Volume 5, Issue 11 n August 30, 2010

www.usuhs.mil

The Official USU Newsletter

This inaugural issue of 

“USU Faculty Connect” begins on page 5.
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If USU is to serve as the educational center of the 

Military Health System (MHS), we need a full cadre of 

dedicated and talented clinical faculty. 

It is critical that we optimize communications with 

our thousands of non-billeted faculty stationed at 

military treatment facilities around the United States 

and deployed worldwide. 

The inaugural issue of USU Faculty Connect included 

in this edition of The Pulse is an additional way to 

convey information about the resources and individuals who can appropriately recognize and reward the 

hundreds of dedicated clinical faculty who serve USU throughout the MHS. 

It is my hope that improved communication from USU’s home campus 

to all of our teaching facilities will facilitate improved collaborations in our 

education and research efforts. I encourage you to read and enjoy this first 

issue of USU Faculty Connect.

On the cover

A fourth year medical student works to 

to fill supply “orders” during the 2010 

Bushmaster field training exercises. 

(See story page 3)

Photo by Sharon Willis

Sharon Willis

Acting Vice President for External 

Affairs and Managing Editor

Ken Frager

Public Affairs Specialist

Staff Sgt. Matthew Rosine

Production Editor

MC1 Chad Hallford

Writer

Christine Creenan-Jones

Contributing Writer

Lori Fields

Layout and Design

Production

Editorial content is edited, prepared 

and provided by the USU Office of 

External Affairs unless otherwise 

indicated. The Pulse staff may 

include or exclude articles based 

upon news value, impact on the 

university and space availability.

Submissions

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deadline for submissions is at 4 p.m. 

Tuesday prior to the publication 

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calling 301-295-0895.

USU Presents Faculty Connect

by Charles L. Rice, M.D., President, USU

Photo by Thomas Balfour

Courtesty Photo

Capt. Lynn Welling (USU SoM, ’89) assumed command of Naval Hospital Jacksonville July 29, relieving Capt. Bruce Gillingham (USU SoM, ’86), an 

orthopedic surgeon, who heads to Hawaii to become Fleet Surgeon for the U.S. 

Pacific Fleet. 

More than 400 staff and guests attended the ceremony, which featured speakers including Deputy Surgeon General, Vice Chief, Bureau of Medicine and 

Surgery Rear Adm. Thomas Cullison and Commander, Navy Medicine East and 

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Va., Rear Adm. “Mike” Stocks. 

Welling, a former naval aviator who flew the A-7 Corsair from the USS 

Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), now an emergency medicine doctor, returned 

in May 2010 from his deployment as Commanding Officer, Expeditionary 

Medical Facility (EMF) Kuwait. 

Prior to his taking the helm at Naval Hospital Jacksonville in August 2008, 

Gillingham was Deputy Commander, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. He 

also served as USU’s Associate Orthopaedic Residency Program Director for six 

years and as an assistant professor of surgery.

USU Alumnus takes helm at Naval Hospital
August 30, 2010 3

When the chips were down, the payout was success

by Ken Frager

Orientation with a twist

by MC1 Chad Hallford

USU’s incoming medical students 

were “initiated” to the University with 

a revamped orientation, likely unique 

to any other medical school.

Described as “team-building,” the 

new first-year medical student orientation included an obstacle course, 

knot training and “leading each other 

around blindly.”

These activities, designed by 

current second-year students, served 

as “get to know” exercises that also 

were intended to be fun.

“It was a way to start team-building, leadership training, encourage 

small group discussions and start the 

process of developing officership,” 

said Navy company commander, Cdr. 

René Hernandéz.

“We heard from previous classes 

that the zeal with which many new 

students entered the school was not 

used effectively, which led to classes 

missing opportunities to build 

camaraderie.” These missed opportunities delayed the ability of prior 

classes to establish comfort levels 

with their cross-service colleagues 

until much later in the curriculum.

“This second-year class wanted to 

be mentors,” said Hernandéz. “They 

wanted to extend that arm of invitation and encourage the incoming 

students as they start medical school. 

Whether it was successful in the 

long-term remains to be seen, but it 

was an enjoyable exercise.”

Photo by MC1 Chad Hallford

Anyone with ties to the Uniformed 

Services University of the Health Sciences 

(USU) knows the signature field training exercises, Operations Kerkesner and 

Bushmaster, are key differentiators from 

other medical schools. 

