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August 2004, Volume 51, No. 8
Features:
Commander, Naval Reserve
Forces Command
Naval Reserve Association
50 th Anniversary Year Conference
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VISION OF THE NAVAL RESERVE ASSOCIATION
The Premier Professional Organization for Naval Reservists,
Committed to Supporting a Strong Navy and National Defense,
While Providing Outstanding Service to Its Members.
Contents
NRA NEWS August 2004, Volume 51, No. 8
FEATURES
11 COMMANDER, NAVAL RESERVE FORCES COMMAND
“As we transform our service into ‘one Navy,’ everyone from
our most junior Sailor to our most senior, stands ready to serve.
Fully aligned with the active fleet, the Navy’s Reserve is more
potent and capable than ever; and our Sailors’ honor, courage,
and commitment will ensure our success abroad and at home.”
–– RADM John P. Debbout, USNR
24 NAVAL RESERVE ASSOCIATION 50 TH ANNIVERSARY
YEAR CONFERENCE
“We close out our 50 th year with our 51 st conference here
in Alexandria, VA, exactly 50 years to the day of the first
conference, Saturday, 18 September. You don’t want to miss
this one.”
–– RADM Steve Keith, USNR (Ret)
DEPARTMENTS
4 From the Editor
6 President’s Message
7 Legislative Update
8 Retirees’ Corner
10 Professional Development
OTHERS
30 Junior Officer Country
31 Letters
32 Health Affairs
34 Info That You Can Use
37 Reservists In Action
5 Corporate Associates Program
26 NRA Scholarship Winners for AY 2004-2005
29 Christmas/Holiday Card Program
33 Medical Documentation
36 News Notes
ON THE COVER
RADM John P. Debbout, USNR, Commander, Naval Reserve Forces
Command.
Naval Reserve Association NEWS (ISSN 0162-2129), authorized under PSM, Section 132.22,
published monthly by the Naval Reserve Association, is a magazine devoted to the professional interests of the
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ASSOCIATION OFFICERS
AND COMMITTEE CHAIRS
NATIONAL OFFICERS
NATIONAL PRESIDENT
CAPT John Eric Lindell, USNR (Ret)
E-mail: johnl@portarthur.com
NATIONAL EXECUTIVE VP
RADM William J. Lynch, MC, USNR
E-mail: radmwjl@comcast.net
NATIONAL VP-SURFACE RESERVE
PROGRAMS
CAPT Thaddeus A. Peake III, USNR
E-mail: dpeake@peakeeng.com
NATIONAL VP-AIR RESERVE
PROGRAMS
CDR Bryan D. Quigley, USNR
E-mail: Bryanquigley@comcast.net
NATIONAL VP-BUDGET & FINANCE
CAPT Haig Bodour, SC, USNR (Ret)
E-mail: hbodour@newmexico.com
NATIONAL VP-LEGISLATION &
EDUCATION
LCDR James M. Gerlach, USNR
E-mail: endzone@bluemoon.net
NATIONAL VP-MEMBERSHIP
LCDR Lawrence M. Miller, MSC, USNR
E-mail: millernavy@verizon.net
NATIONAL VP-MEMBER SERVICES
LCDR Gail W. Holzworth, NC, USNR (Ret)
E-mail: Misslorton@aol.com
NATIONAL VP-PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
CAPT G. Mark Hardy III, USNR
E-mail: gmhardy@usnr.org
NATIONAL VP-ACTIVE DUTY
PROGRAMS
CDR Edward J. Nava, USNR
E-mail: ejnava@lanl.gov
NATIONAL VP-PUBLIC RELATIONS
LT Ian Mitchel King, USNR
E-mail: ltianking@hotmail.com
NATIONAL VP-LEGAL AFFAIRS
LT Marc J. Soss, SC, USNR
E-mail: SMSOSS@aol.com
NATIONAL VP-HEALTH PROGRAMS
RADM Peter L. Andrus, MC, USNR
E-mail: captpla@aol.com
NATIONAL VP-RETIRED PERSONNEL
CDR Sharon K. Kleinschmidt, USNR (Ret)
Tel: 619-429-4504
NATIONAL VP-JUNIOR OFFICERS
LCDR Phan Phan, USNR
E-mail: phan_p@hq.cnrf.navy.mil
NATIONAL TREASURER
CAPT W. Stuart Colby, USNR (Ret)
E-mail: glendalefingrp@aol.com
NATIONAL CHAPLAIN
CAPT Horace A. Hamm, CHC, USNR (Ret)
E-mail: hhamm@worldnet.att.net
NATIONAL HISTORIAN
CAPT John C. Rice, Jr., USNR (Ret)
Fax: 504-486-6040
NATIONAL PARLIAMENTARIAN
CDR Willard B. Stubbs, USNR
E-mail: willstubbs@cox.net
COMMITTEES
ANCHORS PRESIDENT
Dr. Maureen Lindell, Ph.D
E-mail: maureenl@portarthur.com
CONSTITUTION & BY-LAWS COMMITTEE CHAIR
CDR Gary W. Barron, USNR
E-mail: gary.r.barron@boeing.com
RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE CHAIR
LCDR Andrew Scheerer, USNR
E-mail: scheerer@bww.com
AWARDS COMMITTEE CHAIR
CAPT Larry R. Danielson, USNR (Ret)
E-mail: captlrd@yahoo.com
NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIR
CDR Joseph Quaglino, Jr., USNR (Ret)
E-mail: joseph.quaglino-jr@boeing.com
CREDENTIALS & ELECTIONS COMMITTEE CHAIR
CDR ChisT. K. Kirstein-Blackburn, NC, USNR
E-mail: bskts4u2@prodigy.net
SITE SELECTION COMMITTEE CHAIR
CDR Leo B. Hill, USNR (Ret)
E-mail: lbhtimwolf@aol.com
STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE CHAIR
CAPT Timothy D. Moon, USNR
E-mail: moontd@earthlink.net
INVESTMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE CHAIR
CAPT William D. Loockerman, USNR (Ret)
E-mail: wloockerman@aol.com
SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE CHAIR
CAPT Richard Bowers, MSC, USNR (Ret)
E-mail: ah106sru@aol.com
DISTRICT PRESIDENTS
FIRST DISTRICT
LCDR Paul R. Younes, USNR
E-mail: p.younes@att.net
THIRD DISTRICT
CAPT Thomas J. Caulfield, USNR (Ret)
E-mail: clfield@canisius.edu
FOURTH DISTRICT
CDR John J. Thaler II, DC, USNR
E-mail: jjthalerII@aol.com
FIFTH DISTRICT
CAPT Robin L. Graf, USNR
E-mail: grafrl@earthlink.net
SIXTH DISTRICT
LT Louise M. Anderson, MSC, USNR
E-mail: louise.anderson@flhosp.org
EIGHTH DISTRICT
CDR Michael C. Leskin, USNR
E-mail: mleskin@sleh.com
NINTH DISTRICT
RADM Richard E. Young, USNR (Ret)
E-mail: dickyoung@4dv.net
ELEVENTH DISTRICT
CDR Joseph Quaglino, Jr., USNR (Ret)
E-mail: joseph.quaglino-jr@boeing.com
TWELFTH DISTRICT
CDR William J. Mellish, CEC, USNR (Ret)
H: 650-856-1998; FAX: 650-856-9037
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT
CAPT Marshall A. Hanson, USNR (Ret)
E-mail: pacnwmailbuoy@juno.com
FOURTEENTH DISTRICT
CAPT Gayle J. Lau, JAGC, USNR
E-mail: laug004@hawaii.rr.com

4
From the Editor
Congress is back from their 4th of July recess and House, and Senate conferees
are “arm wrestling” over provisions of the FY 05 Defense Authorization and
Appropriation bills. A 3.5 percent pay raise and extended TRICARE coverage for
those being mobilized/demobilized is certain. So is a reduction by 2,500 in the strength of
the Naval Reserve. For retirees and future retirees, there is a chance that legislation
will be enacted to phase out the 20 percent reduction in survivor benefit payments when
the surviving spouse reaches age 62. Strong opposition from DoD, including threats of a
Presidential veto, has pretty much diminished the possibility of getting an earlier than age
60 retirement and medical insurance for inactive duty Reservists because it “costs too
much.” We’re still working and hold out hope that a Commission on the Guard and Reserve
will be created (like the 911 Commission) to look carefully at the structure and employment
of these forces as well as at the benefits and entitlements that should be afforded the twice
citizens who comprise these vital forces. CAPT Ike Puzon has more on all this in his
column.
Speaking of vital forces, we’ve added extra pages to this issue to squeeze in a special
feature on the Naval Forces Reserve. In this feature, RADM John Debbout tells us about
the changes on his staff and has included several community updates as well. In reading
this feature, I was reminded of how technology can better support our dedicated reservists.
And, after reading about the accomplishments of so many, I have renewed admiration and
respect for our citizen Sailors. They ask so little and give so much. My only hope is that
it is truly valued and appreciated by our Navy.
Another example of technology improving battle front medicine is covered in a very
interesting article by CAPT Stevens in the “Health Affairs” column starting on page 32.
A great article on mentoring appears in “Junior Officer Country,” and CAPT Hardy turns
cub reporter and interviews the newly selected Naval Reserve flag officers.
We’ve also included a very informative article by LT Soss on the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPPA) and how it affects you. CAPT McAtee
presents two informative and well-researched articles, “Unintended Medical Benefit
Situations,” on page 33, and “Reservists Voting Absentee,” on page 35.
If you are wondering about how the Association is doing, you want to read President
Lindell’s column on page 6. Even if you weren’t wondering, I recommend reading it any
way along with the rest of this information-packed issue. As always, enjoy the read.
Looking Ahead
Best regards,
Steve Keith
September. We will feature an interview with VADM John G. Cotton, USNR, Chief of Naval
Reserve.
October. Our feature will be the New York Naval Militia.
November: We will feature the Naval Reserve Association 50th Anniversary Year Conference
highlights.
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6 President’s Message
YOUR ASSOCIATION
CAPT John Eric Lindell, USNR (Ret)
National President
PAST
NATIONAL PRESIDENTS
RADM Stephen S. Israel, USNR (Ret)
CAPT Richard W. Hendel, USNR (Ret)*
CAPT Arthur C. Monson, USNR (Ret)
RADM James J. Carey, USNR (Ret)
CAPT Robert Lamar Bell, JAGC, USNR (Ret)
CAPT J. Robert Lunney, JAGC, USNR (Ret)
RADM Lester R. Smith, USNR (Ret)
CAPT Kenneth J. Welch, USNR (Ret)
CAPT Pat R. Lucci, USNR (Ret)
CAPT John C. Rice, Jr., USNR (Ret)
CAPT Curtin R. Coleman II, USNR (Ret)
RADM Philip W. Smith, USNR (Ret)*
CAPT Fred D. Carl, USNR (Ret)
CAPT Robin W. Goodenough, USNR (Ret)
CAPT Morton Leavitt, USNR (Ret)*
CAPT Leslie A. Willig, USNR (Ret)*
RADM Ray Ackerman, USNR (Ret)
CAPT Robert B. Bolt, USNR (Ret)*
CAPT Robert I. Barto, USNR*
CAPT Donald V. Osborne, USNR (Ret)*
CAPT George A. O’Connell, Jr., USNR*
CAPT A. Winfield Chapin, USNR*
CDR Richard K. West, USNR*
CWO Sidney Fields, USNR*
CDR Clayton L. Burwell, USNR (Ret)*
CAPT J. Mack Young, USNR*
CAPT Blaney C. Turner, USNR*
*Deceased
First, don’t forget the upcoming anniversary
conference in Alexandria from 16-19
September 2004. Get registered NOW!!
Second, the most frequently asked question
when I am speaking to various groups is, “How
is the Association doing” My answer is always
a positive and upbeat, “VERY WELL!”
Depending on the audience, I then share some or
all of the following information.
Membership. Most associations are
experiencing a decline in membership, but
we're holding our own. We have been hovering
around the 22,000-member level since 1996.
Our retention rate is about 82 percent.
Financial. August is the month that we close
out our fiscal year. We will do so this year about
$90,000 in the black. Our investments are
continuing to grow. We will award $25,000 in
scholarships (see page 26) this fall. We own the
building and have a capital equipment reserve to
ensure that there is money to keep it in good
repair.
Member Services. Our back office data base
and innovative technology permits us to reach
out electronically in a timely fashion to more and
more members. For example, within hours of
release of a promotion message, we have an
e-mail out to our members congratulating
them on being promoted. The responses to
these e-mails are incredibly positive. I am
extremely proud of the knowledgeable, talented,
and professional HQ staff that serves you and
me.
Legislative. We are as focused and engaged
as I’ve ever seen the organization on the right
legislative issues. We do well up on Capitol
Hill on Navy-specific issues. We also have an
incredible leveraging partnership and working
relationship with The Military Coalition to bring
4.5 million voting members to bear on any issue.
Communication. Our monthly magazine is
simply the finest. Its robust and informative
nature is drawing great praise from all who
receive it. Our periodic Legislative Updates are
brief and focused. We’ll soon have a new
Operations Manual on the street Members get a
quick response to e-mails and telephone calls.
We can transmit as well as receive!
Elected Officers. I am blessed to be served
and advised by this group of fine professionals.
The current and future affairs of the Association
are in good hands.
That hits the high points on why I tell everyone
how well we are doing. If you think differently,
I would very much like to hear from you. Please
e-mail me at .
Now back to my first point. Don’t forget the
upcoming anniversary conference in Alexandria
from 16-19 September 2004. More information
can be found on pages 24-25 of this issue. Hope
to see you there to celebrate and please bring
your spouse because the Anchors have lined up
an informative and entertaining program.
John Eric Lindell
Naval Reserve Association 2004-2005 Conferences
Fall 2004 National Conference - Washington, DC; 16-19 September 2004
Radisson Hotel; Old Town Alexandria, VA; Tel. (703) 683-6000
Spring 2005 Conference - Kansas City, MO; 22-24 April 2005
The Four Points by Sheraton; Tel. (816) 753-7400
Fall 2005 Conference - Phoenix, AZ; 6-8 October 2005
The Sheraton Crescent Hotel; Tel. (602) 943-8200
NRA NEWS/august 2004

L egislative Update
7
Naval Reserve Issues for FY 05 National
Defense Authorization Bills and Other Provisions
Pending in Congress This Summer
By CAPT Ike Puzon, USNR (Ret)
At press time, Congress has completed individual house action on the National Defense Authorization Acts and the Defense
Appropriations Bills. Conference on the differences in these defense bills is the next step. The below listed provisions are some
of the differences that have to be solved in conference. These are just a few of the most important issues. It is imperative for
you to fax a letter, call, or e-mail your representatives as soon as possible in support of the issues and suggested positions below.
Since this is an election year, members will pay more close attention. Please note the issues that were not passed or addressed by
either house members. These are important to address in your correspondence with your Congressional members!
Your e-mail, call, faxed letter will and can make the difference in passage, since your Congressional representative will listen to
mass opinions. For House members , for Senators .
Issue
House Bill (HR 4200)
Senate Bill (S 2400)
Position
Survivor Benefit Plan (SPB)
age-62 annuity
2005 Military Pay Raise
Special Commission on
Guard and Reserve, and
Yearly Guard and
Reserve Review
TRICARE Standard
coverage for certain
Guard and Reserve members
Employer insurance
options for Guard and Reserve
members
Pharmacy cost shares for
TFL-eligibles
Commissary
Guard and Reserve
civilian income
replacement payment
Service manpower
levels
JOBS Act (S.1637);
Senator Landrieu
Amendment – Tax Credit for
Employers of Guard and Reserve
{not a part of NDAA}
Raise minimum annuity to 40% of
covered retired pay in OCT 2005,
45% in APR 2006, 50% in APR
2007, & 55% in APR 2008
3.5% pay raise in JAN 2005 for all
uniformed service members
No provision
Three-year test of fee-based TRICARE
coverage at ten or more sites for
Selected Reserve members who have
no employer health coverage
Direct General Accounting Office
report by MAR 2005 about providing
stipend to offset the cost of continuing
private family health coverage while
reserve member is mobilized
Prohibit imposing higher pharmacy
cost shares for Medicare-eligibles
than for other beneficiaries
Establish in law as DoD-operated
military benefit
Pay differential from civilian pay for
involuntarily mobilized Reservists
after 12 months on active duty (up to
$3,000 a month); 18 months within
five years; or if recalled again within
six months
Increase Army force levels by
30,000 and Marine Corps levels by
9,000
Reduce Navy and Naval Reserve
end strength by 7,900 for AC; 2,500
for RC
No bill passed
Sen Landrieu amendment; allows for
a ten-year phase in
Similar Provision
Establish commission to review Guard
and Reserve roles and missions and
to assess the need for compensation,
benefits, and other issues, including
use of RC
Permanent nationwide fee-based
TRICARE coverage for Selected
Reserve members who have no
employer health coverage
Allow Sel Res who have employerprovided
coverage the option of
having the government pay part of
the premiums to continue family
coverage during mobilization
No provision
No provision
No provision
Allows for 30,000 increase for Army.
