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COVID-19 Affects APG Community

By JON BLEIWEIS, APG News

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Maryland State Superintendent of Schools Karen Salmon has extended the closure of Maryland public schools through April 24, amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that is sweeping through the state and beyond.

Salmon made the announcement during a news conference Wednesday, March 25. Maryland schools were initially shut down for two weeks.

“We do not make this decision lightly,” she said. “However, with the challenges facing our state and our country, we have a responsibility to ensure the health and safe-ty of our school communities and the com-munities at large.”

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan also signed an executive order Wednesday that said child care pro-grams in the state will be focused on serving the children of essential personnel.

Designated essential person-nel can find operating child care programs by calling the Locate: Child Care hotline at 877-261-0060 on weekdays between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Specialized services for parents of children with spe-cial needs, as well as Spanish language, are also available.

“Our urgent focus is in ensuring that there are child care options for the chil-dren of essential personnel,” Salmon said.

“If another parent or guardian is able to stay home with your children, you should do that. Your children should be home with you.”

On the installation, the Child Development Center and Youth Center at APG North (Aber-deen) remain open to support identified, currently registered, mission-essential patrons only. If you have child care ques-tions, call the APG North

CDC at 410-278-5748 or Youth Center at 410-278-9061.

Hogan previously advised all public col-

Md. Schools Close Through April 24

BY DEVON L. SUITSArmy News Service

WASHINGTON -- More than 14,000 retired Soldiers have already shown inter-est in returning to active duty after the Army recently reached out to over 800,000 of them to assist in the COVID-19 pandemic response, G-1 officials said Friday, March 27.

“The U.S. Army is actively seeking retired officers, noncommissioned officers, and other Soldiers to assist with COVID-19 pandemic response efforts,” officials said in a statement. “When the nation called, they have answered, and now that call has come again. This extraordinary challenge requires equally extraordinary solutions.”

The Army is currently looking for the fol-lowing medical specialties:

• Critical care officers, 60F• Anesthesiologist, 60N• Nurse anesthetist, 66F• Critical care nurse, 66S• Nurse practitioner, 66P• Emergency room nurse, 66T• Respiratory specialist, 68V• Medic, 68W• Medical SupportArmy Chief of Staff Gen. James McCo-

nville also announced March 26 that two

Retired Medical Soldiers Sought

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Army & Air Force Exchange Service

DALLAS – When disaster strikes the military community — whether a natural disaster or the current COVID-19 pandemic — the Army & Air Force Exchange Service continues to care for the nation’s warfight-ers, their families and associates on the frontlines.

At the forefront of this effort is the Exchange Disaster Support Group, which

AAFES Keeps Serving Military Through Pandemic By RACHEL PONDER, APG News

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- APG eateries are experiencing reduced business as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Under Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s orders, restaurants are only allowed to offer drive-through, delivery or carryout services. Below is a roundup of how eateries and stores are serving customers during this crisis. Information is subject to change.

Top of the Bay - APG North and APG South

Top of the Bay, operated by Morale, Welfare and Recreation, is delivering fresh food on-post seven days a week; from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Options include sandwiches, salads, tacos, soups and burgers.

“We hope this will be a value-added service to all of Team APG living and working on post during this time,” said Army Community Service Director Jennifer Eichner, with MWR.

To order, call 410-278-0484/2801. Other MWR eateries are closed until further notice.

Burger King Burger King is offering drive-through

services only, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. No breakfast service. Burger King is located at Building 2330. For more information, call 410-273-7464, or visit www.bk.com.

Eat Like a Greek - APG North The food truck, Eat Like a Greek, is

still open for business. Owner Konstantinos Koukounaras said customers can purchase popular items like lamb and chicken yeeros, chicken souvlaki and Greek salad. Everything is prepared fresh daily and prepared with Greek olive oil.

“We are practicing all the appropriate measures for everyone’s health,” he said. “Our sales dropped at least 50%, but I still

feel it is our responsibility to stay open as much as we are allowed to do, in order to serve our Soldiers and contractors.”

Eat Like a Greek is located in the parking lot of the APG Exchange. It’s open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday-Friday.

For more information, call 410-776-4647 or visit https://www.facebook.com/eatlikeagreekmd/.

Commissary - APG North Commissary Officer Daryl Alexander

said the Commissary still sells “Grab and Go” items such as pre-made sandwiches and salads, and prepared foods such as rotisserie chickens are still available.

“Our store has always prided itself on providing a safe and secure environment

APG Eateries Impacted by Coronavirus

The food truck Eat Like a Greek is open for business from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday-Friday.

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By JON BLEIWEIS, APG News

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- The closure of public schools in Maryland as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has been extended until May 15.

The announcement was made by Maryland State Superintendent of Schools Karen Salmon during a news conference Friday, April 17.

Schools in the state had previously been closed through Friday, April 24.

Salmon said the state will use the next month to examine what to

do for the remainder of the school year. Schools will continue online learning, in the meantime, she said.

Virginia and Pennsylvania schools have already closed for the remainder of the academic year. In Washington, D.C., the schools will continue remote learning and end the school year early, on May 29. In Delaware, schools are closed until May 15, but Gov. John Car-ney said in an interview on CNN that he expects schools will remain closed until the end of its academic year. In New Jersey, schools are closed until May 15.

By RACHEL PONDER, APG News

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Despite the cancellation of numerous on-post events due to the coronavirus pandemic, Fami-ly and Morale, Welfare and Recreation contin-ues to provide businesses with the opportunity to advertise on FMWR products and facilities as well as sponsor FMWR events.

Advertising Opportunities There are many ways businesses can

advertise on post, said Chris Lockhart, branch chief of MWR Marketing and Advertising. It is

a way for companies to increase their exposure and directly interact with the APG communi-ty. Most advertising includes a patriotic mes-sage, she said.

Advertising opportunities include the MWR website, https://aberdeen.armymwr.com, the “InDemand” weekly newsletter and the APG MWR Directory. Businesses can also adver-tise on outdoor and indoor banners, window clings, Top of the Bay catering and conference brochures, Child and Youth facilities, and at

Businesses Can Still Advertise, Sponsor Events Through FMWR

Maryland School Closures Extended Through May 15

By JON BLEIWEIS, APG News

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- As the Army shifted its priorities to pro-viding manpower and equipment to state and local authorities to help combat COVID-19, a team of C5ISR experts at APG quickly came together in order to provide a unified and rapid response supporting COVID-19 response units with the latest network communications gear.

Through a “team of teams” approach, the C5ISR COVID Response Equipping Team was designed to deliver command and control and communications network capabilities and technical help support to U.S. Army North and Army National Guard forces.

C5ISR stands for Command, Control, Computers, Communi-cations, Cyber, Intelli-gence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance.

The team is made up of the U.S. Army Forc-es Command, Network-Cross Functional Team, Communications and Electronics Command, Program Executive Office Command, Con-trol, Communications-Tactical, PEO Soldier and the Army’s G3/5/7 (operations, plans and training) and G6, to support ARNORTH and ARNG.

The team is tasked to deliver capability, integration, field support and help desk servic-es to augment and enhance current ARNORTH and ARNG military and commercial commu-nications systems. Focus areas include ARNG requirements and needs, network transport, mission command and cloud integration and sustainment and help desk support.

“Lots of disparate organizations were involved at different levels trying to provide capabilities to the DoD response to COVID,”

C5ISR Community Responds to COVID-19

The 63rd Expeditionary Signal Battalion (ESB) is supporting U. S. Army North (Fifth Army) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic by providing reliable communications for medical units, logistical units, and headquarters staff. These missions are part of Defense Support of Civilian Authorities (DSCA). Teams are actively providing support to medical units at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City and have postured at Joint-Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, and Anderson, South Carolina, for follow-on missions.

U.S. Army photo by 63rd ESB

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IT2 Kris Romeo BishundatSept. 14, 1977 - Sept. 11, 2001

Information Technologist Found His Calling in Navy

By JON BLEIWEIS, APG News

Two days before his 18th birthday, on Sept. 12, 1995, Kris Romeo Bishundat enlist-ed in the Navy.

His mother, Basmattie, said she thought joining the Navy would give him good dis-cipline and help steer him in the right direc-tion, when it came to finding a career. He was the first on either side of his family to join the military.

Sure enough, Bishundat, who went by Romeo, found his calling, as an information technologist. After basic training, he was assigned to the U.S.S. Yorktown in 1996, then the U.S.S. Shreveport, where he served for four years and was the ship’s webmaster, Basmattie Bishundat said.

Initially enlisting for a four-year commit-ment, he re-enlisted in 1999 and continued his education by taking online classes.

“I think he was thinking about making the military a career,” she said. “He thought it was a good direction for him to take.”

In May 2001, Bishundat was assigned to the Pentagon, where he worked at the Chief of Naval Operations Telecommunications Center. Bishundat lived in Waldorf.

His mother said that while her son said little about what he did in the role, he quick-ly qualified at three watch stations and was excited to work at the Pentagon.