The primary mission of these exercises 

has been to provide “real life” exposure 

to the realities of battlefield medicine. In 

fact, Dr. Jay Sanford, the first dean of the 

F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, 

directed the school’s faculty to test the 

ability of the students to meet the second 

element of this educational objective. 

He envisioned this exercise not 

as “field training,” but as a “graduate 

level educational laboratory experience conducted in the field” during the 

senior year of medical school.

“Bushmaster and Kerkesner are 

events that medical students, when they 

graduate and move on to their military 

careers, reflect back on and realize that 

they really took away some good information,” said Army Lt. Col. (Dr.) Justin 

Woodson, co-director of this year’s 

exercise and assistant professor in the 

Department of Military and Emergency 

Medicine. “But, they also will realize 

that their exposure was only a fraction 

of what they actually needed. Students 

are exposed not just to providing 

advanced life support in a field environment, but to establishing systems for 

improving patient movement.”

Woodson and his colleagues, Army 

Lt. Col. James Schwartz and Army Lt. 

Col. (Dr.) Cliff Lutz, wanted to add 

some additional realism to the exercises 

and place more of a focus on logistics for this year’s participants. So they 

constructed a plan that, according to 

the initial feedback, added a valuable 

missing element to the training.

“Logistics in the field can make or 

break you,” said Woodson. “You are 

only as good as the equipment you 

have available when the injured service 

members arrive and especially during 

an actual deployment, equipment and 

supplies are usually very limited.”

The planning team constructed a 

system using poker chips that could 

be used to signify specific supplies, 

medications and equipment. 

Each field hospital started an 

exercise with a medlog of 50 items, 

ranging from tourniquets to medications to catheters. A supply officer 

Photo by Sharon Willis

Two USU MS4 students inventory “supplies”—poker chips that were used during this year’s 

Bushmaster exercise. The chips represented specific supplies and medications, which added a new 

“reality” for the students. 

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Cruder, Oakley named USU Junior, 

Senior Employees of the Quarter 

by Staff Sgt. Matthew Rosine 

The USU recently named two of its 

outstanding civilians as the Junior and 

Senior Employees of the Quarter.

Alonzo Cruder, a program 

support assistant with the USU 

Department of Pharmacology, was 

named the Junior Employee of 

the Quarter. 

Kevin Oakley, a research biologist 

with the USU Department of Pediatrics, was named the Senior Employee 

of the Quarter. 

These awards were based on their 

outstanding support and excellent 

service of the USU mission. 

Cruder, who has been with the 

pharmacology department for seven 

years, is a diligent professional as 

seen in his support of the Medical 

Pharmacology course. Cruder serves 

as the course administrator—organizing instructional materials, preparing 

student exams and recording grades 

in a thorough and timely manner. 

Over the past year, the Junior 

Employee of the Quarter has been 

exceptionally outstanding with his 

efforts to guarantee all academic and 

administrative deadlines are met as 

well as arranging the schedule for 

Alonzo Cruder Kevin Oakley

Photo by Thomas Balfour Photo by Thomas Balfour

outside speakers to visit the University. 

Cruder ensured every guest speaker’s 

needs were professionally handled 

including appropriate base access and 

reserved parking. 

He also guaranteed the flawless 

execution of small group quiz grading, 

coordinating with MDL for academic 

room scheduling and scheduling 

changes as well as critical support for 

approximately 30 Graduate School of 

Nursing SRNA students to participate 

in the first 75 percent of the Medical 

Pharmacology course. 

“During the past year, Mr. Cruder 

has performed far above what would 

be considered outstanding,” said 

Jeffrey Harmon, Ph.D., Department of 

Pharmacology professor and chair. “I 

would not trade him for any two other 

USUHS staff members.” 

Oakley, who has three years experience in the department, provided his 

incredible commitment and experience toward ensuring excellence 

throughout the department. His 

tremendous efforts can clearly be seen 

in his superior ability to multitask as 

he supported two different laboratories in pediatrics. His support was 

even more critical because during this 

time the department was undergoing 

a temporary personnel shortage over a 

six month period. 

During one of these projects, 

Oakley’s efforts led to the identification of several critical gene 

downstream of a novel oncogene in 

leukemia. His findings resulted in 

a publication and in help designing better therapies for treating this 

disease that can affect both children 

and adults. 

As part of his efforts on a different 

assignment, Oakley single-handedly 

maintained a colony of more than 150 

cages of 500 transgenic mice. These 

mice contained extra genetic material 

integrated into their cells making 

them useful models for the study of 

human diseases. 

