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Tracks, the newspaper for Anniston Army Depot Volume 31, Number 20179 January 12, 2017 U.S. Postage Paid Presort Standard Anniston, AL 36201 Permit No. 326 Address Service Requested Installation addresses winter weather possibilities Planning for ice, snow When inclement weather is men- tioned in the South, the typical topics are thunderstorms or tornadoes. This time of year, however, snow or ice can affect us. According to historical data from the National Weather Service, 13 inches is the record for snowfall during a year - a record set during the winter season of 1992-1993. Since the blizzard of 1993, only one winter has made it into the top 10 for snow accumulation, 1997-1998 with four and a half inches. Despite the rarity of snowfall or a large snow event, Anniston Army De- pot strives to be prepared. Each time a weather event is an- ticipated which may impact operations at the installation, the command staff meets with employees from the Depot Operations Office and numerous orga- nizations throughout the installation to determine what response, if any, is needed. There are numerous ways depot leadership can inform the workforce if a decision is made to close the depot or to postpone daily operations. The installation’s AtHoc system is the quickest and easiest to use. Each employee who works on a computer at the installation has access to AtHoc at their work station. Click the purple globe which can be found in the tools in the lower right hand corner of your screen and you’ll have the ability to set up a profile detailing your work, home and cell numbers as well as e-mail address to be contacted in the event of any depot-wide emergency. All-users e-mails can also be used to spread information throughout the workforce if an inclement weather event begins during the work day. Away from the depot, Facebook, lo- cal media outlets and the SNOW line (256-235-7669) all enable employees to stay up-to-date on any relevant closures or delays. The Depot Operations Office stresses the need to be prepared for any weather event you may encounter. Ready.gov has information on pre- paring a winter weather kit as well as other tips, which can be accessed at www.ready.gov/winter-weather. Additionally, Don Evans, emergen- cy manager with the DOO, said each employee needs to review the routes they travel. “Whichever route you are traveling on, be aware of the fact there are shel- ters along the route,” said Evans, stress- ing that winter weather and tornado shelters may or may not be located in the same facility. “Employees need to have the phone numbers for those shel- ters so they can contact them if they be- come stranded.” Evans also encourages the work- force to be aware of the various types of watches and warnings. For a list of winter weather advi- sories, visit the National Weather Ser- vice at www.nws.noaa.gov/om/winter/ ww.shtml. For additional information about winter weather preparedness or for as- sistance in signing up in the AtHoc sys- tem, contact Evans at Ext. 4769 or the depot’s Emergency Operations Center at Ext. 4500. from Staff Reports ANAD PAO Photo by Mark Cleghorn In this file photo taken Jan. 28, 2014, snow falls at Anniston Army Depot. Later that day, the instal- laon closed due to hazardous road condions from the snowfall. ANAD has plans in place to alert the workforce during any inclement weather event.

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Tracks, the newspaper for Anniston Army Depot

Volume 31, Number 20179 January 12, 2017

U.S. Postage PaidPresort Standard

Anniston, AL 36201Permit No. 326

Address ServiceRequested

Installation addresses winter weather possibilitiesPlanning for ice, snow

When inclement weather is men-tioned in the South, the typical topics are thunderstorms or tornadoes. This time of year, however, snow or ice can affect us.

According to historical data from the National Weather Service, 13 inches is the record for snowfall during a year - a record set during the winter season of 1992-1993.

Since the blizzard of 1993, only one winter has made it into the top 10 for snow accumulation, 1997-1998 with four and a half inches.

Despite the rarity of snowfall or a large snow event, Anniston Army De-pot strives to be prepared.

Each time a weather event is an-ticipated which may impact operations at the installation, the command staff meets with employees from the Depot Operations Office and numerous orga-nizations throughout the installation to determine what response, if any, is needed.

There are numerous ways depot leadership can inform the workforce if a decision is made to close the depot or to postpone daily operations.

The installation’s AtHoc system is the quickest and easiest to use. Each employee who works on a computer at the installation has access to AtHoc at their work station.

