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VOLUME 1, NO. 12 | 17 JUNE 2011

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Navy sees Facebook as frontier ...................pg. 2

Deploying again, older kids change game .........pg. 4

USS John C. Stennis returns ready ......................pg. 5

Two Marines earn Navy Cross for valor ................pg. 6By GREG SKINNER

Kitsap Navy News

H undreds of tons of munitions passed down SR 3 recently as part of a real world training exercise based on lessons learned during Gulf War I when troops arrived well

ahead of the bullet and bomb supply.The exercise, Turbo CADS 2011, is the result of past

Department of Defense lessons learned, said commander of Naval Magazine Indian Island Cmdr. Gary Martin. The acro-nym stands for “containerized ammunition distribution sys-tem” and the turbo means just that, “fast,” he said.

In real terms, DOD copied the effective methods of the com-mercial shipping industry and created an assembly line-like system of standard sized containers stacked by computer-aided layout programs into traditional cargo ships under contract to U.S. Navy Sealift Command.

During week one of the two-week exercise, a mix of Army

National Guard and Reserve transportation soldiers drove 475 shipping containers full of bullets, bombs, missiles and inert components from the the railhead at Naval Base Kitsap Bangor overland to the Navy’s loading pier at Indian Island.

Once fully loaded with national ordinance the container ship M/V American Tern is bound for Army, Navy, Air Force, Navy and Marine bases and installations in South Korea, Japan and Guam.

Tuesday, crews comprised of civilian defense workers and the Navy personnel at the naval magazine used the island’s 100,000-pound crane, “Big Blue,” and a much-smaller ship’s crane to load 136 containers during one shift. The remainder of the powerful load of munitions will be stowed by Friday when Martin expects to call the exercise a success and com-plete.

“Another successful mission for Indian Island,” he said. “This is the standard [now].”

The loading of munitions is the typical job for Indian Island. They can load any combat ship in the fleet right at the pier with its available 55-foot draft – nearly 20-feet deeper than the aircraft carrier John C Stennis requires.

But, the recent loads during Turbo CADS represents a “mas-sive” push of munitions out from Washington state to the “tip of the spear,” said Martin.

With the training exercise actually loading and sending real

Munitions on the moveA civilian employee at Naval Magazine Indian Island communicates with a crane operator high above while loading hundreds of shipping containers of ammunition and explosives above the M/V American Turn June 15, 2011. GREG SKINNER/KITSAP NAVY NEWS

By GREG SKINNERKitsap Navy News

Hundreds of Kitsap County defense indus-try workers will take next Friday off without pay as the contract company running most of Naval Base Kitsap’s day-to-day operations adjusts its workforce expenses for one day.

EJB Facilities Services General Manager Robert Parker Tuesday said the furlough day is an adjustment to a slowed Navy workload resulting from the federal budget showdown

Furloughs a glitch, not a trend

SEE AMMO | PAGE 8

Fast-moving ammo distribution system developed after Gulf War, tested and used at Indian Island

SEE FURLOUGHS | PAGE 8

pg. 5

By Sarah KehoeKitsap Navy News

For Chief Petty Officer Dale Davis, Facebook is a way to update his loved ones and friends when he is overseas.

“With responsible use, Facebook is beneficial to Navy people because it’s a very fast and conve-nient way to commu-nicate with people all over the world,” said Davis, a public affairs officer at Naval Base Kitsap. “My family, especially my mom, loves it because they can see up-to-date pictures of me and keep track of what we are doing. It’s way better than letters because it’s much quicker so you feel like you can easily talk to people when you want to.”

Over the past few years, the Navy has begun to use social media plat-forms to communicate with soldiers, their families and the media. Navy bases in the Northwest and around

the world, are setting up their own Facebook pages, twitter accounts and more in order to have another chan-nel for spreading information.

In Kitsap County, places such as Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Navy Region Northwest, have set up Facebook pages featuring navy events, updates and photographs.

“Our vision is to increase com-munication amongst work force and their families, management, labor and active duty members on topics such as Puget Sound Naval Shipyard activities, events, opportunities,

safety issues, initia-tives and relevant breaking news,” said Mary Mascianica, PSNS public affairs officer. “It gives the work force a way to air their questions and opinions up and down the chain of command.”

Mascianica pointed out Facebook is a

good tool for sailors to use because many may not have access to other forms of communication throughout their day.

“I have a lot of people who work on the waterfront that don’t use com-puters during the day, so Facebook gives me a way to get information

to them on their home computers, smart phones and other devices,” Mascianica said. “It’s been helpful in the past when we have needed to pass command information people want to know about, such as snow delays, bridge closures, flu shots and blood drives.”

1,100 daily viewersNavy Region Northwest’s page

monitor J. Overton reported around 1,100 people log on to the region’s page every day.

“When we create our page, we do it with the knowledge that our audience is very broad,” Overton said. “We have everyone from a former admi-ral’s spouse to veterans checking in. We also get a lot of mothers writing messages on our wall asking how the weather is where their son is serving.”

Overton and Mascianica noted their Facebook friends are helpful in telling them what they want to know.

“We like getting feedback from people because we get information from them like what they like about the page, what’s going on and ask-ing about something interesting they saw,” Overton said.

Despite the positive out-comes social media carries, navy Spokespeople are quick to point out

DIESEL BOATS NEEDED

The US Navy should buy a fleet of diesel-powered submarines to balance out global operational needs in littoral areas during tight budget times, according to The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research.

At 25 percent of the price tag for a nuclear-powered Virginia-class attack boat, “diesel subs are smaller, stealthier and more maneuverable in tight spaces than nuclear submarines,” wrote Gary Schmitt and Richard Cleary.

Promoting Air Independent Propulsion boats, the authors illustrat-ed cases where American carriers were surprised by diesel boats when a Swedish AIP-outfitted Götland-class sub made a “strike” on the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76).

And, in 2006, a Chinese Song-class diesel subma-rine surfaced undetected within striking distance of the carrier USS Kitty Hawk

(CV-63) off Japan

RUSSIAN PROTESTThe Russian govern-

ment is protesting the arrival of a Monterey-class cruiser outfitted with a ballistic missile defense system in the Black Sea to conduct joint exercises with Ukraine, according to Radio Free Europe.

