NUWC Keyport, Suquamish Tribe partner for fish transfer

Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Keyport, participated in a fish transfer coordinated by the Suquamish Tribe, March 1-2. The Suquamish Tribe restarted its coho salmon net pen operation after a seven-year hiatus. The fish release had been conducted annually for two decades but was discontinued in 2003 due to rearing and budget constraints. “We are pleased to partner with the Suquamish Tribe on this important fish transfer,” said Capt. Stephen Iwanowicz, Naval Undersea Warfare Center commanding officer. “This is a great example of how the Navy is committed to being good stewards of the environment, along with deepening the strong relationships we have with our Native American neighbors.”
March 11, 2010
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Bangor clinic promotes children’s dental health

Children’s dental health experts from Naval Branch Health Clinic Bangor taught active duty service members, spouses, and their children proper oral hygiene at a children’s dental health fair in Jackson Park Community Center, Feb. 27. “Dental health is extremely important for all children,” said Lt. Melanie Broun, NBHC Bangor general dentist. “The health of the baby teeth directly affects the health, development, and alignment of the adult teeth. Cavities and traumatic dental visits as a child can give a person dental fears which make it more difficult for dental success in the future.”
March 11, 2010
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Memorial bench re-dedicated at Jackson Park

Along the coastal bike trail in Jackson Park resides a memorial bench. It commemorates the service of Jason Adam Arreola, who worked as an intern for the resident officer in charge during the summer of 1996. Assigned to assist the engineering technicians, Arreola was part of the new and renovated housing turnover inspections at Jackson Park. “He loved working for the Navy”, said Jason’s mother Linda Arreola, “Jason was a sophomore attending the University of Washington and he planned on becoming an engineer.”
March 11, 2010
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Stennis earns Ney Award

USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) won the 2010 Navy Capt. Edward F. Ney Memorial Award, claiming first place among all U.S. Navy aircraft carriers. The Ney award was established to recognize the best general messes in the Navy by the Secretary of the Navy and the International Food Service Executives Association in 1958. To win the award, Stennis underwent a rigorous food service inspection and competed against other carriers from the west coast before beating out east coast winner USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). The food inspectors graded Stennis on food quality and taste as well as proper storage, inventory and preparation of the food. S2 division spent long hours preparing for the inspection by accurate records keeping, continuous training and equipment maintenance.
March 4, 2010
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NHB staffers return from Haiti

Naval Hospital Bremerton welcomed back 12 staff members, Feb. 24, who had been deployed aboard USS Bataan (LHD 5) in support of Operation Unified Response in Haiti. The doctors, nurses, and hospital corpsmen were deployed Jan. 17 for approximately six weeks. “We were a casualty and receiving team and began doing that almost immediately,” said Cmdr. Janine Wood, who acted as senior nurse for casualty receiving and staff nurse for the Bataan’s Ward. According to Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Elena Hutchinson, the NHB team just got on the Bataan, finished lunch, and then went to their berthing to get situated when the word was passed about a ‘mass casualty incoming.’
March 4, 2010
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Resource Fair informs Navy families

Kitsap-area Sailors and their families attended the 2nd annual resident resource fair at Naval Base Kitsap’s, Bangor Plaza, Feb. 22. The event, hosted by Forest City Enterprises, Inc., included displays from more than 60 community and military agencies geared toward showing military members different businesses available to them from the Fleet and Family Support Center, as well as educational benefits and job opportunities. Forest City Enterprises, Inc. is responsible for the management of family housing
March 4, 2010
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Innovations abound at recent expo

Have you ever thought to yourself, “I know there is a better way to do this?” Have you considered for a moment that great ideas that work for one process can possibly work for others in the industry? On Feb. 24, these questions and more were answered at the 2010 Continuous Improvement Expo hosted by Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility at the Bremerton site. The Expo allowed participants to share their innovations and process improvements, contributing to efficiencies in ship maintenance, repair and modernization. This first time partnership with our work force and representatives from other shipyards and organizations in the ship maintenance industry provided opportunities to check out improved practices for possible incorporation into their own organizations.
March 4, 2010
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Galley ‘To Go’ offers healthy lunches

Naval Base Kitsap, Bangor’s Trident Inn Galley has started promoting a healthy lunch and targeting Sailors and Marines dedicating their lunchtime to physical fitness. The “Healthy-To-Go” option offers service members the opportunity to work out during their lunch break and then pick up their grab-and-go lunch from the galley before returning to work. “The idea was mentioned a few years ago, but never got off the ground until recently,” said Senior Chief Culinary Specialist James Thomas, Trident Inn Galley leading culinary specialist. “It was put out there that we could have a healthy ‘to-go’[lunch] for people who may have only one hour for lunch who’d rather go to the gym vice spending that whole hour at the galley. By doing this, they are able to pick it up, do their work out and go back to their office and can eat their lunch while they’re at their desk continuing to work.”
March 4, 2010
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Surgical tech returns from Helmand Province

Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Brian Lawrence Sandau helped set the stage for the current battle in Marja, Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan. The Naval Hospital Bremerton’s Ophthalmology Department surgical technician was an Individual Augmentee with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment conducting much the same offensive in the Helmand River Valley, albeit on a lesser scale — but no less important, critical or perilous. “It definitely felt like at times being in the middle of hell,” said Sandau, a Tripp, S.D. native, who worked out of Patrol Base Jaker, in the Nawa District of Helmand Province. The area is approximately 40 miles south of Lashgar Gar, the main city of the region, and located on a wide stretch of the Helmand River valley. Sandau was part of the Marine Corps initial push into the historic Taliban heartland last June. A Marine Corps force of approximately 200 went in to augment and relieve a British force. Sandau was attached with a larger force of 500 that came in several days later. “We flooded the area overnight,” related Sandau. “The Taliban woke up and found they had a Marine battalion in their backyard.”
February 25, 2010
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Navy volunteers assist in Special Olympics

More than 100 volunteers including Sailors from Kitsap-area commands assisted in the Special Olympics basketball event held at five separate venues across Kitsap County Feb. 20. Games were held at the Kitsap Sun Pavilion, Central Kitsap Jr. High, Ridgetop Junior High, Bremerton Junior High and View Ridge Elementary. According to Angie Ramos, training manager of Selfless Region Sports, the amount of basketball participation increased from 800 members in 2009 to more than 900 this year. “Over the years, the athletic base for the Special Olympics in Kitsap County has been increasing, and it continues to grow with volunteer help,” said Ramos. “This is a complete team effort in every sense of the word. You have the members of the state office, volunteer efforts from the Navy, and Kiwanis International providing their help at all of our venues across Kitsap County.”
February 25, 2010
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