Click the purple globe which can be found in the tools in the lower right hand corner of your screen and you’ll have the ability to set up a profile detailing your work, home and cell numbers as well as e-mail address to be contacted in

the event of any depot-wide emergency.All-users e-mails can also be used

to spread information throughout the workforce if an inclement weather event begins during the work day.

Away from the depot, Facebook, lo-cal media outlets and the SNOW line (256-235-7669) all enable employees to stay up-to-date on any relevant closures or delays.

The Depot Operations Office stresses the need to be prepared for any weather event you may encounter.

Ready.gov has information on pre-paring a winter weather kit as well as other tips, which can be accessed at www.ready.gov/winter-weather.

Additionally, Don Evans, emergen-cy manager with the DOO, said each employee needs to review the routes they travel.

“Whichever route you are traveling on, be aware of the fact there are shel-ters along the route,” said Evans, stress-ing that winter weather and tornado shelters may or may not be located in the same facility. “Employees need to have the phone numbers for those shel-ters so they can contact them if they be-come stranded.”

Evans also encourages the work-force to be aware of the various types of watches and warnings.

For a list of winter weather advi-sories, visit the National Weather Ser-vice at www.nws.noaa.gov/om/winter/ww.shtml.

For additional information about winter weather preparedness or for as-sistance in signing up in the AtHoc sys-tem, contact Evans at Ext. 4769 or the depot’s Emergency Operations Center at Ext. 4500.

from Staff ReportsANAD PAO

Photo by Mark Cleghorn

In this file photo taken Jan. 28, 2014, snow falls at Anniston Army Depot. Later that day, the instal-lation closed due to hazardous road conditions from the snowfall. ANAD has plans in place to alert the workforce during any inclement weather event.

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This newspaper is an authorized publication for members of the U.S. Army. Contents of TRACKS are not necessarily official views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government, Department of Defense, Depart-

ment of the Army, or Anniston Army Depot. TRACKS is published biweekly using desktop

publishing on recycled paper and on the Internet by the Commander, Anniston Army Depot.

The editorial office is located in the Abrams Building, Room 358, telephone 256-235-6281 (DSN prefix 571) or FAX 256-235-4695. TRACKS invites

comments and contributions from its readers. Ad-dress e-mail to: [email protected] and mail to: Editor, TRACKS, TAAN-SCO, 7 Frankford Avenue, Anniston, AL 36201-4199. DEADLINE days are Thursdays pre-ceding date of publication. Circulation: 5,900.

Postmaster: Send address changes to TRACKS,

PO Box 2285, Anniston, AL 36202.

Commanding Officer......................Col. Martine KiddPublic Affairs Officer...........................Clester BurdellEditor..............................................Jennifer BacchusPhotographers...................................Mark Cleghorn

Ben Williams

TRACKS2 January 12, 2017

It’s that time of year again – time for some employees to file Office of Government Ethics Confidential Financial Disclosure Form 450.

This form requires certain employees to provide information pertaining to investments and sources of income other than their federal employment, so Anniston Army Depot can ensure work assignments are not made when a potential conflict of interest ex-ists.

The Joint Ethics regulation covering Department of Defense employees prohibits federal employees from holding financial interests conflicting with the conscientious performance of their duties.

Agency officials use the information provided by employees in the OGE Form 450 to determine whether any potential conflicts of interest exist and to avoid the conflicts before they occur.

This helps protect employees from sanctions for violating the conflict of interest standards of conduct.

Directors determine who should submit OGE Form 450 based on a set of criteria supplied by the Office of Government Ethics.

The criteria focuses on an employee’s:• Decision-making authority or influence in the contracting/

procurement field• Administration of grants and licenses• Actions having a direct and substantial impact on the interest

of any non-federal entityThe federal agency may also determine “the duties and respon-

sibilities of the employee’s position require the employee to file such a report to avoid involvement in a real or apparent conflict of interest.”