EX-INMATE APPLIES FOR CWO

After serving nearly nine years for a wrongful “spousal rape” conviction, Gunnery Sgt., Brian Foster has applied to become a warrant officer. Currently a Military Police watch com-mander at Quantico, Foster saw the 17-year sentence overturned in 2009.

Foster told the Miami Herald that his prison stint actually made him a bet-ter person and policeman. “When I go on calls now, I don’t make assumptions; I look around more,” he said.

– Chatter is compiled by the Kitsap Navy News

CH AT TER Navy sees Facebook frontierSocial media linking

sailors worldwide

SEE FACEBOOK | PAGE 9

By Sarah KehoeKitsap Navy News

When Darrel Bowman left the Coast Guard 30 years ago, he walked away with the desire to help the people with whom he served.

“I loved everything I did while serving in the Coast Guard and met lots of great people,” he said. “I believe the United States was built on the blood and sweat of vet-erans and it is our obligation to sup-port them.”

Bowman, a regional business-man with a small company of his own, recently found a way to begin to foster community and state sup-port to businesses owned by men and women who have served the U.S. in uniform at home and “the sharp end” abroad.

In doing so, Bowman landed the Small Business Administration’s Veteran Champion of the Year award for 2011 based on his efforts to pass legisla-tion aiding entrepreneurial veterans and active duty workers. Over the years,

he has pushed lawmakers to encourage state agencies to do more business with veterans and worked to get them recognized by the state.

“I think they chose me for this award because I am always speaking out about issues relating to supporting our veterans financially,” Bowman said. “I think there needs to be a correlation between the training and experience veterans receive while serv-ing and the real world. The jobs they do while serving need to translate into the civilian world.”

Bowman is himself a mem-ber of the United States Department of Veteran Affair’s VetBiz Registry and was part of a large group of vet-erans credited for establishing the registry in 2010.

“There was a whole group of

folks that lobbied and put in effort to make this a reality,” Bowman said. “We felt that this could really create opportunities for veterans to be successful.”

The registry enables veterans to electronically post information about their business enterprise to inform government and corporate buyers about their capacity and capa-bility to perform federal requirements. It also func-tions to help buyers quickly locate veterans in business to be placed on original

source lists, inform agen-cies, contracting officers and businesses of veter-ans and service-disabled veterans in business, the products and services they provide and contact infor-mation for them.

With the legislation creating the registry, the state also directed agen-cies to direct 3 percent of their available business to companies and contractors that are 51 percent or more owned by a veteran.

“This is really just anoth-er tool in your tool belt,” Bowman said. “It’s not the only thing out there to use and veterans really can’t simply rely on just this to become successful, but the more tools we make avail-able for them, the more of a chance they have to reach their goals.”

In businessBowman served in

Hawaii, Alaska and North Carolina for four years before retiring. He now manages a Tacoma-based IT business called mynet-workcompany.com, which he aquired in 2005.

The company is a com-puter support and IT department for small and medium businesses, small governments and federal agencies.

“The company is grow-ing, we have had our ups and downs as the economy has spiraled downward, but right now the future is looking good,” Bowman said.

Bowman’s effort to help veterans locally has had an impact in Kitsap County. Some local residents reported they registered as soon as they acquired a business license.

“I try to sign up for anything and everything out there that is available for veterans,” said Rob Holt, owner of HMG LLC in Silverdale. “When you own a small business, you don’t want to miss out on any possible edge or advan-tage.”

Holt served for 20 years as a naval officer, navy diver, professional engineer and contracting officer. HMG LLC provides facili-ties, engineering, ware-housing and inventory management services.

“I have loved being my own boss and serving the community,” Holt said.

Holt has seen his busi-ness grow over the years, but does not feel the regis-try has much to do with it.

“It hasn’t benefitted me in the least,” he said. “I think there are a lot of great intentions out there, but just because you reg-ister yourself as part of a group, doesn’t mean you get contacts knocking at your door. It’s about word of mouth, reputation and what you are doing to mar-ket yourself.”

Veteran Darin Mathis agrees.

“I haven’t seen anything happen at my business that has been a direct result of simply registering,” he said. “It really comes down to

what you are doing as a business owner and what your customers are saying about you.”

Mathis has served in the Army National Guard for eight years and also owns Darin’s Handyman Services in Port Orchard. He is the sole employee of his company, handling all the repairs and remodeling of homes by himself.

“This works for me because I am able to charge customers less for ser-vices and still make enough money to survive,” Mathis said.

Bowman believes the registry needs more pro-motion so it can become

more effective so that people know the list is out there and can act on it.

Bowman encourages people to go online and find out who the veterans are in their area operat-ing small businesses. He pointed out veterans open-ing businesses are helping to create jobs for the com-munity.

“It is incumbent upon us to support the people that made it possible for us to live in freedom and enjoy our lives,” he said. “Everyone should take a moment to respect our vet-erans, raise our voices for them and open our pocket books to support them.”

USS JOHN C. STENNIS, AT SEA (NNS) – Grammy Award-winning alternative rock band Switchfoot visited USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) and performed a con-cert for Sailors in the ship’s han-gar bay June 9.

Switchfoot had never visited a Navy vessel before and wanted to take the time to thank sailors for their service.

“The performance was amaz-

ing,” said Aviation Structural Mechanic Equipment Airman Kaylee Struck. “It means a lot that musicians care about what we do to support our country.”

During the concert, which was attended by more than 300 Sailors, Switchfoot’s lead singer John Foreman said, “Everyone in San Diego is proud of what you do, we’re proud of what you do and we’re honored to be here.”

The band signed autographs and interacted with sailors on the ship’s mess decks after the concert.

“It’s a great privilege to have the opportunity to meet them,” said Aviation Structural Mechanic Airman Anna Vargas. “They took time out to come see

us in the middle of the ocean not knowing if we were fans; they didn’t do it for the fame, they did it for us.”

Switchfoot member Jerome Fontamillas said the concert was the band’s way of saying thank you.

“It’s a small thing for us, to

play for all the heroes on this ship; it’s our way of saying ‘hey, thank you for what you do’,” said Fontamillas.

Switchfoot’s visit was a wel-come break for Sailors who have completed exercises in prepara-tion for an upcoming deploy-ment.

The concert was brought together by Navy Entertainment and Stennis’ Morale, Welfare and Recreation department.

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The Christian rock band Switchfoot performs aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) June 9, 2011. The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group recently completed a joint task force exercise off the coast of Southern California. U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 3RD CLASS BENJAMIN CROSSLEY.

