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N Means Teamwork in Git O * Cuban residents reuen. v.itnlamuiy members from camps, pg. 2 * Recycling still important even with changes in Gitmo, pg. 3 * Marines adapt to living in the field, pgs. 4, 5 AZ E i * Find out the important JT1F news in Sea Vol. 51 No. 36 Friday, September 23, 1994 Sigial, pgs. 7, 8 L N Means teamwork in Git o By Lt. Cdr. Vann Mitheim, lished at Camp Phillips to better support Joint NEX Officer Task Force patrons. When Cuban President Fidel Castro an- Teamwork (tent 'wurk) n.1. joint action by nounced in August 1994 he would not impede agroup ofpeople, in which individualinterests the flow of his countrymen seeking asylum in are subordinatedto group unity and efficiency; the United States, the NEXMART "Team" coordinatedeffort. responded again to meet needs. Again, orders were increased and expedited. The plan to The definition of teamwork best describes replace NEX associates who would be lost what has always occurred within the during a base family relocation was imple- NEXMART Organization here in Guantanamo mented to insure your store would remain open. Bay, Cuba. The fact that this significant Qual- The difference has been the speed of the ity of Life operation has remained open for newest arrivals. In four short weeks, the num- business is testament toa commitment to pro- ber of JTF increased 270 percent to over 7,850 vide the community and the fleet with the best personnel. To support patrons, every associate service possible has willingly worked long hours, sacrificed Past days off and taken on additional assignments to Due to its experience with the Haitian make their visit to NEX facilities as pleasant as exodus of 1991-1993, NEXMART was better possible. prepared to support increased requirements due Air shipments of merchandise have been to Operations Support Democracy and Sea Sig- accomplished to supplement areas while the nal in May 1994. Orders for high demand barge continues to provide the bulk of the prod- merchandise were increased and delivery sched- ucts. Sailor of the Quarter, does his part to aid the Present Petty Officer 1st Class Larry Williams, NEXMART's ules moved forward to meet needs. mission of NEX by working in the store's supply department, maintaining ship deliveries and Store hours were expanded to include Mon- Today, the barge will be unloading and merchandise for the Joint Task Force 140. Since JTF operations started, NEX personnel have put to make sure base residents are able to get the things they need. day operations and a Mini-Mart was estab- See NEX, pg. 3 in numerous hours of overtime Photo by Brandon W. Mudd ComNavBaseanswersquestionsfromradioshow TQL forms team Guantanamo Bay--The following are responses usual at 4554/4556. from Commander, Naval Base Capt. James F. Boland, In accordance with NavBaseGtmolnst 1710.1OE, pro- spirit for personnel Jr. from a recent "Good Evening, Gitmo." tected species of wildlife in Gitmo consist of iguanas, owls, Dependents remaining in Gitmo are still entitled to hawks, deer, sea turtles, dolphins, porpoises, seals, whales, By Noel M. Tichy and Mary Anne Devana, medical and dental care. To arrange for an appointment snook, manatee, starfish, black coral and all snakes, TQL Office at the hospital contact either the Family Practice desk or The harming of these protected species whether inten- Transformational leaders are not dictators. They are the desired clinic. tional or through negligence is punishable under Article 92 powerful yet sensitive of other people and ultimately they For dental appointments, call the dental clinic as of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. work toward the empowerment of others. One of the most articulate about the whole notion of empowerment is John Harvey-Jones. He talked about how his views on leadership developed: a33, I suppose my belief in managing through motivating people is what we're talking about rather than through organizational controls. It derived from my naval service experience, particularly my submarining, which taught me that ordinary people have alot more to offer than they are usually either allowed or encouraged to offer. This belief was honed by my experience as an industrial engineer I spent my first two years in the company with a stopwatch in my hand, which teaches you hell of a lot about how little you get out of people and how much they can do , . T I've always been interested in social science concepts and I suppose the next formative experience really was when I was given quite a different task from anything I had been given before. Our largest manufacturing site had a series ofmajor industrial relations problems. I tried every sort of solution, every sort of approach.My diagnosis of the problem, which I think was right.was that we're not a