“He was very impressed with the size of the Pentagon,” Basmattie Bishundat said.

Editor’s Note: This story is part of a recurring series of APG News stories of heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice and have Mary-land connections.

A HERO’S STORY

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BY JOHN LEADERAPG DPW, Environmental Integration Branch

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Great challenges demand a committed and unified response and, after the immedi-ate problem has been dealt with, historical-ly Americans found themselves stronger and more resilient because of the innovations and organizations that were developed to face the crisis. Historians will likely see that in retro-spect after this current coronavirus pandem-ic as they did after nation-changing events such as the Great Depression and both world wars. American innovation and organization were needed to face critical challenges again in 1970, and it led to the founding of Earth Day and the most significant environmental legislation in the nation’s history.

Decades of largely unregulated develop-ment and industrial progress, with greater production, waste generation, energy con-sumption and expanded petrochemical use, were starting to result in very visible negative side effects across the nation. From burning oil slicks on urban rivers to ill workers and residents in industrial areas, increasing con-cern over carcinogens, contaminated drink-ing water, denuded forests, littered beaches, massive fish kills, toxins endangering bald eagles and other species, and cities shroud-ed in smog. Americans were motivated to make significant changes. Natural resourc-es in America were, in fact, not infinite and human health and the economy would not be sustainable, if we didn’t embrace the need for better stewardship of these life-sustain-ing resources.

A period of political bipartisanship occurred in response to this widespread cri-sis, and to the corresponding grassroots groundswell of outrage, resulting in signif-icant legislation and action by the feder-al government to better protect Americans and their environment. Earth Day was but one component of the American response to this widespread environmental awakening 50 years ago.

Forces Combined to Address Environmental Challenges

In January 1970, Congress passed the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which the Code of Federal Regulations described as “…our basic national char-ter for protection of the environment.” It requires federal agencies, including the mil-itary services, to consider the environmental effects of their proposed actions. In Octo-ber 1970, the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey, the Weather Bureau, and the U.S. Commis-sion of Fish & Fisheries were combined to form the National Oceanic and Atmo-spheric Administration (NOAA). The agen-cy describes its mission as one of “science, service and stewardship (that) spans from the surface of the sun to the depths of the ocean.” It is a critical part of the federal government

supporting research and services for weath-er forecasting, charts for shipping, aviation, fisheries, climate change, sea level rise, sat-ellites, coastal zone management, research and environmental protection.

By December 1970, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established to oversee federal “…monitoring, research, standards, and enforcement for environmen-tal protection.” That spring, Sen. Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin founded the first Earth Day, with Democratic and Republican co-chairs, to show public support for environ-mental protection on April 22 of each year. It is estimated that 20 million Americans partic-ipated in that first event to promote a healthy and sustainable environment. The following dozen years brought more bipartisan accom-plishments with the Clean Water Act and Coastal Zone Management Act (1972), the Clean Air Act and Endangered Species Act (1973) and ongoing efforts towards environ-mental justice for minorities (1980s).

What is Army Earth Day?The Army has joined communities in cel-

ebrating Earth Day for decades and each year the Army Environmental Command (AEC) develops posters and educational activity booklets for children and students as well as guidance for soldiers and civilians.

For Earth Day, the AEC works “to high-light environmental successes and help peo-ple understand how sound environmental stewardship not only supports the quality of Soldier training, but also the quality of life of families that live on Army installations, Army Soldiers, civilians and contractors that work on Army installations and neighboring communities.”

For energy, the Army pursues “…ways to eliminate inefficiencies in existing facil-ities; increasing energy efficiency in new construction and renovation, reducing depen-dence on fossil fuels and improving energy security.” For natural resources, the Army strives “…not only to safeguard valuable nat-

ural resources for future generations, but to also ensure our Soldiers have the land, water, and airspace needed to support military train-ing and testing activities.”

The Army Corps of Engineers also embraces the principles of environmental stewardship stating that “…sustainable prac-tices allow our installations to be more resil-ient, efficient and effective in delivering the mission.” They also recognize that “…sustainable approaches are critical mission enablers for the Army. Our installations play a vital role in supporting readiness, as power projection platforms where our Soldiers train and in providing quality of life to our Army Families.”

At APG, DPWs Environmental Division serves the garrison and tenants with guid-ance and support in a variety of environmen-tal areas such as energy, solid and hazardous waste, forestry, wetlands, wildlife and coast-al management.

Celebrate Earth Day Despite Social Distancing

In 50 years Earth Day has grown from 20 million participants in the U.S. to per-haps a billion people in over 190 countries around the world. Due to the current global pandemic, it is unfortunate but unlikely that communities anywhere in the world will be able to safely gather in large groups to cele-brate Earth Day’s 50th anniversary on April 22. However, it would be more unfortunate to forget the importance of being good stew-ards of our life-sustaining natural resources throughout the year. Our environment pro-vides not only clean water, air, and food for our most basic needs, it is also the source of most medicines that have been devel-oped throughout history. Beyond that, nature provides enjoyment and renovation for our physical and mental health and well-being and is being appreciated by many during this current health crisis that prohibits large group activities.

In spite of the current restrictions there are still many ways you can be a part of sustaining your Earth by continually learn-ing and challenging yourself, your family, friends and co-workers to be better stewards of our environment. The minor actions of many can be as powerful as the major contri-butions of a few. The past 50 years have seen both improvements and persistent challenges to a healthy and sustainable environment in the U.S. and worldwide. It is not always easy, inexpensive, or fast to balance long-term environmental protection with current proj-ects and progress. Earth Day is our annual reminder that the essential benefits and resil-iency provided by a healthy planet can only be sustained with continued vigilance and an appreciation of environmental protection for everyone’s health and well-being for now and the future.

Celebrating Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary

“He came home and he was taking off his shoes one day, when he first started and he said, ‘Mom, I would really like to take you and dad there.’”

Bishundat never got to take his parents there.

He was among 125 people and 33 Navy Sailors who died in the Pentagon during the attack on America on Sept. 11, 2001, three days before what would have been his 24th birthday.

Bishundat is memorialized in several ways, his mother said, including through a walk at his high school, a scholarship, and a

flagpole and stone at his high school’s foot-ball field. A lab on the U.S.S. Shreveport is also dedicated in his memory.

“He was very friendly,” she said. “He could talk to the youngest person to the old-est person.”

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BY SEAN KIMMONSArmy News Service

WASHINGTON -- With nearly 1,000 Soldiers that have now tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, the Army is continuing to ramp up its testing efforts, particularly for new recruits at training posts.

Starting next week, one of the Army’s largest training posts -- Fort Jackson, South Carolina -- will be able to conduct about 700 tests each day for the virus after receiving new machines to increase its throughput.

During a Pentagon briefing on Thursday, April 16, Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville said he visited the installation the day before to see how Soldiers were training under new safety measures.

“We have not stopped training,” he said. “During the training, they were 6 feet apart and they were either wearing masks or gaiters when they got closer. So we’re going to see this type of training continue to happen.”

When recruits now come to training posts, they are screened and placed in what he described as a “safety bubble” environment to minimize exposure to other Soldiers while they train with their cohorts.

“That’s how we will keep the spread of the virus down,” he said.

Earlier this month, the Army halted the movement of new recruits for two weeks to basic combat training posts, such as Fort Jackson, to slow the spread of the virus.

The extra time allowed training posts to build up testing capabilities while also carrying out basic training and advanced individual training courses in a limited capacity, which has included smaller classes and social distancing.

Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael Grinston also recently traveled to Fort Jackson as well as Fort Lee, Virginia, to see trainees in action.

He said the training was “still executed to standard.” He was also impressed with how trainees with symptoms of COVID-19 were sent to a separate facility at Fort Jackson so they could be quickly tested away from other trainees.

“They get the results right there on Jackson,” Grinston said. “It’s an extremely well-done process.”

Before mitigation efforts were in full force, a training battalion at Fort Jackson recorded a handful of positive cases, leaders said. But with the safeguards and additional testing in place since mid-March, the spread of the virus has been contained and training goes on to maintain readiness.

“We need to make sure that our Army is ready to go to war,” McConville said, “and we’re going to make sure that our Soldiers are ready.”

Testing capabilities for the virus have also

been increased across the Army.Initially, the Army had nine medical

centers with a large testing capacity, which has since expanded to 35 installations to provide testing locally, said Lt. Gen. Scott Dingle, the Army’s surgeon general.

And if the number of cases goes up, the Army has the ability to send testing capabilities elsewhere, or even use local or state testing sites.

“Right now, in the Army, we do have enough tests,” Dingle said. “However, as we test [more people], they’re going to have to be replenished.”

Identifying service members who have been asymptomatic with the virus has also been a challenge across the Department of Defense. The DOD is pursuing different types of diagnostic capabilities, such as serologic testing that can assess a patient’s blood for the presence of COVID-19 antibodies.

“That ability will allow us to consistently test more, so we can identify those individuals,” Dingle said. “In the meantime, we must [carry out] the mitigation measures to ensure we protect the forces.”

