miami enews 4 march 2015
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Weekly eNewsletter of Family and MWR, US Army Garrison-MiamiTRANSCRIPT
TICKETS AT LEISURE TRAVEL SERVICES
FOR TICKETS – CALL 305.437.1595 Leisure Travel Services
ELTON JOHN 3/6
ARIANA GRANDE 3/28
WICKED 3/29
MIAMI DADE COUNTY FAIR
IGGY AZALEA 5/16
MIAMI DOLPHINS, MIAMI HURRICANES, FLORIDA PANTHERS, MIAMI HEAT, MIAMI MARLINS
K1 SPEED TICKETS
BLUE MAN GROUP at Universal Studios
DISNEY WORLD MILITARY SPECIALS
LIKE MWR on
MARCH/APRIL
2015 BUGLE BOY
March 4, 2015 http://miami.armymwr.com [email protected] No endorsement implied
MASSAGE THERAPY - The Fitness Center offers massage therapy services. To schedule your appointment with Francine, please
contact the fitness center front desk, 305.437.0123. Massages offered: Prenatal, Reflexology, Back, Neck and Shoulders, Swedish,
Deep Tissue, Hot Stone, Shiatsu, Chair. Go here for details and watch the portal or Facebook for massage specials! One hour
massages on Saturdays, by appointment, $50. Call 305.437.0123
AWOL CAFE IS OPEN FOR BREAKFAST AND LUNCH 0700 TO 1600 IN THE FOOD COURT.
The menu is posted on the portal and Facebook
MOTHER’S DAY SALE! 30 April – 1 May, 10-4, Food Court
http://miami.armymwr.com/us/miami/miami-events/mothers-day-sale
Vendors – registration form may be found on the web at the link above.
Sports & Fitness
Fitness Center Class Schedule http://miami.armymwr.com/us/miami/programs/fitness-center/
Monday
0600-0700 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1230 Indoor cycling with Monica
1130-1230 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1215-1315 Yoga
1230-1330 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1300 Self- Defense Fundamentals with Jason - Free
1645-1745 Functional Fitness with Frank - Free
Tuesday
0600-0700 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
0600-0700 Indoor Cycling with Lisa
1130-1230 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1230 Indoor Cycling with Lucy
1230-1330 Functional Fitness with Frank - Free
1700-1745 Functional Fitness with Frank - Free
Wednesday
0600-0700 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1230 Indoor cycling with Monica
1130-1230 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1230-1330 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1300 Self- Defense Fundamentals with Jason - Free
1645-1745 Functional Fitness with Frank - Free
Thursday
0600-0700 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
0600-0700 Indoor Cycling - Lisa
1130-1230 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1230 Indoor Cycling with Lucy
1230-1330 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1300 Self-Defense Fundamentals with Jason - Free
Hours of Operation
Monday - Thursday: 0500 – 2100, Friday: 0500 - 2000
Saturday and Sunday: 1000 – 1700, Closed on holidays
Open to Active Duty, Reserve, Retired Military & their Dependents
305.437.0123/0124
All SOUTHCOM/USAG-MIAMI employees may use the Miami Dade Public Safety Training Institute Aquatic Center