team. We're not working toward a conunon goal and we've gotten the shop to the point where itsis working againstus. The workers are really taking advantage ofthe lack of cohesiveness of management to seize the initia- tlve. I was the deputy chairman responsible for the site. The site was a cooperative and I had no direct line control over thesemanagers although I was senior official re- sponsible for these managers. I suppose that it was that experience that taught me about everything. Industrial success is a matter of getting a commitment ofpeople and the art is to get them involved and then you can sort of ratchet people up by continuously setting them or getting them to set themselves aims which are a little more achievable to them. Then every time they achieve, you Gitmo advances twenty new Chiefs can ratchet them a bit further and after a little while you canget team which reallybelievesit'saleading teant.that of ChiefPettyOfficerin the 101st yearofthe Navy Chief in a pinningceremony Twenty Gitmo personnelwere advancedto the rank corresponds very much to my service experience where last Friday outside the MWR club, 1-larborLights. Master Chief Petty Officer Jim Newton, Naval Station Command Master Chief, I had learned over many years that there are really no bad spoke at the event Refreshments were served inside after the ceremony. Photo by Brandon W. Mudd troops. only bad officers. Page 2, Friday, September 23, 1994, Guantanamo Bay Gazette Residents reunited with family members in camp By John Whipple indicated his daughter and granddaughter were on base in Camp Bulkeley. The search was on! He called it "a miracle." Art called on Lt. Don Biadog, a baseechaplain working Art Greenough has worked on b ase for 35 years. Like in the Joint Task Force camps, for assistance. The note Art many Cuban-Americans here, he began nas a local commuter. received pinpointed his familymembers in Camp Lima, but He entered the base every morning at 6:30 through the it was at Rifle Range where the search finally paid off. Northeast Gate andbthen left through the same passage atithe "When we got to the camp, my wife looked around," end ofeach workday. Whenhe chose to stay on base, rather Art explained. "Shesaid 'thatlooks like Yanet.' Allofthem than return the end of one day, it me ant he would never be looked like Yanet to me! Then we heard someone ay able to go back. It also meant he was unable to bring his 'Abuela! Abuela!' which meam grandmother." family, andfaced thepossibility ofnever seeing them again. They had to waits short time for thechaplainsto bring For years Artsent clothingto his family at a rate of$28 them all together, hut for a reunion that waited 15 yeamsto per pound through service offices in: Miami, Fla. Medical happen, it was the paying of a timeless moment. shipments (aspirin, vitamins, etc.) wwould cost him $13 a "ldon'thavethewordstodescribethefeelings-Iwas pound. "I mailed a pair of boots tom y son, which weighed ovejoyed,"Artsaid. The momentwas afrnzyofhugging, two pounds, forfifty-six dollars," he s aid. "That'smore than kissing, crying and jumping. "I cannot akformore." the shoes originally cost!" Currently, Art and his wife are exploring the options The last time Art saw his daught er Myrelia she was 19, available to them, but they agreed the most important thing his granddaughter Yanet was two.INot long ago, Art re- was that their children were alive. ceived word the two were no longer in Havana where they "We're asking question," he said. "Right now what I had been staying. "I couldn't sleep 'that night," he said, need is to see them en a weekly basis to see how they are admitting he feared they hadtaken tossea as manyothers had. doing. I thinkthatuptothispointeverythinghasworcedout "I was thinking the worst. I was this they bad died. A forining the best." lot of people have died." He called it "a miracle." In February of this year Art's wi ife, Myrelia, left Cuba Guantanamo Bay Gazette through legal means to be with him here on base. Together, theyhave supported each other in theirir hours ofuncertainty. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba "I've been teaching my wife to say ' The Lord's Prayer' in Naval Base Commander English," he said. "We've been pray ing every morning for Art and Myrelia Greenough are reunited with their daughter, Myrelia, and granddaughter, Yanet Capt. James Boland, Jr. the Lord to guide us." took to the seas as many other Cubans have Administration Officer after being separated for 15 years. Myrelia and Yanet He called it "a miracle." and were reunited with their parents with the help of JTF Chaplains. Photo by Don Biadog Friday, Art received a message e from a friend that Lt. Doug Drake Public Affairs JOC(SW) Douglas Coulter LII Mary Dugan Editor J03 Brandon W.
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