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T hroughout history, it has been proven that good relationships with other countries greatly

benefited both sides. World War I and World War II brought the United

States together with several countries in Europe and Asia to fight against a common enemy. During the Korean War, the United States again aligned itself with

the United Nations and other countries in support of South Korea against opposition forces to the North.

In the last decade, with the help of our partners throughout the region, thousands of tons of cocaine were seized during counter-drug operations along the United States’ southern border.

Partnerships in the U.S. 4th Fleet play a vital role. We enjoy and share common interests with our partners in Central and South America, and the Caribbean.

We have a cooperative approach to build and sustain these valued partnerships with the common goal of promoting peace, stability and prosperity in the region.

Through a variety of missions that range from coun-ter illicit trafficking operations to humanitarian civic assistance missions, positive lasting impressions are made that further demonstrate the United States’ com-mitment to our “Partners in the Americas.” The pos-sibilities are endless, but can only begin with strong partnerships.

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The first time Dustin deployed, I had a 5-month-old baby. The second time he deployed, Owen was six weeks old. Soon, Dustin will leave again for a yearlong deployment – his first since 2003 – and I will have a 10-, 8- and 4-year old.

As we enter pre-deployment mode – the time when every occasion is marked by thoughts of “next time” (“Next Memorial Day you will be gone”) and reading over Dustin’s will and power-of-attorney at the breakfast table seems “normal” – I realize how different this experience will be with older children. Going to the grocery store won’t be my biggest challenge.

When Dustin was gone and I had babies, I was tired all day, every day. There was no mental or emotional relief. There was no one to take “their turn” getting up with a crying baby in the middle of the night. There was no one to stay home with the baby while I went to the grocery store. And when I talked about “Daddy,” my children did not know who he was.

The boys will be more independent this time. Ford and Owen are capable of making their own breakfast, getting themselves to baseball practice, and helping with their younger brother when asked. I expect to have many more physical breaks.

But the kids definitely know who Dad is (he’s the guy who comes home from work and goes straight to the backyard to play catch with them), and that means the mental and emo-tional challenges will be much greater.

I make a lousy stand-in for Dad. I unwittingly cheer for foul balls – an endless irrita-

tion for Ford – and my Star Wars references are sometimes misplaced and misquoted. My neighbor, Tony, has offered to help, but I wonder if he’s truly ready to find these new padawans at his doorstep on a regular basis.

I won’t be able to fudge time. During the first deployment, I had the great idea to fill a bowl with the same amount of M&M candies as there were days until Dustin came home. I allowed Ford to eat one candy each day. “When the bowl is empty, Dad will be home,” I told him.

It was good in theory. But there were a few prob-lems.

First, what kid is happy to eat just one small M&M when they’re staring at a bowl full of them?

Second, in my emotionally drained and physically tired state, I had no restraint after Ford was asleep.

Older children swept along in family’s new deployment

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USS JOHN C. STENNIS, AT SEA (NNS) – USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) returned to its homeport of Bremerton on June 13, after 45 days away con-ducting exercises in prepa-ration for an upcoming deployment.

Stennis recently com-pleted Composite Training Unit Exercise and Joint Task Force Training Exercise.

“Our crew could not have performed bet-ter,” said John C. Stennis Commanding Officer Capt. Ron Reis.

“It was through top-down, bottom-up leader-ship intertwined with a collective sea warrior spirit that we consistently per-form at such a high level. Sailors aboard Stennis are trained and ready to meet national tasking. Teamwork, superior skills and warfighting ethos will enable us to successfully meet any challenge we may confront during deploy-ment.”

“This underway period had a lot of stuff going on,” said Combat Direction Center Officer, Cmdr. Chris Dobson. Nearly everything done underway were major events in a car-rier’s training evolution and Stennis passed those with flying colors as well. All of those elements are

necessary for a carrier to be able to deploy across the Pacific and into the Middle East, he said.

Dobson said this under-way provided many chal-lenges and opportunities to learn and improve from the battle exercises. With training complete, Stennis is ready for the upcoming deployment to the western Pacific and the Central Command area of respon-sibility to conduct mari-time security operations.

“We’ve learned how to operate in a communica-tions denied environment,” said Dobson. “One of the key points of training exer-cise was the denial of satel-lite communications, and it forced us to coordinate in other ways. It stressed us a little bit out of the box to find other ways to get things done.”

Stennis worked together with the strike group to perform the missions of different battle problems.

“Working together as an overall group was probably one of the biggest chal-lenges to overcome,” said Strike Operations Officer Cmdr. Stevin Johnson. “It’s been very easy to work on our own with Fleet Replacement Squadron Carrier Qualifications, for instance, where we don’t have to worry about inte-grating with somebody else

to do what we need to do, but we’ve done well.”

Dobson said the entire crew played an integral part during the underway period, and the efforts of each individual contributed to the overall successful completion.

“It’s the efforts of the guy that fixes breakfast for the crew, the guy that gener-ates power for the ship, the guy that pushes buttons to launch missiles,” said Dobson.

“It’s an all-hands effort to make sure we can do our job, and I think we’re ready to go.”

Commander, Strike Forces Training Pacific rec-ommended Stennis ready for major combat opera-tions.

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Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Kyle Krause, from Detroit, directs an aircraft onto catapult four aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) June 2, 2011. The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is conducting a joint task force exercise. U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 3RD CLASS KENNETH ABBATE.

BANGOR – The Gold Crew of USS Michigan (SSGN 727) returned to Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, Wash., June 2, after concluding the guided-missile submarine’s most recent forward operational period.

Family members and friends were present at Bangor Plaza to welcome home the Gold Crew sailors, who arrived home on two flights from Hawaii after conducting a turnover with Michigan’s Blue Crew.

“There are no words to describe it,” said Machinist’s Mate 1st Class (SS) Tim Brown, who was greeted by his wife, Nicole, and their 1-year-old son. “It’s awesome to be home.”

Michigan, which will return to its homeport of Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor later this summer, arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, May 25, after more than 12 months of forward deployment in the U.S. Seventh Fleet area of responsibility. The deployment was Michigan’s second since its conversion from a Trident ballistic missile sub-marine in 2007.

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WASHINGTON (NNS) – Responding to requests made to the chief of naval personnel during a visit to the Fifth Fleet, the Navy announced changes and clarification to the Enlisted Retention Board.