The employee’s supervisor and an ethics counselor review the financial information contained in the OGE Form 450 to deter-mine if a potential conflict of interest exists.

If there is a conflict, the manner in which the conflict is re-solved is determined through conversation between the employee, his/her supervisor and an attorney designated as an ethics coun-selor.

Most often, the employee signs a statement agreeing to not par-ticipate in any decision that affects the financial interest involved.

Other actions, such as modification of duty assignments and divestiture, might be required.

The OGE Form 450 starts the dialogue, so it is important for filers to complete the form properly, accurately and in a timely manner.

If you receive notice that you required to file an OGE Form 450, please do so promptly – reports are due on or before Feb. 15. The ANAD Legal Office is available to answer any questions on conflicts of interest by calling 256-235-6518.

Financial disclosure prevents conflicts of interest

by Polly RussellANAD Legal Office

Anniston Army Depot lead-ers convened Jan. 10 in the first quarterly Supervisory All Hands meeting in an effort to improve communication across the instal-lation from the most senior offi-cial to the employee.

For more than three hours, 225 managers and supervisors assembled for the purpose of en-hancing interactive conversation, addressing issues, expanding leadership skills and discussing ways to help each other become more effective and efficient while improving employee per-formance.

“Throughout the course of a day, many of our schedules are consumed with managing people, priorities, production and resources,” said depot com-mander Col Martine Kidd, while welcoming the participants. “We must not forget to help each other and share information.”

First line supervisors are in a unique position, whereas they serve as the connection between management and the workforce. “From my desk to the employee on the shop floor, we are stron-ger together when information flows,” she added. “We are a net-work of leaders and we rely on each other.”

It’s important to realize that ANAD has approximately 2,700 employees who occupy over 2,300 building and structures covering 15,000 acres.

These artisans ensure the warfighters have the weaponry, components and vehicles needed

to successfully accomplish their mission of serving our nation. For that reason, effective com-munication between supervisors and employees has to be at its peak.

Facilitators discussed specific topics to include the Sexual Ha-rassment/Assault Response and Prevention Program, safety, qual-ity, legal, the disciplinary pro-cess, workman’s compensation and the Employee Assistance Program.

“As a leader, you set the ap-propriate tone for your organiza-tion,” said Tim Rolfe, the depot’s Army Community Service direc-tor, who also serves as the sex-ual assault response coordinator. “Inappropriate topics, jokes and horseplay of a sexual nature have no place in the workplace. We must uphold the Army Standards of Conduct while supporting a

positive work environment.”Following each topic of dis-

cussion, attendees often asked questions for clarity or gleaned information from their peers.

According to Jeremy Barnett, a branch chief of approximately three years in the Directorate of Public Works, “this was great re-fresher training.”

“I wish we could have spent more time on some of the topics, but maybe the upcoming sessions will allow that,” he said.

“It helps me professionally,” said Marcus Briskey, a supervi-sor in the Directorate of Produc-tion’s Stryker Division. “There are probably areas that we can all improve upon and I appreciate the efforts being made to assist us.”

The next session is scheduled for April 5 at 7:30 a.m. in the DeSoto Pastime Center.

Communication is key to a successful organization

by Clester BurdellANAD PAO

Photo by Mark Cleghorn

Col. Martine Kidd addresses leaders from throughout the installation dur-ing training Jan. 10 at the DeSoto Pastime Center.

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TRACKS 3January 12, 2017

Anniston Army Depot takes an ag-gressive approach to investigating and restoring the impacted soil and ground-water resulting from the past disposal practices.

Through the years, ANAD’s missions have involved a variety of industrial pro-cesses, such as plating, painting, degreas-ing, sand blasting, paint stripping and steam cleaning.

From 1941 until the mid-1970s, when environmental regulations were devel-oped, wastes from the various processes, including spent solvents, heavy metals and petroleum/oil/lubricants, were stored and disposed of in trenches, landfills and liquid-waste lagoons.

