traveller, july 28, 2011

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Vol. 71, No. 30 July 28, 2011

WHAT’SINSIDE

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Staycations:L. Ginter OffersColor in Every CornerMilitary Chef Competes

in TexasPage 3 4

Garrison Command Changes Hands at Lee Ceremony

Commentary ..................................Page 2News Briefs .....................................Page 4America’s Military ........................Page 10Kenner’s Corner............................Page 13Crossword .....................................Page 21Calendar of Events ................Pages 26-29

HOME ORDNANCEof

832nd‘s Arrival Marks Final Phaseof Ord. School’s Relocation

See Page 7

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ON THE COVER

To reach the Traveller Staff,call (804) 734-7147 or e-mail [email protected].

Lt. Col. Demetrius L. Jackson, 832nd Ordnance Battalion commander, and Command Sgt. Maj. Ray B. Johnson, 832nd Ord. Bn. CSM, uncases the unit’s colors Tuesday. See Page 7 for story and photo.

Photo by Amy Perry

Commanding General ....................Maj. Gen. James L. HodgeGarrison Commander ............................ Col. Rodney D. EdgePublic Affairs Officer ............................................ D.R. BinghamCommand Information/Managing Editor ....... Patrick BuffettSenior Writer/Special Assignments ................ T. Anthony BellProduction/News Assistant Editor ........................Amy PerryFamily/Community Life Reporter .............. Kimberly K. FritzProduction Assistant ................................... Kathryn C. Weigel

COMMENTARY

by Kevin L. RobinsonDeCA public affairs specialist

If a tornado, hurricane, flood or any other natural disaster strikes, would you be able to survive? That’s the question emergency preparedness organizations want the public to address before the next crisis occurs.

Disaster planning is considered crucial to improving your odds of survival, and this year, the Defense Commissary Agency has worked with its industry partners to offer many of the items needed for severe weather survival kits at reduced prices, said DeCA Director and CEO Joseph H. Jeu.

Since April 1, items such as canned chicken, powdered milk, batteries, weather-ready flashlights, all-weather tape, first aid kits, lighters, matches, candles and hand sanitizer have been reduced in price as part of the severe weather promotional package that runs until Oct. 31.

DeCA’s severe weather promotional package coincides with the prime time for both tornado and hurricane seasons in the United States. Tornado season runs from April to July. According to the National Weather Service, this year the number of tornadoes doubled in comparison to the same period in 2010.

The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through November and includes the North Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. Predictions from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration call for a 70 percent chance for about 12 to18 named storms, six to10 of which will become hurricanes, and three to six are expected to be major hurricanes, the NOAA website reported.

Emergency preparedness officials suggest having a disaster supply kit that includes the following items:

• Water, at least one gallon, daily, per person (three-day supply for evacuation, two-week supply for home)

• Nonperishable foods – canned meats, fruits, vegetables, dried fruits, nuts, raisins, cereal, crackers, cookies, energy bars, granola, peanut butter and foods for infants and the elderly

• Paper goods – writing paper, paper plates, paper towels, toilet paper

• Cooking items – pots, pans, baking sheet, cooking utensils, charcoal, a grill and a manual can opener

• First-aid kit – including bandages, medicines and prescription drugs

• Cleaning materials – bleach, sanitizing spray and hand and laundry soap

• Specialty foods – diet and low-calorie foods and drinks

• Toiletries – personal hygiene items and moisture wipes• Pet care items – food, water, muzzle, leash, carrier,

medications, medical records and identification and immunization tags

• Lighting accessories – flashlight, batteries, candles and matches

• Battery-powered or hand-crank radio (NOAA Weather Radio, if possible)

• Copies of personal documents (medication list and pertinent medical information, proof of address, deed/lease to home, passports, birth certificates, insurance policies)

• Cell phone with chargers • Family and emergency contact information • Extra cash • Emergency blanket, duct tape, scissors• Maps of the area For more information about the 2011 hurricane season or on

ways to prepare for emergencies, visit the following websites: the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/outlooks/hurricane.shtml; the Red Cross, www.redcrosslv.org/disaster/materials.html; and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, www.fema.gov/pdf/library/epc.pdf.

Are You Ready for the Next Disaster?

by Jason AldermanVISA Financial Education Program

Nervous investors have faced many challenges over the last few years searching for safe havens. That’s one reason many turn to annuities to ensure a steady stream of retirement income. But with so many types of annuities offered – and complex rules, fees and restrictions – it’s not uncommon for

investors to buy products not ideally suited to their needs.

Annuities are insurance products that pay out income. Typically, you make a lump-sum or series of payments to the seller. In return, the seller agrees to pay you periodically for a definite period (say 20 years) or an indefinite period (until death) in one of two ways:

• Immediate annuities begin paying benefits the year you deposit

your money.• With deferred annuities, your

account grows on a tax-deferred basis until you begin receiving payments at a later date.

There are three basic types of annuities:

• Fixed annuity. You’re paid an agreed-to rate of interest while your account is growing and receive periodic payments of a specified amount.

• Indexed annuity. The seller provides an investment return based on changes in a particular index (such as the S&P 500).

• Variable annuity. You invest your account among a variety of options (typically mutual funds) and your rate of return and payment amounts will depend on their performance.

In Volatile Environment, Annuities Provide Safe Haven

SEE ANNUITIES, PAGE 23

CorrectionIn the July 21 edition of the Traveller, in the “New KAHC Commander Has Varied Career” article, the new commander should have been identified as Col. Joseph S. Pina.

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NEWS

by Amy PerryProduction/News Assistant Editor

Fort Lee’s garrison leadership changed during a ceremony at the Lee Club Wednesday.

Col. Michael G. Morrow, outgoing U.S. Army Garrison, Fort Lee commander, turned command over to incoming commander Col. Rodney D. Edge, with Russell B. Hall, Installation Management Command Northeast Region direc-tor, overseeing the ceremony.

Morrow served as Fort Lee’s garrison commander during one of the most demanding and dynamic periods of transfor-mation in the history of Fort Lee, said Hall, and his tenure is marked by excellence.

“Fort Lee has been the site of tremendous change under Mike’s tutelage and leadership,” Hall said. “Fort Lee is at the center of producing some of the finest Soldiers we have to-day supporting our nation’s mission and fighting our battles.

“The Fort Lee community remains committed to serv-ing the thousands of Soldiers and families who come here to serve our nation,” continued Hall. “I am proud to tell you there is no better garrison command staff that what you see right here at Fort Lee. Colonel. Mike Morrow and his staff excel at every area of installation management. They pro-vide the best possible services and support to the Soldiers and families who call Fort Lee home.”

Morrow and his garrison staff oversaw the planning, de-sign and construction of 56 new facilities with more than 4.7 million square feet and valued at nearly $2.2 billion dollars, Hall said. Morrow embraced and supported the Army Family and Community Covenants. He also led the effort to improve

Edge Assumes Command of Garrisonhousing options and champi-oned the increase of size and capability of FMWR pro-grams – including the Child, Youth and School Services program, which has quadru-pled during his time at Lee.

“Mike has done a mar-velous job as garrison com-mander, and more than any-one else he has earned his upcoming retirement,” said Hall. “Mike, you’ve done a great job – your service and sacrifice are remarkable and greatly appreciated.”

