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VOLUME 1, NO. 38 | 16 DECEMBER 2011
THIS EDITION
Stennis sailor chats up the
President ...............pg. 2
Training dogs and children |
Navy Wise ..............pg. 4
It’s over, time to support the
veterans .................. pg.4
Penetta and Dempsey, Iraq
ends ......................pg. 5
By JJ [email protected]
The Kitsap County Veterans Advisory Board Wednesday voted unanimously to place a new levy on property and place an sales tax levy increasing the county’s sales tax 8.7 percent.
“People may not like it, but our veterans are in an emergency situation, and it’s getting worse,” said board chairman Fred Scheffler.
The levy will go before the Board of County Commissioners for approval without a vote of the people.
During November’s general election county
Veterans board sends levies to BOCC
A Sailor wipes down an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Black Aces of Strike Fighter Squadron 41 aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis. John C. Stennis is deployed in the Arabian Gulf as part of Operations Enduring Freedom and New Dawn. U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 3RD CLASS BENJAMIN CROSSLEY
By JJ [email protected]
The Navy laid off 15 enlisted sailors the first week of December.
As they join 3,000 fellow sailors across the county in the first of two down sizings, the Naval Base Kitsap sailors scramble to find civilian jobs in the worst economy in our, Kitsap WorkSource gives them a leg up.
The final phase of the Enlisted Retention Board, which evaluated sailors in over-manned rates from E4 to E8, closed on Nov. 29.
The command at Naval Base Kitsap notified everyone on the “not selected for retention” list and informed them of their options, according to Sheila Murray, public affairs officer for Navy Region Northwest.
The deadline for transfers into other Navy ratings has also closed which means that sailors will join the 9 percent of the american workforce in the unemployment line.
Though the Navy is offering some help such as extended health care coverage for six months, NEX and commissary privi-leges for two years, and paid time off for job and house hunting, finding a new career is still up the to sailors.
“These guys are going through a lot. They may have heard about [Kitsap WorkSource] in their TAP programs, but everyone agrees they get so much information there, they are usually overwhelmed. So we’re person-ally inviting them to come in and talk,” said Margaret Hess, Director for WorkSource Center. Hess does that by sending applica-tions to all those who have recently filed
unemployment claims with the military. Representatives are also making calls to
people who have been profiled as having difficulty translating their military experi-ence into a civilian job title.
“It’s true that the Navy has more transfer-able positions, especially with the shipyard here. A Navy mechanic or supply officer may be able to translate his work skills more easily than, say, an Army infantryman. Some fields are really difficult to translate,” said Hess.
Qualities like having a security clear-ance or experience with specific technology make ex-Navy men and women particularly attractive to federal contractors, explained Hess.
In fact, some contractors prefer that nothing be translated or “civilianized,” rather that Navy applicants present them-selves through military terminology, according to the director. However, the majority of human resources departments
Unemployed sailors on the job huntKitsap WorkSource aids Naval Base Kitsap sailors
laid off in nationwide downsizing
SEE UNEMPLOYED | PAGE 7
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By KRISTIN OKINAKAkokinaka@soundpublishing.
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The Kitsap 9/11 Memorial Committee still hopes to have the 9/11 memorial in
place by Sept. 11, 2012 in Bremerton’s Evergreen Park.
“There’s something about having a date out there that’s powerful,” said Dave Fergus, committee member and architect with local firm Rice Fergus Miller, who has been helping with the memorial design concept.
For this year’s 10th anni-versary of the Sept. 11, 2011 attacks on the World Trade
Center, the committee hosted a large ceremonial groundbreaking event as the new design was being fos-tered through by Fergus and others.
Following the presenta-tion of a new design, 75 percent smaller in scope, to the Bremerton Parks and Recreation Board last week, displays of the revamped plans will be displayed and open for public comment at city hall.
Wyn Birkenthal, parks director, Wednesday said that he expects the design display boards to be arranged for viewing in the main lobby of the Norm Dicks Government Center by Dec. 16. Comment cards will be available for community input on the new design.
He plans to keep the dis-plays up for public comment at least through the first or second week of January.
