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1 Published i the iterest of the people of Aberdee Provig Groud, Marylad October 27, 2011 Vol. 55, No. 43 Photo by Rachel Poder Cotractors istall red tile aroud the doorway of the APG Burger Kig, which is earig the ed of a full reovatio. The redesig is replacig the traditioal earth-toe décor with a cotemporary red-ad-black color scheme givig the restaurat a more futuristic look with a moder idustrial pallet of metallic fiishes, red ad black accets ad other artistic iterpretatios of the compay s grill-cetric brad. BK gets futuristic facelift, opeig soo Upgrades iclude Wi-fi, LCD scree orders, plasma TVs, better products ad services Story ad photos by RACHEL PONDER APG News The Aberdee Provig Groud Burger Kig is gettig a revamped, moder look with its ew 20/20 redesig. We are the first AAFES Burger Kig to receive this futuristic desig so we are really excited, said Jamie Turer, Burger Kig s geeral maager. The chages will blow guests away. Iside the restaurat, guests will order from LCD-digital-meus, get their daily Dr. Paul Jussel, professor of military studies, Army War College, discusses the flow of battle from atop Little Roud Top o the Civil War battlefield at Gettysburg. Burger Kig Corporatio photo The 20/20 prototype replaces the traditioal earth-toe décor with a cotemporary red ad black color scheme, givig it a futuristic feel. dose of ews o plasma TVs, ad surf the Iteret usig BK s free Wi-Fi. Accordig to the fast food chai s website, the 20/20 prototype replaces the traditioal earth-toe décor with a cotemporary red ad black color scheme, givig it a futuristic feel with a moder idustrial pallet of metallic fiishes, red ad black See BURGER KING, page 15 APG Cohort lears strategic thikig at Gettysburg ride Story ad photo by ROGER TEEL RDECOM Public Affairs A staff ride aroud the Civil War battlefield at Gettysburg, Pa., Oct. 18 was aythig but a walk i the park. Dr. Paul Jussel, professor of military studies at the U.S. Army War College i earby Carlisle, led 29 participats ad ie alumi of the Aberdee Provig Groud Cohort o a i-depth, strategic thiker s study of the battle that raged July 1-3, Begiig with the arrival of Ge. Robert E. Lee s Cofederate forces via the Chambersburg Pike, through battles at the Peach Orchard ad Wheat Field, aroud Little Roud Top ad edig at the Cofederate high-water mark ear the ed of Trick-or-treat, Hallelujah Harvest set Moday By ADRIANE FOSS APG News APG is oce agai hostig fu fall activities, icludig trick-ortreatig i residetial areas ad a chapel-sposored Hallowee alterative called the Hallelujah Harvest. Both evets will take place Moday, Oct. 31, with trick-ortreated takig place betwee 6 ad 8 p.m. i APG s residetial areas ad the Hallelujah Harvest betwee 5:30 ad 7:30 p.m. at the APG North chapel. Trick-or-treatig Childre uder age 12 must be accompaied by a adult, ad all trick-or-treaters are ecouraged to wear reflective markigs o their costumes ad carry a flashlight. Ayoe drivig i the housig areas durig trick-or-treat should exercise extreme care, ad be especially watchful for youg childre who may ot be readily visible or attetive to movig vehicles, said DFMWR s Sheryl Speerstra. Mike Farlow, APG s commuity policig ad crime prevetio officer, agreed ad also urged parets to take a active role i the process, especially with youger childre. This takes away the opportuity for thigs that should ot happe, he said. See HALLOWEEN, page 8 New vet offers expaded services, hours By RACHEL PONDER APG News A recetly retired Soldier is fillig a much eeded post i the APG commuity by servig as the ew veteriaria at the APG Veteriary Cliic. Dr. Carol Bossoe, who served i the Army for 26 years, said she is excited to help Soldiers, retirees ad their Families i this ew Bossoe capacity. I get the best of both worlds, she said. I love workig with people, especially Soldiers, ad I love aimals. I like seeig the bod that humas have with their pets. See COHORT, page 15 See ON-POST, page 15 WEATHER Thurs INDEX Pg 2... Opiio Pg 2... Weather Pg 5... Aroud the Force Pg 9... Commuity Notes Pg Post Shorts Pg FMWR 2011 ARMY FAMILY ACTION PLAN Read the Nov. 3 editio of the APG News for full coverage of the Oct. 25 symposium. Got talet? Wi Grammy tickets i Risig Star cotest page 3 Fashio blogger Yes, those pats make your butt look huge, but why liste to me? page 2 ONLINE apgews.apg. army.mil apg.armylive. dodlive.mil/ facebook.com/ APGMd twitter.com/ USAGAPG flickr.com/photos/ usagapg/

2 2 APG News October 27, 2011 OPINION Keepig relatioships healthy If you could have the ideal lovig relatioship, what would that look like? For some couples, it would ivolve a lot of time together ad shared iterests, ad for others, it may iclude more space ad time spet separately. There are may ways to be a lovig parter, ad the key is discoverig what your parter eeds from you, rather tha what they are t givig to you. Ofte, lovig your parter meas puttig yourself i their place ad imagiig what would brig them happiess. Military couples face icredibly challegig stressors together. Those couples who remai resiliet ofte fid themselves with stroger relatioships whe the dust settles. However, may of the uique stressors imposed o military couples may chip away at the fabric of safety ad peace withi the relatioship. What ca you ad your parter do to help protect your relatioship from the stress of military life? Here are some ideas to erich your relatioship so it serves as a vessel of comfort for both of you: Ask your parter what he (or she) eeds. Also, you should be able to idetify what you eed ad how your eeds ca be met. If you both develop empa- Elimiate all sarcasm, ame callig, belittlig or other types of verbal ad emotioal abuse, ad make a pact ot to tolerate displays of temper. thy for each other s eeds, tha you both will be satisfied with what you ca create together i your relatioship. Elimiate all sarcasm, ame callig, belittlig or other types of verbal ad emotioal abuse, ad make a pact ot to tolerate displays of temper such as slammig objects or doors. These behaviors cause sigificat damage to the trust ad safety betwee you ad may lead to physical abuse. If you re able to say at least five positive commets to every egative commet, your relatioship will feel much more lovig ad supportive. Nurture the bod betwee you. Oe way is to foster ad keep ope, regular commuicatio about the importat thigs i your life, as well as the small daily matters. Develop a homecomig ritual upo your parter s retur from deploymet. This ritual ca serve as a lie of demarcatio a dividig poit from their beig away at war, to beig here, at peace. Ofte service members returig from deploymet eed a period of readjustmet to their old lifestyle ad familiar surroudigs. They may wat to talk but are uable to fid words to express their experieces or feeligs about what they ve bee through. They may eed time to themselves, which you should respect. Nomilitary parters also ca play a importat role i the relatioship s stress maagemet by lovigly ecouragig their military loved oe to seek help for severe post-deploymet problems. Service members should remember that their parters wat to help ad recoect with them, ad should have compassio for the stresses their parters experieced durig their time away. It s OK to share your feeligs about your deploymet experieces without sharig details about what you saw or did. I this way you ca recoect emotioally, lea o your parter for support, ad feel less isolated while protectig them from the harsh realities of what you experieced. Be alert for sigs of traumatic brai ijury or post-traumatic stress disorder. If you fid yourself uable to cope, talk to your parter about it ad seek professioal help. If you have suicidal thoughts, always seek professioal help, as you may be experiecig depressio, which resolves with proper treatmet. I the ed, our relatioships reflect the amout of eergy ad devotio we put ito them. If you give your relatioship the gifts of compassio ad empathy, regardless of what the exteral world heaps upo you, you will reap the rewards of cotetmet ad love withi your relatioship. Are you familiar with some of the risk factors for