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VOLUME 1, NO. 24 | 9 SEPTEMBER 2011
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Sailor faces charges in traffic fatality A 52-year-old Kitsap motorist was killed By KAITLIN STROHSCHEIN
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A car crash near the intersection of Sedgwick and Long Lake roads in late
SEE WRECK | PAGE 5 Warner Scott shows off the second place ribbon from the Amber/Brown category as his brewing partner Corey Shoemaker shows off their winning entry at the Sept. 2 awards ceremony for the sixth annual Kitsap County Fair Home Brew Competition. TOM JAMES/STAFF PHOTO
Master brewers, salute Kitsap sailors brew up the best in local beers for recent contest By Tom James
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wo sailors received category ribbons Friday in the sixth annual Kitsap County Fair Home Brew Competition, organized by Kitsap’s West Sound Brewers homebrew club. Warner Scott took home the second place in the Amber/Brown category along with his brewing partner Corey Shoemaker for their entry, Holy Hoppy Red, Batman, while Bobby Hashman received first place in the Porter/Stout category for his Hash Porter. “When you make it yourself,” said Scott, “you definitely feel good knowing where it came from.” Of his and his partner’s entry, he said, “I didn’t
name it.” Around 20 to 30 people attended the event, mostly brewers with entries in the contest. Many brought friends and family to hear brewer Matt Riggs, of Silver City Brewery, announce the results at the business’ new Bremerton brewing facility. Amid huge stainless steel brewing tanks and bags of grain piled high on pallets, the crowd gathered around a folding table covered in brown bottles, as Riggs, in overalls and rubber boots, handed out the ribbons one by one. The contest featured eight categories of beer: IPA, Amber/Brown, Lager/Hybrid, Porter/Stout, Wheat, Strong, and Other Ale. The latter included fruit beers, beers made with smoked grain, and other specialty beers. Hashman said the batch he received his ribbon for was the first he had ever brewed, and that the win came as a bit of a surprise. Although he brewed it from a recipe he got at Olympic Brewing Supplies, he said that factors like fermentation
time and temperature have a significant effect on the final product. “It’s a lot like cooking. You’re following a recipe, but you’re adding things and taking them away,” Hashman said. Another factor that he said made his beer unique was temperature – “that changed a lot, because I brewed it in my garage.” Although the event has only been going on for six years, said Sean Brooks, a manager at Olympic Brewing Supplis, the club itself is approaching its twentieth anniversary. Many of the club’s original members went on to found local beer-related enterprises, including Hood Canal Brewery, Sound Brewing, Slippery Pig Brewing and Valhöll Brewing, said Brooks. Scott said he got started brewing about seven years ago, when he was stationed in Hawaii aboard the USS Bremerton. At the time, he said, it was something to do, and since his equipment was limited to a few fivegallon buckets, it was something he was able to take with him when he
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THIS EDITION Veteran’s Bunkhouse to close Sunday ...................pg. 2 Death at NBK ........pg.
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A night without power, Sarah Smiley ....................pg. 4 USS Menhaden Mastered the Orient ............ pg. 13
Veterans’ bunkhouse closing Emergency housing facility to be shuttered By Tom James
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The Veterans’ Bunkhouse, a Kitsap organization providing medium-to-long-term emergency housing for homeless veterans will close Sunday, Sept. 11, potentially putting its two current residents onto the street. Dennis Olds, founder and head of the organization, Tuesday said that the closure comes as a result of dwindling funds and trouble with the owner of the building in which the organization was located. Although the organization only houses two people currently, Olds said he was waiting to expand before troubles started. On average, at any given time the facility in its new location was housing about three or four people during summer, said Olds, and more during winter. Brett Cottingham, an Army National Guard veteran and three-month tenant of the organization, said that he was trying to find a room at either the Washington Veterans Home near Port Orchard, or at another area shelter, but that he had been told that he would probably have to wait two months. “I won’t have a place to stay, so I’ll grab anything I can grab and take with me,” he said. “That means sleeping wherever you can and hoping the cops don’t kick you out.”
