Soundoff Year In Review, 2014

vol. 66 no. 51 Published in the interest of the Fort Meade community December 31, 2014
YEAR IN review
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by shawn sales, fort meade visual information

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T
he following is a compilation of stories and
photos that made news on Fort Meade
throughout the year of 2014.
It was a year of grand openings, weather
closings and anniversary celebrations of the
Defense Information School and the Main Post
Chapel.
Highlights included: the opening of Reece Cross-
ings housing complex, the AAFES Express and
Exchange, and a farmer’s market; the first Cyber
Installation Support Summit; and the announcement of federal
funding to widen Route 175.
We’re sure you’ll agree 2014 was an exciting year at Fort
Meade!
Mina, the
daughter
of Heritage
Park
resident
Amy
Jorgensen,
makes a
snow angel
Jan. 21 after
a storm
delivered
7 inches
of snow to
Fort Meade.
photo by
amy
jorgensEN
Contents
Commander’s Column.. 3 Sports...................................14
Year in Review............... 2 Classified..............................21
Editorial Staff
Garrison Commander
Col. Brian P. Foley
Garrison Command
Sgt. Maj. Rodwell L. Forbes
Public Affairs Officer
Chad T. Jones
Chad.T.Jones.civ@mail.mil
Chief, Command Information
Philip H. Jones
Philip.H.Jones.civ@mail.mil
Editor Dijon Rolle
Dijon.N.Rolle.civ@mail.mil
Assistant Editor Senior Writer
Rona S. Hirsch
Staff Writer Lisa R. Rhodes
Staff Writer Shari Rosen
Design Coordinator Timothy Davis
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Hello again, Team Meade!
We have reached the end of one of
the busiest and most productive years our
installation has had in a very long time.
Fort Meade made huge progress on many
fronts this year, all thanks to the hard work
and partnership of every member of this
great community. Your effort has not gone
unnoticed, and we can see the results in
construction, renovation, paving and main-
tenance projects going on everywhere.
At the start of 2014, Fort Meade was not
on the Army’s map — I simply can’t think
of a better way to put it. Fort Gordon, Ga.,
had been named the Army’s Cyber Center
of Excellence and future home of Army
Cyber Command, and all eyes were turned
to Augusta in an effort to build and resource
needed infrastructure there.
In February, I literally raised my hand
while in San Antonio at Installation Man-
agement Command Headquarters, and
reminded the IMCOM staff that there was
another Army fort up north in Maryland
that is home of U.S. Cyber Command,
and the National Security Agency, and the
Defense Information Systems Agency, and
Marine Corps Cyberspace Command, and
the Navy’s Fleet Cyber Command, and $1.8
billion worth of facility construction … and
that we also need infrastructure resourcing
help.
After the staff asked me which Army
garrison I command, things literally began
to change.
On June 6, Lt. Gen. David Halverson, the
new Installation Management command-
ing general, spent the entire day at Fort
Meade. He met with Navy Adm. Michael
S. Rogers, commander of U.S. Cyber Com-
mand and director of the National Security
Agency and Central Security Service, and
saw our massive growth from the ground
and air. He left with a clear understanding
of our needs and directed an immediate
staff assistance visit.
Fort Meade was added to the IMCOM
“All Things Cyber” brief, which to that
point had no mention of Fort Meade.
In October, we hosted the first IMCOM
“Cyber Installation Support Summit,” dur-
ingwhichallservicecybercommandsbriefed
their growth at Forts Meade and Gordon
over the next five years. The garrisons
briefed infrastructure needed to support
growth, and the information and require-
ments gathered at the summit will be briefed
to Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno
in the second week of January.
Today we are squarely in the middle of
the Army’s cyber map. It is now understood
that Fort Meade is home to five of the top
seven DoD cyber commands, and as such,
is our nation’s primary operational platform
for cyber defense.
The aperture of discussion has widened
from “Growth of ARCYBER at Fort Gor-
don” to “Joint Service Cyber Growth on
Army Installations.” Lt. Gen. Halverson
and Undersecretary of the Army Brad
Carson both have the requirement “$57.5
million to widen Fort Meade’s roads and
access control points” squarely in the front
of their minds, and I am confident Fort
Meade will be resourced appropriately from
here on out.
We reaped the benefits of increased
awareness at the end of the fiscal year, with
a total of $57.4 million (more than any other
installation in the Army) pushed to us by
close of business on Sept. 30 for long-over-
due renovation work. We have already seen
that money put to good use in the repaving
going on across the post.
In the months ahead, we will see Hale
Hall finally repaired, Van Deman Hall
fully renovated, a new commissary parking
lot installed, new sidewalks down Cooper
Avenue, new parking lots for School Age
Services and Child Development Center II,
and the list goes on and on.
Partnership with the state of Maryland
also hit an all-time high in October with
the announcement of full funding to widen
Route 175 to six lanes, from Route 295
South to Odenton. No Army installation
gets better support from its state govern-
ment than Fort Meade. As proof, we saw
work along Route 175 begin this year. Our
fence line was moved, and underground util-
ity work completed to start the project.
In 2015, we will see Mapes and Reece
intersections modernized. In 2016, widen-
ing between Disney and Reece roads will
begin.
Enabling growth continued across post
at record pace in 2014. We broke ground
on Candlewood Suites, our new temporary
lodging hotel on track to open in December
2015. We broke ground on CDC IV and V,
so by 2016 we will finally have a 24-hour day
care capability on the installation.
We cut the ribbon on our new Shoppette
and gas station on Mapes Road; on Reece
Crossings, the Army’s first garden apart-
ment complex for single, unaccompanied,
junior service members in grade’s E5 and
below; and on new headquarters for the
780th Cyber Brigade.
We also opened our new 167,000-square-
foot AAFES Exchange and mall. (A formal
ribbon-
c u t t i n g
ceremony
will be
held in
2 0 1 5
after the
old Post
Exchange
is demolished and the new parking lot
finished.)
Most importantly, we welcomed many
new members to the Team Meade commu-
nity, and bid farewell to several long-serving
veterans. Chief among the welcomes were
Rogers and his wife, Dana.
Farewelling Gen. Keith B. Alexander
and his wife, Debbie, was difficult after
their eight years of dedicated service to Fort
Meade, but it was made much easier by the
Rogers family, who have already made a
huge, positive impact on our community.
We also farewelled Garrison Command
Sgt. Maj. Thomas J. Latter in August. The
command sergeant major made a huge, pos-
itive contribution to Fort Meade during his
two-year tour before deploying to Afghani-
stan in September. We are thankful that Teri
Latter remained here and continues to serve
as an active member of Team Meade.
The Latters were replaced by “Team
Forbes” in August and we couldn’t possibly
be luckier! Command Sgt. Maj. Rodwell L.
Forbes and his wife, Pat, are passionate and
caring leaders who bring out the best in all.
Finally, we said goodbye to two of the
longest-serving members of Team Meade.
Child, Youth and School Services Chief
Lida-M H Payne retired in February after
39 years on Fort Meade. Lida grew up as a
military child on Fort Meade and remained
here for her entire adult working life, caring
for our children as if they were her own.
Lynn Durner also retired this year after
37 years as the executive assistant in our
Religious Support Office. She was the back-
bone of religious support on Fort Meade for
the past four decades, and both ladies will
remain fixtures of our Team Meade com-
munity forever.
So I’d say 2014 was a pretty good year,
and 2015 holds many more bright days
ahead.
On behalf of my wife, Lee, our children
Mary Claire and Liam, and our dog Buddy,
I want to thank each of you for your
dedicated service. Our nation is stronger and
safer today, thanks to your hard work.
Please continue to have a safe and restful
holiday season. We look forward to seeing
you around campus in 2015.
2014 was a ‘pretty’ good year
2014 Year in Review - Commander’s Column
COL. Brian P. Foley
Garrison Commander
photo by nate pesce
From left: Former Garrison Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas J. Latter, Garrison Commander
Brian P. Foley and Garrison Command Sgt. Maj. Rodwell L. Forbes salute during a
change-of-responsibility ceremony Aug. 12. Forbes assumed responsibility from
Latter, who served as the garrison’s senior enlisted advisor for two years.

