Uniformed Services University 

of the Health Sciences 

USU Newsletter 

WWW.USUHS.MIL APRIL 3, 2006 VOLUME 1,ISSUE 12 

In This Issue 

BRAC/Integration...........cover 

Internal Control Program.......2 

New Road Signs...................2 

USU in the News..................3 

Bldg. E Groundbreaking........3 

U.S. Military Cancer Institute.4 

USU’s Webmaster................5 

Tour of USNS Comfort..........5 

Alumni News.......................6 

Look Who’s Talking.............7 

USU News Briefs.................7 

Calendar of Events.........Back

Uniformed Services University 

of the Health Sciences 

W W W . U S U H S . M I L O C T O B E R 2 , 2 0 0 6 

Integration~As I See It 

Change Leader’s Conference 

 Once again the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences hosted the Integration Change Leader’s Conference Sept. 20 

and 21. Approximately 180 of the most senior leaders of military medicine in the National 

Capitol Area (NCA) met to be brought up-todate on BRAC Integration activities in the 

NCA, and to receive new tools that will allow 

them to be change leaders in their parent 

commands. 

 One primary goal of the conference was to 

insure everyone understood that the two 

new members of the Flag Oversight Goup 

(Maj. Gen. George Weightman, who replaced 

retired Maj. Gen. Kenneth Farmer Jr., and 

Brig. Gen. Gar Graham, who replaced Brig. 

Gen. Thomas Travis) continued to support 

our ongoing efforts. This continuity in Integration activities was clearly evident in their 

opening remarks and throughout their active 

participation during the two-day conference. 

 A second goal of bringing new and continuing members of the Change Leader Team 

up-to-date on the Integration Plan was clearly 

met by several activities. These included: an 

overview of actions to date, a detailed presentation on the Integration Plan, a review of 

functional Integration goals and Integration 

Subcommittee activities, and an exercise extending the action items in the over-arching 

objectives. Contents of these documents can 

be found on the Integration Website at: 

http://www.usuhs.mil/usuhs/brac/SABI.htm 

 Attendees were divided into working 

groups on several occasions. First, members 

with similar areas of responsibility gathered to 

discuss stakeholders and roadblocks to Integration. Second, personnel from similar facilities met to review the over-arching objectives 

directed by the Flag Officers. Finally, staff 

from individual commands met to develop 

new action plans-based on these objectives. 

 The university team developed four topics 

for action during this process. 

1. Continue to insure that education 

programs receive a 

high priority and 

appropriate resources in the Integration system 

2. Identify and publish opportunities for hospital personnel and 

residents to become involved in ongoing 

university research programs. 

3. Work toward establishing enhanced relationships between university department 

chairs, and hospital service chiefs. 

4. Continue to work toward the identification 

of mechanisms of sharing university information services and electronic journal access 

with the entire NCA. 

By Vern Schinski, Ph.D. 

Special Assistant to the USU President for 

BRAC Integration 

Separate - Little relationship 

between organizations and 

functions 

Coordinated - Implies frequent communications and 

modest degree of cooperation 

Connected - Regular and 

ongoing interaction between organizations and 

functions 

Consolidated - Combines 

systems, processes, services 

or institutions based on commonality while retaining 

original cultural identity of 

components 

Integrated - Integrated systems, processes, and services; creating an entirely 

new cultural identity using 

the best parts/practices from 

the original components 

while maintaining the cultural identity of each 

Steps to Integration 
Dr. Rice announces university 

reorganization

USU Newsletter 

Editorial Staff 

Carol R. Scheman 

Vice President Office 

of External Affairs and 

Managing Editor 

Tech. Sgt. André Nicholson 

Editor 

Mass Communications 

Specialist 2nd Class 

Kory Kepner 

Assistant Editor 

Mass Communications 

Specialist Seaman Apprentice 

Raul Zamora 

Staff Writer 

 

Mass Communications 

Specialist Seaman Apprentice 

Jeffery Hopkins 

Staff Writer 

 

Sharon Willis 

Director 

Alumni Affairs and 

ContributingWriter 

Marla Wright 

Webmaster 

Publishing 

USU Duplicating Office

Production: 

Editorial content is 

edited, prepared and 

provided by the USU 

Office of External Affairs unless otherwise 

indicated. The Newsletter staff may include 

or exclude articles 

based upon news 

value, impact on the 

university and space 

availability. 