Morrow thanked the mili-tary members, Department of the Army Civilians, con-tractors and the local com-munity partners who have all helped him as garrison commander. He said the transformation of Fort Lee has been a success because of the hard work and dedication of all of those entities and urged them all to continue with their great work.

“This great installation has a bright and hopeful future,” Morrow said. “Truly we are very privileged to live and work in such a wonderful place. However, the blessing and op-portunities we share come with some responsibilities. The duty of caring for Soldiers and their families and serving the nation is sacred. I expect that in the performance of those du-ties, you will continue to achieve great things.”

Morrow also took time to welcome the new commander to his post.

“I’d like to congratulate Col. Rodney Edge on his new command – the garrison at Fort Lee is fortunate to have an officer of Rodney’s caliber and experience to lead Fort Lee into the bright and opportunity-filled future,” he said.

Edge, a quartermaster who last served on Fort Lee as a lieutenant going through the advanced course, is a great choice for the garrison, said Hall.

“Colonel Edge is imminently qualified to lead this great garrison staff,” he said. “You know from your experience the services the garrison provides are essential to give Soldiers the peace of mind they need – knowing their families are well taken care of – so that they can deploy and keep the focus on mission because you and your staff are taking care of their families back here at home.

“I know you are the right person for the job here at Fort Lee and you will do well,” he continued.

Edge thanked everyone for attending and noted his excite-ment about serving at Fort Lee.

“For me, this is a logistics officer’s dream,” said Edge. “This is the hub of the United States military’s logistics in-

frastructure and I am elated to be part of it.”After recognizing the great leaders who have served the

Fort Lee garrison during the last few years, he said he hoped he could continue in their tradition.

“I am not here at this moment to make promises because, right now, this garrison is new to me,” Edge said. “My goal is to be strategic in thought, and … continue to live up to the great standards of the previous commanders before me.

“I simply look forward to all of the glorious challenges and expectations of commanding a garrison.”

PHOTOS BY AMY PERRY

Col. Rodney D. Edge salutes the troops at the end of his change of command ceremony.

(TOP) Russell B. Hall, Installation Management Command Northeast Region director, passes the guidon to Col. Rodney D. Edge, incom-ing garrison commander, during the change of command ceremony at the Lee Club Wednesday. (ABOVE) Col. Michael G. Morrow is set to retire at a ceremony today.


NEWS BRIEFS

Job Fair PrepTwo seminars on Preparing for Job

Fairs will be held July 29 and Aug. 17, 1-2:30 p.m., at the Fort Lee ACAP Center in the Soldier Support Center. They will prepare attendees for the Sept. 1 job fair for transitioning and former military personnel and their spouses. It will be 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the Lee Club. Military and prior military may pre-register online at www.CivilianJobs.com by mid-August to be matched with companies based on their career and geographical preferences.

For job fair details, visit the website above or call (678) 819-4132.

To register for Preparing for Job Fairs, visit https://www.acapexpress.army.mil or call (804) 734-6612.

Pre-RetirementThe Fort Lee Retirement Services

Office will host a pre-retirement semi-nar on Aug. 26, 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. at the Soldier Support Center Auditorium. The seminar is for Soldiers who are planning to retire within 18 months. Spouses are welcome.

For details, call (804) 734-6980.

Defibrillator ClassFree training on the world’s easi-

est-to-use defibrillator is available at Fort Lee Fire Station 2 on the second Tuesday and Saturday of the month. It will be 8 a.m. - noon.

To register, call Assistant Chief Brian Harness at (804) 765-3967.

Snack ContestThe Army and Air Force Exchange

Service is offering $4,200 in prizes for the tasty and healthy after-school snack recipes in the Patriot Family Healthy Snack Recipe Contest.

The deadline for submitting a recipe is Aug. 11. Contest rules and entry information is available at www.shopmyexchange.com/Community/patriorfamily/contests.htm.

Run for FallenThe annual Run for the Fallen will

be Aug. 27, 10 a.m. - noon at Williams

Stadium. The run is sponsored by the Fort Lee Army Community Service Survivor Outreach Services program and is part of a national, non-profit ini-tiative in honor of the fallen military members from the global war on terror.

Pre-registration at http://leemwr.com/Comm/ACS/com_acs_acs.htm is encouraged.

The Mid-Atlantic Memorial Wall that bears the names of all fallen military members from Virginia will be at Fort Lee for the run. Representatives from several organizations also will be present to share resources for military members, families and survivors who attend. Light refreshments will be provided.


ASIST TrainingApplied Suicide Intervention

Training will be available at Fort Lee this fall. It is a collaboration between Kenner Army Health Clinic Department of Behavioral Health and the Virginia Department of Health.

The free training for caregivers of all backgrounds will be Oct. 18-19 and Nov. 8-9 at Memorial Chapel.

To register, visit www.surveymonkey.com/s/FtLeeASISTOctober for the October session or www.surveymonkey.com/s/FtLeeASISTNovember for the November session.

For details, contact Capt. Kerima A. Gibbons at [email protected] or (804) 734-9056.

Food DonationsFederal employees are invited to do-

nate non-perishable food items, paper products, household items and hygiene items for the Prince George Food Bank. The Fort Lee Army Community Service and the Defense Commissary Agency are sponsoring this local Feds Feed Families campaign that was approved by the Department of Defense.

Donations boxes are available at the Army Logistics University, Kenner Army Health Clinic, the main Post Exchange, the commissary, Defense Commissary Agency headquarters, Garrison head-quarters, Bull Dental Clinic, CASCOM headquarters and the Military Entrance Processing Station.

by Keith DesboisCASCOM Public Affairs

During a change of responsibil-ity ceremony here Friday, Col. Mark A. McCormick, outgoing president, passed the mantle of leadership to John E. Hall, incoming president, signifying the Army Logistics University becoming a flag of-ficer level institution.

Hall, a senior executive service employ-ee, became the first civilian to assume the position of president of the university. The upgrade in the president’s position demon-strates the university’s expanding mission as a result of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure legislation.

“I cannot think of a more exciting or critically important task than shaping the Army’s future through developing our cur-rent and next generation of leaders,” Hall said. “The last 10 years of repeated deploy-ments to Afghanistan and Iraq have honed us to an edge not often seen in the many years of Army history. The question we now face is how do we maintain that edge?”

In answer to that question he continued, “We will work with the commandants of our logistics branches and with our nation-al level stakeholders to send graduates into the force who are prepared to lead their Soldiers and units in this environment. The standard we seek is simple yet daunt-

ing – ALU will become a nationally rec-ognized university in which every single course fills critical gaps in Army training and education, and every graduate of ev-ery course is sought after by our operat-ing force. Success will be defined by our graduates’ success.”

The university consolidates more than 200 courses previously offered by five schools to educate sustainment leaders. It is comprised of three distinct colleges: the College of Professional and Continuing Education, Logistics Leader College and the Technical Logistics College. A consoli-dated Logistics Noncommissioned Officer Academy is also co-located at ALU. Each of these organizations has a different focus, but they share the same mission to provide professional military education and key functional training to the Army’s sustainers, whether they are civilians, officers, warrant officers or NCOs.

“From partnering with nationally recog-nized universities to implementing the ex-periential learning model, ALU has made great strides in its short existence, and we aim to make even more,” Hall said.