Dennis Olds (above) stands Tuesday in doorway to the former office of the Veterans’ Bunkhouse. The Kitsap housing organization is scheduled to close Sept. 11 Brett Cottingham and Tim Titterness (at left) in the Bremerton apartment sublet to them by the Veterans Bunkhouse, a local nonprofit dedicated to housing homeless veterans. Both said they would likely be left homeless after the organization closes Sept. 11. TOM JAMES/ STAFF PHOTOS
Olds said he started the organization in 2008 as a sole proprietorship. After about a year the organization was having trouble getting funding, he said, and he closed the organization and reopened as a 501(c)3 nonprofit. Olds said that members of the Kitsap Veterans Advisory Board advised him that doing so would
make it easier to obtain funding from larger national and federal organizations. The transition to 501(c)3 status took about a year, said Olds, after which the organization reopened in 2009 at a new location, 111 Rainier Ave., where it had a small office adjacent to an apartment building in which it rented
space. The organization then sublet the space to individual vets in need on a month-to-month basis, collecting rent either directly from the tenants or from county groups with funding for veterans but no housing facilities of their own. Olds said he might have been able to keep the facility going if
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funding were the only issue, but another tenant of the building had strenuously objected to the presence of the organization, and he had faced delays securing parking and additional rental space from the building’s owner. Combined, Olds said, it all made day-to-day operations too difficult. Cottingham said that rules in the facility were strict, including a 10 p.m. curfew and a prohibition on guests in the apartments, it was worth it to have a roof over his head, and he thought it might encourage people to move on once they got on their feet. Olds said the inspiration for the organization came after he was in the military, and then spent close to a year in military hospitals. During that time, he said he realized that there was nothing set up to help veterans transition out of the military into civilian life. Olds “Whenever you go into into the military and you’re about 18, you’ve been raised by your parents since then, you really have no living skills,” said Olds. “When you’re released from the service your parents are no long in control of you, the military is no longer in control of you, and you’re in society that has certain demands, and it don’t take long to reach the zero mark. And once you reach the zero mark, you’re in trouble financially and its hard to pull out.” Olds said he saw it as a niche waiting to be filled. “And I was right, community-wise. I wasn’t right, business-wise.” Olds said he hopes to re-open at a later date, and that he had opted to put the furniture from the organization’s apartments and office in storage, rather than sell it.
Sub escorts may be moved Navy, Port of Port Angeles in talks on relocation By Tom James
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The Navy and the Port of Port Angeles are in talks over the possibility of relocating as many as six Coast Guard-operated sub escort vessels to the Port Angeles, Mike Nimmo, marine facilities manager at the port said Sept 2.
The talks come as part of a broader cost and efficiency analysis of the Navy’s Transit Protection System, a process which itself is still in the early stages, said Navy Region Northwest Spokesman Sean Hughes in an email Friday. Hughes said he could not immediately comment on whether any Navy personnel would be relocated to Port Angeles, but that the vessels in question are operated by the Coast Guard. The Transit Protection System’s mission, Hughes said, is to protect surfaced submarines as they transit to and from homeport. By law, Hughes said, subs must transit
inland waters surfaced, he said. Nimmo said that he could not comment on the progress of the talks, but that his facility had offered six slips for the use of the Navy. Of the six, four would be for vessels permanently stationed there, while two would be set aside for temporary use. Nimmo noted that the port, which also operates John Wayne Marina south of Port Angeles, has a similar lease arrangement there, leasing space to one vessel. Hughes said that Port Angeles Boat Haven, along with Port Angeles Coast Guard Station, were both under consideration as pos-
WorkSource loses funding, veterans feel the pinch Further cuts are expected in October, officials say By Tom James
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Kitsap County’s WorkSource lost 4 percent of its Workforce Investment Act funding in July, including funding for services heavily utilized by veterans, and faces further cuts in October, but has so far maintained services for job seekers. Margaret Hess, Director of Kitsap Worksource said Tuesday the loss of funds came as part of a larger reduction in federal stimulus funds initially provided during and after the 2008 recession as layoffs began and the jobless numbers began to climb. “At one point number of people coming through the door had almost doubled,” Hess said of the the situation at WorkSource in 2008 Since then, Hess estimates, the number of people seeking services has dropped by forty percent. Hess said some reduction in funding made sense, given the reduction in
demand. “There was a buildup during the great recession, and now we need to get back to pre-recession levels.” Rick Van Cise, communications manager at the organization’s Olympia headquarters, said that while he could not yet provide a firm number, the cut amounted to millions of dollars statewide. October, said Van Cise, would likely bring further cuts. Exact numbers, Van Cise said, would be released by his office sometime this month. Hess said WorkSource
Kitsap been able to meet demand for services from walk-in clients, and has also been able to send mailers to everyone in Kitsap receiving federal emergency unemployment funds, to make sure they know what WorkSource has to offer and invite them for a one-on-one visit. The act set out some rules for state employment assistance centers, including that veterans receive job notices first and have their resumes sent to employers first, said Lou Guarasci, supervisor of WIA programs at Kitsap Worksource. Hess said that funding
sible locations for vessels, but that the larger question was whether such a move would decrease the cost of the program or increase its efficiency. Neither Hughes nor Nimmo would comment on whether or not John Wayne marina was also under consideration. Hughes said public hearings had not been held on the issue because discussions, even within the Navy, were still too preliminary. When any decisions were made, Hughes said the Navy planned to follow “all necessary regulatory guidelines to ensure that the public is properly informed.”
from the act is used to fund a variety of classes, workshops and labs. Rudy Muriel, lead specialist at the agency, said last month that he teaches some classes funded by the act, and that the classes are very popular with area veterans, including veterans from pre-9/11 conflicts who sometimes have trouble navigating online applications. Hess said one way funds are preserved is by centralizing services, bringing people in need of certain kinds of help together around a specialist at a certain time in a class or lab setting rather than having specialists or instructors available at all times for one-on-one assistance. Guarasci said services were also maintained by leaving some vacated positions unfilled and redistributing more work to fewer people. She said she still main-
tained a caseload, even as a supervisor, and that such distributions of work were normal since the cuts. “Essentially,” Guarasci said, “the services are preserved because there’s less people and there’s less money and it all balances out.” Hess said that recruitment for many of the positions is simply being held until the yearly statewide budget for the agency is announced in October, and any staff cuts are either reversed or made permanent. “It’s easier not to fill positions than to lay people off,” said Hess. Speaking of the distribution of cuts between front-line specialists working with the public and cuts to positions in the organization’s Olympia headquarters, Hess said she was confident that “the cuts in the field are going to be less than the cuts in the central office.”
