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SUBSCOL Sailors roll sleeves up

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Photo by MC1 Virginia Schaefer

GROTON, Conn. - USS Pittsburgh (SSN 720) Sailors and family members watch Super Bowl XLV onboard the submarine as the Pittsburgh Steelers take on the Green Bay Packers for a Super Bowl ring. The crew hung a “Terrible Towel” on the boat’s sail prior to the game. The Green Bay Packers came out on top, beating Pittsburgh 31-25. For more news on USS Pittsburgh, see Page 4.

Pittsburgh Sailors host Super Bowl party aboard subBy Lt. Patrick Evans

Submarine Group 2 Public Affairs Officer

GROTON, Conn. - Sailors aboard Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Pittsburgh (SSN 720) watched their namesake city’s football team, the Pittsburgh Steelers, take on the Green Bay Packers during a Super Bowl party aboard the submarine, Feb. 6.

During the game, the crew snacked on pizza, nachos and mozzarella sticks in the crew’s mess, where footballs

signed by the Steelers were on display.

The crew hung on the submarine’s sail a “Terrible Towel,” a fan symbol created in 1975 by then-Steelers radio broadcaster Myron Cope. The “Terrible Towel” waved in the wind atop Pittsburgh as the submarine returned from a reg-ularly-scheduled deployment, Feb. 4, 2009, the same year of the Steelers’ 27-23 victory over the Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII.

“I certainly think that even without the Steelers playing

we’d be doing something for the Super Bowl because it is like a national holiday essential-ly,” said Commander Michael Savageaux, Pittsburgh’s com-manding officer. “But I think because it is our city, there’s more interest and more excite-ment about it.”

The submarine, which has the motto “Heart of Steel,” enjoys a strong relationship with the “Steel City.”

“It’s really a great city. Every time we go there, the people have been remarkably friendly, really happy to have

us in town. They’re genuinely nice people,” said Savageaux.

Last December, past and present commanding offi-cers and the ship’s sponsor of the submarine returned to the boat’s namesake city to thank the Pittsburgh Council of the Navy League of the United States and the people of Pittsburgh for 25 years of support.

“We do a lot of stuff for them, but they also help us out. They help sponsor our children’s Christmas party each year. The Pittsburgh

Navy League sponsors a schol-arship. They also help provide awards for our Junior and Sailor of the Year program,” said Savageaux.

Last month, the commo-dore of Submarine Squadron 2 presented the 2010 Battle Efficiency (Battle “E”) award to Pittsburgh. The awards are presented by the commodore of each squadron to the sub-marine under their command which has demonstrated the highest level of battle readi-ness during the evaluation year.

By Navy New London Public Affairs

GROTON, Conn. – Exercise Solid Curtain/Citadel Shield 2011 will be conducted on Naval Submarine Base New London (SUBASE), as well as naval bases and installations through-out the continental United States, Hawaii, and Guam, Feb. 21-25, 2011.

Security training exercises coordinated by Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFF) and Commander, Naval Installations Command, Exercise Solid Curtain/Citadel Shield 2011 is not in response to any specific threat, but is a regularly-scheduled exercise. These annual exercises were developed to enhance the training and readiness of Naval Security Forces to respond to threats to installations and units.

The two exercises, each with a distinct focus, will occur simultaneously and will stress different areas of the Navy’s anti-terrorism program by simulating real-world threats.

“This year’s exercise simulates real-world responses to real-world threats, and we want to ensure the training procedures we test are as realistic as we can get,” said Captain Sam A. McCormick, USSF Director for Fleet Anti-Terrorism. “Our enemy is highly innovative and adaptive, and this exercise is how we validate our program.”

Exercise scenarios range from events such as recognizing and countering base surveil-lance operations, to higher-tempo simulated emergencies such as a small boat attack on a waterfront base or the discovery of mysterious white powder in an installation public area.

On SUBASE, exercise scenarios and the base’s response may require personnel to tempo-rarily shelter in place or temporarily evacuate specific facilities or areas.

The base may also temporarily block traffic for specific roads or rapidly move Navy Security Forces and first responders throughout the installation.

Additionally, during Feb. 23-24, as part of the exercise, SUBASE may increase its Force Protection Condition. Base access may be limited during this period and the local area traffic pattern may be impacted.

Many communication tools will be used to keep SUBASE personnel informed about these exercise security situations. Computer network alert systems will distribute messages to office computers and the “giant voice system” will be used to immediately alert people base-wide. [The giant voice system is an outdoor intercom loud enough to alert anyone outside on base of a potential threat.]

While measures have been taken to avoid disruptions to normal base operations and limit delays in base access, area residents may see increased traffic around the base.