suicide, which iclude relatioship issues? Fid out more about suicide prevetio iformatio ad resources o the DCoE website. (This post was reprited from the Defese Ceters of Excellece Blog.) Dr. Kate McGraw Cliical Psychologist, Defese Ceters of Excellece Yes, those pats make your butt look huge, but why liste to me? I ve bee goig through some fashio blogs tryig to get a feel for my ew stit as a fashio blogger. I had a couple of questios about each blogger as I read through them age, backgroud, etc. ad decided to aswer those questios about myself so you ca get to kow me. First of all, I m o fashioista, style mave or Nowowieski ay other ame the tragically hip give each other. I grew up i rural Vermot. Remember the Newhart show? Larry, Darryl ad Darryl are pretty represetative of the populatio where I grew up. Vermot is ot kow for its thrivig fashio idustry, ad I was surrouded by red flael ad work boots. Dressig up, say for a weddig, called for your very cleaest red flael ad lightly ripped deim jeas. I grew up with two (that s two) TV statios ad all the coutry music you could stomach. My mother, sadly, has a limited fashio sese. She had ever bee heavy so had o idea how to dress her heavy daughter. To this day I shudder at the sight of elastic-waist pats. But, other tha the First of all, I m o fashioista, style mave or ay other ame the tragically hip give each other. I grew up i rural Vermot. Remember the Newhart show? Larry, Darryl ad Darryl are pretty represetative of the populatio where I grew up. fact I kew I did t like how I looked, I had o idea how to go about lookig better. Eter Vogue magazie. The glossy pages were so ivitig to me as a 15-year-old. Through this magazie, I saw beautiful people, colors ad clothes, ad so started my love affair with both fashio ad, oddly, magazies. I tried it all eo, gruge, big hair, big makeup, too short skirts ad too log pats. If there s a fashio mistake to be made, I ve made it. A beautiful woma at work has a great sayig, I do t wat to be loud AND wrog. Picture me i a giat pik eo sweatshirt ad oe black glove ad you ca see what she s gettig at. What I eeded was oe straighttalkig fried to tell me I looked frightful (ad too bright). Everyoe eeds a 100 percet hoest fried to tell you how you look. That s me. I m just your average sarcastic workig mom with two 12-year-olds, two dogs ad a cat. I combie my New Eglad practicality ad critical fashio eye to tell people they could look better, ad how to achieve that. There you have it: my fashio credetials. Have a fashio questio for Kare? Post your commets or questios o the Family Matters blog or them to Elaie.sachez@dma.mil. Kare Nowowieski Family Matters Blog Blogger fids passio for fashio Guest blogger Kare Nowowieski is the fouder of Work It! a home busiess that provides free style makeovers to service members trasitioig out of the military. This former soldier ad curret Defese Departmet civilia has offered to share her fashio kow-how with Family Matters readers through a series of guest blogs. I the comig moths, she ll cover everythig from appropriate iterview ad work attire to what to wear o a date or girls ight out. APG SEVEN DAY FORECAST Thurs Fri Sat Su Mo Tue Wed The APG News, a civilia eterprise ewspaper, is a authorized publicatio for members of the U.S. Army. Cotets of the APG News are ot ecessarily official views of, or edorsed by, the U.S. govermet, Departmet of Defese, Departmet of the Army or the U.S. Army Garriso, Aberdee Provig Groud. The ewspaper is published weekly by the APG Public Affairs Office, ATTN: IMNE-APG-PA, Buildig 305, APG, MD , Prited circulatio is 8,900. 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3 October 27, 2011 APG News 3 Photo by Tim Hipps Sgt. 1st Class Louis Gomez ad his 2010 Operatio Risig Star-wiig wife Melissa, stroll the Hollywood Walk of Fame o Hollywood Boulevard durig a break from her recordig sessios at Firehouse Recordig Studios i Pasadea, Calif. This year, a lucky few will ear a trip to Hollywood without ever pickig up a mic. Lear more about The Operatio Risig Star Ultimate Fa Game olie at OpRisigStar.com. Game offers military chace to wi Grammy tickets i Operatio Risig Star cotest By EVAN DYSON IMCOM Regardless of sigig ability, oe eligible MWR patro will wi two tickets to Hollywood ad the Grammys through the Army s premier sigig competitio. It will take just a little luck, trivia kowledge ad techology. Modeled after America Idol, Operatio Risig Star showcases musical talet withi the military commuity. The Operatio Risig Star Ultimate Fa Game offers the chace to aswer trivia questios about the competitio olie. Accordig to orgaizers, the game provides aother way members of the military commuity ca get ivolved i the competitio. The Ultimate Fa Game grad prize wier will receive a trip for two to Hollywood, joi the wier of Operatio Risig Star at the Grammy awards show ad visit a Hollywood recordig studio to watch the 2011 Operatio Risig Star wier record a three-sog demo CD. Weekly prizes rage from gift cards to ipods. Each week util Nov. 6, the 10 highest-scorig participats will automatically eter ito the grad prize sweepstakes. The wier will be draw durig the competitio s fials week i December. Trivia questios for the promotio will come from the past three seasos of the show, viewable olie at the Army Family ad MWR chael o YouTube at The grad-prize wier will be aouced durig the Operatio Risig Star fials week broadcast, begiig Dec. 11 o the Petago Chael ad at OpRisigStar.com. Operatio Risig Star is a productio of Army Etertaimet. Local competitios have already take place i 37 veues. I November, a group of local wiers will move o to the larger competitio hosted by Istallatio Maagemet Commad, Family ad MWR Programs. Historically, the aual competitio cocluded at Fort Belvoir, Va. This year, however, it will wrap up i the historic Fort Sam Housto Theatre followig the Base Realigmet ad Closure move of Family ad MWR Programs from Alexadria, Va. to Fort Sam Housto, Texas. The Operatio Risig Star Ultimate Fa Game olie experiece was made possible by NTB Media with sposorship by the Veteras of Foreig Wars. To lear more about the sigig competitio ad to play the olie game, visit

4 4 APG News October 27, 2011 Army, APG supportig Natioal Prescriptio Take Back Day By STAFF SGT. EMILY ANDERSON Warrior Trasitio Commad Public Affairs I a effort to get rid of uused or expired medicatios ad promote a drug free livig ad workig eviromet, Aberdee Provig Groud is amog the may Army istallatios across the Uited States supportig Natioal Prescriptio Take Back Day Oct. 29. APG s drop-off locatio for uused or expired medicatios is i the lobby of the police statio, Bldg. 2200, o post. Army leaders uderstad the threat preseted by the improper storage or disposal of uused or expired medicatios i our homes ad barracks, said Col. Kevi Galloway, Chief of Staff, Pai Maagemet Task Force. The Army s participatio i the Natioal Prescriptio Medicatio Take Back Day is critical because our Soldiers ad their Families share may of the issues facig the atio at large, Galloway said. The Army is proud to collaborate with the Drug Eforcemet Admiistratio s atioal effort to combat prescriptio medicatio diversio ad abuse, as well as improper storage ad disposal, Galloway said. This issue has relevace to evirometal safety, law eforcemet, ad military medicie, Galloway added. The Army s support for DEA s Natioal Take Back Day is a coordiated effort betwee the Army s Istallatio Maagemet Commad, Office of the Provost Marshal Geeral, ad Army Medical Commad. This is all about safety as we work to help get these potetially harmful medicatios out of the households. We wat everyoe to take advatage of this opportuity because it is free ad aoymous, o questios asked. Lt. Col. Kevi Roberts Chief, Pharmacy Divisio, Irelad Army Commuity Hospital, Fort Kox, Ky Active, Guard ad Reserve Soldiers, veteras, Family members ad civilias ca aoymously tur i uused, ueeded or expired prescriptios items such as tablets, capsules, ad ay other solid forms of medicatio Oct. 29 at collectio sites at military istallatios ad i civilia commuities. This is all about safety as we work to help get these potetially harmful