The Army’s medical research community is also working on the development of vaccines as part of the prevention efforts.

It is currently testing vaccine prototypes in small animals before selecting a candidate for safe testing in humans this summer, said Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy.

“The Army is fighting the virus on multiple fronts,” McCarthy said. “From medical support efforts in our cities to searching for a vaccine in order to stay ready, so we can continue to be the Army the nation deserves.”

COVID-19 Testing Ramping Up Army-wide

Pvt. Thomas Essman, a basic combat training graduate, has his temperature taken on March 31 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, before he boards a bus that will take him to his advanced individual training at Fort Lee, Virginia.

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BY MIKE RICHMANDepartment of Veterans Affairs Research Communications

For nearly four decades, Al Ungerleider dedicated his life to serving his country. He was an infantry officer who saw active com-bat in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, rising to the rank of brigadier general. During the 1970s, he served as post commander at Aberdeen Proving Ground.

Ungerleider experienced a lot during his years in the military, including a landing amid the chaos on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. But nothing stirred his emotions like what crossed before his eyes in the wan-ing days of World War II. At the time, U.S., Soviet and British forces were liberating Nazi concentration camps in Europe as Ger-many was close to surrendering, bringing to life the horrors of Adolph Hitler’s “Final Solution” to exterminate the Jewish people. The liberators saw emaciated corpses piled on top of each other and skeletal camp sur-vivors, and they could smell the stench of death.

Army 1st Lt. Ungerleider, who died in 2011 at age 89, commanded Company I of the Third Battalion of the 115th Regiment, which separated into advance parties to scout routes and bivouac areas in central Germa-ny. Ungerleider’s party came upon the Dora-Mittelbau concentration camp, the center of a vast network of forced labor camps in the Harz Mountain region. Prisoners at Dora-Mittlebau constructed large factories for the V-2 missile program and other experimen-tal weapons.

Upon entering the camp 75 years ago on April 11, 1945, Ungerleider witnessed a lev-el of cruelty that is “burned into my brain and my soul like nothing else in my life,” he said in a 1993 interview. “My men and I smashed through the gates and witnessed the site of dead bodies, of human beings in the worst state of degradation. There was abso-lute horror in what we saw. Then we asked, `What can we do to help?’”

‘Literally Starving to Death’Ungerleider, who was Jewish, spoke

Yiddish to the survivors in the camp and grouped them together to recite the Kaddish, the Jewish prayer to mourn the dead. Pri-or to the liberation, the Nazis had evacuat-ed most of the prisoners at Dora-Mittlebau to the Bergen-Belsen camp in northern Ger-many to hide them from allied forces. Thus, only a few hundred prisoners remained at the camp, which once held as many as 12,000 by the time the Americans arrived.

“He and his unit were totally unprepared for what they found because they had no knowledge of the concentration camps,” said Ungerleider’s son, Neil Ungerleider. “The survivors were literally starving to death.”

Neil Ungerleider explained that his father spoke with German citizens who lived in the nearby towns and villages and who claimed ignorance of the atrocities. He said to them, ‘Go back and bring these people food,’” Neil Ungerleider said. “He threatened to imprison them if they didn’t do it, but they did. They brought them food.”

The Americans appeared to encounter minimal resistance as they scoured the camp. At one point, Al Ungerleider and Army Pfc. Billy Melander went to a building and found 10 crematorium ovens with the doors closed. Edward Burke, the captain of a tank destroy-er battalion that accompanied Ungerleider’s unit in the assault on the camp, provided an account of what happened next:

“Ungerleider told Billy to bring his M1 rifle ready to fire as he opened the doors,”

Burke once said. “Doors one, two, three and four were empty. Ungerleider said as he approached door five he felt a tingle all through his body. As he opened the door, there was a German trooper with a Luger pistol aimed at them. Fortunately, Billy was faster on the trigger, and he pumped eight shots into the German as fast as he could pull the trigger.”

Nightmares From What He Witnessed

Like Al Ungerleider and his unit, many Americans were unaware of the German atrocities toward the Jews. Nearly 6 million Jewish people were murdered in Nazi con-centration camps from 1939 to 1945 in what is known as the Holocaust.

Neil Ungerleider said his father expe-rienced nightmares as a result of what he witnessed at Dora-Mittlebau. “This one trau-matic event stuck with him for the rest of his life. He was able to cope very well with his war experiences, except for this one thing.”

Nearly a year before liberating the camp, Al Ungerleider led 50 men from the 115th Regiment ashore at Omaha Beach on the morning of June 6, 1944. They were in the second wave of U.S. troops who hit the beach in the Normandy invasion along the northern coast of France. The invasion changed the course of the war by leading to the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Germany’s control. “Being in the sec-ond wave, he didn’t experience the kind of slaughter that those who went in first did,” Neil Ungerleider said, “which doesn’t make it any less dangerous or any less heroic in terms of what he and his men did. But he did have close calls during the war.”

‘He was a Patriot’Al Ungerleider earned three Bronze Stars

for his military service.Al Ungerleider was not wounded dur-

ing the landing. But he suffered injuries not long after from shrapnel in France. The first wound to his arm wasn’t that serious. He was treated at a hospital in France before return-ing to combat. A wound to the leg was more serious. He was evacuated to England for treatment and returned to battle.

On June 6, 1994, the 50th anniversa-ry of the Normandy invasion, Ungerleider

U.S. Serviceman Helped Liberate Nazi Concentration Camp

Al Ungerleider served as post commander of Aberdeen Proving Ground during the 1970s. He is pictured with his wife, Ruth.

Courtesy photosAl Ungerleider earned three Bronze Stars for his military service.

was chosen to escort President Clinton for a wreath laying at the iconic site. Ten years later, he was one of 100 American Veter-ans who returned to Omaha Beach for the 60th anniversary. They received the French Legion of Honor, the oldest and highest hon-or in France.

In his distinguished military career, Ungerleider also commanded military bas-es in Korea and Vietnam. He was a three-time recipient of the Bronze Star, which is awarded to members of the military for hero-ic achievement, heroic service, meritorious achievement or meritorious service in a com-bat zone.

Over the years, Ungerleider remained modest about his recognition and service to his country. “He was a patriot who loved his country and did his duty,” Neil Ungerleider said. “After Pearl Harbor, my father enlist-ed because, as he put it, `We were all going. No one ever thought not to go.’ In his mind, he was doing nothing beyond what everyone else was doing. He never thought of himself as unique or special. The value he instilled in his children was this: Work hard, do your best and be modest about what you achieve. I cannot think of a better description of how he lived his life.”

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84 million acres +The area of land protected by the National Park Service.

12.5 millionNumber of visits to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 2019.

20,000Approximate number of people who are employed by the Nation-al Park Service annually. More than 300,000 people donate their time and expertise as volunteers.

1872The year Yellowstone National Park, the oldest U.S. national park, was founded. The second U.S. national park created is no longer a national park. Mackinac National Park in Michigan was established in 1875 and was returned to the state in 1895. It is now a Michigan state park.

275 feetThe height of the largest living single-stem tree in the world. Named the General Sherman, it is located in California’s Sequoia National Park. It weighs approximately 1,900 metric tons.

Editor’s note, for information about visiting a park virtually, visit https://www.nps.gov/subjects/npscelebrates/find-your-virtual-park.htm.

By RACHEL PONDER, APG NewsSource(s): https://www.outdoorproject.com/articles/59-fun-facts-about-our-national-

parkshttps://www.nps.gov/subjects/npscelebrates/national-park-week.htm

NATIONAL PARK WEEK

This is National Park Week. This year, the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation invites everyone to virtually celebrate America’s

treasured places. Learn more about our national parks with these fast facts.

BY CHRISTINA BOLLINOArmy Wellness Center

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- April is the Month of the Military Child. Instilling the values of a healthy lifestyle through nutrition and exercise are important to start at an early age. During this unprecedented time, with homeschool-ing, social distancing, limited activity, and

added stress it may seem overwhelming to keep a “normal” routine and healthy regimen.

The key things to remember are to take small steps, do what you can, something is better than nothing and embrace the extra time together as a family.

Below are a few ideas of things to do together to help increase activity as a family.

Staying Active and Connecting With Your Child During COVID-19

By JON BLEIWEIS, APG News

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- They say a dog is man’s best best friend. Perhaps the best friend for all Marylanders, then, would be the Chesapeake Bay Retriev-er, the state’s official dog.

Maryland was the first state to designate an official state dog, doing so in 1964. A doz-en states have since followed suit.

“The breed is known for recovering game, in particular ducks and geese, shot down by hunters,” wrote the Associated Press in the March 8, 1964, edition of the Washington Post, where it was reported that the dog was made a state symbol by the Maryland Gener-al Assembly.

The breed was one of nine that were rec-ognized by the American Kennel Club when the organization started in 1884.