“This is valuable training exercise for SUBASE; and as always, we appreciate the understanding of our Navy community and Groton neighbors as we participate in it,” said Commander Mike Pennington, SUBASE Executive Officer.

SUBASE to participate in Exercise Solid Curtain/Citadel Shield 2011

Remembering Challenger

By MC1(AW) Peter D. Blair

GROTON, Conn. – Twenty-five years ago school children across the country watched the historic lift off of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) space shuttle that would send a teach-er into space for the first time…Tragically, she didn’t make it. Instead they witnessed seven brave Americans make the ulti-mate sacrifice for space explora-tion as the shuttle Challenger suffered a catastrophic failure shortly after liftoff Jan. 28, 1986, and exploded on world-wide television.

In the early hours of that day, news broadcasts began to run, showing the Challenger crew as they finished their preparations before traveling to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Fla. As the prepared to enter the shuttle they waved to television cam-eras, each member of the crew ready to do their part for the historic mission.

At 11:38 a.m., space shuttle Challenger lifted off the plat-form, and rocketed towards the heavens, but a mere 73 seconds later, only nine miles above the earth’s surface, Challenger exploded, taking with it Air

Force Lieutenant Colonel Dick Scobee, Navy Commander Michael J. Smith (Posthumously Promoted to Captain), Judith A. Resnik, Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Ellison Onizuka, Ronald E. McNair, Air Force Captain George B. Jarvis, and School teacher Sharon “Christa” McAuliffe.

For hours following the trag-edy, televisions played the final interviews with the Astronauts and showed slow-motion foot-age of what they believed hap-pened to Challenger and its crew.

President Ronald Reagan can-celled the State of the Union address scheduled for that night and instead addressed the nation on the tragic loss of Challenger.

“The crew of the space shut-tle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and ‘slipped the surly bonds of earth’ to ‘touch the face of God.’”

Reagan called the Challenger tragedy a national loss, and the crew should be remembered as heroes. He spoke about the

See Challneger on Page 3

Gate closure to begin Thursday evening

Main gate closure begins at 9:30 p.m., Feb. 10, until further notice. Gate 7 will be open 24 hours.

Main gate will close to inbound traffic only. Outbound traffic will not be affected.

Starting Feb. 11, Gate 5 (Hospital Gate) will open during high traffic hours.

Check the SUBASE face-book page for complete details about Gate 1 clo-sure.

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Tobacco Cessation 1 February Start Date 1100-1230 (H.P.)

7 February Start Date 1500-1630 (Shepard

7 February Start Date 1100-1230 (H.P.)* Tobacco Cessation is a series of 5 session with a specific start date and completion date

Diabetes Education 13 February 1400-1530 (H.P.)

Diabetes Nutrition 15 February 1400-1530 (H.P.)

Glucometer Class 6 February 1400-1530

22 February 0900-1030 *All Glucometer Classes will be in the Executive Conference Room

Healthy Heart Class/BP 7, 14, 21, 28 February 1400-1500 (H.P.)

AD Weight Management 5, 12, 26 February 1330-1430 (H.P.)

DEP Weight Management 1, 8, 15, 22 February 1400-1500 (H.P.)

GAMEPLAN By Appointment *Ongoing (Lifestyle Modification for better health program)

Unit Specific GMT By Appointment Ongoing

Shipshape (AD Only)By Appointment Ongoing

National Women�s Heart Month

The following Classes will be held in the Executive Conference Room

Tobacco Cessation 03, 10, 17, 24 February (Thurs) Group I: 1100-1230

Group II: 1330-1500

Diabetes Education 14 February (Monday) 1330-1430

Diabetes Nutrition 11 February (Friday) 0800-1000

Healthy Heart Class 02 February (Wed) (Room 4040) 1330-1430 16 February (Basement Ed & Trng) 1330-1430 Weight Management 10, 24 February (Thurs.) (Room 4040) 1400-1530

Healthy Weighs 02, 09, 16, 23 Feb (Bldg 83 - Room 328) 1000-1200

Bariatric Surgery 15 February (By Referral Only) 1400-1600

Bariatric Support Group 04 February (Friday) 0930-1100

GAMEPLAN By Appointment Ongoing

(Lifestyle Modification for better health program)

Unit Specific GMT By Appointment Ongoing

Shipshape (Active Duty Only) By Appointment Ongoing

Glucometer Class By Appointment Ongoing

National Women�s Heart Month

-Heart disease is the leading cause of death among American women-One in 3 women will die of heart disease. -Preventable risk factors for heart disease include: tobacco use, poor nutrition, lack of activity & reaction to stress.