2014 Year in Review
photo by nate pesce
Col. Timothy Holtan, former commander
and conductor of the U.S. Army Field Band,
leads the ensemble in selections from
“The Nutcracker Suite” during his final
“Sound the Bells: A Holiday Celebration”
concert on Dec. 3 at Arundel High School.
Holtan, who served as the Field Band’s
commander for three years, relinquished
command Dec. 8 to command the U.S.
Army Band “Pershing’s Own” on Dec. 12.
RIGHT: Coast Guard Seaman Kevin
Malmrose, serving as drill instructor,
inspects Zhairi Birondo Vue’s posture
and hat during the USO-Metro’s
Operation Boot Camp on May 10 at the
USO-Metro Fort Meade Center. The
daylong program gave military children
ages 12 to 17 a glimpse of what their
parents experienced in boot camp.
photo by steve ellmore
Marines from Marine Detachment Fort Meade gather the flag after Retreat March 6
at McGlachlin Parade Field. Retreat marks the end of the duty day.
Abby
Crosgrove,
one of nearly
500 Meade
High School
seniors,
celebrates
at their
graduation
ceremony
held June
10 in Upper
Marlboro.
photo by
nate pesce
photo by phil grout

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Army spouse Carrie Warfel’s four children — Kayla Scott, 17, Alex, 8, Payton, 6, and Julius, 12 — sing along with Lady Antebellum.
The country band surprised Warfel on Oct. 2 at Burba Lake park as part of its “7For7” initiative to surprise seven fans over the
course of seven days to promote its new album “747.”
photo by nate pesce
Col. Michele H. Bredenkamp assumes
commandofthe704thMilitaryIntelligence
Brigade in a ceremony held July 1. Many
other units and organizations on post
also had changes of command this year.
photo by phil grout
Mark H. Rooney, a professional taiko drummer and instructor, performs with drummers
from the U.S. Army Field Band’s Concert Band in celebration of Asian-American and
Pacific Islander Heritage Month on May 30 at the Pavilion.
photo by nate pesce
Three-year-old Ceraeya Guyton scrambles
to collect eggs during Child, Youth and
School Services’ Easter egg hunt Aug. 12
at the Youth Center.
photo by daniel kucin jr.
Spc. Johnathan Mendoza shows off his
obedience training skills with his military
working dog Canto at the Gordon L.
Currier Jr. Military Working Dog Kennel at
Fort Meade. The duo attended an eight-
week pilot Advanced Military Working Dog
Course in North Carolina, where Canto
was awarded the honor of “Top Dog.”