Reduces Navy AC by 7,900 and RC
by 2,500
This amendment to the JOBS Act
Bill (S. 1637) could provide up to
$15,000 for Employers of Guard and
Reserve members
Strongly support the House provisions
Support both provisions
In light of demand & use of Guard
and Reserve Forces, strongly support
the Senate provision; recommend
e-mail, write, or call Representatives,
Senators in support of Senate provision
Strongly support the Senate provision,
the House version would not apply or
affect all Selected Reserve members
Strongly support Senate provision to
ensure continuity of members’ family
coverage when mobilized
Support the House provision
Support the House provision
Support the House provision at this
time
Do not support the reductions in RC
Navy. All the service components are
overstressed – members and families.
End strength reductions in RC and
AC are untimely and should not be
supported for budget purposes only
We need to support strongly the
Senate bill and encourage the House
to act on their tax-related bill. Please
watch this one closely. We have been
trying to get tax credits for employers
for many years
Cont’d. on page 38
NRANEWS/AUGUST 2004

8
Retirees’ Corner
Reviewing Your
Pharmacy Benefit
By LCDR Joe Golding, USNR (Ret)
CDR Sharon K. Kleinschmidt, USNR (Ret)
National VP for Retired Personnel
What’s New
A new Uniform Formulary (UF) process
creates a new third-tier co-pay of $22 per
prescription, in both mail order and retail
pharmacy services, for medications that
are designated “non-formulary.” The UF
also creates a new DoD Pharmacy &
Therapeutics Committee and a new
Beneficiary Advisory Panel. However,
there will be no drugs in the third ($22)
tier until the appropriate committees have
met to evaluate drugs in accordance with
the Uniform Formulary Rule and final
approval has been made.
A new TRICARE Retail Pharmacy
(TRRx) contract implements a fully
integrated pharmacy program that delivers
patient care through a single manager
of your retail pharmacy benefit. That
manager is Express Scripts, Inc. (ESI).
The new retail pharmacy program allows
all beneficiaries to use network pharmacies
outside of their regions without having to
file claims.
Existing TRICARE Pharmacy
TRICARE Pharmacy provides options
for having your prescriptions filled and is
no longer regional.
Option One: Prescriptions filled
through a uniformed services medical
treatment facility (MTF) is the most costeffective
(no cost) method.
Option Two: TRICARE Mail Order
Pharmacy (TMOP) is the most convenient
for prescriptions taken on a regular,
ongoing basis. There is a co-payment
associated with TMOP – $9 per prescription
for brand name, $3 for a generic medication.
Under TMOP, you may receive up to a
90-day supply. TMOP details may be
found at
or . Voice
contact may be made at 1-866-363-8667.
Option Three: TRICARE Network
Pharmacies are simply contracted retail
pharmacies that will fill a 30-day supply
for $9 for brand name or $3 for generic
medications. For a listing of retail
pharmacies nearest you, log on to
or call 1-866-363-8779.
Option Four: Non-Network Pharmacies
is the most expensive option since
reimbursement is only 80 per cent of the
retail value. You must pay full retail price
and then file a claim.
Note: As mentioned above, UF will create a
new $22 (third tier co-pay) when final
approval of drugs is made.
Existing TRICARE Senior
Pharmacy Program
The TRICARE Senior Pharmacy
Program authorizes eligible beneficiaries
to obtain low-cost prescription
medications from the TRICARE Mail
Order Pharmacy (TMOP) TRICARE
network, and nonnetwork civilian
pharmacies. Beneficiaries may also
continue to use military hospital and
clinic pharmacies. The TRICARE Senior
Pharmacy Program replaces the Base
Realignment and Closure pharmacy
benefit and the Pharmacy Redesign Pilot
Program with a very robust benefit.
Note: If you have other health insurance,
TRICARE is second payer after the
other health insurance has paid a claim
for covered drugs, or when the coverage
under that plan is exhausted for the
year.
TAP INTO A VALUABLE MEMBER SERVICE:
Reserve Component Survivor Benefit Plan
(RCSBP) Guidance
The Reserve Component Survivor Benefit Plan (RCSBP) is the only Reserve program that lets you
leave a percentage of your future retired pay as a monthly annuity to your beneficiaries. This decision
is made when you receive your Notice of Eligibility for Retired Pay at Age 60 (NOE). Certain program
elections are irrevocable and should only be made with knowledge of the RCSBP program. Should you
desire information on the program, or want to understand completely a previous election you made,
go to our Web site (members only), or call
CAPT Tom McAtee at (703) 548-5800 or e-mail .
NRA NEWS/AUGUST 2004

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Professional Development
The Right Stuff
CAPT G. Mark Hardy III, USNR
National VP for Professional Development
The acme of achievement in a Naval
Reserve career is making flag. Less than
one percent of captains will ever reach
this level. I am fortunate to know six of the
ten officers selected this year for rear
admiral. Shortly after the board results
were announced, I asked them, “What’s it
like being promoted to admiral” Five
offered responses. I think you’ll find their
stories interesting, insightful, and possibly
entertaining.
Greg Timberlake is this year’s new medical
flag officer. Like most physicians, he has
an answering service, which managed to
garble the message: “Call Joe Cotton at
the Pentagon.” Just as he was returning
the call to VADM John Cotton, he
received the e-mail from the Defense
News Agency with the flag list, confirming
his selection.
RDML(Sel) Timberlake says that he’s
tried to do three things over the years:
train the mission, develop tomorrow’s
leaders today, and leave it better than he
found it. His response to being selected
for flag was characteristically humble.
“This is an incredible honor, and it’s hard
to believe they selected me. It’s more of a
reflection on my shipmates who helped
me and challenged me and made me what
I am today. They deserve the credit.”
Norton Joerg is this year’s new JAG flag
officer. He was at the Providence airport
on his way home from attending the twoweek
National Security Decision-Making
course at the Naval War College when his
cell phone rang. It was Admiral Cotton.
He asked, “Are you standing at attention”
RDML(Sel) Joerg stopped just short of
security, came to full attention, and stood
there while he received the message about
his promotion. He got some curious looks
from other passengers, but fortunately
didn’t attract the attention of the TSA
security staff.
“As a flag officer, don’t become someone
different,” he advised. “You were picked
for who you are; it’s a mistake to become
someone else.” He considers this opportunity
a “matter of a solemn trust.” He went on
to say, “the best use of our positions [as
flag officers] is to get things out of the
way for others, and then to stay out of the
way ourselves.”
Wendi Carpenter was on her way home
from duty in Dam Neck, VA, when she
pulled off the road to check her voice mail.
There were several messages from VADM
Cotton’s office, but her cell phone died
before she could return them. Borrowing
a phone, she was finally able to get
through and receive the good news.
Her favorite mantra is “think strategically
and act deliberately.” A trusting and
encouraging leader, she expressed gratitude
to a number of parties – to the Sailors in
her commands who made such great
contributions, to her family who offered
encouragement and sacrifices, and to
mentors who have made an enormous
impact on her life and career.
Jamie Barnett is on recall as the Deputy
Director of Naval Education and Training
in the Pentagon, taking on a significant
role in leading the Navy’s revolution in
training. His feelings on being selected
were those of elation, combined with true
humility. He stated that living up to the
expectations of a flag officer seemed
particularly daunting, considering that
we are a nation at war. He went on to
emphasize, “the importance, as a leader,
of really listening, really hearing what
subordinates and peers are saying.”
His words of wisdom: “Commit time
and value to Navy responsibilities, and I
mean really extraordinary time and value.
Honor your spouse, family, and work by
making them first; but find or make time
for mission accomplishment.”
Robin Watters was recalled to active
duty last year to serve in Bahrain. During
the first Gulf War, he was recalled to serve
as the XO of a deployed minesweeper.
Throughout his operationally-focused
career, he has endeavored to “always make
the active duty command my master.”
That philosophy has served him, and the
Navy, well.
He, like each of the other officers I
spoke with, share the credit with his
Sailors. “People perform well for you, but
you end up getting the credit for it.” As a
result, he has worked hard to take care of
his people by writing FITREPs carefully
and providing appropriate awards and
recognition.
Each of these new flag officers felt that
the greatest challenge we are facing is the
total integration of the Reserve force with
the Navy. It’s no longer Navy requirements
and Naval Reserve requirements; it’s one
Navy. There is no place for the old mindset
of “us vs. them.” In the past, we may have
been able to exist as a separate culture, but
that must change as we become a total
force. There is little doubt that each of
these officers understands this objective,
and it behooves each of us to work toward
that goal as well.
Few of us will ever get that special
telephone call notifying us that we’ve been
selected to flag rank. But my knowledge
of the character, integrity, and professionalism
of this year’s selectees reaffirms that our
promotion system does work, that we do
create great leaders from among our ranks,
and that the Navy is putting the right men
and women at the helm.
Next month: How to write really great
FITREPs.
NRA NEWS/august 2004

Naval Reserve Forces Command
”Providing Operational Support to the Fleet”
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RADM John P. Debbout, USNR
Our Navy is engaged throughout the world, and our Navy’s
Reserve, “ready and fully integrated,” continues to
demonstrate its relevance to the Navy and our nation’s
warfighting wholeness. Today’s Navy Reservists are fullyintegrated
members of the U.S. Navy. On any given day, nearly
5,000 Selected Reservists are on some form of active-duty orders
providing support to the fleet, while nearly 13,700 Full-Time
Support (FTS) Reservists are embedded in critical fleet billets
and serving in essential staff positions enabling Reserve programs.
Delivering the right skill set, when and where it’s needed, is
what it’s all about. To meet current and future requirements,
Commander, Naval Reserve Forces Command (CNRFC) has
been working closely with the active fleet to align forces, improve
processes, integrate leadership tools, and share knowledge. We’ve
also challenged every echelon within the Reserve infrastructure
to expedite their alignment efforts and seek innovative solutions
wherever possible to enable better our Selected Reservists to “Re-
Serve” our nation.
I couldn’t be more proud of the effort put forth and the results
achieved over the past year, and I’m looking forward to even
greater success in supporting Navy as our alignment efforts take
shape and initiatives solidify.
To facilitate our alignment process, we established Commander,
Naval Reserve Forces Command (CNRFC), creating a single
command for Naval Reserve budget, manpower, and training
execution. CNRFC works closely with Commander, Naval Reserve
Force (CNRF) in getting our Sailors to the fleet, maximizing
operational support to our Navy worldwide. We are Additional
Duty (ADDU) to Commander, Fleet Forces Command (CFFC) and
Commander, Naval Air Forces (CNAF) in our support to the fleet.
We know there is a strong business case for having our
Reservists take on a greater role in regional responsibilities, such
as homeland security and recruiting. Simply, those Reservists
who live in and know a geographical region should be involved in
local Navy efforts. As a first step in shaping future integration,
we have embedded RADM Bob Passmore, former Commander,
Naval Reserve Readiness Command North West (REDCOM NW)
in the active duty Regional Commander’s staff as the Deputy
Navy Region Northwest Commander. He’ll be responsible for
working with the active regional staff to draft the way-ahead in
this area.
We are working closely with Fleet Forces Command (FFC) in
a Zero-Based Review (ZBR) for total Reserve Force structure and
alignment. The ZBR will be complete in late 2004. To ensure we
are aligned with Navy, our Manpower and Personnel Directorate
has worked aggressively with Operational Navy (OPNAV) to
tailor the Navy manpower management tools to support our
Reserve component. The Navy’s “Skipper” program is used by
Enlisted Community Managers to track their enlisted rating data;
it provides a current community profile, accession and retention
information, advancement data, etc. Skipper also forecasts “what
if ” scenarios, showing how specific changes would impact the
Navy. The Reserve-tailored portion of Skipper, and our adaptation
of the Navy’s strength-planning tool will help support force-wide
manpower modeling, something we’ve never been able to do before.
Another highly successful manpower program was implemented
by our aviation component, to attack aggressively shortfalls in
critical enlisted aviation maintenance billets. The Reserve
Operational Manning Inactive Duty Training/Travel Cross-
Assignment Program allows Navy Reservists to receive funded
travel orders to travel and drill with a Reserve squadron where
these shortfalls would otherwise affect operational readiness. These
shortfalls are simply a result of where our Reservists live and
where they drill. Because most of our Reservists do not live in
fleet concentration areas, we have to look beyond the pool of
Reservists living near these bases or squadrons and offer an
incentive to those with the necessary skill sets to travel and serve.
Not only is this helping the Navy Reserve maintain its optimum
readiness and our number one priority of supporting fleet
requirements, but also it keeps our Sailors’ valuable skills honed.
This program has been so successful that we are now expanding
it to encompass other warfare specialties.
The Reserve Officer FY ’05 “Apply Board” was just convened
in Millington, and the feedback and results continue to
demonstrate what a valuable tool Apply really is. This program
was developed over several years and implemented in its current
form in 2003 as a centralized, competitive, force-wide officerdetailing
tool. Apply helps quantify an officer’s performance and
preference information, enabling the board to make metricallydriven
decisions as to who the best national candidate for a
specific billet is. Of particular note, both active and Reserve officers
now currently serve on the board. The resounding feedback is
that Apply is an extremely fair process, and most officers have
been very happy with the results.
The future detailing of our Reservists will also incorporate a
Sea Warrior initiative called the “Career Management System”
(CMS). As part of the Navy’s Enterprise Human Capital
Management System (EHCMS), this self-serve, Web-based tool
will provide every Sailor visibility of all available Navy billets. It
will also provide the necessary details, including job description,
required competencies, unit location, special requirements, etc.
so that our Sailors can apply for jobs that best fit their career
plans and meet the needs of the Navy.
We began BETA testing CMS on 1 July with the Reserve
Information Technology (IT) rating. To quality control this initial
test, we review each CMS application and ensure applicant’s selfassessed
proficiencies match the required competencies for the
job. Lastly, we verify each applicant’s Five Vector Model (5VM)
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Human Capital Index (HCI), a feature that shows how the Sailor
is performing against the average [normalized] score of those in
the same rating and of the same rank.
Everyone recognizes our Reservists bring more to the table
than just their military training; they possess tremendous civilian
skills that increase their ability to serve. As part of Sea Warrior,
the Navy [and DoD] is interested in capturing this data and
ultimately rewarding Sailors for these skills in their 5VM. Every
Navy Drilling Reservist (Selected Reservist and Voluntary
Training Unit member) is required by DoD to provide their
civilian employment data and, most importantly, their actual
civilian skill competencies.
In July 2004, our Reservists began filling out an on-line
questionnaire that assesses their competencies in a variety of
skills. It incorporates a number of elements such as tasks
performed, tools used, unique knowledge required, and resources.
By FY ’06, all Navy personnel will have a résume, reflecting both
Navy and civilian training/experience, displayed on their Sea
Warrior 5VM and used for billet assignments, active-duty
opportunities, rating/designator changes, and advancement.
Everything we do is about support to the fleet; and one of the
most critical functions we perform at Reserve Forces Command
is a focus on customer service, which enables our Sailors to go
forward and serve. We’re continuously working on improving our
quality of service; so, last year, we stood up the Customer Service
Directorate, led by Selected Reservists who are completely devoted
to this mission. They issued an electronic survey this past spring
to capture force-wide metrics on how our Reservists feel they are
being supported by the Navy Reserve. The results will be collated,
evaluated, and released in early August. From there, the Customer
Service Directorate will work to develop an improvement plan,
communicate the strategy back to the force, and conduct follow-up
analysis.
Our Financial Directorate is completing the development of
two Activity Based Costing (ABC) models that will significantly
enhance Navy leadership’s ability to make informed decisions
about the Navy Reserve.
The first model is a business tool which can be used to determine
what activities, performed by each echelon, are necessary to produce
the desired three Navy Reserve products:
A Mission-Ready Sailor
Mission-Ready Hardware
Operational Support
At the end of August 2004, we will have determined the unit
cost for each of these products and will recommend ways to optimize
the allocation of resources to achieve cost-effective, missionready
Sailors, mission-ready hardware, and operational support to
the Navy.
The second model is sponsored by OPNAV and is designed to
model the Operations and Maintenance, Naval Reserve (O&M,
NR) costs to the Navy Reserve. The “SELRES Support ABC
Model,” as it’s called, will demonstrate how cuts in the O&M, NR
budget would affect Navy Reserve readiness and performance.
This is one of the few remaining budget items that isn’t modeled
at another level, and it’s a shining example of Active/
Reserve Integration, as we work with OPNAV and the
Financial Management Branch (FMB) in this effort.
Everything we do must lead towards improved readiness. In
2003, our Operations Department began a tremendous initiative
to enable Navy to view Navy Reserve readiness information
through the TYCOM Readiness Management System (TRMS).
