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Holiday Block Leave, uniqueto U.S. Army Training andDoctrine Command initialmilitary training units, marksan annual time whenthousands of the U.S. Army’snewest Soldiers travel fromtheir training centers acrossAmerica to their homes for theholiday season.

Initial military training forenlisted Soldiers comprisesbasic combat training,advanced individual trainingand one station one unittraining. The Army is the onlybranch of service that providesthis opportunity for a block ofleave during the enlisted basictraining portion.

The Holiday Block Leaveseason provides Soldiers amuch-needed andwell-deserved break from theirinitial military training to returnto their families and reconnectover the holidays.

Commanders in the initialmilitary training enterpriseensure that the newestSoldiers get home swiftly andas safely as possible. As partof this, they brief Soldiersabout holiday safety,emergency and medicalinformation, and providespecific unit guidance.

The Holiday Block Leave willallow nearly 13,000 newSoldiers to travel home fromtheir initial military trainingunits in mid-December. Inaddition, initial military trainingunits have identified morale,welfare, and recreationactivities to ensure thewell-being of Soldiers whodecide to stay at their traininglocations during Holiday BlockLeave.

The U.S. Army Center forInitial Military Training leadsthe synchronization of initialmilitary training.

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HOLIDAYBLOCK LEAVEPROGRAM

ADDRESSESThe final phase of Addresschanges at APG North(Aberdeen) and South(Edgewood) to take effect,new street signs unveiledJan. 16, 2018.

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HONOREESAPG Senior CommanderMaj. Gen. Randy Taylorhosts the InstallationRetirement ceremony atthe Myer Auditorium, bidsfarewell to three personnel.

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RETIREMENTCatch up on the newUniformed ServicesBlended RetirementSystem takes before ittakes effect Jan. 1, 2018.

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At the Edgewood cemetery, at APG South,Garrison Commander Col. Robert L. PhillipsIII delivered remarks during a ceremonyhosted by the APG Community Spouses Cluband the St. Kevin’s Division 1 of the AncientOrder ofHibernians.

Phillips challenged the crowd of about 70 tonever forget the sacrifices of servicemembers.

“This is a small act that goes a long way inkeeping their memory alive,” he said. “Honorthemandnever forget.”

The Aberdeen Proving Ground communityremembered the lives of fallen Soldiers duringWreaths Across America observances in Har-ford andCecil counties Saturday,Dec. 16.

The day is designed to remember fallenveterans, honor thosewho serve and teach thevalueof freedomtochildrenduringtheholidayseason.

Phillips said while the stories of all Ameri-cans have similarities, they are also unique intheir own specialways.

He shared the story of three privates buriedin the cemetery who were among the firstSoldiers buried at APG in 1918. They servedduringwhatwasknownthenasTheGreatWaror The War to End All Wars. Now known asWorldWar I, it led to the creation of APG andtheEdgewoodArsenal.

APG Senior Commander Maj. Gen. Randy Taylor (left) places a wreath on a veteran’s grave during a Wreaths Across America ceremony inCharlestown, Maryland, Dec. 16, 2017.

U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY SEAN KIEF, USAG APG

Wreaths Across Americahonors the nation’s veteransBy Jon BleiweisAPG News

See WREATHS, page A7

For the past 22 weeks, the U.S. ArmyEdgewood Chemical Biological Center, orECBC, hosted a groupof seven cadets from theFreestate ChalleNGe Academy, or FCA, aneducation program for at-risk youth.

Begun in 1993 by the Maryland NationalGuard, the FCA provides challenged youthages 16 to 18 with academic classes, person-alizedmentorship, and career guidance.

During the 22-week residency program, theChalleNGE cadets live at Aberdeen ProvingGround. They wake up 5 a.m. and go to bed9:30 p.m. each day. In between, they attendclasses, learn new skills and perform publicservice tasks. The goal of the program is toinstill a senseof responsibility anddiscipline inthe cadets, most of whom earn their GEDs atthe end of the program.

A vital element of the curriculum is theacademy’s mentor program, which pairs stu-dentswith volunteers,manyofwhomareAPGemployees, who provide guidance, advice, anda shoulder to lean on over the course of theprogramandbeyond.

ECBCmentors help ChalleNGe cadetsstay focused on their goalsEdgewood Chemical Biological Center

Freestate ChalleNGe Academy students, along with academy and ECBC staff and mentors, metwith ECBC Director Dr. Eric Moore near the end of their 22-week resident program at APG.

PHOTO COURTESY OF ECBC

See ECBC, page A7

1st Sgt. JamesMitchell of theU.S.ArmyPublicHealthCenter, acceptsa bag of toys and clothes from Volunteer Melinda Conway during theannual Angel Tree gift pick up hosted by Army Community Service atTopof theBayDec.14.Thegiftswill bedelivered to families inMitchell’sunit.

APG Chief of Army Community Service Jennifer Eichner said 95children will receive toys and clothes from the Angel Tree program,thanks to thegenerousdonations from10organizationson-andoff-post.She thanked Conway and her husband, Joseph Conway, an Armyretiree,whohave volunteeredwith the program for five years.

“It is such an honor to be part of the Angel Tree,” Eichner said.“Always great to be able to provide support to our Soldiers and theirfamilies, andaseachyear comesweare sograteful for theConwayswhoserve as our ‘head elves’ and reallymake themagic happen.”

During the eventAPGGarrisonCommandSgt.Maj. ToeseTia Jr. andFamily and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Director MichaelLupacchino stopped by to show their support.

Spreading holiday cheerRachel PonderAPG News

Training and DoctrineCommand

A2 APG News • Thursday, December 21, 2017

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StaffAPG Senior Commander .....................Maj. Gen. Randy S. TaylorAPG Garrison Commander ....................Col. Robert L. Phillips IIIAPG Strategic Communication Officer ............David PattersonEditor .................................................................Amanda RominieckiAssistant Editor .....................................................Yvonne JohnsonStaff writers ...............................................................Rachel Ponder.................................................................................Jonathan BleiweisWebsite ............................................................www.APGNews.com

What do youwant forChristmas?

“I want a NintendoSwitch [a videogame console.]

“A Power Wheel car.

“Instead of receivinggifts, I would like totravel to Puerto Ricothis Christmas.That’s where myfamily is from.

“Super MarioOdyssey, a videogame for NintendoSwitch.

SavannaMurdockAge 13

JahazielValentinAge 9

MellyMaldonadoAge 16

Tyler MurdockAge 10

“A whole bunch ofPaw Patrol toys.

Skylar ScottAge 5

Formany of us, the lines from the classicholiday song are familiar, but they may nothold any outsize significance. However,when Americans first heard Bing Crosbydeliver them during the holiday season in1943, they struck an extraordinary nationalchord.

Written by Kim Gannon in 1942, thewords to “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”represent the point of view of a Soldierlonging for home.

That year, the war had cast a pall over anormally joyful time, as it was the firstholiday season of the wartime period tooccur while hundreds of thousands of U.S.servicemen and servicewomen were de-ployed abroad. And by that time, manyfamilies had already lost loved ones.

A Brooklyn native who knew manymilitary families, Gannon sought to capturethis national mood of melancholy. Withmusic composed by Walter Kent, Crosbyrecorded the song in October 1943. Itbecameahugehit, charting for11weeks andpeaking at No. 3, and was the mostrequested song at USO shows that Christ-mas.

The song itself was straightforward,consistingofonly16 lines.Andwithnoovertreligious references, it didn’t sound like atypical carol. But by capturing the complexemotions millions were feeling, it becamemore than a song. It became a prayer.

A prayer for the safe return of sons and

daughters. Aprayer for a letter froma lovedone ina far-flungpart of theworld.Aprayerthat theWesternUniontelegramdelivery—which usually meant one thing — wouldpass by.

In fact, somehistorians have said that forservice personnel and their families, theonly inspirational patriotic song that equal-ed “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” was “GodBlessAmerica.”

The song also resonated with peopleoutside the military. Many of them hadmigrated to New York and other majorcities towork in factories tosupport thewareffort and were spending their first holidayseason away fromhome.

The song continues to move peopletoday, and with good reason. Becausethrough16 years of continuous combat, andwith thousands of service members andcivilians operating in harm’s way, we arestill aNation atwar.

Regardless of the holidays you observethis season, I encourage you to remember“I’ll BeHome for Christmas” as a reminderof the sacrifices of our warfighters and ourongoing responsibility to support andhonor the service of the more than 22,000veterans inHarfordCounty.

I am heartened by efforts like theVeterans Resource Fair held in Bel Air inOctober, which drew more than 100 veter-ans, as evidence of Harford County’scommitment to upholding this charge.

Onbehalf of theentireAberdeenProvingGround community, I wish you and yourfamily a safe and happy holiday season andnewyear.

America’s Army, YourArmy!Maj. Gen. Randy S. Taylor, APG Senior

Commander

COMMANDER’S CORNER

“I’ll be home for Christmas …if only in my dreams.”

U.S. ARMY PHOTO

The final phaseof a years-longprocess tochange street names and addresses onAberdeen Proving Ground will becomeeffective Jan. 16, 2018.

On this date, covers will be removed oncountless street signs, revealing new streetnames across the range and cantonmentareas of APG North (Aberdeen) and APGSouth (Edgewood). The most recentchanges will apply to all organizationsassigned toAPG receiving officialmail.

Earlier in 2017, housing and recreationlodging areas converted to the new streetnames and addresses. The Directorate ofPublic Works continues to work with localand commercial partners to help expediteaddress databases updates.

“TheaddressandstreetnamechangesonAPG may seem like an unnecessary hassle,but it makes us safer in the long run,” saidAPG Garrison Commander Col. RobPhillips. “Emergency services will now beable to get to locations on-post faster,” hesaid adding, the installation-wide effortwillbring APG up-to-regulation with a stand-ardized addressing system.

“We learned some tough lessons duringthe transition of residential addresses,”Phillips said.

“The Garrison is working diligently tobringusbackoncourse aswemove into thefinal phase of the change-over. Our subjectmatter experts are working to educate on-and off-post communities to ensure bothmail and visitors can find their intendeddestinations onAPG.”

Public safetyCharles Eckert, chief of the DPW Engi-

neering Division, said public safety is theroot cause of the changes.

“APG is converting to a street addressingsystem as a public safety initiative tied toAPG’s enhanced 911 system, which will becompatible with the 911 Emergency Re-sponse System used in the surroundingcounties,” he said.

“This involves renaming streets whosenames are duplicates of those in thesurrounding counties and revising thebuilding addresses to comply with theUnited States Postal Service address num-bering convention. This will eliminateconfusion as to the location of emergenciesand result in faster response times.”

He added that the updating of GPSsystems is “an involved process.”

“[It] requires submissionof thestreetandaddress revision to Harford County whichthen incorporates the changes into itsroadway system database. The reviseddatabase is then pushed to the State ofMaryland for incorporation into its data-base. GPS systemswill download the state’sdatabase to update their systems, based oneach provider’s schedule,” Eckert said.

“Harford County has forwarded therevised database to the State of Maryland[and] it is anticipated that the new streetnames and addresses will take upwards of180 days to be incorporated into third-partymapping services.”

Stripmapswith the revised street nameshave been prepared and will be available at

the visitor centers at the APG North(Aberdeen) and APG South (Edgewood)entry gates. Electronic copies of the stripmaps have also been given to facilitymanagers. It should be noted that whilestreet names and numbers are changing,building numberswill remain the same.

Officialmail address formatTenant and Garrison personnel should

use the following addressing format effec-tive Jan.16, 2018.

APGNorth (Aberdeen)APGNorthEmployeeNameOrganizationNameBuilding# (NoChange), Room#NewUSPSStreet AddressAberdeenProvingGround,MD21005APGSouth (Edgewood)APGSouthEmployeeNameOrganizationNameBuilding# (NoChange), Room#NewUSPSStreet AddressAberdeenProvingGround,MD21010Those who are unsure of their new

address should contact their facility man-ager.Fororganizationsthatutilize theUSPSBldg. 4510 as their official mailing address,theaddresswill change from“4510BoothbyHill Ave” to “6429BoothbyHill Ave”.

For organizations that utilize P.O. boxesat theAberdeenandEdgewoodpostoffices,there is no change to the requirements.

For more information, contact StevanBand at 410-306-1158, or ste-van.s.band.civ@mail.mil.

New street names and addressestake effect Jan. 16, 2018APG News & APG Directorate of Public Works

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Thursday, December 21, 2017 • APG News A3

The careers of four members of TeamAPG—with a combined137 years of serviceto the Army — were celebrated during aninstallation retirement ceremony at theMyerAuditoriumDec.14.

The honorees included Col. Peter L.Mueller, command chaplain of the U.S.Army Communications-Electronics Com-mand; Guy Joseph of the Mid-AtlanticRegion Network Enterprise Center; JaniceNeal of Kirk U.S. Army Health Clinic andHaroldBrewer of theAPGGarrison.

The ceremony was hosted by Maj. Gen.Randy Taylor, senior commander of APGand commanding general of the U.S. ArmyCommunications-Electronics Command,and narrated by Vivian A. Jackson of APG'sDirectorate ofHumanResources.

Taylor pointed out how each of the fourretirees had careers that were diverse innature, butwith a commongoal.

“You can tell that what we produce hereas a teamreally causesus to come together,”he said. “It truly illustrates the many facetsnecessary to enable Army readiness andSoldiers' readiness. What we do here atAPG takes a team of these four individualsand many, many more standing behindthem.”