photo by nate pesce
Spc. Alvin Wallace and Spc. Garry Davis of the 704th Military Intelligence Brigade play
air hockey in the clubhouse of Reece Crossings during the June 18 grand opening
of the complex’s first three buildings. The Corvias Military Living’s Army residential
community was built for single, unaccompanied, junior enlisted service members.
2014 Year in Review
LEFT: A woman shops for fresh vegetables at the new Fort Meade Farmer’s Market
that opened May 21 in the Smallwood Hall parking lot. The farmers market is part of
the garrison’s participation in the Healthy Base Initiative, a DoD demonstration project
designed to improve the health and wellness of service members, DoD civilians and
family members.
PHOTO BY NATE PESCE
Retired Sgt. Thomas Johnson, 89, who served in the 3rd Infantry Division during World
War II, gets a hand from Maj. Michelle Ambersley as she escorts him to get his flu
shot during the 39th annual Retiree Appreciation Day held Sept. 26 at McGill Training
Center. More than 400 retirees and their spouses attended the daylong event.
photo by steve ellmore

2014 Year in Review
PHOTO COURTESY ANNE ARUNDEL FIRE DEPARTMENT
Units from Fort Meade’s Fire and Emergency Services are the first to arrive at a three-alarm fire March 7 at Seven Oaks apartment
complex in Odenton that damaged 10 apartments and displaced nine Fort Meade families. It took more than three hours to
extinguish the flames, which were coming from an attic. No one was injured.
PHOTO BY NATE PESCE
PHOTO BY NATE PESCE
Eleven-year-old Steven Weeks of Boy
Scout Troop 119 places a retired American
flag into the fire during a flag retirement
ceremony held June 14 at the Camp
Meade RV Park in observance of Flag
Day. The Scouts retired nearly a dozen
worn, torn, faded or heavily soiled flags,
ceremonially burning them in a fire pit at
the campground.
BELOW: Navy Adm. Michael S. Rogers,
commander of U.S. Cyber Command,
director of the National Security Agency
and chief of the Central Security
Service, serves as grand marshal of
the 28th Annual Massing of the Colors
and Memorial Day Remembrance held
May 18 at the Pavilion. Rogers attended
several events on Fort Meade this year.
PHOTO BY DANIEL KUCIN JR.
“Wildwood Witch” Teah Gibson sings with her cast of cooks during a performance of
“Hansel and Gretel,” produced by the Missoula Children’s Theatre on July 26 at McGill
Training Center. Nearly 50 youths, ages 5-17, participated in the hourlong musical
during Missoula’s weeklong theater day camp.

January 2014 Year in Review February
photo by nate pesce
Miss America 2014 Nina Davuluri talks with Marine Pfc. Sergio Ramirez Romero (second from left), Marine Pfc. Sara Graham
(right) and other service members during her visit to the Fort Meade USO-Metro on Jan. 22 to promote education in science,
technology, engineering and math.
JANUARY
• A polar vortex brings to Fort Meade
the coldest arctic air that the area has
faced in two decades.
• Soldiers from the 781st Military
Intelligence Battalion judge MacArthur
Middle School’s science fair on Jan. 7.
Ten of the 95 submitted projects com-
peted at the county level.
• Garrison Commander Col. Brian P.
Foley presents Fort Meade’s Residen-
tial Communities Initiative and Corvias
Military Housing with the Army’s RCI
Asset Management 2012 Top RCI Project
Award on Jan. 8.
• Winter Storm Janus hits Anne Arun-
del County on Jan. 21, covering the area
in snow including seven inches at BWI
Airport. The fast-moving storm closed
Anne Arundel County Public Schools
for two days.
• Volunteers from Better Opportuni-
ties for Single Soldiers participate in
the annual wreath cleanup at Arlington
National Cemetery.
FEBRUARY
• The Defense Information School
kicks off its 50th anniversary with an
opening celebration on Jan. 28.
• Jake Neslony, a sixth-grader at
MacArthur Middle School who lives on
Fort Meade, uses the deployment of his
father Capt. Timothy Neslony of the 7th
Intelligence Squadron to Iraq as inspira-
tion for his self-published book “Daddy’s
Deployment.”
• Military spouses say goodbye as they
honor Debbie Alexander in a luncheon
Feb. 18 at Club Meade. Alexander served
as leader of the military spouse commu-
nity on Fort Meade for nine years before
the retirement of her husband, Gen.
Keith B. Alexander, former commander
of U.S. Cyber Command, director of the
National Security Agency and chief of
Central Security Service.
• Michael Smith, a supervisory chem-
ist at Fort Meade’s Forensic Toxicology
Drug Testing Laboratory, wins a lifetime
achievement award from the American
Academy of Forensic Sciences on Feb.
21.
• Fort Meade’s Installation Reserva-
tion and Military Munitions Response
Program receives the Secretary of the
Army Environmental Award for Environ-
mental Restorations for its work in 2012
and 2013.
• The Soldier’s Medal is awarded to
Air Force Staff Sgt. Steven Doty, master
instructor in the Visual Communications
Department at the Defense Information
School, in a ceremony held Feb. 21 at
DINFOS for the heroism he displayed
during his deployment in Afghanistan.
• Thomas J Schoenbeck, regional direc-
tor of Installation Management Com-
mand for the U.S. Army’s Central Region,
visits Fort Meade on Feb. 21 and speaks
with garrison leaders. Schoenbeck is
responsible for management and execu-
tion of all installation management pro-
grams of active and Reserve components
at 26 installations.
• Child, Youth and School Services
Chief Lida-M H Payne retires Feb. 21
after 39 years of service on Fort Meade.
• A retirement ceremony is held Feb. 27
for Garrison Chaplain (Col.) Carl R. Rau
after nearly three decades of service.
Deionna Fye pushes her daughter
Martha downhill near Burba Lake Park
after a snowstorm dropped 10 to 12.5
inches of snow Feb. 12-13 in Anne
Arundel County, forcing the installation
to close two days.
photo by nate pesce