Solid waste management units are areas where contaminated media is left in place at levels that may be harmful to industrial workers. In these areas, land use controls have been put in place to reduce the risk associated with potential exposure at sites where it’s not feasible to remove or treat the contaminated media to unrestricted use levels.

Land use controls include the capping of designated soil contamination areas with gravel over a permeable, geotextile fabric and installing signs along the site boundaries prohibiting unauthorized ex-cavation at those sites with soil excava-tion restrictions.

Various portions of ANAD are sub-ject to one or more of the following soil

excavation restrictions:• No soil excavations without protec-

tive equipment and approval of the In-stallation Restoration Program manager

• No excavations below a specified depth without approval of the Installation Restoration Program manager

• No transportation of excavated soils outside the designated solid waste management unit

• No disturbance of gravel caps cov-ering part or all of the contaminated site without approval of the Installation Res-toration Program manager

Changes or modifications to these land use controls must be coordinated

with the Directorate of Risk Management and Directorate of Public Works as they are incorporated in the depot’s real prop-erty master plan.

Also, changes or modifications to these areas must be approved by, and vio-lations of these controls must be reported to, environmental regulators.

Excavation without a proper survey can result in disturbance of contaminated soil and the potential for notices of viola-tion and/or fines for the depot.

Utility lines may also be damaged or cut if their locations are not known.

ANAD has established a dig permit program for all excavation activities on

the installation. The excavation request, prepared by the organization responsible for the project, will identify, at a mini-mum, the purpose and nature of the exca-vation, the type of equipment to be used, the duration of the activity and the points of contact.

The permit process is accessed through the base-wide Geographical In-formation System and allows for an elec-tronic approval process.

By clicking on a single point or poly-gon on the depot’s GIS map, the loca-tions of utility lines and other pertinent information, such as areas of contamina-tion, are revealed to the user.

The electronic permit application is approved by DPW, fire, safety and envi-ronmental organizations, usually within a week.

The depot’s GIS is an important part of the electronic dig permit approval pro-cess, by providing for improved worker safety, a reduction in notices of violation and the potential for fines, while serving as a means for ANAD to meet regulatory requirements to monitor land use con-trols on post.

In addition to satisfying the control requirements for contaminated sites, the dig permit process serves as a valuable tool to ensure utilities are cleared before excavations, thus avoiding costly repairs, interruptions in operations and ensuring personnel safety.

For more information about land use controls, contact me at Ext. 4854 or via e-mail at [email protected].

Land use restrictions for your protectionby Dilip KothariANAD DRK

Courtesy photo

Various portions of ANAD are subject to one or more of soil excavation restrictions. These areas are clearly marked.

Photo by Mark Cleghorn

Youth Leadership Calhoun County visited Anniston Army Depot Jan. 10. The group received an overview briefing and windshield tour of the installation. Youth Leadership Cal-houn County is a program of the Calhoun County Chamber of Com-merce exposing high school juniors to information about the business-es in the area.

Chamber youth visit

depot

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TRACKS4 January 12, 2017

A Job Hazard Analysis is an important tool for identify-ing and reducing hazards.

JHAs are created for job tasks and processes which have the potential to cause harm to employees.

JHAs are also required by law under OSHA 3071, Army Regulation AR 385-10 and ANAD Regulation 385-1.

Anniston Army Depot Su-pervisors must create a hazard inventory of the jobs under their supervision and prepare JHAs for the instruction of em-ployees.

JHAs should:• Answer questions like:

What can go wrong? How like-ly is it that something could go wrong? If something goes wrong, what are the conse-quences?

• Be easy to understand and follow

• Be a step-by-step instruc-tion of a job to be performed

• Identify hazards for each step

• Outline hazard mitiga-tion (what personal protective equipment should be used, what protection is available/required - machine guards, fall protection, etc.)

• Be reviewed at least an-

nually for accuracy• Be edited when there are

changes to jobs/processes• Be reviewed/edited when

incidents occur

Supervisors will:• Create JHAs for each of

their identified tasks or pro-cesses.

