Volume 13, Issue 5 Friday, December 9, 2011 Moving up in the world: NEGB frocks Sailors 107th Blazes a Trail Remembering Pearl Harbor JTF Guantanamo marks 70th anniversary ommand orner News from the Bay C Stocking Stuffer Shuffle Reading bingo in Seabee Fun Run Rear Admiralc David Woods There will be a 3.7 mile run on Dec. 10 The Naval Station Intelligence Depart- progress from Phillips Dive Park to McCalla Field Commander, Joint Task Force Guantanamo ment will host a 2K-5K walk/run today The MWR is holding a reading bingo and back. Register at the NEX Atrium at 4 p.m. starting at Ridgeline parking lot game at the library. Pick up your bingo card There is a unique dynamic that exists their weight” in this game. You will also from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 3–4 or on the next to the large Christmas tree on Sher- and read a book within the genres specified amongst our uniformed service. This usually see the least penalties of any game day of the run at 6:30 a.m. The top 10 run- man Ave. Admission for the walk/run is on the card. dynamic is comprised of elements of all year. I also recommend you stay tuned ners will receive a Seabees coin. The first free and participants may donate toys and Once you’ve read a book, put the title on intense competition which is contrasted at the end of the game to watch as the 50 participants get a T-shirt. other small items to the Operation Christ- the card in the corresponding genre, along with undeniable camaraderie— especially cadets, midshipmen and their fans come to Registration is $15. For more informa- mas Stocking’s charity drive. with a major event in the book. when challenged. This week we observe attention as each academy’s school hymn tion, call 84984. For more information, call Staff Sgt. “We have a bingo card you can pick up,” two events which serve to highlight this is played. Regardless of the excitement, Edwin Latrell at 5111. said MWR librarian Amy Webster. “Each dynamic and its elements. jubilation and celebration when the square on the card has a different category On Saturday at FEDEX Field just hymns start to play all of this is abruptly and you read a book from that category. Santa Claus is coming outside of our nation’s capital arguably the stopped out of honor and respect. It is Red Cross adjusted hours When you get bingo, then you come in and most pure rivalry in college football will unlike any other action in college sports. to town fill out a little stub and we put it in a draw- be played for the 112th time. The Army- The realization is that although foe on Santa is making a stop at the NEX Atri- The Guantanamo Bay Red Cross office ing.” Navy Game is played the gridiron it is still just um Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon. Bring will operate on an adjusted schedule for Reading bingo will run from now until between the “Cadets” of a game and they are truly your holiday wishes and a camera. the month of December. The Red Cross March 31. Until then there will be drawings the US Military Academy As you serve brothers-in-arms where it The NEX will open early on Dec. 17, office will close at noon Fridays Dec. 2, 9 held at the end of every month for anyone at West Point, NY and counts in defense of our from 8-9 a.m., for kids-only (and parents!) and perform in and 16. The office will be closed Dec. 19- who has earned bingo. The last drawing will the “Midshipmen” nation. shopping. Pick out your presents before your part of our 23 and Dec. 30. be for a $100 NEX gift card and limited to of the US Naval The other event we regular NEX hours, and then head over to If there is a need related to an emer- only those who completed the entire board. Academy at Annapolis, mission, embrace observed this week was McDonald’s for breakfast with Santa from gency message during the off hours, call For more information, call 4700. Md. The rivalry which our inter-service the 70th commemoration 84150 or 1-877-272-7337. 