As of June 9, Naval regu-lation NAVADMIN 180/11 extends the deadline to mid-August for sailors to request a rating conversion and updates how these requests will be considered.

Additionally, the new message provides eligibility clarification for sailors not scheduled for Perform-to-Serve adjudication in fis-cal year 2012, and creates an additional exemption for Sailors enrolled in or selected for commissioning programs.

Vice Adm. Mark Ferguson explained, “Based on feedback from our deployed forces, we have revised the conversion

application timeline and process to retain the best sailors in their rating, and have given our sailors more time to complete their con-version packages.”

One of the most visible changes in the updated guidance surrounds how conversion applications will be handled.

Specifically, these requests will not be reviewed until after the board has selected sailors for retention, and only those sailors who were not selected for retention within their rate will be considered for conversion.

In doing so, ratings will be able to keep their most qualified candidates, while still providing Sailors an additional opportunity for continued service in another rate.

Sailors respond, deadline extended

Also, based on the dif-ficulties described by deployed sailors in meeting previously announced con-version application dead-lines, CNP has directed the board to accept all submis-sions received prior to the board’s convening date of Aug. 15, 2011.

This will allow sailors to

obtain the results of certain tests, such as the ASVAB, to be included in their applications for conversion.

Initial board eligibility guidance excluded sailors who were subject to PTS adjudication in FY12.

This created some uncertainty in the Fleet regarding sailors who are not subject to PTS, but who are in an ERB-eligible paygrade and rating.

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Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus presented Capt. Ademola D. Fabayo and Staff Sgt. Juan J. Rodriguez-Chavez with the Navy Cross during a ceremony at the National

Museum of the Marine Corps on June 10.

On that fateful day, then 1st Lt. Fabayo was lead-ing a dismounted patrol of Americans and two pla-toons of Afghan National Security Forces into Ganjgal Village for a pre-dawn meeting with village

elders. A short distance away, Rodriguez-Chavez was part of the team’s secu-rity element, ready to help his teammates if necessary.

The team was attacked by more than 50 enemy fighters, who rained down machine gun fire and rocket-propelled grenades

from fortified positions. Four members of the team were cut off and exposed to the murderous fire.

Under fireWith no regard for his

own life, Fabayo pushed forward on foot into the

kill zone in an attempt to regain contact, effectively engaging the enemy at close range with his M4 rifle.

When a U.S. Army advi-sor was severely wounded, Fabayo moved from a cov-ered position under heavy fire to assist in his recovery, helping carry him across several hundred meters of fire-swept ground.

He then got into an unarmored truck with another advisor and pushed back into the kill zone, ignoring the rounds striking the truck, as they attempted to rescue the fallen members of their team.

While Fabayo was attacking, Rodriguez-Chavez wasted no time get-ting into the fight as well.

With members of his team in immediate danger, he drove a gun-truck, with one other Marine as his gunner, forward into the kill zone of the ambush with only the machine gun fires of his gunner to sup-press the enemy.

He repeatedly ignored the heavy enemy fire and drove the vehicle into the kill zone three times to cover the withdrawal of the force and evacuate two dozen members of the Afghan National Security Forces.

The two Marines, along with two other members of their team, then con-solidated their force into an armored Humvee, Rodriguez-Chavez at the wheel and Fabayo in the gunner’s turret manning the machine gun.

They made yet another extremely hazardous trip into the deepest point of the kill zone where Rodriguez-Chavez posi-tioned his vehicle to shield his teammates from the intense enemy fire as they dismounted to recover the fallen warriors.

By exposing themselves to enemy fire, the Marines demonstrated the kind of valor that should be taught to every Marine in boot camp, said Mabus during the ceremony.

Two Marines earn Navy Cross for valorPair showed courage in

‘09 ambush in Afghanistan

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus presents the Navy Cross to Staff Sgt Juan J. Rodriguez-Chavez shortly after presenting the nation’s second highest award for valor to Capt. Ademola D. Fabayo (left) during a ceremony at the National Museum of the Marine Corps on June 10. US NAVY PHOTO.

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KOREA STRAIT (NNS) – A Republic of Korea Navy effort led to the recovery U.S. Navy mine hunt-ing equipment June 9, in waters south of Chinhae, Republic of Korea.

The mine hunting equipment was jettisoned from an MH-53E helicopter assigned to Helicopter Mine Countermeasure Squadron (HM) 14, following a system malfunction during a mine-hunt-

ing exercise May 24. ROKN coastal mine hunt-

ing ship, ROKS Gang Gyeong, was directed by Commander

of Republic of Korea Fleet, Vice Adm. Hwang Ki-chul, to locate the detached equipment in response to a request for assistance from Commander, Amphibious Force Seventh Fleet, Rear Adm. J. Scott Jones.

“Having the Republic of Korea Navy conduct the recovery of this asset is a testament to the close relationship between our navies and our mutual support as we continue to flex our interoper-ability and outstanding partner-ship,” said Jones.

U.S. Navy liaison officers from HM 14 embarked ROKS Cheong Hae Jin, the ship responsible for the recovery, along with officers from ROK Component Flotilla 5.

Also aiding in the recovery of the lost device was ROKS Ong Jin, which provided precise loca-tions to aid the dive team.

The recovered equipment was returned to HM 14, forward deployed to Pohang, Republic of Korea from Norfolk, Va.

S Korea salvages U.S. mine-hunting gearThe equipment

had been jettisoned after an

system failure

PSNS among shipyards tabbed for maintenance awards

WASHINGTON (NNS) - Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility has been nominated to repre-sent the Department of the Navy for the Secretary of Defense’s 2011 Robert T. Mason Award for Depot Maintenance Program in the field- and depot-level categories.

“The outstanding initia-tive, imagination and pro-fessionalism demonstrated by all participants are a reflection of Navy-wide efforts to maintain peak readiness and efficiency,” said Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Fleet Readiness and Logistics, Vice Adm. William Burke, in the announcing naval message.

Each year, the Secretary of Defense Maintenance Awards Program recog-nizes outstanding achieve-ments by field-level units engaged in military equip-ment and weapon system maintenance within the Department of Defense. Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility was also chosen.

Six Secretary of Defense Maintenance Awards will be presented for the small, medium, and large catego-ries. From the six awards - which are expected to be announced later in the summer – one recipient

will be selected as the best of the best, and presented with the Phoenix Trophy, DoD’s highest award for maintenance.

