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News and information for and about Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling

Vol. 6, No. 6 February 13, 2015

By Jeremy K. JohnsonJoint Base anacostia-Bolling

PuBlic affairs

as part of united states fleet forces command’s annual solid curtain/citadel shield worldwide force protection exercise, Joint Base anacostia-Bolling’s (JBaB) installa-tion training team (itt) simulated an “active shooter” scenario at the Youth center, feb. 6.

several elements were included to assess the base’s ability to re-spond effectively to an anti-terror-ism situation.

according to tim trammel, itt coordinator, each element - police, firefighters, emergency personnel and navy criminal investigative service (ncis) - was measured ac-cording to requirements specific to their roles and responsibilities in a crisis.

During this event, a scenario was developed and roleplayers played out that scene on the fly with no rehearsal. the situation began with married air force master ser-geants, husband and wife, arriving separately at the Youth center and quickly becoming involved in a do-mestic dispute.

“the husband had returned from afghanistan and wasn’t happy with our [military’s] role over there. He wanted his wife to get out by requesting help from her chain of command,” explained trammel, “but she didn’t want to leave and refused.”

as the volunteer actress, an em-

ployee at the Youth center, refused, her fictional husband became agi-tated and pulled out a handgun. af-ter a brief argument, and a fumbled attempt to fire, he cleared the weap-on and managed to squeeze off a round that [fictionally] ricocheted and injured the receptionist. the receptionist had already phoned in a call for help - something the hus-band acknowledged by resigning himself to the inevitable arrival of law enforcement.

“Well, she’s called,” he said, pacing back and forth. “it’s too late now. What are we going to do?”

from there, the situation esca-lated again, and he fired several rounds that were followed by a quick entry of the base police. they rapidly took down the suspect and disarmed him without incident be-fore systematically checking the re-mainder of the building for further danger.

along the way, they encoun-tered several fictionally wounded people. the potentially confusing presence of these people who were

JBAB conducts active shooter exercise at Youth Center

U.S. NAvy photoS By Jeremy K. JohNSoN

An emergency responder from Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB) at-tends to a fictionally wounded man (played by Navy Airman Justin Mark) during an active shooter exercise at JBAB’s Youth Center, Feb. 6.

A local D.C. news cameraman captures the moment Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling police take down a fictional active shooter during an exercise at JBAB’s Youth Center, Feb. 6.

By michelle l. GordonJoint Base anacostia-Bolling

PuBlic affairs

a house fire occurred on Joint Base anacostia-Bolling (JBaB), feb. 3. although the event is still under investigation, the suspected cause is an improperly disposed cigarette.

according to the fire report, a fire occurred at approximately 10:30 a.m. in a townhouse in the rickenbacker neighborhood. na-val District Washington fire and emergency services responded within three minutes of the call.

“it was a three story town-house,” said Battalion fire chief christopher scully. “When we ar-rived, there was fire on the rear of the structure. the occupant had knocked down the majority of it with a fire extinguisher, so the crew advanced a hand line to the

second floor deck area and fin-ished extinguishing the fire. they then took a thermal imager and checked for hidden fires or smoke that could create a problem later on.”

although the occupant was able to extinguish most of the fire, scul-ly said the preferred response is to evacuate and call the JBaB emer-gency number, 202-433-3333.

“We want to make sure every-one understands. contact the emergency line when they are on

base, not 9-1-1,” he said. “if they dial 9-1-1, that call actually goes out to D.c.’s emergency commu-nication center, and they dispatch their units from out in the city to the base, which delays the re-sponse time.”

scully said although the fire was concentrated to the rear deck and was out within two minutes of the fire department arriving on the

Improperly disposed cigarette likely cause of house fire on JBAB

photo coUrteSy of NAvAl DiStrict WAShiNgtoN fire AND emergeNcy ServiceS

Although the fire was concentrated to the rear deck and was out within two minutes of the fire department arriving on the scene, early estimates indicate the fire caused more than $75,000 in damages to the home.