We created an innovative module called the Navy Reserve
Readiness Module (NRRM) that currently links to databases,
such as Reserve Automated Medical Interim System (RAMIS);
the Navy Reserve Order Writing System (NROWS); the Reserve
Headquarters System (RHS); and, soon, the Navy Marine Corps
Processing System (NMCMPS), to name a few. Through the
TRMS/NRRM viewer, Navy can see the following while a
Reservist is performing most types of active-duty service
(excluding ADSW and mobilizations):
The cost associated with Reservist’s orders
What SEAPOWER function the Reservist is supporting
Where they are physically serving and details about their
orders
Where they are in the mobilization/demobilization process
(once NMCMPS comes on-line)
If the advertised billet and NEC/Designator code of the
Reservist filling the billet are an appropriate match
Numbers of people by types of orders or ratings serving in
certain geographical regions
More . . . .
We are currently working with BUPERS to link ADSW and
mobilization data to TRMS/NRRM and ultimately to transition to
a single order-writing system that can be viewed through
TRMS/NRRM.
NMCMPS is the Navy version of the Marine Corps Mobilization
Processing System, developed in partnership with BUPERS. It
tracks each Reservist’s movement through the mobilization and
demobilization process by using a Web-based electronic checklist.
This system has been a huge success in managing these processes;
and, once linked to TRMS/NRRM, it will afford decision makers
visibility of this significant data.
One of our greatest successes at Reserve Forces Command has
been the development of the Web-based Naval Reserve Order
Writing System (NROWS). Both active-duty and Reserve personnel
applaud this system because it allows the Reservist to process
electronically their application expeditiously, and it offers a
tracking mechanism. Each service member in the order-approval
chain-of-command can see the application and endorse, hold, or
reject the application. Once approved, the Reservist can simply
print his/her orders from any PC, a great time-saver. NROWS
also offers a financial function that projects the cost of each set
of orders and tracks the execution of orders. This accounting tool
affords the approving authority data critical to making decisions.
Another major achievement and key database for the
TRMS/NRRM viewer is our medical department’s Reserve
Automated Medical Information System (RAMIS). This system
was built in 2002 to capture and report detailed individual and
unit level Reserve medical information. Far more robust than the
active-duty SNAP {Shipboard ADP Program} Automated
Medical System (SAMS), Web-based RAMIS enables active and
Reserve medical decision makers to coordinate personnel and
supplies to ensure the completion of comprehensive medical care.
It also affords real-time visibility to the chain of command on
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their personnel medical readiness. RAMIS replaced the antiquated
medical Reserve Standard Training Administration and Readiness
Support (RSTARS) system and has thrust the Navy Reserve
Force into a leadership role in medical information management.
As we link more databases to the TRMS viewer tool, it will
provide Navy leadership the visibility and data necessary to make
knowledgeable, timely decisions. DoD is also in the process of
developing a modernized readiness reporting system called the
Defense Readiness Reporting System (DRRS), and they are so
impressed with the total-force viewing capability of TRMS/
NRRM that they have adopted elements of it as a template for
their initial DRRS development.
Lastly, but so important to our alignment and quality of service, is
communication. The timeliness and way in which information
flows is one of every organization’s biggest challenges. And,
the degree to which we effectively communicate significantly
impacts our level of success. We have created several forums/
mechanisms for communicating Navy priorities, key leadership
messages, relevant news, and opportunities to and from the field;
and they have proven to be very effective. We host a weekly
briefing by Video Teleconference (VTC) to inform the force and
solicit input from every echelon; everyone’s invited to dial in,
including active-duty service members. We also established an
e-mail communication protocol through the public affairs office,
to distribute electronically information to more than 5,000 Navy
Reservists and DoD personnel. Our award-winning magazine,
The Navy Reservist, is mailed monthly to every Navy Reservist’s
home (88,000 individuals and their families). One of the primary
concerns we identified, in a focus group, was the lack of information
available to the family members of Reservists who had been
mobilized. So, this year we changed the magazine format to include
a family-focused section in each issue and made it a year-round
resource for both the Reservist and the family member. The
feedback we have had from the field on all these communication
forums has been very positive. The flow of information enables
us to identify issues and opportunities and take action faster than
ever before.
Our goal at CNRFC is to provide the best service and tools
possible to our three customers, the Navy, our Sailors, and our
nation. Our staff has been working diligently up and down the
chain of command, with our active-duty partners and even across
services, to accelerate our alignment and integration efforts and
enable our Sailors to go forward and serve. As we transform our
service into “one Navy,” everyone from our most junior Sailor to
our most senior, stands ready to serve. Our Commander-in-Chief
said, “be ready;” well, the Navy Reserve is ready, more potent,
and capable than ever before. The Navy’s Reserve force is
comprised of the most skilled and committed professionals
[Citizen Sailors] in the world; and their honor, courage, and
commitment will ensure our success abroad and at home.
CREST Program Trains, Integrates Chaplains and RPs
By JO2 Joe Vermette, NR NPRTRU Clearwater, FL
CAMP LEJEUNE, NC – Chaplain and Religious Program
Specialist Expeditionary Skills Training (CREST) is an
intense seven-week training course that provides
operational readiness and mission capability for Religious
Ministry Team (RMT) personnel each year.
The RMT is comprised of an active or Reserve chaplain and an
enlisted religious program specialist (RP). Simply put, this program
prepares RMT personnel as to how to serve better the needs of
their unit, under any condition, in the fleet marine environment.
Chaplains do not bare arms and are specifically classified as
noncombatants. While in the field during combat operations,
chaplains may be exposed to enemy fire. In such events, chaplains
must be protected by a combatant or a person who can bear arms.
That person is a Navy RP.
CREST has been in place since January 1997 and was created
from lessons learned by those who served in the RMTs during
Operation Desert Storm. In that conflict, it was evident the RMT
would greatly benefit from a formal school environment that
would better prepare the team for duty with the Marine Corps.
“RPs could spend more than half of their careers with the
Marines; and it is crucial our students, once they leave CREST,
understand the difference in mentalities,” said Chaplain (CDR)
John Franklin, who serves as director of CREST. “The Marines
have a different mentality summarized by the slogan “steel on
target” that most Navy personnel aren’t used to.”
The role of RP in the battlefield is an important lesson in the
CREST program.
“The RP is in charge on the battlefield, and the chaplain must
listen to his RP,” said RPC (SW/AW/FMF) Jonathan Vogal,
assistant director of CREST. “It’s the RPs job to protect his
chaplain no matter what.”
Navy Reserve and active duty train side by side at CREST and
that presents both challenges and benefits.
“In this school, Reservists are usually a little older than their
active-duty counterpart; and there is a very strenuous physical
aspect throughout the program,” Vogal said. “What Reservists
lose in a step, they gain in motivation and drive. They catch up
quickly and do fine through the program and when activated.”
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Currently, the program is comprised of five blocks of training.
About half is spent in the classroom, with the other half in various
physical or specialized battlefield exercises. The first two weeks
are heavy on Marine indoctrination focused on the many aspects
of the Marine Corps uniform, rank, and structure. Participants
endure various phases of physical qualification, which include
conditioning hikes, combat water survival, a Marine fitness
qualification, and martial arts training. Successful completion of
the course awards the students a brown belt. RPs must also
become familiar with handling and maintaining a weapon while
preparing to qualify on the rifle range. Students are also sent
through a series of specialized segments focused on the combat
environment and training that is integral to field operations.
All of the training culminates in a five-day field test. Chaplains
and RPs conduct exercises to simulate mass casualties, field worship,
patrolling, navigation, and moving to and from the battalion aid
station. A good portion of that training is spent on how to cover
and protect the chaplain during an ambush. It is at this point a
bond is formed; and both members of this close, two-man team
begin to understand what is at stake. This arduous training
could very well save their lives one day. The objective is to
assure the ministry team that it can provide its services during any
condition. Once complete, students graduate and are then sent to
their units.
This year, six classes are scheduled, including one specifically
for Reservists. Last year, about 160 students went through
the training; roughly 10 percent were Reserve chaplains and RPs.
“I’ve been deployed twice already and feel a little more safe out
there with the exposure I’ve had in this program,” said Chaplain
(LT) Terry Eddinger, a Naval Reservist who is going through the
current CREST class. “The simulated battle scenarios have taught
me a great deal and have increased the camaraderie between me
and the religious program specialist.” Eddinger may be deployed
to Iraq by year’s end.
“I feel more comfortable now in my role as a chaplain in the
RMT and will apply what I’ve learned here, if I’m deployed
again,” Eddinger said.
One course is established for chaplains and another for RPs.
A special 21-day class has been established for Reservists, who
prefer the shorter version instead of the full seven-week course.
The chaplain four-week course overlaps a portion of the sevenweek
period. Through each course, the emphasis is on the RPs’
training.
One graduate of the CREST course called upon his training in
a skirmish just north of An Nasiriyia, Iraq, in March 2003.
RP1(FMF) Robert Page and his chaplain were ambushed and
fired upon for a number of hours.
“I did what I was taught to do at CREST,” Page said. “I dug a
hole to protect the chaplain, then moved to a safer location and
returned fire.”
Page served on active duty as a Marine prior to joining the
Naval Reserve.
“As a Marine, you’re trained to engage or return fire immediately.
The CREST program taught me to protect the ministry or
chaplain first,” he said. “The chaplain is in charge of the spiritual
welfare of the unit, and that’s very important for morale. We’re
there to make sure he delivers.”
For his efforts in Iraq, Page was honored with a Bronze Star.
Training together, active and Reserve chaplains and RPs are
proving to be a well-integrated and well-trained religious
ministry team. They are able to provide support to the fleet
Marine environment and address unit morale and the spiritual
well-being of those serving on the front lines while being fully
prepared for any contingency.
Naval Coastal Warfare
By LCDR David M. Herschel, COMNAVRESFORCOM N82B
The roots of today’s Naval Coastal Warfare go back to
Vietnam. Inshore Undersea Warfare Group ONE, as part
of the Republic of Vietnam Coastal Surveillance Force,
provided a Western Pacific detachment that operated in the harbors
of Vung Tau, Cam Rahn Bay, Qui Nhon, and Nha Trang in the
1960s. Their mission then was not much different than today
as noted in their Meritorious Unit Commendation: “Although
operating in an environment where the United States Navy had
virtually no past experience, detachment personnel were
instrumental in denying enemy forces freedom of movement
within assigned harbors. Harbor Defense units detected, boarded,
and searched large numbers of suspect junks and craft, contributing
significantly to the curtailment of acts of sabotage and the flow
of enemy supplies . . . .” As the program developed into one of the
premier Naval Reserve programs in the last decade, the mission
evolved “. . . to provide surface and subsurface surveillance in
littoral areas throughout the world. Secondary mission capabilities
include command, control, and communications functions. Naval
Reserve MIUW units provide the sole capability for this mission
within the United States Navy.”
Naval Coastal Warfare Reservists have been so successful in
proving their worth that the Navy is standing up eight active-duty
NCW units to aid in force-protection missions. The new units,
comprised of about 580 active-duty billets, will be organized into
squadrons based in San Diego and Norfolk. Their overall mission,
identical to what mobilized Reservists have been doing for the
past 3 1/2 years, will be defending ships and shore installations
in a port, mainly from terrorist attack. The new NCW units will
complement the Mobile Security Force and report to Surface
Force Atlantic and Pacific respectively. Reserve NCW forces
total about 3,500 billets in 45 units.
The primary mission of the Naval Coastal Warfare Squadron is to
exercise operational control and training, readiness, and administrative
oversight of their integral C4I Detachment and assigned Mobile
Inshore Warfare Units (MIUWs) and Inshore Boat Units (IBUs).
Operationally, these units provide seaward surveillance and security
forces in amphibious objective areas, harbors, and other militarily
significant coastal and inshore areas throughout the world.
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NCWG-1 Future
Organization
All the units, and most of their assigned Reservists, have been
mobilized at one time or another for force-protection missions all
over the world since the October 2000 attack on the USS COLE.
The Reserve NCW community is organized into three kinds of
units – Harbor Defense Commands, Mobile Inshore Undersea
Warfare Units, and Inshore Boat Units.
A Harbor Defense Command is a command-and-control unit
linked to theater commanders.
MIUW Units use surveillance equipment to watch for intruders
trying to slip into port by boat or swimmers lurking underwater.
The new baseline system consists of an upgraded AN/TSQ-108A
Radar Sonar Surveillance Center (RSSC) van with a Portable
Sensor Platform (PSP), a Mobile Sensor Platform (MSP), and a
lightweight, small-boat deployable, underwater sensor string. In
addition, each van has a Readiness Trainer System.
The MSP is a sensor platform built onto a HMMWV to permit
rapid deployment and maximum site flexibility. The remote
sensors consist of a Thermal Imaging Sensor (TIS) and a Visual
Imaging Sensor (VIS) [co-located on a computer-controlled pan
and tilt mechanism] and a Furuno X-Band surface search radar
with a CEA radar track processor system. Telemetry of radar data
and imagery is sent back to the van over a 10 Km line-of-sight
distance by a microwave transceiver with capability for future
upgrades to fiber-optic cable. A stand-alone controller provides
on-site operation if needed.
The RSSC van has been upgraded to a V3 configuration. The
new RSSC contains sensor-processing hardware [including an
upgraded AN/SQR-17A(V)3 acoustic processor, an ESM system,
and a Furuno/CEA radar system] as well as upgrades to the
communications suite including Global Command Control
System – Maritime (GCCS-M) network access, Fleet Broadcast,
and PC-Based message management. A trailer-based PSP
permits remoting of most antennas and emitters up to 150 feet
away from the van if needed.
Information from all the sensors is displayed via the Graphical
Data Fusion System (GDFS). The GDFS is a software program
that correlates all sensor information and overlays it onto a
digitized map. On a single 19” screen display, operators can see
the geographic picture, their own location, the location of the
sensors, and target tracks. There are two GDFS workstations in
the upgraded van, each with its own set of video monitors for
display of the TIS and VIS images transmitted from MSPs.
The display is user friendly, with scaleable maps, pop-up
windows for sensor control and calibration, target icons using
NTDS symbology, and selectable zones of target acquisition and
noninterest. If desired, the actual radar video from one or all of
the radars can be underlaid onto the display. Target data can be
stored, replayed, and selectively routed into case files or into
GCCS-M.
Set up on shore, the MIUW communicates with an IBU, a unit
consisting of six heavily armed patrol boats that serve as an
interdiction force for any identified threat. IBUs also coordinate
their efforts with Coast Guard Port Security Units.
Since the attack on the COLE, every unit within Naval Coastal
Warfare Group ONE in San Diego and about 1,600 Reservists
have been mobilized. About 250 of those drilling Reservists have
been mobilized twice. Reservists from Group ONE first served
overseas in Bahrain, then guarded West Coast ports after 11 Sept.
2001. The buildup of forces for Operation Iraqi Freedom, in
December 2002, brought a large presence of NCW units and
Reservists to Kuwait and, then, to Iraq, a presence that continues.
For the ongoing force rotation, the latest mobilizations sent 225
Reservists from the Group’s HDC 111, MIUW 103, and MIUW
104 to Kuwait, replacing 225 coming home. Mobilized from the
East Coast, the Reservists of Naval Coastal Warfare Group TWO
have been just as busy.
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NSW Reshapes Its Reserve Force for the 21st Century
By JOCS(SW/AW) Austin Mansfield, Naval Special Warfare Command Public Affairs
NAVAL AMPHIBIOUS BASE, CORONADO, CA – Naval
Special Warfare has created a new paradigm for their
Naval Reserve force, and its successful implementation is
an example of the creative adaptability that’s historically been
associated with the NSW community.
Naval Special Warfare Operational Support Group (OSG) was
commissioned 1 Oct. 2003, in Coronado, CA, to match NSW
active-duty operational requirements with NSW Reservist skills
and expertise, in order to provide a seamless integration of active
and Reserve personnel. Two additional NSW commands were
established under the oversight of the OSG: Operational Support
Team 1 (OST-1), located in Coronado, and Operational Support
Team 2 (OST-2), in Little Creek, VA. The creation of these new
commands marked the beginning of the most significant change
to the NSW Reserve community in its 30-year history.
“We felt there was a better way of doing business – more adaptable,
flexible, and innovative, having the active and Reserve sides
coming together,” said CAPT Bill Wildrick, Commander, OSG,
and Assistant Chief of Staff for Reserve Support, Naval Special
Warfare Command (NSWC). “We have completely revamped the
way we train and administer our Reserve Component.”
The OSTs mission is to provide a ready force of Selected
Reservists who would be available for mobilization to support
NSW component commands as functional detachments or as
individuals. In addition to the administrative support that NSW
Reservists previously received from a Naval Reserve Center, the
OSTs provide the critical interface between the active and Reserve
components. The OST’s Operations and Training Department,
which consists of active duty SEALs, SWCCs (Special Warfare
Combatant-craft Crewmen), and NSW technicians, ensures that
the training of the NSW Reserve Force is meeting the needs of
NSW operational commanders while providing the direct
operational support that is critical to a wartime fighting force.
