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Smiles come easily from Jennifer
Marzocca these days.
Among the many large things to celebrate in her life, on this day there is one staring right at her that she simply can’t ignore.
Her 6-year-old daughter Chloe is wiggling her front tooth. It’s loose.
“This will be the first time I’ll be present for one of my kids to lose their first tooth,” Marzocca said.
Life is good these days for Marzocca.
A single mother, she finds com-fort living with her three children in Coupeville just down the road from her parents. It’s a good feeling to be in one place together like this, a departure from the unpredictable nature of her job in the U.S. Navy.
Yet, Marzocca doesn’t like to sit still, and she hasn’t.
Since retiring as a Chief Petty Officer after 20 years in the Navy, Marzocca has spent the past three years earning bachelor’s and master’s
degrees. She’s antsy to start a doctor-ate’s program. That will take place beginning in the fall.
“I can’t rest,” she said. “That’s my problem.
“Once you get it going, it is excit-ing and I am now addicted to educa-tion.”
Marzocca, 45, caught the educa-tion bug late in life. As a teen, grow-ing up in Southern California, she was more interested in the social scene than higher learning. Her par-ents relocated to Whidbey Island, and after high school, Marzocca fol-lowed only to find herself feeling stuck.
One day, she went to Oak Harbor and enlisted in the Navy.
Success in the Navy opened her eyes. As she rose through the ranks and gained confidence, she started seeing a lot of new avenues for her life.
“We have a path already created for us,” Marzocca said. “That might sound kind of kooky. I think I am where I am today because it’s where I’m supposed to be. It feels right. Being able to go to school after I retired and focus on my education, it was seamless and it was exciting. I have all this experience. I worked with the SEALS. I did intelligence.
I was on a ship. I explored a lot of other countries. Going back to school enabled me to synthesize all of these experiences with a formal education. It helped me understand what all of that meant.”
Marzocca used her G.I. Bill to pay for her education.
She enrolled at Chapman University’s campus at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island and earned a bachelor’s degree in social science. She said she wanted to go to a uni-versity where she could interact with instructors and classmates and want-ed one that gave college credit for a good share of the courses she took in the military.
She found that at Chapman, which has since changed its name to Brandman University yet remains in the Chapman university system. Brandman offers a blend of tra-ditional and online classes and is geared toward working adults, which was another plus for Marzocca, who works parttime.
Columbia College and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University are two other four-year colleges with campuses in Oak Harbor.
“Brandman offered me the most
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help With healingThe nature of the battlefield has changed and with it the wounds;
more and more soldiers are coming home with injuries that are some-times obvious but often unseen.6
on the roadThe Scorpions of Electronic Attack Squadron 132 (VAQ-132) traveled
to NAS Point Mugu in Southern California to perform an AGM-88 High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) shoot. 5
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neW ChaptersRetired from the Navy, Jennifer Marzocca uses her G.I. Bill to fund further education and open new windows in life.2
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for my military service,” Marzocca said.
Marzocca completed her master’s degree in Organizational Leadership in one year. She graduated in May with a 3.55 grade-point average.
Marzocca’s accumulated time in military service made her eligible for full benefits under the G.I. Bill, however, she will have to use her own money to fund her doctorate’s degree.
“The G.I. Bill basically paid for my entire education,” Marzocca said.
“The whole transition was seam-less. I’m one of those people, when I set a course, I go full speed. It was important for me to do this.”
Marzocca didn’t experience any of the concerns that some active duty military have dealt with regarding the impact of federal budget cuts on tuition assistance. Sequestration had a temporary impact on tuition assis-tance for some branches of the mili-tary but has not yet had an impact on
the Navy, said Cheryl Pollock, direc-tor of the Navy College program at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station.
“The way it is right now, sailors on active duty are eligible to use military active duty tuition benefits,” Pollock said.
Barbara Bockman, campus direc-tor at Brandman, spent time being Marzocca’s advisor and called her an excellent student, adding that “she’s truly a good example of what we do here.”