“...Evacuate and call the JBAB emergency

number, 202-433-3333.” - Battalion Fire Chief Christopher Scully

See fire, Page 3

See Shooter, Page 3

2 Friday, February 13, 2015 Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling Joint Base Journal

By rear adm. marKham K. rich

commanDant, naval

District WasHington

greetings team 88,in a previous commandant’s

corner i discussed my focus ar-eas, one of which is community.

no installation or region can reach its potential without be-ing engaged in and with its lo-cal community. You will recall the guiding principles vice adm. smith outlined upon assump-tion of command of navy instal-lations command - in them you will find a discussion of the value and importance of represent-ing the navy in the surrounding communities. in the secretary of navy priorities you will find part-nerships and how our global part-nerships are critical to the future success of the navy. You can see the common theme here. com-munity involvement, whatever you happen to define as “com-munity,” matters.

in practical terms, this means engaging externally; leadership building relationships with stake-holders and key influencers. it means looking for opportunities to engage, and telling our story around the region. as the region-al commander, over the past year i have met with state and local elected officials, state and federal agency officials, civic organiza-tions, community and neighbor-

hood groups, and many more.the venues change, but each

engagement presents the oppor-tunity to meet with some of our biggest supporters, or those who can impact how we or our ten-ant commands operate. these are invaluable opportunities to establish or grow meaningful re-lationships and a chance to com-municate regional and installa-tion objectives and perhaps build those relationships into partner-ships. for example:

on opening day for the 2014 baseball season, the Washington nationals dedicated a memorial to the victims of the 2013 Wash-ington navy Yard shooting. the initial discussion of the memorial

event took place during a meet-ing i had with executives from the Washington nationals.

meetings with the Washing-ton, D.c. chief of Police and her staff have led to an increased lev-el of information sharing and co-operation between the metro Po-lice Department (mPD) and naval support activity (nsa) Washing-ton; enabling mPD to be better prepared to respond to emergen-cies on installations within the region, and nDW installations better prepared to cooperatively respond with mPD.

for the past five years, Joint Base anacostia-Bolling has part-nered with Project giveback, a Washington-based charity, to en-sure needy military families are able to enjoy the thanksgiving holiday week. volunteers from the military and the District of columbia’s Ward 8, team up each year to make this event a success.

active engagement with the staffs of senators cardin and mi-kulski and congressman van Hol-len, and participation in mont-gomery county citizen action transportation committee meet-ings has resulted in an invitation for nsa Bethesda to be part of an action committee for the rapid transit system.

in January, the tri-county council for southern maryland fi-nalized the 18-month long naval air station Patuxent river Joint land use study, a collaborative

land use planning effort con-ducted as a joint venture between the navy (locally nas Patuxent river), surrounding jurisdictions, state and federal agencies, and other affected stakeholders.

at naval support activity south Potomac, the command-ing officer chairs a 450-member community relations (comrel) council that meets quarterly. the comrel council provides an op-portunity for critical information sharing and allows her to work directly with her four local com-munities, elected officials and business and community leaders.

the region is about to host the first regional education fo-rum with educators who work with military families to discuss unique educational requirements of ncr military families. this comes after meetings with several state and county school officials.

these are all good news stories that resulted from establishing or fostering strong relationships. throughout the region you will find many success stories like the ones just mentioned that stem from active engagement with lo-cal leaders and communities. at nDW, i continue to support and promote an active and aggressive community relations program; we reach out to local communi-ties and try to reinforce the na-vy’s ethical and responsible stew-ardship of the financial, natural and human resources that have

been placed in our trust. We col-laborate on issues that impact the long-term sustainability of our installations and seek to be in-volved in the discussions leading up to decisions that impact our mission and people.

for the annual solid curtain-citadel shield exercise, nsa an-napolis works closely with com-munity partners including the city of annapolis’ police and fire departments and the anne arun-del medical center. the exercise provides exceptional training not only for nsa annapolis se-curity forces, but also provides these local community organiza-tions needed skills and training. additionally, their community outreach was critical during the construction of the new commis-sary/navy exchange complex and mitigated noise and disruption complaints.

community engagement can take many forms and covers a broad range of activities, but how-ever you look at it, engagement is a key contributor to our mission success. it’s not just something we do, but rather, it is integral to how we work. moving forward, we will continue to refine our model for community engagement that will strengthen region/installa-tion- community partnerships and become an enterprise model for community engagement.

thanks, team 88!