Gunshot death at NBK office Navy waits to ID victim By Tom James
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A person was found dead of a gunshot wound to the chest in an office building aboard Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton at 2:09 p.m. Wednesday. No foul play is suspected in the incident, said Chief Dale Davis, a Navy spokesman. Davis said that the Navy is leading the investigation, but that it is coordinating, at minimum, with the Kitsap County Coroner’s office. Davis said that the gunshot itself was not reported, only the discovery of the body, and that without a time of death being determined by the coroner’s office he could not say whether the death occurred when the building was occupied. Greg Sandstrom, Kitsap County Coroner, said that his office would likely determine a cause of death by midday Thursday Davis would not say if the body was active duty or civilian, or release any identifying information.
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An unpleasant night without power Hurricane Irene was, relatively, nothing more than a big storm when it came through Maine. But it did bring back memories of our family’s experiences with Ivan, Dennis and Katrina: the quiet, deserted streets; the sound of generators at night; the darkness; the worry. We lived without power for more than a week after those hurricanes. (New definition of Hell: August in Florida without air conditioning.) By 10 p.m. Sunday night, however, Irene still had not taken our electricity. I was baking cookies and mentioning that the day had felt like a long snow day, with the notable absence of the roof rake and snowblower. Which doesn’t mean the possibility of losing power wasn’t on our mind. The lights occasionally flickered, and our children stopped mid-bite, their cookies hovering over their plates, to look up at the ceiling. Losing electricity is a common concern when you are a kid, because on the scariness-scale, being in the dark ranks just below someone reaching out from under the bed and grabbing your ankles. And really, adults aren’t that fond of the dark either. We only put on a brave face for the children.
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Once, when our power suddenly went out in Florida, I jumped out of the bathtub and ran AVY through the house screaming ISE and slipping on my own trail of suds. Dustin told me later that ARAH I had set a bad example for our MILEY boys. Since then, I’ve gotten better about being in the dark. In fact, when we lost power during a family vacation in New Hampshire a few years ago, I helped our family make the most of it by suggesting that we play “Two Truths and a Lie” by candlelight. Still, at 34 years old, I continue to fall asleep with a nightlight. So I had my eye on the chandelier overhead, too, even as I told our youngest son, Lindell, 4, that “losing power is like sitting around with your eyes closed.” Total bologna. Losing power is like trying to get a bug out of your eye and putting your activities on an indefinite pause. It’s walking into the bathroom and, out of habit, flipping on the light switch, even though you have a flashlight in your hand and you
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BEER | FROM PAGE 1 moved to Kitsap. The equipment he has acquired since then, though, he said, would probably make another move harder. After the judging, Scott and Shoemaker popped the top off an extra bottle of their winning batch and poured samples for other attendees, along with, of course, cups for themselves. Swirling a small sample of Holy Hoppy Red, Batman in a plastic cup, Riggs, who also sat on the judging panel, sniffed, and said he noticed “piney hopps” and malt in the aroma. After a sip, then another, the pronouncement: notes of apples and plum, with good drinkability. “If you like food, the terminology, you can put that toward beer,” Riggs said. This year marked the first that the competition received sanction from the Beer Judge Certification Program, after a club member applied to the organization, Riggs said dur-
ing remarks while handing out the ribbons. In addition to increasing the general recognition of the event, Riggs said later, the sanction brought four judges certified by the organization to help with the event. Hashman, who found the home brewers’ club on the Internet, said he was unsure if he would re-enter the event next year, but that home brewing was something he planned to keep doing. Most of his friends, Hashman said, usually drink Bud, Miller, or other cheap domestic beers. The dominant flavor in most of those beers is hops, which Hashman said taste bitter to him. Many commercial beers, he added, and even some microbrews, lose flavor in processing. Trying his older brother’s homebrew, along with other craft beers, was what made him want to try brewing on his own, he said. “The taste of the beer is what it’s all about, not getting drunk or getting buzzed, but the taste,” said Hashman. “At least for me, anyway.”
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August left a 52-year-old Southworth man dead and a 23-year-old sailor facing possible vehicular homicide charges. Peter M. Sedrak of Port Orchard, allegedly drove his vehicle into the back of a car driven by Harold L. Keith, who was pronounced dead at the scene after his car rolled down a 20-foot embankment around 2 a.m. Saturday, according to a report by the Washington State Patrol. Both vehicles were traveling eastbound on State Route 160 when Sedrak’s 2003 Infinity G35 hit the back of Keith’s 1990 Geo Prism “at a high rate of speed,” forcing Keith’s car off the roadway, according to the report. Sedrak’s vehicle veered to the left, struck a guardrail and spun around. It continued and hit a second guard rail and a housing development sign before stopping on Peppermill Road. A 27-year-old Port Orchard woman in Sedrak’s vehicle suffered neck and back injuries and was transported by ambulance to Harrison Hospital, according to authorities. A 24-yearold Silverdale man, also in the in the vehicle was uninjured. Sedrak suffered a head
The state patrol will include toxicology results and an autopsy in the final report. injury but refused aid. He was initially booked into the Kitsap County Jail on suspicion of vehicular homicide and his bail was set at $100,000. He was later released until law enforcement agencies complete an investigation of the accident. “At the point that (Sedrak) was arrested, we only had the most preliminary of reports,” said Ione George, the chief of case management for the Kitsap County Prosecutor’s office. Prosecutors hope to learn the “cause of the accident, who was responsible,” she said, “just the basic facts of what happened that night and how it happened.” Once the investigation by law enforcement is concluded, George said, the prosecutor’s office may file criminal charges.