National Children�s Dental Health Month

-Tooth decay is the single most common infectious disease of childhood-Children should see a dentist by their first birthday

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FEBRUARY 2011National Women�s Heart Month

& National Children�s Dental Health Month

Phone: 860.694.3104Fax: 860.694.5585

Educational ServicesOffered:Weight Management Healthy Heart Blood Pressure Diabetes Education General Nutrition Tobacco Cessation

By Appointment: -Game Plan (Lifestyle Modification Program)

-Glucometer Education Contact: 694-2379

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Navy bids farewell to trailblazing USS Los Angeles

By Lieutenant Ed Early Commander Submarine Group 9

Public Affairs

BREMERTON, Wash. - February 4 marked the end of an era for the “Silent Service” as USS Los Angeles (SSN 688), the first of the world’s largest class of nuclear-pow-ered submarines, underwent

her final decommissioning at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility.

Commander Steven Harrison, Los Angeles’ last commanding officer, was joined by Captain Mark Whitney, commander of PSNS and IMF; and Capt. Dan Prince, chief of staff for Submarine Group 9; as the submarine’s commissioning pennant was hauled down and the watch secured for the last time, ending Los Angeles’ 34 years of service.

“Thirty-four years ago, a crew similar to this one ran aboard Los Angeles, bringing

life to this steel body,”said Lieutenant Commander Darrel Lewis, Los Angeles’ executive officer and master of ceremo-nies for the event. “Today, we reluctantly bid her farewell.”

Launched in 1974 and com-missioned Nov. 13, 1976, Los Angeles was the first of a new class of fast-attack submarines, intended as an eventual replacement for the

Navy’s Skipjack-, Permit- and Sturgeon-class SSNs. A total of 62 Los Angeles-class sub-marines were constructed between 1972 and 1996, mak-ing the class the largest nucle-ar-powered submarine class in the world.

In his final remarks as Los Angeles’ commander, Harrison recalled the frontline role played by Los Angeles and other submarines of her class during the Cold War.

“The ship served proudly, as well as all the other remaining ships of the class, and contrib-uted to victory in the (Cold) War in ways the general public

will never know about,” said Harrison.

The fourth U.S. Navy ship to bear the name – the others were a World War I tanker (ID 1470), an airship (ZR 3) and a Cold War-era heavy cruiser (CA 135) – Los Angeles received many honors during her three decades of service, includ-ing seven Battle Efficiency Awards, seven Meritorious Unit Commendations and one Navy Unit Commendation. She made 16 deployments, par-

ticipating in four Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) multination-al exercises.

Los Angeles also made histo-ry in May 1977 when President Jimmy Carter, the only U.S. president to qualify in subma-rines, and his wife Rosalynn joined Admiral Hyman Rickover for an at-sea dem-onstration of the submarine’s capabilities.

Los Angeles’ farewell pro-cess began Jan. 23, when the ship’s public decommissioning

ceremony took place at the Port of Los Angeles. Placed “in commission, in reserve,” Los Angeles transited north to PSNS and IMF to begin the inactivation process.

In taking custody of Los Angeles, Whitney promised that Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility would honor the sub-marine’s history.

“The inactivation and retir-ing of ships is an important element of our business,”

said Whitney. “But one of the important elements we don’t actually talk about an awful lot when we are executing the work is one of the things we hold very sacred – that is, we will respect the honor and we will preserve the legacy of your ship.”

“We are proud to be the final crew of the USS Los Angeles,” said Harrison.

The Los Angeles class was followed by the Seawolf- and Virginia-class submarines.

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LOS ANGELES - Sailors assigned to the fast-attack submarine USS Los Angeles (SSN 688) man the rails one last time during the boat’s decommissioning ceremony at the Port of Los Angeles. Los Angeles will transit to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Wash. to begin the inactivation process.

“Thirty-four years ago, a crew similar to this one ran aboard Los Angeles, bringing life to this steel body... Today, we reluctantly bid her farewell.”

Lieutenant Commander Darrel LewisUSS Los Angeles Executive Officer

fact that American’s every-where were suffering from the tragedy but man’s exploration of space would continue, not despite the loss of Challenger, but because of it.

“The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave. The Challenger crew was pulling us into the future, and we’ll continue to follow them” said Reagan.

The shuttle tragedy, which investigations determined was caused by a defective O-ring on the right solid boost-

er rocket, would mark the first loss of an NASA space shuttle, but it wouldn’t be the last.

Seventeen years later, nearly to the day, NASA would again face tragedy as space shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas on February 1, 2003. Failure in the shuttle’s heat shield caused the tragic loss of Columbia, which again was witnessed by millions around the world.

Columbia’s crew was made up almost entirely of United States military per-sonnel, more than half of them Naval Officers, includ-ing Navy Captain Laurel Blair Salton Clark, a Navy medical doctor and gradu-ate of the Naval Undersea Medical Institute at Naval Submarine Base New London (SUBASE).