“Our Operations and Training Department staff attend the
operational briefs and planning sessions at each of our supported
Naval Special Warfare Groups to identify proactively Reserve
support requirements and issues,” said CDR Lance Bach,
Commanding Officer of OST-1. “We, then, identify the right
Reservist and the proper funding source to meet these requirements.”
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The timing for the establishment of this new Reserve organization
could not have been better, in light of NSW’s ever-increasing
role in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). The volatile
environment in regions such as Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere
demands a flexible and responsive Reserve Force to accommodate
the time-sensitive, proactive direct-action operations needed
to combat terrorism.
“Everyone feels its impact. It’s completely transformed the
way we conduct our business. Reservists enjoy better support,
better customer service, better training – which makes it easier to
align with customer demands, pulse active-duty needs, and plug
right into those needs. It was, from inception, a collaborative
effort between active duty and Reserve Forces,” said Craig Janecek,
NSW Reserve Program Manager.
Accompanying the establishment of the three commands was a
complete reorganization of the structure of the NSW Reserve
Force. The NSW Reserve Alignment Project Team, headed by
LCDR Greg Granieri, a NSW Reservist and former Mk V Special
Operations Craft detachment commander, spent 18 months
designing and building the new NSW Reserve Force. The team
began by conducting a six-month, in-depth analysis of active duty
NSW requirements, existing Reserve capabilities, and the “best
practices” of other Navy and Special Operations Forces Reserve
Components. The recommendations developed from this analysis
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Reserve NSW personnel from the various operational components
within NSW. These working groups confirmed the gaps between
active duty requirements and Reserve capabilities, designed a
detailed architectural model for NSW Reserve units, and defined
the new operational procedures and organizational structure for
the NSW Reserve Force.
A key element of this new organization was the shift from gaining
command, augmentation-based Reserve units to a capability-based
structure. The NSW Reserve Force is now organized into 17
mission capabilities that were identified during the alignment
project. “Aligning our Reserve personnel into units based on
required mission capabilities, rather than a specific active duty
command, dramatically increased the responsiveness of our
Reserve Force to meet active-duty requirements. The flexibility of
the capability-based system, combined with the centralized NSW
Reserve management under OSG, allows us to flow Reserve
personnel rapidly to wherever they are needed throughout the
NSW community,” said CDR Ken Wright, Chief Staff Officer at
OSG. “Under the old system, to fill a requirement – for example
corpsmen to support a training exercise – one of our Reserve
Liaison Officers might have had to comb through ten Reserve
units and coordinate with a half-dozen different Reserve centers
to fill the requirement. Now, with a single phone call or e-mail,
an OST can access every corpsman in our Reserve Component.”
The new operating force structure, established in January,
consists of 53 NSW Operational Support Units and 13 NSW
Reserve Detachments across the United States, from Hawaii to
Rhode Island.
“The geographic spread of the NSW Reserve Detachments
allows us to utilize the talents and experience of Reserve
SEALs, SWCCs, and selected NSW technicians, regardless of
their location,” Wright said. “The unique expertise and
operational experience that resides in the NSW Reserve Force
has repeatedly proven its value since 9/11, in operations ranging
from intelligence and logistical support to direct combat with
enemy forces. The NSW Detachments allow us to continue
to benefit from the established operational qualifications and
professional knowledge of NSW personnel once they have
transitioned from active duty to the Reserve Component, no
matter where they choose to live.”
The NSW Reserve Force alignment is much more than a
change in Reserve units or a shifting of billets.
“The bottom line is that we are providing increased, meaningful
support to our operational commanders,” Wright said. “We are at
war, and GWOT is calling on Special Warfare to do much more.
Nothing was taken off our plate, but more is now expected of us.
It certainly has put the spotlight on Reservists, because they
represent nearly 20 percent of NSW’s manpower.”
Explosive Ordnance Disposal
One of the smallest and most specialized communities
within the Naval Reserve is that of the NRF Explosive
Ordnance Disposal Mobile Units (EODMU). These
highly skilled Reservists provide several niche capabilities,
including force-protection diving and underwater ordnance
location, mobile communications, side-scan sonar, and combat
service support. Close management and oversight of the Reserve
EOD program by their active component counterparts have led to
superb example of active-Reserve integration.
The NRF EOD community is composed of four commissioned
units, two on each coast. On the West Coast, and under the
operational control of EOD Group ONE, are EODMU SEVEN
and EODMU SEVENTEEN, located in San Diego, CA, and
Whidbey Island, WA, respectively. The East Coast Units are
EODMU TEN and EODMU TWELVE located at Fort Story, VA,
and Charleston, SC, and fall under the operational control of
EOD Group TWO.
The NRF EODMUs are composed of a series of specialized
detachments and provide the following capabilities:
Ordnance Clearance Detachments: The heart of the NRF
EODMUs, these detachments are composed of highly skilled
members, competent in the areas of diving and handling of
explosives. The primary mission is the location and disposal of
hazardous ordnance, both on land and under water. These
detachments operate in teams of one officer and seven enlisted
ordnance clearance divers (NEC 5339). Recent deployments have
involved supporting force protection operations in the Fifth and
Sixth Fleet areas of operation. There, they searched the hulls of
U.S. Navy ships for underwater ordnance.
Area Search Detachments: Skilled in the operation of towed
side-scan sonar on small craft and crafts of opportunity, this type
of detachment’s primary mission is the location and reacquisition
of underwater objects. Recently, the EODMUs and ASDs have
been involved in the Navy’s development of an Unmanned
Underwater Vehicle program to support force protection.
Members of these detachments have been mobilized in support of
Sixth Fleet force protection requirements after the events of 11
September 2001.
Mobile Communications Detachments: These detachments
provide independently deployable field communications for
integrated command post tactical and long-haul communications
in support of EOD forces in the field. They are capable of secure
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radio/telephone, satellite, photo digital imagery, GCCS-M, and
various clear-voice communications. Members of these detachments
have supported Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Total Force Intelligence
The 11 September 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center
and the Pentagon ushered in a new age of warfare. The
demands and challenges facing Naval Reserve Intelligence
professionals have changed and evolved as the Global War on
Terrorism continues, step by step, against an enemy that will
respond and change tactics and strategies, perhaps for years to
come.
The paradigm of the monthly, two-day drill and yearly 12-day
annual training was turned on its head long ago within the
Intelligence Reserve. Today, the Global War on Terrorism means
that Reserve Intelligence professionals are using drills and annual
training, active duty for special work, plus mobilization to active
duty, into active engagement against terrorism. This war, in a form
unimagined as recently as Desert Storm 13 years ago, has placed
enormous demands on the Intelligence community. Success can
be measured in several ways.
“More than 1,700 citizen/Sailors from the Navy’s Intelligence
Reserve have been mobilized since 9/11,” said RDML Ann Gilbride,
Commander of the Naval Reserve Intelligence Command. “This
figure represents 41 percent of the Intelligence force’s 4000-plus
Reservists. Intelligence Reservists have mobilized to 117 Navy
and Joint Commands in 150 different locations worldwide.”
Their contributions have been wide-ranging:
Reserve Targeting Officers have augmented every carrier air
wing deployed for Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi
Freedom since 9/11.
“The concept of providing fully-trained Reserve professionals
to augment and integrate with active-duty forces in time of crisis
is what the Naval Reserve is all about,” said RADM James Zortman,
Commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. “I recommend
that the Naval Reserve continue this outstanding battle-proven
program.” Targeting officers, according to RADM Zortman,
have earned the trust and confidence of active components.
Interrogators at Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere have
obtained information leading to the breakup of al-Quaida cells
globally.
Combat Service Support Detachment: This detachment
provides berthing, messing, logistical, and limited maintenance
support to EOD forces in the field, operating outside of normal
base support. This detachment is composed of one officer and
twelve enlisted and is supported by four active staff members. It
is the newest of the EODMU’s detachments, built as a response to
much-needed capabilities within the EOD community.
Mobilizations over the last three years have seen members of
the NRF EODMUs deployed to Souda Bay, Crete; Sigonella,
Sicily; Bahrain; and beyond. Through the unique skill sets that
they bring to the fight, these Reservists have made significant
impact on the GWOT. The EOD community has been a leader in
integrating and shaping their Reserve Component over the last
two decades, which has facilitated seamless integration during these
challenging times. Continued emphasis on FP/AT capabilities
and GWOT will likely keep this small but effective community
busy for some time to come.
Intelligence professionals have deployed with Navy SEAL
teams in global theaters, augmented combat staffs aboard ships,
stood counterterrorism watches, supported Joint Task Forces, and
captured foreign materiel.
And, the use of Joint Reserve Intelligence Centers since 9/11
has added a new weapon to the warfighting paradigm against
terrorism.
While most mobilized Intelligence Reserve professionals have
reported to their supported Joint and Navy Commands worldwide
in the response to 9/11, 13.5 percent have been mobilized to Joint
Reserve Intelligence Centers. These 27 centers which feature
state-of-the-art intelligence capabilities, are located throughout
the country. They are an example of intelligence reach-back
capabilities that directly support forward operations.
Also, use of the Joint Reserve Intelligence Centers for mobilization
has saved significant travel and per diem costs. They have enabled
citizen/Sailors to fulfill worldwide missions via the Joint
Worldwide Intelligence Communications System while remaining
close to home.
BG John F. Kimmons, J2 Director of Intelligence for the U.S.
Central Command, has recognized the impact Reservists are
having through their Joint Reserve Intelligence Center work. In a
congratulatory letter to the Joint Reserve Intelligence Center in
Jacksonville, FL, BG Kimmons, wrote, “Well over half of the
target materials provided to warfighters in 2002 were produced
by JRIC personnel.”
But the story of mobilization is only one of the significant
ways that Naval Reserve Intelligence professionals are
contributing to winning the war on terror. Every single day,
24/ 7, and 365 days a year, citizen/Sailors are contributing to the
military’s intelligence mission via drills, annual training, and
additional ADT and ADSW days.
In fact, Intelligence Reservists averaged 110 days of active
duty in 2002 and 80 days of active duty in 2003. This
personnel tempo is among the highest in the Naval Reserve.
Yet, even with this demand on Reserve Intelligence resources
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and capabilities, retention in the community is at an astounding
high.
The Intelligence Reserve is led by RDML Gilbride, who is
dual-hatted as both Commander, Naval Reserve Intelligence
Command, and the CNO N2R on the OPNAV staff working
directly for the Director of Naval Intelligence. Citizen/Sailors
from the Reserve command are assigned to a total of 27 Navy,
Joint, and Agency commands.
“The small, yet powerful force-multiplier for the Reserve
Intelligence community lies in its 77 Full-Time Support
officers,” RDML Gilbride said. “These officers are fully
embedded into the operational life of the community, with 69
percent assigned to billets within supported commands, 21
percent assigned to Reserve Intelligence production areas
throughout the country, 5 percent being trained, and 4 percent
assigned to headquarters staff.”
RDML Gilbride works constantly for seamless active/Reserve
integration with RADM Rick Porterfield, Director of Naval
Intelligence. RADM Porterfield continually highlights the
need for his active-duty officers to seek Reserve management
assignments. Already, by summer of 2004, the first active-duty
1630 officer is scheduled to serve as an OIC at one of the 13
Reserve Intelligence production areas across the country.
Likewise, RADM Porterfield has detailed a Reserve 1637 officer
to his front office.
In the all-important area of training, RADM Porterfield’s
vision is for Reservists to train to the same standards as
active-duty Sailors. Thus, enlisted “C” schools, previously
available only to active-duty personnel, have opened their doors
to Reserve Sailors. Also, the Center for Naval Intelligence will
use a mix of training solutions to provide equivalent training
to Reserve members within the annual Reserve commitment of
24 days of drill and 12 days of annual training per year.
“This means that courses of the future for both the active and
Reserve Component can be expected to include combinations of
distance learning, computer-based training, mobile training
teams, and schoolhouse courses,” said CAPT Guy Holliday, the
center’s Commanding Officer.
Finally, RDML Gilbride, as Commander of the Naval Reserve
Intelligence community, is working as an integral part of the Fleet
Forces Command team, striving to optimize Intelligence Reserve
alignment with fleet requirements.
Underway to Seamless Integration
By CAPT Randell Smith, Naval Reserve Security Group Command Information Officer
The Naval Reserve Security Group Command
(NAVRESSECGRU) is currently underway and embarked
on a course which will completely transform, overhaul,
and reshape missions, resources, and organizational structure as
it seamlessly integrates and aligns itself with it’s active component –
the Naval Security Group Command. This unprecedented and
revolutionary paradigm shift forecasts sweeping changes in both
culture and command infrastructure. Upon final transformation,
NAVRESSECGRU will provide a more ready and relevant force
with a centralized, national mission management structure targeted
toward supporting emergent, quick-response requests from fleet
and national command authorities.
Under the leadership of RADM William D. Masters, USNR,
the Naval Reserve Security Group has a complement of
approximately 1200 Naval Reserve cryptologists geographically
located across the United States. NAVRESSECGRU is an
active participant in supporting and sustaining the Maritime
Cryptologic Architecture (MCA) and Network Centric
Warfare (NCW) under FORCEnet. The MCA is a completely
interoperable system for applying cryptologic information
operations anytime and anywhere through out the world.
Additionally, NAVRESSECGRU Sailors provide a critically
important national crypto-linguistic resource in the fight in the
Global War on Terrorism.
To coin a phrase, as we move into the 21st century, our “cheese
has moved.” The Navy no longer has the luxury, resource, or time
to continue doing business the way we always have. VADM
Arthur K. Cebrowski, Director, Force Transformation, Office of
the Secretary of Defense, clearly articulates transformation as
“rewarding unconventional thinking and promoting a culture
where people have the freedom and flexibility to take risks and
try new things . . . .”
A plan for reorganizing and restructuring NAVRESSECGRU was
proposed by RADM Masters in November 2003. The desired
outcome of these changes is a more ready and relevant force.
Upon completion of this plan, targeted for 1 Oct. 2004,
NAVRESSECGRU will be positioned to react more quickly to
both fleet and national command authorities mission needs and
requirements. Additionally, alignment will have the added
benefit of optimizing NAVRESSECGRU man, train, and equip
resources as well as increasing active/Reserve integration,
thereby creating a potential for savings.
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As of 15 Apr. 2004, an interim mission management staff
consisting of drilling Reservists has stood up at COMNAVSEC-
GRU to formulate day-to-day mission management plans, policies,
tasking coordination, and metrics capture/reporting. The Center
for Cryptology Reserve staff has been identified and is in the
process of standing up. Upon final implementation, both of these
staffs will consist of a combination of full-time support and
drilling Reserve personnel who will focus on the professional
development and mission employment of Reserve cryptologic
personnel.
The Sailors of the Naval Reserve Security Group Command, a
true Reserve force multiplier, have weighed anchor and are
rapidly steaming into the 21 st century, ready and relevant in an
age of asymmetric warfare and global uncertainty.
Seabees Work as an Integrated Team
By JOC Siegfried Bruner, First Marine Expeditionary Force Engineer Group Public Affairs
CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq – Navy Seabees have deployed in
support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi
Freedom. Currently, more than 450 Reserve Seabees are
mobilized for these operations – about 40 percent of the Seabees
deployed in this area of operations. Naval construction forces rely
heavily upon Reserve personnel because they are a force multiplier;
they support the operational tempo for their active-duty
counterparts, bringing additional traits and experience to the
deployed environment.
In the Al Anbar province of Iraq, major elements of two battalions,
one active duty and one Reserve, work in conjunction with a
command element, the First Marine Expeditionary Force
Engineer Group (I MEG). Both of these battalions, Naval Mobile
Construction Battalion 74 (NMCB-74) and NMCB-14, operate in
different areas; but the scope and type of work they perform are
similar. “The only difference in the nature of the work performed
by these two battalions is dictated by the location of their work
sites and specific project requirements,” said CAPT Mark
Kistner, I MEG chief of staff.
CDR Lewis Hurst, I MEG operations officer, said Reservists
are doing the exact same jobs as their active-duty counterparts.
“If I have work to be done, it is going to the unit at that location,
no questions.” Hurst said. “As the operations officer, I can’t afford
to treat anyone differently – it’s all about mission accomplishment
and they get the same great jobs the active [duty] personnel get.”
There are some differences between the active duty and
Reserve personnel, though, Kistner and Hurst agree. Procedural
issues, such as which forms to fill out and what instructions to
refer to, tend to be a little more elusive for Reservists. However,
Reservists also tend to have more experience in a trade because
of their related civilian work experience. “Individuals can be
more capable. Many are journeymen in their trades; they’ve been
doing this [kind of work] for 10 to 20 years. They are older, and
there’s a maturity factor,” said Kistner.
“Reservists also possess skills that might be unrelated to their
rating or military function,” Hurst added. “One of the first things
I do when I know that we are getting assigned Reservists is to ask
for a listing of their civilian occupations. You can’t imagine how
often (Seabees) get asked to do special projects that require skills
that we don’t even have in our battalions. They come to the
Seabees because we are a ‘Can Do!’ organization, and they
understand that we are going to find a way to make it happen. I
often utilize the Reservists to make that ‘Seabee Magic,’ whether
it is finding someone who knows how to evaluate a specialized
piece of equipment or develop a computer program. It’s likely
that someone will have the knowledge,” he said.