Sedrak has no prior criminal history, according to authorities. The Washington State Patrol is handling the investigation. “A fatality collision (investigation) usually takes a month at least,” said Trooper Krista Headstrom, WSP’s local public information officer. It’s “just a matter of waiting,” until results get back to investigators, Headstrom said. Since he was released from jail, Sedrak has gone back to his job as a missile technician 3rd class on the USS Pennsylvania, stationed at Naval Base KitsapBangor. “He has been returned to his command, the USS Pensylvania, pending further action by local authorities,” Ed Early, the public affairs officer for Naval Subgroup 9 said. “The Navy is awaiting civian law enfocrement’s law enforcement action against him before we take legal action ourselves.” Troopers closed Sedgwick Road for more than six hours following the crash for a preliminary investigation. During the investigation, they found a hand grenade near the vehicles, which a bomb squad later identified as an inert World War II-era “pineapple grenade.”
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Big Mo observes end of war anniversary Ceremony marks Japanese surrender on Sept. 2, 1945 PEARL HARBOR (NNS) – Service members assigned throughout Hawaii, veterans and government leaders attended a ceremony aboard the Battleship Missouri Memorial Sept. 2, commemorating the 66th anniversary of the end of World War II. On Sept. 2, 1945, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Fleet Adm. Chester Nimitz, Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and other leaders from around the world signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on board USS Missouri, marking the end of the most destructive war of the modern era. Rear Adm. Robert P. Girrier, commander, Carrier Strike Group 7, served as guest speaker. “This ceremony is to honor the ‘greatest generation’, a group of Americans who gave of themselves freely to make this world a better place. They faced a world of instability and fierce adversaries with
incredible bravery, courage and personal sacrifice,” Girrier said. “Our Sailors and Marines that serve today are getting the mission done. They don’t blink, they perform. Their talent and their ability to fight through amidst adversity carries on the spirit of the ‘Greatest Generation’.” Dr. E. Bruce Heilman, World War II veteran and chancellor of the University of Richmond, offered his thoughts during the keynote address. “Our presence here calls to mind an even more significant occasion in the life of this battleship. Nothing said or done on this day will ever rise to the momentous impact of what transpired here on this deck 66 years ago,” he said. “We veterans here today have been fortunate to live long lives and along with the millions of other young men of that era, we all accepted death as a real possibility, thus, the prevailing consequences of the war provided us with a unique perspective for the rest of our lives,” Heilman continued. “This celebration is a part of bringing closure to whatever shadows remain in the crevices of our mind.” At the conclusion of the ceremony, a U.S. Navy ceremonial guard fired a salute and echo taps was played by the U.S. Pacific Fleet Band.
The Battleship Missouri Memorial at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. U.S. NAVY FILE PHOTO
Enlisted personnel sought for selection boards Service is fundamental to the Navy’s future, Master Chief says
Chief Information Systems Technician Erica Barnett has chief anchors pinned on her uniform as a chief’s combination cover is placed on her head at the Southwest Asia FY2010 Chief Petty Officers Pinning Ceremony. U.S. NAVY FILE PHOTO
MILLINGTON, TENN. (NNS) – Navy Personnel Command announced Sept. 2 that it is seeking senior enlisted leaders to serve on Fiscal Year 2013 active-duty and reserve E-9, E-8 and E-7 selection boards. “Participation by senior leaders in selection boards is paramount to the Navy’s future,” said Navy Personnel Command Force Master Chief Jon Port. “You should consider it a fundamental duty that when you’re promoted to a certain pay grade, it’s your responsibility to go back and select those who will relieve you.” A master chief ’s career is not considered complete until they have participated as a member of an enlisted selection board, according to Port. There are approximately 2,600 master chief petty officers in the
tion board process yourself and understand what goes into it, how records are reviewed and how the integrity of the board comes together.” Active and reserve component master chiefs are encouraged to apply for any of the above boards. Frocked master chiefs may also participate in the selection board process. There is no restriction on active-duty serving on reserve boards or reserve/fulltime support serving on active boards. Senior chief petty officers may also serve on the active or reserve E-7 boards as either members or recorders. They may only serve as recorders on the E-9 or E-8 boards. Chief petty officers may serve as recorders on E-9, E-8 and E-7 selection boards.