March 2014 Year in Review April
photo by brandon bieltz
Capt. John Barbee of the 200th Military Police Command shows first-grader Mikayla
Jones where to stand in formation during Manor View Elementary’s celebration of the
Month of the Military Child held April 11.
photo by nate pesce
Members of a School of Knowledge, Inspiration, Exploration and Skills (SKIES) dance group wait to perform April 26 at McGill
Training Center as part of Fort Meade’s Family Fun Fair, which returned after a year hiatus.
photo by noah Scialom
Manuel Villabla fills up at the Army and Air
Force Exchange Services’ Express located
at Mapes and 6th Armored Cavalry roads.
The retail portion of the new $5.6 million
facility, including six gas pumps, opened
March 21.
MARCH
• To highlight its nutritious menu, the
Freedom Inn Dining Facility launches its own
Facebook page as part of the facility’s partici-
pation in the DoD’s Healthy Base Initiative, a
one-year demonstration project to improve the
health and wellness of service members, DoD
civilians and their families.
• The Fort Meade Community Credit
Union wins the “Dump Your Plump” weight
loss competition, losing a combined average
of 9.2 percent body fat, at an award ceremony
March 5 at Gaffney Fitness Center. In total, all
47 contestants lost a combined 494 pounds.
• A three-alarm fire on March 7 damages
10 apartments in the Seven Oaks apartment
complex, affecting nine Fort Meade families
from the Army, Navy and Air Force.
• Officer Anthony L. Robinson of the Police
Services Division at Fort Meade is named
the Department of the Army Civilian Police
Officer of the Year for the Military District of
Washington in a ceremony March 25 at Fort
McNair in Washington, D.C.
At the ceremony, the Fort Meade Director-
ate of Emergency Services is awarded for the
Best (Policing) Practices of the Year for the
Military District of Washington.
APRIL
• Navy Adm. Michael S. Rogers assumes
command of U.S. Cyber Command and
becomes director of the National Security
Agency and the Central Security Service dur-
ing a ceremony April 3 on Fort Meade. He
succeedes Army Gen. Keith B. Alexander, who
retired March 28.
• Fort Meade volunteers are honored for
saving the installation $5,401,000 through
their service at the annual Volunteer Award
Ceremony held April 10 in Glen Burnie.
• The 902nd Military Intelligence Group
activates the 752nd MI Battalion, a Reserve
unit with detachments in Georgia, Texas and
California, during a ceremony held April 18 at
Fort Meade. Lt. Col. Anthony Callandrillo is
the battalion’s first commander.
• Contractor Dave Jensen, who served with
the Asymmetric Warfare Group as an opera-
tional advisor until 2013, is awarded the Office
of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Valor
for his actions while deployed to Afghanistan
in 2012.
• Fort Meade garrison leaders and children
break ground on April 18 for two more Child
Development Centers that will be constructed
at the intersection on Ernie Pyle and 5th
streets.
• During a brief ceremony on April 23,
Soldiers of Headquarters and Headquarters
Company, 780th Military Intelligence Brigade
replace the U.S. Army Intelligence Security
Command patch with their own unit shoulder
sleeve insignia.
• The Fort Meade Environmental Division’s
Installation Restoration and Military Muni-
tions Response Program team is presented
with the 2013 Secretary of the Army Environ-
mental Award for Environmental Restorations
in a ceremony held April 23 at the Pavilion.