Marzocca’s inspiration rested in the three faces she sees on a daily basis. She is a role model for her sons Logan, 19, and Evan, 17, and her kindergartner, Chloe.
Marzocca aspires to launch a program that helps teenagers transi-tion into adult life. She wants this program to educate parents more about adolescence and give teenagers tools to grow their confidence as they enter adulthood.
She also would like to teach.“I want to make a difference,”
Marzocca said. “I want to make a difference in the lives of others who need it, whether it’s youths or adults.”
She’s already made a difference at home. Evan and Chloe began mod-eling her study habits and their own academic performances improved.
Marzocca said that her studies were demanding, but she pressed on, opening some eyes at home in the process.
“I wouldn’t have thought of her going back to school after that (the Navy),” said Logan, who holds a job as a caregiver at a retirement com-munity in Freeland and is planning to attend college. “It’s pretty cool that she did.”
Her kids agree that it’s pretty cool that she’s home.
Long gone are the days when Logan would spray his mother’s perfume on his pillow to keep her memory fresh while she was off on a deployment.
Evan no longer has to stay up late waiting for his mom to come home.
“When I was little and she was working with the military, I’d wait till 9 or 10 o’clock for her to get home,” Evan said. “I’d just make her dinner. It was weird not having her around.”
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Provided photoJennifer Marzocca spent 20 years in the Navy and, after retirement, recently completed a degree using her G.I. Bill.
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The Scorpions of Electronic Attack Squadron 132 (VAQ-132) traveled to NAS Point Mugu in Southern California to perform an AGM-88 High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) shoot recently.
The HARM is a kinetic weapon EA-18G’s crews can use to combat enemy radars. The missile homes in on the radar emissions of enemy sur-face-to-air missiles, and allows the Growler aircrew another choice in combating com-plex Integrated Air Defense Systems.
VAQ-132 made history in March 2011 by becoming the first EA-18G squadron to launch the HARM in a combat situation during their participation in Operation Odyssey Dawn in support of a United Nations resolution to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya.
Following closely on the heels of a HARM shoot in December, the most recent shoot created another oppor-tunity for the aircrew and maintainers to fine tune their skills.
The Scorpion crew invest-ed many weeks of planning and pre-flight preparation to ensure the missile shoot was executed safely and efficiently.
The Scorpion aircrew on the shoot was the pilot Lt. Brian Smith and Electronic Warfare Officer Lt. Cmdr. Matt Schlarmann.
Smith and Schlarmann performed numerous training flights and simulators utiliz-ing the HARM in the past, but the April shoot marked the first time either had employed the actual missile.
“I was very nervous the night before the shoot,” said Smith. “I had dreams I was going to panic and my thumb wasn’t going to be able to press
the button. But, when I got into the jet, my training took over and I was able to relax, which made the exercise a great success and very reward-ing.”
The Scorpions invested many hours of pre-flight prep-aration to ensure that the mis-sile shoot was executed safely and efficiently.
In addition to the Growler that fired the missile, a sec-ond VAQ-132 Growler par-ticipated to ensure that the range area was clear of all vessels and aircraft. A S-3 Viking from VX-30 was also involved, using its maritime patrol capabilities to ensure that the range was clear of any surface contacts.
The members of the shoot returned to NAS Whidbey Island with an eagerness to continue their training for the next mission that may be placed in front of them.
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By KEVAN MOOREContributing WriterThe nature of the battlefield has changed
and with it the wounds; more and more sol-diers are coming home with injuries that are sometimes obvious but often unseen.
There have long been stories of the head-shot soldiers that survive, but with advancements in battlefield medicine and body armor, an unprecedented percentage of service members are surviving severe wounds or injuries from the battlefield. For every U.S. soldier killed in World Wars I and II, according to Wounded Warrior Project estimates, 1.7 soldiers were wounded.
In Iraq and Afghanistan the numbers are quite different. For every US soldier killed, seven are wounded.