Submissions: 

The USU Newsletter 

will be published biweekly on Mondays 

and deadline for submission is Friday at 4 

p.m. Submissions can 

be sent to usunewsletter@usuhs.mil or call 

301-295-3925. 

News 

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Internal 

Control is 

Everyone’s 

Business 

 In the September issue of the 

USU Newsletter 

(http://www.usuhs.mil/uao/new

sed10.pdf), Dr. Charles L. Rice, 

USU president, announced the 

launch of a new Internal Management Control Program 

Awareness campaign. The campaign’s message, “Everyone has a 

job to do, and every job is important”, is designed to emphasize 

the responsibility each of us has 

to monitor internal management 

controls in our job. 

 Internal controls are everyone’s responsibility, as we rely on 

each individual to ensure that 

what should happen, does happen. These controls are in place 

to improve effective and efficient 

financial management and encompass every aspect of the university’s operations. The entire 

university is encouraged to take 

the necessary steps to increase 

awareness of internal controls, 

and to protect our assets so that 

we can continue to meet our 

mission. 

 This month’s focus is on acquisition. Internal controls are especially important at this time as we 

close down our fiscal year, and 

make preparations for the next. 

Posters, which are available 

through the Office of Review and 

Evaluation, can be displayed 

throughout your department so 

By Susan Bruff 

Office of Review and Evaluation 

Graphic courtesy of DOD Comptroller 

 It’s no secret that finding the 

Uniformed Services University of 

the Health Sciences (USU) could 

have been a treacherous task in 

the past. However, that’s no 

longer the case thanks to an effort that started four years ago. 

 People traveling to USU now 

have three new signs to help 

them find the university. There 

are two signs on Wisconsin Avenue, one coming from the North 

and another coming from the 

South, and the third is on the 

beltway. 

 “To finally see them erected is 

really a much welcomed sight,” 

said Dr. J. Mauri Hamilton, deputy vice president, Recruitment 

and Diversity, about the signs. 

 Dr. Hamilton said that about 

four years ago former USU President, Dr. James Zimble, appointed him as a Strategic Planning Committee (SPC) Team 

Leader for Recruitment and Marketing (RM). Their goal was to 

bring publicity to USU. 

 “One morning while 

coming to work I noticed a sign on the 

beltway indicating the 

exit for Montgomery 

College,” Dr. Hamilton 

said. “I went to my 

office and immediately 

started asking various 

USU administrators, 

including the former 

USU General Counsel, 

why couldn’t we get a 

USU sign on the beltway? Almost everyone 

I contacted said they 

had tried several times 

in the past and were 

flatly told, USU enrollment size did not warrant a beltway sign.” 

 Dr. Hamilton felt that was 

unacceptable and began making 

phone calls and writing e-mails 

to several different officials in the 

Maryland State Highway Administration. Unfortunately, he was 

met with resistance. 

 “I continued to push for beltway signs. My conscience told 

me it was now two-plus years 

and USU needed some signs on 

Wisconsin Avenue, one of its 

main arterial streets,” Dr. Hamilton said. I felt it would help decrease the many phone inquiries 

to various USU offices asking for 

directions.” 

 “The new signs have actually 

helped,” said Nashieka Knight, 

admissions assistant. “Our workload has already been lightened 

by not having to give directions 

to people who are lost and we 

 Which Way to USU... 