“We’re happy with the progress and redesign,” Birkenthal said.
The redesign was mandat-ed in an agreement between the city and the committee, after concerns about the original plan’s size and mes-sage.
Concerns raised by the parks board after viewing the new design included the committee’s ability to fund the memorial and its planned location leaves it as an island on its own in the east section of the park.
“They are concerns that aren’t concerns because that’s not going to happen,” Fergus said.
The committee doesn’t plan on getting necessary permits and begin construc-tion until all the money is raised and in-kind donations
STENNIS AT SEA (NNS) – In an effort to reach out to deployed service mem-bers during the recent Thanksgiving holiday, President Barack Obama called 10 military members stationed around the world to wish them well and pass along Thanksgiving praise for their service to country.
Chief. Damage Controlman 1st Class Nathan Snyder, a sailor sta-tioned aboard USS John C. Stennis was among the 10 lucky enough to receive a call from the Commander in Chief.
Snyder is from Sumner,
WA and is assigned to Engineering Department’s Repair division. He spoke with President Obama for nearly ten minutes over the ship’s telephone system as the rest of the crew took part in traditional Thanksgiving ceremonies.
“This was the one of the most memorable Thanksgivings I’ve ever had. It was a once in a life-time opportunity that I don’t think I’ll have again,” said Snyder. “Once the President came on the line he addressed me as Nathan and we spoke for about five minutes.”
Snyder also noted how sincere the President was during his phone conversa-tion.
“He was very nice and he
seemed genuine. He knew a lot about my career mile-stones and what I’ve done since reporting to Stennis. We also talked a bit about
sports and family and how things were going on deploy-ment.”
When first notified of his pending call with the
President, Snyder was told to contact the White House immediately and the process of preparing for the phone call began.
“When I returned from liberty in Dubai my Senior Chief told me I was selected to speak with the President over Thanksgiving and that I needed to contact the White House immediately over email,” said Snyder. “In the five days between finding out and actually talking to President Obama, I was on a two minute standby. There were a lot of preparations
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Engineering Department Sailor of the Year, Damage Controlman 1st Class Nathan Snyder, from Sumner, Wash., receives a phone call from the President of the United States on Thanksgiving in the Command Master Chief’s office aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). X
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RETSIL, Wash. (NNS) -- Veterans gathered at the Washington Veterans Home to watch the Five Star Brass Quintet from Navy Band Northwest perform holiday songs, Dec. 12.
Five Star Brass Quintet is part of Navy Band Northwest and performs throughout the Pacific Northwest for a vari-ety of military functions and public concerts. The quintet consists of five members who play a variety of instruments such as trumpet, French horn, trombone and tuba.
“We hope that we leave them with a much bigger sense of holiday cheer than they had before they came,” said Musician 3rd Class Gregory Lopes.
Recreation Therapist Manager Tami Reuter said
veterans at the Washington Veterans Home have the option to choose their own events, and the quintet was at the top of the list.
“Navy Band is a favorite of the residents here,” said Reuter. “In the holidays we like to seize the moment and music does just that.”
Performing many songs including “Joy to the World,” “Jingle Bells,” “Deck the Halls,” and “Silent Night,” the band had the audience clapping their hands and tapping their feet to the holiday melodies.
“I loved it,” said former Airman David Riggs. “The music really makes me feel good and gets me into the holi-day spirit.”
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WASHINGTON – Service members sta-tioned in the United States will see an aver-age increase of 2 percent when new basic allow-ance for housing rates take effect Jan. 1.
The Defense Department Thursday announced the 2012 BAH rates, along with basic allowance for sub-sistence rates, which will also increase slightly.
Department offi-cials said the average BAH increase for 2012 is approximately $39 per month, though the
actual amount depends on where a service mem-ber lives, what his or her rank is and whether he or she is supporting family members.
Cheryl Anne Woehr, defense BAH program manager, said about 35 percent of the military’s housing areas will see a housing allowance decrease, but the change will apply only to mem-bers newly reporting to those locations.
Service members are given individual rate protection, she said, which ensures that those already assigned to a location will not see their BAH rate decrease. However, they will
receive the increase if the rate goes up.
