Cold War Up Periscope Omaha Trophy New series begins South Pole or desert? USS Alaska receives on role Navy played You make the call award and more Page 11 Page 9 Pages 4, 5 THE kings bay, georgia VOL. 43 • ISSUE 48 , FLORIDA Vol. 48 • Issue 31 www.cnic.navy.mil/kingsbay kingsbayperiscope.jacksonville.com Thursday, August 15, 2013 Prescriptions by mail most cost-effective pay for generics, $13 for brand- Branch Health Clinic Kings Bay TRICARE Pharmacy name formulary and $43 for officer in charge. “And it’s the Home Delivery also non-formulary. easiest option. By converting For brand-name and non- your current retail medications easiest option formulary to Home medica- Deliv- By Yan Kennon “... patients reduce Naval Hospital Jacksonville Public tions, the ery, pa- Affairs Senior Writer co-pays out-of-pocket costs tients for a 90- reduce TRICARE Pharmacy Home day supply and gain convenient out-of- Delivery offers a safe, afford- are about delivery.” p o c k e t able and convenient method of the same Cmdr. Chad Roe costs getting prescriptions delivered as a 30- Branch Health Clinic Kings Bay and gain to patients’ doors, by way of the day supply conve- Postal Service. from a re- n i e n t Home Delivery includes ge- tail pharmacy — a savings of up delivery.” nerics at no-cost; a 90-day sup- to 65 percent. According to TRICARE, more ply for most medications; refills “TRICARE Pharmacy Home than one million prescriptions are by mail, phone or online; and an Delivery is the least expen- filled each month through Home Navy photo by Jacob Sippel, Naval Hospital Jacksonville Public Affairs automatic refill option. sive option when not using our Delivery, which is administered A Sailor receives prescription medications directly to his home via Active duty have no co-pays, branch health clinic pharmacy,” TRICARE Pharmacy Home Delivery. while other patients have no co- said Cmdr. Chad Roe, Naval See Delivery, Page 2 Online tutoring can help Tutor.com webinar today at 5:30 p.m.; for kindergarten to college From Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay School Liaison Office As the School Liaison Officer for Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, active duty members ask me about ways to get help with school work for themselves and their children. The answer? Tutor.com. Active duty service members and their families have free, un- limited access to online tutoring and career help from Tutor.com. Have you or your dependents logged on to this great tool? Live, expert tutors provide personal one-on-one assistance to students of all ages — from K to 12 to college to adult learners Navy photo by MC2 Cory Rose in subjects such as math, sci- ence, social studies and English. Back to school One-to-one help is available Camden County students returned to the class room Tuesday to start the 2013-14 school year. Above, a school bus driver waves 24 hours a day, seven days a to a mom as a lone student embarks for school in the early morning hours. See Tutor, Page 6 Subs get patent-pending power at the speed of light comes as the modern fleet operates more New tool for maintence and more frequently through fiber optics of fibre optic systems streaming at the speed of light. All new Navy ships and submarines are By Troy Clarke and MC1 Chris outfitted with fiber optic backbones to Okula handle their complex networks because Naval Surface Warfare Center Corona Public older copper-wire networks can’t handle Affairs the throughput of today’s sophisticated military hardware. The Navy’s submarine force has a new, Lance Doddridge, the NSWC Corona patent-pending tool allowing it to main- physicist and electrical engineer who in- tain its fiber optic systems like never be- vented the calibration system, called the fore. Linearity Calibration Standard 8513, un- It’s a new capability powered by an in- derstands its value for the warfighter. vention from the Naval Surface Warfare “Fiber optics connect everything from Center Corona Division, its top officer weapons systems, control centers, and announced Aug. 8. radar, to a ship’s last line of defense,” Dod- The innovation lets the Navy compare dridge said. “Every piece of test equip- fiber optic power test meters through- ment, by [Department of Defense] man- out their entire range of output against date, has to be calibrated using standards a known standard, allowing the fleet to that are traceable to a national standard.” perform reliable and accurate measure- Correctly calibrated equipment helps ments in-house, without outsourcing, re- Navy photo by Greg Vojtko ensure military hardware functions prop- ducing costs while increasing capability Lance Doddridge, electrical engineer and physicist at Naval Surface Warfare erly, accurately and safely, ranging from for the maritime service. Center, Corona Division, splices fiber optic cable as he works on Linearity a ship’s propulsion plant to an F/A-18 Commanding Officer Capt. Eric Ver Calibration Standard (LCS) 8513. Hornet’s laser target designators to night Hage praised the delivery, lauding the vision goggles. new instrument as a measurement sci- for Navy programs to drive down costs published by the Institute of Electri- And accuracy is vital, especially for the ence milestone that the 21st century mili- while keeping our fighting forces at the cal and Electronics Engineers ranks the submarine commu- tary will rely on for years to come. forefront of technology.” Navy’s patent portfolio best in the world nity. Check us out Online! “Our R&D team has been working hard Ver Hage added this is yet another amongst all other government agencies, In developing the to develop this fiber optic calibration achievement that strengthens the Navy’s a distinction fueled by people across the new standard, NSWC standard,” Ver Hage said. “Seeing it de- intellectual property holdings that adds Navy’s Science and Engineering Enter- Corona collaborated livered to the submarine fleet is an awe- long-term value to the taxpayer. prise. some example of what warfare centers do The latest Patent Power Scorecard And the patent-pending advancement See Tool, Page 2 kingsbayperiscope.com 2 THE PERISCOPE, NSB KINGS BAY, Thursday, August 15, 2013 Local news and views Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay, Ga. Now hear this! Checking for signs of skin cancer From Naval Hospital Jacksonville And remember that some mela- nomas don’t fit these rules. 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