These brave pioneers ven-tured into the great unknown to explore and quench man’s

curiosity of the wonders of space, always looking to find new ways to make the impossible, possible.

In the 53 years since the United States launched its first satellite, Explorer 1, 21 American Astronauts have died, 13 during actual missions. But out of each tragedy has come new hope for the future, new hope in what man might discover about space, the galaxy, and maybe even, himself.

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Challenger ...

Need HAZMAT training, CHRIMP can helpBy MC1 Peter Blair

GROTON, Conn. - The Fleet Industrial Supply Center (FISC) Norfolk, New London Detachment’s Consolidated Hazardous Materials Reutilization and Inventory Management Program (CHRIMP) offers hazardous materials (HAZMAT) training

every Tuesday at 9 a.m., in Building 84’s conference room adjacent to the FISC Command office.

Weekly training includes topics on how to read a CHRIMP barcode and what it means, how to read a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS), what an Authorized User List (AUL) is and how to use it, and the basic every day sup-

ply rules, first in-first out, shelf-life, inventory levels and HAZMAT locker cleanliness.

Part of the training is to reinforce COMFISCS Instruction 5090.1 and Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Norfolk, Standard Operating Procedure 5090.1 & 5090.2.

“A key goal of CHRIMP, is to mitigate risks associated with HAZMAT,” said Terrance

Maher, FISC’s HAZMAT train-ing instructor. “To control this aspect of the HAZMAT pro-curement, storage, and dispos-al lifecycle, the FISC HAZMAT Minimization Center has a role to account for the final dispo-sition of all HAZMAT issued.”

He added that although the training is geared toward work-center supervisors, CHRIMP training is open to anyone.

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Lt. Patrick EvansSubmarine Group 2 Public Affairs Officer

GROTON, Conn. - Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Alexandria (SSN 757) con-ducted a change of command ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London’s Shepherd of the Sea Chapel, Jan. 28.

During the ceremony, Commander Todd Weeks relieved Cmdr. Gene Doyle, who com-manded Alexandria during two successful deployments to the Central Command area of responsibility (AOR). Additionally during his tour, Alexandria won the 2008 and 2010 Battle Efficiency (Battle “E”) award and the 2009 Golden Anchor Award for retention.

“His contributions to our ongoing efforts overseas were groundbreaking and hero-ic,” said Capt. William Merz, commo-dore of Submarine Development Squadron (DEVRON) 12. “Gene epitomizes the great men we entrust with these amazing boats and who operate independently around the globe - in every hotspot in every ocean - chal-lenging not only in mission, but equally so in harnessing the environment in which they operate.”

In December, Doyle and the crew of

Alexandria returned from a deployment where the boat steamed about 30,000 miles and spent four and a half months in the Persian Gulf in a challenging environment.

“They completed that mission with distinc-tion, and it was so fruitful they were extended on station, coming home a month later than planned,” said the ceremony’s guest speaker, Capt. Robert Burke, Director of Submarine/Nuclear Power Distribution Control Division and Nuclear Personnel Program Manager for Navy Personnel Command (NPC). “Typical Gene Doyle and ‘Alex.” We asked the impos-sible of them, and they said ‘no problem,’ then delivered that, and more, in style.”

Burke was commodore of DEVRON 12 dur-ing both of Alexandria’s deployments.

Doyle, a native of Kalispell, Mont., was commissioned through Officer Candidate School after graduating from Montana State University in 1989 with a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering. He earned a Master of Science degree in Engineering Management from the Catholic University of America and a Master of Arts degree in National Security Studies from the Naval War College. His operational assignments include service as Executive Officer in USS Springfield (SSN 761).

“Despite all that has been said of me here,” said Doyle during the ceremony, “the truth is that I have had such a wonderful supporting cast - both personally and professionally - that I’m convinced it would have been a challenge for me to fail at this job.”

Doyle continued, “To the crew of Alexandria, I wish to thank you for your service. It has been both an honor and a privilege to serve alongside you for the last three years.”

Doyle will next serve as deputy commander of Submarine Squadron Four.

Upon taking command of Alexandria, Weeks told the crew, “I have been nothing but impressed with your dedication, professionalism and perfor-mance. You have excelled at the most demanding

missions and operated successfully in the most challenging environments. The ‘Battle E’ is a tes-tament to that success. The principles that led to your success - high-standards, rigorous training and a commitment to excellence - will be just as important as we meet the new challenges ahead of us.”

Weeks graduated with Merit from the United States Naval Academy in May 1993 with a Bachelor of Science in Naval Architecture. In June 2006, he graduated Cum Laude from Norwich University with a Master of Arts in Diplomacy. He previously served on the staff of the Chief on Naval Operations. He also served as Executive Officer aboard USS Helena (SSN 725) and Engineer Officer aboard USS Los Angeles (SSN 688).