While it’s known that the breed is one of few breeds that were developed in the Unit-ed States, the history of this dog is unclear, according to the Maryland State Archives. Legend tells of an English vessel ship-wrecked off the coast of Maryland in the ear-ly 19th century. Among the survivors were two young dogs of a Newfoundland breed. Supposedly bred to local coonhounds, they evolved into the present-day Chesapeake Bay Retriever.

The affectionate, bright and sensitive breed is known for its waterproof coat. It can be brown, sedge or deadgrass in color.

An adult male Chessie can grow up to 23-26 inches in height and 65-80 pounds, while a female can grow up to 21-24 inch-es in height and 55-70 pounds, according to the AKC. Its life expectancy is 10-13 years.

In 1966, the Chesapeake Bay Retriever became the mascot at University of Mary-land Baltimore County.

State Dog: The Chesapeake Bay Retriever

A Chesapeake Bay Retriever, the state dog of Maryland.

Photo by George Makatura

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the bowling center and the installation’s golf courses.

“Our goal is to work with businesses that have a product that everyone can use or pur-chase or buy,” Lockhart said.

Andrew Monath, an MWR marketing assis-tant, said a local grocery business recent-ly advertised at the Aberdeen Athletic Center, with an outdoor window cling.

“We work with businesses to meet their needs, and help them build relationships with the APG community,” he said. “We have a large workforce here.”

FMWR Commercial Sponsorship Program

In addition, the FMWR Commercial Spon-sorship Program gives businesses the oppor-tunity to sponsor an MWR event, such as the holiday tree lighting, Winter Family Fun Day, Oktoberfest, installation runs and golf

tournaments.“We are always looking to work with local

businesses in Harford and Cecil County,” Lockhart said.

Money raised through sponsorships goes back into MWR, said Matt Aughey, an MWR marketing assistant. Sponsorships can help off-set the cost of an event, he said. These costs include entertainers, food, T-shirts, rides and children’s activities.

Funds raised through the FMWR Commer-cial Sponsorship Program can also be allocat-ed to help with the upkeep of MWR facilities.

Aughey said the MWR Marketing team will work with businesses to tailor advertising and sponsorship packages based on their tar-get market.

“We are looking to start relationships with folks,” Aughey said. “We want this to be an ongoing thing, where they are a part of the MWR family. They are supporting the troops and their families and the workforce here. We want it to be mutually beneficial; we want them to get a return on investment, just as they are investing in us.”

Leadership Support Garrison commander Col. Timothy Druell

said he hopes businesses will choose to spon-sor and market their business through FMWR.

“Like many local businesses, we have cur-tailed numerous programs during the COV-ID-19 pandemic. I remain confident that we will get through this like we do with oth-er challenges,” he said. “We continue to plan for routine operations this summer and our high visibility community-based programs and events. As you plan your rebuilding, I would ask you to consider using our FMWR Market-ing team to help you sponsor and market your

business.”Moreover, Druell said the Army FMWR

Commercial Sponsorship Program offers busi-nesses the ability to spread their messages in a variety of creative ways across the APG footprint.

“In doing so, you gain access to the APG community, which helps you build goodwill, as well as brand recognition among this loy-al and growing market,” he said. “Such part-nerships directly help expand our FMWR programs events and services to a greater audi-ence. I’m confident that the APG FMWR mar-keting team can help boost your local business as we all work to rebuild on the backside of this crisis.”

For More InformationThe MWR Advertising and Sponsor-

ship Office is located in Building 2503, on Advanced Tactics Road. The hours of opera-tion are Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more information, call Lockhart at 410-278-3904, Aughey at 410-278-9816, or Monath at 410-278-7952. To learn more about adver-tising fees, visit https://aberdeen.armymwr.com/advertising-sponsorship.

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said Col. Shane Taylor, project manager tac-tical network for PEO C3T. “Senior leaders recognized this and saw an opportunity to syn-chronize efforts of the supporting commands.”

The C5ISR COVID Response Equipping Team was able to come together so quickly at APG — in a matter of days — because the installation is home to the C5ISR Center of Excellence, allowing for the acquisition com-munity, logistics community, CECOM and partners within the area to quickly adjust to its new responsibilities, said Col. Troy Cros-by, project manager mission command at PEO C3T.

Having these organizations in sync with each other allowed them to work together to achieve a common goal, rather than create duplicate or redundant efforts, and make sure there are no gaps in coverage, Taylor said. It also allows the C5ISR organizations to serve as a single forum for ARNORTH and ARNG personnel to reach out to.

“The momentum and the outreach has been really impressive,” said Col. Lesley Kipling, Mission Command Team Lead for the Army Futures Command and the team’s ARNG liai-

son officer. “Having that one-stop shop really just enhances that capability.”

And while the geography is convenient, it’s not the only reason why the COVID Response

Equipping Team, which is composed of many APG-based organizations, came together so quickly. The foundational building blocks were in place to facilitate a quick establish-ment of a team, as the commands have long-standing relationships and familiar partner exchange at the working level through gener-al officer ranks.

The team meets frequently to evaluate what is happening and make sure everyone on the team is up to speed. General officers meet weekly, while a council of colonels meets twice a week.

Kipling pointed out one recent example of the team fulfilling a need. ARNORTH had SIPR NIPR Access Point terminals that were at their end of life, but the portable network capability could be used for small command post support. The terminal provides internet and voice capabilities for a small command post of about a dozen people and could be used at a food distribution site, she said.

ARNORTH reached out to the team, say-ing the terminals weren’t being sustained and couldn’t be fixed. The team came together, as PEO C3T and CECOM went through their inventory to create kits that could augment and repair the terminals to make them operational.

“It was a really quick turnaround and a lot of good collaboration to remediate that,” she said.

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A Soldier from A Company, 63rd Expeditionary Signal Battalion, 35th Signal Brigade assigned to Fort Stewart, Georgia, moves their High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle loaded with communication equipment on a plane at Hunter Army Airfield, April 4. The 63rd ESB is moving personnel and equipment in support of the U.S. Northern Command and U.S. Army North’s request for defense support of civil authorities in response to the pandemic by providing communications support to areas affected by COVID-19.

U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Truckley

BY SUSAN MERKNEREven in a time of social distancing, the

Army’s observance of Month of the Military Child in April offers opportunities for cele-brating the youngest members of the military family and acknowledging the adults who work with them.

This year’s MOMC theme, selected many months ago, seems apt for 2020: “Overcom-ing Challenges: Adapting Today for a Stron-ger Tomorrow.”

Army garrison Child and Youth Servic-es program directors are supporting stay at home social distancing by leveraging the web and social media through virtual sto-ry time, DIY home workouts, virtual family adventures, virtual Lego league, and chil-dren drawing, painting and poster contests, the results of which they plan to use to dec-orate around post when the facilities reopen.

For those looking for family activities to do at home, MOMC’s annual Young Lives, Big Stories national contest offers military children the chance to share their views on what it means to be part of a military family through art and writing -- an ideal opportu-nity for children at home now, since submis-sions are emailed. The deadline will be set for later this year, and details are available at www.armymwr.com/momc.

“Military children strengthen families with their love and through their sacrifice to a cause much bigger than themselves. They are an integral part of Army readiness,” said Lt. Gen. Douglas Gabram, commanding gen-eral of the U.S. Army Installation Manage-ment Command.

CYS Celebrates 40th Anniversary

This year’s MOMC coincides with the 40th anniversary of the creation of the Army Child and Youth Services, which traces its beginnings to the creation of the first day care programs for military children.

With the theme “Journey to Excellence,” the CYS anniversary celebrates the program’s transition from rather humble beginnings to becoming a leader in child care with its Child Development Centers.

Army CDCs maintain a 97% accreditation rate, compared to about 10% nationally, from the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the industry’s primary accreditation organization, said Suzanne King, chief, Child and Youth Services, IMCOM G9.

The U.S. Army began offering child care in 1980, when women began entering the workforce in large numbers. In the earliest years, child care in the Army and elsewhere consisted primarily of custodial care: keep the young ones safe, fed and rested.

For example, when the Fort Leavenworth child development center opened, it had 40 cribs inside an old military school building. Other posts used cleaned-out stables,

Quonset huts and other borrowed spaces for child care. Annual staff turnover was often 300% due to low pay.

That changed in 1980 when the Army hired M.A. Lucas to lead the U.S. Army Child Development Services System, which she headed for 31 years.

The General Accounting Office reviewed military child care programs in 1982, and the following year the Army established regulations for child development services.

Programs were developed for “latchkey kids,” those youngsters who went home after school and had no adult supervision until a parent returned, a new concept in the 1980s.

In 1989, Army day care evolved further, with creation of the Military Child Care Act, which improved the quality of care and ensured affordability for military parents. Among the reforms were standardized facility design, safety protocols such as installation of video cameras and recorders, inspections, improved compensation, and advanced training for providers.

Leaders looked to the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the leading professional organization, whose accreditation standards became the goal for the Army’s child development centers.