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Sailors to make the right career choices, so they continue to develop and promote,” said Port. “You can’t truly know how to advise your Sailors until you have sat the selec-
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Stennis shore crew not just a day at beach BREMERTON (NNS) – Stennis Beach Detachment’s Senior Chief Fire Controlman Jonas Carter turned what was meant to be an admin hub for USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Sailors in transition, into a busy volunteer center this month. “The Stennis Beach Detachment is here primarily as administration support for Stennis Sailors in any type of transition,” said Carter. “I’ve learned more about the administration of a Sailor’s career than I ever thought I would, but we’re also trying to develop things to keep ourselves busy, and I think we’ve done a pretty good job of it this month.” The Stennis Beach Det, led by Carter, is located in the center of Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton in building 434. The Sailors spends each morning cleaning the building, but after the ‘Material Condition Hour’ breaks into small groups of
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volunteers. Some of the detachment’s Sailors volunteer Tuesdays and Thursdays to renovate a house for an underprivileged family with Kitsap County’s Habitat for Humanity. The rest spend more than two hours cleaning the detachment building and walk throughout Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton in patrol of street trash. Other projects include various park cleanups and community assistance events throughout Kitsap County. “It’s no big deal; we’ve been cleaning since day one, so what makes this any different? Cleaning is just part of the Navy,” said Information Systems Technician 2nd Class (SW/ AW) Edward Wisener, who recently joined the detachment after a nine-month individual augmentee tour in Africa. “I don’t think we
amazing, rewarding and humbling was having the responsibility to lead 150 of the greatest men I know.” Woelper, who assumed command of the Blue Crew in February 2009, completed four strategic deterrent patrols during his time aboard Louisiana. “I take pride in the fact that you have become known as the easiest to work with, most ‘never say never’ crew on the water-
front,” Woelper said. Woelper’s next assignment will see him serving as the senior member of the U.S. Pacific Fleet Nuclear Propulsion Examination Board. Prior to reporting to Louisiana, Varnadore was stationed in Perth, Australia, where he served as an exchange officer with the Royal Australian Navy. Varnadore spent time on the staff of Commander,
have a lot of free time, but to best utilize our time, we help the community.” Comprised of more than 30 Stennis Sailors, the Stennis Beach Detachment has personnel who came back from individual augmentee (IA) deployments, those who can’t be aboard a carrier for medical reasons, and Sailors scheduled to leave the Navy while Stennis is on deployment. “I could have gone straight from being deployed in Africa to being deployed on the [ship],” said Wisener. “I wake up in the morning and say: Thank God all I have to do is Habitat for Humanity or cleaning a building. I don’t have to work for 16 hours aboard Stennis after I just got done with Africa.” Because the detachment serves as such an important stop for Sailors returning from IAs, its leadership stays on mission. General military training is conducted more than three times per week, physical training is scheduled three times per week to keep Sailors fit, and there’s even time allowed to handle personal, medical, and transfer matters throughout the day.
“I sit down with every Sailor, and I ask the intrusive leadership questions to find out why they are here, what they have to offer, or what they like to do,” said Carter. “It’s a matter of employing Sailors where their interests lie, so they want to do it. Every day we come up with new community service projects, so we look at it and fit it into our busy schedule. Our work here brings a good sense of pride and camaraderie. Without hesitation, every hand goes up when I ask ‘Who wants to participate?’” The detachment’s upcoming projects include park, highway and street cleanups, assisting with the Stennis Family Readiness Group End of Summer Barbecue, building a playground in Tacoma, joining a community outreach event at Cheney Stadium (Tacoma Rainiers home field), and renovating the detachment’s building. John C. Stennis Beach Detachment is not just an administrative undertaking; it is about representing the pride and professional of the Navy and contributing to the Global Force for Good.
Australian Submarine Force in the areas of weapons tactics and tactical development. He previously served as Blue Crew executive officer of USS Tennessee (SSBN 734) and was also assigned to USS Maine (SSBN 741) and the attack submarine USS Oklahoma City (SSN 723). “As you know, our mission never stops and we have important work to continue,” said Varnadore.
“Our nation relies on us to demonstrate our credibility for strategic deterrence. I give you my solemn promise that I will do my best to help us accomplish our mission while taking care of you and your families.” Louisiana is one of eight Ohio-class Trident ballistic missile submarines stationed at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, providing the survivable leg of the nation’s deterrent forces.
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Tom Shirk, NHB infection preventionist coordinator. Approximately 7,500 regionally based personnel have received their vaccination on the first or will by the end of the second in this two day exercise at major sites. The West Sound sites are located on NBK Bremerton, NBK Bangor and Naval Hospital Bremerton, while the East Sound sites are located at Naval Station Everett and Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. Afloat and operational forces’ personnel, such as those assigned to ships, submarines and squadrons are on track to schedule their own vaccination evolutions and are not included in this year’s SHOTEX. “This exercise gives us a good hard look to see if we can activate multiple points of distribution sites to support and sustain over an extended period of time,” said Terry Lerma, NHB medical treatment facility emergency manager.