USS Alexandria (SSN 757) receives Battle ‘E’ during change of command

Photos by MC1 Virginia K. Schaefer

GROTON, Conn. - Captain William R. Merz, Commodore of Submarine Development Squadron 12, presents the 2010 Battle Efficiency (Battle “E”) to Commander Eugene J. Doyle, Commanding Officer of USS Alexandria (SSN 757), Jan. 28. Doyle was relieved by Cmdr. Todd S. Weeks during a change of command ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London’s Shepherd of the Sea Chapel.

GROTON, Conn. - Left, the crew of USS Alexandria (SSN 757) watches as the submarine’s outgoing commanding officer, Commander Eugene J. Doyle, is presented the Battle “E” award during a change of command cermony, Jan. 28. Alexandria also received the 2009 Golden Anchor Award for retention.

By Lt. Patrick EvansSubmarine Group 2 Public Affairs

GROTON, Conn. – The

commodore of Submarine Squadron 2 presented the 2010 Battle Efficiency (Battle “E”) award to USS Pittsburgh (SSN 720) on Jan. 28, commending the Los Angeles-class subma-rine for their “work and effort behind the desire to get better.”

“This award is a valida-tion of what you are doing on a day-to-day basis,” said Captain Peter Clarke, Squadron 2 Commodore. “It should be an indication to you that you are headed down the right path, and you need to keep going that way. I encourage you to look back at your efforts and what you did that made it work, then figure out how to apply

that toward continued Pittsburgh success.”

At the beginning of the year, Commander, Submarine Force Atlantic ( C O M S U B L A N T ) , announced the winners of the Battle “E” competi-tion. One submarine from each submarine squadron in the Atlantic Fleet is rec-ognized. The awards are presented by the commo-dore of each squadron to the submarine under their command which has dem-onstrated the highest level of battle readiness during the evaluation year.

Success, though, “is a never-ending process,” according to Clarke, who has been commodore since July 10, 2009. “That’s what Pittsburgh has shown to me the entire time I’ve been here as commodore. You recognize areas that need improvement when

they require it, and you go all out to fix whatever needs to be fixed. I am very proud of that, and I congratulate you for that.”

Senior Chief Fire Control Technician Robert Boyd, USS Pittsburgh chief of the boat, said the award is a reflection of the crew’s commitment.

“I am proud of the crew and their accomplish-ments,” said Boyd. “It was a hard road, and they’ve done a great job, perform-ing admirably.”

C o m m a n d e d b y Commander Michael Savageaux, Pittsburgh returned from a six-month deployment, Oct. 15, 2010, that involved conducting operations in the European Command area of respon-sibility.

“I’m very pleased, not just with the award, but also with the hard work

that the crew has put in,” said Savageaux. “It’s not just been the last 12 months, it has really been the entire time working up to our deployment last year as well. There has been a lot of hard work, long hours and person-al sacrifice put forth to improve ourselves; and, I know the men and their families really appreciate their efforts being recog-nized by squadron. I am really proud of the way the entire Pittsburgh fam-ily has responded, and I look forward to another successful year.”

Savageaux, a native of Grafton, Mass., graduated with high distinction from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1991 with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. In November

2002, he was awarded a Master of Arts in National Security Studies (with Distinction) from the Naval War College.

Fast-attack submarines like Pittsburgh have multi-faceted missions. They use their stealth, persistence, agility and firepower to deploy and support special force operations, disrupt and destroy an adversary’s military and economic operations at sea, provide early strike from close proximity, and ensure undersea superiority.

The submarine, commis-sioned Nov. 23, 1985, is the fourth Navy vessel to be named for the people of Pittsburgh, Pa. The submarine’s crew compli-ment includes 13 officers and 121 enlisted Sailors.

USS Pittsburgh awarded Squadron 2 Battle ‘E’

Photo by MC1 Steven Myers

GROTON, Conn. – Commander Michael Savageaux, (center) Commanding Officer of USS Pittsburgh (SSN 720), stands with his crew after they received the coveted 2010 Battle Efficiency (Battle “E”) from Captain Peter Clarke, Commodore of Submarine Squadron 2, during an awards ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London, Jan. 28. In addition, the Los Angeles-class submarine received the Deck Seamanship “D” and Damage Control “DC” awards.

Photo by MC1 Steven Myers

GROTON, Conn. – Commander Michael Savageaux, Commanding Officer of USS Pittsburgh (SSN 720), accepts the Battle “E” award from Captain Peter Clarke, Squadron 2 Commodore, Jan. 28 during an awards ceremony.