medicatios out of the households, said Lt. Col. Kevi Roberts, Chief, Pharmacy Divisio, Irelad Army Commuity Hospital, Fort Kox, Ky. We wat everyoe to take advatage of this opportuity because it is free ad aoymous, o questios asked. Accordig to the Office of Natioal Drug Cotrol Policy, abuse of prescriptio drugs to get high has become icreasigly prevalet amog tees ad youg adults. Abuse of prescriptio pai killers ow raks secod - oly behid marijuaa - as the atio s most prevalet illegal drug problem. Now is a good time to properly dispose of these medicatios, Roberts added. Some idividuals ca get easily cofused ad take the wrog medicatio. There are documeted istaces of youg childre accidetly igestig a paret s prescriptio. The Natioal Take Back Day is a excellet opportuity to ope or expad the dialogue with our Soldiers ad Family members regardig the potetial impact from maitaiig a supply of prescriptio medicatios i the home or barracks, Galloway said. For more iformatio about Natioal Prescriptio Take Back Day, tur-i times ad locatios, visit deadiversio.usdoj.gov/drug_disposal/takeback/idex.html or call for a local collectio site. For iformatio about the APG collectio site or APG s Take Back efforts, call It s Time to Fall Back! APG ASAP We gai a extra hour of sleep as Daylight Savigs Time eds Nov. 6 at 2 a.m. What chores do you coduct whe we fall back or sprig forward? May of us check our smoke detectors ad carbo mooxicide moitors. Some of us check the batteries i our flashlights, clocks ad hearig aids. APG s ASAP Prevetio Coordiator Cidy Scott is urgig commuity leaders to add aother chore to that aual list: check the expiratio date o prescriptio ad over-thecouter medicies. See if your have ay prescriptios or OTC medicies that you o loger use or wat, she said. Ad if you are uable to participate i the most recet Presciptio Take-Back Campaig, you ca still safely dispose of your medicies. Scott suggested the followig steps: 1. Remove ad destroy ALL idetifyig persoal iformatio (prescriptio labels) from all medicatio cotaiers before recyclig or throwig them away. 2. Pour medicatio ito a sealable plastic bag. If medicatio is a solid (pill, liquid capsule, etc.), crush it or add water to dissolve it. 3. Add kitty litter, sawdust, coffee grouds (or ay material that mixes with the medicatio ad makes it less appealig for pets ad childre to eat) to the plastic bag. 4.Seal the bag ad put it i the trash. For more iformatio, call Scott at or Cythia.M.Scott4.civ@mail.mil or read How to Dispose of Uused Medicies at the FDA website,

5 AROUND THE FORCE October 27, 2011 APG News 5 Army to use ew uiform for Soldier burial clothig By MAJ. JOHN HALL Army Huma Resources Commad Public Affairs The Army Liaiso Team at the Dover Port Mortuary will begi usig the ew Army Service Uiform for deceased Soldiers effective Ja. 1, Some survivors may have a expectatio of viewig their loved oe at the fueral i the traditioal gree service uiform. The Army is phasig out the gree service uiform ad cotiues the trasitio to the blue service uiform as the official Army Service Uiform, or ASU. The Army bega placig the ew ASU items i the clothig bags for iitial etry Soldiers i 4th quarter of fiscal year 2010, ad the madatory possessio date for the ew ASU items is 4th quarter, fiscal year The Defese Logistics Agecy uiform cotract is expirig for the Army gree service uiform which will make acquirig some sizes of Army gree service uiform difficult. If a family prefers their loved oe to be dressed i the Army gree service uiform istead of the ASU, the Army Liaiso Team at Dover will attempt to fulfill their request based o available supplies. HRC ca be reached at ARMYHRC ( ) or askhrc.army@us.army.mil. Photo by Rolad Balik Military officers salute a trasfer case as a Army carry team trasfers remais at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Begiig Ja. 1, 2012, the Army Liaiso Team at the Dover Port Mortuary will begi usig the ew Army Service Uiform for deceased Soldiers. Obama: All U.S. troops out of Iraq by year s ed By JIM GARAMONE America Forces Press Service All U.S. service members will leave Iraq by the ed of the year, Presidet Barack Obama aouced Oct. 21. About 40,000 U.S. service members are i the coutry, ad all will be home for the holidays, Obama said. The presidet made the aoucemet after speakig with Iraqi Prime Miister Nouri al-maliki o the morig of Oct. 21. Sice America forces wet ito Iraq i March 2003, more tha oe millio Americas have deployed to the Middle Easter coutry -- may multiple times. More tha 32,200 U.S. service members ad civilias have bee wouded i the coutry, ad 4,482 were killed. Today, I ca report that as promised, the rest of our troops i Iraq will come home by the ed of the year. After early ie years, America s war i Iraq will be over, the presidet said. The last America Soldiers will cross the border out of Iraq with their heads held high, proud of their success ad kowig that the America people stad uited i our support for our troops. That is how America s military efforts i Iraq will ed. The Uited States will maitai a close alliace with Iraq, the presidet said, ad the withdrawal meas the relatioship betwee the coutries will be just like that betwee the Uited States After early ie years, America s war i Iraq will be over. The last America Soldiers will cross the border out of Iraq with their heads held high ad kowig the America people stad uited i our support for our troops. with ay other coutry. Obama said it will be a equal partership based o mutual iterests ad mutual respect. Obama said he ad Maliki agreed that a meetig of the Higher Coordiatig Committee of the Strategic Framework Agreemet will covee i the comig weeks, ad that he ivited the Iraqi leader to Washigto to pla the future relatioship. This will be a strog ad edurig partership, with our diplomats ad civilia advisers i the lead; will help Iraqis stregthe istitutios that are just, represetative ad accoutable; will build ew ties of trade ad of commerce, culture ad educatio, that uleash the potetial of the Iraqi people; will parter with a Iraq that cotributes to regioal security ad peace, just as we isist that other atios respect Iraq s sovereigty, Obama said. Barack Obama Presidet of the Uited States The Uited States will offer to help Iraq trai ad equip its forces, just as the Uited States offers assistace to coutries aroud the world. There will be some difficult days ahead for Iraq, ad the Uited States will cotiue to have a iterest i a Iraq that is stable, secure ad self-reliat, the presidet said. Just as Iraqis have persevered through war, I m cofidet that they ca build a future worthy of their history as the cradle of civilizatio. The ed of war i Iraq reflects a larger trasitio i world affairs, Obama said. The tide of war is recedig, he said. The drawdow i Iraq allowed us to refocus our fight agaist al-qaida ad achieve major victories agaist its leadership, icludig Osama bi Lade. The Uited States also is reducig the umber of troops deployed to Afghaista. He oted that whe he took office i Jauary 2009, more tha 180,000 U.S. service members were deployed to Iraq ad Afghaista. By the ed of this year, that umber will be cut i half. Ad make o mistake: It will cotiue to go dow, the presidet said. The presidet said the Uited States is movig forward from a positio of stregth. The war i Iraq will ed i December. The umber of Americas i Afghaista will cotiue to go dow. As these actios cotiue, there will be fewer deploymets ad more time for traiig, Obama said. The atio still has the resposibility ad duty to provide America s ewest veteras ad their families the care, the beefits ad the opportuities that they have eared, the presidet said. This icludes elistig our veteras i the greatest challege that we ow face as a atio -- creatig opportuity ad jobs i this coutry, he added. After a decade of war, the atio that we eed to build ad the atio that we will build is our ow, a America that sees its ecoomic stregth restored, just as we ve restored our leadership aroud the globe. Preparatios to withdraw cotiue. The Uited States closed its U.S. Divisio North at Camp Speicher yesterday. Oly oe divisioal level U.S. uit ow remais i the coutry.

