DECON teams complete CBRNE training

Decontamination teams from Naval Hospital Bremerton successfully conducted and concluded a DECON certification course to prepare to receive casualties in the event of a chemical-biological-radiological-nuclear-explosion (CBRNE) event. The collective responsibility of the DECON team is vital. They provide the medical treatment facility the first line of defense for an emergency system that everyone hopes is never needed but has to be ready to put in place if necessary. “If these corpsmen don’t do their job, then no one on base would be able to do their job either. There is no team more important,” said Tom Bocek, DECON, LLC training manager. “Handling any CBRNE contamination takes precedence before anything else can get done during such an event.”
September 2, 2010
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Adopt-a-Chef inspires culinary specialists

Five culinary specialists from various local commands received specialized culinary arts training Aug. 25 -26 at the Trident Inn, Bangor Galley, from Chris Malham, a certified executive chef with the American Culinary Federation. Malham, a retired master chief culinary specialist, volunteers with the Adopt-a-Chef Program, which allows him to travel to different military units when requested and administer culinary arts training. “The main reason I do this is because I enjoy it,” Malham said. “Also, the Navy spent a lot of time, effort and money on sending me to schools throughout my career and this is my way of giving back. I hope to inspire Sailors and give them some skills they can be proud of.”
September 2, 2010
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Group commander awarded for writing

Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Sklerov, judge advocate general for Commander, Submarine Group 9, was awarded the Keithe E. Nelson Distinguished Service Writing Award for top publication in the country in the field of Military Law for 2009 at an awards luncheon in San Francisco, Calif., Aug. 6. Sklerov’s article, “Solving the Dilemma of State Responses to Cyberattacks: A Justification for the Use of Active Defenses Against States Who Neglect their Duty to Prevent”, was a scholarly legal article dealing with state responses to cyberattacks and proposed a new legal framework for analyzing and responding to international cyberattacks. It was published in the winter 2009 edition of The Military Law Review. “Writing this involved a lot of research,” said Sklerov. “I probably spent about 1,000 hours researching and writing it.”
September 2, 2010
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USS Seattle crew celebrates 2010 reunion

Thirty Members of the USS Seattle (AOE 3) Veteran’s Association celebrated their 2010 reunion in Bremerton, h. Aug. 26 through 29. “It’s been 41 years since I’ve been here, and it was great coming back,” former Radioman 3rd Class Chick Smaldino said. Many of those who attended the reunion, including Smaldino, were plankowners/crew members who were assigned to Seattle when she was placed in commission. “I was the third person to report to USS Seattle, and when I checked aboard, it was just a hull,” former Yeoman 2nd Class Jim Pease said. “I got to watch all the plankowners check in, and the other folks check in as time went along.”
September 2, 2010
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Keyport event promotes heritage, hobbies, health

Civil service employees and active-duty military celebrated heritage, hobbies and health at the first annual H3 festival at the Keyport Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Aug. 19. The H3 festival originated with diversity days, which promoted a range of different cultures and customs. “We thought about it, and realized that there are a lot of types of diversity,” said Roger Bumpas, H3 event coordinator. “We decided to bring in people’s hobbies, and it just grew, until it was heritage, hobbies and health.” Groups and individuals from Keyport and other surrounding areas set up booths for attendees to browse. The Peninsula Wilderness Club, Glass Odyssey Corvettes and Bonsai Culture were just a few of the organizations represented at H3.
August 26, 2010
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Navy promotes safety, health awareness at expo

The city of Bremerton partnered with Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF) Aug. 18-19 to host the 2010 West Sound Safety and Health Exposition at the Kitsap Conference Center and Bremerton Boardwalk. Approximately 2,500 members of the community attended the free event, which was open to the public and featured activities for all ages. While adults browsed exhibits and hands-on displays, children visited the Kids Zone, a fun and interactive site dedicated to children’s safety and health topics. Highlights included a Navy Region Northwest dive exhibit and underwater tic-tac-toe game, a farmer’s market exhibit which emphasized the benefits of organic gardening and composting, and battle of the safety stars (a team competition for safety knowledge).
August 26, 2010
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Youth learn about drug prevention during DEFY

Naval Hospital Bremerton (NHB) volunteers assisted the Drug and Education for Youth Program (DEFY) at the Bangor Health and Education Center aboard Naval Base Kitsap, Aug. 16ñ19. The volunteers served as mentors to educate the youth about the dangers of drugs and alcohol during the five-day camp. “DEFY reaches out to the youth in so many ways because it gives military members and their children the opportunity to understand about what drugs are,” said Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Richard Schreck, NHB, DEFY program director. “The program shows them the aspects and benefits of what the program teaches to their children.”
August 26, 2010
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Local naval installations, commands snag SECNAV awards

Several Navy Region Northwest Installations and Naval Base Kitsap tenant commands were recently announced as winners of 2010 Secretary of Navy (SECNAV) energy and water management awards. Naval Base Kitsap, Naval Magazine (NAVMAG) Indian Island, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF) and Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Keyport all received recognition for outstanding energy and water conservation based on fiscal year 2009 accomplishments. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus congratulated the winners in a memorandum dated Aug. 19, in which he stated the importance of energy and water management to the accomplishment of the Navy’s mission and our nation’s energy independence and security.
August 26, 2010
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Kitsap Sailors feed local children

More than a dozen Sailors from Naval Base Kitsap provided 200 lunches for the Boys and Girls club of Naval Avenue Elementary Aug. 11. The meals fed 150 children between the ages of five and 13, many of which are from either active duty or retired military families and Puget Sound Naval Ship Yard (PSNS) contractors. “The community gives a lot to the Navy and we need to give back,” said Senior Chief Culinary Specialist James Thomas, NBK assistant food service officer. “Providing a hot lunch for the local children is just a small way to do so, but it truly means a great deal.” The Bremerton Boys and Girls club is provided for all children in the community.
August 19, 2010
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CPO selectees aid Kitsap County Fairgrounds

More than 100 chief petty officers (CPOs) and CPO selectees from the Pacific Northwest Region worked side by side making various preparations at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds in Silverdale, Aug. 12. The preparations were part of an effort to make the fairgrounds ready for the upcoming fair in late August 2010 and also to build good relations between the military and civilian community. “We work here every year to do some community work within the realms of the Northwest when the chief results come out for our new chief selectees,” said Chief Master-at-Arms Charles Person, from Strategic Weapons Facility Pacific Security Battalion Bangor.
August 19, 2010
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