Puget Sound’s work force was recognized for success-fully completing 100 per-cent of the assigned CNO depot-level maintenance availabilities in 2010.

Additionally, workers provided emergency ser-vices, traveling as needed, to ensure minimal disrup-tion and increasing the Fleet’s ability to meet their mission requirements.

PSNS to conduct oil spill response training exercise

On Friday, June 24, the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance

Facility will be conduct-ing a training exercise with the deployment of oil spill response equipment to Strawberry and Barker creeks in Dyes Inlet.

PSNS and IMF conducts periodic exercises in order to train on and assess the operational readiness of the Facility

Response Team and spill response equipment, in addition to the effec-tiveness of Geographic Response Plans – boom-ing strategies developed to protect environmentally sensitive areas.

Exercise activities may be visible to the public, including shoreline cleanup teams and oil spill response boats performing tacti-cal oil recovery methods.

There will not be anything released into the water dur-ing the exercise. There will be no adverse effects on the marine environment.

For information, contact Darcy Jenne, PSNS and IMF Public Affairs Office at (360) 476-7111.

VA expands homeless housing across country, to Wash. locations

WASHINGTON (AFNS) – Department of Veterans Affairs officials continue to develop housing oppor-tunities for homeless and at-risk veterans by adding 34 VA locations across the country.

This strategy will increase the department’s available beds by more than 5,000. Supportive housing projects are planned for homeless vet-erans and their families at 23 VA sites including Spokane and Vancouver, Wash.

VA currently has 15,000 transitional beds available to homeless veterans.

“This initiative will significantly support our efforts to eliminate veteran homelessness and improve quality of life for veter-ans,” Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki said. “We have a moral obligation to ensure that veterans and their families have access to affordable housing and medical ser-vices that will help them get back on their feet.”

Culminating two years

of work to end homeless-ness among veterans, a recent strategic study, the Building Utilization

Review and Repurposing initiative, identified unused and underused buildings at existing VA proper-

ties with the potential to develop new housing opportunities for home-less or at-risk veterans and their families through public-private partnerships and VA’s enhanced-use lease program. Under the EUL program, VA retains ownership of the land and can determine and control its reuse.

Additional opportuni-ties identified through BURR will include hous-ing for returning Iraq and Afghanistan veterans and their families, assisted liv-ing for elderly veterans and continuum-of-living resi-dential communities.

The project will support VA’s goal of ending veteran homelessness by provid-ing safe, affordable, cost effective and sustainable housing for veterans on a priority basis.

Republic of Korea Navy sailors assigned to the Korean navy sub-marine rescue ship ROKS Cheong Hae Jin (ARS 21) recover U.S. navy mine hunting equipment. The equipment was jettisoned from an MH-53E helicopter assigned to Helicopter Mine Countermeasure Squadron 14, following a system malfunction during a mine-hunt-ing exercise May 24. U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY LT. J.G. CHRIS VAN ALLEN

Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and employees and contractors from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility attach a sponson to the starboard side of the ship that will house an updated close-in weapons system May 6, 2011. Nimitz is receiving major upgrades to its combat, self-defense, navi-gation and potable water systems and numerous other components while in dry dock at PSNS & IMF. U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 3RD CLASS NICHELLE NOELLE WHITFIELD.

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in January 2010, it wasn’t just one nation that mobilized – it was a collective group of nations from South America, Canada, Mexico and Europe who responded imme-diately to alleviate the suffering of the Haitian people.

Several countries, as well as non-governmental organizations and inter-agency partners came together bringing food, water and medical care to assist the Haitian government and its people.

These are examples of the benefit of maintaining strong partnerships.

U.S. 4th Fleet continues to strive and work with partner nation navies building capacity and enabling partner nations to provide for the well being of the citizens.

Ongoing missions Through our ongoing missions Southern

Partnership Station, Continuing Promise, Southern Seas and exercises UNITAS and PANAMAX, fostering goodwill and lasting friendships is a positive side effect of all the good work being done in the region.

The partnership teams for Continuing Promise deploy each year and provide medical, dental and veterinary care to the local communities who have been without for a very long time, or may have never had any at all.

Navy Seabees also deploy and assist with building community structures like schools and orphanages, allowing women and children to receive an education, housing and basics for living. Without strong partnerships with the host coun-tries we visit, we couldn’t help those most in need.

Southern Seas deployments focus on

theater security cooperation and sub-ject matter expert exchanges with South American navies.

From small boat repair to ship’s move-ment evolutions to live-fire exercises, each is learning something new from the other. UNITAS, Latin for “Unity,” is divided into two phases; Atlantic and Pacific phase, for each coastal region of South America. PANAMAX is an exercise designed to pro-tect the Panama Canal from destruction by terrorists and is the largest joint maritime security exercise in the world.

The Panama Canal is a vital artery in the world’s trade industry and has a cru-cial role in the economic well-being of the hemisphere.

Sailors serving today are key in ensuring that positive lasting partnerships thrive and continue.

It is through their commitment to the Navy’s core values that partnerships are enabled on their missions both ashore and at sea.

The ability of Sailors to touch lives will leave an enduring positive impression of what America’s Navy stands for. Through partnerships, we will succeed.

Through partnerships we will continue to fight the good fight, keep our nations safe for our future and keep our children and loved ones out of harm’s way.

Through partnerships we develop a Global Force for Good or Fuerza Global para El Bien to help maintain unity, stabil-ity and security with our “Partners in the Americas.”

– Master Chief Mauricio Rueda is the CMC, US Naval Forces Southern Command / 4th Fleet. This column originally appeared

in the June 2011 issue of “All Hands,” the official magazine of the US Navy.

Sometimes I poured the candies directly into my mouth. Then I had to recount and replenish.

And finally, Dustin’s deployment was extended. So just as Ford saw the light, if you will, at the bottom of the bowl, I had to add more, which was devastating for my waistline.

Today, a bowl of unattended M&Ms would never survive – not if Lindell is nearby. Plus, the boys already know that a year is a “really long time.”

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I can’t skip holidays or stop time.Eight years ago, it was easy to convince

Owen that his birthday was in June so that we could wait and celebrate with Dustin. And when Ford suddenly stood to take his first step just days before Dustin’s return, a room full of military wives stuck out their feet to prevent him. (Dustin had already missed everything else – the first smile, first laugh, first word – we wanted to save something for him.)

