Catholics, from Taiwan itself. The two na- numerous destroyers and ashore on the east and allied troops fighting this fered death or injury due north to south Vietnam. tions also put into force a rocket vessels put a wall of west coasts of North Korea first “limited war” of the to heavy seas, fierce winds This group of immigrants mutual defense treaty. fire between the infantry- and on many of the thou- Cold War period. or Arctic cold and ice as soon became the core of The growing U.S. inter- men and the enemy. Navy sands of islands that stud- The U.S. Navy did not they carried out their duty support for the anti-Com- est in the security of Japan and allied surface ships ded those waters. lose a single major war- to keep watch over poten- munist Ngo Dinh Diem’s and the anti-Communist fired over 23,000 16-inch, The blockade of Won- ship in the Korean War. tial enemy nations. Ameri- new government of the governments in South Ko- 8-inch, 5-inch, 3-inch san from Feb. 16, 1951 to rea, South Vietnam, and rounds and rockets at the the end of the war kept the Taiwan required the con- Communist units trying to Communists from using tinuous presence of the capture the port of Hun- the potentially important U.S. Seventh Fleet in Far gnam. port. Navy underwater Eastern waters throughout By Christmas Eve day, demolition teams, U.S. the Cold War. The Navy’s the Navy’s Amphibious Marines and British and repair and supply bases Task Force (Task Force 90) South Korean naval com- at Yokosuka in Japan and had completed the with- mandos frequently de- on Okinawa, at Subic Bay drawal by sea of 105,000 stroyed highway bridges, in the Philippines, and troops, 91,000 civilian supply dumps, railroad on Guam supported this refugees, 350,000 tons of tracks, and railroad tun- powerful commitment to cargo, and 17,500 military nels behind enemy lines. Naval History and Heritage Command photo the defense of America’s vehicles. Air Force and A number of American USS Cochino (SS-345) departing Portsmouth, England, for the Barents Sea, in July Asian allies. Marine planes airlifted warships operating in the 1949. Cochino was sunk on Aug. 25, 1949, following a battery explosion while Next: The Cuban Mis- out another 3,600 troops, waters off North Korea operating off Norway. sile Crisis THE PERISCOPE, NSB KINGS BAY, Thursday, August 22, 2013 13 Nathan finds a home Veterans Moving For- ready to serve our nation’s beginning. The beginning ward provides veterans veterans. Enjoy this final of my life with Army Sgt. with therapy and service edition of Nathan’s story. John Williams, that is. dogs. Among the dogs they By Service Dog Na- It all started at a VMF are raising to help veterans than, with help from training session in Feb- cope with various injuries his veteran partner, ruary. A very tall human has been an assistance Sgt. John Williams and with a very long walking dog in training that is near Veterans Moving For- stick visited. We learned and dear to our hearts. His ward’s Tina Tallman he is a veteran. name is Nathan, in memo- It’s true. He was ry of Petty Officer 3rd Class It’s finally there to Nathan Bruckenthal. On happened. Life of a meet and August 4, Veterans Mov- I am now a work with ing Forward announced full-fledged Service Dog the older service dog Nathan’s per- service dog assistance manent placement with a with a vet- Final episode dogs in veteran. eran partner training. Compass has shared Na- of my own. This wasn’t unusual for than’s journey from birth, There’s so much to tell. training day. I met several through his puppy “years” Where to begin? It’s so ex- veterans this way before. and his final stages of citing. They were trying to find a training in the series Life of If you were here with me service dog who would be a Service Dog. This young right now you’d probably the right match. golden retriever has grown be commanding me to This time I tried very Photo courtesy of Veterans Moving Forward from a clumsy puppy to “settle” or “sit.” hard to make a good im- One of Nathan’s first walks with his future veteran partner, John Williams a focused service animal Better go back to the pression. My raiser and handler Paul introduced Soon I made a visit to ing him. John. me right away and let the Sgt. John’s house. It was If he’s standing I have to We practice things that man take my leash and time for me to meet every- pull on his leg, bump my will help with his unique lead me through some ex- body there and see how head on his leg or pull at physical and mental ercises. we’ll get along. my leash. I do whatever it health challenges. For in- But later, the veteran It is a lively place. This takes to bring him back to stance, I “get” things that worked with the other veteran already had a fam- me. my veteran tells me to, and dogs too. So, I don’t really ily dog, a mother human, Sometimes at night my “touch” buttons or knobs know whether I’ll see this three little humans and veteran has nightmares. that he needs me to. veteran again or not. lots of toys. Could there When this happens I Most importantly, I’m You can’t imagine how possibly be room for me? lick his face until he wakes learning to “speak” so that happy I was when my The first time I get to stay up, of course. I can get help in case of handler took me to a new at Sgt. John’s house was I also notice that he emergency. I will never spot in late February — early March. We’d work doesn’t like to go outside leave my veteran’s side. the Reston Town Center in hard together attending or to public places. But After that I’ll learn some Reston, Va. There we met classes at All About Dogs. now, with me he has to go more. VMF’s assistance dog in VMF’s dog lady met us at outside. We walk. We play. I know my help is mak- training coordinator Mi- the library for more les- And, eventually we begin ing a difference in my vet- chele Khol — the top dog sons. to visit public places with eran’s life. lady — and the tall veter- I went with my veteran more and more people, In July we went to a Na- an, Sgt. John. I soon real- to lots of doctor’s appoint- more and more often. tionals game in Washing- ized this was a “working” ments and meetings. At When I see my veteran ton, D.C. In August we met class and there would be home I played tug of war becoming tense with an with members of the Mili- many more to come. with the funny littlest hu- anxiety attack, I pull my tary Order of the Purple Those first few times I man. leash to get him to take me Heart. met Sgt. John, we worked Living with my veteran, I outside or to a place where My veteran walks fur- mainly on learning how began to see why he needs I know he’ll feel safer. You ther now and limps less. to walk together, how he me so much. see, the safer he feels the Most importantly, he should hold my leash or Three days after I arrived more things my veteran knows I won’t let him where I should stand so I it happened. The humans will be able to do. down, because I’m his don’t make him trip. The call them “flashbacks.” I Because there’s always partner. veteran learns how to know that I must act when more to learn, we kept give me basic commands, I sense my veteran begin- training with Veterans Dedicated to the memo- which I already knew, of ning to drift away. Moving Forward. ry of Damage Controlman Photo courtesy of Veterans Moving Forward course, and I get to know First, I pull his pants leg. Now our learning is fo- 3rd Class Nathan Bruck- One of Nathan’s first walks with his future veteran this tall human a little bet- If that doesn’t work, I pop cused on skills I need to enthal, U.S. Coast Guard, partner. ter. up on his leg and start lick- know specifically for Sgt. 1979 to 2004. 14 THE PERISCOPE, NSB KINGS BAY, Thursday, August 22, 2013 THE PERISCOPE, NSB KINGS BAY, Thursday, August 22, 2013 15 16 THE PERISCOPE, NSB KINGS BAY, Thursday, August 22, 2013