New signs help people find their way

By MC2 Kory Kepner 

Asst. Editor, External Affairs 

Photo by MCSA Raul Zamora 

The new road sign above, which is located 

on Wisconsin Avenue heading North, 

helps direct people to USU and the National Naval Medical Center. 
Military Health System 

DVD Wins Telly Award 

 Galen Barbour, M.D., professor and 

director of USU’s Health Services Administration Division, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics (PMB) and 

John Guevara, program manager, PMB, 

earned a bronze Telly award for their 

work on a Patient/Family Centered Care 

Video Project: More than Just Caring, 

during the 27th Annual Telly Awards. 

Both members wrote and produced the 

twenty minute video intended to educate military health care professionals in 

the tools and methods needed to continuously improve highquality health care systems. 

USU Alumnus Receives National 

Minority Role Model Award 

 John H. Farley, M.D., Army Lt. Col., a USU alumnus, received a 

Minority Access National Alumnus Role Model Award during the 

Seventh Annual National Role Models Conference in Las Vegas, 

Nev., Sept. 17-20. Dr. Farley received the award for his work on 

eliminating health disparities in the minority community. 

USU Faculty Member Earns Top Prize in 

Federal Healthcare 

 Retired Army Col. Norman M. Rich, M.D., F.A.C.S., D.M.C.C., deputy chairman of the Department of Surgery, developed the Vietnam Vascular Registry during the Vietnam War and earned the 

2006 Frank Brown Berry Prize in federal healthcare. His thorough 

documentation of each of his cases throughout his medical career 

has allowed him and other military surgeons to study the results 

of battlefield trauma. His documented cases led to advancements 

in carrying for troops during Desert Storm and the War in Iraq. 

USU Medical Historian Featured in USA Today 

 Dr. Dale Smith, professor of medical history and USU’s medical 

historian, was featured in a Sept. 25 USA Today article about living 

wills or other care directives from soldiers being made available to 

battlefield doctors. 

USU Microbiologist is Research Key to 

E. coli Outbreak 

 Dr. Alison O’Brien, an internationally recognized microbiologist 

and chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, 

was featured in a Sept. 25 Los Angeles Times article about E. coli 

strains. Only some strains of E. coli are capable of making you sick 

according to Dr. O’Brien. Many types of E. coli reside in animals 

and humans. We coexist with our normal E. coli quite happily, 

although we may not be accustomed to strains living in people in 

other geographical locations. 

Researcher Contributes to World Health 

Organization’s DDT Policy Reversal 

 Many years of research have consistently shown that DDT is by 

far the most effective chemical for malaria control according to 

Donald Roberts, Ph.D., professor of USU’s Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics. The World Health Organization’s 

(WHO) decision to change its policy and promote the use of indoor residual spraying and the use of DDT for control of malaria 

represents the most important WHO decision on its global strategy for control of malaria since 1979. Dr. Roberts was recently 

featured on the Canadian radio station WJOB to discuss the issue. 

 For more information on USU in the News or to read the stories 

go to: www.usuhs.mil.

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News 

University prepares 

to break ground on 

site of new facility 

 The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences 

(USU) prepares to celebrate the groundbreaking on one of its 

latest projects, Oct. 23. 

 Building E, which has been in the works for more than 

eight years, was awarded a contract Aug. 31 allowing construction on the new facility to begin shortly. The building 

will have three levels: ground, first and second floors, that will 

provide extra classrooms and office space for students, faculty 

and staff. 

 The new facility will accommodate the growth in the number of degree-granting programs conducted by the university 

and other responsibilities assigned to USU by the Office of the 

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. Some of 

those responsibilities include: the Graduate School of Nursing, 

Graduate Medical Education Programs, and Continuing 

Health Education. 

 The ceremony is scheduled to begin at approximately 11 

a.m. and the entire university is invited to attend. More information about the ceremony and a full story on Building E will 

appear in the next USU Newsletter, Oct. 16. 

USU in the News 

Artist rendition of Building E courtesy of NAVFACHQ 
PAGE 4 

Feature 

 The word cancer evokes many 

feelings in people. Some may feel 

fear of the genetic risk factors 

they may have inherited from 

parents; feel pride at having 

fought cancer and survived; feel 

helpless, at the mercy of terminal 

cancer. Some may feel nothing at 

all, having never come into contact with cancer. 