That protection ensures the rate change doesn’t penalize service members who already are obligated to leases or rental contracts based on a previous, higher housing cost, Woehr said.
“We measure the cost of rental housing in each area, and economic fac-tors can have different influences in each area,” she said. “That’s why rates are going up in some areas and down in others.”
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It’s grand news that the war in Iraq officially ended Thursday. After more than 21 years of effort to contain the country by fighting two distinct war on Iraqi soil, it’s simply time – regard-less of what Senator John McCain and other warhawks say from the comfort of Washington D.C holiday parties.
The recent nearly nine years of war left 4,500 American ser-vice members dead, 32,000 wounded and $800 billion to pay for it all. And, at times split our national unity.
It’s time to move on, draw down and begin the national heal-ing, now required, in order to foster public support behind the
real “final phase” of the Iraq war and its long-term costs to the American people in supporting of hundreds of thousands of veterans that will seek life-long ben-efits, such as general healthcare and mental healthcare.
For years the debate will continue regarding the value of the war to the American people, in relation to its cost in blood and treasure.
And while this one ends, the war in Afghanistan will continue for years before those men and women rotating
through multiple deployments there begin to come home for good.
Let’s hope that today’s leaders will not be remembered for a colossal failure to care for and support this war’s veterans, and more so let them never forget what they asked young men and women, on the way to adulthood, to do in the name of us all.
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It has become abundantly clear to me in the last month that before having children I should have attended a dog obedience class. It’s also become clear, thanks to our adolescent dog, Sparky, what I should expect from my soon-to-be adolescent son, Ford.
Now, I’m not saying my children are like dogs and vice versa. I can-not, after all, put my children in crates. And despite Sparky’s “kisses” and nudges with a wet nose, his “hugs” do not compare to those from Ford, Owen and Lindell. But there are eerie similari-ties. So many, in fact, that I’ve begun to wonder why the hospital didn’t send me home with “Dogs for Dummies” instead of a copy of Parenting magazine.
Take the Click-N-Treat dog training method as an example. Without being a Dog Whisperer, I know Sparky’s internal dialogue—”squirrel, squirrel, small boy with sticky hands, squirrel, squirrel, FREEZE-DRIED LIVER!”—and that using food lures for dog training makes sense. Sparky will do just about any-thing—spin in circles, bow his head, get in his crate—for the chance to eat a morsel of liver. And once Sparky has been rewarded for an action, he is bound to do it again....and again, and again.
So, it’s important that Sparky knows exactly which behavior earned him the treat: “Was it because I opened my mouth and panted? Or because I covered my nose with my paw? Surely it’s not because I covered my nose with my paw. Why would she want me to do that? I think I’ll pant again.” On a recent walk, when the treat bag accidentally fell and spilled on the pave-ment, you could almost see the thought process on
Sparky’s face: “Now what did I do to make THAT happen?”
The clicker, a handheld but-ton that makes a popping sound when pressed and is irresistible to children, narrows the behavior down by a matter of seconds. If Sparky was licking his paw in an upstroke when he heard the click, he will lick his paw in an upstroke again.
Imagine life with toddlers if you had a clicker! How many times did I tell baby Owen to stop throwing his graham crackers on the floor, only to turn around and find him throwing his milk on the floor, too...and smiling? Eventually Owen associated my frustration and stomping foot with good, funny things: Spill the milk and mommy makes all kinds of silly faces. I think he enjoyed watching me clean up, too. With a clicker, I could have rewarded Owen every time the food went in his mouth, not on the floor.
Which leads to another bastion of dog training: con-sistency. For Sparky, math is simple: paws plus couch always equals banishment to the crate. So, Sparky doesn’t get on the couch anymore. I wish I’d had the same will power with my children, who quickly learned that mom lets them eat in the living room so long as they “picnic on the floor,” but dad never lets food out of the kitchen, so when in doubt, pull a kitch-en chair in between the two rooms and eat there.