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PHOTO BY NOAH SCIALOM
Katie, a Sesame Street muppet, greets children during the “Sesame Street/USO
Experience for Military Families,” a 30-minute song and dance extravaganza,
performed May 16 at McGill Training Center. Katie is portrayed by Anja Young, a
former Fort Meade military child.
PHOTO BY NOAH SCIALOM
Soldiers perform onstage in the Army’s Soldier Show presented June 13 at Murphy
Field House. The production paid tribute to “The Star-Spangled Banner” and focused
on core Army values.
Staff Sgt. Danny
Goodwin, Army
3rd Battalion/312th
Regiment, stands
with the regiment’s
colors before the
procession of
Fort Meade’s 28th
Annual Massing
of the Colors and
Memorial Day of
Remembrance
into the Pavilion
on May 18. The
two-hour event
was hosted by the
General George G.
Meade chapter of
the Military Order
of the World Wars
and the Fort Meade
garrison.
PHOTO BY NATE PESCE
MAY
• The USO-Metro’s Operation Boot
Camp, which provides children with first-
hand boot camp experience, is held May 3
on the installation with modified physical
training, an obstacle course, academics
and formation training.
• Brig, Gen. Phillip Churn assumes
command of the 200th Military Police
Command in a change-of-command cere-
mony on May 4 at historic Fort McHenry
in Baltimore during the 200th anniversary
year of the Battle of Baltimore.
• Adm. Michael S. Rogers, commander
of U.S. Cyber Command, director of
the National Security Agency and chief
of the Central Security Service, is grand
marshal of the 28th Annual Massing of
the Colors and Memorial Day Remem-
brance on May 18 at the Pavilion.
• State leaders announce May 19 at
a ceremony in Bethesda that $4 million
in funding will be allocated to expand
Route 175 from four to six lanes and for
design upgrades to the Routes 198 and
295 interchange.
• Fort Meade’s Farmer’s Market, part
of the DoD’s Healthy Base Initiative,
opens May 21 at the Smallwood Hall
parking lot.
• The Battle of the Bulge Historical
Foundation conducts a flag ceremony
May 30 in the Battle of the Bulge Con-
ference Room at the Medal of Honor
Memorial Library to recognize the part-
nership between Belgium, Luxembourg
and the United States in the decades after
the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.
JUNE
• Lt. Gen. David D. Halverson, command-
ing general of Installation Management Com-
mand and assistant chief of staff for Installa-
tion Management, tours the installation June 6
and meets with the garrison’s senior leaders.
• Several generations of service members
come together June 12 at Club Meade to
celebrate the Army’s 239th birthday.
• Fort Meade conducts a mandatory full-
scale training exercise, which tests the instal-
lation’s response force in the event of attack,
on June 17 at Murphy Field House.
• The first three buildings and clubhouse of
the Corvias Military Living’s Reece Crossings
Army residential community, built for unac-
companied, junior service members, opens
June 18.
• The Fort Meade Commissary partici-
pates in the “Your Healthy Lifestyle Festival”
from June 27 to July 6 as part of the DoD’s
Healthy Base Initiative.
• Meade High School begins several con-
struction projects that will add new classroom
and office space. The $4 million project is
scheduled to be completed by August 2015.

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July 2014 Year in Review August
Despite a
thunderstorm
and subsequent
rainfall, Fort
Meade’s “Red,
White and Blue”
Independence
Day celebration
is held July 3
at McGlachlin
Parade Field.
Photo by
Steve Ruark
Photo by Phil Grout
A retirement ceremony and luncheon is held
July 23 for Diana Lynn Durner, Religious
Support Office secretary, after 37 years of
service.
BELOW: Breanna Morton, 3, of Laurel,
explores the inside of an Army Hummer with
her father Pfc. Thomas Morton of the 704th
Military Intelligence Brigade at National
Night Out held Aug. 5 at McGlachlin Parade
Field.
PHOTO BY NATE PESCE
JULY
• Garrison Chaplain (Col.) Warren Kirby
Jr. takes over leadership of the Fort Meade
Religious Support Office.
• New Staff Judge Advocate Lt. Col. Jona-
than E. Cheney arrives, overseeing criminal
law; military justice; procurement and admin-
istrative law; claims; and legal assistance.
• Adm. Michael S. Rogers, commander
of U.S. Cyber Command and director of
the National Security Agency, is the keynote
speaker at Fort Meade’s annual Iftar feast,
breaking the daily fast during Ramadan on
July 11 at Argonne Hills Chapel Center.
• Col. Jennifer G. Buckner, former com-
mander of the 780th Military Intelligence
Brigade, and Command Sgt. Maj. William
Rinehart cut the ribbon to the entrance of
the brigade’s newly constructed headquarters
at 310 Chamberlin Ave. on July 11. The facil-
ity also will serve as the brigade’s operations
center and training facility.
• Col. John J. Bonin takes command of the
902nd Military Intelligence Group from Col.
Yvette C. Hopkins on July 17.
• Col. William J. Hartman assumes leader-
ship of the 780th Military Intelligence Brigade
on July 18 from Col. Jennifer G. Buckner.
Lt. Gen. Edward C. Cardon, commander
of Army Cyber Command, and Maj. Gen.
George J. Franz III, commander of Intelli-
gence and Security Command, presided.
• A letter written by Mamie Eisenhower,
wife of former President Dwight D. Eisenhow-
er, describing the time she and her husband
lived on Camp Meade, is donated July 25 to
the Fort Meade Museum.
• Nearly 50 Fort Meade children and teens
participate in the Missoula Children’s Theatre
production of “Hansel and Gretel”on July 26
during the weeklong theater day camp.
• Audrey Rowe, administrator of the Food
and Nutrition Service of the Department
of Agriculture, and other officials visit Fort
Meade on July 30 as part of National Farmer’s
Market Week and Maryland Farmer’s Market
Week.
•Leadersfromthegarrisonandsurrounding
communities exchange suggestions for mutu-
ally beneficial partnerships during a recent
Partnership Symposium at Club Meade.
AUGUST
• Brig. Gen. Phillip Churn is promoted to
the rank of major general during a morning
formation Aug. 3 in front of the Fort Meade-
based Headquarters and Headquarters Com-
pany, 200th Military Police Command. Churn
picked two of the youngest Reserve Soldiers
in formation to change his rank and assist in
the ceremony.
• Defense Information School alumni
retired Maj. Robert L. Hastings Jr., retired
Air Force Lt. Col. Joseph Wojtecki and Sunny
Anderson, an Air Force veteran, participate
in a panel discussion Aug. 5 as part of the
school’s 50th anniversary Alumni Day event.
• Col. Laura R. Trinkle assumes command
of U.S. Army Medical Activity, Fort Meade,
and Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center
from Col. B.N. Jaghab on Aug. 7.
• As part of the DoD’s Health Base Initia-
tive, the first Cooking Matters Commissary
Tour Challenge is offered Aug. 15 at
the Fort Meade Commissary to educate the
community on buying healthy and affordable
foods.
• Cassandra Franklin is the new chief of
Child, Youth and School Services, returning
to Fort Meade where she worked 13 years ago
as program director for the Child Develop-
ment Center.

