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TICKETS AT LEISURE TRAVEL SERVICES 305.437.1595 | Leisure Travel Services
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STRONG BANDS MAY 1-31 - Free Fitness Events in May http://miami.armymwr.com/us/miami/miami-events/strong-bnds-may-1-31
HONOR OUR FALLEN HEROES – MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY May 14. http://miami.armymwr.com/us/miami/miami-
events/memorial-day-ceremony/
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
1130-1300 Self-Defense Fundamentals with Jason - Free
1215-1315 Connected Warriors Yoga with Loren - 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
1215-1315 Yoga with Loren
Wednesday
0600-0700 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1230 Indoor cycling with Monica
1130-1230 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
Thursday
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
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 with Carole
Sports & Fitness
BODYBUILDING COMPETITION Aug. 1, 2015, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Fitness Center - US Army
Garrison-Miami. Sign up! Participate, Compete, or Meet the role models that chose to educate
themselves and took up the challenge. They chose to change their lives through dedication, proper
nutrition and a proven weight training program. Witness the transformation of the human body, a
transformation that you too can achieve. Participants must register and attend workshops. There will
be four categories: Men’s Bodybuilding and Men’s Physique, Women’s Figure and Women’s Bikini. Call
305.437.0123. Sponsored by Hampton Inn and USAA. The Department of Defense does not endorse the sponsors.
http://miami.armymwr.com
Raise Credit Score and Liquidate Debt, May 14, 1-2:30pm, POC: [email protected]
Memorial Day Ceremony, May 14, 11am-12pm, CCA, POC: [email protected]
How to Create an Effective Civilian Resume, May 15, 9am-12pm, POC: [email protected]
Financial Planning for a Home of Your Own, May 21, 1-2pm, POC: [email protected]
Foreclosure Alternatives and Prevention, May 21, 2:30-3:30pm, POC: [email protected]
Newcomer Orientation, May 26, 8:30am-12pm, POC: [email protected]
Miami Tour, May 29, 9am – 4pm, POC: [email protected]
Interview Techniques Workshop, May 29, 9am-12pm, POC: [email protected]
Budgeting 101 and Money Mistakes, June 11, 1-2pm, POC: [email protected]
Military Spouse Appreciation Luncheon, May 30 http://miami.armymwr.com/us/miami/miami-events/military-spouse-appreciation-luncheon
The Department of Defense does not endorse the sponsors
FREE YOGA FOR VETS - Connected Warriors Classes, Dharma Holistic Center, 305. 834.3371,
8260 NW 27th Street, #410, Doral, FL 33122. www.dharmainstitute.org
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.
MIAMI-DADE ANIMAL SERVICES - email Volunteer Coordinator at [email protected] or visit http://www.miamidade.gov/animals/volunteer.asp
BROWARD: http://www.handsonbroward.org/
MIAMI-DADE: http://www.handsonmiami.org/
Volunteer
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/
Discounts
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.
FLORIDA GRAND OPERA PRESENTS GIAN CARLO MENOTTI'S THE CONSUL May 9-16 at the Adrienne Arsht Center. May 9 - May 16 2015. Florida Grand Opera would love to
see you at the opera house! In hopes that we'll see you again soon, we'd like to offer you 25% OFF tickets to the final opera of our
2014-15 Season: Gian Carlo Menotti's The Consul (May 9–16 at the Arsht Center)! The Miami Herald listed it as a Top 10 Music Event of
2015! Come and see why this thrilling drama, which is presented in English with English and Spanish supertitles, ran for over 250
performances on Broadway! Simply use promo code MAGDA25 during the check out process and the special discount will be
automatically applied. To purchase tickets, simply call our Box Office at 800-741-1010, Monday–Friday, 10am–4pm. You may also order
securely online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, at www.FGO.org. 1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Florida.
http://booksandbooks.com/event/florida-grand-opera-presents-gian-carlo-menottis-consul-may-9-16-adrienne-arsht-center.
JO IVESTER - THE OUTSKIRTS OF HOPE, May 15 2015 8:00 pm. In 1967, when Jo Ivester was ten years old, her father transplanted his young family from a suburb of
Boston to a small town in the heart of the Mississippi cotton fields, where he became the medical director of a clinic that served the poor
population for miles around. But ultimately it was not Ivester’s father but her mother—a stay-at-home mother of four who became a high school
English teacher when the family moved to the South—who made the most enduring mark on the town. In The Outskirts of Hope, Ivester uses
journals left by her mother, as well as writings of her own, to paint a vivid, moving, and inspiring portrait of her family’s experiences living and
working in an all-black town during the height of the civil rights movement. About the Author: Jo Ivester spent two years of her childhood living in
a trailer in Mound Bayou, where she was the only white student at her junior high. She finished high school in Florida before attending Reed, MIT,
and Stanford in preparation for a career in transportation and manufacturing. Following the birth of her fourth child, she became a teacher. She
and her husband teach each January at MIT and travel extensively, splitting their time between Texas, Colorado, and Singapore.
JORGE POSADA - THE JOURNEY HOME - May 19 2015 7:00 pm. The legendary New York Yankee catcher tells the incredible story of his personal journey, offering an
unexpected, behind-the-plate view of his career, his past, and the father-son bond that fueled his love of the game. For seventeen seasons, the
name Jorge Posada was synonymous with New York Yankees baseball. A fixture behind home plate throughout the Yankees biggest successes,
Jorge became the Yankees' star catcher almost immediately upon his arrival, and in the years that followed, his accomplishments, work ethic, and
leadership established him as one of the greatest Yankees ever to put on the uniform. Now, in this long-awaited memoir, Jorge Posada details his
journey to home plate, sharing a remarkable, generational account of his journey from the ball fields of Puerto Rico to the House that Ruth built.