• Train any employee (new, detailed or transferred) before they are placed on the job

• Ensure the employee has reviewed and understands the hazards of the jobs to which they are assigned

• Train employees annu-ally or when a job/process changes or when an employee is transferred to a different task they haven’t been trained on previously

• Ensure employees re-view and sign JHAs prior to being placed on the job

All approved JHAs are lo-cated on the ANAD Intranet:

• From the Intranet Home Page: Information Repository, Job Hazard Analysis (JHA)

• From the Intranet Safety Office Page: Job Hazard Anal-ysis (JHA)

For more information on this topic or any other safety concerns, contact the Safety Office at Ext. 7541.

Job hazard analysisfrom Staff Reports

ANAD Safety Office

Photo by Mark Cleghorn

ANMC train longest at depotIn mid-December, the longest train ever assembled at Anniston Army Depot departed the installation. The train, consisting of more than 50 cars, stretched alongside Roosevelt Avenue as it was being prepared for its journey to deliver SRAT II Reactive Armor Tiles for Stryker vehicles. Anniston Munitions Center employees worked approximately 2,800 hours transporting, stuffing, blocking and bracing, and uploading the containers for shipment with no accidents. Once attached to the vehicles, this armor will provide a new level of protection for the war fighters.

A lot of us at Anniston Army Depot are familiar with the old saying, “Waste not, want not.”

Maybe you can remember your parents or grandparents us-ing this phrase during a teaching moment when you were younger.

I heard it countless times in my youth.

One of the ways we practice “Waste not, want not” here on the depot is through our Inte-grated Solid Waste Management Plan. Our ISWMP is very de-tailed but it can be summarized in just a few short points:

• Manage the depot’s solid waste in ways that protect human health and the environment.

• Comply with solid waste laws and regulations.

• Reduce the volume of sol-id waste that the depot generates at every opportunity.

• Re-use or recycle solid waste items at every opportu-nity.

• Consider the environmen-tal impact of the things the depot purchases.

According to the depot’s waste management plan, solid waste is any waste which is not defined as hazardous and which can be lawfully disposed of in a permitted solid waste landfill.

Examples of this are house-hold garbage from break rooms or structural steel from the de-molition of a building. The steel is recyclable, but the household garbage is not.

Please help the installation in its efforts to “Waste not, want not.”

Remember small things you do will add up to large things when multiplied by hundreds or thousands of people.

Consider solid waste impact on depotby Glenn MilnerANAD DRK

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TRACKS 5January 12, 2017

All Army employees at Anniston Army Depot who travel for work are required to have a government credit card. These cards, issued by CitiBank, provide a method for securing hotel rooms and transportation as well as pay-ing for other expenses while on official government travel.

“Employees have to make hotel reservations through the Defense Travel System and DTS is going to want your government credit card,” said Matt Hunter, chief of the depot’s Managerial Accounting Division.

Proper authorization and approval is required to re-ceive a card, but the process starts with Heather Howard.

Howard, a management accounting analyst for the Directorate of Resource Management, is the installation’s primary point of contact for government credit cards.

When an employee requests to have a card, Howard sends them paperwork, including a card application a link for training, which must be completed before the card can be issued.

“Once we receive the completed paperwork, we will fill out the electronic application and request approval from the employee’s supervisor,” said Howard.

The training has to be completed every three years and Howard is instrumental in the completion of that as well, as she sends e-mail reminders out to those whose time it is to complete the training.

The required course covers the basic rules and regula-tions governing the credit cards and their use, then tests the employee’s understanding of those rules.

Because it is vital the employee completely under-stands and can apply the rules to their use of the credit card, it’s important for each employee to complete their own training.

Despite that training, the Managerial Accounting Di-vision notes that many employees misuse their card each year.

“Misuse of the card is a serious matter. There are a lot of people looking at those accounts from higher headquar-ters,” said Hunter.

Hunter said misuse of the card could be as simple as mistakenly using the card to pay for something when you are not traveling for work.