Of course, a child is not a dog. There are in fact many differences, including primate feelings like guilt. When my children cried in their crib because they
Training dogs and children, click-clickNAVY WISESARAHSMILEY
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“You will leave with great pride - lasting pride.”– Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to the last troops in Iraq
“More than 1.5 million Americans have served in Iraq. More than 30,000 of these brave men
and women were wounded. Nearly 4,500 gave their lives. America’s military families have
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BAGHDAD – Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta landed Thursday in Iraq to join Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in ceremonies marking the end of the U.S. military mission in Iraq.
The secretary and chair-man, along with Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, commander of U.S. Forces Iraq, and Ambassador James Jeffrey, will lead the U.S. delegation at the ceremony.
“This will be an historic moment where we basically enter a new chapter in Iraq in which we deal with them in a way that represents the kind of normal relationship we have with other coun-tries” in the region, Panetta told reporters traveling here
with him.The secretary, who arrived
here after visits to Djibouti in the Horn of Africa and Afghanistan, will join U.S. and Afghan officials in high-
lighting the successes made here and the service and sacrifice over the past eight
Panetta, Dempsey mark end of Iraq war
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta talks to U.S. service members during a flag casing ceremony that marked the end of Operation New Dawn, at the former Sather Air Base, in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 15, 2011. Since 2003, more than 1 million Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines have served in Iraq. MASTER SGT. CECILIO RICARD, U.S. AIR FORCES CENTRAL
By Cheryl PellerinAmerican Forces Press Service
KUWAIT CITY – As the last 5,700 U.S. troops leave Iraq to govern itself as a sovereign nation, the best way for the United States to support that country’s success is to stay broadly engaged in the region, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday.
As part of his first USO holiday tour as chairman, Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey landed at dawn at Kuwait International Airport, traveling with his senior enlisted advisor, Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, their wives, and celebrities arriving to enter-tain the troops.
“The exit from Iraq is not an exit from the region,” Dempsey told report-ers just before the USO show at Camp Buehring, one of three remaining stag-ing posts for troops and their equip-ment in northwestern Kuwait.
“The best way to ensure Iraq has the kind of future we all want for it is to stay engaged broadly,” the chair-man said, adding that the Strategic Framework Agreement, signed by the
United States and Iraq in 2008 to estab-lish long-term bonds of cooperation and friendship, directed that the relation-ship be built through mutual interests in security as well as trade, education and culture, law enforcement, environ-ment and energy.
Dempsey’s thoughts about Iraq and its future arise from years of experience there.
In 1991 he deployed with the 3rd Armored Division in support of Operation Desert Storm, a war waged against Iraq by a U.N.-authorized, U.S.-led coalition force representing 34 nations in response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait.
In June 2003, Dempsey took com-mand of the 1st Armored Division in Baghdad and served there for 14 months. In 2005 he returned to Iraq for two years to train and equip the Iraqi security forces as commanding general of the Multinational Security Transition Command–Iraq.
“Based on the [Iraqi] security forces’ … ability to manage their internal
Dempsey: Iraq exit is not exit from Middle East
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By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press
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WASHINGTON – When the last U.S. troops in Iraq case their colors and move to Kuwait, they can leave with their heads held high, secure in the knowledge they did what was right for America and peace in the region, President Barack Obama told service mem-bers at Fort Bragg, N.C., Wednesday.
Obama noted the end of the war in Iraq during his speech to thousands of service members -- many of whom served multiple tours in Iraq since 2003.
The most important les-son from the war in Iraq is about America’s national character, Obama said.
“For all of the challenges that our nation faces, you remind us that there’s noth-
ing we Americans can’t do when we stick together,” he said. “For all the disagree-ments that we face, you remind us there’s something bigger than our differences, something that makes us one nation and one people. Regardless of color, regard-less of creed, regardless of what part of the country we come from, regardless of what backgrounds we come out of, you remind us we’re one nation.”
That fact is why the American military is the most respected institution
in the country, the president said.
The young men and women at Fort Bragg repre-sent more than 1.5 million Americans who have served in Iraq. More than 30,000 Americans have physical wounds from the conflict with tens of thousands afflicted by unseen wounds like traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress.