One downside to mobilizing large numbers of Reservists for an
operation, Hurst explained, is the need to allow adequate time for
Reservists to prepare their families and employers for the change,
and to prepare themselves for a fast-paced operational environment.
Additionally, necessary training for an operation is included in
the mobilization.
“We also have specific training for the Tactics/Techniques and
Procedures (TTPs) specific to the area [to which] they are
deploying. We generally do this and all the other mobilization
requirements over a one-to-two month period,” said Hurst.
Seabees are ideally organized and employed to incorporate
Reservists. Kistner explained the ground-campaign nature of
current operations creates an opportunity to include Reservists.
“If you’re going to have a Reserve element to rely on, you have
to use them,” Kistner said. “If you only use them for the worstcase
scenario, are you truly preparing them Are you missing out
on using an effective resource”
In fact, at I MEG, Reservists are integral to the command element
here, performing in various positions and at various levels. “I
would say you would be hard pressed to come into our organization
and determine who is a Reservist or active (duty),” Hurst said.
“From our command master chief and our communications officer
to our petty officer of the watch, all Reservists.”
Seabees are currently involved in OIF in a variety of ways in
support of the I MEF. They provide force protection construction
and civil-military operations, which include the clearing of
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rubble and rebuilding of infrastructure. The MEG’s officer in
charge of construction has managed and/or awarded more than
$100 million in contracts for rebuilding and improving water
treatment plants, city infrastructure, roads, and various other
structures (soccer stadiums, schools, hospitals, etc.) to improve
stability and quality of life for the Iraqi people. These contracts,
in turn, provide employment for hundreds of Iraqis.
Seabees are also providing training to young Iraqis, through an
innovative program called Iraqi Construction Apprentice
Program (ICAP), which teaches them construction skills that they
can bring back to their communities to foster self-sufficiency and
a more prosperous future.
Naval Expeditionary Logistics Support Force
Delivers Joint Combat Capability
“Cargo Transfer Company,” “Petroleum, Oil, Lubricant
(POL),” and “Army Post Offices (APOs)” are key trade phrases
in Army combat service support/logistics circles. But wait, this
is a Navy association publication and is written for those with an
interest in Navy Reserve issues – so why the Army jargon
Because over 525 Navy Reserve cargo handlers (stevedores,
fuels, and mail) from the Naval Expeditionary Logistics Support
Force (NAVELSF) are working with the Army to provide critical
combat logistics support to Soldiers and Marines in Iraq and
Kuwait in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF).
In January 2004, NAVELSF mobilized over 525 Sailors from
four of its Cargo Handling and Supply Support Battalions for
port stevedore and marshalling yard work, fuel farm (depot)
operations, mail operations, and air cargo handling in Iraq and
Kuwait. These Sailors relieved and augmented a variety of Army
and Marine Corps logistics units. “This is the single largest recall
and deployment in NAVELSF history. We first had the challenge
to integrate ourselves; four battalions had to become one group,
NAVELSF Forward Alpha,” explains the Group Commander,
CAPT Ray English, SC, USNR. “Then, we had to integrate into
the Army TACON chains of command.”
So in a predominantly Army green environment, how is the
Navy blue and gold doing “Everywhere I go I see magnificent men
and women who are totally integrated into the Army’s forces,”
said Major Gen. Stephen Speakes, the Coalition Forces Land
Component Commander’s (CFLCC) logistics chief at Camp
Arifjan in Kuwait. Regardless of the specific tactical mission,
Sailors are working in a joint environment supporting Army
logisticians.
Port Cargo Handling Operations
The 350 Sailors of NAVELSF FWD(A)’s Port Element have
been working for CFLCC on the deployment and redeployment
of over 240,000 Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors, Marines, and
equipment since February of this year at the Port of Ash
Shuaybah, Kuwait. This location, 45 miles south of Kuwait City,
has been the seaport of debarkation/embarkation for the AOR and
is the key civilian port for all of Kuwait. Port element responsibilities
are broken down into shipboard stevedoring and managing
marshalling yards.
Combat Stevedores
Sailors work the piers that service numerous types of Military
Sealift Command (MSC) ships – the largest are LMSRs. If you
asked anyone what LMSR stands for, they might not know; but it
is one of the latest and most capable MSC ships. It is officially a
“Large, Medium Speed, Roll-on/Roll-off Ship,” and at 950 feet
the LMSR is almost as long as an aircraft carrier.
The Sailors work 24/7 in two section watches during surge
operations. While detailed to the port, these Sailors have handled,
directed traffic, and managed securing of roll-on/roll-off and
lift-on/lift-off cargo for over 40 deployment/redeployment vessel
operations. “This is exactly what we’ve trained for. It’s tough,
but I like it so much I’m thinking of going active duty,” said Petty
Officer 2nd Class Harold Milles, 33, of Chicago, IL. At home,
Milles, a stevedore cargo handler, commutes to California once a
month to drill with his unit.
In any operation, optempo and morale are not always in sync.
“I love it,” Chief Petty Officer Clark Lindner said, as he oversaw
the loading of 700 tanks, trucks, Humvees, and helicopters of the
Army’s 4th Infantry Division onto the decks and into the holds of
the MV CAPE HORN at the docks of Ash Shuaybah. “I love being
on ships; the people, the camaraderie you have with everybody.”
“You can’t be out here without a sense of patriotism,” said
Lindner, 40, of Donnelsville, OH. He works for a welding materials
manufacturer but likes his military job better.
Marshalling Yard
Much of what the Sailors are in charge of are vehicles, or
“rolling stock,” as they enter and leave their dusty, rock-strewn
yards hundreds of acres in size. Since mobilized, these Sailors
have moved 244,874 vehicles and containers in and out of the
yards.
“The Army and Navy are working together,” said LCDR Bruce
Weidner, Officer-in-Charge of the yards. Weidner indicated
that simple changes like tying a colored ribbon to each vehicle to
indicate what ship it is destined for makes the job much easier.
“We provide a valet parking service,” he said. “We can find any
piece of equipment in these vast yards in 15 minutes,” he says
proudly.
At one point during the surge in April, over 4,000 vehicles were
in the yards awaiting the return trip home. Simultaneously,
Sailors were busy managing the flow of vehicles and containers
off the ships to the marshalling yards where the rightful owner
could claim them for movement to Iraq for their one-year bootson-ground
deployment. Several combat units, both coming and
going, have praised the efficiency and service of the Sailors
operating these marshalling yards.
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Fuel Farm Operations
Navy Reservists also serve a critical logistics role north of the
border in Iraq where they operate fuel farms. NAVELSF
FWD(A) Fuels, 528USNPOL as Army calls them, has a mission
to build, retrofit, and maintain bulk fuel storage facilities at Camp
Anaconda, a massive logistics hub 65 miles north of Baghdad.
The safe and successful operation of the fuel farm with over
eighty 50,000-gallon rubber bladders that look like oversized
waterbeds, provides critical fuel for the movement of personnel
and supplies to other sites throughout the country. This fuel farm,
the largest in Iraq, frequently comes under mortar and rocket
attack from insurgents. In addition, FWD(A) Fuels has assisted in
the operation of two other expeditionary fuel farms in Iraq.
At Anaconda, the insurgents appear to have a strategy with
their attacks. In May, a rocket or mortar hit one of the bladders
and punched a hole into one of the fuel bags; but it didn’t blow
up – it was a dud. None of the Reservists were injured.
While attacks are not a surprise anymore, the Navy’s taking
over the Army’s job at the fuel farm was for Army Spc. Jaimie
Cruz of Orlando, FL. “It was a shock,” Cruz said. “But I am
happy the Navy came in. I think they are doing a good job.”
“We’re just trying to improve on what the Army has done
here so that when we turn it over to the next unit, it will be
better,” said Petty Officer 1st Class Mike Miller, a Reservist from
Los Angeles, CA, as his fellow citizen Seabee, Petty Officer
1st Class Jody White, operated the bulldozer.
Once again, the NAVELSF FWD(A) delivers – but instead
of vehicles and cargo containers as at the port, in Iraq the
NAVELSF FWD(A) is fueling a free Iraq. Navy Reservists at
Camp Anaconda have added an additional 1,000,000-gallons of
fuel to the capacity at the camp. Through Navy ingenuity, they
developed a way to repair and renovate nine large fuel bunkers
that are remnants of Saddam Hussein’s regime. The hardened
bunkers provide an extra safety net for fuel capacity in country if
needed – as in April when the insurgents stopped many convoys.
Postal Operations
Part of the Navy combat logistics mission in the AOR includes
delivering the mail. The 33 NAVELSF FWD(A) Sailors providing
postal service operations at five different locations in the AOR
have rung-up over one million dollars in sales and handled over a
million pounds of mail since arriving. The post office is a huge
morale builder, allowing mail from loved ones to arrive in a timely
fashion to Soldiers fighting the war.
Army Sgt. Brandon Fletcher of Gilt Edge, TN, is one of the
beneficiaries of the Navy’s postal ops. “Actually, the post office
seems to be running a little more efficiently, a little
smoother since the Navy’s taken over,” he said.
Senior Chief Boatswain’s Mate Albert Diaz, 48,
of Jacksonville, FL, was postmaster at Camp
Wolverine, just outside the gate of Kuwait City
International Airport, prior to the Army’s moving
the location elsewhere in Kuwait. In his civilian
life, Diaz manages the night shift at a U.S.
Postal Service processing center in northern
Florida.
Diaz put his civilian experience to work numerous ways during
his deployment at Camp Wolverine, where he and his postal
clerks took over for an Army postal detachment. A truck delivers
the mail every morning, backing up to one end of the tent.
Before, the Army postal clerks would climb up into the back of
the truck and toss the bags of mail, some weighing as much as 70
pounds, down to the ground. Once they were done, they’d have
to climb back down, or jump several feet onto the stony ground.
“I looked at that as a safety hazard,” Diaz said. So, Diaz had a
platform built, level with the truck bed. Now, the bags of mail
slide down gravity rollers onto a chest-high wheeled platform
into the office. “Being fresh, we probably saw opportunities for
improvement that they just didn’t see,” he said. “We are always
looking for ways to do things better.”
Mobile Air Cargo Handling Team
Twenty-one Sailors from the Omaha, Neb., area work side-byside
with their sea service counterparts to expedite critical
Marine Air supplies and parts. They work for the 3rd Marine Air
Wing (3rd MAW) at eight locations in Iraq and Kuwait.
“The knothole has always been the last mile,” said LTCOL
Rich Coleman, a supply liaison officer with the 3rd MAW.
“The work and dedication of these Sailors is outstanding. These
parts are critical for us to keep flying. Prior to them arriving, nobody
had the specific job of looking out for Marine Air Wing shipments
within Iraq and Kuwait. As a result, no one took responsibility
for making sure shipments reached their final destination,”
Coleman said.
Once cargo comes in on a transport plane, if it is not claimed
within the first four hours of being on the ground, it is moved to
a yard, where it waits to be claimed. The Mobile Air Cargo
Handling (MACH) team members ensure the cargo never makes
it to the yard, but rather is expedited to the air wing.
Senior Chief Storekeeper (SCW) Debby Schouten from Pleasant
Hill, MO, is the MACH Team noncommissioned officer-in-charge
at the hangar at Balad Air Base, Camp Anaconda. Within days of
their arrival, the team identified and forwarded numerous critical
parts. “Unfortunately because we didn’t have visibility of the parts, they
were getting backlogged in places. Since March, we have shipped
out about 1,400 pieces of cargo. We’ve been shoving things to
them as fast as we can,” Schouten said. The NAVELSF MACH
Team delivers for the Marines.
Summary
Early last December, if you were to ask any of the 525 Navy
Reservists from the Naval Expeditionary Logistics Support Force
where they would be spending the summer of ’04, the last
place most would have guessed was Kuwait or Iraq. Their
sense of service, patriotism, and pride keeps them
focused in conditions that exceed 115 degrees every day.
They move cargo at the port, manage vast marshalling
yards, provide fuel services in Iraq, sort care packages
for Soldiers at the post office, and expedite Marine
Air parts and supplies to Marine aviators. All this is
a testimony to the fact that NAVELSF delivers combat
capability through logistics to the joint warfighter!
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Naval Reserve Association
50th Anniversary Year Conference
Washington, DC – 16-19 September 2004
Confirmed Guest Speakers
Invited Guest Speakers
The Hon.. Anthony J.
Principi
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
RADM Robert M. Clark, USNR
Commander, Amphibious Forces,
Second Fleet Deputy Commander
RADM John P. Debbout, USNR
Commander, Naval Reserve
Forces Command
RADM David O. Anderson, USNR
Director of Force Integration
Fleet Forces Command
The Hon.. Gordon R. England
Secretary of the Navy
ADM Vernon E. Clark, USN
Chief of Naval Operations
Thursday, 16 September
1300-1630 Registration
1630 Buses depart hotel for the Navy Memorial
1700-1900 President's Reception at the Navy Memorial
1915 Buses depart reception for hotel
1945 Arrive hotel, evening free
Friday, 17 September
Conference Schedule
1800-1900 Anniversary Ball Reception
1900-2300 Anniversary Ball
Secretary of the Navy and Chief of Naval
Operations invited
Sunday, 19 September
0800 Continental Breakfast
0830-1030 General session
1100 Conference adjourns
0800-1000 Award breakfast
Guest of honor: The Honorable Anthony Principi
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
1015-1100 General Session
Speaker: Mr. Tom Kimmel, Grandson of
Admiral Kimmel
1115-1700 Tours
Buses will take interested registrants sight seeing.
A survey of interest will be sent to all registrants
to determine attractions to see.
1730 Hospitality Suites, evening free
Saturday, 18 September
0700-0800 Continental breakfast for delegates
0800-1700 Committee breakouts
0800-1400 Professional Development Symposium
Theme: The Naval Reserve, past, present and
future.
Speakers: RADM John Debbout, RADM Dave
Anderson, RADM Bob Clark
0900-1100 Anchors Breakfast Program
CONFERENCE UNIFORMS:
Meetings and Luncheons – Service Khaki, or Appropriate
Civilian Attire.
Saturday Gala Banquet – Dinner Dress Blue Jacket/Black tie.
Anchors Committee Activities
Delegates, members of the Anchors and spouses attending the
conference will be together Thursday evening, all day Friday and for
the Ball on Saturday night. From 0900 -1100 on Saturday morning,
the Anchors will meet for a breakfast to enjoy the fellowship and
recognize the many who have made the Anchors what they are today.
Throughout the conference,
the Anchors will be engaged in
fundraising activities that support
the spouses of the Junior Officers
of the Year and other programs.
They will raffle sets of Naval
Reserve Association Chinaware.
Individual place setting will be
available for purchase at a reduced
price. Each place setting includes five pieces of dinnerware and an
attractive Charger plate.
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The Radisson Hotel Old Town
is pleased to welcome:
The Naval Reserve Association
16-19 September 2004
The Radisson Hotel Old Town welcomes you to Alexandria, Virginia.
Situated just off the George Washington Parkway, we are located
minutes from the historic sites of Washington, DC, Mount Vernon,
and all major attractions in our nation’s capital. Courtesy transportation is
available from Reagan National Airport and its metro station, making
connections convenient.
Area attractions include:
● Historic Old Town Alexandria,
4 blocks
● Gadsby’s Tavern, 6 blocks
● Carlyle House Historic Park,
6 blocks
● The Torpedo Factory Art Center,
10 blocks
● Washington, DC, monuments
and museums
● Arlington National Cemetery
● Mount Vernon
● Pentagon City Mall
253 spacious and newly renovated
guest rooms, most with spectacular
river views. All rooms include: coffee
maker, iron and ironing board, voice
mail and dataports, hairdryer, cable
TV and pay per view movies, and
complimentary USA TODAY delivered
weekdays.
Shuttle service to and from Reagan
National Airport every 30 minutes.
Newly installed business center.
Chequers features an extensive
breakfast and luncheon buffet, as well
as fresh seafood, salads, and traditional
favorites, such as Maryland crabcakes,
from the region. Enjoy in-room dining
from room service, offering breakfast,
dinner, all-day selections,children’s
menu and a wide array of beverages.
Chequers Lounge serves light fare throughout the day. Daily happy hour
from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. with complimentary appetizers.
Room Service: 6:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. daily
Reservations: Call 1-800-333-3333. Make sure you tell them you are with
the Naval Reserve Association to get the group rate.
Rate: $135.00 per night plus $1.00 occupancy tax and 10% state tax for
king or double/double.
Rooms are limited. Reservations received after August 24, 2004, are
subject to availability and may not qualify for the group rate.
Cancellations less than 24 hours prior to arrival date will be assessed one
night’s room plus taxes.
