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on the draft, what the federal law says, and his role in 

increasing public awareness and understanding of Selective 

Service System.

District of Columbia Mayor Proclaims May 

2005 as Selective Service Month

Pacifist Churches Visit SSS Pg. 2 

Outreach Focus Pg. 3

News From the Front Pg. 4

Washington Post Live Pg. 8

Supporting public service and patriotic duty, Mayor 

Anthony Williams signed a proclamation designating 

May 2005 as Selective Service Month in the District of 

Columbia to remind young men of their legal obligation to 

register and to commend those who have already registered 

with Selective Service System. He invited Director William 

Chatfield and officials from the Washington, D.C. area to 

join him in the presentation of the proclamation at a press 

conference. 

On May 11, 2005, Director Chatfield along with Chief of 

Staff Ernest Garcia and Mr. Alfred Turner, of Financial 

Management, joined the District of Columbia State Director 

Dr. Margaret Labat; Col. Herb Tillery, Chief of Procurement 

for the Mayor’s Office; Mr. Kerwin Miller, Director of 

Veterans Affairs for D.C.; Lt. Col. Joe Nickens, ROTC 

for D.C. Public Schools; and Lt. Col. Tom Washington, 

Reserve Force Officer for D.C., at the Mayor’s Weekly 

Press Briefing, recorded live in the John A. Wilson Building 

Press Briefing Room. 

Mayor Williams asked Director Chatfield to come forward 

to receive his signed and framed proclamation. Director 

Chatfield then briefed the audience and viewers on the 

Selective Service System mission and encouraged all 

of D.C. to continue to educate young men of their legal 

obligation to register. Reporters from the news media asked 

Director Chatfield questions regarding the public fear of 

returning to the draft, the consequences of not registering, 

and why women weren’t required to register. Answering 

each question with direct and precise response, Director 

Chatfield clarified the current Administration’s position 

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D.C. PROCLAMATION — Mayor Anthony Williams proudly presents 

to Director William Chatfield a proclamation designating May 2005 

as Selective Service Month in the District of Columbia.
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Pacifist Churches Visit National Headquarters

With recent publicity in the media about the military 

not fulfilling their recruiting quota, Selective Service 

System officials at National Headquarters have been 

visited by members of pacifist churches representing the 

Old German Baptist Brethren and the Mennonites. These 

pacifists were hoping to a get heads up of a potential draft 

in addition to better understand the role of conscientious 

objectors so they may plan and prepare the young men 

in their community for alternative service in the event a 

draft were to take place.

On May 13, six members of the Old German Brethren 

were briefed by Deputy Director Eric Benson on the SSS

As Conscientious Objectors, Pacifists Seek to Better Understand Alternative Service 

current Administration’s position regarding the draft and 

what Selective Service does, followed by presentations 

by Mr. Richard Flahavan, Associate Director for Public 

and Intergovernmental Affairs, and Ms. Cassandra 

Costley, head of the Alternative Service Division. The 

meeting lasted just under four hours with all questions 

and issues addressed.

Three weeks later, on June 7, six Mennonite leaders 

visited National Headquarters with similar questions 

and concerns. Mr. Flahavan, Ms. Costley, and Mr. 

Gustav Jakowitsch, a policy analyst in Mobilization, 

briefed the guests.

VISITS BY PACIFISTS — Members of pacifist churches traveled to National Headquarters with questions about looming fears of a draft and to 

learn more about alternative service. Below: Ms. Cassandra Costley (far right), listens to Mr. Flahavan’s briefing to the Mennonites.
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Outreach Efforts Focus on SSS Registration

Local Board Continuation Training Group Meets in Ohio

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In early June, Director William Chatfield traveled to 

Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands with a mission, asking 

the local leaders for their support in bringing up the 

Selective Service registration compliance to 100%. Mr. 

Willie Blanding, Associate Director for Mobilization, from 

National Headquarters, and Mr. Keith Scragg, Region II 

Director joined Director Chatfield on his meetings with 

top officials.

