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ANNUAL AWARD FOR INSTALLATION EXCELLENCE ANNOUNCED

Not only is Naval Air Station Whidbey Island the best Navy base in the world — it’s one of the top U.S. military bases too.

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter recently announced that NAS Whidbey is one of the top five bases as a win-ner of the Commander in Chief ’s Annual Award for Installation Excellence.

The others recipients are the U.S. Army Garrison Fort Campbell, Ky.; Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif.; Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany; and Defense Supply Center Richmond, Va.

“I am extremely proud to be part of this great orga-nization, and am amazed daily at what we accomplish as a team,” said Capt. Geoff

Moore, who assumed com-mand of the air station in February from Capt. Michael Nortier, who is named in the award honors.

“It is also important to acknowledge the contri-butions of Navy Region Northwest and Team Whidbey,” Moore said. “The integration of our tenants and region personnel into our work force, plus the great support from our community partners, truly makes this an

honor we can all join together and celebrate.”

The award recognizes the innovative efforts of the peo-ple who operate and maintain military installations. The five bases were selected for their support of Department of Defense missions.

In December, the Commander of Navy Installations Command selected NAS Whidbey as its number-one nomination to DOD for this award due to their innovative efforts in operations and maintenance. In effect, NAS Whidbey was named the top Navy base in the world last year.

Each winning installation will receive a commemorative commander in chief ’s award trophy and flag and a con-gratulatory letter from the president.

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Hospitalman Jazmin Streidel, Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 137, sorts recyclables from trash during Naval Air Station Whidbey Island’s 20th Annual Dumpster Dive in honor of Earth Day on Friday, April 22. The naval air station celebrated Earth Day with multiple events including a tree planting, base clean up, beach clean up, a Dumpster dive and cookout.

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By KATE DANIEL

Transitioning from mili-tary to civilian life can pose an array of challenges, not the least of which is securing a stable job.

Veterans leaving after sev-eral years in the service may find that the job market has changed dramatically. But even for those separating after a shorter tenure, a feeling of disconnection is not uncom-mon.

Programs like the Afterburner Inc. seminar, presented last month at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, seek to equip service attend-ees with the framework with which to effectively plan and build a post-military career.

Twenty active duty service members attended the all-day event May 18.

Afterburner Inc. works on a model known as Flawless Execution, helping attendees to establish a detailed plan to achieve success.

Aaron Tucker, executive consultant for Afterburner Inc., explained that the seminars provide a more in-depth understanding of the business world and business

cycles. This allows individuals to more effectively search for specific companies in indus-tries which could provide a stable long-term career.

Attendees determine what their priorities are, such as their desired income or where they would like to live. They also decide upon what indus-try or market they would like to work in, and choose to focus upon employment, education or entrepreneur-ship.

Sana Johnson, a veteran and USAA representative specializing in military transi-tions, said one of the biggest hurdles for individuals exiting the military is not knowing or understanding what the civil-ian job market is like.

“If you don’t know what you don’t know, you run the risk of taking a lot longer to become successful.” The pro-gram helps to fill in that gap, Johnson said.

Johnson, who worked as an electrician while serving but received her degree in public relations, noted that she and other facilitators stress that individuals are not limited to the jobs they held while in the military.

While it is easy to teach new technical skills, Tucker said it is much more difficult to teach an employee skills like leadership and effec-tive management. These are strengths veterans can capital-ize on.

It is often the verbiage — becoming fluent in corporate lingo — that can spell success for veterans seeking civilian jobs.

That’s another area in which Afterburner Inc. spe-cializes.

The company was origi-nally a corporate consulting firm, but expounded upon the opportunity to equip veterans to enter the corporate world themselves.

All Afterburner Inc. con-sultants have served in the military.

Though the rate of veteran unemployment decreased in 2015 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the aver-age for Gulf War-era veterans, those who served on active duty at any time since Sept. 2001, is still higher than the national average. For this pop-ulation, the unemployment rate was 5.8 percent in 2015, down 1.4 percent from 201,

while the April 2016 national unemployment rate was 5 per-cent.

The rate for all veterans had also decreased slightly from the previous year, and

was 4.6 percent in 2015. “Basically, the sky is the

limit,” Johnson said.

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state Transportation Commission agreed Tuesday to rename Highway 99 in

honor of black Civil War soldier William P. Stewart of Snohomish.

Several of Stewart’s rela-tives stood and applauded

the unanimous decision that ends a years-long effort by a Snohomish lawmaker to replace highway markers hon-oring Jefferson Davis, the only president of the Confederated States of America.