ChaplainCol. Peter L.Mueller

Mueller joined the Army after graduat-ing high school in 1974, despite his father’swishes for him to enter the ministry. Afterserving for four years, however, he followedin his father’s footsteps. He earnedMastersinDivinity in1984 andhewas ordained as aLutheran pastor.

Mueller re-entered active duty as achaplain in December 1989, serving in the4/13 Infantry Basic Training Battalion atFort Jackson, SouthCarolina.He hadmanyassignments around the world and wasdeployed to Iraq in 2008.

His awards and decorations over thecourse of his 32 years of service include theLegion of Merit, multiple awards of theMeritorious Service, ArmyCommendation,Army Achievement and Army Good Con-duct medals; and the Iraq Campaign andthe Global War on Terrorism Servicemedals.

Mueller said he looks forward to being afull-time grandfather to his six grandchil-dren.

“This is bittersweet,” he said. “I canhonestly say there were very few days Ididn't love being a Solider and being achaplain but it's time to have a new chapterand that's ok too.”

GuyA. JosephJoseph spent 35 years of service in the

Army. Prior to starting as a Department ofthe Army civilian in 2002, he had a 20-year

career as a Soldier, serving in Korea,Germany and Tampa, Florida, where hewas a program manager for the GlobalCommand and Control System at MacDillAir ForceBase.

As a civilian, he started as an informationassurance compliance manager in FortMonmouth, New Jersey. Prior to coming toAPG in 2014, he was the area supportdirector for Team 4, which consisted ofNetwork Enterprise Centers in Massachu-setts, New York, New Jersey, PennsylvaniaandMaryland. At APG, he was the directorof theMid-Atlantic RegionNetwork Enter-priseCenter.

Over the course of his Army career,Josephearned theLegionofMerit,DefenseMeritorious Service, Army MeritoriousService, Joint Service Commendation an-dArmy Commendationmedals; the BronzeOrderofMercury; theCommander’sAwardfor Civilian Service and the AchievementMedal forCivilian Service.

“This has been a great experience,” hesaid. “It was one of the toughest jobs I'vehad inmy life but it's been very rewarding.”

JaniceE.NealNeal, who goes by “Ginger,” entered

federal service at APG in 1981, first as a dataentryoperator to theDirectorateofCombatDevelopments Secretary. She ended hercareer as a secretary for Kirk U.S. ArmyHealthClinic.

She received 26 letters of appreciation,34 exceptional appraisals, 12 commander’scoins, 30 certificates of achievement and 63certificates of training over her 36-yearcareer that spanned10 commanders.

Neal is CPR and First Aid certified, acertified EKG technician, a certified medi-cal transcriptionist, a certified nursingassistant anda certified driver educationinstructor for the state of Maryland. She isalso a qualified instructor for the Preven-tion of SexualHarassmentTraining.

As she explained to the audience at theMyer Auditorium, she kept in mind severalfoundations as she reported to work eachday.

“The golden rule, kindness, loving oneanother and smiling,” she said. “Thesearen't wrinkles, they're laugh lines — and Iearned every one of them.”

HaroldL. BrewerAfter a 20-year career as a Soldier in the

Army, which included deployments toKorea and Saudi Arabia and ended in 1998,Brewer returned to theArmyas a civilian in2003,whenhe beganhis civilian career as asecurity guard working for the APG Direc-torate of Emergency Services.

Brewersaidheworkedwithgood leadersthe last14years,who inspiredhimtoalwayscontinue to do a job until itwas finished.

He said he’ll miss many of the people heworkedwith over the years.

One Soldier, three civilians retireduring December ceremonyBy Jon BleiweisAPG News

As new buildings are commissioned atAberdeen Proving Ground’s EdgewoodArea to enhance the nation’s chemical,biological and medical defense infrastruc-ture, plans are in place to demolish their

older counterparts, which are well pasttheir designated life cycle. The Armyfunded multi-million dollar project is ex-pected to take over10 years to complete.

These aged facilities are as unique astheir former mission; research and devel-opment of chemical, biological and radio-logical material. As a result, a specializedteam with expertise with contaminantsmust oversee the demolition.

The three-phase building removal proc-ess starts with decommissioning and de-contaminating.This involves theremovalof

built-in laboratory furniture, ventilationsystems and internal sewer plumbing fromeach facility, as well as monitoring forcontamination. Once decontaminated, thematerials will be processed and disposed ofin compliance with applicable laws andregulations.

Observers will see mobile commandcenters and air monitoring systems set upoutside the buildings that are being demol-ished. The activity will take place within afence, and inaccessible to the generalpublic.

The process will begin in January, whenthe Army will begin to decontaminate anddecommission Building E3300, a nowvacant laboratory. This Phase is expected tobe completed in about18months.

During the next phase, the U.S. ArmyCorps of Engineers will demolish thefacility to the concrete foundation and slab.Finally, the Corps of Engineers will removeconcrete foundation, slab and sub-slabsewer systems; and where necessary, iden-tify and remove potential contamination inthe underlying soil.

How does building demolition work?Three-phase processincludes decommission,decontamination

Garrison Directorate of Public Works

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Harold Brewer, an APG security guard who is retiring after 34 years of cumulative Armyservice, poses for a photo with APG Senior Commander Maj. Gen. Randy Taylor during aninstallation retirement ceremony Thursday, Dec. 14.

U.S. ARMY PHOTOS BY SEAN KIEF, USAG APG

Janice “Ginger” Neal of Kirk U.S. Army Health Clinic, poses for a photo with APG SeniorCommander Maj. Gen. Randy Taylor during the installation retirement ceremony at theMyer Auditorium Dec. 14, 2017.

Guy Joseph of the Mid-Atlantic Region Network Enterprise Center, who is retiring after 35years of service, poses for a photo with APG Senior Commander Maj. Gen. Randy Taylorduring an installation retirement ceremony Thursday, Dec. 14.

Chaplain Col. Peter L. Mueller, who is retiring after 32 years of service, poses for a photowith APG Senior Commander Maj. Gen. Randy Taylor during an installation retirementceremony Dec. 14, 2017.

A4 APG News • Thursday, December 21, 2017

Just as area temperatureswerepredictedto drop from unusually warm to moreseasonal temperatures, members of theCommunity Outreach Committee of theU.S. Army Medical Research Institute ofChemical Defense brought several bags ofgloves, scarves, hats, winter coats andchildren’s socks to Edgewood ElementarySchool Dec. 5. The items were donated byMRICD employees and personnel in theU.S.ArmyCenter forEnvironmentalHealthResearch, at Fort Detrick, Maryland; aMRICD subordinate organization.

Over 40 coats and winter vests, 35scarves, 33 mittens and gloves, and 30 hats,as well as several hat-and-glove sets andearmuffs, were donated, as were 39 pairs ofchildren’s socksandseveral sweatshirts andsnowpants.

“It’s been an impressive drive,” Commu-nity Outreach Committee member HeidiHoard-Fruchey said of the collection ef-forts. “[Employees] really embraced it.”

School counselor Karen Cunninghamsaidshewas thrilled to see the influxofnewdonations, adding that any effort to keepsomeone warm during the winter was“near and dear tomyheart.”

The school will distribute the outerwearto those students who need it as well as totheir family members, since some donateditems were too large for most elementaryschool children.Additionally, after bringingin the donations MRICD committee mem-bers Karen Brecht, Jessica Chandler, andSpc. Jeffrey Augustin hung hats for thechildren on the Christmas in the schoollobby.

Among the collected outerwear weresome random items of clothing for adultsand children, which the committee will

donate to Tabitha’s House, in Fallston,Maryland, or use to fulfill requests for theorganization’s Angel Tree project. Addi-

tionally, the committee collected socks forthe patients at the Perry Point VA MedicalCenter; more than 80 pairs of men’s and

women’s sockswill bedroppedoff later thismonth.

MRICD Community Outreachdonates to local elementary school

From left, school counselor Karen Cunningham; Karen Brecht; school counseling intern Benjamin Allen; Jessica Chandler; Principal Cyn-thia Womack-Ross; Dr. Heidi Hoard-Fruchey, MRICD Commander Col. Margery Hanfelt, and Spc. Jeffrey Augustin pose with donatedouterwear at Edgewood Elementary School.

U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY PAM KAYE, MRICD

By Cindy KronmanMedical Research Institute ofChemical Defense

He joined the Navy to escape the harddestiny of coal mining life in Richlands,Virginia where he grew up. In 1960,according to Ronald L.Walls, it wasminingor the military and that was pretty much itfor those for whom college was “out ofreach.”

“Wewere verypoor,”Walls said, “andmydad was a coal miner but it wasn’t what Iwanted forme.”

Two months after he graduated highschool, Walls was in the Navy training inoperations intelligence, learninghow touseradarduring combat operations.He trainedat Naval Station Great Lakes, Illinois thenwent “aboard ship” in Florida.

Though he stayed in only four years,Walls said he loved the Navy and almosteverything about it. It was where hediscovered his gift for song; a talent thatwould color hismilitary experience and hislife.

“They’d have talent shows on the shipand one time we formed a group and wonfirst place,”Walls said. “Folk music was bigthen and the Navy was big on outreach sothey’d pick us to do community events.”

Walls didn’t care for the shipboard life, “Igot in trouble a few times,” he said, and heleft the Navy at the end of his four-yearcommitment and returned to Virginia withno apparent plans.

“I was young and single and I did a lot ofthings I probably shouldn’t have done,” hesaid.

Eventually, an uncle who was a ministerand who saw Walls headed nowhere fast,got him to accompany him to HarfordCounty,Marylandwhere he had aministry.

“He knew Iwas carousing and I think hewas just looking to change my life,” Walls

said. “And, it did.”He visited the North Bel Air area, which

he liked almost right away. He met andmade friends who found him employmentin Havre de Grace and just like that,Maryland became his home. Like his uncle,Walls embraced the ministry – his love ofsinging, guiding his steps - and he sang inand won local gospel contests with severallocal groups. Between 1965 and 1998, herecorded six recordswithThe Inspirations,The Royals, The Sounds of Jericho, Riversof Joy, TheCavalrymen, and finally theRonWalls Trio.

Walls came to APG in 1966 after hisbrother-in-lawtoldhimabouta jobopeningat Phillips Airfield. He got the job of airtraffic control specialist – station, and he’sbeen there ever since.

“Back then, APGwas very busy,” he said.“When I started, Vietnam was at its heightand there were 35 aircraft, rotor andfixed-wing, on the airfield. It was allmilitary aircraft andmilitary commanders.”

He said daily missions consisted oftraining, testing and taxiing people backand forth to places like Washington, D.C.andFort Belvoir, Virginia.

“There was something going on all thetime; we were a 24-hour operation,” Wallsadded, noting that the Maryland NationalGuard and Air National Guard, along with

the Delaware National Guard and theDepartmentofDefense, frequentlyusedtheairfield for transportation and trainingneeds.

In the 1970s the airfield had a flying cluband Wells obtained his pilot license forsingle engine, fixed-wing aircraft. He hadalso joined the Maryland National Guard,anddeployed for one yearwith the 29thAirTraffic Control Group, based at WeideArmy Airfield, to the Gulf War in supprt ofOperations Desert Shield/Storm, 1990-91.He eventualy retired from theGuard after a31-year career.

Due to his pleasing vocal abilities, Wallsbecame well known at APG. He often wascalled on to perform the national anthematpost events and he frequently participatedin post and local talent shows. In 2006, hewon the Maryland Senior Idol contest andappeared in articles in The AEGIS and theBaltimore Sun.

After 51 years at APG, Walls has wit-nessed countless changes. He said the baserealignment and closure construction thatchanged the APG landscape and broughtthousands of government civilians to theinstallation and surrounding communities,and the loss of the Soldiers of theU.S. ArmyOrdnanceCenter andSchools standout themost in hismind.

He also credits “the good people at

MWR” [Morale, Welfare and Recreation]with helping him stay active over the years.He played racquetball in the post gyms formore than 20 years with everyone fromprivates to post commanders and he still“shoots baskets” regularly.

“TheMWRpeopleare thebest.They’reagreat staff; especially Rosie [Stewart, recre-ation specialist]. She always greets youwitha smile and she makes going to the gym apleasure.”

He credited retired MWR employeeEarlene Allen with keeping him in thespotlight,musically.

“She’d sign me up for a prayer breakfastor a sporting event and then tellme about itafter,” he chuckled. “Of all the changes,MWR has been the one constant. Theirpeoplemake you feel special.”

Still employed at Phillips Army Airfield,at age 76, Walls said he’s grateful for therewarding life he’s led in the shadow ofAPG. He and his wife raised two sons andone daughter here and dote on their fivegrandchildren.

“I love this job,” he said. “I think I’veprobably got the most rewarding job of allmy five brothers. I’ve done more and I’veseenmore, right here at APG.

“I love it here and I thank the good LordeverymorningthatI’mable togetoutofbedand enjoy another day.”

My APG Story: Ronald L. WallsBy Yvonne JohnsonAPG News

In this 1970s photo, Phillips Army Airfield Air Traffic Controller Ron Walls, right, receives an award from the Airfield Commander.PHOTO COURTESY RON WALLS

Air Traffic Controller Ron Walls, at age 76,marks 51 years of employment at AberdeenProving Ground.