McCormick will remain at ALU and as-sume the new position of commandant and military deputy of the university. Hall joined the ALU team from the Defense Logistics Agency, Fort Belvoir, where he was the deputy director of logistics operations.

ALU Welcomes New Leader

Incoming President John E. Hall, center, receives the U.S. Army Logistics University’s colors from Maj. Gen. James L. Hodge, CASCOM and Fort Lee commanding general, during a change of responsibility ceremony Friday.

PHOTO BY KEITH DESBOIS


Brig Gen. Gwen Bingham, left, and Col. Aimee L. Kominiak begin the 23rd Quartermaster Brigade change of command ceremony July 21.

PHOTO BY KIMBERLY K. FRITZ

SEE 23rd QM, PAGE 12

by Kimberly K. FritzFamily Community Life Reporter

Standing on the field and perched on the bleachers at Williams Stadium July 21, the men and women of the 23rd Quartermaster Brigade watched Brig. Gen. Gwen Bingham, Quartermaster School commanding general, trans-fer command from Col. Johnny W. Sokolosky, the brigade’s outgoing com-mander, to Col. Aimee L. Kominiak, the incoming commander.

On one of the hottest days this sum-mer, Bingham, Sokolosky and Kominiak kept their speeches short and their inspec-tion of the troops quick but held with the ceremonial traditions such an occasion warrants.

In her speech, Bingham praised Sokolosky for the superior ways in which he commanded the unit that trains not only Soldiers but Airmen, Marines and Sailors.

“Wade has served this command faithfully for the past two years,” Bingham said. “Leader, logistician and standard bearer, he has given his all to this command. The achieve-ments made as a direct result of his stalwart leadership and vision are nothing of short of exemplary.”

Bingham said evidence of Sokolosky’s exceptional lead-ership can be seen daily through the competent and confi-dent Army, Air Force, Marine and Navy warriors he leads and trains in the brigade footprint and his sphere of influ-ence.

QM Brigade Welcomes New CommanderBingham credited

Sokolosky with ensur-ing the men and women who trained at Fort Lee received tough, realis-tic military occupational specialty training they were able to plug in im-mediately to formations in operations all around the world and make a positive impact.

“Wade’s love for his troops, civilians and their families is without bounds,” Bingham said. “In your teaching, coach-ing, mentoring and caring for subordinates, without doubt, we are a better or-ganization and we thank

you for your selfless commitment and dedication.”Bingham congratulated the retiring leader for a job well

done serving the brigade, the Quartermaster School, the Combined Arms Support Command and Fort Lee. Citing his great pride, humility, loyalty, selflessness and stead-fast commitment, Bingham said the words “thank you” felt almost inadequate to express her heartfelt gratitude for all Sokolosky did and gave during his command.

Turning her attention to the new 23rd QM Bde. com-mander, Bingham welcomed the U.S. Military Academy graduate and Tennessee native back to Fort Lee. Calling her portfolio impressive, Bingham said Kominiak

comes with a wealth of knowledge and experience.“We celebrate your excitement with us as there is sure-

ly nothing more fulfilling in my view than leading, train-ing and caring for America’s sons and daughters who are now entrusted to able leadership and care,” the general said. “Without doubt, we in the Quartermaster School are delighted to have you join us (for the mission of) training Soldiers, growing leaders and perpetuating the rich his-tory, customs and traditions of our regiment.”

Sokolosky, citing Virginia’s summertime thermo-stat creeping higher, kept short his message of thanks for the support he’d received throughout his career. His voice cracking, he thanked his wife Tracy and their children for their support. Directing a lot of his attention to the Soldiers standing in formation, Sokolosky gave a collective thanks to the hundreds of people he worked with over the years.

He broke from change of command traditions and did not list the many accomplishments made during his com-mand and allowed the brigade’s reputation to speak for itself. Instead, he shared a brief history lesson.

“It dawned on me several weeks ago that this ceremony occurs on the 150th anniversary of one of the Civil War’s first significant battles, the First Battle of Bull Run,” Sokolosky said. “Unfortunately, it’s a low point in our Army’s history. Those of you who are historians know that the Army doesn’t do very well traditionally in our first battles and Bull Run ranks at the top.”

Explaining the poor conditions of the men in battle that day in 1861 and their demoralizing defeat and full retreat, he quickly clarified his point.

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by Amy PerryProduction/News Assistant Editor

The 832nd Ordnance Battalion became an official part of the Fort Lee team July 26 during an un-casing ceremony at the Ordnance School running track.

Lt. Col. Demetrius L. Jackson, 832nd Ord. Bn. commander, and Command Sgt. Maj. Ray B. Johnson, 832nd Ord. Bn. com-mand sergeant major, uncased the unit’s colors during the ceremo-ny. Col. Pharisse Berry oversaw the formalities.

The battalion, which trains Soldiers to be technically and tactically proficient in ammu-nition handling and storage, as well as explosive ordnance dis-posal, moved here from Redstone Arsenal, Ala., as part of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure initiatives. The guidon was cased during a ceremony at Redstone

New Ordnance Battalion Joins Fort Lee

Arsenal on June 9.“The 832nd Ordnance

Battalion casing ceremony on June 9 … marked the beginning of the final phase of the Ordnance School’s move to consolidate at

Lt. Col. Demetrius L. Jackson, 832nd Ordnance Battalion commander, and Command Sgt. Maj. Ray B. Johnson, 832nd Ord. Bn. CSM, uncased the unit’s colors in front of the battalion during the ceremony Tuesday.

Fort Lee as a result of the Base Realignment and Closing Act,” said Berry. “As I watched the ceremony last month, I noticed the sadness on the faces of the installation leaders and the lead-

ers from the local communities who realized they were witness-ing the end of an era at Redstone. More importantly, they realized that they were losing a valuable member of their family.”

With the move, the battalion has now planted its flag here at Fort Lee, said Berry.

“I have no doubt that Fort Lee and the Tri-City Area com-munities will embrace them and welcome them to the family,” he said.

While the battalion is new to the installation, it is not new to the mission of training ordnance Soldiers, said Berry.

“We will continue to ensure that we send the finest, technical-ly proficient ordnance warriors to the operational Army – the 832nd Ordnance Battalion has helped us do this for decades and the lat-est chapter in its history will not impede its ability to continue to train America’s sons and daugh-ters,” he said.

Jackson, who took command of the battalion at Redstone

PHOTO BY AMY PERRY

SEE 832nd, PAGE 15


Looking for free outdoor entertainment in a fun atmo-sphere close to Fort Lee? Look no further than DogwoodDell’s summer-long Festival of Arts 2011 in Richmond.

Festival of Arts at Dogwood Dell promotes free livedance, music and theater productions from June throughAugust each year courtesy of the City of RichmondParks and Recreation Department.

Dogwood Dell is a 2,400-seat outdoor amphitheaterowned and operated by the City of Richmond and islocated at 700 Blanton Ave. in Byrd Park. During theFestival of Arts 2011, the venue is host to patriotic ser-vices and celebrations, dance performances, theater pro-ductions, movies, concerts and more. The Concert Balletof Virginia, Bop Nation, the Richmond Boys Choir andthe Slack Family Band have all appeared on the mainstage this summer.

With a few weeks of Festival of Arts 2011 left, thereis still time to enjoy the variety of free entertainmentDogwood Dell has to offer.