“Nearly 4,500 Americans made the ultimate sacrifice, including 202 fallen heroes from here at Fort Bragg -- 202,” Obama said. “So today
we pause to say a prayer for all those families who’ve lost their loved ones, for they are part of our broader American family.”
This 9/11 generation has earned its place in history, the president said.
“Because of you, because you sacrificed so much for a people that you had never met, Iraqis have a chance to forge their own destiny,” he said. “That’s part of what makes us special as Americans. Unlike the old empires, we don’t make these sacrifices for territory or for resources; we do it because it’s right.
“There can be no fuller expression of America’s sup-port for self-determination than our leaving Iraq to its people,” he added. “That says something about who we are.”
And U.S. service mem-bers in Afghanistan are taking on the Taliban and breaking the back of al-Qai-da, the president said.
“Because of you, we’ve begun a transition to … the Afghans that will allow us to bring our troops home from there,” Obama said. “And around the globe, as we draw down in Iraq, we have gone after al-Qaida so that terrorists who threaten America will have no safe haven, and Osama bin Laden will never again walk the face of this Earth.”
Soon the last soldiers will leave Iraq, and the achieve-ments of Americans who fought there will belong to history, the president said. He compared them to
the men and women who fought for independence from Great Britain and who defeated fascism and com-munism. He also recalled the Civil War saying this generation, like the one that fought for union, has been “touched by fire.”
“All of you here today have lived through the fires of war,” Obama said. “You will be remembered for it. You will be honored for it, always. You have done something profound with your lives.”
Today’s service members enlisted during a time of war knowing that they’d be the ones who went into harm’s way, Obama said.
“When times were tough, you kept fighting. When there was no end in sight, you found light in the dark-ness,” the president said. “And years from now, your legacy will endure in the names of your fallen com-rades etched on headstones at Arlington, and the quiet memorials across our coun-try, in the whispered words of admiration as you march in parades, and in the free-dom of our children and our grandchildren.”
And they will remember that they were touched by fire, and can be proud they answered the call, the presi-dent said.
“You served a cause greater than yourselves, you helped forge a just and lasting peace with Iraq and among all nations,” he said. “I could not be prouder of you, and America could not be prouder of you.”
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“When times were tough, you kept fighting. When there was no
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voters overwhelmingly turned down a levy that sought to add 5 cents per $1,000 of assets value.
The Veterans Assistance Fund is at its lowest in cash reserves and, according to Kitsap County human ser-vices planner Leif Bentsen, is running out of money.
County Commissioners in 2009 took nearly $400,000 from the assistance fund to balance the general fund and keep county employees at work.
The number of veterans needing emergency assis-tance in the county has been on a slow rise, at least since the recession began, accord-ing to Gary Hughes, veterans representative for Kitsap Community Resources.
The number of applicants seeking emergency assistance in 2011 totaled 803 veterans. This figure is up from 746 clients in 2010 and 694 cli-ents in 2009.
“I had to turn away six veterans today. Gary called and said there is no more [money],” said Joel
Courreges, service officer at Disabled American Veterans.
The Veterans Fund gives qualifying veterans assis-tance with items like rent, gas for heating, medical, clothing, burial expensis, and transportation to go to job interviews, according to Hughes.
According to Bentsen, unemployment is not limited to the veterans of previous wars such as Vietnam and Korea.
Bentsen pointed out that Naval Base Kitsap has already laid off 15 enlisted sailors. With the draw down in Iraq, Lowe added, the community will likely see even bigger lay offs in the Marines and Army in 2012.
“Homelessness is the symptom,” said Scheffler. “The cause is that we just don’t have the economic base to put these guys to work.”
PROPERTY TAXESThe levy on property taxes
proposes that every 2cents per $1,000 in assets value
goes into the veterans fund. Two cents on every $1,000
will almost double the veter-ans fund intake, according Bentsen. That new number is approximately $600,000 a year for the fund.
“I was on the phone with folks in Olympia, and they have a $2.4 billion plug to fill up there. They said, you need to understand we aren’t as enamored with vets out here. It is a more hostile environ-ment,” said Scheffler.
“We could say that they’re right and not do anything. But isn’t our job to put vet-erans needs in front of the people? This is the need, regardless of the forecast,” said Bentsen.