U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY YVONNE JOHNSON, APG NEWS

Thursday, December 21, 2017 • APG News A5

A settlement well before Marylandbecame a state, the sleepy hamlet ofCharlestown, located on the northeastern-most shore of the Chesapeake Bay, and lessthan a 30-minute drive fromAberdeen, hasseveral historical connections.

Charlestown was formed in 1742, by anact of theMarylandAssemblywhich stated,“the encouragement of Trade and Naviga-tion is the surest means of promoting thehappiness and increasing the riches ofevery country . . . [and] . . . there being as yetno [town] settled at or near the head of theChesapeake Bay...” The colonial villagebecame the first incorporated town inCecilCounty, and briefly served as the CountySeat.

The town, serving as a connectionbetween Baltimore and Philadelphia, wasmeticulously planned, said local historianAudrey Edwards. Seven streets wereplanned from north to south, and sevenwere planned from east to west, eachnamed after prominent and wealthy Balti-moreans. Curvy roads were designed toaccommodate horses and wagons, as theanimalswouldn’t be able tomaneuver hills,she said.

Several historical figuresmade their wayto Charlestown over the years, includingBenjamin Franklin, George WashingtonandAmerican artist CharlesWillsonPeale.

The Wellwood, a historic restaurant inCharlestown, dates back to the late 1800s.Orignally aprivatehuntingand fishingclub,it evolved into a country andyacht club thatattracted the likes of Theodore Roosevelt,Calvin Coolidge and Joseph Cannon, thepowerful Speaker of the House underRoosevelt and William Howard Taft. TheWellwood is best known for the 1918barbecue during which 28 senators, 16governors and several colonels gatheredthereand listenedtoapitch fromrestaurantfounder Louis H. Eisenlohr and RileyWilson encouraging America to makeAlaska a state.

The duo had spent time there and werefascinated with the area, said Larry Metz,the current owner of theWellwood.

“Hewas40yearsabovehis time,”hesaid.The town was also home to Lt. Col.

Nathaniel Ramsay, a lawyer who servedunder Gen. George Washington in 1778,when hewaswounded atMonmouth, NewJersey, andtakenprisonerby theBritish.Hewas later aU.S. Congressman.

The town’s treasurer,KarlH.Fockler, is aRamsey reenactor. With local landmarksthroughout the town, including four histor-ical markers, he said the area is popularwith peoplewho appreciate history.

“It was integral in part of the defense ofthe upper part of the Chesapeake Bay,” hesaid.

Today, Charlestown is home to tworestaurants, a school, a church, a firehouse,a post office and a marina with several

docked boats. In recent years, the townpopulation increased from 1,019 in 2000 to1,183 in 2010, according toU.S. Census data.

AtHollowayBeach,whichwas apopulartourist destination prior to the the promi-nence of the car and the construction of theChesapeake Bay Bridge, which gave accessto Ocean City, guests can see up to 30milesaway on a clear day.

Andy Thompson, Town Council presi-dent, said the population has gotten young-er in recent years; he credits the popularCharlestown restaurants as a factor attract-ing people to the area.

“I think the town is doingwell today,” hesaid.

For more information about local activ-ities, events and attractions inCharlestown,visit charlestownmd.org.

Military history onthe waterfront

Deputy State’s Attorney and Charlestown, MarylandTown Commissioner Karl H. Fockler re-enacts Revolutionary War Lt. Col. NathanielRamsey, a native of Charlestown who served under Gen. George Washington.

U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY JON BLEIWEIS, APG NEWS

A historical marker at a Charlestown, Maryland intersection tells of the many visits GeorgeWashington made to the area.

U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY JON BLEIWEIS, APG NEWS

A view of the shoreline at the top of the Chesapeake Bay in Charlestown, Maryland.U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY JON BLEIWEIS, APG NEWS

Charlestown: A historical gem at the top of the Chesapeake Bay

By Jon BleiweisAPG News

WASHINGTON, D.C. — One of the mostwide-reaching and significant changes tomilitary pay and benefits over the last 70years goes into effect Jan. 1 with theimplementation of the Uniformed ServicesBlendedRetirementSystem,knownasBRS.

The new system blends aspects of thetraditional defined benefit retirement pen-sion system, with a defined contributionsystem of automatic and matching govern-ment contributions through the ThriftSavings Plan.

All new entrants into the uniformedservices on or after Jan. 1will be enrolled inthis new retirement system, Pentagonofficials said. The uniformed services arethe Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps,Coast Guard, Public Health Service Com-missioned Corps and the National Oceanicand Atmospheric Administration Commis-sionedOfficerCorps.

Somecan choose betweensystems

Nearly 1.6 million current service mem-bers will have the option to remain in thecurrent legacy “high-3” retirement systemor to choose the BRS when the opt-inperiod for eligible service members opensJan.1. Opt-in eligible servicemembers fromall sevenof theuniformedserviceswillhavean entire year to make their retirementsystem election. The open period for themajority of service members is from Jan. 1throughDec. 31, 2018.

Servicememberswill need to visit one ofthese designated resources to opt into BRS:

-- Army, Air Force,Navy:MyPay (https://mypay.dfas.mil).

--MarineCorps:MarineOnline (https://www.mol.usmc.mil).

-- Coast Guard, NOAA CommissionedCorps: Direct Access (https://portal.direct-access.us).

-- U.S. Public Health Service personnelshould contact the USPHS CompensationBranch.

Service members who believe they areeligible to opt in, but do not see the opt-inoption available online should contact theirlocal personnel/human resources office toverify eligibility, officials said.

Decision irrevocableThe decision to opt in is irrevocable,

officials emphasized, even if a servicemember changeshis orhermindbefore theDec. 31, 2018, deadline. Eligible servicememberswho take no actionwill remain inthe legacy retirement system, they added.

Prior to opting in, officials recommendthat service members take advantage of allavailable resources to assist in making aninformed decision on the financial implica-tions specific to their retirement situation.The Defense Department endorses severaltraining and informational tools to support

a service member’s decision, including theBRS Opt-In Course, the BRS ComparisonCalculator and numerous online BRS re-source materials. Service members canreceive no-cost, personal support from anaccredited personal financial manager orcounselor available at their installation’smilitary and family support center or bycalling Military OneSource at 1-800-342-9647.

Blended Retirement System takes effect January 1, 2018Defense Media Activity

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Local apples have already been pickedfrom their trees andmade into apple butter.Walnuts have been gathered for processingand later use in baked goods. Wise localswho picked blueberries at the end ofsummer may have set aside some to freezefor winter pancakes andmuffins. This timeof year, rather than for sustenance orwarmth, those decorative and symbolicproducts of the forest become the focus orwoodland harvesting. Pines and otherconifers,magnolia, hollies andmistletoeareall still harvested in Maryland for festiveseasonal and holiday decorations. Peoplewho enjoy these activities and traditions,however, may not realize the origin andsignificance of this reconnection with theforests inwinter.

This year’s annual tree-lighting event atAPG was an example of a tree-centeredgathering that remains an important eventfor ushering in the winter and holidayseason.

In nearby Cecil County, locals stillcelebrate the annual B&O/Cecil CountyHolly Tree Lighting Ceremony of a hollytree thatwasmostly destroyed by a1995 icestormand subsequent fungal infection.Thetree is still immortalized by a star-toppediron pole of the same height. The pole issurrounded by off-shoot "baby" hollies ofthe original that grow taller every year andare now able to hold lights and ornamentson their own.

Thought to be planted by a local manaround 1870, the original central trunk wasfirst decorated by the B&O, which ownedthe land, in 1947 and gained national famethroughout the 1950s and 60s. The tree isalong the old B&O Railroad line - nowowned by CSX Railroad - which was amajor passenger route between Washing-ton,D.C. andNewYorkCity.Formanyyearsthousands of holiday travelers viewed thetree, which came to be known as theTraveler’s ChristmasTree.

In 1972, ownership was transferred toCecil County and now it is designated as"Holly Tree Park" and decorated annuallyby volunteers. Local school bands, singers,fire and rescue personnel, and Santa Clauslead one or two main holiday events thereeach year.

Celebrating evergreens inwinter

In spite of a predicted shortage ofChristmas trees this year, due to droughts,wildfires, hurricanes, and the lack ofplanting during the recession, many retail-ers have found enough local or Canadiansources tomeet demand.

Consumers can also harvest trees at localfarmswhere theycanpay tocutyourownata lower price to experience the tradition ofselecting and cutting the tree as a family.Though may Americans opt for artificialtrees, either way, a tree of some kind isconsideredanessential componentofmanyholiday and seasonal celebrations. Esti-mates given for the combined number ofnatural and artificial Christmas trees dis-played in the U.S. top 80 million and thetotal amount spent on natural and artificialtrees annually approaches $2 billion.

Forests and individual trees have alwaysbeen celebrated around the world. In theU.S., tree traditions have been combinedwith other cultures. Many of our currentholiday "tree-ditions" are relatively recentand yet derive at least in part from ancientcustoms.

Romans may not have been the first todisplay evergreen wreaths and spraysduring winter celebrations but historiansrecorded that they did so for their Sat-urnaliaholiday festivals inDecember. Somehistorians believe customs from thesefestivals, which included greens, lightedcandles, and gift-giving were perhaps ad-apted by Roman subjects that converted toChristianity along with their emperorConstantine. Early Americans such as thePuritans generally did not celebrate Christ-mas with these customs that were consid-ered pagan in origin.

Germany is generally cited as the earliestcountry to cutdownanddisplay fir trees forChristmas celebrations in the 16th century.By the 19th century Germany was produc-ing artificial trees, of goose feathers dyedgreen, to combat deforestation.

Christmas trees didn’t become widelypopular in the U.S. until the second half ofthe 19th Century. The publishing of a printof Queen Victoria and her family celebrat-ingarounda tree in1848 is creditedby someashavinga large influenceon increasing theuse of trees in private homes in America atChristmas.

The first known Christmas tree market,in New York City in 1851, was so successfulat selling fir and spruce trees that were cutfrom the wild in the Catskill Mountains,that selling the trees soon became aDecember tradition in many cities. Thecutting of wild-grown evergreens had to bebanned in some areas to prevent deforest-ation.DedicatedChristmas tree farmscameaboutmany years later.

Mistletoe is not actually a tree but is apartially parasitic plant growing in the topsof trees, conducting its own photosynthesisbut drawing nutrients from the tree. Thecommon species in Maryland most com-monly grows in oaks and is best seen inwinter as an evergreen plant in the tops ofdeciduous trees. Because of the height atwhich it often grows, it is sometimesharvestedwith shotguns in rural areas.

The Greeks, Romans, Norse, and CelticDruids all used or celebrated the powers ofmistletoe for medicinal purposes and laterfor its association with winter fertility andromance. More recently, researchers in

Europe have explored its potential intreating colon cancer. Kissing under themistletoe goes back to at least the early1800s in theU.S.

In times ofwarDuring the Revolutionary War era,

Christmas was not celebrated with cutevergreen trees. Many historians believethe first Christmas trees in theU.S.were setup by German Hessian mercenary soldiersemployed by the British, and later byGerman immigrants in Pennsylvania andelsewhere.

By the CivilWar in the 1860s, there weremore reports of Christmas trees being cutor sold in the U.S. for holiday decorations.Thomas Nast, the famous illustrator of thatera became a war correspondent and drewbattle scenes. He also drew Santa Claus,evergreens and other Christmas symbolswith soldiers. He was reportedly encour-aged by President Abraham Lincoln tosolidify Christmas traditions as a unifier forthe divided nation.

By the 1870s, Christmas ornaments fortreeswere being imported fromGermany.

Christmas trees, real or improvised fromany vegetation or materials available, havebeen set up by American soldiers duringeverywar since then.

Allied and German soldiers fighting inthe trenches of World War I paused for aChristmas truce in 1914. DuringWorldWarII, therewas amanpower, railroad capacity,andthusChristmastree, shortage in theU.S.so many Americans switched to artificialtrees. Christmas trees continued to be set

up by Soldiers inWorldWar II, theKorean,Vietnam and Iraq wars, and Afghanistanconflicts.

Currently, "Trees for Troops", part of thenon-profit Christmas Spirit Foundation,raises funds and provides trees to militaryfamilies and troops in theU.S. and overseas.Itswebsiteprovides informationabouthowtohelp, andhowto requestChristmas trees."Wreaths Across America" is a non-profitorganization, not that honors the sacrificeof all veterans by coordinating the place-ment of wreaths at military cemeteries inevery state and abroad. At ArlingtonNationalCemetery, thousandsofvolunteersplace wreaths in December and thenremove them in January.

Forest products onDOD landThe lands of APG include many of the

beautiful evergreens featured in holidaytraditions including pines, magnolia,mistletoe, and holly. However, all of thisvegetation is the property of the U.S. Armyand removal for any purpose is governed byfederal statutes, Department of DefenseandArmy regulations and local policies.

Like wildflowers growing on the post insummer, it is best to simply enjoy theevergreens as they grow, and brighten thedark winter landscape, and serve thewildlife as well as the Army. Cuttings fromChristmas trees and other evergreens aregenerally available for purchase on treefarms, Christmas tree sale lots, or at localnurseries or florists.

During the holidays, be sure to keep cutor live trees watered to maintain moisturelonger and to minimize fire hazards.Dispose of trees and other cut evergreensproperly after the holidays. Check withwaste haulers or the county for disposaloptions.