The Senior Employee of the 

Quarter’s daily responsibilities 

included genotyping, weaning 

litters and managing mouse 

pedigree databases. 

“Over the years, Mr. Oakley has 

consistently exceeded expectations with a job performance that 

surpasses that of an average laboratory technician,” said Yang “Dennis” 

Du, Ph.D., Pediatrics assistant 

professor. Oakley was also instrumental in obtaining preliminary data 

for a successful RO1 grant application for Dr. Du’s research. This is 

the first RO1 grant ever awarded in 

the USU Department of Pediatrics. 

“Besides carrying out experiments 

assigned to him in a timely fashion 

with high quality, he is always eager 

to learn about the science behind 

the experiments and to participate 

in presenting scientic articles in the 

departmental journal club,” said Du. 

Mr. Oakley has become an essential 

member of the research program in 

the Department of Pediatrics and has 

contributed greatly to its success.” 
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One of the keys 

to our successful 

clinical education efforts are 

the thousands of 

hours of volunteer work done 

by USU School 

of Medicine 

faculty stationed at the more than 25 

military treatment facilities utilized 

for our third- and fourth-year 

medical student rotations. Enhanced 

Photo by Thomas Balfour

communication is critical to improve 

the relationship between the School of 

Medicine and its non-billeted faculty. 

For this reason, I established the 

new Office of the Associate Dean 

for Faculty to serve as the liaison 

for communication and problemsolving between the home campus 

here in Bethesda, Maryland and 

each of your hospitals. I encourage you to contact your “home” 

academic department at USU or Dr. 

Brian Reamy, the Associate Dean 

Office of the Associate Dean for Faculty Established

by Larry W. Laughlin, M.D., Ph.D. 

Dean, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine

for Faculty, for any questions or 

concerns that you have about issues 

related to your role as a faculty 

member of the School of Medicine. I 

hope that each of you feels welcome 

and stops by the campus if you are in 

Bethesda or meets with me or any of 

the billeted USU faculty during our 

site visits throughout the academic 

year. I thank you for all of the expert 

work that you do on behalf of our 

students, residents, fellows and all of 

our DoD beneficiaries. 

essential for the success of the DoD 

mission, yet pull the faculty away 

from their teaching and clinical 

work. It is critical that the clinical 

faculty are not “punished” by loss of 

appointments or promotions when 

they perform these vital overseas 

missions.

Nationally, more than threefourths of U.S. medical schools 

have separate and distinct faculty 

tracks for full-time clinical faculty 

whose primary responsibilities are 

in clinical care. The majority of 

schools that have this type of track 

modify the professorial title with 

a “Clinical” prefix such as “Clinical 

Professor of Medicine.” 

In May 2009, USU President 

Charles Rice convened a task force 

to review the existing appointment 

and promotion policies for clinical faculty at USU. The task force 

was charged with determining if 

Among the 

growing pressures 

on faculty time is 

the demand for 

increased small 

group teaching and 

greater emphasis on providing 

instruction and 

patient care in the outpatient setting. 

Both require a dramatic increase in the 

demand for faculty clinical time. 

In addition, as all services have 

faced physician retention problems 

in the face of an extraordinary 

deployment and operational tempo, 

uniformed faculty have decreased 

in number. All of this has occurred 

against a background of markedly 

increased competition for extramural research funding and the rising 

costs of increasingly sophisticated 

medical care. 

These pressures necessitate a 

re-evaluation and potential change 

in faculty appointment and promotion policies to reward and maintain 

the faculty who specialize in the 

teaching of medical students while 

bearing large burdens of direct 

clinical care. 

A challenge for all medical schools 

is to build enough flexibility into 

their appointment and promotion 

policies to demonstrate that they 

value the many different types of 

faculty needed, ranging from bench 

scientists pushing the boundaries of 

knowledge in their labs, to clinicians 

working in clinics and at the bedside 

with medical student clerks. 

Uniquely challenging to the 

Uniformed Services University of 

the Health Sciences (USU) is the fact 

that many of its clinical faculty are 

geographically very distant from the 

home campus and they often deploy 

to remote overseas locations for 

periods from six to fifteen months 

in duration. These deployments are 

School of Medicine Faculty Appointment 

System Enhancement Begins

by Brian Reamy, M.D., Associate Dean for Faculty

Photo by Thomas Balfour

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One of the key benefits that 

accompany a current faculty 

appointment within the USU School 

of Medicine is the privilege of 

24/7 access to the Learning Resource 

Center’s (LRC) Electronic Resources 

(ER) portal. This portal gives access 

to all of the major medical and 

scientific indexes and databases, 

full text references and more than 

9,000 unique journal titles and 400 

full electronic books. Almost all 

ER portal services are delivered 

over most web browsers permitting 

access for faculty members wherever 

they are stationed or deployed across 

the globe. 