9601 NW 58th Street, Miami, FL 33178. M-F, 0600-1800. Call for details: 305.715.5000. No guests allowed.
Schedule is Subject to Change
$3 per Class or $25 for 10 Classes
Pay with cash, check or credit card
Please arrive on time for class
First Come – First Served
USSOUTHCOM/USAG-MIAMI - RELATED FACEBOOK PAGES
U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) - https://www.facebook.com/southcom?fref=ts
USAG - MIAMI Family Support Center - https://www.facebook.com/USAGMiamiFamilySupportCenter
USAG-MIAMI FMWR - https://www.facebook.com/miamifmwr
SOUTHERN COMMAND SPOUSES - https://www.facebook.com/groups/131929440155922/?fref=ts
USSOUTHCOM PARENT SUPPORT GROUP - https://www.facebook.com/groups/121356728011135/
MILITARY SPOUSE RECIPE SWAP - https://www.facebook.com/groups/102922893243498/
Southern Command On-line Yard Sales - https://www.facebook.com/groups/567364979982480/
Miami-Dade Zip Code Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/MiamiDadeZCG/?fref=ts
Homestead Zip Code Group - www.facebook.com/groups/HomesteadMilitaryWives
SOCSOUTH SPOUSES GROUP - www.facebook.com/groups/socsouthredfam
Conference Center of the Americas (CCA) - https://www.facebook.com/USSOUTHCOMCCA
Army Substance Abuse Program USAG-Miami - https://www.facebook.com/ArmySubstanceAbuseProgramMiami
J9's Public Private Cooperation division - https://www.facebook.com/southcomppc
US SOUTHCOM Health Clinic: https://www.facebook.com/ArmyHealthClinicSouthcom
Friday
1130-1230 Indoor Cycling with Monica
1130-1300 Self-Defense Fundamentals with Jason - Free
1215-1315 Yoga
VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION - Volunteer Management Information System (VMIS)
1. Using Internet Explorer, go to www.myarmyonesource.com. If you are not already registered on this site, click on Register at the top right. Click on the Join Now button in the middle of that page on the right. Complete the registration form and select USAG-Miami in the Military Community Affiliation drop-box under HQ IMCOM. 2. Once registered, you can log in. Click on the Volunteer Tools tab located in the upper right hand corner of the webpage. 3. Click on Volunteer Profile. Complete all requested information in the volunteer profile. Be sure to enter the last four digits only of your social security number and save the page. This will ensure you are a registered volunteer. 4. You can use the Volunteer Opportunities tab to locate volunteer opportunities on the installation. If you want to volunteer off the installation, click on the Army Community Service link provides a generic volunteer position description – Special Projects Volunteer – for all off-post volunteer opportunities. 5. Once you locate a volunteer opportunity, click on the position of interest. This will supply you with a detailed outline of the position including the organization contact person. If you want to apply for the position, click on the Apply button on the top right of the position description. 6. Questions or concerns, contact Mary Ortiz, Volunteer Coordinator at 305.437.2665 or 305.437.2667 [email protected].
CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP - Make a real difference in the lives of people who have fallen on hard times. Volunteers are needed for: Meal Services Program, Breakfast (5:30-7:30am,) Lunch (11am-1pm,) Dinner (5-7pm.) After School Programming in our Family Resource Center (M-F 2-5:30pm and 6:30-7:30pm; Saturday 9-11:30am.) Warehouse and Maintenance Operations (M-F, 8am-5pm.) Holiday Assistance, Special Events. All volunteers must complete the volunteer registration paperwork along with a color picture ID. Chapman Partnership has two locations: one in Downtown Miami and one in Homestead. POC: Grace Ugalde-Wolpert, Community Outreach Manager, Chapman Partnership. 1550 North Miami Avenue, Miami, 33136, 305.329.3081, [email protected]. For more information, visit www.chapmanpartnership.org.
KRISTI HOUSE Volunteers needed at the Kristi House clinic: You must be over age 18 and a high school graduate for this program. Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:30pm: Waiting Room Ambassadors (you can color with the children, read books, make bracelets etc.) Peak hours are afterschool 2-5:30pm. The clinic needs people to play with the children while they are waiting for therapy and/or when their parent is being interviewed by a State Attorney. The need is during the day and on weekdays Other volunteer activities include: public speaking, fundraising, special events and in-kind donation drives. Thank you for your support of these sexually abused children and their families. POC: Kristi House Volunteer Coordinator Abegail De La Fuente at o. 305.547.6823 c. 786.203.6758 f. 305.250.9161. [email protected].
THE ARTS - http://www.artsbizmiami.org/CampaignProcess.aspx?A=View&Data=AHWWLp%2fPUVM30eGwruBkKg%3d%3d
MILITARY HOSPITALITY LOUNGE in Miami International Airport (MIA.) Applicants select shifts but must work at least twice per month. Most volunteers work once a week. Shifts are from 9am-1pm, 1-5pm, and 5-9pm. Volunteers will receive passes for employee parking
at MIA. Must have some computer knowledge and work well with traveling military and their families with IDs. Sign up online at www.militaryloungemiami.com/?page_id=8 or call 305.587.0046.