These Jedi mind tricks won’t work next year. Ford is well aware that his dad is leaving the day before an important family date.

(I’d like to tell you which date, but OPSEC guidelines state that I should not. And the fact that I’m thinking about OPSEC is another sign of pre-deploy-ment).

Owen knows how many holidays Dustin will miss. And I’d rather poke out my eye

with a rusted spoon than not send Lindell on his way to his first day of kindergarten.

(How else will I go to the grocery store? Get a haircut?)

This time, I cannot keep our boys in a holding pattern. They exist in a bigger world, one that includes school, sports teams, and friends. Even the most valiant effort to shield them from all their father is missing would fail.

“It’s not fair that Dad will miss ______,” Owen says.

“And what about my birthday?” Ford asks.

Which reminds me of one aspect of deployments that never changes: In the end, birthdays, holidays, and anniversa-ries are, oddly, the happiest days. People remember you. They call and send encouraging notes. They invite you to din-ner to pass the time. Those days are filled with friends and activities.

It will be the ordinary Sunday afternoon when my boys miss Dustin most. It will be the regular baseball game when Ford looks over and Dad is not standing behind the fence at third base.

It will be Friday morning, when Dustin is not at breakfast calling out spelling words to Owen. It will be Wednesday eve-ning, when Lindell is waiting for dinner, and Dustin is not there to race him up and down the sidewalk.

These are the times we will cry. And, unfortunately, I cannot shield my growing children from that.

– Sarah Smiley is a syndicated columnist, author and Navy wife. Her column appears

weekly in the Kitsap Navy News.

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munitions kills two birds with one stone. Sheila Murray, spokesperson for the Naval magazine, said the taxpayer gets more “bang for its buck.”

Loading time is shaved by the ability to map cargo space before the load is placed in the hold and on deck. Some containers

have “compatibility issues” and need to have some distance between them for safety reasons.

You could have 500,000 shotgun shells in one container and inert fin assemblies for missiles in another, Martin said.

Loading containerized munitions is the fastest

and most efficient way to get the bullets and bombs to American warfighters quickly, Martin said. For example, when you load a missile submarine it’s one at a time. When you load warships it’s single pallets at a time, stowed here and there in accordance with regulations. When you load a commercial ship, it’s done via full containers whic are loaded onto a ship built specifically to receive them quickly, he said.

Though the naval maga-

zine has only three sailors working under Martin, the loading mission was accomplished on one regu-lar shift each day of opera-tion.

The real work is done by the 156 civilian workers at the magazine. They are the backbone, Martin said.

If a real-world situa-tion required that more munitions be loaded, or the same load done in less time, Nartin said more shifts would get the job done.

earlier this spring. The day off is the third this year and it is merely a “lingering effect” of budget battle, he said.

“We expect to return to full [opera-tions],” Parker said. “The Navy is not doing less work overall.”

Between 200 and 250 hourly wage work-ers will be furloughed for a single day on June 24, saving at least 1600 man-hours in payroll expenses.

Parker said there is no indication that more unpaid days to follow or that layoffs are in the future for the employees at EJB.

EJB was the 14th largest employer over all and second largest defense contractor in Kitsap County in 2010, according to the Kitsap Economic Development Alliance. National defense and the civilian owned contract companies that run the day to day operations supporting Navy operations are the central economic engine of Kitsap County. The service sector holds 78 per-cent of all jobs in Kitsap County, accord-ing to the Washington State Employment Security Department. Of those, 28 percent are government base jobs.

Staffing at EJB is based on the available workload and is flexible to adjust to the demands from the Navy, Parker said. The service company’s employee numbers have generally been consistent between 300 and

400 since taking over the contract from Jonston Controlls, Parker said.

EJB employees run just about every-thing from taxi service to sewage treat-ment on Navy Region Northwest West Sound bases. Since 2007, EJB has held contracts worth more than $200 million, according to militaryindustrialcomplex.com, a website that tracks defense con-tracts and contractors.

Services will continue uninterrupted, Parker said.

Aside from EJB’s recent unpaid days off, there is no trend of Kitsap County defense industry contractors furloughing or laying off workers, said director of Kitsap County WorkSource Margaret Hess.

Hess said that if a company with more than 100 workers were planning layoffs, they would contact WorkSource and the Washington State Department of Employment Security to begin the process of reemploying those facing layoffs and arranging unemployment benefits.

EJB did contact WorkSource about the furlough days, but layoffs were not men-tioned, Hess said.

Many employers institute furloughs as they try to hang on to a skilled workforce during the slow times and in down econo-mies,

“That’s clearly the case [with EJB],” Hess said.

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“Big Blue” the 100,000 pound crane at Naval Magazine Indian Island moves a container of munitions to the cargo hold during Turbo CADS 2011. GREG SKINNER/KITSAP NAVY NEWS“Another successful

mission for Indian Island.”

– Cmdr. Gary Martin

there can be consequences if the wrong information is put out. The Navy released a handbook in fall 2010, detailing acceptable and unacceptable social media use in order to prevent a negative occurrence.

The Navy Command Social Media Handbook lists rules for official and unofficial social media use. Guidelines include the pro-hibition of displaying any graphic images, discussing missions and self promo-tion of any kind.

“I think the guidance we have gotten from this book has been really fair,” Davis said. “It teaches us to be careful, while also telling us how we can use social media to the fullest extent.”

Navy representatives say so far there have been no significant problems with any members breaking the rules. In fact, many bases have classes teaching sail-ors the responsible use of social media.

“With any public engage-ment, there is always some threat that something negative could happen, that something could be mis-interpreted,” Overton said. “But we really feel that with social media, the benefits outweigh the risks.”

The devastating earth-

quake and tsunami in Japan this year is an exam-ple of how the Navy used social media to communi-cate with sailors and their families. PSNS Captain Mark Whitney sent out 30 daily updates during the

first month on the status of PSNS people sent to help out in Japan so friends and family members could stay informed.

On March 23, he wrote: “It is imperative to keep information flowing as we

continue to work through assisting our workers and their families who have returned from Japan; those who are still supporting maintenance on GW; the Yokosuka detachment and the ongoing humanitarian

efforts on the ground in Japan.”

Davis recalled how the power and email were out for weeks when his friend and coworker was serving in Japan after the quake.

“The only way he could

communicate was using his cellphone to get online to his Facebook account,” Davis said. “Because of that, his family didn’t have to wait too long to know he was OK.”