The Fort Leavenworth child development center became the first Army day care to receive accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children, a change which rippled through all

the CDCs, advancing the Army’s day care standards and drawing national attention. A 2002 Senate report called the Army program “a model for the nation for providing high-quality affordable child care.”

Month of the Military Child Offers Virtual Activities

Military families may enjoy the convenience of on-post child care.

U.S. Army photos

Safety standards for children in day care have evolved through the years, and child development curricula have replaced earlier notions of custodial care.

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ACTIVITY APG Installation Operating Hours / Scheduled Work Days OPEN REMARKS CLOSED REMARKS LIMITED SERVICES

APG-North Route 22 5 am – 12 am Monday thru Sunday ---------------------------- Gate Closes at HPCON C -----------------------------------------------------

APG-North Route 715 24/7 Open ---------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

Route 715 Visitor Center 6 am – 6 pm Monday thru Friday Saturday & Sunday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

APG-South Wise Road 6 am – 6 pm Monday thru Friday Saturday & Sunday Gate Closes at HPCON C -----------------------------------------------------

APG-South Route 24 24/7 Open ---------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

Route 24 Visitor Center 6 am – 4 pm Monday thru Friday Saturday & Sunday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

APG-North Athletic Center CLOSED Until further notice Monday thru Sunday NO 24/7 unmanned Access -----------------------------------------------------

APG-North Health & Fitness Center (B320) CLOSED Until further notice Monday thru Sunday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

APG-South Hoyle Gym/ Fitness Center CLOSED Until further notice Monday thru Sunday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

Religious Support Office 8:30 am – 5 pm Monday thru Friday Administrative Office opened Saturday & Sunday Call Administrative Office for any questions and updates No Religious Services or Activities

Army Community Services* 8 am – 5:30 pm Monday thru Friday Saturday & Sunday Newcomers in-processing and all classes are cancelled until further notice.

Child & Youth Services 6 am – 6 pm Monday thru Friday Saturday & Sunday Aberdeen CDC and Aberdeen Youth Center only open for care to children of essential personnel Child & Youth Services

Administrative Offices & Parent Central Registration

8 am – 4 pm Monday thru Friday Saturday & Sunday Central registration is not accepting new registration at this time. Patrons should call for information on re-registrations and Summer Camp registration.

CORVIAS Housing Office Closed to public Mon-Fri in response to COVID-19, Call for all appointments Saturday & Sunday Routine Work Orders suspended due to COVID-19. Emergency/ Urgent Work Orders are being executed. Corvias to move to 50% maintenance staff at HPCON CHARLIE

APG-North Recreation Center CLOSED Until further notice Saturday & Sunday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

APG-South Recreation Center CLOSED Until further notice Monday thru Sunday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

APG-North Brewer Lanes (Bowling Center) CLOSED Until further notice Monday thru Sunday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

Auto Crafts Center CLOSED Until further notice Monday thru Sunday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

Outdoor Rec Services and Equipment Center CLOSED Until further notice - (includes Skeet Range in EA) Monday thru Sunday ON POST RESIDENTS MAY USE OUTDOOR RECREATION EQUIPMENT FROM 11A-4P ON POST FOR 2

HOURS (MON – FRI) WHEN RESERVED IN ADVANCE.

Library CLOSED Until further notice Saturday & Sunday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

MWR Leisure Ticket Office CLOSED Until further notice Saturday & Sunday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

Ruggles Golf Course CLOSED Until further notice Monday thru Sunday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

Exton Golf Course CLOSED Until further notice Monday thru Sunday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

Commissary Tuesday 9 am – 7 pm Wed thru Fri 10am-7pm / Sat 9am-6pm / Sun 10am-5pm Mondays DECA HQ provides guidance if HPCON Charlie is reached No “Early Bird” hours

Kirk U.S.Army Health Clinic 7:30 am – 4:30 pm Monday thru Friday Saturday & Sunday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

APG=North Dental Clinic 7 am – 3:30 pm Monday thru Friday (Emergency Care Only) Saturday & Sunday DRC3, DRC4, and Dental Emergencies Routine work is rescheduled (TBD)

APG-South Dental Clinic 7 am – 3:30 pm Monday thru Friday (Emergency Care Only) Saturday & Sunday DRC3, DRC4, and Dental Emergencies Routine work is rescheduled (TBD)

Legal Client Services CLOSED Active Duty Military only contact MAJ Masick 443 861-5146 Monday thru Friday 100% Office Telework - All other Clients - Services / issues will be addressed upon return.

Veterinary Clinic 9 am – 4 pm Monday thru Wednesday Thursday thru Sunday Open for refills & sale of over the counter pet medication Currently not scheduling appointments

MILPO / ID Card / Retirement 8 am – 4 pm Monday thru Friday Saturday & Sunday Appointment required for services; CAC/ID Cards 410-306-2404; Retirements (Virtual) 410-776-4856; Personnel Services (Virtual) 843-834-2638; SFL-TAP (Virtual) 443-327-9681

CAC/ID Cards will remain open for business by appointment; all other services handled virtually

Army Education Center 8:30 am – 4:30 pm Tuesday thru Friday Every other Monday, Saturday & Sunday Virtual 410-306-2042/918-845-5990, Amanda.s.roetto.civ@mail.mil

Official Mail & Distribution Center 6:30 am – 4 pm Monday thru Friday - All outgoing mail must be received

NLT 1400 Saturday & Sunday Contact 410-278-6430/278-2252/278-3550 Office closes one hour early on Fridays

Army Substance Abuse Program 7:30 am – 4:30 pm Monday thru Friday Saturday & Sunday Contact 410-278-3810; EAP 410-278-5319; DTC 410-278-

DRUG (3784) -----------------------------------------------------

Main Exchange (PX) 10 am – 6 pm 10 am – 4 pm

Monday thru Friday Saturday & Sunday ---------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

GNC 9 am – 6 pm

10 am – 4 pm 11 am – 4 pm

Monday thru Friday Saturday Sunday

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Barber Shop 9 am – 3:30 pm 10 am – 3 pm

Monday thru Friday Saturday & Sunday ---------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

Laundry / Dry Cleaners 10 am – 2 pm Monday thru Friday Saturday & Sunday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

Coffee and Grains CLOSED Until further notice Monday thru Sunday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

Melvin's Auto 7:30 am – 5 pm Monday thru Friday Saturday & Sunday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- APG-North Express

(Shoppette) 7 am – 7 pm 9 am – 5 pm

Monday thru Friday Saturday & Sunday ---------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

APG-North Shoppette Subway 10 am – 4:30 pm Monday thru Friday Saturday & Sunday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

Tim Hortons Bldg. 6002 6 am – 4 pm Monday thru Friday Saturday & Sunday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

Tim Hortons Bldg. 6008 CLOSED Until further notice Monday thru Sunday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

Subway Bldg. 6007 (C5ISR) CLOSED Until further notice Monday thru Sunday App orders will be fulfilled at the Express location.

Burger King Bldg. 2330 7 am – 5 pm Monday thru Friday (Drive Thru Service Only) Saturday & Sunday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

McShane's Bldg. 6010 CLOSED Until further notice Monday thru Sunday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

McShane’s Bldg. 6008 CLOSED Until further notice Monday thru Sunday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- Edgewood Express

(Shoppette) 7 am – 5 pm Monday thru Friday Saturday & Sunday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gas Pumps remain open 24/7

APG-South Subway 9 am – 2 :30 pm Monday thru Friday Saturday & Sunday --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1SG BBQ CLOSED Until further notice Monday thru Sunday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

Strike Force Café (Bowling Center) CLOSED Until further notice Monday thru Sunday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

Top of the Bay CLOSED Until further notice Monday thru Sunday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

Top of the Bay Food Delivery 11 am – 8 pm Monday thru Sunday (On-Post Only) ---------------------------- Credit Card Payments over the phone only / Call in your order at (410)-278-0484 / 2801

Sutherland Grille (Ruggles) Seasonal Hours CLOSED Scheduled to open 6 April – postponed until further notice Monday thru Sunday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

Property Book Office 7 am - 4:30 pm Monday thru Friday Saturday & Sunday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office closes one hour early on Fridays

Property Book Warehouse 7 am - 4:30 pm Monday thru Friday Saturday & Sunday 404th BDE provides guidance to LRC-APG for HPCON Charlie to All offices below this line Office closes one hour early on Fridays

CIF 7 am – 4:30 pm Monday thru Friday Saturday & Sunday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office closes one hour early on Fridays

Installation ASP 7:30 am – 4 pm Monday thru Friday Saturday & Sunday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

SSA / CRP 7 am – 4:30 pm Monday thru Friday Saturday & Sunday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Closes one hour early on Fridays/ RDO

LRC Fuel Station 7 am – 4:30 pm Monday thru Friday Saturday & Sunday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office closes one hour early on Fridays

TMP 7 am – 3 pm Monday thru Friday Saturday & Sunday On site dispatching located in bldg. 3660 TMP closed 12:30 pm-1 pm for lunch

Personal Property Processing 7 am – 3:30 pm Monday thru Friday Saturday & Sunday Face to Face counseling Tue 1400 and Thurs 1300 -----------------------------------------------------

Carson Wagonlit Travel (CTO) 8 am – 4:30 pm Monday thru Friday Saturday & Sunday After hours emergency call in available – 1-800-296-3074

Passenger Travel 7 am – 4:30 pm Monday thru Friday Saturday & Sunday Can be conducted over the phone, via email or in person Office closes one hour early on Fridays

Freight Office 7 am – 4:30 pm Monday thru Friday Saturday & Sunday Shipping/deliveries only completed M-Thurs - NLT 1430 Office closes one hour early on Fridays

Maintenance 7 am – 4:30 pm Monday thru Friday Saturday & Sunday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Closes one hour early on Fridays/ RDO

ACTIVITY OPEN REMARKS CLOSED REMARKS LIMITED SERVICES

* For Army Emergency Relief, call Red Cross at 1-877-272-7337.