DIVERS, VOLUNTEER with Veterans Ocean Adventures and share the undersea world with the disabled community and disabled veterans. Once certified as a Buddy Diver by the Handicapped SCUBA Association, join us as we give back to the community supporting adaptive diving. Volunteers receive free air and free passage on scheduled boat dives. For more information, email [email protected].
CHARLEE OF DADE COUNTY, INC. provides for the needs of abused, abandoned, neglected, and at-risk children in Miami-Dade County. To volunteer, call 305.779.9706.
IN BROWARD: http://www.handsonbroward.org/
IN MIAMI-DADE: http://www.handsonbroward.org/HOC__Special_Event_Details_Page?id=a0MA000000GeuSgMAJ
Volunteer
Army Community Service
http://miami.armymwr.com
Transition Assistance Program, March 9-13, 8am-4pm, POC: [email protected]
Financial Planning for a Home of Your Own, March 19, 1-2pm, POC: [email protected]
Foreclosure Alternatives and Prevention, March 19, 2:30-3:30pm, POC: [email protected]
Newcomer Orientation, March 24, 8am-12pm, March 25, 9-3:30om, POC: [email protected]
Miami Tour, March 27, 9am-4pm, POC: [email protected]
How to Create an Effective Resume, April 8, 9am-12pm, POC: [email protected]
Real World Retirement Planning, April 9, 1-2pm, POC: [email protected]
Volunteer Recognition Ceremony, April 10, 11am-3pm, POC: [email protected]
Interview Techniques Workshop, April 22, 9am-12pm, POC: [email protected]
MIAMI-DADE DEFENSE ALLIANCE COMMUNITY RESOURCE GUIDE AND DISCOUNT DIRECTORY - http://miami.beaconcouncil.com/mdda/mdda_resource_guide.html
MILITARY DISCOUNTS - http://www.bradsdeals.com/blog/military-discounts
MIAMI OPEN CITY TOUR - free hop on - hop off transportation to active duty and veterans as well as $19 (50% discount) to spouse and children (I.D. required). Journey
begins at Bayside from 9am with the last departure at 4:30pm. Buses are equipped with: Retractable roof (for all weather), Wi-Fi, 7 language audio presentation, Air
conditioning on lower deck, Handicap essentials. www.miamiopencitytour.com/en/
DIVING MUSEUM All active duty military are free. Museum dedicated to collecting, preserving, displaying and interpreting artifacts, antiques, books, documents,
photographs and oral history relative to the History of Diving and celebrates the special role that South Florida and the Florida Keys played in this untold story. Mile
Marker 83 on US-1 in Islamorada on the Bay Side. www.divingmuseum.org/
PEREZ ART MUSEUM MIAMI 1103 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL 33132, Active U.S. Military free with ID, http://www.pamm.org/
BIGSTAR MOVIES offers active and veteran service men and women a discounted rate - a one year membership, all access pass, for five dollars. $5 membership ($34.99
regular rate) for an entire year provides access to worldwide cinema. No matter where you are deployed, you can have access as long as you have an internet
connection. BIGSTAR Movies- go to the secure link HTTPS://www.bigstar.tv/?promo=usaf and fill in the information.
MILLER'S DORAL ALE HOUSE - Service members in uniform receive 25% discount on meals, 3271 NW 87 Ave, Doral, FL 33172. www.millersalehouse.com/location/doral-
ale-house.
FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN offers active duty military personnel with ID free admission. Admission for spouses is $20 and children
$10 (with ID). www.fairchildgarden.org/
RUNNER’S CO, 10365 NW 41 Street, Doral, FL 33178 305.599.9972, www.runnersco.com, offers all USSOUTHCOM employees a 10% discount with ID. Running shoes,
apparel, accessories, nutrition, gait analysis, 2D foot scan.
MIAMI SEAQUARIUM offers free entry for all service members with ID. 4400 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149.