But, the error which can cause the most damage to the employee is being delinquent with payments.

“The traveler is required to pay the card by the due date on the statement, whether they have been reimbursed or not,” said Hunter, adding that potential delinquency is why all employees are required by the Joint Travel Regu-lation to file travel vouchers within five days of returning to their duty station.

Delinquencies are visible to the depot command staff and have the potential to be discussed in biweekly staff meetings.

It is difficult to be reapproved for a credit card once use is lost due to delinquencies.

For additional information regarding government trav-el cards, contact Howard at Ext. 3178.

Tips for proper use of government credit cards

Here are a few tips from the General Services Administration to consider when using your govern-ment credit card:

DO:• Use your government travel

card to pay for official travel ex-penses.

• Obtain travel advances for of-ficial travel through an ATM, if au-thorized by your agency.

• Track your expenses and keep receipts while on travel, so you have accurate information for filing your travel claim.

• File your travel claim within five days after you complete your trip or every 30 days if you are on continuous travel.

• Submit payment in full for each monthly bill.

• Follow your bank’s dispute pro-cess for charges that are incorrect. • Contact your bank’s customer ser-vice number if you have questions about your monthly bill.

• Be aware that misuse of the travel charge card could result in disciplinary actions by your agen-cy.

• Be aware that failure to pay your bill in a timely manner can re-sult in suspension or cancelation of your card.

• Return your travel charge card

to your Agency/Organization Pro-gram Coordinator to be destroyed if you leave your agency or retire.

• Immediately report your lost or stolen card to your Agency/Or-ganization Program Coordinator and the card-issuing bank.

• Destroy any lost or stolen cards that are recovered.

• Be aware of identity theft schemes attempting to gain access to financial information.

• Check with your Agency/Or-ganization Program Coordinator and/or agency policy before using your travel card to cover local trav-el expenses.

DON’T:• Use your travel charge card

for personal use.• Obtain travel advances

through the ATM which exceed your expected out of pocket expen-ditures for a trip.

• Obtain travel advances through the ATM unless you are on travel or will be on travel within the next three days.

• Allow your monthly bill to become overdue because this could result in suspension or cancelation of your card.

• Wait for receipt of your monthly billing statement to file your travel claim.

• Forget that the card is issued in your name and liability for pay-ment is your responsibility.

• Write your personal identifica-tion number on your card or carry your PIN in your wallet.

• Use the card to cover travel expenses of other government em-ployees.

from Staff ReportsANAD Public Affairs Travel card dos and don’ts

Courtesy image

A booklet with tips detailing how to use your government credit card can be obtained from the installation’s Di-rectorate of Resource Management.

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When Petty Officer Frank Barone was placed on temporary assignment at DLA Distribution Annis-ton, he looked for something to keep him occupied during his spare time.

As someone who has enjoyed woodworking for about 10 years, he turned his attention to Anniston Army Depot’s Skills Development Center.

Since the center was well-equipped for almost any project he could envision, he decided a challenge was in order, so he set about building his first guitar.

He began the project in August and it took two months to complete.

“It takes a little while,” he said. “I had to build all the jigs.”

Barone purchased about $800 in wood, enough to build eight instruments, including the jigs needed to form the sides of each.

After spending another $200 for special tools needed for the project, he was ready to begin sketch-ing out his ideas and cutting the pieces he would need.

Barone first learned to play the guitar at 15 years old, when his mother purchased one as a gift for him.

“I’ve never had any lessons. I just play by ear and play because it makes me feel good,” he said.

Similarly, Barone has never had any lessons in guitar making. He researched the project online and in books, asked some of the more experienced car-penters for tips throughout the process, then learned through trial and error.

Barone has a talent and passion for carpentry.“I built a lot of the furniture in my house. That’s

how I got started in woodworking,” said Barone.He arrived in Anniston in January 2016 in sup-

port of the wall-to-wall inventory being performed in DLA Distribution Anniston. At the end of the in-ventory, he was asked to remain and assist for the remainder of the year. His tour of duty will end in February.