However, this year the board is proposing that the veterans levy be taken out of “county regular status” and be presented as a “stand-alone levy” for veterans only.
Being specific about where the funds will go, and exactly what they will be used for is key to preventing misuse of funds by the county, accord-ing to Bentsen.
“There will be no tempta-tion to do what they did two
years ago. The funds will go to the veterans who need it,” said Bentsen.
But raising taxes in this economic climate is a dan-gerous game, according to Scheffler.
SALES TAXThe sales tax levy proposes
that one-tenth of one percent be collected for use in veter-ans courts.
Veterans courts are thera-peutic courts which seek to rehabilitate veterans charged with misdemeanors and felonies. The courts also look to decrease recidivism rates with veterans repeatedly
coming back to prison.According to Joel
Courreges, in Kitsap County, 990 veterans were booked into county jail during 2010, more than 5o percent had been there before, and 39 of the veterans booked into the jail were homeless.
Both Mason and Thurston counties have adopted the sales tax levy to pay for men-tal health services such as veterans’ courts, according to Bentsen.
Bentsen explained that it is just a shifting of sales taxes already collected and all counties have the authority to decide where such taxes are used.
The court would be the 76th court of its kind in the nation and would take felony as well as misdemeanor cases. Training sessions for the courts start Feb. 5, headed by Judge Jay Roof of the Kitsap County Superior Court.
Though the advisory board approved the percent-age of the sales tax to be collected, Scheffler proposed that they go back to tighten the wording on the levy.
“It needs to be clearer that these funds are for the maintenance, training, and also follow up services,” said Scheffler.
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In Sparky’s first few days at home, he followed me everywhere I went. He was like an infant who thinks his mother hung the stars. He looked at me with great, big, adoring puppy-dog eyes. All was right with our relation-ship.
Then Sparky turned six months old. This, in dog years, is equivalent to ado-lescence. My lovable pup was then found sneaking away with the head of a Darth Vader action figure or my favorite red shoes. He didn’t come back when I whistled for him. And, indeed, some-times he looked over his shoulder and said, “Yeah, right.” No, really. That’s what he said.
I’ve taken these slights personally. I’ve reexamined
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Increasingly, however, as my oldest son approaches his human teenage years, I’m beginning to think
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Some sailors don’t even know what type into the job title search box, according to WorkSource.
“It’s the biggest challenge, knowing their audience and being able to create the match in writing,” explained Hess of why some ex-mili-tary personnel have such a hard time finding jobs.
WorkSource encourages all sailors to visit oNetonline.org, a website that helps them find the right language to start searching.
For example, a machinists mate, one overmanned rat-ing, might visit the website and go to the “crosswalks,” select his branch of service and military rate. The search will return conversions like
“maintenance electrician,” “process technician,” and “building maintenance mechanic” with links to job listings in those categories. This takes the guess work out of what he might be qualified for. It also shows him the language that many of the human resource departments are using when writing the job listing.
“Employers are using this tool when they write their own job descriptions, espe-cially those that don’t have huge HR offices. They are drawing from oNet codes and descriptions to fill jobs. If you’re using the same codes, then you’re speaking the same language,” said Hess.
Employment in Kitsap County is “fairly flat”
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“While the recession is ending, the recovery for job seekers is very slow. Most of the jobs we see coming back are the occupations we lost the most, the lower paying jobs. Unemployment hasn’t gone up in the last year, but I guess the bad news is it hasn’t gone down either,” said Hess.
The center reports that about 50 percent of appli-cants that come in for an ini-tial counseling session come back for additional help with their job search.
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each military housing area, recording current local costs for rent, renter’s insurance and utilities including electricity, heat-ing, water and sewer, she explained.
Any year-to-year change in any of those factors can cause an increase or decrease in BAH, Woehr
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Woehr said service
members stationed outside the United States receive the Overseas Housing Allowance, which is calcu-lated on a different sched-ule, rather than BAH.
Defense officials said BAH rates are determined based on six housing pro-files -- varying by dwelling type and number of bed-rooms -- in each military housing area. Rates are cal-culated for each pay grade, both with and without dependents.