Now showing at Dealey Center Theater

Feb. 11 6:00 p.m. The Social NetworkFeb. 12 3:00 p.m. Despicable Me 5:00 p.m. Megamind 7:00 p.m. The Social NetworkFeb. 13 3:00 p.m. Megamind 5:00 p.m. Despicable Me 7:15 p.m. The Social NetworkFeb. 14 6:00 p.m. Despicable MeFeb. 15 6:00 p.m. The Social NetworkFeb. 16 6:00 p.m. MegamindFeb. 17 6:00 p.m. Despicable Me

The Social Network Cast: Jessie Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake, Rated: PG-13, Story Type: Drama and Biopic, Runtime: 120 min.

Despicable Me Cast: Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Rated: PG, Story Type: Comedy, Kids/Family, and Animation, Runtime: 98 min.

Megamind Cast: Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt, Rated: PG, Story Type: Action/Adventure, Comedy, and Animation, Runtime: 96 min.

* All showings free this week only!!Next Week: True Grit

The Green Hornet and The Dilemma

All Points Bulletin: Reloaded Early Look

TLDR

The Naval Submarine Base New London (SUBASE) Cycling Club has been approved for operation. The Club was orga-nized to promote cycling, fit-ness, and encourage participa-tion in cycling events. Club

membership is free and open to active duty military, dependents age 14 and up, retired military, and DoD employees.

The club already has members with experience ranging from competitive cycling backgrounds to some who are considering purchasing their first bike since childhood. The Club expects to be involved in a large variety of cycling activities including group fitness rides, charity rides, triathlons, road racing, time tri-als, off-road racing, cyclocross, and other cycling events.

Group fitness rides will be offered throughout the week and will normally be started at 11:30 a.m. from the flagpole in between the Dealey Center

and Bodyworks. Rides will vary from introductory group riding to challenging hill intervals. The group rides will begin as soon as the snow melts enough to allow safe cycling on the local rides. The schedule of rides will be posted in the base gyms and on the “SUBASE Cycling Club” Facebook page. Membership is required to participate in the rides, but membership is free!

To learn more about the Club, attend the first mem-bership meeting, Feb. 15 at 11:30 a.m. in the Dealey Center Theater, or contact the Club President, Rob Sawyer at [email protected] or on the SUBASE Clycling Club Facebook page.

SUBASE Cycling Club looking for riders

GROTON, Conn. – Back in June, I wrote a Pre-Review on All Points Bulletin, a Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) action game by Realtime Worlds. Sometime in the sum-mer of 2010, and not too far after the launch of the game, Realtime Worlds went into “Administration”, which more or less means they went bank-rupt. This was due to either 1. Not paying attention to com-munity feedback, 2. A lack of focused beta testing, 3. Maybe just not having the money to continue the project; because of these three things however the game turned into what turned out to be a shallow, unbalanced shoot-em-up, which was a lot of fun in the short run, but we all know that in the MMO world, longevity = lucrativity (not a real word).

November 2010, K2 Network purchases the rights to the APB franchise (or lack-there- of), in an effort to bring about All Points Bulletin: Reloaded, with the staunch desire to turn an incredibly fun, yet admittedly repetitive, mind-numbing game into something that’ll really rev our engines.

For the sake of saving time, I’ll just plagiarize some of the material from my earlier article, and tack on a bit about what I’m thinking, and what the All Points Bulletin: Reloaded devel-opers are bringing to the table.

“All Points Bulletin is like playing Grand Theft Auto, but with thousands of other play-ers, better graphics, and more customization options than you can shake a nightstick at.” On APB:R’s blog, they’ve been posting updates week-to-week, providing a consistent and transparent look at what the game is planned to become. They have even been posting things that they’re just ‘think-ing’ about doing, which is far beyond the conservative nature of most gaming companies, and a lot more fun for us informa-

tion starved forum trolls.“Missions play out in timed

stages, and are usually a race to destroy an objective or steal information while the oppos-ing side defends it.” Aside from the very normal, quest-driven gameplay, APB:R will be incor-porating new “Turf War” and “Chaos” game modes. Which seems to translate (to me) as “Faction Zone Capturing”, and “Free For All” modes. What the technicalities are, we can only speculate. Regardless of what the Closed Beta, Open Beta, or Live game will contain initially, the devs have said “players should really drive what modes we spend our time expand-ing and increasing in size (and what modes we abandon)”.

“My favorite and most enter-taining aspect of the game is the ability to become a tar-get to everyone in the entire city.” I don’t think they’ve real-ly touched on this topic yet, so hopefully the feature isn’t weeded out during the beta testing phase. Definitely one of my favorite reasons for playing. Essentially, like in Grand Theft Auto, you’d become more of a target to the cops, as you did bad things. In APB, at “five stars”, you get to attack any-one, and anyone can attack you. Everyone knows where you are on the map, and every-one wants to kill you for the price on your head. This only happened every so often, so the mechanic was rare enough to retain its novelty and balance.