6 6 APG News October 27, 2011 October 27, 2011 APG News 7 Emiet MRICD scietist retires after 41 years of federal service By CINDY KRONMAN U.S. Army Medical Research Istitute Iteratioally kow scietist, supportive metor, ad dedicated fried is how coworkers ad colleagues describe Dr. David Lez, who recetly retired from the U.S. Army Medical Research Istitute of Chemical Defese after 41 years of federal service. What a woderful career I have had as a result of workig here, said Lez, i a farewell to coworkers. This is a istitutio filled with people with small egos ad people with big compassio ad cocer for each other, truly watig to work together for the success of the missio, cotiued Lez. It has bee my good fortue to beefit from that atmosphere. I have leared much from everyoe I worked with ad that has eriched my scietific life as well as my persoal life. Lez, a research chemist, came to work for the U.S. Army Biomedical Laboratory, as MRICD used to be called, i November I the succeedig years, he made a idelible mark o the medical chemical defese research program through his iovative thikig, diplomacy, leadership, ad maagemet capabilities. I recogitio of his achievemets ad dedicatio to the atio, upo his retiremet Lez received the DA Superior Civilia Service Award ad the Departmet of the Army Decoratio for Exceptioal Civilia Service; the latter is the highest hoorary award that ca be give to civilias by, or o behalf of the Secretary of the Army. Dr. Lez s cotributios are immeasurable, remarked Maj. Lee Lefkowitz, who util recetly was Lez s divisio chief ad ow serves as MRICD s executive officer. He is oe of the most educated, itelliget, outstadig scietists I kow, ad he is meticulous i applyig scietific rigor to the research process. Arrivig at the lab with a backgroud i the ezyme acetylcholiesterase, a primary target of chemical warfare erve agets, Lez evetually expaded his kowledge o iducig atibodies specific for erve agets. Accordig to Dr. Joh Petrali, of MRICD, Lez s positiveess that atibodies to these chemicals could be developed ispired their team to pursue the research, ad i the early 1980s, Lez s collaborative efforts with Dr. K. W. Huter Jr. of the Uiformed Services Uiversity of the Health MRICD archive photos Dr. David Lez was always a supportive metor to studets i his lab. For may years at the MRICD he maaged the summer high school studet appretice program ad the Oak Ridge Istitute Sciece ad Egieerig iter program, which he itroduced to MRICD. Scieces led to the developmet of the first moocloal atibodies to the erve agets soma. From the early 1990s oward, Lez spet much of his career workig o a iovative prophylactic approach to protectio agaist the lethality of chemical warfare erve agets: the use of ezymes that occur aturally i the huma body to scavege the aget. These bioscavegers attach to the erve agets, prevetig their toxicity ad providig exteded protectio without causig side effects, behavioral effects, or the eed for extesive therapy. The big picture was always Lez s focus whe lookig at a problem ad how to solve it, explais istitute researcher Doald Maxwell. Dave always said, Do t work o little thigs, recalled Maxwell, Work o the big problems ad the little oes will come alog. Maxwell also described Lez as havig a kack for workig with groups of people. This kack, ad Lez s iheret diplomacy, was evidet i the developmet of the bioscaveger program. Lez, alog with coworkers at MRICD ad colleagues at other govermet ad private orgaizatios, bega explorig the use of stoichiometric bioscavegers, i which oe molecule of ezyme bids oe molecule of erve aget. The result was the developmet of a first-geeratio bioscaveger called butyrylcholiesterase, a protei that was isolated from expired huma blood. This was followed by a secod geeratio recombiat form, expressed i the milk of trasgeic goats. Both the plasma-derived ad recombiat forms of huma butyrylcholiesterase were selected for advaced developmet ad trasitioed to cliical trials. However, because the stoichiometric bioscaveger approach requires a large amout of ezyme to be effective, Lez ad his team bega explorig the developmet of catalytic bioscavegers i which the ezyme ca cotiuously destroy the erve aget. Iitially, the research was fuded predomiatly by the Departmet of Defese. The i 2006, the expertise of Lez ad his team at MRICD, as well as that of a team of collaborators at iteratioal ad academic orgaizatios, was recogized with the award of a fiveyear Ceter of Excellece grat, worth $14,400,000, from the Natioal Istitutes of Health CouterACT program. The grat to develop ovel bioscavegers cosisted of six projects ad two core fuctios. The parter orgaizatios iclude the Huma Biomolecular Research Istitute, Sa Diego; The Weizma Istitute i Israel; the Departmet of Plat, Cellular, ad Molecular Biology, The Ohio State Uiversity; The Biodesig Istitute at Arizoa State Uiversity; ad the Departmet of Chemistry, The Ohio State Uiversity. Lez s deft maagemet skills ad diplomacy i leadig this broad, highly coordiated iteratioal effort resulted i several sigificat achievemets: the developmet of a ew class of surrogate erve aget compouds, the first example of a catalytic scaveger capable of affordig protectio agaist a broad spectrum of erve agets, ad the uique expressio of recombiat proteis i plats. Lez also served as a permaet member, as well as study director, of the pyridostigmie bromide (PB) itegrated product team (IPT). The team s purpose was to orgaize research projects to support the submissio of post-marketig studies to the Food ad Drug Admiistratio i cojuctio with a New Drug Applicatio (NDA) authorizig the use of PB as a pretreatmet i cojuctio with curretly fielded therapy for poisoig by the erve aget soma. This effort over the last 3 years, said Capt. Robert Brodick, chief of MRICD s Physiology ad Immuology Brach, represets the first Good Laboratory Practices study successfully completed at MRICD, ad Dr. Lez s ivaluable experiece ad oversight of the study resulted i the retetio of PB as a drug for military use. From late 2001, i additio to his Dr. David Lez (right) discusses a molecular model of the bioscaveger cadidate huma paraoxoase 1 with a erve aget docked i the active site with co-ivestigator Dr. Douglas Cerasoli ad Col. Bria Lukey, who was the commader of MRICD i 2006 whe Lez s research team received the Ceter of Excellece grat from the Natioa; Istitute of Health. research efforts ad oversight of the NIH grat, Lez served as the cotractig officer s techical represetative o a cotract with Battelle Memorial Istitute etitled A Medical Research ad Evaluatio Facility ad Studies Supportig the Medical Chemical Defese Program. The cotract, with a curret value of approximately $36 millio, icludes 33 active research tasks, addressig studies to provide eeded data for a FDA ew drug submissio for midazolam, the developmet of sythesis strategies for makig curret ad ew oximes, the evaluatio of bioscavegers as a defese agaist ihalatio exposure to erve agets, the testig of ew treatmets of sulfur mustard burs, ad late stage developmet testig of a ew oxime. Throughout his career, Lez metored high school ad college studets ad post-doctoral fellows. He employed six Natioal Research Coucil postdoctoral fellows i his lab, icludig Dr. Douglas Cerasoli, who trasitioed to a civilia positio ad became his co-ivestigator o the NIH Couter- ACT Ceter of Excellece grat. Lez was also MRICD s coordiator for the George Washigto Uiversity Summer Sciece ad Egieerig Appretice Program, from , uder which he oversaw the placemet of more tha 130 high school studets i the istitute. Additioally, Lez iitiated MRICD s participatio i the Oak Ridge Istitute of Sciece ad Egieerig iter program ad served as the program coordiator at the istitute. Lez authored or coauthored over 90 ope literature publicatios, 150 presetatios, ad 6 patets. He is the recipiet of a Army Research ad Developmet Achievemet Award for 1999 for Bioscavegers ad Immobilized Ezymes for Protectio agaist Chemical Warfare Agets, as well as of several Army Sciece Coferece awards, icludig the 1972 Paul A. Siple award for best paper, first place for best paper i the Life Scieces category i 1998, ad a broze award for a paper i Lez s recogized expertise led to his servig i umerous capacities o various scietific committees, paels, ad cofereces. For example, for five years Lez served as the chair of the NATO Techical Group 004 (TG-004) o Prophylaxis ad Therapy agaist Chemical Agets, ad was a member of the Iteratioal Scietific Committee for the 10th Iteratioal Choliesterase meetig i Croatia i 2009; Lez was also a ivited sessio chair for the meetig. I 2010, Lez was the orgaizig chair for MRICD s bieial sciece coferece, the Medical Defese Biosciece Review. He is a member of umerous atioal scietific professioal societies to iclude the America Chemical Society (ACS), Sigma Xi (The Scietific Research Society), ad the America Society of Biological Chemistry ad Molecular Biology. Additioally, Lez served o the editorial boards of the jourals Biochemical Pharmacology, Toxicology ad Applied Pharmacology, Aalytical Biochemistry, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, Life Scieces, Joural of Agricultural ad Food Chemistry, Archives of Toxicology, ad Joural of Pharmacology ad Experimetal Therapeutics. At a lucheo i his hoor, Lez This effort over the last 3 years represets the first Good Laboratory Practices study successfully completed at MRICD, ad Dr. Lez s ivaluable experiece ad oversight of the study resulted i the retetio of PB as a drug for military use. Capt. Robert Brodick Chief of MRICD s Physiology ad Immuology Brach received may accolades. Foreig colleagues set letters expressig their gratitude ad well wishes. There were also letters ad otes from Presidet Barack Obama, Lt. Ge. Eric Schoomaker, commader of the U.S. Army Medical Commad ad Army Surgeo Geeral, Greg Steves, the Army Medical Departmet civilia corps chief, ad past commaders. Schoomaker set a AMEDD 30-year medallio to be preseted to Lez i recogitio of his sigificat cotributios to the overall success of the AMEDD. I additio Lez was appoited a Distiguished Member of the Army Medical Departmet Regimet, ackowledgig his log career ad may cotributios to the Army ad the AMEDD Regimet. Lez s wife, Betty, was appoited a Hoorary Member of the Regimet. Brig. Ge. Timothy Adams, commader of the U.S. Army Public Health Commad ad a former MRICD commader, gave Lez a Veteriary Corp ad a PHC coi. Col. Peter Schultheiss, MRICD s commader, preseted Lez with oe of his commader cois, ad Steves set a civilia corps chief coi alog with his letter.