The musical, “Hairspray,” is the next feature perfor-mance at the venue, July 29-31 at 8:30 p.m. The musicalis based on the 1988 film of the same name about a teen-

ager whose dream is to dance on a syndicated TV show.After becoming a celebrity dancer on the show overnight,the teenager launches a campaign to integrate the show.The movie and musical observe civic injustices in partsof American society in the 1960s and features 1960s-style dance music and downtown rhythm and blues.

A follow-on performance of “Hairspray” is scheduledat Dogwood Dell on Aug. 5 and 6 at 8:30 p.m.

Folk andAmericana music from the Robbin ThompsonBand is scheduled for Aug. 7 at 7 p.m., followed byMovies Under the Stars on Aug. 12.

All Festival of Arts 2011 events are free and open tothe public. For more information about the DogwoodDell, the Festival of Arts performance calendar or events,visit www.dogwooddell.net.

Off Duty In the Community is a weekly feature of theTraveller offering descriptions of locales, events andvolunteer opportunities of interest to Fort Lee Soldiersand civilians. To submit story ideas, send an email [email protected].

Fort Lee’s Texas Hold’em winner, StaffSgt. Anthony Wilson, competed in theArmy-wide online tournament July 23and took 3rd place overall.

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Soldiers and volunteers from the 109th Quartermaster Company,49th QM Group seem very much at ease as they donate blood onJuly 18 at Fire Station No. 2. During the six-hour blood drive, vol-unteers donated about 80 units of blood to the Armed ServicesBlood Program.

Jerlyn Lantz, AAFES Power Zone manager, stands with EverettSteven and Jevin Sullivan, the second- and third-place finishers, re-spectively, in the “You Think You Can Dance” contest July 16.


AMERICA’S MILITARY

Spc. James OrrHeadquarters and

Headquarters Company, 49thQuartermaster Group

42A – human resourcesspecialist

34seven years

Pittsburgh“I’m

loyal, hardworking and dedicatedto my job.”

“I love to sh.”“My organizational

skills, my ability to think outside

the box and my education.”“My physical

inabilities to do things Soldiersyounger than me can do.”

“A big 3500 ChevySilverado.”

“My ability to listen.Someone once said ‘A wiseman listens twice as much as hespeaks.’”

“My grandfathers –James Orr and James McManus.The thing that we all have incommon is the fact that we servedin the Armed Forces. No oneelse in my family has done whatthey have. I’m following in theirfootsteps.”

“I would have to saygraduating from college (GenevaCollege in Beaver Falls, Pa.). Ididn’t do so well the rst time Iwas in college but did considerablybetter the second go-round. It wasa monumental accomplishment

considering what it entailed. It wasdenitely not easy.”

“It was a matter of circumstance.I had just graduated college andwas looking for a job. This wasjust after 9-11, too. For me it waspartially economic, but I alsowanted to serve.”

“I actually have a bachelor’sdegree in human resourcemanagement. To get that job on theoutside, I thought I would come inand get the experience in the sameeld.”

“It isa very technical job although youwouldn’t think of it. You have toknow (Army) regulations and youhave to know the laws outside themilitary as well. It requires a lotof thinking. It’s not for everyone,and not everyone can do it. It’snot easy as you think it is. It’s notexactly ‘paper pushing.’”

“Honestly,

I love helping people. Anytime Iget to help someone further theircareer or help their family in someway, it just makes me a happyperson.”

“It takes discipline tobe a Soldier. You can’t have aproblem with authority; you haveto know that you want to be here,that you want to do it. And youwill eventually have to ght a warfor your country. It takes a certainindividual to do that.”

“It wasn’tanything physical, but I realizedthat when I got back, I was achanged person. I guess it gaveme the wisdom, strength andresilience to get through things. Ibecame so much more of that thanI was before the deployment.”

“There

was no specic moment, but partof my job as a 42A is to trackcasualties while we’re downrange.It’s a war and it does happen, andI can still remember to this daythat there were 230 casualties inour area of operations alone innorthern Iraq.”

“Ifyou’re not sure you want to stayin the military, I’d say give itone more try because it is not theArmy. The people are difcult toget along with sometimes. TheArmy is a great thing, and thereis nowhere else you’re goingto get this kind of training andexperience.”

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Turning his attention to the noncommissioned officer corps, Sokolosky praised Fort Lee’s platoon sergeants, in-structors and staff NCOs.

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Sokolosky welcomed his successor to the unit and wished her luck on her first day that would begin too early the following morning.

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“I am so very proud to be leading such a great team of professionals, and I look forward to serving with you,” she said. “Supporting Victory, the corps starts here.”

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DALLAS – Air Force Staff Sgt. Ghil Medina, the first Airman to win Armed Forces Junior Chef of the Year during the 36th annual Culinary Arts Competition at Fort Lee, was in the spotlight once again this week as he vied for the title of American Culinary Foundation National Student Chef of the Year.

Medina, a services journeyman at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, arrived in Dallas Sunday for the ACF national competition and convention, a yearly meeting where hundreds of culinary experts from around the country gather for professional development and competition. The Airman earned his spot at the event after winning a late-April ACF Western Regional Competition in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Russell Campbell, Advanced Food Service Training Division chief at the Joint Culinary Center of Excellence, said Medina is the first military chef to take his local win to the regional and national levels.

“He’s done an incredible job, and we are all proud of his accomplishments,” Campbell said. “Not only has he come further than any other Fort Lee competitor,

Military Chef of Year Vies for National Titlebut he has also given us new experiences and we’ve all learned a great deal from these events.”

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SEE CHEF, PAGE 22

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Pvt. Louis Green, Spc. Josette Whorton, Pfc. Ralph Hyppolite, Spc. Alana Grant and Spc. Emanuel Olowu had all just travelled through the dangerous streets of Iraq, where their Humvee was attacked several times by insurgents.

And yet they were excited to the point of wanting to do it again.

“It was awesome,” said Olowu, who like the others are as-signed to Mike Company, 244th Quartermaster Battalion, 23rd QM Brigade. “Everything was perfect.”

Olowu was referring to the realism he and fellow Soldiers ex-perienced in the virtual environment of Fort Lee’s newest com-bat simulation training aid, the Reconfigurable Vehicle Tactical Trainer. He and about 30 of his fellow Soldiers from Mike Co. christened the RVTT when it opened for business July 19. It is housed in the old Warrior Training Center (building 6235), which has undergone extensive renovations and features eight separate vehicle trainers.

The RVTT consists of stationary Humvees that mimic the real thing using sound effects and hydraulics. It also can be reconfigured to a Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck and comes complete with tactical radio, navigational systems and indi-vidual and crew-served weapons.

In addition to the vehicle itself, the facility employs buildable sce-narios and depicts those scenarios on a 360-degree floor-to-ceiling screen that immerses the crew, putting them smack in the middle of a convoy or similar mission.

“Compared to the training we had in basic training, this was more realistic,” said Olowu, “and it made me realize what Soldiers go through in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. It’s just real.”

H. Bryan I. Holtman, chief, Training Division, Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security, said the RVTTs have been installed in training facilities Army-wide, but Fort Lee has a unique setup in comparison to the other facilities.

“Fort Lee leads the way with this system that we have in-stalled right now,” he said. “There is no other installation that has two sets of trainers with two AAR rooms in the same build-ing.”