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WASHINGTON (AFPS) – Defense Department offi-cials want to hear by July 6 from the civilian employers of reservists and National Guardsmen in a survey

intended to measure the impact of service members on the civilian workplace.

Announced in March, the Department of Defense National Survey

of Employers will indi-cate how the past decade of war and the heavy use of reserve-component forces have affected civilian employers, officials said.

It is the first time employers have been the center of such a survey, they added.

“Officials are encourag-ing all survey recipients who have not yet sub-mitted their responses to do so today to ensure the study captures reli-able results,” said Beth Sherman, a spokeswoman

for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, a Defense Department

agency.“Based on scheduled

follow-up calls to employ-ers invited to participate, the department learned a large portion of employers wanted to complete the survey via hard copy, ver-sus participating online,” Sherman said.

“July 6 was set to allow ample time for those surveys to be returned, and this deadline affords employers the opportunity to provide comprehensive replies.”

DOD officials contacted

80,000 employers of all sizes and industries in every state and territory during March and April to gain insight into the benefits and challenges of employing members of the Guard and reserves.

So far, Sherman said, enough surveys have come back to validate the results, but officials hope to hear from as many more employers as possible.

“As surveys continue coming in, the feedback equips DOD to build on the success of the past and chart a mutually benefi-cial course for the future,” Sherman said.

Half of strengthBecause Guard and

Reserve members make up nearly 50 percent of the military’s total strength, Sherman said, feedback from employers is impor-tant.

“The Department of Defense wants to learn how we can help sustain the incredible support America’s employers have shown our Guard and Reserve members through nearly 10 years of ongoing military operations,” she said, “and employer par-ticipation in this survey is critical.”

Sherman said employ-ers can click on the survey link on the ESGR website to give their feedback on employing members of the Guard and Reserve.

Those who want to sub-mit the hard-copy version of the survey must post-mark responses by June 30, she added.

Employers who believe they received the survey, but need assistance, should visit the website to learn how they can still partici-pate, Sherman said.

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ARLINGTON, VA. (AFPS) A Defense Department organization is making it easier for military spouses to maintain professional licenses as they move from state to state.

State Liaison and Educational Opportunity, an office of military com-munity and family policy in Virginia, this week announced that 16 states have adopted laws, or are close to doing so, making it easier for military spouses to work in licensed career fields.

“It gets them to work faster, and that’s been our objective,” Marcus Beauregard, chief of the state liaison office and a retired Air Force officer, said in an interview with American Forces Press Service.

States require licenses for practitioners in virtually every medical occupation, as well as teaching, social work, cosmetology and other fields, and the stan-dards vary from state to

state, Beauregard said. DOD’s state liaison office

was created in 2004 to work with states to address military family issues, and the licensing problem has been among the top con-cerns of families, he said.

Of working military spouses, 33 percent work in fields that require licens-es, mostly nursing and teaching, Beauregard said.

The state liaison office created a forum for spouses to discuss the licensing problems on its Facebook page. More than 100 spouses wrote in, describing licensing challenges ranging from the expense of having to

license with a new state every two to three years to lengthy processes of certi-fication that include much paperwork, training, wait-ing periods, internships and the like.

Many found that by the time they could get through the process, it would be time to relocate again.

“I gave up education as a profession because of all that was involved in obtaining licensure with each move,” one spouse wrote. “It was a difficult decision.”

The state liaison office formed partnerships with state agencies and profes-sional associations to edu-cate state lawmakers about the unique challenges to military families.

“We’re not looking to

make the military commu-nity have a preferred status in states,” Beauregard said. “We’re looking at those things that impede people because of their military life. In all cases, we’re just looking to level the playing field.”

The office promoted two strategies for mitigating the licensing challenges.

The first is for states to permit licenses by endorse-ment of the last state license held by a military spouse.

The second option allows a temporary license to expedite the spouse’s employment options.

States that have enacted laws for endorsement of licenses – or those waiting for a governor’s signature – are Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, North

Carolina, New York and Texas.

States that allow temporary licenses are Alaska, Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, South Carolina and Tennessee. Utah allows nonresident military spouses to use out-of-state licenses, and Virginia allows military spouses who leave the state to re-use the license upon their return, Beauregard

said.The state liaison office’s

efforts are in line with President Barack Obama’s directive released early this year to promote a “whole of government” approach to helping military families. Since 2008, the office also has succeeded in getting 39 states to pass laws to accept the out-of-state course work of school-age military children.

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SILVERDALE (NNS) – On June 9, Captain Charles E.A. Baker relieved Captain Donald Neubert Jr. as Commanding Officer, Naval Intermediate Maintenance Facility, Pacific Northwest.

“I’m privileged to be here and

look forward to working in the presence of such dedicated and talented leaders,” Baker said, in reference to Whitney and the other area major commanders.

“The unity of effort and the ethos absolutely resonates in me – it’s a palpable, tangible quality that I have observed in action in the meetings and conversations during my two weeks of turnover. I’m excited to be a part of it all.”

Captain Baker comes from San Diego, where he served as Special Assistant to Commander, Submarine Squadron 11.

He entered the Navy in 1976 and was commissioned in 1987 under the Limited Duty Officer Program. Before reporting to San Diego, he served as chief engineer of the USS Nimitz from October 2006 to July 2009 and was an Individual Augmentee assigned to Detainee Affairs, traveling between Washington, D.C. and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, from August 2009 to March 2010.

During the ceremony at Naval Base Kitsap, Bangor, Captain Mark Whitney, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and

IMF was the guest speaker. “If somebody were to say to

me, ‘Intermediate Maintenance Facility,’ what I would think is awesome, fast-paced, proud tradition; 600 military and 900 civilian integrated work force totally focused on meeting the operational SSBN maintenance requirement day in and day out-all the time,” said Whitney, to the more than 300 assembled.

“If someone were to say to me, ‘IMF Sailor,’ what I would think was talented; learning; motivated; 2010 CNO retention

award winners, for the first time in 12 years; and the future of our United States Navy-and they are all around you right now.”

Whitney also referred to the IMF civilian workers who he said were proud, diverse, talented, dedicated, craftsmen and crafts-women, serving their country.

Captain Neubert, who assumed his post with IMF, Pacific Northwest, in July 2009, will report as Director, Maintenance and Material Readiness for Commander, Submarine Forces Atlantic, Norfolk, Va.

