An observance for Asian Pacific Islander Month will be held May 20 from 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at the Aegis Auditorium. Guest speaker will be Mr. Kenneth Shu, Regional Director and Administrative Judge, Equal Opportunity Commission. All are invited to attend!
Dahlgren Industry Day and Small Business Fair
The 17th Annual NSF Dahlgren Industry Day and Small Business Opportunities Fair will be held on Wednesday, May 21, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Parade Field. The theme for this year's event is “The Way Ahead for Aegis and Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense.“
Highlights for this year’s Industry Day include a keynote address by Scott Perry, director of strategic planning, communication and alignment for the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense program. Also available to attendees:
Information on warfare systems modernization initiatives.
Contracting opportunities related to Aegis and Aegis BMD.
Opportunities for 1-on-1 discussions with leaders of Dahlgren departments and tenants.
65+ Vendor Technology Exposition- FREE to all base personnel.
For more information and to register as an attendee or exhibitor, please visit www.ncsi.com.
Weight Watchers At Work
Weight Watchers at Work is held every Wednesday at the Chapel Annex at 11 a.m. To register or for more information, please contact Darlene Keating at (540) 653-7993.
DAHLGREN ANDINDIAN HEAD
Graduation Pictures Wanted!
High school and college graduates who are dependents of military personnel and civilian employees at Naval Support Facility (NSF) Indian Head, NSF Dahlgren and NSF Andrews Air Force Base will be featured in an upcoming special edition of the South Potomac Pilot. If you have a child that is graduating from high school, trade school or college, you are invited to submit a photo of your grad!
In addition, military and civilian personnel graduating from an academic institution in 2008 are also invited to submit photos, along with graduate's name, name of the school from which they graduated and the degree earned.
Photos can be submitted electronically or hard copy photos can be delivered to sites at Dahlgren and Indian Head. Digital images should be at a resolution of at least 300 dpi and no smaller than 2-by-3 inches, and should be e-mailed as stand-alone attachments (not embedded in a Word or PowerPoint document). All submissions must include the graduate's name, school, prospective college if applicable, and type of degree if applicable. Please also include your name, command and organizational code, a contact phone number, and your relationship to the graduate. All photos that are not submitted electronically need to be picked up no later than June 29.
Photos can be submitted electronically to jeron.hayes@navy.mil, or hard copy photos can be dropped off at NSF Dahlgren in the Public Affairs Office, Bldg. 101, Room 109, or at NSF Indian Head, Bldg. 1601⁄downstairs with Gerri Hall.
The deadline for submitting photos is 2 p.m. on Wednesday, June 4. Please contact me with any questions at (540) 284-0129 or DSN 234-0129. We look forward to recognizing your graduates and congratulating them on a job well done!
INDIAN HEAD
Bike to Work Day
Plan to participate in this year’s Bike to Work Day, Friday, May 16 from 7 a.m. – Noon at the Village Green Pavilion in Indian Head. Join thousands of area commuters for a celebration of bicycling as a clean, fun and healthy way to get to work! Meet up with your neighbors at the Indian Head pit stop located at the Village Green Pavilion, open from 7 a.m. to noon. Enjoy displays, presentations, free food, and more! Register in advance by going to the attached link and you will receive a FREE t-shirt! Visit http:⁄⁄www.waba.org⁄events⁄btwd⁄index.php to register.
Navy College OfficeRepresentative
A representative of the Navy College Office will be in the MWR gym office on the second and fourth Thursday of each month from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Tricare Customer Service
Questions about your Tricare health benefits? Visit Andrea Frye at the IH Branch Medical Clinic who can help Tricare beneficiaries with enrollment, claims, referral and authorization questions. Contact Andrea at (301) 744-4686, or visit Monday – Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m., and Friday, 7:30 a.m. – noon.
Energetic Toastmasters
The Indian Head “Energetic“ Toastmasters Club 3173, a member of Toastmasters International, meets the first and third Wednesday of every month at 11:30. Visitors are always welcome. Meetings last an hour and guests may bring their lunches. Contact Dee Dee Pettersen on (301) 744-6505 for details about Indian Head's Energetic Toastmasters Club.
To have information about your event or meeting announced in ‘‘Base Happenings,” call or email the Naval Support Activity South Potomac Public Affairs Office at (540) 284-0129 or jeron.hayes@navy.mil.
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