September 2014 Year in Review October
Photo by Nate Pesce
Three stained-glass panels, designed to pay tribute to the first responders who died
on Sept. 11, are presented to the Directorate of Emergency Services during the
garrison’s annual 9/11 commemoration. Ray Nichols, a stained-glass artist, explains
the right panel’s design of a police badge. The left panel features the design of a
firefighter helmet, while the center panel includes a piece of metal from the World
Trade Center.
Fathers take their daughters for a spin
on the dance floor during Fort Meade’s
first Father Daughter Ball sponsored
Oct. 4 at Club Meade by the Directorate
of Family and Morale, Welfare and
Recreation. Nearly 300 people attended
the evening event that featured a disc
jockey, magician, photographer, and
dinner and ice-cream sundae buffet.
Photo by Steve Ruark
SEPTEMBER
• The Army activates a Cyber Protection
Brigade at Fort Meade on Sept. 5.
• Fort Meade youth football will be the
first program in Anne Arundel County to
take on USA Football’s “Head’s Up Tack-
ling” program. The initiative is designed to
help teach teams skills to help limit concus-
sions and sports-related injuries.
• Members of the Maryland congres-
sional delegation announce Sept. 9 that the
Maryland Department of Transportation
will be awarded $10 million in federal fund-
ing to widen Route 175 at Fort Meade.
• Fort Meade service members and
other military personnel unfurl a 100-yard
American flag Sept. 13 during University
of Maryland’s Military Appreciation Day
football halftime show. Throughout the
game, UMD honored military personnel
by bringing service members on the field
for the singing of the national anthem,
swearing in UMD ROTC members and
showing Soldiers on the stadium’s Jum-
botron.
• Staff Sgt. Robert Citrullo of the 2nd
Military Working Dog Detachment is pre-
sented with the Army Achievement Award
and Good Conduct Medal on Sept. 18
alongside Uran, a Belgian Malinois mili-
tary working dog that served with him.
Citrullo, who was deployed to Afghanistan
in 2013, was awarded the Bronze Star in
August for “meritorious service in a com-
bat zone.”
OCTOBER
• The Army National Guard’s first cyber
protection team receives its new shoulder
sleeve insignia during a ceremony con-
ducted Oct. 7 at Fort Meade by members
of the U.S. Army Cyber Command/Second
Army.
• An estimated 35,000 registered runners
participate in the 30th Annual Army Ten-
Miler, the second largest 10-mile race in the
U.S., held Oct. 12 in Washington, D.C. The
Fort Meade women’s team places seven of
13 in its division; the men’s team places 16
of 39 in its division.
• Community members gather Oct. 19
for an hourlong worship service to celebrate
the 80th anniversary of the historic Main
Post Chapel. Chaplain (Brig. Gen.) Charles
R. Bailey, deputy chief of chaplains for the
Army, is the guest speaker.
• The Fort Meade garrison hosts the
first Cyber Installation Support Summit
on Oct. 22. The summit’s goal was to
help military and community leaders bet-
ter understand the overall cyber mission
and the requirements needed to support its
ongoing growth.
• Veteran Spc. Class 5/Sgt. Christian
David Bubczyk Sr. is buried Oct. 23 at the
Main Post Cemetery beside his infant son
Jesse Christopher, who was buried in 1955.
Bubczyk is the first person to be buried on
Fort Meade since the 1960s.
• A delegation of federal, state, county
and community leaders gather Oct. 27 at
the Demps Visitor Control Center for a
press conference to announce the allocation
of an additional $30 million in state and
federal formula funding to widen Route
175.
• Phase one of major repairs and renova-
tions to Nathan Hale Hall, former head-
quarters of the 902nd Military Intelligence
Group, is expected to begin within the next
30 to 75 days. The 65,000-square-foot facil-
ity was damaged by a six-alarm fire in 2006.