 Impressions aside, cancer is a 

very real threat to people worldwide. Unfortunately for cancer, it 

has a powerful enemy: the 

United States Military Cancer 

Institute (USMCI). 

 A vote of Congress established funding for the USMCI in 

2002, which was created to aid 

cancer research for the Department of Defense (DOD). Dr. John 

Potter, a surgical oncologist and 

professor in the department of 

surgery at the Uniformed Services University of the Health 

Sciences (USU), is the director of 

the USMCI and reports directly to 

the president of USU. The USMCI 

is staffed by military personnel 

from the Army, Air Force and 

Navy, civilian oncologists, as well 

as civilian personnel from USU 

and contractor personnel from 

the Henry M. Jackson Foundation. The institute is currently 

headquartered at the Walter 

Reed Army Medical Center 

(WRAMC), with components at 

USU, USU's Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute 

(AFRRI), National Naval Medical 

Center (NNMC), Malcolm Grow 

Air Force Medical Center, and the 

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. 

 The USMCI is currently investigating cancer risks through epidemiology, which is the study of 

the causes, distribution, and control of disease in populations. 

Utilizing DOD databases, USMCI 

researchers analyze data from 

cancer patients and are attempting to better understand what 

causes cancer, and what areas of 

residence, occupations or activities put people at greater risk for 

cancer. 

 Several USU personnel take an 

active role in the advancement of 

the USMCI. Dr. Mary Lou Cutler, 

an associate professor of pathology at USU also works as the 

associate director for basic and 

translational science for USMCI. 

Her duties include arranging for 

outside cancer researchers to 

present seminars at USU, arranging USMCI seminars where cancer researchers from within the 

university, WRAMC and NNMC 

present seminars on their research. 

 Dr. Cutler says she became 

affiliated with the USMCI five 

years ago, and that the work is 

rewarding. 

 "All cancer researchers are 

ultimately interested in the 

'translation' of basic research 

results into clinical treatments. In 

my association with USMCI, I 

have an increased opportunity to 

hear about new translational 

developments, new clinical developments, and new research efforts designed to treat and prevent cancer," Dr. Cutler said. 

 Dr. Cutler also oversees the 

USMCI research grant program, 

which has funded cancer research efforts at USU and AFRRI. 

 "I am pleased that USMCI has 

been able to fund some research 

efforts at USU. Hopefully this will 

lead to an increase in cancer 

research at the university and an 

increase in funding for cancer 

research from outside agencies," 

Dr. Cutler said. 

 Upcoming projects include a 

tissue sample collection program 

called the BioSpecimen Network, 

which will allow USMCI oncologists to study malignant tissues. 

Once the protocol is approved, 

cancer patients at WRAMC and 

NNMC may enroll in the program 

and allow researchers to study 

the samples they have donated. 

The donors will remain anonymous. 

 The USMCI is at the center of 

an effort to establish the first military cancer center at the new 

Walter Reed National Military 

Medical Center when it is built on 

the Bethesda campus. 

 For more information on the 

USMCI, visit the homepage at 

www.usmci.org, or visit USU's 

webpage at www.usuhs.mil. 

Fight Against Cancer Continues 

By MCSA Jeff Hopkins 

Staff Writer, VPE 

The USMCI is currently investigating 

cancer risks 

through epidemiology, which is the 

study of the 

causes, distribution, and control of 

disease in populations. 
Feature 

 The Uniformed Services University of the 

Health Sciences (USU) 

web master works with 

a hard drive to show 

the outside world what 

USU is all about, sitting 

behind a closed locked 

door. 

 Marla Wright , USU 

webmaster, says that 

the Web site is currently going through a 

redesign. “The original 

USU Web site contained dancing hamsters and rainbow colored text,” Ms. Wright 

said. “So the site was 

updated. The first time 

the site was updated, it was more design than organization. The 

second update was a bit more organization. The Web site has progressed so much but it still has a long way to go.” 