Commandant’s Corner: Engagement and Community

Rear Adm. Markham K. Rich,Commandant,

Naval District Washington

By nicole m. Woods

Joint Base anacostia-

Bolling PuBlic affairs

service members and their families are subjected to unique stressors by the very nature of military life including deploy-ments, remote tours of duty, frequent moves, extended work-ing hours, etc. these families are sometimes separated from both their loved one and extended family members who might offer support.

in an effort to help families cope, Joint Base anacostia-Bol-ling’s (JBaB) child Development centers (cDcs) provide parents two opportunities each month to take a break from watching their kids.

give Parents a Break is a re-spite care program designed to do just what it says - give parents a break, two days a month, through several hours of free child care.

the first date is always a fri-day evening from 6-11 p.m., and the second is always on a satur-day from 9 a.m.-6 p.m., accord-ing to child and Youth Program Director, Darrilyn Young.

the next break takes place feb. 21 at cDc ii.

“By having the first friday and

third saturday of the month as options, it gives parents more op-portunities to plan something,” said Young.

it was originally only meant to be offered around the holiday season to give parents a chance to go shopping or go out without the kids, but now it’s available every month throughout the year, she explained.

families may be referred to this program by commanders, first sergeants, chaplains, medi-cal professionals, or by a Warf-ighter and family readiness staff member.

as an example of respite care needs, Young said a spouse, one who already has a toddler, told her she was pregnant with trip-lets. the expecting mother will be on bed rest any day now, but in the interim, Young says she can use a hand and some extra respite time.

“the referral lets you know that this parent has respite needs,” said rhonda tillery, training and curriculum specialist. “they real-ly need this to unwind and to get away from the hustle and bustle of a work week and life. it’s also a good opportunity for a husband and wife to go out and enjoy some time to themselves.”

although the program is geared toward respite care refer-rals, it’s also available for family members who are registered with the cDc. approved respite care referrals are free, whereas other registered patrons will pay a fee of $4 an hour.

Parents interested in the pro-gram must first register online at www.myWfr.com, and then bring a copy of shot records and registration cards to the cDc. this information is imperative, because the cDc must have all proper paperwork before a child can be cared for in that facility, explained Young.

“We encourage families who have a child with any identified needs requiring medication or special attention, to make reser-vations at least a week and a half in advance. other than that, we prefer to have the reservations in by the Wednesday before the event, so that we can finalize how much staff we will need,” said Young. “We want to be able to give our staff 48 hours notice.”

for more information about the program, or for a schedule of times, please contact 202-404-8071/72.

CDCs give parents a break; opportunities available every month

photo coUrteSy of chilD AND yoUth progrAm

Child and Youth Program Assistant LaToya Tonkins watches over a few of the kids who attended a CDC Give Parents a Break event at Child Devel-opment Center II.

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photo coUrteSy of NAvAl DiStrict WAShiNgtoN fire AND emergeNcy ServiceS

A house fire occurred on Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB) Feb. 3. Although the event is still under in-vestigation, the suspected cause is an improperly-disposed cigarette.

scene, early estimates indicate the fire caused more than $75,000 in damages to the home.

“Properly disposing of smok-ing materials would have prevent-ed this whole incident,” he said. “[the residents] had a flower pot that they were putting their ciga-rette butts in, and the last cigarette wasn’t fully extinguished. that’s what likely caused the fire.”

in addition to ensuring ciga-rette butts are fully extinguished, scully cautions residents about other home fire hazards, such as grilling too closely to the house or storing flammable materials near the stove.

However, he wants all JBaB personnel to remember that call-ing the emergency line is the most important step.

“Know the emergency number [202-433-3333] and evacuate im-mediately if you discover a fire,” said scully. “Do not try to extin-guish the fire - that’s what the fire department is there for. if you try to self-extinguish a fire, and you can’t, the fire has more time to progress. You could get overcome by smoke. We can always replace property, but there’s no replace-ment for a human life.”