Combined, more than 48,000 servicemen and women have been physically wounded in the War on Terror.
That’s where the Wounded Warrior Project, and other nonprofit veterans groups like it, come in to help.
In addition to the physical wounds, it is estimated as many as 400,000 service members live with the invisible wounds of war including combat-related stress, major depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Perhaps the newest angle on viewing battle wounds shows that another 320,000 service members are believed to have experienced a traumatic brain injury.
The Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) began back in 2002 in Roanoke, Va., when several veterans and friends, moved by stories of the first wounded service members return-ing home from Afghanistan and Iraq, took action to help others in need. Since that time, the organization has expanded and become a leading nationwide nonprofit.
The group’s mission, aimed directly at mili-tary service members who incurred service-connected wounds, injuries, or illnesses on or after Sept. 11, 2001, is straightforward: “The Wounded Warrior Project works to raise awareness and enlist the public’s aid for the needs of severely injured service men and women, to help severely injured service mem-bers aid and assist each other, and to provide unique, direct programs and services to meet their needs.”
One of the many unique aspects of WWP is the fact that those who incurred service related injuries or illness Post 9-11 are automatically eligible to be “alumni.”
“For WWP, there is a distinct difference between members and alumni; the term alum-ni indicates a mutual shared experience and denotes your place in an organization was earned,” the group’s website states. “There are no dues here – those were paid by wearing the uniform and on the battlefield.”
One such wounded warrior and project alum is Jeff Sinchak. Back in March, after less than a month on the job as Island County’s emergency services coordinator and with the full support of the community, he took a high-profile job as a Wounded Warrior Project spokesman.
“I still have that caregiver mentality,” he told the Whidbey News-Times at the time. “To me, there’s no better public service than to help those in uniform.”
Sinchak joined the Navy in July 1984 because he wanted a sense of purpose and adventure. What he found as a Hospital Corpsman and Navy diver was a deeper sense of duty to his country, fellow warriors, and to the needs of people around the world.
As a member of various Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Naval Special Warfare teams, Sinchak served in Operation Southern Watch (1993-94), Operation Restore Hope (1994-95), and Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003-04). Throughout it all, he suffered a number of service-connected injuries, including a gun-shot wound, an arterial gas embolism, decom-pression sickness and two broken feet, one of which required several reconstructive surgical procedures.
Sinchak achieved the rank of Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman (Diver) during his 24-year career. His service took him to many parts of the world and included assignment as an Independent Duty Corpsman attached to the Coalition Military Assistance Training Team, where he established a combat medical treat-ment facility in Al Taji, Iraq and treated those injured in combat. This facility continues to treat the injured and dying in Iraq today.
“Today, with my family, and fellow alumni of Wounded Warrior Project, I continue to manage the effects I experienced from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),” Sinchak wrote as part of an essay for what became his successful bid to announce the Seattle Seahawks’ 2012 fourth-round draft pick. “I credit my family, fellow warriors, and organiza-tions like Wounded Warrior Project for help-ing me to evaluate the dark days of my trauma and move forward with my ‘new normal,’ giv-ing me hope for tomorrow and the courage to continue caring for others.”
Another wounded warrior who epitomizes the success of the WWP is Justin Constantine, a Marine Corps major who was shot in the head in October 2006 and is featured as a spokesman on the group’s website.
“Even though I try not to, I still feel embar-rassed and guilty about my injury,” Constantine says on the WWP website.
Constantine was on combat patrol near Habbaniyah, halfway between Fallujah and Ramadi, when a sniper’s bullet hit him behind his left ear.
“The corpsman on patrol saved my life,” Constantine says. “Without his rescue breath-ing and emergency tracheotomy, I would have died right there. The lance corporal rushed me through the war zone, risking his own life, to get me to the aid station.”
Constantine was immediately treated at the field hospitals at Al Taqaddum Airbase and Balad Air Base in Iraq. Afterward, he spent four days at Germany’s Landstuhl Regional Medical Center and almost five weeks at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland.
