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USS Michael Murphyrefuels at seaSee page A-6

Japanese students showcasetraditional artsSee page B-1

Wounded Warrior event needsvolunteersSee page A-2

15th Aerospace MedicineSquadron provides hypoxiatraining See page A-2

Events planned next week tocelebrate African American historySee page A-3

Sailors and Airmen help withwhale watch countSee page B-3

USS Makin Island visits joint base

U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Diana QuinlanThe amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) arrives Feb. 13 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for a scheduled port visit. Makin Island, the flagship of the Makin Island AmphibiousReady Group, is returning to homeport San Diego from a seven-month deployment to the western Pacific and the U.S. Central Command areas of responsibility. (Additional photos on page A-5.)

USS Paul Hamilton departs for deployment

Navy Region Hawaii Public Affairs

The next Pearl Harbor Colors, a monthly militaryceremony open to the public, will be held beginning at7:30 a.m. Feb. 26 at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center.The theme for this month’s event is, “African Ameri-can History and Heritage in the United States Navy.”Sponsored by Navy Region Hawaii in coordination

with the National Park Service, the ceremony will fea-ture the U.S. Pacific Fleet Band, the Navy RegionHawaii Ceremonial Guard, and an official observanceof “morning colors,” with remarks by Navy Capt. Stan-ley Keeve, commander of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.Pearl Harbor Colors is an opportunity for local resi-

dents and international visitors to witness a U.S. mili-tary ceremony and meet veterans, service membersand their families. Attendees can learn about variousaspects of military history.The setting for Pearl Harbor Colors is the Pearl

Harbor Visitor Center at the World War II Valor inthe Pacific National Monument, which is home toHawaii’s most visited historic site—the USS ArizonaMemorial—expected to draw 1.5 million visitors in2015.“Through Pearl Harbor Colors, we honor our history

and heritage, build relationships with our partnersand the surrounding community, and recognize thededication and hard work of our service members andtheir families in a committed and sustainable way,”said Rear Adm. Rick Williams, commander, Navy Re-gion Hawaii and Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific.For more information about Pearl Harbor Colors,

contact Lt. Damall Martin at 473-2920 ordamall.martin@navy.mil. For more information on thePearl Harbor Visitor Center at the WWII Valor in thePacific National Monument, contact Amanda Coronaat 422-3315 or amanda_carona@nps.gov.

Next ‘Pearl Harbor Colors’ceremony set for Feb. 26

Lt. Erik Guiremand, formerly as-signed to the guided-missile de-stroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG60), casts a line as the ship de-parts Feb. 14 from Joint BasePearl Harbor-Hickam for a sched-uled independent deployment.

U.S. Navy photos by MC2 Diana Quinlan

(Right) Firecontrolman 1st Class Michael Farbridge-Currie, assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS PaulHamilton (DDG 60), kisses his daughter as the ship prepares for departure.

MC3 Gabrielle Joyner

Navy Public Affairs SupportElement West, DetachmentHawaii

Sailors and senior leader-ship stationed throughoutNavy Region Hawaii partici-pated in a two-day personalreadiness summit held Feb.17-18 at Joint Base PearlHarbor-Hickam.The summit focused on

building trustworthy rela-tionships between peers andcommand leadership, as wellas promoting personal re-silience to manage an arrayof personal behavior issues.With a theme of “EverySailor Every Day,” the sum-mit’s objective was to em-power commands to providea command climate culture ofequal respect as a key part ofdeveloping operational readi-ness.“It’s critically important

that naval leaders today en-sure their teams, squadrons,ships and boat crews areready to fight and win,” saidAdm. Harry B. Harris Jr.,commander of U.S. PacificFleet (PACFLT). “It’s a lotharder to be ready to fight ifyou’re bogged down with per-sonal issues that are distract-ing from the real mission.”

U.S. Pacific Fleet MasterChief Marco Ramirez stress-ed the serious nature of thesubjects addressed duringthe summit as vital to the or-ganization.“The purpose of the per-

sonal readiness summit is tomake sure that we areengaged, and we can betterrecognize destructive behav-iors,” said Ramirez. “Part ofreadiness is to provide educa-tion in recognizing these is-sues because readiness is nota joke, it is what we do.”The summit included a di-

verse range of interactivepresentations on topics suchas sexual assault prevention,suicide prevention, stress

control, ethics, physicalreadiness and other personalissues that affect the fleet.“We try to bring in new

and interesting speakers toprovide different perspectiveson personal and family readi-ness issues,” said John Croce,PACFLT Personal and Fam-ily Readiness, equal opportu-nity and commercial servicesmanagement and host of thesummit.“We get a lot of good feed-

back from these very sessionsacross the fleet and think it’sa key component of our wholepersonal and family readi-ness program.”The participating Sailors

were grouped in targeted au-

diences as a way to maximizetraining opportunities andgroup participation.“Our organization is hier-

archical. We have leadersand followers, but we are alsoa team and we share ideasand our practices,” saidCmdr. John Kalantzis,PACFLT deputy chaplainand a panel participant.“This summit is a mecha-

nism for discussing the bestpractices, adjusting the poli-cies where necessary, andbringing in new fresh ideasand making processes wehave work better so that wecan take care of our people

Summit emphasizes ‘Every Sailor Every Day’

U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Laurie DexterAdm. Harry B. Harris Jr., commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, speaks during a personal readinesssummit held Feb. 17 on Ford Island, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

See SUMMIT, A-4

Photo illustration

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MC2 Brian G. Reynolds

Fleet Activities Yokosuka Public Affairs

FLEET ACTIVITIES YOKOSUKA,Japan — The crew of the Los Angeles-class, fast attack submarine USSOlympia (SSN 717), homeported inHawaii, welcomed First Lady AkieAbe, the wife of Japanese Prime Minis-ter Shinzo Abe, during a tour of thesubmarine Feb. 12.The tour was conducted to reinforce

the strategic alliance that exists be-tween the U.S. and Japan, highlightingU.S. 7th Fleet’s partnership with theJapan Maritime Self-Defense Force.“I think this was a great opportunity

for Mrs. Abe to gain an appreciationfor what we bring to the alliance interms of capabilities, both materialand personnel,” said Cmdr. ThomasShugart, commanding officer ofOlympia.Abe was accompanied by U.S. am-

bassador to Japan, Caroline Kennedy.“It was a great honor to have the

wife of the prime minister, as well asCaroline Kennedy, who is a terrificrepresentative of our country,” said Lt.j .g. Erik Edwards, supply officeraboard Olympia. “Our two countriesare close allies, and it’s an honor to bea part of these two countries workingso closely together.”The tour highlighted Olympia’s tor-

pedo facilities and control center.“It’s very exciting to be able to show

off the hard work that we do here andfor them to see our day-to-day activi-ties,” said Electronics Technician Sea-man Alexander Pearce. “We take a lotof pride here.”Olympia visited Yokosuka as a regu-

larly-scheduled port visit as a part ofits western Pacific deployment.Olympia is a multi-mission platform

submarine, capable of supporting anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface shipwarfare, strike, naval special warfareinvolving special operation forces, in-telligence, surveillance and reconnais-sance, irregular warfare and minewarfare.