“It feels wonderful. It is pride for our family. It is pride for our race,” said Marilyn Quincy, of Everett, one of three great-grand-daughters in attendance. “It’s wonderful to know

that when Washington was formed as a state, African-Americans had something to do with it.”

The effort began in 2002 when then-state Rep. Hans Dunshee, D-Snohomish, was on his way back from a kayaking trip in Canada and saw a granite high-way monument honoring Davis at the Peace Arch crossing in Blaine. It was put there in 1940 by the

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A second one had been placed on the highway in Vancouver, he found out.

In the ensuing years, as the granite monuments were moved to private land, Dunshee continued work-ing to get the highway renamed for Stewart, who is buried in the Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery in Snohomish.

The state Department of Transportation will be responsible for making and placing the signs, commis-sion staff said.

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It’s still a little strange for Matthew VanGiesen to flip the pages of a hard cover book published by National Geographic and read a per-sonal account of the most difficult day of his life.

VanGiesen, a U.S. Navy veteran and volunteer with North Whidbey Fire & Rescue, was attending a Monday night meeting at the fire station five years ago when he got a phone call from his father and learned his younger brother was killed in Afghanistan.

In the pages of “Veterans Voices: Remarkable Stories of Heroism, Sacrifice and Honor,” VanGiesen shares how two strangers aboard a cross-country flight helped him cope with the tragedy and gave him the strength to prepare for an emotional reunion with family upon touching down.

The tale is one of dozens of personal accounts of vet-erans from various branches of military service intended to offer insight from those involved in service and per-

spective from others impact-ed.

Oak Harbor’s George Lawson served as senior researcher for the book. He worked with co-authors Robert M. Miller and Andrew Wakeford to iden-tify subjects and arrange interviews.

Lawson, a retired Navy chief and Desert Storm vet-eran, helped set up inter-views with intriguing sub-jects. Some were well known such as actor and legendary martial artist Chuck Norris, an Air Force veteran who got intererested in martial arts after a deployment to Korea, and former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Robert “Rocky” Bleier, an Army vet-eran who overcame severe leg injuries from a grenade that exploded near him in Vietnam.

Another intriguing subject was actor Michael Conner Humphreys, an Army vet-eran who served in Iraq but is best known for his role as a young Forrest Gump who breaks free of his leg braces in the 1994 blockbuster film.

“He’s just a great young man,” Lawson said. “He’s very gracious. Very kind. Very thoughtful.”

Of the 74 subjects featured in the book, Lawson played an active role in landing about 20 of them, including three from Whidbey Island.

Lawson selected Navy vet-erans VanGiesen and Harry Ferrier of Oak Harbor and decorated career Army nurse Grethe Cammermeyer of Langley.

“It’s George’s fault,” VanGiesen joked.

Lawson and VanGiesen becames friends while both served as volunteer firefight-ers with North Whidbey. VanGiesen’s story resonat-ed with him as have many he’s heard from other vet-erans and learned through research.

“I pulled Matt in to get the story behind what a family goes through and how the military takes care of them through a casualty assistance officer,” Lawson said.

Lawson has worked behind the scenes to mar-

ket other books connected to military service, includ-ing another co-authored by Miller and Wakeford, “Portraits of Service” from-Patton Publishing.

“Robert and Andrew were looking at another book,” Lawson said. “National Geographic approached them and asked me to come on board because of my tenacity and knack of asking people to say yes to inter-views and other things.”

In the acknowledgments section of the book, Lawson

is the first contributor sin-gled out by the authors.

“Without George’s exten-sive veteran research and his hundreds of emails, phone calls, and follow-up with securing interviews, this book would not have been possible,” the authors wrote.

The book was released April 26, the same day Ferrier died at the age of 91.

Ferrier, whose first combat action came at the age of 17 at the Battle of Midway in 1942, retired as a command-

er in 1970.

Lawson spoke at his funer-al service in Oak Harbor.

“I had met with Harry Ferrier several times. He was a natural,” Lawson said.

“Veterans Voices: Remarkable Stories of Heroism, Sacrifice and Honor” was rated among Amazon’s best-selling mili-tary history pictorials not long after its release. The hard cover book was being sold for $22.20.

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Matthew VanGiesen, left, and George Lawson both play roles in the military pictorial published by National Geographic in April titled, ‘Veteran Voices: Remarkable Stories of Heroism, Sacrifice and Honor.’ VanGiesen was the subject of a story; Lawson was the book’s senior researcher.