As of 0900hrs 9 April 20

www.APGNews.com Vol. 64, No. 16THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2020

BY C. TODD LOPEZDefense.gov

WASHINGTON -- To keep business on track during the fight against the corona-virus, the Defense Department has greatly expanded its telework capability with a vari-ety of tools. Once the coronavirus threat has receded, some of those enhancements for telework may continue on in some capacity, DOD’s chief information officer said.

“We are creating a much more robust enhanced teleworking capability, [and] we’ve obviously always had one. What we’ve now done is we’ve just put a multipli-er effect into the quantity, the types of servic-es, the collaboration tools, etc.,” Dana Deasy said at an April 14 Pentagon news confer-ence. “So there will be some permanency to what we have here. ... There is going to be an enhanced teleworking capability that will be sustained at the end of COVID-19.”

The telework capability that might outlive the pandemic will be related to enhanced net-work capability, and will also include a larger base of teleworking equipment, Deasy said, but it’s not just limited to technology.

“We’ve also just developed some new tactics and techniques that allow us to ramp up quite quickly,” he said, adding that the department had “significant help” from industry partners to support the large num-bers of Defense Department employees who are working offsite due to social distancing and stay-at-home orders.

Air Force Lt. Gen. B.J. Shwedo, the Joint

DOD Telework May Outlive Pandemic

The new landscape of civilian federal government employment during the coronavirus pandemic looks strikingly similar to your house. In an effort to protect the health of the military workforce while maintaining operational momentum, many organizations are sending civilian employees home. Telework has expanded to meet the need.

Photo courtesy of April Gail Pilgrim

See TELEWORK, page B3

BY ARGIRO SARANTINOSCCDC Public Affairs

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Navigating through the subterranean world of tunnels and caves poses a serious threat for Soldiers. When the lights go out, Soldiers are left in total darkness. Soldiers may also be exposed to toxic agents, insufficient lev-els of air and other challenges as they maneu-ver deep underground.

To keep Soldiers safe, a “tunnel safing” project was identified as one of six priorities during the Advanced Development of Asset Protection Technologies, or ADAPT, work-shop in May 2019. The workshop was host-ed by the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center

and the New Jersey Institute of Technology; more than 30 experts from industry, aca-demia and the Department of Defense attend-ed the event.

Teamwork is the core of the ADAPT pro-gram, which employs a novel rapid develop-ment and prototype process called “ideation and innovation.” This collaborative process leverages public and private partnerships, including the NJIT, that work together to solve some of the Army’s toughest problems. The ADAPT program plans cost, sched-ule and performance objectives for projects, along with milestones and deliverables. Each project aligns with the Army’s modernization

ManTech, STEM Students ‘ADAPT’ for Soldiers’ Needs

A tunnel safing robot is tested at the Picatinny Arsenal Homeland Defense Technology Center’s Sub Terrain Conveyance Course. Tunnel safing was iden-tified as one of six priorities during the Advanced Development of Asset Protection Technologies, or ADAPT, workshop in May 2019.

U.S. Army photo by James Zunino

See ADAPT, page B2

BY JOHN HIGGINSPEO IEW&S Public Affairs

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Aerial intelligence has been key to Amer-ican war since its earliest days. Starting with balloons before the turn of the 20th century hefting cumbersome daguerreotypes hundreds of feet in the air, to early panoramic cameras hauled into the deadly skies of World War I by canvas and wood dogfighters, to film cameras on the iron and steel planes of World War II to Vietnam and video cameras in the 1980s that have been refined and honed from the mag-netic tapes for video rental shops to the digital media of today.

Lenses changed over time, and soon became key to the sensors we use today, sen-sors like those acquired, tested and fielded by Project Director Sensors-Aerial Intelligence.

During the past two and a half years, Chris Keller has led PD SAI in their mission to fur-nish American Soldiers with the best intelli-gence-gathering capability they can.

Keller handed over the keys of PD SAI dur-ing a virtual change of charter ceremony host-ed by Brig. Gen. Robert Collins, the Program Executive Officer for Intelligence Electronic Warfare & Sensors.

BY JACOB KRISSCECOM Public Affairs

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — Although Gen. Gus Perna, com-mander of U.S. Army Materiel Command, could not be present physically at U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Com-mand headquarters for his quarterly update briefing on April 14, his guidance and intent came through loud and clear.

Perna kicked off the video teleconfer-ence by noting his admiration and appreci-ation for CECOM’s ability to pivot rapidly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, both in its programs and employees’ work environments. Despite these disruptions, CECOM stayed focused on its mission of empowering Soldiers with C5ISR readiness,

Perna Commends CECOM Initiatives, COVID-19 Actions

Completing the fielding of the Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System was amongst the numerous accomplishments of Product Director Sensors-Aerial Intelligence with Chris Keller at the helm.

PEO IEW&S photo

PD SAI Changes Leadership

See PD SAI, page B2

Gen. Gus Perna, left, commander of U.S. Army Materiel Command, makes a point with Maj. Gen. Mitchell Kilgo, right, commander of U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command, at their quarterly update briefing Nov. 6, 2019. The briefing on April 14, 2020, was conducted via video teleconference.

File photo by Sean Kief, CECOM Public Affairs

See CECOM, page B3

B2 APG News • April 23, 2020

priorities and is planned as a one-year project sprint from design to demonstration. Sprints – originally developed by Google – are used to rapidly solve problems through design, prototypes and testing with users.

“The idea for the tunnel safing project resulted from a discussion between a CCDC engineer and Soldiers who mentioned the need to check caves and tunnels from a safe distance. We worked with STEM [science, technology, engineering and mathematics] students at the NJIT to develop a prototype robot that can maneuver a tunnel and provide sensor data about the environment,” said Jim Zunino, CCDC Armaments Center engineer.

CCDC subject matter experts, DOD men-tors and NJIT faculty members mentored STEM engineering scholars and junior engi-neers during the 10-week technology sprint to develop a prototype made with commer-cial-off-the-shelf and additively manufac-tured parts. The “robotic canary” is equipped with sensors and other data collection sys-tems that can be used by both the military and commercially, particularly the mining industry.

“Tunnel safing robots are one of the many new technology breakthroughs that are keep-ing U.S. service members out of harm’s way. By using additive manufacturing to develop tunnel safing robots, the Army can rapidly develop systems to keep Soldiers safe,” said Ryan Petillo, Armaments Center engineer.

Many of the ADAPT projects have dual-use applications or they can be modified for commercial application. DOD mentors work with STEM scholars on ADAPT proj-ects when possible. This not only develops the DOD workforce, including future men-tors, but also builds relationships with strate-gic partners, including the organic industrial base.

The Army’s ManTech program provid-ed funding for several of the ADAPT pro-totypes, including the robotic canary. The ManTech program is executed by CCDC – a major subordinate command of the Army Futures Command – with oversight from the assistant secretary of the Army (Acqui-sition, Logistics and Technology), Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Technology. By funding technologies in the ADAPT program, Man-

Tech increases the manufacturing readiness level and helps transition the technology to a Program Executive Office. Soldiers ben-efit from the program because it addresses their immediate needs by rapidly develop-ing a prototype.

“The teaming approach allows the DOD to meet its objectives while enabling indus-try and academic partners to further develop their expertise and relationships. Ultimate-ly, this helps the DOD to be competitive and successful in the commercial world,” Zuni-no said.

Many of the ADAPT projects produce a prototype or technology demonstrator. A technology demonstrator is a pre-prototype that is built with existing capabilities as well as experimental capabilities, and it is con-

structed so that future technologies can be incorporated into it. ADAPT projects are selected to address warfighter needs, Army modernization priorities and cross functional team objectives. The CFTs, which align with the Army’s “six plus two” modernization pri-orities, are part of AFC; their goal is to deliv-er capabilities to Soldiers quickly.

Another project selected to be further designed and developed during the ADAPT workshop was a 40-millimeter bola counter unmanned aerial system. A team of STEM scholars and CCDC Armaments Center men-tors developed prototypes modeled from a bola – a type of weapon made of weights and interconnected cords used to capture ani-mals – to counter small drones that fly over forward operating bases, using a 3D printing

process. The prototypes were tested in July 2019; live fire tests are scheduled this spring.