November 2014 Year in Review December
PHOTO BY PHIL GROUT
Two-year-oldAdelynnHouserofColumbia
cuddles the stuff bear she received at
the Enlisted Spouses’ Clubs’ annual
Children’s Holiday Party held Dec. 6 at
the Youth Center. The event featured a
visit from Santa, Miss Maryland Teen USA
Taylor Dawson and Miss Maryland USA
Mamé Adjei.
Garrison
Command
Sgt. Maj.
Rodwell L.
Forbes shows
his rhythm
while dancing
to the “Cupid
Shuffle” on
Right Arm
Night on
Nov. 7 at
Club Meade.
The country-
themed event
also featured
mechanical
bull riding, a
cow milking
competition
and a “grub”
wagon.
PHOTO BY
PHIL GROUT
Santa welcomes 6-year-old twins Daniel
and Eliana Pringle of Seven Oaks with
open arms at the annual “Breakfast with
Santa Claus” Dec. 13 at the Conference
Center.
PHOTO BY PHIL GROUT
NOVEMBER
• The 16th Intelligence Squadron
is the first Air Force Reserve Classic
Association Squadron to be activated
on Fort Meade.
• The Army and Air Force Exchange
Service’s new food court opens on the
evening of Nov. 7 after nearly two years
of construction.
• Steven W. Cantrell, the master
chief petty officer of the Coast Guard
— the senior most-enlisted person in
the service — made history by visiting
the Defense Information School on
Nov. 19.
• The Exchange opens Nov. 25, just
ahead of Black Friday. A grand opening
celebration of the 88,000-square-foot
facility will be held once construction
on the new parking lot is completed.
• Changes are made to Fort Meade
Regulation 350-1, the policy detailing
protocol for service members, individual
runners and other pedestrians — as
well as motorists — during physical
training hours to help create a safer
installation.
DECEMBER
• Leaders from Installation Manage-
ment Command tour and attend brief-
ings on Fort Meade on Dec. 2 to help
facilitate the transition of the post from
Installation Management Command’s
Central Region to the Atlantic Region.
• The popular “Sound the Bells: A
Holiday Celebration” concert is per-
formed by the U.S. Army Field Band
on Dec. 3 at Arundel High School. It
was the last holiday concert conducted
by Col. Timothy Holtan, former com-
mander and conductor of the Field
Band.
• Retired Sgt. Claude H. Phelps is
finally awarded his Bronze Star Medal
seven decades after fighting in World
War II. Members of the 902nd Mili-
tary Intelligence Group surprised the
94-year-old veteran with a special cer-
emony Dec. 15.
• Fort Meade families attend the
garrison’s annual tree lighting ceremony
Dec. 12 at the gazebo on McGlach-
lin Parade Field. The hourlong event,
which featured Christmas carols and
hot chocolate, was sponsored by the
Religious Support Office and drew more
than 200 community members.
PHOTO BY nate pesce
Col. Jeremy M. Martin, commandant of
the Defense Information School, hands a
glass of sparkling apple cider to a diner
Nov. 27 at the Freedom Inn as part of
Fort Meade’s long-standing tradition of
serving junior-ranked service members
on Thanksgiving.

2014 Year in Review — Sports
photo by nate pesce
Soccer players Marcus Griffin II, 5, and Joseph Duncan, 6, take a break from soccer
practice on April 21. Youth Sports’ largest sport during the spring season was soccer.
Approximately 250 soccer players formed 17 intramural teams and two county
teams.
Baltimore
Orioles
pitcher
Darren O’Day
teaches
Morgan
Gibson how
to throw
a baseball
during a
baseball
clinic held
March 10 at
the Youth
Sports
Complex.
photo by
daniel kucin jr.
photo by steve ruark
Army celebrates its victory over Navy following Fort Meade’s 15th Annual Army vs.
Navy flag football game played Nov. 4 at Mullins Field.
Kenneth Foxworth, 12, gets a T-shirt autographed by Baltimore Ravens wide receiver
Steve Smith Sr. Kenneth, along with 17 other members of the Child, Youth and School
Services’ football program, attended a Ravens practice session Aug. 9 at the Under
Armour Performance Center in Owings Mills.

Joe Bowser,
of the USA
Warriors
hockey team,
maneuvers the
puck during a
hockey game
played March
21 in Laurel.
The team,
comprised of
local retired
and active-
duty service
members
with VA-rated
disabilities,
aims to use
hockey as a
rehabilitation
tool.
photo by
nate pesce
Members of
Fort Meade’s
Highsteppers
Track and
Field team
compete
for spots in
the National
Junior
Olympics
during the
Armed
Forces Track
and Field
Classic held
May 17 at
Meade High
School. Forty
Fort Meade
athletes
qualified for
the National
Junior
Olympics
and won
eight medals
at the
competition.
photo by
steve ruarkPHOTO BY BRANDON BIELTZ
Meade High School’s Cody Edwards wrestles in a match Jan. 31 at home.

Men of
War coach
Roger Corbin
celebrates
his team’s
victory with
his daughter
Rena. Men
of War, Navy
Information
Operations
Command’s
team, defeated
Underestimated,
the 704th
Military
Intelligence
Brigade’s team,
14-7 to win the
Division One
flag football
championship
game played
Nov. 20 at
Mullins Field.
photo by
senior airman
kel rapisora
Fort Meade’s 2014
intramural champions
Basketball
Division I: 22nd Intelligence Squadron’s
Shooting Stars
Division II: Naval Information
Operations Command’s Heat
Volleyball
70 Operations Support System’s
Knight Stalkers
Softball
Division I: 7th Intelligence Squadron
Division II: Department of Defense
Field Activity Research
Football
Division I: Navy Information Operations
Command’s Men of War
Division II: 704th Military Intelligence
Brigade (B)
photo by nate pesce
Amber Reid and Thomas Moore of the 70th Operations Support Squadron prepare
to return the ball during an intramural volleyball game held May 5 against the 741st
Military Intelligence Battalion. The 70th OSS went undefeated, finishing the season
with a 15-0 record.
Navy Information
Operations
Command’s
pitcher Dayton
Frank releases
a pitch during
the post
intramural softball
championship
game against DoD
Field Research
Activity held July
30. DoDFRA beat
NIOC, 11-9, for the
championship win.
photo by
noah scialom
Surrounded by defenders, Public
Health’s Jason Dickerson goes up
for a jump shot during an intramural
basketball game held Jan. 13 at Murphy
Field House.
photo by nate pesce