BUBBA GUMP SHRIMP COMPANY offers a 10% discount with military ID for up to 8 people. www.bubbagump.com/locations/miami/
MCDONALD REALTY - Home Purchases, Sales, Rentals and Property Management for Miami Dade and Broward Counties. 15% off standard commission rates for homes
sales and 15% commission rebate for all purchases for all Military Personnel, Government Civilians and their families. Veteran-owned business, Certified Florida Military
Specialist. Colonel David R. McDonald, Jr., USA retired, Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist (CLHMS), Florida Military Specialist (FMS) Broker/Owner, McDonald
Realty, 954.443.6705 (office) 954.632.9105 (Cell)
MIAMI SCIENCE MUSEUM - free admission for all active duty military with valid ID. www.miamisci.org/
PARK ‘N FLY - Military Discount - 30% off posted rates for all Military. Show your Military ID Card and Save. The rates for Military in Miami is $7 outside and $9 inside
both valet parking included. View Quick Presentation - 15 seconds - https://www.dropbox.com/s/mho5g3xwey0iuin/Miami%20ParkNFly%20Preso.pdf.
http://www.pnf.com/
AIRPORT FAST PARK - If you are a federal employee, military or civilian, send an email to southcom.miami.sc.mbx-usag-mwr@mailmil for discount information. This
discount is only for federal employees.
YOUNG AT ART MUSEUM - All men and women currently are serving in the military, veterans and their families will be offered an $11 per person admission price to the
museum. The discounted entry fee of $11 will be honored at the Young At Art admissions desk. Please present a military ID to receive the discount. 751 SW 121 Ave.
Davie. Hours: Monday through Thursday, 10am to 5pm; Friday and Saturday, 10am to 6pm and Sunday 11am to 6pm. Admission - $14 per person; $12 for Broward County
residents, seniors and children over age 1 and $11 for military members and their immediate families. 954.424.0085 or www.YoungAtArtMuseum.org.
SAFARI EDVENTURE - Hands-on nature and wildlife presentations. 23700 SW 142 Ave, Miami, Fl. 33170, (About 3 miles south of Cutler Ridge – or – 7 miles north of
Homestead.) Active U.S. military families, (Active personnel, spouse, & their children entering with them): $2 off each. http://safariedventure.com/
MILITARY BURGERS “A Hero’s Burger” offers a 10% discount to all service members and law enforcement. 10834 SW 104 St, Miami, FL 33176 ,
www.facebook.com/militaryburger
Discounts
The cadets and cadre of the following Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) high schools are seeking volunteer judges for their annual color guard and drill
team meet competitions. The reporting time is 0645 at the respective school's JROTC office. Drill meets normally end by 1430. 21 Feb 15,
Northwestern SHS Drill Meet; 14 Mar 15, Miami-Dade State Qualifier at North Miami Beach SHS. More than 500 cadets from around 20 Miami-Dade
and Broward Counties' JROTC schools compete in these drill meets. Uniform is the ACU/BDU equivalent IAW each service regulation. Parking is
available within school grounds. Volunteers are provided lunch at no cost. You may bring your family. Please volunteer via email to Mercedes
Miranda at [email protected] with your full rank and name (as you would like it printed on your certificate of appreciation), cell phone
number, and meet(s) for which you're volunteering. Volunteers will receive more instructions during the week before each drill meet and judge
orientation at the school the morning of the event.
NAS KEY WEST MWR - To be placed on the e-mail distribution list: [email protected] – please provide your name & command. LIKE their Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/pages/NAS-Key-West-MWR/127937197261693. Web page:
www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrse/installations/nas_key_west/ffr/things-to-do.html
MILITARY HOSPITALITY LOUNGE at Miami International Airport for traveling military personnel and their families. Appropriate military identification and airline tickets or
boarding passes are required. Concourse E (in the Central Terminal,) level 2 (Departures and Gates.) Enter hallway to the right of and outside the
Security Check-in point. Look for signage directing you to restrooms and the Military Hospitality Lounge. For additional guidance on access to the
lounge please check with the nearest Airport Information Counter.