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SMILEY | FROM PAGE 4 know the lights won’t work. (What’s up with that?) It’s eating cold cereal and reaching into the fridge super fast so that you don’t let cool air escape. It’s searching for flashlights and then realizing your children have used up all the batteries during lightsaber duels. I did not want to lose power. Then Lindell started crying. Lindell: “What happens if we lose power?” Me (eyeing light fixture): “Then Mommy can’t make any more cookies. That is all.” Lindell: “Who will fix the expricity?” Me: “Electricity?” Lindell: “Yes, the expricity.” Me: “Men and women from the power company will come during the night and fix the lines, and then we will have lights again.” Lindell accepted this last reassurance, and about an hour later, he fell asleep. That’s when the power went out. Dustin found some flickering, battery-operated pumpkin lights and set them on the dresser. I rubbed my eyes as they adjusted to the new conditions. Then I lay in my bed, staring in the direction of the ceiling and hoped that the recorded message from the power company - the
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Case liaisons track non-medical information MILLINGTON, TENN. (NNS) – The Navy recently launched an Exceptional Family Member Program enrollment and tracking application on the Navy Family Accountability and Assessment System. The EFMP application adds an electronic enrollment capability for the Navy’s Exceptional Family Member Program and allows service members to track the progress of the enrollment process. The initial phase will only allow new enrollees to use the system. The next phase, which is due out by the end of the year, will allow access to all enrollees of the EFMP. “This new enrollment and tracking system is
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FORT MEADE, Md. – Most of the young men and women processing this week through the Baltimore Military Entrance Processing Station here were too young to understand exactly what was happening when terrorists launched the 9/11 attacks on the United States a decade ago. Steven Schmitz, the son of a retired Marine now following in his father’s footsteps, was a fourthgrader at the time in Stafford, Va. “The whole school went on lockdown, but they didn’t tell the students what was happening,� he recalled. “It was all confusing for me. It was a very scary day.� Schmitz’s fears were compounded when he arrived home and saw TV images of the twin
Recruits, most schoolchildren during the 9/11 terror attacks, raise their right hands at the Baltimore Military Entrance Processing Station to take their oath of enlistment, Aug. 16, 2011. DOD PHOTO BY DONNA MILES towers collapsing in New York. He didn’t see his own father, stationed at the time at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., for a solid week. Soon after, he watched many of his friends’ parents deploy into combat, and the deployment train has never stopped. Ten years later, Schmitz is among the “9/11 genera-
tion� that grew up understanding the threat terrorism poses to the United States. And by electing to join a military that’s been at war for almost a decade, he’s among what Army Lt. Col. Christopher Beveridge, the Baltimore MEPS station commander, calls a “1-percenter.� Less than 1 percent of Americans volunteer to serve their country in uniform, Beveridge told a recent group of recruits as they took their final tests and physicals before entering the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. “You are part of a very elite group,� Beveridge said. “It speaks volumes about your character.� Running one of the
country’s busiest MEPS stations, Beveridge processes about 6,000 new members into the military every year. Many, he said, are attracted by career and educational opportunities. “But for the vast majority, there’s a patriotic element there,� he said. “We all watch the news every day and know what’s going on in the world. And these young men and women, they want to serve.� That propensity is reflected in the quality of recruits now entering the military, Beveridge said. Almost all are high school graduates. Many receive top scores on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery of tests. Waivers have become few and far between. “Recruiters are able to be extremely selective,� Beveridge said. Sitting alongside dozens of other young men and women at the MEPS doing final preparations before she ships off to basic training Sept. 12, Mary McDonald serves as a distinguished example of today’s recruits. With a degree from Columbia University under her belt, along with an internship at the prestigious Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank, McDonald knew she had a lot of
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career choices. But at age 24, she knows exactly what she wants. “I can’t think of anything better than to lead soldiers, period,� she said. Her goal, she explained, is to complete basic training and get accepted into Officer Candidate School. Her dream is to become an Army military intelligence officer. Like most of today’s recruits, McDonald said the 9/11 attacks shaped her worldview and her decision to join the military. She was a high school freshman in Hastingson-Hudson outside New York City when terrorists launched the attacks. McDonald recalled that she was in biology class, hearing loudspeakers call students by name to the principal’s office and TVs being rolled into the classrooms. In the days that followed U.S. flags appeared everywhere – on houses and on cars, McDonald recalled. “There was a huge outpouring of support,� she said. “It reflected the fundamentals of the America spirit, that we can overcome this.� Looking back, McDonald expressed regret that her generation was considered too young to be a part of that effort. “We weren’t asked to do
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Menhaden mastered the Orient after war Nimitz’ favor didn’t spare sub from target practice The submarine USS Menhaden (SS-337) was just starting its career when the war with Japan ended. But one famous admiral put the boat in the history books late in 1945. Menhaden, named after a marine fish of the herring family, was laid down by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., of Manitowoc, Wis., and was commissioned there June 22, 1945. Displacing 2,424 tons submerged, the Balaoclass boat was 312 feet in length and had a draft of 15 feet. Top speed was 20 knots on the surface, but only 9 knots underwater.