He plans to use his spare time during the remain-der of his assignment on the installation to construct four ukuleles and two more guitars. He believes he can finish most or all of the construction while here, since he already has the jigs he will need.

Florida is currently Barone’s home, where he serves in the Navy Reserves and is a merchant mari-ner in the Gulf of Mexico’s oil field.

by Jennifer BacchusANAD PAO

From furniture to fretsSailor uses time at ANAD to construct

first guitar

Photos by Jennifer Bacchus

ABOVE: Petty Officer Frank Barone uses one of the jig saws in Anniston Army Depot’s Skills Development Center to slice a board in two in preparation for his next instrument.

LEFT: Barone displays the guitar he built from scratch at the depot’s Skills Development Cen-ter in his spare time. He had to locate patterns online and build pieces to mold the sides of the instrument. He looks forward to con-structing a few more before his tour of duty at the installation ends.

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notes from around the Track

The Morning Show airs live every oth-er Wednesday at 7:05 a.m. on Local Area Network channel 21.

If you have a topic or content you would like to see on The Morning Show, contact the Public Affairs Office at Ext. 6281.

If you are unable to catch the live broadcast, there are two ways you can tune in.

Computer users may view the show on IPTV. It may also be seen on LAN channel 21 during these rebroadcast times:

Wednesday: 10:30 a.m., noon, 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 10 p.m., midnight and 2 a.m. (Wed. night/Thurs. morning)

Thursday/Friday: noon and 10 p.m.Watch this next show:

Jan. 18: Don Evans and a representa-tive from the Legal Office will update the workforce on inclement weather plans. Additionally, the Morning Show team will highlight a sailor stationed here and his woodworking talent. Additionally, a mem-ber of the Safety Office will discuss the de-pot’s safety record in 2016.

Feb. 1: Belinda Blackburn with Jack-sonville State University’s Office of Con-tinuing Education will share information about leadership courses and other classes taught through JSU which may be of inter-est to the workforce.

The Morning Show

HAYNESWith sadness, we report ANAD has lost

a member of the team.David M. Haynes died Dec. 24, 2016.A laborer with the Directorate of Family

and Morale, Welfare and Recreation, he had more than 24 years of civilian service at An-niston Army Depot.

Courtesy photo

Bowie graduates from UofAJasmine Neshai Bowie graduated Dec. 10 from

the University of Alabama with a Bachelor of Sci-ence in commerce and business administration in ac-counting. Proud parents are Katrina Bowie (DP) and Calvin Swink. She is the granddaughter of Bettye and the late Arthur Bowie of Anniston, Ala. Her sister is Katrice Bowie. She currently works with an account-ing firm and plans to begin work on her master’s de-gree within the next two years.

Stephens honored by DLASandra Stephens, a supply technician for DLA Distribution

Anniston, was selected as one of the 10 winners of the Defense Logistics Agency’s 49th Annual Employee Recognition Program.

According to her award justification, Stephens’ technical expertise makes her an invaluable and critical part of DLA Distribu-tion’s Inventory Ac-tion Team.

Her inventory research and audit knowledge enabled her team to track and correct inventory shortages and over-ages worth over $25 million.

During 2016, she was instrumental in the completion of the first wall-to-wall inventory at DLA Distribution Anniston, which included 1.6 million weapons and serialized sensitive items.

Throughout the inventory cycle, Stephens mentored and trained 26 reserve augmentees to perform quality assurance functions.

The award presentation was held Dec. 15, 2016, at the An-drew T. McNamara Complex Auditorium in Fort Belvoir, Va.

SANDRA STEPHENS

Have questions?Depot Commander Col. Martine Kidd plans to hold a town hall meeting Feb. 15.

If you have questions you would like addressed during the town hall, send them

to the Public Affairs Office.

Phone: Ext. 6281

E-mail: [email protected]

Pouch Mail: c/o PAO, Bldg. 7

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