That means that a platoon-sized element can train on convoy procedures simultaneously and review missions immediately following their iteration in after-action review rooms located down the hall. The monitor-filled enclosures allow unit trainers and four contract facilitators to observe the action in real-time

MOUNT UPSoldiers Get Dose of Realism in New Vehicle Tactical Trainer

PHOTOS BY T. ANTHONY BELL

(ABOVE) Soldiers prepare to execute a mission using the Reconfigurable Vehicle Tactical Trainier July 19. The RVTT is a full-size vehicle simu-lator designed to mimic convoy and other missions. The Soldiers are as-signed to Mike Company, 244th QM Battalion, 23rd QM Brigade, and were the first unit to train in the new facility. (LEFT) Pvt. Louis Green talks on the radio in the RVTT while his fellow Soldiers perform their in-dividual tasks.

and discuss every detail of the mission afterward through a playback system.

Currently, the system has the capability to run through a four-vehicle convoy because the two sites operate on a stand-alone basis, said Lee Grate, the facility’s training coordinator.

“Once they are linked,” he said, “we’ll be able to execute an eight-vehicle convoy at one time.”

Although the system’s technical specifications may be con-sidered impressive, the strength of the RVTT is its flexibility. Anthony Menzies, the contractor site lead, said the system’s buildable-scenario software affords facilitators the opportunity to work closely with unit trainers to tailor the training to specific unit needs.

“If a captain comes in and says ‘I just want to train my guys on reporting improvised explosive devices.’ We can do that,” he said. “We can put them on a road in Baghdad, Afghanistan, Korea – wherever they want to go – and line the route with

IEDs at specific times so they can execute their reporting procedures.”

Menzies added that “basic convoy procedures are ba-sic convoy procedures, but we know that tactics change and the training requirements change with them. So we try to get the unit trainers to come down and give us their input prior to the training so we can build scenarios that suit their needs.”

The RVTT may best bene-fit a group of Soldiers, said Hyppollite, but it is most impres-sive on an individual level.

“It’s a pretty good system,” he said. “Going through the training helps you see what you are lacking as a team and as an individual and how your mistakes affect the team. That is pretty helpful.”

Only a few Soldiers have undergone training at the facility thus far. Grate said he expects the numbers to increase in no time.

“I expect the throughput to be around 350 military person-nel a week,” he said.

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by T. Anthony BellSenior Writer/Special Projects

What started with a hat and grew into

an anticipated occasion ended last week on strong notes of camaraderie and reflection.

Members of Officer Candidate School Class 66-16 of the Quartermaster School converged at Fort Lee July 19-20 for its first reunion, filling in the gaps of nearly 50 years since they were 20-somethings starting their careers in a very different Army.

“This is about the ca-maraderie that people have when they serve in the military,” said Ron Demery, the reunion’s organizer. “It’s different than a college or high school graduation class. You can spend four years in school with someone, and on the other hand, you can spend six months in the military with some-one and you’re buddies with him for life. It’s just a different feeling when you serve with someone in the military.”

Class 66-16 had plenty to bond them. They were the first OCS class to take the oath at Fort Lee since 1946. Furthermore, they raised their hands at the height of the Vietnam War, volunteering for duty as officers in the age of the draft. Many of them wound up in the jungles of Southeast Asia.

Demery and many of his classmates were among those to serve in Vietnam. He was a member of 575th Supply Company that served there and routinely wears a hat em-broidered with the unit name and its location during the war, Cam Ranh Bay. A member of his platoon, retired Sgt. Maj. Arthur W. Snyder, a Colonial Heights resident and member of the Quartermaster Foundation, wears his proudly as well. The reunion idea began with his hat.

“The son of a classmate saw the cap and said, ‘My fa-ther was there, and he was in your unit,’” said Demery. “My friend (Snyder) called me, I called my classmate,

CLASS OF ’66Quartermaster Officer Candidate School Graduates Converge at Fort Lee for First Time in 45 Years

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Maj. John “Jack” Kredo welcomes attendees of the OCS Class 66-16 Reunion to the Aerial Delivery and Field Services Department headquarters July 20. The attendees toured the facility and other training facilities during their two-day stay.

who wasn’t in our unit but was in OCS with me, and that’s how this all got started.”

That was a year ago. Demery, who has organized sev-eral 575th reunions, located 78 of the 90 Soldiers in

preparation for the first Class 66-16 Reunion.“Twenty of them were deceased, and we’ve since lost

two since we started locating people,” said Demery.The reunion attracted 61 people to Fort Lee to celebrate

the nine weeks they spent here 45 years ago (the first 13 weeks were spent at Fort Knox, Ky.). Attending were 27 classmates, six cadre and a number of wives. They were welcomed by Brig. Gen. Gwen Bingham, the 51st QM General, visited a number of training facilities to include the sprawling new Ordnance Campus and dedicated a paver at the QM Museum. Retired Capt. Henry Ashcraft, a resi-dent of Oklahoma City, said the occasion brought to mind the spirit of support the class exemplified when it came to-gether 45 years ago.

“We were all young guys then,” he said. “Some of us had been in the military for a while and some had just gotten in, and we helped each other to grow, to get through the journey. We all went our separate ways, but we all contributed some-thing.”

Retired Capt. Billy Tummond, who was last at Fort Lee in 1969, said he hadn’t seen many of his classmates since 1966, and it was imperative to reac-quaint himself with an im-portant event in his life.

“This is the first and only reunion we’ve ever had,” said the Lake Alford, Fla., resident. “When you get to be our age, you might not be around if they had a reunion next week. So, it was nice to give it a shot; it was nice to see all the old guys.”

Retired Maj. John Cather had a simi-

lar sentiment. He said he hadn’t seen many of the class members since 1966, and it brought life to a ma-jor chapter in his career as a Soldier.

“This means quite a bit,” he said of the gathering, struggling to finish his thoughts.

Aside from catching up on each other’s lives, the reunion at-tendees all expressed wonderment at how much Fort Lee has changed. Ashcraft was last at Fort Lee in 1972 and struggled with the images of the installation today.

“I didn’t recognize anything here except for the exchange (now the PXtra) and the old movie theater (now the Lee Theater),” he said. “Things have changed so much.”

The Army has changed as well, said Tummond, full of the im-ages he saw of young Soldiers at the rigger training facility and Ordnance Campus he visited. He seemed to marvel at how the Army, as an institution, just keeps marching on.

“It’s just amazing how much the army has changed,” he said. “The Army just goes on, and it seems to just get better and bet-ter.”

The Class 66-16 completed its reunion 72 miles south in Littleton, N.C., where they had a recreational outing.


by Kathryn C. WeigelProduction Assistant

Alpha Lima Papa Hotel Alpha Bravo Echo Tango – That’s “alphabet” rendered in the international spelling or phonetic alphabet, and its route to its present form might surprise you.

As long as there have been armies and enemies, there’s been a need to communicate clearly over distance with one’s own forces. Bamboozling the enemy is also an aim. The Greeks had an ingenious torch and water signaling sys-tem that was documented as early as the 4th century B.C. The Romans favored colored smoke as did aboriginal tribes in what would become known as North America.

“In England, during the 16th century, beacons were used and, in 1796, the Admiralty adopted a shutter-type ma-chine, known as the ‘Murray Lettering Telegraph.’ Morse Code and electric telegraph were used for the first time in the Crimean War (1835-1837),” Wikipedia reports. Other visual and auditory signals have included flashing lights, whistles, sirens, foghorns and bells.