“The ADAPT consortium is a public, pri-vate and government consortium based on trust, co-development, collaboration and rap-id and predictable outcomes. It illustrates how the sum is much larger than the individ-ual parts,” Zunino said.

Several of the technologies and technol-ogy demonstrators were tested by Soldiers in exercises and training scenarios, includ-ing the Rim of the Pacific Exercise, the Maneuver, Support, Sustainment and Protec-tion Integration Experiments, and the Army Warfighting Assessment 18 and 19. The Army plans to use Soldier touch points to test ADAPT solutions in upcoming exercises and demonstrations.

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Team members from the CCDC Armaments Center Advanced Materials Technology Branch use the ADAPT process to develop new state-of-the art fabric antennas that easily attach and conform to Soldiers’ equipment.

U.S. Army photo by James Zunino

“Your expertise and diligence were crucial in launching the Multi-domain Sensor System and advancing the Tactical Signal Intelligence Payload,” said Collins. “Additionally, your guidance was key for completing the fielding of the Enhanced Medium Altitude Surveillance System as well as ensuring Aerial ISR support for current operational requirements across multiple combat commands.”

During his tenure as project director, Keller was chartered with life-cycle responsibility for numerous Acquisition Category II and III pro-grams -- meaning high level, multimillion dol-lar programs -- comprised of more than 60 fielded Airborne Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems with a total obliga-tion authority of more than $600 million in each fiscal year. Keller and his team ensured the deployment of dozens of new and upgraded aircraft capabilities to units supporting all com-batant commands, and these enhanced capabil-ities produced more than 5,000 hours of ISR support per month.

There are about 720 hours in an average month; which means that PD SAI’s equipment, per month, produces nearly seven months’ worth of actionable intelligence projects, which saves the lives of Soldiers in the field.

Keller will be moving to a new director-ate within the PEO, the Integration Director-ate. In his remarks he said, “Every day around the world, there are systems and equipment we have provided that deliver critical support to soldiers in the field. Every day they are get-ting the job done, and they will provide the next great thing in technology. To Dennis [Teefy], congratulations, you are inheriting a great team, I assure you.”

The incoming project director is Dennis Teefy, who started off as a post-graduate intern with the U.S. Army Environmental Center as a program manager focusing on innovative envi-ronmental technology development and transfer and has 20 years of service informing his deci-sions. He joins the PEO IEW&S family from Program Executive Office Command Control Communications-Tactical.

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DiD You Know?The Holocaust was a systemic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of 6 million Jews by the Nazi regime and its allies and collaborators.

Holocaust is a word of Greek origin meaning “sacrifice by fire.” The crimes committed during the Holocaust devastated most European Jewish communities and eliminated hundreds of Jewish communities in occupied eastern Europe entirely. As important as it is to remember the Holocaust, it is as important to remember the ordinary people who chose to intervene and help rescue Jews, despite the risks. This demonstrates that individuals have the power to make a difference. What we do --- or choose not to do -- matters.

The Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust is an annual eight-day period designated by Congress for civic commemorations and special educational programs that help citizens remember and draw lessons from the Holocaust. The annual DRVH period normally begins on the Sunday before the Israeli observance of “Yom HaShoah,” Holocaust Memorial Day, and continues through the following Sunday, usually in April or May. A national civic commemoration is held in Washington, D.C., with state, city, and local ceremonies and programs held in most of the 50 states, and on U.S. military ships and installations around the world. The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum also designates a theme for each year’s programs, and provides materials to help support remembrance efforts.

In addition, this year, the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute, a joint services school and research laboratory in Florida, has designated as its Holocaust Days of Remembrance theme the commemoration of the 75th

anniversary of the end of World War II. This time of observance reflects on the somber remembrance of the atrocities of the war. It also reflects upon the liberation that victory brought to many repressed people.

Retired Army Col. Jonas Vogelhut, who last served at Aberdeen Proving Ground, shared his thoughts about the war.

“Hearing stories of how my father escaped Poland in 1936, sadly leaving my grandmother to take care of my sick great-grandmother, and having both ladies perish in the Holocaust had a profound impact on my life and military career,” he said. “I live to honor their memories and served for 25 years in our U.S. Army, doing my best to ensure these atrocities never happen again. We can all do our part learning from events like this Days of Remembrance to make this world a friendlier place to be a supportive neighbor.”

This year, numerous live remembrance events across the nation, including at APG, have been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, but this does not decrease the importance of sharing

awareness or education about the Holocaust. Indeed, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum hosted a 2020 Days of Remembrance Commemoration on its Facebook page on April 21, one of many such virtual events throughout the country. It was streamed on the museum’s Facebook page, which can be found at www.facebook.com/holocaustmuseum.

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Staff’s director for command, control, com-munications, and computers/cyber and chief information officer, said as many as 4 mil-lion DOD military and civilian workers are now teleworking.

The Army, he said, has about 800,000 telework-enabled members on Defense Department networks, and the demand is increasing daily. The Navy, he said, had 100,000 remote workers on its networks before the coronavirus pandemic, and that has more than doubled to 250,000 workers. “Planned improvements in the next two to three weeks will bring the total to 500,000 remote users,” Shwedo said.

The Navy’s use of Outlook Web Access, he said, was at about 10,000 users before the pandemic, and usage may climb to some 300,000 users by the end of the month. The Marine Corps, he said, expects its OWA users to increase from about 70,000 to more than 105,000.

The Air Force, he added, has increased its virtual private network capability from 10,000 to more than 100,000 by mid-April, with an expectation to go to 200,000 in the coming weeks. “They’re now using a tool that is going to bring this capability to over 400,000 users,” Shwedo said.

The many telework-enabling tools now available to Department employees are explained at http://public.cyber.mil, Deasy said. One of those, he said, is the “com-mercial virtual remote” environment that provides collaboration capabilities including video, voice and text.

“CVR was created to support the depart-ment during the current large-scale tele-working environment due to the COVID-19 national emergency,” he said. “The tool is just one of several tools available to the workforce and provides remote workers with enhanced collaboration capabilities.”

The rollout for CVR began March 27, and it already has more than 900,000 activated user accounts, Deasy said.

“At one point last week, we added over 250,000 accounts in a single day,” he said. “This is the largest rollout ever implemented in this short amount of time.”

The recently stood-up COVID-19 Tele-work Readiness Task Force has spearhead-ed much of the effort to get employees online from home to keep doing their jobs, Deasy said. The task force, he said, focuses on areas such as equipment needs, network capacity, operational readiness, informa-tion technology personnel, contracting readi-ness, supply chain, finance requirements and cybersecurity.

“We meet daily for about two hours to review and address various technical issues and requests as they arise,” he said.

Deasy also said efforts during the corona-virus pandemic are not just related to getting employees online for telework. DOD also is helping on the front lines of the coronavirus fight as well.

In New Orleans, he said, the department provided two field hospitals with a one-giga-byte internet connection, [internet protocol] phones, connectivity between locations and switches to connect it all together.

“A request such as this generally requires

months of planning, procuring equipment, and, of course, hiring the teams to install,” he said. “Due to our strong partnership with industry, the job was completed in just one day.”

One effect of increased telework and the coronavirus pandemic has been an increase in “spear phishing” — attempts by malicious actors to compromise target computers.

“I’ll tell you that [with] the insight that we’re receiving, we’re getting better and bet-ter at getting their [tactics, techniques and procedures] and finding out where these threat vectors are coming from,” Shwedo said.

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Dana Deasy, center, the Department of Defense’s chief information officer, and Air Force Lt. Gen. B.J. Shwedo, right, the Joint Staff’s director for command, control, communications, and computers/cyber and chief information officer, hold a media briefing on the COVID-19 Telework Readiness Task Force on April 13 at the Pentagon.

DOD photo by Marvin Lynchard

Jews on the selection ramp at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concen-tration camp in Poland.

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anytime, anywhere.“What’s really impressive for the enter-

prise is we are maintaining momentum in all we’re doing,” he said. “That’s because of all the hard work we’ve already done to solve problems, set foundations and hold our-selves accountable.”

Maj. Gen. Mitchell Kilgo, CECOM com-mander, outlined the command’s major muscle movements since Perna’s last vis-it, including new initiatives to help combat COVID-19. These included working with Program Executive Office Command, Con-trol and Communications-Tactical to create a 24-7 C5ISR help desk to support U.S. Army North and National Guard units deploy-ing to fight the virus. They also includ-ed partnering with the Combat Capabilities

Development Command, U.S. Army Med-ical Command, and the Tobyhanna Army Depot to identify sources and manufacture batteries for ventilators, among other efforts.

“I’m confident the workforce is striking the right balance between the duty to pro-tect ourselves and duty to the mission,” Kil-go said.

