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Vol. 49, No. 10 Serving the Military Community in Southeastern Connecticut since 1918 Thursday, August 19, 2010
GROTON, Conn. – Chief Petty Officer Selectees perform pushups as part of training to whip themselves into shape, physically as well as mentally, Aug. 16. More than 70 Groton-area First Class Petty
PRSRT/STD
Canadian sub
INSIDE
completes port call
host submarine.
By Commander Submarine Group Following the visit, Corner
Two Public Affairs Brook will participate in a tor-
pedo exercise with Memphis
GROTON, Conn. – Canadian later this month.
Navy Victoria-class long- “We certainly enjoy com- SUBSCOL
range patrol submarine HMCS ing here [to Groton]” said Sailors
Corner Brook (SSK 878) Lieutenant Commander Alex
arrived at Naval Submarine Kooiman, Corner Brook’s honored
Base New London Aug. 16. Commanding officer. “There
The port call provides an are many things to do in the Page 2
opportunity for both the local area.”
U.S. and Canadian navies to “Experiencing the different
continue to improve their submarines is an important
ability to work together. part of the Navy’s working
During the visit, Submarine relationship with interna-
Development Squadron 12 is tional partners. They help
the host squadron, and USS to enhance friendly, mutual
Memphis (SSN 691) is the cooperation and understand- Photo by MC1(SW/AW) Steven Myers
GROTON, Conn. (August 16, 2010) – Canadian Victoria-class long-range patrol submarine HMCS Corner Brook (SSK 878)
“Experiencing the different submarines is arrives at Naval Submarine Base New London for a port call Aug. 16. The port call provides an opportunity for both the U.S.
Sea Cadets
and Canadian navies to continue to improve their ability to work together.
an important part of the Navy’s working ing between participating Corner Brook last visited HMCS Corner Brook has six conduct
relationship with international partners.” navies by developing interop-
erability in naval operations,”
Groton in May 2009.
HMCS Corner Brook is 231
torpedo tubes and can carry
up to eighteen Mark 48 Mod
exercise
Commander Charles Maher said Cmdr. Charles Maher, feet long, 25 feet across the 4 heavyweight torpedoes for Page 8
USS Memphis Memphis’ Commanding beam and has a deep diving use against surface and sub-
Officer. depth in excess of 656 feet. surface targets.
GI Bill ...
picked up fast and free and Food Bank of Lower Fairfield
send the proceeds to the char- County, Operation Hope, etc.
ity you select from their exten- Cars4Charities even allows
sive list. Their list of charities you to donate your car online Continued from page 1
includes national ones such at your convenience through released under honorable would include out-of-state tuition, ing and apprenticeships and flight methods VA uses to pay various
as the American Foundation their Web site, http://www. conditions, Wilson contin- as well, Wilson said. schools. Stipends are based on the institutions and training facilities.
for the Blind, The American cars4charities.org/. The online ued. For foreign or private institu- area’s housing allowance rates for Although VA supports the intent
Autoimmune Related Diseases option lowers expenses and “The amendments regarding tions, VA would pay fees accord- an E-5 with dependents, Wilson to improve the Post-9/11 GI Bill,
Association Foundation, Prevent is better for the environment qualifying Title 10 service and ing to statistics obtained from the said. the department does not support
Cancer Foundation, Freedom because it reduces the use of extending coverage to Guard mem- Department of Education. The fig- VA supports streamlining the some of these provisions, Wilson
From Hunger, the Brain paper and other consumables. bers ... would be consistent with ures used would be of the “aver- tuition-and-fee benefits for stu- said.
Trauma Foundation, Autism If your car is in poor condition, qualifying active service under age of established charges at all dents attending public institutions These provisions would
Speaks, Food for the Poor, Cars4Charities will make sure it the Montgomery GI Bill and the institutions in the U.S. for a bacca- and establishing a maximum pay- “severely hamper” payment meth-
Partners in Health, the National is properly recycled. Reserve Educational Assistance laureate degree for the most recent ment cap private school students, ods, Wilson said, as the bill’s
Coalition for the Homeless, the Complete details on how to Program,” he explained in his year,” Wilson explained. he said. amendments would take effect as
Fund for Peace, the Diabetes donate a car are available at written testimony. “The proposed Meanwhile, he said, the hous- “The manner in which institu- if the 2008 bill never existed. VA
Research Institute Foundation, http://www.cars4charities.org/ amendment clarifying that certain ing stipend will be calculated tions assess charges varies widely proposes to postpone “significant
National Association for Down or (866) 448-3487 (GIVE-4- service must result in an honor- based on attendance in school. from state to state and from school changes” to the law until Aug.
Syndrome, Cancer Navigators, US). able discharge is similar to the This means, for example, students to school,” Wilson said. “VA also 2011 to ensure the improvements
honorable discharge requirements enrolled in 50 percent of a full does not object to expansion of the don’t have negative impact on ser-
applicable to other covered indi- course load will receive 50 percent program to permit payment for vice delivery, he explained.
viduals.” of the stipend. vocational, flight, correspondence Since the inception of the 2008
Regarding tuition payment Also, housing stipends under ..., subject to Congress identifying legislation, VA has awarded near-
under the proposed bill, VA the proposed 2010 bill will expand appropriate [cost savings].” ly $4 billion to more than 295,000
would pay fees based on charges to vocational schools, correspon- Additional amendments in the veterans and their education insti-
reported by the institution. That dence training, on-the-job train- proposed bill include the types of tutions, Wilson said.