FIRen continued from 1

By nicole m. WoodsJoint Base anacostia-Bolling

PuBlic affairs

Joint Base anacostia-Bolling (JBaB) senior enlisted leader air force chief master sgt. Kevin Kloeppel and other enlisted lead-ers visited enterprise Hall feb. 5 as part of an immersion tour.

“i’m glad they get to see how their troops live and their qual-ity of life in the dorm, and it’s a chance for us to tell them about our unfunded projects,” said en-terprise Hall Building manager, John inaldo. “it’s all about im-provements so that they will stay with the military family.”

the goal of the immersion tour is to give leadership an op-portunity to observe and gain insight into the quality of life of service members residing and working on base.

after a leadership change, it’s important for the new leader to get a good idea of the base services provided to aid in pri-oritizing scarce resources come decision-making time, explained JBaB commander, navy capt. frank mays.

Kloeppel added, “it’s a chance for us to get to see what our young men and women are doing on a day-to-day basis, how the facilities are run and also to

see how we can help out when it comes time to making those key decisions.”

the tour continued on with stops at furnari Hall, Blanchard

Barracks, the Youth center, cDc i, fitness centers i and ii, auto Hobby, the bowling center. it ended with a lunch at the Bol-ling club.

Immersion tour introduces JBAB to enlisted leaders

U.S. NAvy photo By Nicole m. WooDS

Brian Jackson (Left), unaccompanied housing manager, speaks to Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Kevin Kloeppel (Center), JBAB senior enlisted leader, and Chief Master Sgt. Farrell Thomas (Right), Air Force District of Washington (AFDW) command chief, about living conditions at enter-prise hall’s bachelor housing during an immersion tour Feb. 5.

never harmed prior to the arrival of the police is one reason tram-mel says exercises are important. in the original scenario, he said, the suspect was to take his wife hostage and walk her to a corner inside the building, injuring sev-eral people in the process.

Due to a miscommunica-tion and real-world events that reduced the available number of first responders, the scenario

played out much differently.Despite this, he pointed out,

the injuries were treated as real and related, and firefighters re-sponded by quickly enacting tri-age rules.

“that was a success,” he adds. “We were able to give them that training and assess their re-sponse.”

other challenges included a failure to contact the “big voice” (base-wide notification system) to enact a lockdown after the initial call and keep people away from the area while the exercise played

out.trammel emphasized how

important each of the successes and failures are during this type of exercise.

“the first responders can go through their process, that’s the whole idea behind training. We can always hope that everything goes perfect - that’s not always going to occur. that’s why we do train, so we can find those gaps,” he said. “We train, train, train and train to find those gaps, so we can have more effective responses.”

ShooTeRn continued from 1

By michelle Gordon



if a fire is caused by some-thing within the home itself and not by the resident, the process moves very quickly and the resident is paid immedi-ately for any damages incurred to their personal property, said iris Jones, director for JBaB housing. if the fire is caused by the resident, however, it takes longer.

“Because JBaB homes are privatized, the private partner sends in their maintenance project manager and they’ll do

an assessment along with the police report to determine who or what is at fault for the dam-ages,” said Jones.

regardless of the cause of the fire, Jones said the displaced family is always the immediate concern.

“We ensure the family is placed somewhere comfort-able, and we put out donation boxes within the housing ar-eas to collect items they might need. it’s very important to us to ensure that they are not dis-placed for any amount of time,” she added.

Responsibility for damages depends on the cause


Tech sGT. Kara shores

registereD Dental

HYgienist 579tH Dental

squaDron

the arrival of children’s Dental Health month (cDHm) means it is once again time to promote dental awareness for chil-dren. cDHm is observed annually in february and is sponsored by the ameri-can Dental association. the campaign encourages parents, teachers and care-givers to make healthy teeth and gums in children a life-time commitment.

the 579th Dental squad-ron will deliver several pre-sentations at Joint Base an-acostia-Bolling throughout february. members of the dental clinic will be visiting cDc 2 feb. 17 and cDc 1 on feb. 24. We will also visit JBaB Youth center feb. 13.

a few commonly asked questions regarding chil-dren’s dental health are:

When should my child start regular dental visits?

the american academy of Pediatric Dentistry rec-ommends making a child’s first dental visit within six

months of the first tooth erupting, but no later than the child’s first birthday.