9-10 a.m. started between the of the December 7th two academies in 1890 competition; but attacks on Pearl Harbor is steeped in many more importantly, where the vast majority JTF Guantanamo NASCAR drivers visit Dodgeball tournament traditions. Even the cherish our of the 2,409 killed were Commander Army vs. Navy flag Guantanamo Bay mascots can be traced Sailors, Marines and Rear Adm. David Woods Get your team together and register Command Master Chief NASCAR drivers Joey Logano and back to “The Game.” inter-service Soldiers. Surely some football by today for dodgeball at Denich Gym. A Cmd. Master Chief Reynaldo Tiong Brad Keselowski will visit Guantanamo Just before the fourth camaraderie. present when the vicious coaches’ meeting will be held Dec. 12 at 5:30 Office of Public Affairs Director Come out for the largest sporting event Bay Dec. 13 on a USO entertainment tour. game in 1893 the crew of attacks took place that Cmdr. Tamsen Reese: 9928 p.m. A prize will be given to the best holiday on Guantanamo Bay when men and women They will be at the Gold Hill Galley from the USS New York gave Sunday morning had Deputy Director team outfit. Teams that make it to the finals face off against each other and a flag football 11 a.m.-12 p.m. and at O’Kelly’s Irish Pub a goat to the Midshipmen who had him listened to the Army-Navy Game the Air Force Maj. Michelle Coghill: 9927 will receive T-shirts and the winning team Operations Officer showdown at Cooper Field. The pre- from 7-9 p.m. on the sidelines presiding over Navy’s 6-3 week prior when Navy won 14-6. Some will get a trophy. Army Maj. Jon Powers: 3649 ceremony events begin at 9:30 a.m. Kickoff Keselowski (below left) drives the #2 victory. Army answered a few years later may have even played in “The Game” a For more information call 2113. Senior Enlisted Leader for the women’s game is at 10 a.m. and the Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the Sprint at the next game in 1899 when an Army year earlier. The fact is that although they Sgt. 1st Class Jerome Grant: 3649 men’s game starts at 11:20 a.m. Cup Series and the #22 in the Discount Quartermaster in Philadelphia thought may have cheered for their teams in the Please do not bring beverages in glass Tire Company/Ruby Tuesday Dodge Chal- the Cadets, who had lost three of the first inter-service rivalry a week before, that The Wire Editor: Army 1st. Lt. Amelia Thatcher: 3651 bottles. lenger in the Nationwide Series for Penske Free kayaking trip four games, needed their own lucky charm morning these brothers in arms faced an Layout Assistant: Army Sgt. Saul Rosa There will be drawings for VIP seating Racing. in the form of a mule which had long enemy that cemented their camaraderie Photojournalists Join MWR on a free guided kayak trip (recliners on the 50 yard line) and MWR Logano (below right) drives the #20 been a logistics mainstay for the Army. and showcased truly countless heroic Mass Communication Spc. 1st Class Ty Bjornson Dec. 11 launching from the Marina. Sign up goodies; and free Army vs. Navy T-shirts Home Depot Toyota Camry in the Sprint The new lucky charm seemed to work as actions. The attacks also unified our Mass Communication Spc. 2nd Class Kilho Park by 3 p.m. today at the Marina or by phone Army Sgt. Landis Andrews “sling-shot” into the crowd. Cup Series and the #20 GameStop/Sports the Cadets were victorious 17-5. Despite nation which rallied behind the battle at 2345. For more information call 2113. Clips Toyota Camry in the Nationwide Se- this long standing rivalry there is still a cry “REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR.” Contact us ries for Joe Gibbs Racing. large part of our population that think This camaraderie led to our nation’s Editor’s Desk: 3651 For more information, call 4882. the Army-Navy Game is played between victory in the Pacific. Commercial: 011-53-99-3651 COMMAND cont. Soldiers from the ranks of the U.S. Army Here at Joint Task Force Guantanamo DSN: 660-3651 INDEX E-mail: [email protected] attacks of September 11 almost 60 years after The Wire and Sailors from the Fleet in the U.S. we are routinely competitive in sporting Online: www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil Pearl Harbor have had the same galvanizing December 9, 2011 Navy. Sad to admit but as a youngster in events but we are truly Honor Bound by effects on our nation and its military Utah I was one of the misinformed. camaraderie in our profession of arms members. So as you serve and perform NEGB frocking ceremony 5 So I encourage you to watch “The in the defense of our great nation. The The WIRE is the official news magazine of Joint Task Force Guantanamo. your part of our mission, embrace our inter- Blazing a Trail 8 Game” on Saturday. Regardless of their It is produced by the JTF Public Affairs Office to inform and educate the see COMMAND next page Troopers of JTF Guantanamo through news, features, command guidance, service competition; but more importantly, Third annual holiday cantata 9 records, teams seem to “punch above sports and entertainment.