Naval Reserve Association
Fall National Conference
The Radisson Hotel Old Town
Alexandria, VA
16-19 September 2004
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Naval Reserve Association Awards
The Committee and the Naval Reserve Association would
Mr. Kevin C. Cossel
Idaho Falls, ID
Mellish/Weeks Scholarship
Kevin Cossel, a resident of
Idaho, is a sophomore this fall
at the California Institute of
Technology in Pasadena, CA.
This is the second NRA
scholarship he has been
awarded. He has achieved
outstanding grades in the
demanding field of chemistry.
In addition to working on a
research project in chemistry,
he has found time to play on
the school baseball team and organize pranks around the campus.
Outside of school, he enjoys the outdoors – hunting, fishing,
camping, and playing his guitar. His ambition is great. After he
graduates from CALTECH, he plans to get a PhD in chemical
physics. He would like to work in a research position at a
university or in the military. He would like to use his education
to develop something that would benefit society in some way.
Mr. Ryan P. Dobbertien
Orange Park, FL
USAA Scholarship
Ryan Dobbertien, the eldest
of four boys, has been accepted
at Duke University and is
pursuing a major in Biomedical
Engineering. Ryan’s father
reentered the military in June
2003, leaving a solo surgical
practice. As a result of working
with handicapped children,
Ryan plans on the possibility
of using applied math and
science to help others. New
technology will be able to improve the quality of life for ill and
injured people. Mechanical and biomedical advances have the
potential to solve many of the problems of human frailty. Ryan
hopes to be able to contribute to this effort. In addition to being
a first-rate scholar, he was a varsity sports athlete and was selected
for the state all-star team for high school soccer.
Ms. Brittany K. Hughlett
Santa Paula, CA
Hendel Scholarship
Brittany Hughlett has
completed her sophomore
year as a zoology major at
Ventura Community College.
She has been accepted at
the University of Hawaii
for further study. After
high school, she worked
long hours at a coffee shop.
Her grades suffered as a result
of 36-hour work weeks. In
need of money, she began
working part-time as a lifeguard. She plays saxophone,
bass guitar, drums and was given an award for outstanding
musicianship. With or without help, Brittany is determined to
pursue a B.S. in Zoology. She feels she has the willpower and
determination to pursue her interests under the most trying
circumstances.
Mr. William S. Koscielny
Raymond, ME
Hamilton Scholarship
William Koscielny, from
Maine, will attend Northeastern
University in Boston. His
baccalaureate major is in
Psychology. His childhood
has been shaped by the many
moves his Navy parents made
while he was growing up.
Living in Maine has had the
most profound impact on his
life. There, he was introduced
to the Boy Singers of Maine.
This led to participation in choir festivals at the state level.
Another interest is Latin. As a member of the Latin club, he has
won numerous awards on the national level. A major hobby is
computers. He assists his hometown, family, and friends in
solving their computer problems. His long-term goal is to
practice clinical psychology.
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Eleven Scholarships for AY 2004-2005
like to congratulate these recipients of the scholarship awards:
Ms. Rachel E. Lowen
Ashburn, VA
Mellish/Weeks Scholarship
Rachel Lowen is now a
sophomore at Grove City
College. As a resident of
Virginia, she was nervous and
slightly frightened as she set
forth for the first time on the
campus. She had never been
away from home permanently
before. But she made good
friends and kept up with the
school’s academic vigor. She
is now acclimated to college
life and has formed good study habits. As a recipient of a
major scholarship, we wish her well. As an English major, she
continues to pursue her passion as a screenwriter. Her desire is
to adapt classic literature with characters who have inspired
their subjects with courage, patriotism, selflessness, and purity.
It will be a hard business to get into, but having already met some
writers who have major productions – the doors will open.
Paul E. Morrow
Crystal River, FL
Schultz Scholarship
Paul Morrow, from Florida,
has been accepted at the
Maine Maritime Academy
and the Florida Institute
of Technology. As an Eagle
Scout, he has over 520 hours
of community service to his
credit at a local hospital, a
national wildlife refuge, and
church work. He was
involved in the Naval Junior
Reserve Officers Training
Corps. Awards included the Governor’s High School All-Star
Award, member of the National Honor Society, and treasurer of
the Key Club. His hobbies are piano and computer design and
assembly. With this background, he plans to receive a double
major in computer and electrical engineering. The challenge will
be great; but with patience and perseverance, he is certain he can
achieve his goal. A science instructor at Central Florida
Community College writes, “His commendable strength of
character, extraordinary work ethic and proven scholarship
distinguish Mr. Morrow as an outstanding young man and
student who will thrive as a full-time college student.”
Mr. Erik S. Paulson
Sun Prairie, WI
Mellish/Weeks Scholarship
Erik Paulson plans on
studying engineering or
chemistry at Wheaton College
in Illinois. He hails from Sun
Prairie, WI. In high school,
his mentors say he sets high
personal, scholastic, and
athletic goals and excels in all
of them. A vigorous course
of study in high school has
prepared him well for a
college career. His athletic
skills have resulted in his being awarded five varsity track and
football letters. As a result of community service, he was
awarded the Madison Area Elks student-of-the-year award. His
long-range goal is to be in a profession which utilizes his talents,
allows him to make a positive impact on society, encourages
lifelong learning, and demands high standards of character.
Jacqueline D. Perez
Jacksonville, FL
Mellish/Weeks Scholarship
Jacqueline Perez has
finally realized a childhood
ambition and will be attending
the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology this fall.
During her high school
years, she developed the
skills of disciplined study
habits, communications,
leadership, perseverance, and
community involvement. Her
home is in Jacksonville, FL.
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Throughout her four years of high school, she was on the school
honor roll. She was senior class treasurer, math club vice
president, National Honor Society secretary and active in the
science club, Spanish honor society, and the junior engineering
technical society. Her long-range goal is to complete a masters
degree in mechanical engineering or physics and make a
meaningful contribution to society.
Mr. Thomas M. Schwedhelm
Carson City, NV
NRA Scholarship
Thomas Schwedhelm is an
Eagle Scout who intends to
major in Chemistry at the
University of Nevada, Reno.
Through the Boy Scouts, he
has learned the value of
loyalty, helpfulness, obedience,
and bravery that has shaped
his life. Through sports, he
has learned team work and
perseverance. He is justifiably
proud of his high school
scholastic achievements. As a straight “A” student, he was always
on the Dean’s List. He is committed to keeping his school
work at this level for the remainder of his school years. His goal
is to get a PhD in Chemistry and go into research. He is thinking
about pharmacology and maybe finding a cure for some illness.
Mr. Lucas S. Slominski
Liverpool, NY
NRA Scholarship
Lucas Slominski is the
oldest of a family of four
boys. He is a sophomore
at Syracuse, studying
illustrations. Aside from
art, his dream job upon
graduation would be as a
continuity artist for a major
special effects company.
Breaking into this career
field is a difficult task. His
major is the undergraduate
curriculum of multiple continuity artists, working for companies
such as Industrial Light and Magic, Esc, and Paramount. He
also plans to enroll in several film-related electives as well as
advertising classes. Our best wishes to a struggling artist. In
addition to art, the other factor shaping his life has been the Boy
Scouts. After six years of work, he was awarded the rank of Eagle
Scout. The prestige of this honor he considers his greatest
achievement to date. It illustrates his devotion to the values of
Scouting. Lucas has always been employed part-time. His
employer at Chase-Pitkin says, “His work ethic and ability to
perform his job duties go beyond those who have twice as many
years in the workplace.”
Ms. Kristle A. White
Panama City, FL
Hendel Scholarship
Kristle White, from Panama
City, FL, is planning on
attending the University of
Florida with a prospective
major in engineering. As a
competitive swimmer on the
Panama City swim team for
four years, she learned the
benefits of hard work and
strong leadership. This led
her to become involved in
community work and being
named as Valedictorian of her high school class of 2004. With
parental guidance providing a proper foundation for her
character and as a four-year straight “A” student, she looks
forward to continued success at the university level. She intends to
earn a masters degree and become a successful member of the
workforce and society.
Editor’s Note:
The Naval Reserve Association awards scholarships for
the sons and daughters of its members. We are pleased to
present eleven scholarships totaling $25,000 for the
2004-2005 academic year. This year’s scholarship program
received support from CAPT Rolland Hamilton, the CAPT
Dick Hendel Memorial Fund, CAPT Lucille W. Mellish,
CDR William J. Mellish, CAPT Blanche B. Schultz, The
Naval Reserve Fund, and USAA.
If you wish to contribute to the scholarship program,
please make your checks payable to the Naval Reserve
Fund. The fund is exempt from Federal income tax under
the provisions of IRS Code Section 501(c)3. Scholarship
applications for the next academic year (2005-2006) will be
available this fall. Announcements will appear in the NRA
NEWS.
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The Naval Reserve Association
Christmas/Holiday Card Assortment
The Naval Reserve Association is proud to present the 2004 Christmas/Holiday
Cards. This program provides you with unique, historic-naval-oriented
holiday greeting cards unavailable anywhere else, and helps us to raise the
funds necessary to further our Association’s goals and projects in support of the
Naval Reserve and our nation. This year’s Christmas/Holiday Card Package will
consist of 16 cards, four each of four distinctive designs based on original artwork
commissioned exclusively for our use. This Christmas/Holiday Card Package, our
gift to you, will be delivered to your home during late October so that you will have
plenty of time to send them to your family and
friends. We believe that you will be very pleased
with the cards and will use them with pride,
knowing that they reflect your support of our
Association and the Naval Reserve.
The contributions received as a result of this endeavor
will be used by the Naval Reserve Association to
continue and to expand our legislative efforts to
strengthen the Navy and Naval
Reserve. Additionally, it will
allow the Association to continue
its support of programs covering
Scholarships, Navy Sabbath,
NJROTC Library, NROTC Awards,
and Membership Development.
We need your help to keep
these programs vital. Thank
you for your support.
Should you desire additional box(es) of the Christmas/Holiday Cards, over and above the box you will receive
in the mail, please complete the following form and forward it, along with your contribution, by 31 October
2004.
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30 Junior Officer Country
Mentoring Is Synonymous
with Good Leadership
LCDR Phan Phan, USNR
National VP for Junior Officers
The following article has been published
with permission from its author, CAPT
Billy Martin, Commanding Officer, NRC
Memphis. Thank you, CAPT Martin.
The Navy has directed that every
command establish a mentorship
program along with a governing
instruction. This instruction is in the
works, as we speak, and is spearheaded
by two talented officers (CAPT Jack
Crockett, the CO of PERS-6 Unit and
CAPT Dave Gates, the former CO of
Recruiting Support Unit). You will be
hearing more about this program in the
coming months. Nevertheless, it gives me
an opportunity to say a few words about
the tradition of mentorship, which is
essential and necessary to good leadership
and must be present in any command that
has any expectation of being successful.
To the Ancient Greeks a “mentor” was a
“loyal friend or wise advisor – a trusted
guardian and teacher.” We find the first
mentor in the story of the Odyssey, a book
written by an author named Homer. In
this book, Homer imparts the story of
Mentor (a wise and trusted friend) who
was asked to guard the household of
Odysseus, who must leave his family to
fight in the Trojan Wars. Mentor meets
her obligations by successfully watching
over the kingdom and becomes a trusted
guardian and teacher to Odysseus’ son.
(In actuality, Mentor was the Goddess
Athena, in disguise.)
Like Mentor, ALL of us are called to
serve as an example and a guardian to
those we serve and with whom we work. I
do not know what guiding principles
CAPT Gates and CAPT Crockett have in
mind for our Mentoring Instruction.
However, I do not have to try very hard to
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conjure up what it would entail to serve as a
successful mentor and the benefits derived
for all concerned in any given command.
A mentor should be concerned with his/her
“apprentice’s” professional development,
training, personal welfare, and individual
readiness. In definitive terms, a mentor would
ensure that evaluations and fitness reports
were submitted on time, that individuals
were appropriately recognized when warranted
and deserved, were suitably trained with the
proper schooling, were provided time
and access to Professional Development
Boards (PDBs) and subject to the wisdom
of its members, and were accurately
considered to take advancement exams
when expected. Regardless of what our
final instruction asserts, good mentorship
is indistinguishable from good leadership.
Our nation’s defenders (our personnel)
deserve our very best leadership and
mentorship. You may recall my past
comments on the CNO’s notion of covenant
leadership . . . leaders and their subordinates
make promises to each other – we promise
(to each other) a personal commitment to
mission accomplishment – in turn, leaders
promise their personal commitment to the
growth and development of those they
mentor. We must always remember that
we are answerable to each other – but more
importantly (and this is a characteristic of
leadership, and sound mentorship, that
is forgotten the most often by many in
leadership positions) – we are accountable
to those WE SERVE.
Our lives frequently lack the conscientious
discrimination required to decide and act
properly. Our own personal motivations are
often obscured, complicating our decisionmaking.
We are often not our own best
judges regarding professional and personal
courses of action. Consequently, telling
the truth, to others and to ourselves is one
of the cornerstones of sound mentoring
and the foundation of good leadership.
Furthermore, we cannot “go it alone.”
Accordingly, we need to serve as a mentor
and be mentored to, in order to discuss and
explore personal and professional issues
effectively.
Narrative ethics tells us that values are
transmitted through the telling of stories
and is most effective when we (or the others
for whom we are mentoring) see ourselves
as an integral part of the story. Does our
life story reflect the behavior of someone
committed to improving the lives of
those we lead What kind of environment
do we create that promotes or nurtures
positive mentoring and leadership In
order to be truly effective, we need to
model the behavior we want inculcated
and demonstrated in our sphere of
influence. More people than you can
imagine look up to you and follow your
example. In other words, we ALL serve
as a mentor – good or bad – for someone
(whether we intend to or not). Therefore,
wouldn’t we prefer they point to us as
the person whose qualities they most
admire and want to emulate At all times,
remember that there is always someone
watching you who wants to be just like you.
Finally, great leaders make other great
leaders (or, expressed another way – great
mentors make other great mentors). This
is the most important part of leadership
and mentorship – If I am not creating other
leaders (future mentors), then my leadership
(mentorship) offers little lasting value.
Consequently, what legacy will you leave
with your mentorship You can measure
part of your success as a mentor right now
– how many of your enlisted evaluations
and officer fitness reports were submitted
on time How many of your personnel
were provided access to a PDB and the
insight of its board members How
many of your personnel were able to
take the most recent advancement exam
How well did you do
If you are reading this and think that my
words apply only to COs, XOs, and Senior
Enlisted Advisors, then you have missed
the point. We all, at some level, have a
leadership role to play and an obligation to
share our wisdom, experience, and insight
with those who may not have had the same
advantages. Leadership, at any level, can
always make a difference through engaged
mentoring. You can improve the lives of
Cont’d. on next page

Letters
31
Dear Captain McAtee,
When I joined the Naval Reserve and
then went on Active Duty, I figured that
it was forever. I knew that there was
something as retirement; however, it was
never my goal. Retainer pay, to me, meant
that I could very well be on-call as long as
I was an American citizen.
After I completed 30 years of
commissioned service in 1985 I, like all
other officers, accepted retired status.
However, I opted to continue in a non-pay
non-point status on Permissive Orders. I
did so until 2003 at which time the
then current commander of REDCOM-
SOUTHWEST could not think of
anything for a retired officer to do. As a
matter of fact, in 2002 he had difficulty
finding much for his reserve member staff
to do. He wrote them a memo telling them
to find something to employ themselves at
their local Reserve Centers, write, and
submit a plan for him to approve. Until
that time I had drilled consistently for 17+
years in a “permissive status” offering
aid, assistance, and wisdom wherever it
was accepted. And, indeed, it was accepted
by many on the Staff of REDCOM19/
SW. I found it quite enjoyable to travel to
San Diego from my home in Oxnard, CA,
each month at my own expense. I felt
that I was paying back for some of
the wonderful life that the Navy had
afforded to me. And perhaps, even inspiring
some of the present members to “stay with
the program.”
However, after 2000, I noticed a
metamorphosis occurring. It appeared
to me that the Naval Reserve that many of
us had worked so long and hard to build
up was merely “being used.” It appeared
to me that the reserve program in general
was being “spent” much as an heir who
inherited the family business might
do just for the fun of it. It was after
reading several recent issues of the Naval
Reserve Association Newsletter that I
came to see that others had somewhat
the same feeling(s).
Regardless, consider mine an input from
the field.
Robert W. Canon
Captain, USNR (Ret)
Dear Admiral Keith,
Thank you for your letter. I do
appreciate all the support the NRA
provides to members. With 31 years in
July, starting at E1 – I must agree it has
been hard work, but all very much worth
it in looking at my naval career.
I wanted to contact your department to
give my e-mail address. Again, thanks for
all the support the NRA provides.
Susan Cowley
Commander (Sel), NC, USNR
Dear Admiral Keith,
I wish to thank you and your staff for the
warm wishes in your recent e-mail noting
my selection to 0-6. As a Reserve LDO
Line Officer this promotion is very
special to me and I am honored to have
been selected. I certainly understand the
importance of this rank and the trust that
will come with the promotion.