Officials said more than 1 million service members will receive an estimated $20 billion in total BAH payments during 2012.
Officials said the 2012 subsistence allowance, which will also take effect Jan. 1, is designed to cover the cost of food for service members who do not have access to military dining facilities. That allowance will increase from $325.04 to $348.44 for enlisted troops, and from $223.84 to $239.96 for officers.
The allowance is based on the Department of Agriculture’s “cost of food at home index,” which increased 7.2 percent between October 2011 and October 2011, officials said.
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security threats, I think they’re on a very stable platform,” he said.
“That needs to con-tinue to develop,” the chairman added, not-ing that they have work to do on building some of the architectures that define stability.
“They have and will continue to work on air sovereignty, intel-ligence architectures, logistics architectures and the training and education component,” Dempsey said.
The United States will offer Iraq support through an Office of Security Cooperation, established to help Iraqis acquire and then learn how to use mili-tary equipment they buy from the United States.
In Iraq that office will include 157 people assigned to the U.S. embassy and under the authority of the ambassador, and some who might come in on individual contracts for two or three months at a time to help the Iraqis train on U.S. equip-ment.
Having spent three years in Iraq working to help the leadership estab-lish their own stability and build their own capa-bilities, Dempsey said the goal always was to help Iraq become a stabilizing influence in the region.
“We always thought they had the potential to do that,” he added, with their economic strength, rich cultural history, good education system, agri-cultural development and water resources.
Dempsey said the intense effort to move troops out of Iraq, prompted by President Barack Obama’s Oct. 21 announcement of the 2011 end-of-year deadline, delayed the emotional impact of the reality.
“The truth is I only found myself thinking about that in … the last 24 hours,” he said.
In those moments, he said, “I reflected on the fact that this has been a 20-year journey for me” and others who were part of the conflict with Iraq that began in 1990.
“If you were in the service, notably in the Army, and notably the heavy force of the Army,” the chairman said, “Iraq was the defining element
of the last 20 years of our careers.”
Dempsey said he’s proud of what U.S. military forces and others did in 1991 in Iraq and what U.S. forces have done over the past eight years.
“I think we’ve given Iraq an enormous opportunity,”
he said.“We’ve built relation-
ships with the Iraqi mili-tary that will persist well into the future,” Dempsey said, “and on that basis they’ve had the chance to become the responsible stable nation state that they say they want to become.”
years that has made it possible.
As they encase the U.S. Forces Iraq colors and officially bring the mission here to an end, Panetta said the United States will forge the next phase of a long-term relationship with Iraq.
The ceremony will signal that “this is not the end,” a senior defense official travel-ing with Panetta said. “We are changing the nature of our relation-ship with Iraq, but … [will send a signal of] our commitment to continuing this stra-tegic partnership with them.”
The secretary is also scheduled to meet with
about 80 of the 5,500 U.S. troops still in Iraq as the last days of the drawdown continue through Dec. 31 to thank them personally for their contributions.
This is down from 144,000 troops who were on the ground when President Barack Obama took office.
Panetta noted the Herculean effort that has transferred hundreds of bases and infrastructure to the Iraqis and removed thousands of troops and millions of pieces of equip-ment from Iraq.
“It was a tremendous effort,” he said, commend-ing Austin and his team for “the great work they did in making this hap-pen.”
Panetta will present awards to Austin and Jeffrey during ceremonies closed to media coverage.
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NAVY REGION NORTHWEST (NNS) – The First Class Petty Officer Association for Fleet Readiness Center Northwest packed over 30 boxes Nov. 27 for command forward deployed personnel. They compiled care packages with Christmas decorations, cookies and personal items, Playstation 2’s with games, current DVD’s and books that will be delivered to over 80 Sailors throughout the world to include three aircraft carriers, operational detachments in Kuwait and Japan and 19 Individual Augmentees. The boxes were shipped out early December to ensure arrival before the holidays.
“This is the time of year to take care of our for-ward deployed personnel,” said program coordina-tor Aviation Electronics Technician 1st Class Susanna Ennes. “We want to make sure that they are not forgotten during the holiday season.”