Ambassador Kennedy and firstlady of Japan visit USS Olympia

Tech. Sgt. Aaron Oelrich

15th Wing Public Affairs

The dangers of hypoxiaare real in the profession ofaviation. That is why everyAir Force flight crew mem-ber at Joint Base PearlHarbor-Hickam (JBPHH)is provided with essentialhypoxia training by the15th Aerospace MedicineSquadron’s aerospace andoperational physiologyteam.Hypoxia is caused by an

oxygen deficiency in theblood, sufficient enough tocause impairment of func-tions.This condition can cause

a wide range of symptomsincluding confusion, poorjudgment, increased rateand depth of respiration,increased heart rate andunconsciousness, none of

which is safe when a pilotor aircrew member is fly-ing.However, according to

Capt. Timothy Plant, offi-cer in charge of aerospaceand operational physiol-ogy, all flight crews experi-ence hypoxia in a trainingenvironment to preparethem for the potential on-set during flight opera-tions. A reduced oxygenbreathing device (ROBD)is used to create a con-trolled hypoxic environ-ment.The ROBD creates hy-

poxia by altering the per-centage of oxygen andnitrogen in the air mixturethrough mass flow con-trollers that precisely gen-erate hypoxic breathingconditions, without affect-ing atmospheric pressure,said Staff Sgt. Xenia Dil-lon, aerospace and opera-

tional physiology non-com-missioned officer in chargeof training.In addition to the

ROBD, a flight simulatordesigned to mimic basicaircraft function is used totest cognitive abilities in ahypoxic environment.“The training objectives

are, specifically, recogni-tion of hypoxia signs andsymptoms,” said Plant.“The only way you can ef-fectively accomplish that isby getting people hypoxic,putting them into a con-trolled hypoxic environ-ment and let them ex-perience how their body re-sponds to the environment.Once they recognize theirsigns and symptoms, wewant to see them demon-strate proper correctiveprocedure.”Prior to 2011, personnel

from JBPHH were sent on

temporary duty to baseswith a hypobaric chamberto accomplish their annualhypoxia training.“Hypobaric chambers

essentially change theatmospheric pressure,grounding air crews be-cause of the risk of decom-pression sickness. With theROBD, you can stepstraight from the trainingto the jet,” said Dillon.“We have taken all 700

plus aircrew and trainedthem here instead of send-ing them to a hypobaricchamber, saving the mili-tary on TDY costs.”

15th Aerospace Medicine Squadron provides hypoxia training

Col. Randy Huiss, 15th Wingcommander, operates aflight simulator during hypox-ia training Jan. 22 at JointBase Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

U.S. Air Force photo byStaff Sgt. Alexander Martinez

Navy Region HawaiiPublic Affairs

Navy Region Hawaii (NRH) will host theWounded Warrior Pacific Trials fromMarch 9 to 13.NRH is seeking volunteers to support

this event.Approximately 150 to 200 volunteers will

be required to ensure that this WoundedWarrior Pacific Trials is successful. Volun-teers will provide a supportive presenceduring events, including providing assis-tance to the athletes and coaches duringthe various events.NRH is also soliciting sponsors for ath-

letes to support them during the events.Responsibilities will be to meet athletes atthe Honolulu International Airport uponarrival, attend meet and greet meetings,and attend athletes' competitions duringthe week-long trials.Volunteering to become an athlete spon-

sor is a demanding responsibility, as volun-teers will be the athlete's primary point ofcontact while he or she is on island compet-ing during the trials.Sponsorship is open up to commands as

well as individuals.Events will include wheelchair basket-

ball, seated volleyball, swimming, track

and field, archery, shooting and cycling.Events and locations are as follows:• Swimming at Scott Pool, Joint Base

Pearl Harbor-Hickam and Iolani HighSchool.• Track and field at Earhart Field, Joint

Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam and Iolani HighSchool.• Cycling at a location to be determined.• Wheelchair basketball at Joint Base

Pearl Harbor-Hickam Fitness Center.• Seated volleyball at Joint Base Pearl

Harbor-Hickam Fitness Center.• Meet and greet at HickamBeach.Service members and commands desir-

ing to volunteer should contact the follow-ing personnel no later than Feb. 28:Matthew.P.Butler1@navy.mil or 472-8881,ext. 332 or 371-0271; or Christo-pher.Creek@navy.mil or 472-8881, ext. 332.Service members and commands want-

ing to sponsor an athlete should contactKimberly.Hanscom@navy.mil or 471-5522no later than Feb. 28.There will be a mandatory brief for all

athlete sponsors and event coordinatorsfrom 9 to 10:30 a.m. March 2 at HickamMemorial Theater.Athletes from the trials will be selected

to represent the Navy and Coast Guard atthe annual warrior games in fall 2015.

Wounded Warrior event needs volunteers

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Public Affairs

The Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) HeritageCommittee has announced thefollowing African American His-tory Month heritage obser-vances.• A Pearl Harbor Colors Hon-

ors and Heritage ceremony willbe held from 7:30 to 8 a.m. Feb.26 at Pearl Harbor Visitor Cen-ter.The new monthly history and

heritage event honors militaryveterans. In celebration ofAfrican American HistoryMonth, Pearl Harbor Colors inFebruary will highlight the ac-complishments of African Amer-icans, with guest speaker Capt.

Stan Keeve, commander ofJBPHH, music by the Navy'sPacific Fleet Band, and a pre-sentation of colors at 8 a.m. Theevent is open to the public.• An African American His-

tory Month special observance

will be held from 9:30 to 10:45a.m. Feb. 26 at Sharkey The-ater.The program includes an

educational video and remarksfrom guest speaker AlphonsoBraggs, president of the Hawaii

Chapter of the NAACP.• A special luncheon will be

held from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.Feb. 26 at the Silver DolphinBistro Galley. The meal will in-clude a Southern-inspiredmenu, featuring shrimp andsausage gumbo, fried catfish,fried chicken, Texas-style bar-becue pork spare ribs, salad barand assorted desserts. The lun-cheon is open to active duty mil-itary, Department of Defensecivilians, retirees and familymembers of active duty withvalid military ID cards. Thecost is $5.55. For more informa-tion, call the Silver DolphinBistro at 473-2948.• The annual Gospel Fest &

Taste of Soul will be held from 3to 5 p.m. Feb. 28 at Nelles

Chapel. The event will includemusic, with choirs and praiseteams showcasing their talentsat the Gospel Fest. The musicwill be followed by fellowshipand food at the Taste of Soul,where a variety of homemadesoul food dishes will be judgedand sampled. For more infor-mation on how to volunteer orto bring a dish, call Tech Sgt.McPhaul at 449-6562.For more information, visit

https://www.facebook.com/notes/ j o i n t - b a s e - p e a r l - h a r b o r -hickam/african-american-his-tory-month-events-planned-for-february/897613173622955 orcall Joint Base Special Obser-vance Committee representa-tive Lt. Ariel Green at448-4374.

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U.S. Air Force file photoU.S. Air Force Lt. Daniel “Chappie” James Jr. stands next to a P-51 in Korea. James first saw combat during theKorean War after arriving in Korea in August 1950. Serving with the 18th Fighter Wing and flying the P-51 Mustangand later the F-80 Shooting Star, James flew a total of 101 combat missions over Korea.

U.S. Air Force pilot saw combat in Korea

FC3 Ashle ScurryUSS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60)

“My granny. She’s been through a lot.She was born in the 1920s and she'sseen a lot, but there’s a good spiritabout her.”

ICC Dustin BeltzPearl Harbor Naval Shipyard

“Martin Luther King. I believe in whathe did for the civil rights movement, trying to set things right in the past. Ibelieve in equal opportunity for allraces, regardless of who you are.”

Tech. Sgt. Weldys Baez15th Wing Honor Guard

“Muhammad Ali. Ali was a great inspi-ration to many at a time. And Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. There’s notmuch to say about Dr. King that hasnot been said. He represented anentire movement that led to radical and permanentchanges in our society.”

CTR2 Sarah LarsonNIOC Hawaii

“All the African American soldiers in theCivil War who fought for the Northbecause they had it pretty rough. Theywere treated as subhuman and they stillfought for the North.”

Maj. Elizabeth Somsel15th Medical Group

“Thurgood Marshall. Brown vs. Board ofEducation was one of the most momen-tous decisions for civil rights. Heargued it before the Supreme Court,then later was the first AfricanAmerican to join the court.”

FC2 Autumn IrbyUSS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60)

“Maya Angelou. She impresses me inevery aspect of her life.”

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What African American person, livingor dead, do you admire the most?