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NEWINGTON, Conn. – Members of the Iwo Jima Survivors Association came together Aug. 14, during a Candlelight Ceremony
of Remembrance at the National Iwo Jima Memorial Monument and Park, in Newington/New Britian, Conn. The event also
marked the official reunion of the Iwo Jima Survivors Association in Connecticut. The ceremony was held to remember the
100 Connecticut men who died at Iwo Jima during World War II.
Students D E F Y drugs
GROTON, Conn. - Thirteen children and four instructors show their graduation certificates after completing phase 1 of the Drug Education For Youth (DEFY)
program on Naval Submarine Base New London, Aug. 12. DEFY is a free program for children ages 9-12 and teaches team-building, maintaining a healthy
lifestyle, and drug prevention.
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VOLUNTOWN, Conn. - Hospitalman Michael Bond, from Naval Station Newport, R.I., briefs the cadets on field training and
first aid, Aug. 13. Bond, known within the camp as “Doc,” covered the use of several types of first aid devices, managed
any required medication within the camp, and gave safety briefs before exercises.
VOLUNTOWN, Conn. – A team of United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps (NSCC) Sea Cadets scout an immobile sentry waiting
for a chance to cross the road without notice, August 14 in Pachaug State Forest during NSCC Nautilus (SSN 571) Division’s
10th annual Field Training Exercise. The team shown (Spruance squadron) was the first of four squads to take on the final
3.8 mile trek through the forest, avoiding sentries, ambushes, and cars along the way.
VOLUNTOWN, Conn. - Sea Cadet Instructor Chris Lingar provides direction to Spruance squadron Sea Cadets after he and
two additional “insurgents” (red taped instructors) ambushed the squad as they travelled down a road in the Pachaug State
Forest, Aug. 13.
VOLUNTOWN, Conn. - Sea Cadets stand in the “on guard” position while holding PVC pipe batons during a crowd control
training exercise, Aug. 13. Not shown, Sea Cadet Warrant Officer Bruce Pendleton, a staff sergeant in the National Guard,
conducted the training, teaching them how to “stomp and drag,” and create different formations to penetrate or corral
would-be protestors.
VOLUNTOWN, Conn. - League Cadet Recruit Isabelle Delgado hangs upside-down on the rope bridge the team constructed,
Aug, 13. A rope fashioned into a “Swiss Seat” carries the weight of the occupant while the carabineer fastens them to the
rope, allowing them to propel down the length of the rope bridge with their arms and legs.
Photos by SN Michael Henderson
Thursday, August 19, 2010 • THE DOLPHIN • 9
Cops fall to
Juggernauts
TLDR Version
Overall, the game is very, very, solid. It runs well
on middle-class PCs (like mine), only slowing down
at certain areas in certain stages. It’s the perfect party
game. Running around yelling at your friends while
four players fend off hordes throughout different stages; Valve, and by gift, I mean it’s trying not shoot them (unless you’re paying them back
of aliens while they prog- and Medics pretty much hold free. They won’t even expect for welding shut a door before you can get through),
ress through different stages, the team together, and hap- you to do them a favor in
Alien Swarm Review completing objectives. You pen to be one of the only return, or care if you remem-
and fending off hordes and hordes of different types
of aliens that are just “dying to meet you” …I crack
and your friends can select counters to living through a ber their anniversary. Readily myself up. It’s free, it’s from Valve, it’s on Steam, you
By SN Michael Henderson from eight different charac- facehugger’s alien amore. available on the PC through
ters, each boasting their own Players do “level up”, but should probably already own it by now.
Valve’s “Steam” network,
GROTON, Conn. - Anyone
ever play Contra 3D? And by
traits and qualities.
Officer characters like
the process takes maybe a
handful of hours, so it’s pretty
it’s a relatively small game
with released source code
Rating: 8/10
“play” Contra 3D, I mean,
make it to the jungle level
“Sarge” (my personal favor-
ite) have increased health and
negligible. Leveling unlocks and developer kit. What does Facehuggers, go fourth and multiply!
variety of new ways to kill that mean exactly? Valve’s
with the mini-arcade eas- have access to an awesome aliens, increasing your arse- little gift opens up the doors on release, there is very little “Insane” difficulty, (as long
ter-egg and just play “Tank” shotgun; Special Weapons nal of boomsticks, as well as to modders, allowing Alien that I can pick on about this as you bring some friends
because the game was so characters have access to more elaborate devices, like Swarm to perpetuate itself game. There are a couple along.) Buuuuuut, that’s all
terrible. I don’t know why I movement-hindering, but a stationary turret that immo- and evolve into something strange uses of half-speed not- I’m really ‘allowed’ to com-
brought that up. crowd clearing mini-guns; bilizes enemies with a thick much more fun. so-dramatic slow-motion, and plain about, given that the
Alien Swarm is a top- Techs are needed to hack layer of frost. Aside from having only a the game is arguably very, game is free and that Valve is
down shooter where up to some of the computer systems The game is a gift from handful of different stages very easy, even on the most awesome.