For those in APG housing, trees forpick-up and disposal must be curbside by 5a.m. Saturday, Jan. 13. In Harford County,residents can drop off trees at HarfordWaste Disposal Center in Street, Mondaythrough Saturday, or the Tollgate Road Sitein Bel Air, Saturdays only. Simply dumpingChristmas trees in the woods could add towildland fire fuel load and is not recom-mended.

APG natural resources managers have along history of continually coordinating thenatural infrastructure stewardship thatsupports and sustains the Army’s testingand training mission every day. Workingwith partners from APG tenant organiza-tions, theU.S. Fish andWildlife Service andthe Maryland Department of Natural Re-sources, APG DPW personnel developedand coordinated the Integrated NaturalResourcesManagementPlan (INRMP) as aroadmap for a sustainable mission land-scape that is created through proactivemanagement of APG’s natural resources.

Forest products and holiday tree-ditionsTrees are a focus ofseasonal and holidayeventsBY JOHN LEADERAPG DPW, Natural ResourcesTeam

An illustration of the Cecil County Holly Tree, also known as the Jackson Holly, The B&O Railroad Holly, and The Travelers Tree. The origi-nal tree was severely damaged by ice but living offshoots are still decorated and celebrated annually on the first Saturday of December.

ILLUSTRATION BY AARON SOPHER

A chickadee on a branch of frozen berries.PHOTO BY STEVE GETTLE, NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION

APGmotorists, pedestrians, and huntersare reminded to respect road barricades,signs, and flagging thatmark access restric-tions into somebald eagle nest areas.

At the start of each nesting season onDec. 15, Directorate of Public Works Envi-ronmental Division personnel place roadbarricades in select locations to restrictaccess into some nest areas. These barri-cades are generally limited to small accessroads that pass very close to the nest tree.

In an effort to keep more hunting areasopen during nesting season, signs andyellow flagginghave also beenposted about200 yards from eagle nest trees in huntingareas 400A, 404, 405, 487, 488, 489A, 489B,489C, 489D, 496, and 498. Hunters areaskednot to intrudepast thesemarkers intonest areas.

For more information, contact LyndaHartzell, environmental protection special-ist, at 410-436-0465 orlynda.a.hartzell.civ@mail.mil.

Bald eagle nesting season begins at APGGarrison Directorate of Public Works

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“Their legacy is a part of our Americanstory,” he said.

After the ceremony, community mem-bers placed handmade wreaths on eachheadstone at the cemetery and said aloudthe name of the Soldier or family membermarked on the stone. In total, 355 wreathswere donated and placed on headstones attheAPGSouth andNorth cemeteries.

Phillips’ appearance was one of severalby APG officials at local Wreaths AcrossAmerica events. APG Senior CommanderMaj. Gen. RandyTaylor attended a ceremo-ny in Charlestown, Maryland, while Garri-sonCommandSgt.Maj.ToeseTiaJr.was inNorth East, Maryland, and Soldiers withthe 20th CBRNE Command attended aWreathsAcrossAmerica event in Bel Air.

During his remarks in Charlestown,Taylor saidWreathsAcrossAmerica servedas serious and solemn event, but a fun wayto get the community together and cele-brate what he called “a special gift” — life,liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

“We have the opportunity to bewhoever

we want to be,” he said. “That's much ofwhat the fallen have served in defense of.”

Wreaths Across America started in 2007,formalizing a tradition started by a Maine-based wreath company in 1992. MorrillWorcester, owner of Worcester WreathCompany in Harrington, Maine, took sur-plus wreaths his company made that yearand arranged to have them placed on thegraves of Soldiers at Arlington NationalCemetery.

The delivery happened annually. In2005,aphotoof thegraveswith thewreathsandasnowybackdropwentviral onlineandgained national attention. The followingyear, more than 150 wreath laying ceremo-nieswere held nationwide.

This year’s theme for Wreaths AcrossAmerica is “I am America. Yes, I am.”Veterans were remembered at events heldat more than 1,200 locations in all 50 states,at sea and abroad.

“These people are not forgotten until wequit saying their names,” said ChuckHoppe, a member of the Ancient Order ofHibernians. “That's part of the reason forthis ceremony of when you lay the wreath,you announce the name.”

A volunteer places a wreath on a grave at the Edgewood Cemetery during the WreathsAcross America operation in APG South Dec. 16, 2017.

U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY JON BLEIWEIS, APG NEWS

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Damon Smith and Jansen Robinson, oftheECBCsecurity office, servedasmentorsto some of the cadets who worked withECBCpersonnel during their stay at APG.

“I saw young kids in the street actingfoolish, andIgotmad,”Smithsaidabout thereason he joined the program as a mentor.“But instead of getting mad, why don’t Itake that energy and turn it around to dosome good?”

Smith said he’s put a lot of passion intothe program and he is hoping to leave animpact on the youth.

“Iworkedhands-onwith these guys, andI’m very protective of them,” Smith said. “Ireally put a lot of time and effort into thisbecause I want to make sure these guys dowell and that they pass their tests.”

The cadets say they’ve benefited fromthecareer advice andmentorship, aswell asthe discipline. They graduated from theprogram Dec. 6, and they’re ready to gobackandmake themost of a secondchance.

Damion Mack, 17, said he joined theprogramafter struggling in school.

“I wasn’t doing very good in school; Ifailed twice,” he said, adding that schoolwasn’t always his top priority.

He said he was grateful for a secondchance.

“Freestate is giving me the chance tobounce back from my mistakes,” he said,adding that the program improved his

discipline, work ethic, and time manage-ment.

“I’ve learnedhow tobemore responsibleandmanagemy timemorewisely. Youhaveto work hard and make sacrifices to getwhere youneed to be in life.”

Zack McKenzie, 18, said FCA has givenhimnewdirection.

“I just felt like there was no direction inmy life,” he said. “I thought this would helpme find direction, and it has. This programreally helped me figure out what I’m goingto dowithmy life and helpme get towhereI’m trying to go.”

For McKenzie, that means working inlaw enforcement.

“Being a police officer just seems rightforme,” he said.

Not only do the students take standardacademiccourses, theyalsogainexperiencein the trades.

“Someof themgo to trades,which canbeculinary, welding, or A+, which is an ITprogram,” said FCA supervisor KarilynnDunmeyer.

Through those opportunities, Mackfound a career path to pursue aftergraduation.

“They put me in a welding trade, andthat’s what I’m considering after I gradu-ate,” Mack said, explaining that he enjoysthework. “Freestate is really helpingme bygiving me certain skills that I need to dowell in life and build a strong future.”

Around 150 students enroll in FCAannually, and about 110 graduate from theprogram, saidDunmeyer -- a success rate of

roughly 70 percent.Following graduation, the students and

their mentors enter into a 12-month post-residencyphase,duringwhich theacademytracks the students to gauge their success.

“Wetry tohavea teameffortbetween thecadets and their mentors,” Dunmeyer.“They meet regularly to see if they’remeeting the goals that they set for them-selves, and then they report back to theacademy.We lookatwhat they’redoingandwe think about how we can assist them inreaching their goals.”

Robinson said he saw a little bit ofhimself in the students and that inspiredhim to want to do more. He said he hopesthe time he and Smith spend working withthe students helps them establish a plan forthe future.

“We wanted to be able to enrich theirlives,” he said. “They have something withthem now, and I’d like to see them go fromhere to something, andhave a plan to bettertheir lives. What Damon and I have beendoing is trying to get them to think aboutwhat happens after this.”

The impact that APG and its employeesare having on the lives of academy studentsis a point of pride for APG SeniorCommanderMaj. Gen. Randy S. Taylor.

“Freestate ChalleNGe Academy is ashining example of the Army giving back toour community and our at-risk youth,”Taylor said. “I amextremely proudnot onlyof the hope and opportunity Freestateprovides youth wanting a second chance atbecoming productive citizens and the

dedication shown to the program by theworkforce of Aberdeen Proving Ground,but of those students who accept thechallenge to take control of their lives andright a course towards abrighter tomorrow.The future of our country and our Armydepends on the next generation of Ameri-cans who share positive values, who findsatisfaction in serving their fellow citizens,and who understand our shared responsi-bility to improve and pass on to the nextgeneration our inheritance of liberty, equal-ity, and justice. That’s all tied to what wecall, Army Strong!”

Toward the end of the 22-week program,the class had the opportunity to speakwithECBCDirectorDr.EricMoore,whorelatedhis early life and upbringing to the studentsand encouraged them to make the most oftheir second chance.

“When you grow up in America — in arural environment or an urban environ-ment, it doesn’t matter — there’s alwaystrouble waiting for you,” Moore said. “Wemakemistakes, but it doesn’t have to defineyou or limit you. You have to think aboutwhere you’re trying to go and what you’retrying to achieve, and you have to focus onthat.”

Moore challengedMack to not only be aprofessional welder, but to own a weldingcompany.

“Just don’t forget the little guy, andremember topay it forwardwhenyouget tothe top,”Moore told the students.

For more information about ECBC, visithttps://www.ecbc.army.mil/.

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(Right, top) A festive scene that paystribute to first responders was created by9-1-1 Call Center personnel. The center,located on APG South (Edgewood), com-peted in the second annual APG Garrisonholiday decorating contest and won the“Best Overall” award during a Garrisonawards presentation at the APG North(Aberdeen) recreation center Dec. 18. Thecenter also snagged the “Most Festive” and“Most Extravagant” awards.

(Right, bottom) The front desk of theAPG South (Edgewood) youth center istransformed into awinter scene featuring acolorful train with photos of staff membersand children as “passengers.” The youthcenterwon “TheBestUse of Space” award.

(Below) The APG Garrison Operationsteamwon the “WowEffect” award for theirdoor decoration featuring reused and recy-cledmaterials.

Other directorates that participated inthe contest included the Army SubstanceAbuse Program; Resource ManagementOffice; Main Post Chapel; Directorate ofPublic Works; Family and Morale, Welfareand Recreation; Garrison Command Team;Directorate of Emergency Services.

APG Garrison Commander Col. RobertPhillips III thanked everyone who partici-pated in themorale-boosting activity.

“The intent is you work together onthings, you be creative, and you get to enjoythe rewards of it,” he said.

APG Garrisonholiday decoratingcontestBy Rachel PonderAPG News

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U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY RACHEL PONDER, APG NEWS

A8 APG News • Thursday, December 21, 2017

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

MORALE, WELFARE & RECREATIONUpcoming Activities Learn more about APG MWR activities and services

by going online at www.apgmwr.com.

Pharmacy: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday thruFridayLab: 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday thruFriday;Radiology: 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday thruThursday; 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., FridayPhysical Therapy: 6:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,Monday thru FridayOptometry: 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Mondaythru Thursday; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., FridayBehavioral Health: 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,Monday thru FridayHealth Benefits: 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,Monday thru FridayOutpatient Records: 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Monday thru Friday

DENTAL CLINIC HOURS &TRAINING CLOSURESThe APG North Dental Clinic hours are 7a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday thru Friday;Urgent Care, 7 to 8 a.m. The APG SouthDental Clinic hours are 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.,Monday thru Wednesday; Urgent Care, 7 to8 a.m.On the first Wednesday of the month bothDental Treatment Facilities close 7 a.m. tonoon for standardized training. The APGNorth Dental Clinic is open for scheduledappointments in the afternoon.On the second Thursday of the month bothDental Treatment Facilities close all day forDENTAC standardized training.

IN THE COMMUNITY

E-STREET DANCE ACADEMYPRESENTS ‘A HERO HOME FORCHRISTMAS’DECEMBER 22Havre de Grace Opera House; 5:30 p.m. and8 p.m. Join us as we portray the life of asoldier trying to get home to his family forChristmas. A portion of the proceeds willbe donated to the Wounded WarriorProject. Register online, here:https://hdgoperahouse.org/event/a-hero-home-for-christmas/.

CITY OF ABERDEEN HOLIDAYTRASH PICKUP SCHEDULEDec. 25, 2017 – Christmas Monday: Trashdelayed one day, no bulk, no yard waste.Jan. 1, 2018 – New Year’s Day, Monday:Trash delayed one day, no bulk.

CITY OF ABERDEEN YARDWASTE PICK-UPDECEMBER 22 THROUGH JANUARY 27Acceptable items are grass clippings,brush, branches, hedge trimmings, wholeChristmas Trees and leaves. Bundlescannot exceed 60 pounds or 4 feet inlength. Prohibited items include: tree limbslarger than 6-inch in diameter, logs orstumps, animal waste, garage, rocks, bricks,dirt, construction debris, and lawnornaments. Pickup dates for December andJanuary are as follows – Zone 1 and 2: Dec.22, Jan. 6, 13 and 27; Zone 3 and 4: Dec. 23,Jan. 12 and 26.

STATE HIGHWAYADMINISTRATION SR 22UPDATEThe Maryland State HighwayAdministration provided a status report ofongoing construction efforts along StateRt. 22 in Aberdeen during the Nov. 27 City

EVENTS & TOWN HALLS

CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHTSERVICEDECEMBER 24APG Main Post Chapel; 7 p.m. TheCandlelight Service will ‘walk’ participantsthrough the events of the birth of Jesus.Using a combination of scripture readingsand Christmas Carols participants willremember the story of the birth of Jesus,from the first prophecies to the fulfillmentin the New Testament. The event willculminate with all of the lights dimmed andthe lighting of candles, one by one, tosymbolize Jesus as the Light that cameinto the world. For more information, call410-278-4593.