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I am honored to becomeyour secretary of defense. Iam proud to lead men andwomen who devote theirlives to the highest calling,the defense of our nation.And I am grateful to followin the footsteps of SecretaryHagel, one of our nation’smost honorable and consci-entious public servants. We live in challenging

times, times that demandleadership and focus. Andstarting today, I will becalling on each and everyone of you to help carry outthree top priorities. Our first priority is help-

ing the president make thebest possible national secu-rity decisions for protectingour country and then im-plementing those decisionswith our department’s long-admired excellence. We confront a turbulent

and dangerous world: con-tinuing turmoil in the Mid-dle East and North Africaand the malignant and sav-

age terrorism emanatingfrom it; an ongoing conflictin Afghanistan; a reversionto archaic security thinkingin parts of Europe; tensionsin the Asia-Pacific; the pro-liferation of weapons ofmass destruction; and in-tensifying threats in cy-berspace. In addressing these chal-

lenges, I have pledged to

provide the president mymost candid strategic ad-vice. I will count on yourexperience and expertise asI formulate that advice. Iwill also ensure the presi-dent receives candid profes-sional military advice. But as we tackle the

many threats to our na-tional security, we mustnever lose sight of our na-tion’s enduring strengthsor of the opportunities tomake a brighter future andbetter world for our chil-dren. The United States re-

mains the strongest andmost resilient nation onearth. Because of you, wehave the finest fightingforce the world has everknown. We have friendsand allies in every corner ofthe world, while our adver-saries have few. We havelong possessed the world’smost dynamic and innova-tive economy. And our val-ues, principles and lead-

ership continue to inspirehope and progress aroundthe world. Safeguarding America’s

security and global leader-ship will depend on anotherof my main priorities: en-suring the strength andhealth of you who make upthe greatest fighting forcethe world has ever known—our Soldiers, Sailors, Air-men, Marines, civilians andcontractors all around theworld. I will do that by focusing

on the well-being, safetyand dignity of each of youand your families. I will en-sure your training andequipment are as superb asyou are. And I pledge tomake decisions about send-ing you into harm’s waywith the greatest reflectionand utmost care becausethis is my highest responsi-bility as secretary of de-fense. Honoring all these com-

mitments also requires us

to focus on building theforce of the future, which ismy third priority. We must steer through

the turmoil of sequestra-tion, which imposes waste-ful uncertainty and risk toour nation’s defense. Wemust balance all parts ofour defense budget so thatwe continue to attract thebest people—people likeyou—so that there areenough of you to defend ourinterests around the worldand so that you are alwayswell-equipped and well-trained to execute your crit-ical mission.To win support from our

fellow citizens for the re-sources we need, we mustshow that we can make bet-ter use of every taxpayerdollar. That means a leanerorganization, less overhead,and reforming our businessand acquisition practices. It also means embracing

the future and embracingchange.

We must be open tochange in order to operateeffectively in an increas-ingly dynamic world, tokeep pace with advances intechnology, and to attractnew generations of tal-ented and dedicated Amer-icans to our calling.I first arrived at the

Pentagon more than threedecades ago and have hadthe privilege of serving 11secretaries of defense inDemocratic and Republi-can administrations. Itook the oath of office be-cause I love our countryand am devoted to you whodefend it. And I am com-mitted to our fundamentalmission: the defense of ournation.I look forward to leading

and serving alongside youat this extraordinary mo-ment in our nation’s his-tory.May God bless you and

your families, and mayGod bless America.

Commentary

Message from SECDEF Ashton Carter to all Department of Defense personnel

SECDEF Ashton Carter

Events planned next week to celebrate African American history

Photo illustration

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Capt. Louis Edwards

15th Medical Group

The behavioral health opti-mization program (BHOP) at15th Medical Group isdesigned to enhance militarymembers and their family’soverall behavioral health aspart of their comprehensivehealth care.The BHOP provides brief,

solution-focused interventionsto promote healthy copingstrategies, communicationskills and behavioral change.Some of the services offered bythe BHOP are coping with anx-iety, insomnia, parentingissues, smoking cessation andwellness changes. Behavioral health consul-

tants are licensed clinical socialworkers who work directly

with patients’ primary caremanagers to develop behav-ioral health plans that suit thehealth care needs of thepatient. The BHOP service is not the

same as mental health clinicservices, and patients will notbe offered traditional, long-term therapy. Additionally,documentation is kept in thefamily health clinic record, notin mental health. “BHOP is not therapy.

However, a person can meetwith me up to three times toaddress whatever issue theyhave,” said Susan Anderson,15th Medical OperationsSquadron behavioral healthconsultant. “Patients do notneed a referral to be seen inBHOP.”Furthermore, the program

limits of confidentiality are the

same as other primary caremanager (PCM) providers.However, in cases where thebranch health clinic has a dutyto report potential harm to selfor others, abuse, violence, orUniform Code of MilitaryJustice violations, an exceptionto privacy is made.The focus of BHOP is to

enhance one’s overall healthand wellness—body, mind andspirit. It was created to helpmembers and their familiescope with, and manage, physi-cal health challenges and com-mon-life stressors that mayinterfere with daily function-ing. “We will get a snapshot of

what is working in their lifeand what is not and come upwith a strategy to make it better through assessments,educational handouts or

resources,” said Anderson. “Allwho are age 18 and older andenrolled to the 15th MedicalGroup are welcome, both activeduty and non-active duty.”Anderson said the focus is on

helping people reduce life’sstress by promoting healthycoping strategies and behav-ioral changes. BHOP also helps patients cope with com-mon-life transitions and stres-sors like permanent changes ofstation and other military-related stressors.“The goal is to enhance the

quality of your life,” saidAnderson.To book an appointment

with BHOP, call the appoint-ment line at 448-6000. Formore information about BHOPservices, patients should speakwith their PCM or contactSusan Anderson at 448-6147.

Clinic helps patients learn healthy behavior

Staff Sgt. Alexander Martinez

Headquarters Pacific Air ForcesPublic Affairs

The warning on January’sleave and earning statement isclear—“Important: Manage yourleave. On Oct 1, you will lose allaccrued leave over 60 days unlessspecial leave accrual applies.”Air Force active duty, active

Guard and Reserve memberswith more than 60 days of leavehave less than eight months touse or lose those days as a resultof changes in leave policy. Since October 2008, high oper-

ations tempo in the Air Forcedrove the implementation of atemporary leave carryover exten-sion provision that allowed AirForce members to carry over 75days of leave to the next fiscalyear without incurring a loss. Butas of Sept. 30, or the end of fiscalyear 2015, the provision expires,bringing the leave cap down to60.“I don’t see any indication of it

being extended at this time,” saidDerek Salis, Pacific Air Forceschief of enlisted promotions andcustomer support. “Consequently, if [Airmen]

don’t prepare by planning on us-

ing leave between now and Sept.30, they will lose it.”Airmen may be eligible for spe-

cial leave accrual entitlements ifthey faced situations caused by acatastrophe, national emergencyor crisis, or operations in defenseof national security that pre-vented them from reducing theirleave balance before the end ofFY15.“SLA is not automatic; it must

be requested,” Salis said. “Addi-tional information can be foundin AFI 36-3003 (military leaveprogram), or members can talkto their servicing (military per-sonnel section] customer ser-vice.”Another option for Airmen is to

sell leave back to the service. Foreach day of leave sold back, theywill be paid a day’s worth of basicpay. With this option, Airmen areonly allowed to sell back 60 days.Salis said enlisted members

may sell back leave upon reen-listment or entering the first ex-tension of an enlistment.“There are also provisions that

allow a one-time SLA sell back,to be sold at any time, which isauthorized for enlisted memberswho would lose leave accumu-lated in excess of 120 days,” Salissaid. “Officers may only sell leave

prior to a retirement or separa-tion.”Master Sgt. Marija Showalter,

PACAF command military paymanager, noted the importance ofknowing the accurate balance ofleave as of Sept. 30.As the military payment sys-

tem has not yet been pro-grammed to show the updateduse/lose changes, the use/loseblock on leave and earnings state-ments may not reflect the accu-rate number of days a member isprojected to lose. Currently, mem-bers wanting to know their actualuse/lose leave balance need tolook at their current leave bal-ance and do the calculations nec-essary to arrive at the correctuse/lose balance, she said.“Leave Web may not provide

you with the most up-to-date in-formation,” Showalter said.While calculating the number

of leave days before the end of thefiscal year, Airmen should alsoensure they factor in the amountof leave they will earn up untilthe end of September, which ac-cumulates at 2.5 days per month.For information about the mili-

tary leave program, visit themyPers website at https://mypers.af.mil or consult with the local finance office or MPS.