7 8 APG News October 27, 2011 DPW employees receive awards for efficiecy i hurricae aftermath Twety-four Departmet of Public Works employees received Special Act Awards from U.S. Army Test ad Evaluatio Ceter Commader Col. Jeffery Holt for the hard work ad dedicatio they exhibited i the aftermath of Hurricae Iree. The cleaup, which lasted four days, icluded tree removal ad repairig overhead electric lies i difficult coditios, like stadig water. Durig a Oct. 24 presetatio ceremoy at the APG Garriso Headquarters, Holt remarked that DPW exceeded expectatios. Immediately after the storm, it was estimated by Garriso APG Commader Col. Orlado Ortiz that it would take at least two weeks for the post to regai power. Give the critical testig we were doig at the time, beig without power for weeks would have made a sigificat impact o our missio, ad other missios o post, Holt said. The quick turaroud i repair time was quite astoudig. This is just oe more example of how DPW has give us great support. They are a multitaleted buch. Visit to view ad dowload photos of the awardees: DPW employees who were recogized durig the ceremoy iclude: Carl Wheeler-Geeral Maiteace ad Repair Supervisor Terry Dillio-High Voltage Electricia Joe Duga-High Voltage Electricia Chris Edwards-Electricia Roald Goad-High Voltage Electricia Deis Hacock-High Voltage Electricia Karl Madl-High Voltage Electricia David Stamper-High Voltage Electricia Mike Teti-Electricia Radal Tipto-High Voltage Electricia Marti Kreer-High Voltage Electricia William Bowma-Egieerig Equipmet Operator Natha Christley-Laborer Deis Hamilto-Egieerig Equipmet Operator Daryl Lehr-Maiteace Scheduler/Plaer Toy Waldrope Jr. Tractor Operator Lydell Barber-High Voltage Electricia Supervisor James Oeill-High Voltage Electricia Bobby Brittigham-Electricia Worker (High Voltage) Phillip Burli High Voltage Electricia Charles Briegar-Egieerig Equipmet Operator Earl Kerchevale- Egieerig Equipmet Operator Greg Hipple -Laborer Joh Hoga-Laborer APG employee eyes glute, loses weight. You ca too! Whe a U.S. Army Public Health Commad epidemiologist leared that she was glute sesitive she put her foot dow ad decided to adjust ot oly her diet but her lifestyle. Today, she is more tha 23 pouds lighter, reachig her fitess goals with more eergy to spare. Dada The good ews is, says Ester Dada, you ca do it too. READ MORE about Dada s iitiatives ad how they are helpig to make USAPHC employees more healthfocused i ext week s issue of the APG News. Hallowee evets Moday Cotiued from Page 1 Farlow said while military members feel relatively safe behid istallatio gates, beig aware ad cautious of your surroudig should always be i the back of your mid ot somethig you should stress out about, but somethig you re aware of. Older childre should trick-or-treat i groups, if they are ot accompaied by a adult. There is safety i umbers, he said. Just remid them regardless of their age that they should ever, uder ay circumstaces, eter the home or vehicle of someoe they do t kow. This advice is especially sigificat after the attempted Oct. 24 abductio of a 14-year-old boy from a eighborhood i earby Abigdo. Accordig to the Harford Couty Sheriff s Office, the boy was o his way to the bus stop early Moday morig whe he was approached by a ma i a black work va with tited widows. The ma threateed to harm the boy if he did ot get i the va, but the boy ra back to his house ad his mother called 911. Deputies were dispatched ad searched the area. Ayoe with iformatio is asked to call Farlow also suggested that trick-ortreaters oly go to homes that are well lit. For a full listig of Hallowee ad trick-or-treat safety tips, visit apg.armylive.dodlive.mil or cotact the istallatio Safety Office at Hallelujah Harvest The Hallelujah Harvest is a Family-friedly evet, ad all ages are welcome, accordig to Joyce Wood of the office of the istallatio s seior commad chaplai. She said i previous years, may of the childre ad adults have dressed up i biblical character costumes. But regardless of what they wear, she said there will be food ad fu for all. The chapel s Gerri Merkel said the time is set from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. so that Families ca come ad ejoy the eveig ad get the childre home early for school the ext day. Activities will iclude Bible Bigo, Spi the Wheel, Musical Treat Walk, Disk Drop Game, Bea Bag Toss, Fish Pod, Face Paitig, Balloo Pop, Limbo, crafts ad much more. Mr. McGruff will make a appearace, alog with APG firefighters who will brig i their fire trucks ad slide. Sacks will iclude everythig from popcor, slushes, hot dogs ad pizzas to chicke wigs, chips ad fuel cakes. For more iformatio, call Merkel at

8 COMMUNITY NOTES October 27, 2011 APG News 9 THURSDAY OCTOBER 27 NATURE STORY TIME All are welcome to come ejoy childre s literature ad a craft project related to a theme about ature durig Nature Story Time, 11 a.m. Pre-registratio is required. For more iformatio, call or edemillatureceter@gmail.org FRIDAY OCTOBER 28 PRESCHOOL HALLOWEEN PARTY Ede Mill Nature Ceter will host a Preschool Hallowee Party 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Wear your favorite costume, meet critters from the ature ceter, liste to a story, ejoy a sack, make a craft, ad have fu. The fee is $5 for members, $8 for o-members. Adults must atted with their childre. Pre-registratio is required. For more iformatio, call , edemillatureceter@gmail.com, or visit FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4 BIRD BANDING Bird badig is a uiversal ad idispesable techique for studyig the movemet, survival ad behavior of birds. Joi Mark Johso ad Les Eastma at the Ede Mill Nature Ceter as they bad birds. Badig will take place at the Joe Vagri Memorial Pavilio with itermittet walks to check the ets. The ext evet is tetative, weather permittig: Nov. 4 from 7 a.m. to oo. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5 FALL FEST Celebrate the fial days of fall at a free evet at Ede Mill Park Saturday, Nov. 5 from 1 to 4 p.m. A park-wide scaveger hut, live aimals, hoey extractio ad dipped cadle demostratios, live music, mill tours, crafts, games ad much more will be ejoyed by all ages. The Nature Ceter will be ope ad the uique Gallery of Pumpkis will be o display. No fee or registratio. Overflow parkig will be at the Jarrettsville Christmas Tree Farm. Buses start ruig at 12:30 p.m. The last bus leavig Ede Mill will be at 4:30 pm. Visit org for more iformatio. MONDAY NOVEMBER 7 GUNPOWDER TOASTMASTERS (APG SOUTH): Goig o a job iterview? Givig a presetatio? Toastmasters ca assist! Toastmasters will help you develop better speakig ad presetatio skills, lear to thik quickly ad clearly o your feet, build strog leadership abilities, ad hoe your listeig skills. You will lear these skills ad more i a supportive, self-paced, fu atmosphere. Visit the Gupowder Toastmasters Nov. 7 ad begi to discover your cofidece. The Gupowder Toastmasters meet the first ad third Modays each moth (uless the date falls o a federal holiday), 11:40 a.m. to 12:40 p.m., i the Chemical Demilitarizatio Traiig Facility i Bldg. E-4516 Semiar Room. Visit for directios or cotact Heather McDowell at or Dave Garcia at dave.garcia@us.army.mil, or for more iformatio. THURSDAY NOVEMBER 10 MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY LUNCH Are you a Marie who works o APG? You re ivited if you are active, Reserve, retired, FMF Corpsma, vetera, Army civilia or DoD cotractor. A lucheo will be held o APG at the Ruggles Golf Course at a 1:30 p.m. ceremoy. Cost is $13, paid i advace. Come ad celebrate the Corps birthday, as is our traditio. For more ifo, visit RSVP to Craig Reelig at Oce a Marie, Always a Marie. MORE ONLINE More caledar evets ca be see at apg.army.mil uder Commuity Notes.

