mwr enews 17 june 2015
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TICKETS AT LEISURE TRAVEL SERVICES 305.437.1595 | Leisure Travel Services
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MIAMI DOLPHINS, MIAMI HURRICANES, FLORIDA PANTHERS,
MIAMI HEAT, MIAMI MARLINS
K1 SPEED TICKETS
BLUE MAN GROUP at Universal Studios
DISNEY WORLD MILITARY SPECIALS
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COMMUNITY FAIR – August 7 – Fitness Center http://miami.armymwr.com/us/miami/miami-events/community-fair
SUMMER SPLASH JULY 18 (Note date change) http://miami.armymwr.com/us/miami/miami-events/summer-splash
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
Friday
1130-1230 Indoor Cycling with Monica
1130-1300 Self-Defense Fundamentals with Jason - Free
1215-1315 Yoga with Carole
BODYBUILDING COMPETITION Aug. 1, 9am - 3pm, 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.
Sports & Fitness
http://miami.armymwr.com
Newcomer Orientation, June 23, 8:30am–12pm, POC: [email protected]
Investing Basics, June 25, 1-2pm, POC: [email protected]
Creating Your High School Resume, July 8, 9am-12pm, POC: [email protected]
Divorce & Credit with Financial Strategies for Single Parents, July 16, POC: [email protected]
Interview Workshop for High School Students, July 22, 8am-12pm, POC: [email protected]
Financial Survival, July 23, 8am-12pm, POC: [email protected]
Newcomer Orientation, July 28, 8:30am–12pm, POC: [email protected]
Miami Tour, July 31, 9am-4pm, POC: [email protected]
FREE YOGA FOR VETS - Connected Warriors Classes, Dharma Holistic Center, 305. 834.3371
8260 NW 27th Street, #410, Doral, FL 33122. www.dharmainstitute.org
ARMY TEN MILER TRY OUTS June 26
http://miami.armymwr.com/us/miami/miami-events/army-ten-miler-try-outs-jun-271
SUMMER SLAM BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT August 14-16! Military teams are free.
Non-military teams - $300. Fee must be paid by 15 July 2015. 305.437.0123/0124.
http://miami.armymwr.com/us/miami/miami-events/summer-slam-basketball-tournament
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
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/
FLORIDA STATE PARKS – Military discount - https://www.floridastateparks.org/content/annual-pass-information#discountsforveterans
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.
AMANDA HARRIS - THE FRUITS OF EDEN - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2015 - 8:00PM David Fairchild (1869–1954), son-in-law of Alexander Graham Bell and brother-in-law of
National Geographic editor Gilbert Grosvenor, shared the contagious spirit of scientific discovery and invention that characterized the late
nineteenth century. Like his influential relatives, Fairchild introduced revolutionary changes—not in technology or geography but in the American
diet. At a time when much American fare tended to be bland, Fairchild believed in the free exchange of food plants—preferably colorful, tasty
ones—among people around the world. He convinced the U.S. Department of Agriculture to sponsor daring overseas explorations to track down
and bring back foreign cultivars. Fairchild traveled to remote corners of the globe, searching for fruits, vegetables, and grains that would transform
the American diet. In Fruits of Eden, Amanda Harris vividly recounts the exploits of Fairchild and his small band of adventurers and botanists as
they traversed Africa, Asia, South America, and Europe. They searched remote jungles, desert oases, and mountain valleys to return with new and
exciting plants packed with flavor. Their findings led to a renaissance not only at the dinner table but also in horticulture, providing diversity of
crops and economic growth for farmers across the country. But not everyone supported this burgeoning form of globalization. In the early
twentieth century the scientific community began to be concerned about invasive species. World War I fanned the flames of xenophobia in
Washington, and adversaries believed Fairchild’s discoveries would contaminate the purity of native crops. As Fairchild’s work became tangled in
these and other controversies, his government expeditions ceased Yet his legacy lives on in today’s modern kitchen, where navel oranges, Meyer
lemons, honeydew melons, soybeans, avocados, and many other once-exotic foods are now savored with delight. About the Author: Amanda
Harris, author of Fruits of Eden, was for many years a reporter and editor at Newsday, the Long Island and New York City daily newspaper. She
lives in Manhattan and Montcabrier, France, with her husband, Drew Fetherston. She is also the granddaughter of Alice Barton Harris and the
daughter of Robin Franklin Harris, who was Marian Fairchild’s godson.