New CO for Bangor maintenance facilityCapt. Charles E.A.

Baker assumes command

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JULY 5Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band: NBK Bremerton Parade Field. Beer garden and family activities. Doors open at 6 p.m. Show begins at 8p.m. More info at www.navylifepnw.com or 360-476-3178.

The Kitsap Chapter of the Military Officer’s Association of America will hold its Monthly Luncheon on Friday, June 24, 2011 at the Elks Lodge, 4131 Pine Road NE, Bremerton.

A social hour will begin at 11 a.m., followed by lun-cheon at 12 p.m. with the program to follow.

The speaker will be Beth Ann Daigre, the current auxiliary member advisor to MOAA’s Washington State Council of Chapters, and the immediate past Washington representative to the Auxiliary Member Advisory Committee Military Officers Association of America.

Following the speaker new MOAA officers will be installed.

Membership in MOAA is open to individuals or surviving spouses who hold, or have ever held, a commission or warrant in any component of the

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COLLEGE PARK, MD. [FROM NEWS RELEASES]– An archaeological team from the University of Maryland is uncovering an unexpectedly rich haul of household materials from an historic African American home in Annapolis.

At the center of the team’s excavation is the James Holliday House – a middle class home pur-chased in 1850 by one of the first African Americans to work for the U.S. Naval Academy.

The trove of victorian house-hold goods details how a “well-off ” African American family adapted a middle class life-style to the realities of post-Civil War Annapolis.

Also being researched is the family’s marital ties to the city’s Filipino community.

James Holiday was born a slave in 1809 and freed in 1819. He served as a messenger to the superin-tendent of the U.S. Naval Academy for almost 40 years after taking the job in 1845.

Five years later Holiday bought the home at 99 East Street in Annapolis.

The excavation of the Holliday House is being conducted by the University of Maryland archaeological Field School in Urban Archaeology. They completed this year’s work on Thursday, June 16 and closed up the dig site today.

The team of gradu-

ate and undergraduate students began work in the summer of 2010 and have since analyzed the results at the university’s Archaeology Laboratory.

The findings at the site reveal the Holliday family to be well-off, especially after Emancipation in 1865, based on the quality of the dishes used for din-ing, the team concludes.

“African-Americans in Annapolis displayed the outward appearance of conforming to Victorian etiquette by buying and using fancy, up-to-date dishes, but uniquely, only in limited numbers,” said University of Maryland archaeologist Mark Leone, who created and directs the Archaeology in Annapolis program. “They bought them in small numbers, perhaps for financial rea-sons, perhaps to put their own unique stamp on their dining. Their table looked up-to-date, but the dishes did not have a single deco-rative pattern.”

Leone and his students have found a similar approach only in other 19th century Annapolis African American

households, such as the Maynard-Burgess House, excavated in the 1990s. White families do not appear to have set their tables in this manner.

“The absence of matching sets in African American assemblages in Annapolis is not an indica-tion of African Americans being unaware of or being unable to look middle

class,” said Kate Deeley, a University of Maryland archaeology gradu-ate student co-directing the work at the site and the lab analysis.

“Rather, it shows a conscious choice to acquire dishes in small quanti-ties rather than in matching sets. Nineteenth century ceramics were mar-keted in etiquette books and newspa-pers as sets of com-plementary dishes.

Mass production of these ceramics made them available even to poorer consumers.”

Analyses of the dishes from the James Holliday House have shown a wide variety of different decora-tive techniques and a large number of different dish forms, which conforms to the trend among African Americans.

“The Holliday family was aware of the expectations of Victorian society and felt the need to conform, but with smaller numbers of dishes,” said Deely.

Early in the 20th cen-tury the Hollidays married Filipinos from Annapolis. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, African Americans and Filipinos faced similar discrimina-tion from the white-domi-nated city.

Many Filipinos came to the United States through the U.S. Navy and settled in port cities, like Annapolis, after complet-ing their service.

Dig reopens life of freed slave, Annapolis worker

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BREMERTON RECREATION CENTER MOVIE LOUNGELocated in the Bremerton Recreation Center, Building 502. Free family friendly movies are shown Friday and Saturday nights at 6 p.m.Wednesdays are Premier Movie Nights; $5 gets you in the door for the show and covers Pizza and bowling. Call 467-3178 for more information. FRIDAY, JUNE 17 6 pm - Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (G) SATURDAY, JUNE 18 6 pm - Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (G) WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22

Premier Movie Night - Movie, Pizza & Bowling!6:00 pm - The Eagle (PG-13)Open to ages 18 and up only.FRIDAY, JUNE 24 6:00 pm - Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole (PG) SATURDAY, JUNE 25 6:00 pm - Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole (PG) WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29 Premier Movie Night - Movie, Pizza & Bowling!6:00 pm - Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (PG-13)Open to ages 18 and up only.FRIDAY, JULY 1 6:00 pm - Mars Needs Moms (PG) SATURDAY, JULY 2 6:00 pm - Mars Needs Moms (PG) THURSDAY, JULY 7 Premier Movie Night - Movie, Pizza & Bowling!6:00 pm - The Adjustment Bureau (PG-13)Open to ages 18 and up only.FRIDAY, JULY 8 6:00 pm - Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (PG) SATURDAY, JULY 9 6:00 pm - Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (PG) THURSDAY, JULY 14 Premier Movie Night - Movie, Pizza & Bowling!6:00 pm - Battle: Los Angeles (PG-13)Open to ages 18 and up only. FRIDAY, JULY 15 6:00 pm - Rango (PG) SATURDAY, JULY 16 6:00 pm - Rango (PG) THURSDAY, JULY 21 Premier Night - Movie, Pizza & Bowling!6:00 pm - Sucker Punch (PG-13)Open to ages 18 and up only.FRIDAY, JULY 22 6:00 pm - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (PG) SATURDAY, JULY 23 6:00 pm - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (PG) THURSDAY, JULY 28 Premier Movie Night - Movie, Pizza & Bowling!6:00 pm - Limitless (PG-13)Open to ages 18 and up only.FRIDAY, JULY 29 6:00 pm - Megamind (PG) SATURDAY, JULY 30 6:00 pm - Megamind (PG)

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An excavation team member working on the James Holiday house in Annapolis holds a revolver excavated from the site once home to the African American messenger to the superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy in the mid-19th Century. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO.

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