According to Constantine, he is about 75 percent recovered and now receives treatment
at Johns Hopkins University. He currently works for the FBI on a counterterrorism team, serves on a Congressional task force for wound-ed warriors, and is in the process of applying for graduate school. He also tries to get in as much golf as he can, and he especially enjoys spending quality time with his wife, Dahlia.
Sinchak and Constantine are just two of the thousands of veterans being helped by the Wounded Warrior Project. They, in turn, of course, are helping the organization and their fellow wounded warriors to thrive. The organization offers various programs to help veterans be successful physically and mentally. In addition, education and job training assis-tance programs are also offered along with peer mentoring.
The WWP program base is wide ranging and evolving in order to meet the evolving needs of wounded warriors and their fami-lies. Alumni sporting events, educational ses-sions, personal and professional development summits and recreational activities are offered throughout the year. The WWP also places an emphasis on helping others as part of the healing process and alumni get the chance to support activities and events for newly injured service members.
Wounded Warrior project strives to meet the needs of military service personnel coping with wounds, injuries or illnesses since Sept. 11
Courtesy photoThe Wounded Warrior project helps service men and women who are suffering from inju-ries, wounds or illnesses.
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By LUCIANO MURANOVeteran suicide is a con-
troversial topic that has come under increased scrutiny as society has come to bet-ter understand issues like post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), psychological trau-ma and depression. Especially since the undesirable end-ing of the Vietnam War and the regrettable treatment the returning service members too often endured, America as a nation has had to look more closely at the way we treat our troops, even after their terms of service are technically com-pleted.
The latest report on the subject of suicide rates within the national Veteran popula-tion was released Feb. 1 from the Department of Veterans Affairs, which called it “the most comprehensive study of veteran suicide rates ever undertaken by the depart-ment.”
According to the study, an estimated 22 veterans died from suicide every day in 2010, indicating that the per-centage of veterans who die by suicide has, in fact, decreased since the previous report, however the total number of veterans who have died by suicide has actually increased overall.
It’s a bittersweet victory for VA, which had recently completed a mandatory hir-ing spree, in accordance with the President’s Aug. 31, 2012, executive order, which man-
dated a larger staff trained to support and increase the capacity of the Veterans Crisis Line by 50 percent. The pro-gram boasts an impressive success rate, and has made approximately 26,000 rescues of “actively suicidal” veter-ans, according to a VA press release.
Also, having come under fire for being slow to respond to the issue and unable, until very recently, to even say at all how many veterans kill themselves with any degree of accuracy, VA has certainly appeared to have increased their capacity to understand and treat the issue of veter-an suicide. Some, however, remain skeptical.
“If the VA wants to get its arms around this problem, why does it have such a small number of people working on it?” retired Col. Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, a former Army psychiatrist, was quot-ed in a recent article in The Washington Post. “It’s a start, but it is a faint start. It is not enough.”
VA Secretary Erik K. Shinseki said that his agency would only continue to inten-sify their suicide prevention efforts in the future. “The mental health and well-being of our courageous men and women who have served the nation is the highest priority for VA, and even one suicide is too many.”
The VA study has been criticized for using data
compiled from only 21 states (not including Texas and California, both which include large military popula-tions) and then using those numbers on which to base the national figures. According to the study: “Of the 147,763 suicides reported in 21 states, 27,062 (18.3 percent) were identified as having history of U.S. military service on death certificates.
However, veteran status was unknown or not reported for more than 23 percent of all suicides during the project period.
Without linking to VA or Department of Defense resources to validate history of U.S. military service, it is necessary to remove those
without information on his-tory of military service from estimates of veteran status among suicide decedents. Among cases where history of U.S. military service was reported, veterans comprised approximately 22 percent of all suicides reported during the project period.”
The recent data also shows that almost two-thirds of veterans who commit suicide are over the age of 50, a sur-prising discovery, indicating that service members recently returning from conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan are not the reason for the increase, as was once speculated.