What is baby bottle de-cay?

now called early child-hood caries, ecc refers to babies and toddlers who develop a pattern of cavities due to inappropriate feed-ing habits. in most cases, treatment at such a young age requires sedation or general anesthesia in the operating room. to avoid ecc, parents should never allow children to nurse or breast feed for long periods of time. Don’t give a child a bottle with milk, for-mula, sugar water or fruit juice during naps or at bed time. encourage chil-dren to drink from a cup by their first birthday and discourage frequent use of training (sippy) cups. Help children develop healthy eating habits early by choosing sensible and nu-tritious snacks.

When should I start cleaning my baby’s teeth?

the sooner the bet-ter! starting at birth, clean your child’s gums with a soft infant toothbrush or a cloth and water. Parents should use a tiny smear

of fluoride toothpaste to brush baby teeth twice daily as soon as they erupt and a soft, age-appropriate sized toothbrush. once chil-dren are 3 to 6 years old, the amount should be in-creased to a pea-size dollop and perform or assist your child’s tooth brushing. re-member, young children do not have the ability to brush their teeth effectively. chil-dren should spit out excess toothpaste after brushing; do not allow them to swal-low it.

When should children brush their own teeth?

Young children don’t have the manual dexterity to reach all the areas where plaque may accumulate (especially along the gums). Parents should help their children brush twice a day until the age of 7 or older. flossing once a day is also important to reach tight spots between teeth.

regular dental visits and a healthy diet with limits on sugar round out the “no cavity” plan for children. more helpful information about children’s dental health is available at the american academy of Pe-diatric Dentistry website: www.aapd.org.

February is National Children’s Dental Health Month

By PaTricia a. BoTKinsWarfigHter anD familY

services, Joint Base

anacostia-Bolling

the family employ-ment readiness Program was established in part by the “military family act of 1985” as all of the branches of services, recognized that frequent relocations due to military members per-manent change of station (Pcs) lifestyle created chal-lenges for spouses employ-ment/career options. in addition, when a military member transitions out of the military their spouse may face a career transition too if they are relocating to their last duty station-home of record.

the military family sup-port center (mfsc) transi-tion assistance Program and the family employ-ment readiness Program specifically addresses these challenges by offering an array of employment work-

shops each week. Work-shops are available from Job search strategy Work-shops, interview tech-niques, social networking, employer Panels, and a re-sume Workshop to a week-long transition assistance seminar.

two years ago, month-ly ferP workshops were established at Joint Base anacostia-Bolling (JBaB) mfsc. each month the ferP workshop focuses on a job strategy along with an array of recruiters mak-ing presentations on their company and the type of positions they are seeking to hire. this month, alisha Johnson and alicia Hinds Ward, veterans adminis-tration (va) Benefit advi-sors and a former military spouse of the Year, pro-vided an informative pre-sentation on some spouse

Family employment Readiness Program hosts workshop

Stay Connected!stay up-to-date with all

events, programs and spe-cials! visit www.myWfr.com or download the free smartphone app, aBsalute.

Special events

february is teen Dating violence awareness and Pre-vention month unhealthy relationships can start early and last a lifetime. Youth center members ages 13-18 are invited to the follow-ing awareness events at the Youth center, Bldg. 4485.

•Teen Girls Pamper Par-ty: feb. 13, 8 p.m.

•Teen Dance: Feb. 21, 7:30-10:30 p.m.

•Teen Boys Basketball game: feb. 28, 8 p.m.

Navy-Air Force Half Marathon & Navy 5 Miler

mWr is excited to an-nounce that the 4th annual navy-air force Half mara-thon and 12th annual navy 5-miler has opened registra-tion! the half marathon and 5-miler will take place at 7 a.m. on sunday, sept. 20 on the grounds of the Washing-ton monument in Washing-ton, D.c. register today for the best price! the runner’s expo and Packet Pick-up are scheduled for sept. 18-19,

2015. visit navyhalf.com for more details.