All USU faculty with a current 

appointment, whether billeted 

or non-billeted, may obtain 

access to the LRC’s ER portal, 

by simply applying for those 

services. To request access, go 

to the LRCs ER website at: 

http://er.lrc.usuhs.mil/index.

php?page=account&signUp=form 

and provide the requested information. Once the LRC staff verifies 

with the USU personnel office 

that the faculty status is current, 

the application for access will be 

approved. At this time, borrowing 

of physical materials and interlibrary loans are among the privileges available to only those faculty 

members who are physically 

billeted at USU.

Common problems that may 

prevent ER access include:

n When faculty move to a new 

duty station and forget to 

update their faculty contact 

information with USU. The 

University personnel office 

is unable to provide verification of faculty status without 

current e-mail contact information. Faculty appointments 

are eventually dropped if the 

personnel office does not 

hear back from the faculty 

with requests to send updated 

contact information or a current 

curriculum vitae. 

n If a new faculty member applies 

for LRC privileges before the 

University personnel office has 

entered their name into the USU 

corporate database then verification of faculty status cannot 

be provided. This problem can 

usually be solved with a phone 

call to the “home” academic 

department at USU to check the 

status of a faculty appointment 

application prior to applying for 

LRC privileges. 

The Office of the Associate Dean 

for Faculty is always available to 

support resolution of unanticipated 

problems as well.

The value of access to the ER 

portal cannot be understated. 

Several faculty have reported that 

one of the most robust and valuable 

aids they have had in many austere 

deployed environments was access 

to the ER portal of the LRC for 

getting current diagnostic and 

therapeutic information at the 

point-of-care. All USU faculty are 

encouraged to take advantage of 

this outstanding resource.

Faculty Receive Privileges at 

USU Learning Resource Center

by Brian Reamy, M.D., Associate Dean for Faculty

Photo by Ken Frager
August 30, 2010 7

changes were needed to appropriately recognize and incentivize 

the hundreds of volunteer clinical 

faculty that the school of medicine 

utilizes to deliver teaching across 

its third and fourth year clinical 

clerkships. The task force released 

several recommendations. 

Among the recommendations were to:

n Maintain the current faculty 

appointment and promotion system for clinical faculty 

that provides for tenured or 

non-tenured appointments as well 

as two pathways for promotion; 

clinician-investigator and clinicianeducator. These appointments and 

promotions would be non-prefixed.

n Continue the initial appointment 

of all clinical faculty in the School 

of Medicine as non-prefixed 

Assistant Professors.

n Increase the flexibility available 

to USU to reward and recognize 

Photo by Thomas Balfour

The Office of 

the Associate 

Dean for Faculty 

has been established to provide 

an advocate in 

the Dean’s Office 

to serve School of 

Medicine faculty. 

The Associate Dean for Faculty, 

Col. (Dr.) Brian V. Reamy, USAF 

(Ret), serves as a faculty advisor 

and works to promote an academic 

environment that supports, 

enhances, and rewards the activities 

of all SOM faculty. Lisa McTigue, 

the Assistant to the Associate Dean 

for Faculty, will be providing the 

administrative support for the office. 

With approximately 350 billeted 

faculty and 3,700 non-billeted 

faculty, their focus will be to 

provide support both through their 

on-campus office, and also through 

frequent site visits to military treatment facilities around the country. 

“It is our hope that by recognizing common obstacles in obtaining faculty appointments and/

or promotions, working to open 

SOM Opens new Faculty Advocate Office 

by Lisa McTigue, Office of the Associate Dean for Faculty

Continued from page 5

System 

Enhancement Begins

communication lines between 

USU and non-billeted faculty, and 

streamlining the application process 

by an anticipated electronic portfolio application, we will be able to 

assist with expediting the application process and to advocate for 

the needs of all School of Medicine 

faculty,” said Reamy. 

Dr. Reamy, and Ms. McTigue 

are available via email at breamy@

usuhs.mil, lmctigue@usuhs.mil, by 

phone at (301) 319-0349/9437, and 

are located in room A1008 on the 

USU campus. 

the tremendous work of clinical 

faculty by restoring the option 

of a prefixed appointment at the 

Associate or full Professor level 

(e.g. Clinical Associate Professor 

of specialty).