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Navy to look at episodes affecting aircrews

By DEBRA VAUGHN

Aviators who fly the F/A-18 Hornet and EA-18G Growler are reporting problems with air contamination as well as loss of oxygen and pressuriza-tion during flight, and at least one lawmaker wants the Navy to conduct an independent review of the problem.

Rep. Niki Tsongas, a Democrat from Massachusetts who sits on the House Armed Services Committee, inserted language into the National Defense Authorization Act that — if approved — would require Navy Secretary Ray Mabus to initiate a review of “physiological episodes” affecting aircrew of the jets, such as hypoxia and decom-pression sickness, and the efforts of the Navy and Marine Corps to prevent and mitigate these events.

At a Congressional hear-ing in February, Tongas and House Armed Services Committee chair Mike

Turner from Ohio pointed to an uptick in the number of incidents involving on-board oxygen generating systems, a critical life-sustaining system for pilots at high altitudes.

Problems with similar systems several years ago grounded the F-22 fleet. The Air Force found F-22 pilots were experiencing hypoxia, diminished availability of oxygen to the body tissues which leads to dizziness and confusion.

The Navy Times released a report last week that showed physiological episodes ris-ing from around 15 in 2009 to more than 110 in 2015. The story named VAQ-129 — based at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island — as one of the hardest squadrons hit. They have had seven reported episodes since October. That’s because it’s a fleet replacement squadron with 50 Growlers, far more than the average squadron.

That uptick in reported epi-sodes doesn’t mean there are more — it means aviators are doing a better job of report-ing them, said Cmdr. Jeanette Groeneveld, spokeswoman at Commander Naval Air Force Pacific in Coronado, Calif.

The Navy is well aware of the problem, she said. This

issue is the No. 1 safety con-cern of her boss, Commander of U.S. Naval Air Forces Vice Admiral Mike Shoemaker, the “air boss” in charge of all Naval aircraft on the West Coast.

“We’re very focused on finding a solution to this problem,” she said. “We’ve invested a lot of brainpower and people.”

The Air Boss oversees a physiological episode team

that collects data, investigates incidents and coordinates with technical experts to find solutions.

The Navy is encouraging pilots to pay attention and report any incidents — even events as minor as fingers tingling. They also provide extensive training to pilots and flight officers on the haz-ards of physiological episodes and all aircrew repeat from memory emergency proce-

dures prior to flight, she said.At press time, Groeneveld

wasn’t able to provide a break-down of how many reported episodes were more serious. Since the start of the fiscal year Oct. 1, there were 79 total episodes reported with 24 of those involving Growlers. NAS Whidbey is the home of the Navy’s tactical electronic attack squadrons flying the Growler.

The Navy has made a num-

ber of mechanical changes to the jets since 2009, but the problem may be caused by multiple systems, which makes pinning down a solu-tion difficult, she said.

The multi-pronged approach the Navy is taking makes the jets safe to fly, she said.

“If this was a risk that would rise to that level of concern, we would down the aircraft,” she said.

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SKY’S THE LIMIT

By DEBRA VAUGHN

Capt. Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper is one of the few humans on Earth to know

what it’s like to view our planet from space, float weightless and feel the cold, vast immensity of the universe up close.

The former astronaut and her husband, Glenn Piper, moved to North Whidbey last year. Their son, Michael, now works as an explosive ordnance technician in the Navy. In retirement they had the world to choose from and they wanted this place to call home. Yes, she’s well prepared to see the inside of probably every elementary school classroom in Oak Harbor. She said she views it as part of her duty to share what she experienced.

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“That’s the price for the opportunity to fly in space,” she said. “When you come back, it’s to share with others who haven’t had that opportunity.”

She became a mission specialist in 1998. While she’s taken two trips to space in 2006 and 2008, her career is far more expansive.

Stefanyshyn-Piper, 53, was raised in Minnesota, the only daughter among five chil-dren. She loves math. She attended MIT and earned an advanced degree in mechanical engi-neering. Since she had many siblings and an expensive tuition bill, Naval ROTC seemed like a natural path. She ended up staying in the Navy far beyond her initial obligation.

She worked as a diving and salvage offi-cer. Her major salvage projects include freeing a stranded tanker, the Exxon Houston, off the coast of Barbers Point, on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, and developing the plan for the Peruvian Navy salvage of the Peruvian subma-rine Pacocha.

Throughout her time at NASA, she remained on the Navy’s payroll and returned to finish out her career as a captain. After her trips to space, people under her command enjoyed toying with new sailors by suggesting their CO was an astronaut. That seemed like a nice joke until the new sailors would step into her office and see a photo of her in a spacesuit.