 Ms. Wright has also been a big supporter of the branding initiative, using the new USU logo and color scheme. The branding 

initiative started with the current design of the Web site. After the 

USU Web site re-design the logo will have been incorporated at 

nearly every level. 

 Ms. Wright says that being the USU webmaster is a difficult job 

to have. A Web page text job can take five minutes, while a more 

complex job can take up to several days. As the webmaster, one 

can expect to receive strange e-mails from time to time. “One time I 

received a an e-mail asking for advice on the military,” said Ms. 

Wright. She also received another e-mail with a note on the bottom about adding a time and date to the Web site if she loved this 

country. 

 The current Web site has some features that will continue to be 

used for the newly designed page, such as the bulletin board. This 

feature is mainly for posting general announcements, messages 

about free equipment, classifieds and university events. 

 Also incorporated is the search bar, which was recently added 

during the last Web site update. The new Web site will continue to 

have the current features, as well as new features that will make it 

easier to find USU faculty. The web site is scheduled to be completed sometime next year. 

 “The Web is often the first place that people go to find information, and our web site is like a calling card for USU,” Ms. Wright 

said. 

By MCSA Raul Zamora 

Staff Writer, Office of External Affairs 

Master of USU’s domain 

USU’s Webmaster, Marla Wright, works 

on updating the current Web site. She is 

also currently working on a redesign of 

the USU Web site. 

Photo By MCSA Raul Zamora 

 On a sunny Friday in September, the 

Uniformed Services University of the Health 

Sciences (USU) Brigade took a tour of the 

United States Naval Ship (USNS) Comfort. 

 The brigade, consisting of sailors, airmen 

and soldiers, boarded a bus and journeyed 

to Baltimore Harbor. Once the military personnel reached the harbor, every one 

stepped off the bus and boarded the Comfort via gangway, where each saluted the 

flag and entered the ship. 

 Once aboard the Comfort, Capt. Albert J. 

Shimkus Jr., N.C., U.S. Navy, welcomed the 

USU brigade. He spoke to the visitors about 

the everyday operations of the ship and its 

long history. 

 After being welcomed aboard by Captain 

Shimkus, They separated into three groups 

and were treated with a tour of the historic 

ship. 

 The military members toured the different 

wards of the ship. The military personnel 

leading the tour explained each room and 

how they compare to a hospital and to 

other Navy ships, or “Gray Hulls”. 

 “The USNS Comfort doesn’t get a lot of 

respect from Gray Hulls because it doesn’t 

deploy as much,” Petty Officer third-class 

Feltovich, AOPO, USNS Comfort said. “While 

most people are still sleeping at four in the 

morning the Comfort’s crew is up doing 

physical training and preparing for the 

day.” 

 Not only did 

the brigade get 

to see the 

wards, they 

also saw the 

laundry room, 

which contained five 

washers for the 

entire crew; the 

barber shop, 

which is run by 

ship servicemen; the ship’s 

galley, which 

have tables 

that can be 

used as beds in 

case all of the 

hospital beds are full; and the living quarters. 

 Some of the sailors explained that the 

Comfort is very different from any other 

naval ship. The passage ways are much 

wider so that hospital beds can go through, 

and the crew of the Comfort each receives 

two lockers, while on a Gray Hull they only 

get one. 

 The Comfort played a vital role in several 

operations including Operation Desert 

Shield and Storm, Operation Noble Eagle, 

Operation Iraqi Freedom and Joint Task 

Force Katrina. 

 At the end of the tour the brigade 

thanked the crew of the USNS Comfort. 

Each of the different branches gained a little 

bit more knowledge about ships and those 

who have been stationed on Gray Hulls 

have more respect for the crew of the 

USNS Comfort.. 

By MCSA Raul Zamora 

Staff Writer, Office of External Affairs 

Photo By MCSA Raul Zamora 

USU Brigade in front of the USNS Comfort. The Comfort has been in several operations including Operation Noble Eagle, in which Comfort 

helped victims during Sept. 11. 