So when did “names” for the letters of the alphabet come into play? “The ori-gins of this communica-tions tool can be found in the late 19th century when the navies of the world needed a means to com-municate rapidly between ships steaming in close for-mation and to give admin-istrative messages in port,” said Daniel A. Brown, his-torian and archivist at the U.S. Army Signal Center at Fort Gordon in Augusta, Ga.

Flags were designed for each letter of the alphabet, and they were given word names to avoid misunderstand-ings and ensure clarity, said Brown. The 1913 U.S. Navy Bluejackets Manual is one of the first publications to in-clude this code, he noted.

Each flag stood for a letter and, sometimes, for a command. The “A” flag, for example, meant “affirmative” or “afirm” while the “P” flag stood for “prep” or “preparatory.”

Technological advances always seem to demand changes.

From Smoke Signals to Alpha BravoMilitary Communications HaveEvolved Through the Centuries

The advent of wireless radio communication was no excep-tion. In the early years, transmissions could be difficult to understand because of static, bad weather or other interfer-ence. “The phonetic code used for flags,” said Brown, “was adapted for radio use. During World War I, each nation had its own particular list of words. The need to standardize this list for international use was realized in 1927 (and such a) code was promulgated.”

In World War I, Americans used Able, Boy, Cast, Dog and Easy while their British counterparts used Apples, Butter, Charlie, Duff and Edward. About that time, the Germans were using Anton, Berta, Caesar, Dora and Emil.

During World War II, it was necessary for British ships to communicate with the U.S. and other Allied forces so many letter words were standardized. The current phonetic alphabet became official in 1957 because of action taken by the International Civil Aviation Organization and the Joint Communications-Electronics Committee. Air traffic controllers, military personnel and others around the world share this language that meets several criteria.

For example, the words used to name the letters are usu-ally two syllables. “November” and “Mike” are a notable

exception. They sound pret-ty much the same whether they are being pronounced by an air traffic control-ler in Bangladesh or one in Baltimore. None of the let-ter names is a word that’s easy to mistake for another.

Twenty-four of the 26 letters’ names have changed at least once since 1913. “Mike” and “X-ray” have

stood the tests of time and remained the same through all phonetic alphabets used by the American military. “Love,” which survived through WWII, was replaced by “Lima” (pronounced like the city, not the bean), probably because “Lima” has two distinct syllables and “Love” does not.

Other changes include “Boy” that became “Baker” and then “Bravo,” “Cast” that yielded to “Charlie,” “Dog” that morphed into “Delta,” “King” that was dethroned by “Kilo” and “Vice” that was conquered by “Victor.”

The first four letters of the World War II version of the

phonetic alphabet used by American and Allied forces has been immortalized in music. Contemporary folk singer and songwriter Joe Crookston recorded “Able Baker Charlie and Dog” in 2008. His song tells the story of his maternal grandfather and other members of a U.S. Navy construc-tion battalion or Seabees who were assigned to build the four runways on Tinian Island in the South Pacific. The runways were named Able, Baker, Charlie and Dog, and they were used by the Enola Gay and Bockscar for their war-ending bombing flights over Japan.

Many civilians may not recognize the term “phonetic alphabet,” but the light of recognition comes to their faces when they hear an example. Perhaps that’s because popular culture, from war movies to folk songs, has embedded bits of this special lingo in their memories.

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The folk song, “Able Baker Charlie and Dog,” written and performed by Joe Crookston and mentioned in this article, may be heard on the Traveller’s website, www.ftleetraveller.com. Search the feature section for the article and click on the link. Inspired by a grandfather’s World War II experiences, “Able Baker” is the title song on the CD that was named the 2009 Album of the Year by the International Folk Alliance.


by Sherry Williams KiddCASCOM FRSA

Virginia Sen. Henry L. Marsh III was keynote speaker for the July 16 Hopewell Action Committee luncheon at the Fort Lee Regimental Club. Also at-tending with committee members were Delegate Rosalyn R. Dance, Soldiers, Department of the Army Civilians and family members.

“We had heard that Senator Marsh was going to discuss a number of ideas and issues directly affect-ing Soldiers, civilians and family members,” said CASCOM Family Readiness Group Leader Viktoria Green. “I thought it was important that I attend so that I could bring relevant issues back to our FRG members, and I was certainly not disappointed.”

Green said that Marsh touched on many issues di-rectly affecting and impacting FRG members as well as military and civilian employees.

“Senator Marsh is an active state senator who is abreast of current issues and is a dynamic speaker, and he is also considered a pioneer of early human and civil rights strug-gle,” she said.

CASCOM HHC’s 1st Sgt. Laderek Green, husband of Viktoria Green, added, “The senator touched on such im-portant issues as active duty and veterans’ rights. Ongoing

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CASCOM FRG Leader Viktoria Green poses with the guest speaker, state Sen. Henry L. Marsh III, and HHC, CASCOM, 1st Sgt. Laderek Green at the recent Hopewell Action Committee luncheon at the Regimental Club.

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initiatives he is working on are to exempt disabled veter-ans from state personal property taxes and to hold a refer-endum to have local governments establish income guides for all taxes for veterans.”

“Senator Marsh had the attention of everyone attending the luncheon,” Green said. Marsh discussed a Joint Legislative and Review Committee initiative to discuss school districts

and appropriations, an ongoing referendum whereby employees whose work week is cut to as few as 24 hours would still retain their benefits for up to six weeks and a $100 million expansion approved for Virginia State University. He also addressed the ac-tive military and their rights and entitlements, civilian employees and their rights and benefits, and the hiring and upward mobility of people with disabilities – both military and civilian, according to Green.

Marsh was a leader in the massive resistance against the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Brown vs. Board of Education case that desegregated public schools.

Marsh served in the Army after earning a law de-gree. He has concentrated on civil rights law, and many of the findings in his cases helped change the country, said Green.

Marsh began his political career on the Richmond City Council in 1966. He has served in the state Senate since 1991. He is chair of the Courts of

Justice Committee and a member of committees for Local Government, Finance, Rules and Transportation.

“Not only did we obtain a great deal of useful informa-tion from Senator Marsh to pass along to our FRG mem-bers,” said 1st Sgt. Green, “but it was an awesome honor to meet and be in the company of leaders such as Senator Marsh and Delegate Dance.”


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Puzzling Phonetic Alphabetby Kathryn C. WeigelProduction Assistant

Below are words used in the current international phonetic alphabet. Some entries from the World War I and II versions are listed as well. Find the words in the puzzle. They are forward, backward, vertical, horizontal and diagonal. There is also a story about the phonetic alphabet on Page 18 of this issue.AlphaBravoCharlieDeltaEasyEchoFoxtrotGeorgeGolfHaveHotelHypoIndiaItemJigJuliettKilo

KingLimaLoveMikeNovemberOboeOptionOscarPapaPrepPupQuackQuebecQueenRogerRomeoRush

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Despite the results of this week’s competition, which were announced at a grand gala Tuesday evening, Medina said he had already set his next goals and has begun the work necessary to achieve them. Attending one week of classes at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y., as part of his win at Fort Lee and continuing his work to bring an all-Air Force culinary arts team to the 37th Annual Culinary Arts Competition in 2012 are at the top of his priority list.