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.DAY OBSERVANCEJANUARY 11APG Post Theater; 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.Raymond T. Horoho, assistant secretary ofthe Army for manpower and reserve affairsto serve as guest speaker. For moreinformation, call 443-861-9251.

HEALTH & RESILIENCY

NEW YEAR, NEW ME INFOSESSIONJANUARY 18Bldg. 6001, Fl. 2, Room 224; 11:30 a.m. to12:30 p.m. The C4ISR Wellness Committeewill host New Year, New Me Info Session. Inthis session, Dr. Dae will discuss how tostart the New Year with small manageablechanges in your lifestyle and focus yourenergy on building a new and better you.Open to government civilians, contractors,and military. Non-C4ISR employees mustbring their CAC CARD to gain access to thebuilding. For more information, call443-861-7901 or emailtiffany.l.grimes.civ@mail.mil.

EYE HEALTH INFORMATIONSESSION AND VISIONSCREENINGJANUARY 30Bldg. 6008 (MTF), Room 10A; 11:30 a.m. to12:30 p.m. Vision screenings in MTF lobbyfrom 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The C4ISR WellnessCommittee will host an Eye Health Lunchand Learn with Free Vision Screenings. Thevision screening consists of three painlesstests that will assess your color perception,visual acuity, and peripheral vision. Thesevision screening procedures are notcomplete, professional exams and shouldnot be taken as such. Open to allinstallation personnel. For moreinformation, call 443-861-7901 or emailtiffany.l.grimes.civ@mail.mil.

KIRK U.S. ARMY HEALTHCLINIC NEW HOURSKUSAHC has expanded its clinic hours. Thehours by clinic are as follows below. Toschedule an appointment, call410-278-KIRK (5475), 6:30 a.m. to 4:30p.m. or go tohttps://www.tricareonline.com/Primary Care Appointments: 6:30 a.m. to5:20 p.m., Monday thru Thursday; 6:30 a.m.to 4:30 p.m., Friday

Council meeting. Reports include that newcurb and gutter will be the focal point ofwork over the new few months. The finaltop coat of asphalt is expected to bepoured next spring. SHA will also bereplacing old security fencing that parallelsSR 22 that has been destroyed or torndown for many years.

WASTE, RECYCLINGCOLLECTION CHANGES INABERDEENThe City of Aberdeen is changing its wasteand recycling collection program. The firstchange starts with new 64-gallon,two-wheeled containers for everyresidence, purchased by the city. Themechanical lift on the city’s trash andrecycling trucks will raise and empty thecontainer, keeping personnel out of contactwith the heavy, sometimes dangerous,contents. Delivery to residents is estimatedto begin in February or March, weatherdependent. For more information, visithttps://www.aberdeenmd.gov/home/news/new-toter-program.

BRICKS FOR LOVED ONES ATAPG MEMORIAL INABERDEENThe APG Memorial, located in Aberdeen’sFestival Park, serves as a permanentreminder of the sacrifices andcontributions to the national defense bythese civilian, military, and contractworkers. These grounds of the APGMemorial include engraved brickscommemorating those past and presentwho have contributed to our nation’sdefense. Engraved bricks come in threesizes and can be purchased athttp://www.apg100.org/buy-a-brick. For asmall amount, you can permanentlycommemorate your loved one’scontribution to our national defense. Whilewe can’t guarantee the bricks will beinstalled by the holidays, you will howeverreceive a certificate and an APG 100thAnniversary commemorative coin to putunder the tree. You’ll also be notified whenthe bricks are installed. For moreinformation, email bricks@apg100.org.

MISCELLANEOUS

APG TO ENFORCE PENALTYPOINTS FOR DRIVINGINFRACTIONS EFFECTIVEJANUARY 2Effective Jan. 2, 2018, penalty points will beimposed for driving infractions under APGR190-5 and AR 190-5; Maryland State drivinglaws will remain effective. Federalemployees working/driving on APGInstallation are subject to both MarylandState Driving Laws as well as APG andArmy driving regulations. Driving rules onAPG Installation are separate fromMaryland State laws and individuals couldlose their driving privileges on APGInstallation, but not their state drivingprivileges. For example, driving past aformation on APG Installation will result inthe automatic loss of APG driving privilegesfor 15 days (for first offense).The seniorinstallation commander or his designateconsider the loss or reinstatement of APGdriving privileges based upon points; 12points imposed during one-year period or18 points imposed in a 24-month period.

2018-2019 SENIOR SERVICECOLLEGE FELLOWSHIPPROGRAM NOW ACCEPTINGAPPLICATIONSThe U.S. Army Acquisition Support Centeris currently accepting applications for the2018-19 SSCF program through March 30,2018. The SSCF Program is a 10-montheducational opportunity conducted underthe auspices of the Defense AcquisitionUniversity (DAU) at Aberdeen ProvingGround, MD; Detroit, MI; Huntsville, AL, andPicatinny Arsenal, NJ.The SSCF program prepares governmentcivilians at the GS-14/15 levels orequivalent for senior leadership roles byprovides training in leadership andacquisition. Program components includecompletion of DAU’s Program ManagementCourse (PMT 401), courses in leadership,applications of acquisition to nationaldefense issues, research in acquisitiontopics, mentoring, and a distinguishedspeaker program.For complete program information andapplication requirements, please visit theUS Army Acquisition Support Centerwebsite athttp://asc.army.mil/web/career/development/programs/defense-acquisition-university-senior-service-college/.For APG specific program information,please visit:http://www.dau.mil/sscf/Pages/apg.aspx.For more information about the program,please contact Jim Oman atjames.oman@dau.mil or 410-272-9470.

VOLUNTARY LEAVE TRANSFERPROGRAMThe following is the current list of alleligible Voluntary Leave Transfer Programrecipients. VLTP allows an employee whohas a medical emergency to receivetransferred annual leave directly from otheremployees to avoid being placed in a leavewithout pay situation. For moreinformation, or to donate leave, contactSue Campbell at 410-306-0266.Audrey J Alba; Breijha L. Anderson; Diane LBauer; Lee J. Benysek; Ronald F. Bright;Teresa A Branscome; Lisa I Carroll; Yong SChoi; Tyronne Dales; Janeen L Damiano;Tina L. Diaz; Michael J Dissek; Roberta R.Diveley; Karen F Donahue; Stephen M.Donahue; James J. Fackett; Jenny A. Frech;Lonnie Gaddis; Maria T. Gonzalez; NatalieM. Grenoble; Kenneth P. Goss; Susan M.Hancock; Gerald D Harmon; Bruce AHuggler; Deborah L. Jones; Teresa J.Layden; Amy M. Lucy; Jennifer L Marshall;Donna M. Massimiano; Veronica D. Odika;Themla A. Ofori; Diana C. Rosas; Scott M.Ross; Genna L. Rowe; Kenya R. Royster;Kristen E. Schaefer-Lay; Jelisa A. Scotton;Tara J. Singleton; Billy J Smiley; Bonnie L.Taylor; Dorris A Tisdale; Frances L. Thomas;Brenda G. Urban; Vickie A. Venzen; Sean C.Young.

FIREWOOD AVAILABLE FORPURCHASEFirewood is available, on a first-comefirst-served basis, at a cost of $20 per levelstandard 8-foot pick-up truck, $15 per levelstandard 6-foot pick-up truck, and $5 percar trunk load. For more information,contact Scott English at 410-436-9804 orKathy Thisse at 410-436-8789.

CHILD & YOUTH SERVICES

SOCK HOP 50s PARTYDECEMBER 27APG South Youth Services, Bldg. E1902;10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Ages K through 12thgrade. Edgewood Youth Center will hosta 50s Sock Hop Party during thisschool-out day. Contact Colleen Dennyat 410-436-2862 to make hourlyreservations for those that are notregistered for before and after care. Thisevent is for registered patrons of EA YSonly. For more information, call410-436-2862 or emailcolleen.r.denny.naf@mail.mil.

4-H/ARMY CYS BABYSITTINGCOURSEDECEMBER 27-29Bldg. 2503; 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Ages 13-18. Free. Registration required. Class tofamiliarize participants with all theresponsibilities of babysitting as well ascertifying the participant in CPR/FirstAid. Students will receive a certificate ofcompletion as well as their CPR /FirstAid cards, fire safety, child abuseawareness, and medication training.Attendance of all three days in session isrequired for certification. For moreinformation, contactlisanne.m.blake.naf@mail.mil or call410-278-1233.

LEISURE, RECREATION &SPORTS

FREE MOVIE: WAR FOR PLANETOF THE APESDECEMBER 29

APG Post Theater, Bldg. 3245; 7 p.m. RatedPG-13. Popcorn, snacks and drinks availablefor purchase.

FREE MOVIE: SPIDERMAN -HOMECOMINGDECEMBER 30APG Post Theater, Bldg. 3245; 3 p.m. RatedPG-13. Popcorn, snacks and drinks availablefor purchase.

FREE MOVIE: AMERICANASSASSINDECEMBER 30APG Post Theater, Bldg. 3245; 6 p.m. RatedR. Popcorn, snacks and drinks available forpurchase.

TICKETS: DISNEY ON ICEPRESENTS "FROZEN"FEBRUARY 2-4Royal Farms Arena, Baltimore. Tickets are$23 each. To purchase tickets visit MWRLeisure Travel Services at the AARecreation Center, Bldg 3326 or EARecreation Center, Bldg E4140. Forquestions call 410-278-4011/4907 or emailus at:usarmy.APG.imcom.list.apgr-usag-mwr-leisuretravel@mail.mil.

TICKETS: MONSTER JAMTRIPLE THREATFEBRUARY 16-18Royal Farms Arena, Baltimore. Tickets $22each for ages 2+. Pit Party tickets anadditional $10.50. For specific event times,visit www.apgmwr.com. To purchasetickets visit MWR Leisure Travel Services atthe AA Recreation Center, Bldg 3326 or EARecreation Center, Bldg E4140. Forquestions call 410-278-4011/4907 or email

us at:usarmy.APG.imcom.list.apgr-usag-mwr-leisuretravel@mail.mil.

NATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOMFESTIVAL BUS TRIPAPRIL 14Washington, D.C. $38 per person. DepartsAPG North Rec. Center at 7:30 a.m., returnsat 7:30 p.m. Registration deadline is March30. To reserve your seat call 410-278-4011or visit the MWR Leisure Travel Office in theRecreation Center (Bldg 3326).

ARMY COMMUNITYSERVICE

START AND REVITALIZE YOURCAREER TODAYJANUARY 10ACS Center, Bldg. 2503; 11:30 a.m. to 1:30p.m. Free, open to the public. Set S.M.A.R.T.goals that work and be the job applicantthat stands out. Pre-registration isrequired. Contact Employment Readinessprogram manager at 410-278-9669/7572.In partnership with APGFCU.

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The Combined ArmsCenter-Training (CAC-T), FortLeavenworth, Kansas, whichfalls under U.S. Army Trainingand Doctrine Command,develops trainingrequirements, fields trainingsystems, delivers leadertraining and sustains trainingcapabilities to support Armyinstitutional and operationaltraining. CAC-T enablesSoldiers, leaders, and units tosuccessfully execute UnifiedLand Operations in complex,ambiguous environments.

CAC-T’s top priority isleading the Army’s effort todevelop the Synthetic TrainingEnvironment (STE). The STEwill enable units to conductcollective training at the pointof need in live, gaming, andsimulation environments, andprepare for missions anywherein the world. It will operatefrom the cloud and over theArmy Network with the abilityto stimulate missioncommand systems. The STEwill use current cutting-edgetechnology and remain flexibleto new technologies.

To make training morerigorous and realistic, thecombat training centers willreceive enhancements to theirOPFOR electronic warfare,cyber warfare and dense urbanterrain capabilities by using amission partner environmentnetwork to display a commonoperating picture, providecommon services and exercisejoint fires.

CAC-T managesmodernization of the combattraining centers that recentlyincluded upgrades toOpposing Force (OPFOR)surrogate vehicles and OPFORintegrated air defensesystems.

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TheU.S.ArmyMedicalResearchInstituteofChemicalDefense forsometimehaspartneredwith the Directorate of Emergency Servicesfire department and its Emergency MedicalServices (EMS) personnel to help Aberdeen

Proving Ground first responders accomplishtheir training needs. Most of the instructionhas taken place in classrooms, but recenthands-on exercises were devised to putclassroom learning to practical use. To accom-plish this, theMRICDChemicalCasualtyCareDivision (CCCD) incorporated itsWide AngleVirtual Environment (WAVE) center to pro-

vide emergency medical response simulationtraining.

The WAVE room incorporates three-di-mensional images projected on five verticalscreens to immerse viewers in a virtual setting.Stereoscopic images are displayed on thescreens with paired digital laser projectors

APG Fire Department Emergency Medical Services personnel and MRICD Chemical Casualty Care Division personnel, discuss a scenario betweentraining sessions at the Wide Angle Virtual Environment center.

U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY PAM KAYE, MRICD

MRICD provides realistic trainingenvironment for APG respondersBy Cindy KronmanMedical Research Institute of Chemical Defense

See MRICD, page B7

More than 200 members of the acquisition,tactical air operations and industry communi-ties descended upon Huntsville, Alabama tocollaborate on solutions to continue savingaircrews and passenger lives as well asprotecting valuable cargo

The 33rd Aircraft Survivability Equipment(ASE) Symposiumwas co-hosted by the Armyand Army Aviation Association of America(AAAA). The event fostered a robust back andforth between Soldiers operating ASE systemswith those responsible for creating andfielding the high tech solutions.