9 10 APG News October 27, 2011 POST SHORTS DFAC closes i December The last meal will be served at the APG Diig Facility Dec. 9, The diig facility will be closed permaetly o 10 Dec. 10, The facility is beig closed due to the chages i the Soldier populatio as a result of BRAC. Breakfast, luch ad dier optios o post iclude the shoppette Subway, commissary deli, the PX food court, Burger Kig (set to ope i November), Tim Horto s (C4ISR), Top of the Bay (operatig out of recreatio ceter ad set to reope i December), mobile food carts located throughout post, ad the bowlig alley grill. Trick-or-treat slated Trick-or-treat will be celebrated at APG Oct. 31 from 6 10 p.m. oly. Thaksgivig meal The istallatio s aual Thaksgivig meal will ot be offered i the APG diig facility year. Call Blood drive dates APG will host blood drives o the followig dates: 31-Oct-2011 MON 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Recreatio Ceter 29-Nov-2011 TUE 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Recreatio Ceter 5-Dec-2011 MON 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Recreatio Ceter Detal Cliic Closigs The U.S. Army Detal Cliic o APG North will be closed Friday, Nov. 11 ad will reope Moday, Nov. 14 from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sick call hours will be from 7 to 9:10 a.m. The U.S. Army Detal Cliic o APG South (Edgewood) will be closed Friday, Nov. 11, for Vetera s Day ad Moday, Nov. 14 for a traiig holiday. For medical services eeded, after hours, weekeds, or o federal holidays, cotact the staff duty at The staff duty officer will coordiate your care with the detist o duty. I the evet of a medical emergecy, 911 or go to the earest emergecy room. Emergecy rooms do ot require a referral. FY 11 Aual Hydrat Flushig The aual hydrat flushig at APG is Oct. 24 to Nov. 28, Moday to Friday weekly, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. The schedule is tetative Call APG s Deis Overbay at or City of Aberdee rep Curtis Ball at Week 1 : 24 to 28 Oct 2000,3000 ad 4000 Block Week 2: 31 Oct to 4 Nov 4000,5000 ad 6000 block Week 3: 7 Nov to 11 Nov 4000,5000 ad 6000 Block Week 4: 14 Nov to 18 Nov Plumb Poit Loop Week 5: 21 Nov to 25 Nov ARL Compoud ad Restricted Area Week 6: 28 Nov to 2 Dec Spesutie Islad ad Restricted Area Flu vaccie ow available Flu vaccies are available for all Tricare beeficiaries. Obtai vaccies at the APG North Immuizatio Cliic Moday to Friday, 7:30 a.m. to oo ad from 1 to 3:30 p.m., o a walk-i basis. Or at the Geeral Medicie Cliic durig routie appoitmets (if patiet has o flu symptoms). Call Chapel happeigs The APG North (Aberdee) mai post chapel holds cotemporary worship services Fridays from oo to 12:30 p.m., except four-day weekeds. The themes are built o spiritual fitess ad followed by a 30-miute cookout.the chapel also offers AA meetigs every Wedesday at 7 a.m. Hallelujah Harvest offers fu Hallowee alterative Commuity members ca ejoy a fu ad safe alterative to Hallowee durig the Hallelujah Harvest at the APG North s mai post chapel Oct. 31 from 5:30 7:30 p.m. To voluteer or for iformatio, cotact Carolie Merkel at Educatio Ceter ews Fall semester classes are beig offered by o-post SOC College s: UMUC, Harford Commuity College, Florida Istitute of Techology ad Cetral Michiga Uiversity. Classes are coveietly located APG North, Bldg. 3147, o Rarita Aveue for all military persoel, Family members, DA civilias, retirees ad cotractors. The Strog-Campbell ad Career Assessmet Ivetories are available o the web to military persoel ad civilias. The educatio office will provide customer assistace with the career search. To register to take the Graduate Record Examiatio, log o to com. The fee is $150. Military will be reimbursed. The earest testig locatio is the Prometric Ceter i Baltimore. Visit To register to take the Graduate Maagemet Admissio Test, log o to The fee is $250. Military will be reimbursed. The earest testig locatio is with the Prometric Ceter i Baltimore. Visit gmat.com. CPR classes offered APG Fire ad Emergecy Services is offerig free Cardio-Pulmoary Resuscitatio (CPR) Classes with Automated Exteral Defibrillator (AED) certificatio. Two classes will be offered o each date. The dates ad locatios of remaiig 2011 classes are as follows. All classes are at 9 a.m. ad 1 p.m.: Nov. 16 APG North post chapel Dec. 14 APG South coferece ce- ter E-4810 Pre-register by cotactig Michael Davis at or Michael.Ray. Davis@us.army.mil Veteras apply for home repairs Habitat for Humaity is participatig i the Vetera Home Repair Program, providig critical repairs for military veteras. Repairs iclude iterior or exterior work performed to alleviate health, life, safety critical issues or code violatios, a recofiguratio of space, a modificatio for accessibility, ad istallatio or extesio of plumbig, mechaical or electrical systems. The home must be the primary residece of the vet- era. All veteras who have received a hoorable or geeral discharge are ecouraged to apply. For more iformatio or to voluteer, call i Cecil Couty, or Deb Ciresi, commuity developmet maager at , Ext. 8; dciresi@habitatsusq.org or visit www. habitatsusq.org. NFFE Ifo Week NFFE Local 178 will be coductig a membership ifo week Oct. 31 to Nov. 4 at various locatios o APG. Ope to employees of RDECOM, ECBC, MRICD, CARA, 20th Support, Public Health Commad, ATC, ad the Robert Morris Acquisitio Ceter. All osupervisory employees are welcome. Meet NFFE Local 178 ad atioal officers from D.C. Get your questios aswered. Meetigs are scheduled: APG North (Aberdee) Nov. 1 at recreatio ceter 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. APG South (Edgewood) Nov. 2 at coferece ceter, Bldg. E4810, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call / Bill of Rights essay cotest uderway High school studets ad teachers are ivited to compete i the sixth aual Beig A America essay cotest. The top three studets from five regios will be awarded $1,000, $500 ad $250 for first, secod ad third place ad teacher sposors receive $100. More tha 80,000 studets have participated i the cotest sice it bega i The cotest bega Sept. 17 ad cocludes 11:59 p.m., Dec. 15. Wiers will be aouced February For rules, eligibility ad other iformatio, visit All essays must be submitted through this website. MORE ONLINE More shorts ca be see at www. apgews.apg.army. mil uder Shorts.