Floating hospital welcomes brigade with comforting presence 

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Alumni News 

CAMP LEMONIER, Djibouti – 

The command surgeon of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of 

Africa recently returned from 

instructing at a training course 

for Yemeni physicians at the 

President’s Hospital in Marib, 

Yemen, in the hope of establishing a strong relationship with 

Yemeni medical professionals. 

 Navy Cmdr. (Dr.) Craig Bonnema along with Dr. Yahia 

Huraibi, chief anesthesiologist at 

al-Thawra Hospital in Sana’a, 

Yemen, conducted a first-ever 

refresher course August 26-28 

for 28 Yemeni anesthesiologists 

from the governorates of Marib, 

Shabwa, Sa’dah, al-Jawf and 

Amran. 

 The three-day course covered 

various topics in anesthesiology, 

including advanced cardiac life 

support, emergency airway 

management, regional anesthesia and peripheral nerve blocks. 

 “The intent of the course was 

to present state-of-the-art, Western medical training to a focus 

area for U.S. aid in Yemen,” Bonnema said. 

 The training proved to be 

beneficial to everyone involved. 

 “Given the deep underlying 

suspicions of the Yemeni people 

toward Western culture, any 

effort that reflects well on the 

U.S. government and CJTF-HOA 

is positive,” Bonnema said. 

“Marib governate is one of five 

in Yemen that are at the center 

of U.S. development efforts.” 

 “The U.S. Agency for International Development has infused 

more than $6 million in assistance to the President’s Hospital 

in Marib and it’s in our interests 

and the Yemeni’s to be recognized for establishing a good, 

viable hospital in an area desperately in need of adequate 

medical care,” Bonnema explained. 

 In the future, CJTF-HOA plans 

to continue this type of conference at the President’s Hospital 

in Marib. 

 “The Yemeni’s are interested in 

a wide range of medical knowledge. So, we are planning to 

send an orthopedic surgeon on 

the next mission, which may 

also include clinical training during surgical procedures. Follow 

on steps will be to transition 

from using only CJTF-HOA physicians to sending physicians 

from academic medical centers 

in the U.S., under the sponsorship of the U.S. State Department or USAID, or other nongovernmental organizations,” he 

said.

USU Graduate Leads Medical Training in Yemen

By Senior Airman Sarah Stegman 

CJTF-HOA Public Affairs 

“The intent 

of the 

course was 

to present 

state-of-theart, Western 

medical 

training to a 

focus area 

for U.S. aid 

in Yemen,” 

(left to right front row) Dr. Jean Rinaldo, Dr. Yahai Huraibi, CDR 

(Dr.) Craig Bonnema and Dr. Muftah with trainees at the President’s Hospital. 

Courtesy of State Department Press Release 

 Robert G. Darling, M.D., a graduate of USU’s 

class of 1985, was recently selected to head the 

university’s Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine (CDHAM). 

 Darling, an emergency physician, recently 

retired from the Navy after 25 years’ service. 

Prior to his retirement, he served as the director 

of Homeland Security for the Navy Medical Department. He also held positions in operational 

medicine at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, and served as a 

physician on the Presidential medical team at 

the White House during the Clinton administration. 

 He holds a faculty appointment to USU’s Department of Military and Emergency Medicine. 

USU Alumnus to Head Disaster Center 
News 

“Fat Bottomed Girls 

by Queen. Why? 

Because they make 

the rockin' world go 

'round” 

“She Works 

Hard For The 

Money! Every 

woman has 

one great big 

job... Working 

to keep herself 

in sexy shoes.” 

“John Mayer’s Gravity, because I am 

feeling completely 

weighed down by 

all the work in front 

of me.” 

Look Who’s Talking... What is your theme song and why? 