If there’s anything that approximates walk-ing in space, it’s diving. Perhaps that’s what set her apart from the thousands of people

applying to NASA for space travel. She didn’t make the first try. The second time she applied she got the OK in 1996. She trained to fly in a mission that was scheduled for departure not long after the ill-fated “Columbia” mission that disintegrated on re-entry in February of 2003. Her mission was postponed.

She doesn’t admit to much time spent think-ing about what could go wrong. Her role in the Navy, like many, was inherently high risk. Flying into space was no different.

“It’s not the safest thing to do,” she said. “We understand there are risks associated with the job. The safest time to fly is right after an accident.”

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She would wait more than three years after the “Columbia” accident to go into space. When it was

finally time, the launch of the space shuttle “Atlantis” mis-sion STS-115 was delayed for days by weather. When finally she was strapped into a seat and heading toward space, all she felt was relief.

Of six on her initial flight, she was the only woman. Her entire career was spent navigating through male-dominated fields. It didn’t faze her. She was raised with four brothers, and she learned if she were an expert at her work, she would earn the respect of her colleagues.

On her two missions, Stefanyshyn-Piper felt the enormity of space. The earth

is a beautiful blue orb, she said, and she could watch the sun set and rise every 45 min-utes — it took about an hour and a half for the space shuttle to circumnavigate the globe. From space, the universe is dark, the stars blotted out by the light from the sun.

“You don’t have anything as a reference when you look at space,” she said. “It’s black.”

The thing that surprised her most about space was sleep. She was, of course, weightless. At bedtime, she was strapped down but she didn’t have the weight and the direct contact gravity pro-vides. She never fully adjusted.

Space movies may be for-ever ruined for her because she can see what Hollywood gets wrong. It’s usually movement in space.

In space she felt the gaze of the world on her. One unfortunate mistake led to negative press attention. It happened on her second trip, mission STS-126 aboard the shuttle “Endeavour” to the International Space Station. They were bringing up part of a space station module. She was on a spacewalk and noticed blobs of grease. She was attempting to clean it when her $100,000 tool bag drifted away. Normally, every-thing is tethered. For some reason the tool bag wasn’t.

During her spacewalks she was tethered by an 85-foot cable and she also sported a jet pack with just enough

power to push her toward the shuttle if the cable snapped. She watched the tool bag float away and thought for a split second about diving after it —than she thought better of it.

The orbiting tool bag was a favorite for sky-watchers until it entered Earth’s atmosphere the next year and burned.

“It made me realize when bad things happen to you, most of the time it’s not one thing,” she said. “It’s a chain of events.”

During her two missions, she completed five spacewalks totaling 33 hours and 42 min-utes. She is the eighth woman to perform a spacewalk.

In retirement, Stefanyshyn-Piper and her husband are enjoy-ing the outdoor activities the Northwest has to offer, especially hikes. It’s nice, she said, to not get up at 4:30 every morning.

Photo submittedHeidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper has fun with zero-gravity inside a space shuttle.

A close-up view of Stefanyshyn-Piper as she works outside the space shuttle.

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KENNETH RICHARDS NAMED EAGLE SCOUT OF YEAR

Kenneth Richards is the American Legion Department of Washington’s 2016 Eagle Scout of the Year.

Kenneth is the son of Jeffrey Richards, an officer stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, and Carla Richards.

Richards, who lives in Lakewood, received the rank of Eagle Scout in November of 2014 and has earned 39 Merit Badges and three Palms. He will receive a $2,000 scholarship and have his application forwarded to the national office to be considered for a larger award.

His application was judged on the basis of his school record, including grades and extracurricular activities.

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The Navy and prime contractor have made efforts to mini-mize disruptions to base personnel and the community during construction. Completing the project in a safe and timely man-ner is a high priority.

The new canopy will improve the structure of the security gate and provide additional weather protection for sentries at their stations.

SNOHOMISH ARMY NATIONAL GUARD UNIT DEPLOYED

Soldiers assigned to Snohomish’s 176th Engineer Company, Washington State Army National Guard, departed March 30 for deployment to the Middle East.

The vertical engineer company of electricians, plumbers, carpenters and masons will maintain and build facilities on military bases throughout U.S. Central Command in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.

“As a guard unit, most of us have a lot of construction experi-ence on the civilian side that we bring to the table,” said Sgt. 1st Class Omar Trujillo, an operations noncommissioned officer. “So that’s why we’re very good at construction missions — bet-ter than most active Army units, I’d wager.”

Soldiers will also focus on personal goals.

Spc. Christie Apker, a carpenter who deployed in 2005 on a similar mission, uses her experience to mentor the younger soldiers.