This event could not have been possible without the time and effort contributed by the command’s First and Second Class Petty Officers’ Associations, the Family Readiness Group Association and various command personnel. The Quality Assurance Division at FRCNW collected more than $100 toward the pack-
ages to ensure the boxes were full of items for the deployed Sailors.
Aviation Electrician’s Mate Second Class Kristin Sioch led the charge for collecting the money from the Quality Assurance Department and assisted with purchasing the items for the packages.
“When I was on deploy-ment it felt good to receive the packages from home during the holidays,” said Sioch. “I wanted to give back to those Sailors who are cur-rently away from home.”
are received, Fergus said. Parametrix, a bremerton
engineering and planning firm, plans to do all civil engineering at no cost, Fergus said.
While the public reviews their work over the holidays, the committee is developing cost estimates and working on a business plan.
For the memorial to be
built in nine months, there would have to be “some major fundraising break-throughs” on the city’s part, Birkenthal said. Currently as bare dirt, the landscape would need to be set or else the environment would not be appealing to visitors, he said.
As the city cuts staffing levels and raises taxes to
reach a balanced 2012 bud-get, there is no money for the work to be done at the park. At one time the city had access to grant money to develop the park but was unable to to match the grants.
The memorial commit-tee has fundraised $76,955 as of the end of November, according to Ted Fry, the committee’s treasurer.
Fergus said after the pub-lic comment period, and any redefining of the design are, the design plans will go to the Bremerton City Council for adoption in mid-January.
After the comments and the completion of construc-tion estimates for the project are received, the committee
will have met the agreement with the city, Birkenthal said.
Members of the commit-tee say their hearts remain in the project and that when they first joined, they did not envision it being a five or 10
year project. “The third year is com-
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Command leadership aboard Stennis believe the presidential call reflects not only the accomplishments of Snyder, but also reflects the achievements of the entire command.
“The phone call from the President of the United States was a very big deal for the crew and in particular Petty Officer Snyder,” said Capt. Ronald Reis, com-manding officer of Stennis.
“JCS remains forward deployed supporting real world efforts in the 5th Fleet area of responsibility. This was the President’s way of saying thank you for all that we do.”
President Obama, call-ing from the Oval Office, also contacted members of the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard and Marines, all of whom are deployed in support of operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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– A sailor assigned to Riverine Squadron 3, part of Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, was awarded the Soldier’s Medal Dec. 13, for his acts of heroism in Afghanistan.
Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Roy Jaquez helped save the lives of three crew members May 3, 2010, when a commercial Russian Mi - 17 Heavy Lift Transportation heli-copter fell from the sky at Forward Operating Base Kala Gush, in Nuristan Province, Afghanistan.
Jaquez and four other service members kicked in the cockpit glass and pulled
the three crewmen to safety dodging rocks, earth and parts of the helicopter that were kicked up from the spinning rotors.
“These guys were doing this while the engines were still running, and hot exhaust shooting out at them,” said Capt. Raymond Benedict, Provincial Reconstruction Team Nuristan commanding officer.
After the crash, one of the helicopter’s fuel tanks ruptured spilling highly flammable aviation fuel around the wreckage and threatening a massive explosion, but this didn’t stop Jaquez and the other
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the three crew members out within three minutes of the crash,” said Benedict.
Thanks to the heroic efforts of Jaquez and the others, injured crewmen were pulled to safety and evacuated to a medical facility within an hour of the crash. Eventually they made a full recovery from their injuries.
“When I found out that they were all going to be ok, that was the happi-est moment for me,” said Jaquez.
“The way that everyone responded in such a heroic fashion was inspiring,” said
Benedict. “It was the most awesome thing I have ever seen in my career in the Navy. I cannot underesti-mate the reaction of those guys who ran toward the wreckage. I was there, and I saw it; it was incredible.”
According to Jaquez, being awarded for his actions is an honor and extremely humbling.
“I never expected to be put in a situation like this when I joined the Navy,” said Jaquez. “If there is someone who is hurt I have to go help them because that is what corpsman do.”
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