10 12 APG News October 27, 2011 FAMILY AND MWR Tickets for Sale FMWR Leisure Travel Services has tickets for sale through Oct. 30 to Six Flags Fright Fest at Six Flags America i Largo, Md. The public is ivited to experiece Marylad s biggest, most terrifyig Hallowee evet ever with more mazes, shows ad thigs to scare you! Tickets are $26 for ages 3 ad up. To purchase tickets, visit the MWR Leisure Travel Services at the AA Recreatio Ceter, Bldg For iformatio, call /4907 or visit com. FMWR Leisure Travel Services has tickets for sale through Oct. 30 to Kig s Domiio s Hallowee Haut Evet i Doswell, Va. All of the Hallowee terror is here. Some 2011 additios iclude two ew mazes, three ew Scare Zoes, ad three ew shows that are sure to get your blood boilig. Tickets are $31 for ages 3 ad up. To purchase tickets, visit the MWR Leisure Travel Services at the AA Recreatio Ceter, Bldg For iformatio, call /4907 or visit haut.kigsdomiio.com. FMWR Leisure Travel Services has tickets for sale through March 15 to Coloial Williamsburg. The public is ivited to see scores of origial buildigs, hudreds of homes, shops, ad public buildigs re-costructed over 301 acres - most o their October bowlig specials Early Bird Special: From 7am till 10am bowl for $1.50 a game. Friday ight after 9pm bowl 1 game ad get the secod game free. Pizza & Bowlig Special: 1 Hour of bowlig, 1 whole cheese pizza ad a pitcher of soda of $ Football special, Suday October 30th. Eachgame of bowlig is $1.50, shoe retal-$1.00, wigs-.50 each, Jr. hot dogs-$1.00. Week of October 31 Special #1: Tua salad sadwich with chips, cookie ad regular soda for $6.75. Special #2: Pepperoi Pizza Sub with frech fries, cookie ad regular soda for $6.50. Week of October 24 Special #1: Cheese steak wrap with chips, cookie ad regular soda for $5.25. Special #2: Chicke cheese steak wrap with chips, cookie ad regular soda for $5.75. The Bowlig Ceter also serves breakfast. For more iformatio or to place a order, call Bowlig rates Bowlig costs $3 per game, Moday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.; games cost $3.50 each o Fridays, 9:30 to 11 p.m.; Cosmic Saturdays cost $3.75 per game; ad $3 per game o Sudays. Witer leagues formig Moday & Tuesday start time 5:20. Wedesday start time 6:50 Thursday & Friday start time 6:30 Saturday Youth League start time 9:00 am for ages 4 thru 11 ad 10:30am start time for ages 12 thru 20. APG Bowlig Ceter Sack Bar specials Buildig 2342 origial foudatios- ad rare aimal breeds. Trades ad gardes add layers of autheticity to the re-created tow. Tickets are $30.25 for two adult cosecutive day passes ad $15.25 for childre ages To purchase tickets, visit the MWR Leisure Travel Services at the AA Recreatio Ceter, Bldg For iformatio, call /4907 or visit FMWR Leisure Travel Services has tickets for sale for eight hour do-ityourself trips to Times Square i New York. The trips are Nov 5, 12 ad 19. All trips depart from Moutai Rd Park ad Ride i Joppatowe at 7:55 a.m. Tickets are $46 per perso. To purchase tickets, visit the MWR Leisure Travel Services at the AA Recreatio Ceter, Bldg For iformatio, call /4907. FMWR Leisure Travel Services has tickets for sale to see the Harlem Globetrotters at 1st Marier Maria Dec. 30 at 2 p.m. ad 7 p.m. Tickets are $18.50 per perso. Seats are located i sectio 104. To purchase tickets, visit the MWR Leisure Travel Services at the AA Recreatio Ceter, Bldg For iformatio, call /4907. Activities/Evets BJ s Discout Membership Registratio Days The Civilia Welfare Fud is sposorig BJ s discout sig ups Nov. 15 from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the APG South (Edgewood) Stark Recreatio Ceter, Bldg. E4140 (South Side Grill) ad Nov. 16 from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the APG Lookig for a job? Visit FMWR Jobs available at All jobs for Aberdee Provig Groud are listed at or check out AAFES Jobs lik com/employmet/ for additioal job opportuities. Bowlig Ceter, Bldg New ad reewal memberships will be accepted. Membership is $40 for 15 moths. This is the last sig up for Cotact Patricia Harkis at or patricia.e.harkis.af@mail.mil. Lear to had pait custom shirts The Army Child, Youth & School Services will be teachig childre ages 6 to 8 to had pait custom shirts durig the moth of November. Classes will be held at the Aberdee Area Youth Services buildig o Nov. 2, 9, 16 ad 30 begiig at 5:30 p.m. util 7:30 p.m. I these classes, childre will lear the basics of had paitig artwork o to shirts, use a projector, pait fabric ad lear about other materials to had pait their ow shirts. The classes are ope to all DoD ID cardholders. To register, call Stacie Umbarger at /7479 or Stacie.e.umbarger. af@mail.mil. Laugh Out Loud Comedy Tour: It s a Laughig Matter Nov. 9 Army Etertaimet presets the Laugh Out Loud Comedy Tour: It s a Laughig Matter. The show will be held at the APG Post Theater Nov. 9 at 5:30 p.m. The doors ope at 4:30 p.m. The show will feature Day Cho from Mad TV ad Emmy Award wiers A Pair of Nuts. Cerroe from BET s Hell Date will host the evet. Admissio is $10 for the public ad $5 for all active duty military. Guests must be 18 or older to atted. Cocessio will be available i the theater lobby. Cotact Earlee Alle at or earlee.alle.af@mail.mil. Day Trip to New York City The Civilia Welfare Fud is sposorig a trip to New York City Nov. 26 departig at 6 a.m. The charter bus will depart from Aberdee ad arrive i New York City where guests ca catch a Broadway show, shop or just sight see. The retur time is approximately 10 p.m. Roud-trip tickets are $45 per perso. The seats fill up fast, so reserve seats early. Call Patti Harkis at Uiversal Studios discout tickets

11 October 27, 2011 APG News 15 O-post vet service saves moey, time Photo by Rachel Poder (From left) Veteriaria Carol Bossoe gives Maria Schople s dog, Daisy, a routie check-up. Cotiued from Page 1 Bossoe said the ucoditioal love show by pets ad the ower resposibility of takig care of a pet is a healig atidote i a otherwise stressful military lifestyle. A lot of people s pets are like Family to them, she said. I military commuities, pets are especially importat as Soldiers ad their Families usually live far away from relatives. Havig a pet is a source of comfort. Also it has bee prove that havig a pet improves a idividual s well-beig by lowerig blood pressure, reducig stress. My job, said Bossoe, is to make sure that the pets stay healthy so that they ca cotiue to help take care of us. Bossoe graduated from the Uiversity of Califoria, Davis School of Veteriary Medicie, ad the Uiform Services Uiversity of the Health Scieces i Bethesda, Md., where she obtaied a PhD i physiology. She is also board certified by the America College of Veteriary Prevetive Medicie. Her military experiece icludes servig as a veteriaria at a veteriary cliic i Korea at the Osa Airbase for a year. While she was servig as lieuteat coloel for the U.S. Army Medical Research Istitute for Chemical Defese, ad previously, the Army Public Health Commad. Durig this time, she also voluteered at the APG Vet Cliic for about for about six years. I would take leave to voluteer at the cliic so that I could keep my skills curret ad sped time with the aimals, Bossoe said. I am glad that it is ow my primary job. I always wated to be able work with aimals every day. Eve i Bossoe s spare time, she is surrouded by aimals. She likes to relax by spedig time with her four horses, three cats, two birds ad dog her costat compaios at her farm i Plyseville, Md. Cliic services With Bossoe o staff, APG s vet cliic is ope for appoitmets for the first time (cosistetly) sice Jauary. This is a boo for patros sice, accordig to Bossoe, cliic prices for vacciatios ad other services are ofte cheaper tha off post facilities. Beig able to use the vet cliic is a beefit, like the usig the commissary, she said. For istace, we oly charge $25 to microchip a pet which icludes registratio with the compay. Off post, that service ca cost $65 or more. Microchippig a pet is madatory for APG residets, ad if doe o post, the family iformatio o the microchip is updated aually, free of charge, ad for the life of the pet, so whe a pet ower chages their address, there is o additioal cost to update the system. They just eed to otify the compay, Home Agai, of their address chage. Bossoe said aother requiremet for pet owers livig o post is that pets rabies vaccies must be updated every three years ad pets must wear a curret APG rabies tag at all times. Also, pets are to be kept o leash, uder the ower s supervisio ad i cotrol at all times whe outside of the home or yard. For questios about o-post pet regulatios, residets should cotact Picere Housig at or obtai a copy of the Picere Residet Resposibility Guide for the full list of regulatios. Bossoe said that pet owers have a resposibility to take get their pets checked up oce a year ad to stay curret with all shots. Some vacciatios eed to be give aually, some every three years. This is a big area for pets as well as people to cotract Lyme disease, she said. Ad if the pet speds a sigificat amout of time outdoors, i the woods, they eed to get a Lyme disease shot more frequetly. I additio to givig vacciatios, the cliic sells heartworm ad flea ad tick prevetio. I order to purchase the medicatio, pet owers must take their pet i for their aual checkup. Pet owers should also keep i mid that some services are ot offered at the cliic, to iclude surgeries, detal work ad give emergecy care. We have iformatio ad refer people to local vets that do these services. For more iformatio o services or to make a appoitmet, call The cliic is located o APG North across the street from Kirk U.S. Army Health Cliic at Bldg o Oakigto Street. Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Patros ca call to make a appoitmet. Cohort program a leadership traiig model Cotiued from Page 1 Pickett s Charge, Jussel had studets hagig o his every word. There are three rules for studets at Carlisle (the Army War College), Jussel stressed. Oe -- theater plaig requires logistics. Two -- persoalities matter. Ad three -- words have meaig. He used examples from Gettysburg to illustrate. Begiig o the oe-hour bus ride, Jussel talked about the ru up to the battle ad the politics occurrig at the helm of leadership. Ge. George Meade had bee i commad of the Army of the Potomac for oly a few days. Lee, give his past successes, most recetly i the battle of Chacellorsville, was thought to be ivicible. Some called it the imperial hubris of Geeral Lee, Jussel said. He passed aroud pieces of ammuitio to demostrate the techology employed 148 years ago, ad talked about the types of ijuries each could iflict. The caister rouds, while heavier, could t really stop a regimet, Jussel said. But they did raise the leadership questio of, How do you lead me where they would t ormally go? To may of them, hoor was more importat tha life, he added. At every stop, Jussel ivoked isight beyod a typical battlefield tour, leadig the APG Cohort through the battlefield ad framig it i strategic leadership, decisio makig ad plaig. He really brought the battlefield to life, said Todd Roseberger, U.S. Army Research Laboratory. This is the first time the APG Cohort has worked with the Army War College, the ceter of excellece for strategic leadership ad the framework for Army leaders to act ad thik strategically, said Paul debeedictis, Cohort program coordiator. Our itet is to get subjectmatter experts for each of the subjects i the Cohort curriculum. Army War College educators provided their kee isight for two Cohort sessios (Oct. 18 ad 19). The first was the Gettysburg tour. The secod was whe War College faculty came to APG to teach strategic leadership. Army Col. Stephe C. Sobotta, Director, Public Admiistratio Studies, Departmet of Commad, Leadership ad Maagemet, ad U.S. Navy Cmdr. Traci Keega, also from the Departmet of Commad, Leadership ad Maagemet, took the Cohort o a examiatio of themselves, ad placed them i a strategic thikig framework. Begiig with self awareess that icludes egocetric tedecies, assumptios ad biases, the Army War College educators delivered a eight-week course of istructio i oe day. They facilitated a awareess of cultural iflueces, a cosideratio of ethics ad values, ad a opeess to both discourse ad reflectio. Accordig to Cythia Dewey, program maager, Wester Maagemet Developmet Ceter, Office of Persoel Maagemet, the APG Cohort program is developig ito a viable leadership traiig model. Three years ago there was a outreach from APG to say we eeded to develop some sort of leadership program that would help break dow some of the silos ad build a sese of commuity withi Aberdee, especially with the BRAC issues that were loomig at that poit i time. Dewey said. [APG] was takig i a lot of folks ad is so large that you have orgaizatios doig differet thigs ad ot ecessarily always collaboratig with each other. I took the program over i the secod year, but from what I uderstad, Mr. Joe Weiad, techical director for Edgewood Chemical Biological Ceter, approached the Office of Persoel Maagemet, ad from that they started havig discussios about creatig a program [for] leadership level at a higher level. It s based o the Actio Sciece - Actio Learig cocept that people will do, step back, reflect, thik, ad do. What you hear all the time is leaders do t have time to step back ad really thik about thigs. The reality is that they have to take the time to do that, Dewey said. She explaied the eed for strategic thikig is critical. Folks have gotte to where they are today based o the thigs that they ve doe tactically ad operatioally. What we eeded to do is move their thikig up more to strategic level, to have visio ad be able to commuicate that, ad to grow this group of future leaders to where they eed to be for the Army. Aberdee is uique, Dewey cotiued. There are a lot of Army orgaizatios ad a lot of other federal orgaizatios that have leadership traiig, but ot ecessarily of the scope which Aberdee has take this. The cocept that was built here at Aberdee, based off the leadership iput, is uique to what we re doig across govermet. We have agecies just dow the road sayig, What s goig o at Aberdee? Tell me more about that. They re likig the cocept, she said. This is a great foudatioal piece, Dewey cotiued. Whe it was desiged they wated to focus it o How do I look at myself ad have self awareess as a leader? Hoestly, at the strategic level, you have to be able to look at yourself i order to look out. So we started with that cocept, the we moved them to the teamig ad to the orgaizatio, ad the big picture thikig. This is the phase these people are goig through at this poit, she said, oddig at the third-year APG Cohort. APG Cohort participats (Orgaizatios ): Nickee Abbott (JPEO Itegratio), Dave Amaral (ARL), Adrea Britto (ATEC), Erest Chi (ARL), Deborah Crate Dawso (CMA), Carl Eisser (AMSAA), Gary Goldsmith (JPEO-CBD), Frak Hoffma (CMA), Christopher Hoppel (ARL), Georgia Magioe (DTC), Nick Mastromaolis (ATEC), Mike McCarthy (AMSAA), Todd Morris (RDECOM), Mark Mossa (AMSAA), Susa Nappi (CECOM), Bria O Doell (CMA), Jeifer Reed (CECOM), Marc Rose (CECOM), Todd Roseberger (ARL), Thomas Rosso (ECBC), Joh Ruyeo (ARL), Pamela Savage-Kepshield (ARL), Waye Schooveld (CERDEC), Garrett Shoemaker (CECOM), Steve Slae (CER- DEC), Douglas Soliva (CECOM), Debra Thedford (ECBC), Eugee Vickers, Sr. (ECBC), ad Christopher Wilcox (AEC). Participatig Alumi: (Gettysburg tour) Robert Durgi, Bill Klei, Colee Dzik, Mitchell Mayer, Joel Selzer, Cathy Pritts, Rady Laye, Do Matts ad Michael Zoltoski. (Classroom) -- Do Matts, Patrick Thompso, Jeff Harris, Cathy Pritts, Lawrece Burto ad Ricky Grote. Burger Kig reopes i November with hi-tech upgrades Cotiued from Page 1 accets ad other artistic iterpretatios of the compay s grill-cetric brad. The materials used are higher quality. For istace, we used real stucco brick for the walls ad the ceramic tile for the floors that looks like rustic wood ad cocrete, ad Coria for the coutertops, said Nick Patazis, a private cotractor who is workig o the reovatios. This gives the restaurat a more adult, upscale feel. This shift i desig focuses o the food itself, promotig that Burger Kig uses a flame broiler, Turer said. Burger Kig has moved away from usig the Kig as a mascot. They are cocetratig more o the product istead of the image. I fact, the 20/20 restaurat features the revolutioary Duke Flexible Batch Broiler, which maximizes cookig flexibility ad facilitates a broader meu selectio while reducig operatioal ad eergy costs. Other kitche improvemets iclude the Kitche Mider, which moitors time ad temperature i the cabiets ad otifies staff ad maagers whe to prepare more food ad discard older products. This is equipmet is really importat esures that customers receive fresh food, said Kahaliah McRaey, seior maager. Turer said that other equipmet has bee replaced or added to the kitche area, like the additio of a soft serve ice cream machie ad a real fruit smoothie maker. These are excitig additios ad I believe they will be big sellers, Turer said. Other ew food items iclude ew healthier optios like oatmeal with fruit ad made to order salads. Addig aother level of freshess, BK will ow cut their vegetables for salads ad sadwiches, as opposed to gettig prepackaged vegetables, accordig to McRaey. Turer said 10 ew employees have bee hired i additio to the five employees that worked at the restaurat before reovatios. Turer, who recetly trasferred to the APG Burger Kig from a AAFES Burger Kig i Japa, said that more employees will work the luch shift to speed up service. The ew heated sadwich board area will assist by allowig maagemet to delegate employees to either the diig room or drive thru area. Our goal is to have customers i ad out of the drive through i two miutes ad 30 secods, ad i our diig room be served i three miutes. That is from the time they stad i lie to the time they get their food, Turer said. Turer added that he ecourages feedback from customers. The Burger Kig is tetatively set to ope the secod week of November. For more iformatio, call Turer at