Use it or lose it: Changes to Air Force leave policy arrive this year

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and win the fight,” he said.Mike Domitrz, founder of “The Date Safe Pro-

ject,” performed interactive training fueled bycrowd participation entitled, “Can I Kiss You.”The presentation focused on sexual assault andchanging the culture toward the meaning of con-sent. “The best part about this training is that it’s

just blatantly truthful, he just says it like it is, andpeople can better relate to it,” said Steelworker2nd Class William H. Baird, assigned to Naval Fa-cilities Engineering Command. “It’s an ongoing is-sue, and everyone wants to do something to stop itbut not a lot of people really make the effort to doso. Being straightforward really helps.”Harris suggested that leadership engage with

their teams and talk to them about the subjectsoutlined in the summit sessions when they checkin, to set the tone, and when they check out to seeif the message has resonated.“I encourage you to take from this summit the

tools you need to communicate with your com-mand team and help put a stop to the issues thatdistract us from the mission, for the welfare of ourSailors, our Navy and our nation,” said Harris.

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(Left) Sailors stationed throughout JBPHH partic-ipate in a base-wide cleanup. The event, whichwas held Feb. 12, spanned approximately twomiles and attracted nearly 50 volunteers fromdifferent commands around the base.

U.S. Navy photo by MC3 Gabrielle Joyner

(Right) Sailors, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), install arat guard on a mooring line upon the ship’ s arrival Feb. 13 at JBPHH for a scheduled portvisit.

U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Diana Quinlan

Sailors, stationed at JointBase Pearl Harbor-Hickam(JBPHH), moor the amphibi-ous assault ship USS MakinIsland (LHD 8) upon theship's arrival Feb. 13 for ascheduled port visit.

U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Diana Quinlan

(Left) Military service members ran as part of “Soundsof Freedom” in Hawaii’s annual Great Aloha Run heldFeb. 16 on Oahu. Contributions and registration feesfor the run go toward more than $400,000 in dona-tions to local charities.

U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Laurie Dexter

(Right) Air Force Reservist Tech. Sgt. Celsa Salazar, third fromleft front row, a personnelist with the 624th Regional SupportGroup, takes the oath to uphold the law with her fellow HPD offi-cers from recruit class #178 during a commencement ceremo-ny held Feb. 11 at McKinley High School auditorium.

U.S. Navy photo by Tech. Sgt. Phyllis Keith

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Tech. Sgt. Terri Paden

15th Wing Public Affairs

New professional developmentclasses are now being offered bythe career assistance advisor(CAA) at joint base to aid Airmenwith self-improvement and careerenhancement.The John C. Maxwell “Develop-

ing the Leader Within You” and“The 360 Degree Leader” coursesrolled out at Joint Base Pearl Har-bor-Hickam (JBPHH) in January.According to Master Sgt. Re-

becca Pash, the 15th Wing careerassistance advisor assigned to the647th Force Support Squadron,the classes will help to improveAirmen personally as well as pro-fessionally.“The courses I offered before

these were all Air Force-specificleadership courses, but these newcourses are more personal,” shesaid. “These are about helping Air-men figure themselves out andhow they can become a betterleader and person.”Though all the services provided

by the CAA are geared toward pro-fessional enhancement, Pash saidmost of the recent professional de-velopment opportunities had beenprimarily informational in order toeducate the force on the new wayahead.“With such a heavy emphasis on

change, we haven’t been ableto focus as much on devel-oping leaders,” she said. “A lot of time we tend

to identify each other byour AFSCs, but reallywe want everyone to beknown as an Airmanfirst and being an Airmanyou have to be a leader.Leaders aren’t born. You don’tjust wake up with leadershipskills. You have to build them.”Pash said the classes will also

help bridge the gap between re-quired professional military educa-tion and will also provide moreopportunities for professional de-velopment at all levels.“I feel it’s a class that will open

your eyes to a whole new way ofthinking,” said Staff Sgt. EveretteCooper, course facilitator. “It helpspeople look at being a leader fromevery angle. It’s an amazing class.It’s helped me grow as a person, aleader and as an NCO.”The classes are currently being

divided by tiers, with a separateclass for company grade officersand civilians, but Pash said futureclasses will be integrated andeventually open to members of theother services.“We just really want to develop

Airmen at all levels and make surethat everyone is given an opportu-nity to work on weak areas andself-improvement while figuring

out what their personal strengthsand weaknesses are,” she said.Both classes can accommodate

30 participants and are video-ledwith trained facilitators guidingthe class through principal appli-cation discussions.“Both classes have gotten great

feedback,” she said. “Airmen arehungry for professional develop-ment and leadership based train-ing right now. They want to learnand know what’s going on and bebetter, and all of this ties into thedirection the Air Force is moving innow. You’re not going to be able tokeep up if you aren’t moving to-ward self-improvement and contin-uing to develop. If you’re not doingthings to better yourself, you won’tmake it in today’s Air Force.”Tech. Sgt. Courtney Stanton, fu-

ture course facilitator, said afterattending the “Developing theLeader within You” course as partof his facilitator training, he be-lieves the course will help atten-

dees to become more effectiveleaders and better positionthem to help their Airmen.“I believe this course is

an integral piece to a con-tinuous developmentalprocess for current andfuture leaders,” he said.The two new leadership

courses are just part of whatPash provides to the base. She

said it is her job to provide direc-tion and motivation to the Airmenwho come to see her.“I offer non-biased career advice

and guidance,” she said. “I helpAirmen find opportunities withinthe Air Force and help them decidewhere they are going and wherethey want to be going in their ca-reers.”Pash said she relies upon her

vast experience and knowledge ofthe Air Force to help Airmen makeinformed decisions.“If I don’t know the answer,

then I help get Airmen to the help-ing agency they need,” she said.“And that’s the same advice Iwould give other people. If youdon’t know the answer, don’t givebad advice. Refer the person to meor the appropriate helpingagency.”Pash, who was a security forces

defender for nearly 16 years beforebeing selected for this special dutyas CAA, said she feels she has hadtwo of the best jobs in the Air

Force because of her ability to helpothers.In addition to the new John C.

Maxwell courses, Pash also provides a host of other profes-sional enhancement courses including First Term Airmen’sCourse (FTAC), NCO ProfessionalEnhancement (NCOPE), SNCOProfessional Enhancement(SNCOPE), CGO Professional En-hancement (CGOPE), InformedDecision (ID), Monthly lunch andlearns, Special Duty/Retraining101, ISR Guard and Reserve Recruiter Monthly Palace Chase/Front Briefing, John Maxwell’s360 Degree Leader, and JohnMaxwell’s Developing the LeaderWithin You. Have you recently been thrust

into a leadership position and arenot sure how to lead others? Doyou aspire to lead teams but arecurrently only leading yourself? Ifleadership is what you need, thecareer assistance advisor alsoschedules appointments. Email647fss.ftac@us.af.mil to request anappointment with the CAA. Pleaseput in the subject line: “appoint-ment request” or 448-0195 andleave a detailed message.For class schedules, dates, times

and/or registration, visit the PDCSharePoint at http://ow.ly/Jhnt7.(To view the complete story and

description of courses, visitwww.15wing.af.mil.)

USS Michael Murphyrefuels at sea

The Arleigh Burke-class, guided-missiledestroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112)conducts an underway replenishment Feb. 8with USNS Carl Brashear (T-AKE-7) in theSouth China Sea. Michael Murphy isdeployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of oper-ation supporting security and stability in theIndo-Asia-Pacific region.

U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Joshua Flanagan

New leadership courses are available at JBPHH

Story and photo byTech. Sgt. Phyllis Keith

624th Regional SupportGroup Public Affairs

Two Reservists from the624th Regional SupportGroup (RSG) graduatedfrom the Honolulu PoliceDepartment’s (HPD) Train-ing Academy in a ceremonyheld Feb. 11 at McKinleyHigh School auditorium inHonolulu.Tech. Sgt. Celsa Salazar,

a personnelist with the624th RSG, and Tech. Sgt.Justin Smith, an air trans-portation specialist withthe 48th Aerial PortSquadron (APS), receivedtheir badges and guns andtook the oath to become po-lice officers in front of fami-lies and friends. Both said a career with

HPD goes hand-in-handwith their Air Force Re-serve duty and their com-mitment to service beforeself.Salazar said that she

had always wanted to serve

in some capacity, so shestarted with the Air Forceand its global focus. Shesaid that police work was adifferent level of servingthe public. “You’re serving

the community. You’re go-ing to be seeing them everyday,” she said.Smith said he had

wanted to be a police officersince he was young. “From

2002 to 2006, I was activeduty in the Marine Corpsand then I got out, took abreak in service, and joinedthe Air Force Reserve in2009,” he said.