These recommendations went 

into effect on July 1, 2010. The 

prefix “Clinical” may be used by the 

USU Department Chair for those at 

the rank of Associate or Full Professor. It is reserved for tenure-ineligible individuals whose primary 

contributions to the SOM are in 

clinical teaching, clinical practice or 

clinical administration. 

Due to the limited time afforded 

these clinical faculty to work in 

traditional scholarly activities, their 

appointments will be judged based 

on their achievements and recognition in teaching, clinical practice and 

clinical administration. Eligibility for 

appointment as a Clinical Associate 

Professor would require a minimum 

time in rank as an assistant professor of six years as well as excellence 

in teaching and clinical care while 

serving as a professional role-model 

for peers and achieving institutional 

recognition as an outstanding clinician and clinical teacher.

Similarly, appointment as a Clinical Professor would include the same 

criteria as for a clinical Associate 

Professor AND Service - wide or 

National recognition as a clinician 

and clinical teacher and a minimum 

time in rank as an assistant and/or 

associate professor of ten years. 

These appointments would 

require a letter from the USU 

Chair explaining and supporting 

the request, the faculty member’s 

CV, a letter of support from a 

faculty member of senior academic 

rank in the applicant’s specialty 

and endorsement by the faculty 

member’s Commanding Officer. 

After all forms are received 

and approved by the applicant’s 

specialty department at USU, the 

appointment would be reviewed by 

the SOM Committee on Appointments, Promotions and Tenure. 

Any questions about the process or 

appropriateness of pursuing a Clinical 

prefixed appointment can be directed 

to the faculty member’s USU department or Dr. Brian Reamy, Associate 

Dean for Faculty, at breamy@usuhs.mil.
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Ensign John Roman was a mentor 

for the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences’ Science, 

Service, Medicine and Mentoring (S2M2) program two years ago. 

Now a third year medical student 

completing an OB/GYN rotation at 

the National Naval Medical Center, 

Roman returned to evaluate the 

participants in the 2010 program and 

he was impressed by what he 

has seen.

“These students are presenting 

research much higher than where I 

was at their age,” said Roman, “and 

they really seem to be enjoying their 

experience.” The students, from across 

the country, took part in the weeklong 

summer program that gives high 

school students who have an interest 

in a future in medicine, exposure they 

might not otherwise get. 

“Most of these young people don’t 

have exposure to medical professionals in their families or environments, 

so they don’t have the opportunity to 

really see, first hand, what the fields 

of medicine and science are really all 

about,” said Roman. “This experience, which really is a lot of work 

over the one week session, will give 

them a leg up on their classmates 

Science, Service, Medicine and Mentoring

by Ken Frager

when it comes time to apply for 

medical school.”

The S2M2 program exposes participating high school students to the 

medical field with an inside view 

of what it would be like in medical 

school and the professions that follow, 

under the watchful eyes of student and 

faculty mentors.

Akhilesh Kumar, a rising high 

school senior from Livermore, 

California, learned about the S2M2 

program while researching summer 

programs online. Kumar, who is 

interested in a career in medicine 

“and probably cardiology,” and his 

partner presented their research 

on Ayurvedic Medicine, a complementary form of medicine used to 

supplement traditional medicine, 

during the final research fair. “I 

don’t have any medical researchers 

or military in my family, but I was 

interested in learning more,” he said. 

“Now I think I would be interested in 

joining the Navy and then continuing with a medical degree.”

Navy Capt. (Dr.) Margaret Calloway, associate dean for recruitment and admissions at the USU’s F. 

Edward Hébert School of Medicine, 

believes the S2M2 program is an 

important tool for the University in 

recruiting the best and the brightest 

future students. “These students are 

building a foundation for their future 

in research and medicine, while also 

getting valuable exposure to military 

medicine,” she said. “The topics they 

are choosing for their final research 

projects are generally focused on 

health disparities and tend to be those 

that might be helpful when they get 

back into their communities.” Topics 

included Munchausen syndrome, 

encephalitis, in-vitro fertilization and 

Marfan syndrome, smallpox, along 

with Kumar’s presentation.

Navy Ensign John Roman listens while 

Emelda Kobba, a rising senior at Wheaton 

High School in Silver Spring, Maryland, 

discussed her research on Encephalitis 

during the 2010 S2M2 sessions.