Specifically, men in their 50s, a comparatively large per-centage of the overall veteran
population, prove to be a con-fusing statistic. The suicide rate for veterans is approxi-mately three times the nation-al rate, but the percentage of men in their 50s who commit suicide is the same for both veterans and civilians in that age group, indicating perhaps that the increase only appears to be affecting veterans specif-ically more than it actually is.
“There is a perception that we have a veterans’ suicide epidemic on our hands. I don’t think that is true,” said Robert Bossarte, an epidemi-ologist assigned by the VA to the study. “The rate is going up in the country, and veter-ans are a part of it.”
Indeed the VA study indi-cates the total number of suicides in the country has increased by almost 11 per-cent from 2007 to 2010. According to separate statis-tics published by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in 2012, suicide was the 10th leading cause of death for Americans of all ages in 2010 and there were 38,364 suc-cessful suicides that year (an average of 105 a day).
Furthermore, suicide among males is four times higher than among females and represented 79 percent of all U.S. suicides at the time.
However, females were ironically “more likely” than males to have had suicidal thoughts. Perhaps most dis-turbingly, the CDC found that suicide is the third lead-
ing cause of death among persons aged 15-24 years and accounts for 20 percent of all deaths in this age group annu-ally.
“Depression and suicide are complicated, and often misunderstood, emotional and behavioral experiences that touch many American lives,” said Dr. Joel Mitchell, Director of the Outpatient Mental Health Service at the American Lake Division of the VA Puget Sound Health Care System. “While every-one has times they feel ‘down’ or ‘blue,’ clinical depression is a mental health condition that falls outside of what we would consider to be an expected reaction to an event or series of events.”
Suicide among veterans remains a critical social issue that demands more study to truly understand, and greater training and preparedness to adequately treat.
Although true answers are difficult to come by, and we may never truly understand the psychological triggers that cause so many people to decide to end their own lives, today the topic of veteran suicide is finally receiving the care and attention it deserves.
Through continual study and treatment, like the newly released VA sur-vey and improved National Crisis Line, the national vet-eran community is being bet-ter cared for now than ever before.
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Three signs someone you love might be struggling with depression and/or thoughts of suicide:
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n Making comments (even joking) about life not worth living, no one caring if they were gone, and/or that they would be better off dead.
n Making preparations for death (for example, giving important items away; suddenly getting affairs in order; saving up pills or obtaining weapons; saying goodbyes.)
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Naval Hospital Oak Harbor (NHOH) resumed sexual assault forensic exami-nation (SAFE) services, May 9.
Recently a team of doctors, nurses and hospital corpsmen volunteered to be members of the NHOH Sexual Assault Forensic Exam (SAFE) team to provide 24/7 on-call foren-sic examinations for victims.
The SAFE team received a 40-hour training course taught by Cmdr. Cynthia Ferguson, a certified sexual assault nurse examiner.
“This training helps us meet our mission of caring for people and helps Sailors and family members after one of the most traumatic events they can experience,” said Capt. Edward Simmer, NHOH commanding officer, to the attendees. “Your dedi-cation and hard work may well save a life.”
In a recent blog post by Vice Adm. Matthew L. Nathan, U.S. Navy surgeon general and chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, he said the Navy is increasing the capability to provide timely,
readily accessible medical-forensic examinations
“Last month, we made revisions to Navy Medicine policy establishing training requirements for health care providers to conduct SAFE examinations,” said Nathan. “Standardized SAFE increas-es capability and improves the patient experience. Standardization also allows for consistent evidence collec-tion and reporting whether it is at one of our military treat-ment facilities at home or in a forward-deployed operational area.”
Also during the training, Naval Criminal Investigative Service Agents, victim advo-cates, a legal officer, the chap-lain, and a forensic psychia-trist also shared their exper-tise.
“This training has been very informative,” said Lt. Elyse Braxton, a member of the 24/7 SAFE team. “It will be invaluable in our ability to provide a full spectrum of care to any victims of sexual assault who may present to our facility.”