DiningValentine’s Day Dinner – Make your reservations today!

feb. 14 | 5-8 p.m. | Bolling club | 202-767-6794 / 6792

meals include a compli-mentary glass of wine. meal selection must be made upon reservation.

club members: $85; non-members: $95, prices are per couple.

meal choice #1: tomato Bisque, caprese salad, fried lobster ravioli, Beef Wel-lington and strawberries and cream

meal choice #2: cream of asparagus soup, Baby mixed green salad in a cucumber Bowl, Brie en’croute, Pan seared salmon and tart for all seasons

meal choice #3: cream of asparagus soup, caesar sal-ad, Phylo Wrapped shrimp, stuffed Breast of chicken and chocolate Baby Bundt cake

Spinz at Potomac Lanes Bowling Center

enjoy a new spin on food with hand-crafted burgers and sandwiches, signature pizzas and wings. spinz also offers a variety of healthy and vegetarian menu items

such as the greek salad, fresh veggies with hummus and the veggie Patch sub!

2-for-1 Steak Nightevery thursday | 5-8:30

p.m. | Bolling club, Wings Bar & grill

choose from a juicy 12oz ribeye or new York strip steak, tossed or iceberg wedge salad and baked rus-set potato, sweet potato, french fries or rice pilaf and chef’s choice vegetables. catch of the day or grilled boneless chicken breast is also available.

club members: $24.95 for two people; non-mem-bers: $24.95 per person.

entertainment

Rock & Bowlfeb. 14 | 8 p.m.-midnight

| Potomac lanes Bowling center

DJ chris lights up the night with great music and unlimited bowling for only $15; $12 for active military personnel and their families. shoe rental included.

Third Fridayfeb. 20 | 7 p.m.-1 a.m. |

Bolling club, Wings Bar and grill

Be the star of Karaoke with DJ chris!

Play Bingo at Potomac Lanes

Win up to $8,000 per game and daily prizes! sign up for you viP Bingo Payer’s card today at Potomac lanes!

Recreation

Woodshop Now Open!arts & crafts center | 202-

767-6997 | arnold ave, Bldg. 4472

the woodshop is now open to all DoD iD card-holders every tuesday and thursday from 2-8 p.m. and on saturdays from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $5 per hour.

Niagara Falls WeekendJune 11-15; register by

march 6 | itt office; 202-404-6576

spend the weekend in niagara fall, ontario can-ada. stay at the radisson Hotel & suites, overlooking Horseshoe falls. Price in-cludes motor coach trans-portation and a three night hotel stay.

•Jacuzzi Suites (Couples only): $554

•Falls view Room: $515•City view Room: $438

Free Winter Inspectionreceive a free winter in-

spection with the purchase

of an oil change at auto Hobby shop, bldg. P9. the inspection includes tires, belts, all fluids, top off wash-er fluid, under carriage and suspension and lights!

Personalized Giftsgive that special some-

one a unique gift with a personalized message from the engraving shop, located at arts & crafts, Bldg. 4472. call 202-767-6997 for pric-ing and details.

Hit the Slopesrent or tune up your ski/

snowboard gear at outdoor recreation - 202-767-9136 / 202-369-7476.

giovannoli Way, Bldg. 928

ski/snowboard equip-ment

snowboard Package (1st Day): $25

ski Package (1st Day): $25additional days for each

Package: $10Boots: $8Poles: $5skis/snowboard: $15skki: $15snow shoes: $12Helmet: $2Servicestuning: $10edging: $8Waxing: $7calibrating: $10complete tuning: $25

Child & Youth Programs

Wii Sports Tournamentfeb. 14 | 8-10 p.m. | Youth

centerget your teams of two

together for a night of Wii Dance. Hip Hop Dance: open to teens ages 13-18; sign-up in the teen room. Just Dance: open to pre-teens ages 9-12; sign-up in preteen room

Mommy & Me Yogaevery Wednesday | 10:30

a.m. | libraryPlease bring your yoga

mats and enjoy this free pro-gram offered through mWr!