Photo by Ken Frager

No longer collecting dust

by MC1 Chad Hallford

Maintaining a historical documentation 

of the Uniformed Services University of the 

Health Sciences has taken on a digital life, 

with the integration or expansion of online 

sharing websites like Flickr and improved 

archival resources. Recently, the University 

Archives team opened their doors for tours 

and education.

Established in June 2000 with the mission 

to identify, collect, preserve and promote 

the historical relevance of the USU and of 

military medicine, the archives team has 

broken down into three main categories: 

rare University material; historical military 

Photo by MC1 Chad Hallford

Emelie Rubin, USU’s institutional archivist, explains the unique history behind several 

pieces of the University’s collection within the archives at the LRC.

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August 30, 2010 9

was responsible for maintaining 

appropriate levels of supplies, while 

following “real-time” processes for 

receiving new stock from the base 

command, including processes for 

ordering similar to those used in a 

true combat situation.

Army 2nd Lt. Jeevna Kaur served as 

the primary medical logistics officer for 

the exercises and said she was initially 

skeptical that the approach to creating 

realism would work. 

“When we first evaluated the plan I 

wasn’t clear that it would accomplish 

the goal we had set,” said Kaur. “But 

once it got underway I found that it 

This added layer of realism helped 

improve this year’s operations – as planned. 

“Our intent was to create more 

realism and provide some additional 

value for the students, and I think 

we accomplished that this year,” said 

Schwartz. “Our philosophy was to 

evolve Bushmaster into a broader and 

deeper exercise, preparing the students 

to become better command surgeons in 

the field. To really be effective requires 

they handle logistics, reporting, patient 

tracking, planning and mission execution. This year, we touched all of these 

areas and the students handled the 

pressure pretty well.”

USU gets new decals

by Staff Sgt. Matthew Rosine

The USU is getting updated decals 

for privately owned vehicles. 

The process will be done over the 

next several months by the Naval 

Support Activity Bethesda (NSAB) 

Pass and ID Office. 

The decal update is necessary because 

NSAB is transitioning to a new database 

housing all registered vehicle information. All students, faculty and staff of 

USU will be issued new decals in accordance with the new office guidance. 

The NSAB has not yet established a 

schedule for the re-issuing of decals for 

USU personnel. The schedule will be 

a guide for incoming customers. The 

guide will be based on a customer’s last 

name and should help avoid excessively 

long lines from delaying its services. 

Decals available to USU faculty, 

students and staff will vary depending 

on their needs. Decals available are: 

DoD Decal: Customers who currently have a DoD decal on their vehicles will not be required to receive 

another. However, they will need 

to bring the DoD Decal number to 

the distribution location in order to 

catalog the number with the Pass 

and ID office. 

Installation Decal: Customers 

who currently have a Uniformed 

Services University, AFRRI, NNMC 

or NAVDIST WASH decal will be 

able to keep this on their vehicles. 

However, they will need to notify 

the Pass and ID office staff at distribution of this current sticker. 

Expiration Date Decal: Customers who have a current month and 

year expiration date for their decals, 

need to notify the Pass and ID staff 

during registration. 

Parking Decal: New parking decals 

will be issued with the following 

designations: 

“W” - Parking garage at USUHS.

“N” – “N” Lot and “N” Executive Lot 

at AFRRI.

“L-1” - Carpool or Vanpool.

Additionally customers should be aware 

that the Pass and ID Office has an application. The application is in a fillable PDF 

format. This document is required to be 

completed to receive decals. Customers are 

asked to print the two-sided document, 

sign it and bring it to the distribution.

The guidelines for carpools is 

currently being finalized. More 

guidance will be distributed later

for customers. 

Customers are also required to bring 

certain documentation with them for 

registration. These documents are:

The application form, filled out, 

printed and signed 

A CAC, military, government 

employee or contractor ID card

Driver’s license 

Vehicle registration for each vehicle 

being registered

Proof of valid insurance for each 

vehicle being registered

Carpool agreement for all members 

of a current or proposed carpool

DoD decal number (if a current 

decal is on the vehicle)

Installation decal name (if valid)

Expiration date of month and year 

sticker (if valid)

Any scraped expired and/or 

invalid decals 

All new DoD vehicle decals and parking 

assignment stickers must be in place by 

Jan. 1, 2011. After that date, all privately 

owned vehicles entering the installation 

must display valid DoD decals or the 

operator must obtain a visitor’s pass. 

really did seem to add a higher level of 

anxiety and excitement. 