Director Travels to Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands to Seek Support in Boosting 

Selective Service Registrations

MAKING THE ROUNDS— Selective Service officials visit Puerto Rico’s Adjutant General, Brig. Gen. Francisco Marquez, the military 

officer in charge of Puerto Rico’s National Guard. Director William Chatfield asked for the general’s support to improve low registration 

compliance in Puerto Rico and to increase staffing at Selective Service National Guard detachment in Puerto Rico. Above, from left to 

right are Lt. Col. Mario Morales, Puerto Rico’s Army National Guard Commander for Detachment 2; Mr. Keith Scragg, Selective Service 

Region II Director; Selective Service Director Chatfield; Brig. Gen. Marquez; Mr. Walter Perales-Reyes, State Director for Puerto Rico; 

and Mr. Willie Blanding, Selective Service Associate Director for Mobilization.

Left: Director Chatfield explains the benefits associated with Selective 

Service registration to Ms. Maria Soto, a legislative aide for Federal 

Affairs to Puerto Rico Governor Anibal Acevedo.

TRAINING SESSION — Army Guard Officers support Selective 

Service Local Board Continuation Training in Van Wert, Ohio. 

Reserve Force Officers, Lt. Col. Brad Willette (left) and Maj. Ryan 

Ruehle (right and below) led the continuation training session. Maj. 

Ruehle role played as “Dr. Mark Weller,” dressed in a white lab 

coat, wearing stethoscope around his neck and a name tag claiming 

a 2-AM reclassification, which classified him as a medical specialist 

deferred because of critical community need involving patient care. 

His presentation was a classic example used in training.
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Photos From RFOs Deployed to Iraq

EDITOR’S NOTE: To date, over 20 Reserve Force Officers 

(RFOs) have been deployed overseas. Many photos were 

passed along by an RFO deployed in Iraq. The photos on 

this page of various Baghdad sites and a Baghdad hotel, 

were taken in November and December 2004. It was noted 

that not all sites were totally destroyed by the war and 

the Iraqis are in the process of restoring their national 

landmarks. Lt. Col. Edward Strosky, serving Joint Area 

Support Group-Central, from the Buffalo Detachment, 

also forwarded photos taken March 18, 2005, of Iraq’s 

version of the “Tomb of the Unknown Soldier” on the 

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The Iraqi Monument of the Unknown Soldier is said to be inspired 

by the glorification of a martyr from the Iran-Iraq war. Global 

Security’s Web site describes the monument as what looks like, to 

many, a flying saucer frozen in mid-flight, representing a traditional 

shield dropping from the dying grasp of an Iraqi warrior. The 

monument also houses an underground museum. The artificial 

hill is shaped like a low, truncated cone of 250 meters in diameter. 

It is surrounded by slanting girders of triangular section that are 

covered with marble. Red granite, stepped platforms of elliptical 

form lead to the dome and cubic sculpture. The steel flagpole is 

entirely covered with Murano glass panels fixed on stainless-steel 

arms and displaying the national flag colors. The cantilevered dome 

is 42 meters in diameter and follows an inclination of 12 degrees. 

Its external surface is cladded with copper, while its inner surface 

features a soffit finished with pyramidal modules, alternating in 

steel and copper. The promenade is covered by a semi-circular, flat 

roof supported on a triangular steel bracing. The roof is covered 

with a copper sheet, and the soffit displays V-shaped panels of 

stainless steel and Murano glass.

Monument of the Unknown Soldier

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According to a Web-based encyclopedia, 

the origin of the “Tomb of the Unknown 

Soldier” evolved from World War I. A huge 

number of soldiers died during this war 

without their remains being identified, which 

then led to the practice for nations to have 

a symbolic Tomb of the Unknown Soldier 

that represented those unidentified soldiers. 

These tombs are also used to commemorate 

the unidentified fallen of later wars. In Iraq, 

such tomb, the Monument of the Unknown 

Soldier, was built in 1982, signifying one of 

the later monuments to be erected honoring a 

fallen unknown soldier. 
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Outreach Efforts (cont. from pg. 3) 

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TEST GROUP — Marty McGough, right, researcher for Widmeyer 

Communications, watches the reactions of young men to a Selective Service 

video during a Boston focus group meeting.

OUTREACH IN ACTION — Above, Nevada State Director 

Billy G. McCoy, center, explains the Selective Service mission 

to David Mansfield, right, of Youth with a Mission in Las Vegas. 