According to Smith, be-coming a police officer wasan opportunity he couldn’tpass up. As part of HPD’s 178th

recruit class, Salazar andSmith underwent 22 weeksof intense classroom andhands-on training at thepolice academy. Salazar said she liked

the survival training. “We actually got tacticalwith maneuvering, busting

down doors, tactical move-ments to get in and dowhat you have to do andget out.” Smith said the firearms

training was his favoritepart.According to the Depart-

ment of Defense, police offi-cer is the most commonoccupation of NationalGuardsmen and militaryReservists.Chief Master Sgt. George

Silva III, chief of opera-tions for the 48th APS whoworks fulltime on HPD’sbomb unit, said that mili-tary members made suc-cessful police officersbecause they not only un-derstood the importance offollowing a chain of com-mand, but they broughtgood attitudes, work ethic,and discipline to the job.Smith said his fellow Re-

servists who were police of-ficers told him to workhard, prepare himself men-tally and physically, and beready. “I got all the advice Icould about training andwhat to expect,” he said.Both Salazar and Smith

will be paired with veteranHPD officers for an addi-tional six months of fieldtraining. As Reservists,they will continue to drillone weekend a month andtwo weeks a year.

Reservists graduate from HPD Training AcademyFebruary 20, 2015 Ho‘okele A-7

Tech. Sgt. Aaron Oelrich

15th Wing Public Affairs

The focus on relationship re-sources is the topic during this quar-ter’s Caring for People Forum whichwill be held Feb. 26 in the HickamChapel.The CfP Forum is designed to

strengthen connections to support ser-vices that improve quality of life forAirmen and their families.“Every base has CfP Forum. Typi-

cally it is held annually; we try to con-duct ours quarterly,” said DrewKadokawa, a community readinessconsultant for the Airman and FamilyReadiness Office.“This quarter, the focus is on rela-

tionship resources because of theneed found through community ac-tion information boards and inte-grated delivery systems,” he said.The integrated delivery systems

collect information on trends and is-sues from each unit. This informationis then presented to the communityaction information boards.This allows the commander to initi-

ate CfP Forums that are focused onthe issues facing Airmen and theirfamilies. “The CfP Forum will provide infor-

mation and concerns to ensure thatwe are targeting our relationship re-sources to the community properly,”said Senior Master Sgt. Jill Pratt,15th Wing IDS chair.“This is the military member’s and

their family’s voice to tell us how wecan help them and what we can do toimprove our services or offer differentservices,” Kadokawa said.According to Kadokawa, military

members from all components of thetotal force, including family members,are invited to attend the CfP Forum.Individuals that have utilized the re-lationship resources available on

JBPHH in the past are particularlyencouraged to attend and give theirfeedback.“The most important thing is, this

is their opportunity to help us, ashelping agencies, improve our ser-vices,” said Kadokawa.The CfP Forum will be a two-hour

discussion guided by facilitators whowill help organize and track any is-sues, concerns and ideas brought upduring the forum.The information is then relayed to

senior leaders who will make a deci-sion on what issues can be worked atthe base level and which issues needto be forwarded to Pacific Air Forceheadquarters.To register for the CfP Forum, send

an email to jbphhcaringforpeoplefo-rum@gmail.com. If you would likemore information on relationship re-sources that are available at JBPHH,contact the Airman and FamilyReadiness office.

Caring for People Forum focuses on relationship resources

Tech. Sgt. Justin Smith, right front, an air transportation specialist with the 48th Aerial Port Squadron, passes through thereception line Feb. 11 after an HPD commencement ceremony at McKinley High School auditorium, Honolulu.

February 20, 2015 Ho‘okele B-1

Story and photos byBrandon Bosworth

Assistant Editor, Ho`okele

Students from Japan’s Nippon SportScience University (NSSU) held an exhi-bition of Japanese martial arts and cul-tural arts Feb. 16 at Hickam Gym, JointBase Pearl Harbor-Hickam.Among the martial arts on display

were kyudo (archery) , sumo, judo,karatedo, aikido, kempo and kendo. Theevent also featured traditional Japanesedrumming and folk dancing. About 150students participated in the demonstra-tions.NSSU was established in 1893. It is

known for physical education andsports, counting many Olympic medal-ists (including 34 gold medalists) as paststudents, and actor Sonny Chiba. Theuniversity works to make sports popularin Japan through the encouragementand promotion of sport culture. Theirmotto is “Rich and Powerful Lives Basedon Physical Education.”According to Lara Katine, Joint Base

Pearl Harbor-Hickam Morale, Welfareand Recreation special events, the ideafor the Feb. 16 exhibition originatedwith NSSU.“The university contacted us,” she

said. “Last year they did an exhibitionat Marine Corps Base Hawaii, and theywanted to branch out to other locations.”Col. David Kirkendall, JBPHH deputy

commander, was on hand to view the ex-hibition.“It was absolutely fantastic,” he said.

“Everything was just amazing. Any timeanother culture comes and shares itstraditions with us it is a real privilege.”Another audience member, Yeoman

1st Class Greg Joseph, US Pacific Fleet,also described the performances as“amazing.”“It was all so elegant with lots of

movement,” he said. “It was fascinat-ing.”Joseph tried his hand at a bit of sumo

during a brief workshop held near theend of the event and was impressed bythe athleticism of the wrestlers.“I had no idea it was so difficult!”

Joseph said.

Japanese students showcase traditional arts

Yeoman 1st Class Greg Joseph, Commander, Pacific Fleet (right), tries his hand at sumowrestling during an exhibition of traditional Japanese martial arts held Feb. 16 at Joint BasePearl Harbor-Hickam.

Photo Illustration

February 20, 2015 Ho‘okele B-2

Story and photo byRandy Dela Cruz

Sports Editor, Ho‘okele

Down by four points at half-time, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam defending intramuralbasketball champions USS PortRoyal (CG 73) went on a 6-0 runto open the second half and go onto a 43-35 victory over USSMakin Island (LHD 8) Feb. 14 atJoint Base Pearl Harbor-HickamFitness Center.The Makin Island, which is

based out of San Diego, is here ona port visit.While the goodwill game be-

tween Port Royal and Makin Is-land was a friendly affair, bothteams mixed it up in a highlycompetitive contest that saw nei-ther squad back away.Early in the game, it was

Makin Island that took control asthe team opened up with an effec-tive transition attack that hadPort Royal back pedaling.With more than five minutes

gone from the clock, Port Royalbattled back from a 7-0 deficit byscoring their first basket of thegame on a putback by SeamanApprentice Tariq Jackson.At the 10-minute mark, Jack-

son cut the lead down to two at 9-7 on another shot inside the lane.Then with only 5:55 remaining

before halftime, Logistics Special-ist 3rd London Waldon scored ona lay-up to cut the lead down toone before dishing off to Ship’s

Serviceman Seaman Jay Dontefor another basket to give PortRoyal their first lead of the gameat 12-11.A basket by Boatswain’s Mate

2nd Class Zach Robley gave PortRoyal a three-point lead, but onthe next trip down the floor, Avia-tion Boatswain’s Mate (Fuel) 3rdClass Curtis Isom completed abasket-and-one to knot the gameup at 14-14.Robley put Port Royal back out

in front on a basket to make it 16-14, but a trey by Cpl. JamesParamore and another basket-and-one by Isom helped Makin Is-land take a 22-18 lead intohalftime.While Port Royal experienced a

cold streak to start the game,Makin Island hit the freeze tostart off the second half.Two free throws by Waldon

capped off a 6-0 run to give PortRoyal a 24-22 advantage beforeIsom finally broke the doldrumson a putback six minutes into thesecond half.“It was kind of like miscommu-

nication as far as ball movement,”Isom said. “We strayed awayfrom what got us there in the firstplace, which was the fast break.We wanted to slow it down be-cause we didn’t have numbers.That kind of cost us though.”The cold shooting for Makin Is-

land didn’t stop there, however,as Port Royal got out to theirbiggest lead of the game at fivepoints when Seaman MichaelElzin dropped a trey from the left

wing for a 29-24 lead at the 13:36mark.With time running down, the

battle remained close with PortRoyal clinging to a 39-34 leadwith 1:51 remaining in the game.A drive by Waldon for two

points upped the lead to six withunder a minute on the clock andmay have been the shot that se-cured the game.Waldon was the leading scorer

of the game with 15 points whileteammate Jackson followed upwith 10 tough points inside thepaint.Isom helped keep Makin Island

in the game by tallying ninepoints in the first half and five inthe second for a total of 14 points.“We just had to come out and

play aggressive,” said Waldonabout the team’s tough defensivestand in the second half. “In thefirst half, we were playing lazydefense. But we came throughand we got our heads together.”While Port Royal was one of

the most potent scoring teams onbase last season, the team hasonly averaged 37 points in itsfirst two games so far this year.Still, Waldon said there’s noth-

ing to worry about and feels it’sjust a matter of time before PortRoyal is back to their old ways.Until then, Waldon said that

the team would continue to findways to win and stay on top of theAfloat Division.“The key to winning is defense

and free throws,” he said. “Wepractice that every time.”