Amongst the senior leaders that spoke at theevent wereMaj. Gen.WilliamGayler, Aviationbranch Chief, Commanding General of USArmyAviationCenter of Excellence,Maj. Gen.KirkVollmecke,ProgramExecutiveOfficer forIntelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors(PEO IEW&S), Patrick Mason, Deputy PEOAviation and Col. Jong Lee, Project ManagerASE.

“We are here to protect lives, period,” said

Lee in describing the ASE mission andemphasizing the importance of the annualmeeting. “This event serves as an outstanding

opportunity for our Soldiers that utilize ASEsystems in hostile environments tomeet for an

Open Architecture key theme duringAircraft Survivability SymposiumBy Brandon PollachekPEO IEW&S

A U.S. CH-47 Chinook helicopter from Company B, 1st Battalion (General Support), 169th Avia-tion Regiment, Georgia Army National Guard, discharges flares before landing at forward op-erating base Shank in 2014. Flares are launched as a distraction technique from enemy targetingsystems.

U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY CAPT. ADAN CAZAREZ, 82ND COMBAT AVIATION BRIGADE

See AIRCRAFT, page B7

PHOTO COURTESY OF PEO C3T

Joe Martinez, front, and MikeGartland, senior trainerswithU.S.Army Project Manager MissionCommand at Fort Hood, Texas,prepare software for Joint BattleCommand-Platform operatornew equipment training duringthe PM MC validation event atFortHood, Texas, Dec. 13.

Makingsoftwarebattle-ready

DRONESArmy Research Laboratoryresearchers have partneredwith the U.S. Marine Corpsto develop 3-D printeddrones and newcapabilities.Research | B2

GRANTDr. Lucille Lange of the U.SArmy Materiel ResearchInstitute of ChemicalDefense receives atwo-year grant from theNational Institutes ofHealth.MRICD | B3

VEHICLESArmy researchers foreseetesting of remote combatvehicle as light as Strykervehicles with the firepowerof Abrams tanks.RCVs | B5

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Army researchers are working with theU.S. Marines Corps to develop 3-D printeddrones as materials science, aviationtechnology and software developmentmerge to deliver newcapabilities.

“Several years ago when we were col-laborating with our academic partner,GeorgiaTech,wehad thisprojectwherewewere focusing on design engineering ofsmall unmannedaircraft systems,” saidEricSpero, a team lead within the laboratory’sVehicleTechnologyDirectorate.

Technology in the hands ofSoldiers...andMarines

Spero and his team brought their idea tofruition at the U.S. Army Training andDoctrine Command’s annual event at FortBenning, Georgia in 2016. The ArmyExpeditionary Warrior Experiment, orAEWE, puts new technologies in the handsof Soldiers.

This is theme of a new YouTubedocumentary released by the U.S. ArmyResearchLaboratory.Thevideodetailshowresearchers first envisioned on-demandprinting with a suite of tools that wouldallow for Soldiers to enter mission param-eters and then get a 3-D printed aviationassetwithin 24hours.

Researchers then reached out the U.S.Marine Corps and started working withthem to provide a software catalog thatMarines would use to select and print anunmanned aircraft system for a specificmission.

Additivemanufacturing, or 3-D printing,is maturing as a viable means to producemission-essential parts or equipment at thepointofneed, saidARLengineerLarry“LJ”R.Holmes Jr.

“We have interacted with Marines whohave never touched an unmanned systembefore to Marines who are experts inunmanned aerial flight,” Holmes said.“Across theboard theyall seemed tobeveryinterested in the topic of being able tomanufacture a tool that they can use thatwasmissionspecificandhasa turnaround.”

Holmes said the Marines expected theturn around to be days or weeks, and the

ARL team showed them that the turn-around timecanbeanywhere fromminutesto hours.

Researchers said they plan to streamlinetheir processes based on feedback receivedfrom the Marines in order to enableunprecedented situational awareness.

“Things like additive manufacturingwith materials, artificial intelligence andmachine learning, unmanned systems tech-nologies, these will enable us to bringtogether the capabilities that will allow thefuture Soldiers and Marines the decisiveedge that they need in the battlefield,” said

EliasRigas, a division chief inARL’sVehicleTechnologyDirectorate.

The capability to print something from aspool of plastic that flies off on a militarymission is something that captures theimagination,Holmes said.

“I think a lot of folks are interested inadditivemanufacturing becausewe’ve seenon sci-fi shows ... just walking up to a userinterface and saying, ‘cheeseburger,’ andthere’s my cheeseburger,” he said. “I thinkthat as additivemanufacturing continues togrow and the technologies continue toevolve that we’re going to get to a point

eventually where we will be making thingsin a similar fashionwhere youwill walk upto your user interface and say, ‘unmannedaerial system,’ and itwillmake it for you.”

The U.S. Army Research Laboratory ispart of the U.S. Army Research, Devel-opment andEngineeringCommand,whichhas the mission to ensure decisive over-match for unified land operations toempower the Army, the joint warfighterand our nation. RDECOM is a majorsubordinate command of the U.S. ArmyMateriel Command.

Army researchers partner withMarine Corps on 3-D printed dronesBy DavidMcNallyArmy Research Laboratory

Army researcher John Gerdes works with U.S. Marines at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, to showcase 3-D printed drones in Septemeber2017.

U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY DAVID MCNALLY, ARL

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A U.S. Army Medical Research Instituteof Chemical Defense principal investigatorhas received a two-year grant for approxi-mately $329,450 from the National Insti-tutes of Neurological Disorders and Strokeof theNational Institutes ofHealth.

Dr.LucilleLangeandher teamwill studya model to evaluate the effectiveness ofmedical countermeasures when treatmentis delayed against exposure to chemicalwarfare nerve agent agents.

“This grant award toDr. Lange is a creditto her and her team’s success in thedevelopment of models to evaluate nerveagent medical countermeasures,” said Dr.James Dillman, MRICD director of re-search. “Her efforts on this projectwill be akey component in MRICD’s efforts toaddress the need formedical countermeas-ures to protect civilians.”

Protecting civiliansAfter exposure to nerve agent, casualties

generally experience seizures that last for

an extended period of time. This type ofseizure is called status epilepticus andbecomes resistant to treatment as the timelengthens between exposure and the ad-ministration of the therapeutic anticonvul-sant.

Whereas Soldiers in a combat zonewould generally be administered the Con-vulsantAntidote forNerveAgent,orCANA,bya fellowSoldier or amedic at theonset ofsevere symptoms of exposure, civilians in aterrorist attack with nerve agents may notbeable to receive themedical countermeas-ure in as timely amanner.

Researchers are therefore interested inidentifyingotherdrugs that canbe added tothe therapeutic regimenwhen treatment isdelayed. Discovering and evaluating suchadjuncts require a model that can accu-rately predict toxicity in humans.

MRICD scientist awarded NationalInstitutes of Health research grantBy Cindy KronmanMedical Research Institute of Chemical Defense

Dr. Lucille Lange, a research psychologist, and Michael Stone, a biologist laboratory tech-nician, evaluate stained slides to determine the extent of injury produced by nerveagent-induced seizures.

U.S. ARMY PHOTO

LAKE PLACID, New York — Lugersfrom the U.S. Army World Class AthleteProgram became the second and thirdSoldiers nominated to the U.S. OlympicTeamDec.16.

Sgt. Matt Mortensen, with civilianJayson Terdiman, finished fifth in men’slugedoublesat theWorldCupevent inLakePlacid, and Sgt. Taylor Morris secured hisfirstOlympicberthwitha fifth-placeWorldCup finish inmen’s luge singles.

Mortensen and Morris joined ArmyWCAP teammate Sgt. Emily Sweeney, whoon Dec. 14 was nominated to the 2018 U.S.Olympic women’s luge squad. They willcompete in February at the 2018PyeongchangGames in SouthKorea.

WhenUSALuge officials introduced the10 U.S. Olympic luge team nominees, itmarked the first time in Team USA historythateveryathletewasaWorldCupmedalist-- and three hailed from theU.S. Army.

Morris was the last luger to notch thatbenchmark when he raced to a BMWSprint World Cup bronze medal. Morris’first career podium came 24 hours after hisdramatic fifth-place performance in thesingles race, which secured his Olympicnomination.

“Cloud nine is probably below where Iam right now,” said Morris, 26, of SouthJordan, Utah. “I feel so good about thisentire weekend. My family, my friends, mywife flewout fromSaltLakeCity.She’shere.It’s just so fun to do that in front of a homecrowd on the last track of the first half [ofthe season]. I just feel amazing.”

Morris, who contended for an Olympicberth prior to the 2014 Sochi Games andspent most of the past two off-seasonstraining in Lake Placid, is among America’sbest at gaining time as he moves down thetrack, according toUSALuge officials.

Austrian World Champion WolfgangKindl finished first, with a time of 32.441seconds. Germany’s Johannes Ludwig wasthe silver medal winner in 32.655, followedbyMorris in 32.665. Only the top15 athletesfrom the traditional two-heat singles eventadvance to theBMWSprint Cup.

“I don’t know if I could have donemuchbetter,” Morris said. “Obviously, I’m a littleslower on the start, but that’s where thesprint race comes in. It showed my slidingability and I felt really comfortable today.What a weekend it’s been for me and theteammates I’m so happy to go toPyeongchang with. I couldn’t ask for abetterweekend.”

Mortensen, of Huntington Station, NewYork, andTerdiman,ofBerwick,Pennsylva-

nia, now two-time Olympians, were fourthin the doubles sprint race, missing a bronzemedal by amere 0.005 of a second.

The high-octane German team of ToniEggert and Sascha Benecken, owners offour consecutive victories and six goldmedals in seven starts this season, easilydefeated the field in 37.533. Peter Penz andGeorg Fischler, of Austria, were 0.25 of asecond off the pace in second place, withLatvian brothers Andris and Juris Sics,three-time Olympic medalists, takingbronze in 37.838.

Mortensen and Terdiman were agoniz-ingly close, finishing fourth in 37.843, butthey accomplished their mission in LakePlacid by securing spots on Team USA forthe 2018PyeongchangGames.

For more details and complete results,visit https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Luge.

Editor’s note: Reporting for this articlewas provided by Sandy Caligiore of USALugeMediaRelations.

Three Soldier lugers nominated for 2018Olympic Games in PyeongchangBy Tim HippsInstallation Management Command

U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program Soldiers Sgt. Matt Mortensen, top, and Sgt. Pres-ton Griffall, bottom, are clocked at 80 miles per hour on a run of 51.660 seconds duringOlympic luge doubles training at Sanki Sliding Centre in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia in 2014.Mortensen is back with civilian Jayson Terdiman for another luge doubles run during the2018 Pyeongchang Games in South Korea.

U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY TIM HIPPS, IMCOM

In 2017, the Edgewood Chemical Biological Center's STEM & Educational OutreachProgram visited more than 300 classrooms and 10,000 students in Cecil and Harfordcounties. In additional to their in-class Science, Technology, Engineering and Math,experiences, more than 40 ECBC scientists and engineers volunteered their time asScience Fair judges, Career Fair exhibitors, and mentors for student projects. For moreinformation about the ECBC STEM & Educational Outreach Program, please visit:https://www.ecbc.army.mil/outreach/.

STEM educational outreach

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The Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration, in New York City, iswatched by more than one billion people on television, worldwide.Ring in the new year with these fast facts.

1 millionNumber of people who gather in Times Square annually towatch the ball drop on New Year’s Eve. The ball is dropped fromthe roof of One Times Square, also known as the New York TimesBuilding.

11,875 poundsThe weight of the Times Square Ball. It is covered with 2,688sparkling Waterford Crystal triangles that vary in size.

2,000Pounds of confetti that are dropped at midnight in Times Squareon New Year’s Eve.

110Years since the first ball dropped at One Times Square. The originalball weighed 700 pounds and was made of iron and wood.

2Years that the ball drop celebration was suspended, in 1942 and1943, due a citywide “dimout” during World War II. During thoseyears, crowds still gathered in Times Square and marked the newyear with a minute of silence followed by the ringing of chimes fromsound trucks.

By Rachel Ponder, APG NewsSources: www.history.com - www.cnn.com -http://timessquareball.net -www.timessquarenyc.org - https://en.wikipedia.org

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THIS WEEK IN APG HISTORY

Certified Equipment Technician Bane Lawson runs a skiacross a waxing machine in Morale, Welfare and Recre-ation’s Outdoor Recreation Equipment Resource Center.

Engineering Support Services Division workers use acrane to hoist a 50-foot Christmas tree atop the posttheater.

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Take a look back in timeas theAPGNews exploreswhatmade theheadlines aroundAPGduring thisweek10, 25 and 50 years ago. Thisweek’sAPGNewsmasthead is from1991.

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By Yvonne Johnson, APG News

Dec. 20, 2007Spc. Sherry Daniels of Kirk U.S. Army Health Clinic

administers a typhoid vaccine to a Somali translator, one of100 volunteers returning to Somalia with American troops asinterpreters.

DUGWAY PROVING GROUND, Utah --Protecting Dugway Proving Groundecosystems and sustaining test and trainingranges for future use is a critical task for theDugway team. The partnership betweenthe garrison environmental subject matterexperts and West Desert Test Centerleaders, project managers and test officersis a crucial part of the overall test center'senvironmental strategy to meet its missiontoday and into the future.