Video Game Nightevery friday | 4:30-6:30

p.m.| libraryPlay games for nintendo

Wii, Playstation 3 or X-BoX 360 totally free!

Movie Madnessevery friday | 5 p.m. | li-

brary, children’s room featuring a popular,

navy motion Picture service (nmPs) g, Pg and occasion-ally Pg-13 rated movie. com-plimentary theater style pop-corn will be served. any child

Warfighter & Family Readiness Programs & Events

See Wfr, Page 7

See ferp, Page 7


By Jeremy K. Johnson



according to leon ander-son, commissary officer at Joint Base anacostia-Bolling’s commissary, there’s a huge advantage to shopping there versus off base - price.

anderson said the average shopper can save 30% on their grocery bill when compared to costs at local economy stores.

“at least 30 percent,” he emphasized. “there’s no markup on our product. You pay a 5 percent surcharge at the checkout, but that’s for the overhead expenses of run-ning the commissary. We sell at cost.”

By markup, he’s referring to the additional charge stores add to turn a profit. With the commissary, there’s no profit on the items they sell; and no tax either.

in addition to this basic approach, one meant to ben-efit active service members, reservists, dependents and military retirees, the depart-ment of defense’s grocery op-tion offers the same cost-sav-ing options that can be found at commercial supermarkets.

they accept snaP (food stamps), Wic (Women, in-fants and children) coupons

and traditional manufacturer coupons.

“We do quite a bit of ‘cou-poning’ in the commissary,” said anderson. “We have vendors who often provide coupons with items they may bring in the store at a lower than regular cost. for in-stance, just one item, brand name vienna finger cookies - we had a deal of two for $4, then [with a provided cou-pon] you get [an additional] dollar off if you buy two. so you get two packages of those cookies for $3.”

anderson pointed out that the commissary is also bring-ing back “Best value items,” denoted by special orange tags. according to him, this revival is beneficial for those

on a budget.“Best value items are the

lowest priced item in that commodity group,” he said.

the orange tag will help shoppers easily identify low cost items.

another way to save is by checking out the “club Pack” area.

“the ‘club Pack’ section is for bulk items and everything is sold at wholesale prices,” said anderson.

finally, he noted that there are other events throughout the year, including sidewalk and case lot sales, where fur-ther savings can be found.

“everyone who can should be shopping here,” he said. “it’s a great benefit. You should definitely use it.”

Commissary shoppers can save cash multiple ways

U.S. NAvy photo By Jeremy K. JohNSoN

employee Troy Fields stocks potatoes at JBAB’s Commissary, Feb. 3.

By eric d. riTTer



it’s a dream of most professional football fans to be able to attend the nfl’s coveted super Bowl game. But, for some mem-bers of the united states air force Band from Joint Base anacostia-Bolling, going to the game is just another day on the job.

the band’s rock group, max impact, pumped up the crowds outside the Phoenix, arizona-hosted event while members of the rope Drummers pul-sated to the crowd inside, during the opening cer-emonies and the national anthem.

even though playing big events like the super Bowl may seem like another day at the office for some members of the band, that doesn’t make it feel less of an honor to be involved. ac-cording to united states air force Band rope Drummer, senior master sgt. chris martin, it doesn’t matter the

venue. He still feels the same honor.

“We [the rope Drum-mers] perform at a lot of funeral ceremonies,” he said. “even though that may seem like a polar op-posite from being on the field during the super Bowl, the two still are sim-ilar by the fact audiences silence themselves to rec-ognize the american flag when it is presented.”

this was martin’s third super Bowl performance. the West Palm Beach, florida native said it still amazes him every time he’s been in attendance.

“there are so many people, celebrities and so much fan energy at the event,” he said. “it’s amaz-ing to see how we fit into all that.”

the band members didn’t just play the super Bowl. they spent several days there to cover the nfl’s Pro Bowl, and the rope Drummers air force Band took some time to reach out to a few local Phoenix high schools by

visiting the school’s music programs to teach students in the classes about music in the military through the military’s aim (advancing innovation through music) program.

according to rope Drummer master sgt. tom rarick, it was a great expe-rience to interact with the schools.