“Speaking of running for your life. Being able to hijack anyone’s car, and get away with it (most of the time), is an invaluable tool, and one you’ll make constant use of. Especially given that the slightest tap of the left or right movement keys will send some of the lighter rigs flying into other vehicles, pedestrians, walls, and defense-less lamp posts.” After getting the hang of the steering, (and it does definitely take some

getting used to,) I became a pretty good wheelman, albeit a crazy one. Even so, it seems that some of the vehicles will be getting some balance tweaks, and become more specialized in specific areas. The fact that vehicles are getting a hard look makes me all fuzzy inside. Especially since people would usually go for the fastest, light-est car around and just hang onto it. (I personally drove an extended cab truck, you can sideswipe more pedestrians in a single spin that way.)

“Another rarely seen, and equally loved and hated feature, is proximity voice chat… It will also, however, allow anyone nearby to hear what you have to say. This for some reason compels tweens, basement vir-gins, and e-thugs to shout pro-fanity at you as they speed by in less-than-masculine sound-ing sports cars. Kind of like real life.” While there haven’t been any mentioned changes regarding this feature, my only suggested change would be to make it easy to mute people. Just facing in someone’s direc-tion and pressing a button to mute a single target, or a push-button proximity mute would be, in my opinion, the easiest way to handle that issue.

“One of the biggest things that All Points Bulletin has going for it, is the ability to customize… well, pretty much everything… The customiza-tion system is more elaborate and extensive than any game I’ve played, and will definitely allow each character to become 100% unique.” Players were even able to create and manu-facture their own clothing, to sell in an online auction house. I’ve seen incredibly entertain-ing things come from this sys-tem, like making a jeep look like the ones in Jurassic Park, complete with an attached logo, or a Hello Kitty sports car, even a “Free Candy Inside” marked, windowless van.

Following the original All Points Bulletin, released June 29 by Realtime Worlds, (and then failing miserably), All Points Bulletin: Reloaded (being created by K2 Network) looks to improve beyond the original “cops and robbers” style shoot-em-up, by leaps and bounds. A game that I loved for the very, very, short time that it was around, the new and improved game is something that I’d encourage any shooter/MMO fan to take a look at. If you don’t want to ‘buy’ the game flat out, I’ll be reporting on (if I get accepted) my experiences in the Closed Beta, (at least what I’m allowed to report on) in future articles. The first phase of Closed Beta testing should be given the green light sometime this February.

The Bill Memorial Library in the City of Groton invites children of all ages and their fami-lies to meet local author/illustrator Jason Deeble, Feb. 26 at 11 a.m. The One Book, Every Young Child program of southeastern Connecticut returns for a second year featuring the picture book Sir Ryan’s Quest, written and illustrated by Deeble. The author will meet with children and their families and present an entertaining and interactive program based on his book. Copies of Sir Ryan’s Quest will be available for purchase at the event and a book signing will immediately follow the program. Each child present will also be entered in a drawing to win a signed copy of Sir Ryan’s Quest. For more information, call the library at (860) 445-0392.

Library hours are Monday and Thursday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Visit their web page at http://billmemorial.org.

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The Naval Submarine Base New London (SUBASE) Library now has a Web site, http://navalsubasenlonlibrary.weebly.com/index.html. The library’s Card Catalog is available through the Web site.Interlibrary loan

The library now has access to more than 300 libraries in the state of Connecticut. Interlibrary loan is the sharing of materials by libraries upon request of a library user. It involves both borrowing and lending.

The SUBASE Library will process requests for any registered borrower.Out Reach Program

Library resources can be delivered to regis-tered patrons that are homebound. This ser-vice is limited to Navy Housing. Exceptions will be considered on a case by case basis.Meeting Room

The meeting room is available to individu-als or organized groups. A conference table with chairs is available during library hours. The room can accommodate 20 people.

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The church ladies of “The Color Purple” from left to right are Nesha Ward, Deaun Parker and Virlinda Stanton. “The Color Purple” will be at the Grade Arts Center in New London Feb. 27 for two performances.

“The Color Purple,” a musical based on the classic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker and the moving film by Steven Spielberg, brings its Grammy-nominated score to the Garde Arts Center, Feb. 27 for two performances at 2 and 7:30 p.m., as part of the Broadway at the Garde Series. The performances are sponsored by Citizens Bank.

An inspiring family saga, “The Color Purple” tells the unforgettable story of a woman, Celie, who - through love - finds the strength to triumph over adversity and discover her unique voice in the world. Set to a joyous score featur-ing jazz, ragtime, gospel and blues, “The Color Purple” is a story of hope, a testa-ment to the healing power of love and a celebration of life.