His future endeavors will surely be enhanced by the experiences of the past few days. The ACF National Convention also included opportunities to attend class-es, view demonstrations by renowned chefs (famous Food Network Chef Alton Brown was among the guest presenters on Sunday) and earn continuing education credits.

“Medina is eating this stuff up … he’s motivated and passionate about his craft,” Campbell said. “I look for-ward to watching him continue to grow.”

Next week, the Traveller will offer a more in-depth fea-ture about Medina and the military’s role in the American Culinary Federation.

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Once a hunting ground of Native Americans and a destination for 19th century bicyclists, Richmond’s Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is a popular tourist destination. It is also a learning center and play area for children and adults, a winter wonderland of lights and holiday decorations and the site of “Diamonds in the Rough,” a stick sculpture by Patrick Dougherty, a world famous artist.

Open all but four days a year, the garden is ac-tually a series of themed gardens, a conservatory for exotic plants, educational facili-ties, a shop, a café and a tea house. Located at 1800 Lakeside Ave. in Richmond, Lewis Ginter is Virginia’s official state botanical garden. The fa-cility collects and cultivates plants from around the world. It maintains a botanical library and herbarium.

Summer months bring extended hours to the garden. Through August, the garden is open late Tuesdays for Summer in the Children’s Garden, a time of family fun, and Thursdays for Flowers After 5, with wine-tasting, live music, dining and shopping available.

The winter holiday season is the time for model train displays, botanical decorations and half a million lights in the garden.

Dougherty’s stick sculpture is unique to the Richmond garden. His inspiration came from the surrounding en-vironment, and it’s made from locally gathered natural

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materials in a sustainable way, according to the garden’s website. At least five tractor-trailer loads of sticks and saplings were used. Most were young red maples and sweet gum saplings that came from private rural tracts of land. Dougherty has built more than 200 such sculptures around the world.

Regular hours at the garden are 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. daily ex-cept for special evening hours. Admission is $10 for adults, $9 for senior citizens and $6 for children ages 3-12.

Among the special gardens within the complex are a Healing Garden, Sunken Garden, Asian Valley, Rose Garden, a wetland garden, a Victorian garden and a Children’s Garden, which includes a wheelchair-acces-sible Tree House, Adventure Pathway and International

Village. There are water and sand play areas as well.The botanical garden has a helpful website, www.lewis-

ginter.org, where browsers can see what flowers are in bloom, check the lunch menu in the Robins Tea House or Garden Cafe, plan the day’s activities or sign up for educational opportunities. Information is also available at (804) 262-9887. The garden has a number of facilities that may be rented for special functions including weddings, receptions and meetings.

(LEFT) Rudbeckia and purple fountain grass are among the many plants to be seen now at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. (ABOVE) Patrick Dougherty’s Diamonds in the Rough stick sculpture beckons visitors to Virginia’s botanical garden.

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Fort Lee community members are invited to submit Staycation articles and photographs to the Traveller before Sept. 1. All submissions will be evaluated for a special prize at the end of the summer vacation period. For details, con-tact the Traveller managing editor at (804) 734-7147.

Many people purchase annuities be-cause they grow tax deferred – that is, your contributions are not taxed, but any earn-ings they generate are taxed at your regular income tax rate. Annuities have no annual contribution limit, but you’ll pay a 10 per-cent federal tax penalty on withdrawals before age 59 ½.

One big tax disadvantage is that – whereas earnings from money invested in stocks, bonds or mutual funds is taxed as capital gains – annuities are taxed at regu-

lar income tax rates, which can be signifi-cantly higher.

Annuities can be very expensive compared to other types of investments. Before signing any agreement investigate the following:

• Sales commissions, which initially can run as high as 10 percent, plus ongo-ing commissions in subsequent years.

• Depending on what type you buy, you could be charged an additional 2 per-cent or more per year in various account management fees.

• Most deferred annuities charge an early withdrawal penalty called a surren-der charge, which usually starts at 7 or 8 percent and gradually declines to zero. However, they also can be much higher, so read your contract carefully.

A few additional precautions: • Consider consulting a fee-only fi-

nancial advisor versus one who earns commissions-recommended products.

• Because 401(k) plans and IRAs are already tax-deferred and have lower fees, it may not make sense to roll over those balances into an annuity.

• Before moving an existing annu-

ity into a new account, analyze surrender charges, sales commissions and other fees you’ll be charged.

• Many annuities end upon your death, so if you want your heirs to continue re-ceiving your benefit, investigate joint and survivor or term-certain annuities.

• Check the insurer’s credit rating with credit bureaus like A.M. Best, Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s.

To learn more about annuities, visit inves-tor websites for the Securities and Exchange Commission (www.investor.gov) and the Financial Industry Regulation Authority (www.finra.org/Investors/index.htm).


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CALENDAR OF EVENTSThe deadline for the Traveller Calendar is Thursday at

noon for publication in the following week’s edition. All submissions are edited for space and grammar. Email sub-missions to [email protected]. For details, call (804) 734-7147.

Night OutA National Night Out observance is slated for Aug. 2,

6-8 p.m., on the soccer field behind Memorial Chapel. America’s “night out against crime” at Fort Lee will fea-ture free food, games for the kids, music by the 392nd Army Band, prize giveaways and safety demonstra-tions, including the Fire and Emergency Service’s smoke house.

All families in the Fort Lee community are invited to the event sponsored by FMWR and the Fort Lee Religious Support Group.


VA EnrollmentA Veterans Administration Health Care Enrollment

Event is set for July 29, 1-4 p.m., at the Soldier Support Center.

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Popcorn OpeningDoc Popcorn’s grand opening at the PXtra is July 30.

The event will feature free popcorn 1-3 p.m. that day.Regular hours will be Thursday-Sunday, 11 a.m. - 7

p.m. The concession offers several flavors of popcorn.

PIA MeetingThe Jessie J. Mayes Tri-Cities 555th Airborne Chapter,

555th PIA Inc., will meet Aug. 3, 6 p.m., at the Regimental Club, building P-2609, on C Avenue.

Membership is open to all military veterans. Prior air-borne experience is not required.


Marriage EnrichmentMilitary members and spouses are invited to at-

tend a Marriage Enrichment Seminar at Kenner Army Health Clinic, third floor. The seminar is based on Gary Chapman’s book, “The Five Love Languages.” Seminars are slated for Sept. 16, Nov. 18 and three dates in 2012 – Jan. 20, March 16 and May 18. Each will be 8 a.m. - noon.

For details and enrollment, call the Army Community Service Advocacy Team at (804) 734-6381.

Teacher TrainingThe Troops to Teachers program will present a one-

hour briefing, “Teaching as a Second Career,” on Aug. 19, 10 a.m., at the Army Education Center, 700 Quarters Road, building 12400.

The program pays stipends and bonuses up to $10,000. For details, call (757) 683-3327 or visit www.odu.edu/

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women’s winter apparel (hats, scarves, coats) for dona-tion to the Care Shelter for battered women in Petersburg. It is part of her Gold Award project.

Donations may be dropped off at the Army Community Service building on Mahone Avenue through Aug. 22.


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Dueling PianosEveryone in the Fort Lee community is invited to an

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Free USO ConcertCountry music artist Chris Young will perform at Fort

Lee’s Williams Stadium on Aug. 21, 4 p.m. The concert is sponsored by the USO of Hampton Roads and Central Virginia as part of the USO Military Concert Series. Fort Lee FMWR is also hosting the event.