“In the past, if a student needed a 

chest tube for a patient, all they had 

to do was pretend they had one and 

then pretend to insert it,” said Kaur. 

“With the new system, if a student 

didn’t have a ‘chip’ for a chest tube, 

either because they had already used 

their allotment or because their 

supply officer didn’t request one, 

then they were forced to find another 

way to care for their patient. The 

students seemed to really grasp that 

while logistics might be a pain, it is a 

critical element.”

Continued from page 3

Chips were down...
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medical and public health collections; 

and personal papers of enduring value 

from administrators, faculty and 

alumni for the research use of University staff, students, scholars and the 

general public.

USU archivist Emelie Rubin and 

archival assistants Megan Guglielmi 

and Katherine Ferguson, are responsible for maintaining the University 

collections, which include historical 

documents dating from the 1500’s, 

along with USU Board of Regents 

meeting minutes since its inception 

in 1972.

“The original manuscript of the 

University’s alma mater, photos 

from commencements and university construction, the act signed 

by President Nixon to establish 

the University, all are available for 

viewing,” said Rubin. “We also have 

many unique instruments that have 

impacted the history of the University. Our hope is that they will be 

viewed and used by many groups.” 

The archives also include oral history 

statements from many of the University’s founders and key leaders, 

developed beginning in 2005, which 

is a growing part of the institutional 

archivists responsibilities.

“We have interviewed more than 35 

prominent figures throughout USU’s 

history and transcribed some of their 

interviews into searchable texts, available online,” said Rubin

Additional information about the 

archives is available at http:// er.lrc.

usuhs.mil/archives.

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What’s cooking in the USU Cafeteria? USU Collections...

by MC1 Chad Hallford

There have been some significant 

changes in the USU Cafeteria since 

Jamie’s General Bean’s (JGB) moved in, 

and more are coming.

Since taking over operations on the 

Memorial Day weekend, and navigating the initial challenges associated 

with the USU kitchen and equipment, 

JGB continues to provide its customers 

with an ever-improving, wholesome 

menu to sample daily.

“It has been a challenge trying to 

blend and balance between some 

of our customers needs for a quick, 

ready-to-eat menu and others who 

will wait for a healthier made-to-order 

option,” said Kathryn Troutman. “But 

we always welcome feedback and we 

have more changes planned for the 

near future.”

One major area of interest is the 

lobby of Building C. “We intend 

to place a full service coffee kiosk, 

with sandwiches and salads, with 

the hope of expanding to include 

smoothies, among other options on 

that menu,” said Troutman. “We are 

waiting as the University improves 

the utility infrastructure in that 

area, but hope to make that a 

reality soon.”

Perhaps the most welcome change 

was that of the ability to accept credit 

cards. “We realized this was a critical issue for many people since there 

is no convenient bank or ATM on the 

campus and thanks to the support 

of everyone involved that has been 

resolved,” said Troutman.

Other services have expanded 

within the cafeteria, including 

various levels of catering throughout 

the University. From pre-packaged 

working lunches to executive multicourse dining, with many options in 

between, JGB strives to ensure the 

University will be eating well for as 

long as they can provide the menu.

Something from their menu...

Kath’s Spicy Yam Salad

4-6 large yams 

 (also nice with sweet potatoes, if 

available) 

3-4 ears of fresh sweet corn 

1/2 red onion

1 red bell pepper 

1 16oz can of black beans

cilantro (as much or as little as you 

wish)

Chipotle Tabasco sauce

juice from 4-5 limes

Prick the yams with a fork and 

roast them at 450F until tender - 

about 40 minutes. You don’t want 

them to be too soft, or they won’t 

hold up in the salad. Let them cool 

completely. It is best to do this 

step the day before making the 

salad. If time is an issue, the yams 

can be peeled, cut into 1 inch 

cubes and steamed.

When the yams are completely cool, 

slip off their skins and cut them into 

1 inch cubes.

Steam or boil the corn just until 

cooked. Let it cool enough to 

handle, then slice off the kernels.

Cut the red onion in half and slice 

lengthwise into thin slivers. Dice 

the red bell pepper.

Drain and rinse the black beans.

Finely chop the cilantro leaves.

Combine all of the above. 

Mix Chipotle Tabasco with the 

fresh lime juice, pour the mixture 

over the salad ingredients, add 

a bit of salt and black pepper to 

taste and toss. I never measure 

this, so adjust the amount of 

Tabasco to your taste.
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Briefs

ESC Burrito sale

The Enlisted Social Committee is 

planning an upcoming food fundraiser.