(Above) Stern view on Menhaden (SS-377) departing Mare Island on 4 May 1953. US NAVY PHOTO # 17317-5-53,
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(At left) Re-commissioning ceremonies aboard Menhaden (SS-377) at Mare Island on 7 Aug 1951. US NAVY
Below the waterline were 10, 21-inch torpedo tubes, Topside gunners manned one, 5-inch gunmount and one, 40mm antiaircraft gun. A total of 66 sailors called Menhaden their home. At the time of its commissioning, the ship was manned by sailors of the previous USS Darter (SS227). Menhaden sailed for sea trials in Lake Michigan until July 15 when it returned to Manitowoc and was placed aboard a barge for shipment down the Mississippi to New Orleans. Once returned to the water, the submarine conducted exercises and trainnig near Balboa, Panama during the final days of the war with Japan. It cruised to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for duty with Submarine Squadron 19.
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It was Sept. 24, 1945 when CINC-PACFLT Adm. Chester Nimitz selected Menhaden as his flagship for his change of command ceremony as he passed fleet command to Adm. Raymond Spruance topside on Menhaden at Pearl Harbor. Nimitz chose the newer submarine for the ceremony because he said it combined old and new. Menhaden was equipped with the latest improvements in submarine design and equipment. The old was the experienced and battle-tested crew who
previously served aboard Darter. At the end of the ceremony, Nimitz departed the submarine for duties as the Navy’s Chief of Naval Operations. Menhaden operated out of Pearl Harbor until early January 1946 when she was ordered to San Francisco – arriving Jan. 8. It began an inactivation overhaul
at Mare Island and was decommissioned May 31, 1946, entering the Pacific Reserve Fleet. Recommissioned at Mare Island Aug. 7, 1951, Menhaden was assigned to Submarine Squadron 5 out of San Diego and operated along the West Coast during the next year. It was decommissioned again
Aug. 13, 1952 to begin a “Guppy IIA” overhaul and conversion to a snorkel submarine. Menhaden was recommissioned again March 6 of the following year, and joined Submarine Squadron 3 at San Diego June 12. The boat departed Sept. 21, for the Far East. Operating out of Yokosuka, Japan, Menhaden’s duties took it to the East and South China Seas until Feb. 11, 1954, when it was ordered back to San Diego, arriving March 23.
For the next year and a half it operated in the eastern Pacific participating in fleet readiness exercises and type training assignments. It was Aug. 18, 1955 when the submarine began its second deployment to the Western Pacific where it joined and supported the Taiwan Patrol Force until returning to the West Coast Feb. 17, 1956. Menhaden completed six more deployments in the troubled waters of the Far East as a unit of Submarine Division 32. It cruised from Japan and Taiwan to the Philippines and Australia. This included surveillance and reconnaissance patrols off Korea and later Vietnam in an attempt to thwart the spread of communism in that region. When not deployed in the Pacific, the submarine operated out of San Diego as it supported fleet training and sonar school operations as well as assistance to the Submarine Reserve Force. In early 1968, the Menhaden returned to the western Pacific for a six-month deployment, concentrating its patrols off Vietnam as communism spread from the north to the south. In late 1968 the submarine returned to the West Coast where it went through a period of readiness training with other submarine units in the San Diego area. Menhaden was decommissioned in June 1971 at San Diego and placed in the Pacific Reserve Fleet. On Aug. 1, 1973 it was towed out to sea and used for target practice. On Aug. 15 it was stricken from the Navy Register.
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September 5 1776 – The first uniforms were set out for the Navy and Marine Corps.
September 6 1944 – Navy Task Force 38, comprised of 12 aircraft carriers, one light carrier, six battleships, three heavy cruisers, and numerous light cruisers and destroyers, attacked Japanese positions in the Palau and Caroline islands in the Pacific.
September 7 1976 – President Jimmy Carter signed the Panama Canal Treaty, recognizing Panamanian sovereignty over the canal zone and transferring the canal to Panama.
September 8 1923 – Seven ships of Destroyer Squadron 11are lost in what becomes known as the Disaster at Devil’s Jaw, when they run aground in heavy fog at Point Pendernales, known as the Devil’s Jaw, off Santa Barbara, Ca. Twenty two lives were lost, along with the ships USS Chauncey, USS Delphy, USS Fuller, USS Nicolas, USS S.P. Lee, USS Woodbury, USS Young. None of the seven were salvageable. 1991 – Navy Lt. Paula Coughlin, a helicopter pilot serving as an admiral’s aid, reports she was groped during festivities at the annual meeting of the Tailhook Association in Las Vegas, Nev., beginning one of the worst scandals in Navy history. The Naval Investigative Service ultimately identified 26 women as possible assault victims and 10 officers suspected of criminal behavior. A separate investigation by the Inspector General of the Department of Defense
identified 90 victims, including 7 men, of indecent assault, charged 23 officers in connection to the crimes, accuses 117 officers of being “implicated” in the crimes, and alleges that 51 others made false statements to investigators.
September 9 1813 – The Battle of Lake Erie took place, with nine American ships meeting six British ships on the lake. The American ships were led by 28-year-old Commodore Oliver Perry, the British by Commodore Robert Barclay, a onearmed veteran of the Battle of Trafalgar. Perry fought the British alone for two hours until, his flagship out of ammunition, he rowed to another vessel, with which he proceeded to break the British line. The victory gave American forces control of Lake Erie and the opportunity to re-take Detroit.
September 10 1945 – The carrier Midway is commissioned.