Marie Jones, left foreground, of Mobilization, and Anne Marek 

of Widmeyer Communications also attended the meeting.

EXPANDING PUBLIC AWARENESS — The “Alpha” outreach 

team in Boston was led by PIA’s Pat Schuback, above, left, 

talking to Regala Gonzalez of League of United Latin American 

Citizens (LULAC); and Widmeyer Communications’ Scott Ward, 

left, pictured with Carrie Tang of World Chinese Daily.
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In April 2005, Kansas board member, Mr. 

Kip Kubin, and California board member, 

Mr. Glenn Sprott, were presented 

Certificate of Appreciation for 20 years of 

service with the Agency.

Board Members Honored For Service

Status of State Driver’s License Legislation

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CALIFORNIA – On April 8, 2005, Mr. Glenn Sprott received a Certificate of 

Appreciation in recognition of serving 20 years as a board member from Maj. 

Reynaldo Pulido, a Reserve Force Officer for the CA 3-2 Detachment. Shown here, 

from left to right, are Maj. Pulido; Mr. Sprott; Mr. Sprott’s son, Malcolm Sprott; and 

State Resource Volunteer Chief Warrant Officer 2nd Class Paul Gedling.

KANSAS – In the photo above, former Kansas State 

Director, currently Chief of Staff for Selective Service, 

Mr. Ernie Garcia, presented the 20-year Certificate 

of Appreciation to Mr. Kip Kubin on April 2, 2005, 

during an Initial Board Member Training session held 

in Kansas City, MO. Mr. Kubin is shown here (holding 

his certificate) with his family in attendance, standing 

beside former State Director Garcia.

Board Members Receive 

20-Year Certificate of 

Appreciation

As of April 15, 2005, 34 states, three territories, and 

the District of Columbia have enacted driver’s license 

laws supporting Selective Service registration. They 

are: (1) Enacted and Implemented — Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, 

Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, 

New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, 

Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern 

Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, and the District 

of Columbia; (2) Enacted But Not Yet Implemented 

— Maryland, Minnesota, and Montana.

Did you know . . .
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New Employees to National Headquarters

Mr. Dick Flahavan, Associate Director of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs, instructs Jennifer Burke on answering the 

Agency’s mailbox. 

Marion Hines is new Supervisor of the Human Resources Division

Marion Hines was appointed as the Agency’s Supervisor 

of Human Resources Division on March 20, 2005. In this 

capacity, Mr. Hines is principal advisor to the Agency’s 

Human Resources Officer, Ms. Verona Ballard, and is 

responsible for the day-to-day activities of the Human 

Resources Staff. He acts on all matters pertaining to 

procedural and processing of personnel actions to include 

providing expert human resources advisory service to midlevel and senior management; making recommendations 

on agency position management; performing position 

classifications, staffing and placement, training and 

development, and employee relations along with many 

other human resources related activities.

Previously, Mr. Hines served as a human resources 

specialist, principally responsible for staffing and 

classification at the Uniformed Services University of 

the Health Sciences at Bethesda, MD. In addition, Mr. 

Hines is an adjunct instructor at Park University, teaching 

undergraduate-level courses in the field of management 

and human resources management.

Mr. Hines is a 26-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force. 

His honorable service included 13 permanent party 

assignments that took him from coast to coast in the 

continental United States, as well as assignments in the 

Atlantic and the Pacific theaters.

Jennifer Burke is new to the Public and Intergovernmental Affairs Staff

New to Selective Service System is Jennifer Burke, 

who succeeds Alyce Teel-Burton in the Public and 

Intergovernmental Affairs Directorate at National 

Headquarters. She comes to SSS from the Naval 

Research Laboratory (NRL), the Navy’s corporate 

laboratory located in southwest Washington, DC, with 

22 years of Federal Service.

Jennifer was the editor of the in-house, biweekly 

newsletter for NRL, a position she held for over 10 

years. She brings with her a vast knowledge of and 

experience in desktop publishing and visual/layout 

design, using various computer platforms.