Port Royal comes back to run past Makin Island

Logistics Specialist 3rd London Waldon tries to complete a reverse lay-up.

Navy Region Hawaii

Public Affairs

A Navy WoundedWarrior Family Sym-posium wil l be heldfrom 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.M a r c h 1 0 a t t h eHickam Officers Club.Navy Wounded War-

rior Safe Harbor coor-dinates the non-medicalc a r e o f s e r i o u s l ywounded, i l l and in-

jured Sai lors andCoast Guardsmen, inaddition to providingresources and supportto their families.Assistant Secretary

of the Navy for Man-power and Reserve Af-fairs Juan P. GarciaIII wi l l del iver theopening remarks. Par-ticipants are asked toRSVP as early as pos-sible because seating islimited to 100 guests.

The event is de-s igned to encourageattendance by com-mand leaders andmedical providers toprovide a clear under-standing of the NavyWounded Warrior-SafeHarbor mission andreinforce best prac-tices in care coordina-t i o n , f a m i l y a n dc a r e g i v e r s u p p o r t ,medical and disabilitybenefits, and employ-

ment and transit ionservices.Wounded warriors,

family members, care-takers and providersw i l l s h a r e e x p e r i -ences , ideas and re-sources with a l l inattendance.Lunch wil l be pro-

vided.For more informa-

tion, call 426-6381 ore m a i l T h o m a s . D .Howell7.mil@mail.mil.

JBPHH to hostWoundedWarrior Family SymposiumTripler Army Medical Center Blood Donor Center currently

scheduled drives include:• Feb. 23, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Aloha Conference Center, Joint Base

Pearl Harbor-Hickam.• Feb. 24 and March 10, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., NEX, Tripler Army

Medical Center.• Feb. 25, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Forest City residential management,

5173 Nimitz Road, building 4.• March 4, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., main exchange, Schofield Barracks.• March 5, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., SPAWAR Hawaii, 2293 Victor Wharf

Access Road, building 992.For more information, call 433-6699 or 433-6148 or email

m i c h e l l e . l e l e @ am e d d . a rm y .m i l o r www .m i l i t a r yblood.dod.mil.

Blood drives planned

February 20, 2015 Ho‘okele B-3

Story and photos by SeniorAirman Christopher Stoltz

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-HickamPublic Affairs

Sailors, Airmen and civiliansmustered in the early morningJan. 31 at Fort Hase Beach atMarine Corps Base Hawaii withhopes of spotting the North Pa-cific humpback whale.Each winter, from approxi-

mately December to May, a por-tion of the endangered NorthPacific humpback whale popula-tion migrates from their feedinggrounds in Alaska to the warmwaters of Hawaii to engage inbreeding activities.About 850 volunteers gathered

data from the shores of Oahu,Kauai and Hawaii island duringthe first event of the 20th an-niversary Hawaiian IslandsHumpback Whale National Ma-rine Sanctuary Ocean Count.The event was the first of threecounts for the 2015 calendaryear for the National Oceanicand Atmospheric Administra-tion.“This is a great opportunity for

anyone who is interested in help-ing,” said Senior Airman KatieCox, 647th Force SupportSquadron, unit deployment man-ager, and volunteer site man-ager.“It’s not often you have the

chance to see the whales mi-grate, and it is always amazingwhen you see them breach thewater, tail slap or surface to sayhello. They don’t do it too often,but it is always a sight whenthey do.”The count is a shore-based

census that provides snapshotdata on humpback whales. Par-ticipants tally humpback whale

sightings and document the ani-mals’ surface behavior duringthe survey.Volunteers collected data from

58 sites statewide. A total of 354whales were seen during the8:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. time pe-riod, the most of any time periodthroughout the count. Accordingto site reports, conditions andsea states were ideal for viewinghumpback whales, and othermarine life were spotted, includ-ing spinner dolphins and Hawai-ian monk seals. Preliminarydata detailing whale sightingsby site location is available at:http : / /www.sanctuaryoceancount.org/resources/.The count is held the last Sat-

urday of January, February andMarch (during peak whale sea-son) of each year. On the islandof Oahu alone, there are 26 siteswhere volunteers contributetheir time and provide counts tothe Hawaiian Islands HumpbackWhale National Marine Sanctu-ary.The two remaining sanctuary

ocean counts are scheduled forFeb. 28 and March 28. People in-terested in volunteering may

register online at http:// sanctu-aryoceancount.org. More infor-mation is available on thes a n c t u a r y ’ s w e b s i t e a thttp://hawaiihumpbackwhale.noaa.gov, or volunteers may call725-5917.Volunteers are required to reg-

ister prior to participating. Reg-istration is slated to close oneweek prior to the event date.“The counts would not be pos-

sible without the combined ef-forts of all of our volunteers,”said Nicholas Joly, sanctuaryocean count project coordinatorfor the Hawaiian Islands Hump-back Whale National MarineSanctuary.“This data is important and

would not be possible to obtainwithout their generosity andtime. Luckily many of the volun-teers have military clearance,which allows us to obtain num-bers from points like PyramidRock and Mokapu Point whichare on Marine Corps BaseHawaii. These counts, in addi-tion to the other 24 sites, allowus to get a firm grasp of howmany whales are migrating.”Joly said.

The Humpback Whale Na-tional Marine Sanctuary, whichis administered by a partnershipof NOAA’s Office of National Ma-rine Sanctuaries and the State ofHawaii through the Departmentof Land and Natural Resources(DLNR), protects humpbackwhales and their habitat in

Hawaiian waters where they mi-grate each winter to mate, calveand nurse their young. The firstcount, conducted in 1996, hadapproximately 150 volunteers.Although the number has in-creased substantially, Joly saidit never hurts to have more eyeson the ocean.

Sailors and Airmen help with whale watch count

Tech. Sgt. Brian Wingo, 647th Force Support Squadron, discusses the count.

A group of kayakers paddle westward while a whale dives in the background,during the first of three NOAA-hosted 2015 Sanctuary Ocean Counts.

Story and photo byRandy Dela Cruz

Sports Editor, Ho‘okele

Tied at 30-30 with about one minuteremaining in the game, Logistics Spe-cialist 3rd Class Nikita Mayo zeroed inon a clutch three-point shot to help USSChung-Hoon (DDG 93) hold off USSO’Kane (DDG-77), 37-34, in an AfloatDivision intramural basketball gameheld Feb. 14 at Joint Base Pearl Har-bor-Hickam.The win was the first of the season for

Chung-Hoon, which just got back toPearl Harbor after being underway.O’Kane, which opened the first week

of the season with a victory, saw theirrecord even out at 1-1.The battle between the two ships

turned into a seesaw event with bothteams unable to pull away from eachother.While the O’Kane opened the game on

t o p , t h e l e a d l a s t e d o n l y u n t i lBoatswain’s Mate Seaman EmmanuelMorgan put Chung-Hoon out in front forthe first time with a basket and an 8-7lead at the 12:42 mark before halftime.The shot coincided with the emer-

gence of Yeoman 3rd Class CourtneySims, whose hot hand was enough tokeep Chung-Hoon ahead with a 19-15lead at halftime.Coming out of intermission, O’Kane

got right back into the game when GasTurbine System Technician (Mechani-cal) 3rd Class Jermaine Will swished acouple of free throws to pull his team towithin a basket.Sims immediately gave Chung-Hoon

a little breathing room with a long trey,but Logistics Specialist Seaman StevenBlack cut the margin back down to twoon a three-pointer of his own.Sims topped off a four-point run with

a breakaway basket to make it 26-20 infavor of Chung-Hoon.However, Boatswain’s Mate Seaman