BOOKS & BOOKS EVENTS: Books and Books, 265 Aragon Ave, Coral Gables, Florida 33134. For more details on these and many other author events -
www.booksandbooks.com/event/selector. Sign up for emails from Books & Books, www.booksandbooks.com/. Many of their events are live
streamed. Check the website for further information.
ALEX MALLEY - THE NAKED CEO - Mar 4 2015 8:00 pm. The Naked CEO's guide to achieving your dream, starting now. From suspended schoolboy to disruptive CEO,
Alex Malley, The Naked CEO, has led a life rich in successes and mistakes. Through it all he has learned a lot about what it takes to successfully
build not only a big career, but also a big life. Gain insights from a successful CEO who's lived a big life. Be inspired by his unabashed real-life
stories. Learn how to dream big and have the courage to pursue your passions and be willing to fail in that quest. Take the practical tips and apply
them to your own career. Whether you're a student, jobseeker, professional, new to the workforce or just stuck in a rut, this book is your guide
through the hurdles of the career journey to a big life. As a father of seven, Alex knows that this is the perfect book for parents or mentors looking
to inspire the next generation. Career-readiness is a skill that people need. It can be learned the hard way, after years on the job and many
potentially serious missteps, or it can be learned ahead of time by listening to those who have been there. The Naked CEO helps graduates,
jobseekers, and professionals learn the lessons and limit their mistakes. About the Author: Alex Malley FCPA is the CEO of CPA Australia and is
responsible for 19 offices globally with more than 150,000 members in 121 countries. Alex was born in Sydney, Australia, to immigrant parents.
From the time he and his family remember, he was a disruptive boy - ever curious about all around him. His life and career have been extremely
diverse with experiences that include banking, sports management, university lecturing, media commentary as well as CEO, board director and
chairmanship roles. Tackling leadership and mentoring matters is something he has always taken very seriously. As host of the television series
The Bottom Line, screened nationally on the Nine Network Australia, Alex brings these issues into sharp focus through interviews with fellow
leaders from business, politics and the community. The interview he conducted with the first man on the moon, Neil Armstrong, was the most
substantive ever filmed. News surrounding it reached an unprecedented global audience. Alex fronts CPA Australia's the online mentoring
community for students, thenakedceo.com. Approximately 2 million young people have visited the site to date. The extraordinary engagement
achieved on the website was the inspiration behind his book - The Naked CEO: From suspended schoolboy to disruptive CEO. He writes a regular
blog for The Huffington Post and is a business commentator on the nationally syndicated programs The Money News on 2GB and Sky News
Business. Alex serves on a number of councils, boards and government sector committees including the Prince of Wales' Accounting for
Sustainability Project and the International Integrated Reporting Council domiciled in London. In recent times, Alex was invited to become a
Linkedin Influencer: an exclusive group of global leaders, which includes the likes of Richard Branson, Bill Gates and US President Barack Obama.
Via regular blog posts, Alex shares his leadership insights with Linkedin's network of more than 300 million professionals around the globe. From
suspended schoolboy to disruptive CEO, Alex always does what he believes in.