The ESC will be having a Breakfast 

Burrito sale Sept. 2, 9 and 16 in the 

atrium outside of the Sanford auditorium. The sale begins at 6 a.m. and will 

end at 9:30 a.m. or until all items have 

been sold. 

For more information about the sales 

ask an ESC member or contact the ESC 

by e-mail at esc@usuhs.mil. The ESC 

meets the first Tuesday of every month 

at 9:30 a.m. in the small dining room 

unless otherwise rescheduled. 

Professional activities

The Department of Defense 

and USU policy requires that all 

employees, both military and civilian, receive approval for engaging 

in any activity outside their work 

environment, which involves their 

professional expertise or government occupation (whether or not 

compensated), as well as any activity that involves compensation. This 

includes serving on the Board of a 

Non-Federal Organization.

This approval is required prior to 

engaging in the activity. In order to get 

approval, any employee can complete a 

USU Form 1004. This completed form 

must be approved and signed by each 

department chair or activity head.

These forms are available in the 

General Counsel’s office or online at 

the USU OGC Web site. Completed 

forms must be turned in to the General 

Counsel’s office. The form will be 

routed to the appropriate dean, brigade 

commander or USU president.

Once processing is completed, a 

copy of the approved form will be 

returned to the employee for the 

employee’s records.

RCR Education Conference

Registration is now open for the Sept. 

28th Responsible Conduct of Research 

Educational Conference being held at 

the USU’s Sanford Auditorium.

The conference is being sponsored 

by the USU Office of the President 

and the Graduate School of Nursing 

in partnership with the new Navy 

Medicine Institute for the Medical 

Humanities and Research Leadership and the Smithsonian Institution’s 

Office of Sponsored Projects.

The free conference, entitled 

“Promoting the Global Good: The 

Social Responsibility of Scientists and 

Researchers,” will address an emergent 

subject in RCR Education—the social 

responsibility of scientists.

This was recently included in new 

NIH RCR education requirements. 

The conference may be able to assist 

individuals with completing RCR 

education requirements.

Full registration information, 

including directions, are available for 

download at: http://www.thechiefinformationgroup.com/conference/

usuhs/index.php?c_id=15

Using Computer Resources 

Security incidents continue to be a 

drain to limited USU Information Assurance manpower. The following highlight 

current DoD policy and best practices:

Personnel must not install selfcoded or non-licensed software on 

network resources; add, remove, 

configure, or attempt to modify 

USU computer operating systems 

or programs; move audio/visual or 

network cables, computers or attempt to connect personal computers 

to the network including MDL and 

lecture hall spaces; connect personal 

devices except for those previously authorized by NOC; download 

pornographic material and store or 

display offensive material, such as 

racist literature, sexually harassing or 

obscene language or material or store 

or process classified information on 

any USU system. 

Personnel must not permit unauthorized individuals access to a 

government-owned or governmentoperated system or program; or access 

online gambling, games and social 

engineering sites.

Helpdesk Closure

The NOC helpdesk is closed for training on Thursdays from 10 to 11 a.m. 

During this time, you can leave a 

voicemail message at 295-9800, utilize 

the HEAT Self Service (http://www. 

usuhs.mil/uis/forms/trouble.html), or 

email help@usuhs.mil.

If an emergency should arise, please 

call 295-9870.

Exercise/Fitness Areas

Physical fitness training should be 

conducted in designated areas. 

The only authorized space for PT 

within the university is room G060. 

The campus’ Student Community 

Lounge area is also authorized, but 

only during specified PFT testing 

dates or times.

USU-HJF Military Medicine

Symposium: Advancing

Public-Private Partnerships

Thursday, September 23, 2010

7:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.

Omni Shoreham Hotel

Washington, D.C.

For the full agenda, along with 

registration and exhibitor information, visit www.hjfcp3.org/

events/2010-symposium/.

For further information, contact 

Jackie Vandermeersch at (301) 294-1441 

or jvandermeersch@hjf.org.

Army Colonel David Sutherland, 

special assistant to the chairman of the 

Joint Chiefs of Staff for warrior and 

family support, Nancy Berglass, director of the Iraq Afghanistan Deployment Impact Fund (IADIF), and 

principal, Berglass Community Investment Consulting, and Army Colonel 

(Ret.) Charles Hoge, M.D., a neuropsychiatry consultant to the Office of 

the Army Surgeon General and senior 

scientist at Walter Reed Army Institute 

of Research, will be featured speakers 

at the symposium.