Jahleen Tabor pulled O’Kane to withina point and then tied it up at 30-30 on alay-up with only 3:47 remaining in thegame.On Chung-Hoon’s next possession,

the team ran the clock down to 1:18 be-fore Mayo got the ball in the right cor-ner and launched a perfect rainbowthrough the net for a 33-30 lead.“I’m a shooter, so I know I was going

to make it,” Mayo admitted. “Coach hadcalled it out. He said as soon as wedrive, I’m going to get you in the corner.I had took two previous ones and missedthem, but I knew one was going to bebig.”Although Mayo threw down the dag-

ger, the big scorer for the game wasSims, who got nine points in the firsthalf and followed up with 11 in the sec-ond half.“Coach just said for me to drive,” said

Sims about his game-high 20 points.“They wanted to double team the bigguys, so I drove. That’s where the pointsare.”While Sims admitted that the game

wasn’t one of the team’s best, he be-l ieves that it won’t be long beforeChung-Hoon is off and running with thetop teams in the league.“We just got back, so we’ve been too

long at sea,” Sims explained. ‘It takes atoll on us, so right now, we’re just out ofshape.”Sims added that once the team gets in

a few practices, he will be better able toassess how good Chung-Hoon can bethis season.“This is our first (game),” he said.

“We’ve got a lot of new faces, so practiceis where we’re going to get it together. Ihave faith in this team. Once we startpracticing, everything will click.”

Clutch three-point shot raises Chung-Hoon over O’Kane

Yeoman 3rd Class Courtney Sims drives to the hoop for two of his game-high 20 points tolead USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) over USS O’Kane (DDG 77).

Red Division W L

1. PHMSY IMF 3 02. Pound Town 3 03. 647 FSS 2 14. 8 IS 2 15.NSSC 2 16. Security 2 17. 15 MXG 2 18. 747 CS 1 29. 15 MDG 1 210.Bronze St. Warriors 0 311.Company I 0 312. Nock Boyz 0 3

Afloat Division W L

1. Jefferson City 2 02. Chosin 1 03. Port Royal 1 04. Chung-Hoon 1 15. PCP Warriors 1 16. John Paul Jones 1 17. OKane 1 18. Bremerton 0 19. Hopper 0 210. Corpus Christi 0 2

Blue Division W L

1. 690th COS 3 02. 735 AMS 3 03. NIOC HI 2 04. 647 CES 1 05. The System 1 06. COMPACFLT 2 17. 647 LRS 1 18. 324 IS 1 29.JIOC 1 210. HQ PACAF 0 311. Bushmasters 0 1

JBPHH intramural basketball standings(As of Feb. 17, 2015)

Reid Tokeshi

Joint Base PearlHarbor-HickamMorale, Welfare &Recreation

Those hoping to contin-ue their New Year’s resolu-tion of getting in bettershape have another optionavailable on base. Thismonth marked the start ofa new fitness class calledPiYo Strength.“The class combines the

muscle sculpting, core-firming benefits of Pilateswith the strength and flex-ibility advantages of yoga,”said Lori Gaynor, JointBase Pearl Harbor-Hickamf i t n e s s m a n a g e r , a tWahiawa Annex.She added tha t l ow

impact athletic movementsare included in the routineto increase the intensityand burn calories. “You’lluse your body weight toperform a series of movesto define every single mus-

cle, big or small,” Gaynorsaid.Classes at Joint Base

Pear l Harbor -HickamFitness Center are heldevery Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.and Friday at 11:30 a.m.Classes at Hickam FitnessCenter are held onTuesdays at 8:30 a.m. andThursdays at 5:15 p.m.

The class is open to alleligible patrons ages 10years and up, and there isa nominal fee per class.For more information, cus-t om e r s c a n c a l l ( t h eJBPHH center at 471-2019or the Hickam center 448-2214) or stop by one of thefitness centers and ask thefront desk staff for details.

New fitness program comes to JBPHH

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Youth Spring NFL Flag Football Registrationcloses today for youth ages 5 to 15 years old.The season runs March through June. The costis $70. Registration is available atwww.greatlifehawaii.com. FMI: 473-0789.

Youth USATF Track & Field Registration clos-es today for youth ages 9 to 18 years old. Theseason runs March through August. The costis $40 and does not include USATF member-ship. Registration is available at www.greatlifehawaii.com. FMI: 473-0789.

TRX Level 1 Group Suspension Training will beheld from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at JointBase Pearl Harbor-Hickam Pearl HarborFitness Center. Participants can learn to prop-erly perform TRX exercises for all fitness levelsand correct common faults. The cost is $195or $350 including TRX Force Kit. FMI: bcarter@trxtraining.com or call 415-640-6382.

Free Golf Clinic will begin at 9:15 a.m.Saturday at Barbers Point Golf Course. FMI:682-1911.

Family/Group Sailing Instruction will be heldfrom 9:30 a.m. to noon Saturday at RainbowBay Marina. Students ages 10 years and older

can get a brief introduction to sailing, includingan overview in the classroom, demonstrationof rigging and some time on the water. Thecost is $10 per person, and there is a maxi-mum of four people per session. FMI: 784-0167.

Whale Watching Cruise will depart at noonSaturday from the MWR Information, Tickets &Travel-Hickam office for Ko Olina Marina.Participants can sail along the west coast ofOahu to search for humpback whales. Ticketsare $45 for adults and $40 for children agesnewborn to 11 years old. FMI: 448-2295.

Wood Shop Safety class will be held from4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Hickam Arts& Crafts Center. Upon completion, participantswill be issued a safety certification cardenabling them to use the shop tools and equip-ment and to go on to more advanced wood-working classes. The cost is $20. FMI: 4489907.

Fashion Illustration class will be held from3:30 to 5 p.m. every Monday from Feb. 23through March 23 at the Hickam Arts & CraftsCenter for youth ages 12 years and older.Basic sketching and painting experience is a

plus but is not required. Tuition is $65. FMI:448-9907.

Monday Night Kid’s Night will be held from 5to 9 p.m. Feb. 23 at Sam Choy’s Island StyleSeafood Grille. Children ages 12 years andyounger can have a free kid’s meal with thepurchase of an adult entrée. A bounce housewill be available for children from 5 to 7 p.m.FMI: 422-3002.

Paint ‘n’ Jam: Pop Art Pow class for youth ages12 to 16 years old will be held from 3:30 to5:30 p.m. Feb. 24 at the Hickam Arts & CraftsCenter. Youth can create paintings onstretched canvas while “jamming” to music.The cost is $25 including supplies. No experi-ence is necessary. FMI: 448-9907.

After-school Watercolor class for youth ages7 years and older will be held from 3:45 to5:15 p.m. every Tuesday from Feb. 24 throughMarch 31 at the Hickam Arts & Crafts Center.Tuition is $70. FMI: 448-9907.

Beginning Adult Watercolor class will be heldfrom 6 to 8 p.m. every Tuesday from Feb. 24through March 31 at the Hickam Arts & CraftsCenter. Tuition is $70. FMI: 448-9907.

Preschool Story Time will be held from 9 to10 a.m. Feb. 25 at the Joint Base PearlHarbor-Hickam Library. The theme of thisfree program is “Be Happy.” FMI: 449-8299.

Ford Island Historical Tour will be held from9:30 a.m. to noon Feb. 25. Points of intereston this guided tour include the USS Utah andUSS Oklahoma Memorials, the Navy ClubMemorial honoring the USS Arizona, historicNob Hill officer homes, and areas of bombingand bullet strafing. Round-trip transportationfrom the ITT-Hickam office is included.Tickets are $25 for adults and $20 for chil-dren ages 3 to 11 years old. FMI: 448-2295.

Home-school Watercolor class for youthages 8 years and older will be held from1:30 to 3 p.m. every Thursday from Feb. 26through April 2 at the Hickam Arts & CraftsCenter. Tuition is $70. FMI: 448-9907.