He also discussed progress in ongoing CECOM initiatives, such as creating a soft-ware readiness scorecard for units to ensure critical systems are up to date, as well as the command’s increasing use of repair cycle floats. These enable units to swap out C5ISR systems in need of overhaul and receive a new system immediately, rather than wait-ing for the original system to be repaired and shipped back to the unit.

Briefers to Perna included Rear Adm. John Palmer, commander of the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime in Columbus, Ohio. Palmer and CECOM Inte-grated Logistics Support Center Director Liz Miranda outlined how DLA and ILSC

work together to ensure critical parts for key C5ISR systems are continuously available for Soldiers.

Specifically, they discussed the increas-ing use of 10-year, long-term contracts, which provide more stability for the sup-ply chain. Palmer said that in addition to CECOM, such contracts are being used increasingly across other AMC major subor-dinate commands.

Col. Scott Lamprides, CECOM G3, cov-ered lessons learned from the recent Defend-er-Europe 20 exercise. While the exercise was scaled back due to COVID-19, there was enough movement of forces to uncover valu-able information about C5ISR system readi-ness in case of a return to large-scale combat operations in Europe. Lamprides said that in advance of future exercises, CECOM could better ensure its logistics assistance represen-tatives are engaged with units that would be bringing C5ISR equipment with them.

“Defender isn’t going away,” Perna said. “I see it being a part of [operational tempo]

for years to come. … It’s not just an event, it’s an assessment of ourselves.”

Among other software topics, CECOM Software Engineering Center Director Jen-nifer Zbozny discussed the SEC’s partner-ship with the Defense Information Systems Agency to create a software repository web-site. The repository centralizes where units can download cybersecurity patches and system updates. Through the summer and fall, the SEC will run a pilot program with the 101st Airborne Division to implement the system before making it available to the entire Army by the middle of next year.

Perna closed the briefing with praise for the command’s efforts, especially in light of COVID-19. “You can only be innova-tive, adaptive and agile once you’re good at what you’re supposed to be doing,” he said. “It doesn’t work the other way around. You have a good sense where you’re at and what you need to do for the next step. You’re bringing us into the Information Age with your DLA teammates.”

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9. At 7 years old, Saugat Bista became the youngest one of these for a professional film when his film, “Love You Baba” was released in cinemas in 2014.

13. Mita Klima, of Austria, was reportedly 13 years old when she took part in this tennis competition in 1907, being the youngest to do so.

14. This artist was 13 years old when his album, “Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius” topped the U.S. charts in 1963. He remains the youngest solo artist to reach No. 1 on a U.S. album chart. Last name only.

16. 3-year-old Cranston Chipperfield of the United Kingdom became the youngest person to be one of these in a circus in 2005.

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travel writer Maurizio Giuliano set the Guinness World Record in 2004 for the youngest per-son to visit every one of these.

2. 12-year-old Alexa Lauenburger from Germa-ny holds the Guinness World Record for the most of these in a conga line, with eight.

4. At age 36, Charlie Duke became the youngest person to land here, when he touched down on April 21, 1972 during the Apollo 16 mission.

5. As of 2016, Norway’s Alexandra Andresen, at age

19, became the youngest one of these, according to Forbes, with an estimated wealth of $1.18 billion.

6. At just 1 hour old, Cheyenne Pyle became the youngest ever patient to undergo a transplant of one of these at Jackson Children’s Hospital in Miami.

10. 9-year-old Samuel Keplinger of Germany became the youngest person to serve in this role in a soccer match in 2008.

11. At just 72 days old, Millvina Dean was the young-est to survive the sinking of this ship in 1912.

12. At age 18, Andrew Bynum became the youngest to play in a basketball game in this league, in 2005.

15. Shirley Temple was 6 years old when she became the youngest to win one of these awards in 1935.

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7 Marjorie Gestring took the springboard diving title at age 13 in 1936, making her the youngest individual gold medalist in this athletic competition

8 At age 20, Callum Gathercole of the United Kingdom became the youngest to row one of these solo

9 At 7 years old, Saugat Bista became the youngest one of these for a professional film when his film, "Love You Baba" was released in cinemas in 2014.

13 Mita Klima, of Austria, was reportedly 13 years old when she took part in this tennis competition in 1907, being the youngest to do so.

14 This artist was 13 years old when his album, "Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius" topped the U.S. charts in 1963. He remains the youngest solo artist to reach No. 1 on a U.S. album chart.

16 3-year-old Cranston Chipperfield of the United Kingdom became the youngest person to be one of these in a circus in 2005.

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2 12-year-old Alexa Lauenburger from Germany holds the record for the most of these in a conga line, with eight

4 At age 36, Charlie Duke became the youngest person to land here, when he touched down on April 21, 1972 during the Apollo 16 mission.

5 As of 2016, Norway's Alexandra Andresen, at age 19, became the youngest one of these, according to Forbes, with an estimated wealth of $1.18 billion

6 At just 1 hour old, Cheyenne Pyle became the youngest ever patient to undergo a transplant of one of these at Jackson Children's Hospital in Miami.

10 9-year-old Samuel Keplinger of Germany became the youngest person to serve in this role in a soccer match in 2008.

11 At just 72 days old, Millvina Dean was the youngest to survive the sinking of this ship in 1912.

12 At age 18, Andrew Bynum became the youngest to play in a basketball game in this league, in 2005

15 Shirley Temple was 6 years old when she became the youngest to win one of these awards in 1935.

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By JON BLEIWEIS, APG News

In celebration of Month of the Young Child, this week’s crossword puzzle features “youngest” records and achievements.

Word of the Week

BreviloquentPronounced: bre-VIL-uh-kwuhnt

Part of Speech: Adjective

Definition:1. Speaking or expressed in a concise or terse style; using brevity of speech.

2. Using very few words; concise.

Use: � Soft-spoken and breviloquent, Nokie Edwards’ gentle manner is contradicted by the quick, clean

guitar licks that make him famous as a former member of surf-instro band The Ventures. � On the contrary, nothing is more remarkable in the Paston correspondence than the extreme and

business-like shortness of most of them. They seem to anticipate the breviloquent era of Sir Rowland Hill.

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TIGGER Transit Investments in Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction

Transit Investments in Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction, or TIGGER, is a program managed by the Federal Transit Administra-tion’s Office of Research, Demonstration and Innovation in coordination with the Office of Program Management and FTA regional offic-es, that works directly with public transporta-tion agencies to implement new strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and/or reducing energy use within transit operations. These strategies can be implemented through operational or technological enhancements or innovations.

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2014, 17-year-old Pakistani Malala Yousafzai became the youngest to win this peace prize.

3. At age 16, Greta Thunberg became the youngest person to achieve Person of the Year, by this magazine.

7. Marjorie Gestring took the springboard diving title at age 13 in 1936, making her the youngest individual gold medalist in this athletic competition.

8. At age 20, Callum Gathercole of the United Kingdom became the youngest to row one of these solo.

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(Right) Members of the Land Management Branch, Facilities Management Directorate, remove rotted logs

from an Aberdeen Proving Ground area during a postwide cleanup project. From left are James Russell of North East, George Lehman of Havre de Grace and William

Cullum of Churchville.

(Above) President Bill Clinton shakes hands with members of the crowd after giving an Earth Day address in Havre de Grace. Attending the celebration were Aberdeen Proving Ground invited guests Maj. Gen. Richard Tragemann, post commander; Maj. Gen. George Friel, commander of the Chemical and Biological Defense Command; Col. James Bosley, deputy installation commander; and Col. Daniel Uyesugi, commander of the Army Environmental Center.

10 Years Ago: April 22, 2010

50 Years Ago: April 22, 1970

25 Years Ago: April 26, 1995

Take a look back in time as the APG News explores what made the headlines around APG during this week 10, 25 and 50 years ago. This week’s APG News masthead is from 1969.

(Right) From left: Becca Roese, an instructor from Forest Hill Health and Fitness, teaches Brianna

Nubine, Monae Simmons, Eddy Nubine Jr., and Anyea Simmons during a Zumba class at the

Aberdeen Area Athletic Center. The Zumba program was part of a Child, Youth and School Services

program called The EDGE!

(Left) From right, APG Garrison Command Sgt. Maj. Rodney Rhoades; Master Sgt. Scott Hoffman, Kirk U.S. Army Health Clinic senior enlisted adviser; Ernest Morgan, inspector general, U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command; and Margaret Gibson, KUSAHC TRICARE manager; take instructions from motorcycle safety specialist Dave Backert, far left, on the Motorcycle Safety training range.

(Left) Sgt. 1st Class John Lindenmuth, left, C Annex chief, and Staff Sgt. Richard Ramirez, C Annex welding instructor, dismantle a piece of equipment before moving it to Cohen Hall. As part of the move, five buildings under the Ordnance Center and School’s Metalworking Services Department were consolidated into one building.

(Left) SP4 Ronald Valenti, left, uses a wiggler bar to properly align his machine for eccentric turning of the crankshaft. Instructing him is SP5 Fred Oja. Valenti was enrolled in the machinist course at the Ordnance Center and School.