In the Community
PHIL KLAY - REDEPLOYMENT - Mar 5 2015 8:00 pm. Phil Klay's Redeployment takes readers to the frontlines of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, asking us to
understand what happened there, and what happened to the soldiers who returned. Interwoven with themes of brutality and faith, guilt and fear,
helplessness and survival, the characters in these stories struggle to make meaning out of chaos. In "Redeployment", a soldier who has had to
shoot dogs because they were eating human corpses must learn what it is like to return to domestic life in suburbia, surrounded by people "who
have no idea where Fallujah is, where three members of your platoon died." In "After Action Report", a Lance Corporal seeks expiation for a
killing he didn't commit, in order that his best friend will be unburdened. A Mortuary Affairs Marine tells about his experiences collecting
remains—of U.S. and Iraqi soldiers both. A chaplain sees his understanding of Christianity, and his ability to provide solace through religion, tested
by the actions of a ferocious Colonel. And in the darkly comic "Money as a Weapons System", a young Foreign Service Officer is given the absurd
task of helping Iraqis improve their lives by teaching them to play baseball. These stories reveal the intricate combination of monotony,
bureaucracy, comradeship and violence that make up a soldier's daily life at war, and the isolation, remorse, and despair that can accompany a
soldier's homecoming. Redeployment is poised to become a classic in the tradition of war writing. Across nations and continents, Klay sets in
devastating relief the two worlds a soldier inhabits: one of extremes and one of loss. Written with a hard-eyed realism and stunning emotional
depth, this work marks Phil Klay as one of the most talented new voices of his generation. About the Author: Phil Klay is a graduate of
Dartmouth College and a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. He served in Iraq’s Anbar Province from January 2007 to February 2008 as a Public
Affairs Officer. After being discharged he went to Hunter College and received an MFA. His story “Redeployment” was originally published in
Granta and is included in Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post,
Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Granta, Tin House, and elsewhere. In 2014 Klay’s short story collection Redeployment was shortlisted for the
Frank O’Connor Prize and won the National Book Award for Fiction. He was also named a National Book Foundation ’5 Under 35′ honoree in
2014.
DAVE BARRY - LIVE RIGHT AND FIND HAPPINESS (ALTHOUGH BEER IS MUCH FASTER) - Temple Judea, Mar 7 2015 7:30 pm, Please RSVP HERE. During the course of
living (mumble, mumble) years, Dave Barry has learned much of wisdom,* (*actual wisdom not guaranteed) and he is eager to pass it on—to the
next generation, the generation after that, and to those idiots who make driving to the grocery store in Florida a death-defying experience. In
brilliant, brand-new, never-before-published pieces, Dave passes on home truths to his new grandson and to his daughter Sophie, who will be
getting her learner’s permit in 2015 (“So you’re about to start driving! How exciting! I’m going to kill myself”). He explores the hometown of his
youth, where the grown-ups were supposed to be uptight fifties conformists, but seemed to have a lot of un-Mad Men-like fun, unlike Dave’s own
Baby Boomer generation, which was supposed to be wild and crazy, but somehow turned into neurotic hover-parents. He dives into everything
from the inanity of cable news and the benefits of Google Glass (“You will look like a douchebag”) to the loneliness of high school nerds (“You
will never hear a high school girl say about a boy, in a dreamy voice, ‘He’s so sarcastic!’”), from the perils of home repair to firsthand accounts of
the soccer craziness of Brazil and the just plain crazy craziness of Vladimir Putin’s Russia (“He stares at the camera with the expression of a
man who relaxes by strangling small furry animals”), and a lot more besides. By the end, if you do not feel wiser, richer in knowledge, more
attuned to the universe . . . we wouldn’t be at all surprised. But you’ll have had a lot to laugh about! About the Author: Dave Barry’s recent
bestselling books include You Can Date Boys When You’re Forty, I’ll Mature When I’m Dead, and Insane City. He lives in Coral Gables, Florida.
FLORIDA GRAND OPERA: MEET SUSAN SERIES - Mar 8 2015 3:00 pm. Join Florida Grand Opera’s General Director Susan T. Danis and in-house opera expert Justin Moss
for an insightful, behind the scenes look at Florida Grand Opera with an opportunity to ask questions and hear some delightful singing from the
performers in the Florida Grand Opera Young Artist Program. Each musical selection with have a brief overview of the opera scene from which it
is performed. With the following members of the Young Artist Program: Isaac Bray, Baritone, Hailey Clark, Soprano, Betsy Diaz, Soprano, Rebecca
Henriques, Soprano, Carla Jablonski, Mezzo-Soprano, Kirsten Scott, Mezzo-Soprano, Tessa Hartle, Piano. Seating is limited, so reservations are
required. http://tickets.fgo.org/Tickets/EventDetails.aspx?id=1340 (Although you will reserve tickets, you will not be asked to pay as the event is
free!) If you have any questions, please contact our Ticket Office at [email protected] or (800) 741-1010.
In the Community
At Books & Books