The training used high
fidelity mannequins and included how to perform examinations on alleged per-petrators of sexual assault.
Great emphasis has been placed on sexual assault pre-vention and response in an effort to eliminate this crimi-nal act of violence and ensure proper care for victims.
The medical commu-nity plays a significant role in responding to victims of sexual assault and each victim is offered a medical exam that includes forensic evidence col-lection, and patients are also
offered treatment and coun-seling options.
Until now, NHOH had contracted with Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, Wash., to provide these services.
Active duty service mem-bers and beneficiaries 18 years or older are eligible for these services.
For more information call 877-995-5247.
Submitted by Lt. Cmdr. Rachael Hernandez, Naval Hospital Oak Harbor Public Affairs
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In an effort to improve service to local communities, and enhance focus on air-field safety, Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island is establishing a new com-ment line and email address where residents can express their thoughts, concerns, and issues beginning May 28.
This method will allow members of the public an opportunity to provide concentrated and compre-hensive feedback, includ-ing noise complaints. Naval Air Station Whidbey Island operations duty officers (ODOs) will continue to concentrate on their primary functions, which includes
managing daily operations on the airfield, providing services to squadron person-nel, safety of the airfield and coordinating responses to airfield emergencies.
This process is already in place at other naval air sta-tions and has improved com-munications between the public and the installation.
The new comment process will consist of an automated phone line and/or an email address where people can provide detailed feedback regarding their particular concern.
While these new pro-cedures will allow NAS
Whidbey Island’s ODOs to better focus on critical air-field management activities, they will retain the ability to monitor feedback, including phone calls and emails, and influence ongoing operations as necessary.
Email is the preferred process for comments as it gives people an opportunity to expound on their issue or concern, allows people to use a variety of communication devices and is more efficient to monitor.
The new phone number for this service, including noise complaints or con-cerns, is 360-257-6665. Alternatively you may email your comments to comments to [email protected]
New comment system running at NAS Whidbey
Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island recently performed an intrusive review of vehicle traffic entering and exiting the base at all of its Entry Control Points (ECPs).
Based on the data collect-ed, the base’s security depart-ment was able to identify traffic patterns of vehicles entering and departing the installation’s ECPs. Based upon the pattern assess-ment, the base will institute new traffic f low procedures to effectively accommodate base entry and exit while also ensuring maximum security for the installation.
These new procedures are necessary due to manpower constraints and will consti-tute the realignment of gate hours at certain ECPs. This realignment will still accom-modate high traffic volume during peak hours while adhering to established Force Protection policy and
regulations The following changes will be put into effect starting May 28, 2013:
n During the workweek, Monday through Friday, normal inbound traffic through Charles Porter gate will continue until 9 a.m.
All traffic entering Charles Porter gate after 9 a.m. will then get routed through the Commercial Vehicle Inspection Lane. This process has been in place for several weeks between the hours of 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and has had minimal impact on inbound traffic.
During peak lunch-time hours, the normal inbound traffic lane will re-open between 11:30 a.m. to noon; the Commercial Vehicle Inspection Lane will close during this time period so the civilian guards can take their lunch break. All inbound traffic to Charles
Porter Gate will secure at 3:30 p.m. The outbound lane will still remain open until 6 p.m.
n Saratoga Gate near the base hospital will still remain open from 6-8:30 a.m. for inbound and out-bound traffic. However, only outbound traffic will be allowed from 3:30-6 p.m.
n Hammer (Nortz) Gate will continue to maintain its current hours for inbound and outbound traffic – 6-8:30 a.m. and 3:30-6 p.m.
n Langley Gate (Main Gate) will continue to remain open all day, every day. All personnel are encouraged to use Langley Gate to avoid any unex-pected delays that may occur due to a Commercial Vehicle Inspection at Charles Porter Gate between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
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New traffic flow rules come to NAS Whidbey
System went live May 28, email remains preferred method to make comments
Procedures accommodate high volume during peak hours while ensuring maximum security