Theprimary testdivisions for theWDTCare the Chemical Test Division and theSpecial Programs Division, with the latteralso performing training in chemical andbiological defense tactics, techniques andprocedures. All chemical warfare agenttesting is performed in laboratories, butmuch of the chemical testing and trainingconducted by Special Programs is per-formed outdoors on the test and trainingranges using simulants.

Damon Nicholson, a program managerfor Test Management Branch, SpecialProgramsDivision, takeshis environmentalstewardship very serious.

"Every test we conduct must followstrict, established environmental guide-lines," he said. "We have signs on the testcenter that say 'Protecting the environmentis also our business.' As a tester it's myresponsibility to make sure I'm followingthe rules and regulations."

Nicholson noted that there are manyoverarching documents that are used asguides, such as Dugway's EnvironmentalImpact Statement, which serves as anoverarching environmental guide for landuse by the test center for testing.

"Environmental Assessments or aRecord of Environmental Considerationare typically programmatic or test specific.The test and environmental teams worktogether with a variety of federal and stateagencies to ensure compliance with envi-ronmental regulations,"Nicholson said.

He emphasized that the environmentalplanning process is followed for each newtest. As a test officer of a program, he isultimately responsible forproviding the testteam guidance and determining what testdocumentationwill be needed.

"If one test is similar to a previous test,typically I will use an existing environmen-tal checklist as the framework to evaluatethe initial environmental considerations ofthe test," Nicholson said. "But if there aretest requirements or issues that are new tothe test center, I meet withmembers of theEnvironmental Technology Office, whowrite the National Environmental PolicyAct documents."

Nicholson observed that to help providefor quick response tests, there is often anenvironmental analysis already completedthat can validate a test. But new testdocuments can sometimes be tiered offthese documents saving time and testdollars.

He further explained, "Sometimes a testis so new that it requires a more extensivereview.Agoodexample of thiswas the JackRabbit chorine series of tests that began inearly spring of 2016." Nicholson served as atest officer on the team.

"It required an encompassing analysis,"he said. "In that test, we needed additionalchemical mounts and the criteria was so

innovative that a new test grid (nownamedthe Urban Test Grid) was built at the testcenter."

There were real challenges to workaround in areas thathadnot beused for thiskind of testing before, Nicholson revealed.For example, coordination was requiredwith theAir Force'sUtahTest andTrainingRange, which is adjacent to the test centerland needed for the new test grid.

"Early communication in the planningprocess is critical to success and to ensurethat all processes are in place and ad-dressed," he said.

"It is a challenge to work aroundprotected areas, but once the environmen-tal documentation is in place, it's easier forthe test officer to execute and overseecompliance with all the regulations re-quired," he added.

And since land area used to build theUrban Test Grid had not been used fortesting of this nature, it require a lot fromthe garrison environmental team. Nich-olsonwas quick to express his gratitude forthe cultural and wildlife specialist's assist-ance.

"Itwas really a teameffort," he said.Team effort in protecting the environ-

ment is also evident in all training eventsthat happen atWDTC.

Lance Mcentire, Chief of the CounterWeaponofMassDestructionBranch, of theSpecial Programs Division said, "Dugway'sSpecial Programs has well over 100 differ-ent training events scheduled throughoutthe year."

Each of these training events involves aseminar to ensure every team that comes tothe test center understands that protectingthe environmental integrity of the ranges iscritical to the future of Dugway's testingand training.

"It'sabig jobandit important forus to tellthese units how to safely operate in achemical orbiological event,"he said. "Each

team has one of our training officers withthem the entire time. That's part of ourstewardship to sustain future test andtraining."

Other Dugway teams help with environ-mental conservation efforts.

Kent Sumsion, the lead Range ControlSpecialist at test center works primarilywith Army National Guard and Reserveunits located in Utah that come to Dugwayfor training events.

"Dugway is a real interest to these unitsdue to cutbacks or restrictions for largetraining events closer to local communi-ties," he said noting that there have beenparticular concerns about fires in an aridstate likeUtah."

"We start with scheduling the trainingevent in available areas that will meet theirtraining requirements," he said. "Oncehere,we ensure they review the safety and

environmental rules of the test range andthe parameters of the sites they have beenassigned."

Sumsion stressed that his team ensurestheseGuardandReserve teamsareawareofthe important cultural sites on the installa-tion.

"We ask our cultural resource office toprovideabrief classonhowtheartifacts areflagged or tagged and to stress the impor-tance of protecting the wildlife, migratorybirds andnests," he said.

After the training is complete, Sumsionandhis team return to the training area andensure it has been returned to its pre-usestate.

"Wefeel that ispartofourenvironmentalstewardship too," he added.

Dugway promotes business byprotecting the environmentBy Bonnie A. Robinson

Jack Rabbit II test evaluating the effects of a chlorine gas release to help build toxic inhalation hazard release modeling and emergencyresponse procedures, September 2016.

U.S. ARMY PHOTO

Iron Warrior test to evaluate transformation effects of a 5,000-pound improvised explo-sive device, February 2015.

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LIVONIA,Mich. --Within five years, theArmy would like to start testing remotecombat vehicle prototypes, knownasRCVs,which are unmanned, as light and as fast asa Stryker, but provide the same level offirepower as anM-1Abrams tank, saidMaj.AlanL. Stephens.

Stephens, an Acquisition Corps officer attheMounted Requirements Division of theU.S. ArmyManeuver Center of Excellence,spoke at the Future Ground CombatVehicles Summit here,Nov. 30.

While the holy grail is the Next Genera-tion Combat Vehicle, he said the Armythinks it can more quickly field a limitednumber of RCVs, and importantly, theresults of that testing could help inform therequirements for theNGCV,which is slatedfor fielding in 2035.

Instead of a traditional program ofrecord, Stephens said the plan is to buy alimited quantity of RCVs or componentsthat could be used for RCVs, then letSoldiers put them through their gruelingpaces at the combat training centers andvarious test sites and proving grounds.

The analysis that result from that andSoldier feedback would then be used toinform requirements for the RCV and lateron for theNGCV, he said.

A capability development document forthe RCV could be written as soon as 2022,he added.

RCVADVANTAGESRCVs will have a number of advantages

over the Abrams, said Stephens, who has abackground as a systems engineer.

Forone, theRCVwillbeunmanned.Thatmeans in a manned-unmanned configura-tion, theunmannedvariants couldgoaheadof the manned to scout out the area,navigate through the most dangerous sec-torsof thebattlefieldandengage theenemy,while the manned vehicle would follow, hesaid.

The current thinking for test configura-tion, he said, is two unmanned for everymanned RCV, with the manned variantcontrolling the other two. But that ratio of1:2 could change once testing commencesand bugs are worked out. Eventually, hesaid, a1:4 ratio could be likely.

Additionally, he said, the term "un-manned" implies varying levels of autono-my. At the lowest level, for instance, avehiclemight have no personnel inside, butwould be controlled by Soldiers through atethered radio link. At the highest level, avehicle might be fully autonomous, requir-ing artificial intelligence and neural net-working -- something not yet achievable,but clearly on the horizon.

Another advantage with RCV overAbrams is that it will be lighter and moremaneuverable. That means, Stephens said,that it will be faster and could be airlifted,giving the brigade combat team command-er and the combatant commander greateroptions in the battlespace.

Since RCVswill be unmanned, that freesup a lot of space for direct and indirect firescapability, he said, along with a full suite ofsensors and counter-unmannedaerial vehi-cle packages. An example of an indirect firesystem, he said, is the 81mmmortar. Directfire would be what an Abrams' main guncan deliver.

Stephens said there's even discussions ofteaming UAVs with the RCVs to provideover-the-horizon surveillance and recon-naissance.

Themodular, open-systems architecture

design would by necessity include cyberprotection and anti-jamming equipment,Stephens said.

Daniel McCormick, deputy joint pro-gram executive officer for Chemical andBiological Defense, said he's excited aboutRCVs and other robotics vehicles, given thechemical, biological and radiologicalthreats that are proliferating around theworld,particularlyon theKoreanpeninsulaand in theMiddle East.

Existingsensors, like infraredones, coulddouble-down to not just detect the enemy'ssignature and dust but also the signaturefrom biological and chemical weapons, hesaid.

Unmanned vehicles would also affordforce protection and increased standoffdistance, he said, meaning staying out ofreach of enemy fire.

"We are near reaching parity withnear-peer competitors on the battlefield,"Stephensconcluded, "so there'sgoodness intheRCVprogram."

However, he added, a lot of devel-opmental work still remains to be done tomake lethality the same as the Abramswhile lightening the platform so it's moremaneuverable.

"We're going to push the limit to get toinitial requirement, but we don't wantover-requirements," he added.

Stephensnotedthat thereare threeArmycommands involved with the RCV pro-gram, including the Armament; Tank andAutomotive, and Communications-Elec-tronics research, development and engi-neering centers.

Remote combat vehicles to punch ashard as Abrams tanks, says expertBy David VergunArmy News Service

A Maneuver Robotics and Autonomous Systems Live Fire Demonstration takes place Aug. 22, 2017 at the Digital Multi-Purpose RangeComplex at Fort Benning, Ga. The Army wants to design a Remote Combat Vehicle like this but much more lethal and maneuverable.

U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY PATRICK A. ALBRIGHT

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while users wear lightweight stereoscopicglasses to view the scene. The 4,200square-foot virtual space created by theWAVEallows trainees to interactwith eachother and real equipment.

For the EMS training, the CCCD staffarranged the WAVE room to resemble theaftermath of a bombing at a federalbuilding. Images on the screens set thesceneofabombed interior; the floor in frontof the screens was strewn with rubble andsimulated casualties, and smoke permeatedthe room.

Three typesofhumanpatient simulators,ormanikins,which are normally part of thedivision’s medical management and fieldmanagement of chemical casualties train-ing, were used as the casualties: photo-realistic manikins mimic different types ofinjured patients, anothermanikin is config-ured to allow for the administration ofemergency medical procedures such asintubation and administration of intra-venous treatments, and a 165-pound mani-kinprovidesa realisticmodel for rescueandextrication training.

“The four-hour training allowed forthree evolutions—mild, moderate, and in-tense,” explains Daniel Boehm, CCCD’s

fieldmedical education specialists.With each session APG emergency

responders donned more protective gearand were put in a more immersive trainingenvironment. Between each session,Boehm continued, trainees assessed theirperformance and determined correctivemeasures to apply to the next session.

The learningexperienceprovidedby this“crawl, walk, run” tiered training wasinvaluable Michael Slayman, DES assistantchief of EMS stated in an email to MRICDCommanderCol.MargeryHanfelt.

“Beingable torunarapidexercise (at thislevel of simulation), then reset and runanotherwithinminutes to correct deficien-cies is a benefit that I have not seen inmy 31years of emergency service,” wrote Slay-man.

Additionally, Slayman praised the be-tween-session discussions.

“I have never seen the students somotivated to have a voice in the follow upscenarios. Excellent after actions haveallowed each student the opportunity toexplain what they believe would be anoptional course of action. This has led tosome excellent discussions…,” Slaymanadded.

Several iterations of the simulationtrainingwere conducted, andmore trainingopportunities are planned.

MRICDFrom page B1

An emergency medical services responder practices intervention care on a wounded man-ikin casualty during EMS simulation training at the MRICD WAVE Room.

U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY PAM KAYE, MRICD

open dialoguewith the team of acquisition,research and industry members who arededicated to providing solutions for theirsafety.”

Brig Gen (ret) Stephen Mundt, AAAAPresident echoed the value of the sympo-sium. “The importance of this is thenetworking, getting youhere so thatwe canexchange ideas and produce things. Thisconference has produced results that aredirectly contributable to building anddesigning newpieces of equipment that areput into the hands of Soldiers, Sailors,Airmen andMarines to bring themhome.”

The consistentmessage shared by all thespeakerswastheneedforopenarchitecturewithin theASE realm.

A key factor Gayler emphasized is theneed to be able to quickly add or upgradekey ASE systems while limiting downtimefor aircraft as the Army aviation fleet iscurrently heavily committed.

“We have to start pushing capabilities tothe field as quickly as possible. One of theways we need to pursue is through openarchitecture,” statedGayler. “If youhave thegreatest solution in the world but it comeswith a newbackbone, A-Kit and needs newtesting and integration, all of that is timeand money. If we have to install a new kitand an aircraft has to come down for threemonths todo it, that is absolutelycrippling.”

Due to the high operations tempo theArmy aviation fleet is currently facingcombinedwith a desire to provide plug andplay technology was a concept affirmedthroughout all the discussions.

“It is essential that we get after an

adaptable framework. We must take good-ness of the Development Operations envi-ronment mindset and culture to bring thatto bear for open adaptable programs, saidVollmecke. “Utilizing open standards andinterface controls, as well as not being tiedto the approach of A and B Kits and thelegacy of boxes that always have to becracked back open is paramount.”

From a platform perspective Masonhighlighted the need for solutions that canbeconsistent throughout the fleet. “Systemsneed to be able to be utilized between thedifferent platforms and not stovepiped sothat they are only applicable to say Apacheor Blackhawks. Technology should beapplicable for the rotary fleet, the un-manned fleet and potential to go into thefixedwing ISR fleet.”

Unlike the long term nature of devel-oping and fielding an aircraft it is necessary

to recognize the rapid pace of change thattheASE environment encounters.