Mongolian barbecue will be offered from5:30 to 8 p.m. Feb. 26 on the lanai of theHistoric Hickam Officers’ Club. A variety ofmeats, vegetables and sauces will be avail-able. Rice, noodles, soup, beverages andfortune cookies will be included. FMI: 448-4608.

Justin Hirai

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-HickamMorale, Welfare and Recreation

The Joint Base Pearl Harbor-HickamLibrary will begin accepting submissionsfor the 2015 Annual Creative WritingContest on March 1. The deadline is April 4. Patrons of all ages are welcome to enter

one piece in the poetry division, short storydivision or both. There are three age divi-sions — children ages 6-10 years old, youngadults ages 11-18 years old, and adults ages19 years and up. Writings will be judged on the content,

originality, language usage and quality ofexpression. Gift cards will be awarded inboth divisions and all age categories asprizes for first, second and third place.

There will also be prizes awarded to honor-able mention recipients. There is no entry fee. However, partici-

pants need to be a registered library patron.If they aren’t registered, they can stop bythe library and a staff member will helpthem register. Anyone authorized to useMWR programs is eligible to become a reg-istered library patron. Participants will alsoneed to pick up an entry form or downloadone from www. greatlifehawaii.com. Thespecific rules are listed on the top of theentry form. Judging will take place between April 7

and 14. Winners will be notified by phone.There will also be an awards ceremony andrefreshments at 1 p.m. April 18 at thelibrary. For more information, call the library at

449-8299.

Submissions to be accepted for writing contest

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Makalapa Gate. Traffic at the Makalapa Road and Radford Drive inter-section will be controlled by Honolulu Police Department officers.Motorists should follow posted speed limits and other signs in theconstruction areas. In addition, the bus stop at KamehamehaHighway and Center Drive is closed during construction hours.Updated bus routes and temporary changes can be found atwww.TheBus.org. FMI: www.honolulutransit.org.

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERSNOW — Navy Region Hawaii will host the Wounded Warrior PacificTrials from March 9 to 13. Navy Region Hawaii is asking for volun-teers to support the event. There will be a mandatory brief for all ath-lete sponsors and event coordinators from 9 to 10:30 a.m. March 2 atHickam Memorial Theater. Athletes from the trials will be selected torepresent the Navy and Coast Guard at the annual Warrior Games inthe fall. FMI: Matthew.P.Butler@navy.mil or 472-8881, ext. 332 or 371-0271, or Christopher.Creek@navy.mil or 472-8881, ext. 332.

NCIS CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMNOW — From the start of fiscal year 2015, the NCIS CrimeReduction Program (CRP) has been focusing its efforts on the aware-ness and prevention of domestic violence. The CRP is a programwhich unites law enforcement and community service organizationswith a shared goal of educating Sailors, Marines and Department ofthe Navy civilians about common threats to their safety. With theincreasing focus on domestic violence prevention, the first quarterCRP has been extended through March. FMI: 474-1218 or the NCISHotline at 1-877-579-3648, text “NCIS” and tip information to CRIMES(274637) or call the DoD Safe Helpline at 1-877-955-5247.

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WOUNDED WARRIOR FAMILY SYMPOSIUM 10 — A Navy Wounded Warrior Family Symposium will be held from9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Hickam Officers Club. Navy Wounded WarriorSafe Harbor coordinates the non-medical care of seriously wounded,ill and injured Sailors and Coast Guardsmen, in addition to providingresources and support to their families. Assistant Secretary of theNavy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs Juan P. Garcia III will deliverthe opening remarks. Participants are asked to RSVP as early aspossible because seating is limited to 100 guests. FMI: 426-6381 oremail Thomas.D.Howell7.mil@mail.mil.

TRAVELING EXHIBIT14 — Pacific Aviation Museum will serve as the first stop of the“National Memories” United States tour March 14. The exhibit, whichfirst went on display in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen in2010, has toured through mainland China and Taiwan. Through theuse of imagery and more than 100 historic photos taken by the 164thU.S. Signal Photo Company in the China Burma India Theater, theexhibit brings to life the camaraderie that existed between Chineseand U.S. soldiers as their countries joined forces during World War II.FMI: 441-1007 www.pacificaviationmuseum.org.

‘KICK BUTTS DAY’18 —Aliamanu Military Reservation Youth Sports, Pearl Harbor NavyExchange (NEX) and other organizations will hold aKick Butts Day event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at theNEX mall. Kick Butts Day is a national daydesigned to empower youth to stand out,speak up and seize control against tobaccouse. FMI: Brittany K. Bigham at 836-1923.

Paddington has grown up deep in the Peruvian jungle with his Aunt Lucy who, inspired by a chance encounter with an Englishexplorer, has raised her nephew to dream of an exciting life in London. When an earthquake destroys their home, Aunt Lucydecides to smuggle her young nephew on board a boat bound for England, in search of a better life. Arriving alone at PaddingtonStation, Paddington soon finds that city life is not all he had imagined - until he meets the kindly Brown family.

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HICKAM MEMORIAL THEATERTODAY 2/206:00 p.m. Into the Woods (PG)

SATURDAY 2/214:00 p.m. Paddington (PG) 7:00 p.m. The Wedding Ringer (R)

SUNDAY 2/222:00 p.m. Paddington (PG)

THURSDAY 2/267:00 p.m. The Gambler (R)

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MUSIC AT BELLOWS AFSSATURDAY — Live music will be featured from 5 to 7 p.m. atTurtle Cove at Bellows Air Force Station. This is a free event,open to active duty military, military retirees, Reservists, NationalGuard, current and retired Department of Defense civilianemployees with an authorized ID card and their families. FMI:259-4112.

MILITARY SAVES WEEK23-27 — The Military and Family Support Center will offerextra financial help to military service members during MilitarySaves Week. The week is a Department of Defense-sponsoredevent that gives military and their families an opportunity toreceive free financial support to help them save money, reducedebt and build wealth. Classes include:• Feb. 24, 5-7 p.m., ‘Til Debt Do Us Part (Financial Class forCouples). • Feb. 24, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Financial Fair: Hickam Exchange. • Feb. 25, 1-3 p.m., Financial Planning for Retirement. • Feb. 25, 9:30-11 a.m., Financially Savvy Retirees. FMI: JBPHHMFSC at www.greatlifehawaii.com or www.militarysaves.org.

AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH26, 28 —The following events are planned for AfricanAmerican History Month:• Feb. 26, 7:30 a.m. Pearl Harbor Colors Honors and Heritageceremony will be held at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center. Themonthly Navy history and heritage event will feature music byPacific Fleet Band and guest speaker Capt. Stan Keeve, JointBase Pearl Harbor-Hickam commander.• Feb. 26, 9:30 a.m. A special observance will be held at SharkeyTheater. Guest speaker will be Alphonso Braggs, president of theHawaii Chapter of the NAACP.• Feb. 26, 11 a.m. A special luncheon will be offered at SilverDolphin Bistro. • Feb. 28, 3 p.m. A Gospel Fest & Taste of Soul will be held atNellis Chapel. The Gospel Fest will involve choirs and praiseteams from across the island. The Taste of Soul involves tastingof a variety of soul food dishes with the opportunity for partici-pants to have their best soul food dishes judged. Volunteers aresought and participants are invited to bring food. FMI: emailshadonna.mcphaul.1@us.af.mil or call 449-6562.

HART CONSTRUCTION WORKNOW —The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation(HART) is working on Kamehameha Highway in the westbounddirection between Center Drive and Radford Drive. Motoristsshould prepare for lane closures and contraflow traffic. The workis expected to last three to four months.Construction work takes place from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.Drivers will experience two lane closures along KamehamehaHighway in the westbound direction for ongoing utility work. Acontraflow lane will allow westbound traffic to make a left turn into

SHARKEY THEATERTODAY 2/207:00 p.m. The Boy Next Door (R)

SATURDAY 2/212:30 p.m. Paddington (PG)4:50 p.m. Selma (PG-13) 7:30 p.m. Taken 3 (PG-13)

SUNDAY 2/222:30 p.m. Paddington (PG)4:50 p.m. The Imitation Game (PG-13)7:10 p.m. The Boy Next Door (R)

THURSDAY 2/267:00 p.m. American Sniper (R)

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