photo by noah scialom photo by steve ruark
TOP LEFT: Tyler
Ricks shoots during a
basketball game played
Jan. 25 at the Youth
Center.
TOP RIGHT: Fort Meade
Cougars football player
Justice Blakeman, 8,
practices “Heads Up
Tackling” with Ravens
defensive tackle
Brandon Williams at the
Baltimore Ravens’ NFL
Play 60 Clinic held Nov.
3 at the Youth Sports
Complex.
LEFT: Hayle Mann, 5,
practices holding her
flag before the Baltimore
Orioles Opening Day
ceremony March 31 at
Oriole Park at Camden
Yards. Eighty Fort Meade
children paraded onto
the field, waving flags.

Ray Rice, Michael Phelps, Adrian Peter-
son … The list of athletes who would end
up on Santa’s naughty list for 2014 would
stretch as long as the line of cars trying to
get in through the Reece Road gate most
mornings.
But make no mistake, Jabber Nation.
Santa’s nice list for 2014 was much longer,
even if those on it received a lot less publicity.
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Here are a few examples:
The Oakland Raiders may be known as
the bad boys of football. In their heyday, it
was because of how they destroyed opposi-
tion. Today, it is because the Raiders are just
a bad team.
But second-year offensive lineman Mene-
lik Watson proved at least one member of
the “Silver and Black” has a heart of gold.
Menelik, a second-year pro, recently gave
his game check (roughly $18,000) to the
family of 4-year-old Ava Urerra. Ava suffers
from hypoplastic left heart syndrome and
according to the story, had gone through
14 separate procedures before Fox Sports
reporter Jay Glazer arranged for Ava to visit
her favorite football team.
The Raiders brought her to practice, gave
her some gifts and even made her honorary
captain. Then, the offensive lineman from
Manchester, England, presented Ava’s dad
his game check because he wanted the girl
to have the “the greatest holiday.” yhoo.
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To put Menelik’s charity into financial
terms, the game check represented roughly
6 percent of his total salary for the year. To
put it another way, the man put his money
where his heart is.
When George Steinbrenner ran the New
York Yankees, his team was often referred to
as “The Evil Empire” because of how they
would do anything to win. Steinbrenner,
who became famous for firing managers
at the drop of a hat, didn’t help his image.
But more than four years after his death,
the man known in baseball circles as “The
Boss” continues to help people when they
need it the most.
By now we all know of the horrendous
murder of two New York City Police officers
five days before Christmas. What you might
not know is that one of the officers, Rafael
Ramos, has two sons, a 13-year-old and a
college student.
Nothing will replace the loss and pain
Ramos’ family is feeling. But thanks to
the Silver Shield Foundation, which Stein-
brenner founded
32 years ago,
those boys will
have their college
tuition paid for.
Menelik and
Steinbrenner are
not the only sports
figures who give
back. You can’t
listen to an inter-
view on sports talk
radio without hearing about the great work
an athlete has done in the community. But
it is not just the players.
The three major professional sports
leagues in America - the National Football
League, Major League Baseball and the
National Basketball Association - each have
charitable organizations that give more than
$100 million to various charities.
More than money, athletes and teams also
gave their time in 2014.
Team Meade knows this firsthand.
Besides giving us 500 tickets to every Sun-
day home game during the regular season,
the Baltimore Orioles have spent plenty of
time and resources giving back to our com-
munity. They opened up Camden Yards and
gave more than 50 of our children a once-
in-a-lifetime opportunity on Opening Day.
Then the team came to our park this sum-
mer when five members of the team helped
christen our new Youth Sports Complex by
hosting a clinic for CYSS athletes.
Not to be outdone, a handful of Balti-
more Ravens took time out of their week
to host its Play 60 event on Fort Meade for
more than 150 of our children — one of five
community events the Ravens had scheduled
for that week. The team also hosted several
service members and their families at prac-
tices and games throughout the season.
It would take a year’s worth of Jibbers
to outline every act of kindness and charity
performed by professional athletes — scores
of column inches I’m not willing to sacrifice
because who doesn’t love writing about how
Ohio stinks, the Eagles collapsing, and yes,
even the scandals?
But, sometimes, highlighting the good
does the body good by making the bad more
palatable.
See you in 2015, but until then ...
If you have comments on this or anything
to do with sports, contact me at chad.t.jones.
civ@mail.mil, or hit me up on Twitter @
CTJibber.
More nice than naughty
Chad T. Jones,
Public Affairs
Officer
Jibber Jabber - Opinion
photo by noah scialom
Garrison Commander Col. Brian P. Foley leads the Joint Sexual Assault Awareness
Day of Action Community Run through Heritage Park on April 4.
The Oriole Bird, the Baltimore Orioles’ mascot, jokes with Fort Meade service
members during the Baltimore Orioles’ Military Appreciation Day held May 25 at Oriole
Park at Camden Yards. More than 37,000 baseball fans attended the game, which
featured Fort Meade service members in the pregame events.

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