Parking and general admission are free and open to the public. The open seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Limited reserved seats are on sale at Ticketmaster and www.whisperconcerts.com.

Fort Lee visitors without a Department of Defense decal on their vehicles should be prepared to show a driver’s li-cense, proof of insurance and a current vehicle registration. Anyone 18 years of age or older must show a state driver’s license or government-issued picture ID to gain access to the installation.


3rd Port Open HouseThe 7th Sustainment Brigade will host an open house in

Third Port, Fort Eustis, on July 30, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Visitors will be able to tour an Army landing craft and talk with Soldier mariners about the mission of Army watercraft.

For details, call (757) 878-5112, ext. 308.

Ex-POW ReunionFormer prisoners of war from the Korean conflict will

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For details, contact William K. Norwood at (423) 476-3628 or [email protected].

CYSS ProgramsRegistration for the Before- and After-School Program

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A part-day preschool program for youths 3 to 5 years old starts in late August. Morning and afternoon ses-sions of the three-hour weekday program are avail-able.

The Strong Beginnings Pre-K Program will also start in late August for children entering kindergarten next fall.

For details about the programs and registration, call (804) 765-3852.

Bible SchoolAll youngsters in the Fort Lee community are invited to

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It will be Aug. 15-19, 6-8:30 p.m. at Memorial Chapel. Space is limited so parents are encouraged to register their children as soon as possible.

For details and registration, call (804) 734-0970.

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Trap, Skeet ShootsSkeet and trap shoots for members of the National

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Trap shoots are scheduled for July 31, Aug. 28 and Sept. 25. Skeet shoots are slated for Aug. 13-14 and Sept. 11.

For details, call (804) 765-2212 or 765-2210.

Golf TourneyThe Feeding the Force Celebrity/VIP Golf Tournament

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Sports and Recreation Department Biggest Loser Competitions will be Aug. 8, 1-7 p.m., at the Warrior Zone on C Avenue.

The free competition will run through Nov. 14. All participants will receive a fitness goodie bag. The top three winners will receive special prizes.


Bike the ParkFMWR Outdoor Recreation offers group

bicycle rides Mondays and Wednesdays, weather permitting, in Battlefield Park. Participants must call to set an appoint-ment. Bike rentals and park passes are available at Outdoor Recreation. Trails and the pace of the rides are family-oriented.

Park passes are $3 a day or $15 a year. Rides are $5 a day or $10 a week. Bike rent-als are $5 a day or $20 a week.

For details and pre-registration, call (804) 765-2212 or visit Outdoor Recreation, building 15014, on 5th Street.

Self-DefenseWomen’s Martial Arts Self-Defense is a

one-hour group exercise class focusing on combining martial arts and self-defense tech-niques to improve physical fitness levels.

The class meets Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. at MacLaughlin Fitness Center. The cost is $69 a month or $8 a class.


Go Fish – for FreeMilitary members may fish free at a

private, continuously stocked pond about five minutes from Fort Lee. It is a keep or

release area. The pond is behind the Tackle Shop and Rod Rental, 1708 Riverdale Ave., Prince George. People can fish from the shore or a boat from the FMWR Outdoor Recreation Office.


Swim LessonsOne more round of swim lessons is set

for the Battle Drive Pool for ages 5 and old-er. The cost is $45 for military (including family members) and $50 for Department of Defense Civilians. Lessons are slated for Aug. 1-11.

To register, visit Parent Central Services, building 10624, on Sisisky Boulevard, call (804) 765-3852 or email [email protected]. For general pool information, call 734-6198.

Skateboarding The last skateboard competition of the

season has been slated for Aug. 13 at the FMWR Adventure Park on C Avenue.

Registration opens at 10 a.m. with com-petition starting at 11:30 a.m. each day. Junior competition, for ages 12 and under, has a $5 entry fee. Intermediate competi-tion, for ages 13 and up, has a $7 fee. Open competition has a $10 entry fee.

Contestants must show an identification card as proof of age, wear a helmet and pay the fee.


Horseback RidingThe FMWR Outdoor Recreation

Center offers horseback riding sessions in Dinwiddie County. The cost is $20 per ses-sion. The next session is Aug. 6, 1 p.m.


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Wednesday Choir Rehearsal: 7:00 pmSaturday Morning Prayer: 9:00 am

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YOUTH

Tackle FootballRegistration for tackle football continues through July

29 for youths age 7-14. A current sports physical and birth certificate are required for registration. Cost varies.


Flag FootballRegistration for flag football continues through July 29

for youths age 5-7. A current sports physical and birth cer-tificate are required for registration. Cost varies.


CheerleadingRegistration for cheerleading continues through July

29 for youths age 5-14. A current sports physical and birth certificate are required for registration. Cost varies.


Piano ClassesGroup piano classes for youths, age 6-17, are offered

Tuesdays, 4:45-5:45 p.m., at the FMWR Program Facility, building 4301. The cost is $40 a month.


Hiring EventA free hiring event for military personnel and their spouses

is set for Aug. 18, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m., at Richmond International Raceway, 6600 E. Laburnum Ave., Richmond.

For information and registration, visit https://recruitmilitary.com/expos/380-Richmond/candidates/information.

Filipino FestivalThe 6th annual Filipino Festival will be held Aug. 12,

5-10 p.m., and Aug. 13, 10 a.m. - 10 p.m., at 8200 Woodman Road, Richmond. Bands will perform each evening.

For details, visit www.filipinofestival.org.

Farmers’ MarketThe Prince George Regional Heritage Center is spon-

soring a farmers’ market on Aug. 6, 8 a.m. - noon, at 6602 Courts Drive, Prince George.


Church PicnicOvercoming Faith Ministries invites military person-

nel, their families and the community to its annual picnic and military appreciation day on July 30, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.,

OUTSIDE THE GATEat Blessed Hope Community Church, 6899 Lakepoint Drive, Prince George.

The free event also will include games and activities.For details, call (804) 243-6752.

Crater BattleA special event commemorating southern soldiers who

were killed in the Battle of the Crater during the Civil War is set for July 30, 7 p.m., at Blandford Church and Cemetery, 111 Rochelle Lane, Petersburg.

The walking tour, “Remember the Glorious Dead: The Battle of the Crater,” is sponsored by the Petersburg Department of Tourism, Museum and Visitor Services and the Petersburg National Battlefield. The hour-long tour will begin at the church reception center. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.

For details about the free event, call (804) 733-2396.

Skywatch ProgramsThe Petersburg National Battlefield and the Richmond

Astronomical Society have slated free Skywatch pro-grams for this year.

Three more will be held at General Grant’s Headquarters, 1001 Pecan Ave., Hopewell, on Aug. 6, Oct. 8 and Nov. 5. RAS members will provide telescopes for the visitors to use. Rangers recommend visitors take a flashlight, jacket, blanket or chairs and telescope if they have one.

For details, call (804) 732-3531, ext. 204.

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DR. DAVID L. KEETON received his undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering from VCU. He then completed dental school at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Keeton did a year of private practice with Dr. Beverly Largent, 2008 President of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. He fulfi lled his pediatric dental residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He is married to Misty and they have one son. His interests are following UK and VCU basketball, golf and fi shing.

Dr. David Keeton is now accepting new patients!

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