The Broadway at the Garde Series brings the finest national tours of Broadway musicals to New London. The Broadway at the Garde Series shows scheduled for the 2010-11 year include “The Wizard of Oz” (March 28 and 29), “Spring Awakening” (April 14 and 15) and “Beauty & The Beast” (June 10 and 11).

Tickets are $56 for orchestra, $65 for loge, $46 for front balcony and $38 for rear balcony, and are available at the Garde Box Office, located at 325 State St. in New London. The Garde Box Office is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and two hours prior to curtain on performance days. Tickets may be purchased online at www.gardearts.org or by phone during regular box office hours at (860) 444-7373, Ext. 1.

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NEWPORT, R.I. - The Crews Into Shape challenge, held every March in conjunction with National Nutrition Month®, is sponsored annually by the Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center (NMCPHC). The goals of the challenge are to spark and guide workplace-focused, team-oriented, physical activity and improved fruit and vegetable intake among the whole DoD family. The 11th annual chal-lenge will run from March 7 through April 2.

Sign-up and forms are Web-based. Top scoring Crews win T-shirts. Crew leaders receive frequent “Crews Notes” dur-ing the campaign to encour-age their crew members. Crew names and locations are posted on the Web.

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The greatest number of crews registered were from Randolph AFB, Texas (30), Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. (26) and Norfolk, Va. (26). The organizations with the great-est number of registered crews were Marine Corps Community Services-Cherry Point and Military Sealift Fleet Support Command of Norfolk. Other communities that mustered multiple crews included Camp Lejeune, N.C., Naval Hospital, Beaufort, S.C., Fort Worth, Texas, and Patuxent River, Md., each of which registered more than 10 crews.

Over 57 percent of crews sub-mitted their final Crew scores. Participants were invited (and

scored a point) for complet-ing a Web-based survey within seven days of completing the challenge. These data indi-cate that the Crews Into Shape positively affects self-reported health-related behavior. Of the 438 people who completed the post-Crews survey, most agreed or strongly agreed that they met their weight loss goal (63 percent), and that the Crews “helped me improve my daily habits” regarding exercise (83 percent), and fruit and vegeta-ble consumption (91 percent).

If you would like a motiva-tional and informative presen-tation at your kick-off event, contact NHCNE’s Wellness Department at (401) 841-6774 or [email protected].

The POC for Crews Into Shape is Bob MacDonald, MS, CHES the Public Health Educator at Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center. He can be reached at (757) 953-0974 or [email protected].

Crews Into Shape By April Childs, PhDNHCNE Public Health Educator

NEWPORT, R.I. - Heart disease is the lead-ing killer of men and women in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), in 2010 heart disease cost the United States $316.4 billion. Smoking, inac-tivity, obesity, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes and high intake of alcohol all increase a person’s chances of developing heart disease. On average, someone in the United States suffers a heart attack every 26 seconds and every minute someone dies of a heart attack.

The National Heart Attack Alert Program notes these major signs of a heart attack:

* Chest discomfort. Most heart attacks involve discomfort in the center of the chest that lasts for more than a few minutes, or goes away and comes back. The discomfort can feel like uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, full-ness, or pain.

* Discomfort in other areas of the upper body. Can include pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw, or stomach.

* Shortness of breath. Often comes along with chest discomfort. But it also can occur before chest discomfort.

* Other symptoms. May include breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea, or light-headed-ness.

If you think that you or someone you know

is having a heart attack, you should call 911 immediately.

The good news is that heart disease is pre-ventable through lifestyle modifications! If you stop smoking, you decrease your risk of devel-oping heart disease. If you increase your physi-cal activity, you strengthen your heart muscle as well as increase your high-density lipopro-teins, the “healthy form of cholesterol.”

If you make appropriate diet modifications, you can decrease your risk of developing heart disease. According to the Mayo Clinic, “limit-ing certain fats you eat also is important. Of the types of fat - saturated, polyunsaturated, monounsaturated and trans fat - saturated fat and trans fat increase the risk of coronary artery disease by raising blood cholesterol levels. Major sources of saturated fat include beef, butter, cheese, milk, and coconut and palm oils. There’s growing evidence that trans fat may be worse than saturated fat because unlike saturated fat, it both raises your low-density lipoprotein (LDL), or “bad,” choles-terol, and lowers your high-density lipoprotein (HDL), or “good,” cholesterol. Sources of trans fat include some deep-fried fast foods, bakery products, packaged snack foods, margarines and crackers. Look at the label for the term “partially hydrogenated” to avoid trans fat. “

The Wellness Clinic at NBHC Groton offers classes that focus on cholesterol management and heart healthy diets. Call to enroll today at (860) 694-3104/4466.

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