Many of the people that helped me
along the way remain friends today and I
certainly could not have achieved such a
high honor without the sacrifices of all
those that have gone before me. This
coupled with great outstanding sailors of
all ranks and rates that have supported me
along my journey in many of my efforts
make this achievement as much theirs as
it is mine.
I also wish to thank the NRA (Naval
Reserve Association) for the assistance
and guidance provided on what needs to
be looked at and done to ensure that my
opportunities were better than average
to make all of my promotions. The guidance
and information given is always timely,
well presented and extremely accurate.
Admiral, I salute you and your staff for
making my experience in the Naval
Reserve extremely pleasant and positive.
Terry L. Swinney
Captain (Sel), USNR
NRA Life Member #251818
Dear CAPT McAtee,
Thanks very much for your kind letter
on the occasion of my 64th. I have been
harboring several questions on the subject
of TRICARE For Life, and your letter
answered most of them. The balance was
checked out using the references you
provided. I appreciate this service and in
all likelihood will re-up as a lifetime member
at my next membership anniversary.
Bravo Zulu!
Rick Goodrich
Captain, USNR (Ret)
Dear Admiral Keith,
Thanks for the kind note. I’m truly
impressed by the features and extra support
offered to-date in the short period I’ve
been a member of the Naval Reserve
Association. Enjoy the holidays.
David Dietz
Commander, USNR
Junior Officer Country – Cont’d. from page 30
others, which otherwise might not occur, through your thoughtful
mentorship. Each of us inevitably grows with the help of a
mentor. In fact, we are more apt to arrive at good decisions
(personal and professional) with the aid of a mentor upon whose
advice and judgment we trust. To reiterate, mentors serve as
honest advisors who tell us the truth . . . , “and telling the truth,
to others, and ourselves, is one of the cornerstones of sound
mentoring and the foundation of good leadership.”
Take care of yourselves and each other. (. . . and again –
remember – the contents of my remarks that you read each
month in the POM are my own personal views and are NOT
necessarily endorsed by the Department of the Navy. I
encourage all of you to explore independently and critically
these issues on your own.)
NRA NEWS/AUGUST 2004

32 Health Affairs
The Forward Resuscitative
Surgical System
RADM Peter L. Andrus, MC, USNR
National VP for Health Programs
The Forward Resuscitative Surgical
System (FRSS), staffed by both
active and Reserve Naval medical
personnel, was first deployed in combat in
March 2003, in southern Iraq, in support
of I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF).
Before the end of “major combat operations”
on 1 May 2003, six FRSS teams, moving
with forward elements of I MEF from the
Kuwaiti border to Baghdad and Tikrit, had
operated on 34 U.S. Marine casualties and
62 Iraqi military and civilian casualties.
No wounded Marine who arrived alive at a
FRSS subsequently died of wounds. This
is remarkable in that the FRSS had been
on the drawing board since the mid-1990s
but existed only in prototype prior to
January 2003.
After Operation Desert Shield/Desert
Storm, the Army developed a Forward
Surgical Team, designed to provide
battlefield general anesthesia and surgery
capability forward of the Combat Support
Hospital. The Navy and Marine Corps
began development of a similar concept,
designed to be more mobile than a
medical battalion’s surgical company. The
Operational Requirements Document for
the FRSS required this new system to be
able to treat up to 18 “typical” trauma
patients over at least 48 hours without
resupply or personnel relief. The FRSS
was required to be able to move using
organic lift (one HMMVW 997 and one
HMMVW 998, each towing an M-101
trailer), using the eight organic Naval
medical personnel to drive the tactical
vehicles, and to be ready to receive
casualties within one hour of reaching a
new location. Thus, the FRSS offered the
capability of providing Echelon II medical
care anywhere on the battlefield that the
tactical situation permitted.
The FRSS was designed to augment a
Battalion Aid Station, a Shock Trauma
Platoon, or to be set up on a Naval vessel
when surgical capability is required (e.g.,
during split-Amphibious Ready Group
operations). The FRSS can move using its
own organic tactical vehicles, via a C-130,
via Landing Craft, Air-Cushioned, or via a
sling-load under a CH-53 helicopter. Total
weight of an FRSS is 6,400 lbs, including
water and fuel for the two 3 kW generators.
The system can be set up using the two
BASE-X tents provided or in a shelter of
opportunity by its eight assigned personnel.
One key element to this mobility is the
portable oxygen generating system which
works as a molecular sieve, separating
oxygen from air, resulting in 95-98 percent
pure oxygen. The ability to generate its own
oxygen frees the FRSS from dependence
upon bulky and heavy oxygen cylinders
and provides the FRSS with the ability to
operate independently of the parent surgical
company. General anesthesia is provided
using a light, robust, easy-to-use draw-over
vaporizer which has few moving parts.
This system is similar to that used by
British anesthesiologists during the
Falklands War. Regional anesthesia is
also available. The FRSS is light, mobile,
and quickly setup and taken down, thus
allowing Naval Medicine to keep up with
the MEF’s fast-moving combat elements.
No system is better than the personnel
who operate it. Each FRSS is manned
by eight Naval medical personnel: two
surgeons (one general surgeon and one
orthopaedist), one anesthesiologist, one
critical care nurse, one independent duty
corpsman, two operating room technicians,
and one general duty field medical
technician. For OIF I, an additional critical
care or emergency nurse was added to the
team to transport critically wounded patients
to the next echelon of medical care.
Training of these personnel is crucial. Each
person on this small team must be able to
perform his/her medical functions;
participate in setup and breakdown of the
system; be qualified in small arms, land
navigation, convoy security procedures,
and Marine Corps communications
equipment; and have a well-developed
sense of humor to thrive while practicing
good medicine in bad places.
The FRSS is not designed to perform
definitive surgery. Because of the nature
of battlefield surgery, the operating
environment is often dirty. The system is
designed to be put up and taken down
rapidly, giving the medical personnel the
ability to move rapidly with the MEF. By
necessity, this means that the system has
limited medical capabilities. The FRSS is
designed to treat life- or limb-threatening
surgical conditions, to stabilize the patient,
and to transport rapidly the patient to a
higher echelon of medical care. This
requires dedicated medical evacuation
capabilities, usually rotary wing assets, as
well as good communications with the
Patient Evacuation Team and the Direct
Air Support Center. During OIF I, this
patient evacuation system did not work well
until a flight surgeon, CAPT Tom Merry,
MC, USNR, was assigned to coordinate
bringing wounded patients to the FRSS
teams and evacuating patients requiring
further medical treatment to the hospital
ship, an Expeditionary Medical Facility, or
to an Army CSH. Additionally, a critical
care or emergency nurse trained in the
aero-medical evacuation of critical patients
is crucial to the smooth functioning of the
FRSS. Without the ability to evacuate
rapidly the critically wounded patients, the
FRSS would quickly be depleted of supplies
and energy, severely impairing its ability
to treat additional wounded patients.
Prior to January 2003, only two FRSS
teams existed. The west coast team was
led by CAPT H.R. Bohman, MC, USN,
the “father” of the FRSS concept. The east
coast team was led by CDR Robert
Hincks, MC, USNR. During the run-up to
hostilities in February and March 2003,
CAPT Bohman, CDR Hincks, and their
teams trained four additional teams. Thus,
when hostilities began on 21 March 2003,
six FRSS teams were in place in Kuwait,
ready to race north towards Baghdad in
support of I MEF. In April and May of
Cont’d. on page 35
NRA NEWS/AUGUST 2004

Unintended Medical Benefit Situations –
Prevention through Advocacy,
Knowledge, and Documentation
By CAPT Tom McAtee, USNR (Ret)
33
Ionce wrote the words, “The potential for something bad to
happen to a participating Reservist is always present. If a
Reservist is incapacitated by an injury, aggravation of an
injury, or disease during periods of inactive duty or active duty,
they are eligible for specific benefits.”
I now write the words, “Benefits will come only if you have the
knowledge of such benefits, the proper documentation, and an
advocate who will stand up for you.” Why the straight talk
Because more Reservists serving on active duty has created a
situation where some are released from active duty with known
medical conditions and without certain incapacitation benefits.
However, I can say that, over time, most situations are remedied.
Most situations are preventable through:
Advocacy. There is a leadership responsibility, promulgated in
SECNAV Instruction 1770.3C, to advise Reservists of their benefits
in the event of incapacitation and to require the commanding
officer to be an advocate to ensure that a Reservist is afforded the
rights and benefits to which entitled. Similarly, the individual
Reservist has a responsibility to report, and have documented,
any injury, illness, or disease incurred during periods of duty.
Knowledge. Review of Incapacitation Benefits Available to
Reservists:
*Medical or Dental Care, as authorized, can be provided by
a military treatment facility, a TRICARE provider, or a
Department of Veterans Affairs medical center. With prior
approval, civilian medical care may be provided. If authorized
medical or dental care, entitlement to a travel and transportation
allowance is normally authorized to receive such care.
Note: Nothing precludes immediate medical or surgical
treatment of a Reservist during any period of duty.
*Hospitalization to the extent necessary for treatment.
*Incapacitation Pay is the payment of basic pay and
allowances for a period of no more than six months.
Incapacitation pay can be reduced by other earned income during
the period covered by a Notice of Eligibility (NOE). While
receiving incapacitation pay, credit for drills or active duty is not
authorized. Satisfactory participation may be maintained through
correspondence courses.
Disability retirement, as determined by Physical Evaluation
Board process, could result from an incapacitation suffered by a
Reservist.
Separation pay may be entitled if a Reservist is involuntarily
separated from active duty after having served at least five years
of continuous active duty immediately prior to separation.
The benefits with asterisks (*) are issued through either a
Notice of Eligibility (NOE) or placement (or continuation) on
active duty. The Notice of Eligibility is a document issued by
Commander, Naval Reserve Forces Command (CNRFC) to a
Reservist when a determination is made that an injury or disease
incurred as aggravated in line of duty and incapacitation benefits, as
specified, are authorized. Requesting a NOE is normally the
responsibility of the local Naval Reserve Activity following the
procedures of COMNAVRESFOR 1770.5B. Release from
duty status, yes or no, is a common question and often
misunderstood. If a Reservist incurs an injury, illness, or disease
while on inactive duty (IDT), under portal-to-portal coverage, or
on active-duty orders specifying a period of 30 days or less, the
Reservist must be released from duty status at the end of the duty
period. However, if CNRF determines continuation or placement
on active duty is in the best interest of the Reservist, orders will
be issued with the member’s consent. If on active-duty orders
specifying a period of greater than 30 days, the Reservist is
continued on active duty with the member’s consent. Those
who decline active duty, and those benefits associated with
active duty, will be issued a NOE with specified incapacitation
benefits as determined by CNRFC.
Documentation. Currently, whether on a set of voluntary ADSW
orders or mobilization orders, there are health or deployment
assessment requirements specified either on the orders or in Navy
Mobilization/Demobilization Policy Guidance. These assessments
are required by DoD for mob/demob orders and include:
A predeployment related health assessment (DD Form 2795)
and blood specimen is required for all Reserve personnel being
called to active duty for 30 days or more. This requirement
applies whether or not the Reservist is being deployed outside the
US. The Reservist’s signature is required.
A postdeployment health assessment (DD Form 2796) must
be completed and a face-to-face health assessment with a health care
provider done within 30 days of returning to your demobilization
site or home duty station. The health care provider’s signature is
required.
Completion of DD Form 2697 prior to release from active
duty. The Reservist’s signature is required.
What does each form have in common Each gives the
Reservist the opportunity to write down (on DD Forms 2795 and
2697) or to tell a health care provider so he/she may document on
DD Form 279 any questions or concerns you have about your
health. Documentation is your best ally in gaining incapacitation
benefits. Don’t be released from active duty until you have
completed these forms; it’s a requirement! If others don’t know
it’s a requirement, tell them.
NRA NEWS/AUGUST 2004

34 Info That You Can Use
HIPAA and How It Affects You
On 14 April 2003, the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) was amended to
include standards to protect the privacy of patient medical
records and health information. The new standards provide individuals
with greater access to their medical records and control over how
their personal health information is used and disclosed. Anyone who
has visited a doctor within the last year is aware of these new standards
and additional forms they have been asked to execute.
The Act’s regulations are designed to provide privacy protection
for patients by limiting the ways that entities and individuals can use
your personal medical information. The regulations also protect
medical records and individually identifiable health information
(past, present, or future medical or mental health condition) including
diagnosis and treatment of diseases, mental illness, and drug or
alcohol abuse.
Standards
The Act includes standards covering confidential communications
and public responsibilities. These standards insure that an individual
can request his/her doctor, health plan, and other covered entities
take reasonable steps to ensure confidentiality in their communications.
They also insure, in limited circumstances, that entities can disclose
health information for specific public responsibilities (emergency
circumstances; identification of the body of a deceased person,
or the cause of death; or public health needs). In addition, the Act
requires covered entities (health plans and providers) to inform
individuals of their right to inspect and obtain a copy of their
records.
Estate Planning Documents
The Act has necessitated a revision to estate planning documents
(trusts, health care surrogate forms [for both adults and minor
children], powers of attorney, and living wills). Previously drafted
documents did not include specific language authorizing a surrogate
or trustee access to medical records or health information. Although
the Act does not specifically restrict the ability of doctors, nurses,
and other providers to share patient information, when necessary for
treatment, it does restrict the release of information not related to
health care.
It is recommended that all documents include specific language
designating your surrogate as your “Personal Representative,” under
the statute, and authorizing them access to any and all medical
records and information pertaining to you. Proposed language may
include the following: “I designate my surrogate as my Personal
Representative under the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996, as amended, for all medical records,
billing information, and health care-related decisions. This authority
includes the authority to demand, obtain, review, and release to
others medical records or other documents including all records
subject to, and protected by, the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996, as amended.”
Guardianships
The issue has arisen whether an attorney appointed by a court, to
represent an alleged incapacitated person, and members of a courtappointed
examining committee are subject to the Act’s restrictions.
In order to prevent any disclosure problems, it is recommended that
By: LT Marc J. Soss, SC, USNR
you include language in the applicable court orders that appoint
the attorney and examination committee members, granting them
access to the alleged incapacitated person’s medical records and
history. Access to this information may be beneficial to those
representing and examining the individual.
Access to a Child(s) or Family Member Information
The Act provides parents access to their minor child’s medical
records. There are exceptions to the rule: “(1) when the minor is the
one who consents to care and the consent of the parent is not
required under state or other applicable law; (2) when the minor
obtains care at the direction of a court or a person appointed by the
court; and (3) when, and to the extent that, the parent agrees that the
minor and the health care provider may have a confidential relationship.”
However, even under these exceptional situations, a parent
may have access to medical records of a minor when state or other
applicable law requires or permits such parental access. If state or
other applicable law is silent on a parent’s right, the licensed health
care provider may exercise his or her professional judgment, to
the extent allowed by law, to grant or deny access to the medical
information. In addition, a provider may not treat a parent as a
Personal Representative when they believe, in his or her professional
judgment, the child has been or may be subjected to domestic
violence, abuse or neglect, or could be endangered.
Access to a family member’s medical information depends upon
whether the inquiring individual is the caregiver and, in the physician
professional judgment, the release of information is in the patient’s
interest and relates his/her care. The Privacy Rules allow a physician
to share information with family or friends if the information is
limited directly to their involvement in the individual’s care.
However, a physician may not share information with family or
friends if specifically asked not to or if the physician believes, in
his/her professional judgment, a disclosure would be inappropriate.
Violations of the Act
Both civil and criminal penalties may be incurred by entities that
misuse personal health information or violate the Act. For civil
violations, a monetary penalty can be up to $100 per violation, or up
to $25,000 per year, for each requirement or prohibition violated.
For criminal penalties, “the penalty can range up to $50,000 and one
year in prison for certain offenses; up to $100,000 and up to five
years in prison if the offenses are committed under ‘false pretenses;’
and up to $250,000 and up to 10 years in prison if the offenses are
committed with the intent to sell, transfer or use protected health.”
Conclusion
It is important to review your documents and insure that they
contain specific language granting your surrogates access to any
necessary medical information. You may also specifically deny
others access to your medical information to prevent an unauthorized
disclosure of information.
LT Soss is a tax, estate planning, guardianship, and
corporate attorney in Sarasota, FL. He can be reached
at .
NRA NEWS/AUGUST 2004

35
Reservists Voting
Absentee
By CAPT Tom McAtee, USNR (Ret)
Naval Reservists and active duty alike are subject
to short-notice military orders that take them away
from their voting residences for days, weeks, or
months at a time. If these time periods coincide with election
days, the members should take steps to exercise their right
to participate in the electoral process. Following is guidance
for Guard and Reserve members to ensure they are enfranchised
during an election while they are away from their homes
(legal voting residence).