Offering a view from behind the mask unlike any other, Jorge discusses the key moments and plays that shaped teams and forged a legacy that
came to define Yankee baseball for a generation. With pitch-by-pitch recall, Jorge looks back across the years, explaining how—as part of the Core
Four alongside Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte, and Mariano Rivera—he helped to reestablish the Yankees as a dynasty and win five World Series. Going
beyond his all-star career, Jorge also shares his life in full for the first time, examining how his remarkable journey to the big leagues began in the
most unexpected of ways. Digging into his cultural roots in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba, Jorge illuminates three generations of
cherished father-son relationships that have made him the man he is today. At the center is the deep bond he shares with his father and
namesake, Jorge Sr., who escaped Cuba and would eventually mold his son to be a ball player, honing his talent and instilling in him the drive
necessary to fulfill his childhood dream of playing in the Bronx. Complete with sixteen pages of color photographs, this touching and earnest
memoir is a testament to hard work and a celebration of the generational gift of baseball between fathers and sons. About the Author: Jorge
Posada made his major league debut in 1995. He was a five-time All-Star and won five Silver Slugger Awards and five World Series with the New
York Yankees. He retired at the end of the 2011 season. Jorge and his wife, Laura Posada, have two children, Jorge Luis and Paulina, and live in
Florida.
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MARLON JAMES - A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS - May 20 2015 8:00 pm. In A Brief History of Seven Killings, Marlon James combines brilliant storytelling with his
unrivaled skills of characterization and meticulous eye for detail to forge an enthralling novel of dazzling ambition and scope. On December 3,
1976, just before the Jamaican general election and two days before Bob Marley was to play the Smile Jamaica Concert to ease political tensions in
Kingston, seven gunmen stormed the singer’s house, machine guns blazing. The attack wounded Marley, his wife, and his manager, and injured
several others. Little was officially released about the gunmen, but much has been whispered, gossiped and sung about in the streets of West
Kingston. Rumors abound regarding the assassins’ fates, and there are suspicions that the attack was politically motivated. A Brief History of
Seven Killings delves deep into that dangerous and unstable time in Jamaica’s history and beyond. James deftly chronicles the lives of a host of
unforgettable characters – gunmen, drug dealers, one-night stands, CIA agents, even ghosts – over the course of thirty years as they roam the
streets of 1970s Kingston, dominate the crack houses of 1980s New York, and ultimately reemerge into the radically altered Jamaica of the 1990s.
Along the way, they learn that evil does indeed cast long shadows, that justice and retribution are inextricably linked, and that no one can truly
escape his fate. Gripping and inventive, shocking and irresistible, A Brief History of Seven Killings is a mesmerizing modern classic of power,
mystery, and insight. About the Author: Marlon James was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1970. He is the author of The Book of Night Women, which
won the 2010 Dayton Literary Peace Prize, The Minnesota Book Award and was a finalist for the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award in fiction
as well as an NAACP Image Award. His first novel John Crow's Devil was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Commonwealth
Writers Prize, and was a New York Times Editor's Choice. In his third novel, A Brief History Of Seven Killings, James is exploring multiple genres:
the political thriller, the oral biography, and the classic whodunit to confront the untold history of Jamaica in the late 1970's; of the assassination
attempt on Bob Marley, and the country's own clandestine battles of the cold war. James graduated from the University of the West Indies in 1991
with a degree in Language And Literature, and from Wilkes University in 2006 with a Masters in creative writing. His short fiction and nonfiction
have appeared widely including in Esquire, Granta, and The Caribbean Review of Books.
CHARLES E. NEU - COLONEL HOUSE - May 21 2015 6:30 pm. A man who lived his life mostly in the shadows, Edward M. House is little known or remembered today; yet
he was one of the most influential figures of the Wilson presidency. Wilson's chief political advisor, House played a key role in international
diplomacy, and had a significant hand in crafting the Fourteen Points at the Paris Peace Conference. Though the intimate friendship between the
president and his advisor ultimately unraveled in the wake of these negotiations, House's role in the Wilson administration had a lasting impact on
20th century international politics. In this seminal biography, Charles E. Neu details the life of "Colonel" House, a Texas landowner who rose to
become one of the century's greatest political operators. Ambitious and persuasive, House worked largely behind the scenes, developing ties of
loyalty and using patronage to rally party workers behind his candidates. In 1911 he met Woodrow Wilson, and almost immediately the two formed
what would become one of the most famous friendships in American political history. House became a high-level political intermediary in the
Wilson administration, proving particularly adept at managing the intangible realm of human relations. After World War I erupted, House, realizing
the complexity of the struggle and the dangers and opportunities it posed for the United States, began traveling to and from Europe as the
president's personal representative. Eventually he helped Wilson recognize the need to devise a way to end the war that would place the United
States at the center of a new world order. In this balanced account, Neu shows that while House was a resourceful and imaginative diplomat, his
analysis of wartime politics was erratic. He relied too heavily on personal contacts, often exaggerating his accomplishments and missing the larger
historical forces that shaped the policies of the warring powers. Ultimately, as the Paris Peace Conference unfolded, differences appeared
between Wilson and his counselor. Their divergent views on the negotiations led to a bitter split, and after the president left France in June of
1919, he would never see House again. Despite this break, Neu refutes the idea that Wilson and House were antagonists. They shared the same
beliefs and aspirations and were, Neu shows, part of an unusual partnership. As an organizer, tactician, and confidant, House helped to make
possible Wilson's achievements, and this impressive biography restores the enigmatic counselor to his place at the center of that presidency.
About the Author: Charles E. Neu is Professor Emeritus of History at Brown University. He is the author of many books, including America's Lost
War: Vietnam, 1945-1975.
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