“it was pretty cool to give these kids the air force perspective about music,” rarick said. “We talked about what it was like to be musicians in the military. they were pret-ty interested in learning there are other fields, like musicians, that you don’t typically see on tv. i think it gave some of them a goal to focus on their music, so they may [join the mili-tary] and try out for the music program.”

from the super Bowl to a high school music pro-gram, members of the air force band will continue to be positive ambassadors to local and televised com-munities wherever they go.

Air Force Band has super presence for Super Bowl


under the age of 10 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian at least 16 years of age. Weekly movies will be posted at the cir-culation Desk and outside mobile marquee.

Youth Sports Registration

Challenger British Soccer Campseason: march 13-July 17 | field #3registration: Jan. 1-feb. 28 | register

online at www.challengersports.comcost: $175 half day; $250 full day

Little League Baseballseason: march 16-June 20 | field #3registration: now thru feb. 28 via

www.mywfr.comcost: $50, includes jersey, pants and

baseball cap

Start Smart Baseball (Ages 3-5)season: march 20-april 24 | JBaB tee

Ball field, giesboro Parkregistration: now thru feb. 28 via

www.mywfr.comcost: free

MYAC Baseballseason: april 6-June 26 | field #3

registration: now thru feb. 28 via www.mywfr.com

cost: $50, includes jersey, pants and baseball cap

Liberty Centerenterprise Hall, Bldg. 72 | 202-685-1802eligibility: e1-e6 single, unaccompa-

nied active-duty military

Ice Skating in the City!feb. 15 | noon | $6spend valentine’s Day on ice with the

one who melts your heart. Join liberty for a day of ice skating and shopping at Penta-gon row. a great way to spend valentine’s weekend with the one you love.

Taco Tuesday on Thursdayfeb. 19 | 6 p.m. | liberty centerready to get your poker face on? Bring

it to the texas Hold em’ tournament. Join in the competition partake on food, and fun!

Housing Services CenterHomes.mil is a new official Depart-

ment of Defense (DoD) website, dedicated to helping service members, families, and DoD civilians find housing. www.cnic.navy.mil/Homes.

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benefits and demonstrated maneuvering through va e-Benefits and finding jobs on the veteran’s administration Website.

representatives from military spouse employment Program (mseP) have at-tended these workshops to inform spous-es about the spouse education and career opportunities (seco), a great new online resource. this is the best time to be a mili-tary spouse as there are so many resources and funding for their education and as-sistance with their career goals. after one of these workshops, two of our military spouses were immediately hired by the recruiter who attended the workshop. it has been rewarding to know how many spouses think that this program is ben-eficial, as we receive several new spouses from word-of-mouth referrals.

in addition, the ferP workshop pro-vides a supportive and encouraging envi-ronment during the time spouses are in the

process of obtaining employment in the national capital region or on the installa-tion. While family members are waiting for the right job offer that may take months; spouses are encouraged to attend monthly workshops to meet other spouses seeking employment, network with recruiters and they are provided an opportunity to vol-unteer in a career area they are interested in obtaining experience. in the past couple of years, spouses have been connected to volunteer positions in marketing, public affairs, legal, annual marathons, red cross at Walter reed or to help out at the mfsc. volunteering is a win-win option to gain employment experience and to support our military families with volunteer ser-vice in some way.

at JBaB, the ferP workshops are held the last thursday of each month at the mfsc, Bldg. 13, 118 Brookley ave. at 10 a.m-noon. if you are interested in attend-ing and joining other spouses, call 202-767-0450 to register.

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For more news from other bases around the Washington, D.C. area,

visit www.dcmilitary.com.

lenten season begins feb. 18. Join us at the JBaB chapel for these events!

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supperfeb. 17, 6-8 p.m., chapel center

Ash Wednesday ServicesCatholic Servicesashes only, feb. 18, 7 a.m.

mass and ashes, feb. 18, 11:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Protestant Servicefeb. 18, noon and 6 p.m., chapel 2

Soup and Stations of the Crossfeb. 20, 6 p.m., chapel centersoup and stations will be held every friday throughout the lenten season, through march 13.

JBAB Chapel Lenten Schedule

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