She began working at the Laboratory in November 

1984, as a computer programmer writing user-interface 

code for a series of fluid dynamics programs. Shortly 

thereafter, she worked in the Central Computing Facility 

as the electronic help desk “expert,” and later transferred 

to the publications group coordinating the annual NRL 

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Born in Huntsville, AL, Mr. Hines is a graduate of 

S.R. Butler High School. He completed an associate 

of arts degree in logistics management from the 

Community College of the Air Force; he is a graduate 

of Park University with a bachelor of science degree 

in management/human resources. He also earned 

a master’s degree in management from Troy State 

University.

New at National Headquarters

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Selective Service’s 2003 Annual Report Wins 

Top Communicator Award

On April 19, 2005, Selective 

Service was notified by 

Communicator Awards that the 

“Annual Report to Congress 

FY 2003” won the 2005 Crystal 

Award of Excellence in the annual 

report / government category. In 

addition, Selective Service’s ad 

entry, “Citizens Helping Heroes 

– An Inaugural Event,” won an 

Honorable Mention.

The Communicator Awards is an 

international awards competition 

that recognizes outstanding work 

in the communication field. 

Entries are judged by industry 

professionals who look for 

companies and individuals whose 

talents exceed a high standard 

of excellence and whose work 

serves as a benchmark for the 

industry. Over 5,000 entries 

from throughout the United States and several foreign 

countries were submitted in the Communicator Awards 

2005 Print Media competition.

The Communicator’s prestigious Award of Excellence 

is presented to those entrants whose ability to 

communicate places them among the best in the field. 

About 13 percent of the entries won this award. The 

2005 Crystal Award of Excellence winners are listed on 

the Communicator’s web site at www.communicatorawards.com.

Winners come from advertising and public relations 

agencies, corporate communications departments, 

educational institutions, government entities, 

designers, writers, video production professionals, 

broadcast and cable operations, and other businesses 

and individuals throughout the country.

(cont. from pg. 8) 

Marion Hines — Jennifer Burke —

Fact Book, as well as a variety of brochures. Jennifer 

was detailed to the Public Affairs Office at the Lab to 

fill the position of the previous editor.

Jennifer graduated from George Washington University 

in 1984, with a bachelor of business administration 

degree in management information science.

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WINNING TEAM — From left to right, Laurie Zaleski, Alyce Teel Burton, and Neal 

Dallmer during a press sheet inspection for the Annual Report to Congress.

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The Register is an unofficial publication of the Selective 

Service System, National Headquarters, Arlington, VA 22209. 

Viewpoints herein do not represent official policy. 

Editor: Jennifer Burke, Layout/Design: Laurie Zaleski and 

Neal Dallmer.

The Register welcomes any news of interest to the Selective 

Service System employees. Send article submissions to 

Editor, The Register, Selective Service System, National 

Headquarters, Arlington, VA 22209-2425. 

Selective Service personnel, along with any accompanying 

photos or visuals. I plan to get our newsletter posted on our 

web site on a bimonthly basis. I am truly honored to be 

working with all of you at Selective Service. Everyone I 

have met to date has been very helpful and gracious in 

welcoming me aboard.

New at National Headquarters

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Born with a severe hearing loss, Jennifer’s residual 

hearing eventually dropped to the point where hearing 

aids were no longer sufficient. Jennifer was then 

implanted with a cochlear device in early 1990. She is 

deaf, but with her implant she can hear normal speech. In 

addition, she has to read lips to supplement her hearing 

and speaks very well. Jennifer converses easily on a oneon-one basis; however, she does not use the telephone 

to communicate. She uses e-mail to communicate with 

those outside of her office. You can contact Jennifer at 

Jennifer.Burke@sss.gov.

On March 21, 2005, I began my first day at National 

Headquarters after working at the Naval Research 

Laboratory for over 20 years. I am very excited to be 

working with fellow employees at Selective Service 

System, here at the Headquarters and in the region 

offices. Since one of my assignments is coordinating our 

in-house newsletter, I encourage everyone to share with 

me any stories or articles that would be of interest to other 

(cont. from pg. 9) 

Days ahead to remember:

Memorial Day, May 30

Flag Day, June 14th

Father’s Day, June 19

First Day of Summer, June 21

Personal note from Jennifer Burke —