There are two main circumstances under which a Reserve
member may be unable to vote in person at his/her local
polling place due to his/her military status:
The member may be assigned temporarily away from
his or her legal residence or in a situation where he or she
cannot leave the duty station in order to vote in person on
election day.
The member may be activated or mobilized and be away
from his or her residence on a more permanent basis.
Assigned Temporarily: As soon as a Reservist knows that
he or she will be temporarily absent and unable to vote in
person at his or her polling place on election day, the
member should contact the local election official (LEO),
usually the town or county clerk, to determine the local
process for requesting an absentee ballot covered under
state laws. Contact information for the LEO is available on
the FVAP Web site at . Select “State
Elections Site,” and then select the state of voting residence.
Activated or Mobilized: A Reservist who has been
activated or mobilized and will be away from home station
during election day will follow absentee voting procedures
covered under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizen
Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA). Refer, also, to the DoD
Voting Action Plan and DoD Directive 100.4 for the support
to be provided to active and Reserve Component members
while deployed. These documents are available on the
FVAP Web site . Select “Voting Assistance
Information.” The member should submit a Federal Post Card
Application (FPCA) (SF-76), which serves simultaneously
as registration and absentee ballot request, to his/her local
election official.
Compiled from an article written by Joseph Logan,
Fort Dix, NJ.
CORRECTION - July issue NRA NEWS
In “Reservists in Action,” page 29, ‘White Hats
to Eagle,’ we incorrectly stated that CAPT Jeff
Johnson had been mobilized. He has informed
us that he was not mobilized but served as the
Navy Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer.
Health Affairs – Cont’d. from page 32
2003, four additional teams from the 4th Medical Battalion (Marine
Forces Reserve) were trained and deployed to southern Iraq to
replace active duty medical personnel who were rotated home.
What are the implications of the Navy/Marine Corps experience
during OIF I for future combat health service support operations
FRSS teams need to be trained during peacetime. This training must
include experience caring for traumatized patients, such as that
available for active duty teams at the Navy Trauma Training Center
at Los Angeles County Medical Center. Reserve trauma surgeons,
anesthesiologists, and nurses already care for trauma patients in
their civilian practices. All Naval medical personnel assigned to an
FRSS team must be current in warfighting skills: land navigation,
use of Marine Corps communications equipment, tactical vehicle
licenses, small arms qualifications, convoy security procedures, and
training on the FRSS platform. As is well known, the demands of
providing medical care in garrison as well as meeting administrative
requirements make it quite difficult to accomplish warfighting
training necessary for Naval medical personnel to survive and to
thrive in a combat situation.
Because of these conflicting demands on time and resources,
the leaders of Naval Medicine, as well as Marine and Navy line
commanders, must recognize the absolute necessity for this training
if we wish our forward deployed medical teams to function
effectively under conditions they are likely to encounter during the
Global War on Terrorism.
One might legitimately ask: “Is placing surgeons far forward on
the battlefield worth the additional risk to the medical team from
enemy attack” This question cannot be answered from the data
generated during OIF I, because the number of casualties treated
was relatively small (n=96) and the conflict was short (six weeks).
During OIF I, there were no combat casualties to any members of
the FRSS teams. The availability of a small, mobile surgical team
provides the combatant commander with additional flexibility
should this asset be required to support Marines and Sailors operating
in remote areas where air evacuation may not always be immediately
available. In the end, it will be the line commander who decides
whether the risk to his/her surgical team will be worth the benefits
to his/her combat force.
Currently, the Marine Corps has four FRSS teams, three active
and one Reserve. The personnel for each FRSS team are drawn from
a surgical company of the medical battalion, which is an integral
part of a MEF’s logistical arm, the Force Service Support Group.
One FRSS team from the 1st Medical Battalion is currently forward
deployed to Iraq. The other three, including the Reserve team from
the 4th Medical Battalion, are training hard in the event that they
again are called to support the Marine Corps during combat operations.
(This month’s article was written by CAPT Rom Stevens, MC,
USNR, Commanding Officer of 4th Medical Battalion, 4th FSSG,
FMF. He is an academic anesthesiologist in civilian life and served
with a FRSS during OIF I in Iraq. The author would like to give
tribute to those members of the Navy/Marine Corps medical teams
supporting Marine Corps combat operations throughout the
Central Command’s area of responsibility today.)
NRA NEWS/AUGUST 2004

36
News Notes
CHIEF OF NAVAL RESERVE GIVES
PERSPECTIVE ON RESERVE
INTEGRATION
The Navy is currently restructuring its
Reserve and active-duty forces to support
the Chief of Naval Operations – directed
Fleet Response Plan. Active Reserve
Integration (ARI) will fully integrate the
Naval Reserve Force with the active force in
an effort to create a more cohesive, ready
force.
“We are looking from a ‘one fleet’
perspective,” said Chief of Naval Reserve
VADM John Cotton, USNR. “It’s the most
effective, efficient use of our resources.
Active Reserve Integration is the integrating
of the capabilities of both components, putting
them together, then best utilizing them.”
Under ARI, the Commander, U.S. Fleet
Forces Command (CFFC) and Commander,
Naval Reserve Forces Command now make
up an additional duty relationship, which
encompasses Force Integration. Force
Integration is actively engaged in a
comprehensive zero-based review of
capabilities that can be fulfilled by the
Reserve Component, a first step in achieving
a more effective total force.
“They’re taking a look at every Reserve
billet, every Reserve unit, and asking, “Is it
value added to the Navy” VADM Cotton
explained. According to the admiral, as
more progress is made toward ARI, the role
and need for large Reserve infrastructure
will decrease significantly, as manpower
functions will switch to the Navy Bureau of
Personnel Command, and training and
readiness requirements will shift to active
commands.
With 87,000 Selected Reservists, constituting
roughly 20 percent of the Navy’s total force,
VADM Cotton maintains that these decisions
will help the Navy to reduce the funding
needed for infrastructure and redistribute
much of it for readiness and modernization.
“We can do this if we start sitting
together . . . making sure we buy the best
warfighting value for the dollar,” VADM
Cotton added.
“The future is very bright for the Navy
and its Reserve Force. We have the greatest
Navy ever. Sailors have done a wonderful
job,” VADM Cotton continued. “We have
Sailors in action around the globe, and
we’re very proud of the contributions the
Reserve Components are making to the
Navy and to the coalition forces around the
world.”
“USA CARES” HELPS MILITARY
FAMILIES IN FINANCIAL NEED
Deployments can put unexpected
financial hardships on military families.
USA Cares, a nonprofit organization run
entirely by volunteers, is committed to
helping families who have run into
financial troubles while their family
member serves the country.
While helping military families put
food on the table and keep a roof over their
heads when there is seemingly nowhere
else to turn, USA Cares offers helpful
information as well, referring families in
need to existing support networks.
For more information, call 800-773-0387
toll-free.
DOD’S MILITARY PHONE CARD
DONATION PROGRAM GOES PUBLIC
The Defense Department has announced
that armed services exchanges may now sell
prepaid phone cards to the general public for
donation to service members taking part in
Operation Enduring Freedom and Iraqi
Freedom.
By law, only patrons with military
exchange privileges can shop at military
exchange stores, but officials have
announced that the exchange service would
begin selling phone cards to normally
ineligible people and organizations on its
Web site.
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES
NEW MEMBERS OF DACOWITS
Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld
has announced the selection of the FY 2004
appointees to the Defense Department
Advisory Committee on Women in the
Services (DACOWITS).
The incoming members are Margaret M.
Hoffman from McLean, VA; Mary Nelson,
from Lafayette, CO; and Ellen R. Sauerbrey,
from Baldwin, MD.
The committee provides the Secretary of
Defense with advice and recommendations
on matters and policies relating to the
recruitment and retention, treatment,
employment, integration, and well-being of
highly qualified professional women in the
military services.
DACOWITS members perform a variety
of duties, including visiting at least two
military installations each year, conducting
a review and evaluation of current research
on military women and family issues,
and developing an annual report with
recommendations on these issues to service
leaders and the Secretary of Defense.
BURIED VETERANS RECORDS
ARE NOW LOCATED ON WEB
The Department of Veterans Affairs has
made it easier and faster for the public to
get answers about family history, old
war buddies, or famous war heroes.
The agency has put on the Web 3.2 million
records for veterans buried at 120 national
cemeteries since the Civil War. The VA’s
Nationwide Gravesite Locator also has
records for some state veterans’ cemeteries
and burials in Arlington National Cemetery
since 1999.
The locator includes names, dates of birth
and death, military service dates, service branch
and rank if known, cemetery information, and
grave location in the cemetery.
The VA will withhold some information,
such as next of kin, for privacy purposes.
DOD IS WORKING TO SPEED UP
THE MILITARY MAIL SYSTEM
The Defense Department, acknowledging
that problems persist in the military mail
system, said it is taking steps to improve the
process.
A report by the General Accounting
Office (GAO) said long-standing problems
with military mail delivery need to be
resolved.
DoD is aware of the problem and is working
to remedy it, said Charles S. Abell, Principal
Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for
Personnel and Readiness.
“Mail is very important to our service
members and their families; and, thus, it’s
very important to the Department of Defense
and the leadership,” Secretary Abell said.
“Every time we identify a glitch in the
process, we move immediately to fix it.”
“It takes a lot of logistical support to get
the mail from ‘Mr. and Mrs. America’ to our
units on the ground,” Secretary Abell said.
“We’re working on it; we’re watching the
flow; and every time we can find a way to
decrease the transit time, we act on it.”
Sec. Abell said, “Stability in Iraq will help
to ease some mail delivery problems,
because units aren’t moving around as much
– we know where they are and the logistical
links to them to provide the mail.” The
Defense Department also increased the
number and size of military postal units in
Kuwait and Bahrain, the Secretary said, which
has helped to reduce transit times.
NRA NEWS/AUGUST 2004

Reservists in Action
Bronx Reserve Center Welcomes New CO
By JOSN Ron Kuzlik, NR NAVINFO East 102
Outgoing CO and Bronx Sailors Praised by Commander, Naval Reserve Readiness
Command Northeast for Contributions to GWOT
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BRONX, NY, 5 Jun. ‘04 –
Command of Naval Reserve
Center, Bronx changed hands
this past weekend when CDR Dorothy
Jo Reed relieved CDR Michael
Merwin during a change-of-command
ceremony held on the drill deck of one
of the nation’s largest Reserve centers.
The ceremony was highlighted by
RADM Frank F. Rennie IV, Commander,
Naval Reserve Readiness Command
Northeast, whose remarks praised
CDR Merwin’s leadership and summed
up his service not only to this Reserve
center but to the entire Northeast
Region.
“CDR Merwin has been a shining
star here in the Northeast, putting in a
truly heroic effort over the past
several years – serving as the chief of
staff for the REDCOM and also doing
not only one but two tours here in the
Bronx as CO, one of them while serving
concurrently as the commanding
officer of Naval Reserve Center Syracuse up until a few weeks
ago,” said Admiral Rennie.
The admiral was quick to put in perspective what the Bronx
Sailors have done with Merwin at the helm. “While I have
plenty of good things to say about CDR Merwin, I also have
to remark on the tremendous efforts of the Sailors here from
the Bronx,” said the admiral. “You have made extraordinary
RADM Frank F. Rennie, (left) Commander Naval
Reserve Readiness Command Northeast, was the
guest speaker at the change-of-command ceremony
held on 5 June at NRC Bronx. CDR Michael Merwin
(right) was relieved as CO of NRC Bronx by CDR
Dorothy Jo Reed (center). RADM Rennie praised
CDR Merwin for his many years of leadership and
service not just to NRC Bronx but to the entire
Northeast REDCOM.
contributions to operations Enduring
Freedom and Iraqi Freedom and the
Global War on Terrorism . . . Thank you
for an outstanding job well done.”
In bidding farewell to his full-time
support staff and drilling Reservists,
CDR Merwin offered these words of
advice, “Take care of your people and
they will take care of you . . . .You took
care of me; you never failed me; and I
thank you.”
Before CDR Merwin was relieved,
he received the Meritorious Service
Medal in recognition of his leadership,
integrity, and initiative that have
made NRC Bronx the premier Reserve
center in the nation.
CDR Merwin, who hails from
Montana, will report to Commander,
Naval Reserve Readiness Command
Northeast in Newport, RI, until his
planned retirement in November
2004.
Reed, a Groton, CT, native, was
previously attached to Naval Personnel Command in Millington,
TN, where she served as a detailer.
Naval Reserve Center, Bronx is the largest Naval Reserve
Center in the Northeast with more than 900 drilling Reservists. It
is responsible for providing mission-capable units and individuals
for mobilization to the Navy and Marine Corps teams throughout
the full range of operations from peace to war.
Father Commissions Daughter
On 4 June 2004, CAPT Norman J. Haussmann, USNR
(Ret), commissioned his daughter, Kathleen Buss, a
LT, USNR. Shortly thereafter, she received her DDS
degree during a formal graduation ceremony from the University
of Iowa. LT Kathleen Buss is a 1993 graduate of Marquette
University.
LT Kathleen Buss’s husband, LCDR Jeff Buss, is the Reserve
Officer Programs Manager stationed at NAS Pt.. Mugu, CA.
After completion of Officer Indoctrination School, LT Kathleen
Buss will report to the Dental Clinic at NAS Pt.. Mugu.
In May 1993, CAPT Haussmann also commissioned LCDR
Jeff Buss upon his graduation from Marquette University.
In addition to father/daughter Naval officers, CAPT
Haussmann’s family has a vast history of Navy affiliation.
His brother, nephew, and another daughter boast of Naval
service.
NRA NEWS/AUGUST 2004

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Reservists in Action
Battle Creek Reserve Center Presents
Medals to Trailblazing Woman,
WWII and Korean War Veteran
By LCDR T. R. Shaw, USNR, PAO, NMCRC Battle Creek, MI
Battle Creek, MI –
Petty Officer Mary
Jo McMorrow has
led a fulfilling life in her
89 years. She has been an
educator; served the Navy
as a WAVE in World War
II; served with the Secret
Service as a communications
and intelligence petty
officer during the Korean
War; and has been an outspoken
advocate and role
model for women in the
military.
Until now, she was never
formally awarded her
World War II Victory
Medal; it was handed to
her by a clerk as she
mustered out. Later, she
never received her National
Defense Service Medal
after mustering out after Korean War.
With the help of close friend, retired Marine Corps COL Robert
Petty Officer Second Class Mary Jo McMorrow receives her National
Defense Service Medal and is re-presented her World War II Victory Medal
by LT Jeannette Krawczyk, Commanding Officer NMCRC Battle Creek.
(Photo by LCDR T. R. Shaw, USNR)
McInnis, the National
Defense Service Medal
was obtained and formally
awarded at morning
muster by commanding
officer, LT Jeannette
Krawczyk, NRA member,
who also pinned on Ms.
McMorrow’s World War
II Victory medal.
“It is the happiest day
of my life; thank you so
much,” Ms. McMorrow
proudly proclaimed.
Ms. McMorrow has
been very active in the
Michigan Chapter of
WAVES, Unit 32, and
is a life member of
White Caps of WAVES
National. She is also a
Charter Member of the
Women’s Memorial
Building at Arlington National Cemetery and has been a
vocal advocate for women in the military.
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Legislative Update – Cont’d. from page 7
Some of the provisions and issues that
did not pass in either house:
Retirement at 55. This issue did not
make it into either Congressional bill and
will not be included in this year’s FY 05
NDAA. Senator Corzine (NJ) did offer an
amendment regarding this issue, which
was defeated 49-49. Please review the
link to see how your Senator voted! Let
them know what you think. We have made
progress this year and will address this
issue again next year. Many organizations
and associations have supported this issue,
and we are hopeful and encouraged for
next year’s effort. Senator Miller’s (GA)
bill on Retirement at 55 did not get
addressed in committee.
Funding for VA Health Care. Sen.
Tom Daschle’s (D-SD) amendment to
provide mandatory (vs discretionary) funding
for all veterans enrolled in VA health care
was defeated when it failed to muster 60
votes to waive a budget point of order.
Selected Reserve MGIB. Many
Congressional representatives supported
this initiative. However, the lack of
resources defeated this very important
provision. We hope to get this addressed
again, as soon as possible. Your support
on this issue that benefits our military
members and all Reserve Components is
critical for passage in the future.
I understand that it may be difficult for
some of you to address these issues. It is
important to our National Security
Strategy, and National Military Strategy,
that you get involved in resolution of
these. If you follow the involvement of
the Guard and Reserve in OIFI, OIFII, and
others events, then you know that there is
not a decrease in use, nor will there be.
DoD and the Services are not supportive
of several initiatives that improve the
benefits and conditions of Guard and
Reserve because; “it costs too much.”
Shouldn’t you decide what the cost is and
what really costs too much!
Note: Fall conference in Washington,
DC; please plan to visit your
Congressional representatives. I will
assist in making appointments and
provide some visitation kits, but I
must know that you wish to visit
prior to the end of August! My e-mail
.
NRA NEWS/AUGUST 2004

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