JON MILLS - PRIVACY IN THE NEW MEDIA - THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2015 - 8:00PM. Balancing personal dignity and first amendment concerns has become increasingly
challenging. In today’s new media age, technology moves faster than the law, enabling modern media outlets to commit intrusions into private
endeavors for the sake of a story. With few legal limits governing the dissemination of information online, individuals—whether news affiliates or
anonymous writers—can become publishers, freely divulging the details of citizens’ private lives. While the history of free speech and press has
noble origins rooted in democratic theory, unlimited and unrestricted internet speech has left thousands of victims in its wake. Can society
protect those who are harassed, stalked, and misrepresented online while maintaining our constitutional freedoms? Jon Mills, one of the nation’s
top privacy experts and advocates, maps out this complex problem. Tracing the history of the press in tandem with its regulation, Mills argues that
technology has always evolved more quickly than the laws restricting its use. Old laws chase new media, raising original questions of how privacy
and modern news outlets can coexist. Mills tackles those issues by looking at solutions already implemented by the European Union and
comparing them to the obsolete privacy laws still extant in the United States. In his search for solutions, Mills closely examines an array of
noteworthy cases, including suits made by Jennifer Anniston, Kate Middleton, Naomi Campbell, Argentinian soccer star Diego Maradona, and the
family of deceased SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau. In a global marketplace of instantly shared ideas, freedom of expression offers consumers a
wealth of knowledge, but a lack of gatekeeping threatens intellectual space and individuals’ personal lives. Mills traces that sharp edge between
the right of privacy and the right of the public to know—between the limitless source of private information and society’s craving for it all. About
the Author: Jon L. Mills, professor of law at the University of Florida, has litigated high-profile cases in privacy and constitutional law, representing
clients including Dale Earnhardt’s widow. He is former dean of the Levin College of Law, former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives,
and the author of Privacy: The Lost Right.
In the Community
BRAD MELTZER - THE PRESIDENT'S SHADOW -SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2015 - 7:00PM. There are stories no one knows. Hidden stories. I find those stories for a living.
To most, it looks like Beecher White has an ordinary job. A young staffer with the National Archives in Washington, D.C., he's responsible for
safekeeping the government's most important documents . . . and, sometimes, its most closely held secrets. But there are a powerful few who
know his other role. Beecher is a member of the Culper Ring, a 200-year-old secret society founded by George Washington and charged with
protecting the Presidency. Now the current occupant of the White House needs the Culper Ring's help. The alarming discovery of the buried arm
has the President's team in a rightful panic. Who buried the arm? How did they get past White House security? And most important: What's the
message hidden in the arm's closed fist? Indeed, the puzzle inside has a clear intended recipient, and it isn't the President. It's Beecher, himself.
Beecher's investigation will take him back to one of our country's greatest secrets and point him toward the long, carefully hidden truth about the
most shocking history of all: family history. About the Author: Brad Meltzer is the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers The Inner Circle, The
Book of Fate, and six other bestselling thrillers. His nonfiction books, Heroes for My Son and Heroes for My Daughter, were also New York Times
bestsellers. He is the host of the History Channel series Brad Meltzer's Decoded and the Eisner Award-winning writer of Justice League of America.
A graduate of the University of Michigan and Columbia Law School, he currently lives in Florida. You can find much more about him at
www.BradMeltzer.com. You can also see what he's doing right now at Facebook.com/bradmeltzer and Twitter.com/bradmeltzer.
In the Community
At Books & Books
THE 482 FIGHTER WING AND FORCE SUPPORT SQUADRON WILL HOST IT'S 6TH
ANNUAL 4TH OF JULY INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION on Saturday, July 4th, 2015
6pm-9pm. Open to all Active, Reserve, and Retired Military, Department of Defense
(DoD) Employees and their families. Guests without a DoD ID card can attend as a
guest of a sponsor (Military, DoD with ID card.) Guests can expect amusements rides,
roaming costume characters, music, and a Fireworks Display by Firepower Displays.
Celebrate Independence Day at the Community Activity/Troop Feeding Center. Guests
are highly encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets. Hot Dogs and drinks will be
served at reasonable prices. Open seating will be available and directions on where
you can sit will be provided at the Guest Registration Tent. All guests are asked to stop
by Guest Registration to sign in and receive instructions on where to sit, what is
available for amusements and additional safety and security instructions. Amusement
rides will begin promptly at 6pm and close at 8:30pm to prepare for the fireworks
show. Food services will close approximately at 8pm so make your plans to purchase
food and drinks early. Sparklers and explosives are prohibited and all bags will be
subject to search by Security Forces. We need to have all guests register to assist in
case of lost persons. All children and dependents must wear wrist bands with their
sponsor name. Please pass on to your friends and help make this a fantastic event! If
you are Interested in volunteering, call 786-415-7576 or 305-772-4910.
THE DORAL INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION will be held in Doral Central park
(3000 NW 87th Ave Doral, FL 33166 ) Event begins at 6pm/Fireworks at 9pm, Families
can enjoy free pony rides, inflatables, delicious food, live entertainment and the
signature finale and everyone's favorite -our spectacular fireworks show. Bring
blankets, chairs and picnic baskets. Come early. Free parking and admission.