Melanie Joy 

Affiliations and 

International 

Affairs 

Program 

Manager 

Bianca Bostic 

Office of External Affairs 

Secretary 

Sharon Willis 

Office of External 

Affairs 

Director of Alumni 

Affairs 

DOD Privacy Program:

 On May 22, in response to the theft of 

Department of Veterans Affairs data, the 

Office of Management and Budget requested that agencies remind their personnel of their specific responsibility for 

safeguarding personnel information. The 

“rules of conduct” set forth in DODD 

5400.11, the DOD Privacy Program, state 

that DOD Personnel shall: take action to 

ensure that personal information contained in record systems be protected so 

that the security and confidentiality of the 

information is preserved; not disclose any 

personal information to the applicable 

point of contact for their component; and 

DOD system managers ensure that all 

personnel who have access to record systems, or who shall develop or supervise 

procedures for record handling, be aware 

of their responsibilities for protecting personal information that is collected. 

Equal Opportunity Note: 

 There will be an annual Equal Opportunity training session held Oct. 5 from 1 to 

2p.m. in Lecture Room B. This annual requirement is mandatory for all service 

members. Enlisted personnel who have 

already received this training are not required to attend. Fulfillment of this training requirement is monitored, and all Brigade members who have not completed 

this training for 2006 should plan to attend. For more info, please contact ccarrier@usuhs.mil. 

NNMC Parking: 

 USU personnel are not permitted to 

park in the National Naval Medical Center 

patient parking lot. The only exception is 

for dependents with a USU decal that do 

not work on base, provided they display 

their dependent ID card and have an appointment. NNMC police suggest that 

personnel who work on base should walk 

to their appointments. If you have a disability, you can park in any handicapped 

space but must have a valid handicapped 

decal. There are staff parking spaces available for personnel who work on base, but 

it is very limited. If there are any questions 

or concerns regarding this issue please 

contact the base police at (301) 295-1247. 

Legal Note:

 Earlier this week, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) alerted 

institutions of higher learning of an on 

going concern, i.e., theft of copyrighted 

music/movies via university computer networks. Although RIAA’s announcements is 

focused solely upon student populations, 

the underlying message is applicable to 

anyone who is tempted to illegally 

download copyrighted materials via unlicensed peer-to-peer networks. Such an 

offender to potential criminal liability. 

Within the context of Department of Defense, an allegation of computer-enabled 

piracy or illegal copyright infringement is 

viewed as a serious matter. Bottom line, 

use of government phone or computer 

systems are governed by official use standards and unless used in such fashion, 

subjects violators to many adverse personnel actions. 

Hail and Farewell: 

 Spc. Lawrence Reaves, Army recently 

reported from Fort Campbell, KY and will 

be assigned to LAM. Master Sgt. Peter Perkins, Army (MEM) recently detached to the 

Army Medical Activity, Heidelberg Hospital, Germany. 

 An employee shall not serve, other than on behalf of the 

United States, as an expert witness, with or without compensation, in any proceeding before a court or agency of the United 

States in which the United States is a party or has a direct and 

substantial interest, unless the employee's participation is authorized by the agency. 5 C.F.R. 2635.805. 

 Note: if the United States does not have an interest as described above, an employee may serve as an expert witness but 

must fill out an outside activity request (USUHS Form 1004) prior 

to accepting any offer. 

 For more information about government ethics visit: 

http://www.usuhs.mil/ogc/faq.html. 

Serving as an Expert Witness 

USU News Briefs 

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 Courtesy of General Counsel
USU Calendar of Events 

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Uniform shift 

for all Navy 

personnel 

The Molecular Biology of Herpes Virus 

Latency 

11:30-12:30 

Lecture Room C

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Toastmasters 

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Noon-1p.m. 

A2011 

Molecular Cell 

Biology Seminar 

3:30p.m. 

Lecture Room A 

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Brown Bag 

Teaching Seminar 

Noon-1p.m. 

Lecture Room A

Equal Opportunity 

training session 

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Brigade Awards 

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LRC Training 

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Toastmasters 

Meeting 

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LRC Training 

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Brown Bag 

Teaching Seminar 

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7a.m. and Noon 

USU Softball Field 

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Testing 

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