“Aircraft Survivability is a dynamic envi-ronment and we absolutely have to beadaptiveandhavetobeable torapidlyadaptcapability because it is a threat that isconstantly emerging,” saidMason.

In summing up the importance of theASEsystems,Vollmeckereiteratedtheneedfor industry to deliver rapidly.

“Wewant the innovation, but at the sametime we have to balance produceability,production readiness and accountability,”he said. “Don’t over promise and underdeliver. Because we are pacing the threat,the stakes are higher than they have everbeen; we cannot afford to get it wrong.Every dollar assigned toASE is precious.”

AIRCRAFTFrom page B1

ARLINGTON, Va. — Those assigned totheNationalGuardBureauarenowauthor-ized to wear a new organizational badgethat highlights the history of the NGB,officials announced recently.

“It’s an emblem to build spirit andreinforce organizational identification,”said Army Lt. Col. Jeff Larrabee, chiefhistorian with the NGB and a principaladviser during the development of theNational Guard Bureau OrganizationalBadge. “Because we are complicated andspread out across the ground, people don’talways understand that we are one organi-zation.”

The badge was officially unveiled by AirForce Gen. Joseph Lengyel, chief of theNationalGuardBureau,duringcelebrationsat the Pentagon of the National Guard’s381st birthday, Dec. 13. Designed to bewornon the dress uniform, the badge is author-ized for wear only while assigned to the

NGB, irrespective of the individual’s dutylocation.

“The badge is not going to be perma-nently awarded,” Larrabee said. “As atemporary badge, it is equivalent to a jointcommand badge or an Air Force temporaryduty badge.”

A lapel version of the badge will also beavailable forwear on civilian clothing.

BadgeDesignThe badge features the eagle insignia

from the NGB seal overlaid on two bluestars representing the Army and AirNational Guard. The year 1636 is inscribedon the topof thebadge, referring to theyearthe Guard was established. These featuresare encircled by 54 chain links representingeach state, territory and the District ofColumbia thatmake up theGuard.

The badge design, Larrabee said, recog-nizes the NGB’s “long history and signifi-cant mission” and acknowledges the or-ganization’s role as a “headquarters-like

element.”“We don’t have any war streamers or

participate in campaigns,” said Larrabee,referring to theNGB. “But, [the bureau] hasplayed an important role in mobilizing orpreparing the Guard for its wartime mis-sions, which was why the bureau wasestablished.”

The badge itself has a long history andwas first proposed close to 70 years ago.

“The bureau tried to get a badgeauthorized in 1949, after the Air Force wascreated as a separate service [in 1947],”Larrabee said.

That post-World War II reorganizationcreated separate Army and Air divisionswithin the NGB and established it as abureauof theArmyandanagencyof theAirForce overseen by the chief of theNGB.

“We were a joint organization that triedto reflect that joint aspect,” saidLarrabee, ofthe reasons for the proposed1949badge. “Itwas not approved at that time, and it lookedvery similar to theArmyStaff IdentificationBadge.”

Today, the bureau operates as a jointactivity of the Defense Department, achange that came in 2008 and saw the chiefof the NGB elevated to a four-star generaland given additional authority. With theexpanded role of the NGB and its chief,Larrabee said the timewas right to create anewbadge that reflects theNGB’s history.

That also meant looking to the past forthe design, he said, adding that parts of thenew badge come directly from the pro-posed1949 design.

“Soweareperpetuatingadesignelementthat was thought of more than 60 yearsago,” Larrabee said. “We don’t dismiss thepast, evenwith something like this.”

He stressed that thebadgealso carries onthe same intent as the 1949 design toreinforce unit integrity among personnelassigned to theNGB.

“Thepurposeof abadge, like all heraldry,is tocreateasenseoforganizational identityand to fosterespritdecorpsandpride in theorganization,” Larrabee said.

National Guard personnel authorized to wear new badgeAir Force Tech. Sgt. Erich B.Smith, National Guard Bureau

B8 APG News • Thursday, December 21, 2017

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Themission of theNational Instituteof Biomedical Imaging and Bioengi-neering (NIBIB) is to improvehealthbyleading thedevelopment and accelerat-ing the application of biomedical tech-nologies. Founded in 2000 at theNational Institutes ofHealth, an agencyof the U.S. Department of Health andHuman Services, the NIBIB is locatedinBethesda,Maryland.

NIBIB-funded research integratesengineering and the physical sciences with the life sciences, building onopportunities and technical discoveries in biomedicine. The institute spearheadsdevelopment ofmedical technologies that are better, faster, smaller, less costly andmore accessible to people across the United States and around the world. NIBIBprepares the life-sciences workforce for paradigm shifts and catalyzes vitalbiomedical advances thatwill impact healthcare in the 21st century.

Dr. JillHeemskerk is theNIBIB acting director.

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Tidings

ACTIVITY FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON

22-Dec 23-Dec 24-Dec 25-Dec 26-Dec 27-Dec 28-Dec 29-Dec 30-Dec 31-Dec 1-JanAA ATHLETIC CENTER 6 am – 2 pm 7 am – 3 pm 7 am – 3 pm CLOSED 6 am – 2 pm 6 am -2 pm 6 am – 2 pm 6 am – 2 pm 7 am – 3 pm 7 am – 3 pm CLOSED

AA Health & Fitness Ctr (320) CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

EA HOYLE GYM/FITNESS CTR 6 am – 2 pm 7 am – 3 pm 7 am – 3 pm CLOSED 6 am – 2 pm 6 am – 2 pm 6 am – 2 pm 6 am – 2 pm 7 am – 3 pm 7 am – 3 pm CLOSED

RELIGIOUS SUPPORT OFFICE 8:30 am – 4:30 pm CLOSEDNormalServices CLOSED CLOSED

8:30 am – 4:30pm

8:30 am – 4:30pm

8:30 am – 4:30pm CLOSED

NormalServices CLOSED

ARMY COMMUNITY SERVICE 8 am – 5:30 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED 8 am – 5:30 pm 8 am – 5:30 pm 8 am – 5:30 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

CHILD & YOUTH SERVICES* 6 am - 6 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED 7 am – 5 pm 7 am – 5 pm 7 am – 5 pm 7 am – 5 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

CORVIAS Housing Office 8 am – 11 am CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED 8 am – 5 pm 8 am – 5 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

AA RECREATION CENTER 10 am – 6 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED 10 am – 6 pm 10 am – 6 pm 10 am – 6 pm 10 am – 6 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

EA RECREATION CENTER CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

BREWNER LANES (Bowling Ctr) 9 am – 9 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

AUTO SKILLS SHOP 11 am – 9 pm 7 am – 5 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED 11 am – 9 pm 11 am – 9 pm 7 am – 5 pm CLOSED CLOSED

ODR & EQUIPMENT CENTER 10 am – 4 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED 10 am – 4 pm 10 am – 4 pm 10 am – 4 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

LIBRARY 11 am – 6 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED 11 am – 6 pm 11 am – 6 pm 11 am – 6 pm 11 am – 6 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

MWR LEISURE TRAVEL 10 am – 5 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED 10 am – 5 pm 10 am – 5 pm 10 am – 5 pm 10 am – 5 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

NORTH SIDE GRILL/1SG BBQ 11 am – 1:30 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED 11 am – 1:30 pm11 am – 1:30

pm11 am – 1:30

pm11 am – 1:30

pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

STRIKE FORCE CAFÉ’ (Bowling) 9 am – 9 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

TOP OF THE BAY CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

SUTHERLAND GRILLE CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

RUGGLES GOLF COURSE 8 am – 5 pm 8 am – 5 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED 9 am – 2 pm 9 am – 2 pm 9 am – 2 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

EXTON GOLF COURSE CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

COMMISSARY 10 am – 6 pm 9 am – 6 pm 10 am – 4 pm CLOSED 9 am – 7 pm 10 am – 7 pm 10 am – 7 pm 10 am – 7 pm 9 am – 6 pm 10 am 5 pm CLOSED

Kirk Clinic Normal Hours CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED Normal Hours Normal Hours Normal Hours Normal Hours CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

DENTAC OPEN CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED OPEN OPEN OPEN CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

SJA / LEGAL CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED 9 am – 1 pm 9 am – 1 pm 9 am – 1 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

Veterinary Treatment Facility CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED Normal Hours Normal Hours CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

Directorate of Human Resources 8 am – 4:30 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED 8 am – 4:30 pm 8 am – 4:30 pm 8 am – 4:30 pm 8 am – 4:30 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

MAIN EXCHANGE (PX) 10 am – 6 pm10 am – 4:30

pm 10 am – 4 pm CLOSED 10 am – 6 pm 10 am – 6 pm 10 am – 6 pm 10 am – 6 pm10 am – 4:30

pm 10 am – 4 pm CLOSED

GNC 9 am – 6 pm 10 am – 4 pm 11 am – 3 pm CLOSED 10 am – 6 pm 10 am – 6 pm 10 am – 6 pm 10 am – 6 pm 10 am – 4 pm 11 am – 3 pm CLOSED

BARBER SHOP 9 am – 5:30 pm 10 am – 4 pm 11 am – 3 pm CLOSED 10 am – 5:30 pm10 am – 5:30

pm10 am – 5:30

pm10 am – 5:30

pm 10 am – 4 pm 11 am – 3 pm CLOSED

OPTICAL 9 am – 3 pm 10 am – 3 pm 11 am – 3 pm CLOSED 9 am – 3 pm 9 am – 3 pm 9 am – 3 pm 9 am – 3 pm 10 am – 3 pm 11 am – 3 pm CLOSED

Laundry/Dry Cleaners 9 am – 6 pm 10 am – 4 pm 11 am – 3 pm CLOSED 10 am – 6 pm 10 am – 6 pm 10 am – 6 pm 10 am – 6 pm 10 am – 4 pm 11 am – 3 pm CLOSED

Lunch Box 7 am – 3 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED 7 am – 3 pm 7 am – 3 pm 7 am - 3 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

Melvins Auto 7:30 am – 3 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED 7 am – 5 pm 7 am – 5 pm 7 am – 5 pm 7 am – 5 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

APG Shoppette 6 am – 8 pm 9 am – 5 pm 9 am – 4 pm CLOSED 7 am – 7 pm 7 am – 7 pm 7 am – 7 pm 7 am – 7 pm 9 am – 6 pm 10 am – 6 pm CLOSED

APG Shoppette Subway 6:30 am – 7:30 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED 7 am – 6 pm 7 am – 6 pm 7 am – 6 pm 7 am – 6 pm 9 am – 5 pm CLOSED CLOSED

Tim Hortons bldg 6002 6 am – 5 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED 6 am – 5 pm 6 am – 5 pm 6 am – 5 pm 6 am – 5 pm 6 am – 5 pm CLOSED CLOSED

Tim Hortons bldg 6008 7 am – 1 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED 7 am – 1 pm 7 am – 1 pm 7 am – 1 pm 7 am – 1 pm 7 am – 1 pm CLOSED CLOSED

Subway Bldg 6008 C4ISR CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

Burger King 6 am – 6 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED 9 am – 4 pm 6 am – 6 pm 6 am – 6 pm 6 am – 6 pm 6 am – 6 pm CLOSED CLOSED

McShane’s Bldg. 6010 C4ISR 7 am – 4 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED 7 am – 4 pm 7 am – 4 pm 7 am – 4 pm 7 am – 4 pm 7 am – 4 pm CLOSED CLOSED

Edgewood Shoppette 6:30 am – 6 pm 8 am – 2 pm CLOSED CLOSED 8 am – 2 pm 8 am – 2 pm 8 am – 2 pm 8 am – 2 pm 8 am – 2 pm CLOSED CLOSED

LRC - AberdeenLRC

Property Book Office 7 am – 3:30 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED Regular Hours Regular Hours Regular Hours Regular Hours CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

Property Book Warehouse 7 am – 3:30 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED Regular Hours Regular Hours Regular Hours Regular Hours CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

CIF 7 am – 3:30 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED Regular Hours Regular Hours Regular Hours Regular Hours CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

Installation ASP CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED Regular Hours Regular Hours Regular Hours Regular Hours CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

SSA / CRP CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED Regular Hours Regular Hours Regular Hours Regular Hours CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

DOL Fuel Station 7 am – 3:30 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED Regular Hours Regular Hours Regular Hours Regular Hours CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

TMP 7 am – 3:30 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED Regular Hours Regular Hours Regular Hours 7 am – 3:30 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

PPPO 7 am – 3:30 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED Regular Hours Regular Hours Regular Hours 7 am – 3:30 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

Carson Wagonlit Travel CTO 8 am – 4:30 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED 8 am – 4:30 pm 8 am – 4:30 pm 8 am – 4:30 pm 8 am – 4:30 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

Military Travel Office 7 am – 3:30 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED Regular Hours Regular Hours Regular Hours CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

Freight Office CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED Regular Hours Regular Hours Regular Hours 7 am – 3:30 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

Maintenance CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED Regular Hours Regular Hours Regular Hours 7 am – 3:30 pm CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

Gates

AA Rt 715 – Main Gate OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN

EA Rt 24 – Main Gate OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN

AA Rt 22 – Alternate Gate OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN

EA Wise Rd – Alternate Gate OPEN CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

AA Rt 715 Visitor Center OPEN CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

EA Rt 24 Visitor Center OPEN CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED OPEN OPEN OPEN CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

2017 – 18 Christmas & New Year Holiday Schedule