NBHC Petty Officer is on his way to Special events at the SUBASE Library
APA National Team Championship Playoffs
By Kathy MacKnight
PAO, NHCNE
Elimination of field
verify veterans’ accounts, “often the regulation will be particu- “It’s a step that proves
a very involved and protract- larly beneficial for veterans America will always be here
ed process,” Walcoff said, and who have had their military for our veterans, just as they’ve
enable VA officials “to move records damaged or destroyed, been there for us,” he said.
more quickly to award more female veterans whose records “We won’t let them down.
Warfare ...
any other record such as available at www.bupers.
By MC1(AW)LaTunya Howard reenlistment contracts, award navy.mil/AboutUs/NPC/
Navy Personnel Command Public Affairs certificates, designation let- Information+Management.
ters, etc.,” said B. J. Price, This access provides the user Continued from page 5
MILLINGTON, Tenn. - Navy Records Management Policy “view only” capability for all Warfare sponsors (Type motion recommendation may pin of the command to ensure
Personnel Command (NPC) is Branch, NPC. “The Sailor’s ESR accounts within their Commanders) will establish be restored with a special the integrity and strength of
reminding Sailors that paper ESR cannot be updated with- unit identification codes. specific qualification and performance evaluation when the existing programs.
enlisted field service records out appropriate source docu- All commands responsible re-qualifying timelines how- qualification is achieved. - How will Sailors stand-
(FSR) will closeout Sept. 30. mentation.” for service record entries are ever, the maximum allow- - Will a Sailor be penalized out amongst peers if every-
Service record information As the Navy moves forward required to initiate updates able time for initial qualifi- if their command doesn’t one is required to have a
will be generated and main- with plans to eliminate the in NSIPS/ESR. Sailors are cation of all enlisted Sailors offer the opportunity for war- warfare pin? According to
tained electronically through enlisted FSR, nearly 60,000 ultimately responsible for the assigned to designated war- fare qualification? According West, Sailors stand out every
a secure Internet connec- Sailors still need to establish accuracy of their ESR and fare qualifying commands to West, Sailors without the day. Performance and the
tion to the Navy Standard a self-service ESR account must contact the servicing will not exceed 30 months. opportunity to qualify in a Sailor’s overall command
Integrated Personnel System that will allow them anytime personnel office if any infor- Timelines for warfare quali- warfare specialty will not be support should be the big-
(NSIPS) Electronic Service access to their records. mation is incorrect. fications are set by the Type penalized. However Sailors gest factors to “break out”
Record (ESR). Self-service accounts can The Navy began elimi- Commander’s instructions should look for follow-on individuals.
Chief of Naval Personnel be created at https://nsips. nating enlisted FSRs in and each TYCOM will have opportunities to obtain a “I often highlight efficient
announced in 2009 the nmci.navy.mil or on the January 2010. Officer ser- oversight of their programs. warfare device when able. manning and future plat-
requirement for all active- Navy Standard Integrated vice records were eliminated According to West, some - Will having mandatory forms such as LCS as exam-
duty and Reserve personnel Personnel System (NSIPS)/ in 2000. Personnel Support of the biggest questions he qualifications water down ples of the need to ensuring
to establish and maintain ESR server on board ships. Detachment Memphis began hears from Sailors are: the existing programs? West our Sailors have a good, basic
a self-service ESR account. Commanding officers, closing out records for Sailors - What happens if a Sailor stated, quite the contrary; by understanding of the systems
These accounts allow Sailors executive officers and com- at Navy Personnel Command doesn’t qualify in time? West mandating warfare qualifi- and fighting capabilities of
to review all personnel, train- mand master chiefs can (NPC) last year as part of a stated that failure to qualify cations for all enlisted per- the command to which they
ing, and awards data. Sailors obtain command-level “view successful field test. in the specific warfare pro- sonnel, it will significantly are assigned,” said West.
also have limited self-ser- only” access by completing For more information on gram within the prescribed “raise the bar” across the For more information see
vice update capability within the NSIPS/ESR system access the elimination of FSRs read time requirements shall command regarding level of NAVADMIN 268-10.
their ESR. authorization request, or NAVADMIN 040/10 or visit immediately result in a spe- knowledge of the command For more news from Master
“Sailors should maintain a SAAR, and forward it to NPC’s https://nsips.nmci.navy.mil cial performance evaluation and the systems our Sailors Chief Petty Officer of the
hard copy of all documents Record/Data Maintenance or call NPC Customer Service that removes promotion rec- operate. It is incumbent on Navy, visit www.navy.mil/
used to update their ESR or Quality Division. They are Center at 1-866-U-ASK-NPC. ommendation, but the pro- those that wear the warfare local/mcpon/.
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