“We do have a couple of single moms and I was a single mom the first time I deployed ... so I try to give them some moral sup-port and what to prepare for, as well as how to be in the military being a female,” Apker said.

MURRAY ANNOUNCES WIN FOR VETERANS IN STATE

U.S. Senator Patty Murray, D-WA, a senior member of both the Appropriations and Veterans Affairs Committees, applauded the Senate passage of a spending bill that will increase investment in the care of our nation’s veterans, including more than 600,000 veterans in Washington state.

The bipartisan bill, which provides more investment in the Department of Veterans Affairs, includes several of Sen. Murray’s requests, including investment in the Caregivers Program, which supports relatives and friends of veterans who provide care for injured veterans; $150 million for ongoing military construction projects in Washington state; strong investment in mental health services; and the expansion of Sen. Murray’s innovative pilot program to provide child care at VA facilities.

The bill also included a provision that would allow the VA to cover the costs of assisted reproductive technology, including IVF.

“As a nation, we have a solemn promise to care for the men and women who serve our country,” Senator Murray said. “I believe this bill is a strong step forward to achieving that goal, but I know we have our work cut out for us, so I will be fighting to make sure today’s vote turns into action. We owe nothing less to our veterans and their families.”

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ALL VEHICLES ARE ONE ONLY AND SUBJECT TO PRIOR SALE. PICTURES FOR ILLUSTRATION PURPOSES ONLY. PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE TAX, LICENSE, AND $150 NEGOTIABLE DOCUMENT SERVICES FEE. MUST QUALIFY FOR REBATES. REBATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. SUBJECT TO CREDIT APPROVAL. REBATE NOT AVAILABLE WITH LEASE, SPECIAL FINANCE AND SOME OTHER OFFERS. MONTHLY PAYMENT IS $13.89 FOR EVERY $1,000 FINANCED. EXAMPLE DOWN PAYMENT: 6.4%. MUST FINANCE THROUGH GM FINANCIAL OR WELLS FARGO. SOME CUSTOMERS WILL NOT QUALIFY. CASH OFFERS LIMITED TO 15% OF ELIGIBLE VEHICLES IN DEALER STOCK. NOT COMPATIBLE WITH SPECIAL FINANCE OR LEASE OFFERS. SEE DEALER FOR DETAILS. AD EXPIRES 06/15/16.

SAVE HUNDREDS IN TAXES !

JERRY SMITH CHEVROLETANACORTES

Home of“Oil Changes for Life”

360-293-5166 or VISIT US 24/7 @WWW.JERRYSMITHCHEVROLET.COM

JERRY SMITH CHEVROLET12484 Reservation Road • Anacortes

COME VISIT THE

FRIENDLIESTCAR DEALERSHIP IN SKAGIT COUNTY

September, 2015

Dear Neighbors & Friends:

We’d like to provide you with a true incentive to shop our local dealerships. We think we came up with a pretty good idea. . .

The Jerry Smith Automotive Teamis proud to announce “Oil Changes for Life.” Purchase or lease ANY new or used vehicle from us and receive a lifetime of oil changes at no additional charge. It’s simple: The oil changes are done by our manufacturer-trained and certifi ed technicians and you get them at factory-recommended intervals for as long as you own your vehicle.

We don’t want to just sell you a car; we want to serve you for a lifetime.

So, why did we come to this decision? We want to get to know you after the sale. We want to prove to you that we’re a company worth recommending to friends and family. We want to grow our business with you as a benefi ciary. We believe our investment in you is worth it!

Thanks for your consideration,

Connor Ryan, Co-Owner

Corporate Offi ces12484 Reservation Road 360-293-5166

Jerry Smith Automotive Team

Now Proudly home to Oil Changes for Life

Details posted at our websit

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Oil Changes For Life*with any Vehicle purchase– NEW OR USED, at no additional

charge, for as long as you own your car!

PEACE OF MIND 90-Day Warranty*

on pre-owned vehicle purchases.

*Details at jerrysmithchevrolet.com Value of Oil Change Service will range between $39.99 - $49.99 per oil change, based on make and model. Number of Oil changes awarded to be determined by recommended factory intervals

and length of ownership. *Peace of Mind Warranty details at jerrysmithchevrolet.com

VISIT US 24/7 @JERRYSMITHCHEVROLET.COM

12484 Reservation Road • Anacortes • (877) 205-9212Don’t Drive By! DROP IN!

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360-679-1426We support and love our military community!

Ask us about our no hassle instant Military Discount*

Come on in and and meet the friendliest sales team in Skagit County & remember we save you hundreds in Taxes!!

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