September 11 1811 – Gunboat No. 162 captures La Divina Pastora, La Sophie, and Le Vengeance between Brassa nd Barataria. The three are the third, fourth, and fifth pirate vessels the Gunboat No. 162, under Midshipman F.H. Gregory, captured, destroyed, or crippled in the preceding five days. 2001 – Two planes are hijacked and flown into the two tallest buildings of the World Trade Center, in New York, NY. Another plane is crashed near the Pentagon. A fourth, after being hijacked, is crashed in Pennsylvania, apparently after passengers attempted to re-take control from the hijackers.
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9/11 teen recalls his father with pride Zachary Laychak is pictured here with his father, David Laychak, who died in the 9/11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon. Laychak is now a 19-year-old college student. COURTESY PHOTO
His father perished in attack on the Pentagon By Elaine Sanchez American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, SEPT. 6, 2011 – Nine-year-old Zachary Laychak walked into his house after school one day to a house full of family and friends. A fire had broken out at the Pentagon, they told him calmly, and they were waiting to hear from his father, who worked there as a civilian budget analyst for the Army. He felt a twinge of concern, but quickly dismissed the thought that something bad had happened. “He’ll be fine,” Laychak thought. “He always is.” Two days later, two men came to deliver the devastating news: 40-year-old David Laychak was one of the 184 people who had died Sept. 11, 2001, when American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon. It was nearly a decade ago, he said, but the moment remains vivid. His mother sat him and his 7-year-old sister down and told them their father had been killed. They screamed and sobbed as the news sunk in. “I remember my mom saying it was the hardest thing she’d ever had to tell,” said Laychak, now a 19-year-old college student. “For me, at least initially, I felt disbelief. I couldn’t understand how it could happen.” As Laychak struggled to come to terms with his loss, Americans struggled to comprehend the extent of damage to the nation. Terrorists had taken nearly 3,000 innocent lives here and in New York and Pennsylvania. They destroyed and damaged buildings and shook the nation’s sense of security to its core. But to a 9-year-old who had just lost his dad, the attacks weren’t a national incident; they were a personal affront. “I couldn’t understand what would make someone want to do this to my dad,” Laychak said. “I was just angry, so mad.” The
attacks, he added, changed the course of his life forever. He lost, not only his father, he said, but also his best friend. Bonded by a love of sports, his father, a former college football player, would rush home each day so they could toss a football out in the front yard. His dad coached every sport he played, he added, whether it was basketball, baseball or lacrosse. Laychak could hardly believe his strong, capable father was gone, he said. He recalled leaving his house that afternoon and heading over to a friend’s house across the stre et for a sleepover. He woke up at around 6 a.m. and peeked out the window at his house. Relief washed over him when he saw his dad’s car parked in the driveway. He later found out his aunt had driven his dad’s car home. In the wake of his dad’s death, Laychak tucked his feelings aside to focus on his family. He assumed the “man of the house” role to take care of his mother and sister, he said. “It definitely made me mature a lot quicker,” he said. “I figured things out on my own and tried to just be there for my mom and sister.” But along with this maturity came a growing
sense of isolation. He felt like an oddity at school and was flooded with questions upon his return. Close friends shielded him, he said, in a surprising show of maturity for a group of 4th graders he had met less than a year earlier. As time passed, his initial anger evolved into a deep sense of patriotism -born of resentment against those who dared to attack his nation and his family. “I became a fan of us fighting these battles overseas,” Laychak said. “It made me proud that America didn’t just let the attacks happen [without responding].” He also focused on keeping his father’s memory alive. He bought a silver
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bracelet engraved with his father’s name, which he rarely takes off. And whatever sport he plays, he wears the No. 4 in honor of his father, who wore that number when he played football at Brown University. His house is strewn with pictures of his dad in his college uniform, along with a framed No. 4 jersey given to him from his dad’s alma mater. Laychak now is establishing college memories of his own. He’s studying communications at the University of Arizona and plans to pursue a job with a sports organization. He even chose the college in memory of his father, he said, who took him to sports events when they
lived in the area. Still, he rejoices in each He’s also heavily victory in the war on terinvolved with the Tragedy rorism. One of the happiest Assistance Program for moments he’s had since his Survivors, an organization father’s death, he said, was for military families of the when Osama bin Laden, fallen, as well as Tuesday’s the mastermind of the 9/11 Children, an terrorist attacks, organization that was killed in provides support As terrible as May. for children of “I felt pure this whole 9/11 and othjoy and happisituation ers impacted by ness,” he said. was, I know “I had friends global terrorism. Laychak’s he was a from high school uncle, Jim me. Even very patriotic calling Laychak, also is they knew it person and was something intent on keeping alive the that he died important to memory of his serving his me.As” the 10th brother, as well as country.” all victims of the anniversary of Pentagon attack. 9/11 draws near, – Zachary Laychak Laycheck said He spearheaded the fundraising he’ll remember and creation of his father with the Pentagon love and pride. Memorial, a serene spot “As terrible as this whole next to the Pentagon that situation was, I know he features an engraved bench was a very patriotic person for each of the 184 people and that he died serving killed there. his country,” he said. The years have soothed “That’s a way he would much of his anger related have been proud to go.” to that day, Zach said.
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