Volume 15, Issue 7 July 19, 2013 Coastal Collector Finding gems in the tide and surf A Familiar Voice Television, movie and voice actor comes to GTMO Changing Tides Around the Bay AND IN OUR PAGES 8 Life in Boots The BEEF’s role at JTF-GTMO 12 Commemorative Edition JTF-GTMO says farewell to Smith, hello to Butler 18 Combing for Cuba’s treasures Five years of collecting the finds from the sea Other Stories 4 Command Corner and Trooper to Trooper 6 Reviews of the latest movies on base Cover photo by Sgt. Darron Salzer Patrick Warburton comes to GTMO Joint Task Force Guantanamo changes command. 15 PAGE 10 19 Meals with Monroe Bay Wire Report Welcome Aboard Butlers Joint Task Force Guantanamo welcomes Rear Admr. Richard W. Butler, and his wife, Lana, to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. On behalf of all Troopers stationed at JTF- GTMO, we look forward to serving with you for this historic and challenging mission. Photo Safari Calling all photographers - or wanna-be photographers ... Chris Condon, professional sports photographer, will host a Photography 101 class July 21. Class begins at 9 a.m., at the Windjammer. Cost is $40. Call ext. 75237 for more information. Going for Captain? Want to go out on the bay with your friends? Not without a Captain’s License. And don’t expect to show up at the Marina to take a test the day you want your boat ride. Please call ext. 2345 CORRECTIONS Please report all corrections to [email protected] to set up your test and for more information about the boats The following information was printed incorrectly in the July 12, print issue of The Wire: Page 9: Sgt. Lindsay Hruska’s name was misspelled and the 177th Military Police Brigade was available at the Marina. incorrectly identified. 2 http://www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil/xwebsite/index.html THE WIRE Catholic Mass Pentecostal Gospel Protestant Worship Tues.-Fri. 5:30 p.m. Sunday 8 a.m. & 5 p.m., Sunday 9 a.m. IOF Building, Camp America Saturday 5 p.m. Room D Sunday 7 p.m. Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Sunday 9 a.m. Commercial: 011-5399-3651 DSN: 660-3651 Spanish-language Mass LDS Service E-mail: [email protected] Sunday 4:35 p.m. www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil/wire/wire.html Sunday 10 a.m., Room A General Protestant Islamic Service Command Staff Sunday 11 a.m. Friday 1 p.m., Room 2 Commander Gospel Service Rear Adm. Robert W. Butler Sunday 1 p.m. Seventh Day Adventist Deputy Commander Christian Fellowship Friday 7 p.m., Room 1 Army Brig. Gen. James Lettko Sunday 6 p.m. Sergeant Major Sabbath School- Marine Sgt. Maj. Juan M. 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Daryl Daniels Joint Medical Group commander We all know about how medical specialists gather information on diseases around the supports Warriors in garrisons around globe and use that information to make recommendations the world. Our hospitals, clinics and to commanders on force protection measures. These aid stations open their doors every day recommendations may be in the form of updating to ensure world class medical care is immunizations, use of special protective garments, available to Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, additional sanitation procedures, or facilities improvements Marines and Coast Guardsmen who to help protect you from potential illness. need it. And we all know about the Medical planning is another important mission that heroics of medics and corpsmen in the medical personnel carry out every day. No military Capt. Daryl Daniels field who risk their lives in battle to operation begins without a detailed medical plan which protect others. takes into account how many medical forces are necessary, But medical support for the warrior is more than that. what supplies they will need, where aid stations and field There are many behind-the-scene missions which medical hospitals will be set up, and where patients will be moved to personnel perform on behalf of the warrior every day. One in the event of an injury. of these is medical surveillance. To do this, medical personnel get special training to Medical personnel are constantly on the lookout for understand what medical assets are available in any given medical threats that could disable or incapacitate the area, and how to make them available in the fight. They warrior and take him or her out of the fight. Some diseases need to be able to predict how many sick and wounded are carried by animal vectors such as malaria in mosquitoes. there may be as the fighting progresses. In the event of a Others can be food or water borne, or exist in the air and humanitarian mission, they may be asked to estimate the soil around us. number of civilians who may be involved, what their needs Epidemiologists, entomologists and other public health might be, and how to best provide medical support. Trooper to trooper No room for “That Guy” at GTMO, drink responsibly Troopers By Sgt. 1st Class Patrick Burns 602nd Military Police Company one more time—there is no time or I challenge each of you to watch place where drinking and driving is out for each other. Alcohol is not the I am so lucky to be a part of an elite acceptable—Period. answer to the stresses of deployment, team of Troopers who care about each Each of us is tasked to provide safe, but we are fortunate at JTF-GTMO, other. Each of you reading humane, legal and transparent to be able to decompress and enjoy the this article knows what care of those who are detained company of your co-workers and friends “right” looks like. You here, so why would you not do after a long week, and yes, have a few have felt it in your bones, the same for your battle buddy drinks. and your very willingness – or yourself? But don’t forget who you are, and to serve in the best military We live our Service Creed. what you represent. You’re NOT force in the world is proof That creed states that we are invincible and it is NOT okay to get that you want to be a part professional at all times, not behind the wheel of a vehicle after a few of something bigger. just when we are in uniform. drinks. It is NOT okay to act like a fool Alcohol is a game That professionalism and duty on the bus ride back to your housing changer. We have all seen to sacrifice is the framework for and it is certainly NOT okay to abuse “that guy” who’s had a Sgt. 1st Class Patrick Burns what makes us the best fighting the SafeRide system. few of their favorite adult force on earth. There is a saying in the military that beverages, and how quickly they forget.